Catalogue
Five dollars, Fraser/Cole (1992) uncut block of four, XXV 015422, 015922, 019422, 019922, with traffic lights at bottom, in folder number 1688 (McD $5 U10); another vertical pair, XXV 011441, 011941, in folder number 1764 (McD $5 U8); also horizontal pairs, XXV 002093, 006093 and 002593, 006593, and 003093, 007093, and 003593, 007593, in consecutive folder numbers 0741/4 (McD $5 U6) (4), all in dated folders and with overprint on one note in each folder. Uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $150
SOLD $240
Five dollars, Fraser/Evans (1996) uncut blocks of four, red serials, consecutive blocks CL, CM, DG, DH 96 000065 with traffic lights at top and DA, DB, DI, DJ 96 000065, in consecutive folders 0517/8 (McD $5 U14) (2); and uncut vertical pairs, red serials, consecutive pairs DK, DL 96 900429 and DM, EA 96 000429, in consecutive folders 0579/80 (McD $5 U17) (2). Uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $140
SOLD $160
Five dollars, Fraser/Evans (1996) uncut blocks of four, black serials, consecutive blocks BG, BH, CB, CC 96 000279 with traffic lights at bottom and CL, CM, DG, DH 96 000279 with traffic lights at top, in consecutive folders 2228/9 (McD $5 U15) (2); and uncut vertical pairs, black serials, consecutive pairs DK, DL 96 000527 and DM, EA 96 000527, in consecutive folders 2539/40 (McD $5 U18) (2). Uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $130
SOLD $190
Twenty dollars, Fraser/Cole (1993) uncut vertical pair, red serial numbers A and B 001411/2 consecutive pair, both with traffic lights at bottom, in NAA Fair Melbourne folder numbers 1411/2 (McD $20 U4). Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $180
One hundred dollars, Fraser/Cole (1995) uncut vertical pair, black serials, F 000999 in folder 0999, Melbourne Fair issue (McD $100 U3). Uncirculated.
Estimate $250
SOLD $360
Twenty dollars, Fraser/Cole (1993) uncut vertical pair, red serial numbers A and B 001513/4 consecutive pair, both with traffic lights at bottom, in folder numbers 1513/4 (McD $20 U5) (2); another but a block of four, C-F 000679, folder number 679 (McD $20 U8), with traffic lights at bottom. Uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $220
SOLD $370
One hundred dollars, Fraser/Cole (1995) uncut block of four, red serials A-D 000070, ballot, in folder 0070 (McD $100 U6); another, uncut vertical pair, red serials E, F 000700, ballot, in folder 0070 (McD $100 U2). Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $900
SOLD $1,100
Fifty dollars, Fraser/Evans (1994) uncut block of four, black serials A-D 000719, ballot, folder number 0719 (McD $50 U6). Uncirculated.
Estimate $250
SOLD $370
Five dollars, Fraser/Higgins (1990) uncut sheet of forty paper notes serial number 001152, sheet No IF681 (McD.U1). Encased in NPA perspex holder of issue, uncirculated.
Estimate $350
SOLD $880
Ten dollars, Fraser/Cole (1994) uncut sheet of forty paper notes, serial number 000065, sheet No F853 (McD.U16). Encased in NPA perspex holder of issue, uncirculated.
Estimate $650
SOLD $1,100
Twenty dollars, Fraser/Evans (1995) uncut sheet of forty paper notes, serial number 000065, sheet no IF84T (McD.U10). Encased in NPA perspex holder of issue, uncirculated.
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $2,100
Fifty dollars, Fraser/Evans (1996) uncut sheet of thirty two paper notes, serial number 000032 (McD.U11). Encased in NPA perspex holder of issue, uncirculated and rare, only 125 issued.
Estimate $1,800
SOLD $3,600
One hundred dollars, Fraser/Cole (1997) uncut sheet of thirty two paper notes, serial number 000065 (McD.U9). Encased in NPA perspex holder of issue, uncirculated and rare, only 75 issued.
