Auction 124 - Session 2
Date: 2023-09-20 00:00:00
Lots: 314
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 2 . 406
INDIA, Post-Kushan (Gandhara). Kidara Shahis. Sri Shahi Kidara. Mid 5th-6th centuries AD. AV Dinar (24mm, 7.87 g, 12h). Nimbate king standing left, sacrificing over [altar] and holding [filleted standard]; filleted trident to left, śri śahi in Brahmi to right of altar, Kidara monogram in inner right field / Ardoxsho, nimbate, seated facing on throne, [holding filleted investiture garland] and cornucopia. MK pl. 176, 18/1 = A. Cunningham, "Coins of the Later Indo-Scythians-Little Kushans," NC 1893, 14; Donum Burns 1598. Toned, deposits. Near EF.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) I. AD 223/4-240. AR Drachm (27mm, 4.19 g, 3h). Mint B ("Hamadan"). Phase 3, circa AD 233/4-238/9. Bust right, wearing diadem (type R) / Fire altar (flames 1) with diadems (type R); pellets flanking second tier of altar base. SNS type VII(4a)/3b(2b); Saaedi 71; Sunrise 710 var. (pellets on base of altar). Light iridescent toning. EF. Attractive example and rarer type for this ruler. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 121 (6 October 2022), lot 682 (hammer $1300); Stack's Bowers & Ponterio 173 (8 January 2013), lot 282.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) I. AD 223/4-240. AR Hemidrachm (21mm, 2.11 g, 3h). Mint C ("Ctesiphon"). Phase 3, circa AD 233/4-238/9. Bust right, wearing diadem (type R) and merlon crown / Fire altar (flames 2) with diadems (type R). SNS type V(4a)/3a(2b); Saeedi 59-60; Sunrise 722 var. (rev. diadems [type G]). Slight doubling on reverse. Near EF. Very rare. From the Nisa Collection.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) I. AD 223/4-240. AR Obol (16mm, 0.65 g, 12h). Mint C ("Ctesiphon"). Phase 3, circa AD 233/4-238/9. Bust right, wearing diadem (type R) and merlon crown / Fire altar (flames 2) with diadems (type G). SNS type V(4a)/3a(2b); Saeedi 56 var. (rev. diadems [type R]); Saeedi 61; Sunrise 723 var. (same). Iridescent toning. Good VF. From the Nisa Collection.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AV Dinar (21mm, 7.38 g, 3h). Mint I ("Ctesiphon"). Phase 2, circa AD 260-272. Bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns; ˘ to right of altar shaft. SNS type IIc/1b, style P, group b and plate 30, 126 var. (no pellets); Saeedi AV4 var. (same); Sunrise 739 var. (same). Lightly toned, hint of underlying luster. EF.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AV Dinar (21mm, 7.33 g, 3h). Mint I ("Ctesiphon"). Phase 2, circa AD 260-272. Bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns; ˘ to right of altar shaft. SNS type IIc/1b, style P, group b and plate 30, 126 var. (no pellets); Saeedi AV4 var. (same); Sunrise 739 var. (same). Lightly toned, hint of underlying luster. EF.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) II, with Prince 3. AD 276-293. AR Hemidrachm (22mm, 2.15 g, 3h). Style E. Uncertain mint. Bust of Bahram right vis-à-vis bust of Prince 3 left; Bahram wearing winged crown with korymbos, prince wearing kolah with boar's head / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants, the left wearing mural crown, the right with winged crown with korymbos; triple pellets to right of flames. SNS type III(1)/1(1a) and cf. pl. 21, A55 (obol); Saeedi –; Sunrise –. Iridescent toning . Near EF. Very rare. From the Nisa Collection.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Vahrām (Bahram) II, with Queen and Prince 4. AD 276-293. AR Drachm (33mm, 4.32 g, 3h). Style A. 'Ctesiphon' mint. Jugate busts of Vahrām (Bahram), wearing winged crown with korymbos, and his queen, wearing kolah with boar's head, right, vis-a-vis bust of Prince 4, wearing kolah with eagle's head, left / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants facing outward, each wearing winged crown with korymbos; fravahr to left of flames. SNS type VIa(1)/2(1a), Style A; Sunrise –. Light iridescence. Good VF. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 121 (6 October 2022), lot 686; Classical Numismatic Group 88 (14 September 2011), lot 644.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Narseh (Narsē). AD 293-303AD 293-303. AR Drachm (24mm, 4.01 g, 3h). Style A/1. Ctesiphon mint. Phase 1. Bust right, wearing crown with arcades, three foliate branches, and korymbos; hair in single group / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants, both wearing mural crowns, the left with korymbos; fravahr and taurus symbol flanking flames. SNS type Ia/1a, Style A/1; Sunrise 802-3. Toned, minor deposits. Near EF. Ex Bellaria Collection (Triton VII, 12 January 2004), lot 605; Spink Numismatic Circular XC.6 (July 1982), no. 5625 (and illustrated on cover).
