SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.43 g, 11h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Seleukeia on the Tigris I mint. Struck circa 300-281 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field and below throne. SC 116 var. (monogram below throne); Price 3784 var. (same); HGC 9, 9d. VF, toned, compact flan, deposits.From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 15.93 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Susa mint. Struck circa 311-305 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, wreath and Boeotian shield above horned horse head left; BE below throne. SC 164.4b; Price 3865; ESMS A1.12 (A7/P3); HGC 9, 10g. Near VF, toned, scratches under tone on obverse.From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon. Ex Ponterio 130 (30 April 2004), lot 1329.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 16.91 g, 5h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Susa mint. Struck circa 305-298/7 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; bee in left field, AY below throne. SC 164.5; Price 3689 corr. (AY not ΛΥ, Susa not Babylon); ESMS A1.15 (A9/P1); HGC 9, 10g. Fine, toned.From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos I Soter. 281-261 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.84 g, 12h). Smyrna mint. Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos; monogram to inner right and in exergue. SC 311.3; HGC 9, 128a. VF, toned, some porosity.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos I Soter. 281-261 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.98 g, 9h). 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 379.3a; HGC 9, 128g. VF, minor marks.
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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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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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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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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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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28.5mm, 16.21 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Dated SE 167 (146/5 BC). Diademed head right / Apollo seated left on omphalos, testing arrow, resting hand on bow; monogram to inner left, ZΞP (date) and monogram in exergue. SC 1906.2b var. (monogram in exergue); HGC 9, 957d; DCA 146. VF, toned, a few cleaning marks.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes). 138-129 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 13.92 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 177 (136/5 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond in background; to left, monogram above club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, monogram above ZOP (date); monogram between legs. SC 2109.5a; HGC 9, 1074; DCA 198. VF, toned.
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PHOENICIA, Arados. Circa 246/5-168/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 16.83 g, 11h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Dated CY 24 (236/5 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; palm tree in left field, AP (civic) monogram below throne, date in exergue. Duyrat 1187–90 (obv. die D8); Price 3371; DCA 771. VF, toned, double struck on reverse. Rare date.From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.
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PHOENICIA, Arados. Circa 246/5-168/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 16.97 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Dated CY 43 or 44 (217/6 or 216/5 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; palm tree in left field, AP (civic) monogram below throne, [date in exergue]. Duyrat 1228–33 (obv. die D21); Price 3383 or 3384; DCA 771. VF, toned.From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.
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PHOENICIA, Arados. Circa 246/5-168/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.21 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Dated CY 44 (216/5 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; palm tree in left field, AP (civic) monogram below throne, [date in exergue]. Duyrat 1235–42 (obv. die D23); Price 3384; DCA 771. Fine, some roughness and horn silver.From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.
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PHOENICIA, Arados. Circa 246/5-168/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.92 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; palm tree in left field, AP (civic) monogram below throne, Ξ (date) in exergue. Duyrat 1270-6 var. (unlisted obv. die); Price 3390; DCA 771. Good VF.From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.
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JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. Æ (23mm, 8.32 g, 6h). Undated, but attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). Grape leaf on vine / Palm tree with two bunches of dates. Mildenberg 108 (O9/R72); Hendin 1408. Good VF, dark green-brown patina.
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AV Daric (15.5mm, 8.34 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XIII, 27); Meadows, Administration 321; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26. VF.
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AV Daric (15mm, 8.26 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XIII, 27); Meadows, Administration 321; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26. Fair.
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II. Circa 420-375 BC. AV Daric (15mm, 8.37 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group C (pl. XIV, 42); cf. Meadows, Administration 323; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 12; Sunrise 28. Good VF.
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UNCERTAIN EAST. 3rd-2nd centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 16.55 g, 11h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; kerykeion-like device in left field. Price B4 var. (symbol, same obv. die). Good VF, toned. Rare.From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon. Ex Lanz 138 (26 November 2007), lot 290.The present coin is part of a series featuring an unusual obverse style and light weight (averaging between 15.5 and 16.5 grams), as well as a variety of symbols in the left field on the reverse: lion-skin over club [Price 4058], dolphin downward [Price 4058A (cf. Lanz 161, lot 15)], wreath [Price B36], two dolphins entwined over wreath [CNG 102, 651], thunderbolt [CNG 90, lot 752, and Rauch Summer Auction 2010, lot 54], and kerykeion-like device [present coin]. While the light weight and style suggest an origin among the eastern Celts, the consistency of the style and good epigraphy suggests a more formally organized mint, unlike definitively Celtic issues that copy Alexanders.
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