Pamphylia, Aspendos AR Stater. Circa 465-430 BC. Warrior advancing to right, holding shield and spear; tortoise between legs / Triskeles; EΣ and tortoise above; below, lion leaping to left; all within incuse square. SNG BnF -; SNG von Aulock 4484 (same rev. die); SNG Copenhagen -. 11.15g, 20mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Very Rare.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
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Pamphylia, Aspendos AR Stater. Circa 465-430 BC. Warrior advancing to right, holding shield and sword; ivy leaf between legs / Triskeles; EΣT above, ivy leaf on vine to right; all within incuse square. SNG BnF -; SNG Copenhagen 161. 10.93g, 19mm.
Good Fine.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
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Kings of Cilicia, Philopator Æ 22mm. 20 BC-AD 17. Veiled and turreted head of Tyche to right / BACIΛEΩC ΦIΛOΠATOPOC, Athena standing to left, holding Nike and shield; monogram to inner right, ΔΛ to outer left. RPC I 3872 (no ΔΛ); SNG BnF 1918 var. (same); SNG Levante 1260. 7.20g, 22mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Export permit approved by the Israel Antiquities Authority.
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Cilicia, Kelenderis AR Stater. Circa 425-410 BC. Nude youth, holding whip, dismounting from horse rearing to left; A below / Goat kneeling to left, head turned back to right; KEΛEN and ivy branch above. Kraay, The Celenderis Hoard, NC 1962, 4 (same rev. die); SNG BnF 56 (same); SNG von Aulock 5617 (same). 10.68g, 19mm, 10h.
Near Extremely Fine; bright, lustrous metal.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 41, 2 December 2017, lot 308.
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Cilicia, Olba Æ 21mm. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Time of Augustus, dated year 2 = AD 10/11-12/13. Ajax, High Priest and Toparch. AIANTOΣ TEVKPOV, draped bust of Ajax as Hermes to right, wearing close-fitting cap; kerykeion to right / Winged thunderbolt; APXIEPEΩΣ TOΠAPXO above, KENNATΩN ΛΑΛΑΣ below, ET B (date) in exergue. RPC I 3728; Staffieri 13-15; SNG BnF 802-805. 6.48g, 21mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine.
From the inventory of a North American dealer.
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Cilicia, Tarsos AR Stater. Circa 440-400 BC. Horseman (Syennesis?) riding to left, wearing kyrbasia, holding lotus flower in right hand and reins in left, bow in bowcase on saddle; key symbol below horse, eagle(?) standing to left behind / Archer in kneeling-running stance to right, quiver over shoulder, drawing bow; key symbol and Aramaic 'TRZ' behind, all within dotted border within incuse square. BMC -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Levante -; SNG BnF -, cf. 213 for types = Casabonne Type D2, pl. 2, 10 = MIMAA pl. V, 6 = Traité II, 523. 10.52g, 20mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine; weakly struck, lustrous metal. Very Rare.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
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Cilicia, Tarsos AR Stater. Circa 440-400 BC. Horseman (Syennesis?) riding to left, wearing kyrbasia, holding lotus flower in right hand and reins in left, bow in bowcase on saddle; eagle flying left to upper right, key symbol behind horse, [winged solar disk] below / Archer in kneeling-running stance to right, quiver over shoulder, drawing bow; key symbol behind, all within dotted border within incuse square. Cf. Casabonne Type D (unlisted variety); H. A. Troxell and W. F. Spengler, "A Hoard of Early Greek Coins from Afghanistan" in MN 15 (1969), 14 (same rev. die); SNG BnF -; SNG Levante -; SNG von Aulock -; Roma e61, 314 (same dies); CNG e449, 191 (same). 10.25g, 20mm, 4h.
Very Fine. A good example of this rare variant showing most of the control marks.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
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Pisidia, Komama Æ 14mm. 1st century BC. Laureate and bearded jugate male heads to right / Lion leaping to right; KO in exergue. SNG von Aulock 5064; SNG Copenhagen 125; SNG BnF -. 2.98g, 14mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a private Norwegian collection;
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-LIVE Auction 2, 30 August 2018, lot 295;.
