Catalogue
Egypt, Kingdom of, Ptolemy II, (285-246 B.C.), silver tetradrachms, (13.880 grams), issued 280-279 B.C., Alexandria mint, obv. head of Ptolemy I to right wearing aegis, rev. eagle to left with closed wings, standing on thunderbolt, in front **A/PM* monogram around **BASILEWS PTOLEMAIOU, (cf.S.7771, Sv.205, SNG Cop. 88, Meydancikkale 3682-3723); another (14.034 grams), issued 271/0-267/6 B.C., Tyre mint, obv. and rev. similar with rev. a club with O above, (cf.S.7773, Sv.640, Meydancikkale 4195-4204). Very good - nearly very fine, both with banker's marks and surface knocks and scratches. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $180
Egypt, Kingdom of, Ptolemy III, (246-221 B.C.), AE 41, (69.0 grams), Alexandria mint, issued 246-221 B.C., obv. diademed head of Zeus Ammon to right, rev. eagle to left with closed wings, standing on thunderbolt, in front cornucopiae, around **BASILEWS PTOLEMAIOU, between legs chi-rho monogram, (S.7817, Sv.964, SNG Cop.171); another similar AE 39, (42.5 grams), rev. with eagle left, looking right, cornucopiae over shoulder, **L* between legs, (S.7843, Sv.1166, SNG Cop.220-1). Fine - nearly very fine. (2)
Estimate $90
SOLD $60
Egypt, Kingdom of, Ptolemy IV, (221-205 B.C.), AE 34, (35.8 grams), Alexandria mint, issued 221-205 B.C., obv. diademed head of Zeus Ammon to right, rev. eagle to left with closed wings, head to right, standing on thunderbolt, around **BASILEWS PTOLEMAIOU*, between legs **SE*, (cf.S.7815, Sv. 993, SNG Cop. 212, Pitchfork 49); Roman coins (3), Constantine II as Caesar, (A.D. 337-340), AE folles, (3.304 grams), Lugdunum mint, rev. CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, laurel wreath around VOTX, (cf.S.3943); Constantius II, (A.D. 337-361), (5.094 grams), AE 22 centenionalis, Alexandria mint, rev. soldier advancing left spearing fallen horseman, (S.4003); Arcadius, (A.D. 383-408), AE 22, Constantinople mint, (5.220 grams), rev. Arcadius standing left, (S.4231). Nearly very fine - extremely fine. (4).
Estimate $80
SOLD $100
Egypt, Kingdom of, Cleopatra III and Ptolemy IX, (116-107 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, issued year 8 = 110-109 B.C., (13.712 grams), Alexandria mint, obv. head of king right wearing aegis, rev. eagle to left with closed wings, standing on thunderbolt, in front L H, to right **PA*, around **PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS*, (S.7922, Sv. 1669, SNG Cop 352); others Ptolemy III, (246-221 B.C.), AE 42 (drachm), obv. Zeus Ammon head right, rev. eagle, (S.7814, Sv.964, SNG Cop.171); others billon tetradrachms of Egypt for Aurelian and Diocletian(?), Roman 4th century bronzes (3). First weak in places, otherwise good fine/fine, others very good - good very fine. (7)
Estimate $120
SOLD $110
Egypt, Kingdom of, Ptolemy XII, (80-51 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, second reign issue 55-51 B.C., issued year 30 = 52-51 B.C., (13.516 grams), Alexandria mint, obv. head of Ptolemy XII to right wearing aegis, rev. eagle to left with closed wings, standing on thunderbolt, in front L **L* over head-dress of Isis, **PA* to right, around **PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS*, (S.7948, Sv. 1840, SNG Cop 397, BMC 37, Pitchfork 124-7). Attractive very fine.
Estimate $190
SOLD $0
Egypt, Kingdom of, Cleopatra VII, (51-30 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, issued year 10 = 43-42 B.C., (13.50 grams), Alexandria mint, obv. head of Ptolemy XII to right wearing aegis, rev. eagle to left with closed wings, standing on thunderbolt, in front LI over headdress of Isis, around **PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS*, to right **PA*, (S.7951-3, Sv. 1824, SNG Cop 404, Pitchfork 141). Very fine or better, scarce; the last Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt.
Estimate $180
SOLD $270
Egypt, Kingdom of, Cleopatra VII, (51-30 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, issued year 16 = 37-36 B.C., (13.850 grams), Alexandria mint, obv. head of Ptolemy XII to right wearing aegis, rev. eagle to left with closed wings, standing on thunderbolt, in front LIS over head-dress of Isis, around **[PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS]*, to right **PA*, (S.7951-3, Sv. 1830, SNG Cop 411, Pitchfork 157). Dark tone, small flan, otherwise very fine, scarce; the last Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt.
