PHRYGIA, Laodicea ad Lycum. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Late 1st century BC. Æ (22mm, 6.14 g, 12h). Seitalkas, magistrate. Head of Seitalkas(?) right, wearing ivy wreath / Laureate bust of Demos right. BMC 54; McClean 8830; RPC I 2892 corr. (obv. head wreathed). Fine, dark brown patina, earthen deposits. Rare.
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HANOVER. George I. 1714-1727. AR Shilling (25mm, 6.03 g, 6h). South Seas Company issue. Tower (London) mint. Dated 1723. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Crowned cruciform coats-of-arms around rayed Garter star; SS and C in alternating quarters. ESC 1176; SCBC 3647. Good VF, toned.
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MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Stater (18mm, 15.97 g). Winged dog squatting left, head reverted, on tunny fish left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 104; Greenwell 140; Boston MFA 1433 = Warren 1568; SNG BN 245 (same die and punch); BMC –; Gillet –; Gulbenkian –; Jameson –; Myrmekion –; cf. Rosen 485 (hekte); Weber 5019. VF. Well centered.
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THESSALY, Thessalian League. Mid-late 1st century BC. AR Stater (21mm, 6.02 g, 12h). Damothoinos and Philoxenides, magistrates. Head of Zeus right, wearing oak wreath / ΘΕΣΣΑ-ΛΩΝ, Athena Itonia right; ΔA-MOΘOI / NOY; [Φ]IΛOΞEN[I] in exergue. BCD Thessaly I –; BCD Thessaly II 870.4; HGC 4, 210. VF, toned.From the BCD Collection.
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PHRYGIA, Hierapolis. Pseudo-autonomous issue. temp. Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, AD 161-169. Æ (24mm, 8.48 g, 6h). Laureate and draped bust of Demos right / Mên standing left, holding patera and long scepter. BMC 4. VF, green-brown patina.
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STUART. James I. 1603-1625. AR Shilling (30.5mm, 5.99 g, 8h). Third coinage. Tower (London) mint; im: trefoil. Struck 1624. Crowned and mantled bust right / Coat-of-arms. North 2124; SCBC 2668. Near VF, toned, somewhat softly struck obverse, scratches.
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MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10.5mm, 2.69 g). Winged dog squatting left, head reverted, on tunny fish left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 104; cf. Boston MFA 1433 = Warren 1568 (stater); SNG BN 246–7. VF. Well centered and struck.
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THESSALY. Lot of six (6) silver coins. All coins: LARISSA. AR Trihemiobol (6). Good Fine–Near VF, mostly toned, some scattered roughness.From the BCD Collection.
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SCOTLAND. David II. 1329-1371. AR Penny (18mm, 1.08 g, 11h). First coinage, Second issue. Edinburgh(?) mint. Struck 1351-1357. Crowned head left; scepter to left / Long cross pattée; mullets in quarters. SCBC 5088. VF, toned, light sctach on neck under tone.From the Arthur M. Fitts III Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 150775 (November 2003).
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THESSALY, Thessalian League. Mid-late 1st century BC. AR Stater (21mm, 6.32 g, 12h). Kephalos, M–, and Themisto–, magistrates. Head of Zeus right, wearing oak wreath / ΘΕΣΣΑ-ΛΩΝ, Athena Itonia right; [KEΦ]-AΛOY above, M to inner right; [ΘEM]IΣTO in exergue. BCD Thessaly I –; BCD Thessaly II 882.5; HGC 4, 210. EF, lightly toned, struck slightly off center.From the BCD Collection.
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CILICIA, Tarsus. Philip II. AD 247-249. Æ (35mm, 24.15 g, 12h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Elpis advancing left, holding flower and hem of dress. SNG BN –; SNG von Aulock 6063. Near VF, brown patina, some roughness.
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SCOTLAND. John Baliol. 1292-1296. AR Penny (19mm, 1.40 g, 3h). First coinage. Berwick(?) mint. Crowned head left; scepter to left / Long cross pattée; mullets in quarters. SCBC 5065. Good Fine, toned.Ex Baldwin's 40 (3 May 2005), lot 360.
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MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Stater (21mm, 16.14 g). Wolf at bay left, raising right forepaw(?), on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 93; Boston MFA 1469 = Warren 1564; SNG BN 230. VF, off center.
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THESSALY. Lot of six (6) silver coins. Includes: LAMIA. AR Hemidrachm // PHARSALOS. AR Drachm // PHERAI. AR Hemidrachm // THESSALIAN LEAGUE. AR Stater // AR Drachm // AR Hemidrachm. Good Fine–Near VF, lightly toned, some minor roughness.From the BCD Collection.
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CYRRHESTICA, Hieropolis. Philip II. AD 247-249. Æ (28mm, 16.69 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Atargatis, holding scepter, seated on lion advancing right. Butcher 64c. VF, earthen green patina.
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SCOTLAND. James I. 1406-1437. AR Groat (22.5mm, 1.44 g, 10h). Second issue. Edinburgh mint. Crowned facing bust within tressure of arches; scepter to left, lis on breast / Long cross pattée with lis and trefoils in alternating quarters. SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 666 (same dies); SCBC 5200. Good Fine, toned. Underweight, but struck from official dies.
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MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Stater (16.5mm, 15.98 g). Dolphin left between two tunnies right / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished, but cf. von Fritze I 95 for similar type with a tunny between two dolphins. Near VF. Apparently unique.
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THESSALY. Lot of six (6) silver coins. Includes: PELINNA. AR Obol // PERRHAIBOI. AR Obol // PHARKADON. AR Hemidrachm // SKOTOUSSA. AR Triobol // THEBAI. AR Hemidrachm // TRIKKA. AR Hemidrachm. Good Fine–Near VF, lightly toned, some minor roughness.From the BCD Collection.
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