Experts in Coins & Medals

CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS. The Sindii. Circa 400 BC. Diobol (Silver, 14.5 mm, 1.73 g, 9 h), Persian standard, struck in Gorgippia (?). Head of youthful Herakles to right, wearing a lion's skin headdress. Rev. ΣΙΝΔΩΝ Horse's head to right; all within a shallow incuse square. Anokhin 42. HGC 7, 2. Frolova, Type II, 5. MacDonald 80. SNG BM Black Sea 1008 (as a hemidrachm). SNG Stancomb 632. Very rare. Of fine style: a splendid example of this elusive type! Fine style. Slightly doublestruck and with traces of corrosion, otherwise, extremely fine.

The Triumvirs. Mark Antony and Octavia, 39 BC. Cistophoric Tetradrachm (Silver, 27 mm, 11.40 g, 12 h), Ephesus. M ANTONIVS IMP•COS•DESIG•ITER ET•TERT Head of Antony to right, wearing ivy wreath; below, lituus; all within an ivy wreath. Rev. III•VIR• / R•P•C• Small draped bust of Octavia to right above cista mystica; both flanked by interlaced serpents with erect heads. BMC 133. Cohen 2. CRI 262. RPC I, 2201. Toned. Banker's marks obverse; scratches, otherwise, good fine.