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Pisidia, Termessos Major Æ 36mm. Pseudo-autonomous issue, circa AD 250-255. TЄPMЄCCЄΩN AYTON[OMΩN], laureate head of Zeus Solymos to right / TΩN MEIZONΩN, Roma-Athena standing facing, head to left, holding Nike and spear; shield at her feet, trophy behind, Θ to left. SNG von Aulock 5365; Leu 2, 194; SNG BnF -. 17.51g, 36mm, 6h.
About Good Very Fine. Very Rare; only one other example on CoinArchives.
Export permit approved by the Israel Antiquities Authority.
The obverse inscription of this coin proudly displays the title AYTONOMOΣ to indicate the independent status granted to the city of Termessos by Rome in 71 BC. Termessos was one of only three cities (the others being Athens and Chios) to proclaim their independence by never striking coins with imperial portraits.
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Pisidia, Termessos Æ 18mm. Dated CY 7 = 65/4 BC. Laureate head of Zeus to right / Bridled horse galloping to left; Z (date) above, TEP below. BMC -; SNG BnF 2111-2; SNG von Aulock -. 5.84g, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Rare.
From the inventory of a North American dealer.
Description
Pisidia, Termessos Æ 26mm. Pseudo-autonomous issue, time of the Severans, 3rd century AD. ΤЄΡΜΗϹϹЄΩΝ, bare-headed and draped bust of Hermes to right, kerykeion over shoulder / ΤΩΝ ΜЄΙΟΝΩΝ, Athena standing to left, wearing Corinthian helmet, holding spear and branch, shield leaning against spear. SNG BnF 2176; SNG von Aulock 5350. 7.73g, 26mm, 12h.
Cyprus, Kition AR Stater. Azbaal, circa 449-425 BC. Herakles in fighting stance to right, wearing lion skin upon his back and tied around neck, holding club overhead in right hand and bow extended before him in left hand; uncertain monogram between legs / Lion attacking stag crouching to right; L'ZB'L (in Aramaic and retrograde) above; all inside dotted border within incuse square. SNG Copenhagen 9-10; Zapiti & Michaelidou 5-6; Tziambazis 17. 10.98g, 22mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine; struck from worn dies; test cut to edge on rev. Rare with the legend this visible.
From the collection of an antiquarian, Bavaria c. 1960s-1990s.
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Phoenicia, Arados AR Tetrobol. Circa 380-340 BC. Laureate head of Ba'al Arwad to right / Galley to right; waves below, [Aramaic script] above. Cf. HGC 10, 40-41; cf. Betlyon 11-12 & 27. 2.82g, 16mm, 6h.
Phoenicia, Sidon AR Half Shekel. Ba`alšillem (Sakton) II, circa 401-365 BC. Phoenician galley over waves to left; [Phoenician B above] / Great King of Persia and driver in chariot drawn by two horses to left. E&E-S Group IV.1.2; Betlyon 19; HGC 10, 237. 5.40g, 22mm, 12h.
Phoenicia, Sidon AR 1/16 Shekel. Evagoras II(?), dated year 4 = 343/2 BC. Galley to left over waves; IIII (date) above / Persian king or hero, holding dagger in right hand, standing to right, fighting lion standing to left on its hind legs; OO (Phoenician '') between; all within incuse square. Betlyon 41 ('Abd'ashtart II); DCA 863; HGC 10, 259. 0.21g, 10mm, 9h.
Northwest Arabia, uncertain mint (Lihyan?) AR Drachm. Imitating Athens. 4th-3rd centuries BC. Head of Athena to right, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl / Owl standing to right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent behind, AΘE and North Semitic inscription 'lblṭ' before. Huth 33; Svoronos pl. 108, 30; Mildenburg VI, 4. 3.78g, 15mm, 8h.
Persia, Achaemenid Empire AR Siglos. Time of Darios II. Sardes, circa 425-405 BC. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys and with quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding spear over shoulder and strung bow / Incuse punch. Traité II-2, 9; De Luynes 2807-2809; GRPC Lydia S26. 5.42g, 17mm.
Seleukis and Pieria, Antioch Æ Tetrachalkon. 1st century BC. Laureate head of Zeus to right / Zeus Nikephoros seated to left on throne, holding sceptre; [date] in exergue. HGC 9, 1370-1371. 7.27g, 20mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 26, 30 April 2016, lot 379.
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