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Sicily, Messana: The Mamertinoi (264-241 BCE) Æ Unit (Särström Series III, Group A, 50–61; BAR Issue 5; CNS 7; HGC 2, 865)23 viewsObv: Laureate head of Ares right; arrowhead to left
Rev: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings spread
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Macedonian Kingdom: Anonymous (ca. 187-31 BCE) Æ Unit, Pella (SNG ANS 598-609)23 viewsObv: Helmeted head of Athena right
Rev: ΠEΛ-ΛHΣ; Bull grazing right; below, monogram
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Macedonian Kingdom: Philip III Arrhidaios (323-317 BCE) AR Drachm, Miletos (Price 2100; ADM I Series III)22 viewsObv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress
Rev: Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, grain ear in left fieldQuant.Geek
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Seleukid Empire: Antiochos IX Eusebes Philopator (110-109 BCE) Æ18, Antioch on the Orontes (SC 2368.5; SNG Spaer 2701-2)22 viewsObv: Laureate head of bearded Herakles right
Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΦIΛOΠATOΡOΣ; Athena standing left, holding Nike in right and resting left hand on shield at her side, with spear behind her; monogram above aphlaston in outer left field, uncertain date in exergue
Dim: 18mm, 5.02g, 1h
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Seleukid Empire: Antiochos VI Dionysos (144-142 BCE) Æ Serrate, Antioch on the Orontes (SC 2006; HGC 9, 1043)22 viewsObv: Radiate and diademed head of Antiochos VI right
Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛNTIOXOY in two lines above, EΠIΦANOYΣ ΔIONYΣOY in two lines below; Elephant advancing left, holding torch in trunk; to right, ΣTA above cornucopia
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Ionia, Miletos: Anonymous (295-275 BCE) AR Drachm (Price 2151; Marcellesi 29)21 viewsObv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress
Rev: Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, MI (civic) monogram in left field
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Macedonian Kingdom: Perseus (179-168 BCE) Æ Unit, Pella or Amphipolis (. AMNG III/2, 9; HGC 3, 1096; SNG München 1210)21 viewsObv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin
Rev: Horseman riding right; ΠEP monogram to right, ZΩ monogram and ΔI monogram below
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Macedonian Kingdom: Philip II (359-336 BCE) Æ 1/4 Unit (SNG ANS 979)20 viewsObv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress
Rev: ΦΙΛΙΠ-ΠΟΥ, club; above, spearhead
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Macedonian Kingdom: Perseus (179-168 BCE) Æ Unit, Pella or Amphipolis (AMNG III/2, 12; HGC 3, 110)20 viewsObv: Macedonian shield, boss decorated with whorl
Rev: Harpa right; Î EP monogram and star below
Dim: 16mm, 2.21 g
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Macedonian Kingdom: Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BCE) Æ Unit, Uncertain Western Asian Mint (Price 2800)19 views Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress
Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ; Bow in bow-case and club; below, race-torch leftQuant.Geek
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Seleukid Empire: Antiochos I Soter (281-261 BCE) Æ Unit, Antioch on the Orontes (SC 351.2; HGC 9, 169)19 viewsObv: Diademed head of Antiochos I to right
Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ; Apollo seated left on omphalos, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow
Dim: 15 mm, 3.38 g, 4 hQuant.Geek
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Seleukid Empire: Antiochos IV Epiphanes (175-164 BCE) Æ Serrate, Antioch on the Orontes (SC 1407; SNG Spaer 969)19 viewsObv: Veiled and diademed bust of Queen Laodice IV right
Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY; Head of elephant left; tripod behindQuant.Geek
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Seleukid Empire: Alexander I Balas (152-145 BCE) Æ Unit, Antioch on the Orontes (SC 1790.4b; HGC 9, 899; SNG Spaer 1473)18 viewsObv: Head of Alexander Balas to right wearing flanged Boeotian helmet
Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY; Nike standing left holding wreath and palm; in outer left field, ear of grain; ΛYB monogram in inner left and A on the exergue
Dim: 18.5 mm, 5.70 g, 1 hQuant.Geek
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Seleukid Empire: Seleukos I Nikator (312 -281 BCE) AR Quarter Stater – Half Shekel, Babylon II (SC 89a; HGC 9, 69)17 viewsObv: Baal seated left, holding scepter
Rev: Lion walking left; anchor above
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Macedonian Kingdom: Amyntas III (393-370/69 BCE) Æ Unit, Aigai or Pella (Westermark, Remarks, type 2; SNG ANS 47-8; SNG Alpha Bank 231-5)17 viewsObv: Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin
Rev: AMYN-T-A; Forepart of boar right; club above
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Kings of Bithynia: Prusias II Cynegos (182-149 BCE) Æ Unit (SNG von Aulock 258; SNG Copenhagen 631; HGC 7, 634)17 viewsObv: Head of Prusias II to right, wearing winged diadem
Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠPOVΣIOV; Herakles standing left, holding club and lion skin; monogram to inner right
Dim: 18.41mm, 3.08 g
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Macedonian Kingdom: Philip V (221-179 BCE) AR Hemidrachm, Pella or Amphipolis (Mamroth, Bronzemünzen 25a; SNG Alpha Bank 1116)16 viewsObv: Head of Heracles right, with thick beard and mustache, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck
Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ; horizontal harpa; ΔI monogram above, all within oak wreath
Dim: 22mm, 5.97 gm, 8hQuant.Geek
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Seleukid Empire: Antiochos I Soter (281-261 BCE) Æ Half Chalkous, Antioch on the Orontes (SC 342; HGC 9, 196)16 viewsObv: Macedonian shield with anchor in central boss and six double crescents around
Rev: BA AN; Forepart of a war elephant to right; upright jawbone to left, club to right; ME monogram to the lower left field
Dim: 10.5 mm, 1.53 g, 3 hQuant.Geek
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Lydia, Sardeis: Anonymous (ca. 133-1 BCE) Æ Unit (BMC 45; SNG Cop 469; Imhoof MG 30)15 viewsObv: Bearded head of youthful Herakles right, wearing lion's skin around neck
Rev: ΣAPΔIANΩN; Amphora, monogram in lower right field
Dim: 3.54g; 15 mm
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Macedonian Kingdom: Amphipolis (148-132 BCE) Æ Unit, Uncertain Macedonian Mint (SNG ANS 120-2)13 viewsObv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress
Rev:AMΦIΠOΛITΩN, lion standing right; club below, monogram to right
Dim: 14 mm, 4.05 g, 1 hQuant.Geek
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Great Seljuq: Arslan Arghu (486-490 AH) AV Dinar, Balkh, 487 AH (Album 1681A)12 viewswith the Ayat al-Kursi filling the reverse field (Qur 'an 2:255), sword right on the reverse
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Sicily, Kephaloidion: Anonymous (ca. 305-280 BCE) Æ Onkia (CNS 4; HGC 2, 653)11 viewsObv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress
Rev: Pegasos flying right
Dim: 1.34 gm; 14 mmQuant.Geek
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8 viewsINDO-SCYTHIAN KINGDOM. Azes I/II (ca. 58-12 BC). AE hexachalkon or tetradrachm (27mm, 13.51 gm, 1h). Uncertain mint in western Gandhara. BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN MEΓAΛOY AZOY, Bull standing right; monogram above; Kharosthi letter to right / Maharajasa rajarajasa mahatasa Ayasa (Kharosthi), lion standing right; monogram above. Quant.Geek
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Byzantine Empire: Phocas (602-610) Æ Pentanummium, Antioch (MIBE N89)7 viewsObv: Sear Monogram 20 of Phocas
Rev: Large Ч, pellet within, cross above
Dim: 13 mm, 1.39 g
Sear Monogram 20
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Byzantine Empire: Phocas (602-610) Æ Pentanummium, Antioch (Sear 676A; MIBE 89)7 viewsObv: Sear Monogram 20 of Phocas
Rev: Large Є; cross to right
Dim: 14 mm, 1.55 g
Sear Monogram 20
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Seleukid Empire: Antiochos III the Great (222-187 BCE) AR drachm, Apameia on the Orontes (SC 1065.2; HGC 9.453a)7 viewsObv: Diademed head to right
Rev: Elephant standing to right; monograms above and below; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ above, ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ in exergue
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Great Seljuq: Tughril Beg (1038-1063) AV Dinar, Nishapur, AH439 (Album 1665)7 viewsObv: القائم / لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / بامر الله (al-Qā’im, there is no god but God alone, He has no associate, bi-Amr Allāh)
Obv Inner Margin: بسم الله ضرب هذا الدينار بنيسابور سنة تسعة و ثلاثين و أربعمائة (in the name of God, this dinar struck in Naysabur in the year 438)
Obv Outer Margin: لله الامر من قبل و من بعد و يومئذ يفرح المؤمنون (With God is the decision, in the past and in the future: on that day shall the Believers rejoice)
Rev: لله / محمد رسول الله / السلطان المعظم / شاهانشاه / ظغرلبك ابو طا / لب (For God, Muḥammad is the messenger of God, the Holy Sultan, Shāhānshāh Tugril Beg)
Rev Outer Margin: محمد رسول الله ارسله بالهدى و دين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله و لو كره المشركون (Muḥammad is the messenger of God, who has sent him with guidance and the religion of truth that he may prevail over all religion, even if the polytheists hate it])
Dim: 3.28g
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Shahi Kings of Kabul and Ghandara: Sri Samanta Deva (ca. 850-1000 CE) AE Jital6 viewsObv: Elephant advancing left; श्री समानता देवा (Sri Samanta Deva) above
Rev: Lion standing right with jaws open and paw raisedQuant.Geek
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Mysia, Kyzikos: Anonymous (ca. 450-400 BCE) AR Obol (SNG BN 378)5 viewsObv: Forepart of boar left, with Ǝ on shoulder; to right, tunny upward
Rev: Head of roaring lion left within incuse square
Dim: 12.27 mm, 0.86 g
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