SICILY, Kalakte. Late 2nd century BC. Æ Sextans (15mm, 1.60 g, 12h). Draped bust of Hermes right, wearing petasos / Kerykeion; two pellets to lower left. Campana 4a; BAR Issue 5; CNS 6; HGC 2, 517. VF, dark brown patina. Rare.From the Edgar L. Owen Collection.
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ As (26mm, 15.11 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 138-139. Laureate head right / Large S C; Γ below; all within wreath. McAlee 555c; RPC IV online 6999. Good VF, glossy dark green patina.
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MIXED. Italy & France. Lot of two (2) medals. Includes: Papal. Innocent XII. Cast AR Medal // France. Cardinal Mazarin. Æ Medal. Paris mint restrike. Dated 1659. VF and EF. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Two (2) coins in lot."
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SICILY, Tauromenion. Circa 265-263 or 213-212 BC. Æ (23mm, 10.49 g, 9h). Head of Herakles, wearing tainia; monogram behind / Bull charging right. Campana 15/13 (this coin) = CNS 20 OS (this coin, illustrated) = Virzi 2034 (this coin); BAR Issue 6; HGC 2, 1579. VF, brown patina, traces of an uncertain undertype.From the Edgar L. Owen Collection. Ex Thomas Virzi Collection, 2034.
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 11.97 g, 12h). Struck AD 214-215. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing on leg and thigh of animal, head right, with wreath in beak and wings spread. McAlee 677; Prieur 217. VF, minor roughness. Struck on a broad flan.
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MODERN REPLICAS. Lot of five (5) electrotypes of Greek coins. Includes: Carthage. "EL" Stater // Lampsakos. "AV" Stater // Lampsakos. "AR" Tetradrachm // Rhodes. "AR" Tetradrachm // Satraps of Caria. Pixodaros. "AR" Tetradrachm. VF or better, toned, all base metal as made. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Five (5) coins in lot."
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SICILY, Katane. Campanian mercenaries. Circa 339/8 BC. Æ (26mm, 15.53 g, 8h). Head of nymph left, wearing wreath of reeds / Man-faced bull left. Castrizio Series I, 2 (D1/R2); CNS 2A; HGC 2, 617. Fine, green patina. Rare.From the Edgar L. Owen Collection.
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.80 g, 4h). Struck AD 214-215. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing on leg and thigh of animal, head right, with wreath in beak and wings spread. McAlee 677; Prieur 217. VF, minor roughness.
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MODERN REPLICAS. Lot of six (6) uniface electrotypes of Ptolemaic Oktadrachms. Includes: PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT: three obverses and three reverses for "AV" Oktadrachm types. As made. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Six (6) coins in lot.Such uniface specimens were created by Robert Ready and sons to mount in educational displays that were produced for and inexpensively sold to British schools in the pre-war era.
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SICILY, Uncertain Roman mint. Circa 212-200 BC. Æ (16mm, 3.40 g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo left / Two grain ears; Q above. BAR Issue 10; CNS 194 (Panormos); HGC 2, 1698. Good Fine, green patina. Rare.From the Edgar L. Owen Collection.
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SICILY, Katane. Circa 216/5-206 BC. Æ Chalkous (18mm, 5.35 g, 12h). Jugate busts of Serapis and Isis / Apollo standing slightly left, leaning on column, holding laurel branch and bow. Casabona 1; BAR Issue 2; CNS 22; HGC 2, 609; Virzi 826 (this coin). VF, brown patina.From the Edgar L. Owen Collection. Ex Thomas Virzi Collection, 826.
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.99 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing on leg and thigh of animal, head right, with wreath in beak and wings spread; ·Δ· ·Є· across upper field. McAlee 681; Prieur 224. Good VF.
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MODERN REPLICAS. Lot of eight (8) uniface electrotypes of Roman Republican & Imperial coins. Includes: Early Republic "AV" Stater obverse // L. Mussidius Longus "AV" Aureus obverse // Sulla "AV" Aureus reverse // Antony Legionary "AV" Aureus reverse // Ahenobarbus "AV" Aureus obverse // Brutus "AV" Aureus reverse // Augustus "AV" Aureus obverse (2 pieces). As made. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Eight (8) coins in lot.Such uniface specimens were created by Robert Ready and sons to mount in educational displays that were produced for and inexpensively sold to British schools in the pre-war era.
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SICILY, Tauromenion. After 211 BC. Æ (17mm, 3.67 g, 1h). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / Pegasos flying right. Campana 30a/48; BAR Issue 20; CNS 36; HGC 2, 1599; Virzi 2053 (this coin). VF, green patina.From the Edgar L. Owen Collection. Ex Thomas Virzi Collection, 2053.
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SICILY, Katane. Circa 211-206/4 BC. Æ Dichalkon (16mm, 3.44 g, 6h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Aphrodite standing right, holding dove; II to right. Casabona 7; BAR Issue 6; CNS 24; HGC 2, 612; Virzi 837 (this coin). VF, green patina.From the Edgar L. Owen Collection. Ex Thomas Virzi Collection, 837.
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Octassarion (31mm, 17.47 g, 4h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Fortuna right; ∆ Є across upper field, S C across lower field; above, ram leaping right, head left. McAlee 845c; BMC 484. Good VF, green-brown patina.
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SICILY, Uncertain Roman mint. Circa 190 BC. Æ (22mm, 5.80 g, 9h). Laureate head of Janus / Spearhead above jawbone. BAR Issue 43; CNS 108 (Panormus); HGC 2, 1686. VF, green patina.From the Edgar L. Owen Collection.
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SICILY, Katane. Circa 204-187 BC. Æ (23mm, 11.55 g, 12h). Janiform head of Serapis; three monograms around / Demeter standing left, holding grain ears and torch. Casabona 10; BAR Issue 9; CNS 14/16 (this coin, illustrated); HGC 2, 619; Virzi 876 (this coin). VF, green patina.From the Edgar L. Owen Collection. Ex Thomas Virzi Collection, 876.
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