KINGS of CAPPADOCIA. Ariarathes III. Circa 230-220 BC. Æ (19mm, 5.67 g, 5h). Tyana mint. Head right, wearing bashlyk / Horseman riding right; palm tree to right, ΔΣ below. Simonetta 2; Simonetta, Coins 2a; HGC 7, 800. Near VF, black patina with earthen dusting.
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Gotarzes II. Circa AD 44-51. AR Drachm (18mm, 3.37 g, 12h). Mithradatkart mint. Diademed bust left; star-in-crescent before / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow; additional monogram behind throne; legend consisting only of pellets. Sellwood 65.36; Sunrise –; Shore 365 (Gotarzes II). Good VF, porous.From the Nisa Collection.
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CILICIA, Zephyrion. 1st century BC. Æ (20.5mm, 4.36 g, 6h). Turreted and veiled head of Tyche right; two pellets (or I?) to left / Large X, ethnic, ΘE, and EP within wreath. SNG BN –; SNG Levante 905 var. (control marks); SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC –. VF, green patina. Very rare.
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Vologases I. Second reign, circa AD 58-77. AR Drachm (21mm, 5278 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 70.13; Sunrise 424; Shore 374. Good VF, a couple of scratches.From the Nisa Collection.
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GEPIDS. Uncertain king. 454-552. AR Quarter Siliqua (12mm, 0.83 g, 3h). Sirmium mint. In the name of Byzantime emperor Anastasius I, AD 491-517. (retrograde C) N ΛNΛSTΛISVS И AC (legend read outwardly), pearl-diademed and draped bust right / VICΓΛI RIΛΛV, large Theodoricus monogram; cross above, star below. Stefan 1 var. (legends); COI p. 43, fig. 22 var. (same); Demo 69 (same dies); MEC 1, –; CNG Inv. 900239 (same dies). Good VF, toned.Ex Gitbud & Naumann 24 (2 November 2014), lot 768.
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KINGS of CAPPADOCIA. Ariarathes III. Circa 230-220 BC. Æ (17.5mm, 6.19 g, 12h). Tyana mint(?). Head right, wearing bashlyk / Horseman riding right; palm tree to right, ΔΣ below. Simonetta 2; Simonetta, Coins 2a; HGC 7, 800. VF, green and brown surfaces, area of flat strike.
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SOUTH AFRICA, Union of South Africa (British Dominion). George V. 1910-1936. AV Sovereign (22mm, 8.02 g, 12h). Pretoria mint. Dated 1928 SA. Head left / St. George on horseback rearing right, holding reins and sword and slaying dragon to lower right; SA on ground line; date in exergue. Marsh 292; Bentley 925; SCBC 4004; KM 21; Friedberg 5. Choice EF, lustrous.Ex Dr. Lawrence A. Adams Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 361, 14 October 2015), lot 555.
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CYPRUS, Salamis. Nikokreon. Circa 331-310 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 17.26 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Struck circa 332/1-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; bow in left field. Zapiti & Michaelidou 5–6; Price 3139; Newell, Some 7. Good VF, light deposits on reverse.
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Pakoros I. Circa AD 78-120. AR Drachm (24mm, 3.65 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, wearing long, pointed, beard / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow; seat composed of a line with pellet at each end. Sellwood 78.3 (Vologases III); Sunrise –; Shore 413-4 (Vologases III). Near EF, minor flan split. Struck on a broad flan.From the Macy Collection. Ex Nisa Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 403, 9 August 2017), lot 341.
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CAROLINGIANS. Charles le Chauve (the Bald). As Charles II, King of West Francia, 840-877. AR Denier (19.5mm, 1.64 g, 9h). Class 2. Curtisasonien (Courcessin or Courgeon) mint. Struck 864-877. + CRΛTIΛ D–I REX, Karolus monogram / + (HC)VRTISΛS◊NIEH, cross pattée. Depeyrot 375 (Courgeon); M&G 895 ("Curtisassonien"); MEC 1, 860-864 (Courcessin). VF, toned.Ex Simon Coupland Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 411, 13 December 2017, lot 506), purchased from ebaY France, November 2007.
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SELEUKIS and PIERIA, Laodicea ad Mare. 78/7-17/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 15.10 g, 12h). Dated CY 25 (57/6 BC). Veiled, draped, and turreted bust of Tyche right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; EK (date) to inner left, two monograms below throne, ΣE in exergue; all within wreath. Mørkholm, Autonomous 15b; HGC 9, 1398; DCA 558. VF, heavy cleaning scratches and patches of find patina on obverse, slightly off center on reverse.From the Macy Collection.
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CAROLINGIANS. Charles le Chauve (the Bald). As Charles II, King of West Francia, 840-877. AR Obole (17mm, 0.85 g, 9h). Class 2. Metullo (Melle) mint. Struck 864-877. Karolus monogram / + METVLLO, cross pattée. Depeyrot 622; M&G 1060; MEC 1, 934. VF, toned.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 16.93 g, 5h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Karrhai mint. Struck circa 310-290 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; to left, crescent over ΘEO, monogram below throne. SC 41.3a; Price 3814; HGC 6, 12a; CNG E-222, lot 201 (same dies). Near VF, toned, slightly off center, weakly struck. Rare.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection.
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