MIXED. Greek through Roman Imperial. Lot of nineteen (19) ancient coins. Includes: Greek: TROAS, Assos. Æ 10mm // Central Asian: KUSHAN EMPIRE. Huvishka. Æ Tetradrachm // Roman Provincial: MOESIA INFERIOR, Marcianopolis. Elagabalus and Julia Maesa. Æ Pentassarion // CILICIA, Anazarbus. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Æ 19mm // Roman Imperial: Crispina. Æ As // Plautilla. AR Denarius // Julia Paula. AR Denarius // Gallienus. Antoninianus // Crispus. Æ Follis // Helena. Æ Follis (3 coins) // Urbs Roma. Æ Follis (2 coins, one of which is an imitative) // Constantine II. Æ Follis // Constantius II. Æ Follis (2 coins) // Julian II. Æ 17mm // Arcadius. Æ 13mm. Fine to EF condition. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Nineteen (19) coins in lot.From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection.
MYSIA, Parium. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ (24mm, 8.17 g, 12h). Bare head right / Capricorn right, head left, with cornucopia over shoulder. RPC I 2263; SNG von Aulock 7438. Good VF, dark green patina.Ex Lanz 158 (5 June 2014), lot 440.
MIXED. Ancient Greece to Indian. Lot of fifty-eight (58) BI and Æ denominations. Includes: Mostly Kushan and Kushan-related Æ issues (34). Remainder of lot includes 3 ancient Greek Æ, 7 Indo-Greek and related Æ, 5 Indo-Skythian and related Æ // 3 Indo-Parthian // one late Hunnic issue from Kashmir // one Umayyad fals // 2 BI issues of early India // two Æ of Cholas in Sri Lanka. Coins Fair to Fine. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Fifty-eight coins in lot.From the collection of David Sellar MVO, former Lord Lyon King of Arms.
TROAS, Alexandria Troas. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ As (24mm, 7.35 g, 7h). Laureate head right / Distyle temple, seen in perspective, containing statue of Apollo Smintheus right, with bow over tripod. Bellinger A332; cf. SNG Copenhagen 164. VF, green patina.
MIXED. Greek to Central Asian. Lot of fourteen (14) AR denominations. Includes: Mostly Sasanian drachms from Šābuhr (Shahpur) I to Husrav (Khosrau) I (7 total). Lot also includes a southern Arabia drachm of Saba', a Persis hemidrachm of Ardaxsir (Artaxerxes) III // 2 drachms of the Bhadramukhas // Anonymous APZWT issue of Tabaristan // Post Gupta drachm of the Gujara Confederacy // Jital of the Hindu Shahis. Coins average Fine or better, one Sasanian drachm holed for suspension. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Fourteen (14) coins in lot.From the collection of David Sellar MVO, former Lord Lyon King of Arms.
TROAS, Alexandria Troas. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ As (24mm, 6.96 g, 1h). Laureate head right / Distyle temple, seen in perspective, containing statue of Apollo Smintheus right, with bow over tripod. Bellinger A332; cf. SNG Copenhagen 164. Near VF, earthen green patina.
MIXED. Parthia and Central Asian. Lot of approximately one hundred thirty-three (133) BI and Æ denominations. Includes: Mostly chalkoi of Parthia, but two BI tetradrachms of Vologases VI and two Æ of Elymais included. Lot also includes a Sasanian Æ of Ardashir I, among others. An interesting assemblage of Æ suitable for the beginning collector to learn to attribute. Coins average Fair. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Approximately one hundred thirty-three (133) coins in lot.From the collection of David Sellar MVO, former Lord Lyon King of Arms.
SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron II. 275-215 BC. Æ (27mm, 17.33 g, 7h). Struck circa 230-218/5 BC. Diademed head left / Horseman riding right, holding spear; MI below. CNS 195 R1 19; BAR issue 61; HGC 2, 1548. VF, dark green patina, a little off center on reverse, small scrape on edge.
TROAS, Alexandria Troas. Trebonianus Gallus. AD 251-253. Æ Quadrans (13mm, 1.50 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tripod. Bellinger A413; RPC IX online 464. Good VF, green patina. Very rare.
MIXED. Indo-Greeks and Indo-Skythians. Lot of fourteen (14) AR denominations. Includes: BAKTRIA, Indo-Greek Kingdom. One tetradrachm of Menander I and 9 drachms from Menander I to Apollodotos II // INDO-SKYTHIANS. Two tetradrachms of Azes and one of Gondophares and one drachm of Vonones. Coins average Fine to VF. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Fourteen (14) coins in lot.From the collection of David Sellar MVO, former Lord Lyon King of Arms.
CARTHAGE, Second Punic War. Circa 220-215 BC. Æ Trishekel (31mm, 17.64 g, 12h). Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse standing right; palm tree in background to left. MAA 84; Müller, Afrique 147; SNG Copenhagen 344. VF, dark green-brown surfaces, a little off center.
TROAS, Alexandria Troas. Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ As (19mm, 4.98 g, 12h). Laureate head right / Horse grazing right. Bellinger A452; cf. SNG von Aulock 1486. EF, attractive green patina.
MIXED. Central Asia to Byzantine. Lot of forty (40) ancient coins. Includes: Central Asia: Kushan, Kujula Kadphises bronze with Augustus-style portrait // Roman Provincial: mixed billon and bronze from Alexandria in Egypt (5 coins) // Roman Imperial: various emperors, from 2nd-5th centuries. Mostly Æ, mixed denominations (29 coins) // Byzantine: mixed bronze issues, from 6th-8th centuries (5 coins). Average Fine to VF condition. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Forty (40) coins in lot.From the collection of David Sellar MVO, former Lord Lyon King of Arms .
CARTHAGE, Second Punic War. Circa 220-215 BC. Æ Trishekel (31mm, 18.31 g, 12h). Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse standing right; palm tree in background to left. MAA 84; Müller, Afrique 147; SNG Copenhagen 344. VF, dark green-brown surfaces, area of flat strike.
LYDIA, Daldis. Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ Medallion (38mm, 25.24 g, 6h). Marcus Aurelius Cta-, archon. AV K Π Λ OVAΛЄPIANOC, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠI M AVP CTA ΠЄIOV OΛVMΠЄICA IOV A APX / ΔAΛDIANΩN, tetrastyle temple, containing Apollo seated left on omphalus, head right, holding lyre. Cf. SNG von Aulock 2938 (for magistate on different type of Gallienus); apparently unpublished. VF, green patina, pit on obverse. Extremely rare, and the only known coin of Valerian from Daldis.
CARTHAGE, Second Punic War. Circa 220-215 BC. Æ Trishekel (29mm, 18.60 g, 12h). Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse standing right; palm tree in background to left. MAA 84; Müller, Afrique 147; SNG Copenhagen 344. VF, dark green-brown surfaces, area of flat strike on obverse, off center on reverse.
LYDIA, Hypaepa. Pseudo-autonomous issue. temp. Marcus Aurelius-Commodus, AD 161-192. Æ (20mm, 6.03 g, 12h). Polemon, strategos. Draped and bearded bust of Demos right / ЄΠI / ΠOΛЄM / ΩNOC in three lines within wreath. RPC IV online 2337; BMC 2. Near VF, earthen brown patina. Very rare.
CARTHAGE, Second Punic War. Circa 220-215 BC. Æ Trishekel (31mm, 19.02 g, 12h). Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse standing right; palm tree in background to left, Punic B to right. MAA 84a; Müller, Afrique 150; SNG Copenhagen 340. VF, dark green-brown surfaces, weakly struck, pit on reverse.