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    Rare "bare breast" variety
    A40, Lot 73:

    PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap (323-305 B.C.) or king (305-282 B.C.) AR tetradrachm. 15.68 gm. 28 mm. In the name of Alexander III 'the Great' of Macedon. First reduced standard. Uncertain mint 3, probably Memphis. Struck circa 306-303 B.C. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant skin headdress, aegis around neck / Athena Alkidemos advancing right, left breast bare, holding shield and spear; monograms to left and right; eagle standing on thunderbolt to right, ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to left. CPE 89. Svoronos 139. Good Extremely Fine; lovely cabinet toning; exquisite style; perfectly centered; fresh surfaces; banker's mark in field at 9' on reverse. Rare "bare breast" variety.

    Purchased from Edward J. Waddell (tag included).

    Ptolemy I Soter "(Savior"), son of the Macedonian nobleman Lagus, was a friend and intimate of Alexander III the Great from boyhood and accompanied him on his conquests in 333-323 B.C. Upon Alexander's death in 323 B.C. Ptolemy was granted the prized satrapy of Egypt, richest of the Persian provinces. Ptolemy's early coinage carries Alexander's image and name, as seen on this remarkable tetradrachm, which depicts the great conqueror wearing an elaborate elephant-skin headdress in honor of his victories in India. Ptolemy declared his own kingship in 306 B.C. and was the only one of the Diadochi ("successors") to die peacefully, in his bed. His dynasty ruled Egypt until the fall of Cleopatra VII in 30 B.C.
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    A40, Lot 77:

    Classic Greece. Robert Ready British Museum electrotype. Sicily. Syracuse. Circa 435-331 B.C. Silver decadrachm copy. 37 mm. (Actual coin weighs 42.83 gm). Reverse signed by Euainetos. A Victory quadriga with four prancing horses in front, Nike flying above, armor below / Head of Arethusa left, surrounded by four dolphins. Head plate 17, 67.

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    Robert Ready British Museum Electrotypes

    In the late 1850’s the British Museum hired the seal-maker, Robert Ready, to produce copies of some of the finest coins in the British Museum collection. With an electrotyping technique they had perfected Ready and his sons produced exact replicas of the actual museum coins. They were produced in two parts, an obverse and a reverse. We acquired a select group of some of the most beautiful and important pieces they produced. All of these were direct copper casts of the actual coins and all have been gilt to illustrate the color of the actual coin, silver or gold. (Numbering based on Barclay Head’s 1889 work A Guide to the Principal Gold and Silver Coins of the Ancients. Published by the British Museum. Modified and republished in 1932; subsequently modified slightly and republished in 1959.)
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    A40, Lot 78:

    Classic Greece. Robert Ready British Museum electrotype. Mysia. Lampsacus. Circa 394-330 B.C. Electrum stater copy. 17 mm. (Actual coin weighs 8.44 gm). Nike kneeling right, nailing helmet to a trophy consisting of a shield, cuirass, and sword / Forepart of Pegasos flying right. BMC Mysia 82: 31 (the original coin). Head plate 18, 27 (obverse).

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    Robert Ready British Museum Electrotypes

    In the late 1850’s the British Museum hired the seal-maker, Robert Ready, to produce copies of some of the finest coins in the British Museum collection. With an electrotyping technique they had perfected Ready and his sons produced exact replicas of the actual museum coins. They were produced in two parts, an obverse and a reverse. We acquired a select group of some of the most beautiful and important pieces they produced. All of these were direct copper casts of the actual coins and all have been gilt to illustrate the color of the actual coin, silver or gold. (Numbering based on Barclay Head’s 1889 work A Guide to the Principal Gold and Silver Coins of the Ancients. Published by the British Museum. Modified and republished in 1932; subsequently modified slightly and republished in 1959.)
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    A40, Lot 85:

    Classic Greece. Robert Ready British Museum electrotype. Baktria. Sophytes. Circa 315-294 B.C. Silver drachm copy. 15 mm. (Actual coin weighs 3.77 gm). Helmeted head of the king right / A cockerel standing right, a cadaceus above; ΣΩΦYΤΟΥ to right. Head plate 27, 6.

