BANKNOTES, Great Britain, Treasury Notes, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, John Bradbury, The Dardanelles Campaign, uniface 10-Shillings, undated (1915), black serial no.Z1 018015, signed by John Bradbury, King George V top left, “TEN SHILLINGS” at centre, overprinted in black Arabic script translating as “Piastres Silver 120” and “Piastres Silver One Hundred and Twenty” (Dugg T15). Several pinholes, fine and rare. The Dardanelles Campaign (also known as the “Battle of Gallipoli”) took place at the peninsula of Gallipoli in the Ottoman Empire (modern day Turkey) between 15 April 1915 and 9 January 1916. It was a joint British and French operation to capture the Ottoman capital of Constantinople and secure a sea route to Russia. The attempt failed with heavy casualties on both sides and the campaign was considered one of the greatest victories of the Turks and was reflected on as a major failure by the Allies. These overprinted banknotes were issued for use by the entire British Military Expeditionary Forces in the Mediterranean and the Naval Expeditionary Forces.
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BRITISH COINS, James I, Gold Half-Laurel, third coinage (1619-1625), fourth laureate and draped bust left with two smaller ties, value behind, initial mark rose (1620-1621) both sides, rev crowned quartered shield of arms on long cross fourchée, no stops in legends either side, 4.44g (cf Schneider 90; N 2117; S 2641A). Two small black stains on obverse, a little double struck on reverse, good very fine and rare without stops both sides.
BRITISH COINS, Charles I, Silver Penny, Oxford mint, crowned tall bust left, value behind, legend surrounding, initial mark book, rev large Oxford plumes, legend surrounding, 0.31g (Brooker 965B; N 2477; S 2999). Double struck on obverse, pleasant toning, very fine reverse better and rare. With old Seaby ticket which notes that the coin was purchased on 3 January 1966 – ticket price £10.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Ireland, Co Waterford, Mayfield, Malcolmson Bros, Yellow Card Truck Tokens, 1854, Halfcrown, 43mm, Shilling, 39mm, and Octagonal Fourpence, 32mm, unissued and uncut pairs, all unsigned (cf Noble Sale II, 587, a signed set of the three tokens, also 588-589). Slight discolouring to Fourpence reverse but much as issued, rare as set. (3) These tokens were initally published by R A S MacAlister, “A Catalogue of Irish Traders Tokens in the Collection of the Royal Irish Academy”, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, vol. XL, 1931, and again by Arthur Went, “The Truck Tokens of 19th Century Ireland”, Coins, Medals and Currency Weekly, 2nd January 1971. More recently Derek Young published , “The Cardboard Tokens of Malcolmson’s Mayfield Factory”, Coin News, February 1990. Neither MacAlister nor Went recorded the Halfcrowns, and Young recorded only one unsigned example which, naturally, led him to believe that this denomination was never issued. Since 1990 several signed examples of the Halfcrown have surfaced, proving that they were actually issued.
ANCIENT COINS, THE COLLECTION OF A CLASSICIST (PART III), Leo I (AD 457-474), Gold Solidus, mint of Mediloanum, struck AD 461, D N LEO PE-RPETV AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassede bust facing right, rev VICTORI-A AVGGG, Emperor standing facing, holding a long cross and Victory on a globe, his right foot resting on the head of a human-headed serpent, M-D in field, COMOB in exergue, 4.21g, 6h (RIC 2510). Removed from a mount, marks at edge, good fine and rare.
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Phraates II (132-127 BC), Silver Drachm, minted at Nisa, short-bearded and diademed bust left, wearing single turn torque, monogram IN behind head, rev archer seated right on omphalos, four line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΘΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ, 4.10g, 12h (S 16.10). About very fine, very rare.
BRITISH COINS, Edward VI, Base Silver Groat, first period (April 1547 - January 1549), Tower, reverse mule, both sides quartered shield of arms upon long cross fourchée, broken rose in forks, POSVI, initial mark grapple both sides, 2.41g (cf N 1897; cf S 2454). Full flan, good detail, very fine and extremely rare, this initial mark not recorded for the first period Groat.
