Electronic Auction 397
Date: 2017-05-17 00:00:00
Lots: 980
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SASANIAN KINGS. Ohrmazd (Hormizd) II. AD 303-309. AR Drachm (30mm, 3.97 g, 3h). Style A/3. Mint A ("Ctesiphon"). Bust right, wearing eagle crown with korymbos / Fire altar with ribbon and bust facing in flames; flanked by two attendants, the left wearing winged crown with korymbos, the other wearing mural crown. SNS type Ia(?)/3a (zu 1?); Sunrise 819. EF, minor hairline flan crack.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) III. AD 383-388. AR Drachm (26mm, 3.58 g, 3h). Mint V (AP [Abrašahr (Nishāpūr)?]). Bust right, wearing flat-topped crown with korymbos / Fire altar with ribbons and bust right in flames; flanked by two attendants, each wearing flat-topped crown with korymbos; blundered l'syt in Pahlavi on altar shaft. SNS type Ic/1b and pl. 26, 15; SNS Schaaf 318; Sunrise –. VF, lightly toned. Very rare.
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KUSHANO-SASANIANS. Vahrām (Bahram) I Kushanshah. Circa AD 330-365. AR Drachm (35mm, 3.79 g, 9h). Crowned bust right / Fire altar with ribbons and bust right in flames, flanked by two attendants, namdaya in Brahmi in exergue. MK –; ANS Kushan –; Donum Burns 1556-7; Vondrovec [Göbl, Hunnen] Type 8-5. Good VF, bright surfaces, reverse double struck, tiny edge splits.
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Alchon Huns. Khingila. Circa 440s-490s. AR Drachm (3.14 g, 3h). Diademed bust right; tamgha to left; khigi in Brahmi to right / Fire altar flanked by attendants; bust in flames. Vondrovec [Göbl, Hunnen] Type 57. VF, toned, a couple of flan splits, granularity.
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Alchon Huns. Javukha. Mid-late 5th century. AR Drachm (28mm, 3.75 g, 4h). Crowned bust right / Fire altar flanked by attendants. Vondrovec [Göbl, Hunnen] Type 82. VF, toned.
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Alchon Huns. Uncertain king. Mid-late 5th century. AR Drachm (29mm, 3.34 g, 3h). Crowned bust right; tamgha to left, solar symbol to right / Fire altar flanked by attendants. Vondrovec [Göbl, Hunnen] Type 112. VF, toned, minor scratches, slight double strike on obverse.
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Western Turks. Anonymous (Sero"). Circa mid 6th -7th centuries. AR Drachm (228mm, 3.14 g, 10h). Bust right, wearing winged crown surmounted by bull's head; to right, triple pellets above tamgha / Fire altar flanked by attendants; wheel above each attendant. Vondrovec Type 223 var. (no pellets) Göbl, SO 3, 1; cf. http://grifterrec.rasmir.com/huns/huns2.html (13th example); CNG E-369, lot 341. VF, toned, small flan split, traces of hard green. Extremely rare variety of an extremely rare type."
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Western Turks. Sandan. After 688. BI Drachm (31mm, 2.68 g, 6h). Uncertain mint in Baktria. Crowned bust right; c/m: vajra (thunderbolt) / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. For coin: Vondrovec [Göbl, Hunnen] Type 244; for c/m: Göbl, Dokumente KM 33. VF, toned, countermark overstruck on small plug in neck.
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Uncertain. Tobazini and his successors. Circa AD 420-475. AR Drachm (30mm, 3.59 g, 4h). Imitating an issue of Vahrām (Bahram) IV. Uncertain mint in Bactria or north of the Hindu Kush. Bust right, wearing winged merlon crown with korymbos set on crescent; trace of tamgha to right / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants. Vondrovec [Göbl, Hunnen] Type 32. VF, toned, die break on reverse.
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Uncertain. "Jayatu". Mid to late 6th century AD. BI Drachm (23mm, 5.65 g). Imitating types of Narendra/Narana (Alchon Huns). Crowned bust right; crown decorated with lunar crescents / Blank. Vondrovec [Göbl, Hunnen] Type 321. Good VF, toned.
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Uncertain. Śri Yashaaditya. Circa mid 6th century AD. AR Obol (12mm, 0.66 g, 7h). Crowned head right; swastika to right / Large trident. Pieper, New Type 8; Tandon, More, 19-20. VF, toned.
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SPAIN, Carthago Nova. Tiberius, with Gaius (Caligula) as Caesar. AD 14-37. Æ As (27mm, 11.75 g, 3h). Struck AD 31-37. Laureate head of Tiberius left / Bare head of Caligula left. ACIP 3152g; RPC I 182. VF, green patina, light smoothing.
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THRACE, Anchialus. Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ (25mm, 9.06 g, 6h). Struck circa AD 180. Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Dionysus standing facing, holding cantharus, being supported by satyr with thyrsus. AMNG –; RPC Online temp. no. 11114 (this coin). VF, hard dark green patina that is chipped in areas on obverse. Extremely rare, the only example thus far cited by RPC Online.Ex Helios 7 (12 December 2011), lot 482.
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THRACE, Hadrianopolis. Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ (22mm, 10.01 g, 7h). Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Erect sepent before eagle standing left. Jurukova, Hadrianopolis 137 var. (V–/R137 [unlisted obv. die]). VF, green-brown surfaces, very light roughness.
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THRACE, Philippopolis. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (19mm, 3.60 g, 6h). Laureate head right / Telesphorus standing facing. Varbanov 1795. Good VF, black surfaces, light smoothing.
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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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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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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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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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IONIA, Smyrna. Julia Titi. Augusta, AD 79-90/1. Æ (22mm, 5.39 g, 7h). L. Mestrius Florus, proconsul. Struck AD 87-88. Draped bust right / Cybele seated left, leaning on tympanum (drum) and holding patera; lion seated at side. Klose XLI; RPC II 1021. VF, brown surfaces, areas of encrustation. Fine style portrait.
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ISLANDS off IONIA, Samos. Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ (35mm, 22.97 g, 6h). Struck circa AD 184-190. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hercules advancing left, head right, brandishing club; to right, Apollo advancing left, about to take hold of Hercules. MG 176, pl. E, 37; RPC Online temp. no. 2706. VF, green surfaces, earthen deposits around devices. Extremely rare, three specimens currently listed in RPC Online, none in CoinArchives. Possibly the only in private hands.While Apollo was associated with culture, reason and intellect, his half-brother Hercules was better known for his bold nature, rashness and brute strength, all traits he exhibited leading up to his battle with Apollo over the Delphic Tripod. The Sanctuary at Delphi was one of the most sacred sights in Greece, where visitors would pay great sums to have a priestess deliver cryptic oracles. Suffering from madness, Hercules traveled to Delphi to seek out advice about a cure, but the priestess (as was sometimes the case) had no answer for him. Hercules grew furious as a result and the stubborn hero decided to seize the tripod and establish his own sanctuary in order to get an answer. Apollo pursued Hercules in an effort to reclaim the tripod and a battle ensued. Zeus quickly intervened, separating his two sons and returning the tripod to its rightful place at Delphi.