Lot 5038

Description

Ancient Greek, Roman and modern issues, including; Ptolemy VI Philometor, 180-145 BC, under Cleopatra I Thea, AE 26, (17.21 g), obv. head of Isis right, wreathed with corn and with hair in long locks, rev. Eagle left on thunderbolt, (Svoronos 1235, Weiser 131, SNG Cop 248) (illustrated); Anonymous (semi Libral), 217-215 B.C. AE sextans, Rome Mint, (21.70 g), obv. head of Mercury to right, above two dots, rev, above ROMA, Prow right, below two dots, (Crawford 38/5, Sydenham 85, BMC 59); others including Ptolemaic AE (2); later Roman Egyptian AE (4); Marcus Aurelius, sestertius, (26.11 g), rev. Jupiter enthroned, (RIC 1063, Cohen 247); later Roman AE including Maximian, Licinius, Gratian (6); Byzantine follis, obv. Christ facing; denarius of Commodus, fouree denarius of Augustus, billon antoninianus of Gallienus (3); assorted silver and AE, mainly Egypt and Turkey, also Florence and a modern replica of a Jewish War shekel dated 1919. Poor - very fine. (23)