Electronic Auction 394
Date: 2017-03-29 00:00:00
Lots: 706
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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127/8-152. Æ Tetradrachm (25mm, 16.44 g, 12h). Kanishka standing left, holding goad and standard, sacrificing over altar; flame at shoulder / Siva standing left, holding thunderbolt, diadem, trident, and flask; tamgha to left. MK 812; Donum Burns 207. VF, brown surfaces.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AV Dinar (22mm, 7.10 g, 3h). Mint I ("Ctesiphon"). Phase Ib, circa AD 244-252/3. Bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns. SNS type IIc/2a, style A ou Ater (?). VF, rough surfaces, deposits.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Husrav (Khosrau) II. AD 591-628. Silvered Æ Drachm (31mm, 2.54 g, 3h). Local issue. ART (Ardaxšir-xvarrah) mint. Dated RY 35 (AD 626). Crowned bust right / Fire altar flanked by attendants; RY date to left, mint signature to right; star and crescent flanking flames. Cf. SC Tehran 1733-40 (for type). VF, rough brown surfaces, hint of silvering.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) III. AD 628-630. AR Drachm (33mm, 4.08 g, 3h). LD (Ray) mint. Dated RY 2 (AD 629). Bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent, two wings, and korymbos set on crescent; ribbon on left shoulder, crescent and ribbon on right; stars flanking crown / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; RY to left, mint signature to right; star and crescent flanking flames. SC Tehran –; SNS Schaaf –; Mochiri –; Sunrise –; Zeno –; CNG E-379, lot 236. Near EF, minor areas of toning. Extremely rare mint for this ruler.
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Alchon Huns. Uncertain king. Mid-late 5th century. AR Drachm (25mm, 3.81 g, 3h). Diademed and crowned bust right; to right, facing nimbate figure with legs crossed and arms crossed at waist / [Fire altar with ribbon flanked by two attendants]. Vondrovec [Göbl, Hunnen] Type 90; Sunrise 1034. VF, toned. Very rare type. The sale of the Larry Adams specimen (Part II, CNG E-361, lot 16) realized $1100 on a $200 estimate.
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Alchon Huns. Uncertain king. Mid-late 6th century. AR Drachm (28mm, 3.63 g, 3h). Diademed and crowned bust right / [Fire altar with ribbon flanked by two attendants]. Vondrovec [Göbl, Hunnen] Type 77. Good Fine, toned, porous.
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Hephthalites. Anonymous. Circa 484/8-560. AR Hemidrachm (25mm, 1.95 g, 3h). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; c/ms: to left, pncwyst' in Pahlavi; above, head right, wearing headdress; possible "scrolled heart" design right / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. For coin: Vondrovec Type 290 = Göbl, Dokumente Em. 290/4 (example with countermarks); for inscription c/m: Göbl, Dokumente KM 89; for heart c/m: Göbl, Dokumente KM 90; for head c/m: cf. Göbl, Dokumente KM 91. Near VF, green deposits.
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Hephthalites. Anonymous. Before AD 700. AR Drachm (32mm, 3.36 g, 9h). Imitating a Post-Yazdgerd year 37 drachm from the BBA or BYŠ mint. Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; no bismallah in outer margin; c/m: Sogdian legend and tamgha / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. For coin: Göbl, Dokumente –; cf. CNG E-337, lot 189 (MRW mint; example with c/m); for c/m: Göbl, Dokumente KM 79. Near EF, weak reverse strike.
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Hephthalites. Anonymous. Before AD 700. AR Drachm (32mm, 3.48 g, 3h). Imitating a Post-Yazdgerd year 37 drachm from the AY mint. Crowned Sassanian style bust right; Sogdian tamgha and legend in margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. Göbl, Dokumente –; Zeno 33518; CNG E-338, lot 159 (same dies). Near EF.
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Nezak Huns. Anonymous (Nezak Shah"). Circa 484/90-500/15. BI Drachm (26mm, 3.28 g, 3h). Vondrovec š-group (early style). Bust right, wearing crown surmounted by winged bull's head / Fire altar flanked by attendants; wheel symbols flanking flames; pa in Brahmi to left of left attendant. Vondrovec [Göbl, Hunnen] Type 222. VF, toned."
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Nezak Huns. Anonymous (Nezak Shah"). Circa 484/90-500/15. BI Drachm (26mm, 3.62 g, 3h). Vondrovec š-group (late style). Bust right, wearing crown surmounted by winged bull's head / Fire altar flanked by attendants; wheel symbols flanking flames; pa in Brahmi to left of left attendant. Vondrovec [Göbl, Hunnen] Type 222. VF, toned."
