NumisBids: St. James's Auctions Auction 38 (29 September 2016)

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Auction 38 29 September 2016
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Lot 1

Estimate: 120 GBP

Tarentum (280-272 BC), drachm, helmeted head of Athena l., rev. owl standing r., head facing, on thunderbolt, ΣΩ...

Price realized: 110 GBP

Lot 2

Estimate: 150 GBP

Kroton, Bruttium (510 – 480 BC), stater, Delphic tripod between stork stg. r. and OPO (retrograde P), rev. Delphic...

Price realized: 170 GBP

Lot 3

Estimate: 100 GBP

Kroton, Bruttium (510 – 480 BC), stater, Delphic tripod between stork stg. r. and OPO (retrograde P), rev. Delphic...

Price realized: 140 GBP

Lot 4

Estimate: 300 GBP

Suessa Arunuca (280 – 268 BC), didrachm, laur. head of Apollo r., rev. naked rider trotting l. and leading a second...

Price realized: 260 GBP

Lot 5

Estimate: 150 GBP

Lucania, Thouroi (350 – 281 BC), stater, head of Athena r., wearing crested Athenian helmet ornamented with Skylla...

Price realized: 160 GBP

Lot 6

Estimate: 80 GBP

Lucania, Velia (400 -350 BC), didrachm, head of Athena l., wearing crested Athenian helmet bound with olive wreath and...

Price realized: 95 GBP

Lot 7

Estimate: 150 GBP

Sicily, Akragas (510 – 472 BC), didrachm, AKRA behind eagle with closed wings l., rev. crab, wt. 8.97 gms. (S.709),...

Price realized: 160 GBP

Lot 8

Estimate: 200 GBP

Sicily, Motya (415 - 405 BC), didrachm, hound stg. l., rev. diad. slender female with rolled hair and tall neck, wt....

Price realized: 200 GBP

Lot 9

Estimate: 400 GBP

Thrace, The Orreskoi (510 – 480 BC), stater, centaur kneeling r., carrying in his arms a nymph l. who raises her r....

Lot unsold

Lot 10

Estimate: 80 GBP

Thrace, Istros (400 – 350 BC), stater, two young male heads facing, side by side, one upright, one inverted, rev....

Price realized: 90 GBP

Lot 11

Estimate: 200 GBP

Thracian Islands, Thasos (411 – 350 BC), didrachm, hd. of Dionysus to l., rev. Herakles shooting with a bow,...

Price realized: 220 GBP

Lot 12

Estimate: 100 GBP

Thracian Islands, Thasos (after 148 BC), tetradrachm, head of young Dionysus r., wreathed with ivy and with band across...

Price realized: 130 GBP

Lot 13

Estimate: 180 GBP

Illyria, Apollonia (c. 400 BC), stater, cow stg. r. looking back at suckling calf, rev. square with double stellate...

Price realized: 160 GBP

Lot 14

Estimate: 40 GBP

Illyria, Dyrrhachium (after 229 BC), drachm, cow stg. r. looking back at suckling calf, above ΚΤΗΣΩΑ, rev. square...

Price realized: 75 GBP

Lot 15

Estimate: 800 GBP

Thessaly, Larissa (400-344 BC), silver drachm, head of nymph Larissa three-quarters l., rev. LARIS above, AIWN beneath...

Lot unsold

Lot 16

Estimate: 150 GBP

Thessaly, Larissa (400 – 344 BC), drachm, head of nymph Larissa, three-quarter face to l., with ampyx in front, rev....

Price realized: 120 GBP

Lot 17

Estimate: 200 GBP

Thessaly, Larissa (400 – 344 BC), drachm, head of nymph Larissa, three-quarter face to l., with ampyx in front, rev....

Price realized: 180 GBP

Lot 18

Estimate: 200 GBP

Corinthian Colonies, Anaktorion (350 – 300 BC), stater of the Corinthian type, Pegasos with pointed wing flying l.,...

Price realized: 200 GBP

Lot 19

Estimate: 250 GBP

Attica, Athens (449 – 413 BC), tetradrachm, head of Athena in wreathed crested helmet, rev. ΑΘΕ, owl to r.,...

Price realized: 600 GBP

Lot 20

Estimate: 150 GBP

Attica, Athens (393 – 300 BC), tetradrachm, head of Athena in wreathed crested helmet, rev. ΑΘΕ, owl to r.,...

Price realized: 140 GBP

Lot 21

Estimate: 100 GBP

Aegina (480 – 456 BC), stater, smooth-shelled turtle, rev. large incuse square, wt. 12.13 gms. (S.2594), fine or...

