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Click here to subscribeANCIENT COINS, GREEK COINS, Syria, Seleukia Pieria (106-88 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, local era 13 = 97/96 BC, turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche facing right, rev thunderbolt on an ornate stool, date below, 15.72g, 12h (BMC 20; DCA 697). Dark tone, very fine. ex Spink auction, 2 December 2013, lot 128
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Phraates III (70/69-58/7 BC), Silver Drachms (2), minted c.62/1-58/7 BC, diademed and long bearded bust left, wearing necklet with central medallion/pellet ended spiral torque, rev archer enthroned right, monogram below bow, six line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΕYΕΡΓΕΤΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, 4.10g, 12h, and 3.98g, 12h (S 38.6 var (NI under bow, Nisa), S 38.15 (Susa)). Good fine to about very fine, extremely rare. (2)
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Gotarzes II (c. AD 44-51), Silver Drachm, minted in AD 45/6 at Ecbatana, bust left with long and rectangular beard, hair 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 ΒΑΣΙΛΕYΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕШN ΑΡΣΑΚΟY HYOC KEKAΛOYMENOC ΓШTEPZHC APTABANOY, stylised and partly blundered, 3.74g, 12h (S 66.4). About very fine, extremely rare. This is an historically important issue. It was minted at about the end of the fraternal conflicts involving Vardanes I and Gotarzes II that ultimately led to the demise of the former. Its inscription, reading: King of Kings Arsaces, Gotarzes, (who is) Called Son of Artabanus, not only confirms the father-son link between Artabanus IV (formerly Artabanus II) and Gotarzes II, but also attests to the fluid political situation in Parthia around AD 45-46.
ANCIENT COINS, THE COLLECTION OF A CLASSICIST (PART III), Augustus (27 BC - AD 14), Silver Denarius, mint of Colonia Patricia, Spain, struck c.19 BC, CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head facing right, rev SIGNIS / RECEPTIS above and below a shield inscribed CL V with S-P/Q-R around, aquila on left, standard on right, 3.79g, 6h (RIC 86a; BMC 418). Small banker’s mark on obverse, cabinet toning, very fine.
BRITISH COINS, Edward the Confessor, Silver Penny, Hammer Cross type (1059-1062), Norwich mint, moneyer Wulfsige, crowned and draped bust right with sceptre to edge of coin, legend commences at top, EADPAR. RD RE, rev pellet at centre of voided cross with hammer type terminals, +PVLFSI: ON NORP:., 1.18g (BMC type XI; N 828; S 1182). Dark tone, a little blundered in parts, very fine.
ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN COINS, Mn. Fonteius (85 BC), Silver Denarius, MN FONTEI C [F], laureate head of Apollo facing right, a thunderbolt and ROMA monogram below, rev Cupid on goat right, pilei above, thyrsus in exergue; all within a laurel-wreath, 3.88g, 3h (Cr 353/1a; Sydenham 724; RBW 1350). Cabinet tone, nearly extremely fine. ex New York Sale III, 7 December 2000, lot 368
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS BY SUBJECT, International Exhibitions, France, Photography, Exposition Universelle Internationale de Paris, 1878, Silver Award Medal, by Jules-Clément Chaplain (1839-1909), named to Bidard, laureatte head of la République [Marianne] left, rev winged Victory over exhibition grounds, cherub with name-tablet, 67mm, edge stamped ARGENT. Matt surface, choice extremely fine. The Exhibition organisers arranged for a Grand Lottery to raise the funds for its construction and this was won by a Mr Bidard. It seems possible that the medal could be related.
ANCIENT COINS, GREEK COINS, Kingdom of Syria, Seleukid Kings, Antiochos VII Euergetes (138-129 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, mint of Antioch on the Orontes, diademed head facing right, rev BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTIOXOY / EYEPΓETOY, Athena standing left, holding Nike and resting on a shield, a spear resting against her arm, two monogram on left, all within a wreath, 16.77g, 12h (SC 2061.1). Light toning, well-struck, nearly extremely fine.
ANCIENT COINS, THE COLLECTION OF A CLASSICIST (PART III), Mark Antony, Silver Denarius, travelling mint, struck 42 BC, M ANTONI – IMP, bare head of Antony facing right, rev III – VIR – R P C, distyle temple, a medallion within bearing a radiate bust of Sol, draped, 3.23g, 5h (Cr 496/1; Sydenham 1168; RBW 1753). Old cabinet tone, good fine.
