Electronic Auction 537
Date: 2023-04-26 00:00:00
Lots: 969
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (25mm, 13.16 g, 12h). Dated CY 94 (33/2 BC). Laureate head of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, (koppa)Δ (date) above club; BN to right, Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 328 corr. (letter between legs [visible in photo]); HGC 10, 357; DCA 919. Rough surfaces. Fine.
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SAMARIA, Samarian-signed Series. Circa 375-333 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.72 g, 8h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Lion attacking stag crouching right; [ethnic to left]; in dotted square within incuse square. Meshorer & Qedar 77 var. (head left); Sofaer 34 var. (same). Light roughness, a little off center, small pit on reverse. VF. Very rare with head right. From the Joshua Lee Collection.
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SAMARIA, "Middle Levantine" Series. Circa 375-333 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.69 g, 9h). Gorgoneion / Rider, wearing Persian dress, holding spear aloft, riding horse right within incuse square. Cf. Meshorer & Qedar 125 (for rev. type); cf. Sofaer 158 (same); Roma XXII, lot 521; otherwise, unpublished in the standard references. Slight roughness. Good Fine. Very rare.
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SAMARIA, "Middle or Southern Levantine" Series. Circa 375-333 BC. AR Obol (12.5mm, 0.81 g, 6h). Gorgoneion / Gorgoneion within incuse circle. CNG E-515, lot 243; CNG E-321, lot 166 = M&M AG FPL 365, no. 18; CNG E-174, lot 69; Leu Numismatik Web Auction 11, lot 1144; otherwise, unpublished in the standard references. Granular surfaces, off center on obverse. VF. Rare.
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SAMARIA, "Middle or Southern Levantine" Series. Circa 375-333 BC. AR Obol (8.5mm, 0.48 g, 12h). Laureate and bearded head (of Ba'al?) right / Persian king, standing right, battling lion, standing left on its hind legs; A (in Phoenician) between; all within incuse square. Cf. Meshorer & Qedar 203 (for similar types); cf. Sofaer 134 (same); otherwise, unpublished in the standard references. Weakly struck, light porosity. Near VF.
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SAMARIA, "Middle or Southern Levantine" Series. Circa 375-333 BC. AR Hemiobol (7.5mm, 0.27 g, 6h). Galley left; waves below / Two figures in slow biga right within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. Some roughness. VF. Very rare.
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JUDAEA, Herodians. Herod I (the Great). 40-4 BCE. Æ Three Prutot (19mm, 3.31 g). Mint in Samaria (Sebaste?). Dated RY 3 (38/7 BCE). Macedonian shield / Crested helmet; L Γ (date) to left, monogram to right. A&F Type 2, dies O3/R5; Meshorer 45; Hendin 6205; RPC I 4902; HGC 10, 652; DCA 805. Green patina, smoothing. VF.
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JUDAEA, Herodians. Agrippa I. 37-43 CE. Æ (20.5mm, 7.84 g, 12h). Caesarea Maritima mint. Dated RY 7 (42/3 CE). Diademed and draped bust right; countermark: male head right within circular incuse / Tyche standing left, holding rudder and palm frond; L Z (date) to right. Meshorer 122; Hendin 6276; RPC I 4985. Brown surfaces, green and brown encrustation, off center on reverse. Fine.
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PHILISTIA (PALESTINE), Uncertain mint. Mid 5th century-333 BC. AR Drachm (15.5mm, 3.67 g, 5h). Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray to left; all within incuse square. Gitler & Tal VII.1D. Toned, rough surfaces. Good Fine.
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PHILISTIA (PALESTINE), Uncertain mint. Mid 5th century-333 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.85 g, 5h). Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right, with profile eye / Owl standing right; olive spray and crescent to left. Gitler & Tal X.1O. A little off center, minor roughness. VF.
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PHILISTIA (PALESTINE), Uncertain mint. Mid 5th century-333 BC. AR Drachm (15.5mm, 3.80 g, 9h). Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right, Semitic Ḥeth on cheek / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray to left; all within incuse square. Gitler & Tal XI.8D–10D var. (letter on cheek); Huth 6 (Gaza); CNG 118, lot 586. Lightly toned, porous, die break on reverse. VF. Rare.
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PHILISTIA (PALESTINE), Uncertain mint. Mid 5th century-333 BC. Fourrée Drachm (12mm, 2.49 g, 9h). Bearded head right / Paradise flower/Phoenician palmette, two birds confronted within volutes; below, dolphin right; all in dotted square within incuse square. For prototype: cf. Gitler & Tal XVII.6D; cf. HGC 10, 604. Light roughness, tiny breaks in plating, false test cut on reverse. Near VF.
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NABATAEA. Aretas IV, with Huldu. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40. AR Sela' – "Drachm" (15.5mm, 4.20 g, 12h). Petra mint. Dated RY 3 (7/6 BC). Laureate and draped bust of Aretas right / Veiled and draped bust of Huldu right; date in legend to left. CN 104; Meshorer, Nabataea 53; DCA 973. Toned, some roughness, scratches. Near VF.
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NABATAEA. Aretas IV, with Shuqailat I. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40. Æ (18.5mm, 3.50 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. Cf. CN 186 and 188; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 112 and 114. Earthen dark green patina, off center on obverse. Near VF.
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NABATAEA. Aretas IV, with Shuqailat I. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40. Æ (18.5mm, 461 g, 11h). 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. Cf. CN 186 and 188; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 112 and 114. Dark green patina, cleaning scratches, struck with worn obverse die. Near VF.
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ARABIA, Northwestern. Lihyan. 2nd–1st centuries BC. AR "Drachm" (13.5mm, 2.74 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. Compact flan, struck with worn reverse die. Good Fine.
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Xerxes I to Darios II. Circa 485-420 BC. AR Siglos (15.5mm, 5.37 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. Toned, granular surfaces, minor marks. VF.
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Artaxerxes II to Darios III. 4th century BC. AR Obol(?) (10mm, 0.63 g, 1h). Uncertain mint in western Asia Minor (Ionia or Caria?). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow / Head of Satrap right, wearing bashlyk. Corfù pl. 4, 3; BMC 25 (Mallos); Babelon, Perses 191 (Tarsos); Brindley 84 (Ionia or Caria); Sunrise 92 (Uncertain Cilicia). Some roughness. VF.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 13.39 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 275/4-272 BC. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, aegis around neck / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; to left, monogram above galatian shield; monogram to right. CPE 306; Svoronos 555; SNG Copenhagen 113. Toned, some roughness, cleaning scratches. Near VF.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 14.04 g, 11h). Ioppe (Joppa) mint. Dated RY 38 (248/7 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, aegis around neck / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; to left, civic monogram above ΓA monogram; to right, ΛH (date) above Θ. CPE 678; Svoronos 816; SNG Copenhagen –; DCA 18. Lightly toned, scratches. VF.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. Æ Drachm (42mm, 68.26 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Series 5B. Horned head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing tainia with basileion / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia to left, XP monogram between legs. CPE B395; Svoronos 964; SNG Copenhagen 171–2. Earthen green patina, some smoothing. VF.