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ANCIENT, CELTIC, BRITISH, IRISH and WORLD COINS TOKENS and HISTORICAL MEDALS WEDNESDAY 17th NOVEMBER 1 999 at IPM PRECISELY A selection of Roman coins from the sale I OI.D BOND ST I.ONDON WIX 3TD FAX 0171 499 5023 TFLEIMIONE 0 171 499 5022 VAT No. GB 562 8504 32 Registered at the above address No. 2.S62425 Nimrod Dix - Director Pierce Noonan - Director Christopher Webb - Director Robin Greville - Technical Consultant Julia MacPhail - Catalogue Production & Photography Representatives Medals Coins Donald Flail Siegfried Schwer PO Box 2084 107 High Road West New Milton Felixstowe Hampshire BH25 7YX Suffolk IPl 1 9AJ Tel: 01425 629159 Tel: 01394 278580 Fax: 01425 629159 Fax: 01394 672369 European North American Australasian South African Representative Representative Representative Representative Jean Claude Baudey Eugene G Ursuai John B u r r i d g e C a p t. Peter Dig b y “Chez Bertin” PO Box 8096 9 1 S h e n t o n R d 1 7240 Ottawa S w a n h o Li r n e aint Ciers du Taillon Ontario K 1 G 3H6 WA 60 10 France Canada Australia el: (33) 546 49 05 14 Tel: 6 13 52 1 969 I Tel: 06 1 89 384 12 18 Tel: 271 1728 6446 ax:(33) 546 49 05 14 Fax: 6 13 523 3347 Fax: 06 1 89 385 26 1 1 An Auction Of ANCIENT, CELTIC, BRITISH, IRISH and WORLD COINS TOKENS and HISTORICAL MEDALS To be held at The Regus Conference Centre 12 St.James’s Square London SWl on WEDNESDAY 17th NOVEMBER 1999 at 1pm PRECISELY Viewing will take place at The Regus Conference Centre Wednesday 17th November 9.00 am to 12 noon Viewing will be available at our office prior to Public Viewing STRICTLY BY APPOINTMENT In sending commissions or making enquiries please contact: Christopher Webb Front Cover Lot 30 Back Cover Lot 109 Bidding Slip - Sale date 17tli November 1999 Please hid on my behalf at the above sale for the following Lot(s) up to the price(s) mentioned below. These bids are to be executed as cheaply as is permitted by other bids or reserves. I agree to comply with the Notices and relevant Conditions of Business as printed in the catalogue. 1 understand that in the case of a successful bid, a premium of 15 % plus VAT will be payable by me on the hammer price. Please take note of the following bidding increments and ensure your bids comply with the steps outlined below:- Up to £100 by £5 £1,000 to £2,000 by £.50 £100 to £500 by £10 £2,000 to £5,000 by £100 £500 to £1,000 by £20 £5,000 to £10,000 by £200 Bids of unusual amounts “off step” will be rounded down to the bid step below and will not take precedence over a similar bid unless received first. All absentee bids will be executed in the name of ‘Wood’ Excluding Premium Lot £ Bid Lot £ Bid Lot £ Bid No t No No 937 45 (Pasteu r Inst. ) Name (Block Capitals) RALPH R. SONNENSCHEIN Address 18212 Kingsport Dr., Malibu, CA 90265, U.S.A. Xel. 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All pur¬ chases are sent by registered post unless otherwise instructed, for which a minimum charge of £.5.00 + VAI will be added to your invoice. Please cheek your l)ids carelully and complete the pa_\’ment instructions o\’erleal. Subscription Form Catalogue Type C.K. Eur World Coins Banknotes Tokens & Historical Medals £24 £30 £35 (US S60) (Subscription covers five Catalogues) Orders, Decorations &c Medals £24 £30 £35 (US S60) (Subscription covers four catalogues) Client Details Name Address Telephone: Fax Method of Payment □ Cheque {payable to DNW) □ □ □ □ Credit Card charged to the sum of £ Access Visa Switch Delta Card No. Name {as shown on card) Expiry Date Statement Address (if different from above) Signature Please notily ns promptly o( any change ol address. Dix Noonan Webb Limited • I Old Bond Street • London WIX 3TD • Lei 0207 -tw 5022 Fax 0207 499 5023 Con I KNTS Ancient Coins.I -73 Celtic Coins.74-75 British Coins.76-492 A Collection of Irish Coins.493-568 Irish, Scottish, Channel Islands and Isle of Man Coins.569-582 British Tokens.583-591 World Coins.592-684 British Historical Medals.685-740 Scottish Medals.741-762 A Collection of City of London Medals.763-794 Art Union of London Medals.795-803 World Historical Medals.804-840 World Art Medals.841-966 Medals Relating to Motoring &c Motor Sports.967-979 Medals Relating to Aviation.980-990 Medals Relating to the Olympics.991-999 Medals Relating to Navigation.1000-1019 Coin Cabinets & Numismatic Books.1020-1030 Please note All payments to Dix Noonan Webb should now be made in pounds sterling. ANCIENT COINS Thrace Greek Italy, Campania-Neapolis, c. 370-340 BC., AR Didrachm, obverse bust of Nymph Parthenoper right, two dolphins around, reverse a man-headed bull walking right, crowned 6 Thracian Dynasts, Koson, gold Stater, mid 1st Century by Nike flying above (Sear 300). Fair to fine (£40-60) BC, three togate figures (consul escorted by two lictors), K02QN in exergue, reverse eagle standing left on sceptre, holding wreath (RPC 1701; BMC p. 474, 48). Extremely fine, weak striking (£500-600) These gold Staters are usually described as struck from treasure consigned to Brutus by an unattesled Thracian dynast to fund the Republican war effort. Andrew Burnett (RPC p. 473) and others have questioned this attribution and believe that it is more likely to be an issue of a Scythian dynast and struck at Olbia on the northern Black Sea. Attica Bruttium, the Brettian League, Sextans (c. 216-213 BC), head of Ares left, reverse Athena advancing right, holding shield, thunderbolt below, crab to right of Athena on groundline. About very fine (£80-100) 7 Athens, c. 340., Tetradrachm, head of Athena right, reverse owl, 16.5gms. Irregular flan, about very fine (£70-100) Calabria, Tarentum, silver Stater, rider right crowning Euboea horse, reverse Taras on dolphin left, holding trident, 7.11gms (Vlasto 667). A little off-centre, good very fine 8 Histiaea, Tetrobol, bust right, reverse nymph on galley, (£60-80) 2.35gm (Sear 2496); together with a Ptolemaic bronze [2]. First very fine, second about fine (£30-40) Elis Olympia (after 191 BC), Drachm 4.6g, eagle right attacking hare, reverse winged thunderbolt (BMC 136; S 2899); Peloponnesos (3rd Century BC), Hemidrachms of Lucania, Metapontum, silver Stater, head of Demeter, Argos (1) and Sicyon (3), and a tri-obol of Phokis (BMC reverse ear of barley 7.81gms (Johnson C 5.14). Good 25) [6]. Fine to good fine (£160-180) very fine (£70-100) Lesbos Sicily 10 Mytilene (450-330 BC), Electrum Sixth-stater, 2.5g, laureate head of Apollo right, reverse female head in incuse square (BMC 90-93; S 4250 var.). Obverse head partially off flan, otherwise very fine (£120-140) Carian Islands Himi ra, Didrachm (482-472), I’yranny of Thcron and his son Thriisydaios, cock standing left, reverse crab (BMC 24; I 1 Rhodes, Drachm and Diobol (167-88 BC); Ephesos. /E 18 Sear 718). Obverse fine, hut cock slightly off flan and (3rd C’cniury BC); Thebes, Hemiilrachm (379-371 BC); und legend missing, reverse very fine (LOO-80) Thrace, Pantikapaion, Ai 18 |5|. Mostly fine (£60-80)