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YAUDHEYA: 1st century AD, AE small unit (1.93g), Pieper-1617, six-headed goddess Shashthi (consort of Karttikeya) standing facing, 6-arch hill & nandipada to left, railed tree right // Karttikeya standing, holding a scepter, Brahmi legend around, superb example of this very rare type. Interesting example that incorporated the 6-arch hill and nandipada from contemporary issues of Kuninda. Quant.GeekMay 19, 2023
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Pallavas of Kanchipuram: Mahendravarman I (580-630) Potin Unit (Krishnamurthy 277)Obv: Bull to right with Brahmi legend above
Rev: A boar standing, facing right
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Byzantine Empire: Tiberius III Apsimar (698-705) Æ Follis, Syracuse (Sear 1396, DOC II.33; Anastasi 341; MIBE 80)Obv: Tiberius standing facing, wearing crown, holding long cross and globus cruciger
Rev: Large M; crosses flanking, monogram above, star below; SCL in exergue
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Pandya: Jatavarman Sundara Pandya I (1250–1268) Æ Kasu (MCSI 389)Obv: Two fishes surrounded by Tamil Legend - ஈல லா நத லை ய னன (Lord of All)
Rev: Standing figure in Chola Style
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Ceylon, Pandyan Influence: Anonymous (ca 8th-9th century CE) AE Unit (Pieper 3236; MACW 5176)Obv: Humped bull seated right with lamps on either side; crescent above and platform below
Rev: Two juxtaposition-ed fishes between two lamps, crescent above and platform below
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Pandya: Jatavarman Sundara Pandya I (1250–1268) Æ Kasu (MCSI 389)Obv: Two fishes surrounded by Tamil Legend - ஈல லா நத லை ய னன (Lord of All)
Rev: Standing figure in Chola Style
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Pandya: Jatavarman Sundara Pandya I (1250–1268) Æ Kasu (MCSI 389)Obv: Two fishes surrounded by Tamil Legend - ஈல லா நத லை ய னன (Lord of All)
Rev: Standing figure in Chola Style
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Byzantine Empire: Andronicus III Palaeologus (1328-1341) Æ Trachy, Thessalonica (Sear 2497; LPC 242.13; PCPC 265)Obv: Andronicus on horseback right, holding scepter; B to left, star to right
Rev: Palaeologan monogram; stars flanking
Dim: 1.68g; 21mm
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Byzantine Empire: Leo III the Isaurian (717-741) Æ Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1514; DOC 29)Obv: δNOLЄO N PAMЧLA; Facing and bearded bust of Leo III, wearing chlamys and crown with cross on circlet, in right hand, globus cruiger; in left hand, akakia
Rev: δNCONST-ANTINЧSM; Horizontal bar ornamented with zigzag pattern and at each end with two small globes; above, facing and beardless bust of Constantine, wearing chlamys and crown with cross on circlet; in right hand, globus cruiger; in left hand, akakia; in field right, cross; below M, to left, A/N/N, to right X/X
Dim: 6.01g; 27mm
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INDO-SKYTHIANS, Western Satraps. Nahapana, circa 53-99. Unit (Lead, 26 mm, 7.35 g, 6 h). RAJNO MAHAKHATAPASA NAHAPANASA (in Brahmi) Lion to left with upraised tail; to left, plough standard; below, three-arched hill. Rev. Large spear flanked by thunderbolt and small bow with arrow. Pieper 827. Minor deposits, otherwise, fine.