    Head notes that Sophytes was an Indian prince who submitted to Alexander. His coins reflect Seleukid styles.

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    Robert Ready British Museum Electrotypes

    In the late 1850’s the British Museum hired the seal-maker, Robert Ready, to produce copies of some of the finest coins in the British Museum collection. With an electrotyping technique they had perfected Ready and his sons produced exact replicas of the actual museum coins. They were produced in two parts, an obverse and a reverse. We acquired a select group of some of the most beautiful and important pieces they produced. All of these were direct copper casts of the actual coins and all have been gilt to illustrate the color of the actual coin, silver or gold. (Numbering based on Barclay Head’s 1889 work A Guide to the Principal Gold and Silver Coins of the Ancients. Published by the British Museum. Modified and republished in 1932; subsequently modified slightly and republished in 1959.)
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    A40, Lot 86:

    Classic Greece. Robert Ready British Museum electrotype. Macedon. Demetrios Poliorketes. 306-283 B.C. Silver tetradrachm copy. 28 mm. (Actual coin weighs 17.24 gm). Nike standing left on the prow of a galley, blowing trumpet and cradling stylis / Poseidon, naked, standing left, wielding a trident, chlamys draped over his left arm. Head plate 27, 15.

    All electrotypes offered here are in two separate halves.

     

    An in-hand experience of the finest of Greek coinage

    Robert Ready British Museum Electrotypes

    In the late 1850’s the British Museum hired the seal-maker, Robert Ready, to produce copies of some of the finest coins in the British Museum collection. With an electrotyping technique they had perfected Ready and his sons produced exact replicas of the actual museum coins. They were produced in two parts, an obverse and a reverse. We acquired a select group of some of the most beautiful and important pieces they produced. All of these were direct copper casts of the actual coins and all have been gilt to illustrate the color of the actual coin, silver or gold. (Numbering based on Barclay Head’s 1889 work A Guide to the Principal Gold and Silver Coins of the Ancients. Published by the British Museum. Modified and republished in 1932; subsequently modified slightly and republished in 1959.)
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    Extremely rare irregular striking
    A40, Lot 185:

    SCOTLAND. Mary Stuart. 1542-1567. AR ryal. 28.93 gm. 44 mm. Rare irregular striking with Henry's name before Mary's (see references noted below) (446.5 grains, near appropriate weight for the ryal issue). 1566. Crowned shield, thistle each side; HENRIC & MARIA DEI GRA R & R SCOTORV around / A tortoise climbing a palm tree; DAT GLORIA VIRES on a scroll (A genuine die used). S. 5425 type. SCBI 58, Edinburgh: 1189 (same dies). Good Very Fine; beautiful old collection toning; well struck on a full round flan. Three known. We handled another in 2015 (Auction 35, realized $7500). The third piece, ex Lockett, is in The National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh. All are from the same dies, the reverse being a somewhat worn genuine die that was used to strike regular issues.

    The young Henry Darnley had journeyed to Scotland to press his claim to the English throne, Mary was in line in front of him and when they married he pressed to be proclaimed king, co-equal with Mary. Coinage would express this. When Mary and Francis were married Francis's name appeared first on the coin (as did Philip's name when he and Mary Tudor married), but both Francis and Philip were kings in their own right. The callow Henry was not, but he did keep trying and he had friends who helped. The exact plan behind this piece is uncertain, but the reverse die is a genuine mint die and the weight is correct.

    Holmes, N. (Scottish Coins in the National Musems of Scotland, Edinburgh, Part I. SCBI 58: 1189, 429) suggests "more likely an irregular striking." Rampling & Murray, BNJ 59 (1989), p. 213. "The Coinage of the Marians in Edinburgh Castle in 1572—an Addendum" discusses the issue and notes the Lockett example. We have published a more detailed discussion on our website here. (AD)

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