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Lot of 10 Greek Æ and PB Coins from the William Stancomb Collection, collector's tickets included:
Tauric Chersonesos, Chersonesos PB Tessera. Circa 200 BC. Head of Hermes to right, wearing petasos / Bukranion decorated with garlands. S. A. Kovalenko, Lead pieces from Tauric Chersonese, in NC 2002, 4/21. 3.63g, 15mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare.
Moesia, Tomis Æ 15mm. Pseudo-autonomous issue of the Julio-Claudian period, circa AD 14-68. Turreted head right / Eagle standing right, between caps of Dioscuri; [TOMI] ΘE[OKΛE]. SNG Stancomb 883 (this coin); RPC I 1811.3 (this coin); AMNG I.1, 2501. 3.87g, 15mm, 1h.
Near 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);
This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk);
Acquired from a 1930s collection, 1997.
Tauric Chersonesos, Chersonesos PB Tessera. 2nd century BC. Bucranium / Head of Hermes wearing petasos right. SNG Moskau 4220-32; SNG Stancomb 501-3. 3.41g, 17mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Acquired from 'Futerman', 1998.
Skythia, Olbia Æ 20mm. Mid 1st century AD. Laureate head of Zeus right; c/m: kerykeion within rectangular incuse / OΛBIOΠOΛEITΩN, eagle standing left, with wings spread; H above monogram to left, thunderbolt in exergue. Frolova & Abramzon 2219; Anokhin 521; cf. RPC I 1946. 4.57g, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd. in 2004.
Thrace, Apollonia Pontika Æ 20mm. Circa 225-110 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right; c/m: Anchor; [IH] to right, crayfish below. Topalov p. 526, 5; CNT 6330. 4.76g, 20mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, Auction 227, 8-9 May 2003, lot 57.
Thrace, Odessos Æ 17mm. Circa 270-250 BC. Diademed young head right (Apollo?) / The Great God reclining to left on plinth inscribed ΟΔΗΣΙΤΩΝ, head facing, holding phiale and cornucopiae; inverted amphora above to left, monogram in exergue. SNG Stancomb 253; AMNG I, 2177-84; HGC 3, 1594. 2.15g, 14mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired from 'Rousey', July 2001.
Moesia, Istros Æ 18mm. Circa 120-100 BC. Veiled head of Demeter right, wearing corn-ear wreath; c/m's: radiate head of Helios facing within circular incuse, and uncertain / Illegible. Cf. SNG BM Black Sea 261-262; cf. SNG Stancomb 201; cf. HGC 3.2, 1813. 3.38g, 18mm.
Good Fine.
Acquired from a 1930s collection, 1999.
Skythia, Olbia Cast Æ Dolphin. Circa 500-450/25 BC. Dolphin without inscription. SNG Stancomb 336 (this coin); cf. SNG Moskau SHM 301 and SNG BM Black Sea 365. 0.75g, 19mm.
Near 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 Numismatic Fine Arts, October 1991.
Skythia, Olbia Æ 15mm. Circa 380-360 BC. Wreathed head of Demeter right / Sea eagle to right, grasping dolphin with talons; ΟΛΒΙ[Ο] below; monogram to right. SNG BM Black Sea 449; HGC 3.2, 1897. 2.72g, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired from A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd., 2004.
Ionia, Erythrai Æ Unit. Circa 240-230 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / MHTPAΣ ΔAMAΛOY in two lines across fields, EPY below. Kinns 207; BMC 114. 4.48g, 15mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Gifted by Philip Kinns, previously purchased on 1st November 1989.
Lot sold as seen - no returns.
Tauric Chersonesos, Chersonesos PB Tessera. Circa 200 BC. Head of Hermes to right, wearing petasos / Bukranion decorated with garlands. S. A. Kovalenko, Lead pieces from Tauric Chersonese, in NC 2002, 4/21. 3.63g, 15mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare.
Moesia, Tomis Æ 15mm. Pseudo-autonomous issue of the Julio-Claudian period, circa AD 14-68. Turreted head right / Eagle standing right, between caps of Dioscuri; [TOMI] ΘE[OKΛE]. SNG Stancomb 883 (this coin); RPC I 1811.3 (this coin); AMNG I.1, 2501. 3.87g, 15mm, 1h.
Near 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);
This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk);
Acquired from a 1930s collection, 1997.
Tauric Chersonesos, Chersonesos PB Tessera. 2nd century BC. Bucranium / Head of Hermes wearing petasos right. SNG Moskau 4220-32; SNG Stancomb 501-3. 3.41g, 17mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Acquired from 'Futerman', 1998.
Skythia, Olbia Æ 20mm. Mid 1st century AD. Laureate head of Zeus right; c/m: kerykeion within rectangular incuse / OΛBIOΠOΛEITΩN, eagle standing left, with wings spread; H above monogram to left, thunderbolt in exergue. Frolova & Abramzon 2219; Anokhin 521; cf. RPC I 1946. 4.57g, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd. in 2004.
Thrace, Apollonia Pontika Æ 20mm. Circa 225-110 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right; c/m: Anchor; [IH] to right, crayfish below. Topalov p. 526, 5; CNT 6330. 4.76g, 20mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, Auction 227, 8-9 May 2003, lot 57.
Thrace, Odessos Æ 17mm. Circa 270-250 BC. Diademed young head right (Apollo?) / The Great God reclining to left on plinth inscribed ΟΔΗΣΙΤΩΝ, head facing, holding phiale and cornucopiae; inverted amphora above to left, monogram in exergue. SNG Stancomb 253; AMNG I, 2177-84; HGC 3, 1594. 2.15g, 14mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired from 'Rousey', July 2001.
Moesia, Istros Æ 18mm. Circa 120-100 BC. Veiled head of Demeter right, wearing corn-ear wreath; c/m's: radiate head of Helios facing within circular incuse, and uncertain / Illegible. Cf. SNG BM Black Sea 261-262; cf. SNG Stancomb 201; cf. HGC 3.2, 1813. 3.38g, 18mm.
Good Fine.
Acquired from a 1930s collection, 1999.
Skythia, Olbia Cast Æ Dolphin. Circa 500-450/25 BC. Dolphin without inscription. SNG Stancomb 336 (this coin); cf. SNG Moskau SHM 301 and SNG BM Black Sea 365. 0.75g, 19mm.
Near 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 Numismatic Fine Arts, October 1991.
Skythia, Olbia Æ 15mm. Circa 380-360 BC. Wreathed head of Demeter right / Sea eagle to right, grasping dolphin with talons; ΟΛΒΙ[Ο] below; monogram to right. SNG BM Black Sea 449; HGC 3.2, 1897. 2.72g, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired from A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd., 2004.
Ionia, Erythrai Æ Unit. Circa 240-230 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / MHTPAΣ ΔAMAΛOY in two lines across fields, EPY below. Kinns 207; BMC 114. 4.48g, 15mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Gifted by Philip Kinns, previously purchased on 1st November 1989.
Lot sold as seen - no returns.