ROMAN. Provincial. Lot of thirty-one (30) Æ denominations. All coins: Issues of Macedon. Lot includes: Cassandrea (10) // Pella (8) // Thessalonica (12). Coins average Fair to Near VF. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Thirty (30) coins in lot.From the Belgica Collection.
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CAMPANIA, Neapolis. Circa 300 BC. AR Nomos (20.5mm, 7.28 g, 1h). Head of nymph right; kantharos to left / Man-headed bull walking right, head facing; above, Nike flying right, placing wreath on bull's head. Sambon 467b; HN Italy 579. VF, deep cabinet tone, long die break obverse--running from ear to neck--recut to resemble hair (see Elsen 87, lot 1144 for another example from this obverse die).
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Leo I. AD 457-474. AV Solidus (19.5mm, 4.09 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 5th officina. Struck AD 462 or 466. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield with horseman motif / Victory standing left, holding long, jeweled cross; star to right; Є//CONOB. RIC X 605; Depeyrot 93/1. VF, graffiti on obverse, edge clipped.
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ROMAN. Provincial. Lot of twenty-five (25) Æ denominations. All coins: Issues of Macedon. Lot includes: Cassandrea (10) // Philippi (3) // Thessalonica (12). Coins average Fair to VF. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Twenty-five (25) coins in lot.From the Belgica Collection.
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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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LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 290-280 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.75 g, 2h). Wreathed head of Demeter left / Ear of barley with leaf to right; above leaf, cock standing left. Johnston Class D, 2.3 (same dies); HN Italy 1613. Good VF, toned, struck from worn obverse die.Ex Classical Numismatic Group 91 (19 September 2012), lot 52; Gorny & Mosch 151 (9 October 2006), lot 61.
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Ricimer. Patrician and Master of Soldiers, AD 457-472. Æ Nummus (9.5mm, 1.19 g, 4h). Uncertain military mint. Struck AD 465-467. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Monogram of Ricimer. Cf. RIC X 2716-7. VF, dark brown patina with traces of green and red. Rare.
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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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SICILY, Selinos. Circa 455-409 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.05 g, 4h). Nike, holding reins, in galloping quadriga right; laurel wreath above, grain ear in exergue / River god Selinos, nude, standing facing, head left, holding phiale over lighted altar, cradling palm frond decorated with a filet; to left, rooster standing left before altar; to right, selinon leaf above bull standing left on basis. Schwabacher 43 (Q14/S33); HGC 2, 1223; BMC 45 (same dies). Fine. Well centered.
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Zeno. Second reign, AD 476-491. AV Tremissis (13.8mm, 1.39 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Victory advancing right, head left, holding wreath and globus cruciger; star to right; CONOB. RIC X 914; Depeyrot 108/4. Near VF, a couple of scratches, graffito in right obverse field, wavy flan.
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ROMAN. Provincial. Lot of twenty-one (21) Æ denominations. All coins: Issues of Macedon, Thessalonica. Coins average Fair to Fine. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Twenty-one (21) coins in lot.From the Belgica Collection.
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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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CARTHAGE. Circa 320-310 BC. EL Stater (19mm, 7.36 g, 12h). Carthage mint. Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse standing right; pellet on ground line behind forelegs. Jenkins & Lewis Group IVd, 228 (same obv. die); MAA 9. VF, lightly toned, underlying luster.From the WRG Collection. Ex William R. Sieck Collection (Bowers & Ruddy, 28 July 1981), lot 3208.
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Zeno. Second reign, AD 476-491. AV Solidus (20.3mm, 4.44 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 4th officina. Struck AD 477-491. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield; cross on helmet / Victory standing left, holding long, jeweled cross; star to right; ∆//CONOB. RIC X 912 var. (unlisted officina); Depeyrot 108/1. Good VF, underlying luster, edge nick. Rare variety.From the WRG Collection.
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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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CARTHAGE. Circa 300-264 BC. Æ Shekel(?) (20mm, 4.91 g, 12h). Mint on Sardinia. Wreathed head of Tanit left / Head of horse right; palm tree to lower right, [control mark below?]. Cf. CNP 252aa-ao; cf. MAA 57l–p; cf. SNG Copenhagen 173–5. VF, dark green-brown patina.
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Zeno. Second reign, AD 476-491. AV Solidus (20.1mm, 4.30 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 10th officina. Struck AD 477-491. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield / Victory standing left, holding long, jeweled cross; star to right; I//CONOB. RIC X 910 and 929; Depeyrot 108/1. VF, a few scratches and marks, dull surfaces.
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ROMAN. Provincial. Lot of twenty-one (21) Æ denominations. All coins: Issues of Macedon. Lot includes mostly Thessalonica and Koinon issues. Coins average Fair to VF. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Twenty-one (21) coins in lot.From the Belgica Collection.
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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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CARTHAGE. Circa 300-264 BC. Æ Shekel(?) (20.5mm, 4.98 g, 3h). Mint on Sardinia. Wreathed head of Tanit left / Head of horse right; globe to right. CNP 252f; MAA 57h; SNG Copenhagen 164. VF, dark green-brown patina.
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