RUSSIA, Empire. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). 1762-1796. Gilt AR Medal (53mm, 63.99 g, 12h). By J. Gass. Dated 6 August 1782. Laureate bust left / Equestrian statue of Peter I on granite rock inscribed ПЕТРУ/ EKATEPИHA II; in exergue, ЛҌTA 1782 ABГУCTA 6 ДHЯ. Diakov 194.7. Fine, gilt, removed from mount, tooled, polished. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS.
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BRUTTIUM, Nuceria. Circa 225-200(?) BC. Æ (15mm, 2.23 g, 9h). Laureate head of Apollo left; grape bunch behind, pellet below / Horse left; pentagram below. HN Italy 2445; cf. SNG ANS 599; Virzi 365 (this coin). VF, green patina.From the Edgar L. Owen Collection. Ex Thomas Virzi Collection, 365.
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BITHYNIA, Nicaea. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Diassarion (26mm, 10.26 g, 6h). AVT K M AVP A-NTΩN AVΓ, laureate head right / NIKA-IЄΩN, Mercury standing left, holding fold of drapery and caduceus over ram standing to left. RG –; Weiser –; BMC –. Good Fine, green surfaces, with some roughness. Extremely rare, and apparently unpublished.
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CELTIC, Atrebates & Regni. Verica. Circa AD 10-40. AR Unit (12mm, 1.22 g, 6h). Atrebatic K class. Southern mint. Struck circa AD 30-40. Figure standing facing, head right, holding lituus and grape bunch / Laureate head of Tiberius right. Bean VERS3–7; Van Arsdell 533–1; ABC 1250; SCBC 136. VF, slightly porous.Ex Liz's List 8 (December 2003), no. 24.
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BRUTTIUM, Medma. 4th century BC. Æ (22mm, 9.59 g, 1h). Female head (nymph or Persephone?) right; overturned hydria behind, horizontal crescent below chin / Nude male seated left on rock covered with animal skin, holding crab above a dog seated at his side. Gorini, Studio 4-5 var.; HN Italy 2427; SNG ANS 594 var.; SNG Morcom 442 corr.; Virzi 357 (this coin). VF, pale green patina that is slightly chipped around edge, scattered encrustation. Rare.From the Edgar L. Owen Collection. Ex Thomas Virzi Collection, 357.An interesting type which has yet to be satisfactorily explained. This particular variant was first described by Warwick Wroth over a century ago ("Greek coins acquired by the British Museum," NumChron XX [1900], pp. 4-5), where the reverse figure is described as "...a river god – either the Bruttian Metaurus, or the local river now called Mesima" based on the crab being held in the outstretched right hand. In addition to the crab, other variants include the figure holding a patera (Gorini 5; SNG Lloyd 660) or skyphos (Ars Classica XVII, lot 101; CNG 87, lot 195 [both misdescribed]). More recent scholarship has favored an identification of the figure as Pan.
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CELTIC, Durotriges. Uninscribed. Circa 65 BC-AD 45. AR Stater (19mm, 6.06 g, 4h). Durotrigan E, Abstract (Cranborne Chase) type. Devolved head of Apollo right / Disjointed horse left; pellets above, pellet below, pellet in lozenge above tail, [zigzag and pellet pattern between two parallel exergue lines]. Van Arsdell 1235-1; ABC 2157; SCBC 366. Good VF.
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BRUTTIUM, Petelia. Late 3rd century BC. Æ (20mm, 8.21 g, 11h). Veiled head of Demeter right, wearing wreath of grain ears / Zeus standing facing, head right, hurling thunderbolt and holding scepter; star of six rays to left, Ξ to right. HN Italy 2454; SNG ANS 602 var. (N in place of Ξ); Virzi 386 (this coin). VF, green-brown patina.From the Edgar L. Owen Collection. Ex Thomas Virzi Collection, 386.
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BITHYNIA, Nicaea. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Assarion (21mm, 5.27 g, 2h). Laureate head right / Three signa. RG 617; cf. Weiser 30. VF, green patina, some roughness.
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LANCASTER. Henry VI. First reign, 1422-1461. AR Halfpenny (14mm, 0.44 g, 6h). Annulet issue. London mint. Struck 1422-1430. hЄnRIC' RЄX ΛnGL', crowned facing bust / VIL LΛ CAL IS', long cross; three pellets in quarters, double saltire stops, annulets in 2nd and 3rd quarters. North 1434; SCBC 1848. VF, toned, a little porous.
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BRUTTIUM, Petelia. Late 3rd century BC. Æ (23mm, 7.80 g, 6h). Veiled head of Demeter right, wearing wreath of grain ears / Zeus standing facing, head right, hurling thunderbolt and holding scepter; star of six rays to left, K to right. HN Italy 2454; SNG ANS 602 var. (N in place of K). VF, brown patina.From the Edgar L. Owen Collection.
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temp. HANOVER. Matthew Boulton, manufacturer and founder of the Soho Mint. 1728-1809. Æ Medal (48mm, 61.72 g, 11h). On his death. By C. H. Küchler(?). Struck 1809. MATTHEW BOULTON · ESQ · F · R · S · &c, bust right / BRIGHTER SCENES I SEEK ABOVE IN THE REALM OF PEACE AND LOVE, FAREWELL within wreath. Eimer 1001; BHM 661. EF, some spotting.
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BRUTTIUM, Petelia. Late 3rd century BC. Æ Sextans (14mm, 2.03 g, 8h). Laureate head of Apollo right; two pellets behind / Artemis advancing left, holding [torch]; palm frond to left. HN Italy 2463; cf. SNG ANS 615; Virzi 370 (this coin). Fine, green patina, edge irregularity.From the Edgar L. Owen Collection. Ex Thomas Virzi Collection, 370.
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BRUTTIUM, Rhegion. Circa 425/0-415/0 BC. Æ (17mm, 8.10 g, 1h). Facing lion's mask / PH between two leaves of olive-sprig. Rutter Group IX; HN Italy 2520; SNG ANS 680-2. VF, green patina.From the Edgar L. Owen Collection.
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MYSIA, Parium. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ Quadrans (12mm, 2.48 g, 2h). Bare head right / Capricorn right. RPC I 2264; SNG France 1438. VF, green patina.
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Layered agate cameo. Hellenistic, 2nd century BC. Depicting the head of a youthful hero left. Diamter: 9mm. Intact, cracked.Ex Gorny & Mosch 227 (17 December 2014), lot 292.
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BRUTTIUM, Rhegion. Circa 351-280 BC. Æ (22mm, 7.42 g, 6h). Facing lion's mask / Laureate head of Apollo right; uncertain symbol (tripod?) behind. HN Italy 2534a; cf. SNG ANS 687; Virzi 397 (this coin). VF, pale green patina that is chipped in areas. Attractive obverse.From the Edgar L. Owen Collection. Ex Thomas Virzi Collection, 397.
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