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Lot 544
Rare 19th century album of Far Eastern photographs by Felice Beato (1832 - 1909) depicting the Opium Wars, the bound album comprising seven large albumen prints of War zones, some titled to the mounts, including 'Rear of the North Front showing the retreat of the Chinese Army - August 21st 1860'; 'Angle of the North Fort at which the French entered, August 21st 1860', other images show Chinese artillery and casualties of War, four portraits including Sir Robert Napier, Sir Hope Grant - Commander in Chief of the Expeditionary Force, China, a portrait of Prince Kung - Emperor Xianfeng's brother, and a portrait of Lord Elgin who signed the Treaty of Tianjin, which brought an end to the Second Opium War 1858, together with four photographs of precious objects - one inscribed to the mount - 'Photo of loot, taken from The Summer Palace, Pekin, 1860', another inscribed verso - 'Photo of Kade (copper enamel) taken by me from the Summer (?) Palace, Pekin 1860' CONDITION REPORT Album overall is in fair order, there are some missing pages, there is also some small tears/rips to other pages and some foxing present as visible in the photographs online. Album contains a total of 15 photographs. General wear to binding and album commensurate with age. A full description of the album is available upon requests
Lot 357
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Phraates II (132-127 BC), Silver Drachms (4), short-bearded and diademed bust left, wearing single turn torque, monogram behind head, rev archer seated right on omphalos, four line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΘΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ (S 16.3 var (Ecbatana), 16.8 (NICA behind obverse bust, Nisa), 16.17 (ΣA behind obverse bust, Saramana?), 16 var (UV behind obverse bust, uncertain mint)). Generally good fine, scarce to extremely rare. (4)
Lot 376
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Arsaces XVI (78/7-62/1 BC), Silver Drachm, minted at Areia, diademed and short bearded bust left, pellet ended spiral torque, rev archer enthroned right, five line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΘΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΕYΕΡΓΕΤΟY, mint name as APEIA to right, 4.17g, 1h (S 30.25 (Unknown King II)). About extremely fine, extremely rare.
Lot 3145
BRITISH COINS, Edward IV (first reign, 1461-1470), Gold Ryal, light coinage, London, mm sun/sun, EDWARD’ DI GRA’ REX ANGL’ S FRAN’ DNS’ HIB’, legend starts at 3 o’clock, rev small trefoils in spandrels, 7.69g (cf SCBI Schneider 350/4; B&W VI/VIIIB; N 1549; S 1950/1). Lightly creased, some spade marks and minor repair at top, very fine, the dies apparently unrecorded, rare. Recorded BNJ coin register no.445
Lot 371
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Mithradates II (121-91 BC), period 96/5-93/2 BC, Silver Drachms (9), including four “mint mules”, diademed and long bearded bust left in tiara, decorated with star on side, spiral torque, rev archer enthroned right, five line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩN ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ (S 28.3 (Rhagae) (3), 28.6 (Rhagae), 28.7 (Rhagae), 28 var (“mint mule”, uncertain east Parthian workshops utilising obverse dies from Rhagae) (4)). Generally fine to good fine, very rare “mint mules”. (9)
Lot 3813
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, ART MEDALS, World War I, Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929), Bronze Medal, second state, 1930, by Henri Dropsy, head right, rev female figure, Marianne(?), defeating her foe, 95mm (Maier 305; Dropsy, M de P, 1964, 92). Extremely fine, rare. Georges Clemenceau was nicknamed the Father of Victory after his contribution to the peace negotiations at Versailles. Issued by the SFAM and numbered 197.
