23rd Nov, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
♦19 x Roman Provincial, comprising: Amorgos - Aegiale Julia Domna AE23 rev. Demeter in quadriga right (BMC 7); Commagene - Zeugma AE23 obv. laureate head left, rev. ΖƐΥΓΜΑΤƐⲰΝ , temple on mound, B in right field (cf.RPC IV 5753); 2 x Ionian Islands - Corcyra: Caracalla AE26 obv. laureate head right, rev. Galley right (BMC 681); and AE21 obv. young Herakles head rihgt, rev. galley with magistrate's name PIΛΩΝ above; 6 x Caria to include: Antiochia ad Maeandrum Gallienus AE72 rev. male figure standing left (BMC 59); Apollonia Salabace Salonina AE33 obv. bust right, rev. Zeus seated left holding Nike in right hand (BMC 28); Attuda Julia Domna AE30 rev. Asklepios standing left (BMC 32); Cnidus AE13 obv. head left; 2 x Heraclea Salbace: Geta AE28 rev. three figures standing; and Julia Domna AE28 rev. Aphrodite within tetrastyle temple (BMC 29-30); and Stratonicea Julia Domna AE28 rev. Hekate standing left, lighted altar before (BMC 61); and 8 x Pontos comprising: 4 x Amasia: AE17 obv. Perseu head right, rev. cornucopia between pilei surmounted by stars (cf.BMC 2); Trajan AE21 rev. temple; Severus Alexander AE34 rev. eagle standing facing right on altar quadriga above (cf.BMC 39 var.); and Julia Domna AE30 rev. Tyche holding rudder and cornucopia; 3 x Amisus AE26 rev. confronting figures; AE20 obv. Ares right in crested helmet, rev. sword in sheath, monogram left (BMC 43); and AE21 obv. aegis with facing Gorgon in centre, rev. Nike (cf.BMC 72); and Neocaesarea Caracalla AE29 rev. temple; VG to GFine
Sold for £180
Estimated at £100 - £150
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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