PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (23.5mm, 13.89 g, 12h). Dated CY 161 (AD 35/6). Laureate head of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PΞA (date) above club; to right, KP above [monogram]; [Phoenician letter between legs]. Cf. DCA Tyre 587–92; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920. Compact flan, some roughness, off center on reverse. VF.
SAMARIA, "Middle Levantine" Series. Circa 375-333 BC. AR Hemiobol (8.5mm, 0.42 g, 1h). Head of Aphrodite right, wearing polos / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt. Meshorer & Qedar IC 5; Sofaer –. Toned, a little off center, trace deposits, cleaning scratches on reverse. VF. Very rare. Ex Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 118, 13 September 2021), lot 452; Coin Galleries (14 April 1999), lot 68.
JUDAEA, Achaemenid Province (Yehud). Anonymous. Circa 375-332 BCE. AR Gerah – Twenty-fourth Shekel (6.5mm, 0.36 g). [Head of Persian king right] / Owl standing right, head facing. MCP YHD-11; cf. Meshorer 6; Hendin 6057. Toned, traces of find patina. Near VF.
JUDAEA, Macedonian Period. Hezekiah. Circa 332-302/1 BCE. AR Half Gerah – Ma'ah (6.5mm, 0.14 g). [Facing head of male] / Owl standing right, head facing; unclear legends at sides. MCP YHD 24, dies O24[?]/R26; Meshorer 22; Hendin 6069. Toned, obverse extremely off center (top of head visible at bottom of obverse). Near VF.
JUDAEA, Hasmoneans. Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan). 103-76 BCE. Æ Prutah (13mm, 1.85 g, 12h). Jerusalem mint. Legend within wreath / Splayed double cornucopia with pomegranate between the horns. Meshorer Group P, 33; Hendin 6181. Earthen green-brown surfaces, compact flan, off center on reverse. VF.
NABATAEA. Obodas II, with Hagaru I. Circa 30-9 BC. Æ (24.5mm, 11.67 g, 12h). Petra mint. Uncerain date. Jugate diademed and draped busts right of Obodas and Hagaru / Crossed cornucopias; [date in legend to right]. Cf. CN 38a or 42a; cf. Barkay, King 19A or 23A; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 26. Earthen dark green surfaces, edge split, cleaning scratches, off center on obverse, areas of weak strike on reverse. Near VF.
ARABIA, Southern. Himyar. 'Amdān Bayān Yahaqbiḍ. Circa AD 100-120. AR Unit (13mm, 1.32 g, 1h). Scyphate type with name 'Amdān Bayān. Raydan mint. Head right within dotted circle interrupted by monogram to left / Small head right; 'scepter' to right. CAF 3.4i; Huth 437–43; SNG ANS 1602–9. Toned, a little die wear. VF.
ARABIA, Southern. Himyar. Tha'rān Ya'ūb Yuhan'im. Circa AD 175-215. AR Unit (15mm, 1.77 g, 1h). Raydan mint. Male head right; monogram to left, interrupting beaded border / Diademed head right; 'oblong sign' to left, 'scepter' to right. CAF 3.24i; Huth 450; SNG ANS –. Underlying luster, minor die rust on obverse. Good VF.
ARABIA, Southern. Himyar. Tha'rān Ya'ūb Yuhan'im. Circa AD 175-215. AR Unit (15mm, 1.74 g, 12h). Raydan mint. Male head right; monogram to left, interrupting beaded border / Diademed head right; 'oblong sign' to left, 'scepter' to right. CAF 3.24i; Huth 450; SNG ANS –. Underlying luster, struck with worn obverse die. VF.
ARABIA, Southern. Himyar. Tha'rān Ya'ūb Yuhan'im. Circa AD 175-215. AR Unit (18mm, 1.76 g, 1h). Raydan mint. Male head right; monogram to left, interrupting beaded border / Diademed head right; 'oblong sign' to left, 'scepter' to right. CAF 3.24i; cf. Huth 450; SNG ANS –. Struck with worn dies, small flan flaw on reverse. VF.
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Artaxerxes I to Darios II. Circa 455-420 BC. AR Siglos (14mm, 5.47 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group A (pl. XIII, 33); cf. Meadows, Administration 326 (Type IV, Group C); BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 7; cf. Sunrise 27 (daric). Iridescent toned, a little porosity. VF.
EGYPT, Pharaonic Kingdom. Uncertain pharaoh(s). Late 5th–mid 4th centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.01 g, 9h). Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left; all within incuse square. Van Alfen, Mechanisms, Group III.A.1, Fig. 1 = Buttrey Type B. Toned, banker's mark and test cut on obverse, countermark in field on reverse. Good Fine.
EGYPT, Pharaonic Kingdom. Uncertain pharaoh(s). Late 5th–mid 4th centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.00 g, 9h). Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left; all within incuse square. Van Alfen, Mechanisms, Group III.A.1, Fig. 1 = Buttrey Type B. Lightly toned, test cuts, stress crack and banker's mark on obverse. Good Fine.
EGYPT, Pharaonic Kingdom. Uncertain pharaoh(s). Late 5th–mid 4th centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (21.5mm, 16.75 g, 8h). Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left; all within incuse square. Van Alfen, Mechanisms, Group III.A.1, Fig. 2 = Buttrey Type M. Porous, test cut on obverse. Good Fine.
EGYPT, Pharaonic Kingdom. Uncertain pharaoh(s). Late 5th–mid 4th centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.00 g, 9h). Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left; all within incuse square. Van Alfen, Mechanisms, Group III.A.1, Fig. 2 = Buttrey Type M. Toned, scratches, test cut on obverse. Good Fine.
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. Æ Obol (24mm, 9.62 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Series 3, struck 260s-246 BC. Head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant skin headdress / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; E between legs. CPE B226a; Svoronos 450; SNG Copenhagen –. Dark brown patina, scratches. VF. From the D.K. Collection.
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.94 g, 12h). Ptolemais (Ake) mint. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck; [A] behind / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt. CPE 374; Svoronos 430 var. (B behind head, X between legs); SNG Copenhagen 137 var. (same). Lightly toned, some find patina, obverse weakly struck, scratch on reverse. Good VF. Rare.
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.13 g, 6h). Ptolemais (Ake) mint. Dated RY 2 (246/5 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, ΠT (mint) monogram above ME monogram; to right, B (date) above A. CPE 857; Svoronos 1035; SNG Copenhagen –; DCA 29. Iridescent tone, minor pitting. Good VF. Rare.