WESTERN ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. 4th century BC. AR Hemiobol or Tetartemorion (6mm, 0.21 g, 8h). Crested helmet left, bowl ornamented with a serpent / Amphora within linear square. Unpublished in the standard references, but see CNG E-334, lot 152; CNG E-288, lots 258 and 259. VF, toned, struck off center on the obverse. Rare.Varieties of this type have appeared at auction in the past, and have been tentatively attributed to Neandria in Troas, where an early fraction featured a helmet on the obverse. While an attribution to a mint in that region is reasonable, Neandria is probably not correct, as its early fractions consistently feature a ram or barley grain on the reverse, which were emblematic of the city. At the same time, the nearby city of Larissa consistently featured an amphora on the reverse of nearly all of its coinage, which would make it a more likely candidate.
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Nezak Huns. Anonymous (Nezak Shah"). Circa 484/90-500/15. Æ Drachm (27mm, 2.02 g, 3h). Vondrovec š-group. Bust right, wearing winged crown surmounted by bull's head / Fire altar flanked by tamghas; crescent and star flanking flames. Cf. Vondrovec I, p. 465 (for type); otherwise unpublished as a drachm. VF, brown patina, flan split, some roughness."
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ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Bavandids of Tabaristan. Shahriyar ibn Rustam. Circa AH 377-393 / AD 987-1003. AR Dirham (25mm, 5.73 g, 10h). Citing the Buwayhid Fakhr al-Dawla. Firim mint. Date off flan. Album 1525.1; ICV 1685. VF, toned, areas of flat strike.
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IONIA, Erythrai(?). Circa 550-500 BC. EL Forty-eighth Stater (5mm, 0.26 g). Stellate or floral object / Incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references, but cf. CNG 97, lot 181 (1/24th stater). VF.These stellate/floral issues, published in other denominations (cf. SNG von Aulock 7776 [trite]; Konuk & Lorber fig. 13 [hemihekte]; and SNG Berry 1021 [fourty-eighth stater]), are speculated to be the earliest electrum from Erythrai, based on the similarity of the obverse type to the reverses on the earliest silver of that city (cf. Boston MFA 1837–41).
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Nezak Huns. Anonymous (Nezak Shah"). Circa 500/15-560/600. Æ Drachm (27mm, 3.38 g, 2h). Vondrovec ā-group. Bust right, wearing winged crown surmounted by bull's head / Fire altar flanked by attendants; wheel above each attendant. Göbl, Dokumente Em. 198. Good VF, attractive green and brown patina, a couple of minor flan splits."
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IONIA, Herakleia ad Latmon. Circa 140-135 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.59 g, 12h). Helmeted head of Athena Parthenos right / Club; below, monograms flanking Nike advancing left; all within oak wreath. Lavva, Silberprägung group II.B; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG Lockett 2823. VF, toned, flatly struck in areas.
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ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Saffarids. Muhammad ibn 'Amr. Viceroy, AH 272-274 / AD 886-888. AR Dirham (28mm, 3.07 g, 6h). Shiraz mint. Dated AH 272 (AD 885/6). Album 1403; ICV 1443. Good VF, areas of toning. Rare.
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IONIA, Kolophon. Circa 530/25-500 BC. AR Forty-Eighth Stater (4.4mm, 0.16 g). Archaic head right / Quadripartite incuse square. Kim & Kroll pp. 84–103; SNG Kayhan 354. Good VF, lightly toned, porous.
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LOCAL ISSUES, Tabaristan. Dabuyid Ispahbads. Dad-burzmihr. Circa AD 728/30-740. AR Hemidrachm (24mm, 2.05 g, 3h). Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 87 (AD 738/9). Crowned Sassanian style bust right; d'tbwrcmtr' in Pahlavi to right; 'pd in Pahlavi to lower right in outer margin / 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 24.1-3; Album 51; ICV –. Good VF.
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ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Samanids. Ahmad II ibn Ismail. AH 295-301 / AD 907-914. AR Dirham (27mm, 4.23 g, 3h). Andaraba mint. Dated AH 297 (AD 909/10). Album 1446; ICV 1493. VF, toned.
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IONIA, Miletos. Circa 295/0-275/0 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.15 g, 6h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; MI (civic) monogram in left field. Marcellesi 29; Price 2151. Good VF, some porosity.
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LOCAL ISSUES, Sogdiana. Samarkand (Pre-Ikhshid). 4th-5th centuries AD. AR Hemidrachm(?) (13mm, 1.07 g, 6h). Imitating a Susa mint drachm of Seleukos I Nikator. Abstract Seleukid-style helmet head right / Nike standing right, crowning trophy of four pellets. Cf. Senior A14.1D (for type). VF, toned.
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ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Samanids. Nasr II ibn Ahmad. AH 301-331 / AD 914-943. AR Dirham (31mm, 2.86 g, 3h). Andaraba mint. Dated AH 318 (AD 930/1). Album 1451; ICV 1500. VF, toned, some deposits.
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ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Samanids. Ahmad ibn Sahl. Rebel, AH 303-308 / AD 915-920. AR Dirham (28mm, 2.90 g, 12h). Andaraba mint. Dated AH 307 (AD 919/20). Album B1453; ICV 1504. VF, peripheral die rust and roughness.
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IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 478-387 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.52 g). Helmeted head of Athena left; below, [small seal left] / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 91; SNG von Aulock 2131–2; Boston MFA 1914 and 1927–8. Near VF.
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LOCAL ISSUES, Sogdiana. Samarkand (Ikhshids). Tarkhun. Circa AD 700-710. Æ Cash (25mm, 2.90 g, 9h). Sogdian legend around central square hole / Tamghas around central square hole. Smirnova 249; Zeimal pl. 3, 6-7; Zeno 46923. VF, earthen green patina.
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