EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Obol (19mm, 3.76 g, 12h). Dated RY 10 (AD 106/7). Laureate head right / Herakles standing facing, head right, holding club and lion skin; [L] I (date) across field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 914; K&G –; RPC III 4198; Emmett 678.10 (R1). VF, dark brown patina with earthen highlights/deposits. Very rare. Emmett only assigns this as R1, and the authors of RPC list 17 examples, 12 of which are in institutional collections. Only two specimens on CoinArchives.
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THESSALY, Pharkadon. Circa 462/1-460 BC. AR Obol (11mm, 0.69 g, 6h). Head and neck of bull facing slightly right / ΦΑ (inscription retrograde, head of horse left, wearing bridle. Liampi, Corpus, Group I, 1 (V1/R1 – this coin cited and illustrated); BCD Thessaly II 614.1 (same dies); HGC 4, 294. VF, toned.From the BCD Collection, purchased from Leu, January 1979; from the old stock of Jacob Hirsch, with his ticket.
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Q. Minucius Rufus. 122 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.74 g, 1h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; X (mark of value) below chin / The Dioscuri, each holding spear, on horseback right. Crawford 277/1; Sydenham 421; Minucia 1. VF, toned, some porosity and light scratches, small edge split.
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THESSALY, Pharkadon. Circa 440-400 BC. AR Hemidrachm (18mm, 2.16 g, 6h). The hero Thessalos, with petasos around neck, restraining forepart of bull right by band held around its head / Φ Α/Ρ Κ (P K retrograde), forepart of horse right within incuse square. BCD Thessaly II 604; HGC 4, 292. VF, lightly toned, slight double strike on reverse, reverse struck with worn die.From the BCD Collection.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Dichalkon (11.9mm, 1.25 g, 12h). Dated RY 10 (AD 125/126). Laureate bust right, slight drapery(?) / Piloi of the Dioskouroi; L ∆E (date) below. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 1936-7; K&G 32.390; RPC III 5635; Emmett 1198.10 (R2). VF, dark green and brown patina with light earthen highlights/deposits. Rare.
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THESSALY, Pharkadon. Late 5th-early 4th centuries BC. AR Obol (12mm, 0.81 g, 3h). Struck circa 420-400 BC. Horse prancing right / ΦΑΡ-ΚΑΔO, Athena standing right, holding spear and shield; all within incuse square. BCD Thessaly II 606 var. (arrangement of ethnic); HGC 4, 297. VF, toned, porous.From the BCD Collection.
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Cn. Carbo. 121 BC. AR Denarius (21mm, 3.88 g, 12h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right, curl on left shoulder; X (mark of value) to left / Jupiter driving galloping quadriga right, hurling thunderbolt and holding scepter and reins. Crawford 279/1; Sydenham 415; Papiria 7. VF.
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THESSALY, Pherai. Teisiphon. Tyrant, 359-353 BC. Æ Dichalkon (13.5mm, 2.14 g, 7h). Forepart of bull butting right, head facing / ΤΕΙΣΙΦΟΝOY (retrograde, Y inverted), forepart of horse right. Rogers 529; BCD Thessaly II 709 var. (Y not inverted); HGC 4, 585. VF, dark green patina.From the BCD Collection.
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THESSALY, Pherai. Circa 302-286 BC. AR Hemidrachm (15mm, 2.69 g, 12h). Wreathed head of Ennodia left; torch to right / ΦΕΡΑΙΟΥΝ, the nymph Hypereia left, touching the top of lion's head fountain right, from which water pours forth; to lower left, ΑΣ/ΤΟ within wreath. BCD Thessaly II 714; HGC 4, 553. VF, toned.From the BCD Collection.
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THESSALY, Skotoussa. Mid 4th century BC. Æ Trichalkon (21mm, 8.04 g, 9h). Head of nymph facing slightly right / ΣΚΟΤΟΥΣΣΑΙ-Ω-Ν, grape bunch, with tendril to left and right. Rogers 543, fig. 300; BCD Thessaly II 750; HGC 4, 605. VF, green patina.From the BCD Collection.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. BI Tetradrachm (24.7mm, 13.64 g, 11h). Dated RY 21 (AD 136/137). Laureate head right / Demeter standing facing, head left, holding grain ears and long torch; L/K A (date) in field. Köln 1209; Dattari (Savio) 1335; K&G 32.720; RPC III 6131; Emmett 832.21. Near EF, some luster.
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GREEK. Northern Greece. Lot of ten (10) Alexander III AR Tetradrachms. Includes: An interesting lot for the specialist collector and/or dealer. Average Fine, lightly toned. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Ten (10) coins in lot."
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THESSALY, Trikka. Circa 440-400 BC. AR Hemidrachm (17mm, 2.73 g, 9h). Thessalos, petasos and cloak tied at neck, holding band around head of forepart of bull right / TPI KK AI retrograde around, forepart of bridled horse right; all within incuse square with rounded edges and corners. BCD Thessaly II 768 (same obv. die); HGC 4, 311. .From the BCD Collection.
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L. Thorius Balbus. 105 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.80 g, 7h). Rome mint. Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat-skin headdress / Bull charging right; R above. Crawford 316/1; Sydenham 598; Thoria 1. VF, toned, a few metal flaws.
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GREEK. Northern Greece. Lot of ten (10) Alexander III AR Tetradrachms. Includes: An interesting lot for the specialist collector and/or dealer. Average Fine, lightly toned. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Ten (10) coins in lot."
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THESSALY, Trikka. Circa 440-400 BC. AR Hemidrachm (16mm, 2.86 g, 3h). Thessalos, petasos and cloak tied at neck, holding band around head of forepart of bull right / T (retograde P)IK [K]AI around, forepart of bridled horse right; all within incuse square with rounded edges and corners. BCD Thessaly II 775.4 (same dies); HGC 4, 311. Near VF.From the BCD Collection.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (32.5mm, 21.34 g, 12h). Dated RY 5 (AD 141/142). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Conjoined busts of Sarapis, wearing calathus, and Isis, wearing crown, right; L [Є] (date) across field. Köln 1414 var. (obv. bust seen from side); Dattari (Savio) 2855 var. (same) & 8717 var. (same); K&G 35.161 var. (same); Emmett 1656.5 (R2). VF, dark green patina with touches of red. Although the date is not visible, based on portrait style, this coin is almost certainly from Pius' regnal year 5.
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