Electronic Auction 535
Date: 2023-03-29 00:00:00
Lots: 944
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BAKTRIA, Indo-Greek Kingdom. Zoilos III Soter. Circa 45-35 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 2.30 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right / Athena Alkidemos advancing left; ghi(?) in Kharosthi to left; to right, monogram above gu in Kharosthi. Cf. Bopearachchi Série 1 (Zoilos II); HGC 12, 465 (Zoilos II). Toned, crystallized surfaces. VF.
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YUEZHI. Sapadbizes. Late 1st century BC. AR Hemidrachm (15.5mm, 1.38 g, 12h). CAΠAΔBIZHC, helmeted and draped bust right / NANAIA to left and right, lion standing right; crescent and Λ above. Senior A6.1; HGC 12, 516. Traces of find patina, deposits, some porosity. VF.
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KHWAREZMIA, Afrighids. Kanik. Second half of 7th century AD. Æ (28.5mm, 5.53 g, 3h). Diademed and crowned bust right / King on horseback right, holding whip; tamgha to left. Vainberg Г IV/7; Zeno 219314. Brown patina, some roughness. VF. Very rare.
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INDIA, Kushan Empire. temp. Kujula Kadphises – Vima Takto. Circa AD 80-113. CU Didrachm (23mm, 8.30 g, 12h). "Soter Megas" issue. Uncertain (possibly Begram) mint. Radiate and diademed bust right, holding scepter; tamgha to left; five rays / King on horseback right, holding ax; tamgha to lower right. Senior B17.1vT (listed as tetradrachm); ANS Kushan 196-8; Donum Burns 60. Brown patina, light roughness. VF.
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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127-151. CU Didrachm (23.5mm, 8.32 g, 12h). Main mint in Kapisha (Begram?). Early phase. Kanishka, diademed and crowned, standing facing, head left, holding goad and scepter, sacrificing over altar to left; flame at shoulder / HΛIOC to right, radiate and diademed Helios, left hand on hip, standing left, raising right hand in benediction; tamgha to left. MK 766; ANS Kushan 391-402; Donum Burns 143-5. Dark green patina, some earthen deposits and hard green, light peripheral weakness. VF. Rare.
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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Huvishka. Circa AD 152-192. CU Tetradrachm (24mm, 16.44 g, 12h). Main mint in Kapisha (Begram?). Early phase. Huvishka seated facing cross-legged, holding ankuśa (elephant goad) or sword and scepter; trace of clouds below / Mao standing left, extending hand in benediction and holding hilt of sword; tamgha to left. MK 837; ANS Kushan 939-44; Donum Burns 326-9. Brown patina with earthen and green deposits, cleaning marks. Near VF.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Ohrmazd (Hormizd) II. AD 303-309. AR Drachm (28mm, 4.28 g, 6h). Style A/3 . Mint A ("Ctesiphon"). Bust right, wearing eagle crown with korymbos; taurus symbol on korymbos / Fire altar with ribbon and bust facing in flames; flanked by two attendants, the left wearing winged crown with korymbos, the other wearing mural crown; taurus symbol to right of flames. SNS type I(1)/1ab(1a) and pl. 7, 28. Find patins, some porosity. Good VF.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Narseh (Narsē). AD 293-303. AR Drachm (28mm, 3.73 g, 3h). Style D/2. Uncertain mint. Phase 1. Bust right, wearing crown with arcades, three foliate branches, and korymbos; hair in single group / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants, both wearing mural crowns, the left with korymbos; fravahr and taurus symbol flanking flames. SNS type Ia (?)/2a (5); Sunrise –. Traces of deposits, some cleaning marks and tooling. VF.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Ohrmazd (Hormizd) II. AD 303-309. AR Drachm (28mm, 4.28 g, 6h). Style A/3 . Mint A ("Ctesiphon"). Bust right, wearing eagle crown with korymbos / Fire altar with ribbon and bust facing in flames; flanked by two attendants, the left wearing winged crown with korymbos, the other wearing mural crown. SNS type Ia/3a; Sunrise 815. Light iridescent toning, a couple of tiny edge splits. EF. Ex Goldberg 120 (2 February 2021), lot 1073; Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 306 (10 July 2013), lot 225.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) II. AD 379-383. AR Drachm (27mm, 3.96 g, 2h). Mint II ("Eastern"). Crowned bust right / Fire altar flanked by attendants. SNS III type Ia/3b; Sunrise –. light encrustation, chipped edge. VF. Ex Goldberg 120 (2 February 2021), lot 1075; Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 260 (20 July 2011), lot 356.