Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 301. Contorniates. Late 4th-5th centuries AD. Æ Contorniate (38mm, 23.72 g, 12h). In the name of Caracalla. Near VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 302. Contorniates. Late 4th-5th centuries AD. Æ Contorniate (42mm, 31.39 g, 1h). In the name of Honorius. VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 303. Contorniates. Late 4th-5th centuries AD. Æ Contorniate (42mm, 29.58 g, 6h). In the name of Honorius. Near Fine.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 304. Contorniates. Late 4th-5th centuries AD. Æ Contorniate (47mm, 73.91 g, 12h). In the name of Valentinian III. Good Fine.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 305. Contorniates. Late 4th-5th centuries AD. Æ Contorniate (37mm, 26.85 g, 12h). Good Fine.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 306. Contorniates. Late 4th-5th centuries AD. Cast Æ Contorniate (35mm, 25.03 g, 12h). Good Fine.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 307. Contorniates. Late 4th-5th centuries AD. Æ Contorniate (38mm, 40.61 g, 4h). Good VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 308. Contorniates. Late 4th-5th centuries AD. Æ Contorniate (38mm, 40.61 g, 4h). Good VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 309. Contorniates. Late 4th-5th centuries AD. Æ Contorniate (40mm, 28.67 g, 9h). Near VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 310. Contorniates. Late 4th-5th centuries AD. Æ Contorniate (33mm, 30.45 g). VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 311. Alföldi, A., Alföldi, E. & Clay, C. L. Die Kontorniat Medaillons. Teil 1: Katalog. Teil 2: Text. Fine condition.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 312. Anastasius I. 491-518. Æ Follis (36mm, 17.80 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 3rd officina. Struck 512-517. Good VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 313. Justinian I. 527-565. AV Solidus (19.5mm, 4.44 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 12th officina. Struck 542-565. Good VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 314. Justinian I. 527-565. Æ Follis (43.5mm, 22.96 g, 7h). Nicomedia mint, 1st officina. Dated RY 12 (AD 538/9). VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 315. Justinian I. 527-565. Æ Follis (40mm, 24.82 g, 6h). Nicomedia mint, 1st officina. Dated RY 15 (AD 541/2). Good VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 316. Tiberius II Constantine. 578-582. Æ Follis (36mm, 15.29 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 2nd officina. Dated RY 5 (AD 578/9). VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 317. Constantine IV Pogonatus, with Heraclius and Tiberius. 668-685. Æ Follis (34.5mm, 15.38 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 3rd officina. Struck 668-673. Near VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 318. Anonymous Folles. temp. Basil II & Constantine VIII, circa 976-1025. Æ Follis (35mm, 18.42 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Good VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 319. Constantine IX Monomachus. 1042-1055. AV Histamenon Nomisma (26mm, 4.37 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Good VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 320. Theodora Doukaina Palaiologina. Augusta, 1259-1282. PB Seal (40mm, 46.46 g, 12h). EF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 321. Seljuqs, Rum. Rukn al-Din Sulayman b. Qilich Arslan. As sultan, AH 593-600 / AD 1197-1204. Æ Fals (34mm, 8.13 g, 7h). Horseman type. Without mint-name. Dated AH 595 (AD 1198/9). EF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 322. Artuqids of Khartpert. 