LOCAL ISSUES, Chach. 3rd-6th centuries AD. Æ (23mm, 6.71 g, 6h). Diademed bust left / Tamgha. S&K 10 = Zeno 20432 (this coin). VF, earthen dark green patina. Well struck on a thick flan.
ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. Æ Fals (23mm, 3.31 g, 6h). Arab-Byzantine Standing Caliph type. Ilya (Jerusalem) mint. Caliph standing facing / Large m, star above; lyain Arabic to left, filistin in Arabic to right, ilya to right; initial i in Arabic in exergue. Goodwin Type 3; cf. SICA I 730-1 (for type); cf. DOCAB 92 (same); ; Walker, Arab-Byzantine 73-82; ; Album 3545; ICV 136. VF, earthen dark green patina, a few traces of hard green.
LOCAL ISSUES, Otrar. Unbcertain ruler. Late 7th- early 8th century AD. Æ (21mm, 1.59 g, 8h). Lion advancing right on ground line / Large symbol. Smirnova 1578; Zeno 20482 (this coin). Near VF, brown and green patina. Rare.
ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. Æ Fals (21mm, 2.84 g, 1h). Standing Caliph type. Tanukh mint. Struck circa 690s. Caliph standing facing, holding hilt of sword / Modified cross potent set on steps; bi-tanukh in Arabic upward to left, wāf in Arabic downward to right. SICA I, 656; DOCAB 129; Walker, Arab-Byzantine –; Album 3531. Near VF, earthen dark green patina, areas of flat strike.
The Pompeians. Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great). Spring 48 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.81 g, 12h). Uncertain Greek mint. Terentius Varro, pro quaestor. Diademed terminal bust of Jupiter Terminus right / Vertical scepter; to left, dolphin swimming right; to right, eagle standing left with wings closed. Crawford 447/1a; CRI 8; Sydenham 1033; RSC 3. VF, some light porosity.
ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. AR Drachm (32mm, 3.37 g, 9h). Eastern Sistan Series. Sears Class II. SK (Sijistan) mint. Uncertain date. Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; dwm in Pahlavi and bismillah rabbi in Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and pellet flanking flames; date to left; mint to right. SICA I –; Walker, Arab-Sasanian, –; Album 75; ICV 71. VF, toned, porous, ragged flan.
The Triumvirs. Mark Antony and Octavian. Spring-early summer 41 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.65 g, 12h). Ephesus mint; M. Barbatius Pollio, quaestor pro praetore. Bare head of Mark Antony right / Bare head of Octavian right, wearing slight beard. Crawford 517/2; CRI 243; Sydenham 1181; RSC 8a. VF, lightly toned, light marks and scratches, bent.
ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. AR Drachm (31mm, 3.78 g, 9h). Eastern Sistan Series. Sears Class III. SK (Sijistan) mint. Uncertain date. Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bismillah rabbi in Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and pellet flanking flames; date to left; mint to right. SICA I –; Walker, Arab-Sasanian, –; Album 77A; ICV 71. VF, toned, traces of deposited silver on reverse.
The Triumvirs. Octavian and Divus Julius Caesar. 38 BC. Æ Sestertius (or Dupondius?) (30mm, 16.86 g, 12h). Southern Italian(?) mint. Bare head of Octavian right, wearing slight beard / Wreathed head of Divus Julius Caesar right. Crawford 535/1; CRI 308; Sydenham 1335. Fine, green and brown surfaces, light cleaning scratches.
ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. 'Atiya ibn al-Aswad. Kharijite (Azarqite) governor in Kirman, circa AH 70-77 / AD 689-697. AR Drachm (33mm, 3.44 g, 9h). GRN-KRM mint. Dated AH 70 in Pahlavi (AD 689/90). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bismillah wali al-amr in Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and pellet flanking flames; date to left; mint to right. SICA I –; Walker, Arab-Sasanian, –; Album 28; ICV 29. VF, encrusted, cleaning scratches. Rare.
The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 32-summer 31 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.72 g, 8h). Italian mint, possibly Rome. Diademed head of Venus right, wearing necklace / Octavian advancing left, extending arm and holding spear. CRI 397; RIC I 251; RSC 70. VF, lightly toned, banker's mark in right obverse field, long scratch across Venus' head.
The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30-summer 29 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.60 g, 6h). Italian (Rome?) mint. Laureate head right / Rostral column ornamented with two anchors (barely visible on this specimen) and six beaks of galleys, surmounted by a statue of Octavian, holding spear and parazonium. CRI 423; RIC I 271; RSC 124 (Augustus). Near VF, lightly toned, light marks and scratches.
The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30-summer 29 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.04 g, 10h). Italian (Rome?) mint. Bare head right / Ithyphallic boundary-stone of Jupiter Terminus, surmounted by laureate head of Octavian facing; winged thunderbolt below. CRI 425; RIC I 269a; RSC 114 (Augustus). Near VF, lightly toned, porous, banker's marks and scratches.
SPAIN, Celsa. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Æ As (29mm, 15.67 g, 2h). M. Fulvius and C. Otacilius, praefecti pro II viris for the fifth time. Struck 44-36 BC. Draped bust of Victory right, with palm frond over shoulder / Colonist plowing right with pair of yoked oxen. RPC I 261; ACIP 1491. VF, pale green patina.
ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. al-Mu'tasim. AH 218-227 / AD 833-842. AR Dirham (27mm, 2.89 g, 11h). al-Muhammadiya (Rey) mint. Dated AH 221 (AD 836/7). Album 226; ICV 398. Near EF, toned, areas of weak strike, traces of deposits.
SPAIN, Emerita. Tiberius. AD 14-37. Æ Dupondius (32mm, 22.39 g, 10h). Laureate head left / Main city gate with view of city walls above. RPC I 41; ACIP 3407a. Good Fine, green patina.
ISLAMIC, al-Maghreb (North Africa). Uncertain. temp. 'Abd al-Wahab. Circa AH 130-180 / AD 750-800. Æ Fals (18mm, 3.62 g, 11h). Tahirt (Tiaret) mint. mimma amara/bihi 'abd/al-wahab in Arabic in three lines / zarb/hada al-fals/bi-tahirt in Arabic in three lines . Hervera 1088, lot 4333. VF, brown and green surfaces, some porosity. Rare.
MOESIA INFERIOR, Dionysopolis. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Pentassarion (26mm, 11.58 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gordian and draped bust of Serapis, wearing calathus, facing one another / Dionysus standing left, holding thyrsus and pouring cantharus; to left, panther advancing left; E (mark of value) to right. Varbanov 544. Near VF, brown surfaces.