ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΣΕΛ-ΕΥΚΟΥ, Apollo, nude, standing left, examining arrow in right hand, resting left elbow on tall sacrificial tripod; HΔ monogram in inner left field; MP monogram in outer right field.

SELEUCID KINGDOM. Seleucus II Callinicus (246-225 BC). AR tetradrachm (31mm, 17.86 gm, 11h). Fine Style, brushed. Antioch on the Orontes, from ca. 244 BC. Diademed head of Seleucus II right, with long, wavy sideburn; dotted border.

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΣΕ-ΛΕΥΚΟΥ, Apollo, nude, standing left, examining arrow held in right hand, resting left elbow on tall sacrificial tripod, surmounted by laurel wreath; KE monogram in lower inner left field.

SELEUCID KINGDOM. Antiochus III the Great (222-187 BC). AR drachm (16mm, 4.25 gm, 12h). Uncertain mint, perhaps Apameia on the Orontes. Diademed head of Antiochus right, with full bangs, bold chin, and pursed lips.

BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTIOXOY, elephant walking right; MTP monogram above, ΞΣΩ monogram below. SC 1065.2 var. (exergual monogram configuration).

SELEUCID KINGDOM. Antiochus VII Euergetes (Sidetes) (138-129 BC). AR tetradrachm (27mm, 16.07 gm, 12h). Choice VF. Posthumous issue of Cappadocian Kingdom, under Ariobarzanes I (96-63 BC). Diademed head of Antiochus VII right, bead-and-reel border.

BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTIOXOY / EYEP-ΓETOY, Athena standing facing, head left, left hand on grounded shield decorated with gorgoneion, spear resting against arm, Nike in right hand facing right, crowning royal epithet; Δ above A in outer left field, T-A across inner fields; all within laurel wreath. SC 2150.5 var. (symbols in left field).

PHOENICIA. Tyre. Ca. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR shekel (22mm, 13.95 gm, 12h). Dated Civic Year 161 (AD 35/6). Laureate head of Melqart right, lion skin knotted around neck

ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ-ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing left on prow, palm over right wing; PΞA (date) above club to left, KP above ANP monogram to right, aleph (Phoenician) between legs.

LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-546 BC). EL third-stater or trite (13mm, 4.76 gm). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 3/5, countermarks. Uninscribed, Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes. Head of lion right, mouth open, mane bristling, radiate sun above eye.

Two square punches of different size, side by side, with irregular interior surfaces.

THRACIAN KINGDOM. Lysimachus (305-281 BC). AR tetradrachm (29mm, 16.87 gm, 1h). Lifetime issue of Abydus, ca. 297/6-282/1 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander III right, with horn of Ammon

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ, Athena enthroned left, Nike standing left in outstretched right hand, resting left elbow on shield, transverse spear beyond; head of griffin left in outer left field, ΠHΥΩ monogram in inner left field.

THRACE. Byzantium. Ca. 280-250 BC. AR tetradrachm (28mm, 16.68 gm, 1h). Posthumous issue in the name and types of Lysimachus. Diademed head of deified Alexander III right, with horn of Ammon

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ, Athena seated left, Nike standing left in outstretched right hand, resting left arm on grounded shield, transverse spear beyond; MTE monogram in inner left field.

ATTICA. Athens. Ca. 440-404 BC. AR tetradrachm (23mm, 17.23 gm, 10h). Mid-mass coinage issue. Head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet ornamented with three laurel leaves and vine scroll

AΘE, owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig with two leaves and one berry, and crescent moon behind, all within incuse square.

ATTICA. Athens. Ca. 440-404 BC. AR tetradrachm (23mm, 17.18 gm, 1h). Mid-mass coinage issue. Head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet ornamented with three laurel leaves and vine scroll

AΘE, owl standing right, head facing. olive sprig with two leaves and one berry, and crescent moon behind, all within incuse square.

PAPHLAGONIA. Sinope. Ca. late 4th century BC. AR drachm (19mm, 5.01 gm, 6h). Ca. 330-300 BC, Phageta, magistrate. Head of nymph left, hair in saccos, wearing sphendone, triple-pendant earring, and beaded necklace

ΣΙΝΩ, sea-eagle on dolphin left; ΦAΓETA (magistrate) behind.

