23rd Nov, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
♦19 x Greek & Roman Provincial, comprising: 4 x Mesopotamia: uncertain mint AE15 obv. Tyche turreted head right; 2 x Edessa Septimius Severus & Abgar VIII AE18 obv. Severus laureate and bearded right, rev. Abgar tiara bust right (BMC14-30); and Gordian III AE27 obv. radiate bust right, countermarked, rev. Tyche turreted left (cf.BMC 124-32); and Singara Gordian II & Tranquillina obv. confronted busts, rev. Tyche (BMC 7-13); 3 x Arabia: Caracalla AE25 obv. laureate bust right, countermarked, rev. Tyche seated left in distyle temple; and 3 x Kings of Nabataea: Aretas IV AE12; and 2 x Rabbel II obv. jugate busts of Rabbel and Gamilath right, rev. two cornucopia crossed (BMC 3-7); Mysia - Pergamum Philetaerus obv. head of Athena right, rev. bow strung (BMC 54-62); 7 x Bithynia: 4 x Prusias II: AE20 obv. Dionysius, rev. centaur (Cheiron) playing lyre (BMC 8-17); AE19 and AE18 with obv. and rev. similar to previous; and AE17 obv. Prussias II head right, rev. Herakles (BMC 3-7); and 3 x Julia Domna: Heraclea obv. diademed head right, rev. Athena standing left holding spear and patera, altar before her to left; Nicaea obv. diademed bust right, rev. Homonoia standing before altar, wearing modius, holding patera and cornucopia; and Prusa ad Hypium obv. diademed head right, rev. ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕΩΝ, Athena? wearing modius standing before lighted altar holding spear; and 2 x Phoenicia, Aradus AE17 and AE15, both rev. ships prow; and Mesopotamia, Antioch Severus Alexander AE24 rev. ΔΕ within wreath; VG to GFine
Sold for £130
Estimated at £150 - £200
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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