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GREEK COINAGES, Seleucid Kings of Syria, Antiochos VII Euergetes (138-129), Tetradrachm, Antioch, diademed bust right, rev. Athena standing left, holding Nike in outstretched right hand, resting left on shield and holding spear with left arm, all within laurel wreath, 16.87g/1h (SC 2061.1j; SNG Spaer 1854). Extremely fine, toned £150-200
Hammer Price: £240
GREEK COINAGES, Seleucid Kings of Syria, Demetrios II (Second reign, 129-125), Tetradrachm, Tyre, yr. 185 [130/129], diademed bust right, rev. eagle standing left, 13.52g/12h (SC 2195). Small abrasions on cheek, otherwise very fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £100
GREEK COINAGES, Seleucid Kings of Syria, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (121-96), Tetradrachm, Antioch, c. 118/117, diademed bust right, rev. Zeus Uranios standing left, holding star and sceptre, 16.51g/12h (SC 2323.5). Good very fine, toned £180-220
Hammer Price: £210
GREEK COINAGES, Phoenicia, SIDON, Ba’alshillem II (c. 401-366), Double-Shekel, galley to left over waves, rev. King of Persia in chariot with driver, followed by an attendant wearing Egyptian skirt and conical hat, holding ‘was’ sceptre, 27.24g/11h (Elayi 502; SNG Copenhagen 194). Fine to very fine, dark tone £200-250
GREEK COINAGES, Phoenicia, TYRE, Shekel, yr. 170 [AD 44/5], laureate head of Melkart right, rev. ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΖΥΩΟΥ / ΠΟ ΚΡ, eagle standing left on prow, monogram to right, club to left, 14.34g/12h (RPC 4670; Meshorer, AJC II, pp.7-9 [Jerusalem]; Hendin 919 [Jerusalem]). Extremely fine and attractively toned, very rare £500-700
Hammer Price: £420
GREEK COINAGES, Judæa, Agrippa II (55-95 CE), Æ, yr. 26 [85/6 CE], laureate bust of Domitian right, rev. [ΕΤΟΥ ΚS ΒΑCΙ] * ΑΓΡΙΠΠΑ, 3.09g/7h (TJC 165a; RPC 2279; Hendin 617). Very fine, good dark green patina £80-100
Hammer Price: £90
GREEK COINAGES, Judæa, Simon Bar Kokhba (Revolt, 132-135 CE), Denarius (Zuz), undated yr. 3 [134/5 CE], bunch of grapes, rev. lyre with three srings, 3.24g/7h (Mildenberg 143 [O11/R99]; TJC 247; Hendin 734). Very fine, overstruck £90-120
Hammer Price: £200
GREEK COINAGES, Judæa, Simon Bar Kokhba, Denarius (Zuz), undated yr. 3 [134/5 CE], similar, 3.09g/7h (Mildenberg 186 [O22/R120]; TJC 288; Hendin 734). Very fine, overstruck £90-120
Hammer Price: £260
GREEK COINAGES, Nabatæa, Aretas II (c. 110-96), Æ, Petra, helmeted bust right, rev. Nike standing left, holding uncertain object, 4.23g/4h (Meshorer 1). Overstruck, very fine, dark patina, extremely rare £120-150
£120–£150
GREEK COINAGES, South Arabia, QATABAN, Tetradrachm, late 4th-3rd cents. BC, helmeted head of Athena right, rev. owl standing right, head facing, olive spray and crescent behind, 17.02g/8h (Munro-Hay, Coinage of Arabia Felix, 1.0.4, and pl. 47, 3-11). Good very fine and toned, very rare £250-300
GREEK COINAGES, Arsacid Kings of Parthia, Mithradates II (c. 123-88), Tetradrachm, Seleukeia, diademed bust left, rev. archer seated right on omphalos, holding bow, palm branch at right, 15.54g/1h (Sellwood 24.4; Shore 67). Extremely fine £900-1,200
Hammer Price: £700
GREEK COINAGES, Arsacid Kings of Parthia, Phraates III (70-57), Drachm, c. 63-6, diademed bust facing, rev. Arsakes I seated right on throne, holding bow, monogram below, 4.09g/12h (Sellwood 35.21 [Darios?)]; Shore 165, legend var.). Extremely fine with a sharp facing portrait, very rare £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £650