ANCIENT COINS, GREEK COINS, Sasanian Kingdom, Shapur I (AD 240-270), Gold Dinar, uncertain mint (Herat?), draped bust facing right, wearing a mural crown with korymbos and a long ear flap, large brooch on left shoulder, rev flaming fire-altar, flanked by two attendants, both wearing mural crowns surmounted by a korymbos, and holding sceptres, 4h (Göbl -; SNS -, cf pl. 38, A62-66 for style; Sunrise -, cf 739). Extremely fine, an extremely rare and apparently unpublished variety.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, India, Clive of India, Robert Clive, Baron Plassy (1725-1774), Complimentary Medal, struck in Berlin Iron Medal, 1766, by J van Nost, bust of Clive, almost facing, rev figure standing beside an inscribed pyramid listing events in Lord Clive’s Governorship of India, since the capture of Plassy in 1757, 41.5mm (BHM 95; Pudd 766.1). Very fine and rare in this metal. A similar medal was sold in Baldwin’s Auction 38, 4 October 2004, lot 1004
BRITISH COINS, Charles I, Silver Halfcrown, 1642, Shrewsbury mint (1642), King on horseback left with upright sword, initial mark plume without crown, rev Declaration in two lines, three Shrewsbury plumes above, date below, 14.39g (cf Brooker 826; N 2378; S 2934). Irregular flan, double struck in places on obverse, an attractive example with even tone, good very fine, rare.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, London, Custom House, Shield-shaped Lead Porter’s Badge, City arms, stamped on bars of cross and one angle with dates, SEP 1815, AUG 1817, AUG 1819 & SEP 1821, rev stamped IOHN BARBER A FREEMAN CUSTOM HOUSE 1815, integral suspension loop, 66mm x 49.5mm x 53mm x 48mm (D&W -). Very fine and very rare. The badge relates to the period of Thomas Ripley’s Custom House and the new Custom House built by David Laing (1774-1856). On 12 February 1814 Ripley’s building was destroyed by fire and the explosion of gunpowder and spirits blasted papers as far as the Hackney Marshes.
BRITISH COINS, Charles I, Silver Halfgroat, Exeter mint, 1644, crowned bust left, value behind in field, initial mark rose both sides, rev oval quartered shield, date in legend, 0.70g (Brooker 1073; N 2581; S 3090). Struck on a small planchet as usual, excellent portrait, toned, nearly extremely fine and rare this nice. ex Patrick Finn Memorial List, list 19, 2001, item 314 ex Alan Morris Collection, dispersed via Lloyd Bennett over last decade
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Orodes II (c.55-38 BC), silver Drachm, minted at Susa, short bearded bust left, wearing single banded diadem, pellet ended spiral torque, rosette in front, crescent behind head, rev archer enthroned right, letter A above his arm, monogram below bow, seven line inscription ΒΑCΙΛΕΩC ΒΑCΙΛΕΩN ΑΡCΑΚΟY EYEPΓETOY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYC ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟC, stylised and mostly blundered, 4.02g, 12h (S 47.21). Good very fine, very rare.
ANCIENT COINS, ANCIENT BRITISH, Celtic Gold, Celtic, Gold Banded Ring (formerly known as “Ring-Money”), plain with traces of bands, 9.90g (cf van Arsdell 1-3); another, not banded, 2.07g; and a group of minor antiquities (25), including bronze rings, bronze wheels, belt mounts, and a Romano-British appliqué. First very fine and very rare, the others generally about very fine, an interesting group. (26)
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, Germany, Dr Julius Friedlander, Director of the Royal Numismatic Collection, Berlin (1813-1884), Bronze Tribute Medal, and the 4th Convention for the study of German Numismatics, 1891, by Max Barduleck, bust three-quarters right, rev Numismata seated right, holding up a coin, the attributes of numismatics around her, 44mm (Barduleck 136; Würz 2803; BDM I, 124). Extremely fine and extremely rare. Only 65 specimens struck in copper.
