Auction No. 43
Nabataean Kingdom. Petra . Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AD 20-40.Bronze Æ. 18 mm, 4,75 g. Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; letter before / Crossed cornucopia; Meshorer, Nabataea 114; SNG ANS 1438-43; Sofaer 67-9.
Roman Provincial JUDAEA, Ascalon. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Time of Hadrian, AD 117-138. Æ . Dated CY 222 (118/9 CE). (3.23g, 14mm) Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right / War galley with oars right; BKC (date) above. Rosenberger 70; RPC III 4004.9 (this coin); Sofaer 125.
Tetradrachm of Alexandria. Eygpt, Dated Year 1 . Obv possible Aurelian (270-275 A.D.) Legend degraded Laureate head right possible Rev. Eagle standing right, head left, with wreath in its beak dated L A on both sides.
Lot 76
Judaea Capta.
Vespasian. Silver Denarius (3.50 g), AD 69-79. Judaea Capta type. Rome, AD 69/70. [IMP C]AESAR VESPASIANVS A[VG], laureate head of Vespasian right. Reverse: IVDAEA in exergue, Jewess seated right, head resting on hand in attitude of mourning; behind, trophy. RIC 2; Hendin 1479; BN 23-5; BMC 36-7; RSC 226.
Lot 77
Italian States-Venice.
Italian States-Venice, Doge Andrea Contarini (1368-1382) AR Grosso, 1370-1382, Venice Mint, Filippo Barbarigo (May 10, 1370-May 18, 1385) as Mintmaster Obverse: ANDR . 9TARENO-. S . M . VENETI . St. Mark and the Doge standing facing, holding pendant flag between them, D / V / X in center fieldReverse: IC | XC, Christ, nimbate, enthroned facing, holding book of Gospels * | F across fields20mm, 1.83gr VF
Justin II (565-578). Æ 40 Nummi (28mm, 10.29g, 3h). Nicomedia, year 7 (572/3). Justin and Sophia, both nimbate, enthroned facing; Justin holding globus cruciger and Sophia holding cruciform sceptre. R/ Large M; cross above, date across fields, A/NIKO. MIBE 46a; DOC 98a; Sear 369. Green patina, VF
Antiochos VII Euergetes AR Tetradrachm Seleukid Kings of Syria. Antiochos VII. Euergetes Sidetes (138-129 BC). AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.45g), SE 180 (=133/132 BC), Tyre.Obv. Diademed head to right.Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, monogram above club; to right, monogram above date; monogram between legs. SNG Spaer 2061; Newell, Tyre 131.
Lot 80
Attica. Athens
Attica. Athens circa 440 BC. Tetradrachm AR Silver 25 mm., 16.78 g. Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry and crescent moon in upper left field, all within incuse square.About VF . Kroll 8; HGC 4, 1597.
Lot 81
BACTRIA, Eukratides
Baktria, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom, Eukratides I AR Tetradrachm. Circa 171-145 BC. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, wearing crested helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear / BAΣIΛΩΣ MEΓAΛOY EYKPATIΔOY, the Dioskouroi on horses rearing right, holding palms and spears; monogram to lower right. Mitchiner Type 177ff; Bopearachchi series 6AA. 16.41g, 33mm, About VF
CILICIA TARSOS Bronze, ca. 165-80 BC. (6.72gm. 21mm. ) Turreted and veiled head of Tyche right // Monument of Sandan BMC 104. SNG Cop. 335. Very fine
Egypt, Ptolemaic Kings. Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos (Auletes). 80-58 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.11 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Dated RY 1 (81/80 BC). Diademed bust of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; L A (date) to left, ΠΑ to right. Svoronos 1734
Egypt. Ptolemy VI. Tetradrachm. 180-145 BC. Alexandria. (Svoronos-1483 similar). Rev.: BAΣIΛEOΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle with closed wings, standing on winged thunderbolt, at left LAB. 26mm, 14.13g. . VF. Estimate: $120 - 160