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Alexander III , The Great Drachm Miletos mint.Silver Drachm,
Miletos (near Balat, Turkey) mint, struck under Philoxenos, c. 325 - 323 B.C.
Obverse :head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck.
Reverse: Zeus Aëtophoros seated left on backless throne, nude to the waist, himation around hips and legs, right leg forward (lifetime style), eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, thunderbolt left, AΛEΞANΔPOY downward behind, ΔΗ monogram under throne.
Price 2088, Müller Alexander 11, SNG Alpha Bank 627.
The Sam Mansourati Collection./Given as a souvenir to a superb dear friend Dr. Joseph Diaz.SamJun 27, 2023
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Alexander III The Great Drachm Miletos mint Silver Drachm,
Miletos (near Balat, Turkey) mint, struck under Philoxenos, c. 325 - 323 B.C.
Obverse :head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck.
Reverse: Zeus Aëtophoros seated left on backless throne, nude to the waist, himation around hips and legs, right leg forward (lifetime style), eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, thunderbolt left, AΛEΞANΔPOY downward behind, ΔΗ monogram under throne.
Price 2088, Müller Alexander 11, SNG Alpha Bank 627.
The Sam Mansourati Collection./Given as a souvenir to a superb dear friend Dr. Joseph Diaz.SamJun 27, 2023
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Alexander III the Great Lifetime Issue AR Tetradrachm Damascus MintKINGS of MACEDON.
Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC.
AR Tetradrachm , Damascus mint. Struck under Menon or Menes, circa 330-323 BC.
Obverse : Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.
Reverse : Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; AP (monogram)X in left field; below throne, four pellets between struts, ΔA below. Price 3200. Iridescent tone, some marks. Near VF.
26.5 MM W: 16.98 Gr Die Axis : 12h.
The Sam Mansourati Collection.SamJun 26, 2023
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Alexander III the Great Lifetime Issue AR Tetradrachm Damascus Mint KINGS of MACEDON.
Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC.
AR Tetradrachm , Damascus mint. Struck under Menon or Menes, circa 330-323 BC.
Obverse : Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.
Reverse : Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; AP (monogram)X in left field; below throne, four pellets between struts, ΔA below. Price 3200. Iridescent tone, some marks. Near VF.
26.5 MM W: 16.98 Gr Die Axis : 12h.
The Sam Mansourati Collection.SamJun 26, 2023
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Alexander III "the Great" Lifetime Issue AR Tetradrachm Amphipolis MintThis Tetradrachm ( 4 Drachms ) was struck and circulated during the life of Alexander the third (born 356 BC), or as commonly known " Alexander The Great "
Ruled from 336 BC and died in Babylon year 323 BC.
AR Tetradrachm (22.5mm, 16.94 g, 10h). Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antipater, circa 332-326 BC.
Obverse : Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.
Reverse : Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, horizontal club above Σ within Ω.
Lightly toned, tiny mark on obverse, minor flan flaw on reverse. Good VF.
Price 66; Troxell, Studies, Issue D7.
The Sam Mansourati Collection.SamJun 02, 2023
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Roman Empire , Magnentius The first fully Christian design coin in history.Magnentius. AD 350-353.
Æ Double Centenionalis (26mm, 5h).
Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck early-10 August AD 353.
Obverse : Magnentius Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right .
Reverse : Large Christogram XP ; A - ω flanking.
RPLG. RIC VIII 153; Bastien 206; Lyon 200. Red-brown patina.
The first fully Christian design coin in history.
"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End."
The Sam Mansourati Collection.
SamJun 01, 2023
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Alexander III "the Great" Lifetime Issue AR Tetradrachm Amphipolis MintThis Tetradrachm ( 4 Drachms ) was struck and circulated during the life of Alexander the third (born 356 BC), or as commonly known " Alexander The Great "
Ruled from 336 BC and died in Babylon year 323 BC.
AR Tetradrachm (22.5mm, 16.94 g, 10h). Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antipater, circa 332-326 BC.
Obverse : Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.
Reverse : Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, horizontal club above Σ within Ω.
Lightly toned, tiny mark on obverse, minor flan flaw on reverse. Good VF.
Price 66; Troxell, Studies, Issue D7.
The Sam Mansourati Collection.SamMay 31, 2023
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Napoléon I Celebrating the propagation of the Smallpox VaccineFRANCE, First Empire. Napoléon I, Dated 1804. Æ Medal.
Æ Medal (37.88 gm; 40 mm). Celebrating the propagation of the Smallpox Vaccine. Dated 1804. Dies by Andrieu; Denon, mint master.
Obverse : NAPOLEON EMP. ET ROI., laureate head to right; ANDRIEU F. on neck truncation.