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SASANIAN KINGS. Narseh (Narsē). AD 293-303AD 293-303. AR Obol (15mm, 0.65 g, 9h). Style A/3. Mint C ("Ctesiphon"). Phase 3. Bust right, wearing crown with arcades and korymbos / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants, both wearing mural crowns, the left with korymbos. SNS type II (zu 1)/5b (–), Style A/3 and pl. 31, A31 (same dies); Saeedi 185; Sunrise 799-800. Lightly toned. Near EF. Very rare. From the Nisa Collection.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Yazdgird (Yazdgard) I, with Šābuhr (Shahpur) IV. AD 399-420. AR Drachm (28mm, 3.78 g, 3h). Uncertain ("Western") mint. Struck AD 414-420. Bust right on floral ornament, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos; pseudo-legend around / šhpwhry zy lba 'lmn'n mlk' (Shahpur the great king of the Armenians) in Pahlavi, bust right, wearing ram's horn crown with ribbons. SNS type Ib1/7 (no example in catalog); SNS Schaaf 404; Saaedi –; Göbl –; De Morgan –; Sunrise –; Zeno –. Traces of find patina, porosity and light roughness, slight double strike on reverse, lightly crystallized surfaces. Good VF. Extremely rare, one of three known, and the only one with a fully readable legend. From the Nisa Collection.Appointed king of Sasanian Armenia by his father Yazdgird I in AD 414, Šābuhr IV, ruled that territory with reconciliation and amicable relations with the local nobility. When Yazdgird I was assassinated at Hyrcania in AD 420, Šābuhr rushed to the capital at Ctesiphon to claim the succession. His reign, however, was brief, since he was subsequently murdered by the nobles and priests. As all three specimens appear to have been struck in an ad hoc manner, and perhaps suppressed shortly thereafter (an thus their extreme rarity), this coin may have been struck upon Šābuhr's arrival at Ctesiphon.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Pērōz (Fīrūz) I. AD 457/9-484. AR Drachm (26.5mm, 4.13 g, 3h). Local issue of a Type 3. BYŠ (Bishapur) mint. Struck circa AD 477-484. Bust left, 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; illegible inscription on left, BYŠ in Pahlavi on right on right. SNS –, but cf. IIIb/1e (for standard type); SNS Schaaf 404; Saaedi –; Göbl –; De Morgan –; Sunrise –; Zeno –. Toned, deposits, cleaning marks. Good VF. Apparently unique variety with the bust left. None in CoinArchives or Zeno.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Vālaxš (Balāsh). AD 484-488. AR Obol (13.5mm, 0.47 g, 3h). ST (Stakhr) mint. Bust right, wearing merlon crown with korymbos set on crescent, ribbon on left shoulder, flames on right / Fire altar with ribbons and head of Balash right on shaft; attendants flanking, star and crescent flanking flames. Cf. SNS type Ib/1b (drachm); Saeedi –; Sunrise –. Iridescent toning, some surface granularity/porosity. EF. Extremely rare. From the Nisa Collection.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Kavād (Kavādh) II. AD 628. AR Drachm (31mm, 4.19 g, 3h). AYLAN (Susa?) mint. Dated RY 2 (AD 628). Bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos set on crescent / Fire altar with ribbons; attendants flanking; star and crescent flanking flame. Malek, Kavad 31-50 (this coin not recorded); Sunrise 991. Iridescent toning. EF. From the Nisa Collection. Ex Peus 386 (26 April 2006), lot 461.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Bōrān. AD 630-631. AR Drachm (33mm, 4.05 g, 3h). SK (Sakastān) mint. Dated RY 2 (AD 630/1). Bust right, wearing crown with two wings and korymbos set on crescent; ribbon on left shoulder, crescent and ribbon on right; star and star-in-crescent flanking crown; star-in-crescents in margin / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; RY date to left, mint signature to right; star-in-crescents in margin. Malek & Curtis 29-73; SC Tehran –; SNS Schaaf 689-91; Sunrise 1006. Toned with traces of iridescence, light marks under tone, areas of slight double strike. Near EF. From the James Fox Collection, purchased 16 November 1986.