GREEK COINAGES, Kings of Persis, Darios II (1st cent. BC), Drachm, bust left wearing Parthian tiara ornamented with crescent, rev. king standing left, fire-altar at left, 3.96g/6h (Alram 564). About very fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £70
GREEK COINAGES, Kings of Persis, Darios II, Hemidrachm, similar, 1.94g/6h (Alram 566). About very fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £50
GREEK COINAGES, Kings of Persis, Artaxerxes II (c. 50 BC), Drachm, crowned and diademed bust left, monogram behind, rev. king standing, facing left, fire-altar at left, 3.92g/1h (Alram 570). Striking splits at edge, otherwise good very fine £150-200
GREEK COINAGES, Kings of Persis, Artaxerxes II, Hemidrachm, similar, 1.78g/7h (Alram 571). Good very fine £60-80
£60–£80
GREEK COINAGES, Kings of Persis, Artaxerxes II, Obol, similar, 0.53g/2h (Alram 578). Good very fine £60-80
GREEK COINAGES, Kings of Persis, Vahsir (c. 50-1 BC), Drachm, diademed bust left, rev. king standing right, sacrificing before altar, 3.79g/3h (Alram 582). Very fine, toned £80-100
Hammer Price: £60
GREEK COINAGES, Kings of Persis, Vahsir, Drachm, diademed bust left, star in front of monogram, rev. king standing left, sacrificing before altar, 4.06g/6h (cf. Alram 585). Good very fine, toned £90-120
GREEK COINAGES, Kings of Persis, Pakor I (c. AD 1-50), Hemidrachm, diademed bust left on both sides, 1.95g/12h (Alram 593). Very fine, toned £80-100
£80–£100
GREEK COINAGES, Kings of Persis, Nambed (c. AD 50), Drachm, crowned and diademed bust of king left, rev. king standing right, star and crescent at right, 3.14g/12h (Alram 603). Slightly porous, otherwise very fine £80-100
GREEK COINAGES, Kings of Persis, Manuchtir II (early-mid 2nd cent. AD), Drachm, bust left, wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara, rev. diademed bust left, 3.83g/4h (Alram 635). Obverse fine, reverse very fine £60-80
GREEK COINAGES, Sassanian Kings, Varhran II (274-93) Obol, crowned busts of Varhan and his queen wearing boar crown right, rev. bust of prince facing wearing eagle crown left, fire-altar with two attendants, King and Mithra, 0.59g/3h (Göbl 65, pl. IV, X/3). Very fine but slightly chipped, very rare £80-100
Hammer Price: £80
GREEK COINAGES, Sassanian Kings, Zamasp (496-9), Obol, DA mint, crowned bust right, rev. fire-altar between two attendants, 0.38g/2h (SNS A7; Göbl 181). Very fine and very rare £150-200
GREEK COINAGES, Kushano-Sassanian, Varahran Kushanshah I (c. 371-85), Drachm, crowned bust right, rev. fire-altar and attendants, 3.79g/3h (cf. Göbl Em 8 [Kidariten]; cf. Mitchiner, ACW 1305). Very fine, rare £60-80
Hammer Price: £75
GREEK COINAGES, Kushano-Sassanian, Varahran Kushanshah I, Drachm, similar, 3.73g/3h (Göbl Em 9 [Kidariten]; cf. Mitchiner, ACW 1305). Extremely fine, rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £120
GREEK COINAGES, Kushano-Sassanian, 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 £150-200
Hammer Price: £250
GREEK COINAGES, Gupta Kingdom, Kumaragupta I (c. 414-55), Drachm, central provinces, head of king right, rev. peacock in glory facing, 2.21g/12h (BMC Gupta 385; Mitchiner, ACW 4860). Very fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £40
