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North Africa, Kyrenaica, Kyrene, (c.350-308 B.C.), AE 23, (10.188 grams), obv. large head of Zeus Ammon or Carneius (horned) to right, rev. Silphium plant, K Y, (S.6335, BMC 174-6); together with Roman sestertii of Trajan (2), Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius (2), Post. Faustina Junior (S.1528), Lucilla and a dupondius of Trajan. First coin porous, otherwise nearly fine and rare, Roman coins mostly very good. (9)
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Mauretania, Juba II (25 B.C. - A.D. 23), silver denarius, (3.142 grams), obv. diademed head of king Juba to right, around REX JUBA, rev. cornucopia and transverse sceptre, (S.5974, M.III 23 [p.103]). Attractive good very fine/ very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $250
Ancient Greek Silver Coins, Bruttium, Croton, stater, (360-330 B.C.); obv. facing head, rev. Herakles naked reclining on rock, (S.474, £750); Athens, triobol, rev. facing owl, (S.2539); Argos, (3rd century B.C.), hemidrachm, obv. forepart of wolf, rev. A in incuse square, (cf.S.2794); Thasos, trihemiobol, (411-350 B.C.), obv. satyr, rev. amphora, (S.1755); Knidos, drachm, (4th century B.C.), obv. Aphrodite head r., rev. forepart of lion, (S.4843); Chalkis, drachm, rev. eagle l., (S.2482); others (2). Poor - fine, one holed, all with faults, porosity etc. (8)
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
Greek silver coins, including Lucania, Metapontum, silver stater, (c.335-330 B.C.), (7.52 grams), rev. corn ear with mouse on leaf, (cf.S.416, Johnston A.8.24); Ionia, Pergamon, (c.330-284 B.C.), silver diobol, (1.280 grams), obv. Herakles head right, rev. cult statue of Athena, (S.3942); Phoenicia, Sidon, (342/1 - 332 B.C.), silver eighth shekel, (0.68 grams), obv. war galley, rev. king slaying lion, (S.5940, Betylon 38); Parthia, Mithradates I, (171-138 B.C.), silver drachm, (3.45 grams), Nisa mint, (S.7327, Sellwood 9.2) (holed); and Armenia, Hetoum I, (1226-1270), silver half tram, obv. queen Zabel and king Hetoum facing, rev. lion to right with cross, (Nercessian 346). Fair to fine, three in packets described, most with some degree of impairment, corrosion, hole etc. (5)
Estimate $180
SOLD $180
Greek and Roman, Corinth, (c.350-306 B.C.), silver didrachm, (8.22 grams), obv. Pegasos to left, rev. Athena helmeted head left, (S.2630); Alexander III, (336-323 B.C.), silver drachm, (4.1 grams), Miletus mint, obv. Herakles head right, rev. Zeus seated left, (S.6730, P.2088); Vespasian, (A.D. 69-79), silver denarius, (3.05 grams), obv. laureate head right, rev. priestly symbols, (S.2282, RIC 42). Very good - fine. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Ancient Greek coins, a small diverse group in silver, includes Parthia, Artabanus III (c.A.D. 10-40), drachm (3.788 grams), (S.5776); Athens, hemidrachm, (393-300 B.C.), (1.964 grams), rev. owl standing facing wings closed, (S.2539); Alexander III (the Great), drachm, (c.336-323 B.C.), (S.6730); Calabria, Tarentum, diobol, (SNG ANS 1428); Celtic, Eastern Gaul, Kaletedou, silver quinarius, (BMC 284-301, Schorghuber 'Das Geld der Kelten und ihrer Nachbarn', Munich 1994, No.500 [same dies]); India, Gupta, drachm. Second coin off centred and worn, otherwise poor - very fine. (6)
Estimate $120
SOLD $140
