Auction 121 - Session 5
Date: 2022-10-06 00:00:00
Lots: 287
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 5 . 1239
The Complete "With Motto" New Orleans Liberty Head Eagle "Short Set". . Includes: 1888-O // 1892-O // 1893-O // 1894-O // 1895-O // 1897-O // 1899-O // 1901-O // 1903-O // 1904-O // 1906-O. A few with minor cleaning marks. AU to UNC. An attractive set. Eleven (11) coins in lot. The New Orleans Mint struck 11 eagles from 1888-1906. Compared to the No Motto eagles minted from 1841-1860 and the early With Motto eagles struck from 1879-1883, they were minted in larger quantities and circulated less, making the collecting of examples in higher grades possible and more affordable. Here is an exciting opportunity to acquire a short set that is already complete.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 5 . 1240
CELTIC, Atrebates & Regni. Uninscribed. Circa 75-30 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 5.79 g). Selsey Uniface type (Atrebatic B). Blank / Disjointed horse right; 'arm' above, wheel below. Bean Q1-6; Van Arsdell 216-1; ABC 488; SCBC 39. Lightly toned, a few minor scratches, flan flaw on obverse. VF. Ex Stack's Bowers & Ponterio 173 (8 January 2013), lot 13.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 5 . 1241
CELTIC, Trinovantes & Catuvellauni. Tasciovanus. Circa 20 BC-AD 10. AV Stater (15mm, 5.46 g, 2h). Warrior type (Trinovantian N). Verulamium mint. Crossed vertical and curved wreaths with opposed crescents at center; annulets and sprays forming hidden faces in quarters / Warrior, holding carnyx, on horse right; five-spoked over triple pellets and crescent to right; five-spoked wheel to lower left. Kretz, Second, obv. type A/C3, rev. type IV var. B; Van Arsdell 1732-1; ABC 2562; SCBC 217. Underlying luster. Near EF. Well centered. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 5 . 1242
CELTIC, Trinovantes & Catuvellauni. Tasciovanus. Circa 20 BC-AD 10. AV Quarter Stater (12mm, 1.32 g). Quatrefoil type. Crossed vertical and horizontal wreaths with opposed crescents at center; teardrops in angles / Horse leaping right; three horse muzzles(?) above, uncertain motif below. Kretz, Quarter, Type A; Van Arsdell –; ABC 2583; SCBC 220. Toned, obverse slightly off center. Good VF. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 5 . 1243
CELTIC, Trinovantes & Catuvellauni. Tasciovanus. Circa 20 BC-AD 10. AR Unit (15mm, 0.77 g, 12h). Warrior type (Trinovantian N). Bearded head left; two pelleted crosses to left / Warrior riding right on horseback, holding raised club; pelleted sun to left. Kretz B1; Van Arsdell 1745-1; ABC 2610; SCBC 230. Attractive gray toning with shades of blue, very light porosity. Good VF. Well centered. Very rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 5 . 1244
CELTIC, Trinovantes & Catuvellauni. Andoco. Circa 10 BC-AD 10. AV Quarter Stater (14mm, 1.34 g, 11h). Crescent Wreath type (Trinovantian Q). Two crescents facing back-to-back over crossed wreath motif / Horse prancing left; bucranium above, seven-spoked wheel below. Kretz, Problem, fig. 3; Van Arsdell 1863-1; ABC 2718; SCBC 263. Some very light marks. EF. A sharply struck example. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 5 . 1245
CELTIC, Trinovantes & Catuvellauni. Cunobelin. Circa AD 10-43. AV Stater (17mm, 5.29 g, 5h). Wild type (Trinovantian V). Camulodunum (Colchester) mint. Grain ear / Horse leaping right; branch above and star above, pellet-in-annulet below. Allen, Cunobelin, Wild Series B, – (dies B/d; unlisted combination); Van Arsdell 1933; ABC 2783; SCBC 283. Hints of luster, light marks. Near EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 5 . 1246
CELTIC, Trinovantes & Catuvellauni. Cunobelin. Circa AD 10-43. AV Stater (17mm, 5.39 g, 9h). Classic (Trinovantian X) type. Camulodunum (Colchester) mint. Grain ear / Horse leaping right; branch above. Allen, Cunobelin, Classic Series A; Van Arsdell 2025-1; ABC 2795; SCBC 288. Die wear, scuffs. Good VF. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 117 (19 May 2021), lot 980.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 5 . 1247
