AE 17 mm, 3.78 g, Sardes mint c. BCE 250-246 per Newell
SC 525.1d, WSM 1411
O: laureate head of Apollo r.
R: B]AΣΙΛEΩΣ on r. ANTIOXOY on l., tripod stg on symbol (in this case an Anchor r.) primary control outer r., secondary controls outer l.
20100210
Greece/Seleucid; Antiochus VII Sidetes BCE 138-129
AE 14 mm, 2.78 g, Antioch mint SE 177/BCE 136-135
SC 2068.4, HSC 1096 (S)
O: lion hd r., dotted border.
R: BAΣΙΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY in two lines on r., EYEPΓETOY on l., vertical club.,
Date lower field IOP
No visible controls.
Greece/Seleucid; Antiochus IV Epiphanes BCE 175-164
AE Chalkous, 15 mm, 2.63 g., perhaps Samaria mint c. BCE 168-164
SC 1489 v, HSC 638a (S)
O: radiate diademed hd r, one diad end falling straight behind and the other falls over shoulder. Fillet border. mark of value behind hd A/X
R: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ on r., ANTI[OXOY] on left. goddess std l., on high backed throne, holding Nike, bird standing l, at feet. dotted border.
Controls: none or none visible on this example.
20100207
Greece/Seleucid; Antiochus VII Sidetes BCE 138-129
A pair of Eros/Isis bronzes
Antiochus VII minted in Antioch dated SE 182
AE 17 mm, 6.14 g, Antioch mint SE 182/BCE 131-130
SC 2067.20d, HSC 1087 (C)
O: Bust of winged Eros r., dotted border
R: BAΣΙΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY in two lines on r., EYEPΓETOY on l., Isis headress.
Date in ex: BΠP
Antiochus VII minted in Antioch dated SE 177
AE 18 mm, 6.17 g, Antioch mint SE 177/BCE 136-135
SC 2067.9d, HSC 1087 (C)
O: Bust of winged Eros r., dotted border
R: BAΣΙΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY in two lines on r., EYEPΓETOY on l., Isis headress.
Date in ex: IOP
20100206
Islamic/Mughal India
Muhi id-din Muhammad Aurangzeb Bahadur Alamgir I (1658-1707 CE)
AR Rupee, 24 mm 11.47 g , Khanbayat mint AH 1118 Regnal 51 (April 1706-March 1707)
KM 300.51
O: Aurangzeb ‘Alamgir (1118)
Shah
Zad chobadr munir
Sikka
Dar Jahan
R: Manus
Maymanat
Sannah 51 jalus
Duriba
khanbayat
Ex: Stephen Album Rare Coins item #807797
Ex William F. Spengler (1923-2005) Collection
Ex: William B. Warden Jr (1947-2000) Numismatist stock # 89006815
Ex Virgil M Brand (1862-1926) Collection
Likely sold by Spink 50 (6-7 Mar 1986)
With Brand’s own cabinet card (see below)
Virgil Brand a very successful brewer in Chicago, amassed an immense collection of over 300,000 coins...Reclusive in his habits, he would study the coins he loved so well in his apartment above the brewery, notating descriptions and prices paid in his volumes of ledgers. From before the turn of the century until his death in 1926, he added, on an average, about 10,000 coins each year, including many important coins of antiquity as well as of the United States, medieval times and of the world in general. (p. 123 of Bromberg I catalog, 1991)
Virgil Brand a very successful brewer in Chicago, amassed an immense collection of over 300,000 coins...Reclusive in his habits, he would study the coins he loved so well in his apartment above the brewery, notating descriptions and prices paid in his volumes of ledgers. From before the turn of the century until his death in 1926, he added, on an average, about 10,000 coins each year, including many important coins of antiquity as well as of the United States, medieval times and of the world in general. (p. 123 of Bromberg I catalog, 1991)
Ex: William Theobald (1829-1908) Sale
Brand Cabinet Card illustrated below:
20110603
INDIA, MUGHAL, Shah Jahan, 1628-59, AR rupee (11.3g/26mm) 1039 AH year 2 month of Bahman (1630-1631 CE) Patna mint, K222.13
O: Shihab ed-din Muhammad Shah Jahan badshah ghazi sahib quiran sani
R: Kalima / zarbpatna sanah 2 ilahi mah bahman (minting of patna
O: Shihab ed-din Muhammad Shah Jahan badshah ghazi sahib quiran sani
R: Kalima / zarb
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