Lot 351
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Phriapatius (185-170 BC) to Mithradates I (164-132 BC), period c.172-148 BC, Silver Drachms (6), minted at Nisa and an uncertain workshop, diademed bust left in bashlyk, wearing single turn torque, rev archer seated right on omphalos, three line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY (S 10.1 (Mithradates I) (5), 10.9 (Θ in field left, composite monogram in field right)). Generally good fine to about very fine, scarce to extremely rare. (6)
Lot 3994
ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MILITARY MEDALS, Gallantry Groups, A Rare and Attributable King’s Medal for Courage in the Cause of Freedom Group of 7 awarded to Serjeant S.W.G. Geer, Indian Army Catering Corps late Royal Sussex Regiment, comprising King’s Medal for Courage in the Cause of Freedom, engraved (Sjt. S.W.G. Geer I.A.C.C.); India General Service Medal 1908-35, 1 clasp North West Frontier 1930-31 (6391991 Pte. S Geer R. Suss. R.); 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; 1939-45 Defence Medal; 1939-45 War Medal, all unnamed as issued; Long Service and Good Conduct Medal GVIR with India bar (Sjt. S.W.G. Geer I.A.C.C.), mounted on contemporary bar for wear. Official correction to surname on IGSM, otherwise toned, very fine. (7) Serjeant Stanley William Gordon Geer - sold with corresponding miniatures. On 23 August 1945 the King’s Medal for Courage in the Cause of Freedom was introduced to recognise acts of courage performed by foreign civilians or military personnel, in the furtherance of the British and Commonwealth cause during World War Two. Approximately 3200 medals were awarded.
Lot 877
ANCIENT COINS, ROMANO-BRITISH COINS, Carausius, in the name of Maximian (AD 287-293), Æ Antoninianus, mint of Camulodunum, IMP C MAXIMIANVS P AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust facing right, rev PROVID AVGGG, Providentia standing left, holding a globe and a sceptre, S-P in field, C in exergue, 4.03g, 6h (RIC -, cf 49). Dark green patina, very fine and rare.
Lot 42
ANCIENT COINS, ANCIENT BRITISH, Celtic Gold, Corieltauvi (N E Coast), British I, Gold Stater, 6.12g, late 1st Century BC, devolved Apollo head wreath pattern, rev disjointed horse left, pellets and crescents above, pellet and crescent below horse’s head, pattern in exergue (ABC 1722; VA 804-1; S 29). Some weakness, very fine, rare. Found in Lincolnshire, CCI 05.0527
Lot 3842
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS BY SUBJECT, Exhibitions and Sport and Sport, France, Paris International Exhibition and Olympic Games, 1900, Shaped Rectangular Gilt-silver Presentation Medallic Pendant from Maurice Rouvier, Minister of Finance, by Jean-Baptiste Daniel Dupuis (1849-1899), Fame with olive spray and trumpet, EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE – PARIS 1900, rev a classical stonemason, ROUVIER MINISTRE DES FINANCES, 45mm x 75mm, loop for suspension, in original gilt decorated velvet-lined leather case of issue. Mint state and extremely rare. Maurice Rouvier (1842–1911), French Statesman, Premier, Minister of Finance, and Senator.
Lot 3604
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Charles I, Memorial Medal, Engraved Silver Medal or Counter, in the style of de Passe, bust of King three-quarters right, wearing the Garter robes and hat of the trial which led to his execution, legend in border around, ~ CAROLVS DG MAG BRIT FRAN ET HIB REX 1649 27 IANV, rev bust of Queen Henrietta Maria nearly full-face, wearing triple-layered lace collar, pearl necklace and earing, ~ MARIA DG MAG BRIT FRAN ET HIB REG, 31mm. Good very fine, rare and seemingly unpublished. An unsigned and unattributed painting of the execution of Charles I (in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery) has, in the top left corner, a vignette of exactly this image of the King. On both the Garter Star is on the King’s right shoulder, whereas in other images of him it is usually to be found on the left. The King was declared guilty at a public session on Saturday 27 January 1649 and sentenced to death – he was executed on Tuesday 30 January.
Lot 381
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Phraates III (70/69-58/7 BC), Silver Drachm, issued by Travelling Court Mint at Rhagae c.62 BC, diademed and short bearded bust facing, wearing spiral torque with central medallion, rev archer enthroned right, monogram below bow, seven line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΘEΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΕYΕΡΓΕΤΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ (KAI) ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, 3.93g, 12h (S 35.7 var (Darius, reverse die cut by a peripatetic engraver, see lots 377 and 380)). About very fine, extremely rare.
