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Caria, Satraps of, Maussollos, (377-353 B.C.), silver drachm, (3.55 g), Halikarnassos Mint, obv. three-quarter facing head of Apollo wearing laurel wreath, head turned slightly right, rev. Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding double axe (labrys) and sceptre, wreath to left, name **MAUSSWLL[O]* to right, (cf.S.4956, SNG Fitzwilliam 4745, SNG Helsinki 276, SNG Von Aulock 2365, SNG Cop, 592, SNG Tubingen 3330, Weber 6603 var, BMC 14). Toned, good very fine with an attractive portrait, very rare.
Estimate $800
SOLD $550
Persia - Lydia, Achaemenid Empire, Persian Imperial Coinage, Darius I, (521-486 B.C.), silver siglos, (5.58 g), issued 500-485 B.C., obv. king as bearded archer kneeling to right with spear and bow, rev. oblong incuse punch, (S.4678, Carradice Type IIIa, 14-15). Lightly toned, nearly fine and scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $240
Persia - Lydia, Achaemenid Empire, Persian Imperial Coinage, time of Artaxerxes II to Darius III, (4th century B.C.), silver hemiobol, (0.60 g), obv. Persian king or hero as bearded archer kneeling to right with spear and bow, rev. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left, (S.-, cf.SNG BN 401, cf. Gokturk 34, cf.Klein 762). Lightly toned, mild surface roughness, good very fine or better and extremely rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $220
Lydia, Philadelphia, Tiberius Gemellus (?), as Caesar, issued 35-37, third assarion, AE 14, (3.03 g), obv. traces of **TIBEPION CEBATON*, bare head of Tiberius Gemellus to right. rev. traces of **NEOKEC APEC*, winged thunderbolt, (S.-, RPC I 3017 [as 'Tiberius'], Vagi 480 [as Tiberius Gemellus], SNG Cop 373). Fine and very rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Syria, Kingdom of, Seleukos I Nikator, (312-281 B.C.), silver drachm, (4.25 g), Susa Mint, struck c.305/4-295 B.C., obv. head of hero right (assimilating Seleukos, Alexander, and Dionysus), in helmet covered with panther skin and adorned with bull's ear and horns, panther skin tied around neck, rev. Nike standing right, crowning trophy, H to lower left, AX between Nike and trophy, to left **SELEUKO[U]*, to right **[B]ASILEWS*, (S.6837. SC 174.5, ESM 418). Attractively toned, struck in high relief, good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,100
Syria, Kingdom of, Seleukos I Nikator, (312-281 B.C.), silver drachm, (3.87 g), Susa Mint, struck c.305/4-295 B.C., obv. head of hero right (assimilating Seleukos, Alexander, and Dionysus), in helmet covered with panther skin and adorned with bull's ear and horns, panther skin tied around neck, rev. Nike standing right, crowning trophy, **D*I between Nike and trophy, to left **SELEUKOU*, to right traces of **BASILEWS*, (S.6837. SC 174.4var, ESM 414var, HGC 9 34). Toned, some surface pitting, very fine and rare.
Estimate $800
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Syria, Kingdom of, Seleukos I Nikator, (312-281 B.C.), silver hemidrachm, (2.01 g), Susa Mint, struck c.305/4-295 B.C., obv. Head of hero (Alexander or Seleukos as Dionysus) right, in helmet covered with panther skin and adorned with bull's ear and horns, rev. Nike standing right, crowning trophy, radiate head of Sol below trophy, to left **SELE[UKOU]*, to right **BASILEW[S]*, (cf.S.6833 tetradrachm. SC 175 (Helios), cf.Newell ESM 419). Attractively toned, some edge chips, good very fine and excessively rare.
Estimate $800
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Syria, Kingdom of, Antiochos I, (280-261 B.C.), silver drachm, (4.10 g), Ai Khanoum Mint, issued 280-271 B.C., obv. diademed head of Antiochos I to right, rev. horned and bridled horse head right, traces of **BASILEWS* **ANTIOCOU* around, **L* in circle monogram to right, (cf.S.6873, SC 432.3a var, HGC 136, SMAK A1DH (A7P?)). Toned, some surface pitting, very fine or better and very rare.
Estimate $800
Passed in
Syria, Kingdom of, Antiochos VII, (138-129 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.72 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 left hand, right hand on shield with Medusa head and holding spear, **BASILEWS ANTIOCOU*, and to left **EUER GETOU*, to left monogram of DI over A, monogram inner right, (S.7092, SC 2061.4e, SMA 283, SNG Israel 1858, BMC 22, HGC 9, 1067d). Attractively toned, extremely fine and very scarce in this condition.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,500
Phoenicia, Tyre, (c. 2nd century B.C. - 1st century A.D.), silver shekel or tetradrachm, (13.35 g), Tyre Mint, issued year 144 = 18-19 A.D., obv. laureate head of Melqarth beardless to right, rev. eagle to left with closed wings, carrying a palm, standing on prow of ship, club to left, above PM**D*, complex monogram in right field, Phoenician letter between legs, around **TUR[OU IERAS] KAI ASU]LOU*, (S.5918, Cohen [p.509 notes date as RI], BMC 199, H.1618 [817]). Small compact flan with attractive light patination, very fine and rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,500
Bactria, Kingdom of, Eukratides I, (171-135 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (15.36 g), obv. diademed and draped bust of Eukratides to right all within dotted border, rev. the Dioscouroi on horseback to right holding spears and palms, monogram of AW to right, below in exergue **EUKRATIDOU, above **BASILEWS, (S.7568, SNG ANS 433, Bopearachchi Series 1E). Broad surface pitting, good fine - nearly very fine and a rare variant.
