Roman - BillonTetradrachmAlexandria, (117-138AD), 23mm diameter Obverse: Laureate Head left AYT KAIC TPAIAN AΔP [IANOC CEB] (clockwise from top right), Reverse: Draped bust of Serapia right, modius on head, LENN-EAK Δ, Milne 1446, 13.43 grammes, Good Fine with some edge flaws, with some of edge nicks and much of the obverse legend off the flan
Ancient Greece - SeleukidEmpireTetradrachm Demetrios I Soter (162-155BC) Antioch mint, Obverse: head right, with monogram in left field, Reverse: Tyche seated left holding sceptre and cornucopia, throne supported by tritoness, 15.97 grammes, BMC 33Sear 7014, Near Fine with numerous scratches in the obverse field
World Ancient Sets (3) The Biblical Holy Land - Judaea a 14-coin set 134BC-79AD comprising John Hycranus I BronzePrutah, Alex Jannaeus Bronze Prutah, Alex Jannaeus Bronze Lepton, Herod the Great Bronze Prutah, Herod Archelaus Bronze Prutah, Augustus Prefect Bronze Prutah, Valerius Gratus Bronze Prutah, Pontius pilatus bronze Prutah, Herod Agrippa I Bronze Prutah, Nabatean Kings Bronze Prutah, Antoninus Felix bronze prutah, Porcius Festus Bronze Prutah, First Jewish Revolt Bronze Prutah and VespasianSilverDenarius, VG to Fine in the presentation box with certificate, Ancient Silk Road Civilizations a 20-coin set 4th century BC to 19th century AD comprising: China Qin Ban Liang, Judaea Lepton, China Hsin Huo Quan, Kushan Drachm, Narwar Kakini Fraction, Kushanshah Drachm, RomanEmpire Nummus, Byzantine 40 Nummi, Ummayyad Abassid Fals, Shahi Jital, India chola Massa, KashmirStater, Celon Kandy Massa, Malwar Dramma, Western Rajput Jital, Mamluk Fals, Kwarezmshah Jital, Delhi Sultans Tanka, Kampuchea Half Fuang and Nepal Shah Paisa, in mixed grades VG to Fine, in a presentation box with certificate, Coins of Ancient China a 6-coin set comprising The Bone Cowrie, the Bronze Cowrie 'Ghost Face' money, Ming Zi Dao Knife Money, Pan Liang Cash, Huo Pu Spade Coin and Hung Wu Cash coin, VG to Fine, in a Westminster box with their certificate
Ancients (3) Parthian Kingdom SilverDrachm Vologases III (105-147AD), Ecbatana Mint, Obverse: Bust left, diademed, Reverse: Archer seated right, 3.83 grammes, VF and bold with some edge nicks, CelticIceni Silver Unit 'Boudicca' type (c.61AD) Obverse: Face, Reverse horse to right S.434, 0.93 grammes, Fine, Ancient Greece - Macedonia Silver Drachm Alexander III (336-323BC) Obverse: Head right wearing lion-skin garniture, Reverse: Zeus seated left holding eagle and sceptre, 4.12 grammes, Fine
Ancients a mixed group (14), EgyptPtolemy III Ae38 Drachm, (246-222BC) Alexandria Mint, Obverse: Head of Zeus-Ammon right, Reverse: Eagle standing left, facing right, on thunderbolt, wings closed, cornucopia over shoulder, E between legs, SNG Copenhagen 224, 46.70 grammes, Fine for wear, some corrosion, Ae15 Ptolemy II (285-246BC) Obverse: Head of Zeus-Ammon right, Reverse: Eagle standing left, monogram in left field, 3.64 grammes, Fine, Byzantine (5) bronze Tetarteron (4),and Half Follis (1) VG to Near Fine, Syracuse Ae17 Obverse: Head of Kore left, Reverse: Bull butting left, 5.63 grammes, Fair, Alexandria - Diocletian PotinTetradrachm, Year 3 (286-287AD) Obverse: Laureate and draped bust right, Reverse: Eagle with wreath in beak ETOY-C with Γ in right field, Milne 4845, 7.69 grammes, Good Fine with some edge nicks, Alexandria - Diocletian Potin Tetradrachm, Year 3 (286-287AD) Obverse Layreate and cuirassed bust right, Reverse: Tyche standing left holding rudder and corucoiae, date LΓ to upper left, Dattari 5755 var, Fine, Alexandria - Diocletian Potin Tetradrachm Year 1 (284-285AD) Obverse: Laureate and cuirassed bust right, Reverse: LA above Tyche reclining on draped couch, crowned with modius, right hand on rudder and supporting head with left, Emmet 4083, 6.99 grammes, Fine, the reverse with some small verdigris spots, Kushan Empire, Ae22 Obverse: Bust right, crowned, Reverse: Two attendants at fire altar, 2.47 grammes, Fair/Near Fine, Kushan Empire Tetradrachm (1st to 2nd Century AD) Obverse: King sacrificing at fire altar, Reverse: Shiva standing with bull, trident and deerskin, 25mm diameter, 16.78 grammes, VG with all major design details clear, parts of legend worn or off-flan, Ancient Greece Lepton 14mm, Obverse: Bust left, Reverse worn, Po
Kabulistan - Nezak Huns Drachm (c.500-560AD) (4) Obverse: Bust right draped, Reverse: Fire altar with attendants, wheel-shaped symbols above, Fine to VF
Kabulistan - Nezak Huns Drachm (c.500-560AD) (4) Obverse: Bust right draped, Reverse: Fire altar with attendants, wheel-shaped symbols above, Fine to VF
Ancient Greece - MacedoniaTetradrachmAlexander III. Pella mint, struck under Antigonos II Gonatas (c.285-275 BC) Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. / Reverse: Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, holding eagle and sceptre, bunch of grapes beneath chair, AΛEΞANΔΡOY, 16.27 grammes, Price 566, Good Fine/Fine
SeleukidEmpire - Tetradrachm Philip I Philadelphos (c.95/4-76/5BC) Uncertain Mint. 26mm diameter, Obverse: Head right diademed, Reverse: Zeus Nikephoros seated left, design and legend within a laurel wreath, as HGC 9, 16.17 grammes, NEF/GVF with excellent portrait and considerable eye appeal
Ancient Greece - Amisos, Pontos, Ae20 (120-63BC) Civic Issue, Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus right, Reverse: Eagle standing half left on thunderbolt, head turned right, AMIΣOY below, ΡΓΦΔ monogram in left field. BMC 27-29, 8.54 grammes, Good Fine with some adjustment lines, Indo-Scythian (3) Hexachalkon (2) Azes II (c. 35-12 BC), Obverse: Humped Bull, Reverse: Lion, 13.13 grammes, and 14.11 grammes, the first Fine, well-centred, the second VG with legends worn, the design clear, both scarce, Ae Tetradrachm Gondophares (55-65AD) Obverse: King holding whip, on horseback, to right, Gondophoran symbol to right, Reverse: Figure standing ring, Gondophoran symbols in left and right fields, 10.08 grammes, Fine
SeleukidEmpire - Tetradrachm Philip I Philadelphos (c.95/4-76/5BC) Uncertain Mint. 28mm diameter, Obverse: Head right diademed, Reverse: Zeus Nikephoros seated left, design and legend within a laurel wreath, as HGC 9, 15.82 grammes, About VF for wear with some flan unevenness below the bust
Kingdom of Elymais bronzeDrachms (early to mid 2nd. Century AD) Orodes II and Orodes III types (9) Obverses: bust left or facing, with crescent and inverted anchor, Reverses: Dots and dashes, and portrait facing right types. Average Fine
