23rd Nov, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Coins & Banknotes
47
♦8 x Roman Provincial - Cilicia, comprising: Aegaea AE16 obv. Herakles head right, rev. club and bow (BMC 10-11); Anazarbus: AE19 obv. Claudius/Nero? head right, rev. Tyche veiled and turreted head right (cf.BMC 5); Celendris Domitian AE23 obv. laureate bust right, rev. Demeter holding torches right in biga driven by winged serpents (RPC II, 1716); Corycus/Korykos Julia Domna obv. bust right, rev. Aphrodite standing left holding aphlaston and sceptre (Imhoof GRM 1); Diocaesarea Julia Domna AE25 obv. diademed bust right, rev. winged thunderbolt (SNG Levante 672); Irenopolis Domitian AE23 obv. laureate head right, rev. Hygieia standing facing head right, serpent feeding from phiale left (BMC 3-4); Seleucia ad Calycadnum Macrinus AE29 obv. bust right, countermarked, rev. infant Dionysos enthroned attended by three Korybantes (BM 30); and Uncertain mint Augustus AE19 obv. bare head right, rev. figure standing facing left; near Fine to VF
Sold for £60
Estimated at £80 - £120
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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