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Click here to subscribeANCIENT COINS, GREEK COINS, Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III, The Great (336-323 BC), Silver Drachm, mint of Miletos, struck c.295-275 BC, head of young Herakles facing right, wearing a lion’s skin, rev AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left, holding an eagle and a sceptre, monogram on left, 4.25g, 6h (Price 2151; Müller 1057). In NGC holder graded strike 5/5, surface 5/5, attractively toned, of good style and good extremely fine.
ANCIENT COINS, GREEK COINS, Pamphylia, Aspendos (4th Century BC), two wrestlers grappling, rev slinger standing right, triskeles on right; Carian Islands, Rhodes (c.170-150 BC), Silver Drachm, radiate head of Helios right, rev rose, within an incuse square. Both toned, very fine. (2)
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Artabanus III (126-122 BC), Silver Drachm, minted at Ecbatana, diademed and bearded bust left, wearing multi-turn torque, rev archer seated right on omphalos, four line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟY, 4.13g, 12h (S 20.1 (Artabanus I)). About very fine, scarce.
ANCIENT COINS, BYZANTINE COINS, Constans II (AD 641-668), Silver Hexagram, dN CONSTANTINUS PP AVC, bust of emperor facing, wearing a crown and chlamys and holding a globus cruciger, rev dEUS AdIUTA ROMANIS, cross potent on a globe above steps, 6.63g, 6h (MIB 144; S 991). Very fine.
BRITISH COINS, Charles I, Silver Halfcrown, 1644, Oxford mint (1642-1646), King on horseback left with upright sword, lumpy ground below, Oxford plume behind, initial mark plume with crown and bands, rev Declaration in two lines, three Oxford plumes above, large central plume, date with .OX. below, initial mark lozenge, 14.67g (Brooker 907; N 2424; S 2958A). Weak on obverse, nearly very fine.
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
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.
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.
WORLD COINS, Islamic, Abbasid, al-Ma’mun ‘Abd Allah (196-218h), Silver Dirham, Madinat al-Salam, 208h, 2.92g (A 223.6); al-Mu’tasim (218-227h), Gold Dinar, Misr, 219h, 4.23g (A 225; Bern 151De). First clearly legible, lustrous uncirculated, second with light scratch, otherwise extremely fine. (2)
ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN COINS, Republic, Anonymous (c.225-214 BC), Silver Quadrigatus Didrachm, laureate Janiform head of Dioscuri, rev Jupiter, holding a sceptre and hurling a thunderbolt, in fast quadriga right, driven by Victory, ROMA incuse on a tablet below, 6.14g, 6h (Cr 28/3; RBW 65). Small chip in edge of flan at 11 o’clock, lightly toned, good very fine.
ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN COINS, Hostilian (AD 251), Silver Antoninianus, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust facing right, three pellets below, rev Pudicitia; Trebonianus Gallus (AD 251-253), Antoniniani (2); Volusian (AD 251-253), Antoninaini (2), Æ Sestertius; Aemilian (AD 252-253), Antoninianus, Sestertius; Valerian I (AD 253-260), Antoniniani (2), Sestertii (2); and an Alexandrian Tetradrachm. Generally about very fine to nearly extremely fine. (13)
ANCIENT COINS, ANCIENT BRITISH, Celtic Silver and Base Metal, Regini and Atrebates, Eppillus (c.20 BC - AD 1), Silver Unit, 1.14g, crescent, REX over, CALLE below, ‘rosettes’ at sides, rev eagle flying right, (P)P on left (ABC 1160; VA 415-1; S 99); another, 1.19g, bearded head right, rev lion right, EPP above, COM in exergue (ABC 1166; VA 416-1; S 100). Very fine. (2) first ex DNW auction, September 2006 second CCI 06.0546
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Channel Islands, Oval Silver “Clan Badge”, for the family of Messervy of Jersey, c.1880s, a cherry tree proper, within Garter with raised buckle, motto, AU VALEUREUX COEUR RIEN IMPOSSIBLE (to the valiant heart nothing is impossible), 65mm x 50mm. Well made, brooch mounted, extremely fine. The Messervy family of Jersey is one of the Island’s oldest, a Norman name with, by 1331, one John being a land owner and Seigneur. Clement Messervy, whom tradition makes to have come from Jersey to America, was a taxpayer in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1673 and took the oath of allegiance in 1685.
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.
ANCIENT COINS, ANCIENT BRITISH, Celtic Silver and Base Metal, Iceni, Silver Unit, 0.99g, late 1st Century BC, large crude head right, rev horse right, wheel and pellet in circle above, pellet below tail (ABC 1537; VA 665-3; S 433); another, 1.06g, large, crude head right, trefoils to right, rev horse right, corded wheel(?) over, diamond shape below (ABC 1567; VA 792-1; S 434); another, 1.25g, wreath pattern, opposing crescents in centre, rev horse right, pellets above and below tail, ‘wheel’ below (ABC 1588; VA 679-1; S 435); another, 0.78g, wreath pattern, opposing crescents in centre, rev horse left, wheel above, pellet in circle below (ABC 1591; VA 675-1; S 435). About fine to very fine (4)
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.
