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Lot of 10 Greek Æ and PB Coins from the William Stancomb Collection, collector's tickets included:
Skythia, Olbia Æ 23mm. 3rd - 2nd centuries BC. Wreathed head of Demeter left / ΟΛΒΙΟ, axe and bow in gorytos, ΔΙΟ below. SNG Moskau SHM 1826; SNG BM Black Sea 599; HGC 3.2, 1890. 8.34g, 23mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Obverse off centre.
Ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 225, 14 October 2014, lot 1258.
Skythia, Olbia Æ 12mm. Circa 190-180 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / ΟΛΒ[Ι] over owl standing right, ΣΒΕ below. SNG Moskau SHM 2097; HGC 3.2, 1914. 1.77g, 12mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired from A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd, February 1970.
Tauric Chersonesos, Chersonesos PB 12mm. 2nd century BC. Blank / Kantharos. Cf. Kovalenko 2002, 17/1. 1.87g, 12mm.
Good Fine.
Acquired from Futerman, 1998.
Tauric Chersonesos, Chersonesos PB 15mm. 2nd century BC. Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos / Bucranium facing. SNG Stancomb 501 (this coin); SNG Moskau SHM 4221-5. 2.06g, 15mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
This coin published in Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume XI, The William Stancomb Collection of Coins of the Black Sea Region (Oxford, 2000).
Kimmerian Bosporos, Phanagoria Æ 15mm. Circa 140-108 BC. Wreathed and bearded head of Satyr right / ΦΑ, below bow and arrow. MacDonald 173; HGC 7, 173; overstruck on Pantikapaion bow in case, MacDonald 150. 1.95g, 14mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Acquired from Lagos, January 2000.
Pontos, Amaseia Æ 21mm. Circa 111-105 or 95-90 BC. Helmeted head of young Ares right / ΑΜΑΣ-ΣΕΙΑΣ, sword in sheath. SNG Stancomb 656 (this coin); SNG BM Black Sea 1051; Recueil général I, 3; HGC 7, 223. 8.90g, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
This coin published in Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume XI, The William Stancomb Collection of Coins of the Black Sea Region (Oxford, 2000);
Acquired from Morcom 1299, 1971, with original ticket.
Moesia, Istros Æ 25mm. Gordian III, AD 238-244. AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ICTPIHNΩN, Tyche standing facing, head left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopiae; Δ in left field. Varbanov 681 var. (obv. legend, Δ in right field). 9.32g, 25mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired from a 1930's collection in 1997.
Thrace, Odessos Æ 14mm. Lucius Verus, AD 161-169. [AVT AYPHΛIOC OYHPOC], bare head right / Great god reclining left, holding patera and cornucopiae; inverted amphora above left, OΔHCCEI[TΩN] in two lines below. RPC IV Online #11097 (temporary); Varbanov 4320. 1.83g, 14mm, 6h.
Good Fine; pale green patina.
Acquired from 'Rousev' in 2001.
Skythia, Olbia Æ 19mm. Circa 200-160 BC. Diademed head of Apollo right / Eagle standing on dolphin left; OΛBIO above, BΣ[E] below. Frolova & Abramzon 1679; SNG BM Black Sea 649; cf. HGC 3.2, 1897. 9.77g, 19mm, 10h.
Good Fine.
Acquired from A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd., 2004.
Skythia, Olbia Æ 19mm. Circa late 3rd-2nd century BC. Diademed head of Apollo right / Archer crouching left, drawing bow; [OΛΒΙΟ] to right. SNG BM Black Sea 592; SNG Moskau 1678-80; HGC 3.2, 1899. 3.48g, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine; somewhat smoothed.
Lot sold as seen - no returns.
Skythia, Olbia Æ 23mm. 3rd - 2nd centuries BC. Wreathed head of Demeter left / ΟΛΒΙΟ, axe and bow in gorytos, ΔΙΟ below. SNG Moskau SHM 1826; SNG BM Black Sea 599; HGC 3.2, 1890. 8.34g, 23mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Obverse off centre.
Ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 225, 14 October 2014, lot 1258.
Skythia, Olbia Æ 12mm. Circa 190-180 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / ΟΛΒ[Ι] over owl standing right, ΣΒΕ below. SNG Moskau SHM 2097; HGC 3.2, 1914. 1.77g, 12mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired from A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd, February 1970.
Tauric Chersonesos, Chersonesos PB 12mm. 2nd century BC. Blank / Kantharos. Cf. Kovalenko 2002, 17/1. 1.87g, 12mm.
Good Fine.
Acquired from Futerman, 1998.
Tauric Chersonesos, Chersonesos PB 15mm. 2nd century BC. Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos / Bucranium facing. SNG Stancomb 501 (this coin); SNG Moskau SHM 4221-5. 2.06g, 15mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
This coin published in Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume XI, The William Stancomb Collection of Coins of the Black Sea Region (Oxford, 2000).
Kimmerian Bosporos, Phanagoria Æ 15mm. Circa 140-108 BC. Wreathed and bearded head of Satyr right / ΦΑ, below bow and arrow. MacDonald 173; HGC 7, 173; overstruck on Pantikapaion bow in case, MacDonald 150. 1.95g, 14mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Acquired from Lagos, January 2000.
Pontos, Amaseia Æ 21mm. Circa 111-105 or 95-90 BC. Helmeted head of young Ares right / ΑΜΑΣ-ΣΕΙΑΣ, sword in sheath. SNG Stancomb 656 (this coin); SNG BM Black Sea 1051; Recueil général I, 3; HGC 7, 223. 8.90g, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
This coin published in Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume XI, The William Stancomb Collection of Coins of the Black Sea Region (Oxford, 2000);
Acquired from Morcom 1299, 1971, with original ticket.
Moesia, Istros Æ 25mm. Gordian III, AD 238-244. AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ICTPIHNΩN, Tyche standing facing, head left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopiae; Δ in left field. Varbanov 681 var. (obv. legend, Δ in right field). 9.32g, 25mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired from a 1930's collection in 1997.
Thrace, Odessos Æ 14mm. Lucius Verus, AD 161-169. [AVT AYPHΛIOC OYHPOC], bare head right / Great god reclining left, holding patera and cornucopiae; inverted amphora above left, OΔHCCEI[TΩN] in two lines below. RPC IV Online #11097 (temporary); Varbanov 4320. 1.83g, 14mm, 6h.
Good Fine; pale green patina.
Acquired from 'Rousev' in 2001.
Skythia, Olbia Æ 19mm. Circa 200-160 BC. Diademed head of Apollo right / Eagle standing on dolphin left; OΛBIO above, BΣ[E] below. Frolova & Abramzon 1679; SNG BM Black Sea 649; cf. HGC 3.2, 1897. 9.77g, 19mm, 10h.
Good Fine.
Acquired from A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd., 2004.
Skythia, Olbia Æ 19mm. Circa late 3rd-2nd century BC. Diademed head of Apollo right / Archer crouching left, drawing bow; [OΛΒΙΟ] to right. SNG BM Black Sea 592; SNG Moskau 1678-80; HGC 3.2, 1899. 3.48g, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine; somewhat smoothed.
Lot sold as seen - no returns.