NABATAEA. Aretas IV. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40. Æ (13.5mm, 2.40 g, 12h). Petra mint. Struck circa 9/8 BC. Laureate head right / Two cornucopias; palm frond to right. CN 94; Meshorer, Nabataea 63A (Phaṣael). Earthen dark green-brown patina, off center, cleaning scratches. Near VF.
NABATAEA. Aretas IV. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40. Æ Quarter Unit (15mm, 2.41 g, 12h). Petra mint. Struck circa AD 1/2. Laureate head right / Quarter (in Nabataean, mark of value) within wreath. CN 134c; Meshorer, Nabataea 82. Dark brown surfaces, with some green, off center. Good Fine.
NABATAEA. Aretas IV. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40. Æ (13.5mm, 1.65 g, 12h). Petra mint. Struck circa 9/8 BC–AD 15/6. Laureate head right / Crossed cornucopias. CN 150m; Meshorer, Nabataea 71. Earthen dark green patina, some cleaning marks. VF.
NABATAEA. Aretas IV, with Shuqailat I. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40. Æ (18mm, 3.85 g, 12h). Petra mint. Struck circa AD 17/8-39/40. Jugate draped busts right of Aretas, laureate, and Shuqailat, wearing Isis crown; letters above / Crossed cornucopias. CN 188; Meshorer, Nabataea 112. Earthen dark green patina, cleaning scratches. VF.
NABATAEA. Rabbel II, with Shuqailat II. AD 70/1-105/6. AR Sela' – "Drachm" (14mm, 3.05 g, 12h). Petra mint. Dated RY 2 (AD 70/1). Laureate and draped bust of Rabbel right; date in legend to left / Veiled and draped bust of Shuqailat right. CN 216; Meshorer, Nabataea 143; DCA 985. Lightly toned, flan flaws, scratches, a little off center on obverse. VF.
ARABIA, Northwestern. Lihyan. Circa 350-250 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 3.68 g, 10h). Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye; O (Aramaic 'ē) before crest / Incuse owl standing right, head facing; uncertain object to upper left (head of ram downward?), Aramaic legend to right; all within incuse square. Huth, Athenian, fig. 6, b; Huth 35 var. (legend). Lightly toned, light porosity, scratch and off center on obverse, slightly off center on reverse. Fine. Extremely rare.
ARABIA, Northwestern. Lihyan. 2nd–1st centuries BC. AR "Drachm" (12.5mm, 1.35 g, 9h). Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye; monogram (mark of value?) on cheek / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to lower left; all within incuse square . Cf. CNG E-527, lot 146; cf. CNG 112, lot 351; cf. CNG 109, lot 364; cf Leu Numismatik AG Web Auction 7, lot 556; cf. Huth 39 for similar style (idiosyncratic to this mint); otherwise unpublished in the standard references. Lightly toned, compact flan, minor porosity. VF.
ARABIA, Southern. Himyar. Tha'rān Ya'ūb Yuhan'im. Circa AD 175-215. AR Unit (15mm, 1.87 g, 6h). 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 449–50; SNG ANS –. Some find patina. VF. Ex Album 40 (13 May 2021), lot 1996.
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Xerxes I to Darios II. Circa 485-420 BC. AR Siglos (14.5mm, 5.49 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb A/B (pl. XII); Meadows, Administration 322; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 17; Sunrise 25. Lightly toned, banker's mark on reverse. VF.
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Artaxerxes I to Darios II. Circa 455-420 BC. AR Siglos (14.5mm, 5.05 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). Lightly toned, numerous bankers' marks, test punch on obverse. Coin: Fine; bankers' marks: VF or better. From the Estate of Frank Arnold.
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Artaxerxes II. Circa 360 BC. AR Obol (11mm, 0.64 g, 7h). Uncertain mint in Cilicia. Crowned and bearded head right (of Persian Great King?) / Forepart of Pegasos right. Mildenberg, Kleingeld 24; Göktürk –; SNG BN 482–4. A little off center, struck with worn dies. Good VF.
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Artaxerxes III. Circa 340 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.62 g, 2h). Uncertain mint in Cilicia. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, bow in case on back, standing right, fighting griffin standing left on hind legs; all within shallow incuse square / Forepart of lion left, head facing. Mildenberg, Kleingeld 37; Göktürk 39; SNG Levante 215. Some roughness and die wear. VF. Rare.
UNCERTAIN EAST. Late 5th-4th centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 16.24 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. For prototype: cf. Kroll 8; cf. HGC 4, 1597. Find patina, some patches of roughness. Good VF. Ex Goldberg 116 (2 June 2020), lot 830 (erroneously as an official issue of Athens).
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305/4 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 16.85 g, 10h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Memphis or Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 323-317 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; rose in left field, ΔI-O below throne. CPE 19; Svoronos –; Zervos Issue 2C, dies 202/a; Price 3971 var. (position of letters on rev.); ANS inv. 1947.98.317 (same dies). Lightly toned, shallow cut on obverse, light scratches on reverse, edge flaw. Good VF.
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305/4-282 BC. Æ Diobol (27mm, 16.67 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Series 2D, circa 294-282 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle, with spread wings, standing left on thunderbolt; A to left. CPE B40; Svoronos 184; SNG Copenhagen –. Brown surfaces. VF.
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. Æ Drachm (41mm, 70.05 g, 1h). Alexandreia mint. Struck mid-late 260s BC. Horned head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing tainia with basileion / Two eagles standing left on thunderbolt; Λ between legs of left eagle. CPE B247; Svoronos 479; SNG Copenhagen 149. Mottled brown patina. Near VF. From the Estate of Frank Arnold.
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy IV Philopator. 222-205/4 BC. Æ Tetrobol (37.5mm, 53.61 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Series 5E, struck circa 219-205/4 BC. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle, wings spread, standing left, head right, on thunderbolt; ΣE between legs; c/m to left: cornucopia within incuse rectangle. CPE B503b; Svoronos 1149; SNG Copenhagen 210–1. Brown patina. VF. From the Estate of Frank Arnold. Ex WCM Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 460, 29 January 2020), lot 333; VAuctions 218 (18 December 2008), lot 85.
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Kleopatra III & Ptolemy IX Soter II (Lathyros). 116-107 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.75 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Dated RY 7 (111/0 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; LZ (date) to left, ΠΑ to right. Svoronos 1668; Olivier 5393–483; SNG Copenhagen –; DCA 60. Rough surfaces, scratches on reverse. Near VF.
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Kleopatra VII Thea Neotera. 51-30 BC. Æ Diobol – 80 Drachmai (25mm, 16.13 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, Π to right. Svoronos 1871; Weiser 183; SNG Copenhagen 419–21; Noeske 380–2. Minor tooling. In ANACS encapsulation 7320855, graded VF 25 (tooling not noted). Ex Classical Numismatic Group 96 (14 May 2014), lot 599; Classical Numismatic Group 94 (18 September 2013), lot 790.