Price realized: 170 GBP

Lot 22

Estimate: 100 GBP

Ionia, uncertain (625 – 600 BC), electrum 1/48th stater, raised swastika pattern, rev. quadripartite incuse square...

Price realized: 110 GBP

Lot 23

Estimate: 100 GBP

Kyzikos, Mysia (550 – 500 BC) electrum hemihekte (1/12 stater), forepart of a dog crouching to l., head to r., right...

Price realized: 80 GBP

Lot 24

Estimate: 100 GBP

Mysia, Pergamon (166-167 BC), silver cistophoric tetradrachm, cista mystica containing serpent, all within ivy wreath,...

Price realized: 110 GBP

Lot 25

Estimate: 50 GBP

Mysia, Parion (350 - 300 BC), hemidrachm, ΠΑ/ΡΙ above and below bull stg. l., looking back, below him a club, rev....

Price realized: 65 GBP

Lot 26

Estimate: 120 GBP

Ionia, Kolophon (430 – 400 BC), drachm, laur. head of Apollo r., short hair, rev. lyre, ΚΟΛΟΦΩΝΙΩΝ around,...

Lot unsold

Lot 27

Estimate: 100 GBP

Caria, Knidos (480 – 450 BC), drachm, forepart of a lion r., rev. head of Aphrodite r., of fine archaic style, wt....

Lot unsold

Lot 28

Estimate: 200 GBP

Caria, Hidrieus (351 – 344 BC), didrachm, laur. head of Apollo three-quarters r., rev. Zeus Labraundos stg. r.,...

Price realized: 160 GBP

Lot 29

Estimate: 100 GBP

Caria, Rhodes (387-304 BC), silver drachm, head of Helios three-quarters r., rev. rose with bud on the r., wt. 2.67gms....

Lot unsold

Lot 30

Estimate: 150 GBP

Caria, Rhodes (304 – 167 BC), didrachm, head of Helios three-quarters r., rev. ΑΓΗΣΙΔΑΜΟΣ, rose with bud on...

Price realized: 190 GBP

Lot 31

Estimate: 150 GBP

Lycian Dynasts, Thap (mid 5th cent. BC), stater, two dolphins l. and r., one above the other, rev. triskeles, Lycian...

Lot unsold

Lot 32

Estimate: 100 GBP

Lycia, Lycian League, Phaselis (after 168 BC), silver drachm, laur. head of Apollo r., rev. lyre in a shallow incuse...

Lot unsold

Lot 33

Estimate: 80 GBP

Pamphylia, Aspendos, silver stater, two wrestlers grappling, rev. slinger in throwing stance r., triskeles r. in the...

Price realized: 65 GBP

Lot 34

Estimate: 100 GBP

Cilicia, Kelendris (400 – 350 BC), stater, naked rider with whip in r. hand, seated sideways on horse prancing r.,...

Price realized: 130 GBP

Lot 35

Estimate: 100 GBP

Cilicia, Kelendris (400 – 350 BC), stater, naked rider with whip in r. hand, seated sideways on horse prancing r.,...

Price realized: 140 GBP

Lot 36

Estimate: 300 GBP

Cilicia, Issos (386 – 380 BC), stater, in the name of satrap Tiribazos, Zeus/Baal stg. l. holding eagle and sceptre,...

Price realized: 440 GBP

Lot 37

Estimate: 200 GBP

Cilicia, Nagidos (374 – 356 BC), stater, Aphrodite enthroned l., feet on stool, holding phiale over circular altar...

Price realized: 380 GBP

Lot 38

Estimate: 80 GBP

Cilicia, Tarsos (361 – 334 BC), stater, Baal of Tarsos enthroned l., ankh symbol beneath the throne, rev. lion l. on...

Price realized: 100 GBP

Lot 39

Estimate: 100 GBP

Phoenicia, Tyre (c. 95-94 BC), half shekel, laur. head of Melqarth, rev. eagle stg. l., wt. 6.98 gms. (S.5921), very...

Price realized: 320 GBP

Lot 40

Estimate: 80 GBP

Phoenicia, Arados (400 – 350 BC), laur. head of bearded deity r., rev. galley r. on lines of waves, wt. 10.47 gms....

Price realized: 150 GBP

Lot 41

Estimate: 150 GBP

Kyrenaica, Kyrene (308 – 277 BC), didrachm, bare head of Kareios l., rev. silphium plant, KY-PA on either side, wt....

