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Ten dollars, Coombs/Randall (1967) ZSD 71008* (R.302sF) first prefix. Good extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,200
Ten dollars, Phillips/Randall (1968) ZSG 14462* (R.303s). Crisp and original, good very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $570
Twenty dollars, Phillips/Randall (1968) ZXA 44111* (R.403s). Good extremely fine and rare in this condition.
Estimate $2,200
SOLD $2,100
Two dollars, Phillips/Wheeler (1972) GVJ 856954 (R.84) excess inking marks on front and back from wet ink transfer with text and portrait visible in reverse, also flaw at right front caused by foreign object on surface during printing. Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $350
Twenty dollars, Knight/Stone (1979) XYZ 164578 (R.407a) side thread simultan print on front out of vertical alignment. Very fine and a spectacular error, extremely rare.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $900
One dollar, Johnston/Stone (1982) DPS 813983 (R.78L) last prefix, small ink blob on Queen's cheek. Uncirculated.
Estimate $100
Passed in
Two dollars, Johnston/Stone (1983) KQF 420859 420859 (R.88) back of note missing intaglio printing. Centre fold and creases otherwise crisp note, nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $550
Fifty dollars, Johnston/Stone (1983), YLX 899292, missing part of intaglio print on back (R.507). Extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $470
One hundred dollars, Johnston/Fraser (1984) ZFL 662245 (R.605) front and back of note missing part colour design. Extremely fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $1,500
Five dollars, Fraser/Higgins (1990) QFD 347285 (R.212) missing simultan printing on back of note. Crisp full bodied note, nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $500
SOLD $1,100
Five dollars, Fraser/Higgins (1990) QDG 028509 (R.212) back of note missing intaglio printing. Good extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $850
Five dollars, Fraser/Higgins (1990) QGU 793434, QGV 793434 (R.212) second note missing part of black print in front centre design. Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $170
SOLD $150
Five dollars, Fraser/Higgins (1990) QGV 793296 (R.212) missing part of black print in front centre design. Centre fold and creased, good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Five dollars, Fraser/Cole (1992) AA 86797003/4 (R.215) consecutive pair, front of notes with smudging or dilution of intaglio ink from rollers. Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Five dollars, Fraser/Cole (1991) QLU 617324 (R.213) back of note with slight smudging. Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $150
Passed in
Ten dollars, Fraser/Cole (1991) MQC 587276 (R.313b) front of note with heavy wet ink transfer. Nearly very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $460
Twenty dollars, Fraser/Cole (1991) AAF 884988 (R.413) registration shift of intaglio print phase to left by twenty percent on front. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $480
Twenty dollars, Fraser/Cole (1991) RRX 846724 (R.413) front of note with heavy wet ink transfer. Extemely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $500
Twenty dollars, Fraser/Cole (1991) missing left prefix serial and part of right, traces of missing serial on back. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $650
One hundred dollars, Fraser/Cole (1991) 353527/ZHS 353527 (R.613) missing left side prefix. Two small nicks front top edge, nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $350
SOLD $320
Five dollars, Fraser/Cole (1992) AA 06 461475 (R.214) missing numeral 5 from top right corner on front. Creases and folds as recovered from circulation, a most unusual error either missing printing phase or obstruction during printing phase.
Estimate $300
SOLD $280
Sicily, Syracuse, Hieron II, (275-215 B.C.), gold drachm or sixty litrai (4.27 g), struck circa 275-263 B.C., obv. head of Persephone left with long flowing hair, wearing wreath of grain ears, single-pendant earring, and necklace, cornucopia behind, rev. charioteer, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left, driving fast biga right, pellet below horses, **IERWNOS* in exergue. (cf.S.983, Hunterian 225, Boston 474, Carroccio 7). Minor scratch on horse, otherwise extremely fine or better and rare.
Estimate $7,000
SOLD $7,000
Thrace, Kingdom of, Lysimachos, (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 very rare.