Ancient GreeceTetradrachm, Thasos - Thrace (after 148BC), Obverse: Head of Dionysus right, wearing ivy wreath, Reverse: Herakles standing to left, holding club and lion's skin; ΗΡΔKΔΕΟ∀Σ (partially inverted) to right, ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ to left, monogram to inner left, ΘΑΣΙΩΝbelow, 16.31 grammes, Fine
Ancients (20) Indo-Greek - Kushan Empire Ae Tetradrachm Obverse: King holding ankush and seated on elephant standing right, Reverse: Lunar deity Mao standing left with lunar crescents on his shoulders, holding sword hilt and holding out hand in blessing, 10.44 grammes Fine on an irregularly shaped flan, India Sultans of Delhi 1/16th Paisa 16th Century (8) (7-10mm diameter) many with off-centre or off flan designs, and a group of three pieces on square 6-8mm flans, worn and unattributed, Ceylon Ae Massa (2) Queen Lilavati 1197-1200AD (2), Parakrama Bahu II, both around Fine with green patination, Ancient Spain - Ae20 (200-100BC) Obverse: Head of Herakles, Reverse: Two Tunny fish, VG/Near Fine, Ancient Greece - Phoenicia, Tyre, Obverse: Turreted and veiled head of Tyche right, Reverse: Astarte standing left on war galley, 5.52 grammes, VG, Indo-Greek Tetradrachm or Unit Kanishka Ae24, 13.13 grammes, Fair, Ayyubids bronzeDirham Al-Ashraf Musa Ae30 (1210-1220AD) 10.94 grammes, VG or better, and an unattributed bronze 33mm each side with a pattern of incuse countermarks of three leaves, joined at their bases (9 countermarks on one side, 4 on the other), Fine, a wide ranging group worthy of further research
Ancient Syria - Selucis and Pieria, Antioch, BillonTetradrachm Herennius Etruscus (251AD) Obverse: Bare headed bust right, four pellets below bust, EΡENNE TΡOY ME KY ΔEKIOC KECAΡ, Reverse: Eagle standing left on palm branch, wings spread, head left, Prieur 634, 12.24 grammes, VF with small flaw flaws
Kingdom of Elymais bronzeDrachms (early to mid 2nd. Century AD) Orodes II and Orodes III types (8) Obverses: bust left or facing, with crescent and inverted anchor, Reverses: Dots and dashes, and portrait facing right types. Average Fine
Ancient Syria - Selucis and Pieria, Antioch, BillonTetradrachm Trebonianus Gallus (251-253AD) Obverse: Bust right draped and laureate, AYTOK K Γ OYIB TΡEB ΓAΛΛOC CEB, Reverse: Eagle standing facing right with wreath in beak, B between legs, SC below, ΔHMAΡX EΞOYCIAC, 11.94 grammes, SNG Cop.290 NVF/VF with a flan flaw and verdigris spot on the reverse
Ancient Syria - Selucis and Pieria, Antioch, BillonTetradrachmTrajan Decius (249-251AD) Obverse: Bust right, draped and cuirassed, with pellets below, Reverse: Eagle standing right on palm, holding wreath in beak, 12.98 grammes, Prieur 581, Good Fine or better, the obverse with some pitting
Ancient Syria - Selucis and Pieria, Antioch. BillonTetradrachm Philip I (249AD) Obverse: Bust right, radiate, draped and cuirassed, YTOK K M IOYΛI ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC CЄB, Reverse.: Eagle with spread wings standing right, holding wreath in beak. ΔΗΜΑΡX ЄΞOYCIAC ΥΠΑ ΤO Δ - ANTIOXIA / S C, Prieur 443, 11.70 grammes, VF
Kings of Parthia - Orodes II (57-38BC) Tetradrachm, Seleukia on the Tigris Mint, Obverse: Diademed bust left, Reverse: Orodes seated left, holding sceptre and Nike, who crowns him with wreath, Sellwood 48.1, 11.49 grammes, Near Fine with some verdigris
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Selukid Kingdom, BillonTetradrachm, Cleopatra VII, Year 19 (34/3 BC) Obverse: Diademed head of Ptolemy, wearing aegis, right, Reverse: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, in an NGC holder and graded VF
Ancient Greece - Thrace, Island of Thasos SilverTetradrachm (2nd to 1st Century BC) Imitative series, Danube Celts, Obverse : Head of young Dionysus right, Reverse: Herakles standing facing, head left, holding club in right hand, lion skin draped over left arm, M in left field, in an NGC holder and graded Choice VF
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, BillonTetradrachm, Cleopatra VII, Year 11 (42/1 BC) Obverse: Diademed head of Ptolemy, right, Reverse: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, in an NGC holder and graded Choice Fine
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Selukid Kingdom SilverTetradrachm Demetrius II (129-125BC) Obverse: Bust right, laureate, Reverse: Eagle standing left, in an NGC holder and graded Choice VF
Ancient Greece - Thrace. Maroneia SilverTetradrachm (2nd to 1st Century BC) after 146BC, Obverse: Head of young Dionysus right, wreathed with ivy, Reverse: Young Dionysus standing left, holding grapes, two spears and cloak PWDU monogram, PWDU monogram in inner right field, Moushmov 3940, in an NGC holder and graded Choice VF
Parthian Kingdom - BillonTetradrachm Gotarzes II (c44-51AD) struck Year 358 (46-47AD), Reverse: King seated right on throne, Tyche standing left before him, presenting diaden and holding cornucopiae, in an NGC Ancients holder and graded XF
Ancient Greece - Pamphylia, Perga SilverTetradrachm Year 26 (c.196/5 BC) Struck in the name of Alexander the Great Obverse: Bust of Herakles right wearing lion-skin head-dress, Reverse: Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre, in an NGC Ancients holder and graded VF
Roman Protectorate, Epidamnos-Dyrrachium SilverDrachm, (c.92-54BC), Obverse: Cow and calf, with bird above, ANTIMAX, Reverse: Double stellate pattern, ΔYP and moneyer, 3.36 grammes, Sear 1899-1901, NVF with good surfaces, the reverse off-centre, Ex-Dr.R.Vezin, with his ticket
Celts, Lower Danube SilverTetradrachm, imitative series (2nd to 1st Century BC) Obverse : Head of young Dionysus right, Reverse: Herakles standing facing, head left, holding club in right hand, lion skin draped over left arm, M in left field, About Fine, repaired at the top, comes with an NGC repaired label
Ancient Greece - Syria, Antioch, SilverTetradrachmVespasian (69-79AD) Year 2 Obverse: Laureate head right, Reverse: Eagle standing left on club, palm branch in left field, in an NGC holder and graded VG
Roman (2) BillonTetradrachm, Alexandria, Egypt, Year c.65-66AD), Obverse: Bust right [---] KAIΣ ΣE [---], Reverse: Draped bust of Alexandria right wearing elephant skin headdress. Date LIB to right, Sear 2004, 11.33 grammes, Fine, struck off centre with a flan flaw at the top Roman Denarius Serratus - Republic (c.81BC) Obverse: Bust of Ceres, right, Reverse: Ploughman with yoke of oxen left, moneyer C. Marius Capito, 3.26 grammes, Good Fine
