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Phoenicia, Phoenicia, Sidon, Ba'alsillem II, Sixteenth-Stater, galley with sail to right over waves, iiiiiiii– above, rev. King of Persia about to stab lion, 0.74g/11h (Elayi 2061-6). Very fine (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £70
Phoenicia, Phoenicia, Tyre, Twelfth-Stater, c. 450, dolphin left over murex shell, rev. owl standing left, crook in front, 0.44g/11h (BMC 8). Extremely fine (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £160
Phoenicia, Phoenicia, Tyre, Shekel, c. 377-357, Melkart riding hippocamp right, holding reins and bow, double line of waves below and dolphin at right, rev. owl standing right, crook and flail over left shoulder, 13.54g/9h (Betlyon 17; BMC 19). Very fine and well-centred, attractive light tone (£150-200)
Hammer Price: £140
Phoenicia, Phoenicia, Tyre, Shekel, year 32 [95/4 BC], laureate bust of Melkart right, rev. eagle standing left on prow, palm on right wing, 14.32g/12h (BMC 120-3). Good very fine, toned (£250-300)
Hammer Price: £250
Jewish Coinage, Judæa, Bar Kochba Revolt (132-5 CE), Sela-Tetradrachm, year 2 [133/4 CE], façade of the Temple at Jerusalem, Ark of the Covenant within, + above, ‘Jerusalem’ in Hebrew at sides, rev. bundle of lulav, etrog to left, ‘year 2 of the freedom of Israel’ in Hebrew, 13.87g/12h (Mildenberg 14; Meshorer 230b; AJC II 13a; Hendin 688; Bromberg 82). Good very fine, darkly toned (£1,500-2,000)
£1,800–£2,000
Jewish Coinage, Judæa, Bar Kochba Revolt (132-5 CE), Zuz-Denarius, undated [year 3, 134/5 CE], ‘Shim’on’ in Hebrew within wreath, rev. ‘for the freedom of Jerusalem’ in Hebrew, flagon with handle, lulav to right, 3.16g/1h (Mildenberg 121; Meshorer 283 var (pellet in center of obv.); AJC II 66; Hendin 726; Bromberg 498, same dies). Overstruck on a Bostra Drachm of Trajan (cf. SNG ANS 1155), extremely fine, grey tone (£350-400)
£350–£400
Philistia, Gaza, Drachm, 5th-4th century, bearded head right with oriental hairstyle, rev. owl right within incuse square, ‘Ayin, Zayin, Hè’ around, 3.85g/11h (Gitler-Tal, V.1.Da). Fine to very fine, extremely rare; only four examples believed known (£800-1,000)
£800–£1,000
Philistia, Gaza, Drachm, 5th-4th century, helmeted head of Athena right, rev. owl right, ‘Ayin’ behind, 4.18g/9h (Gitler-Tal, V.10.Dc). Very fine and extremely rare; only six examples believed known (£600-700)
£600–£700
Philistia, Gaza, Obol, 5th-4th century, janiform female right and bearded male left, oriental hairstyles, rev. forepart of horse right within incuse square, ‘Ayin, Zayin’ around, 0.69g/2h (Gitler-Tal, VI.7.Oa). Very fine and extremely rare; only three examples believed known (£200-250)
£200–£250
Philistia, Gaza, Obol, 5th-4th century, bearded male head right with oriental hairstyle, rev. head of Bes facing within incuse circle, ‘Ayin, Zayin’ around, 0.56g/8h (Gitler-Tal, VI.13.Od). Good very fine, extremely rare; only five examples believed known (£700-800)
£700–£800
Philistia, Uncertain issuing authority, Drachm 5th-4th century, crude head of Athena with profiled eye right, rev. owl right, 2.80g/3h (cf. Gitler-Tal, X.1.Da). Very fine and extremely rare; only two specimens believed known (£200-250)
Philistia, Uncertain issuing authority, Obol, 5th-4th century, three-quarter facing bearded head left with oriental hairstyle, rev. owl right within incuse square, 0.60g/3h (Gitler-Tal, XIV.3.Ob). Very fine and extremely rare; only two specimens believed known (£500-600)
£500–£600