Ancient Greek, assorted bronzes, Aeolis Aegae, (2nd - 1st century B.C.), (4.17 grams), AE 18, obv. Athena head right, rev. Zeus standing right (S.4167, SNG Cop. 8); Ionia, Metropolis, (1st century B.C.), AE 16, (2.62 grams), obv. Ares head to right, rev. winged thunderbolt, (S.4497, SNG Cop.903); Bithynia, Nicaea, Gordian III, 238-244, AE 18, (3.21 grams), obv. head of Gordian III, rev. two aquilae between two standards, (S.3671, BMC 119); Pisidia, Termessus Major AE 20 (1st century B.C.), (4.85 grams), obv. Zeus, rev. forepart of horse, (S.5496); Caria, Antioch, Antoninus Pius, (3.50 grams), rev. Nike right, (S.1418, BMC 35); Cilicia, Olba, Tiberius, year 5 of Ajax = 14-15 A.D., (8.98 grams) obv. laur. head right, rev. thunderbolt, (S.287, BMC 16); Phoenicia, Berytus, Trajan, (98-117), AE 23 (13.395 grams), issued 98-102, obv. Trajan head right, rev.priest with oxen, (S.-, SNG Cop.95). Mostly nearly fine - fine, several scarce, all in 2x2 packets fully described. (7)
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Ancient Greek Imperial Bronze Coins, from Northern Greece, Thrace and Black Sea regions, several double portrait issues, mostly identifiable, a lot for the student or collector to spend hours researching and identifying. Poor - nearly fine. (21)
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
Ancient Greek Imperial Bronze Coins, including a copy of Alexander the Great tetradrachm (base metal), mostly from Northern Greece, Thrace and Black Sea regions, several double portrait issues as well as an as of Germanicus, mostly identifiable, a lot for the student or collector to spend hours researching and identifying. Poor - nearly fine. (22)
Estimate $150
SOLD $140
Greek silver and bronze coins, a group all extensively described on 2x2 holders, from Thrace, Maroneia, (c.400-300 B.C.) AE 16 (S.1636; Macedon Alexander III AE 10; Antigonis Gonatas (SNG Cop. 1226); Thessaly Confederacy (2), (McLean 4984, 4987); Thessaly Larissa AE 24, (BMC 79); Boeotia, Thebes AE 18, (BMC 81); Acarnania, Leucas, silver diobol, (c.400-350 B.C.) (S.2279); Pontus Amasia, AE 35, Lucius Verus, (BMC 5); Aeolis, Temnus, AE 12, (cf.SNG Cop.259); Parthia, Mithradates II drachm, (Sell. 26/1). Very good - very fine, several scarce. (11)
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
Ancient Greek Bronze Coins, mostly easily attributable, includes issues from Selge (S.5491); Acragas (S.1024); Syria, Demetrius III, AE 18, Damascus mint, (cf.SNG Israel I 2947); Aradas (S.5999); etc. An interesting group for the student or collector to research and identify. Good - fine. (11)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Ancient Greek Bronze Coins, as issues from Phalanna (S.2180); Chalkidian League (S.1433); Ambracia, a variety with letters reversed and on the wrong side of the reverse (cf.S.1964); Nabataea, Aretas IV, (S.5699). An interesting group, Very good - good fine, several with porosity. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Greek coins, a small bronze group including Philip I from Viminacium, Siculo Punic (2), others from Aitolia, (S.2323), Leucas (BMC 108), Egypt, billon tetradrachms, Gordian III, Claudius II, Diocletian and other Alexandria (2), other minor Greek (9). Mostly Poor - very good, several better. (19)
Estimate $70
SOLD $40
Ancient Greek and Roman, all housed in two Whitman (dimes and nickel) albums, mostly attributable and all of small flan, noted Roman mostly 3rd-4th century A.D. several from Republic period, but includes Greek AE from Chalkis, Cyme, Sicyon, Aegae, Corinth, Paestum (2), Athens, Pergamon, Gades (Portugal, SNG Cop.29), Philippi, Siculo-Punic (1), Aradus, Arkadian League, Colophon. Syracuse (3), Antioch, Seleucid (5), Philip II, other Macedonian (2, including Claudius RPC 1578), Alexandria (Egypt) billon tetradrachms (1), Biblical Hasmonean (1), Herod I (1), procurators (8 mostly different and several scarce) and Agrippa II (3) a Sassanian silver obol of Artashir I, type I, facing bust (rare) and also several Islamic and Byzantine etc. Generally fair - fine a few better. (144)
