Roman (9) Double Sestertius Postumus (240-269AD) Obverse: Bust right, radiate, much of the legend worn, Reverse: Victory running left, holding wreath and palm, spurning captive seated at feet, 14.66 grammes, Fair, Sestertius (4) Marcus Aurelius (161-180AD) Obverse Bust right, laureate and draped, M ANTONINVS AVG [TR P XXVI] , Reverse; Roma seated left, holding Victory and spear, large shield behind decorated with head of Medusa or wolf and twins, IM [P VI COS] III S-C, Cohen 281, RIC 1033, 25.47 grammes, Near Fine/VG designs, legends worn, Crispina (177AD) Obverse: Bust right, draped, CRISPINA AVGVSTA, Reverse: Concord seated left with patera and cornucopiae, legend worn S C in fields, Cohen 6, RIC 665, 20.35 grammes, designs VG, legends worn, Commodus (188AD) Obverse: Laureate head right [AD M COMM] ODVS ANT [P FELIX AVG BRIT] Reverse: Fortuna seated left holding cornucopiae and rudder on a globe, legend [P M TR P XIII IMP COS V P P S C, FOR RED] all worn away, designs VG, Julia Mamaea, (c.228AD) Obverse Bust right, diademed and draped, IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA, Reverse: Felicity standing half left, arm on column, holding caduceus, Cohen 21, RIC 676 19.60 grammes, Fine, along with a further group of Sestertius (4) these worn and unattributed
Ancients (20) Indo-Greek - Kushan Empire Ae Tetradrachm Obverse: King holding ankush and seated on elephant standing right, Reverse: Lunar deity Mao standing left with lunar crescents on his shoulders, holding sword hilt and holding out hand in blessing, 10.44 grammes Fine on an irregularly shaped flan, India Sultans of Delhi 1/16th Paisa 16th Century (8) (7-10mm diameter) many with off-centre or off flan designs, and a group of three pieces on square 6-8mm flans, worn and unattributed, Ceylon Ae Massa (2) Queen Lilavati 1197-1200AD (2), Parakrama Bahu II, both around Fine with green patination, Ancient Spain - Ae20 (200-100BC) Obverse: Head of Herakles, Reverse: Two Tunny fish, VG/Near Fine, Ancient Greece - Phoenicia, Tyre, Obverse: Turreted and veiled head of Tyche right, Reverse: Astarte standing left on war galley, 5.52 grammes, VG, Indo-Greek Tetradrachm or Unit Kanishka Ae24, 13.13 grammes, Fair, Ayyubids bronzeDirham Al-Ashraf Musa Ae30 (1210-1220AD) 10.94 grammes, VG or better, and an unattributed bronze 33mm each side with a pattern of incuse countermarks of three leaves, joined at their bases (9 countermarks on one side, 4 on the other), Fine, a wide ranging group worthy of further research
Crusades (9) Al-Salih Ismail JerusalemDirham (c.1239-1260) Fine, Al-Salih Ismail Jerusalem Dirham imitative type (c.1250) Near Fine, Kingdom of Jerusalem Acre Fractional Dirham imitative type (c.1243-1250) 1.29 grammes, About Fine, Kingdom of Jerusalem Dirham, Baldwin III BillonDenier (12th Century) Fine, Almaric (1163-1174) Denier, Fine, Henri de Champagne (1192-1197) Bronze Pougeoise Near Fine, and another in bronze, short of flan so exact attribution not possible, Kingdom of Jerusalem Fractional Denier Baldwin III or IV 1173-1186 Fine, holed, Guy de Lusignan Bronze Denier (1186-1192) Fair, Rare
Ancients (2) Roman Provincial Ae15 Tiberius and Pontius Pilate (AD26-36) Obverse: Lituus, Reverse LIZ within wreath, Hendin 349, 2.28 grammes, VG or better with planchet clip or cut at edge, Prutah, Pontius Pilate (struck 29-30 C.E) in Jerusalem (GBC 1341) 1.90 grammes, VG with green patina
Crusades - Antioch Denier Bohemond I (1163-1188AD) Obverse: Helmeted head left + BOANVHDVS, with 5-pointed star in right field, Reverse: + ANTIOCNIA Cross within inner circle with downward pointing crescent in second angle NVF with some surface deposit
Crusades Antioch Denier Bohemond I (1163-1188AD) Obverse: Helmeted head left + BOANVHDVS, with 5-pointed star in right field, Reverse: + ANTIOCNIA Cross within inner circle with crescent in second angle, a few small weaker areas, 0.88 grammes, NVF
Ancients Greek and Egypt (30) Miletos, Ionia, One Twelfth Stater late 6th Century BC, an imitative issue, bronzed with traces of silver plating Obv: Head of Lion, Rev: Star Ornament within incuse square. Kyzikos,Mysia (Asia Minor) Silver Hemiobol, Obv: Forepart of running boar with tunny facing upward behind, Rev: Head of roaring lion with K retrograde above, all within an incuse square. Kamarina, Sicily (413-405 BC) Onkia (Uncia) Obv: Head of Gorgon, Rev: Owl holding lizard, with KAM to left, a single pellet denoting the unit of currency. Macedonian Kingdom Philip II (359-336 BC) Ae18 Obv: Head of Apollo, right with hair bound with tania, Rev: Naked youth on horse, right, little lettering still visible. Macedonian Kingdom/Empire of Alexander (336-323 BC) Ae20 Uncertain Mint, Obv: Head of Heracles in lion-skin head-dress, Rev: AΛE≡ANANAP Bow and Quiver above with club below. Antigonid Kingdom Demetrios Poloirketes (294-288 BC) Ae14 uncertain mint, Obv: Head of Demetrios right wearing crested Corinthian Helmet, Rev: Prow of galley with BA above. Antigonos Gonatas (277-239 BC) Head of Young Heracles clad in lions skin, Rev: Naked youth on horse right, BA in upper fields. Perseus (179-168 BC) Ae19 Head of Perseus wearing winged cap with raised sword to right, Rev: Eagle with wings open standing left on thunderbolt below. Thracis (Bulgaria) Lysimachos (323-281 BC) Ae14Obv: Head of Heracles, right clad in lions skin, Rev: two-line inscription within corn wreath. Mesopotamia, Persia, Asia Minor Seleukos I, Nikator (312-280 BC) Ae19 Obv: Winged Head of Medusa, Rev: Bull butting BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY and ≡ in field below. Antiochos II (261-246 BC) Ae12 Obv: Diademed Head right, Rev: Apollo seated naked on Omphalos, the sacred stone of Delphi, holding bow and arrow BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY (partly off flan). Seleukos II, Seleukid Kings, Kallinikos (246-226 BC) Ae17 Obv: Head of Athena in crested Corinthian Helmet, Rev: Nike standing left holding palm EY in field to left. Antiochos IV, Epiphanes (175-164 BC) Ae Chalkos, Obv: Radiate head right, Rev: Tyche enthroned and holding Nike with bird at feet, inscription mostly off flan, Antiochos VI Serrate Unit Obv: Head of Antiochos as Dionysus, right, radiate and wreathed with ivy, Rev: Elephant advancing left holding torch with his trunk ΣTA over star in right field EПIфANOYΣ ΔIONYΣOY below. Antiochos VIII (121-96 BC) Ae19 Obv: Radiate Head right, Rev: Eagle standing left sceptre in background. Antiochos IX (113-95 BC) Ae19 Obv: Diademed head right, Rev: Zeus seated left holding Nike and sceptre AK below. Egypt - The Ptolemaic Kingdom Ptolemy I, Soter (305-283 BC) Ae27 Obv: Laureate Head of Zeus, Rev: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt legend unclear. Ptolemy II, Philadelphos (285-246 BC) Ae28 Obv: Laureate Head of Zeus right, Rev: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with wings open, AM in left field. Ptolemy V, Epiphanes (204-180 BC) Silver Didrachm Obv: Draped Bust of Ptolemy right, as Dionysus diademed and wreathed in