Lot 2867

Description

Ancient Greek - Byzantine coins, silver issues, Persian Imperial Coinage, Kingdom of, Darius I, (521-486 B.C.) or later ruler, silver siglos, (5.36 g), issued 500-485 B.C. or later, obv. king as bearded archer kneeling to right with spear and bow, rev. oblong incuse punch, (S.4678, Carradice Type IIIa, 14-15); Syria, Demetrius II, first reign (145-140 B.C.), silver drachm, (4.29 g), rev. Apollo seated left, (S.7057); Cappadocia, kingdom of Ariobarzanes I, Philoromaios, (95-63 B.C.), silver drachm, (3.32 g), uncertain date, (S.7302); Cappadocia, Hadrian, (117-138), silver didrachm, issued 128-138, (6.05 g), rev. Mt. Argaeus, (cf.S.1231, Metcalf NN&M 168, 94); Byzantine, Constans II, silver hexadrachm, (5.66 g), (S.989, DOC 48). Last coin with surface corrosion, others about fine. (5)