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INDO-PARTHIANS, Gondopharid Dynasty. Orthagnes (Gondophares-Gadana), circa 1 BC-AD 20/30. Tetradrachm (Bronze, 22 mm, 8.38 g, 12 h), uncertain mint in Arachosia. BACΙΛЄYC BACΙΛЄⲰN MЄΓAC OPΘAΓNOY Diademed and draped bust of Orthagnes to left. Rev. 'MAHARAJASA RAJATIRAJASA MAHATASA GUDAPHARASA GADANASA' (in Kharoshthi) Nike standing right, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond over her left shoulder. Senior 257.13T. About very fine. Quant.GeekMar 12, 2023
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INDO-SKYTHIANS. Azes, circa 58-12 BC. Tetradrachm (Bronze, 22 mm, 7.60 g, 5 h), Indian standard, uncertain mint in Gandhara. BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN MEΓAΛOY / AZOY King on horseback to right, raising his right hand and holding whip in his left; to right, Kharoshthi letter. Rev. 'Maharajasa rajarajasa mahatasa Ayasa' ('of Great King, King of Kings Azes the Great' in Kharoshthi Zeus standing front, head to left, holding Nike in his right hand and scepter in his left; to left, monogram and Kharoshthi letter; to right, Kharoshthi letters. HGC 12, 639. Senior, type 105. Some cleaning scratches, otherwise, very fine.
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INDIA, Post-Mauryan (Deccan). Ishvakus. Mathariputra Sri Vira Purishadatta, circa 250-270. Unit (Lead, 15 mm, 3.31 g). SIRI VIRA (in Brahmi) Elephant with raised trunk standing to right. Rev. Four-orbed Ujjain Symbol. Pieper 723. Rare and unusually attractive. Minor deposits, otherwise, very fine.
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INDIA, Post-Mauryan (Deccan). Kuras of Kolhapur and Belgaum. Vasisthiputra Kura, circa 30 BC-AD 65/70. Unit (Lead, 30 mm, 16.53 g). RANO VASITHIPUTASA KURASA (in Brahmi) Bow with arrow. Rev. Tree in railing; to left, hill; to right, Indradhvaja. Pieper 615. Very rare. Good fine.
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VISHNUKUNDIN: "Sri", 6th century, potin unit (5.08g), Pieper-3031 (this piece), Mitch-177, bull right, Brahmi letter sri above // conch between lamps; excellent example! EF, ex Wilfried Pieper CollectionQuant.GeekMar 12, 2023
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INDIA, Post-Gupta (Deccan). Vishnukundins. Circa 6th century. AE (Bronze, 15 mm, 3.70 g). Lion standing to right within circle; to right, Srivatsa. Rev. Conch placed on altar flanked by standards; all within rayed border. Pieper 757Quant.GeekMar 12, 2023
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INDIA, Post-Gupta (Deccan). Uncertain. Circa 600-650. AE (Bronze, 19 mm, 4.34 g, 12 h), Vishnukundin style, struck somewhere in the Pallava-Visnukundin-Eastern Chalukya Region. SRI KU TA or SRI KRI TA (in Brahmi) Bull standing to right; above, legend in Brahmi; all within circle. Rev. Sankha flanked by lamp stands; all within rayed border. B.U. Abels: A Short Presentation on One West-Indian and One South-Indian Coin, in: Numismatic Digest 39 (2015), p. 128, ill. 2 (this coin). B.U. Abels: An Early Chalukya Coin, in: The Journal of the Numismatic Society of India, L, Part I & II (1988), p. 37-38 (this coin). Quant.GeekMar 12, 2023
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INDIA, Post-Gupta (Deccan). Uncertain. Circa 6th century. AE (Bronze, 14 mm, 2.00 g), Vishnukundin style, Vidarbha. PAKA (in Brahmi) Bull standing to right. Rev. Conch between two standards. Pieper 763. Very rare. Very fineQuant.GeekMar 12, 2023