CARIAN SATRAPS. Maussollus (ca. 377-352 BC). AR tetradrachm (22mm, 15.02 gm, 1h). Laureate, draped bust of Apollo, facing slightly right

ΜΑΥΣΣΩΛΛΟ, Zeus Labraundus standing right, lotus tipped spear in left hand, bipennis raised in right.

CARIAN SATRAPS. Hidrieus (ca. 351-344 BC). AR tetradrachm (22mm, 15.15 gm, 1h). Laureate, draped bust of Apollo, facing slightly right

IΔPIEΩΣ, Zeus Labraundus standing right, lotus tipped scepter in left hand, bipennis raised in right; E between legs and scepter.

Hadrian (AD 117-138). AV aureus (18mm, 7.01 gm, 5h). Rome, ca. AD 137-July AD 138. HADRIANVS-AVG COS III P P, bare headed bust of Hadrian right, with drapery visible on left shoulder, seen from behind

SPES-P•R, Spes-Fortuna advancing left, lifting up hem of stola with her left hand, flower in her right.

Hadrian (AD 117-138). AR denarius (19mm, 3.59 gm, 6h). Rome, ca. AD 126-127. HADRIANVS-AVGVSTVS, laureate bust of Hadrian right, slight drapery visible on left shoulder

COS-III, Roma-Virtus standing right, left foot on helmet, reversed grounded spear in right hand, parazonium cradled in left.

Antoninus Pius, as Augustus (AD 138-161). AV aureus (18mm, 6.84 gm, 11h). Rome, AD 155-156. ANTONINVS AVG-PIVS P P IMP II, laureate head of Antoninus Pius right

TR POT XIX-COS IIII, Antoninus standing facing, head left, togate, globe with celestial bands in outstretched right hand, volumen in left.

ZEUGITANA. Carthage. Ca. 350-320 BC. AV stater (19mm, 9.53 gm, 1h) Bust of Tanit left, hair wreathed with grain ears, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace with seven pendants; dotted border

Horse standing right on exergual line; three pellets to lower right at shin height, dotted border.

JUDAEA. The Jewish War (AD 66-70). AR shekel (23mm, 14.20 gm, 11h). Jerusalem, dated Year 3 (April AD 68-May AD 69). Shekel of Israel (Paleo-Hebrew), omer cup with pearled rim, base resting on raised projections; Year 3 above

Jerusalem the Holy (Paleo-Hebrew), staff with three pomegranate buds and globular base.

JUDAEA. Bar Kokhba Revolt (AD 132-135). AR sela (24mm, 14.09 gm, 1h). Undated issue of Year 3 (AD 134/5). Simon (Paleo-Hebrew) on two sides, star above façade of the Jerusalem Temple, the Ark of the Covenant seen from end in center of entrance

For the Freedom of Jerusalem (Paleo-Hebrew), lulav with etrog to left.

Julius Caesar, as Dictator for the Fourth Time and Consul for the Fifth Time (44 BC). AV aureus (21mm, 8.01 gm, 10h). Rome. CAES DIC-QVAR, diademed bust of Venus right, wearing pendant earring

COS•QVINC, legend within wreath.

Julius Caesar, as Consul for the Third Time (46 BC), with Aulus Hirtius, as Praetor. AV aureus (20mm, 7.79 gm, 8h). Rome, 46 BC. C•CAESAR-COS•TER, veiled female head (Vesta or Pietas?) right, with features of Julius Caesar

A•HIRTIVS•P R, lituus, oenochoe, and securis, all turned left (emblems of the augurate and pontificate).

Julius Caesar, as Imperator (ca. February-March 44 BC), with Publius Sepullius Macer, as Moneyer. AR denarius (20mm, 4.20 gm, 5h). Rome. CAESAR•IMP, wreathed head of Julius Caesar right, eight-pointed star behind

P•SEPVLLIVS-MACER, Venus Victrix standing facing, head left, Victory left in right hand, scepter set on star in left.

Marcus Junius Brutus, Assassin of Caesar and Imperator (44-42 BC), with L. Plaetorius Cestianus, as Magistrate. AR denarius (19mm, 3.72 gm, 12h). Mint moving with Brutus in northern Greece, late summer-autumn 42 BC. BRVT-IMP-L•PLAET•CEST, bare head of Brutus right, wearing slight beard

EID•MAR, pileus (liberty cap) between two daggers.