ANCIENT COINS, GREEK COINS, Euboia, Euboian League (c.375-357 BC), Silver Stater, head of nymph Euboia facing right, wearing sphendone and an earring, rev E-Y-B, cow resliing right, a bunch of grapes with tendril and leaves above, 12.22g, 7h (BCD 5 (these dies); Wallace, ANS NNM 134 (1956), 12 (these dies)). Slightly short of flan, of good style and extremely fine, rare. ex Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection, Sotheby’s, New York, 19-20 June 1991, lot 261
BRITISH COINS, Offa, King of Mercia, Silver Portrait Penny, light coinage (780-792), Canterbury, moneyer Ealred, curled hair portrait right, .:OFFA:. .:REX, the King’s title retrograde, rev cross at centre of lozenge compartment with pellet in each angle, outer beaded inner circle around, fleur extensions to lozenge which then link around legend in angles, beaded initial cross, +E / AL. / .R. / EL, 1.18g (Chick 98; Blunt 49; N 291; S 905). Cleaned, good very fine / very fine, a little weak at centre of reverse, but consequently better on portrait side, the only example of this type known with L given at end of moneyer’s name rather than D, very rare.
ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN COINS, Caracalla (AD 198-217), Silver Tetradrachm, minted at Carrhae, Mesopotamia, struck AD 215-7, laureate and cuirassed bust facing left, with spear over shoulder and holding a shield, rev eagle standing facing, head right, a wreath in its beak, on groundline, a crescent below, 11.76g, 6h (Prieur 832). Toned, good very fine, rare.
ANCIENT COINS, THE COLLECTION OF A CLASSICIST (PART III), Honorius (AD 393-423), Gold Solidus, mint of Thessalonica, struck c. AD 408-20, D N HONORI-VS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, slightly inclined to right, with a spear and shield, rev CONCORDI-A AVGGG, Constantinopolis enthroned facing, head right, holding a sceptre and a Victory on globe, her right foot resting on a prow, a star on left, TESOB in exergue, 4.37g, 6h (RIC 356). Very fine and very rare.
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Vologases V (AD 191-207/8), Silver Drachm, minted at Ecbatana, bust of Vologases V facing, pointed beard with random strokes, wearing single banded diadem with two pendent ends, hair in bunches above diadem and behind ears, necklet as arcs, rev archer enthroned right, monogram below bow, Aramaic Wlgšy MLK’ (King Vologases), followed by a four line stylised and totally blundered “Greek” inscription, 3.51g, 12h (S 86.4); Vologases VI (AD 207/8-221/2), Silver Drachm, bust of Vologases VI left with long pointed beard, wearing single banded diadem with double loop, tiara with earflaps, decorated with pearls on stalk around crest and vertically on side, two Aramaic letters wl (for Wlgšy = Vologases) behind head, two pendent ends to diadem, rev archer enthroned right, monogram below bow, Aramaic Wlgšy MLK’ (King Vologases,) followed by a four line stylised and totally blundered “Greek” inscription, 3.65g, 12h (S 88.18). About very fine and good very fine, first very rare. (2)
WORLD COINS, Cyprus, Lusignan Kingdom, Crusader Coinage, Henry I, Base Gold Scyphate Bezant, Christ facing enthroned, throne with high back, IC-XC, rev King standing facing, holding long cross, oblique X on cross below elbow, and globus cruciger with double cross, ( )REX CYPRI, 3.74g (cf Metcalf, Crusades, 636; cf Schl VI/6). Fine / very fine, rare.
ANCIENT COINS, GREEK COINS, Ionia, Uncertain (c.600-550 BC), Electrum Hekte, Lydo-Milesian standard, head of a roaring lion facing right, rev rough incuse square, 2.36g (Weidauer 119; cf SNG Kayhan 708-10 (Myshemihektai); SNG Berry 1029). About extremely fine, very rare. ex Gorny & Mosch auction 199, 10 October 2011, lot 397, sold for €3000
ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN COINS, Vespasian (AD 69-79), Gold Aureus, mint of Lugdunum, struck AD 71, IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head facing right, rev COS III TR POT, Aequitas standing left, holding scales and a rod, 7.18g, 7h (RIC 1112; Calicó 615). Removed from a mount, surface and edge marks, very fine, rare.
