| Astarte S.A. > Web Auction 4 | Auction date: 7 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 285 Price realized: 70 CHF (Approx. 77 USD / 71 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Heraclius, 610-641. Dodecanummium (Bronze, 20.42 mm, 9.46 g). Alexandria, struck during the Sassanian occupation, circa 618-628. Draped facing bust (of Sasanian king Khosrau II?), wearing crown surmounted by cross within crescent; star to left, crescent to right. Rev. Cross potent on globe between large I B; [AΛ]EZ below. DOC 191; MIB 202b; SB 855. Sellwood ISC 63. Very Fine. Rare. Ex Empire Coins 7, 2 May 1987, Lot 270. Traditionally this issue is assigned to the Sasanian occupation of Alexandria following the deposition of Maurice Tiberius' by Phocas. The iconography of this coin is generally assigned to the Sasanian king Khosrau II, as well as, the interpretation of some symbols as purely Sasanian. Recently this data has been questioned providing an alternative reading of the symbolism linked to the Christian tradition. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
Match 1:
| Nomos AG > Auction 32 | Auction date: 8 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 632 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: Byzantine Michael III "the Drunkard", with Theodora and Thecla, 842-867. Solidus (Gold, 21 mm, 4.37 g, 6 h), Constantinople, circa 842-850. + ӨЄO∂O-RA ∂[ЄSPVn'] A Facing bust of Theodora, wearing crown with cross on semicircle and pendilia, loros, and holding cross-topped scepter in her left hand and a globus surmounted by patriarchal cross in her right. Rev. •mIXAHL S Ө-Є[CLA] Facing busts of Michael, on the left, wearing crown with cross on semicircle, chlamys, and holding globus cruciger in his right hand, and Thecla, on the right, wearing crown with pendilia, loros, and holding patriarchal cross in her right hand. DOC 1d. Füeg 1.B. SB 1686. Very rare. Presumably once mounted, with the right sides of both the obverse and reverse flattened and with other marks, otherwise, about extremely fine. Starting price: 4250 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1246 Price realized: 80 CHF (Approx. 91 USD / 84 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SASANIAN KINGS. Kavadh I, second reign, 499-531. Pashiz (Bronze, 14 mm, 0.72 g, 4 h), KA (Kārzīn), RY 40 = 528. Within a beaded circle, draped bust of Kavadh I to right, wearing a mural crown with a frontal crescent and korymbos set on a crescent; star to left. Rev. Fire altar, flanked by two attendants; above altar, star and crescent; to left, date in Pahlavi; to right, KA (abbreviation for the name of the mint in Pahlavi). SNS III/2, type Ib/1a. Thick deposits, otherwise, very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
Match 3:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 5597 Price realized: 2,600 CHF (Approx. 2,956 USD / 2,745 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Hethasas/Hataza, circa 610s-630s. Chrysos (Electrum, 18 mm, 1.35 g, 2 h), before 620 (?). ᗺACIΛ[Ι] AξⲰИΓ Draped half-length bust of Hethasas/Hataza to right, wearing tiara and circular earring, holding spear in his right hand; to left and right, ears of barley; all within circular border. Rev. ✠C✠A✠H✠ΘΑ Draped half-length bust of Hethasas/Hataza to right, wearing tight-fitting head cloth and circular earring; to left and right, ears of barley; all within circular border. Hahn, Aksumite, 48. Hahn & Keck, MAKS, 91, b). Munro-Hay, AC, type 136. Of the highest rarity, just five examples recorded by Hahn & Keck . Holed and with some edge chipping, otherwise, fine. From the Dr. Stephan Coffman Collection, ex Leu Web Auction 19, 26-28 February 2022, 3484. If Hahn & Keck's reconstruction of the royal succession after Ella Gabaz/Wazen Agad is correct, Hethasas/Hataza was the last Axumite king to strike coins in his own name. Remarkably, he still adhered to a trimetallic coinage, although the gold content of his chrysoi and the silver content of his argyroi was very low, indicating difficulties in procuring sufficient precious metal. The disruption of the Red Sea trade resulting from the Sasanian conquest of Egypt in 617/8 may soon have rendered coin production obsolete, which would explain the great rarity of Hethasas/Hataza's gold and early silver coins today. Hahn & Keck have suggested that the short term restoration of Egypt to Byzantine control in 630 may have prompted the Axumites to resume coin production, though only of billon argyroi and bronze lepta, which may have continued posthumously after Hethasas/Hataza's reign. Production of gold coins was permanently discontinued, however, making these extremely rare chrysoi the final Axumite coinage in gold. Starting price: 250 CHF |  |
Match 4:
| Nomos AG > Auction 32 | Auction date: 8 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 309 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot | |
| Lot description: The Anthony Milavic Collection of Ancient Games Coins Agonistic Tables Four-legged - seen in perspective LYDIA. Philadelphia. Julia Domna. (Bronze, 32 mm, 15.78 g, 5 h), struck under Claudius Kapitonos, archon, c. 214. IOYΛIΑ CЄBACTH Draped bust of Julia Domna to right. Rev. ЄΠ K-Λ ΚΑΠ-ΙΤΩΝ-ΟC-ΑΡΧ ΦΛ // ΦΙΛAΔЄΛΦЄΩΝ / ΝЄΩΚΟΡΩ/Ν Four legged table, shown in perspective, bearing two purses flanked by two prize crowns, each containing a palm branch; on ground below, vase containing palm branches between two aspergilla. BMC 80 = Burrell p. 129 (this coin cited). Lindgren II, 784. SNG Tübingen 3757 var. (varying reverse legend). Attractive chocolate brown patina. Good very fine. From the collection of Major Anthony F. Milavic, USMC (Ret.) and that of J-P. Righetti, Münzen und Medaillen (DE) 15, 21 October 2004, 807. The city was given the honorary title ΦΛ(αβιων) - the Flavian Philadelpians during the reign of Vespasian. The aspergillum, familiar from the reverses of Caesar's elephant denarii, was used to sprinkle holy water or libations, thus emphasising the religious nature of the games symbolised by the prize crowns on this coin. Philadelphia received its neokorate from Caracalla on 18 or 19 November 214. Starting price: 750 CHF |  |
Match 5:
| Astarte S.A. > Web Auction 4 | Auction date: 7 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 284 Price realized: 180 CHF (Approx. 199 USD / 183 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Heraclius, 610-641. Dodecanummium (Bronze 26.17mm, 15.41g). Alexandria, struck during the Sasanian occupation, 618-628. Draped facing bust (of Sasanian king Khosrau II?), wearing crown surmounted by cross within crescent; star to left, crescent to right. Rev. Cross potent on globe between large I B; [AΛ]EΞ below. DOC 192; MIB 202a; SB 856. Sellwood ISC 63. Very Fine. Rare. Traditionally this issue is assigned to the Sasanian occupation of Alexandria following the deposition of Maurice Tiberius' by Phocas. The iconography of this coin is generally assigned to the Sasanian king Khosrau II, as well as, the interpretation of some symbols as purely Sasanian. Recently this data has been questioned providing an alternative reading of the symbolism linked to the Christian tradition. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
