EGYPT, Alexandria. Commodus. AD 177-192. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.73 g, 12h). Dated RY 21 of Marcus Aurelius (AD 180/1). Laureate head right / Tyche reclining left on lectisternium, holding rudder and propping head on hand; L KA (date) above. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) –; K&G –; Emmett 2561.21 (R5 = Milne 2620). VF, dark find patina with patches of red. Rare, with only the Ashmolean example documented.
ARCADIA, Pheneus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Assarion (21mm, 3.80 g, 6h). Struck circa AD 198-205. Laureate head right / Hades seated left, extending hand over Cerberus and holding scepter. BCD Peloponnesos 1637; BCD Peloponnesos II –; BMC –; SNG Copenhagen –; NCP p. 98. Fine, green patina under a layer of earthen deposits. Rare.From the J. S. Wagner Collection.
BYZANTINE. Lot of sixteen (16) late bronzes of Andronicus II and Andronicus III. Includes: Andronicus II (12 coins) // Andronicus III (3 coins) // Plus one Billon Trachy of Theodore I, Comnenus-Lascaris. Fine to VF, mostly with patinas. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Sixteen (16) coins in lot.From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection.
EGYPT, Alexandria. Commodus. AD 177-192. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.14 g, 12h). Dated RY 33 of Marcus Aurelius (AD 192). Laureate head right / ΡωΜΑΙωΝ ΗΡΑΚ[ΛΕΑ], Commodus as Herakles standing facing, head left, holding the Golden Apples of the Hesperides and leaning on club, lion skin draped over his right arm; behind him, Nike standing left, crowning him with her right hand, holding palm frond with her left; L ΛΓ (date) in exergue. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) –; K&G –; Emmett –. VF, toned, some minor deposits. Very rare, the second example we have seen (CNG E-355, lot 398).Apparently unpublished in the standard references with Nike standing behind Commodus. The second known example?
ARCADIA, Phialia. Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. Æ Assarion (21mm, 4.28 g, 10h). Struck circa AD 198-209. Draped bust right / Artemis standing left, holding bipennis and spear. BCD Peloponnesos 1653/1652 (for obv. die/rev. type); BCD Peloponnesos II –; BMC –; SNG Copenhagen –; NCP p. 106. Good Fine, green and red-brown patina, light scratches. Rare.From the J. S. Wagner Collection.
BYZANTINE. Lot of eleven (11) late trachea. Includes: Andronicus II (6 coins) // Andronicus III (1 coin) // Theodore I, Comnenus-Lascaris (2 coins) // Theodore I, Comnenus-Ducas (1 coin) // Manuel, Comnenus-Ducas (1 coin). Fine to VF, mostly with patinas, some with typical striking flaws. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Eleven (11) coins in lot.From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection.
ARCADIA, Phialia. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ Assarion (22mm, 6.07 g, 11h). Struck circa AD 198-209. Laureate head right / Asclepius standing facing, head left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. BCD Peloponnesos 1647.2 var. (arrangement of obv. legend); BCD Peloponnesos II –; BMC –; SNG Copenhagen –; NCP p. 107. Near VF, green patina, roughness. Rare.From the J. S. Wagner Collection.
ISLAMIC. Arabia. Zaydis (Rassids). Lot of two (2) AR Sudaysis. Both coins: al-Nasir. Coins Good VF, toned. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Two (2) coins in lot."
ARCADIA, Phialia. Geta. As Caesar, AD 198-209. Æ Assarion (21mm, 4.50 g, 10h). ΛOV CЄΠ [ΓЄ]-TAN KAI CЄ[B], bareheaded and draped bust right / Asclepius standing facing, head left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. BCD Peloponnesos 1660 (same dies); BCD Peloponnesos II –; BMC –; SNG Copenhagen –; NCP p. 107. Near VF, rough green and red-brown patina. Rare.From the J. S. Wagner Collection.From the BCD (LHS) catalog: This coin is quite curious because the legend ostensibly describes Geta as being Augustus. This is surely a mistake by the die engraver because the bare-headed portrait clearly shows Geta as still being Caesar. There is, in fact, no evidence for any Peloponnesian coinage in the name of Geta as Augustus."
ISLAMIC. Mongols. Ilkhans. Lot of three (3) AR dirhams. Includes: AR Dirham of Abaqa // Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad Khudabanda Öljeytü (2). Coins VF, one wavy, some deposits. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Three (3) coins in lot."
KINGS of BOSPORUS. Rhoemetalces I & Pythodoris, with Augustus. Circa 11 BC-AD 12. Æ (23mm, 8.63 g, 7h). Jugate heads of Rhoemetalces and his queen Pythodoris right / Bare head of Augustus right. Youroukova 204; RPC I 1711. VF, green-brown patina, some roughness on the obverse.
ISLAMIC. Persia (Pre-Mongol). Lot of two (2) AV dinars. Includes: Buwayid issue of Suq al-Ahwaz mint dated AH 398 // Khwarizim Shah issue of Ala al-Din Muhammad. Coins Fine to VF. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Two (2) coins in lot."
KINGS of BOSPORUS. Rhoemetalces III, with Gaius (Caligula). AD 38-46. Æ (23mm, 12.62 g, 6h). Laureate head of Caligula left / Diademed and draped bust of Rhoemetalces right. Youroukova 210; RPC I 1724. VF, green patina.
ISLAMIC. Persia (Post-Mongol). Lot of three (5) AR and one (1) Æ denominations. Includes: A broad range of types. Lot includes a dirham of the Ilkhan ruler Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad Khudabanda Öljeytü. Coins average Fine to VF, one issue with countermark. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Six (6) coins in lot."
KINGS of BOSPORUS. Rhoemetalces, with Augustus. Circa 11 BC-AD 12. Æ (19mm, 4.37 g, 5h). Diademed head of Rhoemetalces right / Bare head of Augustus right. Youroukova 194-200; RPC I 1718. VF, green-brown patina, some roughness.
WORLD. Armenia. Lot of fourteen (14) AR and Æ denominations. Includes: Lot includes eleven (11) Æ // three (3) AR. Mostly Fine, some with earthen deposits. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Fourteen (14) coins in lot."
KINGS of BOSPORUS. Sauromates I, with Hadrian. AD 93/4-123/4. AV Stater (19mm, 7.75 g, 1h). Dated Bosporan Era 418 (AD 121/2). Diademed and draped bust of Sauromates right / Laureate head of Hadrian right; HIY (date) below. MacDonald 392/1; RPC III 816. VF.
WORLD. France. Lot of five (5) AR 5 Francs. Includes: Louis XVIII. 1814-I // Louis Philippe I. 1848-A // Napoleon III. 1867-A // Republic: 1873-A (2 coins). Fine to VF, toned, several with scratches and marks. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Five (5) coins in lot.From the collection of David Sellar MVO, former Lord Lyon King of Arms.
EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Alexander III of Macedon. Late 4th-3rd centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.67 g, 12h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left. VF, a little overcleaned.From collection of Will Gordon.
KINGS of BOSPORUS. Sauromates I. AD 93/4-123/4. Æ 48 Units (25mm, 12.30 g, 12h). Struck AD 117/8-123. Diademed and draped bust right / MH (mark of value) within wreath. MacDonald 398/7; Frolova II pl. XIV, 4. VF, brown surfaces, some smoothing.