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Egypt, Ptolemaic Egypt, assorted issues with eagle standing left reverses, Ptolemy II (285-246 B.C.), AE 26, obv. Zeus laureate head right, (S.7729, SNG Cop.120, Sv.553); Ptolemy IV (221-205 B.C.), AE 34, similar, (cf.S.7841, SNG Cop.202, Sv.1128, Pitchfork 50) another similar AE 25, obv. Alexander the Great head in elephant head, (SNG Cop. 232, Sv.976); Ptolemy VI (180-205 B.C.), AE 26, obv. Isis head right, (S.7903, SNG Cop. 279-287, Sv.1284, Pitchfork 80) another AE 19 (holed), obv. Zeus Ammon head right, rev. two eagles; (S.7900, SNG Cop.311-320, Pitchfork 85-6); Roman Egypt, Nero (54-68), issued year 14 = 67-68, billon tetradrachm, rev. Apollo Pithios bust right, (Koln 194, Milne 287); Hadrian, (117-138), AE drachms, year 2, rev. quadriga to right, (Koln 757-8, Milne 863, BMC 864), another year 12, rev. Nilus reclining (Koln 990-1, Milne 1266, BMC 784); Antoninus Pius (138-161), AE drachm, rev. Nilus reclining, (cf.Koln 1584). Last coin with oxidation, otherwise unless noted very good - very fine. (9)
Estimate $160
SOLD $210
Egypt, assorted large bronzes of various Ptolemaic rulers with obv. Zeus Ammon head right, reverse standing eagle, Ptolemy II, (285-246 B.C.) AE 38, (S.7782); Ptolemy IV, (221-205 B.C.), AE 42, AE 41, AE 36 (S.7841, 7842); Nero (A.D. 54-68), AE As (13.336 grams), rev. Victory flying left, (S.1976). Poor - good fine. (5)
Estimate $120
SOLD $60
Egypt, Alexandria, Nero (A.D. 54-68), silver tetradrachm, year 12 = A.D. 65-6, (12.340 grams), obv. Nero radiate head to right, around **NEPW KLAU K AISSEB GER*, rev. eagle standing to left, AY TOKPA around, LIB to left, simpulum to right, (cf.S.633, Koln 171, BMC 168, Milne 246-7). Nearly very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Egypt, Alexandria, Antoninus Pius (A.D. 138-161), AE drachm, year 10 = A.D. 146-147, (20.4 grams), obv. Antoninus Pius with laureate head to right, around [AVT K T] *AIL ADG ANTWNEINO*C [CEB EUD], rev. Isis Pharia sailing to right, around L **DE KA TOV, (S.-, SNG Cop. -, Datt. 2668, Koln 1550). Good Fine and rare.
Estimate $160
SOLD $0
Zeugitania, Carthage, (c.208-206 B.C.), billon tetradrachm or double shekel, (8.374 grams), obv. wreathed head of Tanit to left wearing triple pendant earring, line border, rev. horse standing to right, head looking back, with a large pellet under horse's hoof, (S.6497 [p.601 dates 230-220 B.C.], Jenkins [Pl.27, 9-10 dates c.230-220 B.C.], SNG Cop. 395, [similar dies, dates late 3rd early 2nd century B.C.], M.115, Visona 58 [dates c.208-202 B.C.]). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $360
Zeugitania, Carthage, (c.241-221 B.C.), AE 27, (13.73 grams), obv. head of Tanit to left, crowned with wreath of corn, wearing earring with triple pendant and necklace, rev. free horse standing to right, palm tree with fruit behind, crescent before, (cf.S.6506, M.172, cf.SNG Cop. 344, cf.Visona 35 [dates 235-230 B.C.]). Chip in flan, brown tone, otherwise well centred, very fine and scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
North Africa, Kyrenaica, Kyrene, (c.350-308 B.C.), AE 23, (10.188 grams), obv. large head of Zeus Ammon or Carneius (horned) to right, rev. Silphium plant, K Y, (S.6335, BMC 174-6); together with Roman sestertii of Trajan (2), Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius (2), Post. Faustina Junior (S.1528), Lucilla and a dupondius of Trajan. First coin porous, otherwise nearly fine and rare, Roman coins mostly very good. (9)
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Mauretania, Juba II (25 B.C. - A.D. 23), silver denarius, (3.142 grams), obv. diademed head of king Juba to right, around REX JUBA, rev. cornucopia and transverse sceptre, (S.5974, M.III 23 [p.103]). Attractive good very fine/ very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $250
