PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes I. Circa 505-480 BC. AR Siglos (14.5mm, 5.35 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type II (pl. XI, 12); Meadows, Administration 320; BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 23; Sunrise 21. Toned. Near VF. From the DSV Collection. Ex Kirk Davis FPL 43 (Fall 2003), no. 60.
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes I. Circa 505-480 BC. AR Third Siglos (10mm, 1.76 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type II; Meadows, Administration –; BMC Arabia –; Brindley 6; Klein 755; Sunrise 22. Iridescent tone, usual granularity, some marks on obverse. Near VF. From the DSV Collection.
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. Uncertain king. Early-mid 4th century BC. AR Twelfth Siglos (5.5mm, 0.32 g). Uncertain mint. Half-length bust of Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, right, holding bow; uncertain symbol (die break?) to lower right / Incuse punch. Unpublished in the standard references. Minor doubling. VF. Good metal.
EGYPT, Pharaonic Kingdom. Uncertain pharaoh(s). Late 5th–mid 4th centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (23.5mm, 14.71 g, 9h). Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent to left; all within incuse square. Van Alfen, Mechanisms, Group III.A.1, fig. 2 = Buttrey Type M. Toned, porous, flan cracks, edge splits, test cut and countermarks on reverse. Fine.
EGYPT, Pharaonic Kingdom. Uncertain pharaoh(s). Mid 5th–mid 4th centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (22.5mm, 16.79 g). Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent to left; all within incuse square. Van Alfen, Mechanisms, Group III.A.1, fig. 3 = Buttrey Type X. Slight weakness at high point of reverse. VF.
EGYPT, Pharaonic Kingdom. Uncertain pharaoh(s). Mid 5th–mid 4th centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 16.76 g, 8h). Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent to left; all within incuse square. Van Alfen, Mechanisms, Group III.A.1, fig. 3 = Buttrey Type X. Near VF.
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.52 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated RY 30 (256/5 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left; to left, Tyre monogram above club; to right, Λ (date) above AB monogram; A between legs. CPE 577; Svoronos 657; SNG Copenhagen 488; DCA 20. Toned, deposits, scratches, scuffs, edge chip. Good VF.
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Berenike II, wife of Ptolemy III. Circa 244/3-221 BC. Æ Tritartemorion (22.5mm, 7.89 g, 12h). Mint of Heraklea by the Sea or Seleukeia in Pieria. Struck circa 244-241 BC. Diademed and draped bust right of Berenike II / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt. CPE B460; Svoronos 1055; SNG Copenhagen 460. Brown surfaces, some smoothing and light tooling, slightly off center. VF.
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy IV or Ptolemy V. 222-205/4 BC or 204-180 BC. Æ (26.5mm, 15.40 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Series 6A. Head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant skin headdress / Eagle with open wings standing left on thunderbolt. Svoronos 1493 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and VIII); Faucher & Lorber Series 6A; SNG Copenhagen 334-8 (Ptolemy VIII). Brown surfaces, tooled and smoothed. VF. SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. From the D.K. Collection.
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. temp. Ptolemy VI–VIII. Circa 180-116 BC. Æ (28.5mm, 19.61 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Series 7C. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Two eagles with their wings closed standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left. Svoronos 1424B (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and VIII); Faucher & Lorber Series 7C; SNG Copenhagen 308–10 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII). Brown surfaces, some roughness. VF.
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Kleopatra III & Ptolemy IX Soter II (Lathyros). 117/6-108/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23.5mm, 13.28 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Dated RY 8 (110/09 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; LH (date) to left, ΠA to right. Svoronos 1669; Olivier 5484–574; SNG Copenhagen 352. Toned, some roughness. VF.
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Kleopatra VII Thea Neotera. 51-30 BC. Æ Diobol – 80 Drachmai (27mm, 18.16 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, Π to right. Svoronos 1871; SNG Copenhagen 419–21. Brown surfaces, some roughness, smoothed. Good Fine.
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Kleopatra VII Thea Neotera. 51-30 BC. Æ Obol – 40 Drachmai (21.5mm, 8.82 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, M (mark of value) to right. Svoronos 1872; SNG Copenhagen 422–4. Brown surfaces, some green deposits, flan flaws, tooled and smoothed. Good Fine. SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS.
KYRENAICA, Kyrene. Circa 500-480 BC. AR Drachm (12.5mm, 3.89 g). Attic standard. Silphion fruit; pellet above, ring below / Patterned incuse square. Buttrey, Coins, Period I, Group 1A, 9–25 var. (unlisted variety); SNG Copenhagen –; cf. BMC 6; CNG 108, lot 395. Toned, deposits, roughness and light scratches, off center on obverse. Near VF. Rare.
KYRENAICA, Kyrene. Circa 500-480 BC. AR Hemiobol (6mm, 0.36 g). Attic standard. Silphion fruit / Incuse square, diagonally divided. Buttrey, Coins, Period I, Group 1A, 54; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC p. xxii, 8a. Porous, a little off center. Near VF. Rare.
KYRENAICA, Kyrene. Circa 331-322 BC. AV Tenth Stater (7.5mm, 0.85 g, 9h). Theopheides, magistrate. Head of Karneios left; ΘE to left / Head of female right. Naville 55 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 1202; BMC 56 var. (legend on rev.; same obv. die). VF.
KYRENAICA, Kyrene. temp. Magas. Circa 294-275 BC. AR Didrachm (19mm, 7.65 g, 1h). Head of Zeus Karneios right / Silphion plant; star to upper right. BMC 234–6; SNG Copenhagen 1236. A little die wear, small deposit on obverse. VF.
KYRENAICA, Kyrene. temp. Magas. Circa 294-275 BC. AR Didrachm (21mm, 7.57 g, 12h). Head of Zeus Karneios left / Silphion plant; stars to upper left and right. BMC 237; SNG Copenhagen 1237. A little off center on reverse. VF.
KYRENAICA, Kyrene. temp. Magas. Circa 294-275 BC. AR Didrachm (21.5mm, 7.51 g, 5h). Head of Zeus Karneios left / Silphion plant; monogram to upper left, star to upper right. BMC 238–41; SNG Copenhagen 1238 corr. (monogram). Lightly toned. VF. Fine style head of Zeus Karneios.
KYRENAICA, Kyrene. temp. Magas. Circa 294-275 BC. AR Didrachm (19.5mm, 7.72 g, 11h). Head of Zeus Karneios left / Silphion plant; monogram to upper left, star to upper right. BMC 238–41; SNG Copenhagen 1238 corr. (monogram). Lightly toned, a little off center on reverse. VF.
KYRENAICA, Kyrene. temp. Magas. Circa 294-275 BC. AR Didrachm (23mm, 7.63 g, 12h). Head of Zeus Karneios right / Silphion plant; to upper left, serpent coiled left; monogram to upper right. BMC 243a; SNG Copenhagen 1239 var. (head left). Light roughness, some scratches. VF.