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Lot 835

Silver snake design hinged bangle, silver albert, fob watches, etc

Lot 837

18ct white gold and silver stone set eternity ring

Lot 840

A lady's Swiss Empress textured silver wristwatch

Lot 847

9ct gold cased lady's wristwatch, silver costume jewellery, etc

Lot 849

Silver lockets, filigree jewellery, cufflinks, etc

Lot 1124

George III mahogany silver table, with spindle gallery on tripod legs, width 1'8", height 2'5".

Lot 123

A Vintage silver plate airman figure table lighter case.

Lot 1271

A brass framed 3-fold mirror, a commode, silver plated centre stand and various dictionaries.

Lot 307

7 Various silver mounted and horn letter openers.

Lot 34

3 Walking canes with silver mounts.

Lot 52

Sicily, Syracuse. Timoleon and the Third Democracy. Silver Stater (8.68 g), 344-317 BC. Struck under Timoleon, 344-339/8. Pegasos flying left. rev. ΣYPAKOΣIΩN, Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet. Pegasi 2; SNG ANS 494; SNG Lloyd 1442-3. Boldly struck in high relief and lightly toned. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $700 From the Dionysus Collection.

Lot 104

Thessaly, Thessalian League. Silver Stater (6.04 g), mid-late 1st century BC. Philoxenides and Damothoinos, magistrates. Laureate head of Zeus right. rev. ΘEΣΣA-ΛΩN, Athena Itonia standing right, preparing to hurl spear and holding forth shield on arm; above spear and in exergue, magistrates' names: [ΦIΛ]OΞE-NIΔHΣ and [Δ]AMOΘOINOΣ. BCD Thessaly II 870.5; HGC 4, 210. Lightly toned. Nearly Mint State. Estimated Value $350 From the Dionysus Collection.

Lot 1155

Victoria (1837-1901), Proof silver Crown, 1893 LVI. Old veiled head left, legend and toothed border around rim, VICTORIA. DEI. GRA. BRITT. REGINA. FID. DEF. IND. IMP. rev. St George slaying dragon (Bull 2594; L&S 109; ESC 304; S 3937; KM 783). Toned with some light hairlines otherwise practically as struck and scarce, in NGC holder graded PF 63. Estimated Value $2,750 NGC certification 2722100-005.

Lot 289

Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (12.26 g), 132-135 CE. Year 2 (133/4 CE). 'Simon' (Paleo-Hebrew), tetrastyle façade of the Temple of Jerusalem; show bread table or Ark of the Covenant in chest form with semicircular lid and short legs, seen from a narrow side; above façade, star. rev. 'Year two of the freedom of Israel' (Paleo-Hebrew), lulav with etrog at left. Hendin 1388; Mildenberg 27 (O6/R18); TJC 233. Extremely Rare - only three specimens cited by Mildenberg. Pleasing toning. Very Fine. Estimated Value $4,000 From the Dr. Patrick Tan CollectionEx Brody Collection (purchased privately from H. Kriendler, January 2004).

Lot 451

Domitian. Silver Denarius (3.29 g), as Caesar, AD 69-81. Ephesus, AD 71. DOMITIANVS CAESAR AVG F, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Domitian right, wearing aegis. rev. AVG; below, mintmark of Ephesus; all within oak wreath. RIC 1445; RPC 846; BN 362; BMC 469; RSC 22. Rare. NGC grade Ch XF; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5. Light marks. Estimated Value $700 From the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection.

Lot 1164

Edward VIII (Jan-Dec 1936), half-silver matte Proof Threepence, 1937. Bare head left, HP below for designer T Humphrey Paget, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, EDWARDVS VIII D: G: BR: OMN: REX, rev. struck en medaille, three interlinked rings of St Edmund, lower legend THREEPENCE, upper legend :FID: DEF: : IND: IMP: 1937, edge plain (Giordano P5b; cf Bull 4015 R7; ESC -; S.p.512 note; cf KM.Pn125). Toned with some light flecks and spots, practically as struck, the only known example with a matt finish, in NGC holder graded PF 61, of the highest rarity thus. Estimated Value $55,000 Ex Dr Alfred Globus, Stacks, New York Coin Convention Auction, 1st December 1999, lot 1003.Ex Portraits of a Prince, collection of Joseph S Giordano, Spink Auction 206, 21st October 2010, lot 186. NGC certification 696286-002. The matte proof coins of this period are of the highest rarity as they were only produced for photographic purposes for internal use within the Mint to go toward promoting the eventual coins to the press when released. As Edward VIII's coinage was never issued it seems only a few individual matte proofs of the smaller denominations, had been produced by the time of the abdication. This coin is therefore unique at the current time and was last sold publicly at auction in Stacks of New York in the late 1990s. For further reading of how the proposed coinage progressed from start till the King's abdication please see "The Proposed Coinage of Edward VIII" by G P Dyer, published by HMSO 1973. Maurice Bull did not list the matte proof for the silver threepence.

