Catalogue
Lot 3269
Sale 99 The Tom May Collection - Ancient Gold Coins - Greek
SICILY, Syracuse, time of Agathokles, (317-289 B.C.), electrum fifty (50) litrai, (3.55 gm), obv. laureate head of Apollo to left with long flowing hair, lamp ...
Estimate $800
SOLD $1,000
Lot 3270
Sale 99 The Tom May Collection - Ancient Gold Coins - Greek
MACEDON, Kingdom of, Philip II, (359-336 B.C.), gold stater, (8.54 gm), Lampsakos mint, struck under Antigonos I Monophthalmos, (c.323-316 B.C.), obv. head of Apollo ...
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $3,000
Lot 3271
Sale 99 The Tom May Collection - Ancient Gold Coins - Greek
MACEDON, Kingdom of, Alexander III, (336-323 B.C.), gold stater, (8.45 grams), Byblos mint, issued 330-320 B.C., obv. head of Athena to right in crested Corinthian ...
Estimate $1,800
SOLD $2,000
Lot 3272
Sale 99 The Tom May Collection - Ancient Gold Coins - Greek
MYSIA, Kyzikos, (Cyzicus), (c.500-475 B.C.), electrum one twelfth stater (1.34 grams), obv. flying fish to left, rev. Quadripartite incuse square, (S.3470, Von Fritze I 33 ...
Estimate $300
SOLD $550
Lot 3273
Sale 99 The Tom May Collection - Ancient Gold Coins - Greek
LESBOS, Mytilene, c.377-328 B.C., electrum hekte (2.55 gm), Bodenstedt dates 428 B.C., obv. laureate head of Apollo to right, rev. head of female right, hair ...
Estimate $500
SOLD $800
Lot 3274
Sale 99 The Tom May Collection - Ancient Gold Coins - Greek
IONIA, uncertain (Phokaia?), (c.625-600 B.C.), electrum twenty-fourth stater (0.66 gm) of the Milesian standard, geometric type, obv. raised counterclockwise swastika pattern, rev. quadripartite square punch, ...
Estimate $500
SOLD $500
Lot 3275
Sale 99 The Tom May Collection - Ancient Gold Coins - Greek
CARIA, Mylasa (?), (mid 6th century B.C), electrum 1/48 stater (0.27 gm), obv. head of a roaring lion to right, rev. scorpion in incuse square), ...
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Lot 3276
Sale 99 The Tom May Collection - Ancient Gold Coins - Greek
PERSIA - LYDIA, Achaemenid Empire, Persian Imperial Coinage (c.485-420 B.C.), struck in period of Darios I - Xerxes I, gold daric, (8.30 gm), obv. bearded ...
Estimate $1,400
SOLD $2,200
Lot 3277
Sale 99 The Tom May Collection - Ancient Gold Coins - Greek
ZEUGITANA, Carthage, gold tenth stater, (c.350-320 B.C.), 8mm, (0.89 gm), obv. palm tree, dotted border, rev. horse head to right, (S.6455, Jenkins & Lewis Group ...
Estimate $300
SOLD $750
Lot 3278
Sale 99 The Tom May Collection - Ancient Gold Coins - Roman
REPUBLIC, Julius Caesar, (assassinated 44 B.C.), gold aureus, Rome Mint, issued 46 B.C., moneyer A. Hirtius (8.04 gm). Obv. C CAESAR COS TER, veiled female ...
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $2,500
Lot 3279
Sale 99 The Tom May Collection - Ancient Gold Coins - Roman
ANTONINIUS PIUS, (A.D. 138-161), gold aureus, Rome mint, issued 139, (6.74 gm), obv. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, bare head to right, rev. TR POT ...
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,100
Lot 3280
Sale 99 The Tom May Collection - Ancient Gold Coins - Roman
FAUSTINA SENIOR, wife of Antoninus Pius, (d.A.D. 141), issued after 147, gold aureus, Rome mint, (6.92 grams), obv. DIVA FAVSTINA around, draped bust of Faustina ...
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $3,900
Lot 3281
Sale 99 The Tom May Collection - Ancient Gold Coins - Roman
HONORIUS, (A.D. 393-423), gold solidus, Mediolanum mint, issued A.D. 394-5 (4.45 grams), obv. pearl diademed bust draped and cuirassed of Honorius to right, around D ...
Estimate $650
SOLD $700
Lot 3282
Sale 99 The Tom May Collection - Ancient Gold Coins - Byzantine
JUSTINIAN I, (A.D.527-565), gold solidus, Constantinople mint, (4.45 grams), issued 545-565, obv. bust of Justinian I facing, with plume and diadem, two pearls at each ...