Lot 432
ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN COINS, Anonymous (c.211-206 BC), Silver Denarius, helmeted head of Roma right, mark of value X behind, rev Dioscuri right, ROMA incuse on tablet below, 4.24g, 7h (Cr 45/1; Syd 166; RCV 36). A little light porosity on reverse, very fine and very rare. ex R Negrini, June 2004 purchased from Numsimatica Ars Classica, Zürich, 6 October 2004
Lot 338
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Artabanus IV (c. AD 10-39/40), Silver Tetradrachm, minted at Seleucia on the Tigris, diademed and long bearded bust left, hair covering ear and ear-ring, spiral torque, rev King enthroned right, Tyche standing left, holding palm branch and cornucopia in right and left hands respectively, month ΓOP (Gorpiaios) above arm, seven line inscription ΒΑCΙΛΕΛC ΒΑCΙΛΕΛΝ ΑΡCΑΚΟY ΕYΕΡΓΕΤΟY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYC ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟC, year (ΓKT = 323 SEM?) off the flan, 12.92g, 12h (S 61.2 var (Artabanus II)). Good fine, rare. This coin has flipped during striking, leaving traces of the first two lines of inscription as well as the palm branch and abbreviated month name ΓOP respectively on king’s shoulder and neck. Part of the obverse design is also discernible on the reverse between 6-7 o’clock.
Lot 425
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Artabanus VI (AD 212-224/7), Silver Drachm, minted at Ecbatana, bust left with forked beard, wearing single banded diadem with double loop, and tiara with earflaps, decorated with pearls on stalk around crest, eight-pointed star on side within a circular row of pearls, two pendent ends to diadem, rev archer enthroned right, monogram below bow, Aramaic ’rtbnw MLK’ (King Artabanus) followed by a four line stylised and totally blundered “Greek” inscription, 3.39g, 11h (S 90.1 (Artabanus IV)). Good fine, extremely rare.
Lot 3528
WORLD COINS, Italy, Milan, Ludovico Maria Sforza (1494-1500), Silver Testone, undated, cuirassed bust of the duke right, rev crowned quartered shield of arms, firebrands and buckets in fields, 9.55g (Crippa 2; Ravegnani Morosini 5; N-V 222). Softly struck on high points, otherwise good very fine, toned and rare.
Lot 419
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Unknown King III (c. AD 140), Silver Drachm, minted at Ecbatana(?), bust left, with long pointed beard, wearing double banded diadem with triple loop and four pendent ends, hair in three waves, spiral torque, rev archer enthroned right, monogram below bow, seven line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩN ΑΡΣΑΚΟY EYEPΓETOY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, stylised and totally blundered, 3.45g, 12h (S 83.1). About very fine, very rare.
Lot 244
ANCIENT COINS, GREEK COINS, Ionia, Uncertain Ionian Mint (c.620-550 BC), Plated Electrum Trite, Pegasos, with curved wing, walking to left, rev two square punches side-by-side, with irregular surfaces, one slightly larger than the other, 3.82g (cf Weidauer 148; cf Babelon, Traité I, pl. 2, 25; cf Boston 1761). Nearly very fine, plated, a rare early fourrée. This is the earliest appearance of Pegasos on a coin.
Lot 298
ANCIENT COINS, GREEK COINS, Judaea, Herodian Dynasty, Agrippa I (AD 37-44) for Agrippa II (AD 49/50-94/95), Æ 14mm, mint of Caesarea Paneas, Year 5 (= AD 40/41), bare head of Agrippa II facing left, rev double cornucopiæ, crossed at bases, 3.08g, 12h (AJC II, 247, 4; RPC 4979; Hendin 1243). Dark patina, good fine to nearly very fine and extremely rare. ex Abramowitz Family Collection, Superior auctions, 8 December 1993, lot 35
Lot 1085
ANCIENT COINS, THE COLLECTION OF A CLASSICIST (PART III), Michael III with Basil I (AD 866/7), Æ Follis, +MIhAEL – IMPERAT, facing bust of Michael III, with short beard, wearing a crown and loros and holding a patriarchal cross on globus and akakia, rev +bASIL-IUS REX*, bust of Basil I, bearded, holding a patriarchal cross on globus and akakia, 5.16g, 6h (DO 8; S 1693). Good fine / very fine, rare.
Lot 3533
WORLD COINS, Italy, Sicily, Charles II of Spain (1665-1700), Gold Trionfo d’Oro, 1697, Palermo, crowned eagle standing facing, head to left, with a shield of arms on its breast, rev youthful portrait of the king right in an ornate cartouche surmounted by a crown in which are palm branches, date below, 3.45g (Sp 61; MIR 489; F 881). Traces of creasing, a very fine specimen of this sought after type, very rare.
