Baldwin & Sons
Auction 75 26 September 2012
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ANCIENT COINS. Ancient Greek Coins from the Roderick T Williams Collection. Lucania, Velia (c.535-490 BC), Silver Drachm, forepart of lion right, tearing at leg of a stag, rev quadripartite incuse square, 3.89g (Williams 29(y) (O.20/R.12), this coin; SNG ANS 1208, this reverse die; HN Italy 1259).A little short of flan, cabinet tone, nearly extremely fine.
purchased from Spink & Son Ltd
The formation of this collection relates to work on two publications: Silver Coinage of the Phokians, Royal Numismatic Society Special Publication Number 7 (London, 1972), and The Silver Coinage of Velia, Royal Numismatic Society Special Publication Number 25 (London, 1992).Many of the coins listed below are published in these two works and a good number of them appear as plate coins.Some of them also have prior provenance to auctions and well-known London dealers.
Estimate: £250-300
purchased from Spink & Son Ltd
The formation of this collection relates to work on two publications: Silver Coinage of the Phokians, Royal Numismatic Society Special Publication Number 7 (London, 1972), and The Silver Coinage of Velia, Royal Numismatic Society Special Publication Number 25 (London, 1992).Many of the coins listed below are published in these two works and a good number of them appear as plate coins.Some of them also have prior provenance to auctions and well-known London dealers.
Estimate: £250-300