23rd Nov, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
♦13 x Roman Provincial - Lydia, comprising: 2 x Acrasus: Septimius Severus AE18 obv. laureate head right, rev. Asklepios standing (BMC 22); and Julia Domna rev. Tyche standing; Apollonis AE19 obv. bare head right, rev. lions left; 2 x Cilibiani/Kilibiani: Nero & Agrippina AE20 obv. conjoined heads right; and Antonius Pius & Marcus Aurelius? AE20 (cf.BMC 3 for obv.); Dioshieron AE19 obv. Demos right, rev. river god Kaystros recumbent (BMC 4); Germe Julia Maesa AE26 rev. facing figures; Hypaepa Julia Domna AE22 obv. with countermark, rev. Tyche; Magnesia ad Sipylum Octalia Severa AE25 rev. Kybele turreted head seated left on throne; 2 x Sardes: AE14 obv. Appollo head right, rev. club in oak leaves, monogram below (BMC 10-21); and AE17 obv. Herakles head right; Tabala Julia Domna AE23 rev. Kybele enthroned left (BMC 11); and Thyateira AE21 rev. Isis standing left (BMC 53); VG to GFine, one or two better examples
Sold for £70
Estimated at £70 - £100
Auction: Coins & Banknotes, 23rd Nov, 2022
To include the Geoff Hann Collection. The Collection covers the coinage produced by the first Greek general-kings who established their own dynasties in Egypt, Syria and the Indian-subcontinent, and the later Provincial coinage of the Roman Empire. Of note is lot 6, a silver stater of Seleucus I Nicator produced in Babylon between 311-305 BC (estimate: £300-500 plus buyer’s premium). The Collection also includes a quantity of early 20th century banknotes from the period of British direct rule in India, and a reference library of over one hundred volumes including scarce and out-of-print works. Of particular note is the first edition of David Sellwood’s An Introduction to the Coinage of Parthia, published by Spink & Son in London, 1971 (estimate: £70-100).
The lots from the Geoff Hann Collection are denoted with a ♦ symbol throughout the catalogue.
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