CELTIC, Trinovantes & Catuvellauni. Cunobelin. Circa AD 10-43. AR Unit (13mm, 1.18 g, 6h). Crescent Horse type (Trinovantian W). CVNOBELIN, bare head right / TASCIO, horse leaping right; crescent above. De Jersey, Silver, Group D4; Van Arsdell 2055; ABC 2873; SCBC 312. Rich glossy find patina with earthen highlights. EF. An exceptional coin. Very rare in this state.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 5 . 1248
CELTIC, Iceni. Uninscribed. Circa 65-1 BC. AV Stater (19mm, 5.56 g, 6h). Snettisham type (Trinovantian F). Traces of crossed wreaths type / Horse prancing right; pellets-in-annulets above and below, ornaments around. CCI 94.0164 = Coin Register 1994, 24 (this coin); MfT Snettisham die group 2, dies F/8; Van Arsdell 1505-1 (Trinovantes); ABC 1411 (this coin illustrated); SCBC 425. A few light scratches. Good VF. Ex Dix Noonan Webb 97 (7 December 2011), lot 146; Chris Rudd FPL 24 (1997), no. 59. Found in Holme Hale, Norfolk, 1994.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 5 . 1249
ANGLO-SAXON, Transitional/Pre-Primary Phase. Circa 665/70-670/5. Pale AV Thrymsa (11.5mm, 1.25 g, 9h). 'Pada' series (Rigold PaIA). Mint in Kent. Helmeted bust right; annulets flanking helmet, CTΛ ZNC (C's retrograde) clockwise around from lower left / Standard inscribed PADA (in Runic); above, cross with annulet terminals flanked by uncertain letters; chevron-barred As to left and right; below, tufa decorated with pellet and two annulets, flanked by ω ω. Sceatta List 1-10; MEC 8 table 3, 31; North 151; SCBC 768. Lightly toned. Good VF. Well centered. Rare. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CXVI.3 (June 2008), no. HS 3375.With the handsome bust derived from a Constantinian prototype, and the distinctive runic inscription in the center of the standard on the reverse, type PaIA is the earliest, and stylistically the finest, of the enigmatic PADA issues.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 5 . 1250
ANGLO-SAXON, Transitional/Pre-Primary Phase. Circa 665/70-670/5. AR Sceatt (12mm, 0.99 g, 6h). 'Vanimundus' series, Rigold VB, type 55. Mint in East Anglia (Mid-Suffolk). Diademed bust right; staff over left shoulder, annulet before mouth; TII(retrograde Z) IVS clockwise around from lower left / + TmVSNVmVC, cross pattée within double beaded circle. Abramson 2-10; MEC 8 Series VAb; SCBI 69 (Abramson), 26 (same dies); North 12/2; SCBC 774. Toned, light porosity. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 5 . 1251
ANGLO-SAXON, Continental Sceattas. Circa 715-800/20. AR Sceatt (12mm, 0.98 g, 3h). Series X, type 31. Ribe mint. 'Wodan' head facing; pellet above, short cross pommées flanking / Fantastic creature left, head right, with tail coiled leftward. Sceatta List 103-10; MEC 8 Series Xa; North 116; SCBC 797. Toned, obverse off center. Good VF. From the J. de Wilde Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 5 . 1252
ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 725-730/5. AR Sceatt (12mm, 1.06 g). Type 34a. Uncertain mint in the south-east. Diademed and draped bust right; cross-tipped branch to right / Voided Celtic cross with small saltire over plan cross at center; rosetttes in angles. Abramson 27-50; MEC 8 Series VCb; North 76; SCBC 822. Usual porosity for this issue. Hints of luster. Good VF. A very rare and artistic type.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 5 . 1253
ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 730-735. AR Sceatt (12mm, 1.03 g). Type 70. Mint in the east Midlands. Cross in saltire on banner, with pellet in each quarter; tufa above, line to left and right, three pellets below / 'Standard' with central annulet, chevrons above and lines below; chevron and crosses at sides. Abramson 13-181; MEC 8 Series SSh; North 55; SCBC 833B. Lustrous, minor deposits. EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 5 . 1254
