 Ancient Coins 1 2 1 Pergamon (2nd-1st century BC), Æ, laur. head of Asklepios r., rev. snake coiled around omphalos, wt. 8.06gms. (S.3967), very fine £100-120 2 Kolophon (c. 480-450 BC), drachm, head of Apollo r., rev. lyre with retrograde legend around, all within incuse square, wt. 5.45gms. (S.4341 var.), very fine, rare £300-400 3 4 5 3 Macedonia, Alexander III, the Great (336-323 BC), tetradrachm, head of Heracles r., rev. Zeus seated l., holding eagle and sceptre, wreath in l. field, wt. 17.18gms. (S.6720 var.), about extremely fine £300-400 4 Macedonia, Alexander III, the Great, tetradrachm, head of Heracles r., rev. Zeus seated l., holding eagle and sceptre, small M in l. field, wt. 17.07gms. (S.6724 var.), very fine £200-250 5 Macedonia, Alexander III, the Great, tetradrachm, head of Heracles r., rev. Zeus seated l., holding eagle and sceptre, small M in l. field, wt. 16.89gms. (S.6724 var.), tooled in places, otherwise very fine £150-200 6 Egypt, Ptolemy II (285-246 BC), oktadrachm, Alexandria, veiled and diademed head of Arsinoe II r., K behind head, rev. double cornucopiae bound with fillet, wt. 27.79gms. (S.7768), nearly extremely fine, rare £5000-7000 7 Himyarites, silver quarter unit, bare head r., rev. small bare head r., legend around, wt. 1.27gms.; with Characene, billon (1) and copper (2) tetradrachms, the first good very fine, the others fair to fine (4) £150-200 8 Persis, uncertain ruler (2nd century BC), hemidrachm, bearded head r. wearing satrapal headdress topped by eagle, rev. fire temple, king standing to l., bird perched on standard to r., wt. 2.02gms.; uncertain ruler (1st-2nd century AD), diobol, diademed bust l., rev. diadem, stylized legend around, wt. 1.43gms., the first with edge split otherwise very fine and rare, the second very fine (2) £200-250 9 10 9 Thrace, Lysimachos (323-281 BC), Æ, helmeted head r., rev. lion leaping r., spear-head below, wt. 6.66gms. (S.6819 var.), very fine £100-120 10 Commagene, Antiochos IV (AD 38-72), Æ oktachalkon, Samosata, diad. bust r., rev. scorpion within wreath, wt. 12.56gms. (RPC.3854), small flan flaw at top of obverse, otherwise very fine, scarce £150-200 11 13 11 Elymais, Kamnaskires VI or VII (1st century AD), tetradrachm, bearded bust l., anchor, crescent, and star in r. field, rev. small head l., illegible legend around, wt. 14.80gms., reverse double-struck, otherwise good very fine £100-120 12 Elymais, assorted small copper coins (18), various types, fine to very fine, some scarce (18) £150-200 13 Seleucid, Seleukos I (312-280 BC), tetradrachm, head of Heracles r., rev. Zeus seated l., holding eagle and sceptre, monogram in l. field, wt. 17.03gms. (S.6829 var.), very fine £200-250 14 15 14 Seleucid, Seleukos I, tetradrachm, laur. head of Zeus r., rev. Athena in chariot drawn by four elephants, anchor in field above, wt. 17.16gms. (S.6831 var.), very fine £750-850 15 Seleucid, Seleukos I, tetradrachm, helmeted head of Alexander r., rev. Nike standing r., crowning trophy, E in lower left field, ΔΙ in lower central field, wt. 17.12gms. (S.6833 var.), minor tooling on reverse, very fine and rare £2500-3000 16 17 19 16 Seleucid, Demetrios I (162-150 BC), drachm, diad. head r., rev. Apollo seated l. on omphalos, holding bow and arrow, wt. 3.96gms. (S.7017), very fine £150-200 17 Parthia, Mithradates I (165-132 BC), Æ oktachalkon, diad. bust r., rev. bow in case, wt. 8.41gms. (Sellwood 12.11), about very fine, rare £150-200 18 Parthia, drachms (4), of Mithradates II, Sinatruces, Orodes