The Collector's Series

Kingdom of Macedon. Antigonos II Gonatas (277-239 BC). AR Tetradrachm. Amphipolis, struck after 270 BC. 16.52 gms. Head of Pan r., with goat horns...

Attica, Athens. AR Tetradrachm, struck 420-404 BC. 17.15 gms. Helmeted head of Athena r., rev. ATE, Owl standing facing, olive sprig and crescent ...

Characene. Attambelos I (47/46-25/24 BC). Billon Tetradrachm. Charax-Spasinou, dated SE 273 (34/33 BC). 11.52 gms. Diameded head r., rev. Herakles...

Characene. Thionesios I (ca. 25-20/18 BC). Billon Tetradrachm. Charax-Spasinou, dated SE 288 (25/24 BC). 13.16 gms. Diademed head r., rev. Herakle...

Seleukid Kings of Syria. Seleukos I Nikator (312-281 BC). AR Tetradrachm. Seleukeia on the Tigris, struck ca. 296/5-281 BC. 17.18 gms. Laureate he...

Sasanian Empire. Ardashir III (628-630). AR Drachm, AB (Abarsahr) year 2. 4.08 gms. Bust r. wearing winged crown, rev. Fire altar with attendants....

Sasanian Empire. Ardashir III (628-630). AR Drachm, YZ (Yazd) year 2. 4.10 gms. Bust r. wearing winged crown, rev. Fire altar with attendants. Göb...

Sasanian Empire. Ardashir III (628-630). AR Drachm, YZ (Yazd) year 2. 4.11 gms. Bust r. wearing winged crown, rev. Fire altar with attendants. Göb...

Hunnic. Alchon Huns. Khingila (Ca. 440-490). Gold Broad Dinara. 7.41 gms. In the name of Bahram III (Kidara). King standing l., sacrificing over a...

Hunnic. Chaganian (Tokharistan). Billon Drachm, 6th Century AD. 2.98 gms. Peroz-style bust r. flanked by tamghas, portrait bust c/m above, rev. Fi...

Roman Egypt. Ca. 4th Century AD. Quintet of Glass Disk Weights. Blue-green, 17-19mm. Bust of Eros - winged Victory r., rev. Head of Hercules r. Cf...

Focas (602-610). Gold Solidus. Constantinople, tenth officina, struck 607-609. 4.47 gms. Crowned, draped and cuirassed bust facing, holding a glob...

Constans II (641-668) with Constantine IV. Gold Solidus. Constantinople, fifth officina, struck 654-659. 4.35 gms. Crowned facing busts of Constan...

Constantine IV Pogonatus (668-685) with Heraclius and Tiberius. Gold Solidus. Constantinople, fourth officina, struck 674-681. 4.45 gms. Armored b...

Constantine IV Pogonatus (668-685). Gold Solidus. Constantinople, second officina, struck 681-685. 4.41 gms. Armored bust 3/4 r., wearing crested ...

Justinian II, first reign (685-695). Gold Soldius. Constantinople, struck 692-695. 4.49 gms. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator wearing a pallium o...

Basil I, the Macedonian with Constantine (868-879). Gold Solidus. Constantinople. 4.45 gms. Nimbate figure of Christ enthroned facing, raising His...

John II Comnenus (1118-1143). Electrum Aspron Trachy. Constantinople. 4.38 gms. Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing, rev. John, wearing divitision...

Isaac II Angelus (1185-1195). Electrum Aspron Trachy. Constantinople. 3.57 gms. The Theotokos (Virgin Mary) enthroned facing, holding the Holy Inf...

Empire of Nicaea. John III Ducas-Vatatzes (1222-1254). Gold Hyperpyron Nomisma. Magnesia, struck 1232-1254. 4.46 gms. Christ Pantokrator enthroned...

Arab-Sasanian. `Umar b. `Ubayd Allah, Zubayrid governor (AH 67-72/686-691 AD). AR Drachm, BYSh (Bishapur) AH 67. 4.2 gms. lillah al-hamd in margin...

