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Total Lots Found: 1720

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Lot 1

British Iron-Age Coinages, Early uninscribed issues, Stater, British L [Late Whaddon Chase type], trace of pattern, rev. horse right, pellet, crescent and winged object above, eye before, large pellet below, 5.86g (ABC 2338; BMC 344; VA 1498; S 33). Good very fine, very rare £600-800

Sold for £700

Lot 2

British Iron-Age Coinages, BELGÆ, Unit, Basingstoke JJ, helmeted head left with large nose and pointed chin, two helmet straps or locks of hair at side, rev. stylised, annuleted horse right, perhaps trace of rider behind, 0.93g/3h (ABC 845; BMC –; VA –; S –). About very fine and excessively rare £800-1,000

Unsold

Lot 3

British Iron-Age Coinages, CATUVELLAUNI, Tasciovanus, Stater, tascio ricon in central panel over cruciform wreath design, rev. horseman left wearing armour and holding sword and shield, small star behind, annulet in front and below, 5.42g/4h (ABC 2580; BMC 1629ff; VA 1780-5; S 219). Good very fine, probably much as struck and unique with this die pairing £2,000-2,500

Unsold

Lot 4

British Iron-Age Coinages, ICENI, Uninscribed issues, Stater, late Freckenham type, quatrefoil in circle, all within voided cross, rev. horse right, outline crescent above, pellet below long flowing tail, eight-spoked wheel below, 5.47g/1h (cf. ABC 1432; cf. BMC 3397-8; cf. VA 626; cf. S 428). Obverse weakly struck and reverse slightly off-centre, otherwise very fine and an apparently unique variety £800-1,000

Unsold

Lot 5

British Iron-Age Coinages, ICENI, Uninscribed issues, Unit, boar right, pellet below tail, pellet rosette below, rev. horse right, ring and pellets above, two pellets below tail, 1.08g/7h (ABC 1573; BMC 3440ff; VA –; S –). Slight edge chip, otherwise very fine and very rare £100-150

Sold for £50

Lot 6

Greek Coinages, ZEUGITANA, Carthage, gold Fifth-Stater, head of Tanit left, rev. horse standing right, 1.81g/12h (Jenkins & Lewis 120). About fine £200-250

Sold for £200

Lot 7

Greek Coinages, KINGS OF MACEDONIA, Philip II (359-336), Stater, Pella, laureate head of Apollo right, rev. charioteer driving fast biga right, Nike below, 8.29g/12h (Le Rider 227-350). About very fine £500-700

Sold for £880

Lot 8

Greek Coinages, KINGS OF MACEDONIA, Alexander the Great (336-323), posthumous Tetradrachm, Mesembria, c. 250-175, head of Herakles right, wearing lion-skin, rev. Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, Corinthian helmet above monogram in left field, 16.97g/1h (Price 992). Almost extremely fine, attractive £350-400

Sold for £330

Lot 9

Greek Coinages, Macedon as a Roman Province, Tetradrachm, c. 167-70 BC, diademed head of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder, in the centre of an ornate Macedonian shield, rev. club, monogram above, all within oak wreath, 16.92g/12h (SNG Copenhagen 1310; SNG Ashmolean 3290). Good very fine £350-400

Sold for £340

Lot 10

Greek Coinages, AKARNANIA, Leukas, Stater, Pegasos flying left, rev. head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet, bow behind, 8.32g/12h (Pegasi 35/1; BCD Akarnania 188; SNG Copenhagen 331). Very fine, toned £120-150

Sold for £150

Lot 11

Greek Coinages, AEOLIS, Myrina, Tetradrachm, 155-145, laureate head of Apollo right, rev. Apollo of Grynion standing right, holding phiale and laurel branch with fillets, 16.50g/12h (Sear 4215). Extremely fine, attractive £450-500

Sold for £400

Lot 12

Greek Coinages, Seleukid Kings of Syria, Antiochos I Soter (281-261), Tetradrachm, Tigris, diademed bust right, rev. Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, testing arrow in his right hand and holding bow in his left, 17.09g/6h (SC 379.3c; ESM 155; SNG Spaer 290). Better than very fine, high relief £450-500