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Western Turks. Phromo Kesaro. Circa 738/9-745 AD. AR Drachm (31mm, 3.06 g, 5h). Zabul mint. Crowned Sassanian style bust right; corrupted spwl in Pahlavi; phromo kesaro zeoro bo(go) xodeo in Bactrian in outer margin / Fire altar with ribbon flanked by two attendants. Vondrovec [Göbl, Hunnen] Type 247. VF, toned, a couple of minor flan splits, areas of weak strike. Very rare.
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Western Turks. Phromo Kesaro. Circa 738/9-745 AD. AR Drachm (31mm, 3.03 g, 10h). Uncertain mint. Crowned Sassanian style bust right; phromo kesaro in Bactrian in outer margin / Fire altar with ribbon flanked by two attendants. Vondrovec [Göbl, Hunnen] Type 250. VF, traces of find patina, rough surfaces. Very rare.
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LOCAL ISSUES, Sogdiana. Bukhara. Khunak. Early 8th Century. AR Drachm (30mm, 3.12 g, 3h). Bukharkhuda type. Samarqand mint. Crowned bust right / Fire altar with ribbon and crowned bust right in flames, flanked by two attendants. Naymark fig. 20; Zeimal fig. 1, 7. VF, areas of toning, reverse double struck.
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LOCAL ISSUES, Tokharistan. Uncertain Ruler. Circa mid-6th-7th centuries AD. AR Drachm (29mm, 3.95 g, 6h). Uncertain mint in Baktria or Zabulistan. Sasanian-style bust right, wearing Nezak-style crown; tamghas in-crescents in outer margins / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. Vondrovec [Göbl, Hunnen] Type 263. VF, traces of green deposits.
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GAUL, Vienna. Octavian, with Divus Julius Caesar. Circa 36 BC. Æ Dupondius (30mm, 18.25 g, 11h). Bare heads of Caesar and Octavian, back to back / Prow of galley right, surmounted by superstructure and mast. RPC I 517; RIC I –; SNG Copenhagen 703-4. VF, green and brown patina, flan crack.Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 372 (6 April 2016), lot 244.
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MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ (25mm, 10.19 g, 1h). Laureate head right / Multi-story columned building (Nymphaeum?). H&J, Nikopolis 8.14.46.1 (rev. of this coin illustrated); Varbanov 2716 (same dies as illustrated example). Fine, rough brown surfaces. Rare.
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THRACE, Hadrianopolis. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (26mm, 12.03 g, 1h). Laureate and draped bust left, holding spear and shield [decorated with gorgoneion] / Demeter standing facing, head left, holding grain ears with her right hand over cista mystica to left, and long serpent-entwined torch with left hand. Jurukova 278 (V157/R269); Varbanov 3487 (same dies as illustration). Fine, reddish-brown surfaces with traces of green.
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THRACE, Hadrianopolis. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (31mm, 13.01 g, 7h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Orpheus, Eurydice, and Mercury standing slightly left, heads right, left, and left, respectively; to lower left, river god reclining left; in exergue, two more river gods reclining facing one another. Varbanov 3786. Near VF, red-green surfaces, some roughness.
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KINGS of THRACE. Rhoemetalces III, with Gaius (Caligula). Circa AD 38-46. Æ (30mm, 20.38 g, 6h). Struck AD 38-41. Laureate head of Gaius (Caligula) left / Gaius seated left on curule chair, presenting diadem with right hand to Rhoemetalces, standing right, cradling spear in left arm and receiving diadem with right hand. RPC I 1722; Youroukova 212-3 = Mouchmov 5804; BMC 1-2; SNG Copenhagen –. Good VF, dark green patina, flan flaws. Rare.Ex Lanz 114 (26 May 2003), lot 264.
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MACEDON, Stobi. Titus & Domitian. As Caesars, AD 69-79 and AD 69-81. Æ (25mm, 8.61 g, 7h). Struck circa AD 77-78. Laureate and draped bust of Titus right vis-à-vis bare head of Domitian left / Male figure standing left, holding patera and long scepter, within tetrastyle temple with shield in pediment. RPC II 311; Boric-Breskovic, Stobi, p. 29, Type 3; AMNG III –; Varbanov 3805. Fine, green patina, which is chipped and flaking.