Price realized: 300 GBP

Lot 42

Estimate: 250 GBP

Macedonian Kingdom, Philip II (359 – 336 BC), tetradrachm, laur. head of Zeus r., rev. ΦIΛIΓΓOY, naked youth on...

Price realized: 300 GBP

Lot 43

Estimate: 1300 GBP

Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander the Great, gold stater (336-323 BC), helmeted hd. of Athena r., rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ...

Price realized: 1300 GBP

Lot 44

Estimate: 100 GBP

Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander III, the Great (336-323 BC), silver drachm, head of Alexander as Hercules in lion's skin,...

Price realized: 190 GBP

Lot 45

Estimate: 120 GBP

Seleucid Kingdom, Demetrios I Soter (162 – 150 BC), tetradrachm, diad. hd. within laurel wreath r., rev. Tyche...

Price realized: 150 GBP

Lot 46

Estimate: 250 GBP

Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy VI Philomentor (180-145 BC) silver tetradrachm, diad. head of Ptolemy I r., rev....

Lot unsold

Lot 47

Estimate: 100 GBP

Danubian Celts, imitating Thracian Islands, Thasos (after 146 BC), silver tetradrachm, head of young Dionysus r.,...

Lot unsold

Lot 48

Estimate: 400 GBP

Augustus (27 BC-AD 14), silver tetradrachm, Antioch mint, ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟV, laur. head r., rev. ETOVΣ...

Price realized: 340 GBP

Lot 49

Estimate: 5000 GBP

Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), aureus, ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TRP XXIII, dr. bust r., rev. PIETATI AVG COS IIII, Faustina...

Price realized: 4000 GBP

Lot 50

Estimate: 1300 GBP

Valentinian II (AD 375-392) gold solidus, Trier mint, DN VALENTINIANVS PF AVG, diad. dr. cuir. bust r., rev. VICTORIA...

Price realized: 1200 GBP

Lot 51

Estimate: 1300 GBP

Theodosius I (AD 379-395) gold solidus, Mediolanum mint, DN THEODOSIVS PF AVG, diad. dr. cuir. bust r., rev. VICTORIA...

Price realized: 1200 GBP

Lot 52

Estimate: 250 GBP

Justinian I (AD 527-565), gold solidus, Constantinople mint, DN IVSTINIANVS PP AVG, helmeted and cuir. bust facing,...

Price realized: 240 GBP

Lot 53

Estimate: 250 GBP

Justinian I (AD 527-565), gold solidus, Constantinople mint, DN IVSTINIANVS PP AVI, helmeted and cuir. bust facing,...

Price realized: 260 GBP

Lot 54

Estimate: 250 GBP

Justin II (AD 565-578), gold solidus, Constantinople mint, DN IVSTINVS PP AVI, helmeted and cuir. bust facing, holding...

Price realized: 240 GBP

Lot 55

Estimate: 250 GBP

Maurice Tiberius (AD 582-602), gold solidus, Constantinople mint, DN MAVRIC TIBER PP AVG, crowned and cuir. bust...

Price realized: 200 GBP

Lot 56

Estimate: 250 GBP

Maurice Tiberius (AD 582-602), gold solidus, Constantinople mint, DN MAVRC TIB PP AVG, dr. and cuir. bust facing,...

Price realized: 250 GBP

Lot 57

Estimate: 100 GBP

Phocas (AD 602 – 610), solidus, Constantinople, DN N FOCAS PERP AVG, dr. and cuir bust facing wearing a crown without...

Price realized: 100 GBP

Lot 58

Estimate: 6000 GBP

Justinian II, First reign, silver hexagramme (AD 692-695), facing bust of Christ, rev. standing figure of Justinian II...

Lot unsold

Lot 59

Estimate: 200 GBP

Romanus III (AD 1028-1034), histamenon nomisma, Constantinople, +IhS XIS REX REGNATINM, Christ enthroned facing,...

Price realized: 400 GBP

Lot 60

Estimate: 120 GBP

Arab Sasanian, Yazdigird III type, drachm, SK = Sistan 20YE = 31h, wt. 3.37gms. (Walker p. 4: 3; A.1), very fine...

Price realized: 100 GBP

Lot 61

Estimate: 200 GBP

Arab Sasanian, Khusraw II type, drachm, SK = Sistan date illegible, with DWM in obverse margin, wt. 3.72gms. (A.75),...

Lot unsold

Lot 62

Estimate: 150 GBP

Arab Sasanian, Khusraw II type, drachm, SK = Sistan 81?, wt. 3.95gms. (A.P75), good very fine (£150-200)

Lot unsold

Lot 63

Estimate: 250 GBP

Arab Sasanian, Khusraw II type, drachm, SK = Sistan 46 or 64 (date in numerals), wt. 4.02gms. (A.P75), good very fine,...

