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Ancient Greek. Bruttium, Caulonia. Late 6th Century B.C. Silver Stater (8.15g.) NGC AU.
Of "incuse" fabric. OBV: Apollo striding r., holding branch and daimon, before him a stag with its head reverted. REV: incuse image approximating the obverse design. Rutter, Historia Numorum...
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400 -300 BC Greek Drachm. Trace, Istros. VF.
Greek drachm (stater), Istros (Thrace). OBV: Facing male heads conjoined, one inverted. REV: Sea-eagle atop dolphin, both left, monogram under dolphin. One offered interpretation of the conjoined...
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Ancient Greek. Island of Lesbos, Mytilene. C.377-326 B.C. Electrum Hecte (2.54g.) NGC Choice Very Fine.
OBV: head r. of Apollo Carneius, wearing horn. REV: eagle stg.r., head reverted, all in raised square border. Bodenstedt 104. NGC Ancients graded Choice Very Fine, 3/5 for strike, 5/5 for surface. ...
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196 - 146 BC Thessalian Confederacy silver Double Victoriatus. VF.
Greek silver double-victoriatus. OBV: Zeus, revered chief Olympian god. REV: Athena Itonia walking right brandishing spear and shield. An almost astoundingly sharp example struck on a planchet...
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114 - 113 BC Roman Republic Denarius of C. Fonteius. VF.
Roman Republic denarius. OBV: Janiform head of the Dioscuri, control letter on left, asterisk on right. REV: C FONT, galley with pilot and three oarsmen. Toned very-fine.
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Circa 85 BC Greek Tetradrachm. Phonecia, Tyre. XF.
Greek tetradrachm (half-shekel), Tyre in Phoenicia. OBV: laureate head of beardless Melqarth right. REV: TUROU IERAS KAI ASULOU, eagle standing on prow, palm frond under wing. The half-shekel if...
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77/6 BC (Year 50) Phoenicia, Tyre silver Shekel. MS-60.
Taken directly from a card included by the consignor is the following (copyright unknown): The Thirty Pieces of Silver.
Of all Biblical references to coins, the "thirty pieces of silver"...
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Roman Empire. Tiberius, A.D. 14-37. Gold Aureus (8.03g.). Lugdunum mint. NGC Choice AU.
OBV: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head r. of Tiberius. REV: PONTIF MAXIM, Livia, in the guise of the goddess Pax, std. r., hldg. Scepter and branch. RIC I 25. NGC Ancients graded...
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16 - 37 AD Tiberius "Tribute Penny", Lugdunum mint (France). VF.
Roman silver denarius, struck at the Lugdunum mint in Gaul (France). Lugdunum was the most important Roman city at the fringe of the empire in the northwest, birthplace of two emperors. The denarius...
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69 - 79 AD Vespasian Denarius, "Judaea Capta" issue.. VF.
Roman silver denarius. OBV: Laureate head r. "IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG". REV: "Judaea Capta" issue displays a seated Jewess in posture of mourning, a trophy behind her, IVDAEA in exergue. ...
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134/5 AD Judaea AR Zuz (Denarius). Bar Kochba second revolt. AU.
Judea AR Zuz (denarius). OBV: wreath "Simon". REV: fluted jug, palm branch, "for the freedom of Jerusalem". Near mint.
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Four silver Roman Ancient coins, Septimius Severus and Family 193-217 A.D.
Humorously described by the consignor as "Mom, Dad and the Kids", a quartet of silver denarius coins represent the Severan Dynasty, 193-217 AD. Represented are: Septimus (Dad), Julia Domna (Mom), and...
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249 -251 AD Trajan Decius Antoninianus (Double Denarius). XF.
Roman double-denarius. OBV: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS, radiant bust right AVG. REV: two PANNONIAE draped and veiled, standing and holding standards. Trajan Decius spent most of his short reign as...
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Roman Empire. Constantine I "the Great", A.D. 307-337. Gold Solidus (4.48g.). Nicomedia mint. NGC Mint State.
OBV: CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, rosette diademed bust, draped and cuirassed bust r. of Constantine I. REV. VICTORIA CONSTANTINI AVG, Victory std., inscribing VOT XXX on wreath held aloft by Cupid or...
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Two Byzantine Empire gold coins.
A pair of gold coins from the time of the Byzantine Empire. First is a gold solidus of Maurice Tiberius, emperor from 582 - 602, grading VF with an uneven strike. Next is a solidus of Flavius...
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Two Byzantine Empire gold coins.
A pair of gold content coins of the Byzantine Empire date to the early part of last Millennium. First is a gold hyperpyron (Seer-1881) of Nikephoros III Botaneiates, Emperor from 1078 - 1081. Second...
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Canada. 1903 No "H" dime and two other silver Candian coins.
A 1903 "no H" ten-cent commences this lot with high quality surfaces and luster to spare. This coin should grade MS-62 by U.S. standards, although collectors who use international grading equivalents...
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Denmark 3 coin type set of 20 KRONOR.
Christian IX (1873 HC/CS), Frederik VIII (1908 VBP), Christian X (1916 VBP). The 1873 is an attractive AU+ coin. Krause-Mishler catalog number KM-791.1. The 1908 is Uncirculated with lustrous even...
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German States. 1876J Hamburg Free City 2 Marks (KM-290). MS-65.
Extremely powerful striking pressure imparted a prooflike level of details, though the surfaces feature blazing cartwheel luster expected of a commercial strike. So astonishingly strong is the strike...
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1189 - 1199 Richard II Silver Denarius, Aquitaine mint. AU.
English silver denier. OBV: ornamental Crusader's cross. REV: "RICHARD". Richard I earned the title of Coeur de Lion (Lion-Hearted) through his legendary personal courage in battle, and...
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