Catalogue
Lot 4897
Sale 78 Ancient Gold
SICILY, Syracuse, (405-400 B.C.), gold octobol (100 silver litrai or two decadrachms), (5.800 grams), by Kimon, obv. head of Artemis-Arethusa to left, wearing spendone ornamented ...
Estimate $16,000
Lot 4898
Sale 78 Ancient Gold
MACEDON, Kingdom of, Alexander III, (336-323 B.C.), gold stater, (8.584 grams), Babylon mint, issued 311-305 B.C. during second satrapy of Seleucus, obv. head of Athena ...
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $2,600
Lot 4899
Sale 78 Ancient Gold
MACEDON, Kingdom of, Alexander III, (336-323 B.C.), gold stater, (8.460 grams), Babylon mint, issued c.325-320 B.C., obv. head of Athena to right in crested Corinthian ...
Estimate $1,600
SOLD $1,200
Lot 4900
Sale 78 Ancient Gold
THRACE, Kingdom of, Lysimachus, (323-281 B.C.), gold stater, (8.524 grams), uncertain mint but probably Byzantium, issued after 281 B.C., probably about 200 B.C., obv. head ...
Estimate $3,500
SOLD $3,100
Lot 4901
Sale 78 Ancient Gold
THRACE, Kingdom of, Lysimachus, (323-281 B.C.), gold stater, (8.312 grams), Calchedon mint, issued 205-195 B.C., probably about 200 B.C., obv. head of Alexander to right, ...
Estimate $3,800
SOLD $3,500
Lot 4902
Sale 78 Ancient Gold
THRACE, Kingdom of, Lysimachos, (323-281 B.C.), gold stater, (8.238 grams), Tomis mint, posthumous issue c.88-86 B.C., obv. diademed head of Alexander the Great to right, ...
Estimate $2,200
SOLD $2,100
Lot 4903
Sale 78 Ancient Gold
THRACE, Kingdom of, Coson, (c.42 B.C.), gold stater, (8.434 grams), Northern Greece mint, obv. three togate figures advancing to left, the first and third carrying ...
Estimate $1,400
SOLD $1,200
Lot 4904
Sale 78 Ancient Gold
PONTUS AND BOSPORUS, Kingdom of, Sauromates, (A.D. 172-211), electrum stater, (7.710 grams), struck year 493 = A.D. 196, obv. diademed and draped bust to right ...
Estimate $1,250
SOLD $1,400
Lot 4905
Sale 78 Ancient Gold
IONIA, Miletus, (c.570-550 B.C.), electrum stater, (13.962 grams), obv. lion lying to left, head reverted, within rectangular striated border, rev. incuse rectangle between two small ...
Estimate $7,500
Lot 4906
Sale 78 Ancient Gold
PERSIA - LYDIA, Achaemenid Empire, Persian Imperial Coinage (c.485-420 B.C.), struck in period of Darios I - Xerxes I, gold daric, (8.348 grams), obv. bearded ...
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,600
Lot 4907
Sale 78 Ancient Gold
PERSIAN IMPERIAL COINAGE, Kingdom of, Artaxerxes I - Xerxes II, (455-420 B.C.), struck in Lydia at Sardeis, gold daric, (8.344 grams), obv. king as bearded ...
Estimate $5,000
SOLD $3,800
Lot 4908
Sale 78 Ancient Gold
EGYPT, Kingdom of, Ptolemy II, (283-246 B.C.), gold pentadrachm, issued 274-265 B.C., (17.772 grams), Kition (or Salamis) mint, obv. diademed head of Ptolemy I to ...
Estimate $8,000
SOLD $9,000
Lot 4909
Sale 78 Ancient Gold
GALBA (A.D.68-9) aureus (7.06 grams), Rome Mint, obv. laureate head to right of Galba, around IMP SER GALBA CAESAR AVG, rev. around DIVA AVGVSTA, Livaa ...
Estimate $7,500
SOLD $7,000
Lot 4910
Sale 78 Ancient Gold
TRAJAN, (A.D. 98-117), gold aureus, issued 112-114, Rome mint, (7.108 grams), obv. laureate head draped and cuirassed to right of Trajan, around IMP TRAIANO AVG ...
Estimate $3,500
Lot 4911
Sale 78 Ancient Gold
HADRIAN, (A.D. 117-138), gold aureus, issued 119-122, Rome mint, (7.448 grams), obv. laureate draped and cuirassed bust to right of Hadrian, around IMP CAESAR TRAIA ...