Lot 51

Sicily, Syracuse. Timoleon and the Third Democracy. Silver Stater (8.51 g), 344-317 BC. Under Timoleon, 344-339/8. Pegasos flying left. rev. ΣYPAKOΣIΩN, head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet. Pegasi II 2; SNG ANS 494. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $1,200

Lot 43

Sicily, Selinos. Silver Tetradrachm (17.18 g), ca. 440-430 BC. ΣEΛINO-NTI-ON (retrograde), Artemis, holding reins, driving quadriga left; beside her, Apollo standing, drawing bow; in exergue, grain ear. rev. Σ-EΛ-INONTI-ON, Selinos standing left, holding phiale over altar and laurel branch; on base of altar, rooster standing left; behind, selinon leaf above bull standing left on basis. Schwabacher 6; SNG ANS 688 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 1224 (same dies). Very Rare. Lightly toned. Obverse struck from clashed dies. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $2,500 From the Dionysus Collection.

Lot 45

Sicily, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. Silver Tetradrachm (17.45 g), 485-466 BC. Struck under Gelon I, ca. 480/78-475 BC. Charioteer, holding reigns and kentron, driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right crowning horses with wreath. rev. ΣVRAKOΣI-ON, diademed head of Arethusa right, wearing pearl necklace; around, four dolphins clockwise. Boehringer - (V45/R-; rev. die not recorded); Randazzo 257 (same dies). A splendid example of fine archaic style. Boldly struck and well centered. Underlying luster present, all delicately toned. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $2,000 From the Dionysus Collection. Despite the legend naming the Syracusans as the issuing authority, this gem of early Classical Syracusan coinage was struck while the city was controlled by the Deinomenid dynasty of tyrants. The dynasty was founded by Gelon, who first assumed power as tyrant in Gela in 491 BC before seizing Syracuse in 485 BC. The expansion of the territory under his control and a great victory over the Carthaginians in 480 BC were instrumental in raising Syracuse to the status of preeminent city in Greek Sicily. The greatness of Syracuse only increased under Gelon's successor, Hieron I. Hieron defeated a combined Carthaginian and Etruscan army at Cumae in 474 BC and won the chariot race events at both the Pythian Games in 470 BC and the Olympic Games in 468 BC, one or both of which might be commemorated by the obverse type of this coin. Unfortunately, the Deinomenid tyranny also became increasingly oppressive under Hieron I and not long after his death in 466 BC, a series of revolutions at Syracuse and other cities overthrew the Deinomenids in favor of new democratic constitutions.

Lot 363

Parthian Kingdom. Artabanos I (Arsakes II). Silver Drachm (3.47 g), 211-185 BC. Hekatompylos, ca. 189-185 BC. Head of Artabanos I left, wearing bashlyk. rev. Archer seated right on backless throne, holding bow. Sellwood 7.1 (Mithradates I); Shore 5 corr. (same; S. 7.1, not 8.1); Sunrise 245. Cleaned and porous. About Very Fine. Estimated Value $250 From the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection.

Lot 246

Philistia, Gaza. Silver Drachm (2.99 g), mid 5th century-333 BC. Archaic style female head right. rev. Head of Bes facing. Gitler & Tal V.14Da; HGC 10, 552. Test cut. About Very Fine. Estimated Value $500 From the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection.