BRITISH COINS, Scotland, Robert II (1371-1390), Silver Groat, Edinburgh, crowned bust left with sceptre, rev cross and mullets (S 5131); Robert III (1390-1406), Groat, Edinburgh, light coinage (1403-1406), facing bust (S 5177). First rather flat, fine, second very fine, crease across bust. (2)
ANCIENT COINS, GREEK COINS, Lokris, Lokris Opuntii (c.360-350 BC), Silver Stater, head of Persephone facing left, wearing a wreath of grain leaves, a pearl necklace, and a triple-pendant earring, rev ΟΠΟΝΤΙΩ – Ν, Ajax, naked but for a Corinthian helmet, advancing right, holding a sword and a shield decorated with a griffin and a palmette on its interior, an eight-rayed star on right, above two short spears, 12.26g, 9h (BCD 58 (these dies); Gulbenkian 491 (these dies)). In NGC holder graded strike 5/5, surface 5/5, of attractive style and toned, extremely fine. ex R A van Every Collection, Bank Leu auction 15, 4 May 1976, lot 213 ex Bank Leu auction 30, 28 April 1982, lot 109
ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MILITARY MEDALS, Campaign Groups and Pairs, A World War Two Order of St John Nursing Group of 3 awarded to Divisional Superintendant M Davidson, comprising: The Order of St John, Officer’s Breast Badge, in silver and enamels, 4th type (1948- c.1973), Defence Medal, 1939-1945, Service Medal of the Order of St John, in silver (1898-1947) with straight bar suspension, with silver ‘5-year’ clasp (Div. Supt. M. Davidson); medals officially impressed, group swing-mounted on bar with reverse pin for wear. Some light damage to enamels of first, crudely repaired, otherwise very fine, toned. (3)
BRITISH COINS, Charles I, Silver Shilling, York mint (1643-1644), type 5, crowned bust left, crown intrudes inner beaded circle, lozenge above value behind, initial mark lion both sides, rev crowned oval quartered shield of arms, 5.35g (Brooker 1097; N 2320; S 2874). Lightly creased with weak high points, toned, about very fine. With old dealer ticket, c.1997, which states it was found beneath the floorboards of “Martock Manor House”
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Phraates III (70/69-58/7 BC), Countermarked local imitation Silver Drachm, minted in an uncertain eastern workshop circa mid to late 1st Century BC, long bearded bust left in diadem bound tiara, decorated with a horn on side and a row of recumbent stags around the crest, pellet ended spiral torque, rev archer enthroned right, monogram below bow, seven line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ ΕYΕΡΓΕΤΟY ΘEΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, countermark = beardless head left, around TANΛHC, 3.34g, 12h (S 91.8 var, imitating S39.3 Drachms from Rhagae). Very fine for issue, unique. Consult the following works for further information on this coin: Senior R.C., A Catalogue of Indo-Scythian Coins. Vol. I: An Analysis of the Coinage. Butleigh, Glastonbury (2000), 106. Vol. II: Illustrated Catalogue. Butleigh, Glastonbury (2000), 147, No. 201.1D (this coin).
BRITISH COINS, Henry VIII, Silver Groat, second coinage (1526-1544), London, Laker type D, crowned bust right, initial mark arrow both sides, rev quartered shield of arms upon long cross fourchée, saltire in forks, 2.52g (N 1797; S 2337E). One tiny rim split, good very fine or better. ex Baldwin’s Auction 90, 24 September 2014, lot 1612
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, Italy, Roman School, Girolamo Calagrano, Bishop of Mondovi (1490-1497), Cast Silver Medal, bust right, rev female figure with dog and celestial globe, corn field and two suns beside her, SPES MIHI SOLA FIDES, 54mm (Arm II, 64, 14). Good very fine, a high quality cast in silver, with some age.
BRITISH COINS, Charles II, Silver Crown, 1673, third laureate and draped bust right, rev crowned cruciform emblematic shields, interlinked Cs in angles, garter star at centre, date either side of English shield, edge inscribed in raised letters and dated VICESIMO QVINTO (ESC 47; S 3358). Good fine.
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
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.
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)
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.
