Greek Coins (Page: 4)

Lot # 194 - CILICIA. Nagidos. Obol (Circa 400-380 BC). Obv: Head of Aphrodite right; N to left.Rev: Bearded head of Dionysos right.Göktürk 1 var. (Dionysos left); cf. SNG BN 15; SNG Levante 3 var. (ethnic). Condition: Near extremely fine.Weight: 0.77 g. Diameter: 11 mm.

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Lot # 195 - SELEUKID KINGDOM. Seleukos I Nikator (312-281 BC). Tetradrachm. Seleukeia on the Tigris II. Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right.Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ. Athena, holding spear and shield, driving quadriga of elephants right; anchor above; monogram below shield, Θ in exergue.SC 130.33f; HGC 9, 18a. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 16.47 g. Diameter: 25 mm.

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Lot # 196 - SELEUKID KINGDOM. Seleukos I Nikator (312-281 BC). Tetradrachm. Seleukeia on the Tigris II. Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right.Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ. Athena, holding spear and shield, driving quadriga of elephants right; anchor above; monogram below shield, Θ in exergue.SC 130.33f; HGC 9, 18a. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 16.48 g. Diameter: 26 mm.

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Lot # 197 - SELEUKID KINGDOM. Seleukos I Nikator (312-281 BC). Tetradrachm. Babylon I. Struck in the name and types Alexander III 'the Great' of Macedon. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: In left field, monogram within wreath; MI below throne.SC 82.5b; Price 3747; HGC 9, 10f. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 16.51 g. Diameter: 27 mm.

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Lot # 198 - SELEUKID KINGDOM. Seleukos I Nikator (312-281 BC). Tetradrachm. Babylon II. Struck in the name and types of Alexander III 'the Great' of Macedon. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ / BAΣIΛEΩΣ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: Anchor and monogram in left field, Π below throne.SC C94.7d; Price 3349; HGC 9, 10g. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 16.33 g. Diameter: 27 mm.

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Lot # 199 - SELEUKID KINGDOM. Seleukos I Nikator (312-281 BC). Drachm. Seleukeia on Tigris. Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right.Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΣEΛEYKOY. Athena driving quadriga of elephants right, brandishing spear overhead; anchor above.SC 131; HGC 9, 32a. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 3.95 g. Diameter: 16 mm.

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Lot # 200 - SELEUKID KINGDOM. Seleukos I Nikator (312-281 BC). Drachm. Seleukeia on Tigris. Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right.Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΣEΛEYKOY. Athena driving quadriga of elephants right, brandishing spear overhead; anchor above; A and Θ under the shield.SC 131.5b; HGC 9, 32a. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.08 g. Diameter: 16 mm.

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Lot # 201 - SELEUKID KINGDOM. Seleukos I Nikator (312-281 BC). 1/4 or 1/2 Shekel. Babylon II. Obv: Baal seated left, holding sceptre.Rev: Lion walking left, head right; anchor above.SC 89a; HGC 9, 69. Condition: Good fine.Weight: 3.32 g. Diameter: 15 mm.

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Lot # 202 - SELEUKID KINGDOM. Antiochos III 'the Great' (222-187 BC). Drachm. Antioch. Obv: Diademed head right.Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ. Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and resting hand upon bow; monogram to outer left, Φ in exergue.SC 1047.2b; HGC 9, 452d. Condition: Good very fine; some luster in field.Weight: 4.20 g. Diameter: 19 mm.

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Lot # 203 - SELEUKID KINGDOM. Achaios (Usurper, 220-214 BC). Ae. Laodikeia in Phoenicia (Berytos). Obv: Diademed head right.Rev: Dolphin entwined around trident; monograms to left, monogram above E to right.SC 1827; HGC 9, 942.Rare Condition: Very fine.Weight: 1.55 g. Diameter: 14 mm.

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Lot # 204 - SELEUKID KINGDOM. Demetrios I Soter (162-150 BC). Tetradrachm. Antioch on the Orontes. Obv: Diademed head right within wreath.Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY. Tyche, holding sceptre and cornucopia, seated left on throne supported by tritoness right; monogram to outer left.SC 1638.1c; HGC 9, 795f. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 16.64 g. Diameter: 31 mm.

