PAMPHYLIA, Aspendos. Circa 212/11-184/3 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 15.69 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Dated CY 22 (191/0 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin; c/m: anchor within rectangular incuse / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; AΣ above KB (date) in left field. Price 2901; DCA 312. Lightly toned, rough and porous surfaces, edge split. Host coin and countermark: Good Fine.
PONTOS, Uncertain. Circa 130-100 BC. Æ (25mm, 21.78 g, 2h). Male head right, wearing bashlyk; three c/ms: thunderbolt within incuse rectangle, facing gorgoneion within incuse circle, and helmet within incuse circle / Eight-rayed star; bow to left. RG –; HGC 7, 310; SNG BM Black Sea 973 (with same c/ms); SNG Stancomb 649–50 (with same c/ms). Dark green-brown surfaces. Host coin: Near VF; countermarks: VF. Ex Leu Numismatik Web Auction 17 (14 August 2021), lot 954.
Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.48 g, 6h). Rome mint. Stuck January-June AD 70. Laureate head right / Pax standing left, holding olive branch and caduceus. RIC II.1 27; RSC 94g. Lightly toned, a few minor scratches. VF.
IRELAND. George IV. 1820-1830. CU Penny. Dated 1822. D&F 629; SCBC 6623. Warm brown surfaces with hints of red luster and rich purple toning. In NGC encapsulation 3742119-006, graded MS 64 BN.
PAMPHYLIA, Perge. Circa 221/0-189/8 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.44 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Dated CY 17 (circa 205/4 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; IZ (date) in left field. Colin Series 0, Em. 17, dies 1/– (unlisted rev. die); Price 2929; DCA 314. Trace deposits, scattered light marks. VF. From the D.K. Collection.
PAPHLAGONIA, Sinope. Circa 90-85 BC. Æ (32mm, 18.26 g, 1h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Perseus standing, facing, holding harpa and head of Medusa, whose decapitated body lies at his feet. RG 62; HGC 7, 416. Brown surfaces, some light encrustation, numerous cleaning scratches. VF. Ex Solidus Numismatik 79 (11 May 2021), lot 104.
BITHYNIA, Herakleia Pontike. 4th century BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 3.48 g, 12h). Chian standard. Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin; club below / Head of Hera left, wearing ornamented stephanos, within shallow incuse circle. RG 21; HGC 7, 468. Toned, with some iridescence, roughness, light scratches. Good Fine.
Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Quinarius (15.5mm, 1.60 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 75. Laureate head right / Victory, draped, seated left, holding wreath and holding palm frond over left shoulder. RIC II.1 800; King 5; RSC 594. Deeply toned, flan flaw on obverse, two deep scratches on reverse, edge marks, traces of red wax. VF.
HANOVER. Admiral Sydney Smith. 1764-1840. Æ Medal (52mm, 12h). By T. Webb. Dated 1805 (in Roman numerals). GVLIELMVS SIDNEY SMITH · MDCCCV ·, bare head right / COEUR/ DE/ LEON within wreath. BHM 573; Eimer 971. In PCGS encapsulation 39826768, graded SP58. From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Stacks Bowers Ponterio (12 October 2021), lot 71050.
PISIDIA, Selge. Circa 250-190 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.83 g, 3h). Facing gorgoneion / Helmeted head of Athena right; astragalos to left. SNG BN 1948–54 var. (symbol); SNG Ashmolean 1546–50. Find patina, a little off center on reverse. VF. Includes an old Seaby ticket.
BITHYNIA, Kalchedon. Circa 260-220 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.84 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; ΠA monogram in left field, grain ear in exergue. Price 926 (Kallatis); Türkoğlu –; HGC 7, 521; Black Sea Hoard 26 (same dies). Toned, underlying luster, slight die shift on reverse. Good VF. See U. Wartenberg & J.H. Kagan, "Some Comments on a New Hoard from the Balkan Sea" in Travaux Le Rider, pp. 402–5, for the reattribution of this, and many of the other issues Price assigned to Kallatis, to Kalchedon.
EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Philip II of Macedon. Circa 175-125 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 11.68 g, 7h). Zopfreiter type. Struck in northwest Hungary-southwest Slovakia. Stylized laureate head of Zeus left / Horseman riding left; Λ to left, Π below raised foreleg, triskeles below. OTA 436; Lanz 728-31; CCCBM I 131; KMW 1358-66. Toned with hints of iridescence, reverse slightly off center. VF. From the D.K. Collection.
Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.20 g, 6h). "Judaea Capta" commemorative. Rome mint. Struck January–24 June AD 79. Laureate head right / Victory advancing left, placing shield on trophy; below, Jewish captive, veiled, in attitude of mourning, seated left, with head propped on hand. RIC II.1 1068; Hendin 6515; RSC 552. Toned. In NGC encapsulation 6158585-001, graded Ch XF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5.
IRELAND. temp. Victoria. 1837-1901. AR Medal (51mm, 59.97 g, 12h). Trinity College Dublin – Prize Medal for Ethics & Logic. By W. Wyon. Dated 1591. Presented to Franciscus Butler, 1853. COLL · SS · ET · INDIVID · TRIN · REG · ELIZAETHÆ · JVXTA · DVBL · 1591, crowned bust of Elizabeth I facing slightly left / ETHICIS ET LOGICIS FELICITER EXCULTIS, coat-of-arms of Trinity College set on checkered shamrock background; flanked by rose and portcullis; engraved below, Franciscus Butler · 1853 ·. Cf. MI 158/138 (for Political Science medal). Toned. EF.
CILICIA, Hierapolis. 2nd-1st century BC. Æ (22.5mm, 6.61 g, 12h). Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right / The river-god Pyramos swimming right; to left, eagle standing right. SNG BN 2212–3. Dark green-brown patina, some pitting, a little off center on reverse. Near VF.
BITHYNIA, Kios. Circa 260-late 250s BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.50 g, 12h). In the name and types of Lysimachos of Thrace. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background, club to outer left, monogram to inner left, bow-in-bowcase and monogram in exergue. Marinescu, Cius, Issue 20, 66 (O24/R59); Müller 413 (Erythrai); HGC 7, 555; Meydancikkale 2668 (same dies). Toned, porous. Good VF.
GAUL, Central. Bituriges or Lemovices. Late 2nd to early 1st century BC. AR Fraction (12mm, 0.99 g, 2h). Head right / Rider on horse right, holding sword and reigns. Depeyrot, NC III, –; D&T 3427; CCCBM III –; De la Tour –. Toned, minor porosity. VF. Very rare.
Titus. AD 79-81. Æ Quadrans (15mm, 2.98 g, 4h). Rome mint. Struck AD 80-81. Helmeted head of Minerva right / S C within wreath. RIC II.1 254. Rough brown-green patina. Near VF.