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Lot 4262 Sale 113 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Italy, Lucania, Thurium (Thourioi), (c.350 B.C.), silver nomos, stater or didrachm, (7.68 g), obv. head of Athena to right wearing crested Athenian helmet, ornamented with figure of Skylla, rev. bull butting to right, **QOURIWN*, I below, [tunny fish below in exergue], with dotted and plain exergual line, (cf.S.442, cf.SNG ANS 1059 [same reverse die]). Traces on understrike, otherwise very fine and rare. $$ Ex I.S. Wright, Sydney, August 8, 2006, acquired from Noble Numismatics Auction Sale 77 (lot 3095).

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Lot 4388 Sale 113 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Syria, Kingdom of, Antiochos VII, (138-129 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.84 g), Antioch mint, obv. diademed head of Antiochos VII to right, fillet border, rev. Athena standing to left, holding Nike bearing a Nike to left in right hand, left hand on shield with Medusa head and holding spear, **BASILEWS ANTIOCOU*, and to left **EUER GETOU*, to left monogram of DI over K, (S.7092, HGC 1067d, SC 2061.1t, SNG Israel I (Spaer) 1851, SMA Newell 279-280). Good very fine, scarce, lot includes collector tickets. $ Ex Noble Numismatics Auction Sale 96 (lot 5074).

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Lot 4393 Sale 113 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Syria, Roman Province of Syria, after Seleucid kingdom of Philip Philadelphos, dated by Caesarean era, issued in year 25 = 25-4 B.C., silver tetradrachm, (14.84 g), Antioch mint, obv. head of Philip to right, with diademed, fillet border, rev. Zeus seated to left, on throne holding Nike, ANT (Antioch) monogram to left, KE in exergue, legends left and right **[BASILEWS FI[LIPPO[U E]PIFANOUS [FI]LADELF[OU]*, (S.7215, RPC 4141). Nearly very fine and very rare. $$ Ex I.S. Wright, Sydney, Status Auction Sale 235, October 27, 2006 (lot 6125).

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Lot 4410 Sale 113 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Palestine, Judaea, Bar Kochba Revolt. (132-135 CE), silver zuz or denarius (3.16 g), undated issue (year 3, struck 134/5 CE). obv. 'Shim'on' in Hebrew within wreath, rev. 'for the freedom of Jerusalem' in Hebrew, flagon with handle, luvav to right. (S.5663, Mildenberg 121 [O18/R76], Meshorer 283 var. [pellet in center of obv.], AJC II 66, H.726, Bromberg 498 [same dies]). Nearly extremely fine, overstruck on a Bostra drachm of Trajan (cf. SNG ANS 1155).

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