Ancient Greece, Athens, Attica Tetradrachm,(c.440-404BC) Obverse: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a palmette, round ear-ring and pearl necklace, Reverse: Owl standing right, head facing, with olive sprig and crescent behind, all within incuse square, 17.18 grammes, GVF with a small edge crack, comes with old collector's ticket
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ae Diobol (80 Drachmai) Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera (52-30BC) Alexandria, 26mm diameter, Obverse: Diademed and draped bust to right, Reverse: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, cornucopia to left Π to right, [KΛEOΠATPAC] BACIAEΩC Svoronos 1871, SNG Copenhagen 419-421, 18.44 grammes, Fine
Ancient Greece, Islands off Attica, Aegina, Drachm, (c.350-338BC) Obverse: Land Tortoise with segmented shell, Reverse: Large incuse square of skew pattern, with two dots in lower left section, Dewing 1690. 5.05 grammes, Fine, comes with old collector's ticket
Ancient Greece, MacedoniaTetradrachm Philip II (c.359-336BC) Lifetime issue, Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus right, Reverse: Youth on horseback right, holding palm (legend to right is worn) field and mintmarks worn, 13.94 grammes, Good Fine
Ancient GreeceOlympia - Elis, SilverDrachm (244-208BC) 134th to 143rd Olympiad, Obverse: Eagle flying right, tearing at hare with talons, Reverse: Thunderbolt, with flames and pomegranate above and volutes and pinecone below. F-A across field, 4.72 grammes, BCD Olympic 234, Fine/Good Fine
Ancient Greece, Athens, Attica Tetradrachm (c.336-297BC) Obverse: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a palmette, round ear-ring and pearl necklace, Reverse: Owl standing right, head facing, with olive sprig and crescent behind, all within incuse square, 17.08 grammes, VF with some cuts to the reverse, comes with old collector's ticket
Roman, Roman Alexandria, BillonTetradrachmNero and Augustus, Regnal Year 13 (66-67AD), Obverse: Radiate bust left wearing aegis, date LIΓ to left, NERΩ KΛAV [----] ΣEB ΓEΡ, Reverse: Radiate head of Augustus right, ΘEOΣ ΣEBAΣTOΣ Kӧln 177, Dattari 184, Milne 251, RPC 5294, 13.00 grammes, Fine
Ancient Greece - MacedoniaAlexander IIISilverTetradrachm, Aradus (c.328-320BC) Obverse: Head of Herakles right wearing lionskin head-dress, Reverse: Zeus seated left holding eagle on extended arm, legs parallel. AR monogram below chair, AΛEΞANΔΡOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, Price 3309, 16.33 grammes, Good Fine/Fine with some pitting, comes with old collector's ticket
Ancient Greece (2) Rhodes - Caria SilverDrachm (166-88BC) Magistrate Maes. Obverse: radiate Head of Helios right, P-O, rose with buds to left and right MAHΣ above with head-dress of Isis at lower right, all within an incuse square, BMC 268, SNG Tuebingen 3592; SNG Keckman 686-687; SNG Fitzwilliam 4817; SNG Cop 836-837; Hunter 49. 2.14 grammes, Good Fine/NVF, comes with old collector's ticket, Lydia, Siglos or Half Stater. time of Croseus, (c.560-546BC), Obverse: Confronting heads of lion and bull, Reverse: Oblong bipartite incuse punched squares of unequal size, Sear 3420, 5.35 grammes, Fine, on an oval-shaped flan around 15mm x 12mm, comes with old collector's ticket
Ancient Greece, Islands off Attica, Aegina, Triobol or Hemidrachm, (490-485BC) Obverse: Turtle with collar and a single row of scales down the middle, Reverse: Incuse square with skew pattern, Sear 1856, 2.95 grammes, Good Fine/VF, comes with old collector's ticket
SassanianEmpireDrachm (7) Hormazd IV 579-590AD (5) includes Ahwaz Mint (2), Ram Mint, Meshan Mint, Khusru I 531-579AD Clesiphion Mint (2), Khusru II 591-628AD (1), Yazdgard I 397-420AD, Abbasid - Tabaristan Hani (2) 788-790AD , Dayubids 740-761AD, one in Fine, the others Good Fine to GVF all with attributions
Ancient Greece, Rhodes - Caria, Didrachm (c.250BC) Obverse: Facing radiate head of Helios, Reverse: Rose with bud to right, EY and jug in left field, 6.00 grammes, SNG Hel.461, Fine, comes with old collector's ticket
Parthian Empire, Persia, Tetradrachm Vologases IV of Parthia (c.152AD) Seleucia Mint, Obverse: Bust left with long beard, ear-ring and tiara, B in right field, Reverse: King seated left, Tyche standing right before him, presenting diadem, 25mm diameter, 12.55 grammes, NVF/Good Fine
RomanTetradrachmNero, Antioch, Syria (c.61-62AD) Obverse: Bust right, laureate, NEΡΩN [OΣ KAIΣAΡOΣ ΣEBAΣTOY], Reverse: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, palm branch before, Antioch RPC 4182, 13.97 grammes, Near Fine with some small spots
Ancient Greece, Macedonia, Drachm, Alexander the Great (336-323BC) Obverse: Head right wearing lion-skin head-dress, Reverse: Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, holding eagle in right hand, no field marks or symbols below chair, 4.14 grammes, Fine
Kings of Parthia, Mithradates II (121-91BC) Drachm, Obverse: Bust left, Reverse: Archer seated right holding bow, 3.95 grammes, Good Fine/VF with grey tone
Parthian Empire, Persia, Tetradrachm, Phraatakes (c.2BC-4AD) struck c.1BC, Seleukia on the Tigris, Obverse: Diademed bust left, Reverse: Archer seated right on throne, holding bow, 13.09 grammes, Good Fine/Fine, the obverse with some corrosion
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Hemidrachm, Ae34, Ptolemy III (246-222BC) Alexandria mint, Obverse: Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right, Reverse: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, cornucopias tied with fillet in left field, PX monogram between legs, Svoronos 965, SNG Cop.173, 32.63 grammes, Fine
RomanTetradrachmNero, Antioch, Syria (c.60-61AD) Obverse: Bust right, laureate, [NE] ΡΩN [OΣ KAIΣAΡOΣ] ΣEBAΣTOY, Reverse: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, palm branch before, Z OP in right field, Antioch RPC 4181, 14.20 grammes, Bold approaching Fine
Parthian Empire, Persia, Tetradrachm Vologases IV of Parthia (c.200AD) Seleucia Mint, Obverse: Bust left with long tapered beard, B in right field, Reverse: Reverse: King seated left, Tyche standing right before him, presenting diadem, legends off-flan, 24mm diameter, 11.35 grammes, approaching Fine