'Imad al-Din Abu Bakr. AH 581-600 / AD 1185-1203. Æ Dirham (30mm, 13.67 g, 9h). Citing the Abbasid caliph al-Nasir as overlord. Unlisted (Khartpert[?]) mint. Dated AH 582 (AD 1186/7). VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 323. Artuqids of Mardin. Najm al-Din Alpi. AH 547-572 / AD 1152-1176. Æ Dirham (35.5mm, 11.17 g, 6h). Citing the Abbasid caliph al-Mustanjid as overlord. Unlisted (Mardin[?]) mint. Undated, but struck AH 560-566 (AD 1165-1170). Near EF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 324. Artuqids of Mardin. Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan. AH 580-597 / AD 1184-1200. Æ Dirham (31mm, 12.97 g, 3h). Citing the Ayyubid rulers al-Afdal 'Ali and al-Zahir Ghazi as overlords. Unlisted (Mardin[?]) mint. Dated AH 596 (AD 1199/1200). Good VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 325. Artuqids of Mardin. Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan. AH 597-637 / AD 1200-1239. Æ Dirham (30mm, 12.56 g, 3h). Citing the Abbasid caliph al-Nasir and Ayyubid ruler al-Adil I as overlords. Mardin mint. Dated AH 599 (AD 1202/3). Near EF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 326. Zangids of al-Mawsil. Nasir al-Din Mahmud. AH 683-690 / AD 1284-1291. Æ Dirham (32mm, 14.51 g, 4h). Citing the Ayyubid rulers al-Kamil Muhammad and al-Ashraf Musa as overlords. al-Mawsil mint. Dated AH 620 (AD 1224/5). Good VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 327. Zangids of al-Mawsil. Nasir al-Din Mahmud. AH 683-690 / AD 1284-1291. Æ Dirham (24.5mm, 9.06 g, 9h). Citing the Ayyubid rulers al-Kamil Muhammad and al-Ashraf Musa as overlords. al-Mawsil mint. Dated AH 627 (AD 1229/30). Near EF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 328. BOLIVIA, Colonial (as Alto Perú). Felipe IV. King of Spain, 1621-1665. AR 8 Reales (37mm, 26.34 g, 7h). Cob issue. Potosí mint. Dated 1653 P E P H. Near VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 329. BOLIVIA, Colonial (as Alto Perú). Carlos II. King of Spain, 1665-1700. AR 8 Reales (38mm, 26.58 g, 12h). Cob issue. In the name of Felipe IV. Potosí mint. Dated 1666 P E. Near VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 330. ANCIENT THEMES. Priam, King of Troy. Æ Medal (39mm, 38.77 g, 12h). By Alessandro Cesati, “il Grechetto” (fl. 1538-1564). Later cast. Good VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 331. ANCIENT THEMES. Dido, Queen of Carthage. Æ Medal (42mm, 57.94 g, 6h). By Alessandro Cesati, “il Grechetto” (fl. 1538-1564). Later cast. VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 332. ANCIENT THEMES. Helen of Troy. Æ Medallion (45mm, 34.91 g, 6h). In the style of D. Poggini (1520-1590). Later cast. VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 333. ANCIENT THEMES. Hannibal the Great. 247-183/1 BC. Æ Medal (27mm, 14.40 g, 6h). By Valerio Belli (circa 1468-1546). Later cast. VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 334. ANCIENT THEMES. M. Claudius Marcellus, nephew of Augustus. 42-23 BC. Æ Medal (34mm, 30.69 g, 12h). By Valerio Belli (circa 1468-1546). Later cast. VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 335. ANCIENT THEMES. Julius Caesar. 100-44 BC. Æ “Sestertius” (36mm, 22.09 g, 12h). By Giovanni da Cavino (1500-1570). Later cast. Good VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 336. ANCIENT THEMES. Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ “Sestertius” (37mm, 19.68 g, 6h). By Giovanni da Cavino (1500-1570). Later cast. Good VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 337. ANCIENT THEMES. Nero. AD 54-68. Æ “Sestertius” (34mm, 22.90 g, 7h). By Giovanni da Cavino (1500-1570). Later cast. Good VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 338. ANCIENT THEMES. Nero. AD 54-68. AR “Sestertius” (35.5mm, 18.35 g, 12h). By Giovanni da Cavino (1500-1570). Later cast. VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 339. ANCIENT THEMES. Galba. AD 68-69. Æ “Sestertius” (35mm, 25.41 g, 7h). By Giovanni da Cavino (1500-1570). EF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 340. ANCIENT THEMES. Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ “Sestertius” (34mm, 21.26 g, 7h). By Giovanni da Cavino (1500-1570). Later cast. Near EF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 341. ANCIENT THEMES. Titus. AD 79-81. Æ “Sestertius” (37mm, 27.50 g, 6h). By Giovanni da Cavino (1500-1570). EF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 342. ANCIENT THEMES. Trajan. AD 79-81. Æ “Sestertius” (27mm, 20.21 g, 5h). By Giovanni da Cavino (1500-1570). Later cast. VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 343. ANCIENT THEMES. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ “Sestertius” (35mm, 28.38 g, 7h). By Giovanni da Cavino (1500-1570). Later cast. Near EF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 344. ANCIENT THEMES. Antinoüs. Died AD 130. Æ “Sestertius” (38mm, 41.66 g, 11h). By Giovanni da Cavino (1500-1570). Later cast. EF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 345. ANCIENT THEMES. Antinoüs. Died AD 130. Æ “Sestertius” (37mm, 30.61 g, 5h). Hostilius Marcellus, priest of Antinoüs. By Giovanni da Cavino (1500-1570). Later cast. Good VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 346. ANCIENT THEMES. Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. Æ “Sestertius” (37mm, 39.02 g, 5h). By Giovanni da Cavino (1500-1570). Later cast. VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 347. ANCIENT THEMES. Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. Æ “Sestertius” (34mm, 21.31 g, 6h). By Giovanni da Cavino (1500-1570). Later cast. VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 348. ANCIENT THEMES. Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Æ “Medallion” (36mm, 38.87 g, 6h). By Giovanni da Cavino (1500-1570). EF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 349. ANCIENT THEMES. Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Æ “Medallion” (37mm, 39.85 g, 7h). By Giovanni da Cavino (1500-1570). Later cast. Near EF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 350. ANCIENT THEMES. Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Æ ”Medallion” (34mm, 25.93 g, 6h). By Giovanni da Cavino (1500-1570). Later cast. Near VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 351. ANCIENT THEMES. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ “Medallion” (39mm, 30.46 g, 6h). By Giovanni da Cavino (1500-1570). Later cast. Near EF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 352. GERMANY, German Empire. Manfred von Richthofen (The Red Baron), freiherr and fighter ace. 1892-1918. AR Medal (36mm, 19.48 g, 12h). On his death. By K. Goetz. Dated 21 April 1918. UNC.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 353. GERMANY, German Empire. Wilhelm II. Emperor, 1888-1918. Æ Medal (55mm, 42.81 g, 12h). The Sinking of the S. S. Lusitania. By K. Goetz. Dated 7 May 1915. EF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 354. GERMANY, German Empire. Wilhelm II. Emperor, 1888-1918. Iron Medal (54mm, 60.13 g, 12h). The Sinking of the S. S. Lusitania. British copy issued by Gordon Selfridge, after K. Goetz. Dated 5 May 1915. EF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 355. GERMANY, Weimar Republic. 1918-1933. AR Medal (35mm, 19.37 g, 12h). 800th Anniversary of Otto von Bamberg Christianizing Pommerania. By K. Goetz. Dated 1124 and 1924. UNC.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 356. GERMANY, Weimar Republic. 1918-1933. AR Medal (26mm, 19.79 g, 12h). Annual Passion Play in Oberammergau. By K. Goetz. Dated 1930. UNC.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 357. GERMANY, Third Reich. Adolf Hitler, with Paul von Hindenburg and Franz von Papen. Chancellor, 1933-1945. AR Medal (36mm, 19.33 g, 12h). Appointment of Hitler, Papen, and Hindenburg. By K. Goetz. Dated 30 January 1933. EF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 358. GERMANY, Third Reich. 1933-1945. AR Medal (36mm, 19.94 g, 12h). Capture of Częstochowa. By K. Goetz. Dated 1939. UNC.