Catalogue
Partia, Kingdom of, Mithradates II (c.123-88 B.C.), silver drachm, (3.81 g), Ecbatana mint, obv. long bearded bust to left wearing tiara, star in centre, rev. archer seated right on throne, five line inscription, (S.7372, Sellwood 28.3, Shore 97) (illustrated); Orodes I, (90-77 B.C.) silver drachm, (3.88 g), Ecbatana mint, obv. small size bust wearing a tiara to left with short beard, with six pointed star in centre, rev. archer seated right on throne, seven line inscription, (cf.S.7389, Sellwood 31.5, Shore 122). Toned, very fine - nearly extremely fine and scarce. (2)
Estimate $260
SOLD $200
Parthia, Kingdom of, Mithradates II, (121-91 B.C.), silver drachm, (4.14 g), obv. silver diademed and draped bust of Mithridates II facing left, wearing tiara with ear flap, decorated with eight pointed star, rev. archer in Parthian dress enthroned and facing right, bow in outstretched right hand (S.7372, Sellwood 28.3, Shore 97). Hoard deposits in devices, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
Parthia, Kingdom of, Gotarzes II, (40-51 A.D.), silver drachm, (2.97 g), bearded bust of Gotarzes II left, wearing tiara, rev. king seated, facing right, holding bow in right hand (Sellwood 65/30). Good fine, nearly very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Parthia, Kingdom of, Vonones II, (c.A.D. 51), silver drachm, Ecbatana Mint, (3.26 g), obv. short bearded bust facing, wearing tiara, with lateral motif a horn, stars either side very low over shoulder, rev. archer enthroned to right, mint mark below, (S.5797, Sell.67.1). Toned, very fine, scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Parthia, Kingdom of, Vologases I, (51-78 AD), silver tetradrachm (12.03g), Seleucia mint, dated SE 363 (51/2 AD), obv. bust to left with short beard, wearing diadem and medallion, rev. king enthroned to left, receiving diadem from Tyche with sceptre, seven line inscription, **GIT* above wreath (date), uncertain month in exergue, (cf.S.5799; cf.Sellwood 68.4-.8, cf.Shore 370). Bright metal, toned, nearly very fine, scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $260
Parthia, Kingdom of, Vologases I, (A.D. 51-78), silver drachms, (3.50 and 3.48 g), Ecbatana Mint, obv. large size bust wearing a diadem to left with square cut straight beard, hair in five separate waves, rev. archer seated right on throne, seven line inscription, monogram AT and dot, (S.5801, Sellwood 70.13, Shore 373). Toned, good very fine/very fine, both scarce. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $160
Parthia, Kingdom of, Pacorus I, (78-120 A.D.), silver drachm, (3.58 g), obv. bearded and draped bust of Pacorus I, wearing earrings and diadem with three bands, rev. archer enthroned, facing right, in Parthian dress, bow in right hand (S.7462, Sellwood 78.6). Surface roughness and scratches on the reverse, otherwise nearly very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Parthia, Kingdom of, Vologases III, (c.A.D. 105-147), silver drachm, (2.82 g), Ecbatana mint, obv. medium size bust wearing a diadem to left with short square triangular pointed long beard, hair in three waves, rev. archer seated right on throne, seven line inscription, monogram AT and dot, (cf.S.5831, Sellwood 78.3, Shore 413). Toned, good very fine/very fine.
Estimate $160
SOLD $100
Palestine, Judea, Alexander Jannaeus, (104-76 BC), copper lepton, obv. anchor around partial legend **BASILEWS ALEXANDROY*, rev. star of eight rays surrounded by diadem, between the rays Hebrew letters [Yehonatan the King] (S.6087; H.1152). Very fine and scarce thus.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Palestine, Judaea, Alexander Jannaeus, (103-76 B.C.), copper prutah, (1.29 g), obv. anchor, **BASILEWS [ALE]XANDROU* partially present, rev. star with Paleo-Hebrew legend between rays, (Yehonatan the King), (S.6087, H.469, Meshorer TJC Group K). Toned, very fine/good very fine and rare in this condition.
