Lord Marcovan's "Eclectic Box" collection (Ancient & World Coins) as of November 25, 2022

This is the Ancient & World Coins portion of my "Eclectic Box" collection.

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Last update: July 2, 2022

Number of coins as of this update: 76

This is the first update since the collection was split into separate categories.

Coins here are shown in chronological order. Photos are not to scale.

As usual, thanks for looking.

~Robertson ("Rob") Shinnick
Golden Isles of Georgia, November 25, 2022

 

Greece (Ionia, Phokaia): electrum hekte, ca. 478-387 BC


Greece (Thrace, Pantakapaion): bronze Æ21, ca. 310-303 BC


Greece (Spartans in Taras, Calabria, Italy): silver drachm; Athena and owl, ca. 302-281 BC


Greece (Caria, Alabanda): silver tetradrachm of Alexander the Great (posthumous issue), ca. 188-156 BC


Egypt (Ptolemaic Kingdom): silver didrachm of Ptolemy VI "Philometer", ca. 163-145 BC


Roman Republic: silver denarius of moneyer L. Furius Brocchus; Ceres and curule chair, ca. 63 BC


Celtic Tribes (Catuvellauni & Trinovantes): gold quarter-stater of Cunobelin, ca. 8-41 AD


Roman Empire: gold aureus of Nero, ca. 54-68 AD


Roman Empire: silver denarius of Vespasian; commemorative issue struck by Titus ca. 80-81 AD


Roman Empire: bronze sestertius of Hadrian, ca. 117-138 AD

 

Roman Egypt (Alexandria): billon tetradrachm of Hadrian, ca. 121-122 AD; canopic jar of Osiris


Roman Empire: bronze sestertius of Antoninus Pius, struck ca. 159 AD


Roman Empire: billon reduced centenionalis; VRBS ROMA city commemorative, ca. 330-340 AD


Roman empire: silver siliqua of Julian II, ca. 360-363 AD; found in 1887 in the East Harptree Hoard


Byzantine Empire: gold tremissis of Justinian I, ca. 527-565 AD


Sasanian Empire: silver drachm of Khusru II, ca. 591-628 AD


England (Anglo-Saxon): silver penny of Edward the Confessor, struck ca. 1062-1065


Sicily (Norman Kings): gold tari of Guglielmo I ("William the Bad"), ca. 1154-1166


German States (Brunswick-Lüneburg): silver bracteate of William Longsword, ca. 1195-1213


England: silver penny of King John, ca. 1213-1215, from the Gisors hoard found in Normandy

 

Scotland: silver penny of Alexander III, second coinage, ca. 1280-1286


Crusader States (Cyprus): silver gros of Hugo IV, ca. 1324-1359


England: silver groat of Henry VI, ca. 1422-1461, from the Reigate Hoard found in Surrey


Lithuania: silver half-grosz of Sigismund II Augustus of Poland, 1550; Vilnius mint


England: silver sixpence of Elizabeth I, 1575, Tower mint, eglantine mintmark


Netherlands: copper jeton; 80 Years War, beheading scene, 1596, Dordrecht mint


German States (Teutonic Order): silver 1/4-thaler of Grand Master Maximilian of Austria, ca. 1615


England: silver crown of Charles II, 1679, TRICESIMO PRIMO edge, mint error


Austria: silver 3-kreuzer of Leopold I ("The Hogmouth"), 1700-IA, minor clipped planchet error


Great Britain: silver South Sea Company sixpence of George I, 1723; double-struck mint error

 

Germany (Nürnberg): silver Augsburg Confession medal by Daniel Dockler the Younger, 1730


Mexico (Spanish Colonial): silver 8 reales ("Pillar Dollar"), 1736-Mo-MF, Mexico City mint


Swiss Cantons (Zürich): silver "city view" 1/2-thaler (1 gulden of 36 schillings), 1739


Russia (Siberia): copper 10-kopecks of Catherine the Great, 1781-KM, Suzun mint


Great Britain (Chichester, Sussex): copper Conder token ("Chichester Halfpenny"), 1794


Ireland: bronzed copper proof halfpenny of George III, 1805, Soho Mint


Colombia (Spanish Colonial): gold 8-escudos of Charles IV, 1808-NR JJ


Iran (Persia): gold toman of Fath-Ali Shah, AH 1233 (1817), Yazd mint


France: gilt bronze specimen medal by Antoine Bovy, for Napoleon Bonaparte's 1840 Paris funeral