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Mithradates I (164-132 BC), Silver Drachm, minted at Seleucia on the Tigris, diademed and bearded bust right, reel-and-pellet border, rev Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and sceptre in right and left hands respectively, three line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY, monogram in field left, year ΓΟΡ = 173 SEM (138/7 BC) in exergue, 3.16g, 12h (S 13.9). About very fine, extremely rare. As the first Arsacid output from the Seleucid royal mint, the S13.1-10 Tetradrachms and Drachms were minted at Seleucia on the Tigris. This began soon after the summer of 141 BC (S13.1) when the Parthian forces overrun Mesopotamia, and ended not long after the autumn of 139 BC (S13.5 and S13.10). See also the footnote to lot 321.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, Switzerland, Medals Illustrative of Roman History, The Complete Set of Sixty Copper Medals, 1743, by Jean Dassier and his son Jacques-Antoine Dassier, commencing with Romulus, the Rape of the Sabine Women, the remainder including many portrait pieces, each 31.5mm, contained in a contemporary green velvet-lined black snakeskin leather fitted case, the medals in six rows of ten (Catenacci, A, Roma…; BDM I, p.514; Eisler pp.183-268; Thompson [2000] pp.54-68). Medals extremely fine, the case in good order though lacking clasps, the complete set very rare. (60) In 1740 Dassier undertook the making of the set for sale by subscription and it was finished in 1743. The first full account being published in Paris in 1778, Explication des médailles gravées par J. Dassier et fils représentant une suite de sujets tirés de l’Histoire romaine,’ &c.
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Artabanus III (126-122 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, minted at Seleucia on the Tigris, diademed and medium bearded bust right, wearing spiral torque, reel-and-pellet border, rev Demeter enthroned left, holding wreath carrying Nike and cornucopia in right and left hands respectively, monogram in field left, ΘE before Demeter, two line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΣΑΚΟY, year HΠP = 188 SEM (125/4 BC) in exergue, 16.04g, 1h (S 21.3 (Artabanus I)). About very fine, well centred designs on both sides, rare.
BRITISH COINS, Cnut, Silver Penny, Helmet type, London mint, moneyer Eadwine, helmeted bust left, without sceptre, drapery below, +CNVT R.EX A:, rev short voided cross with pellet and annulet centre, pellet in annulet in each angle, all within inner circle, +EDÞINE ON LVNDE, 0.84g (BMC XIV; N 789; S 1158). Struck on a full flan, some reverse die rust and weakness in places, nearly very fine / very fine, an extremely rare variety without the sceptre.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, ART MEDALS, “Cypris”, large Bronze Medal, 1925, by Leon Claude Mascaux (1882-1965), produced for the Société des Amis de la Médaille Française, winged cherub stands before the naked Cypris seated on the ground, she pulls the petals from a flower he holds towards her, rev Cypris stands in the bow of a small boat paddled by the cherub, legend in Greek below, ΚΥΠΡΙ ΜΝΤΗΡ ΠΟΘΩΝ ΑΕΛΛΟΠΔΩΝ, 108mm, edge stamped and numbered 26 (cf Baldwin’s Auction 81, lot 3542). Extremely fine and rare. A superb Art Deco design struck in high relief by Maurice Koller, Paris. Cypris (Lady of Cyprus) is one of several local names given to the goddess Aphrodite.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Lord Nelson (1758-1805), The Battle of The Nile, Copper Medal, 1798, by J G Hancock and P Kempson, uniformed bust three-quarters left, wearing Badge and Star of the Order of the Bath, rev the River God of the Nile reclines and watches the action, legend in concentric lines above, 47mm (BHM 448; Eimer 889; MH 475). Nearly extremely fine, the reverse with usual die flaw in an early state, rare.
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Orodes II (c.55-38 BC), Silver Drachms (20), short bearded bust left, wearing single banded diadem, pellet/griffin ended spiral torque, no symbol/rosette in front, no symbol/crescent/crescent-over-star behind head, rev archer enthroned right, monogram below bow, seven line inscription ΒΑCΙΛΕΩC ΒΑCΙΛΕΩN ΑΡCΑΚΟY EYEPΓETOY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYC ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟC, stylised and mostly blundered (S 46.13 (Margiane), 46.14 (Traxiane), 46.20 var (Susa), 47.6 (Court at Ecbatana) (2), 47.8 (Rhagae), 47.9 (Mithradatkart) (2), 47.13 (Areia), 47.14 (Kangavar), 47.16 (Laodicea), 47.21 (Susa), 47.23 (Susa), 47.30 (Mithradatkart), 47.34 (Traxiane), 48.6 (Ecbatana), 48.10 (Rhagae) (3), 48 var (NI below bow, anchor behind archer, Nisa)). Generally good fine to very fine, some very rare issues, the last unique. (20)
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, The Peace of Ryswick, Copper Jeton, 1689, by Philip Roettier (in Ghent), armoured bust of Charles II (1661-1665-1700), of Spain right, rev trophy of arms, ÆTERNVM CORONATA MANEBVNT, 30.5mm (MI 180/473; Dugn 4639; Bingen 21; vL IV, 253). Extremely fine and very rare. Whilst MI states, “No specimen of this medal has been met with”, the cataloguers are aware of at least two specimens appearing at auction in the last 10 years.
