LYDIA, Magnesia ad Sipylum. Nero, with Agrippina Junior. AD 54-68. Æ (17mm, 3.53 g, 12h). Struck AD 54-59. Conjoined laureate head of Nero and draped bust of Agrippina right / Agrippina as Demeter standing left, holding grain ears and long torch, being crowned by emperor, holding scepter. BMC 53; RPC I 2457. Near VF, earthen green patina.
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LANCASTER. Henry VI. First reign, 1422-1461. AR Groat (27mm, 3.62 g, 4h). Leaf-pellet issue. London (Tower) mint. Struck 1445-1454. Crowned facing bust within tressure of arches; trefoils at cusps; pellets flanking crown / Long cross pattée, with trefoil in each quarter; extra pellets in two quarters. Stewartby p. 326, VIIIa; North 1503; SCBC 1914. VF, toned, scratches.Ex Lord Stewartby Collection; Seaby Coin and Medal Bulletin 498 (November 1959), no. 6973; Raymond Carlyon-Britton Collection.
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THESSALY, Pherai. Late 4th century BC. Æ Chalkous (16mm, 3.36 g, 6h). Laureate head of Ennodia right; torch to right / ΦΕΡΑΙΟΝ, water fountain right in the form of head of lion. BCD Thessaly I –; BCD Thessaly II 691.1; HGC 4, 568. VF, dark brown patina.From the BCD Collection.
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LYDIA, Philadelphia (as Neocaesarea). Tiberius Gemellus(?). Caesar, AD 35-37. Æ (15mm, 2.88 g, 12h). Bare head right / Thunderbolt. LS 24 (under Tiberius Gemellus; same obv. die as illustration); RPC I 3017/1 (under Tiberius; same obv. die as illustration); Vagi 480 (under Tiberius Gemellus; same obv. die as illustration). Fine, dark green to black patina with lighter green highlights/deposits, some cleaning marks. Rare.The attribution of this coin is complicated by the celator's recutting of the single obverse die used to strike this issue. While it is possible that the letter traces could read CEBACTON, the authors of RPC note that this reading, as well as the identification with Tiberius Gemellus, is uncertain.
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LANCASTER. Henry VI. First reign, 1422-1461. AR Groat (26mm, 3.62 g, 4h). Leaf-pellet issue. London (Tower) mint. Struck 1445-1454. Crowned facing bust within tressure of arches; trefoils at cusps; pellets flanking crown / Long cross pattée, with trefoil in each quarter. Stewartby p. 326, VIIIb; North 1504; SCBC 1915. Near EF, toned, test punch.Ex Lord Stewartby Collection, purchased February 1999; Richard Cyril Lockett Collection (Part III, Glendining, 4 November 1958), lot 3089 (part of); W. Talbot Ready Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 15 November 1920), lot 443 (part of).
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MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Stater (18.5mm, 15.97 g). Winged male running left, raising right hand, holding tunny by the tail in left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 26; Boston MFA 1401; SNG BN –. Fine, edge splits. Extremely rare, none in CoinArchives.
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CARIA, Mylasa. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ (19mm, 6.88 g, 11h). Bare head right / Diademed head right of Zeus Labraundos, wearing calathus. Akarca 39; BMC 19; SNG von Aulock 2622. Fine, dark green to black patina with some earthen highlights/deposits, a few pits.
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YORK. Edward IV. First reign, 1461-1470. AR Penny (17mm, 0.67 g, 7h). Durham mint. Struck from local dies under Bishop L. Booth, 1462-1464. Crowned facing bust / Long cross pattée, with trefoil in each quarter; rosette at center. Stewartby p. 334, ii; North 1544; SCBC 1988A. VF, toned, double struck, flan crack, weak strike.Ex Lord Stewartby Collection, purchased from H. Baldwin, 1956.
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MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Stater (17.5mm, 16.03 g). Head of lion left; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. Hurter & Liewald I 34 (fractions of this type). Fine. Apparently unique as a stater.
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STUART. James I. 1603-1625. AR Halfcrown (34mm, 14.50 g, 4h). Third coinage. Tower (London) mint; im: lis. Struck 1623-1624. James on horseback right, holding sword over shoulder / Coat-of-arms. North 2122; SCBC 2666. Fine, toned, weak obverse strike.
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MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Stater (20mm, 16.08 g). Head of lion left; to right, tunny upward / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 39; Boston MFA 1414 = Warren 1537; SNG BN 178. Fine, obverse off center.
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THESSALY, Trikka. Circa 440-400 BC. AR Hemidrachm (16mm, 2.86 g, 5h). Thessalos, petasos and cloak tied at neck, holding band around head of forepart of bull right / ΤΡΙΚ-Κ-Α-ΙΟΝ (retrograde), Forepart of bridled horse right within incuse square. BCD Thessaly I 1351 var. (orientation of ethnic); BCD Thessaly II 775.2-3 var. (same); HGC 4, 311. VF, lightly toned.From the BCD Collection.
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PHRYGIA, Aezanis. Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ (19mm, 4.84 g, 12h). Lollios Klassikos, magistrate. Laureate head of Caligula right / Zeus standing left, holding eagle and scepter. RPC I 3080; SNG Copenhagen 77. Good VF, dark green patina, cleaning marks.
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TUDOR. Elizabeth I. 1558-1603. AR Sixpence (23mm, 10h). Third and fourth issue. Tower (London) mint; im: ermine. Dated 1572. Crowned and mantled bust left, wearing ruff; rose behind / Coat-of-arms on long cross fourchée. North 1997; SCBC 2562. In NGC encapsulation graded VF 30. Toned.
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MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Stater (19.5mm, 16.02 g). Head of goat left; to right, tunny upward / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 48; Boston MFA 1421 = Warren 1560; SNG BN 186. Near VF, obverse slightly off center.
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THESSALY, Thessalian League. Mid-late 2nd century BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 4.03 g, 3h). Poly–, magistrate. Helmeted head of Athena right; monogram to left / ΘΕΣ-ΣΑΛΩ[Ν], horse prancing right; monogram below. BCD Thessaly I 1372; BCD Thessaly II 814-5; HGC 4, 212. VF, lightly toned, minor roughness.From the BCD Collection.
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