BRITISH COINS, Charles I, Silver Sixpence, 1626, group B, crowned second bust left, initial mark cross calvary (1625-1626) both sides, rev long cross fourchée over square topped quartered shield of arms, 2.97g (Brooker 577-78; N 2236; S 2807). Ragged flan, weakly struck on king’s head, otherwise sharp detail, good very fine with attractive tone, a good example of this issue. ex Dr E C Carter Collection, collection acquired by Baldwin’s,1950
BRITISH COINS, Charles II, Silver Halfcrown, 1677, fourth bust, edge VICESIMO NONO (ESC 475; S 3367), Shilling, 1679, second bust, plain below (S 3375), Sixpence, 1681, Fourpence, 1683, Threepence, 1683 (S 3382, 3384, 3386); with Copper Halfpennies (3), 1673, 1694, 1700, Tin Halfpenny, James II; Ireland, Copper Halfpennies (2), 1681, 1692, James II, Gun Money Shilling and Sixpence, 1689 Jan:; Scotland, Merk, 1671 (S 3393, 3452, 3556, 6575, 6597; 6581M, 6583J, 5611). Generally fine to very fine. (14)
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
WORLD COINS, Islamic, Saffarid, Ya’qub b. al-Layth, Silver Dirham, al-Basra 2(63?)h, without name of caliph, 3.00g. Edge weakness, very fine and unrecorded. This coin was issued when Ya’qub, the Saffarid commander from Sistan, attacked the Abbasid Caliphate from his base in Khuzistan in 262 H/872 CE. He advanced into Iraq but was decisively defeated at Dayr al-‘Aqul thirty miles south of Baghdad. He was able, however, to make his escape to return to Khuzistan. It is unclear when this previously unrecorded Dirham was issued. In spite of its shadowy, lightly-struck date it was probably struck before Ya’qub’s advance northward into Iraq. On the coin he entitles himself Ya’qub bin al-Layth, a self-granted promotion from simply calling himself Ya’qub on his previous coinage. Not surprisingly he omitted the name of the Caliph al-Mu’tamid, whom he was keen to overthrow.
BRITISH COINS, Aethelred II, Silver Penny, Last Small Cross type (1009-1017), Hildesige of Bath mint, diademed bust left, within linear circle, +ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGLO, rev central cross, linear circle surrounding, +HILDESIGE ON: BAÐAN, 1.70g (BMC type I; N 777; S 1154). A few light peck marks, die flaw in front of bust, very fine, toned. ex Glendining, 7 November 1945, lot 277 (part)
ANCIENT COINS, GREEK COINS, Attica, Athens (c.449-415 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, head of Athena facing right, wearing a crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive-leaves and a palmette, rev AΘE, owl standing right, its head facing, an olive-sprig and a crescent behind, all within an incuse square, 17.07g, 9h (Kroll 8; SNG Copenhagen 31). Countermark on cheek and an uncertain stamp on reverse, about very fine.
ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN COINS, Diocletian (AD 284-305), Silver Argenteus, mint of Treveri, laureate and cuirassed bust facing right, rev the Tetrarchs before turreted enclosure; Constantius I (AD 305-306), Silver Argenteus, mint of Treveri, laureate head facing right, rev similar. First toned, good fine, the second with crack in flan, nearly very fine. (2)
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 Ecbatana 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, 3.02g, 12h (S 35.3 (Darius, reverse die cut by a peripatetic engraver, see lots 377 and 381)). About very fine, one of only two known examples, the other in the British Museum.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Love and Friendship, Engraved Georgian Silver Medal, c.1760s, clasped hands joined with padlock, a saw through a flaming heart above, olive leaf border, rev hen with chicks, palm border, 29.38g, 49mm; Smoothed and Engraved Copper Halfpennies (2), armorial goat’s head left, rev “Sarah Brock”, and initials IP and SC to either side. First very fine, a delightful piece, the others fine. (3) The goat’s head is the crest of some branches of the Brook(e) family and, no doubt, also the Brooks.
BRITISH COINS, Henry VI, first reign, Silver Half-Groat, Calais, Rosette-Mascle issue (S 1862), Penny, Calais, Annulet issue; with other Pennies (5), Durham, Leaf-Pellet, and York (4); Ango-Gallic, Grand Blanc, mm leopard, Rouen mint (Elias 287). Edges of last a little ragged, generally fine and better. (8)
BRITISH COINS, John (1199-1216), Silver Penny (2), Short Cross coinage, London mint, 5b, + RICARD. B. ON. LVN; 6a, + ILGEOR. ON. LVN (S 1351, 1353); Ireland, John, Silver Penny, “Rex” coinage, Dublin mint, moneyer Robert, bust in triangle, rev ROBE RD ON DIVE (S 6228); Henry III (1216-1272), Silver Penny, Dublin mint, type IIa, bust in triangle, rev long cross (S 6240). Second fine, others generally very fine, last a little weakly struck. (4)
BRITISH COINS, Edward the Confessor, Silver Penny (2), Hammer Cross type (1059-1062), Lincoln mint, moneyer Ulf, crowned bust right, rev cross, + VLF ON LINCOLNE, 1.19g (N 828; S 1182), Facing Bust / Small Cross type (1062-1065), York mint, moneyer Thor, facing bust, rev small cross and annulet, + DORR ON EOFERPR, 1.10g (N 830; S 1183). Very fine. (2)
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.
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