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"A varied collection of Ancient Coins with a specialty in Boeotian Coinage."

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1.14g, 10mm

Head of Kabeiros, wearing pilos, right
Triskeles, "B-I/P-Y"
SNg Cop 251

Weight 1.14g
Diameter 10.00mm
Grade Good Very Fine/gVF
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5.33g, 13mm

King running right, holding a bow and dagger
Incuse punch
Carradice Type IV

Weight 5.33g
Diameter 13.00mm
Grade Fine/F
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5.65g, 14mm

King running right, holding a dagger and bow
Incuse punch
Carradice IV

Weight 5.65g
Diameter 14.00mm
Grade Very Fine/VF
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2.40g, 12mm

Forepart of a lion right, head left
Quadripart incuse, two sections sunken. Amphora in one and a pellet and "X" in another.
McClean 4121

Weight 2.40g
Diameter 12.00mm
Grade About Extremely Fine/aEF
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Lydia, Achaemenid Kings of Persia. AR14 Siglos
 
Obv:  Persian king w. bow & spear. 
 
Rev:  Incuse punch. 
 
Circa 485-420 BC.  5.16g.

Weight 5.16g
Diameter 14.00mm
Grade Good Fine/GF
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Lydia, Achaemenid Kings of Persia. AR15.9 Siglos
 
Obv:  Persian king w. bow & spear.  test punches.
 
Rev:  Incuse punch. 
 
Circa 485-420 BC

Weight 5.08g
Diameter 15.00mm
Grade Fine/F
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Lydia, Achaemenid Kings of Persia. AR15 Siglos
 
Obv:  Persian king w. bow & spear. 
 
Rev:  Incuse punch. 
 
Circa 485-420 BC.  5.44g.

Weight 5.44g
Diameter 15.00mm
Grade Fine/F
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Lydia, Achaemenid Kings of Persia. AR15.5 Siglos
 
Obv:  Persian king w. bow & spear. 
 
Rev:  Incuse punch. 
 
Circa 485-420 BC.  5.76g.

Weight 5.76g
Diameter 15.00mm
Grade Very Fine/VF
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Achaemenid Empire. Time of Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II. AR Quarter Siglos 
 
Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, holding bow and dagger /
 
Rectangular incuse punch.
 
BMC Arabia 143.  1.28g.  420-375 BC.

Weight 1.28g
Diameter 12.00mm
Grade About Very Fine/aVF
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Thrace, Byzantion AR15 Siglos. Cow / Mill-Sail pattern
 
Obv. Cow standing to left on dolphin, PU, above, foreleg raised.
 
Rev: Quadripartite incuse square of "mill-sail" pattern
 
416-357 B.C.  SNG Cop. 476.  5.24g.

Weight 5.24g
Diameter 15.00mm
Grade Good/G
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Lydia, Achaemenid Kings of Persia. AR14  Siglos
 
Obv:  Persian king w. bow & spear.  test punches.
 
Rev:  Incuse punch. 
 
Circa 485-420 BC.  5.60g.

Weight 5.60g
Diameter 14.00mm
Grade Fine/F
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Ionia, Phokaia. AR9 Diobol. Athena /  incuse
 
Obv: Archaic head of Athena left.
 
Rev: Incuse square.
 
SNG Kayhan 522. 521-478 BC. 1.17g.

Weight 1.17g
Diameter 9.00mm
Grade Very Fine/VF
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Troas, Birytis AE10.5 Kabeiros w. pileos / Club in wreath
 
Obv: Head of Kabeiros left, wearing pileos
 
Rev: Club within wreath.
 
SNG Copenhagen 249.   350-300 BC.  1.48g.

Weight 1.48g
Diameter 10.50mm
Grade Very Fine/VF
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Megalopolis, Arkadian League issue AE11 Pan / AKR monogram
Obv: Horned head of Pan right.
 
Rev: AKR monogram, syrinx below, QE in left field.
 
BMC 70 var.  330-275 BC.  1.72g.

Weight 1.72g
Diameter 11.00mm
Grade Good Fine/GF
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Mysia, Pergamon AE22 Zeus / Eagle on thunderbolt
 
Obv: Laureate head of Zeus to right. ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ.
 
Rev: Eagle with spread wings standing left on thunderbolt, head to right. ΠΕΡΓAΜΗΝΩΝ.
 
