ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Carlo I di Spagna (Carlo V, Sacro Romano Impero). 1516-1554. AR Due tarì (23mm, 5.89 g, 1h). Messina mint. Dated 1548 MA. Crowned bust left / Crowned eagle facing, head right, wings spread. MIR 292/9. Good VF, toned.Ex Ponterio 145 (11 January 2008), lot 2195 (part of).
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THESSALY, Krannon. 3rd century BC. Æ Chalkous (15mm, 4.85 g, 1h). Laureate head of Poseidon (or Zeus) right / KPANNOYNIOYN, hydria on cart, with crow perched inward on each wheel. BCD Thessaly I 1088 var. (monogram on rev.); BCD Thessaly II 120.2; HGC 4, 387. Good VF, dark green patina.From the BCD Collection.
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EUBOEA, Chalcis. Nero. AD 54-68. Æ As (24mm, 15.29 g, 12h). Ti. Claudius Euthykli–, strategus. Bare head of Nero right / Head of Hera right, wearing polos. Picard Em. 96, 1b (this coin); RPC I 1352; BCD Euboia 283 (this coin). Fine, reddish-brown patina with touches of green.From the J. Cohen Collection. Ex Naville Numismatics 14 (12 April 2015), lot 199; BCD Collection (Lanz 111, 25 November 2002), lot 283.
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ITALY, Toscana (Granducato). Ferdinando II de Medici. 1621-1670. AR Giulio (27mm, 2.92 g, 6h). Firenze (Florence) mint. Dated 1625. Crowned coat-of-arms / The Annunciation: Archangel Gabriel standing right, holding lillies and gesturing towards Virgin Mary seated left, head right. MIR 303/5 . Fine, lightly toned, some scratches.Ex Ponterio 145 (11 January 2008), lot 2195 (part of).
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305-282 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 14.03 g, 1h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 300-285 BC. Diademed head right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, P above monogram. Svoronos 256 var. (small Δ behind ear); SNG Copenhagen –; Noeske 29 var. (same). VF, some roughness, die breaks on obverse, reverse struck with clashed die. This piece is of a somewhat irregular style, and lack the small Δ behind Ptolemy's ear, so it is possibly a contemporary imitation.
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LAKONIA, Lakedaimon (Sparta). Circa 90-60/50 BC. AR Triobol – Hemidrachm (13.5mm, 2.42 g, 12h). Laureate head of Herakles right / Amphora; caps of the Dioskouroi flanking, Λ-A across central field, monogram to lower left, MO to lower right; all within wreath. Grunauer Group VIII, Series 11, 56 (V33/R52); BCD Peloponnesos 867–8; HGC 5, 612. Good VF, toned, slightly off center.From the J. Cohen Collection. Ex Künker 226 (11 March 2013), lot 405.
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THESSALY, Lamia. Circa 400-350 BC. AR Hemidrachm (17mm, 2.53 g, 12h). In the name of the Malians. Head of Dionysus left, wearing ivy wreath / MAΛIE–ΩN, amphora; ivy leaf above; to right, prochous with handle to right. Georgiou, Mint 9; BCD Thessaly II 124; HGC 4, 105. VF, some corrosion.From the BCD Collection.
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CORINTHIA, Corinth. Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ (20mm, 6.69 g, 7h). Licinius and Octavius, duoviri. Struck AD 42/3-45/6. Laureate head right / View of the Acrocorinth: façade of hexastyle Temple of Aphrodite set on rock outcropping. RPC I 1180; BCD Corinth 418; SNG Copenhagen 230. Fine, brown surfaces, some porosity.
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ITALY, Venezia (Venice). Pietro Gradenigo. 1289-1311. AR Grosso (20.5mm, 2.12 g, 7h). Doge and St. Mark standing facing, holding banner between them / Christ Pantocrator enthroned facing. Paolucci 2. Good VF.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.26 g, 12h). Sidon mint. Struck 285-261/0 BC. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; ΣI to left. Svoronos 713; SNG Copenhagen 506–7. EF, slightly off center.
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LAKONIA, Lakedaimon (Sparta). Circa 90-60/50 BC. AR Triobol – Hemidrachm (13.5mm, 1.82 g, 1h). Laureate head of Herakles right / Amphora; caps of the Dioskouroi flanking, Λ-A across central field, monogram to lower left, KH to lower right; all within wreath. Grunauer Group VIII, Series 16; BCD Peloponnesos 874–5; HGC 5, 613. Near VF, toned, some die wear.From the J. Cohen Collection.
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THESSALY, Lamia. Circa 325-300 BC. Æ Chalkous (14mm, 2.25 g). In the name of the Malians. Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet and necklace / MAΛIEΩN, Philoktetes standing right, shooting with bow at birds, one of which falls before him; quiver to lower right. Georgiou, Mint 16; Rogers (Malia) 384, fig. 197; BCD Thessaly II 125; HGC 4, 106. VF, brown patina.From the BCD Collection.
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CORINTHIA, Corinth. Nero. AD 54-68. Æ (20mm, 7.47 g, 12h). P. Ventidius Fronto, duovir. Struck AD 67-68. Laureate head left / Nero standing facing, head left, holding patera, within tetrastyle temple. RPC I 1208; BCD Corinth 482; SNG Copenhagen 236. Near VF, dark brown to black patina with traces of red.From the J. Cohen Collection. Ex Naville Numismatics 14 (12 April 2015), lot 201.
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ITALY, Regno d'Italia. Vittorio Emanuele III. 1900-1946. AR 5 Lire (23mm, 5.00 g, 6h). Rome mint. Dated 1927 R. Bare head left / Eagle standing facing on fasces, head right, wings spread. Edge: reeded. Cf. Pagani 710; cf. KM 67.1 (both with lettered edge). Good VF, toned.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.17 g, 11h). Contemporary imitation of Ake-Ptolemais mint issues. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, Ptolemaïs monogram above monogram; to right, B (date) above A. Lorber, Mint 2–5 var. (right field controls); CNG E-388, lot 187 (same rev. die). VF, light deposits, a few marks.
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LAKONIA, Lakedaimon (Sparta). Circa 48-35 BC. Æ Trichalkon (17mm, 3.22 g, 4h). Jugate heads of the Dioskouroi right / Two amphorai; ΣI between; all within wreath. Grunauer Group XV, Series 4, 15.1 (V14/R15 – this coin, illustrated); BCD Peloponnesos 893.1 var. (position of control marks); HGC 5, 629. Fine, rough dark green patina.From the J. Cohen Collection. Ex BCD Collection (not in prior BCD sales).
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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 479-460 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.70 g, 3h). Head of the nymph Larissa left / AΛ, sandal of Jason left within incuse square. Cf. BCD Thessaly I 1098; BCD Thessaly II 349.1 var. (orientation of ethnic); HGC 4, 404. VF, toned, minor porosity.From the BCD Collection.
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ACHAEA, Aegium. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ 2 Assaria (24mm, 6.84 g, 4h). Struck circa AD 196-208. Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Artemis standing facing, head left, holding torch and bow, resting her left elbow on low column to right; to left, dog sitting left, head right. BCD Peloponnesos 452 (this coin); Kroll 48.1 (this coin–illustrated). VF, dark green patina with reddish earthen highlights/deposits. Unique.From the J. Cohen Collection. Ex Auctiones AG 33 (25 January 2015), lot 27; BCD Collection (LHS Numismatics 96, 8 May 2006), lot 452.
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