Estimate $450
SOLD $300
Greek & Roman bronze issues, Claudius (A.D. 41-54), AE as, obv. Claudius head left, rev. Libertas standing right, (S.1859, RIC 97) (Very fine portrait, edge porosity); Augustus, (27 B.C. - A.D. 14), AE as, posthumous issue under Tiberius (22-30), obv. Augustus head radiate left, rev. altar enclosure, (S.1789, RIC 81); Gallienus, (A.D. 253-268), AE sestertius, rev. Victory left, (S.3012, RIC 242); Aelia Flaccilla, (d.386), AE 2, Antioch mint, rev. Flaccilla standing facing head right, (S.4193); Macedon, Pella, AE 19, obv. Poseidon head right, rev. cow standing right, (SNG Cop.260), Egypt, Ptolemy II, (285-246 B.C.), AE 28, trihemiobol, obv. Zeus Ammon, rev. eagle left, (S.7786, Sv.449, SNG Milan 80). Poor - fine. (6)
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
Ancient, Greek, Roman, Indian sub continent and Byzantine, silver hemidrachm Sicyon c.360-330 B.C., (S.2774); others as small bronze coins needing conservation, 4th - 6th century in packets described, a group of minors including 1514 billon groschen, Alexandria billon tetradrachms, of Probus and Maximian. Many with dirt adherance and a few with corrosion, some poor, first coin fine several very fine. (26)
Estimate $80
SOLD $30
Ancient, good well struck copies of tetradrachms (2), from Gela and Syracuse (the type by Kimon), (cf.S. 785, 944). Good very fine. (2)
Estimate $90
SOLD $100
Samaria, Satrap issue, (375-345 B.C.), silver hemiobol, (0.35 grams), obv. female head (Arethusa?), facing, border of dots, rev. head of bearded male or satrap to l., wearing crested Athenian helmet, to left in Aramaic SMRYN, (Meshorer & Qedar 'Coinage of Samaria' (CS), CS 3 (43 known), and Samaria Hoard No.121 (CS), (This Coin illustrated and described). Nearly very fine for issue, and very rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
Palestine, Judaea, Seleucid issue of Antiochus VII for John Hyrcanus I, (134-76 B.C.), issued 132-130 B.C., AE 14, (2.59 grams), obv. anchor upside down flanked by legend (traces visible), rev. lily, dotted border, (S. 7101, H.451 (6), AJC 1-3 p.160). Dirt adhesion, otherwise fine and scarce.
Estimate $80
SOLD $40
Palestine, Judaea, Alexander Jannaeus (Yehonatan), (103-76 B.C.), copper prutah, (1.79 grams), obv. legend in wreath, rev. double cornucopiae adorned with ribbons, open pomegranate between, (S. 6089, H.474 [15], AJC I, Group Hc, Meshorer 17). Light earthy patina, good very fine and rare in this condition.
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
Palestine, Judaea, Alexander Jannaeus, (103-76 B.C.), copper prutahs, obv. anchor, rev. star etc., (cf.S. 6087-6092, cf.H.469-472). Mixed centring, some are attributable to specific Hendin numbers, fine or better, a good study group. (16)
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
Palestine, Judaea, Hasmonean king Mattathias Antigonus, (40-37 B.C.), AE 19, copper multiple (four) prutah, (8.27 grams), obv. single cornucopiae, inscription, 'Mattatayah the high priest', rev. wreath with partial inscription within **[BASILEOS ANTIGONOU]*, (S.6105, H.482 (35), AJC I V var. pl.54, Meshorer 31). Off centred on the reverse, otherwise very fine and rare in this condition.
