KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Alexander III – Philip III. Circa 324/3-320 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.13 g, 2h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Arados mint. Struck under Menes or Laomedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; ΣΩ in left field, AP (civic) monogram below throne. Price 3321; Duyrat Group IV, Series 6. VF, lightly toned. Well centered.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, 18 January 2002.
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Maximinus I. AD 235-238. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 23.59 g, 12h). Rome mint. 2nd emission, AD 236. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Pax standing left, holding olive branch and scepter. RIC IV 58; BMCRE 72-4; Banti 11a. VF, dark brown surfaces.
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IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 650-600 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (11.5mm, 4.66 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Globular surface with cluster of pellets / Two incuse squares. Weidauer –; Traité I 3; Elektron –; Rosen 253; SNG Kayhan –; SNG von Aulock 7761; Boston MFA 1749; Pozzi 2350. EF, as made.
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KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Alexander III – Philip III. Circa 324/3-320 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 17.14 g, 6h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Arados mint. Struck under Menes or Laomedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; kerykeion in left field, AP (civic) monogram below throne. Price 3332; Duyrat Group IV, Series 11. Good VF, toned, test cut.
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Maximinus I. AD 235-238. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 22.20 g, 12h). Rome mint. 2nd emission, AD 236. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Salus seated left, resting elbow on chair and feeding out of patera serpent coiled around and rising from altar to left. RIC IV 64; BMCRE 100-1; Banti 23. VF, brown surfaces.
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INDO-SKYTHIANS, Pāratarājas. Koziya. Circa AD 230-270. Æ Drachm (14mm, 2.02 g, 12h). Early issue. Crowned and draped bust left / Swastika. Tandon 50; Senior S48.1D ([281.1D] Spajhayam). Good VF, brown surfaces.
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Maximinus I. AD 235-238. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 18.89 g, 12h). Rome mint. 3rd emission, late AD 236-237. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Salus seated left, resting elbow on chair and feeding out of patera a serpent coiled around and rising from altar to left. RIC IV 85; BMCRE 175-6; Banti 24. VF, attractive natural green patina.From the Macy Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 414 (14 February 2018), lot 565.
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IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Forty-eighth Stater (6mm, 0.31 g). Head of lion left / Incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. Good VF, slightly off center on obverse. Very rare.From the MM Collection.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AR Obol (15mm, 0.72 g, 3h). Mint I ("Ctesiphon"). Phase 1b, circa AD 244-252/3. Bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos and earflaps / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing diadems (type 3b) and mural crowns; trace of taurus symbol on altar shaft. SNS type IIc/1a, style A, Group d. VF, light toning in devices, light die rust.
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Maximus. Caesar, AD 235/6-238. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 3.26 g, 12h). Rome mint. 3rd emission of Maximinus I, late AD 236-237. Bareheaded and draped bust right / Maximus standing left, holding baton and spear; to right, two signa. RIC IV 3; BMCRE 211-2 (Maximinus); RSC 10. Near EF, toned.
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KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Ardys – Alyattes. Circa 630s-564/53 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (12.5mm, 4.75 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, "sun" with four rays on forehead / Two incuse squares. Weidauer Group XV, 67; Traité I 43 = BMC p. 2, 2; SNG Kayhan –; SNG von Aulock –. Good VF, lightly toned.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Ohrmazd (Hormizd) II. AD 303-309. AR Drachm (26mm, 3.39 g, 3h). Style A/3. Mint A ("Ctesiphon"). Bust right, wearing eagle crown with korymbos / Fire altar with ribbon and bust facing in flames; flanked by two attendants, the left wearing winged crown, the other wearing mural crown, each with korymbos. SNS type Ia(?)/3a (zu 1?); Sunrise 819. Good VF, lightly toned, small hairline flan crack.From the Macy Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 333 (20 August 2014), lot 168.
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Maximus. Caesar, AD 235/6-238. Æ Sestertius (29.5mm, 21.18 g, 1h). Rome mint. 3rd emission of Maximinus I, late AD 236-237. Bareheaded and draped bust right / Maximus standing left, holding baton and spear; two signa to right. RIC IV 13; BMCRE 213-7 (Maximinus); Banti 6. VF, dark brown surfaces.
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ISLANDS off IONIA, Chios. Circa 270-220 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.25 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, sphinx seated right above monogram within circle; Σ below throne. Bauslaugh, Posthumous, Series 21, dies 32/– (unlisted rev. die); Price 2350; HGC 6, 1132. VF, toned, light deposits, fine cleaning marks, small delamination on obverse. Extremely rare, one noted by Bauslaugh, none in Pella, one in CoinArchives.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, 17 January 2004.
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Alchon Huns. Uncertain king (Khingila?). Mid 5th century . AR Drachm (28mm, 3.51 g, 3h). Mint in Gandhara (Peshawar?). Bareheaded bust right, set on floral design; to left, crescent above śiin Brāhmī; tamgha to right / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants. Vondrovec [Göbl, Hunnen] Type 43; Alram, Alchon 6 var. (Brahmi letter); Sunrise 1028; CNG 87, 790. VF, earthen deposits, edge chips.Ex Classical Numismatic Group 91 (19 September 2012), lot 469; Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 263 (31 August 2011), lot 217.
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Pupienus. AD 238. AR Antoninianus (22mm, 5.53 g, 1h). Rome mint. 2nd emission. IMP CAES PVPIEN MAXIMVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / PATRES SENATVS, clasped right hands. RIC IV 11b; BMCRE 92-4; RSC 21. Near EF, minor flan flaw on obverse, a few shallow scratches on reverse.
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KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Ardys – Alyattes. Circa 630s-564/53 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.36 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, sun with four rays on forehead / Two incuse squares. Weidauer Group XV, 76–8; Traité I –; SNG Kayhan –; Boston MFA 1769 = Warren 1718. VF. Well centered.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Yazdgird (Yazdgard) III. AD 632-651. Æ Chalkous – Pashiz (14mm, 1.13 g, 4h). ART (Ardaxšīr-xvarrah) mint. Uncertain RY date. Crowned bust right / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; uncertain RY date to left; mint to right. Tyler-Smith –; SC Tehran –; Sunrise –; CNG E-419, lot 291; cf. CNG E-373, lot 246 (for obv.). VF, brown surfaces, striking fractures on obverse.
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Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 24.34 g, 12h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. 8th-11th emissions, late AD 240-early 243. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Laetitia standing left, holding wreath and anchor. RIC IV 300a; Banti 38. Good VF, brown surfaces, full, round flan.
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