ATLAS NUMISMATICS SELECTIONS: FEBRUARY 25, 2024

 

1077646 | GREEK. SICILY. Syracuse. Agathocles (Agathokles). (Tyrant, 317-289 BC).Struck 305-295 BC. AR Tetradrachm. NGC AU (About Uncirculated) Strike 5/5 Surface 4/5 Fine Style. 16.84gm. Wreathed head of Arethusa facing left with three dolphins around, monogram below truncation / Charioteer holding kentron and reins driving a fast quadriga left, triskeles above, ethnic and monogram in exergue. Ierardi 46.

Ex Lefèvre/Parsy, Paris 13 (December 2005) Lot 9.
$13,950.

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1077648 | ROMAN IMPERIAL. Julia Domna. (Wife of Septimus Severus, 193-217 AD).Struck 193-194 AD. AV Aureus. NGC Ch. MS (Choice Mint State) Strike 5/5 Surface 4/5. Rome. 7.29gm. Draped bust, right / Venus standing and holding a palm branch holding out an apple to right. BMC 47; Calicó 2641; Cohen 193; RIC 536.

Ex Sotheby's, Zürich 26 (October 1993) Lot 105. Includes original collector's ticket.
$29,500

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1077323 | AUSTRIA. Vienna. (Post-1843) AV Medallic 24 Ducats. PCGS Genuine - UNC Details. Edge damaged. By Konrad Lange. Edge: (A). 42mm. 83.73gm. SALVATOR MVNDI. Nimbate half-length bust of Christ, left; signed K.L. below truncation / SVB VMBRA ALARVM TVARVM. City view of Vienna, small crowned double-headed eagle above, MVNVS REIPVBLICAE VIENNENSIS on cartouche below flanked by Arms. Unger 23; cf. Forrer 298.

Very rare in this large format; a highly attractive piece with one unobtrusive edge bump at 7 o'clock on the obverse which is the described "edge damage".
$67,500

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1076867 | FRANCE. 2nd Republic. (1848-1852). 1850-A (hand) and (lamp) AV 20 Francs. NGC PR68 Cameo. By L. Merley. Paris. REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE. Liberty head with oak leaf wreath, right / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE. Denomination within wreath. KM 762; Friedberg 566; Gadoury 1059; F.-529.
$79,500

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1078278 | FRENCH INDO-CHINA. 1931-(a) AR Piastre. PCGS MS63. Paris. Laureate head left / Denomination and date within keyhole shape wreath. KM 19; Lecompte 312.

Ex Howard A. Daniel III Collection.
$985

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1076825 | GERMAN STATES. Nürnberg. (1716-46) AV Medallic Marriage Ducat. PCGS MS63. By P. G. Nürnberger. 22mm. 3.50gm. Bride and groom kneeling before an altar with radiant crucifix and Bible / Christ blesses a bride and groom who are shaking hands. Erlanger 2260; Goppel 4004.
$4,450

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1077165 | GREAT BRITAIN. England. Elizabeth I. (Queen, 1558-1603). (1592-95)- (tun) AV Half Pound. NGC AU55. By Charles Anthony. Tower Mint, London. 5.62gm. ELIZAB.' D.' G.' ANG.' FRA.' ET. HIB.' REGIN.'. Larger crowned and decorated bust left, wearing elaborate bodice / SCVTVM • FIDEI • PROTEGE • EAM •. Crowned shield of arms divides E - R to either side. SCBC 2535A; North 2009; Brown & Comber [1989], G23; Ryan 329; Raynes 152; Lockett 1989 same dies; Hird I, 51; Spink 6, 10-11 October 1979, lot 593* same dies; King 52 same dies; Schneider I, 809 same obverse die.

Sharply struck and attractively toned.

Ex Dr Paul Broughton, Spink 235, (22 March 2016), Lot 443; Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin February 1975, G79* - "extremely fine"; Spink-Glendining, 27-28 November 1974, lot 567 - "extremely fine and scarce". Includes old auction ticket.
$44,500

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1076410 | GREAT BRITAIN. England. Charles I. 1643-(plumes) AR Pound. PCGS XF45. Oxford. Large horseman over weapons, holding sword; plumes in upper right field / Three Oxford plumes near denomination, •XX•; declaration and date below. KM 258; SCBC-2938; North 2397 (VR); Brooker-863; Morrison dies-A/2.