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
Palestine, Judea, Herodian Dynasty, Herod the Great (37 BC - 4 BC), bronze 4 prutot (5.32g), Samaria or Sebaste mint, issued 38/7 BC, obv. shield with decorated rim, rev. crested helmted, **HREWDOU BASILEWS* around (HGC 10 652; Hendin 1170); Herod Agrippa, (41-44 AD), bronze prutah (2.59g), Antioch mint, issued 41 AD, obv. umbrella-like canopy with fringes, rev. three ears of barley, L S to eaither side (date), (Meshorer 120: Hendin 553). Very fine. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $150
Persian Imperial Coinage, Kingdom of, Artaxerxes I - Artaxerxes II (c.450-375 BC), silver siglos (5.44g), obv, Persian king running/kneeling right, holding bow and spear, quiver over shoulder, two countermarks to right, rev. oblong incuse, countermark to left (Carradive Type IIIB [late]; Countermarks obv. 35, 197, rev. 18-19). Fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Babylonia, Alexandrine Empire, uncertain satraps of Babylon, probably struck by Seleucus I, (c.328-311 B.C.), silver tetradrachm (15.88 g), obv. Baal seated left, holding sceptre, Dotted border, rev. lion walking left on base line, tip of tail between legs, above a pentagram, (cf.S.6147, Mitchiner Vol.1 type 8a, [p.14], H. Nicolet-Pierre 5 (Essays Le Rider, Pl.28, 50, SNG Cop.265, Weber 8201, ACNAC Dewing 2677, BMC 39-41, McClean 9564). Very fine/extremely fine, rare.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,400
Baktria, Kingdom of, Menander I Soter (c.160-145 BC), silver drachm (2.35g), obv. diademed bust of Menander right, **BASILEWS SOTHROS MENANDROU*, rev. Athena advancing left, holding shield and thunderbolt, monogram to left, in Kharoshthi 'MAHARAJASA TRARASA MENAMDRASA' (S.7602; M.215f; Bop. Series 130 [76-83]). Bright metal, very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
Indo-Skythian, Azes I, (c.58-12 B.C.), billon tetradrachm, (8.66g), obv. King on horseback right, holding whip, **BASILE BASILEON METAOU AZOU; letter before, name in Greek below, rev. Athena standing right, holding spear and shield in left hand and raising right, monogram behind and another before (HGC 12 637; Whitehead Azes I 152). Offcentre on a small flan, verdigris, nearly very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
Sasanian, Shapur I, (A.D. 241-272), silver drachm, (4.00 g), mint I (Ctesiphon), obv. "The Mazda worshipper, the divine Shahpur, the king of kings of Iran who is descended from the Gods" in Pahlavi, crowned and cuirassed bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with ear flap and korymbos, rev. "Fire of Shahpur" in Pahlavi (crude), fire altar with attendants wearing mural crowns, (Sellwood 12, SNS Type IIc/1a. Karlsson D4, Gobl I/1. cf.Sunrise 741). Good very fine.
Estimate $240
SOLD $480
Sasanian, Yazdgerd I, (A.D. 399-420), silver drachm, (4.19 g), probably AS (Isfahan) Mint, obv. bust to right with crown with korymbos, crescent on crown, rev. fire altar flanked by two attendants with swords, (cf.Sellwood 41, Gobl 147, type 1/1 (Pl.8), cf.SNS 376, 1b1/13a [Pl.35]). Bright, nearly extremely fine, scarce.
Estimate $180
SOLD $190
Sasanian, Khusru (Husrav) II, (A.D. 590-628), RY 26, silver drachm, (3.49 g), mint of NIH (Nihavand), obv. text in Pahlavi, mural crown with frontal crescent, two wings and star in crescent, ribbons and crescents on shoulders, star and crescents on three sides of outer two rings of border, rev. "Fire of Shahpur" in Pahlavi, fire altar flanked by two attendants, star and crescent to left and right flanking flames, stars and crescents around the three outer rings, (Sellwood 65, Gobl type II/3, cf.illustration 213). Toned, nearly very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Arab-Sasanian, Umayyad Caliphate, style of Sasanian, Khusru II (A.D. 590 - 627), silver drachm, (3.95 g), Darabgird Mint, dated year 31 (A.D. 621), with word "praise" in outer margin, (cf.Walker alpha [p.2] Plate I, alpha, cf.M.21, Sellwood type 62, Gobl 214). Very fine, scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $170
Arab-Sasanian Coinage, Khusro type, in the name of Zivad b. Abi Sufyan (AH 45-54, AD 665-673), silver drachm, (31mm), (3.99 g), DA (Darabjird) mint, frozen date AH 43, obv. crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bism allh in margin, rev. fire altar flanked by attendants, star and crescent flanking flames, (Album 8, cf.SACA 1, 239-240 [year 43], Wilkes ICC 7). Irregular patination nearly extremely fine, scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
Sogdiana, Bukhara, local issue, (6th-8th centuries A.D., Mitchiner c.700 A.D.), billon drachm, (2.49 g), imitating Merv Mint drachm of Sasanian King Bahram V, obv. crowned bust right, Bokharan legend around, rev. Fire altar with attendants and ribbon and crude crowned bust of Bahram right superimposed upon altar, (Mitchiner ACW 1395 [same dies], Zeimal fig. 1, 10-12; Walker, Arab-Sasanian, pp. 166, [Pl.XXIX, 5]). Worn and fine as usual, rare.
