ANCIENT GOLD COINS AND JEWELRY
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| 8172. SICILY, SYRACUSE, time of Timoleon, ca. 344-317 BC. Gold 30 litrae. SURAKOSIWN, laureate head of Zeus of superb classical style l./Pegasos flying l. VF+. Very rare! |  |
| 8173. CARTHAGE, ca. 310-290 BC. Electrum Didrachm, Sear 6456v. Hd Tanit l./Horse stg. r. AEF. |  |
| 8174. MACEDON, ALEXANDER THE GREAT, 336-323 BC. Gold stater, Abydos mint. Head of Athena r. /Nike advancing l. Choice EF. Fine style. |  |
| 8175. BRUTUS, ASSASSIN OF CAESAR, THRACE, KOSON, 1st century BC. Gold Stater, S.1733. Brutus, the assassin of Caesar, and 2 lictors walking l./Eagle with wreath. EF. Struck after Caesar's death. |  |
| 8176. SUPERB TRIBUTE PENNY OF THE BIBLE IN GOLD. TIBERIUS, 14-37 AD. Gold aureus, H.6a. /Livia std. Same as the silver tribute penny of the Bible but struck as an aureus in gold. FDC. One of the sharpest we've carried. Choice sharp example with mint luster. |  |
| 8177. BYZANTINE, JUSTIN II, 565-578 AD. Gold Solidus, S.346v. Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing holding shield and globe with Victory standing on it with wreath/Constantinopolis std. holding spear and globus crucifer her head turned r. Two edge cuts above bust otherwise sharp and choice EF. Scarce. |  |
| 8178. BYZANTINE, JUSTIN II, 565-578 AD. Gold Solidus, S.345. Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing holding shield and globe with Victory standing on it with wreath/Constantinopolis std. holding spear and globus crucifer her head turned r. EF. Scarce. |  |
| 8179. HERACLIUS, 610-641. Gold Solidus, S738v. Facing busts of Heraclius & Heraclius Constantine/Cross potent. AEF. |  |
| 8180. ENGLAND, GEORGE III, 1787. Gold Guinea. Bust r./Shield of arms. VF. Suspension loop soldered to top. Purchased in Scotland in 1880 as a love token for the ancestor of the current consignor. Of considerable historic significance as George III is of course the English monarch who lost the American colonies in the Revolutionary War. Would make a great pendant! Old provenance. |  |
| 8181. AN ORNATE ROMAN GOLD PLATED FIBULA, ca. 2nd-4th century AD. Double bowed type with considerable gold plate remaining. 2.5". Very rare. |  |
| 8182. A PAIR OF EARLY SLAVIC GOLD EARRINGS, ca. 7th-10th century. White gold finely ornamented with minute detail. 1.5". Rare. Nice condition and wearable. |  |
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