Ariobarzanes I Philoromaios, 96-63 BC. AR Drachm (4.07 gm, 17.9mm). Mint A (Eusebeia). Dated RY 13 (83/2 BC). Diademed head right / Athena Nikephoros standing left, holding spear and round shield; monogram to inner left, A to inner right, IΓ (date) in exergue. Simonetta 18a; HGC 7, 846; DCA 460. VF.

AR Dishekel, ca. 350-333 BC (13.21 gm, 24.5mm). War galley left with lion’s head prow ornament, zigzag row of waves below, three hoplites with round shields within; hippocamp left above murex; NO between hippocamp and galley / Lion attacking bull to left. Betlyon 14 var. (no ‘NO’); BMC Phoenicia pg. 95, 4 var. (same); Dewing 2662; SNG Fitzwilliam 6028. VF.

Ca. 328-311 BC. AR Double Shekel (17.18 gm, 22.9mm). Babylon mint. Baal seated left, holding sceptre / Lion walking left; bee above. Nicolet-Pierre 17; SNG Copenhagen -. Weakly struck in centes. gF/aVF.

AR Tetradrachm, 331-323/2 BC (16.48 gm, 22mm). Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left, small Θ-like symbol and MZDK (in Aramaic) to right. Le Rider, Alexander , pp. 214-9. VF.

Antiochos I Soter, 281-261 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.97 gm, 28mm). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos; monograms to outer left and right. SC 379.6a; HGC 9, 128g. Numerous light marks, VF.

Antiochos III ‘the Great’, 223-187 BC. AR Drachm (4.22 gm, 17.1mm). Ekbatana mint. Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos; monogram to inner left. SC 1236.6g. Reverse double struck, gVF.

Tryphon, ca. 142-138 BC. AE 17.6mm (5.33 gm). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head right / Spiked Macedonian helmet adorned with a wild goat’s horn; aphlaston to inner left. SC 2034.2a. VF.

Demetrios II Nikator, second reign 129-125 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.09 gm, 28.7mm). Tyre mint. Dated SE 185 (128/7 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond behind; to left, monogram above club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, monogram above EΠP (date); monogram between legs. SC 2195.3a; HGC 9, 1122; DCA 230. Porosity and flatness on obverse, VF.

Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos), 121/0-97/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.17 gm, 28.9mm). Antioch on the Orontes mint. 1st reign at Antioch, ca. 121/0-113 BC. Diademed head right / Zeus Ouranios, draped, standing left, holding star and sceptre; to outer left, IE above A. SC 2298.1d. Flan crack, VF.

AR Shekel, 66-70 CE (14.15gm, 22.3mm). Dated year 2 (67/68 AD). “Shekel of Israel”, and date (both in Hebrew), chalice with beaded rim / “Jerusalem the Holy” (in Hebrew), sprig of three pomegranates. Meshorer 193; Kadman 8; Hendin 1358; Bromberg 63–4; Shoshana I 20202–3; Sofaer 5–8. gVF.

Ptolemy II Philadelphos, 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.84 g, 26.4mm). Tyre mint. Dated RY 32 (254/3 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, Tyre monogram above club; to right, ΛB (date) above monogram; monogram between legs. Svoronos 670; SNG Copenhagen –; Noeske 90; DCA 20. VF.

Ptolemy XII, 80-51 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.43 gm, 24.7mm). Alexandria mint. Dated RY 27 (55/4 BC). Diademed bust right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, palm over right shoulder; LKZ (date) above headdress of Isis before, ΠA behind. Svoronos 1836; SNG Copenhagen 394. Minor roughness, VF.

Ptolemy XII, 80-51 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.35 gm, 24mm). Alexandria mint. Dated RY 3 (79/8 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; date to left, ΠA to right. Svoronos 1849; SNG Copenhagen 378. VF.

Cleopatra VII Thea, 51-30 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.05 gm, 27mm). Alexandria mint. Dated RY 20 (33/2 BC). Diademed bust of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, palm over wing; date in left field, letters in right. Svoronos 1834; SNG Copenhagen 416. Roughness, VF.

Juba I, ca. 60-46 BC. AR Drachm (3.97 gm, 18.8mm). Utica mint. Diademed and draped bust right, sceptre over shoulder / Octastyle temple. Mazard 379; MAA 29; SNG Copenhagen 523. VF.

Juba II, with Kleopatra Selene, 25 BC-24 AD. AR Denarius (2.82 gm, 17.3mm). Caesarea mint. Struck ca. 20 BC-AD 24. Diademed head right / Star in crescent. MAA 97; SNG Copenhagen 567. VF.