200-133 BC.  7.87g.

Weight 7.87g
Diameter 22.00mm
Grade Good Very Fine/gVF
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Thrace, Byzantion AR10.5 Hemidrachm
 
Obv: Forepart of cow standing left on dolphin, monogram in left field.
 
Rev: Ornamented trident head.
 
SNG BM Black Sea 15.  387 - 340 BC.  1.49g.

Weight 1.49g
Diameter 10.50mm
Grade Very Fine/VF
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Bruttium, The Bretti. AE25 Didrachm.  Ares / Athena w. spear & shield
 
Obv:  Helmeted head of Ares left, within wreath.
 
Rev: BPETTIΩN;  Athena advancing right, holding shield, spear leaning against her; in right field, lyre.
 
208-203 BC.  15.19g

Weight 15.19g
Diameter 25.00mm
Grade Fine/F
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Denarius dated 49-48 BC, struck under Julius Caesar. Military mint travelling with Caesar. Good Fine condition (banker’s mark). Elephant trampling a dragon or snake / Pontifical emblems; cumulus, aspergillum, axe and apex.
 
Ex. The Helmingham Hall hoard. Discovered in 8 September 2019, with subsequent finds in 2020-2021. The final coin in the hoard was struck in 46-47 AD, providing us with a terminus post quem during the reign of the emperor Claudius (41-54 AD), who started the invasion of Britain in 43 AD. Export license given by UK authorities autumn 2024.
 
Craw. 443/1. 3,79 g.

Weight 3.79g
Diameter 19.00mm
Grade Very Fine/VF
Year(s) Minted Struck: 49 BC - 48 BC
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2019-09-08

Helmingham Hall Hoard

Item number 304

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Quinarius dated 88 BC, struck under Cn. Cornelius Lentulus in Rome. Fine condition. Craw. 345/2; SB 255. 1,54 g.

Weight 1.54g
Diameter 15.00mm
Grade Very Fine/VF
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Syracuse in Sicily, litra dated 478-466 BC, struck under Tyrant Hieron I. Very Fine condition. Obv.: Arethusa. Rev. wheel with four spokes. Boehringer series XII, 362ff; SNG ANS 116-18; SNG Ashmolean 1939, 0,61 g.

Weight 0.61g
Diameter 9.00mm
Grade Very Fine/VF
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Achaemenid Empire. Circa 375-340 BC. AR Siglos (5.52g, 15mm). Obv.: Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger and bow. Rev.: Incuse punch. Carradice Type IV C (pl. XIV, 46); BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 19. Off centre, VF.

Weight 5.52g
Diameter 15.00mm
Grade Very Fine/VF
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Leo VI (Eastern Roman Empire) AE Follis (6.87g, 26.00mm) Constantinople Mint Struck: 886 AD - 912 AD Depicting Leo VI , Grade of Good Very Fine/gVF
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Leo VI the Wise. 886-912. AE Follis (6.87g, 26mm). Constantinople mint. Obv.: + LЄOҺЬAS-ILЄVSROM, frontal bust of Leo VI with short beard wearing chlamys and crown with cross, roundel with central pellet on right shoulder, akakia in left hand. Rev.: +LЄOҺ ЄҺΘEOЬA SILEVSR OMЄOҺ in four lines. SB 1729; DOC 8. VF.

Weight 6.87g
Diameter 26.00mm
Grade Good Very Fine/gVF
Year(s) Minted Struck: 886 AD - 912 AD
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Macrinus (Roman Empire) AE AE (5.71g, 22.00mm) Uncertain Mint Mint Struck: 217 AD - 218 AD , Grade of Very Fine/VF
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Macrinus, 217 - 218 AD

AE22, 5.71 grams, Mysia, Parium Mint
Obverse: IMP C M OPE SEV MACRINVS, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Macrinus right.
Reverse: C G I H P, Capricorn right with cornucopia set on back and globe between forelegs.
SNG France 1502 // BMC 111

Weight 5.71g
Diameter 22.00mm
Grade Very Fine/VF
Year(s) Minted Struck: 217 AD - 218 AD
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Seleukid, Seleukos IV, 187 - 175 BC, AE16

Diameter 16.00mm
Grade About Very Fine/aVF
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