THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 400-370 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 5.83 g, 10h). Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly right / ΛΑΡΙ, horse grazing right. L-S Group 4, Head Type 20, dies O85/R1; BCD Thessaly II 241 (same obv. die); HGC 4, 430. VF, toned, obverse off center.From the BCD Collection.
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.11 g, 6h). Struck AD 213-217. Laureate head of Caracalla right, supported by eagle standing right; club in left field / Laureate head of Melqart-Hercules right, with lion's skin tied around neck. Prieur 1542 (citing 2 specimens). VF, toned. Extremely rare.
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STUART. temp. Charles II. 1660-1685. AR Repoussé Counter (16mm, 0.19 g, 12h). Struck circa 1660. Open floral design / Incuse of obverse. MI –, but cf. 488/108 (for contemporary crowned rose type); Eimer –. Good VF, toned.From the Macy Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 405 (6 September 2017), lot 701; Morton & Eden 66 (7 November 2013), lot 261 (part of).
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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 400-370 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 6.04 g, 5h). Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left / ΛΑΡΙ, horse grazing right. L-S Group 6, Head Type 26, dies O118/R2; BCD Thessaly II 228; HGC 4, 431. VF, toned, light roughness, scrape on horse.From the BCD Collection.
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JUDAEA, Herodians. Herod IV Philip, with Tiberius. 4 BCE-34 CE. Æ (20mm, 4.76 g, 12h). Caesarea Panias (Caesarea Philippi) mint. Dated RY 19 of Herod IV (15/6 CE). Laureate head of Tiberius right; countermark: Φ within incuse circle / Tetrastyle temple façade (Augusteum of Paneas); L IΘ (date) between columns. Meshorer 101c; Hendin 1224a; RPC I 4943; for countermark: Howgego 690. Fine, earthen green patina, a few minor cleaning marks.
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MISCELLANEOUS. Group of 7 "AR" Uniface and Biface denominations. Unsigned British Museum electrotype by Robert Ready or his sons. An interesting group of uniface obverses, as well as a biface example of Greek coins in the British Museum. A broad range of Greek issues, from Magna Graecia to Asia Mino. Some issues appear in Head's Guide, or GPCG. Group also includes a 'denarius' of L. Flaminius Chilo. Cf. BMC passim (for Greek); cf. Crawford 485/2 (for Flaminius). As made, some uniface issues with numerals scratched on back.From the Macy Collection.
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Atilius Saranus. 155 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.88 g, 12h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; X (mark of value) behind / Victory, holding reins and whip, driving biga right. Crawford 199/1a; Sydenham 377; Atilia 1. VF, short scratch near edge of obverse.
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HANOVER. George IV. 1820-1830. AR Medal (57.5mm, 86.50 g, 12h). Classical Prize, Royal Naval College., Portsmouth. By William Wyon. Dated 1820. GEORGIUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIARUM REX., head left; below, W. WYON. F./MINT. in two lines / (star) CLASSICAL PRIZE (star) ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE (star), large laurel wreath around plain field . BHM –; Eimer –; N. Carlisle, A memoir of the life and works of William Wyon, Chief Engraver of the Royal Mint (London, 1837), p. 162. VF, toned, a few light scrapes and edge knocks. Rare.
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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 380-370 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 5.73 g, 11h). [ΛΑΡΙΣΑ], head of the nymph Larissa left / ΛΑΡ [Ι] ΣΑ Ι [ΩΝ], horse prancing right within incuse square. BCD Thessaly I 1133 var. (orientation of ethnic); BCD Thessaly II 377.1 (same dies); HGC 4, 448. VF, obverse scrapes and cleaning marks.From the BCD Collection.
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JUDAEA, Herodians. Herod IV Philip, with Tiberius. 4 BCE-34 CE. Æ (19mm, 6.62 g, 12h). Caesarea Panias (Caesarea Philippi) mint. Dated RY 37 of Herod IV (33/4 CE). Laureate head of Tiberius right; laurel branch to right / Tetrastyle temple façade (Augusteum of Paneas); [L Λ]Z (date) between columns. Meshorer 109; Hendin 1233; RPC I 4952. Near Fine, earthen black patina.
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HANOVER. Richard Sainthill. 1787-1870. Æ Medal (58.5mm, 102.20 g, 12h). By L.C. Wyon. Dated 1855. RICHARD · SAINTHILL · OF · TOPSHAM · DEVONSHIRE · NUMISMATIST · BORN · JAN. 28 · 1787, head right; L C WYON FṬ below truncation of neck; date in exergue / IRRADIATING THE PRESENT (rosette) RESTORING THE PAST, personification of Present advancing right, clasping hands with personification of Numismatics standing left and drawing back curtain to reveal the personification of the Classical Past, who sits on a block inscribed with the incuse reverse of an Aeginetan drachm (cf. BMC 193 for rev.); NUMISMATA and L. C. W. in exergue. Frazer 1887/324; BHM 2571; Eimer 1501. EF, brown surfaces, light deposits and some light marks.
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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 370-360 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 6.02 g, 12h). AΛEY, Head of Aleuas facing slightly left, wearing conical helmet; labrys to right / ΛAPIΣAI[A] / EΛΛA, eagle, with head right, standing left on thunderbolt. Lorber, Thessalian 94; BCD Thessaly II 185; HGC 4, 438. Near VF, toned, minor pitting on obverse.From the BCD Collection, purchased from David Miller, May 1990 (originally part of John Cummungs' inventory).
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C. Scribonius. 154 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.78 g, 9h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; X (mark of value) to left / The Dioscuri, each holding spear, on horseback right. Crawford 201/1; Sydenham 380; Scribonia 1. VF, toned.
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SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA. Edward VII, with Alexandra. 1901-1910. AR Medal (31mm, 12.85 g, 12h). On Their Coronation. By G. W. de Saulles. London mint. Dated 9 August 1902. EDWARD VII CROWNED 9 · AUGUST 1902, crowned and mantled bust right, wearing collar / ALEXANDRA QUEEN CONSORT, crowned and veiled bust right, flowers behind; below, banner inscribed 9 · AUG · 1902. BHM 3737; Eimer 1871b. EF, lightly toned.From the Macy Collection. Ex J. Eric Engstrom Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 395, 12 April 2017), lot 605.
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ROMAN IMPERIAL. 3rd century AD. Æ counterfeiter's die (26x26mm, 65.09 g). Quadrate die with attached tang, impressed with a Jupiter of Sol aureus/antoninianus(?) reverse. Cf. RIC V 641 (for type). VF, some oxide on die surface, otherwise well preserved .Ex Marc Melcher Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 62, 9 April 2003), lot 102.
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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 356-337 BC. Æ Tetrachalkon (19mm, 8.65 g, 9h). Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left / ΛΑΡΙ-Σ-ΑΙΩΝ, horse prancing right; E above, grain ear below. Rogers 273 var. (orientation of ethnic); BCD Thessaly II 387.8 var. (same); HGC 4, 517. VF, attractive blue-green patina, light mark on the obverse.From the Macy Collection. Ex BCD Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 401, 12 July 2017), lot 54.
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