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MACEDONIA: Philip III, 323-317 BC, AR tetradrachm (17.12g), Babylon mint, Price-P181, head of Hercules right wearing lionskin / Zeus seated left, M to left, ΛY below throne, choice Extremely Fine.
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MACEDONIA: Anonymous, 158-149 BC, AR tetradrachm (15.2g), Amphipolis, S-1386, Macedonian shield, at center of which bust of Artemis Tauropolos right, bow & quiver at her shoulder / club within oak-wreath, thunderbolt to left, Extremely Fine.
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THRACE: Anonymous, 416-357 BC, AR drachm (5.39g), Byzantion, S-1579, cow standing left, on dolphin, ΠY above / quadripartite incuse mill-sail pattern with granulated surface, small banker's mark at edge, Very Fine.
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ATTICA: Anonymous, after 449 BC, AR tetradrachm (16.44g), Athens, S-2526, helmeted head of Athena right, in crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor & a spiral palmette on the bowl / AΘE, owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig & crescent behind, interesting banker's mark on Athena's check, Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
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BITHYNIA: Anonymous, ca. 350-300 BC, AR hemidrachm (2.54g), Kios, BMC Pontus page 130, 3-14, laureate head of Apollo right / prow of galley left, ornamented with star; magistrate MILH-TOS, choice Extremely Fine.
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MYSIA: Anonymous, late 4th century BC, AR hemidrachm (2.46g), Parion, S-3919, facing gorgon, tongue out / ΠA above calf standing left, head turned, PI between legs, tunny below, Extremely Fine.
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SELEUKEIA: Demetrius I, 162-150 BC, AR tetradrachm (16.8g), Antioch in Syria, SE161 (152/151 BC), SC-1641.6c, diademed head right within wreath / Tyche seated left, holding scepter & cornucopiae; winged Tritoness supporting throne, two monograms to outer left, date in exergue, choice Extremely Fine to About Uncirculated.
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SELEUKEIA: Seleukos I Nikator, 312-281 BC, AR tetradrachm (17.07g), Babylon, Price-3704, SC-82.6, struck in the name of Alexander III of Macedon, struck ca. 311-300 BC, head of Herakles right, in lion's skin headdress / Zeus seated left, holding eagle in right hand, scepter in left; monogram in wreath in left field, H below throne, Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
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BABYLONIA: Anonymous, ca. 328-311 BC, AR tetradrachm (16.45g), S-6142v, Baal seated left, holding scepter / lion walking left, thunderbolt above, struck under the authority of the Alexandrine Empire, Fine.
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PARTHIAN KINGDOM: Mithradates II, BC123-88, AR drachm (4.08g), Shore-77 ff., bare-headed, long beard, nice strike, attractive Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
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PARTHIAN KINGDOM: Orodes I, BC90-77, AR drachm (4.07g), Shore-131ff, superb portrait, choice Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
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PARTHIAN KINGDOM: Orodes II, BC 57-38, AR drachm (4.01g), Mithradatkert, Shore-256, royal wart on forehead, star left & crescent right, 7-line reverse, choice Very Fine to Extremely Fine, S.
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PARTHIAN KINGDOM: Vardanes I, 40-45, AR tetradrachm (14.48g), Seleukia, SE-353, Shore-350/351, Tyche handing palm branch to king on throne, lovely Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
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PARTHIAN KINGDOM: Mithradates IV, fl. 140, AR drachm (3.78g), Ekbatana, Shore-425, name in Aramaic on reverse, nice Very Fine, S.
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PARTHIAN KINGDOM: Phraates IV, c. 38-2 BC, AR tetradrachm (11.72g), Seleucia mint, Sell-50, bust left with pointed beard, royal wart on brow / king seated on throne, receiving a palm branch; Greek inscriptions, date between heads, Uperveretai (September) 286 S.E.(= 27/26 BC), month clear in exergue, attractive Fine to Very Fine.
This example not from the recent hoard and this is the photo example from www.parthia.com.
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PARTHIAN KINGDOM: Artabanos II, AD 10-38, AR drachm (3.49g), Ecbatana mint, Sell-63.6, bust left with medium square beard, hair almost straight, earring visible / beardless archer, seated right on throne; monogram 26 below bow; stylized Greek inscription, choice Extremely Fine.
