Arab-Sasanian, 'Atiya ibn al-Aswad, Kharijite (governor in Kirman) AR Drachm. KRMAN mint, AH 75 in Pahlavi = AD 694. Crowned Sasanian-style bust to right; bismillah wali al-amr in Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and pellet flanking flames. Album 28; Walker, Arab-Sasanian, -; SICA I -. 4.01g, 35mm, 3h.
Near Extremely Fine; light double strike on reverse.
From the collection of a retired Oxford academic.
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Arab-Sasanian, Anonymous Yazdigerd type AR Drachm. SK (Sijistan) mint, frozen date YE 20 in Pahlavi = AD 651. Crowned Sasanian-style bust to right; "bismillah" in Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and pellet flanking flames. Album 1; Walker, Arab-Sasanian, p.4, 3-10; SICA I, 353-7; 3.57g, 32mm, 9h.
Kushan Empire, Vima Takto Æ Tetradrachm. AD 90-113. King on horseback to right, with right hand raised and holding whip; Greek legend around / Zeus standing to right, holding long staff, with Kharoshthi letter Vi to left and flower pot to right. Senior B13.1D; ANS Kushan 239-44. 9.55g, 20mm, 12h.
Kushan Empire, Vima Kadphises Æ Tetradrachm. Main mint in Begram, circa AD 113-127. BACIΛEYC BACIΛEΩN CΩTHP MEΓAC OOHM KAΔΦICHC, Vima Kadphises standing facing, head to left, sacrificing over altar; trident to left, tamgha and club to right / Siva standing facing, holding trident; behind, the bull Nandi standing to right; Buddhist triratana ("Three Jewels") to left. MK 762; ANS Kushan 300-2; Donum Burns 87-105. 17.34g, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the Professor Shir Mohammad Collection.
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Kushan Empire, Kanishka I AV Quarter Dinar. Main mint in Baktria (Balkh?), circa AD 127-151. ÞAONANOÞAO KANhÞKI KOÞANO, diademed and draped half-length bust of emperor to left, emerging from mountain top, wearing crown, holding spear; flames at shoulder / Athsho standing facing, head to left, holding diadem in outstretched hand; tamgha to left, AΘÞO to right. MK 41 (O1/R10α); ANS Kushan 375-6 (same rev. die). 1.99g, 14mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine; flan slightly bent. Very Rare.
From the Professor Shir Mohammad Collection.
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Kushan Empire, Vasishka AV Dinar. Mint D, 1st emission, circa AD 247-267. Vasishka standing to left, sacrificing over altar and holding filleted staff; filleted trident to left; Brahmi script: "bha" to right of altar, "tha" between legs, "ga" below arm, "vasu" to outer right / Ithyphallic Siva standing facing, holding a garland or diadem and trident; behind, the bull Nandi standing to left; tamgha to left. MK 621; ANS Kushan -; Donum Burns 695. 7.93g, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private North American collection.
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Nezak and Western Turks, Uncertain (Yabghus of Tokharistan?) AR Drachm. BHL (Balkh), frozen date RY 11 = AD 591. Imitating a Balkh mint drachm of Hormizd IV, circa 7th century. Crowned Sasanian style bust to right with; c/m: Senmurv left in incuse; tamgha below in outer margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; c/m: Bactrian ΦPOPO (Phroro) in outer margin. Göbl -; D. Schnädelbach, "A Group of Countermarked Imitative Drachms of Hormizd IV", ONS Newsletter 169 (Autumn 2001), p. 3; cf. for c/m Göbl, Dok. KM -, 59 var. 3.38g, 31mm, 3h.
Kidarite Huns, Kidara Kushanshah EL Dinar. Boxlo (Balkh) mint, circa 365-390 BC. King standing facing, head to left, wearing lotus crown with ribbons, sacrificing at altar and holding trident; to left, trident standard above altar, middle prong surmounted by crescent; to right, Kidarite tamgha above symbol / Siva standing facing, holding diadem and trident; behind, the bull Nandi standing to left. Cribb, Kidarites 6E; MK 739; ANS Kushan 2433. 7.51g, 37mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine; typical double striking to rev.