Arab-Sasanian. `Umar b. `Ubayd Allah, Zubayrid governor (AH 67-72/686-691 AD). AR Drachm, BYSh (Bishapur) AH 70. 3.8 gms. lillah al-hamd in margin...

Lot of Dirhams: Umayyad. Dimashq AH 87, 98 (minor, contemporary graffiti letters in field); Abbasid (5); and Arab-Bukharan Billon Drachm in name o...

Abbasid. al-Mansur (AH 136-158/754-775 AD). Gold Dinar, nm AH 158. 4.02 gms. A-212. Slightly clipped, Very Fine. VAT Status: Normal View Terms & C...

Abbasid. al-Mu`tamid (AH 256-279/870-892 AD). Gold Dinar, Misr AH 263. 4.14 gms. Citing Ja`far as heir. A-239.1. Scarce. Old scrape upper margin a...

Spain. Muluk al-Tawa`if (Los reyes de taifas). `Âmirid of Valencia. `Abd al-Aziz al-Mansur (AH 412-452/1021-1061 AD). Gold Fractional Dinar, nm nd...

`Âmirid of Valencia. `Abd al-Aziz al-Mansur (AH 412-452/1021-1061 AD). Gold Fractional Dinar, nm nd. 1.44 gms. Citing al-Muzaffar and Ibn Aghlab. ...

`Âmirid of Valencia. `Abd al-Malik al-Muzaffar (AH 452-457/1061-1065 AD). Gold Fractional Dinar, nm nd. 0.89 gms. A-377. Rare. Very Fine. VAT Stat...

Dhu`l-Nunids of Toledo. Occupation of Valencia, 1065-1075 AD. Sharaf al-Dawla Yahya I (al-Ma`mun (AH 435-467/1043-1075). Gold Fractional Dinar, nm...

Dhu`l-Nunids of Toledo. Occupation of Valencia, 1065-1075 AD. Sharaf al-Dawla Yahya I (al-Ma`mun (AH 435-467/1043-1075). Gold Fractional Dinar, nm...

Murabitid (Almoravid).`Ali b. Yusuf (AH 500-537/1106-1142 AD). Gold Dinar, Ishbiliya (Sevilla) AH 517. 3.96 gms. Pellet below ruler`s name/ lem ke...

North Africa. Merinid. Abu Faris `Abd al-`Aziz II (AH 796-799/1393-1396 AD). Gold Dinar, Madinat Fès nd. 4.46 gms. Hafsid style. Three-line legend...

Crusaders. Kingdom of Jerusalem. Gold Bezant (Dinar), ca. 1148-1187 AD. Struck at Acre. 3.51 gms. Imitating Fatimid types of al-Âmir. A-730. Crude...

Burji Mamluk. Al-Zahir Abu Sa`id Jaqmaq (AH 842-857/1438-1453 AD). Gold Ashrafi, al-Qahira nd. 3.38 gms. Legends separated by three lines of cable...

Arabia. Zuray`id. `Imran b. Muhammad (AH 550-561/1155-1165 AD). Gold Dinar, `Adan AH 561. 2.33 gms. In his name, without Fatimid overlord: awhid m...

Ayyubid Branch in the Yemen. Al-Nasir Ayyub (AH 598-611/1202-1214 AD). AR Dirham, Ta`izz AH 608. 2.09 gm. Legends in cartouches. A-1094. Choice Ex...

Ottoman Empire. Süleyman I (AH 926-974/1520-1566 AD). Gold Sultani, Sidrekipsi AH 926. 3.53 gms. A-1317. Pleasing style, a decent example of this ...

Ottoman Empire. Murad III (AH 982-1003/1574-1595 AD). Gold Sultani, Halab (Aleppo) AH 982. 3.45 gms. A-1332.1. Bold strike, About Extremely Fine. ...

Quartet of Eastern issues: `Alids of Tabaristan. Al-Hasan b. Zayd (AH 250-270/864-884 AD). AR Dirham, Jurjan AH 269. A-1523. Rare. Typical flatnes...

