KUSHANO-SASANIANS. Vahrām (Bahram) I. Circa AD 330-365. Æ Unit (14mm, 1.52 g, 9h). Mint in Baktria (Balkh?). Crowned bust right / Facing half-length bust of deity, holding diadem and scepter emerging from fire altar. . MK 1092; ANS Kushan 2362-4. Good VF, attractive brown patina.
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LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 377-326 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.53 g, 3h). Head of Apollo Karneios right, with horn of Ammon / Eagle standing right, head reverted, within linear square within incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 104; HGC 6, 1030. VF.
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KUSHANO-SASANIANS. Vasudeva Imitations. Circa AD 255-310 or later. Æ Unit (3.45 g, 12h). Uncertain mint in Baktria. Abstract Kushan-style king standing left, sacrificing over altar and holding standard; filleted trident to left / Abstract Siva standing facing, holding a garland or diadem and trident; behind, abstract bull Nandi standing left. Cf. ANS Kushan 1978 (for type); cf. MACW 3761 (Jammu-Kashmir; same). VF, earthen dark green patina.
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ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. al-Rashid. AH 170-193 / AD 786-809. Æ FAls (20mm, 2.08 g, 9h). Citing Isma'il ibn Mus'ab, governor and Yaqub ibn Ishaq as prefect. Jurjan mint. Dated AH 190 (AD 805/6). SICA 2, 1417; Album 327. Near VF, dark green patina, cleaning scratches. Rare.
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LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 377-326 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.53 g, 5h). Half length bust of Maenad, hair in sphendone, right / Race torch in linear square within shallow incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 92; HGC 6, 1018. VF, minor die rust on the obverse.
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Alchon Huns. Uncertain king. Mid-late 5th century. AR Drachm (31mm, 3.56 g, 3h). Crowned bust right, set on tendrils; tamgha to left, solar symbol to right / Fire altar flanked by attendants. Göbl, Dokumente Em. 70. Fine, deposits.
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ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. al-Rashid. AH 170-193 / AD 786-809. AR Hemidrachm (24mm, 1.92 g, 10h). Issue of al-Harashi, governor in Tabaristan. Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 151 (AD 802/3). Stylized crowned Sassanian style bust right; 'pd in Pahlavi to lower right in outer margin; nwk' in Pahlavi to lower left / Fire altar flanked by attendants; pellets flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; alternating triple pellets and star-in-crescents in outer margin. Malek 91.1-3; Album 61; ICV –. VF, small flan crack and light scrape in obersemargin. Rare.
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LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 377-326 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (11mm, 2.53 g, 12h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing, within linear square. Bodenstedt Em. 105; HGC 6, 1031. VF, minor flan flaws on the obverse.
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HUNNIC TRIBES, "Alkhan–Nezak Crossover". Circa 580/90–650/80. Æ Hemidrachm (23mm, 3.10 g, 1h). Nezak style bust right; conch and pseudo-legend to right; all within double border; stars-in-crescents in margin / Alkhan tamgha (type S1) within double border; stars-in-crescents in margin. Vondrovec [Göbl, Hunnen] Type 231. VF, brown surfaces, slight roughness.
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ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. al-Rashid. AH 170-193 / AD 786-809. AR Hemidrachm (23mm, 1.62 g, 3h). Anonymous APZWT issue. Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 142 (AD 793/4). Stylized crowned Sassanian style bust right; 'pd in Pahlavi to lower right in outer margin; nwk' in Pahlavi to lower left; sy in Pahlavi to upper left / Fire altar flanked by attendants; pellets flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; alternating fleurs-de-lis and star-in-crescents in outer margin. Malek 185-186.3; Album 73; ICV 120. EF, lustrous.
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LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 377-326 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.54 g, 3h). Head of Apollo Karneios right, with horn of Ammon / Eagle standing right, head reverted, within linear square within incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 104; HGC 6, 1030. VF.
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Hephthalites. Anonymous. Circa 484/8-560. AR Drachm (28mm, 3.99 g, 3h). Pērōz (Fīrūz) I type. Crowned bust right / Fire altar flanked by attendants. Göbl, Dokumente 287. VF, toned, area of die rust on reverse.
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ISLAMIC, Ayyubids. Mayyafariqin & Jabal Sinjar. al-Ashraf I Muzaffar al-Din Musa. AH 607-617 / AD 1210-1220. Æ Dirham (30mm, 12.60 g, 12h). Mayyafariqin mint. Dated AH 612 (AD 1215/6). Turbaned prince seated facing, with right leg drawn up, holding globe in right hand and placing left hand on hip / Legend citing al-Adil Abu Bakr as overlord within and around trilobe. Balog, Ayyubids 849; Album 859.1; ICV –. VF, lacquered brown surfaces, some light scratches.
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WESTERN ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Late 6th-early 5th centuries BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.62 g). Head of horned lion or a mythological creature left / Incuse square with central pellet and raised diagonal lines. Unpublished, but cf. CNG E-Sale 321, lot 167 for the same obverse type and a similar reverse type. VF, find patina. Rare.
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Hephthalites. Anonymous. Circa 484/8-560. AR Drachm (28mm, 3.29 g, 3h). Countermarked issue AM (Āmul) mint issue of Husrav (Khosrau) I dated RY 41 or 45(?). Crowned Sassanian style bust right; c/m: possibly winged senmurv left / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. For coin:Göbl type I/1; for c/m: cf. Walker, Arab-Sasanian, p. cxlv, countermark 11. Near VF, lightly toned, some deposits.
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ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muqtadir. Second reign, AH 296-317 / AD 908-929. AR Dirham (27mm, 3.30 g, 4h). Citing the heir Abu'l-Abbas. al-Basra mint. Dated AH 298 (AD 910/11). Album 246.2; ICV 431. VF, find patina, areas of encrustation.
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WESTERN ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. 5th century BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.84 g). Bearded male head left, wearing torc / Quadripartite incuse square. Apparently unpublished. Good VF, toned, some porosity. Rare.
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