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Lot # 205 - SELEUKID KINGDOM. Demetrios I Soter (162-150 BC). Tetradrachm. Antioch on the Orontes. Dated SE 159 (154/3 BC). Obv: Diademed head right within wreath.Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY ΣΩTHPOΣ. Tyche seated left, holding sceptre and cornucopia. Controls: two monograms in field to outer left, ΘNP in exergue.SC 1641.4a; HGC 9, 798. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 16.89 g. Diameter: 30 mm.

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Lot # 206 - SELEUKID KINGDOM. Alexander I Balas (152-145 BC). Tetradrachm. Tyre. Dated SE 166 (147/6 BC). Obv: Diademed head right.Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY. Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; to left, club surmounted by monogram of Tyre; to right CΞP (date) above monogram.SC 1835.5a; HGC 9, 883. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 14.11 g. Diameter: 27 mm.

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Lot # 207 - SELEUKID KINGDOM. Demetrios II Nikator (First reign, 146-138 BC). Ae. Uncertain mint 94. Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right.Rev: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY. Filleted cornucopia. Controls: monogram and ZΞP (date) below.SC 1921 var. (monogram); HGC 9, 1006. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 3.03 g. Diameter: 16 mm.

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Lot # 208 - SELEUKID KINGDOM. Antiochos VII Euergetes (138-129 BC). Tetradrachm. Tyre. Dated SE 176 (137/6 BC). Obv: Diademed and draped bust right.Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ. Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, A/PE above club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, two monograms above ςΟΡ (date); monogram between legs.SC 2109.4a; HGC 9, 1074. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 14.20 g. Diameter: 28 mm.

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Lot # 209 - SELEUKID KINGDOM. Antiochos VII Euergetes (138-129 BC). Tetradrachm. Tyre. Dated SE 182 (131/30 BC). Obv: Diademed and draped bust right.Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ. Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, A/PE above club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, two monograms above BΠP (date); monogram between legs.SC 2109.10c; HGC 9, 1074. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 14.19 g. Diameter: 28 mm.

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Lot # 210 - SELEUKID KINGDOM. Demetrios II Nikator (Second reign, 129-125 BC). Tetradrachm. Tyre. Dated SE 186 (127/6 BC). Obv: Diademed and draped bust right.Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ. Eagle standing left on prow right; palm frond in background; to left, A/PE above club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, A and monogram above ςΠP (date); monogram between legs.SC 2195.4b; HGC 9, 1122. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 14.18 g. Diameter: 29 mm.

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Lot # 211 - SELEUKID KINGDOM. Kleopatra Thea and Antiochos VIII (125-121 BC). Tetradrachm. Ptolemaïs (Ake). Obv: Jugate busts of Kleopatra and Antiochos right.Rev: BAΣIΛIΣΣHΣ KΛEOΠATPAΣ ΘEAΣ KAI BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY. Zeus seated left with eagle and sceptre.SC 2271.1; HGC 9, 1182g. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 15.59 g. Diameter: 29 mm.

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Lot # 212 - SELEUKID KINGDOM. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) (121/0-97/6 BC). Tetradrachm. Ake-Ptolemais. Obv: Diademed head right.Rev: BAΣIΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤIOΧΟΥ / ΕΡΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ. Zeus standing left, surmounted by crescent, holding star and sceptre. Control: M in left field; all within wreath.SC 2335.2a; HGC 9, 1196g. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 16.00 g. Diameter: 31 mm.

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Lot # 213 - SELEUKID KINGDOM. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) (121/0-97/6 BC). Tetradrachm. Antioch on the Orontes. Obv: Diademed head right.Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY / EΠIΦANOYΣ. Zeus Ouranios standing left, holding star and sceptre; to outer left, IE above A; tiny O to inner right; all within wreath.SC 2298.2b; HGC 9, 1197e. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 16.42 g. Diameter: 30 mm.

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Lot # 214 - SELEUKID KINGDOM. Antiochos VIII Epiphanos (Grypos) (121/0-97/6 BC). Tetradrachm. Antioch. Obv: Diademed head right.Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EΠIΦANOVΣ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding crowning Nike and sceptre; EP monogram over A to outer left, monogram below throne; all within laurel wreath.SC 2309.2d; HGC 9, 1200. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 15.48 g. Diameter: 29 mm.

