SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes). 138-129 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 14.06 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 182 (131/0 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond behind; to left, monogram above club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, monogram above BΠP (date); monogram between legs. SC 2109.10c; HGC 9, 1074; DCA 198. VF, toned.
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PHOENICIA, Arados. Circa 246/5-168/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.90 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Dated CY 44 (216/5 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; palm tree in left field, AP monogram below throne, 44 (date, in Phoenician) and ŠT (in Aramaic) in exergue. Duyrat 1243 (D23/R77); Price 3384; DCA 771. VF, deeply toned. Rare, only 11 examples noted by Duyrat (including the five in Pella), four in CoinArchives.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Spink America (6 December 1999), lot 518.
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (25.5mm, 14.22 g, 12h). Dated CY 135 (AD 9/10). Laureate head of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PΛE (date) above club; to right KP above monogram; Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 484; RPC I 4654; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920. Good VF, toned.
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AV Daric (14mm, 8.40 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XIII, 27); Meadows, Administration 321; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26; Sunrise 24. VF, small deposit in field on obverse. Well centered.From the WRG Collection, purchased from William Porter, August 1994 .
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 16.78 g, 12h). Attic standard. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Memphis or Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 323/2-317/1 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, ram's head right wearing crown of Isis (Khnum), monogram below throne. Svoronos 6; Zervos Issue 3, dies 222/c; Price 3964; SNG Copenhagen 9. Near VF, lightly toned.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, December 1997.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 16.82 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Tyre mint. Dated RY 35 of 'Ozmilk, king of Tyre (315/4 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Phoenician 'K (for 'Ozmilk) and ||–= (32 [date] in Phoenician). Price 3283; Newell, Dated 35 (obv. die XXXI); DCA 737. VF, toned, die rust, fine cleaning marks.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. Æ (26.5mm, 17.05 g, 12h). Uncertain Ptolemaic mint in Sicily. Struck circa 269-264 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with wings spread; oval shield to left; linear border. Svoronos 610; Wolf & Lorber, 'Alexandrian' Style, P70 (A63/P66 – this coin); SNG Copenhagen 114. Good VF, dark green patina.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. Æ (26.5mm, 15.31 g, 6h). Imitative issue. Uncertain mint in Sicily, under Hieron II of Syracuse. Struck after 265/4 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with wings spread; oval shield to left, A to lower right. Svoronos 615; Wolf & Lorber, 'West Greek' Style, Subgroup 2, H38 (A19/P30 – this coin); SNG Copenhagen –. VF, dark brown patina. Rare.Reportedly ex Richard Cyril Lockett Collection.
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EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Philip II of Macedon. 2nd century BC. AR "Tetradrachm" (20mm, 6.97 g, 8h). Sattelkopfpferd type. Mint in the region of Transylvania. Stylized laureate head of Zeus right / Stylized horse advancing left; [pellets above]; all within incuse circle. OTA 300/12–3; KMW 1227–8. VF, some roughness.From the WRG Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear 1 (10 March 1995), lot 280 (part of).
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EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Alexander III of Macedon. Late 4th-3rd centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.31 g, 9h). Copying eastern (Babylon or Susa?) mint style. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; YΛ in left field, YΛ below throne. Cf. Price B32, otherwise unpublished in the standard references. VF, toned, a few light scratches.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Dieter Gorny, October 1993.
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EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Alexander III of Macedon. 3rd-2nd centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 15.57 g, 1h). Copying Babylon(?) mint style. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram-in-circle (or wreath?) in left field. Cf. Price 3700 for possible prototype, otherwise unpublished in the standard references. VF, toned, double struck with worn dies.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Malter 79 (23 June 2001), lot 222 (part of).
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EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Alexander III of Macedon. Late 4th-early 3rd centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 16.42 g, 7h). Imitating Babylon mint issue of Seleukos I in the name and types of Alexander III. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; M-based monogram-in-wreath in left field, X below throne. Heintges 4 (same obv. die). VF, toned, some find patina remaining, a few deposits.
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EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Alexander III of Macedon. Late 4th-early 3rd centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 16.44 g, 12h). Imitating Babylon mint issue of Seleukos I in the name and types of Alexander III. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; M-based monogram-in-wreath in left field, X below throne. Heintges 4–8. VF, lightly toned, patches of find patina, die break on obverse.
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EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Alexander III of Macedon. Late 4th-early 3rd centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 16.82 g, 12h). Imitating Babylon mint issue of Seleukos I in the name and types of Alexander III. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; M-based monogram-in-wreath in left field, X below throne. Heintges 4–8. Near VF, toned, some find patina remaining.
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EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Alexander III of Macedon. Late 4th-early 3rd centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 16.82 g, 11h). Imitating Babylon mint issue of Seleukos I in the name and types of Alexander III. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; M-based monogram-in-wreath in left field, X below throne. Heintges 6 (same obv. die). Good VF, lightly toned, patches of find patina.
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EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Philip III of Macedon. 3rd-2nd centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 15.22 g). Mint in the lower Danube region. [Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin] / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field, [Greek Z below throne]. OTA 579/11–3; KMW 1479–81. Crude VF, struck from worn obverse die (typical for issue).From the WRG Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear 1 (10 March 1995), lot 280 (part of).
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GAUL, Southern. Allobroges. Circa 61-43 BC. AR Quinarius (14mm, 1.93 g, 5h). Helmeted head of Roma right; DV[RNACOS] to right / Horseman galloping right, holding spear; A[VSCRO] below. Van der Wielen Type 5f; Depeyrot, NC I, 109; CCCBM II 263. Good VF, toned, typical compact flan, off center on obverse. Lot also includes an Æ barbarous radiate from the late 3rd century AD. Two (2) coins in lot.From the WRG Collection, the Celtic piece purchased from William Porter, December 1990.
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GAUL, Northwest. Coriosolites. Circa 100-50 BC. BI Stater (21.5mm, 6.21 g, 1h). Stylized head right, hair in large spiral curls, S-like ear; pearl strings flowing around / Stylized charioteer driving biga right; ornaments around; quatrefoil of pellets before; below, boar right; pearl string flowing above. D&T 2341; Depeyrot, NC VIII, 186. VF, minor porosity.From the WRG Collection, purchased from William Porter, May 1985.
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GAUL, Northeast. Remi. Circa 100-50 BC. Potin (20.5mm, 4.63 g, 6h). Bucranium; pellet-in-crescents above, S-ornaments flanking / Bear(?) right, trampling on serpent(?). Depeyrot, NC VII, 34; D&T 221; CCCBM III 511-8. VF, dark green patina.From the WRG Collection, purchased from William Porter, September 1994.
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KINGS of PERSIS. Ardaxšir (Artaxerxes) II. 1st century BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 3.98 g, 6h). Type 1d. Istakhr (Persepolis) mint. Diademed and draped large bust left, wearing mural crown; crescent to left; monogram to right / Ardaxšir standing left before altar, holding scepter. K&M 4/10 var. (no cresecent); Tyler-Smith, Parcel –; Alram 570 var. (same); Sunrise 598 var. (same). Near EF, toned, minor deposits and cleaning marks, doubling on reverse.
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