Lot 295
ANCIENT COINS, GREEK COINS, Judaea, Yehud Coinage, Hellenistic Period (after 333 BC), Silver Quarter-ma’ah-obol, struck under Ptolemy I, c.302-294 BC, crude and narrow male head facing left, rev YHD, eagle standing left, its wings spread, 0.16g, 6h (AJC I, 117, 14a; Hendin 1078a). Very fine, toned, rare. ex Abramowitz Family Collection, Superior auctions, 8 December 1993, lot 7
Lot 3016
BRITISH COINS, Anglo-Saxon, Archbishops of Canterbury, Ceolnoth (833-870), Silver Portrait Penny, group II, Canterbury mint, moneyer Biarnred, facing tonsured bust within linear inner circle, legend surrounding within beaded border, +CEOLNOÐ ARCHIEP, rev cruciform legend upon and around beaded cross, +BIARN RED MO N E T A, 1.08g (cf CSE C150i (possibly C150f); N 245; S 894). Flan chipped and broken along the edge between 8 o’clock and 12 o’clock, otherwise nearly very fine, toned, rare.
Lot 349
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Phriapatius (185-170 BC) to Mithradates I (164-132 BC), period c.172-148 BC, Silver Drachms (4), minted at Nisa, diademed bust left in bashlyk, wearing single turn torque, rev archer seated right on omphalos, three line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY (S 10.1 (Mithradates I) (2), 10 var (letter И in exergue), 10.5). Generally good fine to about very fine, scarce to extremely rare. (4)
Lot 331
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Phraates IV (38/7-2 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, overstruck at Seleucia on the Tigris on an S55.7-9 Tetradrachm of Tiridates (c. October 31 - April 26 BC, intermittently), diademed bust left with medium and tapering beard, wart on brow, wearing spiral torque, rev King enthroned right, Tyche standing left, diadem and cornucopia in right and left hands respectively, seven line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΕYΕΡΓΕΤΟY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, unintelligible year date and month name in exergue due to overstriking, traces of undertype inscription at about 7h, reading ΦΙΛOPΩ[MAIOY], 13.76g, 12h (S 51.25-31). About very fine, well centred on both sides, rare. Having probably received support from Augustus, Tiridates deposed Phraates IV in early 26 BC and usurped the Arsacid throne. He then marked his triumph with a Tetradrachm issue at Seleucia on the Tigris, incorporating in its inscription the epithets ΦΙΛOPΩMAIOY AYTOKPATΩP (sic.). “Friend of the Romans (and) Autocrat”. This was, as Sellwood aptly stated, “an unwise advertisement of his (Tiridates) predilections and a sufficient reason for his eventual defeat”. Phraates called on the neighbouring countries for aid and also enlisted the Scythians in the east against his foe. Having deposed Tiridates, Phraates overstruck his rival’s coinage (the S55.7-9 Tetradrachms from months Xandikos, Artemisios, Daisios, and a new variety from Panemos, covering the period April-July 26 BC). This coin is both historically and numismatically significant, because it confirms the seizure and destruction of Tiridates’ tetradrachms shortly after Phraates’ triumphant return in spring 26 BC.
Lot 3177
BRITISH COINS, Edward VI (1547-1553), Gold Half-Sovereign, posthumously in the name of Henry VIII, Southwark mint, full seated figure of boy King on throne with orb and sceptre, rose at feet below, initial mark Roman style E both sides, Roman style lettering with round pellet stops both sides, E HENRIC’. 8: D. G’. AGL’ FRANCI’ Z: HIB REX:, rev crown over quartered shield of arms supported by crowned lion to left, griffin to right, nothing below shield, ligatured HR on lis banner below, E IHS. AVTE’ TRANSNS’ PER MEDIV’. ILLO’. IBAT., 6.24g (cf Schneider 666; N 1866; S 2394). Weak in parts of legend, practically very fine and rare.
Lot 3014
BRITISH COINS, Coenwulf, King of Mercia (796-821), Silver Penny, large portrait phase 810-822/23, Canterbury, moneyer Dealla, bust left, without diadem, within inner-circle, +COENVVLF REX M, uncial M, rev cross crosslet pellet in each angle within inner circle, +DEALLA MONETA, 1.22g (Naismith C38.3; N 356; S 916). Minor perforations by edge at end of obverse legend, slightly dished, full large flan, even dark tone, very fine and rare. found on the Thames foreshore at London
Lot 3676
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, Egypt, Abbas Hilmi Pacha (1874-1944, Khedive 1892-1914), Cairo Exhibition of Progress, 1895, Gilt-bronze Medal, by SJ (believed Stefano Johnson, Milan), uniformed bust, head turned slightly left, rev panorama of the sphinx before the two great pyramids, 67mm, in red leather case of issue with title impressed in gilt. The high points polished, otherwise very fine and very rare.
