Catalogue
Ancient Roman and provincial silver and AE including; Valerian, antoninianus, Samosata mint, rev. two Victories and palm, (RIC 295); Moesia Superior, Viminacium, Gordian III, AE29, rev. Moesia standing left, between bull and lion, (AMNG I 89); Egypt, Alexandria, Philip I, billon tetradrachm, rev. Elpis, (Koln 2727-8); Allectus, antoninianus, London mint, rev. Laetitia, (RIC V 22); Postumus, antoninianus, Treveri mint, rev. Victory, (RIC V 287); Victorinus, antoninianus, Treveri mint, rev. Pax, (RIC V 117); another, rev. Sol, (RIC V 114); another, rev. Pietas, (RIC V 57); Claudius II, antoninianus, Antioch mint, rev. Aequitas, (RIC V 197); Tetricus, antoniniani, Treveri mint, rev. Pax, (RIC V 100) (2); Tetricus II as Caesar, antoninianus, Treveri mint, rev. Spes, (RIC V 270); Aurelian, antoninianus, Antioch mint, rev. female and emperor, (RIC V 386); Probus, antoninianus, Serdica mint, rev. Probus and Jupiter, (RIC V 841); Carinus, tetradrachm, Alexandria mint, rev. Eagle, (Koln 3183); Diocletian, tetradrachm, Alexandria mint, rev. Elpis, (Koln 3202); Diocletian, antoninianus, Heraclea mint, rev. emperor and Jupiter, (RIC V 284); Maximianus, antoninianus, Cyzicus mint, rev. emperor and Jupiter, (RIC V 607); another radiate fraction, Ticinum mint, rev. VOT XX P, (RIC VI 38b); Carausius, antoninianus, uncertain mint, rev. Laetitia, (RIC V 822); another, uncertain mint, rev. Moneta, (RIC V 867); Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch, Philip II, AE 8 assaria, rev. Tyche turreted, (McAlee 1073); Allectus, antoninianus, London mint, rev. Providentia, (RIC V 36); Constantius I, follis, Alexandria mint, rev. Genius, (RIC VI 33a); another, Antioch mint, (RIC VI 55a); Constans, AE 4, Trier mint, rev. two Victories, (RIC VIII 182). Toned, poor - very fine or better, the Postumus, Carausius and Allectus all rare. (27)
Estimate $400
SOLD $270
Ancient Roman, a mixed group, including a Herennia Etruscilla (4.08 g), antoninianus, rev. Juno standing, (S.9493); Gordian III, antoninianus, heavily corroded; Claudius II, antoninianus, (2.70 g), rev. Genius standing, (S.11339); Constantine II as Caesar, (2.51 g), Trier mint, rev. two soldiers and two standards, (S.17314). Poor - fine. (4)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Ancient Roman, AE issues of Gallienus, (A.D. 253-268), billon antoninianus, issued in sole reign (259-268), Antioch mint, (2.54 g), issued 266-7, obv. radiate bust right, GALLIENVS AVG around, rev. VIRTVS AVG, VI in right field, Virtus standing left, resting on shield and spear, (S.10402, RSC 1237d); Maximianus, (A.D. 286-305 First Reign), base silver antoninianus, Cyzicus mint, issued 293, (3.96 g), obv. radiate bearded bust to right, rev. Emperor standing to right with parazonium receiving Victory from Jupiter, CONCORDIA MILITVM around, XXI in exergue, E above, (S.13115, RIC 607); others of Constantius II as Caesar, (1.99 g), Cyzicus mint, rev. two soldiers, two standards, (S.17697, RIC 113); another (2.43 g), Sirmium mint, rev. soldier spearing fallen horseman, (S.18298); Roman Provincial, Moesia Inferior, Istrus mint, Caracalla, (13.23 g), rev. Tyche with rudder and cornucopiae, around IC TPI [H N**W*N], E in exergue, (Varbanov 644, Pick 505). Fair - very fine. (5)
Estimate $70
SOLD $40
Ancient Roman AE issues, various emperors from Maximinus II - Honorius. Poor - very fine, some scarce to rare. (25)
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
Ancient coins, AE issues, including; late Roman, Byzantine and Islamic, verious types. Poor - nearly very fine. (approx 200)
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Nicephorus I and Stauracius, (802-811), AE follis, (4.87 g), struck at Constantinople mint, obv. facing busts of Nicephorus and Stauracius each wearing crown and chlamys with cross between heads, rev. M, X/X/X to left, N/N/N to right, A under M, (S.1607, DOC 5, BMC 12-14); Michael II and Theophilus, (821-829), AE follis, (4.99 g), struck at Syracuse mint, obv. crowned half length busts of Michael II and Theophilus, wearing loros, traces of legend around, rev. large M cross above, **[Q]* below, (S.1652, DOC 21, BMC 20-27) (illustrated); Basil I the Macedonian associated with Leo VI and Constantine, (A.D. 867-886), folles, Constantinople mint, issued 868-879, obv. facing busts of three emperors, legend around, rev. five line legend, naming the three rulers, (S.1712, DOW 11, BMC 21-23). Fine - very fine, all scarce. (3)
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
Theophilus, with Constantine. (A.D. 829-842), AE Follis (3.25 g), Syracuse mint, struck c.830/1-842, obv. **[Q*EOFI]LOS bAS, crowned facing bust of Theophilus, wearing loros and holding cross potent, rev. [MI]XAHL S CO[NST], crowned facing busts of Michael II, bearded, and Constantine, beardless, both wearing crown and chlamys, star between. (S.1680, DOC III 29b, T.42, R.1835). Very fine with dark green patina.
