SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios III Eukairos. 97/6-88/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.06 g, 12h). Damaskos mint. Dated SE 222 (91/0 BC). Diademed head right / Cult statue of Atargatis standing facing, arms extended, holding flower in left hand, barley stalk rising from each shoulder; to outer left, N above A; [BKε (date) and monogram in exergue]; all within wreath. SC 2451.6; HHV 90 (obv. die A19); HGC 9, 1305; DCA 304. VF, toned, some minor deposits.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos X Eusebes Philopator. Circa 94-88 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 15.75 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. First Reign, struck 94 BC. Diademed head right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left, holding scepter; monogram above A to outer left, monogram below throne; all within wreath. SC 2428 var. (unlisted upper left control and A below throne); HGC 9, 1287. Good VF, lightly toned. Unpublished variety.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos X Eusebes Philopator. Circa 94-88 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 15.81 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. First Reign, struck 94 BC. Diademed head right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left, holding scepter; monogram above A to outer left, monogram below throne; all within wreath. SC 2429.1c; HGC 9, 1287 corr. (without sideburn). EF, deep iridescent tone, light deposits.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos X Eusebes Philopator. Circa 94-88 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 15.91 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. First Reign, struck 94 BC. Diademed head right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left, holding scepter; monogram above A to outer left, monogram below throne; all within wreath. SC 2429.1c; HGC 9, 1287 corr. (without sideburn). Good VF, lightly toned, area of flat strike on reverse.
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PHOENICIA, Arados. Uncertain king. Circa 400-380 BC. AR Third Stater – Tetrobol (12.5mm, 2.72 g, 11h). Ba'al-Arwad right, holding dolphin in each hand; M A (in Aramaic) above / Galley right; below, hippocamp right. Betlyon 6; Rouvier 38; HGC 10, 39. Fine, some porosity.
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PHOENICIA, Byblos (Gebal). 'Ozba'al. Circa 400-365 BC. AR Shekel (24mm, 13.27 g, 6h). Three hoplites, holding shields, on galley left above waves, prow ending in lion's head; below, hippocamp left above murex shell / Lion attacking bull left; 'ZB'L MLK GBL ("Ozbaal, king of Gebal" in Phoenician) above. E&E-B Series IV.2.1.a; Betlyon 14; HGC 10, 133. VF, a bit rough, overcleaned.
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SAMARIA, "Middle Levantine" Series. Circa 375-333 BC. AR Hemiobol (7.5mm, 0.29 g, 1h). Persian king standing left, fighting winged animal / Forepart of lion left. Cf. Meshorer & Qedar 86 (obol); Sofaer –. Near VF, toned, porous. Well centered and struck. Very rare.
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AR Siglos (14mm, 5.25 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb A/B (pl. XII); Meadows, Administration 322; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 17. VF, toned, granular surface.
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AR Siglos (14.5mm, 5.46 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb A/B (pl. XII); Meadows, Administration 322; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 17. VF, toned, minor porosity.
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Artaxerxes III to Darios III. 4th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (6mm, 0.18 g, 5h). Uncertain mint in Cilicia. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Forepart of horse right. Sunrise 101, otherwise unpublished. Good VF. Well centered. Extremely rare.
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Artaxerxes III to Darios III. Circa 350-333 BC. Æ Unit (13mm, 2.05 g). Uncertain mint in western Asia Minor (Ionia or Sardes?). Persian king, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left; c/m: star within incuse circle / Incuse rectangle, containing pattern possibly depicting relief map of the hinterland of Ephesos. Johnston, Earliest, Æ 4 (with c/m); cf. Meadows, Administration 328 (tetradrachm); Mildenberg, Münzwesen pp. 25-26 and pl. XIII, 112; BMC Ionia p. 324, 7. Near VF, black patina, some roughness.
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EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Alexander III of Macedon. Late 4th-3rd centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 16.94 g, 10h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, ΓP monogram above M; Z below throne. Cf. OTA 570. Near VF.
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EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Thasos. Late 2nd-1st century BC. AR Tetradrachm (29.5mm, 15.57 g, 12h). Stylized head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath; schematic style / Stylized Herakles standing left, head right, holding club, lion skin draped over arm; X to inner left, legend degraded. OTA Class III; cf. Lukanc 1206 (same obv. die). Fine, toned, some porosity, test punch on reverse.
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EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Roman Republican. Eravisci. Mid-late 1st century BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.16 g, 9h). Imitating L. Roscius Fabatus of circa 62 BC. Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat's skin headdress; branch to left / Female standing left, feeding serpent; to right, four small pellets around large pellet; pseudo-legend in exergue. Freeman dies 11/– (unlisted rev. die); KMW 1574–7; cf. Leu 86, lot 734. For prototype, cf. Crawford 412/1. VF, porous.
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Diodotos II Theos. Circa 250-240 BC. Æ Dichalkon (22mm, 8.65 g, 6h). Ai Khanoum mint. Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos / Athena standing facing, holding spear and resting hand on shield. Holt Series H, Group 1/1 = Kritt, pl. 11, H1; Bopearachchi 12A; HGC 12, 25. Fine, rough red patina worn at high points.
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