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Greek Bactria - Eukratides I - Tetradrachm
Sold for (Inc. bp): £828
Circa 170-145 BC, Merv. Obv: BASILEWS MEGAS EYKRATIDHS, helmeted bust of Eukratides right, wearing crested helmet. Rev: HLIOKLEOUS KAI LAODIKHS, jugate, draped busts of Heliokles and Laodike, diademed, right; monogram behind. -
Greek Armenia - Tigranes II - Tetradrachm
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,265
83-69 BC, Antioch. Obv: bust of Tigranes wearing Armenian tiara with star and eagles; dotted points on tiara. Rev: BASILEWS TIGRANOY, Tyche of Antioch, turreted and draped, seated right, holding palm branch, river-god Orontes swimming right below, monogram below (off flan), all within wreath. -
Celtic Gaul Somme Valley - Bearded Class 3 - Gold Half Stater
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,840
Circa 3rd century BC. Obv: wreathed and bearded portrait right. Rev: chariot and rider with single horse right, 'kite' symbol in front, small voided cross below and lettering(?) in exergue. -
Celtic Anglo-Gallic GB5 - Suessiones - Gold Stater
Sold for (Inc. bp): £587
Circa 1st century BC. Obv: wreath design with 'face' symbol above crescents. Rev: triple-tailed horse right with charioteer's arm and showing and 'wheel' below. This issue was the protoype from which the British SO5-6 Selsey Two-Faced type was apparently copied (see S. 38). -
Roman Claudius - DE BRITANN - Fourre Denarius
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,495
Circa 49-51 AD, Romano-British copying Lugdunum. Obv: TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P X IMP P P legend with laureate bust right. Rev: triumphal arch inscribed DE BRITANN surmounted by Claudius mounted. -
Roman Nero - Gold Aureus
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,495
64-65 AD, Rome. Obv: NERO CAESAR, laureate head right. Rev: AVGVSTVS GERMANICVS, radiate, togate figure of Nero standing facing, holding branch and Victory on globe. -
Roman Flavius Victor - Roma - Siliqua
Sold for (Inc. bp): £978
Circa 387-388 AD, Milan. Obv: DN FL VIC-TOR PF AVG legend, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: VIRTVS RO-MANORVM legend, Roma seated facing on throne, head left, holding globe and inverted spear; mintmark MDPS in exergue. -
Roman Theodosius II - Gold Solidus
Sold for (Inc. bp): £633
408-450 AD, Thessalonica. Obv: D N THEODO-SIVS P F AVG, three-quarter facing, helmeted bust, spear over shoulder. Rev: GLOR ORVI-S TERRAR, Theodosius II standing facing, holding standard and cross on globe; star to left; mintmark TESOB. -
Anglo-Saxon Merovingian Rhineland - Victory - Gold Tremissis
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,750
Circa 530-600 AD. Obv: diademed profile bust right with OHIASTI / ANVSPAVG legend (from DN IVSTINIANVS PE AVG). Rev: Victory standing with VCIOIRIAAVCVSTOM legend having sideways S, retrograde and inverted letters (based upon VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM) and retrograde CON in exergue. -
Anglo-Saxon Crondall Series - Witmen Derived - Gold Shilling (Thrymsa)
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,830
Circa 620-640 AD, Kent (Canterbury?). Obv: profile diademed bust right with three ties and trident before. Rev: cross fourchee with blundered legend. -
Anglo-Saxon Harthacnut - Dover/Boga - Jewel Cross Penny
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,990
1036 AD. Obv: profile bust left with +HARDACNVTR legend. Rev: jewelled cross with BOGAONNDOFR legend for the moneyer Boga at Dover mint. -
Anglo-Saxon Harthacnut - Ilchester/Aegelwine - Jewel Cross Cut Halfpenny
Sold for (Inc. bp): £863
1036 AD, in name of Cnut. Obv: bust right with CNVT[ ] legend. Rev: jewelled cross with +AEGELP[ ]E: legend for the moneyer Aegelwine at Ilchester mint. -
Anglo-Saxon Harthacnut - London/Brihtwine - Arm and Sceptre Penny
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,530
1040-1042 AD. Obv: profile bust with sceptre and +CNVTRECX legend. Rev: voided cross with quadrilateral and +BRIHTPINEONLVND: legend for the moneyer Brihtwine at London mint. -
Norman William I - Hertford/Theodric - Two Stars Penny
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,840
1074-1077 AD. Obv: facing bust with star each side and +PILLELM REX AN legend. Rev: cross over quadrilateral with +DEDRIC ON HERTF legend for the moneyer Theodric at Hertford mint. -
Norman William I - Steyning/Thorbjorn - PAXS Penny
Sold for (Inc. bp): £633
1083-1086 AD. Obv: facing bust with +PILLELM REX legend. Rev: cross with PAXS in angles and +DIIRBEN ON STNIG legend for the moneyer Thorbjorn at Steyning mint. -
Scotland David I - Edinburgh/Erebald - Cut Farthing
Sold for (Inc. bp): £863
1136-1140 AD, as Stephen Type I, in name of David. Obv: bust right with DAVIT[ ] legend. Rev: cross moline with +ER[ ]VR legend for the moneyer (H)Erebald at Edinburgh mint. -
English Medieval Edward III - London - Gold Treaty Series Half Noble
Sold for (Inc. bp): £978
1363-1369 AD. London mint. Obv: King in ship with xEDWARD DEI G REX ANGL D HYB Z AQT legend. Rev: floriated cross with E at centre and +DOMINE NE IN FVRORE TVO ARGVAS ME legend. -
Tudor Henry VIII - Canterbury - Farthing
Sold for (Inc. bp): £978
1537-1538 AD, Second Coinage, Canterbury mint. Obv: portcullis with RUTILANS ROSA legend with saltire stop and 'catherine wheel' mintmark. Rev: rose over long cross with DEO GRACIAS legend. -
Tudor Henry VIII - Posthumous Issue - Gold Half Sovereign
Sold for (Inc. bp): £863
1547-1551 AD, Tower mint. Obv: King enthroned with rose below and HENRIC 8 DEI GRA ANGL FRA Z HIB REX legend with 'martlet' mintmark. Rev: crowned arms supported with IHS AVTEM TRANSIENS PER MEDIV ILLO IBAT legend. -
World Netherlands - Count William V - Gold Chaise d Or
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,150
1346-1359 AD. Obv: ruler seated on throne with +GVILLELMV DVX COM HOLAND REI legend with single and double saltire stops. Rev: voided cross fleury within quatrefoil tressure with a flower symbol in each external angle and +XPC VINCIT XPC REGNAT XPC IMPERAT legend with double annulet stops.
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