Estimate $80
SOLD $70
Romanus I, (A.D. 920-944), AE follis, Constantinople mint, (7.60 g), obv. Romanus I bust facing, legend around, holding labarum transversely and cross on globe, rev. four lined legend, naming Romanus as king of the Romans, (S.1760, DOC 25, BMC 14-29). Good fine/very fine, scarce.
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
Leo VI the Wise, (A.D. 886-912), AE follis, Constantinople mint, (5.77 g), obv. Leo VI bust facing, around +LEON bASILEVS ROM', rev. legend in four lines +LEON/EN **W*EO bA/SILEVS R/OMEON in four lines, (S.1729, DOC 8, BMC 8-10, R.1873); Leo VI, (A.D. 886-912) with Alexander, AE follis, Constantinople mint, (5.77 g), obv. Leo VI and Alexander seated facing, legend around, rev. legend in four lines naming Leo and Alexander, (S.1730, DOC 6, BMC 11-2); Constantine VII and Zoe, (A.D. 913-959), AE follis, issued 914-919, Constantinople mint, obv. facing busts of Constantine and Zoe, legend around, rev. five line legend naming Constantine and Zoe, (S.1758, DOC 22, BMC 1-6) (illustrated); Romanus I, (A.D. 920-944), AE follis, Constantinople mint, (7.31 g), obv. Romanus I bust facing, legend around, holding labarum and cross on globe, rev. four lined legend, (S.1760, DOC 25, BMC 14-29). Mostly fine, scarce. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Byzantine, copper issues, various including Leo follis. Fair - very fine. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Phoenician or Egyptian weight, struck on a square flan in lead, 23x24mm, (12.96 g), (of Egyptian tetradrachm weight or two shekels), with incuse diagonals dividing it into four quarters (drachms?). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Roman - Byzantine weight, 3rd-5th Century, a barrel-shaped, 25 mm x 31 mm, large bronze unmarked 6 Uncia (6 ounce) weight (165 g), cylindrical with a slightly bulging center and with a flat top with ridge both top and bottom, (Munz Zentrum Sale XLV (25.11.81) lot 104 similar weight realised 430DM, cf.Bendall P.25 No.23 for similar weight and type). Brown earthen patina with some original metal showing through, fine - very fine and rare.
Estimate $80
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Byzantine weight, 5th-7th Century, barrel-shaped, 15 mm x 18 mm, bronze one Uncia (one ounce) weight (24.29 g), cylindrical with a slightly bulging center and with a flat top and bottom, the top bears a center punch flanked by the incuse cut silvered letters = one uncia (uncertain letters), (cf.Bendall P.25 for similar weights). Green and brown earthen patina with some original metal showing through, nearly fine and rare.
Estimate $80
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Arab-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate, (c.685-692), AE fals, 18mm, (3.81 g), Hims (Emesa) mint, obv, crowned facing imperial bust, holding globus cruciger, K/A**L*/O/N (= "good") to left, bi-hims to right rev, Large m, star between annulets above, E/M/I-C/H/C across each side, in exergue 'tayyib' (= "good"), (SICA 1, 544 var. [star after bi-hims], Album 3524, Wilkes 133 [$125 US]). Fine - very fine with an earthen black patina.
