Ancient Egypt. TetradrachmCleopatra VII (51-30BC) Alexandria Mint, Year 13, (68BC) Obverse: Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, Reverse: Eagle standing left, palm over shoulder, ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, LIГ in left field, ПA in right field, Svoronos 1827, S.7952var. 13.85 grammes, Good Fine
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt (4) Ae26 Ptolemy V (240-180BC), Obverse: Head of Cleopatra right, as Isis, Reverse: Eagle standing left, Sear 7880, 15.35 grammes, Fine/VG, Ae17 Ptolemy V (204-180BC), Obverse: Head of Cleopatra , as Isis, right, Reverse: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, GCV 7885, 3.57 grammes, Fine with some verdigris, Ae35 Hemidrachm, Ptolemy IV, (221-204BC) Obverse: Head of Zeus right, Reverse: Eagle standing left, looking back, 45.37 grammes, Fine, Near Fine, Ae23, Ptolemy II (285-246BC) Obverse: Head of Alexander the Great right, Reverse: Eagle with open wings standing left on thunderbolt, Delta between legs, SNG Copenhagen 162, 10.75 grammes, Near Fine
Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy VI Cyprus, Paphos Ae26 (180-145BC) Obverse: Head of Isis (Cleopatra I) capped, with hair locks falling non neck, Reverse: Eagle left, PTOLEMAIOU - BASILEWS, (largely off the flan) GCV 7903, 14.64 grammes, Fine or better
Medals 20th Century (11) Battle of Trafalgar 150th Anniversary 1955 58mm diameter in silver by P.Vincze, Eimer 2095, BHM 4464, A/UNC, William and MaryTercentenary Medal 1988 60mm diameter in silvered bronze Obverse: Portraits facing, Reverse: A fleet of ships sailing, Crowned WM monogram above,, EF, Tutankhamun 50th Anniversary of the Discovery of the Tomb 1972 51mm diameter in Silver Gilt, by Toye, Kenning & Spencer, EF, hallmarked and numbered 1516 on the edge, William Shakespeare (c.1964) Antony and Cleopatra 56mm diameter in gilded bronze, by P.Vincze, 76.85 grammes, UNC, William Shakespeare (c.1964) The Merchant of Venice 56mm diameter in gilded bronze, by P.Vincze, UNC, Pablo Picasso Centenary of his Birth 1981 80mm diameter in bronze by Jose de Moura, UNC, Harlech Castle undated (c.1980) 56mm diameter in bronze, by the Royal Mint, Toned UNC, Bureau Veritas 100th Anniversary 1828-1928, 72mm diameter in bronze, by Mauger, VF with some surface marks and toning in places, Netherlands 40th Anniversary of Liberation - Erasmus undated (c.1954) 50mm diameter in bronze by Voorschoten, 59.88 grammes, Coronation of Elizabeth II 1953 51mm diameter in bronze by H. Dropsy, Eimer 2087b, EF, Israel The Third Pablo Casals International Violoncello Competition 1961 59mm diameter in bronze, unsigned, EF
World Small Gold - The Miniature Gold Coins of the Ancient World Collection a 6-coin set comprising Somalia (4) 2002 50 Shillings Gold Pharaoh, 2003 50 Shillings Gold King Solomon, 2004 50 Shillings Gold Julius Caesar, 2004 50 Shillings Gold Cleopatra, Turkey 1,000,000 Lire 1997 Croesus, and Kazakhstan 100 Tenge 2004 Midas, Prooflike UNC in the box of issue with certificate
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
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, 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
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ae26, Ptolemy IV (222-204BC) Obverse: head of Cleopatra as Isis right, with four long ringlets, wearing a wreath of grain, Reverse Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings open, ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, Svoronos 1234, SNG 247-8, 16.69 grammes, Good Fine with pleasing portrait, comes with old collector's ticket
Somalia/Turkey/Kazakhstan - Miniature Gold Icons of the Ancient World a 6-coin set comprising Turkey 1,000,000 Lire 1997 Kroesus, Somalia 50 Shillings (4) 2002 Gold of the Pharoahs, 2003 King Solomon, 2004 Julius Caesar, 2004 Cleopatra, Kazakhstan 100 Tenge 2004 King Midas each 1.24 grammes of .999 gold Prooflike UNC, the King Midas coin with a tone spot, in the Royal Mint box of issue with certificate
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
Miniature Gold Icons of the Ancient World a Six-Coin Set comprising Somalia 50 Shillings (4) 2003, 2004 (2) depicting Cleopatra, Caesar, Pharaoh and Solomon, Turkey 1 million Lire 1997 depicting Kroesus, Kazakhstan 100 Tenge 2004 all 13.92mm diameter and weighing 1.24 grammes FDC cased as issued with certificate, the issue limited to 200 sets
Queen Mother 80th Birthday 1980 a 7-coin set Crown-sized issues, comprising UK, Falkland Islands, Tuvalu, Gibraltar, Tristan da Cunha, St. Helena and Guernsey, Silver Proofs nFDC to FDC in the box of issue with certificate, British Virgin IslandsProof Set 1978 25th Anniversary of the Coronation Silver Proof Set (6 coins) Proof FDC in the box of issue with certificate, Canada Three Cents 2001 Gold-Plated Silver Proof FDC, along with Stamp - 150th Anniversary of the First Canadian Stamp, in the box of issue with certificate, the box with some damage to the lid, Canada Coin and Stamp Set 2003 comprising 50 Cents (2) 2002 Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee, 2003, One Cent (2) 1953, 2003 all lustrous UNC along with set of four stamps, UNC in the box of issue, Canada Dollar 1984 Toronto 150th Anniversary Silver Proof, Barbados One Dollar 1994 Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother - Born 1900 (2) Proofs nFDC, Guernsey One Pound 1997 Golden Wedding Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Silver Proofs (2) NFDC uncased, GB Five Pence Large and Small sizes 1990 Silver Proofs (2 each) nFDC to FDC uncased, Medals (3) 1977 Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Silver Proof by the Birmingham Mint, nFDC in capsule, The Britannia Commemorative Society 1974 The BCS London Medal Arms of London/The London Guildhall by James Berry, .999 Silver Proof nFDC in slide case, The Britannia Commemorative Society 1975 50th Commemorative Medal George Bernard Shaw/Caesar and Cleopatra by Adam Belskie .999 Silver Proof nFDC in a slide case
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
Ar Tetradrachm. Cleopatra III & Ptolemy IX Soter II (Lathyros). C, 116-107 BC . Alexandreia mint. Dated RY 8 (110/9 BC). Obv; Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis. Rev; Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with wings closed; LH (date) to left, ΠA to right. Svoronos 1669. Grey tone. 13.95g. VF
Ar Tetradrachm. Cleopatra III & Ptolemy IX Soter II (Lathyros). C, 116-107 BC . Alexandreia mint. Dated RY 9 (109/8 BC). Obv; Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis. Rev; Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with wings closed; LH (date) to left, ΠA to right. Svoronos 1670. Grey tone. 14.27g. VF
Miniature Gold Icons of the Ancient World a Six-Coin Set comprising Somalia 50 Shillings (4) 2003, 2004 (2) depicting Cleopatra, Caesar, Pharaoh and Solomon, Turkey 1 million Lire 1997 depicting Kroesus, Kazakhstan 100 Tenge 2004 all 13.92mm diameter and
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