Estimate $500
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy I Soter, as satrap, in the name and type of Alexander III of Macedon, (336-323 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.16 g), Memphis or Alexandria Mint (Egypt), issued c. 322/1 B.C., obv. head of Herakles to right wearing lion skin with dotted border, rev. Zeus seated on throne to left, eagle in outstretched hand, rose to left, **DI* O under throne, to right **ALEXANDR[OU]*, (cf.S.6713, Price 3971, BMC 3971a-e, M.124, Demanhur hoard 4614ff., Zervos issue I, type 2C, SNG Cop 7, Gulbenkian 855). Lightly toned, test cut, good very fine with an attractive portrait and scarce in this condition.
Estimate $800
SOLD $1,800
Egypt, Kingdom of, Ptolemy I Soter, as satrap, (323-305 B.C.), silver drachm, (3.71 g), Uncertain standard, Alexandria Mint, stuck in the name of Alexander III of Macedon, circa 311 B.C., obv. diademed head of Alexander right, wearing elephant's skin headdress, rev. Athena Alkidemos advancing to right, to right an eagle standing right on thunderbolt above **DI*, downwards to right **[ALE]XANDROU*, (cf.S.7752, Svoronos 34, Zervos Issue 68, cf.SNG Cop.14 [tetradrachm], Lorber CPE 42, BMC 15). Toned, Very fine and very rare.
Estimate $800
SOLD $650
Egypt, Kingdom of, Ptolemy I, Soter, (305-283 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, Alexandria Mint, struck 287-286 B.C. (Davesne & Le Rider chronology based on Meydancikkale Hoard), (12.61 g), obv. head of Ptolemy to right with aegis, rev. eagle to left on thunderbolt with closed wings, to left A, around **[PTOLEMAIOU] BASILEWS*, (cf.S.7761, Sv.247, SNG Cop.-). Has been cleaned, traces of chloride deposits, very fine with a good portrait.
Estimate $400
SOLD $650
Cappadocia, Caesarea-Eusebia, Nero, with Divus Claudius, (A.D. 54-68), silver drachm (3.15 g), struck circa A.D. 64, obv. laureate head of Nero to right, around NERO CLA[VD DIVI CLAVD F] CAESAR AVG GERM, rev. laureate head of Divus Claudius right, around [DIVOS CLAVD] AVGVST GERMANIC [PATER AVG], (S.2057, RIC 622, RPC 3648, Sydenham, Caesarea 72). Lightly toned, struck off centre on reverse, good fine and scarce.
Estimate $250
SOLD $220
Syria, Seleucis & Pieria, Antiochia on Orontem (Antioch), Vespasian, (A.D. 69-79), silver tetradrachm, (14.24 g), obv. laureate head to right of Vespasian with aegis at neck, **[AUTOKRA OUE*C**P*AC]IANOC KAICAP C[EBACTOC], rev. **ETOU*C NEOU IEROU B, year 2 = A.D. 69-70), eagle standing to left, on club, wings spread, palm branch in front (cf.S.736, Prieur 122, RPC 1954). Uneven tone, otherwise nearly fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Egypt, Alexandria, Valerian I, (A.D. 253-260), billon tetradrachm, year 5 = A.D. 257-258, (11.40 g), obv. laureate cuirassed bust of Valerian I to right, around A K **P LI OUALERIANO*C EV EVC, rev. L E across, eagle facing body to left head to right, (S.10049, Milne 3984, Emmett 3705, BMC 2146). Dark brown tone, extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Republic, Anonymous series, (c.217-215 B.C.), Rome Mint, semilibral, AE semuncia, (4.19 g), obv. head of Mercury to right wearing winged petasus, rev. prow to right, ROMA above, (S.620, Cr.38/7, Syd.87). Attractive bronze patina, flan chip, good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Republic, M. Cipius, M.F., silver denarius, 115-114 BC, Roma helmeted head right, M.CIPI.M.F. before, x behind, rev. Victory in biga to right, rudder below (S.166, Cr289/1). Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $380
Republic, Q. Pompeius Rufus, (c.54 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome Mint, (3.45 g), obv. [Q. POMP]EI Q.F./[R]VFVS above curule chair between arrow and laurel branch, COS below on tablet, rev. SVLLA COS above curule chair between lituus and wreath, Q POMPEI RVF below on tablet, (S.400, Cr.434/2, Syd.909, B.Pompeia 5). Lightly toned, surface pitting, good very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $250
SOLD $320
Julius Caesar, issue of C. Clovius Praetor, (45 B.C.), AE dupondius, Rome Mint, (12.31 g), obv. winged and draped bust of Victory to right, around traces of CAESAR DICTER before, rev. Minerva advancing left, holding trophy, spear and shield decorated with gorgoneion, snake at feet, traces of C. CLOVI PRAEF around, (S.1417, Cr.476/1a, RPC 601, RSC Julius Caesar 7). Bronze patina, some surface pitting, fine/nearly very fine and scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $280
Fulvia, wife of Mark Antony, (early 42 B.C.), silver quinarius, Lugdunum Mint, (1.73 g), obv. III VIR R.P.C., bust of Victory right, with likeness of Fulvia, rev. lion walking right, between [A] and [XLI] (year 41), traces of ANTONI above, IMP in exergue, (S.1519, Cr.489/6, Syd.1163, C. Fulvia 3). Toned, fine and rare.