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SASANIAN KINGDOM: Ardashir I, 211-224, AR drachm (3.67g), G-1. Alram-659, head of Ardashir facing, wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara with pellet-in-crescent / head of Papak left, wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara with pellet-in-crescent, lovely reverse! Very Fine to Extremely Fine, RR.
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SASANIAN KINGDOM: Ardashir I, 224-241, AE chalkos (1.75g), Parukh-27, lovely portrait of elegant style, coarsely made flan, choice Very Fine.
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SASANIAN KINGDOM: Ardashir I, 224-241, AR drachm (4.15g), NM, ND, G-10, standard type, perhaps the finest quality we have encountered, Extremely Fine.
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SASANIAN KINGDOM: Shahpur I, 241-272, AR drachm (4.40g), G-23, normal flan, lovely style, especially on reverse, Extremely Fine.
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SASANIAN KINGDOM: Hormizd III, 303-309, AR drachm (4.08g), G-85, right attendant wearing turreted crown without globe, very broad flan, from recent hoard, Extremely Fine.
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SASANIAN KINGDOM: Varahran IV, 388-399, PB unit (3.11g), G----, standard type, bull right of bust, walking upward (cf. Paruck-294 for a similar coin with scorpion), possibly unpublished, Very Fine, RRR.
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SASANIAN KINGDOM: Yazdigerd I, 399-420, AR drachm (4.10g), KR (=Kirman), G-146, strong Extremely Fine, RR.
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SASANIAN KINGDOM: Peroz, 457-484, AR ½ obol (0.25g), DA (Darabjird), ND, G-168, decent style for this type, which is usually somewhat crudely engraved, clear mint name abbreviation, nice Very Fine, RR.
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SASANIAN KINGDOM: Khusraw II, 591-628, AR drachm (3.60g), ShY (Shiraz), year 37, G-209, c/s #11 (senmurg) and #58 (human head), attractive Very Fine.
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SASANIAN KINGDOM: Kavad II, 628, AR drachm (4.14g), AHM (Hamadan), year 2, G-223, rare mint, choice Extremely Fine, RR.
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SASANIAN KINGDOM: Ardashir II, 628-630, AR drachm (4.12g), ART (Ardashir Khurra), year 2, G-226, second series, with wings, bold strike, Extremely Fine.
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SASANIAN KINGDOM: Yazdigerd III, 632-651, AR drachm (4.06g), SK (Sijistan), year 5, Very Fine.
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SASANIAN KINGDOM: Yazdigerd III, 632-651, AR drachm (4.07g), SK (Sijistan), year 11, G-234, Very Fine+.
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AXUM: Gersem, ca. 570 - 590, AE unit (1.61g), Munro-Hay type 148; Hahn 53, Ge'ez legend 'King Gersem', facing crowned bust holding two cross-scepters / Ge'ez legend 'He conquers through Christ' around cross with flared arms within a diamond of dots, lovely Very Fine to Extremely Fine, S, ex. MünzZentrum sale 72, 1991, lot 1167.
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AXUM: Hataz, ca. 590 - 610, AE unit (0.66g), Munro-Hay type 141; Hahn 65, Ge'ez legend 'King Hataz', facing crowned bust, cross in left hand held before breast / Ahmaric legend 'Mercy to the people' around cross within central diamond, Fine, ex. Sternberg list July, 2000, lot 944.
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AXUM: Za-ya'Abiyo la Madhen Negus, ca. 620 - 630, AR unit (1.28g), Munro-Hay type 126; Hahn 69, Ge'ez legend 'AGD King of Aksum', crowned and draped facing bust / Ge'ez legend 'The king who exalts the Saviour', gilded † on base, beneath arch supported by two columns, very little of original gilding visible, lovely Extremely Fine, ex. Sternberg sale 17, 1986, lot 282.
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ROMAN EMPIRE: Gordian III, 238-244 AD, AR denarius (3.06g), RIC-127. S-8673, RSC-69, IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, Laureate & draped bust right / DIANA LVCIFERA, Diana standing right, holding long transverse torch, choice Extremely Fine to About Uncirculated.