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Mithradates II (121-91 BC), period 112/11-110/09 BC, Silver Drachm, minted at Ecbatana(?), diademed and long bearded bust left, griffin ended spiral torque, rev archer enthroned right, holding bow and arrow with both hands, letter A behind throne back, four line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ, 4.26g, 12h (S 26.3). Good extremely fine, well centred on both sides.
BRITISH COINS, Henry VIII, Base Silver Halfgroat, third coinage (1544-1547), Bristol, William Sharington, crowned and bearded facing bust half-right within inner-circle, initial mark W’s reverse only, rev quartered shield of arms upon long cross fourchée, trefoil in each fork, CIVITAS BRISTOLIE, rosette stops, 1.31g (N 1851; S 2377). Reduced flan, good portrait, nearly very fine.
ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN COINS, Macrinus (AD 217-218), Silver Denarius, rev Annona; Elagabalus (AD 218-222), Silver Antoninianus, rev Laetitia; and Silver Denarii (2), rev Libertas, rev Victory; with Æ Sesterius; Dupondius; and an Alexandrian Billon Tetradrachm. Mainly very fine or better. (7)
ANCIENT COINS, ANCIENT BRITISH, Celtic Silver and Base Metal, Dobunni, Silver Unit, 1.04g, c.50-20 BC, head right, rev horse left, ‘bird’s head’ above and below (ABC 2012; VA 1020-1; S 377); anothers (2), 1.00g, 1.02g, cruder head right, rev horse left, ‘bird’s head’ above, flower motif below (ABC 2021; VA 1049-1; S 377); another, 0.89g, devolved head right, ornaments around, rev horse right, large cross below (ABC 2036; VA 1135; S 377). Nearly very fine or better. (4) second CCI 04.2593
ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN COINS, Hadrian (AD 117-138), Silver Tetradrachm, minted at Antioch, struck AD 119, laureate and cuirassed bust facing right, rev eagle standing right, head left, on the leg and thigh of a sacrificial animal (RPC 3689); with Provincial Æ (8), of Antioch, reverses include SC within wreath, lyre. Generally very fine or nearly so. (9)
ANCIENT COINS, GREEK COINS, Kingdom of Syria, Seleukid Kings, Alexander I Balas (152-145 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, mint of Antioch on the Orontes, struck 150-146 BC, diademed head facing right, rev [BA]ΣIΛEΩΣ / [A]ΛEΞANΔPOY / ΘEOΠATOPOΣ / EYEPΓETOY, Zeus enthroned left, holding Nike and resting on a sceptre, an eagle on leg of throne, monogram in exergue, 16.55g, 12h (SC 1781.1q; SMA 165). Good very fine.
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Vologases I (first reign in Babylonia, c. AD 50-55), Silver Tetradrachms (2), minted at Seleucia on the Tigris, bust facing, diademed head with short pointed beard turned left, wearing spiral torque with a central medallion, rev King enthroned left, receiving diadem from Tyche with sceptre, seven line inscription ΒΑCΙΛΕШC ΒΑCΙΛΕШΝ ΑΡCΑΚΟY ΕYΕΡΓΕΤΟY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYC ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟC, year BΞT = 362 SEM between king and Tyche, month YΠEPBE (Hyperberetaios) = Sep./Oct. AD 51, 14.42g, 12h; year ΔΞT = 364 SEM, month APTEΠIC (Artemisios) = May/Jun. AD 53, 13.58g, 12h (S 68.3 = Sinisi, SNP 7, 7 (this coin); S 68.9 var, different month, = Sinisi, SNP 7, 62 (this coin)). Both good fine, first very rare. (2)
BRITISH COINS, Ireland, Edward VI, coinage in the name of Henry VIII, Base Silver Sixpence, type IV, small crowned and bearded bust facing half-right within inner-circle, Tower style, initial mark annulet with pellet, rev quartered shield of arms upon long cross fourchée, broken rose in each fork, CIVITAS DVBLINIE, initial mark harp, 2.41g (DF 218; S 6488). Ragged edges in places, usual weakness, about very fine, toned.
ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN COINS, Gordian III (AD 238-244), Silver and Billon Tetradrachms (12), minted at Antioch, including a variety of bust types (Prieur 282, 286, 291, 295, 298, 299, 301, 302); with a Silver Tridrachm and a Drachm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Generally very fine to about extremely fine. (14)
BRITISH COINS, Cnut, Silver Penny, Short Cross type, Thetford mint, moneyer Aelfwine, diademed bust left with lis and pellet tipped sceptre before, +CNV .T .REX., rev short voided cross with pellet and annulet centre, +ÆLFÞINE ON ÐEOTF, 1.14g (BMC XVI; N 790; S 1159). Some weakness at centre, full flan, good very fine.
ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN COINS, Republic, Anonymous (c.208 BC), Silver Denarius, minted in Italy, helmeted head of Roma facing right, mark of value X behind, rev Dioscuri galloping right, horizontal club below, ROMA in exergue, 4.09g, 12h (Cr 89/2; Syd 211; RBW 382). Iridescent cabinet tone, nearly extremely fine.
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Mithradates II (121-91 BC), period 121/0-113/2 BC, silver Drachm, minted at Rhagae, diademed and medium bearded bust left, two monograms behind head, pellet ended spiral torque, rev archer seated right on omphalos, monogram and star behind, four line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ, 4.02g, 12h (S 24.19 var (one obverse and the reverse monograms differently shaped)). Good very fine, scarce.
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Mithradates II (121-91 BC), Silver Drachm, struck at Ecbatana from an artistically executed obverse die, diademed and medium bearded bust left, wearing multi-turn torque, monogram behind head, rev archer seated right on omphalos, four line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ, 3.70g, 2h (S 24 var (unrecorded monogram)). About very fine, unique.
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Phraates III (70/69-58/7 BC), Silver Drachms (3), minted c.62/1-58/7 BC, diademed and long bearded bust left, wearing pellet ended spiral torque, rev archer enthroned right, monogram below bow, six line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΕYΕΡΓΕΤΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, 3.97g, 12h, 3.92g, 12h, and 3.54g, 12h (S 38.6 (Mithradatkart), 38.7 (Court Mint at Mithradatkart), 38.9 (T below bow, Traxiane)). Generally good fine to about very fine, scarce to very rare. (3)
BRITISH COINS, Charles I, Silver Shilling, Tower Mint, group B, crowned bust with prominent ruff left, initial mark negro head both sides, rev long cross fourchée over quartered shield of arms, 4.93g (Brooker 407-08; N 2218; S 2784). Bold initial mark on reverse, very fine, even tone.
BRITISH COINS, Charles I, Silver Halfcrown, York mint (1643-1644), type 6, King on horseback left with upright sword, EBOR below, initial mark lion both sides, rev crowned garnished oval quartered shield of arms dividing crowned C and R each side, flower spray in legend, 14.32g (Brooker 1083; N 2314; S 2868). Full flan with usual curvature, good detail on horse and king, good very fine.
BRITISH COINS, Charles I, Silver Halfcrown, 1643, Oxford mint (1642-1646), King on horseback left with upright sword, Oxford plume behind, initial mark plume with crown and bands, rev Declaration in two lines, three Oxford plumes above, date below, 14.17g (Brooker 886; N 2413; S 2954). Edge split, weak at centre on obverse, nearly very fine.
BRITISH COINS, Elizabeth I, Silver Sixpences (3), fifth issue (1578-1582), 1580, initial mark latin cross, 3.06g (N 1997; S 2572); sixth issue, 1582-1600, 1587, initial mark crescent, 2.87g; milled coinage 1561-1571, 1562, tall narrow crowned bust with plain dress, initial mark star, 3.21g (N 2025/2; S 2594). Good fine, fine and crease mark, good fine. (3)
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Mithradates II (121-91 BC), period 112/11-110/09 BC, Silver Drachm, minted at Ecbatana(?), diademed and long bearded bust left, griffin ended spiral torque, rev archer enthroned right, holding bow and arrow with both hands, letter A behind throne back, four line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ, 4.14g, 12h (S 26.3). Extremely fine, well centred reverse.
BRITISH COINS, Edward the Confessor, Silver Penny (2), Small Flan type (1048-1050), moneyer Iolana(?), bust left, rev short cross, annulet in one angle, IEOLI ON EOFER, 1.08g (N 818; S 1175), Expanding Cross type, Light issue (1050-1053), York mint, moneyer Winterfugel, bust left, rev +PINTERFVHL ON EOF, 1.18g (N 820; S 1176). Both very fine, second with old cabinet tone. (2)
ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN COINS, Vespasian (AD 69-79), Silver Tetradrachm, minted at Antioch, struck AD 69/70, laureate bust facing right, wearing an aegis, rev eagle standing right on a thunderbolt, a palm on right, B (date) above wing, 14.43g, 12h (RPC 1937; Prieur 104). Very fine, scarce.