Ancient Greece - Attica Tetradrachm (c.440-404BC) Obverse: Helmeted head of Athena right, Reverse: Owl standing right, with head facing, olive sprig behind, 17.20 grammes, in an NGC Ancients holder and graded AU (Strike 4/5), (Surface 4/5), comes in a London Mint Office box with their certificate
Ancient Greece - Macedonia, Tetradrachm, Alexander III, Macedonia Mint, lifetime issue (323-317BC), struck under Antipater (320-319BC) Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress, Reverse: Zeus seated left , legs parallel, holding eagle and sceptre BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔΡOY, with AMT monogram in left field, as Price 119 (monogram), 24-25mm diameter, 17.11 grammes, NVF
Ancient Greece (9) Thrace, Apollonia Pontika Drachm, late 5th to 4th Century BC, Obverse: Anchor, crayfish to left, A to right, Reverse: Gorgoneion, Sear 1655, 2.82g, VF, Thrace, Apollonia Pontika Diobol, late 5th to 4th Century BC, Obverse: Head of Apollo facing, Reverse: Anchor, 1.46 grammes, S.1657var GVF, Thrace, Pantikapaion Ae17 4th Century BC, Obverse: Head of Pan left, Reverse: Bull's head left S.1699var, 5.09 grammes, VF, Delphi, Phokis Triobol (480-460BC) Obverse: Bull's head facing, Reverse: head of Artemis facing right, within square, 2.65 grammes, S.2346, Fine, Sikyon Hemidrachm (430-390BC) Obverse: Chimaera, Reverse: Dove flying left, S.2767, 2.56 grammes Fine with a dig on the obverse in the exergue, Ionia, Miletos Obol Obverse: Lion's head left, Reverse: Stellate pattern within incuse square, 1.06 grammes, S.3532, Fine/VF, Arabia, Himyarites Silver Half Unit 1st to 2nd Century AD, Obverse: Bust right with monogram behind, Reverse: Stylised small bust right, stylised legend around, S.5719var, 0.78 grammes, VF/EF, Eastern Greek, Persis, Obol Darius II (1st Century BC) Obverse: Head left wearing Parthian style tiara, Reverse: Fire altar with King at right, facing left, simplified legend around, S.6208, 0.62 grammes, VF, Eastern Greek, Persis, Oxathres Obol (1st century BC) Obverse: Head left, Reverse: King standing in front of altar (S.--) 0.64 grammes, VF
Eastern Europe - Pannonia, Tetradrachm, Philip II of Macedonia Imitative type, S.203var, Obverse: Bust right, laureate, Reverse: horseman right, 13.62 grammes, VF with a test cut on the reverse,. Celtic - Danube region Tetradrachm, Thasos imitative type, Obverse: Crude Bust right, Reverse a standing figure, double row of dots around, 14.60 grammes, bent on right edge, otherwise EF
Persia - Kings of Parthia, Drachms (3) Vardanes II (C.55-58AD) Obverse: Bearded bust left, diademed, with three-band spiral torque with no visible end, Medium length hair wavy with earring visible, diadem pendants shown as five lines, Reverse: Beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on throne, holding bow in right hand; below bow monogram; seven-line Greek inscription; no border, 3.70g (Sellwood 69/10; S 5807) EF on an irregularly shaped flan, Vologases III (c.105-147AD), Obverse: Bust left with long pointed beard, wearing diadem, with loop at top and three ends, earring visible, border of dots, Reverse: Archer seated right on throne, holding bow, seven line legend, 3.73g (Sellwood 78/5; S 5831) EF, Osroes II (c.AD 190), Ecbatana Mint, Obverse: Bust left with long tapered beard, wearing tiara with ear flap and pellets on crest and vertically on side of diadem with loops and four pendant ends, segmented necklet, Reverse: Archer seated right on throne holding bow, below bow monogram. Legend in seven lines, (Sellwood 85/2; S 5866). 3.68 grammes, GVF with some traces of verdigris on the reverse
BillonTetradrachmHadrian, Alexandria, (128-129AD) Obverse: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right AVT KAI TΡAI AΔΡIA CEB, Reverse: Clasped hands, L above, IΓ below., Alexandria, Milne 1274, 13.54 grammes, Good Fine
Egypt - Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt - Ptolemy IX (116-80BC), Tetradrachm, Year 9, (108-107BC) Paphos Mint, Obverse: Diademed head of Ptolemy IX right, aegis at shoulder, Reverse: Eagle standing left with wings open ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, with date LΘ before, mintmark ΠA behind, 24mm diameter, 14.34 grammes, BMC 61-62, SNG Cop. 353-355, VF
Ancient Greece - Lycia , Silver Hemidrachm (c.30-27BC), Kragos Mint, Obverse: Head of Apollo right, Reverse: Lyre within incuse square, K P on either side, with grain ear in field, 16mm diameter, 1.43 grammes, BMC 8, RPC 3305 Good Fine/NVF
Ancient Persia - Parthian Empire Vologases III/Pakoros I (77-147AD). SilverDrachm, Ekbatana mint. Obverse: Diademed bust left with long pointed beard, Reverse: Archer seated right on throne, holding bow with monogram below, 21mm diameter, 3.73 grammes, VF
Ancient Greece - Thrace. Maroneia Hemidrachm (c.398/7-386/5BC) Obverse: Forepart of horse left, A-N-Θ around, Reverse: A grapevine within a dotted square, kantharos to lower left and MA to lower right, as BMC 19, Schonert 254, 18mm diameter, 2.68 grammes, Fine
Ancient Greece - Thrace, Cherronesas, Hemidrachm (c.400-350BC) Obverse: Forepart of lion facing right, with head turned to left, Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square, dot over A - dot, 14mm diameter, 2.11 grammes, BMC Thrace 15, Fine
Ancient Greece - MacedoniaSilverDrachmAlexander III (310-301BC) Kolophon Mint, Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin head-dress, Reverse: Zeus seated left holding eagle and sceptre, AΛEΞANΔΡOY legend to right of Zeus, N in field to left, symbol below chair unclear due to irregular flan shape, 16mm diameter, 4.13 grammes, Fine on an oval-shaped flan
Ancient Greece - Thrace, Kings, Lysimachos, SilverDrachm (c.294-287BC) , uncertain mint, Obverse: Head of the deified Alexander III, wearing horn of Ammon, Reverse: Athena seated left holding Nike and resting elbow on shield, BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY to right and left, 18mm diameter, 4.15 grammes, as Sear 6817, Fine/About Fine, the reverse legend weak
Ancients (47), medievalJetons (2) a mixed group includes Greek and Roman, GreeceTetradrachmAlexander the Great 336-323BC, Fine, Drachm Alexander the Great 336-323BC Good Fine, CorinthStater c.350BC, Obv. Helmeted bust left, Boar behind, Reverse: Pegasus to left, Good Fine, FrenchCelticSilverObol (c.400BC) About Fine, and includes group of Roman bronzes (10) Ae3 and Ae4 including Aurelian and Valerian types, and many more, includes some fantasy issues, in mixed grades, Fair to Good Fine