From the Professor Shir Mohammad Collection.
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Kidarite Huns, Kidara Kushanshah EL Dinar. Boxlo (Balkh) mint, circa 365-390 BC. King standing facing, head to left, wearing lotus crown with ribbons, sacrificing at altar and holding trident; to left, trident standard above altar, middle prong surmounted by crescent; to right, Kidarite tamgha above symbol / Siva standing facing, holding diadem and trident; behind, the bull Nandi standing to left. Cribb, Kidarites 6E; MK 739; ANS Kushan 2433. 7.45g, 36mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine; typical double striking to rev.
From the Professor Shir Mohammad Collection.
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Kidarite Huns, Kidara Kushanshah EL Dinar. Boxlo (Balkh) mint, circa 365-390 BC. King standing facing, head to left, wearing lotus crown with ribbons, sacrificing at altar and holding trident; to left, trident standard above altar, middle prong surmounted by crescent; to right, Kidarite tamgha above symbol / Siva standing facing, holding diadem and trident; behind, the bull Nandi standing to left. Cribb, Kidarites 6E; MK 739; ANS Kushan 2433. 7.37g, 33mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine; typical double striking to rev.
From the Professor Shir Mohammad Collection.
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Kidarite Huns, Kidara Kushanshah EL Dinar. Boxlo (Balkh) mint, circa 365-390 BC. King standing facing, head to left, wearing lotus crown with ribbons, sacrificing at altar and holding trident; to left, trident standard above altar, middle prong surmounted by crescent; to right, Kidarite tamgha above symbol / Siva standing facing, holding diadem and trident; behind, the bull Nandi standing to left. Cribb, Kidarites 6E; MK 739; ANS Kushan 2433. 7.67g, 35mm, 12h.
Very Fine; typical double striking to rev.
From the Professor Shir Mohammad Collection.
Description
Kidarite Huns, Kidara Kushanshah EL Dinar. Boxlo (Balkh) mint, circa 365-390 BC. King standing facing, head to left, wearing lotus crown with ribbons, sacrificing at altar and holding trident; to left, trident standard above altar, middle prong surmounted by crescent; to right, Kidarite tamgha above symbol / Siva standing facing, holding diadem and trident; behind, the bull Nandi standing to left. Cribb, Kidarites 6E; MK 739; ANS Kushan 2433. 7.51g, 35mm, 12h.
Very Fine; typical double striking to rev.
From the Professor Shir Mohammad Collection.
Description
Silk Road Region, local issue AV Bracteate. Circa 5th-8th centuries AD. Imitating Lupa Romana types of the Roman Empire. She-wolf standing to left, suckling Romulus and Remus below; imitative Latin legend around / Incuse of obverse. V. Raspopova, "Gold Coins and bracteates from Pendjikent, " in Coins, Art, and Chronology (Vienna, 1999), fig. 8; K. Vondrovec, "Coins from Gharwal (Afghanistan)" in Bulletin of the Asia Institute , 2003, New Series, Vol. 17 (2003), pp. 159-175, no. 31. 1.54g, 22mm.
Condition as seen; jewellery loop attached.
From the Professor Shir Mohammad Collection.
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Samaria, uncertain mint AR Obol. Circa 375-333 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / Lion's head facing. Meshorer & Qedar 162; HGC 10, -. 0.75g, 8mm, 4h.
Judaea. Hasmoneans. Alexander Jannaeus PB Unit. Jerusalem, 103-76 BCE. Legend between rays of eight-rayed star within diadem / [ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔ]ΡΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛ[ΕΩΣ], upright anchor. Cf. TJC group K; Sofaer 221-37; Hendin 1150; HGC 10, 637. 10.94g, 18mm.
Very Fine; struck on an exceptionally thick and heavy flan, most unusual for the issue, and thus extremely rare.
Judaea. Herodians. Herod II Archelaus Æ Prutah. Jerusalem, 4 BCE-6 CE. [HPΔ]OY, bunch of grapes on vine with small leaf on left / [EΘNAPΧOY], crested helmet with cheek straps, [kerykeion] to left. RPC I 4917; TJC 73; Hendin 1196. 2.18g, 17mm, 6h.