Electronic Auction 557
Date: 2024-03-06 00:00:00
Lots: 1029
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INDO-PARTHIANS, Gondopharid Dynasty. Aspabharata. Circa 1st century AD. AR Drachm (15mm, 2.14 g, 11h). Gondophares-Sases type. Sind mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing chain necklace and tiara decorated with tangha; additional tamgha to left / Nike advancing right, holding palm frond and filleted wreath; bhu in Kharosthi to right. Senior 245.1-2D. Traces of find patina, porosity, pitting on reverse, light marks. Near VF. Rare.
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INDO-PARTHIANS, Gondopharid Dynasty. Aspabharata. Circa 1st century AD. AR Drachm (16mm, 1.63 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust left, wearing chain necklace and tiara decorated with tamgha; additional tamgha to left / Nike advancing right, holding palm frond and filleted wreath; pa in Kharosthi to left. Senior 245 var. (Nike left); Sunrise 495 var. (letter in field on rev.); cf. Zeno 207475 = CNG E-425, lot 260. Areas of find patina, cleaning marks, roughness and surface crystallization, rverse off center. Near VF. Extremely rare.
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INDO-SKYTHIANS. Maues. Circa 125-85 BC. CU (25mm, 9.76 g, 12h). Artemis, radiate, standing right / Zebu standing left; monogram to left. Senior 13.2; HGC 12, 532. Earthen brown patina, coppery highlights, a few light marks, hint of smoothing. VF. Rare.
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INDO-SKYTHIANS. Maues. Circa 125-85 BC. CU (24.5x26mm, 11.20 g, 12h). Square module. Selene standing facing, hand on hip, holding scepter; stars flanking / Nike standing left; monogram to lower left. Senior 17.1; HGC 12, 631. Earthen brown patina, light cleaning marks, slight smoothing, small flan crack. Good VF. Rare.
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INDO-SKYTHIANS. Azes. Circa 58-12 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 9.55 g, 12h). Azes right on horseback, holding whip; tra in Kharosthi in exergue / Athena Alkidemos left; monogram to left, a in Kharosthi to right. Senior 90.14T; HGC 12, 631. Toned, deposits. Good VF.
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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127-151. CU Tetradrachm (25mm, 16.36 g, 12h). Subsidiary mint in Gandhara (Peshawar?). Unlisted phase. Kanishka standing left, sacrificing over altar and holding standard / Miiro (Mithras) standing facing, head left, raising hand in benediction; other hand on sword; tamgha to left. MK 796; ANS Kushan –, but cf. 632 (same); Donum Burns 185 . Earthen brown patina, hard green deposits. VF. Very rare.
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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Huvishka. Circa AD 151-190. AV Dinar (20mm, 8.03 g, 12h). Main mint in Baktria (Balkh?). Late phase. Nimbate, diademed, and crowned half-length bust left on clouds, holding mace scepter and filleted spear / Ardoxsho, wearing stephane, standing facing, head right, extending cornucopia with both hands; 7 to right. MK 286 (O12/R42) = BM Inv. 1879,0501.46 (same dies); ANS Kushan 749 = Adams III, lot 2123 (same obv. die); Donum Burns 263. Lightly toned, traces of double strike, reverse struck with rusty die, small edge mark. Near EF.
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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Huvishka. Circa AD 151-190. CU Tetradrachm (24mm, 10.37 g, 12h). Subsidiary mint in Gandhara (Peshawar?). Early phase. Huvishka, diademed and crowned, sitting cross-legged facing on clouds or mountain, head right, hand on hip, holding mace-scepter and filleted standar / [A]PΔ[OX]ÞO, Ardoxsho standing facing, head left, holding diadem and cornucopia; tamgha to left. Cf. MK 878/1 (for rev.); ANS Kushan –; Donum Burns 356. Black-green surfaces, areas of weakness. VF. Extremely rare.
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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Vasudeva I. Circa AD 190-230. AV Dinar (20mm, 8.05 g, 12h). Main mint in Baktria (Balkh?). Early phase. Vasudeva, nimbate, helmeted, and diademed, standing facing, head left, holding trident, sacrificing over altar to left; filleted trident to left / OÞhO (sic) to right, Siva standing facing, holding a garland or diadem and trident; behind, the bull Nandi standing left; tamgha to upper left. MK 512 (dies unlisted); ANS Kushan 1082; Donum Burns 423-4. Lightly toned, obverse struck with worn and rusty die. Near EF.
