near east - Coin Auctions
 Lot 9 - ancient near east - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #19SYRIA (SELEUCID KINGDOM): Seleukus I, 312-280 BC, AR tetradrachm (17.02g), S-6829, head of Hercules, clad with lion's skin / Zeus seated, holding eagle and scepter, monogram that resembles adjoined Greek letters N and perhaps Y, small scratch between the head of Zeus and the head of the eagle, bold strike, VF to EF. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #19ancient near east |
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 Lot 23 - ancient near east - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #19SASANIAN KINGDOM: Varahran II, 276-293, AR drachm (4.18g), G-55, king to left, son to right, facing each other, the latter wearing kolah with boar's head, triplet of pellets to left of flames, VF, R. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #19ancient near east |
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 Lot 48 - ancient near east - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #19SASANIAN KINGDOM: Valkash, 484-488, AR drachm (4.00g), AS (Asuristan, the Treasury mint), ND, G-178, ruler's name repeated at left on reverse, attractive VF. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #19ancient near east |
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Lot 8 - ancient near east - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #19ANCIENT NEAR EAST:LOT of 18 miscellaneous coins: Indo-Greek silver drachm (3 pcs), Indo-Scythian silver drachm (1) and large coppers (2), Kushan large copper (1), Kushano-Sasanian copper (1), Sasanian copper tetradrachm (1, low grade) and silver drachms (3), Hephthalite billon drachms (4), Roman Empire small late copper (1), and Hindu-Shahi drachm (1), mostly Good to Fine, some a bit rough, lot of 18 pieces. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #19ancient near east |
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 Lot 26 - ancient near east - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #19SASANIAN KINGDOM: Shahpur II, 309-379, AR drachm (4.22g), G-102, narrow flan, lovely style, EF. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #19ancient near east |
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 Lot 42 - ancient near east - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #19SASANIAN KINGDOM: Varahran V, 420-438, PB unit (4.15g), NM, G-—, standard bust facing right, 5-petal flower & other symbols before / standard altar & two attendants, as Göbl-158 but lead, Fine, RRR. Lead coins were issued during much of the Sasanian period, but few have been published, and no comprehensive study has ever been completed and published. All are extremely rare, and almost never better than fine condition. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #19ancient near east |
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 Lot 59 - ancient near east - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #19SASANIAN KINGDOM: Ardashir III, 628-630, AR drachm (3.56g), AM (Amul), year 2, G-226, slight edge damage, scarce mint, EF. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #19ancient near east |
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 Lot 75 - ancient near east - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #19SASANIAN KINGDOM: Khusraw III, 629-631, AR drachm (3.99g), WYHC (the Treasury mint), year 2, G-232, bust without beard, EF, R. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #19ancient near east |
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 Lot 20 - ancient near east - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #19SASANIAN KINGDOM: Hormizd I, 272-273, AR drachm (3.69g), G-36, ribbons from both the crown & his hair-ball, right attendant holds diadem, ex-mount & a few chips at the rim, Fine, RR. Not a particularly attractive example, but an affordable specimen to fill the gap for the second rarest ruler of the Sasanian dynasty (Queen Azarmidukht is the only ruler whose coins are rarer). Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #19ancient near east |
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 Lot 37 - ancient near east - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #19SASANIAN KINGDOM: Yazdigerd I, 399-420, AR drachm (4.12g), [Marw], G-148, local issue, coarse calligraphy, crescent left & right of fire on reverse, bold VF to EF, R. Schindel-64 (p. 206). Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #19ancient near east |