Reverse : Asclepius standing facing, head to right, resting hand on serpent-entwined staff and placing arm around Venus Pudica, flanked by cow to left and lancet with vial of vaccine to right; LA VACCINE MDCCCIV. in two lines in exergue, ANDRIEU F. to lower left and DENON DIR. to lower right.
Bramsen 400. Beautiful red patina. Choice UNC.
Fleur De Coin from The Sam Mansourati Collection.SamMay 15, 2023
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Silver Shekel (Judas' 30 Pieces of Silver)Christ was delivered for thirty of these coins in exact (each coin called Shekel)
Ref; BMC Phoenicia p. 243, 143 (same controls); Rouvier 2038 (same); Cohen DCA 919/52 (R2); HGC 10 357; Baramki AUB -; SNG Cop -.
Tyre (Lebanon) mint, weight 13.515 Gr., maximum diameter 29.0 MM, die axis 45o.
Circa : 75 - 74 B.C.
Obverse: laureate head of Melqart right, lion's skin knotted around neck.
Reverse :TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY (of Tyre the holy and inviolable), eagle left, right foot on war galley ram, transverse palm frond on far side, BN (year 52) over club left, A (control) right, Phoenician letter beth (control) between legs.
Rare date.
"Then one of the 12, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, and said unto them, 'What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you?' And they covenanted with him for 30 pieces of silver." - Matthew 26:14-15.
The Sam Mansourati Collection / FORVM Ancient Coins
SamMay 15, 2023
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Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan , early Fals struck in Ma`arrat MisrinMa`arrat Misrin (in Jund Qinnarsrin) mint, 4.320 grams, 21.3 mm, die axis 90o, 670 - 685 A.D. Rare.
Obverse: Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan standing bearded, placing his right hand on the pommel of his sword and whip hanging from his right elbow; to left, 'Amir al-Mu 'minin' ('Commander of the Faithful' in Kufic); to right, Khalifat Allah' ('Caliph of God')., right hand on sword.
Reverse : modified cross on 3 or 4 steps, in field to right, 'ma'arrat' in Kufic; in field to left, 'misrin' in Kufic; around, part of the first Kalima reading 'la ilaha illa Allah wahdahu Muhammad (missing rasul Allah') meaning ('There is no God but God alone; Muhammad is the messenger of God) but missing the part : the messenger of God
The Sam Mansourati Collection / FORVM Ancient Coins
SamApr 24, 2023
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MYSIA, Pergamon AR Cistophoric TetradrachmObverse : ista mystica with serpent; around ivy-wreath.
Reverse :Two snakes entwined around bow and quiver; above, A letter PI, monogram and star; monogram at left, at right, serpent-entwined staff to right.
Circa 76 BC , (12.26 gm; 26 mm). Lightly toned. Rare variant.
Ref; Kleiner, Hoard 25; BMC 98.
The Sam Mansourati Collection. SamOct 31, 2022
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Constantine VIII (AD 1025-1028). AV Histamenon Nomisma Obverse : + IhS XIS RЄX RЄϚhANTIhm, bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger with annulets in upper quadrants, pallium and colobium, right hand raised in benediction, Gospels cradled in left arm; triple border.
Reverse : +CwNStANtIh bASILЄЧS ROm, bust of Constantine VIII facing, wearing crown with pendilia and square-pattern loros with jeweled collar, labarum in right hand, akakia in left; triple border.
Constantinople mint. 26mm, 4.36 gm, 6h. Ref: Sear 1815.
A fine masterpiece of one of the very early portraits of Christ according to Saint Veronica 's Veil.
I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. – John 15:5
The Sam Mansourati Collection.
SamOct 11, 2022
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Roman Republic / Mn. Fonteius C.f. Roman Republic / Mn. Fonteius C.f. / AR Denarius
Mn. Fonteius C.f. 85 BC. AR Denarius (18mm,3.9 gm). Laureate head of Apollo Vejovis right / Infant Genius riding goat, caps of the Dioscuri on either side, thyrsos in exergue; all within laurel wreath. Crawford 353/2; Sydenham 726; Fonteia 12.Sear RCV 2000 #273. Lightly toned VF. The rarest the Mn. Fonteius denari.
From the Sam Mansourati Collection.Sam
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KINGS OF ARMENIA. TIGRANES II THE GREATTIGRANES II (B.C. 95-56), Four Chalci, 20 mm, 7.1 gr. . Artaxata mint.
King facing right with tiara that has star and eagles.
Tyche of Antioch.
From The Sam Mansourati Collection.Sam
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Roman Empire , Emperor Numerianus (AD 283-284)Bronze Antoninianus , (20.6 mm, 4.4 gr).
Obverse : IMP CM AVR NVMERIANVS PF AVG, Numerian right.
Reverse : VIRTVS AVGG, emperor receiving Victory from Jupiter , H.
XXI exergue.Sam
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