Naville Numismatics Live Auction 84

Naville Numismatics presents its Live Auction 84. The auction will close on Sunday 8th October 2023, 16.00 UK time, at which time the live session will begin.

Absentee bidders can bid electronically through Naville Numismatics website from the day the sale is published online up to the start of the live session.

The auction features a selection of 721 lots of Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Medieval and Modern coins, all chosen with contribution from NAC’s experts. The sale includes a selection of coins from the collection of a Mentor.

Lot 22: Greek. Campania, Cales. Didrachm, circa 265-240. Rare with this control symbol. Extremely Fine. Starting Price: 750 GBP.

The first section of the sale starts with an interesting selections of Etruscan coins, a rare didrachm of Selinus, a rare 8 Litrae of Syracuse, a well preserved tetradrachm of Aesillas (Ex Spink Circular 85, 1977, 2091), an interesting tetradrachm of Lysimachus (Ex Spink Circular 78, 1970, 123), a well preserved hemidrachm of Corcyra (Ex Hess-Leu sale 45, 1970, 173), a rare tetradrachm of Cyzicus and a well preserved 80 drachmae of Cleopatra. Moreover in this part, a selection of Hellenistic coins and a series of coins of Tarentum, Metapontum, Croton, Syracuse, Athens, Corinth, Seleucid kings, Phoenicia, Arabia and Egypt. Noteworthy in this section are a rare and very beautiful didrachm of Cales, a well preserved tetradrachm of Thasos (Ex CNG sale 49, 1999, 300) and a rare and in high condition tetradrachm of Antiochus VI.

Lot 381: Roman Imperatorial. Marcus Antonius and Octavia. Cistophoric tetradrachm, circa 39. Surface somewhat porous, otherwise About Extremely fine. Starting Price: 250 GBP.

The Roman Provincial part of the sale includes a choice of specimens from the Dattari Collection and a wonderful selection of rare coins of Alexandria. The Roman selection boasts an interesting series of Roman Republican bronzes and a striking array of denarii. This includes an interesting quadrigatus, a well preserved denarius of M. Aemilius Scaurus and P. Plautius Hypsaeus, a rare cistophoric tetradrachm of C. Fannius, Propraetor (Ex CNG Mail Bid sale 61, 2002, 755) a lovely denarius of C. Antius C.f. Restio and a well preserved tetradrachm of Marcus Antonius and Octavia.

Lot 449: Roman Imperial. Aelius Caesar (136-138). Aureus, 137, Rome. Very rare. Wavy flan, otherwise Good Very fine – Very fine. Starting Price: 2,000 GBP.

The Imperial selection of the sale features an attractive series of Augustus and also an attractive selection of Roman gold, bronzes and silver coins such as a well preserved as of Nero (Ex NAC sale 59, 2011, 1872), a rare didrachm of Vespasian, a nice sestertius of Hadrian, an interesting medallion of Faustina Junior, a nice paduan medallion of Commodus, an Indian imitation aureus of Septimius Severus (Ex CNG e-sale 237, 2010, 419), a very rare denarius of Geta with portrait of Septimius Severus and Caracalla on reverse, a very rare antoninianus of Saloninus augustus, a very rare antoninianus of Laelianus, a series of antoniniani of Claudius II Gothicus and Aurelian, purchased from Egger and sold with the original tickets, a selection of follis from the Rauceby Hoard, found in Lincolnshire, July 2017 (submitted for consideration as Treasure and returned to the finders. PAS ID: LIN-F6D516. BM Ref: 2017 T649) and a well preserved solidus of Theodosius II, even beyond an interesting selection of Solidi, Denari, Antoniniani, Sesterti, Dupondi, Asses and Folles. Very remarkable in this part are an extremely rare denarius of Galba, a rare aureus of Aelius and a very rare antoninianus of Jotapian.

Lot 690: Byzantine. Irene (797-802). Solidus, 797-802, Constantinople. Almost FDC. Starting Price: 1,500 GBP.

The Byzantine part includes a very interesting selection of specimens, among which a very rare solidus of Maurice Tiberius from Ravenna, a well preserved solidus of Leo IV and Constantine VI, a very rare and well preserved solidus of Irene, even beyond an interesting selection of seals.

The Medieval and Modern part of sale includes a selection of ducati of Venezia (Venice), a nice fiorino d’oro di Milano, two interesting roubles from the GK collection and an interesting series of unsigned British Museum electrotype.

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