Unsold

Lot 13

Greek Coinages, Seleukid Kings of Syria, Demetrios I, Soter (162-150), Tetradrachm, Antioch, diademed bust right within laurel wreath, rev. Tyche, fully clothed, seated left, holding baton and cornucopia, winged Tritoness supporting throne, monogram to outer left, 16.57g/12h (Sear 7012). Good fine and toned but not centred £100-150

Sold for £50

Lot 14

Greek Coinages, Arsakid Kings of Parthia, Vologases III (c. 105-147), Drachm, Ekbatana, diademed and draped bust left, rev. archer seated right, holding bow, monogram below, 3.47g/12h (Sellwood 79.3; Shore 413-14). Good very fine £40-60

Sold for £45

Lot 15

Greek Coinages, PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT, Ptolemy II (285-246), Octodrachm, Alexandria, conjoined heads of Ptolemy II and Arisoe II right, rev. conjoined heads of Ptolemy I and Berenike I right, 27.68g/12h (Sear 7789). Good very fine, rare £7,500-8,000

Sold for £8,000

Lot 16

Greek Coinages, PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT, Ptolemy III (246-221), posthumous Octodrachm, Alexandria, radiate bust right, ægis around neck, trident over shoulder, rev. cornucopia, 27.75g/12h (Sear 7825). Almost extremely fine, very rare £7,500-8,000

Unsold

Lot 17

Roman Republican Coinage, T. Quinctius Flamininus, Denarius, Rome, c. 126, helmeted head of Roma right, flamen's cap behind, rev. Dioscuri riding right, Macedonian shield below, 3.97g/8h (Crawford 267/1; RSC Quinctia 2). Very fine £40-60

Sold for £65

Lot 18

Roman Republican Coinage, A. POSTUMIUS A. f. Sp. N. ALBINUS, serrate Denarius, Rome, 81 BC, draped bust of Diana right, bow and quiver over shoulder, rev. togate figure right standing on rock, holding aspergillum over bull, 4.11g/6h (Crawford 372/1). Has been lightly cleaned, otherwise very fine £60-80

Sold for £110

Lot 19

Roman Republican Coinage, C. Hosidius C.f. Geta, serrate Denarius, Rome, 68 BC, draped bust of Diana right, wearing single-drop ear-ring and hair drawn back and tied behind, rev. boar standing right, pierced by spear and attacked by dog, 3.99g/6h (Crawford 407/1). Very fine, toned £200-300

Sold for £200

Lot 20

Roman Imperatorial Coinage, Mark Antony with Ahenobarbus, Denarius, Rome, 40 BC, head of Mark Antony right, behind, lituus, rev. prow right, star above, 3.35g/7h (Crawford 521/2). Almost very fine, rare £200-300

Sold for £380

Lot 21

Roman Imperial Coinage, Augustus and Agrippa, As, Nemausus, c. AD 10, heads of Agrippa and Augustus back-to-back, rev. crocodile right chained to palm branch with short fronds, wreath with long ties above, palms branches below, 13.20g/12h (RPC 524; RIC 158). Very fine, dark green patina £250-300

Sold for £200

Lot 22

Roman Imperial Coinage, Caligula, As, Rome, 37-8, bust left, rev. Vesta seated holding patera and sceptre, 10.80g/7h (C 27; Sear 1803). About very fine but has been tooled in the fields, dark brown patina £150-200

Sold for £150

Lot 23

Roman Imperial Coinage, Claudius, As, Rome, 41-2, bust left, rev. Libertas standing facing right, 11.02g/6h (RIC 97; C 47; Sear 1859). Has been tooled in the fields, otherwise about very fine, brown patina £150-200

Sold for £120

Lot 24

Roman Imperial Coinage, Nero, Sestertius, Rome, 64, laureate bust right, rev. triumphal arch, 23.60g/12h (RIC 147; Sear 1962). Better than very fine but has been tooled in the fields £400-450

Sold for £460

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