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.
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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.
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (24.5mm, 6.54 g, 12h). Dated CY 51 (76/5 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; to left, AN (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 790; HGC 10, 358; DCA 921. Good VF, edge chipped, some roughness on obverse.
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (20.5mm, 6.64 g, 12h). Uncertain date. Laureate bust of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; to left, uncertain date above club; uncertain control to right, uncertain Phoenician letter between legs. HGC 10, 358. VF, rough and encrusted surfaces. High relief obverse.
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JUDAEA, Herodians. Herod III Antipas. 4 BCE-39 CE. Æ Half Unit (19mm, 5.17 g, 12h). Tiberias mint. Dated RY 37 (33/4 CE). Mint in two lines within wreath / Palm frond; L-ΛZ (date) flanking. Meshorer 88; Hendin 1212; RPC I 4931. VF, hard earthen green patina.
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JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. Æ (18mm, 6.38 g, 5h). Dated year 1 (132/3 CE). Palm tree / Grape bunch on tendril. Mildenberg 150 (O1/R4); Meshorer 224 (same dies as illustration); Hendin 1380. In NGC encapsulation, 4531741-001, graded Ch XF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5. Attractive example, struck in high relief with a light earthen patina.
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ARABIA, Southern. Himyar. 'Amdān Bayān Yahaqbiḍ. Circa AD 100-120. AR Unit (14.5mm, 1.59 g, 12h). Scyphate type with name 'Amdān Bayān. Raydan mint. Head right within dotted circle interrupted by monogram to left / Small head right; 'scepter' to right. CAF 3.4i; Huth 437–43; SNG ANS 1602–9. Good VF, toned.From the Macy Collection. Ex Howard Simmons Colleciton of South Arabian Coinage (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 399, 14 June 2017), lot 259.
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ARABIA, Southern. Qataban. Unknown ruler(s). Circa 350-320/00 BC. AR 'rb't – Tetradrachm (21mm, 16.76 g, 8h). Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left. Van Alfen, Studies, Type QI.A, 16 (O?/R15); CAF 1.0.4; Huth 326; HGC 10, 706. VF, toned, compact flan, small mark on obverse.
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AR Siglos (12.5mm, 5.32 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XII, 17); Meadows, Administration 322; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 17. VF, lightly toned, a hint of porosity.From the Macy Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 403 (9 August 2017), lot 275.
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II. Circa 420-375 BC. AV Daric (16.5mm, 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 and bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group C (pl. XIV, 42); cf. Meadows, Administration 323; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 12; Sunrise 28. VF, crude strike.
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EGYPT, Pharaonic Kingdom. Uncertain pharaoh(s). Mid 5th–mid 4th centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (22.5mm, 16.90 g, 9h). Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent to left; all within incuse square. Van Alfen, Mechanisms, Group III.A.1, Fig. 1 = Buttrey Type B. VF, some roughness, graffito ('X') on reverse.
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EGYPT, Pharaonic Kingdom. Uncertain pharaoh(s). Mid 5th–mid 4th centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 16.11 g, 8h). Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent to left; all within incuse square. Van Alfen, Mechanisms, Group III.A.1, Fig. 2 = Buttrey Type M. VF, toned, granular surfaces.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.05 g, 6h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Tyre mint. Struck under Menes. Dated RY 31 of 'Ozmilk (319/8 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Phoenician 'K (for 'Ozmilk) and | –= (Phoenician date). Price 3281 (Ake); Newell, Dated 34, obv. die XXIX; DCA 737. VF, toned. Well centered, and clear date.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 14.08 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated RY 26 (260/59 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; to left, monogram above club; monogram (date) to right. Svoronos 651; SNG Copenhagen –; Noeske 87; DCA 15. VF, toned, traces of find patina.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy IV Philopator. 222-205/4 BC. Æ Diobol (30.5mm, 25.50 g, 11h). Alexandreia mint. Series 5. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia over shoulder, ΣE monogram(?) between legs. Svoronos 994 & 1151; SNG Copenhagen 213-5 and 217. VF, brown surfaces.From the Macy Collection.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon). 145-116 BC. Æ (32mm, 27.37 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Series 7. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Two eagles with their wings closed standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left. Svoronos 1424B (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and VIII); SNG Copenhagen 308–10 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII); Lorber & Faucher Series 7C. Good VF, brown surfaces.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos (Auletes). 80-58 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 14.31 g, 12h). Dated RY 6 (76/5 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; L ς (date) to left, ΠΑ to right. Svoronos 1852; SNG Copenhagen –; DCA 69. VF, toned. Well centered and struck.
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