Catalogue
Phoenicia, Tyre, (1st century BC - 1st century AD), silver half shekel or didrachm, (5.72g), uncertain date, obv. laureate head of Herakles-Melqart right, beardless, rev. eagle standing left with closed wings, palm branch over shoulder, club to left, monogram above, **[TUROU IERAS] KAI ASULOU* (S.5921, HGC 10 358, BMC 240). Surface roughness, dark toned, good fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $360
Phoenicia, Tyre, (92/1 BC), silver shekel, (14.17 g), dated CY 35, obv. laureate head of Melkart right, rev. Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond over far shoulder, club in left field, E**L* above, **D* in right field, **TUROU IERAS KAI ASULAOU* around, dotted border (HGC 10 357, DCA2 946, BMC 126-7). Pleasant old cabinet tone, well centered on a full flan with crisp details, good extremely fine and rare thus.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $5,400
Samaria, (mid - late 4th century BC), "Middle Levantine" Series, silver obol, (0.57g), obv. two figures advancing left, carrying an animal bound to a pole between them, rev. Persian king, wearing kidarys and kandys, head left, holding in each hand a lion by it's hind legs, all within square incuse (Qedar 130, Meshorer 144, HGC unlisted). Hoard patina, green deposits, a very well centered strike especially for issue, nearly extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $200
Palestine, Gaza, (5th - 4th century BCE), silver tetradrachm, (16.88 g), imitating Athens, obv. helmeted head of Athena right, rev. owl standing right, head facing, olive spray and moon to left, A**Q*E to right (cf HGC 10 533, 594, GBC 1009, cf S.6058). Dark toned, test cut below owl on reverse, very fine.
Estimate $700
Passed in
Palestine, Judaea, Hasmoneans, John Hyrcanus I (Yehohanan), (134-104 BC), AE15 (prutah), (2.02 g), in the name of Antiochos VII Eurgetes, Jerusalem mint, obv. lily, rev. Seleukid anchor, legend around (HGC 9 1103); another copper prutah (2.05 g), obv. legend in four lines (Yehohanan, the High Priest and the Council of the Jews), all within wreath, rev. double cornucopiae adorned with ribbons, pomegranate between (S. 6096); Roman Procurators of Judaea, Time of Tiberius, Pontius Pilate (26-37 AD), copper prutah, (2.00g), dated Yr 17 (30 AD), obv. lituus, rev. date within wreathh LIZ (S.5622); Time of Nero, Porcius Festus, (59-62 AD), bronze prutah, (3.27 g), dated Yr 5 (58 AD) obv. wreath, NEP/WNO/C within, rev. palm branch, LE KAICAPOC (S.5627); Constantine I, (310-327 AD), billon centenionalis, (3.02g), Siscia Mint, issued 319 AD, obv. helmeted and cuirassed bust right, IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG around, rev. two Victory's standing facing, holding a shield above altar between, inscribed VOT P R in two lines, VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP around, A SIS dot in exergue (S.16303). The last extremely fine, others fine. (5)
Estimate $200
SOLD $400
Palestine, Judaea, First Revolt, (66 - 70 AD), silver shekel (14.12 g), struck year 2 (67/8 AD), obv. chalice, Shekel of Isreal in paleo-Hebrew around, rev. stem with three pomegranates, Jersualem the Holy in paleo-Hebrew (S.5629, Meshorer 151, SNG ANS 421-424, HGC 10 p152). Cleaning scratches throughout, nearly very fine and rare.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $5,500
Palestine, Judaea, Second Revolt or Bar Kokbha War, (132 - 135 AD), denarius or zuz, three variants, one a die match to H.167, tourist copies. Very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Palestine, biblical related coppers, five tied to cards with old inked descriptions, Herod the Great, Herod Agrippa I, Alexander Jannaeus, Claudius Felix, Antiochos III; another unattributed. Very good - good fine. (6)
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Ancient AE issues of Judaea and Palestine, Herod Agrippa I, (37 - 44 AD), bronze prutah, (2.73 g), obv. umbrella-like canopy with fringes, AGRIPA BACILEWC, rev. three ears of barley between two leaves; another similar (2.85 g); Porcius Festus, Roman Procurator under Nero (59 - 62 AD), obv. wreath, rev. palm branch; a fourth unidentified, (0.87 g), obv. lily?, rev. P(?)OY in wreath. Good - fine. (4)
Estimate $120
SOLD $130
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
SOLD $550
Ancient bronzes, ancient Greek to Islamic, a number uncleaned, in an album ; plus Chinese cash coins (7). Poor - fine. (128)
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
Ancient coins, minor base metal, fourth century Roman (7, 3 in International Numismatic Bureau slabs, poor, others good fine or better); Byzantine, 12th-14th century, AE cup coins (2, good - fine); Medieval, minor Ottomon (?) silver and Islamic AE. Poor - very fine). (10)
Estimate $30
SOLD $70