BRITISH COINS, Aethelstan (924-939), King of all England, Silver Penny, building type with mintname, York, moneyer Regnald, small cross pattée with linear circle surrounding, legend around +ÆÐELSTAN RX:, rev horizontal groundline across centre, small rectangular building above with triangular slated roof, annulet at apex, legend in two lines either side, EB OR / AC AC, legend in two lines in exergue, REGNALD / :MON:, 1.34g (Mack Syll. 777; N 684; S 1101). Edge chip with small crack towards centre, a little creased and straightened, otherwise about very fine, toned and extremely rare. ex Commander R P Mack Collection, Spink auction 2, 29 November 1978, lot 91 ex Ridgemount Collection, Spink auction 69, 20 April 1989, lot 63
ANCIENT COINS, ANCIENT BRITISH, Celtic Gold, Catuvellauni, Addedomaros (c.45–25 BC), Gold Stater, 5.45g, two sinous crescents back to back, ornamented with beaded arrow shapes, rev horse right, spiral wheel and traces of legend above, annulet and branch below, to right two pellets within circles joined (ABC 2511; VA 1635-1; S 202). Very fine, rare. found in Essex, CCI 06.0281
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, Germany, Bohemia, Gilt-silver Medal, 1550, by Nickel Milicz, King Croesus (of Lydia), stands before the enthroned figure of Solomon, FRS FRIT SVBITO QVI MODO CROSSVS ERAT SOLON, rev cherub reclines below tree with skull and hour-glass, cityscape beyond, ILLE SAPIT QVI SCIT CAEDRE TEMPORIBVS 1550, 37mm, contemporary plain suspension ring (Goppel -; Scher, 2000, 11.2). Good very fine, an unusually pleasing example of Milicz’s medals, rare.
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Phraates IV (38/7-2 BC), Silver Drachms (14), medium bearded bust left, wearing double banded diadem, segmented necklet, wart on forehead, wreath carrying eagle behind head star/rosette or star-over-crescent in front of forehead, rev archer enthroned right, monogram below bow, seven line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩN ΑΡΣΑΚΟY EYEPΓETOY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, stylised (S 52.10 (Ecbatana), 52.12 (Rhagae) (2), 52.16 var (T behind archer, Laodicea) (2), 52.30 (Court at Susa), 53.4 (Kangavar), 53.4 var (no star behind archer, Kangavar), 53.12 (Susa), 53.14 (Court at Susa), 53.15 var (Λ above bow, Susa), 54.12 var (star behind throne, Nisa), 54.14 (Mithradatkart) (2)). Generally good fine to very fine, some rare examples. (14)
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Admiral Augustus Keppel (1725-1786), Trial by Court Martial and Acquital, Brass Medal with gilt reverse, 1779, uniformed bust three-quarters right, rev Justice tramples on Tyrany, ship beyond, JUSTICE TRIUMPHANT AND MALICE DEFEATED, 34.5mm (BHM 221; Eimer 777; Betts 564; MH 441). Obverse very fine, reverse better with strong gilding, very rare.
BRITISH COINS, Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Silver Penny, PACX type (1042-1044), Bedford mint, moneyer Swota, diademed bust left with sceptre to edge of coin, legend commences at top, +EDPA D RECX, rev voided long cross with crescent terminals, annulet centre, letters P X C A in angles in wrong order, the A also over X, +SPOT ON.N BEDEF, 0.82g (BMC type IV; N 813; S 1171). Dark tone, bold very fine, unusual and very rare.
ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN COINS, Hadrian (AD 117-138), Silver Dupondius, struck AD 119-21, IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III, radiate bust facing right, drapery on left shoulder, rev VIRTVTI [AV]GVSTI, S-C, Virtus standing left, holding a spear and a parazonium, 9.79g, 6h (RIC 605 var (Virtus standing right)). Dark green-brown patina, good very fine, a rare variety.