Ancient Greek Silver Coins, Bruttium, Croton, stater, (360-330 B.C.); obv. facing head, rev. Herakles naked reclining on rock, (S.474, £750); Athens, triobol, rev. facing owl, (S.2539); Argos, (3rd century B.C.), hemidrachm, obv. forepart of wolf, rev. A in incuse square, (cf.S.2794); Thasos, trihemiobol, (411-350 B.C.), obv. satyr, rev. amphora, (S.1755); Knidos, drachm, (4th century B.C.), obv. Aphrodite head r., rev. forepart of lion, (S.4843); Chalkis, drachm, rev. eagle l., (S.2482); others (2). Poor - fine, one holed, all with faults, porosity etc. (8)
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
Greek silver coins, including Lucania, Metapontum, silver stater, (c.335-330 B.C.), (7.52 grams), rev. corn ear with mouse on leaf, (cf.S.416, Johnston A.8.24); Ionia, Pergamon, (c.330-284 B.C.), silver diobol, (1.280 grams), obv. Herakles head right, rev. cult statue of Athena, (S.3942); Phoenicia, Sidon, (342/1 - 332 B.C.), silver eighth shekel, (0.68 grams), obv. war galley, rev. king slaying lion, (S.5940, Betylon 38); Parthia, Mithradates I, (171-138 B.C.), silver drachm, (3.45 grams), Nisa mint, (S.7327, Sellwood 9.2) (holed); and Armenia, Hetoum I, (1226-1270), silver half tram, obv. queen Zabel and king Hetoum facing, rev. lion to right with cross, (Nercessian 346). Fair to fine, three in packets described, most with some degree of impairment, corrosion, hole etc. (5)
Estimate $180
SOLD $180
Greek and Roman, Corinth, (c.350-306 B.C.), silver didrachm, (8.22 grams), obv. Pegasos to left, rev. Athena helmeted head left, (S.2630); Alexander III, (336-323 B.C.), silver drachm, (4.1 grams), Miletus mint, obv. Herakles head right, rev. Zeus seated left, (S.6730, P.2088); Vespasian, (A.D. 69-79), silver denarius, (3.05 grams), obv. laureate head right, rev. priestly symbols, (S.2282, RIC 42). Very good - fine. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Ancient Greek coins, a small diverse group in silver, includes Parthia, Artabanus III (c.A.D. 10-40), drachm (3.788 grams), (S.5776); Athens, hemidrachm, (393-300 B.C.), (1.964 grams), rev. owl standing facing wings closed, (S.2539); Alexander III (the Great), drachm, (c.336-323 B.C.), (S.6730); Calabria, Tarentum, diobol, (SNG ANS 1428); Celtic, Eastern Gaul, Kaletedou, silver quinarius, (BMC 284-301, Schorghuber 'Das Geld der Kelten und ihrer Nachbarn', Munich 1994, No.500 [same dies]); India, Gupta, drachm. Second coin off centred and worn, otherwise poor - very fine. (6)
Estimate $120
SOLD $140
Ancient Greek, assorted bronzes, Aeolis Aegae, (2nd - 1st century B.C.), (4.17 grams), AE 18, obv. Athena head right, rev. Zeus standing right (S.4167, SNG Cop. 8); Ionia, Metropolis, (1st century B.C.), AE 16, (2.62 grams), obv. Ares head to right, rev. winged thunderbolt, (S.4497, SNG Cop.903); Bithynia, Nicaea, Gordian III, 238-244, AE 18, (3.21 grams), obv. head of Gordian III, rev. two aquilae between two standards, (S.3671, BMC 119); Pisidia, Termessus Major AE 20 (1st century B.C.), (4.85 grams), obv. Zeus, rev. forepart of horse, (S.5496); Caria, Antioch, Antoninus Pius, (3.50 grams), rev. Nike right, (S.1418, BMC 35); Cilicia, Olba, Tiberius, year 5 of Ajax = 14-15 A.D., (8.98 grams) obv. laur. head right, rev. thunderbolt, (S.287, BMC 16); Phoenicia, Berytus, Trajan, (98-117), AE 23 (13.395 grams), issued 98-102, obv. Trajan head right, rev.priest with oxen, (S.-, SNG Cop.95). Mostly nearly fine - fine, several scarce, all in 2x2 packets fully described. (7)
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Ancient Greek Imperial Bronze Coins, from Northern Greece, Thrace and Black Sea regions, several double portrait issues, mostly identifiable, a lot for the student or collector to spend hours researching and identifying. Poor - nearly fine. (21)
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
Ancient Greek Imperial Bronze Coins, including a copy of Alexander the Great tetradrachm (base metal), mostly from Northern Greece, Thrace and Black Sea regions, several double portrait issues as well as an as of Germanicus, mostly identifiable, a lot for the student or collector to spend hours researching and identifying. Poor - nearly fine. (22)
