Lot 12: Ainos Tetradrachm

THRACE. Ainos. Circa 412-365 B.C. AR tetradrachm. 15.36 gm. 23 mm. Head of Hermes facing slightly left, wearing petasos / Goat standing right; AINION above, serpent in field to right, all within shallow incuse square. HGC 3.2, 1278. SNG Copenhagen 410. Very Fine; attractive old toning.

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Lot 18: Argos Triobol

PELOPONNESOS. ARGOLIS. Argos. Circa 480/470-440/430 B.C. AR triobol. 2.97 gm. 13 mm. Forepart of wolf at bay to left, both legs extended forward and head held level / Large A within shallow incuse square; two relatively shallow square incuses in the upper part; pellet below cross bar. HGC 5, 663. Cf. BCD Peloponnesos 1022ff. BMC Peloponessus 136: 9-11. Good Very Fine; high relief wolf; attractive for this issue. Very rare.

Ex BCD with tag.

BCD: "Archaic triobols (such as this one) usually turn up much more worn;...they were part of the staple Peloponnesian currency down to the 2nd century B.C." and hence were well used.

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Lot 23: Eukratides I Megas

BAKTRIA. Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Eukratides I Megas. Circa 170-145 B.C. AR tetradrachm. 16.81 gm. 29 mm. His diademed and draped bust right, wearing crested helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear / The Dioskouroi on horses rearing right, holding palms and spears; monogram to left. Bopearachchi 6W. HGC 12, 131. Very Fine; well centered and lighty toned.

Purchased from Jonathan K. Kern (tag).

Eukratides was one of the last but most important Greco-Baktrian kings, responsible for the overthrow of the Euthydemid dynasty and for waging numerous campaigns against the Indo-Greek kings, temporarily holding territory as far east as the Indus. He was murdered on his way home from India, apparently by his son who hated his father so much that he "ran with his chariot over the blood of his father, and ordered the corpse to be left without a sepulture" (Justin XLI, 6). The subsequent civil war between rival members of the dynasty, combined with external pressures from the Indo-Greeks, Sogdians, and Parthians led to the ultimate collapse of the Greco-Baktrian Kingdom a mere fifteen years later, when it was conquered by the Parthians under Mithradates.

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Lot 46: Elagabalus Denarius

Elagabalus. A.D. 218-222. AR denarius. 2.85 gm. 18 mm. Rome mint. Struck A.D. 219-220. His laureate and draped bust right; IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG / Fortuna standing left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopia; FORTVNAE AVG. RIC IV.2 80. RSC 46. Choice Extremely Fine; fresh minty surfaces; lustrous iridescent toning.

From an old European collection.

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Lot 76: James I Shilling

James I. 1603-1625. AR shilling. 5.82 gm. 29 mm. Second coinage, 1604-1619. Fourth bust. Escallop i.m. His bearded fourth bust right, XII behind; IACOBVS D G MAG BRIT FRA ET HIB REX / Square-topped shield; QVÆ DEVS CONIVNXIT NEMO SEPARET around. S. 2655. N. 2100. Near Extremely Fine; well struck on a full round flan; multihued old toning over iridescent surfaces; choice; a scarcer portrait variety.

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Lot 77: Charles I Bristol Halfcrown

Charles I. 1625-1649. AR halfcrown. 14.28 gm. 38 mm. Plume mm obv, BR (elided) rev. Bristol. 1644. King on horseback left, sash flying out behind; Shrewsbury plume in field / Declaration. S. 3007. N. 2489. Morrieson B-1. As Brooker 980 dies. As minted; fresh, lustrous surfaces; minor flan irregularity. Fascinated by the quality of the strike and the irregularity of the flan I paid a premium for this in 2010. It reflects the turmoil at Bristol during the English Civil War. We offered it unsuccessfully in Auction 36 (2017). The current (reduced) estimate puts it below the price I paid in 2010.

Ex Alan Morris.
Ex Baldwins (bought 11/05 £900; tag "£950").
Includes early tag with the cost 1.7.6. (£1, 7/, 6d).

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Lot 89: George III Halfpenny Pattern

George III. 1760-1820. Bronzed proof halfpenny pattern. 12.86 gm. 30 mm. Restrike by Taylor. 1805 (no currency issues for 1805). His laureate and draped bust right; GEORGIUS III D • G • REX around / Britannia seated left holding olive branch and trident; BRITANNIARUM around, 1805 below. Plain edge. Peck 1246 (S). FDC.

The Frank Robinson Collection.

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