SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.97 g, 5h). 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, K below throne. SC 117.1d; HGC 9, 12i. Good VF, lightly toned, a few light scratches.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios I Soter. 162-150 BC. AR Drachm (18.5mm, 4.17 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Dated SE 161 (152/1 BC). Diademed head right / Cornucopia; two monograms to inner right, AΞP (date) below. SC 1642.3a; HGC 9, 806; DCA 111. VF, toned, slightly off center on obverse, die break on reverse.
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Apollodotos I Soter. Circa 180-160 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 2.43 g, 12h). Elephant standing right; monogram below / Zebu standing right; monogram below. Bopearachchi 4G; HGC 12, 119. Good VF, toned.From the Macy Collection. Ex William F. Spengler Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 399, 14 June 2017), lot 316.
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ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Buwayhids (Buyids). Baha' al-Dawla Abu Nasr Firuz Kharshah. AH 379-403 / AD 989-1012. AR Dirham (30mm, 3.92 g, 10h). Fasa mint. Dated AH 399 (AD 1008/9). Treadwell –, but cf. Fa398; Album 1577; ICV 1615. VF, traces of deposits, areas of weakness.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios I Soter. 162-150 BC. Serrate Æ (24mm, 18.67 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Laureate head of Apollo right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Tripod. SC 1644; HGC 9, 821. VF, black patina with traces of earthen encrustation, small dig on obverse.
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BAKTRIA, Indo-Greek Kingdom. Menander I Soter. Circa 155-130 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 2.46 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right / Athena Alkidemos advancing left; monogram to right. Bopearachchi 13O; HGC 12, 191. Good VF, toned.From the Macy Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 411 (13 December 2017), lot 264.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.25 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Undated issue, struck 151–149 BC. Diademed head right / Apollo seated left on omphalos, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow; Θ in exergue. SC 1785.1c; HGC 9, 887a. EF, lightly toned, short hairline flan crack, slightly off center on obverse, trace deposits on reverse.
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BAKTRIA, Indo-Greek Kingdom. Zoilos I Dikaios. Circa 150-130 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 2.44 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right / Herakles standing facing, holding wreath and club; monogram to inner left. Bopearachchi 3F var. (monogram orientation); HGC 12, 218. Choice EF.Ex Classical Numismatic Group 99 (13 May 2015), lot 418.
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ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Qarakhanids (Local rulers). Muhammad ibn Mansur. dihqan of Ilaq, fl. AH 391-395 / AD 1001-1006. Æ Fals (27.5mm, 3.58 g, 4h). Citing Ahmad ibn 'Ali as overlord. Ilaq mint. Dated AH 392 (AD 1001/2). Koch 108; Album 3430; ICV 1800. VF, red-brown and green patina, flan preparation mrks. Very rare.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 3.84 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Undated issue, struck circa 151–147/6 BC. Diademed head right / Apollo seated left on omphalos, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow; uncertain monogram(s) in exergue. Cf. SC 1785.1 and 1785.9–3; cf. HGC 9, 887a. VF, scratches, horn silver, flan crack.From the Macy Collection.
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KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Alexander III – Kassander. Circa 325-310 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 16.96 g, 4h). In the name of Alexander III. Uncertain mint in Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; ΣI in left field. Price 236 (Pella). Near VF, some roughness.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection.See N.J. Moore, The Lifetime and Early Posthumous Coinage of Alexander the Great from Pella (Princeton University, 1984), Appendix I, for the attribution of this issue to an uncertain mint in Macedon, rather than Pella.
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SPAIN, Caesaraugusta. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ As (26mm, 7.16 g, 10h). Q. Lutatius and M. Fabius, duoviri. Laureate head right / Priest plowing right with yoke of two oxen. ACIP 3028; RPC I 305. Near VF, pale green patina, chipped around edge.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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