Lot 177

Lesbos, Mytilene. Electrum Hekte (2.56 g), ca. 377-326 BC. Wreathed head of Dionysos right. rev. Head of satyr facing within linear square. Bodenstedt 90; HGC 6, 1016.Very Rare. A magnificent example. Boldly struck in high relief and perfectly centered. Probably the finest known. Nearly Mint State. Estimated Value $2,500 From the Dionysus Collection. Although electrum had been popular for the first coinages of western Asia Minor, it was quickly superseded in most places by parted gold and silver coinages already in the sixth century BC. However, a few cities, like Mytilene, Phokaia, and Kyzikos continued to strike electrum into the fourth century BC, often in concert, as a means of providing an international trade coinage for the Black Sea region. The somewhat outmoded alloy remained in demand by the grain-producers and mercenaries of the north long after it fell out of common use in mainland Greece and Asia Minor.

Lot 298

Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (14.64 g), 132-135 CE. Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). 'Simon' (Paleo-Hebrew), tetrastyle façade of the Temple of Jerusalem; show bread table or Ark of the Covenant in chest form with semicircular lid and short legs, seen from a narrow side; above façade, star. rev. 'For the freedom of Jerusalem' (Paleo-Hebrew), lulav with etrog at left. Hendin 1411; Mildenberg 60.1 (O14/R45; this coin); TJC 267. The Mildenberg plate coin. Boldly struck and nicely toned. Removed from an NGC slab where graded Ch AU; Strike: 4/5, Surface: 4/5. Estimated Value $3,000 From the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection.

Lot 61

Sicily, Zankle-Messana. Silver Drachm (5.19 g), ca. 500-493 BC. DANKLE, dolphin leaping left within sickle-shaped harbor. rev. Nine-part incuse square with scallop shell in center. Gielow 57ff;; SNG ANS 302ff. A well struck example. Somewhat porous, cleaned now lightly toned. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $1,500 From the Dionysus CollectionEx Monetarium FPL 52 (Autumn 1989), lot 30.

Lot 11

Lucania, Herakleia. Silver Nomos (7.84 g), ca. 335-300 BC. Head of Athena, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla hurling stone; in right field, K. rev. [HPAKΛHITΩN] (faintly visible), Herakles standing facing, holding club, bow and lion's skin; above, Nike flying right crowning him with wreath. Van Kauren 80; SNG ANS 24; HN Italy 1383. Well struck and delicately toned. A beautiful example of fine style and execution. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,000 From the Dionysus Collection.

Lot 455

Trajan, AD 98-117. Silver Denarius (3.43 g). IMP CAES NER TRAIAN OPTIM AVG GERM DAC. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust. r. rev. PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R. Fortuna seated l., holding rudder and cornucopiae, in exergue. FORT RED. C-149; BMC p. 105 note; RIC 308. Magnificent iridescent tone. Boldly struck with complete legends and virtually as struck. Nearly Mint State. Estimated Value $1,000 Ex Tkalec sale May 2011, 148.

Lot 1092

Charles I (1625-49), silver Halfcrown, Truro Mint (1642-43), undated. King on horseback left with upright sword and flowing sash, Latin legend and beaded borders surrounding both sides, initial mark rose, :CAROLVS. D. G. MA. BRI. FRA. ET. HIB. REX. rev. quartered shield of arms, C to left, R to right, initial mark rose, CHRISTO: AVSPICE: REGNO, weight 14.15g (Brooker 1019; Bull 657/5; N 2539; S 3052; KM 219). With usual weakness from die flaw in obverse legend, toned, some light scratches both sides, otherwise very fine, in PCGS holder graded VF Details (Repaired), and rare. Estimated Value $4,000 Ex V. J. E. Ryan, Glendining, 22nd January 1952, lot 1185.Ex Patrick Finn, February 2000, List 18, item 323.Ex James Hall Collection, Dix Noonan and Webb, Auction 71, 28th September 2006, lot 226.Ex Spink Numismatic Circular, December 2007, item HS3278.Ex Mark Rasmussen Numismatist, Winter 2010, list 20, item 62. PCGS certification 34313121.