Estimate $220
SOLD $0
Palestine, Roman Procurator of Judaea, Valerius Gratus under Tiberius, (A.D. 15-26), copper prutah, (1.820 grams), obv. within a wreath, traces of a Greek inscription, IOY **LIA, (Julia, is a reference to Julia Livia, mother of Tiberius), rev. three lilies in bloom flanked by date [L **G*], L**G* = year 3 = A.D. 16, (S.5615, H.642 [107], AJC II Supplement V, No.12, Meshorer 223). Off centred on the reverse, weak in places, has been cleaned, otherwise fine and rare.
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
Palestine, Roman Procurator of Judaea, Valerius Gratus under Tiberius, (A.D. 15-26), copper prutah, (1.470 grams), obv. vine leaf on branch, above [T]IB[EPIOY], (Tiberius), rev. amphora with two scroll handles, KAIC[AP] above, flanked by date [L **D*], (L**D* = year 4 = A.D. 17), (S.5617, H.644 [109], AJC II Supplement V, No.15, Meshorer 225). Weak in places, otherwise very fine without a clear date reading, rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $110
Palestine, Roman Procurator of Judaea, Valerius Gratus under Tiberius, (A.D. 15-26), copper prutah, (2.108 grams), obv. vine leaf with a bunch of grapes, above [IOY**LIA], rev. narrow-neck amphora with scroll handles, flanked by date [L] **D*, (L**D* = year 4 = A.D. 17), (S.5618, H.643 [108], AJC II Supplement V, No.16, Meshorer 224). Dark tone, weak in places, otherwise good fine with a clear date reading, rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Palestine, Roman Procurator of Judaea, Valerius Gratus under Tiberius, (A.D. 15-26), copper prutah, (2.202 grams), obv. in wreath in three lines, TIB KAI CAP, (Tiberius Caesar), rev. palm branch flanked by [IOY] **LIA*, below date across [L] **D*, (L**D* = year 4 = A.D. 17), (S.5619, H.645 [110], AJC II Supplement V, No.17, Meshorer 226). Very fine, slightly off centred on the reverse with a clear date reading, scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Palestine, Roman Procurator of Judaea, Valerius Gratus under Tiberius, (A.D. 15-26), copper prutah, (2.182 grams), obv. in wreath in three lines, TIB KAI CAP, (Tiberius Caesar), rev. palm branch flanked by traces of IOY **LIA*, below date across L IA, (L IA = year 11 = A.D. 24), (S.5621, H.647 [112], AJC II Supplement V, No.19, Meshorer 228). Fine/good fine with a clear date reading, scarce.
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
Palestine, Roman Procurator of Judaea, Pontius Pilate, under Tiberius, (A.D. 26-36), copper prutah, (3.092 grams), obv. three bound ears of barley, legend around, IOY**LIA* KA[I]CAPOC, rev. Libation ladle (simpulum) legend and date around, TIBEPI[OY KAIC]APOC LIS, date LIS (year 16 = A.D.29), (S.5622, H. 648 [113], AJC II Supplement V, No.21, Meshorer 229). Well centred, the finest example this company has offered, good very fine, and rare in this condition.
Estimate $250
SOLD $280
Palestine, Roman Procurator of Judaea, Pontius Pilate, under Tiberius, (A.D. 26-36), copper prutah, (2.078 grams), obv. lituus surrounded by Greek inscription, TIBEPIOY KAICAPOC, rev. date within wreath which is upside down, LIH = A.D.31, (S.5623, cf.H.650 [115], AJC II Supplement V, No.24a, cf.Meshorer 231). Very fine with a clear date reading, a very rare variant with upside down wreath.
Estimate $180
SOLD $150
Palestine, Roman Procurator of Judaea, Pontius Pilate, under Tiberius, (A.D. 26-36), copper prutah, (1.682 grams), obv. lituus surrounded by partial Greek inscription, TI[BEPIOY KAIC]APOC, rev. uncertain date within wreath, (S.5623, cf.H.649 [114], AJC II Supplement V, No.23, cf.Meshorer 230). Porosity, otherwise fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $80