BYZANTINE EMPIRE: Phocas, 602-610, AE follis, Cyzicus, year 5, S-665, denomination XXXX, officina A, lovely strike, bold VF to EF.
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Lot #77 - ancient
BYZANTINE EMPIRE: Romanus III Argyrus, 1028-1034, AV histamenon nomisma (4.39g), Constantinople, S-1819, Christ enthroned facing, wearing nimbus / the Virgin, nimbate, crowning the emperor Romanus, VF to EF.
Lot #78 - ancient
BYZANTINE EMPIRE: lead seal (7.25g), facing bust / 5-line legend, attractive VF. Likely produced at some point between the 8th to 12th century.
Lot #79 - ancient
BYZANTINE EMPIRE:HOARD of 165 copper coins, mostly Byzantine 6th to 7th century, including some Arab-Byzantine imitative types, as well as a few Roman and later Byzantine pieces, likely average circulated quality, lot of 165 pieces. These pieces have never been cleaned, and at least a few dozen will likely emerge as decent pieces after appropriate conservation. The group is said to have come from a single site somewhere in the Levant,...
Lot #80 - ancient
BYZANTINE EMPIRE: AV tremissis (1.39g), two busts, holding palm tree / ruler enthroned, modern imitation, based on an obverse of Maurice Tiberius and undetermined reverse, probably 19th or 20th century, perhaps made in Iran, VF.
Lot #81 - ancient
IKHSHIDS: Urk-Wartramka, ca. 675-696, AE cash (6.44g), Smirnova-657, Zeno-123062, name of ruler in Sogdian / two tamgas of Samarqand, lovely example, choice VF, R.
Lot #82 - ancient
IKHSHIDS: Mastich-Unash, ca. 698-700, AE cash (4.37g), Smirnova-181, Zeno-110491, name of ruler in Sogdian / two tamgas of Samarqand, slight weakness on reverse, VF, R.
Lot #83 - ancient
IKHSHIDS: Gurak, ca. 710-738, AE cash (3.68g), Smirnova-359, name of ruler in Sogdian / two tamgas of Samarqand, choice VF.
Lot #84 - ancient
IKHSHIDS: Warkhuman, ca. 745-650, AE cash (2.94g), Smirnova-101 ff, name of ruler in Sogdian / two tamgas of Samarqand, one tiny casting hole, but still a lovely example, choice VF, RR.
Lot #85 - ancient
CHACH: Anonymous, 7th-8th century, AE unit (1.62g), CH-37, Zeno-39570, lion right, uniface, nice example, VF to EF.
Lot #86 - ancient
SEMIRECH'E: Arslan Kul-Yirkin, early 8th century, AE cash (5.06g), Kam-46, cf. Zeno-121668, name of ruler in Sogdian / two tamgas of the Arslanid branch, lovely example, EF, RR.
Lot #87 - ancient
SEMIRECH'E: Qarluq branch, 8th century, AE cash (2.46g), Zeno-120731, Sogdian text for the Qarluq branch of the Arslanids of Semirech'e / ruler's name, plus two tamghas, VF, RRR. This is one of only three specimens reported so far, as noted on Zeno for this piece.
Lot #88 - ancient
SEMIRECH'E: Arslan Kul-Yirkin, early 8th century, AE cash (5.79g), Kam-45, Zeno-121668, name of ruler in Sogdian / two tamgas of the Arslanid branch, VF, RR.
Lot #89 - ancient
SEMIRECH'E: Inal-Tegin, mid 8th century, AE cash (3.54g), Kam-34, Zeno-123063, name of ruler in distorted Sogdian script / runic letter P plus Turgesh tamgha and Sogdian word prn, crude VF, RR.
Lot #90 - ancient
SEMIRECH'E: Tukhus tribe, 7th-8th century, AE cash (1.49g), Kam-40, Zeno-121667, Sogdian text both sides, with trident tamgha on obverse at the right, bold VF.
Lot #91 - ancient
SEMIRECH'E: Tukhus tribe, 7th-8th century, AE cash (1.07g), cf. Zeno-47154, Sogdian text both sides, with trident tamgha on obverse at the right, VF.
Lot #92 - ancient
BUKHARA: Ramchitak, 2nd half of 7th century, AE cash (1.79g), Smirnova-1392, Zeno-121664, ruler's name in Sogdian / tamgha of Bukhara, Fine to VF, R.
Lot #93 - ancient
ALCHON HUNS: Mehama, fl. 461-493, AR drachm (3.95g), G-74, bust right, ruler's name & tamgha to right, bold strike, EF.
Lot #94 - ancient
ALCHON HUNS: Mehama, fl. 461-493, AR drachm (3.21g), G-74, bust right, ruler's name & tamgha to right, bold strike, no weakness, minor reverse adhesion, VF to EF.
Lot #95 - ancient
ALCHON HUNS: Mehama, fl. 461-493, AR drachm (3.32g), G-74, bust right, ruler's name & tamgha to right, nice strike, minimal weakness, VF to EF.
Lot #96 - ancient
ALCHON HUNS: Lakhana Udayaditya, ca. 490s, AR drachm (3.46g), G-79, bust right, ruler's name around, lovely example for this type, VF to EF, RR.
Lot #97 - ancient
HEPHTHALITE: Nezak Malka, early 8th century, AR drachm (3.36g), G-252, bust right, banner in front, inscribed sri shahi in Brahmi, normal Sasanian style reverse, one banker's mark, VF.
Lot #98 - ancient
HEPHTHALITE: Peroz imitation, BI drachm (2.37g), ND, G-—, derived from type G-176 of Peroz, with large undetermined object rising from his left shoulder, before his face, blundered mint name, perhaps derived from BYSh for Bishapur, possibly unpublished, VF, RR.
Lot #99 - ancient
UYGHUR KHAGANATE: Boquq khaqan, 795-808, AE cash (2.53g), written in Uyghur script, words reading from right to left: KWYL PYLK' - TNKRY -PWXWX `WYXWR - X'X'N (Kol bilga Tangri Boquq Uigur qagan) / `YL TWTMYS - YRLXYNK', nice patination, VF, RRR, ex Nicholas Rhodes Collection. See Francois Thierry's "Les Monnies de Boquq Qaghan des Ouighours (795-808) " [ "The coins of Boquq, qaghan of the Uighurs (795-808) "] in: Turcica, vol. 30, 1998,...
Lot #100 - ancient
BUKHAR KHODA: Anonymous, ca. 710, AR "mug " drachm (3.09g), [Samarqand], cf Zeno-16739, derived from the Sasanian drachm of Varahran V, standard type, with countermark behind bust, said to be a "dancing man ", but shaped like a modern pair of pliers, choice VF, RR. These are often called "Mug drachms " as the the first known hoard was found on Mug mountain (Tajikistan). The name was given by one of the numismatists involved in the...
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