Declaration type.

Ex George Hamilton-Smith Collection (Sotheby's, July 1913) Lot 81; Ex Sir Kenyon Vaughan Morgan (Sotheby's 1935). Housed in an oversized holder and includes original collector's envelope.
$59,500

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1077441 | GREAT BRITAIN. Netherlands. Peace of Breda. 1667 AR Medal. PCGS MS65. By C. Adolphi . Amsterdam. Edge: Plain. 43mm. 29.59gm. English and Dutch admiral ship brotherly alongside to the right (Amsterdam city coat of arms, flag with lion Generaliteit) /Coats of arms England and the Republic hanging from a laurel wreath interwoven with a garland; inscribed scroll below, BRITAN: BATAV: PAX. Eimer 242; van Loon 559.4; Pax 267. For the signing of the Treaty of Breda.

Includes old Jacques Schulman (Amsterdam) auction envelope.
$9,500

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1077406 | GREAT BRITAIN. Victoria. (Queen, 1837-1901). 1889 Bronzed AE Medal. PCGS SP65. By A. Kirkwood & Son. 77mm. 267.78gm. Victoria and Richard I crowned and draped busts facing towards each other, St George and Dragon below / Londinia seated right, receives symbols of Mayoralty from St Michael. Eimer 1752; BHM 3377; Welch 23.

Mayoralty of the City of London, 700th Anniversary, 1189-1889.

Includes original case.
$3,450

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1078211 | IRELAND REPUBLIC. Irish Free State. (1922-1937). 1927 Copper Pattern or Prova Penny. NGC PR64. By P. Morbiducci. Edge: Plain. 10.31gm. SAORSTAT EIREANN. Irish harp, PROVA to right / PINGIN. Hen and chickens, left; denomination above. KM Pattern 3 (variant).

Patterns entered by the Roman sculptor Publio Morbiducci (1889-1963) for the competition to design Ireland's new money in 1928, in which he was ultimately unsuccessful were struck by the Milanese medallists Lorioli Castelli (now Lorioli Fratelli). Precise numbers of pieces which exist are uncertain, although the best previously published estimates were by Brady in 1976, who thought that three pieces existed in bronze (his numbers 41-3).
$29,500

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1077141 | SWITZERLAND. Geneva. 1875 AR Shooting Medal. PCGS SP65. By Samuel Mognetti. Edge: Plain. 43mm. 37.47gm. Radiant cross above boating scene / Coat of arms of Geneva over crossed rifles and anchor. Richter 601b; Martin 305.

Struck to commemorate the 400th Anniversary of the Foundation for the Geneva Shooting Festival. From a mintage of just 320 pieces.
$2,250

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1077139 | UNITED NATIONS. 1946 Platinum Monetary Pattern (Essai) Ducaton (SC$1). NGC MS61. Edge: Plain. 38mm. 52.72gm. MONETARY UNITY / WORLD PEACE. Five flags on a hemisphere representing France, England, USA, U.S.S.R. and China / FREEDOM - RELIGION · FEAR · SPEECH · WANT ·. Five figures symbolizing peace around an inner circular legend. KM X-1B; Hibler/Kappan 873D.

Extremely rare, with only 3 pieces struck in this weight. Struck by the "Medallic Art Co.", upon the initiative of A. Kosoff and Hans F. Schulman in 1945.

Reportedly Ex. King Farouk (The Palace Collection of Egypt), Sotheby's, February/March 1954, Lot 1566 (slightly different note weighted in catalogue).
$16,950

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1077135 | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 1907 AV $10, Eagle. PCGS MS67. By Augustus Saint-Gaudens. U.S. Mint, Philadelphia. New-style head, left, within circle of stars /UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Eagle standing to left; without motto. KM 102; Fr.-164.
$49,500

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