Lot 3001

Breast Star. Silver and enamels. 81 mm. French manufacture marks of Arthus Bertrand, early 1900s. Black enamel Imperial eagle with blue enamel St. Andrew’s Cross on breast against gold at center of central medallion, silver motto against blue around, crossed green and red enamel branches below. Set on a brilliant-style, rayed plaque. Pinback and hooks. A lovely star of fine workmanship. Superb. Estimated Value $10,000

Lot 225

Pamphylia, Side. Silver Tetradrachm (16.80 g), ca. 205-100 BC. Deino…, magistrate. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet. rev. Nike advancing left, holding wreath; in left field, pomegranate; across field, magistrate's name: ΔEI-NO. Seyrig 8; SNG BN 678-81. Excellent metal and lightly toned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $500

Lot 1081

Edward VI (1547-53), fine silver Halfcrown, 1552. Armored King with sword on horseback right, horse with decoration, date 1552 below, linear and beaded circles surrounding, mint mark tun for Tower Mint, Latin legend, EDWARD; VI: D': G': AGL': FRA':Z: HIB': REX: rev. long cross fourchee over quartered shield of arms, circles and legend surrounding, POSVI DEV': A DIVTOR E; MEV; weight 15.10g (N 1935; S 2480). Light short scratches in obverse field by sword blade, otherwise toned, fully round good very fine and eye-appealing, in PCGS holder graded VF Details (Graffiti). Estimated Value $4,000 PCGS certification 34313119.

Lot 183

Ionia, Ephesos. Silver Tetradrachm (14.79 g), ca. 405-390 BC. Namertes, magistrate. E-Φ, bee. rev. Forepart of stag right, head turned to look back; in left field, palm tree; in right field, magistrate's name: NAMEPTH[Σ]. Knns 49c (this coin); SNG Copenhagen -. Lovely light golden toning. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,500 From the Dionysus CollectionEx Monetarium FPL 53 (Spring 1990), lot 85ex Rauch 43 (5 June 1989), lot 360ex Hekatomnos Hoard, 1977.

Lot 1125

George II (1727-60), Proof silver Sixpence, 1728. Young laureate and draped bust left, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIVS. II. DEI. GRATIA. rev. inverted dis axis, crowned cruciform shields, garter star at center, date either side of top crown, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, M.B.F. ET. H. REX. F. D. B. ET L. D. S.R.I.A.TH ET. E. edge plain, weight 3.41g (Bull 1737 R4; ESC 1604; S 3705; KM 564.1). Attractively toned, in NGC holder graded PF 65, Pop 1; tied with another PCGS PR-65 piece as the finest examples graded at both services. Estimated Value $5,500 Ex: Purchased privately from Spink and Son Ltd. November 2005. NGC certification 2722100-004.

Lot 3108

Documented Order of the Red Banner of Labor. Type 3. Award # 21517 Silver. Type 3, on 5-sided rectangular suspension. Hand-engraved "монеÑ‚нÑ‹й двоÑ€" mintmark at the top, and serial number at 6 o’clock. Comes complete with Order’s Book, issued to Solov’ev A.P. in November of 1943, privileges authorized since October 1, 1943. This is the only decoration listed. Extremely rare. Both items in excellent condition, the Order was apparently worn as a screwback, with faint signs of the re-conversion work remaining, nonetheless, virtually flawless enamels with only a few tiny borderline chips. Estimated Value $2,500

Lot 378

Sasanian Kingdom. Varhran II. Silver Drachm (4.35 g), AD 276-293. Bust of Varhran II right, wearing winged crown with korymbos; trefoil of pellets behind korymbos. rev. Fire altar; flanked by two attendants, the one on left wearing winged crown with korymbos, the other wearing mural crown; pellet-inverted crescent-pellet on tier of altar. SNS type I/1; Göbl type I/1; Paruck -; Saeedi -; Sunrise 768 (this coin). Lightly toned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $500

Lot 1000

Provincias del Rio de la Plata, silver 8-Reales, 1815 PTS-F. Potosí mint (Bolivia), radiant sun with face, PROVICIAS error in legend, rev. arms within wreath, date below (KM 14). Toned, in PCGS holder graded AU 55, an attractive example of this popular variety, scarce. Estimated Value $1,600