Estimate $150
SOLD $140
Greek silver and bronze coins, a group all extensively described on 2x2 holders, from Thrace, Maroneia, (c.400-300 B.C.) AE 16 (S.1636; Macedon Alexander III AE 10; Antigonis Gonatas (SNG Cop. 1226); Thessaly Confederacy (2), (McLean 4984, 4987); Thessaly Larissa AE 24, (BMC 79); Boeotia, Thebes AE 18, (BMC 81); Acarnania, Leucas, silver diobol, (c.400-350 B.C.) (S.2279); Pontus Amasia, AE 35, Lucius Verus, (BMC 5); Aeolis, Temnus, AE 12, (cf.SNG Cop.259); Parthia, Mithradates II drachm, (Sell. 26/1). Very good - very fine, several scarce. (11)
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
Ancient Greek Bronze Coins, mostly easily attributable, includes issues from Selge (S.5491); Acragas (S.1024); Syria, Demetrius III, AE 18, Damascus mint, (cf.SNG Israel I 2947); Aradas (S.5999); etc. An interesting group for the student or collector to research and identify. Good - fine. (11)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Ancient Greek Bronze Coins, as issues from Phalanna (S.2180); Chalkidian League (S.1433); Ambracia, a variety with letters reversed and on the wrong side of the reverse (cf.S.1964); Nabataea, Aretas IV, (S.5699). An interesting group, Very good - good fine, several with porosity. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Greek coins, a small bronze group including Philip I from Viminacium, Siculo Punic (2), others from Aitolia, (S.2323), Leucas (BMC 108), Egypt, billon tetradrachms, Gordian III, Claudius II, Diocletian and other Alexandria (2), other minor Greek (9). Mostly Poor - very good, several better. (19)
Estimate $70
SOLD $40
Ancient Greek and Roman, all housed in two Whitman (dimes and nickel) albums, mostly attributable and all of small flan, noted Roman mostly 3rd-4th century A.D. several from Republic period, but includes Greek AE from Chalkis, Cyme, Sicyon, Aegae, Corinth, Paestum (2), Athens, Pergamon, Gades (Portugal, SNG Cop.29), Philippi, Siculo-Punic (1), Aradus, Arkadian League, Colophon. Syracuse (3), Antioch, Seleucid (5), Philip II, other Macedonian (2, including Claudius RPC 1578), Alexandria (Egypt) billon tetradrachms (1), Biblical Hasmonean (1), Herod I (1), procurators (8 mostly different and several scarce) and Agrippa II (3) a Sassanian silver obol of Artashir I, type I, facing bust (rare) and also several Islamic and Byzantine etc. Generally fair - fine a few better. (144)
Estimate $450
SOLD $300
Greek & Roman bronze issues, Claudius (A.D. 41-54), AE as, obv. Claudius head left, rev. Libertas standing right, (S.1859, RIC 97) (Very fine portrait, edge porosity); Augustus, (27 B.C. - A.D. 14), AE as, posthumous issue under Tiberius (22-30), obv. Augustus head radiate left, rev. altar enclosure, (S.1789, RIC 81); Gallienus, (A.D. 253-268), AE sestertius, rev. Victory left, (S.3012, RIC 242); Aelia Flaccilla, (d.386), AE 2, Antioch mint, rev. Flaccilla standing facing head right, (S.4193); Macedon, Pella, AE 19, obv. Poseidon head right, rev. cow standing right, (SNG Cop.260), Egypt, Ptolemy II, (285-246 B.C.), AE 28, trihemiobol, obv. Zeus Ammon, rev. eagle left, (S.7786, Sv.449, SNG Milan 80). Poor - fine. (6)
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
Ancient, Greek, Roman, Indian sub continent and Byzantine, silver hemidrachm Sicyon c.360-330 B.C., (S.2774); others as small bronze coins needing conservation, 4th - 6th century in packets described, a group of minors including 1514 billon groschen, Alexandria billon tetradrachms, of Probus and Maximian. Many with dirt adherance and a few with corrosion, some poor, first coin fine several very fine. (26)
Estimate $80
SOLD $30
Ancient, good well struck copies of tetradrachms (2), from Gela and Syracuse (the type by Kimon), (cf.S. 785, 944). Good very fine. (2)
Estimate $90
SOLD $100