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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka III. Circa AD 267-270. CU Unit (19mm, 4.31 g, 11h). Main mint in Taxila. Kanishka standing left, holding filleted standard, sacrificing over altar to left; filleted trident to left; ga in Brahmi to right of altar; gho in Brahmi between legs; hu in Brahmi to right of scepter / Large tamgha within circular pelleted border. Cf. MK 1019 (for obv.) and 1020 ([Vasudeva] for rev.); cf. ANS Kushan 1646 (for obv.); cf. Donum Burns 653-65 (for obv.) and 727-8 ([Vasudeva] for rev.); Zeno #308174 . Earthen dark green patina. VF. Extremely rare rare.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AR Drachm (26mm, 4.25 g, 3h). Mint I ("Ctesiphon"). Phase 2, circa AD 260-272. Bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos; fravahr on korymbos / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns; taurus symbol altar shaft. SNS type IIc/1b, Style P; Sunrise –. Lightly toned with iridescence, deposits in devices, some light marks. Good VF.
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KUSHANO-SASANIANS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) (I–II). Circa AD 230-245. AV Dinar (24mm, 7.98 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; triple pellets between legs; to right, rosette of five pellets above tamgha / Ithyphallic Siva standing facing, wearing belt across chest, holding a garland or diadem and trident with O on shaft; behind, the bull Nandi standing left; tamgha to upper left ; + below Nandi's head; triple pellets above Nandi's rump. MK 670; ANS Kushan –; Donum Burns –. Lightly toned, traces of deposits, obverse double struck. Good VF.
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KUSHANO-SASANIANS. Pērōz (Fīrūz) II. Circa AD 303-330. Æ Unit (15mm, 2.18 g, 3h). Main mint in Baktria (Balkh?). Crowned bust right / Half-length bust, holding wreath and spear, emerging from fire altar. MK 1081; ANS Kushan 2343-9; Donum Burns 954-973. Dark brown patina, slightly worn at high points, hard green deposits. Good VF.
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Western Turks. Sri Sahi. After 679. BI Drachm (30mm, 3.11 g, 3h). Nezak style bust right; tamgha to left / Fire altar with attendants. Vondrovec [Göbl, Hunnen] Type 236. Find patina, slightly worn at edge, earthen deposits, marks under patina, a couple of tiny edge splits. VF.
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Western Turks. Spur Martan Shah. Late 7th century AD. AR Drachm (31mm, 3.23 g, 9h). Facing crowned Sasanian-style bust, to upper left, [senmurv protome right]; c/m: lion head right within incuse, placed over senmurv / Facing bust of Adur. For coin: Vondrovec [Göbl, Hunnen] Type 216; for c/m: Göbl, Dokumente KM 106. Lightly toned, deposits. Host coin: Near VF; c/m: Good VF.
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LOCAL ISSUES, Kabul. Shahis (Shahiyas). Spalapati. Circa 750-900. AR Jital (20mm, 3.30 g, 6h). Horseman right, holding banner; gu in Nagari to left; symbol to right / śri spalapatideva in Nagari, recumbent zebu to left with symbol on rump. Tye 4.2. Iridescent toning, deposits. VF.
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LOCAL ISSUES, Uncertain. Śri Jadevarati. Æ (19.5mm, 2.22 g, 6h). Female human-bird hybrid (kimnara) standing left with arms raised in dancing posture / Uncertain figure kneeling right; śri jadevarati in Nagari. Apparently unpublished in standard references. Earthen green and brown patina, small edge split. VF.
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SPAIN, Acci. Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ As (26mm, 12.06 g, 1h). Bare head right / Two aquilae facing one another between two signa. ACIP 3011; RPC I 143. Red-brown patina, scratches, porosity. Near VF. Ex Variato Collection (Jesus Vico, 14 October 2021), lot 1015; Áureo 53 (18 January 1995), lot 241.
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SPAIN, Caesaraugusta. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ As (27mm, 11.20 g, 6h). Lucius Cassius and Gaius Valerius Fene., duoviri. Laureate head left / Priest plowing left with yoke of oxen, holding whip. ACIP 3033; RPC I 309.41 (this coin). Red-brown patina, cleaning scratches, light porosity. VF. Ex Künker eLive 66 (4 May 2021), lot 195; Munz Zentrum 63 (13 April 1988), lot 1205.
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SPAIN, Caesaraugusta. Tiberius. AD 14-37. Æ As (27mm, 10.35 g, 3h). Marcus Cato and Lucius Vettiacus, duoviri. Struck AD 31/2. Laureate head left / Priest plowing left with yoke of oxen, holding whip. ACIP 3075; RPC I 349. Red-brown patina, slight roughness. Near VF. Ex Variato Collection (Jesus Vico, 14 October 2021), lot 1118; Áureo 53 (18 January 1995), lot 264.
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SPAIN, Caesaraugusta. Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ As (29.5mm, 12.92 g, 9h). Scipio and Montanus, duoviri. Bare head left / Priest plowing right with yoke of oxen, holding whip. ACIP 3104c; RPC I 375. Red-brown surfaces, porosity. Near VF. Ex Tauler & Fau 117 (2 November 2022), lot 4126.