Estimate $4,000
SOLD $3,800
Thrace, Kingdom of, Lysimachos, (323-281 B.C.), gold stater, (8.17 g), Tomis mint, posthumous issue c.88-86 B.C., obv. diademed head of Alexander the Great to right, wearing horn of Ammon, rev. Athena enthroned to left, holding Nike and resting left arm on shield, transverse spear resting against right side, to right **BASILEWS, to left **LUSIMACOU, **QEM below arm, TO on throne, trident below in exergue, (cf.S.6813, M.279, SNG Cop.1091). Extremely fine, off centred obverse and virtually as struck.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,600
Lesbos, Mytilene, (c.377-326 B.C.), (Bodenstedt date 346 B.C.), electrum hekte (2.52 g), obv. laureate head of Apollo to right, rev. head of female right, hair in bun behind, within linear square, (S. Bodenstedt Em. 95, SNG Lockett 2764, cf.McClean 7974, BMC 90). Good very fine/very fine.
Estimate $600
Passed in
Egypt, Kingdom of, Ptolemy II, (285-246 B.C.), gold oktadrachm or mnaeion, (27.79 g), Alexandria mint, issued 253-246 B.C. (Svoronos suggested date), in name of Arsinoe II, obv. veiled head of Arsinoe II to right, wearing stephane, **Q* behind head, dotted border, rev. double cornucopiae, bound with fillet, dotted border, around **ARSINOHS* and to left **FILADELFOU*, (S.7768, Sv.460, cf.Hazzard 1036-7, Troxell Arsinoe transitional to group 3 [p.43 and Pl.6 3 with same obverse die as coin illustrated], Noeske 39, Jameson 1811, SNG Cop.134, Pozzi 3221-2 [same obverse die]). Well centred, nearly extremely fine/extremely fine, with some underlying mint bloom, very rare.
Estimate $16,000
Passed in
Egypt, Arsinoe II Philadelphos, (died 270/268 B.C.), gold mnaieion or oktadrachm (octodrachm), (27.71 g, Alexandreia mint, struck under Ptolemy II, c.253/2 B.C., obv. head to right or Arsinoe, veiled and wearing stephane, lotus-tipped sceptre in background, K to left, rev. around **ARSINOHS FILADELFOU*, double cornucopia, grape bunches hanging at sides, bound with fillet, (S.7768, Sv.475, Olivier & Lorber 182-7, dies 1/5, Troxell, Arsinoe, Group 3, p.44 and pl.7, 3 (same obv. die), SNG Cop. -, Noeske -, Boston MFA 2268 (same obv. die), Pozzi 3223 (same dies), Triton XVI, lot 594 (same dies). Nearly extremely fine with a trace of mint bloom, rare.
Estimate $16,000
Passed in
Sasanian King, Shapur II, (309-379), gold dinar, (7.29 g), Kabul mint type, obv. bust to right with crown, flowing hair type, cross before, rev. fire altar, text around, (Sellwood 31, cf.Gobl 1a/7 Pl.7, 107, Gobl 1309.4 ["Kushan Gold"] very similar dies). Minor surface marks, possibly once mounted, good very fine and rare.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $2,600
Zeugitana, Carthage, (possibly Siculo-Punic), (c.264-241 B.C.), the time of the First Punic War, electrum trihemistater or Attic tridrachm, (10.76 g), obv. head of Tanit to left wearing necklace with twelve pendants tied at back with ends hanging loosely, a triple pendant earring and a wreath of grain ears, rev. horse standing to right on exergual line with sun-symbol and two Uraeus-serpents above, (S.6474 [p.599], Jenkins Group Xa, cf.414, Weber 8491, SNG Cop.996). Minor flan crack at 12 o'clock, very fine style, otherwise good very fine/nearly extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $15,000
Passed in
Arcadius, (A.D. 383-408), gold solidus, Mediolanum mint, issued A.D. 394-5 (4.44 g), obv. pearl diademed bust draped and cuirassed of Arcadius to right, around D N ARCADI VS P F AVG, rev. VICTORI A AVGGG, emperor standing right holding standard, Victory on globe, left foot on captive, M D either side, CONOB in exergue, (S.20716, RIC 1205, DOC 70). Large flan, delightful red patina, extremely fine and very scarce.
Estimate $2,900
Passed in