Lot 1117

Anne (1702-14), silver Pre-Union Halfcrown, 1703. VIGO. below draped bust left, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, ANNA.DEI. GRATIA. rev. Pre-Union crowned cruciform shields, garter star at center, date either side of top crown.MAG BR. FRA. ET. HIB REG. edge inscribed in raised letters.+. DECVS. ET. TVTAMEN. ANNO. REGNI. TERTIO, weight 15.02g (Bull 1358; ESC 569; S 3580; KM 518.2). Attractively toned, in PCGS holder graded AU 50. Estimated Value $1,000 PCGS certification 34313084. In the British series of all the provenance mark currency coins, not just in the reign of Queen Anne but across the whole range of British coins showing a mark or word of where the metal was sourced to strike the coinage, the most intrepid of stories is behind the capture of the Vigo treasure. The Battle of Vigo Bay occurred on 23rd October 1702, and it was after the Battle that the treasure largely of silver, with a tiny proportion of gold was captured and transported back to Southampton on the south coast of England. From there the treasure was brought with great pomp and ceremony to London, overseen by the Mint Master himself, one Mr Isaac Newton, to then be turned into coinage at the Royal Mint in the Tower of London. The treasure consisted of thousands of pounds in weight of silver from which this Halfcrown would have been struck, but a mere seven pounds and eight ounces of gold.

Lot 204

Ionia, Teos. Silver Stater (11.78 g), struck ca. 470-449 BC. T HIO N (N retrograde). Griffin seated right on "leaf and tongue" exergual line, wings raised, left forepaw lifted over panther head. rev. Quadripartite incuse square. (Balcer, SNR 47, 103, A. 103/P.135; BMC 19 var. Delicately toned, unusually well centered and boldly struck. NGC graded Ch AU, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 5/5. Estimated Value $2,000 Ex: Hunter Collection, Goldberg's Sale 72, lot 4078.

Lot 214

Islands off Caria, Kos. Silver Tetradrachm (14.82 g), ca. 400-385 BC. Lysichos, magistrate. Bearded head of Herakles left, wearing lion's skin headdress. rev. KΩION, crab; above, magistrate's name: ΛYΣIXOΣ; below, club; all in dotted square within incuse square. Stefanaki 153-60; HGC 6, 1301. Attractively toned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $3,000 From the Dionysus Collection. The crab of the reverse was a civic badge of Kos - a perfectly reasonable emblem for an island city - but its combination with the head of Herakles on the obverse seems to refer to a somewhat obscure detail of that hero's Second Labor. In this Labor, Herakles was required to slay the Lernaean Hydra. When Herakles began to gain the upper hand over the Hydra, Hera is said to have sent a giant crab to attack him as well. Nevertheless, the hero still managed to kill the Hydra and crush the crab under foot. Again disappointed in her plot to destroy Herakles, Hera placed the crab in the heavens as the constellation Cancer.

Lot 361

Babylonia, Alexandrine Empire. Uncertain satrap. Silver Stater (12.36 g), ca. 328-311 BC. Baal seated left, holding scepter. rev. Lion prowling left; above, pentagram. Nicolet-Pierre 5; SNG Copenhagen 265. Toned. Fine/ Very Fine. Estimated Value $300

Lot 2289

Prize Medal. Silver. 50.7 mm. Unsigned. From the Ministry of Agriculture and State Property, nd (1894). Diakov 1160.2 (R1), Sm 1339/b. Conjoined heads of Nicholas II and Alexander III left / Six-line legend within wreath. Some hairlines, lightly toned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $300

Lot 105

Thessaly, Thessalian League. Silver Stater (5.92 g), mid-late 1st century BC. Eupalides and Hegesaretos, magistrates. Laureate head of Zeus right. rev. ΘEΣΣA-ΛΩN, Athena Itonia standing right, preparing to hurl spear and holding forth shield on arm; above spear and in exergue, magistrates' names: [EY]ΠA-ΛIΔOY and [H]ΓHΣAPETOΣ; across central field, K-A. BCD Thessaly II 865.2; HGC 4, 209. Untoned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $200 From the Dionysus Collection.

Lot 370

Parthian Kingdom. Phraates IV. Silver Drachm (4.09 g), 38/7-2 BC. Rhagai. Diademed bust of Phraates IV left, wart on forehead behind; eagle flying left, crowning king with wreath. rev. Archer seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Cf. Sellwood 52.12 (legend); cf. Shore 280; cf. Sunrise 392. NGC grade AU; Strike: 4/5, Surface: 4/5. Estimated Value $300 From the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection.