Price realized: 200 GBP

Lot 64

Estimate: 100 GBP

Arab Sasanian, Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan (45-54h), drachm, DA = Darabjird 43 = 50-52h, wt. 4.02gms. (Walker p. 40: 58; A.8),...

Lot unsold

Lot 65

Estimate: 600 GBP

Arab Sasanian, Qatari b. al-Fuja'a (c. 69-79h) drachm, DA = Darabjird 76h, wt. 4.11gms. (SICA 1 p. 30; A.33), about...

Price realized: 650 GBP

Lot 66

Estimate: 200 GBP

Arab Sasanian, 'Ubayd Allah b. Abi Bakra (80h), drachm, SK = Sistan 80h, wt. 3.94gms. (A.37), about extremely fine,...

Lot unsold

Lot 67

Estimate: 250 GBP

Arab Sasanian, 'Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad (c. 80-84h)), drachm, SK = Sistan 81h? wt. 3.94gms. (A.38A), about extremely...

Price realized: 200 GBP

Lot 68

Estimate: 200 GBP

Arab Tabaristan, Anonymous AFZUT type, hemidrachm (2), Tipuristan 135h = 170h, wt. 2.15gms./2.01gms. (Walker p. 156:...

Price realized: 160 GBP

Lot 69

Estimate: 500 GBP

Umayyad, temp. 'Abd al-Malik (65-86h), gold dinar, no mintname (Damascus) 78h, wt. 4.29gms. (A.125), an early issue...

Price realized: 750 GBP

Lot 70

Estimate: 200 GBP

Umayyad, temp. 'Abd al-Malik, silver dirham, Jayy 81h, wt. 2.92gms. (Klat 255), full flan, brilliant good extremely...

Price realized: 150 GBP

Lot 71

Estimate: 200 GBP

Umayyad, temp. 'Abd al-Malik, silver dirham, Marw 80h, wt. 2.82gms. (Klat 582), about extremely fine (£200-250)

Price realized: 150 GBP

Lot 72

Estimate: 80 GBP

Umayyad, temp. al-Walid I/Sulayman, dirham, Abarshahr 96h, wt. 2.21gms. (Klat 10a), clipped, otherwise very fine, rare...

Lot unsold

Lot 73

Estimate: 150 GBP

Umayyad, temp. 'Umar/Yazid II, silver dirham, Wasit 101h, wt. 2.85gms. (Klat 695), extremely fine, a scarce date...

Price realized: 240 GBP

Lot 74

Estimate: 150 GBP

Umayyad, temp Yazid II/Hisham, silver dirham, Adharbayjan 105h, wt. 2.88gms. (Klat 24), lightly toned, good very fine...

Price realized: 150 GBP

Lot 75

Estimate: 250 GBP

Umayyad, temp Hisham (105-125h), silver dirham, Adharbayjan 106h, wt. 2.87gms. (Klat 25), extremely fine (£250-300)

Price realized: 200 GBP

Lot 76

Estimate: 250 GBP

Umayyad, temp. Hisham, silver dirham, al-Mubaraka 108h, wt. 2.86gms. (cf. Klat 571.b1, with 3 pellet triangle...

Lot unsold

Lot 77

Estimate: 120 GBP

Umayyad, temp Hisham, silver dirham, Ifriqiya 112h, wt. 2.89gms. (Klat 99), full broad flan, good very fine (£120-150)

Price realized: 95 GBP

Lot 78

Estimate: 600 GBP

Umayyad, temp Hisham, gold dinar, no mint name 123h, wt. 4.27gms. (A.136), lustrous, about uncirculated, a scarce date...

Price realized: 750 GBP

Lot 79

Estimate: 1500 GBP

Umayyads of Spain, 'Abd al-Rahman I (138-172h), silver dirham, al-Andalus 148h, wt. 2.76gms. (A.339; Vives 46),...

Price realized: 3400 GBP

Lot 80

Estimate: 400 GBP

Abbasid 1st period, temp. al-Mansur (136-158h), dinar/mancuso, no mint 141h, wt. 4.19gms. (A.212), minor graffiti, good...

Lot unsold

Lot 81

Estimate: 1000 GBP

Abbasid, temp. al-Mansur (136-158h), silver dirham, Madinat al-Salam 147h, wt. 2.86gms. (A.213; Lowick 1161), toned...