II, and Phraates IV (S.7368/94/ 7445/72), very fine to extremely fine (4) £200-250 19 Sasanian, Ardashir I (AD 224-241), Æ unit, crowned bust r., rev. fire-altar, wt. 16.65gms. (Göbl 15), about very fine, scarce £100-120 20 Sasanian, Yazdgard I (AD 399-420), drachm (Göbl 147 var.); with other Sasanian silver (1) and copper (3) coins, the first good very fine, the others fair to about very fine, the copper coins scarce (5) £200-250 21 22 22 21 Sasanian, Khusraw II (AD 591-628), Æ pashiz, ART (Ardashir Khurra), year 34, wt. 0.77gms. (Göbl 216), very fine, rare £150-200 22 Sasanian, Ardashir III (AD 628-630), drachms (2), ART (Ardashir Khurra), year 2 (Göbl 225-227 var.), good very fine and very fine, darkly toned (2) £100-120 23 24 23 Sasanian, Ardashir III, drachm, WRC (unidentified mint), year 2, wt. 3.91gms., minor corrosion on obverse, otherwise good very fine, darkly toned, rare £100-120 24 Indo-Scythian, Azes II (35-12 BC), Æ tetradrachm, goddess enthroned l., rev. Hermes standing l. (cf Zeno 89026); Indo-Greek, Philoxenos (c.110-80 BC), square Æ, Tyche standing, holding cornucopia, rev. bull standing r. (S.7666), very fine, the first scarce (2) £120-150 25 Kushano-Sasanian, assorted small copper coins (30), mostly fine, some scarce (30) £150-200 26 28 29 26 Roman Republic, L. Procilius (80 BC), denarius, diad. head of Jupiter r., SC behind, rev. Juno Sospita standing r., holding spear and shield, snake in lower l. field, wt. 3.95gms. (Crawford 379/1), very fine £80-100 27 Roman Empire, Octavian, later Augustus, denarius, Rome (39-37 BC), laur. head r., rev. column with statue of Octavian, wt. 3.21gms. (S.1559; RIC.271), fair £40-60 28 Roman Empire, Caligula (AD 37-41), Æ as, bare head l., rev. VESTA, Vesta seated l. flanked by S-C, wt. 10.76gms. (S.616), extremely fine £1000-1200 29 Roman Empire, Claudius (AD 41-54), Æ as, bare head l., rev. LIBERTAS AVGVSTA, Liberty standing r., wt. 10.38gms. (S.638), good very fine £400-500 30 30 31 30 Roman Empire, Domitian, denarii (2): as Caesar, AD 79-81, rev. helmet on throne (S.883); as Augustus, AD 89, rev. Minerva (S.896), the first very fine, the second extremely fine (2) £150-200 31 Roman Empire, Hadrian (AD 117-138), aureus, laur. bust r., rev. COS III, emperor on horseback r., wt. 7.30gms. (S.1072), good very fine £1500-1800 32 Roman Empire, denarii (8): Septimius Severus (2), rev. Dea Caelestis (S.1756), rev. sacrifice (S.1784); Julia Domna, rev. Pietas (S.1846); Caracalla (3), rev. Moneta (S.1925 var.), AD 209, AD 216 (S.-); Elagabalus (2), rev. sacrifice (S.2120), rev. Fides (S.-); Gordian III, antoninianus, rev. Virtus (S.2465), very fine to extremely fine (9) £300-400 33 34 33 Roman Empire, Honorius (AD 393-423), solidus, Constantinople, bust r., rev. VICTORIA AVGGG, emperor standing r., holding standard and Victory, foot on captive, wt. 4.40gms. (S.4244), about very fine £200-250 34 Visigothic Spain, Suinthila (AD 621-631), tremissis, Toledo, SVINTHILΛ REX, small facing bust, rev. TOLETO PIVS, small facing bust, wt. 1.23gms., good very fine £300-400 35 Byzantine, assorted copper coins (33), various types, mostly fine to very fine (33) £200-300 36 Trebizond, silver aspers (10), mostly very fine, two pierced (10) £150-200  English Coins 37 38 39 37 Celtic coinage, Gallo-Belgic issues, Ambiani, gold stater, class E, obv. blank, rev. horse to r. with pellet below (S.11), very fine £350-400 38 Celtic Coinage, Iceni (1st century BC), quarter stater, Irstead type, hatched box with wreaths at sides, rev. horse