Catalogue
Ten dollars, Fraser/Cole and Fraser/Evans (1993) two note portfolio. Uncirculated.
Estimate $120
SOLD $110
Twenty dollars, Fraser/Evans (1994) two note portfolio. Uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Five dollars, Fraser/Evans (1995) two note presentation portfolio; MacFarlane/Evans 2001 Centenary of Federation, two notefolders (6). Uncirculated. (7)
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
Fifty dollars, Fraser/Evans (1995) two note presentation portfolio. Uncirculated.
Estimate $130
SOLD $130
One hundred dollars, Fraser/Cole and Fraser/Evans (1996) two note presentation portfolio, Melba/Monash. Uncirculated.
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
Five, ten, twenty, fifty and one hundred dollars, Fraser/Evans (1996), serials 00 96000 480, presentation set of Australia's first polymer banknotes. Uncirculated.
Estimate $500
SOLD $290
Five, ten, twenty, fifty and one hundred dollars, Fraser/Evans (1996), serials 00 96000 291, presentation set of Australia's first polymer banknotes. Uncirculated.
Estimate $500
SOLD $280
Five, ten, twenty, fifty and one hundred dollars, low numbered deluxe sets, MacFarlane/ Evans (1997) consecutive pairs set AA 97 00 2254/5 serials. Uncirculated. (10)
Estimate $600
SOLD $700
Five, ten, twenty, fifty and one hundred dollars, note and coin portfolio 1997. Also Sir Kingsford Smith commemorative silver dollar coin, twenty dollar note portfolio. Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $300
SOLD $270
Banknote and proof coin collection, 1997, in album of issue, set no 222, five, ten, twenty, fity and one hundred dollars, MacFarlane/ Evans (1997) all ZZ 97 999778. Uncirculated- FDC.
Estimate $400
SOLD $340
Note and proof coin collection, 1998, in album of issue, set no 222, five, ten twenty fifty and one hundred dollars MacFarlane/ Evans (1998) all ZZ 98 999778. Uncirculated- FDC.
Estimate $400
SOLD $380
Five, ten, twenty, fifty and one hundred dollars, Macfarlane/ Evans (1999) low numbered deluxe set in single folder of issue, all AA 99 001 500, black serials (McD YF 32). Uncirculated.
Estimate $350
SOLD $320
Five dollars, Macfarlane/Evans (2001) (R.218) - Centenary year of Federation Commemorative Show folders for Perth, Hobart, Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne 2001; Centenary of Federation 1901-2001 folder with five dollar, Macfarlane/Evans (2001) AA01086981; ten dollars, Blue and Grey 'Tenners' folder Fraser/Evans (1993) JE 93772648, JF 93772648 (R.316) - Macfarlane/Evans (1998) AE 98772648, AF 98772648 (R.318). Uncirculated. (8)
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
New Zealand, ten dollars 1990 Commemorative, uncut collection in wooden case. (Face value $ NZ 540). Uncirculated.
Estimate $500
SOLD $440
Sicily, Syracuse, Time of Agathokles, (317-289 B.C.), gold drachm, issued c.317-300 B.C., (4.298 grams), obv. laureate head of Apollo or Ares to left, dotted border, rev. **SUR A K SION* around, galloping biga driven to right, by charioteer holding goad, beneath horses a triskeles, (S.967, ACNAC Dewing 934-5, SNG ANS 549-553, Pozzi 639). Full flan, nearly extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $4,000
SOLD $2,500
Macedon, Kingdom of Philip II, (359-336 B.C.), gold stater, (8.588 grams), Amphipolis II mint, issued c.340-328 B.C., obv. head of Apollo to right with laureate wreath, rev. galloping biga driven by charioteer holding kentron in right hand, reins in left hand, crescent below horses, in exergue **FILIPPOU*, (cf.S.6663, Le Rider Group II cf.Pl.76-77, SNG ANS 255). Traces of mint bloom, of fine style, nearly extremely fine and very scarce.
Estimate $3,200
SOLD $3,000
Macedon, Kingdom of, Alexander III, (336-323 B.C.), gold distater, (17.144 grams), Aegeae mint (?), issued 336-323 B.C., obv. head of Athena to right in crested Corinthian helmet, ornamented with serpent, rev. Nike standing to left, holding wreath in outstretched hand and ship's mast, **LO* monogram in left field and thunderbolt in extreme left field, to right **ALEXANDPOU*, (S.6701; Price 191, M.5, BMC 191a-b, SNG Cop. 623, Noe Sicyon No.7, Principal Coins, IV, B.4 [p.53, Pl.29]). Well centred, very fine and rare.
Estimate $10,000
SOLD $10,000
Macedon, Kingdom of, Alexander III, (336-323 B.C.), gold stater, (8.550 grams), Abydus? mint, issued 323-317 B.C., obv. head of Athena to right in crested Corinthian helmet, ornamented with serpent, rev. Nike standing to left, holding wreath in outstretched hand, MH monogram over pentagram in lower left field, cornucopia below left, to right **ALEXANDPOU*, (cf.S.6702; Price 1524, M.381, BMC 1524a-c). With some original mint bloom, extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $3,200
SOLD $2,700
Thrace, Kingdom of, Lysimachos, (323-281 B.C.), gold stater, (8.238 grams), 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, to right **BASILEWS, to left **LUSIMAC[OU], monogram **DH U* below arm, TO on throne, trident below in exergue, (cf.S.6813, AMNG 2477, cf.SNG Cop.1090, De Callatay p.141, Pl.XXXVII, Obv. dies D1/R-). Extremely fine, well centred on the obverse and virtually as struck.