Estimate $450
SOLD $550
Lot 3283
Sale 99 The Tom May Collection - Ancient Gold Coins - Byzantine
JUSTINIAN I, (527-565), gold tremissis, Constantinople mint, (1.40 gm), obv. diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right, rev. Victory advancing to right, head to left, ...
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Lot 3284
Sale 99 The Tom May Collection - Ancient Gold Coins - Byzantine
HERACLIUS, (610-641), gold solidus, Constantinople mint, issued 616-625, (4.39 grams), Officina 10, obv. facing busts of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine, wearing chlamys and crown, around ...
Estimate $450
SOLD $450
Lot 3285
Sale 99 The Tom May Collection - Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
SPAIN, Sekobirikes (Segobriga), (c.early 1st century B.C.), silver denarius (3.76 gm), obv. male head to right, crescent behind, Iberian S below, rev. horseman with lance ...
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
Lot 3286
Sale 99 The Tom May Collection - Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
GAUL, Massalia (as a Colony founded by the Phokaians), (c.400-350 B.C.), silver obol, (0.63 gm), obv. youthful male head of Apollo left, rev. wheel with ...
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
Lot 3287
Sale 99 The Tom May Collection - Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
CELTIC, Central Europe, Boii (Boier), Roseldorf II type, 2nd century B.C., silver 9mm, (0.59 gm), obv. blank, rev. galloping horse to left, torque with pellet, ...
Estimate $50
SOLD $80
Lot 3288
Sale 99 The Tom May Collection - Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
CELTIC, Danube and Eastern Region and into the Transylvanian Plain (area of Roman Dacia), imitation of Philip II tetradrachm, (early 3rd century B.C.), silver tetradrachm, ...
Estimate $250
SOLD $480
Lot 3289
Sale 99 The Tom May Collection - Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
CELTIC, Danubian celt Kapostal type silver drachm, (2.60 gm), (c.1st Century B.C.), obv. Head of Zeus to right, rev. rider to left, above a crest ...
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Lot 3290
Sale 99 The Tom May Collection - Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
CELTIC, Danube Region, Imitation of Thasos, (c.1st century B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.19 grams), obv. head of young Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath, rev. Herakles ...
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
Lot 3291
Sale 99 The Tom May Collection - Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
ITALY, Campania, Neapolis, (c.300-275 B.C.), silver nomos or didrachm, (7.34 gm), obv. head of nymph right with an astragalos behind, monogram before, rev. man-headed bull ...
Estimate $200
SOLD $450
Lot 3292
Sale 99 The Tom May Collection - Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
ITALY, Campania, Phistelia, (380-350 B.C.), silver obol, (0.51 gm), obv. bust of male head three quarter face to right, rev. Oscan legend, barley corn between ...
Estimate $120
SOLD $130
Lot 3293
Sale 99 The Tom May Collection - Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
ITALY, Apulia, Venusia, (268-217 B.C.), AE quincunx, (12.98 grams), obverse, laureate head of Zeus to left, five dots behind, reverse, eagle with wings spread standing ...
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
Lot 3294
Sale 99 The Tom May Collection - Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
ITALY, Calabria, Tarentum, (c.470-450 B.C.), silver litra (0.72 gm), obv. cockle shell within linear circle, rev. female head of Taras to right, (S.332, Vlasto 1153 ...
Estimate $150
SOLD $140
Lot 3295
Sale 99 The Tom May Collection - Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
ITALY, Calabria, Tarentum, (c.315-302 B.C.), silver nomos (7.09 gm), obv. warrior, holding shield and two spears, preparing to cast a third, on horseback right, **SA* ...
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
Lot 3296
Sale 99 The Tom May Collection - Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
ITALY, Calabria, Tarentum (Taras), (4th-3rd century B.C.), silver diobol, (1.24 gm), obv. head of Athena to right wearing crested Corinthian helmet, ornamented with Skylla, rev. ...
Estimate $120
SOLD $420
Lot 3297
Sale 99 The Tom May Collection - Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
ITALY, Calabria, Tarentum, (420-227 B.C.), silver obol, (0.75 gm), obv.scallop-shell, rev. dolphin to right, star above, below dolphin **FI*, (cf.S.355, Vlasto 1491, SNG ANS 1488). ...
Estimate $100
SOLD $340
Lot 3298
Sale 99 The Tom May Collection - Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
ITALY, Lucania, Herakleia, (432-420 B.C.), silver diobol, (1.04 grams), obv. head of young Herakles to right, wearing lion skin, rev. lion running right, E H ...
Estimate $150
SOLD $140