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Lot 5 - Coins: Ancient - Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleJudea > Herodian dynasty > Herod Archelaus (4 BCE - 6 CE): AE half-Pruta (Jerusalem mint); 12.5 - 14mm, 1.35g. Obverse: prow of galley facing left & three Greek letters for "of Herod". Reverse: three Greek letters for "of Herod" within wreath. Reference Hen-1197, Mesh-58, BMC-27, Reif-56. Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleCoins: Ancient |
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Lot 21 - Coins: Ancient - Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleGallienus (256-268 CE), AE silvered Antoninianus (sole reign), 265 CE: radiate, draped bust right & leg. GALLIENVS AVG / small stag/deer standing right & legend SAECVLARHS AVG + palm branch mintmark; Antioch mint; 22 x 20mm, 3.05g; Göbl 1626c Antioch; RSC 925b; RIC V-I 656 var (reverse legend with Greek H instead of Latin E, and bust type). Scarce. Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleCoins: Ancient |
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Lot 16 - Coins: Ancient - Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleJudea > Vespasian, Æ Sestertius - Judaea Capta commemorative (Rome mint), 71 CE, 32.5 - 33.5mm, 22.1g (34.5mm, 25.77 g, 6h). Obverse: laureate head right & legend IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG PM TR P P P COS III. Reverse: legend IVDAEA CAPTA | S C in exergue; palm tree at center, mourning Jewess sitting at left, facing left & male captive at right facing left with 2 shields behind him. Hendin 1502. G-VG; porous; coin alignment. Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleCoins: Ancient |
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Lot 11 - Coins: Ancient - Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleGreat Revolt / First Jewish-Roman War (66-73 CE) > AE Pruta Year Two (67-68 CE) variant: obverse "Year Two" + amphora with broad rim and two handles; reverse "The Freedom of Zion" where word "freedom" is spelled with 4 letters instead of 3 + vine leaf on small branch with tendril, off-stuck but well-struck and clear; size: 16 - 16.50mm; weight: 2.75g.; reference Hen-1360a. Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleCoins: Ancient |
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Lot 6 - Coins: Ancient - Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleJudea > Roman Governors > Pontius Pilate (17/18-36 CE): AE Pruta (year 18 - 31/32 CE); obverse year-letters LIH within wreath; reverse legend "of Tiberius Caesar" around lituus device; 15.5 - 16.5mm, 2.35g. Reference Hen-1343. Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleCoins: Ancient |
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Lot 22 - Coins: Ancient - Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleAurelian (270-284/5) - Alexandria, Potin Tetradrachm: Dated Year 5 = 273-274 AD; A K Λ ΔOM AVΡHΛIANOC CEB, Laureate, cuirassed bust right / LE to right of eagle standing right, wings open, wreath in beak, star at upper left; 20mm, 10.15g. Milne 4424; Emmett 3929. Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleCoins: Ancient |
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Lot 1 - Coins: Ancient - Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleJudea > Hasmonean Dynasty > Alexander Jannaeus (Yehonatan), 104-76 BCE: AE Pruta, 15 - 16.5mm, 2.75g. Obverse: "Yehonatan the King" in Paleo-Hebrew between 8 rays of star within diadem. Reverse: "of King Alexander" in Greek around inverted anchor. Reference Hen-1150, Mesh-8, BMC-61, Reif-14. Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleCoins: Ancient |
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Lot 17 - Coins: Ancient - Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleJudea > Bar Kokhba revolt, (132-136): Æ (base metal) small bronze, undated but attributed to Year 3 (134-5 CE); 17.5 - 19mm, 4.5g. Obverse: seven-branched palm tree with a bunch of dates on either side and legend "Shimon" - irregular rendering of his name. Reverse: bunch of grapes with legend "For the Freedom of Jerusalem". Identical to Mildenberg 159 (dies O4/R9) - with same die/strike anomaly at 5-o'clock position; similar to Hendin 1440. Coin alignment; extremely fine & well struck - rare as such. Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleCoins: Ancient |
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Lot 12 - Coins: Ancient - Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleGreat Revolt / First Jewish-Roman War (66-73 CE) > AE Pruta Year Three (68-69 CE): obverse "Year Three" + amphora with broad rim, two handles and decorated conical lid; reverse "The Freedom of Zion" where word "freedom" is spelled with 4 letters (as per upper positioning of the letter "chet" relative to top leaf); size: 16.5 - 18.5mm; weight: 2.75g.; reference Hen-1363 - "less common than the second year issue [whose] ratio is estimated to be roughly 1 to 8". Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleCoins: Ancient |
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Lot 7 - Coins: Ancient - Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleJudea > Herodian dynasty > Agrippa I (37-44 AD): AE Pruta year 6, 41-42 CE (Jerusalem mint) variant; 16.5mm, 2.25g. Obverse: fringed canopy & Greek legend BACIΛEWC AΓPIΠA ("of King Agrippa") - the legend "BA..." begins at canopy base and not above, this unlisted in Hendin. Reverse: Lς ("Year 6") flanking 3 ears of barley and leaves. Reference Hen-1244, Mesh-88, Reif-59. Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' SaleCoins: Ancient |