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INDIA, Post-Gupta (Deccan). Vishnukundins. Circa 6th century. AE (Bronze, 17 mm, 4.48 g). Lion standing to right within circle; to right, Srivatsa. Rev. Conch placed on altar flanked by standards; all within rayed border. Pieper 757Quant.GeekMar 12, 2023
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NDIA, Post-Gupta (Deccan). Vishnukundins. Circa 6th century. AE (Bronze, 17 mm, 7.28 g, 6 h). Lion standing to right within circle; to right, Srivatsa. Rev. Conch placed on altar flanked by lamp stands; all within rayed border. Pieper 757Quant.GeekMar 12, 2023
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INDIA, Post-Gupta (Deccan). Vishnukundins. Circa 6th century. AE (Bronze, 17 mm, 5.80 g, 12 h). Lion standing to right within circle; to right, Srivatsa. Rev. Conch placed on altar flanked by standards; all within rayed border. Pieper 757Quant.GeekMar 12, 2023
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INDIA, Post-Mauryan (Coromandel). Pallavas. Uncertain ruler, circa AD 400-600. AE (Bronze, 17 mm, 1.73 g, 12 h). Humped bull standing right; above, conch and crescent on wavy line; all within pelleted circle. Rev. Conch shell within decorated circle. Pieper 746 var. (pelleted circle on the reverse). Quant.GeekMar 12, 2023
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INDIA, Medieval. Pandyas. Jatavarman Kulasekhara, 1190-1216. AE (Bronze, 15 mm, 1.59 g). Chola style King standing facing, head to right, holding rosebud in his left hand; around, different symbols. Rev. Fish and other symbols. Biddulph, Pandyas, 81. Quant.GeekMar 12, 2023
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Byzantine Empire: Justinian I (527-565) Æ Follis, Theoupolis/Antioch (Sear 214; DOC 206d. MIB 130)Obv: D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVS; Justinian enthroned facing, holding long scepter with his right hand and globus cruciger in his left
Rev: Large M between star and crescent; above, cross; below, Δ; in exergue, +THЄЧP
Dim: 33 mm, 17.09 g
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UR III CUNEIFORM TABLET FRAGMENT, A NOTE ON A QUANTITY OF BARLEY
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/2 in. (23 grams, 39 mm).

A clay tablet bearing cuneiform text to one face, roughly lentoid in cross-section, a note on a quantity of barley, possibly Paleo-Babylonian
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UR III CUNEIFORM TABLET FRAGMENT RELATING TO FOOD DISTRIBUTION
LATE 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 5/8 in. (82 grams, 67 mm).

A fragment of a pillow-shaped ceramic tablet with neatly impressed columns of cuneiform text, accounting of Ur III food distribution,
representing wages.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Liverani, M., Antico Oriente, Storia, societa' ed economia, Roma, 1988, pp.608-609, fig.111, for type.
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PALEO-AKKADIAN CUNEIFORM TABLET RELATING TO BARLEY FROM LUGALNITAZI
CIRCA 2300 B.C.
1 3/8 in. (20.1 grams, 36 mm wide).

A broadly pillow-shaped clay tablet bearing cuneiform text to one face, a Paleo-Akkadian receipt (from Adab?): barley from Lugalnitazi received by the men of the kitchens.
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WESTERN ASIATIC CUNEIFORM TABLET, A LETTER FROM KARARIYA TO TARIDUM A SERVANT OF KING ILUNI
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/4 in. (110 grams, 82 mm).