r., wt. 1.07gms. (S.430 var.), about very fine £100-120 39 Celtic Coinage, Iceni, silver unit, two opposed crescents, rev. horse (S.436); Richard I, denier, Poitou (Elias 8); Henry VIII, posthumous coinage, penny, York (S.2424), the first two very fine, the last good fine (3) £120-150 40 41 42 40 Wessex, Eadmund (939-946), penny, two line type (HT 1), Eferulf, small cross, rev. EFERVLF MO, three crosses between, three pellets above and below, wt. 1.31gms. (S.1105; N.688), cracked, otherwise very fine £200-250 41 Aethelred II (978-1016), penny, Crux type (BMC IIIa), Canterbury, Eadwold, EΛDPOLD M-O CÆNT, bust l. with sceptre, rev. voided short cross, C R V X in angles, wt. 1.40gms. (S.1148; N.770), toned, extremely fine £200-250 42 Aethelred II (978-1016), penny, Crux type (BMC IIIa), Canterbury, Eadwold, EΛDPOLD M-O CÆN, bust l. with sceptre, rev. voided short cross, C R V X in angles, wt. 1.39gms. (S.1148; N.770), wavy flan, toned, almost extremely fine £200-250 43 44 43 Aethelred II (978-1016), penny, Crux type (BMC IIIa), York, Wulfsige, PVLFSIGE M-O EOF, bust l. with sceptre, rev. voided short cross, C R V X in angles, wt. 1.39gms. (S.1148; N.770), toned, slightly cracked around inner circle, otherwise extremely fine £150-200 44 Cnut (1016-1035), penny, helmet type (BMC. XIV), London, Brungar, BRVNGΛR ON LVND, helmeted bust l. with sceptre, rev. voided short cross, broken annulet containing pellet in each angle, wt. 1.04gms. (S.1158; N.787), portrait weak, otherwise very fine £120-150 45 Cnut (1016-1035), penny, helmet type (BMC XIV), London, Ælfwig (S.1158; N.787); with other hammered coins (3) and tokens (3), the first about very fine, the others fair to good fine (7) £150-200 46 47 48 46 Cnut (1016-1035), penny, helmet type (BMC XIV), London, Lifinc (S.1158; N.787); Charles I, farthing, mm. cinquefoil (S.3183); Commonwealth, halfgroat (S.3221), the first with flan crack repaired otherwise very fine, the others about very fine (3) £100-120 47 Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), penny, small flan type (BMC II), London, Deorman, DIREMA ON LVND, diademed bust l., rev. short voided cross, wt. 0.91gms. (S.1175; N.818), toned, extremely fine £300-400 48 William I (1066-1087), penny, bonnet type (BMC. II), York, Authulf, ΛVĐOLF ON EOFE, bust facing wearing ornate crown, rev. ornate voided cross, annulet in centre, wt. 1.16gms. (S.1251; N.842), some minor marks on obverse, otherwise very fine with a good portrait £500-700 49 Henry I (1100-1135), penny, facing bust type (BMC X), London, Wulgar, PVLGAR ON LVN, small crowned bust facing, rev. cross fleury, wt. 1.34gms. (S.1271; N.866), edge cut, obverse weak, good fine and rare £250-300 50 51 50 Henry I (1100-1135), penny, pellets in quatrefoil type (BMC. XIV), London, moneyer uncertain, ............. ON LVND, crowned bust facing with sceptre, star in field, rev. pellets within cruciform quatrefoil, lis in angles, wt. 1.36gms. (S.1275; N.870), legends partly flat, otherwise very fine, attractively toned £200-250 51 Henry I (1100-1135), penny, quadrilateral on cross fleury type (BMC XV), mint off flan, Ædgar, ÆDGAR.ON......., wt. 1.28gms. (S.1276; N.871), about very fine £120-150 52 Stephen (1135-1154), penny, ‘Watford’ type (BMC. I), London, Estmund, [E]S[TM]UND:ON[…], crowned bust r., holding sceptre, rev. cross moline, lis in angles (S.1278; Mack 22j), struck off-centre on a square flan, toned, about very fine £200-250 * ex Watford Find (1818) ex Rashleigh, Sotheby, June 1909, lot 