Lot 1042

Consulat (1799-1804), silver 5-Francs, An 10 (1801-02), Paris. «Hercules» type, rev. value and date within laurel wreath (KM 639.1; Gad 563.a). Lustrous about uncirculated, in PCGS holder graded AU 58, Pop 1; only 1 graded higher in MS-63 at PCGS. The finest graded piece at NGC is only an AU-55 example. Estimated Value $600 PCGS certification 28518355.

Lot 1139

George III (1760-1820), Pattern silver Halfcrown, 1817. Small laureate head right, top right leaf points to upright of E, date below, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA, rev. struck en medaille, crowned escutcheon of the Arms of Hanover at center of crowned quartered shield of arms with garnished frame, WWP incuse on left garnish for Mint Master William Wellesley Pole, W incuse on right garnish for engraver Thomas Wyon Jnr., buckled garter motto surrounding in French, HONI. SOIT. Q MAL. Y. PENSE. Latin legend and toothed border surrounding commences bottom left, BRITANNIARUM REX FID: DEF: edge milled, weight 14.12g (Bull 2108 R4; ESC 627 R4; Davies 65; cf KM 672). Attractively toned, a few tiny spots, practically as struck, extremely rare, in NGC holder graded PF 63, Pop 1; the only example graded at both services. Estimated Value $6,750 Ex Harrington E Manville, collection of patterns and proofs, purchased by Spink and Son Ltd 1984.Ex Herman Selig Collection, part II, Coins of George III, Spink Coin Auction 131, 2nd March 1999, lot 1214.Ex Nihon Coin Auction, Tokyo, Japan, March 2009, lot 2047. NGC certification 2722100-009.

Lot 1019

Norodom I (1860-1904), silver Proof Piastre, 1860. Bare head left, date below, rev. mantled oval arms, value below, reeded edge, 26.96g (Lec 88; Dav 148; Bruce 9), in PCGS holder graded PR 63, Pop 1; only 1 graded finer in PR-65 at PCGS, with a light even toning, one of the original strikes in Brussels. Estimated Value $11,000 PCGS certification 34324578.

Lot 23

Sicily, Akragas. Silver Tetradrachm (17.11 g), ca. 409-406 BC. Nike, holding kentron and reins, driving galloping quadriga right; above, Nike flying left, crowning Nike with wreath; in exergue, ketos right. rev. A[KPAΓANTINON], two eagles standing left on dead hare, the closest eagle with wings closed and head raised, the further eagle with wings spread and head lowered; in left field, cicada. HGC-2-84; Seltman, NC (1948), 1 (three examples cited); SNG Copenhagen 24. Extremely Rare. Fine style and well struck in high relief. Light grey toning, very slight area of porosity. About Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $20,000 From the Dionysus Collection.Ex Gorny & Mosch 138 (7 March 2005), lot 94ex MMAG 61 (1982), lot 34. The reverse depicting two eagles over the body of a hare is perhaps one of the most iconic types in the Akragantine series. The type is executed with great skill, illustrating the great birds with their prey. In the background one eagle spreads his wings and leans forward to be the first to peck at the carcass while the eagle in the foreground throws its head back as if screaming in triumph. The animated quality of the scene and the emotion it conveys is so remarkable that one can almost imagine the engraver witnessing the scene in life before committing it to the die for all time.

Lot 84

Paeonian Kingdom. Audoleon. Silver Tetradrachm (12.65 g), 315-286 BC. Astibos or Damastion. Head of Athena facing slightly right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet. rev.AYΔΩΛEON-TOΣ, horse prancing right, trailing rein; below, monogram. Peykov E4355; NRBM Paeonia 83 (same obv. die); SNG ANS 1054 var. (head facing slightly left). Lightly toned and of Fine Style. Nearly Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $2,000 From the Dionysus Collection.

Lot 1157

Victoria (1837-1901), silver Florin, 1849, "Godless" type. Crowned Gothic type bust left, WW in field behind clear of linear circle, for engraver William Wyon, Latin legend with linear and beaded border surrounding both sides, date in legend, VICTORIA REGINA 1849, rev. crowned cruciform shields, emblems in alternate angles, rose at center, denomination legend, +ONE FLORIN+ in upper half, ONE TENTH OF A POUND in lower half, weight 11.30g (Bull 2815; Davies 681; ESC 802; S 3890; KM 745). Attractively toned, in PCGS holder graded MS 65. Estimated Value $550 Ex: Bonhams, London, 29-30th April 2004. The Latin legend translates merely as "Victoria, Queen," and was seen as almost on the point of blasphemy to the Victorian mind as the traditional "Dei Gratia" for by the grace of God was not included. Public opinion won the day making this coin a one year only type with a new Gothic Florin issued from 1851 onwards.