Estimate $120
SOLD $150
Mark Antony and Octavian, (41 B.C.), silver denarius, mint moving with Mark Antony, (3.62 g), issued Autumn 41 B.C., obv. bare head of Mark Antony to right, around M ANTON IMP AVG III VIR R P C AVG, rev. bare head of Octavian to right, around legend, CAESAR IMP PONT III VIR R P C, (S.1506, Cr.528/3, RSC 2). Attractive grey tone, some surface pitting, very fine and rare.
Estimate $800
SOLD $900
Augustus, (27 B.C. - A.D. 14), silver denarius, uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Caesar Augusta), issued 19-18 B.C. (3.71 g), obv. bare head of Augustus to right around CAESAR AVGVSTVS, rev. OB CIVIS/ [S]ERVATOS in two lines between which is an oak-wreath, (cf.S.1625, RIC 75a, RSC 210). Lightly toned, surface pitting, nearly very fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $650
Augustus, (27 B.C. - A.D. 14), AE dupondis or as, Nemausus Mint, issued after 16-15 B.C. - A.D. 10, (9.91 g), obv. head of Agrippa to left wearing rostral crown and bare head of Augustus to right, above IMP below [D]IVI F, rev. COL NEM on either side of palm-shoot, chained crocodile to right below, wreath above, (S.1729, RPC 523, RIC 155) (illustrated); Augustus, (27 B.C. - A.D. 14), AE as, Rome Mint, issued 7 B.C. by M. Salvius Otho, (6.77 g), obv. bare head to left of Augustus around [CAES]AR AVGVST PONT MA[X TRIBVNIC POT], rev. M S[ALVI]VS OTHO III VIR A A A F F around large SC, (cf.S.510, RIC 432, C.516, CBN 708, BMC 233). Toning, (uneven on the first coin), good fine and scarce. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $220
Augustus, (27 B.C. - A.D. 14), AE quadrans, Rome Mint, issued 9 B.C. by Lamia, Silius and Annius, the IIIviri monetales, (2.78 g), obv. LAMIA SILIVS ANNIVS around clasped hands holding caduceus, rev. traces of III VIR A A A F F around S C, (S.1693, RIC 420, BMC 200). Toned, very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Tiberius, (A.D. 14-37), silver denarius, Lugdunum Mint, issued A.D. 14-37, (3.60 g), obv. laureate head of Tiberius to right, around TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, rev. PONTIF MAXIM, Livia seated to right, with vertical sceptre and branch, (S.1763, RIC 30, BMC 48, RSC 16a, H.916 [304]). Lightly toned, a few surface scratches, good very fine or better and scarce.
Estimate $600
SOLD $650
Drusus, son of Tiberius, (died A.D. 23), AE sestertius, Rome Mint, struck by Tiberius, (25.15 g), issued A.D. 22-3, obv. confronting heads of two boys on crossed cornucopias with caduceus between, rev. around DRVSVS CAESAR TI AVG F DIVI AVG N PONT TR POT II, S C in centre, (S.587, RIC 42, C.1, BMC 95). Deep brown patina, surface pitting, nearly very good and very scarce.
Estimate $500
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Drusus, son of Tiberius, (died A.D. 23), AE as, Rome Mint, issued under Tiberius, A.D. 22-23, (10.97 g), obv. bare head of Drusus to left, around DRVSVS CAESAR TI AVG F DIVI AVG N, rev. PONTIF TRIBVN POTE[ST ITER] around, S C across field in centre, (S.1793, RIC 45, BMC 99); Trajan, (A.D. 98-117), silver denarius, issued 104-106, Rome Mint, (2.59 g), obv. laureate draped bust to right of Trajan, around IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, rev. Victory draped standing to left, holding wreath and palm frond, around COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, (cf.S.3129, cf.RIC 128, cf.RSC 75b). Toning, good fine - nearly very fine, first coin scarce. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Agrippa, (died 12 B.C.), posthumous issue struck by Caligula (A.D. 37-41), AE as, (10.55 g), obv. M AGRIPPA L F COS III, head to left wearing rostral crown, rev. S C across, Neptune standing to left, holding dolphin and trident, (S.1812, RIC 58 (Caligula), C.3). Dark brown patina, some verdigris, good fine - nearly very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110