BRITISH COINS, Coenwulf, King of Mercia, Silver Portrait Penny, type of East Anglia, moneyer Wodel, diademed bust right to edge of coin, beaded circle around head, legend commences upper left, +COENVVLF REX M, rev pellet in beaded annulet at centre of beaded cross, pellet in annulet at each cross end, PO Ð E L+, the Ð rotated and L inverted, 1.16g (CSE E13.1; N 369; S 920). Short flan split and quite chipped, obverse and reverse die does not match those examples listed by Naismith, otherwise very fine, toned and very rare.
ANCIENT COINS, THE COLLECTION OF A CLASSICIST (PART III), Valentinian III (AD 425-455), Gold Solidus, mint of Mediolanum, struck c. AD 430-55, D N PL VALENTI-NIANVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust facing right, rev VICTORI-A AVGGG, Emperor standing facing, holding a long cross and Victory on globe, his right foot resting on the head of a human-headed serpent, M-D in field, COMOB in exergue, 4.42g, 6h (RIC 2027; Depeyrot 20/1). Very fine and rare.
ANCIENT COINS, ANCIENT BRITISH, Celtic Gold, Catuvellauni, Addedomaros (c.45–25 BC), Gold Stater, 5.61g, cruciform wreaths, back to back crescents at centre, rev horse right, AQQII and pellet within wreath above, pellet and wheel below (ABC 2514; VA 1605-1; S 200). Very fine, some weakness on reverse, rare.
BRITISH COINS, Henry VII, Silver Groat, tentative profile issue, crowned bust right within inner-circle, two bands to crown, HENRIC VII DI GRA REX AGLI Z F, initial mark cross crosslet both sides, rev quartered shield of arms upon long cross fourchée, 3.10g (N 1743; S 2254). Pleasing tone, good very fine, rare. ex R Sainthill Collection, Sotheby’s, 28 April 1870
BRITISH COINS, Aethelred II, Silver Penny, CRVX type (991-997), Wareham mint, moneyer Alfgar, draped bust left with sceptre within linear circle, +ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGLORX, rev voided cross within linear circle, letters C R V X in each angle, legend surrounding, +ALFGAR M-O PERH, 1.47g (BMC type IIIa; N 770; S 1148). Two light pecks on the obverse, about very fine, toned and rare. with old Baldwin stock ticket c.1975 and another collector’s ticket stating ex H King collection, Spink 1959
WORLD COINS, Italy, Papal States, Innocent XII (1691-1700), Silver ½-Piastra, ANNO VI, capped and draped bust right, rev the Pope praying at altar, the Dove issuing from clouds above, FIAT PAX IN VIRTVTE TVA (cf Munt 30; Berman 2237, only ANNO V listed for this type). Mount removed from top, about very fine and extremely rare, this date unlisted.
ANCIENT COINS, GREEK COINS, Peloponnese, Sikyon (c.431-400 BC), Silver Stater, Chimaera moving to right on groundline, ΣE below, rev dove flying right, with wings open above and below, a bow above tail, all within an olive-wreath tied on the left, 12.17g, 4h (BCD 193; Traité 776, pl. CCXX, 14). Light iridescent toning, good very fine, rare. ex Spink Numismatic Circular, volume CXVI, no.4, August 2008, item GK2551
ANCIENT COINS, THE COLLECTION OF A CLASSICIST (PART III), Imperial Seal of Leo III and Constantine V (Indiction 7 = AD 738/9), for the Imperial Commercia of Asia and Caria, Pb 40mm, mint of Constantinople, half-length figures of emperors, crowned, holding long cross, rev [TWN] – BACIΛIK – WNKOMM – EPKIWNAC – IACSKAPI – ACYZ, 31.30g, 8h (cf Zacos Slae no.15, otherwise unpublished). Fair / good fine, very rare.
BRITISH COINS, William I, the Conqueror (1066-1087), Silver Penny, Two Stars type (1074-1077), BMC type 5, Northampton mint, moneyer Saewine, crowned facing bust, star to each side, within linear circle, legend commences at top, +PILLEM REXI ΛN, rev cross bottonnée with annulet centre, over quadrilateral with pellets on angles, +SÆPIN ON HΛMTVI, 1.34g (cf BMC 369; N 845; S 1254). Weak at top, attractively toned, bold very fine and very rare.