ivy, ornamented pole over shoulder, Rev: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings open. Ptolemy VI, Philometor and Cleopatra II (180-145 BC) Ae28 Obv: Head of Cleopatra I as Isis, Rev: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings open, monogram ПA to left of eagle. Kingdom of Syracuse - Sicily Heiron II (275-216 BC) Ae18 Obv: Head of Poseidon, left, wearing tainia, Rev: Ornamented Trident Head between two dolphins dividing IEPΩ - NOS in lower field. Republic of Syracuse - Sicily (214-212 BC) Ae22 Obv: Laureate Head of Apollo, left, Rev: Castor and Pollux on horseback, right. Thessalian League, Thessaly, Central Greece, 196-146 BC Ae20 Obv: Laureate head of Apollo, right Rev: Athene Itonia. Kingdom of Pontus - Black Sea, Crimea and Asia Minor - Mithradates VI, Eupator 'The Great; (120-63 BC) Obverse: Head of Athena, right wearing triple-crested helmet ornamented with Pegasus, the winged horse, Rev: Pegasus standing, facing, holding harp (hooked sword) and head of the Gorgon Medusa, whose body lies at his feet. City Issue of the Roman Republic - City of Leukas, Akarnania (West Coast of Greece) after 167 BC, Obv: Head of Young Heracles in lions skin, Club right, legend unclear. Tarsos Cilicia, after 164 BC, Ae16 Obv: Turretted head of Tyche, Rev: Sandan standing right, on winged and horned lion, carrying bow-case and sword. City of Tyre, Phoenicia (Lebano
JudeaDenarius 2nd Revolt Bar Kochba. Undated but attributed to 3rd year 134/135. Obverse: Bunch of grapes and small branch. Reverse: 3 Stringed elongated lyre surrounded by Hebrew inscription 'For the freedom of Jerusalem' and 'Shimon'. Meshorer 209. Hendin 172. NEF
Judaea. 1st revolt, AD66-70, silver shekel. Year 3, obverse, chalice with pearled rim and raised base, Hebrew inscription (Shekel of Israel), date (shin gimel). Reverse, stem with pearl base and three fruits surrounded with Hebrew inscription (Jerusalem t
Judaea 2nd revolt, AD132-135. Bar Kochba. Silver Tetradracm, undated, but attributed to the 3rd year 134/135 C.E. Obverse fa?ade of the Temple in Jerusalem with the ark of the covenant and scrolls in centre. Inscription on sides (Shimon) and star above. R
Judaea. 1st revolt, AD66-70, silver shekel. Year 2. Obverse chalice with pearled rim and raised base. Hebrew inscription (Shekel of Israel), date (shin bet). Reverse stem with pearl base and three fruits surrounded with Hebrew inscription (Jerusalem the h
Judaea 2nd revolt, AD132-135. Bar Kochba. Silverdenarius, undated, but attributed to the 3rd year 134/135 C.E. Obverse inscription within a wreath (Shimon). Reverse upright palm branch, surrounded by inscription (for the freedom of Jerusalem). Meshorer 2
Judaea 2nd revolt, AD132-135. Bar Kochba. Silverdenarius, undated, but attributed to the 3rd year 134/135 C.E. Obverse inscription within a wreath (Shimon). Reverse upright palm branch, surrounded by inscription (for the freedom of Jerusalem). Meshorer 2
Judaea 2nd revolt, AD132-135. Bar Kochba. Silverdenarius, undated, but attributed to the 3rd year 134/135 C.E. Obverse bunch of grapes and small branch. Reverse three-stringed elongated lyre, surrounded by inscription (for the freedom of Jerusalem). Mesh
Judaea 2nd revolt, AD132-135. Bar Kochba. Silverdenarius, undated, but attributed to the 3rd year 134/135 C.E. Obverse inscription within a wreath (shimon). Reverse three-stringed elongated lyre, surrounded by inscription (for the freedom of Jerusalem. M
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