Tiberius (AD 14-37). AV aureus (19mm, 7.81 gm, 11h). Lugdunum, ca. AD 14-17. TI CAESAR DIVI-AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head of Tiberius right

PONTIF-MAXIM, Livia, as Pax, seated right, olive branch in left hand, grounded scepter in right, feet on stool; chair with ornate legs, single line below.

Claudius I (AD 41-54). AV aureus (18mm, 7.84 gm, 4h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 2/5, ex-jewelry. Rome, AD 46-47. TI CLAVD CAESAR•AVG•P•M•TR•P•VI•IMP XI, laureate head of Claudius I right

DE BRITANN, legend on architrave of triumphal arch, surmounted by equestrian statue left, right hand raised, spear in left, between two trophies.

Nero, as Augustus (AD 54-68). AV aureus (19mm, 7.33 gm, 5h). ANACS XF 45. Rome, ca. AD 64-66. NERO CAESAR-AVGVSTVS, laureate bust of Nero right

AVGVSTVS-AVGVSTA, Nero (on left), standing facing, radiate head left, patera in outstretched right hand, grounded scepter in left, and Poppaea Sabina (on right), standing facing, veiled head left, patera in outstretched right hand, cradling cornucopia in left arm.

Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar (AD 161-180). AV aureus (19mm, 7.21 gm, 12h). Rome, AD 154-155. AVRELIVS CA-ESAR AVG PII F, bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Marcus Aurelius right, seen from behind

TR PO-T-VIIII COS II, Roma standing facing, head left, Victory standing left in outstretched right hand, parazonium in left.

Marcus Aurelius, as Augustus (AD 161-180). AV aureus (20mm, 7.31 gm, 11h). Rome, AD 165. M ANTONINVS AVG-ARMENIACVS, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Marcus Aurelius right, seen from behind

P M TR P XIX-IMP III COS III, Felicitas standing facing, right foot on globe, head left, with caduceus in outstretched right hand, cornucopia cradled in left.

Lucius Verus (AD 161-169). AV aureus (19mm, 7.35 gm 5h). Rome, December AD 163-December AD 164. •L•VERVS AVG-ARMENIACVS, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Lucius Verus right, seen from behind

TR P IIII•IMP II COS II, Victory standing facing, head right, half-draped, left foot on globe, inscribing VIC / AVG on shield placed on palm tree.

Claudius II (AD 268-270). AV aureus (21mm, 6.52 gm, 12h). Mediolanum (Milan). IMP CLAVDIVS P F-AVG, laureate, cuirassed bust of Claudius II left, seen from front, aegis on breastplate, spear in right hand over right shoulder

FELI-C-T-EMPO, Felicitas standing facing, head left, with caduceus in right hand, grounded scepter in left; T in exergue.

Cn. Lentulus (ca. 76-75 BC). AR denarius (19mm, 3.94 gm, 5h). Uncertain mint in Spain. G•P•R, diademed and draped bust of bearded Genius Populi Romani right, scepter over shoulder

CN LEN Q, globe between scepter adorned with fillet and crown (on left) and rudder (on right); EX•-S•C across outer fields.

L. Furius Cn.f. Brocchus (ca. 63 BC). AR denarius (18mm, 4.13 gm, 7h). Rome. III-VIR / BROCCHI, draped bust of Ceres right, wearing grain wreath; grain ear behind, barley grain before

L•FVRI / CN•F, curule chair between fasces.

Julius Caesar, as Dictator (49-44 BC). AR denarius (18mm, 3.70 gm, 2h). Military mint traveling with Caesar in northern Italy, ca. 49-48 BC. CAESAR, elephant advancing right, trampling horned serpent

Pontifical implements: culullus, aspergillum, securis (axe surmounted by dog or wolf's head), and apex.

Julius Caesar, as Consul for the Third Time (46 BC), with Aulus Hirtius, as Praetor. AV aureus (20mm, 8.00 gm, 7h). Rome, 46 BC. C•CAESAR-COS•TER, veiled female head (Vesta or Pietas?) right, with features of Julius Caesar

A•HIRTIVS•P R, lituus, oenochoe, and securis, all turned left (emblems of the augurate and pontificate).