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ROMAN EMPIRE: Philip I, 244-249 AD, AR antoninanus (4.05g), Rome, [248], RIC-24c, radiate bust right / SAECVLARES AUGG, low column inscribed COS III, lovely Extremely Fine, R.
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ROMAN EMPIRE: Philip I, 244-249 AD, AR antoninanus (4.00g), Rome, RIC-58, radiate bust right / AETERNITUS AUGG, elephant rider, holding goar & wand, lovely Extremely Fine, R.
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ROMAN EMPIRE: Philip I, 244-249 AD, AE sestertius (17.95g), RIC-180a, Cohen-80, struck AD 247-248, IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / LIBERALITAS AVGG II S-C, Liberalitas standing left, holding abacus & cornucopiae, reverse lightly tooled, Very Fine.
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ROMAN EMPIRE: Otacilia Severa, 244-249, AE sestertius (16.89g), RIC-209, Cohen-55, wife of Philip I, MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG, diademed draped bust right / PVDICITIA AVG, Pudicitia seated left, hand raised to pull veil from face & holding scepter, SC in exergue, lovely Fine.
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ROMAN EMPIRE: Postumus, 259-268 AD, AR antoninianus (3.62g), RIC-67, RSC-101, IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right / HERC PACIFERO, Hercules standing right, holding olive branch & club, struck in good silver for issue, broad planchet, choice Extremely Fine.
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BYZANTINE EMPIRE: Heraclius, 610-641, AR hexagram (5.84g), Constantinople mint, S-799, DO-65, Heraclius with short beard & beardless Heraclius Constantine to right, seated together on double throne, each holds globus cruciger in right hand, with cross between heads / cross potent on forked base above globe and three steps, Christogram in reverse field right, crude Very Fine.
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SOGDIANA: "Khono", late 5th C, AR drachm (2.57g), Chaghanian region, Kuznetsov-13, c/s Baktrian "khono" on Peroz, Göbl-174, RYW (Riv-Ardashir), undated, and tamgha, nice Very Fine, R, ex. William F. Spengler.
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SOGDIANA: Sashro Xidev, 6th/7th C, AR drachm (2.52g), Chaghanian region, Rtveladze-45, Khusraw I type (trace of what must have been text, star & crescent right / star left, no text), c/s human head 3 times in obverse margin, no reverse countermark, nice Very Fine, R, ex. William F. Spengler, Harlan Berk sale #72.
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SOGDIANA: Anonymous, late 7th C, AR drachm (2.45g), Chaghanian region, Rtveladze-45, Khusraw I type, dot-in-crescent right of brow, no symbols on reverse, attendants touching the altar, c/s human head 3 times in obverse margin, nice strike, Extremely Fine, R, ex. William F. Spengler.
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SOGDIANA: Anonymous, 7th C, AR drachm (2.73g), Chaghanian region, Rtveladze-45, Khusraw I type (no text, star & crescent right / star left, symbols left & right), c/s human head 3 times in obverse margin, c/s Kuzn-3 on reverse, choice Very Fine, R, ex. William F. Spengler.
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HEPHTHALITE: Khingila, ca. 430-490, AR drachm (3.71g), G-73, Mitch-1438, tall, deformed-skull type of bust right, wearing close fitting headdress with two diadem ends, fire altar before, tamgha behind; Brahmi legend Shahi Mepame / traces of fire altar with attendants, superb strike! choice Extremely Fine.
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HEPHTHALITE: Mepame, 5th century, AR drachm (3.75g), eastern region, G-74-var, tall bust right, tamgha #1 to right, name in Brahmi / remnants of Sasanian fire altar style, with crisscross flames, choice Very Fine, RR.
It is conceivable that this ruler has been honored here in California with an excellent Zinfandel wine called Napoma.
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HEPHTHALITE: Sri Vajara Vakhu Deva, 7th C, AR drachm (3.12g), Kabul region, G-244, Mitch-1560, bust right, crowned like Khusraw II / standard Sasanian reverse, inscriptions in Pahlavi, Baktrian & Brahmi, c/s Göbl #103 & #104, tiny empty hole for the gold, good strike, nice Very Fine, ex. William F. Spengler.
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