AE Pentonkion, 25 mm, 10.89 g, 1h, Messana mint
SNG ANS 440
Sear 1144
O: laur hd of Zeur r
R: [MAMEPTINΩN] helmeted naked warrior charging r,
holding spear and large round shield with Π in lower right field.
SNG ANS 440
Sear 1144
O: laur hd of Zeur r
R: [MAMEPTINΩN] helmeted naked warrior charging r,
holding spear and large round shield with Π in lower right field.
Bopearachchi 9B
O: helmeted head of Eukratides r, dotted border
R: piloi of the dioscuri with [BAΣ]ΙΛΕΩ[Σ] to right, EYKPATIΔ[--] on left with ΠΓ in lower field.
Ex: Pars Sku G045
SC 2221.3c
O: diad hd of
Alexander II r., diadem ends falling straight behind, dotted border.
R: BAΣΙΛEΩΣ on r., AΛEΞANΔPOY on l., filleted
double cornucopiae oriented to r.
Primary control in mongram of HΔP inner l.
above.
Secondary control inner l., below: AΦ
AE 27 mm, 17.16 g, 12h, Ekbatana mint
SC 1595 (R2-R3)
O: diad bust of Timarchos r. dotted border
R: [BA]ΣIΛEΩΣ
on the rt, [M]EΓAΛOY/[TI]MAPXOY on left, Nike adv l holding wreath and palm branch.
No control marks and no evidence of dotted border.
Ex:
Zurqieh UAE
AE 25 mm, 13.38 g, 12h.
Milne, Autonomous period XV, 340
Callataÿ pl. LI, Q
SNG Copenhagen 1206
O: diad hd of Mithradates VI r
R: Nike stg r holding wreath and palm frond. ΣΜΥPNAIΩΝ on rt, EPMOΓENHΣ/ΦΡΙΞΟΣ
on l.
Hermogenes Phrixos as magistrate. Flan preparation marks
are still extant.
Ex: Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger Auction 366 lot 183 (25 Oct 2000)
estimation 350,-DM.
Ex: Sigmund Collection
Ex: CNG 512 lot 154 (23 March 2022)
Ex: Praefectus Coins (BC Canada) SKU GRA6368
AE Sestertius, 31 mm, 19.14 g, 12h, Roma mint CE 233
RIC 535
RCV 8003
BMCRE 932
O: laur draped bust right
IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG
R: Sol adv l, r hand raised holding whip in left PM TRP XII
COS III PP, SC across central fields
Ex: Roma Numismatics 101 lot 1076 (13.10.2022)
Ex: “from a private English collection”
Album 58
O: Sassanian
style bust r with Arabic legend to right of bust سعيد
R: Fire
altar flanked by attendants, Tabaristan in Pahlavi on r and date on l
AE 20 mm,
2.5 g, Thessalonika mint
RIC 227 (S)
O: helmeted hd left spear and shield forward,
DN FL CL IVLI-ANVS PF AVG
R: VOT/X/MVLT/XX
in wreath
TESΓ in ex. Palm
branches on either side
EX: Warren Esty
SC 2425.3
HGC 9, 1284
(R2)
O: diad, beardless
bust r. dotted border
R: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕVKOV
in two lines on the rt, EΠΙΦNOVΣ NIKATOPOΣ in two lines on the l, Apollo stg l,
testing arrow and resting elbow on column. Primary control on outer left not
visible, secondary control A on inner l.
Ex: London Ancient Coins (UK)
Three examples known at this time; CSE 371, an example in the Biblioteque
Nationale Paris, and this coin.
BMC 24
Kovacs 249
RPC 3533
O: diad bust of Antiochos IV r [ΒΑCΙΛΕΥC ΜΕΓΑC Α]ΝΤΙΟΧΟC.
Anchor cmk at 4 o’clock.
R: Scorpion
and inscription in wreath, ΛΥΚΑΟΝΩΝ
Ex: Warren Esty
SC 2461.4
SNG Spaer
2820
O: diad head
of Philip r, fillet border.
R: Zeus enthroned
l, holding Nike and sceptre, laurel wreath border. BAΣIΛΕΩΣ ΦIΛΙΠΠOV
in two lines on the r, EΠΙΦANOVΣ ΦΙΛAΔΕΛΦOV in two lines on l.
Frozen control under throne. Control in ex and inner left.
AR Drachm; 18
mm, 3.94 g, 12 h, Antioch mint c. BCE 143-142
SC 2003c (R1-2)
SMA 257
O: radiate and
diad hd of Antiochos VI r, dotted border
R: BAΣΙΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY in two lines on rt, EΠΙΦANOYΣ ΔΙONYΣOY in two lines
on left, spiked Macedonian helmet with cheek guards facing r, adorned with goat’s
horn above visor.
Primary control between spike and horn reading downward TPY
Secondary control inner r beneath helmet see monogram C in SC.
Ex: “from a private European Collection”
Ex: Roma Numismatics E-Sale 100 (28-07-22) lot 568
SC 1048 variety but with unpublished controls
O: laureate head of Antiochos r as Apollo, dotted border
R: Apollo seated l on omphalos holding an arrow in
his rt hand and resting against a bow held in his left. Inscription on right reads BAΣIΛΕΩΣ and on left
ANTIOXOY, with controls to left above and below the arrowhead.
AE Quadrans, 17 mm, 2.69 g, 3h
RPC I, 131
O: bare hd portrait of Augustus left with insc
proceeding from left to right [PER C]AE AVG
R: Priestly implements with inscription [COL] PATR
Ex: Numismatica Prados, Sevilla, Spain