Ancient Greece - Messembria, Thrace Tetradrachm (2nd Century BC) Civic issue in the types and name of Alexander the Great, Obverse: Head of Heracles, right, wearing Nemean Lion-skin, Reverse: Zeus seated left on throned, legs crossed, holding sceptre and eagle, small helmet below eagle, monogram below throne, BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞAN∆POY, maximum diameter 32mm, 16.49 grammes, GVF, and scarce in this grade
Ancient Greece - Kingdom of MacedoniaTetradrachmAlexander the Great (336-323BC) posthumous issue, Obverse: Head of Heracles wearing Lion-skin right, Reverse: Zeus seated left, monogram within wreath in left field, detail below throne not clear, 16.63 grammes, Fine/Near Fine for wear with a deep vertical scratch on the reverse
Ancient Greece - Kingdom of MacedoniaDrachmAlexander the Great (336-323BC) Obverse: Bust right in Lion-skin head-dress, Reverse: Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre, with N circled, or monogram below chair, 4.20 grammes, Good Fine
Ancient Greece - Kingdom of MacedoniaDrachmAlexander the Great (336-323BC) Obverse: Bust right in Lion-skin head-dress, Reverse Zeus seated left with AT monogram below throne, and MAT (?) monogram in left field, 3.91 grammes, Near Fine/VG
ChinaSpade Money (2) Wang Mang (c.9-22AD) 36mm 6.36 grammes and 26mm 3.6 grammes, Fine with green patina, Ancient Greece (22) Ar Drachm Thrace - Istros, Late 5th-4th Century BC Obv. Two Young male heads/ Rev. Sea Eagle left on dolphin AΠ 4.95 grammes NVF. Sicily - Syracuse Ar Litra Hiketas II (288-278BC) Obv. Head of Apollo right/ Rev.Eagle standing left, 6.03 grammes Near Fine. Thasos Ar Trihemiobol (411-350BC) Obv. Satyr kneeling left holding kantharios/ Rev. Amphora, 0.64 grammes, Fine. Thrace - Chersonesos Ar Hemidrachm (480-350BC) Obv. Forepart of Lion right, head reverted/ Rev. Dot AY monogram dot - Bee, 2.36 grammes, Sear 1605 var.VF. Ionia - Miletos Ar Obol, Late 6th Century BC, Obv. Forepart of lion left, head turned/ Rev. Floral Star Pattern in incuse square, 0.88 grammes SNG Cop. 952 NF/Fine. Ionia - Miletos Ar Obol Late 6th Century BC, Obv. Forepart of Lion left, head turned/ Rev. Floral Star pattern in incuse square, 0.93 grammes, Fine/Good Fine. Ionia - Miletos Ar Diobol Late 6th Century BC, Sear SG 3533, Obv. Lion's head left/ Rev. Floral Star pattern in incuse square, 1.2 grammes, VF. Ionia - Uncertain Ar Trihemiobol c.Late 6th Century BC, Obv. Star of 8 rays/ Rev. Quadripartite square 0.61 grammes Fine. Sicily Trihemiobol Obv.Triskeles/Rev.Pellet in circle 0.61 grammes, Fine. Mylasa- Caria Ae17 Strategos Eupolemos, Obv. Three overlapping shields Rev.EMΠO / ΛEMOY Sheathed Sword. 1.90 grammes Lindgren III 435, NVF. Elymais -Orodes II Copper Drachm (100-150AD) 3.74 grammes Fine. Knidos - Caria Ae11 (300-190BC) Obv. Head of Aphrodite right/ Rev. Prow right 1.95 grammes, Fine. Kyme - Aeolis (350-250BC) Ae15. Magistrate Eubios 3.68 grammes. Obv. KY and forepart of horse right EYBIOΣ below/Rev. One-handled drinking cup, TEYB monogram to left SNG Cop 76. Good Fine. Pontos - uncertain, possibly Amisos Ae24 c.130-100BC. Obv. Helmeted head left/ Rev. Star with eight rays, 20.15 grammes About Fine. Maroneia - Thrace Semi-Autonomous coinage Ae15 (400-350BC) Obv. Prancing Horse right, monogram below/ Rev. grape-vine within linear frame. 2.33 grammes, Fine. Brettii - Bruttium Ae14 reduced Unit/Uncia (208-205BC) Obv. Head right/Rev. Eagle standing Near Fine with green patination. Carthage in Zeugitana Ae14 Obv. Head of Taniot left/Rev. Horse prancing right, 3.245 grammes, SNG Cop95 VG/Near Fine. Macedonia - Akanthos Ar Hemiobol (C.470-390BC) 8mm diameter, 0.37 grammes Obv. Head of Bull right/ Rev. Quadripartite incuse square SNG ANS 51 GVF. Lydia - Tmolus Ae14 semi-autonomous issue. (117-161AD) Obv. Youthful head of Dionysus right, wreathed with ivy, thyrsos before/ Rev. TMΩΛITΩN, bunch of grapes, Paris 97, Waddington 5384, Sardis 327, Good Fine. Mysia - Pergamon Ae12 (200-133BC) Philetaerus, King of Pergamum. Obv. Helmeted Head of Athena right/ Rev. ΦIΛE-TAIΡOY, Bow. SNG von Aulock 1364; SNG Stockholm 2086; SNG Leipzig 1094; BMC 12, 54; Lindgren III 273 Good Fine with green patination. Thrace - Mesembria c.3rd to2nd Century BC Ae19 Obv. Female head right/ Rev. Athena Promachos standing left holding shield and brandishing spear, 5.17 grammes, SNG Cop 660 approaching Fine, along with a further group of Ancients (15) all but one in bronze, in mixed lower grades. Macedonia - Antigonus I Ae15 Obv. Gorgon on shield, Rev Worn. 3.84 grammes. VG/Poor. Celtic (3) Gaul - Northwest Senones (c.100BC-50BC) Potin Unit, Obv. Head right/ Rev. Stylized horse with pellets around. 17mm diameter, 4.64 grammes Fine on an irregularly shaped flan., Celtic Bronze Unit Obv. Blank/ Rev.Horse and rider right, 14mm diameter, 2.71 grammes, NVF with edge cracks. Celtic - Britain IceniSilver UnitS.436 Symbol type Obv. Two opposed crescents/ Rev. Horse with three pellets below, 1.12 grammes, Fine
World and Ancient (18) a mixed group includes SassanianDrachm (2) Fine to Good Fine, Roman and Greekbronzes (6) Near Fine to VF, an IslamicDirham Fine, an Indian Temple Token Good Fine, MedievalBrassJetons (2) Poor, a ByzantineFollis VG, Parthian Silver Drachm Mithradates IV Fine, Farthing Token Edinburgh - Lothian Harrison's undated, About Fine, a brass apothecaries weight, Fine, Portugal Real Branco Duarte I (1433-1438) VG with part of flan missing to inner circle, and a bronze? button 20mm diameter with RICH TREBLE GILT legend Fine
Ae As. Vespasian , Lyons Mint (77-78AD) Obv: Bust right laureate, globe at point of bust, Reverse S-C PROVIDEN below large altar, RIC 1234, Sear 803 VG, Ae Tetradrachm Diocletian Alexandrian Coinage, Dattari 5819-20 Good Fine
Tetradrachm Otho (69AD) Antioch - Syria Prieur 101, RPC 4199 Obverse: Laureate head right AYTOKPATWP M OQWN KAICAP CEBACTOC, Reverse; Eagle within wreath, legend off flan, , 14.01 grammes, otherwise around Fine
Roman Ae Antoninianii (16) a varied group includes Claudius II (4), Gallienus (2), Salonina (2), Postumus, Vitorinus (4), Tetricus II and Aurelian (2) includes some Provincial types, in mixed grades, along with a Gallienus BillonTetradrachm of Alexandria, VG to VF
