Phocas, with Leontia. 602-610. Æ Half Follis – 20 Nummi (22mm, 5.79 g, 6h). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. Dated RY 6 (607/8). Phocas and Leontia standing facing, holding globus cruciger and cruciform scepter, respectively / Large XX; A/N/N/O to left, cross above, ЧI (date) to right, e below. DOC 96; MIBE 85; SB 673. VF, dark green to black patina with reddish earthen highlights/deposits.From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection. Ex Khristov Collection, CNG Inventory 878318 (August, 2010).
MACEDON (Roman Province). Aesillas. Quaestor, circa 95-70 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.05 g, 1h). Uncertain mint. Head of the deified Alexander the Great right; Θ behind neck / Money chest, club, and chair; all within wreath. Bauslaugh Group VI (unlisted obv. die); SNG Copenhagen 1330. VF, toned, a few cleaning marks, compact flan.
Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine. 610-641. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.40 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 5th officina. Struck circa 626-629. Crowned and draped facing busts of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine; cross above / Cross potent set on three steps; Є//CONOB. DOC 20e; MIB 21; SB 743. Good VF, flan a little wavy.From the collection of David Sellar MVO, former Lord Lyon King of Arms.
EPEIROS, Federal coinage (Epirote Republic). Circa 234/3-168 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 4.63 g, 5h). Laureate head of Zeus right; monograms to left and below / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt; all within wreath. Franke Group II, Series 10, 123–4 var. (V67/R– [unlisted rev. die]); SNG Copenhagen 110 (same obv. die). VF, toned, flan crack, minor roughness.
Heraclius. 610-641. Æ 12 Nummi (24mm, 15.96 g, 6h). Alexandria mint. Struck 618-628(?). Draped facing bust (of Khosrau II?), wearing crown surmounted by cross within crescent; star to left, crescent to right / Large I B; cross potent on globe between; AΛEΞ. Bates, Copper issue UI; DOC 192; MIB 202a; SB 856. VF, dark brown patina.From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection.Although usually assigned to the Persian occupation of Egypt, Bates highlights a number of problems with such an attribution. He dismisses the interpretation of the crescent and star as specifically Persian, arguing that the symbols were ubiquitous in the ancient eastern Mediterranean.
THESSALY, Ainianes. Circa 350s-340s BC. AR Hemidrachm (16mm, 2.66 g, 6h). Hypata mint. Laureate head of Zeus left / AINIANΩΝ, the hero Phemios standing right, holding petasos and drapery, preparing to hurl javelin; sideways Φ on ground line below. Liampi, Beitrag Group I; BCD Thessaly I 1011-2 (same rev. die); BCD Thessaly II 26 (same rev. die); HGC 4, 38. Near VF, toned.From the BCD Collection. Ex Dr. John A. Sawhill Collection (Stack's, 15 March 1979), lot 94 (part).
Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine and Heraclonas. 610-641. Æ Follis – 40 Nummi (22mm, 7.65 g, 6h). Ravenna mint, 1st officina. Dated RY 23 (632/3). Figures of Heraclonas, Heraclius, and Heraclius Constantine standing facing, each crowned (except Heraclonas who wears a plain cap) and holding globus cruciger; cross to upper left / Large M; monogram above, A/N/N/O to left, X/X/I[I]/I (date) to right, Λ (A without crossbar) below; RAV. DOC 302; MIB 254; Ranieri 610; SB 915. VF, dark green-brown patina, flan flaw on obverse. Rare.From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection. Ex Triton XIII (5 January 2010), lot 1658.
THESSALY, Gyrton. Circa 340s-320s BC. Æ Dichalkon (18mm, 5.64 g, 1h). Helmeted head of Ares right; ΠΕΙ to right / ΓΥΡΤΩΝ[ΙΩΝ], head of the nymph Gyrtone right, wearing stephane; ΙΠ to left. Rogers 230; BCD Thessaly I 1053; BCD Thessaly II 82.2; HGC 4, 363. Good VF, green-brown patina.From the BCD Collection.