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Lot # 215 - SELEUKID KINGDOM. Demetrios III Eukairos (97/6-88/7 BC). Tetradrachm. Damaskos. Dated SE 222 (91/0 BC). Obv: Diademed head right.Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟV ΘΕΟV / ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ. Cult statue of Atargatis standing facing, arms extended, holding flower in left hand, barley stalk rising from each shoulder; N/A to outer left, BKΣ (date) and monogram below; all within wreath.SC 2451.7; HGC 9, 1305. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 15.97 g. Diameter: 26 mm.

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Lot # 216 - SELEUCIS & PIERIA. Uncertain. Ae. Dated 'Year 1 of Rome' (Pompeian Era = 64/3 BC). Obv: Bust of young Herakles left, club over shoulder.Rev: Rostrum (ship's ram) right; L A/PΩMHΣ (date) in two lines; all within wreath.Spijkerman 1 (Gadara); HGC 10, 381. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 8.70 g. Diameter: 21 mm.

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Lot # 217 - SELEUKIS & PIERIA. Seleukeia Pieria. Tetradrachm (105/4-83/2 BC). Dated CY 22 (88/7 BC). Obv: Veiled and turreted bust of Tyche right.Rev: ΣEΛEVKEΩN THΣ IEPAΣ / KAI AVTONOMOV. Filleted thunderbolt set upon throne; BK (date) below, M to right; all within wreath.Callataÿ, Production, pp. 75-6; HGC 9, 1382; DCA 697. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 14.63 g. Diameter: 30 mm.

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Lot # 218 - PHOENICIA. Arados. Uncertain king (Circa 400-380 BC). 1/3 Stater or Tetrobol. Obv: Ba'al-Arwad right, holding dolphin in each hand.Rev: Galley right; below, hippocamp right; all within linear square within incuse square.Betlyon 6; Rouvier 38; HGC 10, 39. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 3.50 g. Diameter: 15 mm.

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Lot # 219 - PHOENICIA. Byblos (Gebal). 'Ozba'al (Circa 400-365 BC). Shekel. Obv: Three hoplites on galley left above waves; below, hippocamp left above murex shell.Rev: Lion attacking bull left.E&E-B Group IV.2.1.c; HGC 10, 133. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 13.34 g. Diameter: 24 mm.

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Lot # 220 - PHOENICIA. Sidon. Ba'alšillem (Sakton) II (Circa 401-366 BC). Double Shekel. Obv: Phoenician galley left; waves below.Rev: Persian king and driver in chariot left; to right, king of Sidon, in Egyptian style garments, holding cultic sceptre and votive vase, walking left.E&E-S 557; HGC 10, 236. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 27.09 g. Diameter: 32 mm.

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Lot # 221 - PHOENICIA. Sidon. `Abd`aštart (Straton) I (Circa 365-356 BC). Ae. Obv: Galley left; waves below.Rev: Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow.HGC 10, 251. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 3.74 g. Diameter: 16 mm.

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Lot # 222 - PHOENICIA. Sidon. `Abd`aštart (Straton) I (Circa 365-356 BC). 1/16 Shekel. Obv: Phoenician galley left; waves below.Rev: Persian king or hero, holding dagger and standing right, fighting lion standing left; 'B (in Phoenician) between; all within incuse square.DCA 866; HGC 10, 263. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 0.74 g. Diameter: 10 mm.

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Lot # 223 - PHOENICIA. Sidon. `Abd`aštart (Straton) I (Circa 365-356 BC). 1/32 Shekel. Obv: Phoenician galley left.Rev: Persian king in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow; all within incuse square.E&E-S 1430-64; Betlyon 28; HGC 10, 246. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 0.26 g. Diameter: 8 mm.

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Lot # 224 - PHOENICIA. Tyre. ‘Ozmilk (Azemilkos, 349-311/0 BC). Shekel. Dated year 12 (338/7 BC). Obv: Deity, holding reins and bow, riding hippocamp right above two lines of waves; below, dolphin right.Rev: Owl standing right, head facing; crook and flail in background; date to right.E&E-T Group II.2.1.23; HGC 10, 349. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 8.32 g. Diameter: 20 mm.

