ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. AR Drachm (32mm, 3.98 g, 3h). Khosrau type. SK (Sakastan) mint. Dated AH 48 in Pahlavi (AD 668/9). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; rabbi and bismillah in Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA I 358-62; Walker, Arab-Sasanian 25; Album 5; ICV 2. EF, toned.
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MIXED. Lot of three (3) coins. Includes: Egypt, Alexandria: Claudius & Messalina. BI Tetradrachm. RPC I 5145 // Nero & Octavia. BI Tetradrachm. RPC I 5202 // Byzantine Empire: Justin II & Sophia. Æ Follis. Cyzicus mint. SB 372. Fine to VF, billon toned with some porosity, follis with brown patina. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Three (3) coins in lot."
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos I Soter. 281-261 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30.5mm, 16.66 g, 6h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and bow; monograms to outer left and right. SC 379.3b; HGC 9, 128g. Good VF, slight roughness.
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ISLANDS off ATTICA, Aegina. Circa 480-457 BC. AR Stater (19.5mm, 12.18 g, 9h). Sea turtle, head in profile, with 'T-back' design on shell / Large square incuse with skew pattern. Meadows, Aegina, Group IIIa; Milbank Period III, pl. I, 15; HGC 6, 435. VF, a few scrapes, test punch on reverse. Good detail on turtle's head.Ex Gorny & Mosch 224 (13 October 2014), lot 210.
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KINGS of BOSPORUS. Rhescuporis II, with Caracalla. AD 211/2-226/7. EL Stater (19mm, 7.61 g, 12h). Dated BE (AD 215/6). Diademed and draped bust of Rhescuporis right / Laureate head of Caracalla right; trident before, BIΦ (date) below. MacDonald 555/6. VF.Ex Marc Melcher Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 61, 25 September 2002), lot 1038.
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ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Samanids. Nasr II ibn Ahmad. AH 301-331 / AD 914-943. AV Dinar (22mm, 4.83 g, 1h). Nisabur (Nishapur) mint. Dated AH 327 (AD 938/9). AGC I 300Pj; Album 1449; ICV 1497. Good VF.
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SHAKESPEARE-RELATED MEDALS. Lot of four (4) 20th century Æ medals and one (1) plaquette. Includes: Issues related to Shakespeare's birth and death. Includes two 1964 tetracentenary birth issues, one of which was produced by the Calcutta Art Society. Lot also includes a tercentenary death issue medal, a commemorative of Portuguese manufacture, and a 1929 Medallic Art plaquette by Helen H. Culver. Medals and plaquette as made, Calcurra Art Society medal comes with original case of issue. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Five (5) coins in lot.From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos I Soter. 281-261 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.75 g, 9h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, testing arrow, resting hand on bow; monograms to outer left and right. SC 379.6a; HGC 9, 128g. VF, slight die shift on reverse.
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ISLANDS off ATTICA, Aegina. Circa 456/45-431 BC. AR Stater (18.5mm, 12.25 g, 9h). Land tortoise with segmented shell / Large square incuse with skew pattern. Meadows, Aegina, Group IIIb; Milbank pl. II, 12; HGC 6, 437. Near VF, slightly off center on obverse.Ex Gorny & Mosch 229 (10 March 2015), lot 1288.
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KINGS of BOSPORUS. Cotys III, with Severus Alexander. AD 227/8-233/4. EL Stater (19mm, 6.73 g, 1h). Dated BE 525 (AD 228/9). Diademed and draped bust of Cotys right / Laureate head of Severus Alexander right; globe before, ЄΚΦ (date) below. MacDonald 574/2. Good VF.From the Douglas O. Rosenberg Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 344 (12 February 2015), lot 291.
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ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Kakwayhids. Faramurz. AH 433-443 / AD 1041-1051. AV Dinar (25mm, 3.48 g, 8h). Citing Abu Kalijar as overlord. Isfahan mint. Dated AH 436 (AD 1044/5). Album 1592.1 (date unlisted); ICV 1656; Wilkes & Curtis 11, lot 181. VF, areas of weak strike. Very rare.
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MIXED. Lot of six (6) miscellaneous bronzes. Includes: Egypt, Alexandria. Aurelian & Vabalathus. Potin Tetradrachm // Roman Imperial: Faustina Junior. Æ As or Dupondius // Tetricus I. Æ Antoninianus // Barbarous Radiate. 3rd Century // Maximinus II. Æ Post-reform Radiate // Byzantine Empire: Maurice Tiberius. Æ Follis. Nicomedia mint. Fine to VF, mostly with patinas. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Six (6) coins in lot.From the estate of Dr. Robert B. Beckett, Jr.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos II Theos. 261-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28.5mm, 16.93 g, 9h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Diademed head of Antiochos I right / Apollo Delphios, testing arrow and placing hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; monogram to outer left and outer right. SC 587.1a; HGC 9, 236g. VF, minor roughness.
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CORINTHIA, Corinth. Circa 375-300 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 8.26 g, 7h). Pegasos flying right / Helmeted head of Athena right; aphlaston to left, EYΘYMENOY to right (only traces visible, as usual). Ravel 636 (P297/T422); Pegasi 245; BCD Corinth –; HGC 4, 1834. VF, toned. Rare issue, only three in CoinArchives.
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MYSIA, Pergamum. Sabina. Augusta, AD 128-136/7. Æ (18.5mm, 5.04 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 134. Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Koronis standing facing, her right hand raised, left hand at waist. RPC III 1737. VF, green patina.
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ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Samanids. Nuh I ibn Nasr. AH 331-343 / AD 943-954. AV Dinar (23mm, 4.03 g, 4h). Samarqand mint. Dated AH 332 (AD 943/4). AGC I 331Qe; Album 1454A; ICV 1508. Good VF, toned.
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MIXED. World and British. Lot of eleven (11) AR and Æ denominations and two (2) exonumia. Includes: Bulgaria. AR Half Groš of Ivan Šišman // France. AR 20 Cent, dated 1851 // Caribbean Territories, French Colonies. Cayenne (French Guiana). temp. Louis XV. Three BI Stampees // Same, but actual location uncertain // Hong Kong. AR Medal // Malta. Countermarked CU 4 Tarì // South Africa. Brass Pound token, dated 1896. Also included is Great Britain. AR Shilling, dated 1888 // Same, but a sixpence, dated 1887 // Channel Islands, Lundy. CU Half Puffin, dated 1929. Lot also includes a modern "piece of eight".. Coins Fine to EF. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Thirteen (13) coins in lot.From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos Hierax. Circa 242-227 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.51 g, 1h). Alexandreia Troas mint. Head right, wearing winged diadem / Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos; monograms to outer left and below name, horse grazing in exergue. SC 875.4; HGC 9, 399g. Good VF, rough surfaces.
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IONIA, Smyrna. Gaius (Caligula), with Germanicus and Agrippina Senior. AD 37-41. Æ (19mm, 5.34 g, 12h). Marcus Acilius Aviola, proconsul, and Menophanes, magistrate. Struck circa AD 37-38. Laureate head of Caligula right / Draped bust of Agrippina right, facing bare head of Germanicus left. Klose XXIX; RPC I 2471. VF, earthen black patina.
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