Estimate $80
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Arab-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate, (c.670-690 A.D.), AE fals (19mm), Hims (Emesa) mint, obv. crowned facing imperial bust, holding globus cruciger, K/A**L*/O/N (= "good") to left, bi-hims to right, rev. large cursive M, star between wavy lines above, E/M/I - C/H/C across, tayyib (= "good") in exergue, (A.3524, Walker, Arab-Byzantine 57, cf.SICA 1, 548. Wilkes 133); another (c.680-mid 690's), Damascus mint, (20mm), obv. single standing emperor wearing long robe, holding long cross and cross on globe, rev. large square M, reversed K in right field, dots etc, in exergue mint name, (A.102, SICA I, Type VI, 567, [Pl.39], Wilkes 131); another fals as temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan' (AH 65-86 = AD 685-705), AE Fals (20mm), Baalbek (Heliopolis) mint, obv. two standing imperial figures, each holding cruciform scepter, cross between heads, rev. large M, cross above, inverted crescent below, H/**L*/I/(OY) to left, **P/O/L/E to right, ba'labakk in exergue, (SICA 1, 584; A.3513.2, Wilkes 132). Fine - very fine, dirt patina in descriptive packets. (3)
Estimate $220
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Arab-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate, 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan', (A.H. 65-86 = A.D. 685-705), AE fals 18mm, (3.79 g), Halab (Aleppo) mint, struck c.690s, obv. Caliph standing facing, placing hand on hilt of sword, rev. transformed cross, 'waf' to left, 'bi-halab' to right, (SICA 1, 611, Album 3529, Wilkes 138). Nearly very fine with an earthen green patina, rare.
Estimate $80
SOLD $40
Arab-Sasanian prototype issue, Khusru II (A.D. 590 - 627), silver drachm or dirhem, (3.65 g), Darabgird mint, dated year 31 (A.D. 621), with word "praise" in outer margin, (cf.Walker alpha [p.2] Plate I, alpha, cf.M.21, Sellwood type 62, Gobl 214). With some hoard patination, otherwise nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $70
Islamic, Artuturqids of Mardin, Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslam, (AH580-597, AD1184-1201), copper dirham, (A.1829, M.1035-6, Edham 47, BMC.405-8). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Islamic, Zangids, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk), Nur al-Din Mahmud,每AH 541-569 = AD1146-1173, AE dirham 23mm, (4.14 g), al-Halab (Aleppo) mint, obv. two Byzantine style imperial figures standing facing, supporting between them labarum resting on three steps, rev. Christ standing facing, holding Gospels, (A.1850, S&S Type 73). Fine - very fine, dark brown patina, areas of flat strike, scarce.
Estimate $80
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Islamic, Golden Horde (Juchid), first period, temp, Batu, (624-654 A.H. - 1227-1256 A.D.) AE pul, citing al-Nasir and with inscription 'Life is short, so pursue it obediently' probably from the Bulghar mint, (A.P2018 [RR], Wilkes 2017]. Very fine, very rare in descriptive packet.
Estimate $100
Passed in
Islamic, Golden Horde (Juchid), for Russia, second period, Muhammad Uzbek, (A.H. 712-742, 1312-1341 A.D.), silver dirham, issued in [7]31 (1331 A.D.), Bulghar mint, (A.2025A [R], Wilkes 2027]. Very fine, rare, in descriptive packet.
