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Greek/Seleucid; Alexander I Balas BCE 152-144



AE 20 mm Serratus,  8.04g, Antioch mint,  c. BCE 147/6

SC 1793.4, CSE 195, HSC 900 (R1-2) 

O: Diademed hd of Alexander I r, dotted border.

R: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ on r ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ on l. Athena stg l holding Nike and grounded shield, spear behind.   

Controls inner left monogram K above star and Δ


Anglo-Saxon England/Northumbria; Eanred CE 810-841

AR Styca ( mm,   g,  h).  Eoferwic (York) mint; Huaetred, moneyer. Struck 810-circa 830. 

North 186; SCBC 860.

O: + EANRED REX, short cross pattée 
R: + HVAETRE[D], short cross pattée.     

England; Plantagenet/Richard II CE 1377-1399





Halfpenny, intermediate style, London Mint, facing crowned bust within circle, rev. long cross pattee, trefoils of pellets in angles,  g., S.1699

GREECE/Seleucid; Antiochus VIII Grypus BCE 121/0-96


AR Tetradrachm, 30.43 mm, 16.47 g, Sidon mint  Year 197/BCE 116/5

 SC 2330.2, SNG Spaer 2577-78, HSC 1197g (R2), BMC 8, Babelon 1387-8

O: diad hd r, diad ends falling straight behind, fillet border.

R: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY in two lines on rt EΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ on left, Zeus Uranios standing left, crescent above head, holding scepter in left hand, star above extended right hand, slightly double struck. Mintmark on outer left ΣΙΔΩ/IEP/AΣ, above control with date in ex. 

Pennies from the Collection of Andrew Wayne

PLANTAGENET. Henry III. 1216-1272. AR Pennies. All coins: Long cross type. Class Vc. Canterbury mint; Moneyers: Ion, Robert, and Willem. Struck 1251-1272. Crowned facing bust, holding scepter / Voided long cross pommée, with pellet at center and three pellets in angles. North 993; SCBC 1369. lightly toned, a few minor areas of flat strike, third struck slightly off center.  

From the Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Dix, Noonan, Webb 69 (15 March 2006), lot 1343 (part of).

Ex CNG EA 279:889 (16-05-12)

PLANTAGENET. Edward II. 1307-1327. AR Penny (19mm, 1.34 g, 1h). Class XIa1. London mint. Struck circa late 1310-circa 1314. Crowned facing bust / Long cross pattée, with three pellets in angles. SCBI 39 (North), 768-71; North 1060/1; SCBC 1455.  

From the Andrew Wayne Collection (purchased privately from Mike Vosper, August 1997).

Ex CNG EA 279:950 (16-05-12)