Lot 22

Sicily, Akragas. Silver Tetradrachm (17.39 g), ca. 465/4-446 BC. AKRAC-ANTOΣ (N and Σ retrograde), sea eagle with folded folded standing left. rev. Crab within circular incuse. Lee grp. I; Randazzo 12-4; SNG ANS 964-7 and 970-80. Boldly struck in high relief, well centered and Fine Style. Attractive, slightly iridescent, light greyish toning. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $5,000 From the Dionysus Collection. The eagle and the crab were civic badges of Akragas and frequently appeared together or separately on the city's coinage from the fifth to the third century BC. The eagle is somewhat Archaic in style, but with detailed feathering, whereas the crab almost seems to be engraved from life. Every detail from the contours of the shell down to the serrated edges of the claws is present here, making this piece a real prize for the rare lover of both coins and marine biology.

Lot 1212

Authority of November 1758, silver Dollar (Six Shillings and Eightpence). Floriated GR raised countermarked within circular indent on both sides of Mexico, Mexico City 8-Reales, 1758 MM, 26.88g (Prid 4; KM 8.3, host coin KM 104.2). Coin and countermark toned, in PCGS holder graded EF 40, Pop 1; the finest example graded at PCGS. Estimated Value $2,500 PCGS certification 34313329.

Lot 1067

Brandenburg-Prussia, Friedrich III (1888), silver 2-Marks and 5-Marks, 1888 A. Berlin mint, bust right, rev. crowned imperial eagle (KM 510, 512), silver shooting medal, undated (1888) by E. Weigand, bust right, rev. DEM BESTEN SCHÜTZEN within wreath, 38mm, 29.39g, all as struck with colorful toning and full luster, all choice unciruclated (3). Estimated Value $500

Lot 432

Augustus. Silver Denarius (3.72 g), 27 BC-AD 14. Superb EF. Caesaraugusta (?), ca. 19/8 BC. Head of Augustus right, wreathed with oak-leaves.rev. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, two laurel branches. RIC 33a; BMC 352; RSC 47. Lovely old cabinet toning with hints of iridescense. A fantastic portrait of great style struck on an exceptionally large flan. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $7,500 Ex Alberto Campana Collection (NAC 64, 17-18 May 2012), 1033;Ex Rauch 82 (23 April 2008), 203Ex Exceptional Roman Denarii Coll. #3104. When Octavian was awarded the honorary title of Augustus in 27 BC investing him with supreme power, he was also given the right to decorate his door posts with laurel branches, a sign of martial victory, and the corona civica, an oak-wreath symbolizing the saving of a Roman life. In the case of Augustus, the laurel branches signified his victory over Mark Antony and Cleopatra at Actium, and the corona civica was awarded for saving the life of not one citizen but of many thousands when he successfully ending the civil wars. On this coin Augustus is portraying wearing the oak wreath crown - which occurs only occasionally on Roman coins - which by law he was required to do at every public gathering.

Lot 18

Bruttium, Kaulonia. Silver Nomos (7.63 g), ca. 500-480 BC. KAVΛO (retrograde), Apollo advancing right, holding branch; small daimon running right on Apollo's outstretched arm; to right, stag standing right, head turned back. rev. Incuse of obverse, but daimon and ethnic in relief and palm branch to right. Noe grp. D, 53 (same obv. die); HN Italy 2038. Rare. Underlying luster present. About Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $2,000 From the Dionysus Collection. This issue of Kaulonia belongs to a remarkable class of coins struck by Greek cities in southern Italy in the late sixth century BC and characterized by incuse reverse designs replicating the raised designs of the obverse. The reason for the development of this peculiar and technologically complex method of coining (obverse and reverse dies needed to be produced with precision so that the raised and incuse designs would line up properly on the finished coin) remains unclear. It has been suggested, a little implausibly, that the incuse reverses were employed to facilitate the easy stacking of coins. Perhaps somewhat more likely are the suggestions that the incuse reverses might have been intended to thwart counterfeiting or that they represent the influence of local tradtions of repoussé work in Magna Graecia. Whatever the case, the coins are impressive in the technological skill required to create them and charming in their Archaic style.

