SICILY, Akragas. Circa 495-480/78 BC. AR Didrachm (19.5mm, 8.28 g, 8h). Sea eagle standing left / Crab within incuse circle. Jenkins, Gela, Group III; HGC 2, 94. VF, toned, traces of find patina, flan flaw on reverse.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, January, 2002.
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SICILY, Segesta. Roman protectorate. Circa 210-mid 1st century BC. Æ (21mm, 6.23 g, 11h). Turreted and draped bust of Tyche right / Aeneas advancing right, holding sword and carrying Anchises on his shoulder. BAR Issue 5; CNS 54; HGC 2, 1199. VF, dark brown/black patina.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Tony Hardy Collection (Triton VIII, 12 January 2005), lot 1841 (part of).
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SICILY, Akragas. Circa 495-480/78 BC. AR Didrachm (20mm, 8.15 g, 9h). Sea eagle standing left / Crab within incuse circle. Jenkins, Gela, Group III; HGC 2, 94. Near VF, lightly toned.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, 22 January 2002.
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ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Safavids. Husayn I. AH 1105-1135 / AD 1694-1722. Rectangular AR 5 Shahis (25mm, 8.71 g, 6h). Type C. Tabriz mint. Dated AH 1127 (AD 1715). Album 2677.1. VF, areas of weak strike.
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SICILY, Segesta. Roman protectorate. Circa 210-mid 1st century BC. Æ (19.5mm, 5.00 g, 12h). Turreted and draped bust of Tyche right / Warrior standing facing, holding spear; to right, crescent above hound. BAR Issue 6; CNS 58; HGC 2, 1198. Good Fine, dark green-brown patina, area of flat strike. Rare.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Tony Hardy Collection (Triton VIII, 12 January 2005), lot 1841 (part of).
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SICILY, Akragas. Circa 495-480/78 BC. AR Didrachm (20mm, 8.32 g, 1h). Sea eagle standing right; retrograde AKRA to right / Crab within incuse circle. Jenkins, Gela, Group III; HGC 2, 96; SNG ANS 932 (same obv. die); CNG E-392, lot 48 (same obv. die). Near VF, lightly toned, slightly off center. Rare with obverse type right and ethnic to right.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, 22 January 2002.
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ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (Syria). Nur al-Din Mahmud. AH 541-569 / AD 1146-1173. Æ Dirham (25mm, 4.45 g, 6h). Unnamed (Aleppo [Halab]) mint. Undated issue. Two Byzantine-style imperial figures standing facing, holding between them labarum set on three steps; stars, name and titles of Nur al-Din Mahmud, and blundered Greek legends in field / Christ standing facing; titles of Nur al-Din Mahmud and blundered Greek legends in field. Whelan Type II, 202-5; S&S Type 73; Album 1850. VF, dark brown surfaces, areas of weak strike.
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SICILY, Akragas. Circa 465/4-446 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23.5mm, 17.00 g, 6h). Sea eagle standing left / Crab within shallow incuse circle. Lee Group I; HGC 2, 78. Near VF, toned, area of flat strike, die break on obverse.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Superior (11 December 1988), lot 1755; Superior (24 September 1970), lot 48.
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CUBA, Primera República. 1902-1961. AV 5 Pesos (20mm, 6h). Philadelphia mint. Dated 1916. Bare head of José Martí right / Coat-of-arms wihtin wreath; liberty cap above. KM 19; Friedberg 4. In NGC encapsulation graded AU 58.Ex Goldberg 75 (24 September 2013), lot 3001.
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SICILY, Akragas. Circa 465/4-446 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.22 g, 5h). Sea eagle standing left / Crab within shallow incuse circle. Lee Group I; HGC 2, 78. VF, toned, some roughness, die break and off center on obverse.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Spink Australia, April 1978.
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FRANCE, Royal. Charles VI le Bien-Aimé/le Fol (the Well-Beloved/the Mad). 1380-1422. AR Blanc Guénar (26mm, 3.03 g, 1h). Paris mint. 1st emission, authorized 1 March 1385. Coat-of-arms / Cross pattée with crowns and lis in alternating quarters. Duplessy 377; Ciani 506. VF, toned.Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 782099 (December 2006).
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SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AR Hemidrachm (15.5mm, 1.71 g, 9h). Obverse die signed by the artist E– (Euarchidas or Euainetos?). Struck circa 405-400 BC. Charioteer driving fast quadriga right; above, Nike flying left, crowning charioteer; in exergue, [E between two dolphins confronted] / Head of Arethousa right, hair in sphendone; two dolphins around. Boehringer, Münzprägungen, pl. II, 18; HGC 2, 1367 (hemidrachm, Second Democracy). Fine, toned, rough surfaces, deposits.
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SICILY, Akragas. Circa 420-410 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.53 g, 5h). Sea eagle, wings raised, standing right on, and tearing at, dead hare set on rocks; AKPAΓ-ANTIN-ON around / Crab, flanked by scallop and [conch] shells, above grouper left. HGC 2, 81 (same dies as illustration); SNG ANS 985; BMC 59–60 (same dies); Gulbenkian 163–4 (same dies); Rizzo pl. I, 16. VF, toned, some roughness. Artistic dies. Very rare, none in CoinArchives.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Sotheby's (24 April 1997), lot 362.
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FRANCE, Royal. Charles VI le Bien-Aimé/le Fol (the Well-Beloved/the Mad). 1380-1422. AR Blanc Guénar (27mm, 3.13 g, 8h). St. Menehould mint. 2nd emission, authorized 11 September 1389. Coat-of-arms / Cross pattée with crowns and lis in alternating quarters. Duplessy 377A; Ciani 507. VF, toned.Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 190475 (January 2004).
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SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 8.65 g, 11h). Struck circa 317-306/5 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with griffin on the bowl; trophy to left / Pegasos flying left; triskeles above. Pegasi 16; BAR Issue 3; HGC 2, 1402. Good VF, minor double strike. Well centered on a broad flan.
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Vonones I. Circa AD 8-12. AR Drachm (23mm, 3.85 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed head left / Nike standing right, holding wreath and palm; monogram below palm. Sellwood 60.5; Sunrise 407; Shore 329. VF, toned, traces of deposits, a couple of scrapes.
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FRANCE, Royal. Charles VI le Bien-Aimé/le Fol (the Well-Beloved/the Mad). 1380-1422. AR Blanc Guénar (27mm, 2.53 g, 4h). Paris mint; mm: annulet under initial cross. 4th emission, authorized 20 October 1411. Coat-of-arms / Cross pattée with crowns and lis in alternating quarters. Duplessy 377C; Ciani 509. Good VF, lightly toned.Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 150703 (December 2003).
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