Estimate $4,000
SOLD $6,700
Thrace, Kingdom of, Lysimachus, (323-281 B.C.), gold stater, (8.52 g), uncertain mint but probably Byzantium, issued after 281 B.C., probably about 200 B.C., obv. head of Alexander to right, with diadem and horn of Ammon, rev. Athena enthroned to left, supporting Nike, spear behind, lion head to extreme left, to right **BASILEWS*, to left **LUSIMACOU*, trident in exergue, (cf.S.6813, Thompson -, cf.Seyrig "Essays in Greek Coinage" to Stanley Robinson, Plate 23, 9 [similar obverse die]). Of great rarity, unpublished, nearly extremely fine/extremely fine, of fine style and probably unique.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $2,000
Thrace, Kingdom of, Koson, (c.42 B.C.), gold stater, (8.43 g), Northern Greece mint, obv. three togate figures advancing to left, the first and third carrying an axe over left shoulder, KO**SWN* in exergue, Brutus monogram to left, rev. eagle standing to left on sceptre, holding wreath in one claw, (S.1733, BMC 2, Winkler 1-3). Extremely fine and virtually as struck, rare.
Estimate $1,400
SOLD $1,100
Kings of Bosphoros, Eupator with Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, electrum stater (A.D. 154-172), (7.72 g) of year 461 = A.D. 164-165, obv. BACI**LE*WC EV**P*ATOPOC diademed and draped bust to right, rev. head to left of Marcus Aurelius facing draped bust to right of Lucius Verus with a dot between, **AXU* (461) below, (cf.S.5471, Frolova [p.163, Pl.XXVII, 25], MacDonald 471/2). Slightly off centred on the reverse, otherwise very fine/nearly extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $1,800
Passed in
Kings of the Bosphoros, Sauromates, with Septimius Severus, electrum stater, (A.D. 172-211), (7.71 g), struck year 493 = A.D. 196, obv. diademed and draped bust to right of Sauromates, around BACI**L*EWC CAYPOMATOY, rev. laureate head of Septimius Severus to right, star before, date below **G*qV (493), dotted border, (cf.S.5476, Frolova p.175, obv. C, rev c [these dies], cf.BMC 9). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $760
Kings of Bosphoros, Rhescuporis II (III) with Elagabalus, electrum stater (A.D. 211/2-226/7), (7.49 g) of year 515 = A.D. 218-219, obv. BACI**LE*WC PHCKO**PORID*OC, diademed and draped bust to right, sword before, rev. laureate head to right of Elagabalus, EI**F* (515) between (S.5483, BMC 5 [p.70], Frolova [p.204-6, Pl.XLVII, 1ff], MacDonald 558/1). Nearly very fine and rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $550
Lesbos, Mytilene, (c.412-378 B.C.), electrum hekte or sixth stater (2.48 g), obv. helmeted head of Ares to right, rev. helmeted head of Amazon to right in linear border within incuse square, (cf.S.4248, Bodenstedt Em. 65, HGC 6, 991 [R2]). Nearly very fine and very rare.
Estimate $600
SOLD $300
Ionia, Phokaia, (c.477-388 B.C.), electrum hekte or sixth stater, (2.49 g), issued in 330 B.C. [Bodenstedt dating], obv. Omphale head to left in lion skin, club at shoulder and seal below, rev. quadrapartite incuse punch, (cf.S.4533, Bodenstedt 107 (dies f/**b*, SNG Cop. 1029). Good fine and scarce.