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Lot # 225 - PHOENICIA. Tyre. Shekel (126/5 BC-AD 65/6). Dated CY 33 (94/3 BC). Obv: Laureate bust of Melkart right.Rev: TVPOV IEPAΣ KAI AΣVΛOV. Eagle standing left, on prow of galley, and with palm on wing; to left, ΓΛ (date) above club; monogram to right.DCA 919; HGC 10, 357. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 14.10 g. Diameter: 31 mm.

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Lot # 226 - PHOENICIA. Tyre. Shekel (126/5 BC-AD 65/6). Dated CY 50 (77/6 BC). Obv: Laureate head of Melkart right, lion skin around neck.Rev: TVPOV IEPAΣ KAI AΣVΛOV. Eagle standing left, on prow of galley, and with palm on wing; to left, LN above club; Δ to right.HGC 10, 358; DCA-Tyre 177. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 13.93 g. Diameter: 30 mm.

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Lot # 227 - PHOENICIA. Tyre. Half Shekel (126/5 BC-AD 65/6). Dated CY 38 (89/8 BC). Obv: Laureate head of Melkart right, lion skin around neck.Rev: TVPOV IEPAΣ KAI AΣVΛOV. Eagle standing left, on prow of galley, and with palm on wing; to left, HΛ (date) above club; monogram to right.DCA-Tyre 764; HGC 10, 357. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 7.15 g. Diameter: 23 mm.

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Lot # 228 - PHOENICIA. Tyre. Time of Augustus (27 BC-14 AD). Shekel. Dated year 20 (107/6 BC). Obv: Laureate bust of Melkart right.Rev: ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ. Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, LK (date) over club; to right, monogram.HGC 10, 357. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 12.92 g. Diameter: 28 mm.

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Lot # 229 - JUDAEA. Bar Kochba Revolt (132-135). Ae. Undated issue, attributed to year 3 (134/5). Obv: Grape leaf on vine.Rev: Palm tree with two bunches of dates.Meshorer 292a; Hendin 1437. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 11.63 g. Diameter: 25 mm.

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Lot # 230 - JUDAEA. Hasmonean Kingdom. Alexander Jannaeus (Yehonatan). Prutah (103-76 BC). Jerusalem. Obv: 'Yehonatan the King' (Paleo-Hebrew) between the rays of star with eight rays, all within diadem.Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY. Anchor.Hendin 1150; HGC 10, 644. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 1.89 g. Diameter: 15 mm.

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Lot # 231 - ACHAEMENID EMPIRE. Time of Darios I to Xerxes II (Circa 485-420 BC). GOLD Daric. Sardes. Obv: Persian king in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow, with quiver over shoulder.Rev: Rectangular incuse punch.Carradice Type IIIb; GRPC G61; SNG Copenhagen 274-5; Sunrise 24; BMC Arabia 40-3.Although it is believed that the earliest Staters in Lydia are really to be attributed to Kroisos, the most recent series should be dated to the time of Persia's conquest of the region. From the end of the 6th century BC, gold Darics and silver Sigloi appear, marked by the type of the archer king and struck for decades in the mint of Sardis. The name 'Daric' assigned to the Persian gold stater is already found in Herodotus and is mentioned in an Athenian document from 429 BC. These were well known coins in Greek environments, intended to circulate in a huge empire and therefore struck in large quantities. Gold was used by Persian kings as prestige currency, for donations and for large payments, for example to pay Greek mercenaries in their service. This is why many specimens of these staters have been found in Greece and Sicily. The Golden Daric was worth 20 silver Sigloi and corresponded as weight to the value of 1/60th of the Persian mina. The king, connoted as a warrior and hunter, is depicted first with a bow and arrows, then while shooting a bow, and finally with a bow and sword. The date of the beginning of the coinage of the Darics and Sigloi is provided by a clay tablet from Persepolis, dated to about 500 BC, on which the image of the ruler while shooting with a bow is imprinted. This type continued to be reproduced until the end of the dynasty, when Darios III was defeated by Alexander the Great in 330 BC. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 8.36 g. Diameter: 14 mm.

