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102.
Bar Kochba Revolt.
Year 2=33/4 CE. Sela -
Tetradrachm, 13.50g (1h). Obv: Paleo-Hebrew
‘Simon’ on either side of façade of Jerusalem
temple, star above. Rx: ‘Year 2 of the freedom of
Jerusalem' around lulav; etrog to left. Mildenberg
36. Meshorer 230a. Hendin 1388. Bromberg 94
(same dies). Shoshana I 20272 (same dies). Sofaer
5. Exceptionally sharp. Some traces of undertype
visible. Mint State
$8500
Ex Triton XIX, 5 January 2016, lot 311. Ex David
Hendin Collection
.
103.
Parthian Kingdom. Mithradates II.
121-91 BC.
Tetradrachm, 15.99g (11h). Obv: Diademed, draped
bust left, with medium beard. Rx: Archer seated
right on omphalos holding bow, palm branch in
outer right field. Shore 66. Sellwood 24.3. Toned EF
$2,500
104.
Orodes I.
Drachm, 4.10g (10h). Rhagae. Obv:
Diademed and draped bust left, wearing tiara with
ear flap, long beard, and torque ending in pel-
let; large fleur on crown; anchor symbol to right;
all within pelleted border. Rx: Archer (Arsakes I)
seated right on throne, holding bow. Sellwood 34.3.
Shore 145. Scarce. Mint State
$800
105.
Bactria. Demetrius I.
c. 200-185 BC. Tetradrachm,
16.96g (11h). Obv: Draped and diademed bust of
king right, wearing elephant’s scalp headdress.
Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ Naked Herakles
standing facing, crowning himself and holding
club and lionskin; in lower left field, monogram.
Bopearachchi 1F. SNG ANS 192. Powerful portrait
of king. Very sharp reverse. Mint State
$6,000
106.
Eucratides.
c. 170-145 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.05g
(11h). Obv: Helmeted bust of Eucratides right. Rx:
The Dioscouri on horses prancing right, each hold-
ing spear and palm; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY above,
ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ in exergue; monogram in lower right
field. Bopearachchi 6T. Extremely sharp. Toned.
Struck on an extremely broad flan. Near Mint State.
$2,500
Ex Gorny & Mosch 121, 10 March 2003, lot 251
.
107.
Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy II.
c. 253/2-246
BC. AV Mnaieion or One-Mina Piece (formerly
Octadrachm), 27.74g (12h). Obv: Veiled head of
Arsinoe right, wearing stephane; I to left, lotus-
tipped scepter in background. Rx: ΑΡΣΙΝΟHΣ
- ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ Double cornucopia bound with
fillet. Svoronos 471. Olivier & Lorber dies 2/4. Mint
State
$8,000
Ex Triton XX, 10-11 2017, lot 386
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