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Nabataean Kingdom. Petra . Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AD 20-40.Bronze Æ. 18 mm, 4,75 g. Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; letter before / Crossed cornucopia; legend between and below. very fine.Meshorer, Nabataea 114; SNG ANS 1438-43; Sofaer 67-9.
ASCALON - JUDAEA - TYCHE/WAR GALLEY ae15
OBVERSE: VEILED AND TURRETED BUST OF TYCHE, r., "AS" TO r.
REVERSE: WAR GALLEY, l., "BKC" ABOVE
פריט 75
AGRIPPA II, 56 – 95 CE
Agrippa II. Nero. 56-95 C.E. AE 18 mm. Half-Denomination. 5.560 grams. Obverse: Laureate bust of Nero
r.; lituus in front of face; inscription. Reverse: Inscription within a circle and wreath (by King Agrippa, Neronias). NIE = Year 6 = 61 C.E. AJC II, 250, 2.Hendin 582. Very Fine.
פריט 76
Judaea Capta.
Roman Imperial. Vespasian (AD 69-79) AR Denarius (19mm, 2.91 g, 6h). “Judaea Capta” commemorative. Rome mint, circa 70 AD.Obverse: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head rightReverse: Judaea seated right in mourning, wearing long veil, resting chin on her left hand; trophy to left; IVDΛEΛ in exergue.References: RIC (II.1) 2; RSC 226; Hendin 1479.
Justin II (565-578). Æ 40 Nummi (28mm, 10.29g, 3h). Nicomedia, year 7 (572/3). Justin and Sophia, both nimbate, enthroned facing; Justin holding globus cruciger and Sophia holding cruciform sceptre. R/ Large M; cross above, date across fields, A/NIKO. MIBE 46a; DOC 98a; Sear 369. Green patina, VF
Antiochos VII AR Tetradrachm, Very Fine, Tyre - Eagle, 131/130 B.C.E. 27mm, 13.45g
פריט 80
Attica. Athens
Greece Athena. 25mm. 16.78g
פריט 81
BACTRIA, Eukratides
BACTRIA, Eukratides (Eucratides) AR tetradrachm, helmeted type. BARGAIN-PRICED! Obverse: Helmeted bust of king right, bead and reel border around.
Reverse: The Dioscuri galloping right, holding spears and palms, Greek legend above and below: BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY / EYKPATIΔOY, monogram at right.
c. 171-145 BCE.
15.64 gm. 33 mm.
Reference: MIG 177e, Bop 6X.
Comments: A decent specimen of one of the greatest Hellenistic portrait coins of all time! The reverse is
Tarsos, Cilicia. AE21 civic issue. 164-30 BC. Turreted and veiled head of Tyche right.
TARSEWN to right of Sandan standing right on horned, winged animal, within a pyramidal monument surmounted by an eagle. PDY and HAR monograms in left field.
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos (Auletes). Restored, 55-51 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.77 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Dated RY 30 (52/1 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, L Λ (date) above headdress of Isis; ΠA to right. Svoronos 1840; SNG Copenhagen 397; DCA 69. VF, toned, minor porosity.
Egypt, Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy II. 26mm, 14.13g.