Lot 3858
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS BY SUBJECT, Medicine / Science, Sir Alexander Fleming (1881-1955), Nobel Prize winner, 1945, Cast Bronze Portrait Medal, c.1955, by Frank Kovaks (1895-1965), bust right wearing his customary bow tie, SIR ALEXANDER FLEMING – DISCOVERER OF PENICILLIN (last N reversed), 119mm, in black turned wood frame (cf BHM 4460, footnote). Extremely fine, believed to be a unique variety of an extremely rare medal. This medal is probably the prototype for the slightly larger medal of which examples are in the collections of the British and Science Museums and the National Portrait Gallery on which his titles are acknowledged, “FRS MB BSc FRCS FRCP”. It was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1956. Frank Kovaks (1895-1965), Hungarian-born portrait sculptor and medallist, he settled in Canada before moving to England, where he exhibited intermittently at the Royal Academy between 1938 and 1962. His uniface portrait medals were produced in very small editions. Kovaks sculpted a bust of Fleming for St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London.
Lot 3619
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Admiral Augustus Keppel (1725-1786), the Battle of Ushant, Gilt-bronze Medal, 1778, signed IH, uniformed bust three-quarters right, rev within wreath, JUDICIOUS / BRAVE / AND / GALLANT, 41mm (BHM 214, R4 when gilt; Eimer 774; MH 437). Good very fine and very rare.
Lot 3186
BRITISH COINS, Edward VI, coinage in the name of Henry VIII, Base Silver Halfgroat, Bristol, crowned and bearded facing bust half-right within inner-circle, initial mark TC reverse only, rev quartered shield of arms upon long cross fourchée, trefoil in each fork, CIVITAS BRISTOLIE, 0.85g (N 1880; S 2414). Flan flaw on forehead, ragged edges, good fine, rare.
Lot 408
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Gotarzes II (c. AD 44-51), Silver Drachms (4), bust left with long and rectangular beard, hair in three waves/almost straight, horizontal line on brow, ear-ring visible, wearing double banded diadem with double loop, spiral torque, rev archer enthroned right, monogram below bow, seven line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩN ΑΡΣΑΚΟY EYEPΓETOY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, stylised/completely blundered (S 65.34, 65.35 (with a pellet on central turn of torque), 65.37 var (NI under bow, Nisa); seven line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕYΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕШN ΑΡΣΑΚΟY HYOC KEKAΛOYMENOC ΓШTEPZHC APTABANOY, stylised and partly blundered (S 66.4). Generally very fine, second and last extremely rare. (4) On the historical significance of the S66.4 issue see the footnote to lot 407.
Lot 1079
ANCIENT COINS, THE COLLECTION OF A CLASSICIST (PART III), Revolt of the Heraclii (AD 608-610), Æ ½-Follis, mint of Alexandretta, [dMN ERAC]LIO CONSULII, facing busts of Heraclius and his father, both bearded and bare-headed facing, each wearing consular robes, rev large K between ANNO and XIIII, A below, 6.35g, 12h (DO 16, note; MIB 17 (Alexandria); S 724). Very fine, very rare.
Lot 3079
BRITISH COINS, Edward the Confessor, Silver Penny, Pyramids type (1065-1066), Chester mint, moneyer Bruninc, crowned bust right with sceptre, EADPARD REX, rev annulet at centre of short voided cross, pellet topped pyramids in angles, +BRVNINC ON LEGE, 1.29g (BMC type XV; N 831; S 1184). Attractively toned, very fine and rare.
Lot 3668
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Wales, St Clears, B Harrison, Wooden 5-Shilling Token, inked legend around, “B. HARRISON – St CLEARS”, value in centre, “5 SHILLINGS”, red sealing-wax on reverse, 36mm (Condor p.320, 24). Much as made, very fine and exceptionally rare. Old ticket states “From the Lincoln no I Collection – 23/6/1934 – 7/6 – trial in wood” The wax on this “coin” is plain, Condor refers to it having “a Cypher B. H. Crest an Arm holding an Arrow”. St Clears is a community and small town on the River Tâf in Carmarthenshire.
Lot 405
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Artabanus IV (c. AD 10-39), Silver Drachms (3), bust left with long and rectangular beard, wearing double banded diadem with double loop, long straight hair, nothing or star-over-crescent in front, spiral torque, rev King enthroned left, receiving diadem from kneeling man, seven line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩN ΑΡΣΑΚΟY EYEPΓETOY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY NIKHΦOPOΣ ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ, stylised, year TΛE = 335 SEM (AD 23/4) above kneeling man, uncertain month name in exergue, 3.57g, 12h (S 62.6-10 var (Artabanus II, Susa)); rev archer enthroned right, monogram below bow, seven line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩN ΑΡΣΑΚΟY EYEPΓETOY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, stylised, 3.51g, 12h, and 3.61g, 12h (S 63.7 (Artabanus II, Rhagae), 63.12 (Mithradatkart)). Generally good fine to very fine, examples from Rhagae and Susa are extremely rare. (3)
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Lot 745
ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN COINS, Septimius Severus (AD 193-211), Æ As, struck AD 211, SEVERVS PIVS AVG BR[IT], laureate bust facing right, light drapery on shoulder, rev P M TR P XVIIII COS III P P / S C, Roma seated right, holding palladium and a spear, a kneeling captive before her, 10.05g, 12h (cf RIC 811 (for obverse), 804 (for reverse)). Dark brown patina, very fine, rare.
Lot 3468
WORLD COINS, Islamic, Umayyad, temp. Hisham b. ‘Abd al-Malik (105-125h), Gold Dinar, Ifriqiya 122h, 4.27g (Bernardi 43Ca, the latest Dinar recorded from Ifriqiya). Slightly double struck on the obverse, otherwise extremely fine and very rare. It is possible that this coinage was struck to support the first Muslim campaign against the Byzantines in Sicily.
Lot 413
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Vologases II (AD 76/7-79), Silver Drachm, minted at Ecbatana, bust left, wearing double banded diadem with double loop, and tiara with “hooks” on crest and a horn on side, quadrant end to beard, ear and ear-ring visible, Aramaic letters wl (for Wlgšy = Vologases) behind head removed, rev archer enthroned right, monogram below bow, seven line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩN ΑΡΣΑΚΟY EYEPΓETOY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, stylised and partly blundered, 3.65g, 12h (S 72.10; Sinisi, SNP 7, 791 (this coin)). About very fine, very rare.
Lot 348
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Phriapatius (185-170 BC) to Mithradates I (164-132 BC), period c.180-160 BC, Silver Drachms (4), minted at Nisa, diademed bust left in bashlyk, wearing single turn torque, rev archer seated right on omphalos, two line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΣΑΚΟY (S 9.1 (Mithradates I), 9.2 (letter N in exergue), 9.3 (letter Σ in exergue), 9.4 var (uncertain letter (probably C) in exergue)). Generally good fine to about very fine, scarce to very rare. (4) On the attribution to Phriapatius, Arsaces IV, Phraates I and Mithradates I of S9 Drachms see the publications cited under lot 346.
Lot 3112
BRITISH COINS, Edward III (1327-1377), Gold Noble, fourth coinage, Pre-Treaty period, class C, four lis in upper left quarter of shield, ropes 3/3, quatrefoils 4/4, hYB legend, annulet stops both sides, rev lis above lion in second quarter, large fleurs in spandrels, initial mark cross 1, legend ends IBT, 6.83g (cf SCBI Schneider 18/-; N 1144; S 1486). Lightly clipped, superficial tiny crack by hand, weaker strike on reverse, very fine, the reverse die spelling IBT unrecorded in Schneider and Doubleday, very rare. ex Baldwin’s Auction 90, 24 September 2014, lot 1605
Lot 400
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Phraataces and Musa (AD 1-4), Silver Drachm, minted at Ecbatana, bust left with medium and square ended beard, wearing double banded diadem, spiral torque, flying Nike in front and behind head, rev Queen’s bust left, wearing single banded diadem with double loop and tiara, monogram in front, two line inscription ΘEAC OYPANIAC MOYCHC ΒΑCΙΛICCHC, stylised, 3.77g, 12h (S 58.9). About extremely fine, well centred on both sides, very rare.
Lot 344
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Arsaces I (247-211 BC), Silver Drachm, minted at Mithradatkart, diademed and beardless head left in bashlyk, rev archer seated left on backless throne, two line inscription, part Greek, part Aramaic, ΑΡΣΑΚΟY right (partly off the flan), krnw/krny left below bow, monogram below stool, 4.09g, 12h (S 3.1; Abgarians and Sellwood “A Hoard of Early Parthian Drachms”, Numismatic Chronicle (1971), 103-119 and plates 20-23, pl. 20, 3/6 (this coin)). About very fine, very rare.
Lot 3608
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, William III (1650-1702), Prince of Orange, Confirmation as Stadholder, Cast Silver Medal, c.1677, believed by Roelof Hensbergen (1638-1680) and O. Wouter Müller (reverse), armoured bust three-quarters right, lace cravat, long flowing hair, wearing Badge of the Order of the Garter, SYN CONINKLEVKE HOOCH D KEER PRINS VAN ORANIE Ec, rev crowned shield of arm within Garter, 63.5mm (Nomos [2015] 38; cf MI 570/238, differing obverse legend, and signed FN; cf S Scher, The Proud Republic, 21; cf vL III, 151-52, III, obv [rev – Capture of Graz]). Very fine, a secondary cast, the field smoothed, extremely rare. William III, King of England (1689-1702). Nomos (2015), Walker, A: 50 Masterpieces from the Golden Age. Dutch Medals from the 17th Century, Joint Exhibition by Nomos and John Endlich Antiquairs, TEFAL 2015, number 38 - a gilt example wholly attributed to Müller. The attribution to Roelof Hensbergen is given by Scher (see above), where the portrait is almost identical, but the legend differs, with better examples showing a cypher signature at the start of the legend. The reverse was first used on a medal by Wouter Müller, c.1650, for William’s father. The attribution “Confirmation as Stadholder“ is taken from Nomos; it could equally have been produced to commemorate William’s marriage to Princess Mary on 4 November 1677.
Lot 418
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Osroes I (c. AD 109-129), Silver Drachm, minted at Ecbatana, bust of Osroes left with long pointed beard, hair in bunches above diadem and behind ears, wearing double banded diadem with double loop and three pendent ends, spiral torque, ear-ring visible, rev archer enthroned right, monogram below bow, seven line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩN ΑΡΣΑΚΟY EYEPΓETOY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, stylised, 3.66g, 12h (S 80.1); Mithradates VI (c. AD 128-147), Silver Drachms (2), bust of Mithradates left with long and pointed beard, wearing single banded diadem with double loop and two pendent ends, spiral torque, ear-ring visible, rev archer enthroned right, monogram below bow, Aramaic Mtrdt MLK’ (King Mithradates), followed by a six line “Greek” inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩN ΑΡΣΑΚΟY EYEPΓETOY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, stylised, 3.80g, 12h, and 3.48g, 12h (S 82.1 (Mithradates IV), 82.2). Generally about very fine, scare to very rare. (3)
Lot 3781
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, United States of America, France, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834), Appointment as Commander of the Garde Nationale, Silver Medal, 1789, by Benjamin Duvivier, uniformed bust left, hair en queue, OFFERT PAR B. DUVIVIER A LA GARDE NATIONLE in exergue, rev legend around, VENGEUR DE LA LIBERTÉ DANS LES DEUX MONDES, and in centre with biographical details, edge engraved A JG PAYENNEVILLE. M. JB J’AROUX AVT MARIES LE 29 JUILLET 1790, 41mm (Nocq, Les Duvivier, 222/238; Fuld, Melvin & George, Medallic Memorials to Lafayette, The Numismatist 70 (1957), LA 1790.4, this piece illustrated). Good very fine and very rare. ex Max Schwartz, M&G Fuld Collections and Stack’s “Americana” sale, 30 September - 1 October 2010, lot 5489, where it was called the “Avenger of Liberty in Two Worlds” medal. The medal is usually found in copper and silver specimens are very rare. This one has the added interest of the marriage commemoration engraved on the edge, Michel Jean-Baptiste Jacques Aroux (1761-1841), a judge and later a substitute Imperial Prosecutor-General at the Court of Appeal at Rouen.
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