Lot 313

Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.10 g), 132-135 CE. Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). 'Simon' (Paleo-Hebrew), bunch of grapes with leaf and tendril. rev. 'For the freedom of Jerusalem' (Paleo-Hebrew), elongated lyre with three strings. Hendin 1435; Mildenberg 182 (O22/R116); TJC 274. Overtsruck on a denarius of Trajan. Removed from an NGC slab where graded AU; Strike: 3/5, Surface: 4/5. Estimated Value $600 From the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection. The grape bunch and kinnor combination of this undated zuz continue types first introduced for the silver denomination in the second year of the Bar Kokhba War. Although this specimen is complete, some examples appear to have been cut in antiquity. Some commentators have considered the cutting to have been a means of invalidating the coins after the disastrous conclusion of the war while others have suggested that they simply represent an expedient for making change. Problematic for the invalidation theory is the fact that so few cut coins are known, but at the same time cut fractional coinage is also a great rarity in the ancient world once coin usage became firmly established.

Lot 301

Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (14.78 g), 132-135 CE. Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). 'Simon' (Paleo-Hebrew), tetrastyle façade of the Temple of Jerusalem; show bread table or Ark of the Covenant in chest form with semicircular lid and short legs, seen from a narrow side; above façade, star. rev. 'For the freedom of Jerusalem' (Paleo-Hebrew), lulav with etrog at left. Hendin 1411; Mildenberg 87 (O12/R67); TJC 267. Well struck on a huge flan. We note some fine file marks on the reverse as made. Toned. Removed from an NGC slab where graded AU; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5. Estimated Value $3,000 From the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection.

Lot 1069

Hall in Swabia. silver Convention Thaler, 1777 E(N)K. Head of Joseph II right, rev. three ornate shields, flanked by laurels. (Dav 2280; KM 47). Gorgeous iridescent toning, in NGC holder graded MS 63. Estimated Value $1,250 NGC certification 4485218-003.

Lot 46

Sicily, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. Silver Tetradrachm (17.07 g), 485-466 BC. Struck under Gelon I, ca. 480/78-475 BC. Charioteer, holding reigns and kentron, driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right crowning horses with wreath. rev. ΣVRAKOΣION, diademed head of Arethusa right, wearing pearl necklace; around, four dolphins clockwise. Boehringer 175 (V75/R122); Randazzo 343 (same dies). Fine archaic style. Attractively toned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,500 From the Dionysus CollectionEx Hirsch 267 (5 May 2010), lot 77.

Lot 152

Aiolis, Myrina. Silver Tetradrachm (16.85 g), ca. 155-145 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right. rev. MYPINAIΩN, Apollo Grynios standing right, holding branch and patera, omphalos and amphora at feet; in inner left field, monogram; all within laurel wreath. Sacks issue 44; SNG Copenhagen -. Boldly struck in high relief. Delicately toned. Nearly Mint State. Estimated Value $1,000 From the Dionysus Collection.

Lot 1170

Charles III (1759-1788). silver 8-Reales, 1768. Assayer P, Guatemala City mint. Crowned arms, rev. crowned globe divding pillars. (Eliz 20; KM 27.1). Well struck with deep tone, reflective fields and underlying original mint luster, in NGC holder graded MS 62. Rare in this top grade. Estimated Value $4,500 Ex Richard Stuart Collection. NGC ceritification 4427822-006.

Lot 87

Thrace, Maroneia. Silver Stater (11.37 g), ca. 386/5-350 BC. Ikesio…, magistrate. MAPΩ, horse galloping left, reins trailing. rev. Grape vine with four bunches of grapes within linear square; in left field, caduceus; around, magistrate's name: EΠI IKE-ΣIO; all within shallow incuse square. Schönert-Geiss 425 (same dies); SNG Lockett 1200 (same dies). Boldly struck in high relief and well centered. Nicely toned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $2,500 From the Dionysus CollectionEx Hess-Divo 317 (2010), lot 97.

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