Great Britain: silver florin of Queen Victoria, "Gothic" type, 1865 (Die #13)

 

France (Compagnie La Prévoyance): silver jeton (insurance token) engraved by Paulin Tasset, 1869


Peru: copper-nickel 10-centavos; provisional coinage, 1879


New Zealand (Christchurch): bronze merchant token; Milner & Thompson's Music Depot, 1881


Canada (Newfoundland): gold 2 dollars of Queen Victoria, 1885


Channel Islands (Guernsey): copper 2-doubles, 1889-H; Heaton mint, Birmingham


Japan: silver "dragon" yen of the Emperor Meiji, Year 23 (1890)


Peru: silver half-dinero, 1897-JF


Great Britain: gold half-sovereign of Queen Victoria, 1901, from the Dr. Jacob Terner collection


India (British): silver 2-annas of Queen Victoria, 1901, Calcutta mint


Germany (Wurttemburg): silver klippe; Stuttgart Numismatic Association "Happy Near Year", (1904)

 

Germany (Imperial): silver mark, 1914-A


Portugal: silver 50 centavos, 1916


Germany (Thale am Harz in Saxony): aluminum 2-mark notgeld token (cat & crown), 1921


Philippines (US Insular government): silver 50-centavos, 1921


Germany (Westphalia): gilt bronze hyperinflationary 10,000-mark notgeld token, 1923


Russia (Soviet Union): silver rouble, 1924- ПЛ, Leningrad mint


Greenland: copper-nickel 25-øre, 1926 (h) HCN GJ; Copenhagen mint


Australia: silver florin of George V, Canberra Parliament House commemorative, 1927, Melbourne mint


Bolivia: copper-nickel 10-centavos, 1936


Egypt: silver 2-piastres of King Farouk, AH 1356 (1937)

 

Switzerland: silver 5 francs, Armament commemorative, 1936-B


Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao): copper-nickel-zinc 5-cents of Queen Wilhelmina, 1943


Palestine (British): bronze 5-mils, 1944; saved by WW2 US Merchant Marine Captain Raymond Fulshaw


Belgian Congo: brass 2-francs, 1947


Esperanto (Universal League): copper-nickel 10-steloj fantasy, 1959 (struck in 1960 at Utrecht)


Greece: silver 30-drachmai of Paul I; "Five Greek Kings" commemorative, 1963


Tanzania: copper-nickel 5-shilingi, United Nations F.A.O. issue, 1972


Bahamas: proof copper-nickel 10-cents, 1974-FM; bonefish


Cuba: silver 5-pesos, 1982, United Nations F.A.O. issue (cattle)


Nepal: gold proof Asarfi of Gyanendra Shah (1/20th-ounce), Lord Buddha commemorative, VS2052 (1995)

 

Austria: silver proof 10-euro, Klosterneuburg Abbey commemorative, 2008


Great Britain, proof silver Britannia commemorative (one ounce, .999 fine), 2013


Somalia: silver 100-shillings, 2014; silver bullion coinage (elephant)


China (People's Republic): gilt-enamel proof silver 10-yuan; "Auspicious Culture: Longevity", 2016


Ghana: silver 5-cedis of Elizabeth II (1-ounce, .999 fine); African Leopard commemorative, 2017


Kazakhstan: copper-nickel gilt 200-tenge, Eagle Owl, 2019

 

All the ones seen here are. Not seen are perhaps eight or ten more in the pipeline which have either not yet been sent off for certification, or haven’t landed in my mailbox yet. Before December I expect to send off the former and see the latter arrive.

 

Thank you. It makes me happy to hear you say that. You see, I had a very nice Hadrian sestertius before, which I sold to a good friend when times were lean. I’ve always missed it since, and he’s not turning loose of it! LOL.

So when my circumstances improved, I bought that other one this year.

The old (ex-Boston Museum of Fine Arts, ex-Colosseo Collection, sadly ex-Lord Marcovan).


The new, which you commented on above. My “consolation coin”.


I’m still a bit partial to the old one, but happy with the new one (and thanks for reinforcing that view).

 

I agree! And so do most collectors of ancients, which is no doubt why they can be so darned pricey!