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Dobunni, Unit, youthful bust left, bodv[oc] in front, rev. horse right, pellet, disc and crescent above, large rosette below, 1.01g/6h (ABC 2042; BMC 3143-5; VA 1057; S 389). Surfaces slightly porous, otherwise about very fine, very rare £300-400
£300–£400
Greek Coinages, Gaul, Potin, 1st cent. BC, male head left, rev. boar standing left, 4.92g/10h (BMC Gaul 426). Very fine £40-50
£40–£50
Antoninianii (4), all of Gordian III [4]. Varied state £80-100
£80–£100
Antoninianii (3), of Gallienus, Postumus, Victorinus; together with a Follis of Constantine I [4]. Varied state £80-100
Antoninianii (4), of Probus, Aurelian, Tetricus, Carausius [4]. Varied state £80-100
Greek Coinages, Kings of Macedonia, Alexander the Great, posthumous Tetradrachm, Odessos, c. 120-90, head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin, rev. AΛEΞANΔPOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding eagle and sceptre, ΞE in left, monogram below throne, 16.01g/12h (Price 1200). Double-struck, otherwise, very fine £100-150
£100–£150
Radiates, etc (21), including Tetricus I and II, Victorinus, Postumus, Gallienus, etc [21]. Varied state; mostly with descriptive tickets £150-200
£150–£200
Greek Coinages, Islands off Thrace, THASOS, Tetradrachm, c. 148-90/80, wreathed head of young Dionysos right, rev. Herakles standing facing, head left, holding club, lion-skin draped over left arm, monogram to inner left, 16.69g/11h (SNG Copenhagen 1040-4). Very fine £100-150
Greek Coinages, Pamphylia, Aspendos, Stater, c. 380/75-330/25, two wrestlers grappling, rev. slinger in throwing stance right, to right, triskeles above eagle standing right, 10.88g/6h (Tekin series 4; SNG BnF 78). Very fine £150-200
Greek Coinages, Arsakid Kings of Parthia, Mithradates II (123-88 BC), Drachm, Rhagæ, diademed bust left, rev. archer seated right, 3.84g/12h (Sellwood 27.1; Shore 85). Good very fine £100-150
Roman Provincial Coinage, Aurelian, Egypt, Alexandria, billon Tetradrachm, yr 2 (271/2), laureate and cuirassed bust right, rev. eagle standing left, head turned to right, holding wreath in beak, L-B, 8.23g/12h (Emmett 3922). Very fine £20-30
£20–£30
Roman Republican Coinage, L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi, Denarius, Rome, 90, laureate head of Apollo right, die mark behind, rev. rider on galloping horse right, holding palm over shoulder, two pellets above, one pellet below, 3.96g/6h (Crawford 340/1; Hersh, Piso 416 (O 312/R 2136); RSC Calpurnia 11). Good very fine £100-150
Roman Imperial Coinage, Diva Julia, Sestertius, Rome, 92-4, carpentum drawn right by two mules, DIVAE IVLIAE AVG DIVI TITI, rev. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XVI CENS PER P P around large S C, 27.12g (RIC 760; BMC 471). Some smoothing in fields, otherwise very fine, rare £500-600
£500–£600
Roman Imperial Coinage, Hadrian, Denarius, Rome, 119-125, laureate bust right, slight drapery, rev. Æquitas standing facing, head left, holding scales and cornucopia, 3.17g/6h (RIC 80b; RSC 1120). Good very fine £100-150
Roman Imperial Coinage, Sabina, Sestertius, Rome, c. 128-34, draped bust right, rev. Vesta seated left, holding palladium and sceptre, 24.76g/6h (RIC 1036 [Hadrian]). Fine, dark patina £100-150
Roman Imperial Coinage, Julia Mamæa, Sestertius, Rome, 230, draped bust right, wearing stephane, rev. Felicitas seated left, holding caduceus and cornucopia, 22.43g/12h (RIC 679 [S. Alexander]). Fine, dark green patina £40-60
£40–£60
Roman Imperial Coinage, Carausius, Antoninianus, ‘C’ mint, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. Pax standing left, holding branch and sceptre, 3.52g/6h (RIC 302). Very fine, some silvering £100-150
Roman Imperial Coinage, Diocletian, Follis, London, c. 303, laureate and cuirassed bust right, rev. Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopia, 10.76g/6h (RIC VI 28a). Extremely fine, green-brown patina £100-150
Roman Imperial Coinage, Maximinus II, Follis, London, 310-12, laureate and cuirassed bust right, rev. Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopia, star, 4.42g/6h (RIC 209b). Good very fine, green patina £100-150
Roman Imperial Coinage, Constantine the Great, Follis, London, 313-14, laureate and cuirassed bust right, rev. Sol standing left, extending arm and holding globe, S F, 3.26g/6h (RIC 10). Extremely fine, dark patina £100-150
Roman Imperial Coinage, Constantine the Great, Follis, London, 313-14, helmeted and cuirassed bust left, holding spear over shoulder and shield, rev. Sol standing left, holding globe and whip, 3.64g/6h (RIC 17). Good very fine £100-150