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Cynethryth. Wife of Offa, 757-796. AR Penny (17.5mm, 1.34 g, 3h). Light coinage, portrait type. Canterbury mint; Eoba, moneyer. Struck 784/5. Draped bust right; ·: ·: E·◊·:B·A· around / + CУNE∂RУ·ð ·: REGI(barred N) around barred Mercian m in pelleted circle. Chick 143h (this coin); SCBI 67 (BM), 657–8 (same rev. die); North 339; SCBC 909. Toned. Good VF. Very rare, the only portrait of an Anglo-Saxon queen. A handsome example of this iconic type. Ex Classical Numismatic Group inventory 567515 (April 2021); Baldwin's 14 (October 1997), lot 597; Glendining's (8 October 1991), lot 1121 (and front cover). Found at Stanford-in-the-Vale, Oxfordshire, 1991.Cynethryth, the wife of King Offa of Mercia, was the first and only Anglo-Saxon queen to have her name and image placed on coins. While it has been suggested that these coins were inspired by the appearance of the empress Irene on Byzantine issues, the profile portrait harks back to coinage of Roman augustae. Many details of Cynethryth's life, such as the date of her marriage, are unknown. She appears to have been active in political affairs until Offa's death. After her husband's passing, she became abbess of the monastery of Cookham, where she remained until her death sometime after 798. Cynethryth appears in the hagiography of St. Aethelbert, where she is portrayed as a jealous villain who incites Offa to kill the saint.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 5 . 1255
ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Danish East Anglia). St. Edmund memorial coinage. Circa 895-918. AR Halfpenny (12mm, 0.48 g, 3h). Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?); Odulf(?), moneyer. Large A / + OTDVFVC (T horizonatal, C retrograde), short cross pattée. SCBI –; BMC –; North 485; SCBC 962. Glossy find patina with hints of golden luster. EF. Very rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 5 . 1256
ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Danish East Anglia). Imitations of Edward the Elder. Circa 918-924. AR Penny (26mm, 1.32 g, 6h). Imitating Circumscription cross/Horizontal-Trefoil (HT1) type (BMC ii). Small cross pattée / ERИV VLD MO (D retrograde) in two lines; +++ between. Vatican Hoard 251 (this coin); SCBI –; BMC –; North 649; SCBC 1087. Richly toned, once creased with associated cracks. Good VF. Rare. Ex Davissons 8 (10 April 1997), lot 490; R.C. Lockett (Part III, Glendining, 4 November 1958), lot 2726; Glendining (13 November 1930), lot 88 (part of); 1926 Vatican Hoard, no. 251.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 5 . 1257
ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Danish Northumbria). Cnut & Siefred (Sigeferth). Circa 900. AR Penny (19mm, 1.36 g, 4h). Class VIc, 'Mirabile fecit' type. York mint. + MIRΛBILΛ FECIT, cross pattée; pellets in first and fourth quarters / ·+ E·BR·ΛI · CEC, inverted patriarchal cross, four pellets around upper crossbar. SCBI 29 (Merseyside), 395 (same obv. die); BMC 1056; North 512; SCBC 1000. Richly toned with some underlying iridescence. EF. Rare thus.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 5 . 1258
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Alfred the Great. 871-899. AR Penny (18mm, 1.14 g, 4h). Lunettes A type (BMC i). Canterbury mint; Liabinc, moneyer. Struck 871-circa 1875. Small diademed bust right breaking inner circle / + LEΛB :· across central field; · MON · · ETΛ · in lunettes above and below, respectively. EMC 2022.0138 (this coin); cf. Lyons & MacKay, Lunettes Group 1, Alf1.91, unlisted dies; SCBI –; North 625; SCBC 1057. Die flaw on obverse. Good VF. Found at Great Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire, January 2022.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 5 . 1259
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelstan. 924-939. AR Penny (22mm, 1.36 g, 10h). Bust Crowned/Helmet type (BMC xii). North-Eastern II mint; Aginhard, moneyer. + ÆÐELSTΛN REX, helmeted and draped bust right / + GINΛRD MONETΛ, cross-crosslet. Blunt, Aethelstan 411; SCBI 34 (BM), 245; North 686; SCBC 1104. Lightly toned. EF. Characterful portrait. Very rare. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 112 (11 September 2019), lot 808.