ANCIENT COINS FROM VARIOUS PROPERTIES


1876


Carausius, Denarius, London, 286-7, laureate draped and cuirassed bust right, IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, rev. VBERITAS AVG, woman milking cow standing right, RSR in exergue, 4.22g (cf. RSC 103; cf. RIC 584; cf. Sear 13538-9). Reverse a little off-centre, otherwise better than very fine, extremely rare


£4,000-5,000 1877 1878


Constantius I Chlorus (as Cæsar), Follis, Lugdunum, c. 303-5, rev. Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopiæ, star in right field, 9.69g (RIC 180a; Sear 14045); together with other late Roman coins (11), including Aurelian, Carinus, Diocletian, Tacitus, etc [12]. Many very fine or better


£150-200


Constantius II, Siliqua, Sirmium, 351-5, pearl-diademed draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. wreath, 3.11g (RSC 342; RIC 15). Striking split, otherwise good very fine, old cabinet tone


£100-150


1879 1880


Provenance: Found in N. Yorkshire Julian II, Siliqua, Lugdunum, 360-3, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. Victory standing left, holding


wreath and palm-branch, 1.83g (RIC 212; RSC 58c). Good very fine but flan slightly irregular £80-100


Gratian, Siliqua, Rome, c. 375-8, rev. Roma seated left, holding Victory on globe, 1.32g (RIC 35b var; RSC 86Ab var); Valentinian II, Siliqua, Lugdunum, c. 375-8, rev. Roma seated left, holding Victory on globe, 1.84g (RIC 43a; RSC 76b); together with other Roman coins (9), mostly Denarii, including Antoninus Pius, Vespasian, etc [11]. Varied state


£100-150 1881 1882


Provenance: Bt CNG November 2011 PERINTHUS, Nero, As, laureate and diademed bust right, rev. altar flanked by S C, [PR]OVIDE[NT] in exergue, 10.80g


(RPC I, 1761 var.). About very fine, rare £100-120


ANTIOCH, Caracalla, Tetradrachm, 214-15, laureate bust right, rev. eagle standing facing, head and tail right, holding wreath in beak, 13.27g (Sear 2650). Nearly extremely fine


1883 Denarii (4), of Republic, Julia Domna, Septimius Severus and Trajan [4]. Varied state 1884


1885 1886


£80-100 £100-120


Antoninianii (5), of Carinus, Gallienus, Otacilia Severa, Quintillus and Tacitus; together with bronzes (3), of Crispus, Licinius and Maximinus [8]. Varied state


£100-120


Roman bronzes (26), mostly first century [26]. All countermarked, coins mostly poor to fair, counterstamps better £70-90


Plaster casts of coins (approx. 350), predominantly Greek, Roman, Byzantine and a few Charles I Farthings, some with BMC catalogue numbers pencilled on backs, others with Seaby (?) cost codes [Lot]. Probably an accumulation rather than grouped for an auction sale; generally extremely fine, though a few breakages and others with flat spots, an interesting lot


£150-200 1887 1888


Rather than being a torc itself, this may be the casting mould around which hollow torcs were formed Lead torc, Roman, 1st century AD, one finial flattened and perhaps shaped as a snake’s head, 155mm, 937g. Good


condition £80-100


SOTHEBY & CO AG [Zurich], The Collection of Ancient and Later Coins…Metropolitan Museum of Art, Parts I and II, November 1972-April 1973, 1,120 lots, all illustrated, PRLs, green gilt cloth; Sotheby’s [London], The Collection of Highly Important Greek and Roman Coins formed by Patrick A. Doheny, 20 June 1979, 245 lots, all illustrated, PRL, original boards; CHRISTIE’S [London], Highly Important Ancient Coins, 9 October 1984, 313 lots, all illustrated, PRL, dj; CHRISTIE’S [London], Important Ancient Coins, 8 October 1985, 436 lots, mostly illustrated, PRL, dj; SOTHEBY’S [New York], The Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection: Highly Important Greek and Roman Coins, Parts I and II, 19-22 June 1990-June 1991, 953 lots, profusely illustrated, PRLs, djs; together with auction catalogues of the Eliasberg collection of US coins, May 1996, and the Stack collection of British hammered coins, April 1999 [9]. Almost as new £40-50


End of Session 5 Ten Minute Interval


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