Estimate $5,500
SOLD $5,500
Lot 4912
Sale 78 Ancient Gold
ANTONINIUS PIUS, (A.D. 138-161), gold aureus, Rome mint, issued 155-156, (7.172 grams), obv. ANTONINVS PIVS P P IMP II, laureate head to right, rev. TR ...
Estimate $1,800
SOLD $1,800
Lot 4913
Sale 78 Ancient Gold
FAUSTINA JUNIOR, wife of Marcus Aurelius, (d.A.D. 175), gold aureus, (7.316 grams), obv. FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust of Faustina to right, rev. SALVTI AVGVSTAE around, ...
Estimate $6,000
Lot 4914
Sale 78 Ancient Gold
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS, (A.D. 193-211), gold aureus, Rome mint, issued A.D. 207, (7.302 grams), obv. laureate head of Septimius Severus to right, around SEVERVS PIVS AVG, ...
Estimate $4,000
SOLD $3,500
Lot 4915
Sale 78 Ancient Gold
MACRINUS, (A.D. 217-218), gold aureus, Rome mint, (7.388 grams), issued A.D. 218, obv. bearded Macrinus laureate cuirassed bust to right, around IMP C M OPEL ...
Estimate $20,000
Lot 4916
Sale 78 Ancient Gold
MAURICE TIBERIUS, (A.D.582-602), gold solidus, Constantinople mint, (4.408 grams), Officina **D*, obv. helmeted with plume, draped and cuirassed bust of Maurice Tiberius facing, of narrow ...
Estimate $250
SOLD $400
Lot 4917
Sale 78 Ancient Gold
TIBERIUS III, (A.D. 698-705), gold solidus, Constantinople mint, (4.358 grams), officina **G*, obv. cuirassed bust facing with short beard, wearing crown and holding spear, around ...
Estimate $500
SOLD $300
Lot 4918
Sale 78 Ancient Gold
NICEPHORUS III, (A.D.1078-1081), electrum gold histamenon nomisma (scyphate), Constantinople mint, (4.382 grams), obv. bearded Christ enthroned no back, facing, wearing nimbus, raising right hand, in ...
Estimate $500
SOLD $300
Lot 4919
Sale 78 Ancient Gold
MANUEL I, (1143-1180), gold hyperpyron (scyphate), Constantinople mint, (4.306 grams), obv. Christ bust facing, beardless wearing nimbus, IC XC over to left KE RO, to ...
Estimate $900
SOLD $860
Lot 4920
Sale 78 Ancient Gold
JOHN III, Empire of Nicaea, (A.D.1222-1254), scyphate gold hyperpyron, Magnesia mint, (3.992 grams), obv. Christ seated facing on throne, wearing nimbus, raising right hand, IC ...
Estimate $450
SOLD $390
Lot 4921
Sale 78 Greek Silver & Bronze
GAUL, Massalia (as a Colony founded by the Phokaians), (c.400-350 B.C.), silver obol, (0.614 grams), obv. youthful male head of Apollo left, rev. wheel with ...
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Lot 4922
Sale 78 Greek Silver & Bronze
CELTIC, Danube Region, reduced weight issue in Oltenia and Bucuresti areas, imitation of Philip II tetradrachm, (late 3rd - 2nd century B.C.), silver tetradrachm (sic), ...
Estimate $300
Lot 4923
Sale 78 Greek Silver & Bronze
ITALY, Campania, Hyria, (c.400-395 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (6.634 grams), obv. head of helmeted Athena to right, crested helmet, with owl and wreath on ...
Estimate $180
SOLD $130
Lot 4924
Sale 78 Greek Silver & Bronze
ITALY, Campania, Nola, (c.400-390 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (7.136 grams), obv. female nymph head with diadem to right, rev. man-headed bull walking to right, ...
Estimate $300
Lot 4925
Sale 78 Greek Silver & Bronze
ITALY, Calabria, Tarentum (Taras), (272-235 B.C.), silver nomos, stater or didrachm, (6.384 grams), obv. naked rider crowning stationary horse to left, below horse **LUKI NOS* ...
Estimate $300
SOLD $160
Lot 4926
Sale 78 Greek Silver & Bronze
ITALY, Lucania, Metapontum, (c.400-350 B.C.), silver nomos, stater or didrachm, (7.532 grams), obv. female head of Kore to right with wearing ear-rings and spendone, rev. ...
Estimate $250
SOLD $200