Catalogue
Phoenicia, Tyre, (92/1 BC), silver shekel, (14.22 g), dated CY 35, obv. laureate head of Melkart right, wearing lion skin around neck, rev. Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond over far shoulder, club in left field, E**L* above, M in right field, Phoenician letter between legs, **TUROU IERAS KAI ASULAOU* around, dotted border, (HGC 10 357, cf. Rouvier 2021 (monogram), cf. BMC 126-127 (monogram). Evenly toned, nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $1,500
Egypt, Kingdom of, Ptolemy II, Philadelphos, (285-246 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, Alexandria Mint, (14.18 g), obv. diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, dotted border, **D*? behind head, rev. eagle to left on thunderbolt with closed wings, to left P over monogram, around **PTOLEMAIOU [BASILEWS]*, (cf.S.7772, Svoronos 252 (Ptolemy I), SNG Copenhagen 69 (Ptolemy I), Noeske 40) Toned, very fine and scarce.
Estimate $400
Egypt, Kingdom of, Ptolemy II, Philadelphos, (285-246 B.C.), AE 27, obol, (16.94 g), Alexandria Mint, struck c.266-265 B.C., obv. laureate head of Zeus to right, rev. eagle to left with open wings standing on thunderbolt, around **BASILEWS PTOLEMAIOU,* dotted border, (S.7782, Sv.553, Weiser 11, SNG Cop. 119-120). Toned, very fine and scarce.
Estimate $150
Egypt, Kingdom of, time of Ptolemy IX to Ptolemy X, (117-81 B.C.), bronze obol (22.74 g), Alexandria Mint, obv. diademed and horned head of Zeus-Ammon right, rev. two eagles standing left on thunderbolt, wings closed, corncuopiae to left, (CPE B745, Svoronos 1426, SNG Cop 311-4); Ptolemy III Eugeretes, (246 - 222 B.C.), bronze triobol, (31.94 g), Alexandria mint, obv. diademed head of Zeus Ammon to right, with rams horn, rev. traces of BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt, cornucopia to left, XP monogram between legs (CPE B396, Svoronos 965). Toning, good fine - nearly very fine. (2)
Estimate $120
Egypt, Kingdom of, Ptolemy X Alexander I, (114-89/8 B.C.) sole reign, silver tetradrachm, (12.79 g), Alexandria Mint, issued year 19 = 96-5 B.C., obv. diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, with dotted border, rev. eagle to left with closed wings, standing on a thunderbolt, to left around **PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS*, to left LI**Q*, to right **PA*, (cf.S.7942, SNG Cop. 368, Sv.1679). Surface pitting, good fine - nearly very fine and scarce.
Estimate $150
Egypt, Alexandria, Tiberius and Divus Augustus, (A.D. 14-37), billon tetradrachm, year Z = 7 = A.D. 20-1, (11.97 g), obv. laureate head to right of Tiberius, around **[TIBERIOS KAISAR SEBA]STOS*, LZ before, rev. radiate head of Augustus to right, around **[Q]EOS [SE]BA[STOS]*, (cf.S.312, RPC 5089, Koln 48, Dattari 78, RPC 5089, BMC 36-38, cf.Milne 52). Surface pitting, good fine and scarce.
Estimate $250
Egypt, Alexandria, Nero, (A.D. 54-68), billon tetradrachm, year 5 = A.D. 58-59, (11.38 g), obv. laureate bust of Nero to right, around **NERW KLAU KAIS SEB[A GER AUTO]*, rev. Agathodaimon serpent, around [NEO **AGAQ DAIM]*, to right, LE, (cf.S.1996, RPC 5240 var, Milne 180 var). Toned, nearly very fine.
Estimate $120
Egypt, Alexandria, Nero, (A.D. 54-68), billon tetradrachm, year 12 = A.D. 65-66, (12.08 g), obv. radiate bust of Nero to right, **NERW KL[AU KAIS SEB GER]* around, rev. Alexandria bust right, wearing elephant skin head-dress LIB before, around A[YTO]KPA, (S.2004, Koln 172, BMC 163). Toned, nearly very fine.
Estimate $100
Egypt, Alexandria, Nero, (A.D. 54-68), billon tetradrachm, year 13 = A.D. 66-67, (10.52 g), obv. radiate bust of Nero to right wearing aegis, around [NEP**W K]LAU [KAIS SEB GER]*, rev. Apollo laureate bust to right, around [AYTO KPA], to right LI**G*, (S.2005, BMC 140, Milne 248, RPC 5292, Koln 175). Toned, fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
Egypt, Alexandria, Nero, (A.D. 62-65), billon tetradrachm, year 13 = A.D. 66-7, (12.85 g), obv. Nero radiate head to left, rev. laureate and bust of Tiberius right, (S.2008, RPC 5295) (illustrated); Philip I, (A.D. 244-249), potin Tetradrachm (11.80 g), dated RY 3 (A.D. 245/6), obv. laureate and cuirassed bust right, rev. Homonoia standing facing, head left, L**G* (date) to lower left, (Koln 2719, Dattari (Savio) 4887, K&G 74.42; RPC VIII Online (unassigned, ID 2991), Emmett 3487.3) (illustrated); other Alexandrian issues including Antoninus Pius, Maximianus, Aurelian, Ptolemy. Fine - very fine. (7)
Estimate $150
Arab-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate, (c.670-690 A.D.), AE fals (19mm), Hims (Emesa) mint, obv. crowned facing imperial bust, holding globus cruciger, K/A**L*/O/N (= "good") to left, bi-hims to right, rev. large cursive M, star between wavy lines above, E/M/I - C/H/C across, tayyib (= "good") in exergue, (A.3524, Walker, Arab-Byzantine 57, cf.SICA 1, 548. Wilkes 133); another (c.680-mid 690's), Damascus mint, (20mm), obv. single standing emperor wearing long robe, holding long cross and cross on globe, rev. large square M, reversed K in right field, dots etc, in exergue mint name, (A.102, SICA I, Type VI, 567, [Pl.39], Wilkes 131); another fals as temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan' (AH 65-86 = AD 685-705), AE Fals (20mm), Baalbek (Heliopolis) mint, obv. two standing imperial figures, each holding cruciform scepter, cross between heads, rev. large M, cross above, inverted crescent below, H/**L*/I/(OY) to left, **P/O/L/E to right, ba'labakk in exergue, (SICA 1, 584, A.3513.2, Wilkes 132). Fine - very fine, dirt patina in descriptive packets. (3)
Estimate $100
Arab-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate, (c.685-692), AE fals, 18mm, (4.21 g), Hims (Emesa) mint. obv. crowned facing imperial bust, holding globus cruciger, K/A**L*/O/N (= "good") to left, bi-hims to right rev. large m, star between annulets above, E/M/I-C/H/C across each side, in exergue 'tayyib' (= "good"), (SICA 1, 544 var. [star after bi-hims], Album 3524, Wilkes 133 [$125 US]). Very fine with an earthen black patina.
Estimate $70