ANCIENT COINS, GREEK COINS, Judaea, Yehud Coinage, Persian Period (before 333 BC), Silver Gerah (Obol), head of Athena facing right, wearing a crested helmet decorated with an olive-wreath, rev YHD, owl standing left, its head facing, olive-twig on right, 0.53g, 9h (AJC I, 115, 3; Hendin 1051). Fine, toned and very rare. ex Abramowitz Family Collection, Superior auctions, 8 December 1993, lot 3
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Lord Nelson (1758-1805), The Battle of The Nile, White Metal Medal, 1798, by J G Hancock and P Kempson, uniformed bust three-quarters left, wearing Badge and Star of the Order of the Bath, rev the River God of the Nile reclines and watches the action, legend in concentric lines above, 47mm (BHM 448; Eimer 889; MH 475). Nearly extremely fine, the reverse with usual die flaw expanding, rare.
ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN COINS, Vespasian (AD 69-79), Æ Sestertius, struck AD 71, Judaea Capta series, IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG P M T P P P COS III, laureate head of Vespasian facing right, rev DEVI[CTA] IVDAEA, Victory standing right, her left foot on helmet, inscribing a shield set on a palm-tree, Jewess sits mourning on right, S C in exergue, 27.36g, 7h (RIC 68; Hendin 1497b; BN 480). Some tooling and areas of surface erosion, dark brown tone, about very fine and extremely rare. ex Abramowitz Family Collection, Superior auctions, 8 December 1993, lot 124
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Artabanus II (127-126 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, minted at Seleucia on the Tigris, diademed and long bearded bust right, reel-and-pellet border, rev Demeter enthroned left, holding wreath carrying Nike and cornucopia in right and left hands respectively, two line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΣΑΚΟY, letter Θ in field left, year ΖΠΡ = 187 SEM (126/5 BC) in exergue, 15.99g, 1h (S 18.1 var, Inter-regnal issue, dated variety with controller’s mark). Good fine / about very fine and extremely rare, one of only six known examples. Justin (42.2.1) intimates that the successor of Phraates II was his paternal uncle, Artabanus. He went to war with the Tocharian nomads and lost his life soon after a poisoned arrow wounded him in the arm. According to Sellwood, the S18 output was issued during an inter-regnum in Parthia when the mint authorities in Seleucia, “unsure of the political outcome, temporised by using a fictitious portrait of the recently dead king (Mithradates I)”. However, a small number of fragmentary cuneiform records register a “King Arsaces” at Babylon during March - July 126 BC who minted the undated S18.1 Tetradrachms, corresponding to year 186 SEM (autumn 127 BC to autumn 126 BC). This Arsacid prince was previously identified with Bagāyāsh/Bagasis, brother of Mithradates I and his appointed governor of Media Magna and Atropatene in 148 BC. However, further studies have revealed that Bagasis never ascended the Parthian throne as king and died shortly before the demise of Phraates II about autumn 127 BC. Hence the attribution to Artabanus (II) of the S18.1 (undated) and S18.1var. (dated 187 SEM) Tetradrachms who, according to Justin (42.2.1), succeeded Phraates II in late 127 BC - early 126 BC. On the historical significance of this issue see: Assar G.R.F., “Recent Studies in Parthian History: Part II”, The Celator. Journal of Ancient and Medieval Coinage 15.1 (2001), 17-27 and 41 (attributed to Bagasis); Assar G.R.F. “Recent Studies in Parthian History: Part III”, The Celator. Journal of Ancient and Medieval Coinage 15.2 (2001), 17-22 (attributed to Bagasis); Assar G.R.F., “A Revised Parthian Chronology of the Period 165-91 B.C.”, Electrum 11 (2006), 87-158 (at 114-116, attributed to Bagasis).
ANCIENT COINS, GREEK COINS, Indo-Greek Kingdom, Nikias (c.90-85 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ / NIKIOY, diademed, helmeted and draped bust facing right, rev Athena Alkidemos standing facing, monogram on left, 8.39g, 12h (Bopearachchi 1A var (bust); SNG ANS 1263 var (bust); cf CNG 70, 2005, lot 479 (these dies)). Very fine and extremely rare, very few examples known.
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