List 215


Ancient Coins
 
Item No. Photo Description Price
MACEDONIA: Alexander III, struck 125-70 BC, AR tetradrachm (16.18g), Odessos mint, Müller-422, Price-1200, head of Herakles right in lionskin / Zeus seated left with eagle & scepter; Ξ E left, monogram under throne, crude Extremely Fine.
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PERGAMON: Eumenes I, 263-241 BC, AR tetradrachm (16.49g), BMC-31, laureate & diademed head of Philetairos right / Athena enthroned left, holding shield with right hand, spear in left arm, left elbow resting on sphinx; ivy leaf above knee, bow to right, A on throne, Fine.
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ARMENIA: Levon I, 1198-1218, AR tram (Sis), ND, Bed-17ff, choice About Uncirculated.
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ARMENIA: Levon I, 1198-1218, AR double tram (5.39g) (Sis), ND, Bed-10, lion's front right paw turned backwards, crude Extremely Fine.
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ACHAIMENIDIAN EMPIRE: Anonymous, before 332 BC, AR tetradrachm (16.71g), MIG-10b, struck for use in Egypt by local Persian satrap Sabakes under Darius III, helmeted head of Athena right / owl standing right, Aramaic legend, crescent & thunderbolt to right with further Aramaic letters to left, crude Fine to Very Fine, RR, ex. CNA XX sale, lot 204, March 1992.
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SASANIAN KINGDOM: Varahran II, 276-293, AR drachm (3.74g), NM, ND, G-68, portraits of king, queen and son, the son holding diadem, Very Fine+.
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SASANIAN KINGDOM: Hormizd III, 303-309, AR drachm, NM, ND, G-83, standard design, choice Very Fine.
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SASANIAN KINGDOM: Yazdigerd II, 438-457, AR drachm (4.03g), ND, G-160, lovely strike, nearly Extremely Fine.
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SASANIAN KINGDOM: Khusraw V, 631-632, AR drachm (3.56g), KR (Kirman), year 2, G-232, decent portrait, beardless, very rare mint for this ruler, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, RR.
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PTOLEMAIC: Ptolemy IV Philopator, 221-204 BC, AE 38, laureate head of Zeus right / eagle standing left, head right, on a thunderbolt, wings back, slightly double struck on reverse, Very Fine.
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PTOLEMAIS: Ptolemy V Epiphanes, 204-180 BC, AE 27, S-7880, head of Cleopatra I as Isis right / eagle standing left on thunderbolt, good Very Fine.
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PTOLEMAIS: Ptolemy VI & Ptolemy VII, joint reign, 170-163 BC, AE 33, S-7900, SNG Copenhagen 307-314, diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / two eagles standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopiae before, lovely Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
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PTOLEMAIS: Cleopatra VII, 51-30 BC, AR tetradrachm, head of Ptolemy right wearing fillet / eagle standing right on a thunderbolt, palm at shoulder, LA before, ΠA behind, Fine.
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ROMAN: Hadrian, 117-138, AE sestertius (27.84g), S-3572, RIC-838, struck AD 134-138, bare headed and draped bust right / AEGYPTOS, Egypt reclining left and holding sistrum, left elbow resting on basket of grain, ibis on column at feet, some very minor pitting, Extremely Fine.
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ROMAN: Magnentius, 350-353, AE centenionalis, MM, S-4022, 20mm, D N MAGNEN-TIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped & cuirassed bust right / SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES, A-Ω either side of large Chi-Rhos, 15% weak strike, Extremely Fine.
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BYZANTINE: Basil II, 976-1025, AR milliaresion (2.69g), Constantinople, ND, S-1810, cross crosslet between busts of Basil & Constantine, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, S.
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BYZANTINE: Andronicus II & Michael IX, 1295-1320, AR basilikon (1.84g), Constantinople, ND, S-2402, large star left & right of enthroned Christ, good Very Fine.
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HEPHTHALITE: "Napki Mulka", late 6th C, AR drachm (3.28g), NM, ND, G-200, excellent style, very minor discoloration on reverse, Extremely Fine, S.
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HEPHTHALITE: "Napki Mulka", late 6th C, AR drachm (3.33g), NM, ND, G-200, bold strike, small moustache, perhaps die-damage, Extremely Fine, S.
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HEPHTHALITE: 'Shahi Tigin' type, ca. 710-720, BI drachm (3.12g), year 474 (Kanishka era), G-240, bust right with solar symbol crown, with c/m on neck, pierced, Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
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