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Lot 1

Italy, Bruttium, Terina, 400-356 BC, Stater, head of Terina left, rev. winged Nike seated right, holding caduceus in right hand and bird in other (BMC –; SNG Cop.–); together with a Sixth-Stater of Terina (BMC 34; S 509) and two Celto-Iberian Drachms [4]. Fine (£100-130)

Sold for £85

Lot 2

Italy, Campania, Cumae, 480-423 BC, Didrachm, female head left, rev. mussel-shell, above barley corn ? (BMC 14). Rare, good fine (£100-130)

Sold for £100

Lot 3

Italy, Lucania, Thurium, 425-400 BC, Stater, helmeted head of Athena right, rev. bull butting right, below tunny-fish (BMC 2; S 435). About very fine (£90-120)

Unsold

Lot 4

Sicily, Syracuse, 450-439 BC, Tetradrachm, slow quadriga driven right, Nike flying above, rev. head of Arethusa right wearing sakkos (BMC 113; S 931). Fine (£90-120)

Sold for £95

Lot 5

Kings of Macedon, Alexander The Great (336-323 BC), Tetradrachm, Tarsos, head of Herakles right, rev. Zeus seated left, before a plough (Price 3019). Very fine (£70-90)

Sold for £75

Lot 6

Northern Greece, Macedon, Amphipolis (under Roman rule), 168 BC, Tetradrachm, head of Artemis right on shield, rev. club within wreath (S 1386); Roman Empire, Plautilla, Denarius, rev. pietas avgg, Pietas standing holding child (S 2001; RIC 367) [2]. Good fine (£50-60)

Sold for £70

Lot 7

Kings of Thrace, Lysimachus (323-281 BC), Tetradrachm, head of Alexander the Great, rev. Athena seated holding Nike. Stained, very fine (£60-80)

Sold for £55

Lot 8

Illyria and Central Greece, Boeotia, Thebes, 426-395 BC, Hemidrachm, Boeotian shield, rev. Kantharos in incuse square; Hemidrachms (3), 379-338 BC, similar, but without incuse square (BMC 43, 50; S 2380, 2396) [4]. One pierced, fine (£60-80)

Sold for £85

Lot 9

Illyria and Central Greece, Attica, Athens, 197-87 BC, New style Tetradrachm, magistrates Polycharm and Nikog, rev. owl standing right on amphora, on left, winged caduceus (BMC 136). Very fine (£70-90)

Sold for £100

Lot 10

Illyria and Central Greece, Corinthia, Corinth, Stater, c. 400-350 BC, Pegasus left, rev. Athena in crested helmet, race-torch in field (BMC pl.vi, 4). Reverse good very fine (£70-80)

Unsold

Lot 11

Illyria and Central Greece, Corinthia, Corinth, Drachm, 350-306 BC, Pegasus flying right, rev. head of Aphrodite right (BMC 231; S 2633). Very fine (£40-50)

Sold for £60

Lot 12

Peloponnesos, Elis, Olympia, 271-191 BC, Drachm, eagle right attacking hare, rev. thunderbolt (BMC 136; S 2899). Good fine (£60-80)

Sold for £80

Lot 13

Asia Minor, Ionia, Miletos, 300-250 BC, Didrachms (4), head of Apollo right (3) and left, rev. lion standing right, looking back at star (cf. S 4505) [4]. Fair to fine (£55-65)

Sold for £60

Lot 14

Asia Minor, Islands off Caria, Rhodes, Didrachm, 333-304 BC, three-quarter facing head of Helios, rev. apistobios above rose from which is suspended an ivy-wreath (BMC 44). Very fine (£80-100)

Sold for £110

Lot 15

Seleucid Kings, Antiochos VIII (121-96 BC), Tetradrachm, Ake Ptolemais, diademed head right, rev. Zeus holding star and sceptre (BMC 8; S 7143 var.). Almost very fine (£70-100)

Sold for £60

Lot 16

Seleucid Kings, Antiochos III (223-187 BC), Tetradrachm, diademed head right, rev. Apollo seated left (BMC 25; S 6934); Parthia, Vologases VI (208-222), Tetradrachm, bust of King left, rev. Tyche standing right facing king on throne (Sellwood 88/1) [2]. Fine (£75-90)

Sold for £60

Lot 17

Asia Minor, Lydia, Persian Imperial coinage, 450-330 BC, Sigloi (2), Great King kneeling right, holding dagger and bow, rev. oblong punch (S 4683) [2]. Fine to very fine (£50-60)

Sold for £50

Lot 18

Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy I (c. 323-310 BC), Tetradrachm, rev. eagle (SNG Cop 71). Very fine (£60-80)

Sold for £50

Lot 19

Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II (285-246 BC), Tetradrachms of Sidon (2), rev. eagle standing on thunderbolt (S 7772). Fair to fine (£45-60)

Sold for £35

Lot 20

Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, The Ptolemaic Dynasty, c. 285-116 BC, Bronzes (10), in various denominations from Æ 46 to Æ 20 [10]. Mixed condition; could be improved by cleaning (£50-80)

Sold for £70

Lot 21

Kings of Bactria and Indo-Greece, Euthydemos I (230-190 BC), Tetradrachm, diademed bust, rev. Herakles seated (cf. S 7515). Fine (£70-100)

Unsold

Lot 22

Miscellaneous, Ancient Greece, a collection of minor bronzes (13), from Greece and its Colonies, all separately identified [13]. Generally fine to very fine (£90-110)

Sold for £120

Lot 23

Miscellaneous, British Museum Electrotypes: Armenia, Tigranes, 97-56 BC, Tetradrachm and a Social War Denarius of the Marsic Confederation (S 250) [2]. Good very fine (£40-60)

Sold for £35

Lot 24

Miscellaneous, Ancient Greek Silver (20), a miscellaneous group, including fractional issues of Corinth, Sicyon, Chios and Parium, Drachms of Alexander III and Seleukos III, and a plated Tetradrachm of Antigonos Gonatos (S 6783) [20]. A few plated, mostly fair to fine (£50-70)

Sold for £75

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