Estimate $100
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Islamic, Golden Horde (Juchid), first period, AE pul, from Kosteshty Cyrlia region, Moldova, c.1300s, anonymous and undated, (A.-, Wilkes -); another of Tulun Beg third period (A.H. 773, A.D. 1371-1372), AE pul, struck at Saray al-Jadida in 773, (A2047, Wilkes 2047) countermarked with 'Zafir' (Victory); another second - third period c.1300-1400, from Astrakhan mint reading Hajji Tarkhan, (cf.A.2030.1 or G2063, cf.Wilkes 2032). Very fine, fair, very fine, all rare in descriptive packets. (3)
Estimate $170
SOLD $100
Islamic, Golden Horde (Juchid), fourth period, silver asper, of Dawlat Birdi Khan (A.H. 827-840 A.D. 1424-1437), type with partial Latin legend D V M[ED D CAF]A, and arms of Genoa, (A.2059C, Wilkes 2060); another AE pul (follaro) countermarked with Genoese castle portal, coming from an Italian or Genoese colony in the Black Sea, (cf.A.G2063, cf.Wilkes 2062). Very fine; very good, both rare in descriptive packets. (2)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Alpha Bank, Myth and Coinage, Representations, Symbolisms and Interpretations From the Greek Mythology, hardcover, 267 pp, profusely illustrated, Athens, 2011; Hoberman, Gerald., The Art of Coins and Their Photography, hardcover, 397 pp, heavily illustrated, Spink, London, 1981; Berk, Harlan., 100 Greatest Ancient Coins, hardcover, 131 pp, illustrated, Atlanta, 2008; Linecar, Howard, Coins - Coin Collecting, 141 pp, illustrated, hardcover, London, 1971; Coins of England and the United Kingdom, hardcover, 562 pp, illustrated, Spink, London, 2007. Very fine - as new, some scarce. (5)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Australians Awarded, 1st edition, by Clive Johnson, published by Renniks, Banksmeadow, NSW 2007, 360pp plus preliminaries front and back, hard board cover. Four copies, fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
Australian Coin Review, from January 1984 to April 1995 (approx 135); The Bon Marche Medal, 1897, in bronze (20mm) by H.Grueber (C.1897/6), inscribed on the obverse 'Four Generations of the British Royal' and reverse 'Near Cyclorama Sydney'. Reviews loose as issued and medal extremely fine. (approx 136)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Banti, A. and Simonetti, L. Corpus Nummorum Romanorum, Volume I (Pompey to Mark Antony), Florence, 1972, 313 pp, 1481 illustrations; Volume II (Mark Antony to Licinia), Florence, 1973, 324 pp, 1071 illustrations; Volume XVI (Messalina to Nero), Florence, 1973, pp.339, 1129 illustrations; Volume XVII (Nero), Florence 1978, 283 pp, 998 illustrations; Volume XVIII (Nero bronzes), Florence 1979, 281 pp, 509 illustrations. Bound in original green cloth, very fine. (5)
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
(Bement, Clarence S), Naville & Co., Catalogue des Monnaies Grecques Antiques en or et en argent, composant de la Collection de Feu Clarence S. Bement de Philadelphie (U.S.A), in hard binding, of the sales No. VI, January 28-29, 1924, (37 plates, 89 pps, 1082 lots). Bound in white cloth, gilt, quarto. Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Bunker Hunt, Nelson, Collection (The) Highly Important Greek and Roman Coins, 164 Lots, all lots in original size and enlargements with detailed and comprehensive commentary, with prices realised, hardbound with dust jacket, Sotheby's, New York, Auction Catalogue 6043 'Hunt', 19th June 1990; Bunker Hunt, Nelson, Collection (The) Important Greek and Roman Coins, 953 Lots, with prices realized, hardbound with dust jacket, Sotheby's, New York, Auction Catalogue 6044 'Nero', 21st & 22nd June 1990; Bunker Hunt, Nelson, Collection (The) Highly Important Greek and Roman Coins, 117 Lots, all lots in original size and enlargements with detailed and comprehensive commentary, with prices realized, hardbound with dust jacket, Sotheby's, New York, Auction Catalogue 6054 'Ostia', 4th December 1990; Hunt, Bunker & William, Sotheby's, New York, The Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection, Highly Important Greek Vases, The William Herbert Hunt Collection, Highly Important Greek, Roman and Etruscan Bronzes, June 19 1990, 100 pp, lots 1-53, every lot illustrated in colour enlargement as colour plates throughout, hardbound with colour dust jacket, with prices realised list, two colour plates, many lots illustrated, Auction Catalogue 6042; Sotheby's, Important Greek and Roman Coins, October 26 1993, 156 lots, illustrated with many in colour, prices realised list. All as issued and scarce, very fine, the Etruscan bronzes catalogue rare. (5)
Estimate $180
SOLD $220
Burnett, Andrew., Coinage in the Roman World, 168 pp, 24 plates, hardbound, Seaby, 1987; The Royal Numismatic Society, Coin Hoards, Vol II, 161 pp, 28 plates, London, 1976; Sayles, Wayne G., Ancient Coin Collecting III, 2nd edition, hardcover, illustrated, Krause, 2007; Foss, Clive., Roman Historical Coins, 335 pp, illustrated, hardcover, Seaby, 1990; Berk, Harlan J., Roman Coins of the Medieval World 383-1453 AD, hardcover, illustrated, Illinois, 1986; Tameanko, Marvin., Monumental Coins, Buildings & Structures on Ancient Coins, 242 pp, 8 plates, hardcover, Krause 1999; Failmezger, Victor., Roman Bronze Coins from Paganism to Christianity 294-364 AD, 156 pp, 42 plates, Washington, 2002. Very fine - as new. (7)
Estimate $80
SOLD $40