23rd Nov, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
♦14 x Roman Provincial - Ionia, comprising: Clasomenae/Klazomenai Augustus AE19 obv. bare head left, rev. two figures 6 x Ephesos: AE19 obv. Artemis right, rev. long torch between facing stags (BMC 182-4); Augustus AE15 rev. stag standing, (BMC 197-8), Trajan Decius, Julia Domna, and Faustina; Magnesia AE11 obv. head of Apollo left, rev. forepart of butting bull (cf.BMC 14); Miletos AE11 obv. head of Apollo right rev. lion standing (BMC 76-80); 3 x Smyrna AE20 obv. Amazon turreted left, rev. lion stranding, left paw raised (cf.BMC 170); AE24 obv. Senate right, rev. statue of Tyche within tetrastyle temple, (cf.BMC 236); and Julia Domna AE24 rev. similar to previous (cf.BMC 385, 394); and Teos Valerian II AE20mm rev. Anacreon seated right playing lyre (BMC 87-9); generally near Fine to GFine
Sold for £100
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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