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KUSHANO-SASANIANS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) (I–II). Circa AD 230-245. AV Dinar (26.5mm, 7.72 g, 12h). Imitating Kushan king Vasudeva I. Uncertain mint in Baktria. Early series. Vasudeva standing left, flames on shoulder, holding filleted standard, sacrificing over altar to left; filleted trident to left; pellet to right of altar; between legs, pellet above retrograde swastika; τ to right of leg; triple pellets below arm; tamgha to right / Ithyphallic Siva standing facing, holding a garland or diadem and trident with O on shaft; behind, the bull Nandi standing left; pellet and tamgha to upper left; triple pellets below Nandi's head; additional pellet to left of rear leg. MK 688; ANS Kushan –; Donum Burns –. Traces of deposits, double struck. EF. Rare.
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Hephthalites. Anonymous. Circa 484/8-560. AR Drachm (29.5mm, 4.15 g, 9h). Half-length bust of chieftain left, with hand on hip, holding drinking cup; βο ηβοκο in Baktrian to around / Sasanian-style bust imitating Vahrām (Bahram) V left. Cf. Vondrovec [Göbl, Hunnen] Type 287A-B; cf. Alram, Schatfund 47-8; cf. Göbl, Dokumente pl. 84, E25 = Zeno 42957 (all refs for type). Near EF. Very rare.
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Hephthalites. Anonymous. Circa 484/8-560. AR Drachm (29.5mm, 4.08 g, 3h). Half-length bust of chieftain left, with hand on hip, holding drinking cup; βο ηβοκο in Baktrian to around / Sasanian-style bust imitating Vahrām (Bahram) V right. Cf. Vondrovec [Göbl, Hunnen] Type 287A-B; cf. Alram, Schatfund 47-8; cf. Göbl, Dokumente pl. 84, E25 = Zeno 42957 (all refs for type). Deposits in devices. VF. Very rare.
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GAUL, Nemausus. Augustus, with Agrippa. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ Dupondius (25mm, 13.33 g, 3h). Struck AD 10-14. Heads of Agrippa, wearing combined rostral crown and laurel wreath, and Augustus, laureate, back to back / Crocodile right, chained to palm frond with wreath at top with long ties to right; two palm fronds at base. RPC I 525; RIC I 159-61; SNG Copenhagen 700-1. Dark green patina, minor roughness. Good VF. Ex Dr. Walter Stoecklin (†1975) Collection (Nomos Obolos 9, 25 March 2018), lot 140.
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THRACE, Anchialus. Gordian III, with Tranquillina. AD 238-244. Æ Pentassarion (26mm, 10.56 g, 1h). Struck AD 241-244. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gordian right vis-à-vis draped bust of Tranquillina, wearing stephane right / Galley under sail right, with captain and oarsmen, waves below. Tachev, Anchialos 705 (O2/R155) = RPC VII.2 1156.15 (this coin); AMNG 682; Varbanov 699. Dark green patina, minor smoothing. Good VF. Ex Triton IX (10 January 2006), lot 1550.
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CORINTHIA, Corinth. 34-31 BC. Æ As (22mm, 5.38 g, 9h). Q. Caecilius Niger and Gaius Heius Pamphilus, duoviri. Filleted head of Aphrodite right / Pegasus rearing right. Amandry VIb (D4/R151) = BCD Corinth 328 (this coin). Dark brown patina, light marks. Near EF. Ex Gary Davies Collection (Freeman & Sear 10, 11 February 2004), lot 285; BCD Collection (Lanz 105, 26 November 2001), lot 328; Rhousopoulos Collection (Hirsch XIII, 15 May 1905), lot 2313.