23rd Nov, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Coins & Banknotes
87
♦12 x Roman Provincial - Phyrgia, comprising: Abbaitis-Mysi AE18 c.190-33 BC, obv. Herakles young head right, rev. clb within lion skin (BMC 8); Epicteteis AE21 obv. helmeted bust right, H to left field rev. free horse walking right (BMC 8 var.); Eucarpeia Julian Domna AE24 rev. Artemis?; Hadrianopolis-Sebaste Maximus Caesar AE21 obv. bare head and cuirassed bust right, rev. Tyche left holding cornucopia in left hand; 2 x Hierapolis Severus Alexander AE17 rev. Tyche standing left with rudder and cornucopia; and AE25 obv. young head right, rev. deity standing left with sceptre and holding patera; 2 x Lysias: AE20 obv. Boule laureate and veiled bust right, rev. Hekate triform facing (BMC 2 var., pl.xxxviii 7; RPC IV.2, 1909); and Gordian III AE28 rev. the emperor on horseback right (BMC 4; RPC VII.1, 723); Peltae Plautilla AE21 rev. Tyche standing left holding rudder and cornucopia (BMC 28); Philomelium/Philomelion Julia Domna AE22 obv. diademed bust right, rev. Tyche left holding rudder and cornucopia (BMC 14); Prymnessus/Prymnessos Julia Domna rev. Tyche as before (BMC 29); and Synnada AE22 obv. Tyche turreted head right, rev. Zeus naked to waist , sceptre left hand, thunderbolt right, (BMC 3); near Fine to GVF
Sold for £120
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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