SHAKESPEARE-RELATED MEDALS. Lot of five (5) AR and WM medals. All medals: Issues related to Shakespeare's birth. Includes issues noting his birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon (3). Lot also includes two jubilee-related medals: one is from the 1769 event stewarded by the actor David Garrick; the other noting the 1824 establishment of the Shakespeare Club of Stratford-upon-Avon. Medals Fine to EF, some marks, club medals holed, one with original suspension ring. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Five (5) coins in lot.From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 15.93 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Susa mint. Struck circa 311-305 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, wreath and Boeotian shield above horned horse head left; BE below throne. SC 164.4b; Price 3865; ESMS A1.12 (A7/P3); HGC 9, 10g. Near VF, toned, scratches under tone on obverse.From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon. Ex Ponterio 130 (30 April 2004), lot 1329.
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 500/490-485/0 BC. AR Tetradrachm (20.5mm, 16.89 g, 7h). 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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SPAIN, Carthago Nova. Tiberius, with Gaius (Caligula) as Caesar. AD 14-37. Æ As (27mm, 11.75 g, 3h). Struck AD 31-37. Laureate head of Tiberius left / Bare head of Caligula left. ACIP 3152g; RPC I 182. VF, green patina, light smoothing.
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SHAKESPEARE-RELATED MEDALS. Lot of eleven (11) Æ, CU and Brass medals. All medals: Issues related to Shakespeare's birth. Includes issues noting his birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon (5); the 1864 tercentenary of his birth (3); the 1816 tercentenary of his death; two Dassier-related medals.. The 1816 medal is a bronzed cliche in a gilt bronze mount with suspension. Medals Fine to EF, light marks and rim dings. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. coins in lot.From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 16.91 g, 5h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Susa mint. Struck circa 305-298/7 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; bee in left field, AY below throne. SC 164.5; Price 3689 corr. (AY not ΛΥ, Susa not Babylon); ESMS A1.15 (A9/P1); HGC 9, 10g. Fine, toned.From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 500/490-485/0 BC. AR Tetradrachm (21mm, 17.29 g, 2h). 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 off center.
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THRACE, Anchialus. Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ (25mm, 9.06 g, 6h). Struck circa AD 180. Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Dionysus standing facing, holding cantharus, being supported by satyr with thyrsus. AMNG –; RPC Online temp. no. 11114 (this coin). VF, hard dark green patina that is chipped in areas on obverse. Extremely rare, the only example thus far cited by RPC Online.Ex Helios 7 (12 December 2011), lot 482.
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CAROLINGIANS. Charles le Chauve (the Bald). As Charles II, King of West Francia, 840-877. AR Denier (21mm, 1.83 g, 4h). Class 2. Lugduni (Laon) mint. Struck 864-877 and later. + GRΛTIΛ D – I REX, Karolus monogram / + LVGDVNI CLΛVΛTI, cross potent. Depeyrot 482; M&G 794; MEC 1, 869. EF, lightly toned.From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.
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SHAKESPEARE-RELATED MEDALS. Lot of three (3) WM, CU and Gilt Electrotype medals. Includes: WM Commemorating the Foundation of the Royal Dramatic College 1858 // CU Commemorating the Construction of the American Fountain at Stratford-On-Avon (no date, but struck circa 1887) // Gilt Electrotype uniface Commemorating Sir Philip Sidney as Alumnus of Shrewsbury School (no date, but struck circa 1844). Medals Near EF to EF, light hairlines on electrorype. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Three (3) coins in lot.From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos I Soter. 281-261 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.84 g, 12h). Smyrna mint. Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos; monogram to inner right and in exergue. SC 311.3; HGC 9, 128a. VF, toned, some porosity.
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 500/490-485/0 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 17.33 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. Fine/VF, struck with worn obverse die, deposits on obverse, pit on reverse.
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CRUSADERS, Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. Imitation Bezants. 11th-12th centuries. AV Bezant (24mm, 3.79 g, 4h). Imitating a dinar of the Fatimid caliph al-Amir. Acre mint. Second Phase, struck 1148/59-1187. Beginning of caliphal titles in two lines, continuation of name and titles in inner margin; mint formula in outer margin / 'al/ghaya" in two lines across field, Kalima in inner margin, "Second Symbol" (Quran 9: 33) in outer margin. Balog & Yvon 27c-d; cf. Metcalf, Crusades 138 (for type); CCS 4. Good VF, areas of light toning."Ex Spink USA (17 June 2014), lot 1132.
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SHAKESPEARE-RELATED MEDALS. Lot of eight (8) WM medals. All medals: Issues related to Shakespeare's birth. Majority are issues noting his birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon (6); two medals of the Shakespeare Club of Stratford-upon-Avon. Medals Fine to EF, some marks, five medals holed, two of which retain suspension rings. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Eight (8) coins in lot.From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos I Soter. 281-261 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.98 g, 9h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and bow; monograms to outer left and right. SC 379.3a; HGC 9, 128g. VF, minor marks.
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 353-294 BC. AR Tetradrachm (21.5mm, 16.92 g, 8h). Helmeted head of Athena right, with profile eye [and pi-style palmette] / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent behind. Bingen Pi I style; Kroll –; HGC 4, 1599. Good VF, lightly toned, softly struck.
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