Kakwayhid. Faramurz (AH 433-443/1041-1051 AD). Gold Dinar, Isbahan AH 435. 2.81 gms. Citing the Seljuq Tughril Beg as overlord, shams above revers...

Ghaznavids. Mahmud , as independent ruler (AH 389-421/999-1030 AD). Gold Dinar, Nishapur AH 390. 5.23 gms. `ayn and mim lower obverse field. A-160...

Mehrabanid. Qutb al-Din Muhammad II (AH 784-788/1382-1386 AD). Gold Tanka, Nimruz AH (78)2. 10.99 gms. Kalima within looped square, ruler named al...

Manghits of Bukhara. Nasrullah (AH 1242-1277/1827-1860 AD). Gold Tilla, Bukhara-yi sharif AH 1253 (obverse) 1255 (reverse) - with the "2"s appeari...

Manghits of Bukhara. Muzaffar al-Din (AH 1277-1303/1860-1886 AD). Gold Tilla, Bukhara-yi sharif AH 1291 (dated on both sides). 4.54 gms. A-3038. E...

Albania. Zog I (1928-1939). 20 Franga Ari, 1938 R. Roma. On the Marriage of King Zog to Countess Geraldine Apponyi, April 27, 1938. Bare head righ...

Austria. Salzburg. Johann Ernst v. Thun (1687-1709). ½ Taler, 1609. Hatted and tasseled Arms, rev. Saints Rupert and Virgil facing each other. KM ...

Czechoslovakia. Dukat 1927. Arms, rev. Half-length figure of Duke Wenceslas facing. Fr.2, KM 8. Brilliant Uncirculated. VAT Status: Normal View Te...

Denmark. Run of 2 Skilling, 1648, 1649, 1653, 1654 (2, var), 1662, 1663, 1665, 1677; also Reval. Ore, 1649 (holed); and Sweden. Öre, 1634; Öre, 17...

Denmark. Christian IX (1863-1906). 20 Kroner, 1890 HC-CS. Head right, rev. Dania seated left, dolphin before, sheaf of wheat behind. Fr.295, KM 79...

Estonia. Reval. Under Sweden. Erik XIV (1560-1568). Ferding, (15)68. Crowned bust of the king r., rev. Arms. Ahlström 19, Neumann 6b. Light slate ...

France. Louis XVI (1774-1793). Louis d`or, 1786 H. La Rochelle. Head left of the ill-fated ruler, rev. Crowned conjoined Arms. Fr 471, Gad 361, KM...

German States. Aachen. Freiestadt. Pair of minors: 3 Marck, 1754, Charlemagne facing behind shield; 16 Marck, 1752, eagle with `16` on breast/crow...

German States. Quintet of larger 18th Century minors: Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Karl I (1735-1780), 1/3 Taler, 1775E/IDB , head r./horse galloping l...

German States. Lot of 17th Century Silver minors, more than half, issues of Würzburg (Kortlings and Schillings), the others from Metz, Nürnberg, S...

German States and Hungary. Lot of 17th-18th Century Silver minors, Kreuzer-15 Kreuzer sizes. The German (12) Includes issues of Bavaria, Breslau, ...

Germany. World War I series. Pair of Silver Medals. Silver, 33mm. Wilhelm II/Das Schwert, 1914. Uniformed bust of Kaiser Wilhelm II l., wearing ea...

England. Plantagenets. Richard II (1377-1399). Noble. King standing facing, within galley, holding shield and sword, rev. Croix fleur-de-lisée, "R...

Great Britain. Anne (1702-1714). Crown, 1708. SEPTIMO. Second bust l., rev. Crowned cruciform Arms, Garter star at center. S.3601. A few minor sur...

Great Britain. Pair of Shillings. George I (1714-1727). Shilling, 1723 SSC. Light obverse haymarking, About Extremely Fine; George III (1760-1820)...

Great Britain. George II (1727-1760). Half Crown, 1741. Young, laureate and draped bust l., rev. Crowned cruciform Arms, Garter star at center, ro...