GREEK COINAGES, Kuninda Kingdom, Amoghabhuti (2nd cent. BC), Drachm, deer standing right, crowned by two cobras and attended by Lakshmi holding a lotus flower, Brahmi legend around, rev. stupa surmounted by the Buddhist symbol triratna, surrounded by a swastika, Y-symbol, tree in railing and waves below, Kharoshti legend around, 2.06g/12h (ACW 4440; Senior II, p.233). Extremely fine £80-100
GREEK COINAGES, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, Ptolemy II (285-246), Obol, Alexandria, laureate head of Zeus right, rev. eagle with spread wing standing left on thunderbolt, shield in left field, 18.09g/12h (Svoronos 114; SNG Copenhagen 118). Good very fine, green-brown patina £90-120
Hammer Price: £130
GREEK COINAGES, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, Ptolemy II, Æ Hemiobol, Alexandria, veiled head of Arsinoe II right, rev. eagle standing left on thunderbolt, 4.62g/12h (Svoronos 351; Köln –; SNG Copenhagen 100). Very fine, brown patina, rare £80-100
GREEK COINAGES, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, Ptolemy III (246-221), Obol, Alexandria, laureate head of Zeus right, rev. eagle with spread wing standing left on thunderbolt, cornucopiæ to left, ΣE below, 68.77g/12h (Svoronos 992 [Ptolemy IV]; SNG Copenhagen 205 [Ptolemy IV]; Köln 61). Good very fine, green-brown patina £150-200
GREEK COINAGES, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, Ptolemy IV (221-205) Oktadrachm, Alexandria, commemorative issue, bust of the deified Ptolemy III right, wearing radiate diadem and ægis, trident over left shoulder, middle prong ends in a lotus finial, rev. BAΣΙΛΙΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, radiate and filleted cornucopiæ, 27.90g/11h (Svoronos 1117; SNG Copenhagen 196; BMC 103; Boston MFA 2283). Superb extremely fine, well-struck and of fine Hellenistic style £10,000-15,000
Hammer Price: £8,500
GREEK COINAGES, Cyrenaica, Magas (277-261), Didrachm, diademed bust of Berenike I right, rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΕΣ ΒΕΡΕΝΙΚΗΣ, club within wreath, 6.65g/12h (Svoronos 316; SNG Copenhagen 430; BMC pl. 29, 18). Fine, very rare £300-350
Hammer Price: £320
GREEK COINAGES, Cyrenaica, Ptolemy IV (221-205), Æ, radiate bust right, rev. bust of Artemis right, 2.78g/10h (Svoronos pl. 36, 24; BMC p.cxlv, 105a). Very fine, good brown tone, very rare £90-120
Hammer Price: £160
GREEK COINAGES, Cyrenaica, Ptolemaus Apion ? (c. 114?-96), Æ, head of Zeus Ammon right, rev. B A, eagle left on thunderbolt, 2.78g/12h (BMC Kings of Egypt, p.114, 1-4). Very fine, dark patina, very rare £90-120
GREEK COINAGES, Byzacene, Hadrumetum, Æ, 2nd-1st cent. BC, draped bust of Baal Hammon right, wearing tiara, rev. lion walking right, 1.98g/12h (Alexandropoulos p.455, 78; SNG Copenhagen 68). Very fine and very rare £90-120
£90–£120
GREEK COINAGES, Mauritania, IOL, Quarter-Shekel, 2nd cent. BC, head of Isis left, wearing vulture head-dress, sun-disk over uræi in left field, rev. three corn-ears, 1.21g/12h (Alexandropoulos 143; Manfredi 103; Müller 289). Some minor pitting, otherwise good very fine, very rare £250-300
GREEK COINAGES, Mauritania, TINGIS, Æ, later 1st cent. BC, head of bearded Oceanus left, rev. two corn-ears, crescent and pellet below, 12.81g/6h (Alexandropoulos 153; SNG Copenhagen 724). Very fine, green patina, very rare £90-120
Republican Period, MACEDONIA, Gaius Tamius Publius, Quæstor (c. 149 BC), Æ, head of Athena Parthenos right, rev. ox grazing right, monogram BT below, 7.90g/11h (SNG Copenhagen 1322; Gæbler pl. 12, 21). Very fine, dark patina, very rare £250-300
£250–£300
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