Estimate $100
Passed in
South Arabia, Sabaeans and Himyarites, under Amdan Bayyin, (mid 1st - 2nd century A.D), scyphate drachm, (1.83 g), Raidan Mint, on scyphate flan, obv. male head to right in circular torque, trident monogram behind, rev. small male head right with Himyarite legend areound, sceptre to right, (S.5718, GIC 5718. Munro-Hay 3.4i). Extremely fine, very scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Egypt, Kingdom of, Ptolemy I Soter, (294-285 BC), silver tetradrachm (12.65g), Alexandria mint, obv. diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck, small **D* behind ear, banker's mark to right, rev. eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings closed, P above **PU* monogram below, graffito to right of eagle **BASILEWS PTOLEMAIOU* (CPE 147; cf Svoronos 258-9; SNG Cop 72). Toned, cleaning scratches, nearly very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $320
Egypt, Kingdom of, Ptolemy II Philadelphos, (285-46 BC), silver tetradrachm (13.11g), Tyre mint, issued 267 BC, obv. Diademed head of Ptolemy I wearing aegis right, rev. eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings closed, TYP (Tyre monogram) to left and club below, **PTOLEMAIOU SWTHROS* (CPE 561; Svoronos 644; SNG Cop 482-3). Surface marks and cleaning scratches, very fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $260
Egypt, Kingdom of, Ptolemy II, Philadelphos, (283/2-246 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, Joppa Mint, struck year 35 = 251/250 B.C., (13.75 g), obv. diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, dotted border, rev. eagle to left on thunderbolt with closed wings, to left monogram, around **[PTOLEMAIOU] SWTHROS*, M/T in left field **LE/Q* in right field (cf.S.7772, CPE 277, Sv.548 [Pl.xiv,2]). Toned, very fine/good fine and a rare mint.
Estimate $500
SOLD $300
Egypt, Kingdom of, Ptolemy II, (285-46 BC), AE tritartemorion, Alexandria mint, obv. beardless head of Heracles right, rev. eagle of thunderbolt, shield before (c.f. Svoronos 416; c.f. SNG Cop 159-60); Ptolemy III, (246-222 BC), AE hemiobol (6.02g), obv. diademed head right, rev. eagle on thunderbolt, cornucopiae over shoulder, **BASILEWN PTOLAMAIOY* (Svoronos 1000; SNG Cop 193). Fine; very fine. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $190
Egypt, Kingdom of, Ptolemy III Euergetes, (246-222 BC), bronze drachm (69.93g), Alexandria mint, obv, diademed and horned head of Zeus-Ammon right, rev. eagle standing left in thunderbolt, wings closed, **PC* monogram between legs, filleted cornucopiae in left field (CPE B395; SNG Cop 171-2; Svoronos 964). Very fine.
Estimate $600
Passed in
Egypt, Kingdom of, Ptolemy V Epiphanes, (205-180 BC), silver tetradrachm (13.29g), Alexandria mint, obv. diademed head of Ptolemy I right, aegis at neck, rev. eagle standing on thunderbolt, wings closed, **PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS* around (CPE II 968; Svoronos 1231; SNG Cop 244-5). Cleaning scratches in fields, lightly toned, nearly very fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $320
Egypt, Kingdom of, Ptolemy V Epiphanes, (205-180 BC), silver tetradrachm (13.57g), Salamis mint, RY 20 (186/5 BC),obv. diademed head of Ptolemy I right, aegis at neck, rev. eagle standing on thunderbolt, closed wings, LK **S*A to left, pilos to right, **BASILEWS PTOLEMAIU*. (Svoronos 1343; Noeske 188). Harshly cleaned, surface roughness, very fine or better and extremely rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $380
Egypt, Kingdom of, Ptolemy VII Neos Dionysos (Auletes), second reign, (55-51 BC), silver tetradrachm (14.01g), Alexandria mint, dated RY 30 (52/1 BC), obv, diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis, rev. eagle standing right on thunderbolt, wings closed and palm branch behind, L**L* (date) to left over headress of isis, **PA* to right, **BASILEWS PTOLEMAIOU* around (CPE 1692; Svoronos 1840; SNG Cop 397). Toned, cleaning scratches, obverse struck slightly offcentre, nearly very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $200