Electronic Auction 446
Date: 2019-06-19 00:00:00
Lots: 663
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INDO-PARTHIANS, Gondopharid Dynasty. Abdagses. Circa 5 BC-AD 19/20. CU Tetradrachm (22mm, 7.26 g, 2h). Uncertain mint in Northern Arachosia/Kabul Valley. Diademed bearded bust right / Nike standing right, holding palm frond and wreath; Gondopharid tamgha to left. Senior 224.5T. VF, dark green patina, earthen deposits, cleaning scratches.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) I. AD 223/4-240. Æ Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.34 g, 3h). Mint C (Ctesiphon"). Phase 3, circa AD 233/4-238/9. Bust right, wearing diadem (type G) and mural crown / Fire altar (flames 2) with diadems (type G). SNS type V(4a)/3a(2b); Sunrise 724. Good Fine, porous brown surfaces."Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 419 (25 April 2018), lot 286.
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SASANIAN KINGS. temp. Husrav (Khosrau) II. AD 591-628. Æ Follis (30mm, 10.67 g, 6h). Imitating a 2nd officina Seleucia Isauriae mint issue of Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine, dated [RY 7 (616/7)]. Uncertain mint. Struck during the Sasanian occupation of the Levant and Anatolia, 610-628/30. Crowned and draped figures of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine standing facing, both holding globus cruciger; cross between / Large M; six-rayed star above, A/N/N/O to left, [ЧI] to right, B below; CON in exergue. Pottier AA2-1.5 (same dies as illustration). Good Fine, orangish earthen dark green patina.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Kavād (Kavādh) II. AD 628. AR Drachm (31mm, 4.14 g, 3h). AY (Ērān-xvarrah-Šābuhr [Susa]) mint. Dated RY 2 (AD 628). Bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos set on crescent; ribbon on left shoulder, crescent and ribbon on right; stars flanking crown / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; RY date to left; mint to right. Malek, Kavad 26-8 (this coin unrecorded); SC Tehran –; Sunrise –. EF, lightly toned, obverse die rust. Extremely rare.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Yazdgird (Yazdgard) III. AD 632-651. Æ Chalkous – Pashiz (17mm, 1.06 g, 2h). Uncertain (AY?) 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 –; cf. CNG E-419, lot 291 (for type); cf. CNG E-373, lot 246 (same). VF, earthen dark brown patina, metal flaws.
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INDO-SASANIAN, Sindh. Śri .... 5th-6th century AD. Pale AV (18mm, 7.12 g, 7h). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; trace of Brahmi legend beginning śri to right / Fire altar; flanked by attendants, each wearing korymbos; crescent and star flanking flames. Senior, Sind, 10 (line drawing). Good Fine, light deposits, obverse struck with worn die.
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Kidarites. Peroz. Circa 395-425. AR Drachm (25mm, 3.81 g, 3h). Bust right, wearing flat-topped crown with korymbos / Fire altar flanked by attendants; bust right in flames. Cribb, Kidarites E1; Vondrovec [Göbl, Hunnen] Type 19. VF, deposits.
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Nezak Huns. Anonymous (Nezak Shah"). Circa 484/90-500/15. BI Drachm (26mm, 3.42 g, 3h). Vondrovec š-group (early style). Bust right, wearing crown surmounted by winged bull's head / Fire altar flanked by attendants; wheel symbols flanking flames. Vondrovec [Göbl, Hunnen] Type 217. Fine, traces of deposits in devices. Great metal."
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Nezak Huns. Anonymous (Nezak Shah"). Circa 484/90-500/15. AR Drachm (28mm, 3.98 g, 3h). Bust right, wearing crown surmounted by winged bull's head / Fire altar flanked by attendants; wheel symbols flanking flames; pa in Brahmi to left of left attendant. Vondrovec [Göbl, Hunnen] Type 222. VF, light deposits in devices, weakly struck reverse, minor porosity. Good metal."
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LOCAL ISSUES, Kabul. Shahis (Shahiyas). Samanta Deva. Circa 850-1000. AR Jital (19mm, 3.36 g, 6h). śri samanta deva in Nagari, recumbent zebu to left with symbol on rump; to left, star above pellet above crescent / Horseman right, holding banner; bhi in Nagari to left; symbol to right. Tye 14. Good VF.
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LOCAL ISSUES, Tokharistan. Yabghus of Baktria (Balkh). Mid 6th-early 7th century. AR Drachm (30mm, 3.93 g, 3h). Uncertain mint in Baktria or Zabulistan. Dated RY 15(?). Sasanian-style bust right, wearing Nezak-style crown; tamghas in-crescents in outer margins / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. Cf. Vondrovec [Göbl, Hunnen] Type 265A (for type); cf. CNG E-441, lot 252. Good VF.
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LOCAL ISSUES, Sindh. Multan. 'Śri Tapana'. Circa 675/700 CE. AR Damma (13mm, 0.62 g, 6h). Type A2, variety a. Head right; śri in Brahmi on forehead / Stylized fire altar surmounted by three pellets; tapan and ku in Brahmi around. F&T M7. VF, lightly toned.
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LOCAL ISSUES, Sindh. Multan. 'Śri Tapana'. Circa 675/700 CE. AR Damma (12mm, 0.62 g, 8h). Type A2, variety b. Head right; śri in Brahmi on forehead / Stylized fire altar surmounted by three pellets; tapan and rja in Brahmi around. F&T M8. VF.
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SPAIN, Celsa. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Æ As (29.5mm, 12.70 g, 10h). M. Fulvius and C. Otacilius, praefecti pro II viris. Struck 44-36 BC. Draped bust of Victory right, with palm frond over shoulder / Colonist plowing right with pair of yoked oxen. ACIP 1491; RPC I 261. VF, green and brown patina, minor roughness and smoothing.
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MOESIA SUPERIOR, Viminacium. Diva Mariniana. Died before AD 253. Æ (26.5mm, 9.36 g, 7h). Dated CY 16 (AD 254/5). Veiled and draped bust right / Moesia standing facing, head left, extending hands to bull and lion standing at feet to either side; AN XVI (date) in exergue. AMNG I 191; Varbanov 238; SNG Hungary 622 (same obv. die); H&J, Viminacium –. Near VF, dark green and brown patina with traces of red. Very rare.
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THRACE, Anchialus. Gordian III, with Tranquillina. AD 238-244. Æ (26mm, 13.05 g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gordian right vis-à-vis draped bust of Tranquillina left, wearing stephane / Triptolemus right in biga drawn by winged serpents. AMNG II 655; Mouchmov 2960; Varbanov 732 (same dies as illustration for 731, which is incorrecly labeled). VF, dark brown patina with touches of green.Varbanov catalogues two varieties for this type: 731 and 732. The only difference is Є vs E in CЄB in the obverse legend. This coin uses CЄB, his no. 731 is CEB.
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THRACE, Bizya. Sabina. Augusta, AD 128-136/7. Æ (20mm, 5.52 g, 7h). [CABEI]N A CEBACTH, draped bust right, wearing stephane / BIZYH [NΩN], Artemis advancing right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder and holding bow. RPC III 735 (Hadrian); Gitbud & Naumann Auction 36, lot 34. VF, green patina, tooled and smoothed with cleaning scratches, reverse off center. Rare.
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THRACE, Coela. Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ (25mm, 9.41 g, 12h). Laureate head right / Aeneas advancing right, head left, leading Ascanius with his right hand and carrying Anchises with his left arm; Anchises holding the Palladium. Unpublished in the standard references, but see Solidus Numismatik 27 (17 March 2018), lot 342 (Coela–same dies) and Roma 4 (30 September 2012), lot 2543 (Parium–same dies). VF, dark green patina with traces of red, some roughness. Very rare, third known(?).The city of Ilium was founded by the emperor Augustus on the site of the legendary city of Troy. According to Virgil (Aeneid, Book 2), Aeneas, the son of the goddess Venus and the Trojan Anchises, fled with some remnants of the city's inhabitants as it fell to the Greeks, taking with him his son, Ascanius, his elderly father, Anchises, and the Palladium, or ancient sacred statue of Athena. The Trojans eventually made their way west to resettle in Italy. There they intermarried with the local inhabitants and founded the town of Lavinium, and thereby became the nucleus of the future Roman people. One of the descendants of Aeneas' son Ascanius (known now as Iulus) was Rhea Silvia. Impregnated by the god Mars, she gave birth to the twins, Romulus and Remus. Exposed by their great-uncle, Amulius, the twins were suckled by a she-wolf, but they were eventually rescued. Romulus later founded the city of Rome, and consequently the image of the she-wolf and the twins became the symbol of that city. The importance of this mythological story to the Roman Empire is confirmed by its appearance as a reverse type throughout the empire.
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THRACE, Perinthus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Medallion (39mm, 33.79 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 215/6. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, gorgoneion on breastplate, holding spear over shoulder / Nonostyle and octastyle temples, each set on three-tiered base, seen in perspective; above, pair of agonistic crowns. Schönert-Geiss, Perinthos 601; Mouchmov 4541; Varbanov 278. Good Fine, dark green patina with encrustations and deposits, large chip on reverse.Perinthus apparently put on a grand display for Caracalla as the emperor made his way eastward to confront the Persians. The city staged a dual festival, hosting both Actian and Pythian Games for the visitors, and in recognition of the honor, Caracalla bestowed upon the city the neocorate. Medallions were struck to celebrate the emperor's visit, many of which share the same obverse die.
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THRACE, Philippopolis. Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. Æ (26.5mm, 9.29 g, 6h). Draped bust right / Homonoia standing facing, head left, holding patera over lit altar and cornucopia. RPC Online 7502; Mouchmov, Philippopolis 146; Varbanov 896. VF, dark green and brown patina, some roughness.
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MACEDON, Koinon of Macedon. Pseudo-autonomous issue. temp. Gordian III, AD 238-244. Æ (26mm, 10.33 g, 7h). Diademed head of Alexander the Great right / Lion walking right; club above. AMNG III 583. VF, silvered in antiquity.