Philistia, Uncertain issuing authority, Obol, 5th-4th century, triple-turreted city wall with crouching lion in foreground, wave in exergue, rev. rider with whip holding rein of prancing horse behind, all within incuse square, 0.58g/6h (Gitler-Tal, XV.3.O). Very fine and extremely rare, only six specimens believed known (£800-1,000)
Philistia, Uncertain issuing authority, Drachm, 5th-4th century, bearded male head right with oriental hairsyle, rev. female head right with oriental hairstyle, 3.55g/12h (Gitler-Tal, XVI.11.Db). Test cut, otherwise very fine and extremely rare, only two examples believed known (£700-800)
Philistia, Uncertain issuing authority, Drachm, 5th-4th century, janiform head of female facing and bearded male right, rev. Bes facing, holding knife and standing on tail of rampant lion, all within incuse square, 3.71g/7h (Gitler-Tal, XVIII.5.Da). Very fine and extremely rare, only two examples believed known (£1,200-1,500)
£1,200–£1,500
Philistia, Uncertain issuing authority, Obol, 5th-4th century, male head right with oriental hairstyle, rev. lion protome right and lion’s hind part left, creating the illusion of a fully depicted animal, all within incuse square, 0.65g/3 or 6h (Gitler-Tal, XIX.20.Oa). Very fine and extremely rare, only three examples believed known (£1,200-1,500)
Philistia, Uncertain issuing authority, Obol, 5th-4th century, janiform bearded head, rev. double-protome of roaring lions with protruding tongues, all within incuse square, 0.58g/10h (Gitler-Tal, XXVII.8.Oa). Very fine and of the highest rarity, believed to be the only known example (£800-1,000)
Philistia, Uncertain issuing authority, Obol, 5th-4th century, head of Bes facing, rev. forepart of lion right within incuse square, 0.62g/12h (Gitler-Tal, XXVIII.3.Oa). Very fine and extremely rare, only three examples believed known (£500-600)
Mesopotamia, Hatra, Æ, c. AD 117-138, radiate bust of sun-god Shamash right, rev. eagle with outstretched wings over inverted letters sc, all within laurel wreath, 11.46g/12h (Slocum, Coins of Hatra, ANS MN 22, 1977, 22, pl.6, 3). Very fine, rare (£90-120)
Hammer Price: £95
Kings of Parthia, Arsacid Kings of Parthia, Sinatruces (93/2-70/69 BC). Drachm, Rhagæ, diademed bust left, wearing tiara, neck torque ends in pellet, rev. Arsakes I seated right on throne, holding bow, 1.09g/1h (Sellwood 33.7 var [Gotarzes I]; Shore 113 [Gotarzes I]; BMC Parthia p.51, 55 [Phraates III?]; MACW 543 var [Phraates III, tiara style]). Extremely fine, attractive (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £85
Kings of Parthia, Arsacid Kings of Parthia, Vonones II (c. AD 51), Drachm, helmeted bust facing, rev. archer seated right, 3.20g/12h (Sellwood 67.1; Shore 368). Extremely fine, toned (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £40
Kings of Parthia, Arsacid Kings of Parthia, Pakoros II (c. 78-105), Drachm, bearded bust left, wearing tiara, rev. archer seated right, 3.69g/1h (Sellwood 77.8; Shore 399). Extremely fine, toned (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £75
Kings of Parthia, Arsacid Kings of Parthia, Vologases IV (c. 147-91), Drachm, bearded bust left, wearing tiara, rev. archer seated right, 3.75g/12h (Sellwood 84.132; Shore 434). Extremely fine, toned (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £30
Kings of Parthia, Arsacid Kings of Parthia, Vologases VI (c. 208-22), Drachm, bearded bust left, wearing tiara, rev. archer seated right, 3.65g/12h (Sellwood 88.18; Shore 456). Extremely fine, toned (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £65
Miscellaneous, Kings of Persis, Darios II (c. 1st century BC), Drachm, bust left, wearing tiara, rev. King standing left before fire-altar, 3.96g/11h (Alram 564). Good very fine, toned (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £60
