MACEDON, Thessalonica. Severus Alexander. As Caesar, AD 222. Æ (25mm, 9.31 g, 6h). Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Nike alighting left, holding Kabeiros and palm frond. SNG ANS 873 (same obv. die); Touratsoglou 155 (V8/R–; unlisted rev. die). Good VF, green and brown surfaces, a few deposits, scrape on head of Nike.From the Belgica Collection.
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STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Halfgroat (16.5mm, 1.06 g, 10h). Group D, type 3.a1. Tower (London) mint; im: crown. Struck 1635-1636. Crowned bust left; II (mark of value) behind / Coat-of-arms. Brooker 675-7; North 2257; SCBC 2831. VF, toned.From the WRG Collection, purchased from William Porter, October 1989.
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MACEDON, Thessalonica. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ (27mm, 11.23 g, 12h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Nike alighting left, holding Kabeiros and palm frond. SNG ANS –; Touratsoglou 6 (V6/R4). VF, encrusted dark brown patina.From the Belgica Collection.
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STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Shilling (28mm, 5.91 g, 8h). Group E, type 3.2. Tower (London) mint; im: tun. Struck 1636-1638. Crowned bust left; XII (mark of value) behind / Coat-of-arms. Brooker 509-11; North 2225; SCBC 2791. VF, toned, double struck.From the WRG Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (15 November 1989), lot 1118 (part of).
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MACEDON, Thessalonica. Julia Mamaea. Augusta, AD 222-235. Æ (26mm, 10.22 g, 1h). Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Nike alighting left, holding Kabeiros and palm frond. SNG ANS –; Touratsoglou 155 (V2/R–; unlisted rev. die); Varbanov 4484. Near VF, green and brown surfaces.From the Belgica Collection. Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 4 (5 December 2011), lot 272.
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STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Groat (23mm, 1.98 g, 11h). Aberystwyth mint; im: book. Struck 1638/9-1642. Crowned and armored bust left; plumes to left, IIII (mark of value) to right / Oval coat-of-arms within ornate frame; plumes above. Brooker 770 var. (rev. legend arrangement; same obv. die); North 2339; SCBC 2892. VF, toned.From the WRG Collection.
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MACEDON, Thessalonica. Maximinus I. AD 235-238. Æ (25mm, 8.81 g, 8h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Kabeiros standing left, holding rhyton and hammer; at feet, forge left, to right, elephant tusk on anvil. SNG ANS 876 (same obv. die); Touratsoglou 58 (V10/R44). VF, dusty green patina.From the Belgica Collection.
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STUART. Charles II. 1660-1685. AR Halfcrown (32.5mm, 14.72 g, 3h). Third issue. Tower (London) mint. Struck 1660-1662. Crowned bust left; XXX (mark of value) to right / Coat-of-arms over cross fleurée. North 2761; SCBC 3321. VF, toned, minor metal stress.From the WRG Collection.
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MACEDON, Thessalonica. Maximinus I. AD 235-238. Æ (25.5mm, 10.98 g, 2h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Nike alighting right, holding wreath and palm frond. SNG ANS –; Touratsoglou 421 (V12/R34). VF, green patina, a few cleaning marks.From the Belgica Collection.
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MACEDON, Thessalonica. Maximinus I. AD 235-238. Æ (28mm, 14.07 g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Kabeiros standing left, holding rhyton and hammer; at feet, forge left, to right, elephant tusk on anvil. SNG ANS 874/876 (obv./rev.); Touratsoglou – (V–/R37; unlisted obv die). Fine, rough green and brown surfaces.From the Belgica Collection. Ex Pecunem 14 (2 March 2014, lot 454.
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STUART. Charles II. 1660-1685. AR Shilling (31mm, 6.34 g, 9h). Third issue. Tower (London) mint. Struck 1660-1662. Crowned bust left; XII (mark of value) to right / Coat-of-arms over cross fleurée. North 2764; SCBC 3322. VF, toned, obverse die shift.From the WRG Collection, purchased from William Porter, December 1989.
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MACEDON, Thessalonica. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (26mm, 9.70 g, 2h). Pythian Games issue. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Agonistic crown inscribed ΠVΘIA, containing palm frond. SNG ANS –; Touratsoglou 113 (V29/R81). VF, dark brown surfaces, some dark green and red, cleaning marks. Same obverse die as lot xxx.From the Belgica Collection.
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MACEDON, Thessalonica. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (26mm, 10.26 g, 7h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Apollo standing left, head right, resting arm on head and holding cithara set on tripod. SNG ANS –; Touratsoglou 137 (V29/R96). VF, green and red patina, a few deposits. Same obverse die as lot xxx.From the Belgica Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 241 (10 October 2016), lot 1826.
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MACEDON, Thessalonica. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (25mm, 10.43 g, 6h). Pythian Games issue. Radiate and cuirassed bust right / Nike standing left, holding laurel branch over five balls and prize crown containing palm frond, and palm frond. Cf. SNG ANS 884 (for obv.; same die); Touratsoglou 139 (V12/R98). Fine, brown surfaces, some encrustation and porosity.From the Belgica Collection.
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HANOVER. George I. 1714-1727. AR Shilling (26mm, 5.93 g, 6h). South Seas Company issue. Tower (London) mint. Dated 1723. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Crowned cruciform coats-of-arms around rayed Garter star; SS and C in alternating quarters. ESC 1176; SCBC 3647. Good Fine, toned.From the WRG Collection.
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MACEDON, Thessalonica. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (26mm, 8.95 g, 1h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΘЄC/CAΛO/NIKЄΩN/NЄΩ(KO)/PΩN in five lines within wreath with central jewel consisting of five pellets. SNG ANS –; Touratsoglou 193 (V21/R137). Near VF, green surfaces, some porosity.From the Belgica Collection. Ex Heidelberger 55 (24 May 2011), lot62.
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HANOVER. George II. 1727-1760. AR Sixpence (21mm, 2.99 g, 6h). Lima issue. Tower (London) mint. Dated 1746. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left; LIMA below / Crowned cruciform coats-of-arms around rayed Garter star. ESC 1618; SCBC 3710. Good Fine, toned.From the WRG Collection.In early autumn 1740, Commodore George Anson set out with a squadron of six vessels to harass Spanish possessions in the New World. Among various adventures along the Atlantic and Pacific shores of South America, Anson's ships captured a quantity of silver and gold bullion bound for Spain. This precious metal was born back to Britain following a dramatic circumnavigation across the Pacific, and was struck into coins bearing the commemorative legend LIMA.
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