Darios I to Xerxes I, Ca. 505-480 BC. AR Siglos (5.37 gm, 12mm). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type II (pl. XI, 12); BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 23. aVF.

AR Third Stater – Tetrobol, ca. 380-351/0 BC (2.49 gm, 14mm). Laureate head of Ba‘al-Arwad right / Galley right above waves. Betlyon 11; Rouvier 3. VF.

Æ, ca. 94/3-25/4 BC (7.52 gm, 20mm). Dated CY 184 (76/5 BC). Veiled bust of Astarte right / Humped bull running left; BC/ΔN above; below, PΠΔ (date) and monograms. Duyrat 4567-72. VF

Baalshillem (Sakton) II, ca. 401-365 BC. AR Sixteenth Shekel (0.79 gm, 11mm). Phoenician pentekonter left; Phoenician B above, waves below / King of Persia standing right, holding up lion by lock of mane; Aramaic ‘ between; all within incuse square. HGC 10, 240. VF.

Time of Trajan, 98-116/117 AD. Æ 23mm (11.00 gm). Dated CY 227 (AD 116/7 AD). Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right; aplustre behind, star before / Cart of Astarte carrying cult statue; ZKΣ (date) below. SNG Copenhagen 247; BMC 197. aVF.

Æ Tetrachalkon, 1st century BC (12.67 gm, 22mm). Uncertain date, but struck 47-45 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right; countermark: female head (Cleopatra VII?) right within oval incuse / Zeus Nicephorus seated left; cornucopia to inner left. For coin: McAlee 43; RPC I 4216; HGC 9, 1366; DCA 384. For c/m: McAlee p. 74, note 25. VF.

AR Tetradrachm, 78/7-17/6 BC (14.53 gm, 27mm). Dated CY 27 (55/4 BC). Veiled, draped, and turreted bust of Tyche right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; IK (date) to inner left, monogram below throne, ΣΕ in exergue; all within wreath. HGC 9, 1398. VF.

AR Tetradrachm, 78/7-17/6 BC (12.99 gm, 26mm). Dated CY 61 (17/16 BC). Veiled, draped, and turreted bust of Tyche right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; BΛ (date) to inner left, monogram below throne, ΓΛ in exergue; all within wreath. Prieur 1100. gF.

Æ Prutah, 40-4 BCE (1.11 gm, 13mm). Jerusalem mint. Anchor / Caduceus between crossed cornucopias. Hendin 1188c. aVF

Æ Prutah (1.94 gm, 15mm). Pontius Pilate, 26-36 AD. TIBEPIOY KAICAPOC (of Tiberius Caesar) and date (RY 16 = 29 AD), Libation ladle (simpulum) / IOYΛIA KAICAPOC, three bound ears of barley. Hendin 648. VF.

Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.65 gm, 25mm). Babylon I mint. Struck in the name of Alexander III of Macedon, ca. 311-300 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, monogram in wreath; MI below throne. Price 3747. Scratches, VF.

Antiochos II Theos, 261-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.18 gm, 30mm). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Diademed head of Antiochos I right / Apollo, testing arrow and resting hand on bow, seated left on omphalos; monograms to outer left and right. Houghton Coll. 956; Newell ESM 181. F.

Demetrios I Soter, 162-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.67 gm, 31mm). Antioch mint. Undated issue, struck ca. 162-155/4 BC. Diademed head right, without beard; within laurel wreath / Tyche, fully clothed, holding baton and cornucopia, seated left on cippus decorated with winged Tritoness; monogram to outer left. SC 1638c. VF.

Demetrios I Soter, 162-150 BC. Æ Serrate (16.68 gm, 25mm). Antioch mint. Laureate head of Apollo right; bow and quiver behind / tripod. SMA -; SNG Spaer 1291; Houghton 169. VF.

Antiochos VI Dionysos, 144-142 BC. Æ Serrate (9.30 gm, 21mm). Antioch mint. Struck ca. 142 BC. Radiate and diademed head of Antiochos VI right, wreathed with ivy / Elephant left, holding torch with raised trunk; to right, ΣΤΑ above palm branch. SC 2006; HGC 9, 1043. VF.

Demetrios II Nikator, Second reign, 129-126/5 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13,67 gm, 29mm). Tyre mint. Dated SE 186 (127/6 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond behind; to left, club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, monogram above date; monogram between legs. SNG Spaer 2253-4. Reverse roughness and hornsilver, VF.