Kings of Sassania, Sassanian Kings, Shapur I (240-72), Sixth-Drachm, crowned and cuirassed bust right, rev. fire-altar flanked by two attendants, 0.53g/8h (cf. SNS 45-52; Göbl CF 33). Very fine (£90-120)
Kings of Sassania, Sassanian Kings, Hormazd II (303-9), Sixth-Drachm, crowned and cuirassed bust right, rev. fire-altar flanked by two attendants, 0.59g/3h (cf. Göbl 84). Extremely fine (£150-180)
£150–£180
Kings of Sassania, Sassanian Kings, Shapur II (309-79), Drachm, Sakastan, crowned and cuirassed bust right, rev. fire-altar flanked by two attendants, 2.96g/3h (cf. SNS 92-4; Göbl –). Very fine (£90-120)
£90–£120
Kings of Sassania, Sassanian Kings, Shapur II, Sixth-Drachm, crowned and cuirassed bust right, rev. fire-altar flanked by two attendants, 0.56g/3h (cf. SNS 232-64; cf. Göbl 93). Extremely fine (£90-120)
Hammer Price: £90
Kings of Sassania, Sassanian Kings, Yazdgard I (399-420), Drachm, crowned and cuirassed bust right, rev. fire-altar flanked by two attendants, 4.20g/3h (cf. SNS A58; cf. Göbl 147). Extremely fine (£90-120)
Kings of Sassania, Sassanian Kings, Yazdgard I, Drachm, similar, 4.37g/3h (cf. SNS A66; cf. Göbl 147). Extremely fine (£90-120)
Hammer Price: £110
Sassanian Kings, Ardashir III (628-9), Drachm, crowned and cuirassed bust right, rev. fire-altar flanked by two attendants, 4.16g/3h (cf. Göbl 226). Extremely fine, rare (£200-250)
Kings of Sassania, Arab-Sassanian, Sakastan, Arab governor Reda (c. 750), Dirhem, bust right, imitating Khusru II, ‘Bism allah salih Rida’ in Arabic around margins, rev. fire-altar flanked by attendants, garbled legends, 2.98g/3h (cf. Göbl, Hunnen Em 296.1-15 [misdescribed]; cf. Mitchiner ACW 1392). Very fine, rare (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £100
Kings of Sassania, Kushano-Sassanian, Kushan Shahs, in the name of Yazdgard I (399-420), Drachm, c. 400, crowned bust right, rev. fire-altar and attendants, ‘buyanasa’ in Brahmi script below, 3.73g/3h (Göbl Em 24 [Kidariten]; Mitchiner ACW 1328-9). Good very fine, very rare (£250-300)
£250–£300
The Hephthalites (White Huns), Alchon Huns, Khingila (c. 440-490), Drachm, Gandhara, crowned bust right, flames at shoulders, tamgha at right, rev. fire-altar with attendants, 3.40g/3h (Göbl Em 61). Good very fine, very rare (£250-300)
The Hephthalites (White Huns), Alchon Huns, Khingila, Drachm, Gandhara, crowned bust right, tamgha at left, solar symbol at right, rev. fire-altar with attendants, 2.23g/3h (Göbl Em 70). Very fine (£150-200)
£150–£200
The Hephthalites (White Huns), Alchon Huns, Khingila, Drachm, Gandhara, crowned bust right, tamgha in right field, rev. fire-altar with attendants, 2.76g/3h (Göbl Em 74). Very fine, toned (£150-200)
The Hephthalites (White Huns), Alchon Huns, Khingila, Drachm, Gandhara, crowned bust right, tamgha at left, sun-wheel at right, rev. fire-altar with attendants, 3.73g/3h (Göbl Em 81; Alram, Alchon pl.2, 13). Very fine and very rare (£200-250)
The Hephthalites (White Huns), Alchon Huns, Khingila, Drachm, late issue of Hadda-Ghandara, c. 470-80, crowned bust with ear-ring right, trident in bottle resting on lotus-flower at right, rev. remnants of fire-altar motif, 3.31g/3h (Göbl Em 101; Alram, Geschichte 44). Very fine, rare (£150-200)
The Hephthalites (White Huns), Alchon Huns, Mihirakula (early 6th century), Drachm, crowned bust right, filleted parasol at left, filleted trident at right, ‘Jayatu Mihirakula’ in Brahmi above, rev. fire-altar with attendants, 1.19g/3h (Göbl Em 135/2 var [placement of parasol and trident]). Fine, very rare (£100-150)
£100–£150
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