ANCIENT COINS, GREEK COINS, Kingdom of Syria, Seleukid Kings, Silver Drachms (6), including issued of Antiochos I (281-261 BC), Demetrios I (162-150 BC), Alexander I (152-145 BC), Antiochos VI (144-142 BC), and Antiochos VII (138-129 BC). Generally very fine to good very fine, some toned. (6)
ANCIENT COINS, BYZANTINE COINS, Michael VII Ducas (AD 1071-1078), Silver Miliaresion, Cross crosslet on steps, flanked by bust of Michael wearing a crown and chlamys to left, and bust of Maria wearing a crown and loros on right, rev five bands of legend, 1.66g, 6h (DO 6; S 1874). Very fine.
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Orodes I (80-75 BC), Silver Drachm, minted at Rhagae, short bearded bust left in diademed bound tiara, decorated with a row of pearls-on-stalk round the crest and a fleur-de-lys on side, pellet ended spiral torque, anchor behind head removed, rev archer enthroned right, six line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΕYΕΡΓΕΤΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, 3.61g, 12h (S 34.4 var (Sinatruces)). About very fine, a very rare tiara type.
BRITISH COINS, Charles I, Silver Halfgroat, Nicholas Briot’s first milled coinage (1631-1632), crowned bust left, B below, rev long cross fourchée over square topped quartered shield of arms, 1.12g (Brooker 721; N 2302; S 2856). Minor edge split at ten o’clock, extremely fine with lustre.
ANCIENT COINS, ANCIENT BRITISH, Celtic Silver and Base Metal, Corieltauvi, uniface Silver Unit, 0.80g, late 1st Century BC, blank obverse, rev horse right, four pellets within rectangle above (ABC 1815; VA -; BMC 3233; S 398); another, 0.78g, late 1st Century BC, blank obverse, rev horse left, ‘kite’-shaped ornament above (ABC 1818 (plate coin); VA -; BMC -; S -). First on a small flan, possibly clipped, nearly very fine, scarce, second chipped, about very fine, very rare. (2) first ex DNW auction, September 2008, found Horncastle, February 2002, CCI 04. 2441 second ex DNW auction, March 2009, found Caistor, November 2001, CCI 01. 1690
BRITISH COINS, George IV (1820-1830), Silver Crown, 1821, SECUNDO, Halfcrown (3), 1821, 1824, 1826, Shilling (3), 1821, 1824, 1826, Sixpence (3), 1826, 1821, 1825 (S 3805, 3807-3815); Copper Penny, 1826, Halfpenny, 1827; William IV (1830-1837), Halfcrown, 1836, Shilling, 1836, Sixpence, 1834, Copper Penny, 1831, Halfpenny, 1837. Generally fine to very fine. (17)
ANCIENT COINS, GREEK COINS, Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III, The Great (336-323 BC), Silver Drachm, mint of Kolophon, struck c.323-319 BC, head of young Herakles facing right, wearing a lion’s skin, rev AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus enthroned left, holding an eagle and a sceptre, a corn-grain below throne, a spear-head on right, 4.22g, 12h (Price 1751; Müller 314). Attractive iridescent toning, well-struck, about extremely fine.
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 IM behind head, rev archer seated right on omphalos, three line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY (S 15.1 var (Mithradatkart?)); and four line inscription (3), ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΘΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ (S 16.11 (TAM behind obverse bust, Tambrax), 16.11 var (TΛW behind obverse bust, uncertain mint), 16.15 var (uncertain mint name behind obverse bust)). Generally good fine, scarce to extremely rare. (4)
ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN COINS, Julia Domna (wife of Septimius Severus), Silver Tetradrachm, minted at Emesa, Seleucis and Pieria, Syria, struck AD 215-7, draped bust facing right, wearing a stephane, rev eagle standing facing, head left, holding a wreath in its beak, a radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Shamash left below, A below eagle’s head, 11.93g, 12h (Prieur 949; Bellinger 178). Light porosity, very fine, rare. ex CNG auction 79, 17 September 2008, lot 650
BRITISH COINS, Cnut, Silver Penny, Short Cross type, Lincoln mint, moneyer Oslac, diademed bust left with lis and pellet tipped sceptre before, +CNV .T REX:, rev short voided cross with pellet and annulet centre, +OSLAC ON LINC, 0.93g (BMC XVI; N 790; S 1159). Full flan and good detail, good very fine.
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