Price realized: 2000 GBP

Lot 82

Estimate: 400 GBP

Abbasid 1st period, al-Mahdi (158-169h), dirham, al-Yamama 165h, rev. Hajjar, wt. 2.72gms. (Lowick 571), good very...

Lot unsold

Lot 83

Estimate: 400 GBP

Abbasid 1st period, al-Hadi (169-170h), dirham, Madinat al-Salam 169h, wt. 2.86gms. (Lowick 1259), extremely fine and...

Lot unsold

Lot 84

Estimate: 800 GBP

Abbasid, al-Hadi (169-170h), silver dirham, al-Yamama 170h, wt. 2.81gms. (Lowick 586; A 217.2), very fine and the...

Price realized: 1200 GBP

Lot 85

Estimate: 800 GBP

Abbasid, Harun al-Rashid (170-193h), silver half dirham or hemidrachm, Tabaristan 175h, citing the caliph and Governor,...

Price realized: 1900 GBP

Lot 86

Estimate: 400 GBP

Abbasid 1st period, temp. al-Rashid, heir al-Amin, Governor Ayyub b. Sulayman, dirham, Arminiya 192h, wt. 2.92gms....

Lot unsold

Lot 87

Estimate: 250 GBP

Abbasid 1st period, al-Rashid (170-193h), dirham, Madinat al-Salam 170h, wt. 2.95gms. (Lowick 1269; A.219.6a),...

Lot unsold

Lot 88

Estimate: 200 GBP

Abbasid 1st period, temp. al-Rashid, dirham, Madinat al-Salam 176h, wt. 2.54gms. (Lowick 1305), extremely fine and an...

Price realized: 750 GBP

Lot 89

Estimate: 120 GBP

Abbasid 1st period, temp. al-Rashid, dirham, Madinat al-Salam 179h, wt. 2.96gms. (Lowick 1320; A.219.9), about...

Lot unsold

Lot 90

Estimate: 200 GBP

Abbasid 1st period, temp. al-Rashid, dirham, Misr 182h, wt. 2.60gms. (Lowick 508; A.219.9), about extremely fine,...

Lot unsold

Lot 91

Estimate: 600 GBP

Abbasid 1st period, temp. al-Amin (193-198h), dirham, al-Rashidiya 193h, reverse field: rabi' Allah, wt. 2.97gms....

Price realized: 3000 GBP

Lot 92

Estimate: 350 GBP

Abbasid, al-Ma'mun (194-218h), gold dinar, no mintname (Misr) 198h, citing al-Muttalib, wt. 4.23gms. (A.222.4; Bern....

Price realized: 280 GBP

Lot 93

Estimate: 600 GBP

Abbasid 1st period, temp. al-Ma'mun (194-218h), dirham, al-Raqqa 199h, reverse field: Tahir lillah/-/Sa'id bin Yahya,...

Price realized: 2700 GBP

Lot 94

Estimate: 3000 GBP

Abbasid, al-Ma'mun (194-218h), gold dinar, no mint name (Mad. al-Salam) 206h, reform type with double obverse margins,...

Lot unsold

Lot 95

Estimate: 1250 GBP

Abbasid, al-Ma'mun, gold dinar, Madinat al-Salam 213h, wt. 4.18gms. (A.222.A.2; Bern. 116Jh), brilliant, virtually...

Price realized: 4800 GBP

Lot 96

Estimate: 350 GBP

Abbasid 1st period, temp. al-Ma'mun, dirham, Madinat Arran 215h, reverse field: Khalaf bin Yazid/-/Ibrahim bin 'Attab,...

Lot unsold

Lot 97

Estimate: 200 GBP

Abbasid 1st period, temp. al-Ma'mun, dirham, Marw 216h, wt. 2.99gms. (Lowick 2297; A.223.6), virtually uncirculated,...

Lot unsold

Lot 98

Estimate: 250 GBP

Abbasid 2nd period, al-Mu'tasim (218-227h), dirham, Madinat al-Shash 226h, wt. 3.05gms. (A.226), about extremely fine,...

Price realized: 750 GBP

Lot 99

Estimate: 200 GBP

Abbasid, al-Mutawakkil (232-247h), silver dirham, Surra nam Ra'a 234h, wt. 2.89gms. (A.229.1), a perfect strike,...

Lot unsold

Lot 100

Estimate: 1250 GBP

Abbasid, al-Mutawakkil, silver donative dirham, Surra nam Ra'a 243h, wt. 2.89gms. (A.230B), about uncirculated, rare...

Price realized: 1200 GBP

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