542 ex Lord Grantley, Glendining, April 1944, lot 1290 53 Stephen (1135-1154), penny, ‘Watford’ type (BMC. I), Southwark, Turchil, crowned bust r., holding sceptre, rev. TVRChIL ON SV, cross moline, lis in angles (S.1278; N.873; Mack 32b var.), in plastic holder, graded by NGC as AU50, good very fine for issue £750-850 * ex R.C. Lockett, Glendining, 4-6 November 1958, lot 2954 (part) ex Millennia Collection, Ira & Larry Goldberg, 26 May 2008, lot 267 54 Edward I & II, pennies (27), various classes, of London (13), Bury St Edmunds (1), Canterbury (8), Durham (3), and York (2), mostly fine to very fine (27) £250-300 55 Edward III (1327-1377), fourth coinage, pre-treaty period (1351-1361), half noble, London, series G, mm. -/cross 3, king with sword and shield stg. facing in ship, rev. ornate cross, E in centre (S.1494; N.1186), in plastic holder, graded by NGC as VF30, about very fine £800-1000 56 Richard II (1377-1399), noble, type IIIC, London, king with sword and shield stg. facing in ship, trefoil by shield, rev. ornate cross, R in centre, wt. 7.69gms. (S.1657; Schneider 175-177), minor marks on obverse, otherwise about extremely fine, scarce £3000-3500 * ex Grosvenor Collection 57 Henry IV, heavy coinage (1399-1412), noble, type III, Calais, mm. -/cross pattée, king with sword and shield standing and facing in ship, saltire on rudder, rev. new royal arms with three lis in French quarters, wt. 6.15gms. (S.1708; N.1339; Blunt, BNJ Vol. 24, III, no.1, pl. no.11, same dies; Schneider -), clipped and slightly waterworn, otherwise good fine with good detail, of the highest rarity £4500-5500 * ex Morton & Eden Auction 10, 23-4 November 2004, lot 807 It is believed that there are only two examples known of this variety of noble. The other, from the same dies, belongs to the American Numismatic Society. 58 Henry V (1413-1422), noble, class E/D mule, London, king with sword and shield stg. facing in ship, mullet and annulet by sword arm, pellet at sword point, trefoil by shield, annulet on ship, rev. ornate cross, h in centre, quatrefoil in second quarter, wt. 6.98gms. (S.1744/1743; N.1373/1372; Schneider 246-248), minor double-striking, otherwise very fine, rare £2000-2500 59 Henry VI, annulet issue (1422-1430), noble, London, mm. -/lis, king with sword and shield stg. facing in ship, annulet by sword arm, rev. ornate cross, h in centre, annulet in one spandrel, wt. 6.90gms. (S.1799; N.1414), almost extremely fine, on a full round flan £2750-3250 60 Henry VI, annulet issue (1422-1430), noble, London, mm. -/lis, king with sword and shield stg. facing in ship, annulet by sword arm, rev. ornate cross, h in centre, annulet in one spandrel, wt. 6.91gms. (S.1799; N.1414), good very fine £2000-2500 61 Henry VI, annulet issue (1422-c.1430), quarter noble, London, mm. large lis, three lis over shield, rev. ornate cross (S.1813; N.1421), almost extremely fine on a full round flan £700-800 62 † Edward IV, first reign, light coinage (1464-1470), ryal, London, mm. -/crown, king with sword and shield stg. facing in ship, E on banner at stern, rev. rose upon radiate sun in centre of ornate cross, small trefoils in spandrels (S.1950; N.1549), in plastic holder, graded by NGC as MS61, about extremely fine £3750-4250 63 Edward IV, first reign, light coinage (1464-1470), ryal, London, mm. sun, king with sword and shield stg. facing in ship, E on banner at stern, rev. rose upon radiate sun in centre of ornate cross, wt. 7.45gms. (S.1950; N.1549), cracked in centre, good fine £300-400