A roughly rectangular clay tablet bearing dense rows of cuneiform text to both principal faces and to each of the four side edges; a letter from Karariya to Ṭaridum, probably a servant of Iluni, Karariya serves a foreign ruler (as indicated by the mention of the deity Hitti) who has just ascended the throne; he is of the same rank as Taridum, who considers him his brother: 'May Šamaš and Hitti preserve my brother alive forever!'; they deal with matters they have in common, a lawsuit to be tried by Karariya, and exchanges of goods between their two houses: 'There are no more wicks (?) for the lamps in my house (...). The wine from my stock is spent and we could not load the donkeys (with
wine) for you';
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Obv: لا اله الا الله محمد / رسول الله ( / ); lion facing right, طوس (Tus) directly above lion
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Dim: 2.50 g
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KHWARIZMSHAH: Muhammad, 1200-1220, AE jital (3.20g), Bust, ND, A-1732, Tye-275Quant.GeekFeb 06, 2023
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GREAT MONGOLS: Möngke, 1251-1260, AE jital (3.43g), NM, ND, A-3771D, cf. Zeno-256619, no mint name (Shafurqan style), möngku qa'an / al 'adil with floral symbol above and below // the kalima in 4 linesQuant.GeekFeb 06, 2023
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GANDHARA: Early Punchmarked, 5th/4th century BC, AR 1/8 shatamana (1.49g), Pieper-28, Gandharan 6-arm symbolQuant.GeekFeb 06, 2023
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INDO-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.GeekFeb 06, 2023
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Byzantine Empire: Constantine X Ducas (1059-1067) Æ Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1853; DOC 8)Obv: +ЄMMA NOVHA; Christ Emmanuel standing facing on footstool, wearing nimbus, pallium and colobium, holding book of Gospels with both hands; in fields, IC XC
Rev: +ΚШΝΤΔΚ ЄVΔΚΑVΓΟ; Eudocia and Constantine X standing facing, both crowned and wearing loros, holding between them labarum, with cross on shaft, resting on three steps
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Byzantine Empire: Anastasius I (491-518) Æ Half Follis, Nicomedia (Sear 41; DOC I.35; MIBE 51)Obv: DN ANASTA-SIVS PP AVG; Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Rev: Large K; cross to left between N and I; star to right
Dim: 19 mm, 4.35 g
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Byzantine Empire: Justinian I (527-565) Æ Pentanummium, Carthage (Sear 274; DOC 300; MIB 203)Obv: Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Justinian I right
Rev: Large Є; to right, cross; all within linear border surrounded by wreath
Dim: 14 mm, 1.58 g
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Byzantine Empire: Justinian I (527-565) Æ Decanummium, Nicomedia (Sear 204a; MIBE 110)Obv: Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Justinian I right
Rev: Large I, across field N – I
Dim: 17 mm, 4.65 g
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Byzantine Empire: Justin II (565-578) Æ Decanummium, Theoupolis/Antioch (Sear 382; DOC I.147)Quant.GeekJan 29, 2023
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Byzantine Empire: Justin II (565-578) Æ Decanummium, Theoupolis/Antioch (Sear 383; DOC I.181b)Obv: D N IVSTINVS P P AVG; Justin, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform scepter, seated facing on double throne, both crowned
Rev: Large I between A/N/N/O and X and star; above, cross; in exergue, THЄЧP'
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Byzantine Empire: Justin II (565-578) Æ Decanummium, Theoupolis/Antioch (Sear 383; DOC I.181b)Obv: D N IVSTINVS P P AVG; Justin, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform scepter, seated facing on double throne, both crowned
Rev: Large I between A/N/N/O and X and star; above, cross; in exergue, THЄЧP'
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Byzantine Empire: Justin II (565-578) Æ Decanummium, Theoupolis/Antioch (Sear 383; DOC I.181a)Obv: D N IVSTINVS P P AVG; Justin, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform scepter, seated facing on double throne, both crowned
Rev: Large I between A/N/N/O and X; above, cross; in exergue, THЄЧP'
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Byzantine Empire: Justinian I (527-565) Æ Pentanummium, Carthage (Sear 274; DOC 300; MIB 203)Obv: Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Justinian I right
Rev: Large Є; to right, cross; all within linear border surrounded by wreath
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Byzantine Empire: Æ Anonymous Class B Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1823; DOC B.1-64; Zervos Type B-2) - Attributed to Romanus III (1028-1034Obv: IC-XC to right and left of bust of Christ facing with nimbate cross behind head, dot in each limb of nimbus cross, holding book of gospels, a dot in center of dotted square on book
Rev: IS-XS ЬAS-ILЄ ЬAS-ILЄ to left and right above and below cross with dots at the ends, on three steps
Dim: 27 mm, 8.65 g

An extremely rare variation of the Anonymous Class B Follis. The arms of the nimbus cross has only dots and the book of Gospels has five dots. Using Orestes H. Zervos' classifications of the Class B folles, these types were found during the excavation of Corinth. See the following paper:

Zervos, Orestes H., The Substantive Varieties of Anonymous Folles of Class B, Nomismatika Khronika No. 22/2003
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