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Lot # 232 - ACHAEMENID EMPIRE. Time of Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II (420-375 BC). GOLD Daric. Sardes. Obv: Persian king in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow, with quiver over shoulder.Rev: Rectangular incuse punch.Carradice Type IIIb, pl. XIV, 42; Sunrise 28.Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger 332 (2017), lot 2317. Although it is believed that the earliest Staters in Lydia are really to be attributed to Kroisos, the most recent series should be dated to the time of Persia's conquest of the region. From the end of the 6th century BC, gold Darics and silver Sigloi appear, marked by the type of the archer king and struck for decades in the mint of Sardis. The name 'Daric' assigned to the Persian gold stater is already found in Herodotus and is mentioned in an Athenian document from 429 BC. These were well known coins in Greek environments, intended to circulate in a huge empire and therefore struck in large quantities. Gold was used by Persian kings as prestige currency, for donations and for large payments, for example to pay Greek mercenaries in their service. This is why many specimens of these staters have been found in Greece and Sicily. The Golden Daric was worth 20 silver Sigloi and corresponded as weight to the value of 1/60th of the Persian mina. The king, connoted as a warrior and hunter, is depicted first with a bow and arrows, then while shooting a bow, and finally with a bow and sword. The date of the beginning of the coinage of the Darics and Sigloi is provided by a clay tablet from Persepolis, dated to about 500 BC, on which the image of the ruler while shooting with a bow is imprinted. This type continued to be reproduced until the end of the dynasty, when Darios III was defeated by Alexander the Great in 330 BC. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 8.35 g. Diameter: 17 mm.

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Spectacular Facing Bust

Lot # 233 - KINGS OF PARTHIA. Artabanos IV (Circa AD 10-38). Tetradrachm. Seleukeia on the Tigris. Dated Panemos 338 SE (June, AD 27). Obv: Diademed bust facing.Rev: Artabanos on horseback left, receiving palm from Tyche standing right; HΛT (year) to upper right; monogram (month) below horse.Sellwood 63.3 var. (Artabanos II; monogram); Sunrise 411.Very rare Condition: Very fine.Weight: 13.40 g. Diameter: 27 mm.

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Lot # 234 - PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter (As satrap, 323-305 BC). Tetradrachm. Alexandreia. Struck in the name of Alexander III of Macedon. Obv: Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant skin, aegis around neck; small Δ in scales.Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY. Athena Alkidemos advancing right, holding shield and preparing to cast spear; AX monogram, Corinthian helmet and eagle on thunderbolt to right.Lorber 69; Svoronos 162; SNG Copenhagen 29. Condition: Near extremely fine.Weight: 15.70 g. Diameter: 29 mm.

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Lot # 235 - PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter (As satrap, 323-305 BC). Tetradrachm. Arados. Struck in the name and types of Alexander III 'the Great' of Macedon. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre Control: AP monogram in left field.Price 3426 (Byblos). Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 17.06 g. Diameter: 26 mm.

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Lot # 236 - PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes (246-222 BC). Ae Drachm. Alexandreia. Obv: Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right.Rev: ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ. Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, XP monogram between legs.Lorber B395; Svoronos 964; SNG Copenhagen 171-2. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 62.64 g. Diameter: 43 mm.

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Lot # 237 - PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy V or VI (204-180 BC or 180-145 BC). Tetradrachm. Alexandreia. Obv: Diademed bust of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis.Rev: BΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟY. Eagle standing left on thunderbolt.Svoronos 1231; SNG Copenhagen 244-5. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 13.99 g. Diameter: 27 mm.

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Lot # 238 - PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor (180-145 BC). Tetradrachm. Paphos. Dated RY 18 (164/3 BC). Obv: Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck.Rev: BΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟY. Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; LIH (date) in left field, ΠA to right.Svoronos Addenda 1430a; Morkholm-Kromann 65; Paphos Hoard 1; SNG Copenhagen -.Rare Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 14.15 g. Diameter: 27 mm.

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Lot # 239 - INDIA. Post-Kushan (Baktria). Jouan-Jouan. Ae (Circa 190-230). Obv: Deity standing facing, holding diadem and resting right hand on hip.Rev: King standing facing, holding sceptre and resting right hand on hip.Apparently unpublished. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 1.67 g. Diameter: 18 mm.

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