BITHYNIA, Nicaea. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ (20.5mm, 4.26 g, 6h). Laureate and draped bust right / Three standards. RG 616. Near EF, green patina, light roughness at neck and chin. Choice for issue.From the Macy Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 399 (14 June 2017), lot 394.
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AUSTRIA, Holy Roman Empire. Karl VII. Emperor, 1742-1745. AR Medal (30mm, 9.81 g, 12h). On His Death, 20 January 1745. By Georg Wilhelm Kittel (1694-1769). Dated 1745. CAROL . VII . ROM . IMP. NAT . 1697 CORONAT 1742 ., laureate bust right; KITTEL on truncation of bust / TERMINVS LABORVM., imperial coffin, decorated with skull and crossbones and surmounted by imperial regalia, set on ornate base inscribed D · M ·/CAROLI · VII; to left, skeleton standing facing, cutting head of flower to right with scythe; OBIIT . D . 20. IAN ./1745 in two lines in exergue. Montenuovo 1666; F&S 4297; Forrer III, p. 168. VF, toned.From the HJR Collection. Ex Rauch 80 (1 June 2007), lot 1539.
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EGYPT, Pharaonic Kingdom. Uncertain pharaoh(s). Mid 5th–mid 4th centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (22.5mm, 16.90 g, 9h). Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent to left; all within incuse square. Van Alfen, Mechanisms, Group III.A.1, Fig. 1 = Buttrey Type B. VF, some roughness, graffito ('X') on reverse.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos I Monophthalmos. As Strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.61 g, 10h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Sardes mint. Struck circa 318-315 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; Γ in left field, A below throne. Price 2646; ADM I Series XVII. VF, toned, cleaning marks, deposits.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection.
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BITHYNIA, Prusa ad Olympum. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (23mm, 7.47 g, 1h). Laureate head right / Ajax, wearing helmet and balteus, falling on his sword before a rocky outcropping; shield on ground before him. RG 102; SNG von Aulock 873. Fine, brown patina, even roughness. Rare and interesting mythological type.Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 337 (22 October 2014), lot 204.
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BELGIUM. temp. Albert I. 1909-1934. Silvered Æ Medal (69mm, 100.98 g, 12h). On the Assistance for Weak Children, Antwerp, 15 November 1915. By Edward Deckers; manufactured by Fonson & Co., Brussel. Dated 1915. Personification of Assistance with children huddling around and holding infant in arms, standing left, warding off Death, who skulks away to the left; tree in background; Edward Deckers below children / ASSISTANCE A L´ENFANCE DÉBILE – STEUN AAN HET ZWAKKE KIND –, ANVERS/15 NOVEMBRE/1915 in three lines. Edge: FONSON & Co. See Leipziger Münzhandlung 6, lot 4818 (for an example in bronze only). Good VF, toned.Ex Elsen 104 (13 March 2010), lot 1378.
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EGYPT, Pharaonic Kingdom. Uncertain pharaoh(s). Mid 5th–mid 4th centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 16.11 g, 8h). Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent to left; all within incuse square. Van Alfen, Mechanisms, Group III.A.1, Fig. 2 = Buttrey Type M. VF, toned, granular surfaces.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos I Monophthalmos. As Strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.58 g, 5h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Sardes mint. Struck circa 318-315 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; Γ in left field, amphora in outer right field, A below throne, ivy leaf in exergue. Price 2649; ADM I, Series XVII. Near VF, lightly toned, some roughness, slightly off center on reverse.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, 17 January 2004.
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FRANCE, Royal (Restored). temp. Louis XVIII. 1814-1824. AR Medal (32.5mm, 12.44 g, 12h). Freemason Lodge issue. Manufactured after 1815. L DE S J DE L´ UNION DE CŒURS R R O DE GENEVE, mantled pair of arms: main one is shield decorate with skull and M O Æ below; above, oval shield decorated with three hearts joined by intertwining ribbon; triple pellet stops / DIRECTOIRE DE BOURGOGNE · ET · HELVETIE, phoenix arising from flames; banner below inscribed PERIT UT VIVAT. W.T.R Marvin, The Medals of the Masonic Fraternity Described and Illustrated (Boston, 1880), p. 29, XXX. Near EF, toned, with original suspension loop attached. Very rare.From the HJR Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 213 (7 March 2013), lot 4298.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.05 g, 6h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Tyre mint. Struck under Menes. Dated RY 31 of 'Ozmilk (319/8 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Phoenician 'K (for 'Ozmilk) and | –= (Phoenician date). Price 3281 (Ake); Newell, Dated 34, obv. die XXIX; DCA 737. VF, toned. Well centered, and clear date.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos I Monophthalmos. As Strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.06 g, 7h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Tyre mint. Dated RY 9 of an uncertain king (309/8 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, -|O (Phoenician 'K = '...k [king of Tyre]) and ||| ||| above ||| (date [9 in Phoenician]). Price 3299 (Ake); Newell, Dated 48, obv. die XLI; DCA 738. VF, lightly toned, slightly off center, light scratches on reverse. Clear date.
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FRANCE, Royal (Restored). Louis Philippe. 1830-1848. Cast Pewter Medal (84mm, 62.60 g, 12h). On the 1832 Paris Cholera Epidemic. After a design by E. Rogat. Dated 1832. Aesculapius, warding off winged Death, who holds a victim left, standing right, holding wrist of woman seated left, embracing child; behind, woman standing weeping with E. ROGAT 1832 behind; in background, classical physicians, one holding a smoking bowl; E. ROGAT 1832 behind weeping woman; INVASION DU CHOLÉRA/EN 1832 in two lines in exergue / Incuse of obverse. See here (for medal in bronze). Good VF, toned, traces of green deposits in devicesholed for mounting.Purchased from Richard Meignien at the Syndicat National des Experts Numismates et Numismates Professionnels (SNENNP), 15 October 2005.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy IV Philopator. 222-205/4 BC. Æ Diobol (30.5mm, 25.50 g, 11h). Alexandreia mint. Series 5. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia over shoulder, ΣE monogram(?) between legs. Svoronos 994 & 1151; SNG Copenhagen 213-5 and 217. VF, brown surfaces.From the Macy Collection.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos I Monophthalmos. As Strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 16.90 g, 9h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Sardes mint. Struck circa 318-315 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monograms in left field and below throne. Price 2680 var. (monogram below throne). Near VF, lightly toned, small area of flat strike.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 209 (22 April 2009), lot 71.
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CARIA, Mylasa. Geta. As Caesar, AD 198-209. Æ (35mm, 30.15 g, 6h). Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Facing cult statue of Zeus Labraundos within tetrastyle temple with wreath in pediment. Akarca 90; BMC 38; SNG Copenhagen 437; SNG von Aulock 2630. VF, green patina, minor adjustment marks.
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FRANCE, Royal (Restored) to Second Empire. Louis Philippe to Napoléon III. 1830-1870. AR Medal (33mm, 11.52 g, 12h). Freemason Lodge issue. By Jakin and Boaz. Manufactured after 1845-1860. (star) S CHAP DE LA P ÉGALITÉ A LA VALLÉE DE ROUEN, pelican feeding its young with its blood; behind, crossed swords and cross decorated with rose; radiant tetragrammaton above; around, additional Masonic symbols: tower, table of shew-bread, Ten Commandments, menorah; triple pellet stops / Two skeletons, the left holding shepherd's staff and level over open book set on altar, the right crowned and holding scepter, standing vis-à-vis; radiant tetragrammaton above; on either side, column set on base: the left decorated with a J and a compass; the right with a B and a carpenter's square; all set on raised tile platform with seven curved steps leading to it . W.T.R Marvin, The Medals of the Masonic Fraternity Described and Illustrated (Boston, 1880), p. 51, XCII. EF, toned, light marks.From the HJR Collection. Ex Maison Platt FPL (December 2005), lot 3584.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 14.08 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated RY 26 (260/59 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; to left, monogram above club; monogram (date) to right. Svoronos 651; SNG Copenhagen –; Noeske 87; DCA 15. VF, toned, traces of find patina.
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KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Antigonos I Monophthalmos – Lysimachos. Circa 310-290 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.38 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Uncertain mint in western Asia Minor. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Phrygian helmet with griffin crest left. Price 873 (uncertain Macedon). VF, toned, hairline flan crack, a few light marks. Very rare, none in Pella, three others in CoinArchives.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 348 (8 April 2015), lot 187.
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