BRITISH MEDALS. Lot of eleven (11) Æ medals. Includes: Mostly coronation-related issues of Victoria, Edward VII and Edward VIII [including a uniface 'cameograp'] (5 medals total). Also included is an 1809 Grand National Jubilee (Golden Anniverary of the Reign of George III) // an 1816 Tenantry Column // Undated, but circa 1820 cliche of Gwyllim Lloyd Wardle, Esqr M.P. // 1850 (in Roman numerals) British Archaeological Association in Manchester Medal // 1914 Prince of Wales Fund // Uncertain 20th century uniface Charles Dickens by F. Kovacs. Medals Good VF to EF, Wardle medal and one Edward VIII medal gilt, Dickens medal cleaned, Prince of Wales medal holed for suspension. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Eleven (11) coins in lot.From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.
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EUBOIA, Chalkis. Circa 180-146 BC. AR Trihemiobol (13mm, 1.02 g, 9h). Attic standard. Head of the nymph Chalkis right / Eagle standing right, holding serpent. Picard Em. 58, 1 (dies 2/b), pl. XIX, 2b = BCD Euboia 237 (this coin); HGC 4, 1476 (this coin illustrated). Near VF, toned, porous, edge split. Extremely rare, one of two known, the other in the BM.Ex BCD Collection (Lanz 111, 25 November 2002), lot 237.
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Domitian. AD 81-96. AR Cistophorus (26mm, 10.61 g, 6h). Ephesus (or Rome) mint. Struck AD 82. Laureate head right / Legionary eagle between two standards. RIC II 844; RPC II 868; RSC 668. Near VF, lightly toned.
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BRITISH MEDALS. Miscellaneous. Lot of five (5) Princess Charlotte Æ & WM Medals. Includes: Two (2) WM marriage medals to Prince Leopold of Cobourg (Leopold I of Belgium), among others. VF to EF. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Five (5) coins in lot.From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.
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LOKRIS, Lokri Opuntii. Circa 300 BC. AR Hemidrachm – Triobol (15.5mm, 2.68 g, 12h). Wreathed head of Demeter right / Ajax, nude but for Corinthian helmet, advancing right on ground, holding short sword and shield; monogram between legs, trophy to lower right. H&D Group 13, 367 (O95/R118); BCD Lokris 103 (same obv. die); HGC 4, 971. EF, toned, die break on obverse. Good metal.From the MM Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 232 (5 October 2015), lot 174.
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Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Michael IX. 1282-1328. Hyperpyron Nomisma (25mm, 4.00 g, 6h). Class IIb. Constantinople mint. Struck circa 1303-1320 or later. Half-length figure of the Theotokos, orans, within city walls with six towers; sigla: K | И / Christ standing facing, crowning Andronicus and Michael kneeling to left and right, respectively. DOC –; PCPC 127 (cf. sigla 38); SB 2396. VF, areas of flat strike, area of double strike on reverse.
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BRITISH MEDALS. Lot of four (4) Æ and one (1) WM medals. Includes: Æ undated, but circa 1820 Elgin Marbles – Theseus // Æ 1827 Death of George Canning // Æ 1829 Thomason's Warwick Vase // WM 1837 Victoria Coronation // Æ 1867 William Dyce/ Art-Union of London. Medals Near EF to EF. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Five (5) coins in lot. From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.
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EUBOIA, Histiaia. 3rd-2nd centuries BC. AR Tetrobol (14.5mm, 2.36 g, 7h). Wreathed head of the nymph Histiaia right / Nymph seated right on prow of galley; wing on prow, wing below. BCD Euboia –; HGC 4, 1524. EF, lightly toned, obverse polished.Ex Vecchi 12 (5 June 1998), lot 354.
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BAKTRIA, Indo-Greek Kingdom. Strato I Soter. Circa 105-85/0 BC. Æ Quadruple Unit (23mm, 9.53 g, 12h). Apollo standing facing, with quiver over shoulder, holding arrow and bow / Tripod; monogram to left. Bopearachchi 31C; HGC 12, 348. Good VF, earthen dark green patina, some cleaning marks, smoothing.
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Domitia. Augusta, AD 82-96. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.01 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck under Domitian, AD 82-83. Draped bust right / Infant on globe surrounded by seven stars. RIC II 153 (Domitian); RSC 11. VF, toned, porosity. Very rare.Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 84 (20 May 2015), lot 1836.
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BRITISH MEDALS. Miscellaneous. Lot of six (6) WM & PB medals. Includes: Florence Nightingale // Moroccan Ambassador Hamet ben Hamet // Charles James Fox. 1789 // WM 37mm for Hardy, Tooke, and Thelwall // WM 33mm on the 100th Anniversary of the Glorious Revolution of 1688 // Lead 41mm medal for John Milton, after Dassier. VF to EF, some scratches. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Six (6) coins in lot. From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 500/490-485/0 BC. AR Tetradrachm (19mm, 17.87 g, 3h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray behind; all within incuse square. Seltman Group G; Asyut Group IVg; HGC 4, 1590. VF, struck from worn obverse die.
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John V Palaeologus, with Anna of Savoy (Regent). 1341-1391. AV Hyperpyron (23mm, 3.32 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1341-1347. Anna, holding trilobate scepter and placing hand on breast, and John, holding akakia and cruciform scepter, standing facing; Γ to left / Andronicus III kneeling right, being blessed by Christ standing left. DOC 943; PCPC 190, sigla 2 (Andronicus III); SB 2466 (Andronicus III). VF, toned, crude strike, minor hairline flan crack.
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BRITISH MEDALS. Miscellaneous. Lot of three (3) Æ and plaster items. Includes: Plaquette for the 1924-26 British Empire Exhibition // Medal commemorating Darwin's Theory of Evolution. Lot also includes a nineteenth century painted cameo medallion medallion of the Duke of Wellington(?) in original presentation case. Items as made. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Three (3) coins in lot.From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.43 g, 11h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Seleukeia on the Tigris I mint. Struck circa 300-281 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field and below throne. SC 116 var. (monogram below throne); Price 3784 var. (same); HGC 9, 9d. VF, toned, compact flan, deposits.From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 500/490-485/0 BC. AR Tetradrachm (21.5mm, 17.29 g, 11h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray behind; all within incuse square. Seltman Group G; Asyut Group IVg; HGC 4, 1590. VF, some porosity and roughness.
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BAKTRIA, Indo-Greek Kingdom. Amyntas. Circa 80-65 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 2.41 g, 12h). Diademed heroic bust left, seen from behind, wearing crested helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear, aegis on shoulder, and brandishing spear / Zeus Nikephoros seated on throne facing slightly left; monogram to inner left. Bopearachchi 11A; HGC 12, 426. , die rust, slight double strike on reverse. Rare.
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