ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Qutb al-Din Il-Ghazi II. AH 572-580 / AD 1176-1184. Æ Dirham (30.5mm, 13.03 g, 8h). Unlisted (Mardin[?]) mint. Undated issue. Diademed head right, looking upward, within pellet quadrate border; genealogy of Qutb al-Din Il-Ghazi II in outer margins / Name and titles of Qutb al-Din Il-Ghazi II in five lines. Whelan Type II, 48-9; S&S Type 31.1; Album 1828.1. VF, brown patina.From the Macy Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 398 (31 May 2017), lot 728.
SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes). 138-129 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.50 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head right / Athena Nikephoros standing left; to outer left, monogram above A; monogram to inner left; all within laurel wreath. SC 2061.4e; Lorber, Die, Third Phase, unlisted obv. die; HGC 9, 1067d. Good VF, lightly toned, a few deposits.From the Macy Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 379 (27 July 2016), lot 174.
KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.18 g, 5h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antipater, circa 322-320 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Athena Promachos right. Price 109; Troxell, Studies, Issue G2. Near EF, underlying luster, slight die shift, a couple tiny die breaks.
SPAIN, Carthago Nova. Gaius (Caligula), with Caesonia. AD 37-41. Æ As (28mm, 6.00 g, 6h). Carthago Nova mint in Spain; Cn. Atellius Flaccus and Cn. Pompeius Flaccus, duoviri. Laureate head of Caligula right / Draped bust of Caesonia, as Salus, right. ACIP 3155; RPC I 185. VF, brown surfaces.Ex Vico 26 (17 June 1981), lot 363.
ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (al-Mawsil). Saif al-Din Ghazi II. AH 565-576 / AD 1170-1180. Æ Dirham (29mm, 13.18 g, 5h). Unnamed (al-Mawsil?) mint. Dated AH 574 (AD 1178/9). Draped bust facing slightly left, wearing hair in fore-knot; two winged creatures above, AH date in left and right fields / Name and titles of Saif al-Din Ghazi II in four lines and margins. Whelan Type I, 174 (rev. only); S&S Type 60.9; Album 1861.1. Near VF, rough brown surfaces, a few scratches on obverse.
SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VI Dionysos. 144-142 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.26 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Dated SE 170 (143/2 BC). Radiate and diademed head right / Apollo, testing arrow and resting hand on bow, seated left on omphalos; monogram between legs, OP (date) and ΣTA in exergue. SC 2002.2e; HGC 9, 1036a; DCA 182. VF, typical short hairline flan crack. Well centered.
KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.16 g, 11h). In the name of Alexander III. Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antipater, circa 322-320 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; cornucopia in left field. Price 108; Troxell, Studies, Issue G1. Good VF, underlying luster.
SPAIN, Celsa. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Æ As (29.5mm, 12.70 g, 10h). M. Fulvius and C. Otacilius, praefecti pro II viris. Struck 44-36 BC. Draped bust of Victory right, with palm frond over shoulder / Colonist plowing right with pair of yoked oxen. ACIP 1491; RPC I 261. VF, green and brown patina, minor roughness and smoothing.
ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Seljuk). Khwarizm Shahs. 'Ala al-Din Muhammad II. AH 596-617 / AD 1200-1220. AV Dinar (25.5mm, 4.05 g, 9h). With title burhan. Mint and date unclear. Album 1712B; ICV 1899. VF, areas of flat strike.From the Macy Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 402 (26 July 2017), lot 625.
SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos). 121/0-97/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 15.89 g, 12h). Damaskos mint. Dated SE 197 (116/5 BC). Diademed head right / Zeus Ouranios standing left, holding star and scepter; two monograms to outer left; Z(koppa)P (date) in exergue; all within wreath. SC 2323.5b; HGC 9, 1197f; DCA 266. Good VF, toned.
KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.20 g, 9h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antipater, circa 322-320 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Athena Promachos right. Price 109; Troxell, Studies, Issue G2. Good VF, lightly toned, underlying luster.
SPAIN, Celsa. Tiberius. AD 14-37. Æ As (26mm, 12.28 g, 3h). Bagg. Font. and Cnaeus Bucco, duoviri. Laureate head right / Bull standing right. ACIP 3170; RPC I 279. Good VF, green patina, tiny spots of active corrosion on reverse.
ISLAMIC, Mongols. Great Khans. temp. Chingiz (Genghis). AH 602-624 / AD 1206-1227. Æ Fals (19mm, 2.92 g, 11h). Balkh mint. qa-an/ al-a'zam/sikka Balkh in Arabic / Kalima. Nyamaa –; cf. Album A1977 (for type); ICV –; Album 18, lot 550. VF, earthen green and brown patina. Extremely rare.From the Macy Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 385 (26 October 2016), lot 692.
PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (23mm, 6.21 g, 1h). Dated CY 49 (78/7 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; to left, ΘM (date) above club; [Δ to right], Phoenician A between legs. DCA-Tyre 786 (same dies as illustration); HGC 10, 358; DCA 921. Near VF, rough surfaces.
SELEUKID EMPIRE. Philip I Philadelphos. Circa 95/4-76/5 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 15.45 g, 12h). Uncertain mint in Cilicia. Struck circa 88/7-76/5 BC. Diademed head right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; monograms to inner left, below throne, and in exergue; all within laurel wreath. SC 2461.6; HGC 9, 1317. VF, toned, obverse struck from worn die.
KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 16.92 g, 9h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antipater, circa 322-320 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; Macedonian helmet in left field. Price 113; Troxell, Studies, Issue H3. VF, lightly toned.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, December 1997.
GAUL, Nemausus. Augustus, with Agrippa. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ As (25mm, 11.29 g, 9h). Struck circa 16-10 BC. Heads of Agrippa left, wearing rostral crown and laurel wreath, and Augustus right, wearing oak wreath, back to back / Crocodile right chained to palm frond with short fronds; wreath with long ties above, palm fronds below. RPC I 523; RIC I 156. VF, brown surfaces, light roughness, reverse slightly off center.
PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (23mm, 6.36 g, 1h). Dated CY 49 (78/7 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; to left, ΘM (date) above club; Δ to right, Phoenician A between legs. DCA-Tyre 786 (same dies as illustration); HGC 10, 358; DCA 921. Near VF, rough surfaces.
KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 17.01 g, 8h). In the name of Alexander III. Pella mint. Struck under Antipater or Polyperchon, circa 323-318/7 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; Θ below throne. Price 214; Moore 78–132. Near VF, toned, some deposits.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Triton XII (6 January 2009), lot 1201 (part of).