MOESIA INFERIOR, Callatis. Pseudo-autonomous issue. temp. Antoninus Pius – Marcus Aurelius, AD 138-180. Æ (16mm, 2.67 g, 7h). Head of youthful Hercules right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Shield decorated with eagle standing right, with wings spread; quiver and club flanking. AMNG I –; RPC Online 8358. VF, natural green and red-brown patina, some minor roughness. Very rare.
ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Safavids. Husayn I. AH 1105-1135 / AD 1694-1722. AR 5 Shahis (26mm, 8.67 g, 12h). Tiflis mint. Dated AH 1129 (AD 1716/17). Album 2677.2. Good VF, light deposits.
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.
KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 4.28 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Miletos mint. Struck under Asandros, circa 323-319 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; grain ear in left field. Price 2100; ADM I Series III. Near EF, underlying luster. Well centered.
ISLAMIC, Ottoman Empire. 'Abd al-Hamid II. AH 1293-1327 / AD 1876-1909. AV 50 Kurush – Elli kuruşluk (18mm, 3.57 g, 12h). Qustantiniya (Constantinople) mint. Dually dated AH 1293 and RY 18 (AD 1893/4). Damalı 42-K-A4b-18; Sultan 3896 var. (RY); Pere –; KM 729. VF.
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.
KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 4.26 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Miletos mint. Struck under Asandros, circa 323-319 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; grain ear in left field. Price 2100; ADM I Series III. Near EF, underlying luster, minor die shift and light scratch on reverse.
MOESIA INFERIOR, Marcianopolis. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Pentassarion (27mm, 13.92 g, 12h). Tullius Menophilus, legatus consularis. Struck AD 239-240. Confronted busts of Gordian right, laureate, draped, and cuirassed, and Serapis left, draped and wearing calathus / Nemesis standing left, holding scales and cornucopia, with wheel at her side; E (mark of value) in left field. H&J 6.37.35.1 var. (arrangement of rev. legend). Near VF, rough green patina.
ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Shibanids. 'Abdallah II. AH 991-1006 / AD 1583-1598. AV Quarter Mithqal (11.5mm, 0.92 g, 6h). [Badakhshan mint]. AH date off flan. Album 2994; ICV –. VF, traces of deposits in devices.From the Macy Collection. Ex William F. Spengler Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 399, 14 June 2017), lot 698.
KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Drachm (16.5mm, 4.28 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Sardes mint. Struck under Menander, circa 323/2 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field, rose below throne. Price 2585; ADM I Series XII. EF, lustrous, minor die shift on obverse.
MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (27mm, 12.98 g, 12h). Novius Rufus, legatus consularis. Struck AD 218-219. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Triptolemos standing right, raising hand and driving biga of winged serpents. H&J 8.26.23.2. VF, hard green patina.
ISLAMIC, Ottoman Empire. 'Abd al-Hamid II. AH 1293-1327 / AD 1876-1909. AV 100 Kurush – Yüz kuruşluk (23mm, 7.18 g, 12h). Qustantiniya (Constantinople) mint. Dually dated AH 1293 and RY 28 (AD 1903/4). Damalı 34-K-A3b-28; Sultan –; Pere –; KM 730. Near EF, light deposits on obverse, hairlines.
PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (25mm, 6.40 g, 12h). Dated CY 48 (79/8 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; to left, HM (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician A between legs. DCA-Tyre 784 (same rev. die as illustration); HGC 10, 358; DCA 921. Near VF, rough surfaces.
KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.33 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Sardes mint. Struck under Menander, circa 323/2 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, monogram above [torch]. Price 2589; ADM I Series XII. EF, lustrous, slightly off center strike.
MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (29mm, 13.44 g, 9h). Sabinius Modestus, legatus consularis. Struck AD 241-244. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Coiled serpent with nimbate head to right. H&J 8.36.22.3. Good VF, green-brown patina.