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Yazdgird (Yazdgard) I. AD 399-420. AR Drachm (16mm, 1.47 g, 3h). Bust right [on floral ornament], wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; traces of l'st in Pahlavi on altar shaft. SNS type Ib1/1a, Var. 4 and pl. 56, 77 = Berlin, 1876 Guthrie; Sunrise –. Toned, clipped down to below the weight of a hemidrachm. VF. Very rare. Though this piece at first glance appears to have been simply modified for use in jewelry, the presence of a very similarly reduced weight coin in the Berlin collection suggests that this is not a one off oddity.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Pērōz (Fīrūz) I. AD 457/9-484. AR Drachm (26.5mm, 4.05 g, 3h). Type 2. AH mint. Struck circa AD 458-465. Bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent, korymbos set on crescent, and rear merlon; c/m: fravahr / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. For coin: SNS type IIa/1e; for c/m: SNS III A7 and A11 (Peroz). Deposits, light die rust. VF.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Pērōz (Fīrūz) I. AD 457/9-484. AR Drachm (26mm, 3.50 g, 3h). Type 3. AT (Ādurbādagān) mint. Struck circa AD 477-484. Bust right, wearing crown with two wings, frontal crescent, and korymbos set on crescent, ribbon over each shoulder / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SNS type IIIb/1e; Sunrise –. Toned, traces of die rust. EF.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Vālaxš (Balāsh). AD 484-488. AR Drachm (29mm, 3.98 g, 3h). AW mint. Struck circa AD 485-488. Bust right, wearing mural crown with korymbos set on crescent, ribbon on left shoulder, flames on right; c/m: fravahr / Fire altar with ribbons and head of Balash right on shaft; attendants flanking, star and crescent flanking flames. For coin: SNS III Type Ib/1b; Sunrise –For coin: SNS type IIa/1e; for c/m: SNS III A7 and A11 (Peroz). Deposits in devices. VF.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Husrav (Khosrau) IV or V. AD 631-637(?). AR Drachm (33mm, 4.20 g, 3h). Mule with Husrav (Khosrau) II obverse. AYLAN mint. Dated RY 2 (AD 632/3). Bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent, two wings, and star-in-crescent; 'pd in Pahlavi in outer margin / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SC Tehran –; Sunrise –; cf,. Malek, Late, fig. 25 [WYH mint); Zeno 216430 var. (no 'pd in margin). Hint of iridescence, traces of deposits, scratch on obverse. Good VF. Very rare.
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Alchon Huns. Mihirakula. Circa 515-540. AR Drachm (24.5mm, 2.27 g, 3h). . Crowned bust right; filleted parasol behind, filleted trident before / Fire altar, attendants flanking. Vondrovec Type 310. Toned, traces of deposits, area of hard green encrustation. Fine.
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Uncertain. Tobazini and his successors. Circa AD 420-475. AR Drachm (28mm, 3.19 g, 9h). Uncertain mint in Bactria or north of the Hindu Kush. Bust right, wearing winged merlon crown with korymbos set on crescent; trace of tamgha to right / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants. Cf. Vondrovec [Göbl, Hunnen] Type 32 (for type); Zeno 189298. Iridescent toning, areas of find patina, cleaning marks, tiny pin hole. VF.
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LOCAL ISSUES, Taxila. Circa 220-165 BC. Uniface Æ (17mm, 4.33 g). Bull with Hill type. Bull standing left; to left, three-arched hill surmounted by crescent / Blank. AICR 1075; HGC 12, 793. Brown and green patina, some encrustation. VF.
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SPAIN, Carthago Nova. temp. Octavian. Circa 31-27 BC. Æ Semis (19mm, 5.59 g, 4h). L. Bennius praefectus Imperatoris Caesaris and Q Varius Hiberus praefectus M. Agrippae quinquenales. Bare head (of Agrippa?) right / Trophy. ACIP 3134; RPC I 164; Burgos 589. Brown patina, light deposits, cleaning scratches. Fine. From the Conti Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Review XIX, 3 (3rd Quarter, 1994), no. 519.
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SPAIN, Carthago Nova. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ As (27mm, 12.99 g, 1h). C. Var. Rufus and Sex. Iul. Pol, duoviri quinquennalis. Laureate head right / Simpulum, aspergillum, securis, and apex. ACIP 3137; RPC I 167; Burgos 577. Brown patina, some porosity. VF. From the Conti Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear 9 (16 July 2003), lot 234.
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SPAIN, Carthago Nova. Tiberius, with Gaius (Caligula) as Caesar. AD 14-37. Æ Quadrans (18mm, 3.23 g, 11h). Laureate head of Tiberius left / Bare head of Gaius Caligula left. ACIP 3154h; RPC I 184; Burgos 611. Earthen brown patina, reverse off center. VF. Rare reverse legend variety with ligate NK. From the Conti Collection.