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 359. IRAN. Iranian Order of Homayoun, second class – Silver and enamel breast star. (65x75mm, 48.50 g). Made by Artus Bertrand. Presented to Gen. Frank Besson Jr.. Some chipping to enamel.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 360. IRAN. Iranian Order of Homayoun – Silver and enamel breast star. (95mm, 114.7 g). As made.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 361. ELECTROTYPES, SICILY. Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. Electrotype “Tetradrachm” (27mm, 18.75 g, 12h). British Museum electrotype ([MB] on reverse). As made.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 362. ELECTROTYPES, KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander I. 498-454 BC. Electrotype “Oktadrachm” (33mm, 19.67 g). Unsigned British Museum electrotype by Robert Ready or his sons. As made.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 363. ELECTROTYPES, KINGS of MACEDON. Archelaos. 413-400/399 BC. Electrotype “AR Stater” (23mm, 9.65 g, 12h). Unsigned British Museum electrotype. As made.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 364. ELECTROTYPES, AITOLIA. Aitolian League. Circa 220-205 BC. Cast “AV Stater” (21mm, 4.91 g, 5h). British Museum electrotype by Robert Ready (marked R R on edge). As made.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 365. ELECTROTYPES, MYSIA. Lampsakos. Circa 394-350 BC. Cast “AV Stater” (17mm, 3.35 g, 12h). British Museum electrotype by Robert Ready (marked R R on edge). As made.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 366. ELECTROTYPES, ROMAN IMPERIAL. Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ “Sestertius” (37mm, 31.19 g, 6h). British Museum electrotype ([MB] on edge) of a Cavino “Sestertius”. As made.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 367. REPRODUCTIONS, ROMAN IMPERIAL. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Electrotype “Æ Bimetallic Medallion” (37mm, 48.16 g, 2h). British Museum electrotype by Robert Ready (marked R R on edge). VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 368. REPRODUCTIONS, ROMAN IMPERIAL. Diocletian. AD 284-305. Gilt Cast “AV Medallion” (33mm, 13.89 g, 6h). After a Treveri (Trier) mint issue of AD 303. Made by Etiemnne Bourgey, circa 1920s. As made.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 369. REPRODUCTIONS, ROMAN IMPERIAL. Maximianus. AD 284-305. Tin Cast “PB Uniface Medal (85mm). After a lead trial of the reverse of a circa AD 300 uncertain mint, possibly Lugdunum (Lyon), AV multiple medallion found at Lyon in the Saône River in 1862. As Issu

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 370. REPRODUCTIONS, ROMAN IMPERIAL. Constantius I. As Caesar, AD 293-30. Gilt Cast “AV Medallion Multiple” (42mm, 24.58 g, 12h). After an original electrotype of a now-lost Treveri (Trier) mint issue of AD 297 medal from the Arras Hoard, discovered in 1922 and

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 371. REPRODUCTIONS, ROMAN IMPERIAL. Constantius I, as Caesar. AD 293-305. Gilt Cast “AV Medallion Multiple” (40mm, 20.17 g, 12h). After an original electrotype of a now-lost Treveri (Trier) mint issue of AD 297 medal from the Arras Hoard, discovered in 1922 an

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 372. REPRODUCTIONS, ROMAN IMPERIAL. Galerius. As Caesar, AD 293-305. Gilt Cast “AV Medallion” (33mm, 15.49 g, 6h). After a Treveri (Trier) mint issue of AD 303. Unsigned, but possibly made by Spink & Son, circa 1920s. As made.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 373. BECKER FORGERIES, SICILY. Akragas. Circa 408-406 BC. AR “Dekadrachm” (40mm, 35.25 g, 12h). Dies by Carl Wilhelm Becker (1772-1830). As made.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 374. BECKER FORGERIES, SICILY. Uncertain Punic mint. First Punic War. Circa 264-241 BC. AR “5 Shekels – Dekadrachm” (35mm, 35.44 g, 10h). Dies by Carl Wilhelm Becker (1772-1830). Good VF.