Constans II. 641-668. Æ Half Follis – 20 Nummi (18mm, 4.80 g, 2h). Carthage mint. Struck 647/8-651/2. Crowned and draped facing bust / Large XX; cross between; above, pellets flanking; CRTS. DOC 140; MIB 196b; SB 1057. VF, dark green patina, some cleaning marks in the fields.From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection.
THESSALY, Halos. 3rd century BC. Æ Dichalkon (19mm, 7.05 g, 11h). Diademed head of Zeus right / ΑΛΕΩΝ, Phrixos riding ram right; monogram to left. Rogers 241; BCD Thessaly I 1057; BCD Thessaly II 85; HGC 4, 4. Good VF, dark green patina.From the BCD Collection.
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ Dupondius (or As) (27mm, 12.28 g, 1h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 9-14. Laureate head right / Front elevation of the Altar of Lugdunum, decorated with the corona civica between laurels, flanked by nude male figures; to left and right, Victories on columns, facing one another. RIC I 232-3; Lyon 96-7. Near VF, green patina with touches of red, minor pitting, some smoothing.
Constans II. 641-668. Æ Half Follis – 20 Nummi (18mm, 4.30 g, 10h). Carthage mint. Struck AD 647-659. Crowned and draped bust facing, holding mappa and globus cruciger, crown ornamented with cross / Large cross; C-T above X-X across field; above, star between two pellets. DOC –; MIB –; SB 1060/1059. Good Fine, dark green patina. Unpublished mule?.From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection.This coin has the reverse type of SB 1059, with pellets to either side of the star on the reverse, but has the obverse type of SB 1060, with Constans' crown ornamented with a cross instead of a trefoil.
THESSALY, Lamia. Circa 400-350 BC. AR Hemidrachm (18mm, 2.63 g, 12h). In the name of the Malians. Head of Dionysus left, wearing ivy wreath / MAΛ[ΙΕ]-ΩΝ, amphora; ivy leaf above; to right, prochous with handle to right. Georgiou, Mint 9; BCD Thessaly I 1429.3; BCD Thessaly II 124; HGC 4, 105. Good VF, lightly toned. Struck on an oval flan.From the BCD Collection.
Constans II. 641-668. Æ Follis – 40 Nummi (23mm, 4.97 g, 6h). Ravenna mint. Dated RY 3 (643/4). Crowned facing bust, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger / Large M; cross above, date across field, Θ below; RAV. DOC –; MIB 224a; Ranieri 686-7; SB 1137A. Near VF, rough green surfaces.From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection. Ex Triton XIII (5 January 2010), lot 1667.
THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 450/40-420 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 5.29 g, 12h). The hero Thessalos, with petasos and chlamys hanging around neck, restraining bull left by band held around its head / ΛΑPI / ΣΑΙΑ, bridled horse rearing right within incuse square. Lorber, Thessalian 50; BCD Thessaly I 1128; BCD Thessaly II 173-4; HGC 4, 420. Good VF, toned, minor porosity.From the BCD Collection.
Constantine IV Pogonatus, with Heraclius and Tiberius. 668-685. Æ Follis – 40 Nummi (22mm, 6.89 g, 12h). Syracuse mint. Struck 677-679/80. Constantine IV standing facing, holding spear / Large M; standing facing figures of Heraclius and Tiberius flanking, each holding globus cruciger; monogram above; SCL. DOC 62; MIB 105; Anastasi 227; SB 1209. VF, green patina.From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 189852 (December, 2003).
THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 400-370 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 6.01 g, 3h). Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly right, with hair on ampyx / Horse grazing right. L-S Group 4; BCD Thessaly II 238; HGC 4, 430. VF, toned.
Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.46 g, 6h). "Judaea Capta" commemorative. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 69-70. Laureate head right / Trophy; to right, Judaea seated right, head resting on hand; IVDAEA in exergue. RIC II 2; Hendin 1479; RSC 226. VF, light scratch on the reverse.