Roman Imperial Coinage, Constantine the Great, Follis, Rome, 334-5, laureate bust right, rev. Roma seated facing, head left, in hexastyle temple, right hand holding globe, left holding sceptre, knobs as acoteria, plain pediment, 7.68g/6h (RIC 164). Extremely fine, dark patina, rare £100-150
Byzantine Coinage, Maurice Tiberius, 20 Nummi, Cyzicus, yr 20 [602], helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, rev. K between ANNO and XX, Chi Rho above, A below, 6.85g/6h (MIBE 91Db). Dark patina, fine, very rare £100-150
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Greek silver (9), including Mesembria, Thrace, Halikarnasos, etc; 19th century copies of Roman medallions (4), and a Venice Matapan [14]. Varied state; many with descriptive tickets £200-250
£200–£250
Severus Alexander, Sestertii (2), revs. Pax and Sol; together with a billon Tetradrachm of Alexandria (Cologne 2434) [3]. Varied state £200-250
Sotheby’s [New York], The Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection, Important Greek and Roman Coins, 21-2 June 1990, lots 165-953, dj; Stack’s/Harlan Berk [New York], The John Whitney Walter Collection [of Roman Gold Coins], 29 November 1990, 79 lots, all in colour [2]. Almost as new £30-40
Hammer Price: £25
Greek Coinages, Eastern Celts and Balkan Peoples, Imitations of Alexander III of Macedon, Tetradrachm, 2nd cent. BC, devolved head of Herakles right, wearing lion-skin, rev. devolved Zeus Nikephoros seated left, 14.14g/11h (Lanz 911-14; cf. CCCBM 197; Göbl, OTA 579/10). Fine £40-50
Hammer Price: £30
Greek Coinages, Gaul, Potin, 1st cent. BC, helmeted head left, rev. bull butting right, 3.40g/8h (BMC Gaul S257). Very fine £40-50
Roman Imperial Coinage, Severus Alexander, Denarius, Rome, 232, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. Mars advancing right, holding spear and shield, 2.93g/12h (RIC 246; RSC 161a). Good very fine, toned £40-60
Hill, G.F., Historical Greek Coins, London, 1906, xix + 181pp, 13 plates (2 copies); Von Sallet, A., Die Antiken Münzen, Berlin, 1909, 148pp, illustrations in text; Askew, G., The Coinage of Roman Britain, London, 1951, 95pp, dj; together with other references on Greek and Roman coins (33), by Alföldi, H.A. Seaby, Göbl, Schulten, Boutin, etc [37]. Publishers’ bindings £50-70
Hammer Price: £35
[Pinkerton, J.], An Essay on Medals, 1st edn, London, 1784, xxxii + 324pp, 2pp corrigenda (Manville 213). Modern quarter leather and boards; quotation from Samuel Johnson on the collecting of coins and some prices realised at the Benjamin Bartlett sale, May 1787, in a neat contemporary hand on endpapers, other corrections to the main text in the same hand, very fine and clean £40-50
Smyth, W.H., Descriptive Catalogue of a Cabinet of Roman Imperial Large-Brass Medals, Bedford, 1834, xxii + 352pp. Original maroon cloth; spine faded, internally fine and clean; ALS from A.P. Read at the British Museum, 17 January 1918, to the Head Master, Bedford School, regarding a frame of Greek coins for the school, tipped-in £40-50
Bronze Age, Spearhead, leaf-shaped blade with rounded mid-rib, peg-hole in socket, 14 x 31mm. Green patina, half of socket broken £40-60
Greek Coinages, Gaul, The Ædui, Kaletedou, c. 80-50 BC, Quinarius, helmeted head of Roma left, rev. KAL, horse prancing left, wheel below, 1.98g/6h (BMC 304-18). Very fine £40-50
Hammer Price: £40
Greek Coinages, Arsakid Kings of Parthia, Vologases I (c. 51-78), Drachm, Ecbatana, diademed bust left, Aramaic letters to right, rev. archer seated right, holding bow, 3.67g/12h (Sellwood 71.3; Shore 378). Good very fine £40-60
Greek Coinages, Arsakid Kings of Parthia, Artabanos III (80-90), Drachm, Ekbatana, diademed bust left, rev. archer seated right on throne, holding bow, 2.99g/12h (Sellwood 74.6; Shore 404). Good very fine £40-60
Greek Coinages, Arsakid Kings of Parthia, Vologases IV (c. 147-191), Drachm, Ekbatana, diademed bust left, wearing tiara and torque, rev. archer seated right, holding bow, monogram below, 3.79g/12h (Sellwood 84.131; Shore 434). Good very fine £40-60
Greek Coinages, Kings of Baktria and Indo-Greeks, Antimachos II (c. 160-155), Drachm, king on horseback right, rev. Nike advancing left, holding wreath, monogram to left, 2.30g/12h (Bopearachchi série 1C; SNG ANS 399-408). Good very fine £40-60
Roman Imperial Coinage, Elagabalus, Antoninianus, Rome, 219-20, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. Victory advancing right, holding palm frond and wreath, 4.53g/12h (RIC 155; RSC 291). Good very fine £40-60
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