Estimate $2,400
SOLD $0
Thrace, Kingdom of, Coson, (c.42 B.C.), gold stater, (8.434 grams), 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's 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 $1,500
SOLD $0
Ionia, Miletus, (c.570-550 B.C.), electrum stater, (13.962 grams), obv. lion lying to left, head reverted, within rectangular striated border, rev. incuse rectangle between two small squares, within rectangle a fox to left, within squares cross formed pellets at each end and in centre, right square four dots joined by lines, (S.3439, £10,000; ACNAC Rosen 577 [similar dies], Babelon I, 17 [pl.i,15], Head, B.V., Principal Coins of the Greeks Pl.I, No.7). Good fine/very fine and very rare.
Estimate $8,000
SOLD $0
Ionia, Phokaia, (c.477-388 B.C.), electrum hekte or sixth stater, (2.530 grams), issued in 394 B.C. [Bodenstedt dating], obv. female head to left, with hair in sakkos at back and with head band, rev. quadripartite incuse punch, (cf.S.4530 [£550], Bodenstedt 90 [obv. d, rev **d* same dies], Jameson 1513, SNG von Aulock 2126, SNG von Post 238-239). Very fine, and rare.
Estimate $900
SOLD $750
Ionia, Phokaia, (c.387-326 B.C.), electrum hekte or sixth stater, (2.552 grams), issued in 366 B.C. [Bodenstedt dating], obv. female head to left, with hair pulled back into a bun behind, rev. quadripartite incuse punch, (cf.S.4530 [£550], Bodenstedt 99 [obv. a, rev **b* same dies], Weber 6087, BMC 51, SNG von Post 244). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $900
SOLD $750
Lydia, uncertain king, issued before 561 B.C. and probably c.575 B.C., electrum trite or third stater, (4.738 grams) of Lydian-Milesian (Phoenician standard), probably issued at Sardis, obv. head of roaring lion to right, rev. double incuse punch, (S.3398, BMC 7 [p.2], Weidauer [Essays to Robinson] Class XVI, SNG Cop. 449-451, ACNAC Rosen 231, ACNAC Dewing 2421-3). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $1,800
SOLD $1,500
Egypt, Kingdom of, Ptolemy IV, (221-205 B.C.), gold oktadrachm, commemorative issue for Arsinoe II, after 268 B.C., (27.80 grams), Alexandria mint, obv. veiled head of Arsinoe II to right, wearing stephane, **L* behind, rev. double cornucopiae bound with fillet, around **ARSINOHS FILADELFOU*, (cf.S.7828, Hunterian 24 [p.381, Pl.LXXXIII, 3], Sv. 1165, BMC 35 [p.45, Pl/VIII, 7]). Good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $15,000
SOLD $0
Nero, (A.D. 54-68), gold aureus, Rome mint, (7.486 grams), issued A.D. 58-59, obv. bare head of Nero to right, around NERO CAESAR AVG IMP, rev. oak-wreath enclosing EX SC, around PONTIF MAX TR P V P P, (cf.S.1936 [denarius], RIC 16, BMC 17). Trace of old mounting, edge cut and edge filing, otherwise very fine and rare.
Estimate $3,500
SOLD $3,000
Diocletian, (A.D. 284-305), gold aureus, issued 290-2, Antioch and Cyzicus mints, (5.352 grams), obv. laureate head of Diocletian to right, around DIOCLETIANVS AVGVSTVS, rev. around CONSVL IIII P P PRO COS, Diocletian standing to left holding a globe, (cf.S.3501, Cal. 4434, RIC 285, 307, C.-). Red peripheral tone, nearly as struck, extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $8,500
SOLD $0
Maximianus, (A.D. 286-308), gold aureus, issued 303-4, Nicomedia mint, (5.304 grams), obv. laureate head of Maximianus to right, around MAXIMIA NVS AVGVSTVS, rev. within wreath in four lines, XX/ MAXI/ MIAN/ I AVG/ SMN, (S.-, Cal. 4768, RIC 14, C.704). As struck, extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $8,500
SOLD $8,500
Constantius II, (A.D. 337- 361), gold solidus, issued 347-350, Antioch mint, (4.590 grams), obv. around FL IVL CONSTAN TIUS PERP AUG. rosette diademed draped and cuirassed bust to right, rev. around GLORIA REI PVBLICAE, VOT XX MULT XXX in shield, Roma and Constantinople enthroned facing, holding shield, in exergue SMANH, (S.3988; RIC 84 [R2]). Nearly extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $800
SOLD $1,000
Constantius II, (A.D. 337-361), gold solidus, Thessalonica mint, issued 347-355, (3.942 grams), 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/XX/ MVLT/XXX around legend GLORIA REI PVBLICAE, in exergue star TESSL star, (cf.S.3988, RIC 153 [R2], C.122). Good fine and a very rare variety.
Estimate $550
SOLD $460