PHOENICIA, Tyre. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 11.52 g, 6h). Struck AD 213-215. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing on club right, head left, with wreath in beak and wings spread; murex shell between legs. Prieur 1545. VF, minor porosity.
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KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AR Twenty-fourth Stater (6mm, 0.33 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Incuse square. Berk –; Traité –; SNG Kayhan 1022; SNG von Aulock –; Klein 562. Good VF, granular surfaces.
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 15.41 g, 6h). Struck AD 213-215. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing on club right, head left, with wreath in beak and wings spread; murex shell between legs. Prieur 1547. Good VF.
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DYNASTS of LYCIA. Kherei. Circa 410-390 BC. AR Stater (17mm, 8.58 g, 7h). Uncertain mint. Helmeted head of Athena right / Forepart of bull right within incuse square. Cf. Mørkholm & Zahle II 33 (quarter stater); S. Hurter, A New Lycian Coin Type: Kherêi, Not Kuperlis," INJ 14 (2000-2), pl. 2, 8; Triton XVI, lot 508 = Triton VII, lot 283; CNG 99, lot 292. VF, toned, slightly granular surfaces, some die wear on obverse."Ex Classical Numismatic Group 75 (23 May 2007), lot 433.
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.49 g, 6h). Struck AD 213-215. Laureate head right, with slight drapery / Eagle standing facing on club right, head left, with wreath in beak and wings spread; murex shell between legs. Prieur 1548. Good VF, minor granularity.
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PAMPHYLIA, Aspendos. Circa 330/25-300/250 BC. AR Stater (25mm, 10.40 g, 12h). Two wrestlers grappling; E between / Slinger in throwing stance right; to right, triskeles above club; all in pelleted circle. Tekin Series 5; SNG France 124; SNG von Aulock 4574. VF, toned.Ex Heritage 3024 (18 April 2013), lot 25764.
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SICILY, Soloi. Circa 330-260 BC. Æ (13mm, 2.03 g, 1h). Bearded head (of Herakles?) right / Horse galloping right. Campana 21; BAR Issue 4; CNS 16; HGC 2, 1259. Good VF, dark green patina, chipped around edge.From the Edgar L. Owen Collection.
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. Geta. AD 209-211. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 14.12 g, 12h). Struck AD 209-211. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing on club right, head left, with wreath in beak and wings spread; murex shell between legs. Prieur 1541. Near EF, lustrous.
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PAMPHYLIA, Side. Circa 460-430 BC. AR Stater (20.5mm, 10.89 g, 7h). Pomegranate / Helmeted head of Athena right within incuse square. Atlan 17 (O16/R15); SNG France –; SNG Ashmolean 1410. VF, toned.Ex Gorny & Mosch 181 (12 October 2009), lot 1533.
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SICILY, Soloi. Circa 214-150 BC. Æ (21mm, 11.26 g, 11h). Head of Poseidon left, wearing tainia, with trident over shoulder / Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet. Campana 22; BAR Issue 8; CNS 18; HGC 2, 1263. Fine, brown patina, flan crack, roughness. Rare.From the Edgar L. Owen Collection.
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MACEDON, Stobi. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (23mm, 5.35 g, 12h). M AVR ANTONINVS AG, laureate head right / MVNICI STOBEN, The Abduction of Persephone: Pluto in quadriga right, holding scepter and seizing Proserpina (Persephone) who raises arms in protest. Cf. Varbanov 4050-2. VF, rough green surfaces. Rare.
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ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. 5th-4th centuries BC. AR Fraction (7mm, 0.44 g). Head of lion right / Grain ear; pseudo-legend(?) around; all within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, minor porosity.
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SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. Æ Hemilitron (18mm, 3.65 g, 11h). Struck circa 405-367 BC. Female head left, hair in ampyx and sphendone, no earrings; leaves behind / Dolphin right; shell below. CNS 24; HGC 2, 1480. Good VF, green and brown patina.From the Edgar L. Owen Collection.
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ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. 5th-4th centuries BC. AR Fraction (7.5mm, 0.41 g, 3h). Facing head of panther(?), with paws below; ΔH and M[?] flanking / Head of female right, hair in band, within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, slight granularity, a little off center.
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SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. Æ (13mm, 1.61 g, 6h). Struck circa 317-310 BC. Laureate head of Apollo left; star behind / Recumbent hound left, head right; star above, ΣΩ in exergue. CNS 149 Ds 73 Rs 96 R1 2; BAR Issue 6; HGC 2, 1525. VF, green patina.From the Edgar L. Owen Collection.
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JUDAEA, Caesarea Maritima. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ (23mm, 9.12 g, 12h). Laureate head right, with slight drapery / Eagle standing facing, head upturned left, with wings spread and supporting wreath containing S P Q R. Rosenberger 90 var. (obv. legend); SNG ANS 809; Sofaer 87 var. (no drapery). VF, earthen green-brown patina.
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KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great'. 95-56 BC. Æ Chalkous (20mm, 7.97 g, 12h). Damaskos mint. Struck circa 72-70 BC. Draped bust right, wearing tiara with star and eagles / Tyche of Antioch seated left on rock, holding cornucopia; [below, river-god Orontes swimming]; to outer left, ΘE above OΦ. M&D 19; CAA 110; AC 61. VF, dark green-brown patina.
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