Ancient Greece (20) Quarter Obol Teos-Ionia Tetartemorion, c.500BC, Head of Griffin right/Quadripart incuse square, About Fine. Mysia - Parion Diobol c.480BC Gorgon's Head/Incuse square containing cruciform square, pellet in centre, 1.64 grammes, About Fine/Fine. Thrace - Chersonesos Hemidrachm 386-338BC McCLean 4091 Forepart of Lion right. head reverted/Quardipart incuse square with AG over dot in one section, bucranium in another NVF with good metal. Mysia - Parion Hemidrachm c.400-300BC Head of Gorgon facing/PA-RI above and below Bull standing left, with head turned right, bucranium below, BMC 19 Fine. Mysia - Parion Hemidrachm Head of Gorgon facing with tongue protruding, surrounded by serpents/Bull standing left, struck off-centre with much of the bull off-flan 2.36 grammes, About Fine. Gaul - Massalia Obol 4th Century BC Youthful head of Apollo left/Wheel of four spokes M in one angle, largely off-centre, 0.5 grammes, Depeyrot 64 Fine. Thrace - Thasos Obol 450-425BC Satyr keeling left holding kantharos/Amphora, 0.95 grammes, BMC 53 Good Fine with edge crack. Caria - Kos Hemiobol, 0.65 grammes, Crab/square with dot in one angle, Fine. Lesbos Hemiobol c.525-475BC Head of Attis right wearing Phyrgian cap/incuse square Fine. Lesbos-Mytilene 1/36 stater, billon, Two Eyes/Incuse square 0.82 grammes Fine or slightly better with some edge cracks. Ionia, uncertain mint 8-Rayed star/Incuse square, c.5th Century BC, 0.72 grammes, 8mm diameter, Fine or slightly better. Sicily - Akragas Pentonkion c.460-446BC Eagle standing right/5 dots denoting mark of value 9mm diameter, 0.96 grammes. Apollonia Pontica, Thrace SilverDrachm c.420-+300BC, Gorgon facing with open mouth, tongue protruding/Upright anchor with crayfish in right field, 2.75 grammes Fine with some encrustation. Ionia - Miletos Silver 1/12th Stater, 6th Century BC9mm diameter, 0.95 grammes Lion's Head left/Star ornament within an incuse square, Sear 3533, Fine. Thraco-Macedonian Tribes Silver Hemiobol Spearhead/Quadripartite incuse square with dot in each angle, 8mm diameter, 0.69 grammes, Fine or better. Maroneia - Thrace Triobol 398-385BC Forepart of Horse left/Grapevine within dotted square, letters indistinct, 2.2 grammes VG, Ionia - Kolophon Tetartemorion c.450BC, 0.22 grammes, 7mm diameter, Head right/incuse square with dot in one angle VG with some encrustation. Kingdom of Macedonia, Demetrios Poliorketes Ae11 c.290-287BC, Helmeted Head Right/Prow right with BA above AIX below Fine with some surface dirt. Egypt - Ptolemy I, as Satrap, Silver Hemidrachm, Head right in elephant skin headdress/Athena Alkidemos walking right brandishing spear and shield, 1.21 grammes, 10mm diameter, Fine. Bruttium Hemidrachm Lion facing/TAMБ in cross within circle, 9.5mm diameter, 1.31 grammes, Fine
Ancient Greece 480BC to First Century BC a wide ranging group (19) includes Apollonia Pontica Black SeaSilverDrachm VF, Apollonia Thrace Silver Diobol Fine, Thrace Cheronnesos Lion Hemidrachm (400-350BC) (2) GVF and VF, Histiaeia - Euboia Tetrobol (340BC to 330BC) NVF, Pergamon, Mysia AE10 Civic issue 310-284BC, Good Fine others generally VG to Good Fine, an interesting group worthy of further study
Ancients Greek and Egypt (30) Miletos, Ionia, One Twelfth Stater late 6th Century BC, an imitative issue, bronzed with traces of silver plating Obv: Head of Lion, Rev: Star Ornament within incuse square. Kyzikos,Mysia (Asia Minor) Silver Hemiobol, Obv: Forepart of running boar with tunny facing upward behind, Rev: Head of roaring lion with K retrograde above, all within an incuse square. Kamarina, Sicily (413-405 BC) Onkia (Uncia) Obv: Head of Gorgon, Rev: Owl holding lizard, with KAM to left, a single pellet denoting the unit of currency. Macedonian Kingdom Philip II (359-336 BC) Ae18 Obv: Head of Apollo, right with hair bound with tania, Rev: Naked youth on horse, right, little lettering still visible. Macedonian Kingdom/Empire of Alexander (336-323 BC) Ae20 Uncertain Mint, Obv: Head of Heracles in lion-skin head-dress, Rev: AΛE≡ANANAP Bow and Quiver above with club below. Antigonid Kingdom Demetrios Poloirketes (294-288 BC) Ae14 uncertain mint, Obv: Head of Demetrios right wearing crested Corinthian Helmet, Rev: Prow of galley with BA above. Antigonos Gonatas (277-239 BC) Head of Young Heracles clad in lions skin, Rev: Naked youth on horse right, BA in upper fields. Perseus (179-168 BC) Ae19 Head of Perseus wearing winged cap with raised sword to right, Rev: Eagle with wings open standing left on thunderbolt below. Thracis (Bulgaria) Lysimachos (323-281 BC) Ae14Obv: Head of Heracles, right clad in lions skin, Rev: two-line inscription within corn wreath. Mesopotamia, Persia, Asia Minor Seleukos I, Nikator (312-280 BC) Ae19 Obv: Winged Head of Medusa, Rev: Bull butting BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY and ≡ in field below. Antiochos II (261-246 BC) Ae12 Obv: Diademed Head right, Rev: Apollo seated naked on Omphalos, the sacred stone of Delphi, holding bow and arrow BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY (partly off flan). Seleukos II, Seleukid Kings, Kallinikos (246-226 BC) Ae17 Obv: Head of Athena in crested Corinthian Helmet, Rev: Nike standing left holding palm EY in field to left. Antiochos IV, Epiphanes (175-164 BC) Ae Chalkos, Obv: Radiate head right, Rev: Tyche enthroned and holding Nike with bird at feet, inscription mostly off flan, Antiochos VI Serrate Unit Obv: Head of Antiochos as Dionysus, right, radiate and wreathed with ivy, Rev: Elephant advancing left holding torch with his trunk ΣTA over star in right field EПIфANOYΣ ΔIONYΣOY below. Antiochos VIII (121-96 BC) Ae19 Obv: Radiate Head right, Rev: Eagle standing left sceptre in background. Antiochos IX (113-95 BC) Ae19 Obv: Diademed head right, Rev: Zeus seated left holding Nike and sceptre AK below. Egypt - The Ptolemaic Kingdom Ptolemy I, Soter (305-283 BC) Ae27 Obv: Laureate Head of Zeus, Rev: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt legend unclear. Ptolemy II, Philadelphos (285-246 BC) Ae28 Obv: Laureate Head of Zeus right, Rev: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with wings open, AM in left field. Ptolemy V, Epiphanes (204-180 BC) Silver Didrachm Obv: Draped Bust of Ptolemy right, as Dionysus diademed and wreathed in ivy, ornamented pole over shoulder, Rev: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings open. Ptolemy VI, Philometor