Estimate $500
SOLD $660
Lydia, uncertain king, issued before 561 B.C. and probably c.575 B.C., electrum hekte or sixth stater, (2.30 g) of Lydian-Milesian (Phoenician standard), probably issued at Sardis, obv. head of roaring lion to right, rev. double incuse punch, (S.3400, Boston Museum 1769, cf.BMC 16 [p.3], Weidauer Typos I Nos. 76-78, Bellinger [Essays to Robinson] Gordion Hoard No.1104, Class XVI, SNG Cop. 452, Linzalone 1089 [p.194], ACNAC Rosen -, ACNAC Dewing -). Nearly very fine/extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,600
Egypt, Kingdom of, Ptolemy II, (285-246 B.C.), gold oktadrachm, commemorative issue for Arsinoe II, after 268 B.C., (27.88 g), Alexandria mint, obv. veiled head of Arsinoe II to right, wearing stephane, rev. double cornucopiae bound with fillet, around **ARSINOHS FILADELFOU*, (S.7768, Sv.408, BMC 12 [p.43]). Extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $10,000
SOLD $8,500
Egypt, Kingdom of, Ptolemy III Euergetes, (246-222 B.C.), gold oktadrachm or mnaeion, (27.81 g), Alexandria mint, commemorative issue struck under Ptolemy IV 221-205 B.C. obv. radiate diadem bust of Ptolemy III to right, wearing aegis with trident over left shoulder, middle prong ends in lotus finial, dotted border, rev. radiate and filleted cornucopiae, **DI* below dotted border, around **PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS*, (S.7825, Sv.1117, BMC 103-4 [p.56], SNG Cop.196). Well centred, nearly extremely fine, with some underlying mint bloom, very rare.
Estimate $16,000
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Tiberius, (A.D. 14-37), gold aureus, Lugdunum mint, issued after A.D. 16, (7.70 g), obv. laureate head of Tiberius to right, around TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, rev. PONTIF MAXIM around, Livia seated to right, with inverted vertical spear and branch, (S.1760, RIC 29, BMC 48, Calico 305. Off centred obverse and reverse, otherwise nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $6,500
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Nero, (A.D. 54-68), gold aureus, Rome mint, issued A.D. 65-66, (7.22 g), obv. laureate head of Nero to right, around NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS, rev. in exergue SALVS, Salus seated to left holding patera, (S.1932, RIC 59, BMC 87, C.313). Slightly off centred, otherwise good very fine and rare.
Estimate $6,000
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Vespasian, (A.D. 69-79), gold aureus, Lugdunum mint, issue of A.D. 69-70, (7.10 g), obv. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG TR P, laureate head to right, rev. VICTORIA AVGVST, Victory advancing to left holding palm branch and wreath, (cf.S.2317 (denarius), Calico -, cf.RIC 295). Slightly porous field, very fine and very rare.
Estimate $4,000
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Antoninus Pius, (A.D. 138-161), gold aureus, Rome mint, issued 148-149, (7.27 g), obv. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XII, bare headed bust to right draped and cuirassed, rev. TR POT COS IIII, Roma seated to left, holding Victory and spear, (cf.S.4025, Cal. 1659 [This Coin illustrated], RIC -, C.-). Extremely fine and very rare, apparently the only reported example of this variety.
Estimate $5,000
SOLD $4,400
Gordian III, (A.D. 238-244), gold aureus, Rome mint, issued 241 - 243, (4.89 g), obv. laureate bust right draped and cuirassed, around IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, rev. PM TR P IIII COS II P P, around, Gordian standing to right with parazonium and globe, (cf.S.8585, RIC -, C.-, Calico = Hunt Collection June 22, 1990 [lot 797] only reported example). Large but damaged flan at edge of coin and edge rather wavy, otherwise extremely fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $6,000
SOLD $4,800
Constantius II, (A.D. 337-361), gold solidus, Thessalonica mint, issued 347-355, (4.23 g), obv. pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed to right, around D N CONSTANTIVS MAX AVGVSTVS, rev. Roma and Constantinopolis seated enthroned facing, each support between them a shield inscibed VOT/XXX/ MVLT/XXXX around legend GLORIA REI PVBLICAE, in exergue *TES*, (cf.S.3988, cf.RIC 147 but legend of RIC 150 [R2-R3], C.114,122). Good fine, minor surface scratches and an unpublished RIC variety.
Estimate $450
SOLD $300
Honorius, (A.D. 393-423), gold solidus, Ravenna mint, issued A.D. 402-406 (4.45 g), obv. pearl diademed bust draped and cuirassed of Honorius to right, around D N HONORI VS P F AVG, rev. VICTORI A AVGGG, emperor standing right holding standard, Victory on globe, left foot on captive, R V either side, CONOB in exergue, (S.4244, RIC 1319, C.44). Large flan, very fine/good very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $500
SOLD $400