and Cleopatra II (180-145 BC) Ae28 Obv: Head of Cleopatra I as Isis, Rev: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings open, monogram ПA to left of eagle. Kingdom of Syracuse - Sicily Heiron II (275-216 BC) Ae18 Obv: Head of Poseidon, left, wearing tainia, Rev: Ornamented Trident Head between two dolphins dividing IEPΩ - NOS in lower field. Republic of Syracuse - Sicily (214-212 BC) Ae22 Obv: Laureate Head of Apollo, left, Rev: Castor and Pollux on horseback, right. Thessalian League, Thessaly, Central Greece, 196-146 BC Ae20 Obv: Laureate head of Apollo, right Rev: Athene Itonia. Kingdom of Pontus - Black Sea, Crimea and Asia Minor - Mithradates VI, Eupator 'The Great; (120-63 BC) Obverse: Head of Athena, right wearing triple-crested helmet ornamented with Pegasus, the winged horse, Rev: Pegasus standing, facing, holding harp (hooked sword) and head of the Gorgon Medusa, whose body lies at his feet. City Issue of the Roman Republic - City of Leukas, Akarnania (West Coast of Greece) after 167 BC, Obv: Head of Young Heracles in lions skin, Club right, legend unclear. Tarsos Cilicia, after 164 BC, Ae16 Obv: Turretted head of Tyche, Rev: Sandan standing right, on winged and horned lion, carrying bow-case and sword. City of Tyre, Phoenicia (Lebano
Ancient Greece Ar Tetradrachm. Macedon. Philip III 323-317BC. Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin head-dress, Reverse: Zeus seated left holding eagle and sceptre, M in left field, with B below chair. Cf.S.6748 GVF
Ancient Greece -Thasos, Thrace SilverTetradrachm. (After 148BC) Obverse Head of Dionysus right, wreathed with ivy/ Reverse: HPAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTH POΣ ΘAΣIΩN, Herakles standing left with club and lion's skin, M to left, BMC 72, 16.23 grammes, VF or better on a dished flan
Cyprus - Kition TetradrachmAlexander III (325-320BC) Kiton, Cyprus, in the name and types of Macedon, struck under King Pumiathon. Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lions skin, Reverse: Zeus seated left, holding sceptre, with K in left field VF on a slightly irregular flan
Ancient Greece - Persis Silver Hemidrachm Manchihr II mid 2nd Century AD 14mm diameter, 1.30 grammes, Obverse: Diademed bust of Manuchtir to left, wearing tiara decorated with crescent, Reverse: Diademed bust left, Near EF with a hint of tone
Greeksilver (18) including Tetradrachms (4) of Alexander, Pannonian Celts, Philip Philadelphus and Ephesos, a didrachm of Corcyra, and Drachms of Alexander, Lysimachos, Chalkis, Phraates IV etc. in mixed grades to VF
Ancient Silver and Bronzes (20) including Denarii of the Republic (2, Furid 18 and Thoria 1) and Vespasian, Asses (3) Egyptian BillonTetradrachms (3), other Greek and Roman mixed ae etc. (8) a Parthian Drachm and a Penny of Edward I Canterbury Mint, the silver mostly Fine or better, the bronze in mixed lower grades
RomanEgypt, BillonTetradrachms (2) Galba, Alexandria 68AD, Rev. Eleutheria (Libertas) (RCV 2640), Near Fine: Hadrian, Alexandria (125-6) Rev, Elpis (Spes) holding flower (RCV 3726) Good Fine with a small dig before the face
Tetradrachm Otho (69AD) Antioch - Syria Prieur 101, RPC 4199 Obverse: Laureate head right AYTOKPATWP M OQWN KAICAP CEBACTOC, Reverse; Eagle within wreath, legend off flan, , 14.01 grammes, otherwise around Fine
Ancient Greece (2) - Ar Stater Akarnania c.350-300BC Obverse: Athena helmeted, left, NAV monogram behind head in field, Reverse Pegasus flying left with AN below, Pegasi 26, VF. Thasos Tetradrachm obverse with MV monogram countermark, 14.5 grammes, VG/Poor
Roman Ae Antoninianii (16) a varied group includes Claudius II (4), Gallienus (2), Salonina (2), Postumus, Vitorinus (4), Tetricus II and Aurelian (2) includes some Provincial types, in mixed grades, along with a Gallienus BillonTetradrachm of Alexandria, VG to VF
Egypt (2) RomanEmpire, HadrianBillonTetradrachm, Alexandria, AD134-135, Laureate Head right AYT KAIC TPA IN AΔPIANO C CEB, Reverse Bust of Nilus right, with cornucopia at shoulder, Milne 1455, Fine with some edge cracks. Hadrian Billon Tetradrachm, Alexandria, Obverse: Laureate head right, Reverse Serapis on throne extending hand over Kerberos S.3739 Fine/Good Fine
Roman Ae Antoninianii (7) Probus (2), Galerius, Maximianus, Dioceltian, Allectus and Numerian types, VG to VF, along with Roman a mixed group (5) Probus BillonTetradrachm, Diocletian Billon Tertradrachm, Gordian III Ae21 (Thrace), Ae24 Severus Alexander (Edessa), Elagabalus Ae (Edessa, Mespotamia), in mixed grades Fair to Fine
Egypt - RomanEmpireTetradrachmAntoninus Pius (146-147AD) Obverse: Laureate head right ANTфNINOC CEBEYCEB ΔEKATOY (Year 10) Reverse: Elpis standing left holding flower and raising skirt, 8.47 grammes, Milne 1897, Fine
Ancient Greece - MacedoniaTetradrachm Philip II (359-336BC) Obverse Head of Zeus right, Reverse Jockey on horseback, right, thunderbolt below horse, 14.14 grammes, VF
Thrace, Odessos, Civic issue, 280-200BC Ar Tetradrachm, 16.78 grammes, in the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon, Obverse: Head of Heracles wearing lion skin, right, Reverse: Zeus seated, left KOI to inner left with monogram below throne
Macedonia under Roman Rule - Tetradrachm 93-92BC 17.2 grammes Obverse: Head pf Alexander the Great right, Reverse AESILLAS money chest, club and chair GVF with some small flan cracks
Antioch VIII Grypos Ar Tetradrachm, SeleukidKingdom, 121-96BC, Obverse: Diademed Head of Antiochus VIII right BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EПIфANOYΣ to right and left of Zeus Ouranios, naked, standing left holding star and sceptre, Crescent above head, IE over A in left field, AP in exergue, Babylon 1417var (Letter in exergue) Good Fine/Fine with pitted surfaces
Ancient Greece, Ar Tetradrachm, Alexander the Great, Amphipolis Mint Struck 320-317BC, Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress, Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEEANΔPOY to left and right of Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre, upright laurel branch in field, П beneath chair, 16.99 grammes, Price 124, Good Fine
Greece, Aigina (404-340 BC) silverdrachm, weighs 5.78 grams. Obv. tortoise with segmented shell, rev. incuse square of ‘skew’ pattern divided into five compartments by straight lines, two pellets in one rectangular division. Sear 2605. Ex Spink 1979. Good very fine.
SeleukidKingdom Ar Tetradrachm Antiochus IX Philopator (114/3-95BC) Damascus Mint, dated SE201 (112/1 BC) Obverse: Diademed head of Antiochus IX, right, Reverse: Athena standing left, holding Nike and resting hand on grounded shied, spear resting against arm, in outer left field, AΓ, old graffito in left field, evidently an unrecorded variety, in an NGC holder and graded Choice XF Graffiti
Greece, Rhodes ((88-43 BC) silver trihemidrachm, weighs 4.25 grams. Obv. head of Helios three quarter face to right. Rev. full blown rose to front, P - O in field, corn ear below. Sear 5069. Very fine, but with deposit on reverse
SeleukidKingdom Ar Drachm Antiochus VII 189-138BC Reverse: Nike standing, some pitting to the reverse, in an NNC holder and graded VF35, Hephthalite Bronze Drachm 600AD (White Huns) Obverse: head facing right, in decorated crown, Reverse: Fire Altar with attendants, in an NNC holder and graded MS64 BR, with edge crack, Bronze FollisConstantine the Great (307-337AD) EF, MedievalFrance - SilverDenier 12th - 13th Century Counts of Melgueil-Lanque-Doc Frozen type, 1.04 grammes, Obverse: 4 Annulets, degenerated legend, Reverse: Cross with degenerated legends Good Fine
Ancient Greece Euboia, Chalkis Ar.Drachm (369-336BC) Obv: Head of Hera, right, hair rolled, Reverse: Eagle flying right, carrying snake in talons and beak About Fine
Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt. (3) Cleopatra II and Ptolemy X. C, 107-101 BC. Ar Tetradrachm. Alexandria. Obv; Diademed head right, aegis round neck. Rev; Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, LIB/ (year 12 of Cleopatra, and year 9 of Ptolemy) to left, MA behind. SNG Copenhagen 359; Svoronos 1728. Dark tone. 14.29g. NVF, Ptolemy II. C, 285-246 BC. Ar tetradrachm. Alexandria mint. Obv; Diad head of Ptolemy right. Rev; Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, shield behind, monograms before. BMC.- - Sv.530 pl. 12/4 (8 ex.) - Cop.- - Delepierre- - Gülnar 2/3943 pl. 124. Porous surfaces with small chip on edge. 13.68g. G Fine, Ptolemy VI Philometor. Second sole reign, C, 163-145 BC. Ae28. Alexandreia mint. Obv; Head of Isis right, wearing wreath of grain ears, and her hair in long curls. Rev; Eagle with open wings standing left on thunderbolt; ΠΑ monogram to left. Svoronos 1384. Some surface pitting. 15.60g. Fine
Egypt, Alexandria. Hadrian. C, 117-138 AD. Ae Drachm. Dated RY 18 (AD 133/4). Obv; Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Rev; Agathodaemon serpent (on left) and Uraeus serpent erect vis-à-vis, each wearing skhent, one holding a caduceus in tail, the other a reed; L I H (date) across field. Köln 1097 var. (placement of date and sistrum); Dattari (Savio) 7902 var. (sistrum); K&G 32.574 var. (same); Emmett 908.18. Good metal. 22.46g. G Fine
A small group of mixed ancients. Mostly Romansilverdenarius from the Republic through to the 4th century. A silver tetradrachm of Athens late style and a worn hammered Groat of Henry VIII and a fantasy Roman piece. Some collectable grades. Fair to GVF [13]
Egypt. Ptolemy IV Philopator. Tetradrachm. C, 225-205 BC. Alexandria. Obv; Jugate busts to right of Serapis, laureate, bearded and draped, and Isis, crowned, diademed and draped. Rev;BAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛE>AΙOY Eagle with closed wings standing on thunderbolt to left, his head turned back to right, with double cornucopiae at his shoulder; between eagle's legs, ΔΙ. BMFA 2284. SNG Copenhagen 197. Svoronos 1124. Some surface deposits. 13.26g. NVF
A small group of mixed Greeksilver and bronze. Four tetradrachms, Syria, Thasos and other small bronze and silver units. One fantasy piece of Thessaly. Fine to NVF [10]
Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt. Ptolemy VI. C, 180-170 BC. Ar Tetradrachm. Salamis. Obv; Diademed head right, aegis round neck. Rev; Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, LI to left,EA behind. SNG Copenhagen--. Dark tone and slightly porous. 13.31g. VF
Roman. Anonymous. C, 225-212 BC. Ar Quadrigatus-Didrachm. Obv; laureate, janiform head of Dioscuri. Rev; Jupiter in quadriga right, driven by Victory, Jupiter holds sceptre and hurls thunderbolt, ROMA incuse on tablet below. Cr 28/3; Syd 64. Flan crack but good metal. 6.67g. VF
Alexander III the Great. Ar tetradrachm. C, 325-323 BC. Obv; Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev; Zeus enthroned left, holding a scepter and an eagle, crescent on left. Price 89. Toned. 17.21g. NVF
Ancients (6) Indo-Greek Bactria - Northern IndiaDrachm Antimachos (171-160BC) Obv: Nike standing, Rev: Macedonian Horseman striding right, weight 2.37 grammes, VF, Indo-Scythian Bactria - Northern India Drachm Azes II (35BC-10AD) Obv: King on horseback, Rev: weight 1.54 grammes Good Fine, India -Satraps in Western India Rudrasena Silver Drachm (348-378AD) weight 2.10 grammes NVF, Ancient India - Rudrashima II Western Kshatrapas, Kardamaka Family, Rudrasimha III (388-395 AD), Silver Drachma, Obv:bust of king facing right, date behind, Rev:three arched hill, river below, crescent moon and sun above, 2.13g, About VF, SassanianEmpire Silver Drachm Khusru II 591-628 AD Year 3 GVF lightly toned, Abbasids Silver Dirhem, Abbasids Silver Dirhem Harun al-Rashid (AH170-196) (786-809AD) Madinat al-Salam 174h Good Fine
Greek At Tetradrachm, Baktria, Eukratides (171-135BC) Obv. Eukratides wearing crested helmet, ornamented with bull's horn and ear, Rev. the Dioskouroi on horseback, legs around (GCV 7570) GVF obverse better
Byzantinebronze reliquary cross mid-period 78mm x 41mm (half) Stylized Christ on cross flanked by 4 saints, these crosses in their complete state were made to contain Holy relics and/or remains, along with an 19th Century bracelet formed of electrotypes of Ancient Greek Syracuse decadrachms and other rare Ancient Greek pieces, an attractive item, in good condition
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London Coins holds auctions every three months with a dedicated section for Ancient Coins. This section covers all Roman material, Ancient Greek coins as well as Celtic and all other ancient coinage, both small and bulk lots.
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