We hope you had a great start to the New Year, and that one of your New Year's resolutions has been to add more ancient coins to your collection!
If it was, then you are in luck because in this upload we will be exploring a variety of coins from different eras and regions. So you'll have plenty of new "windows" into life in ancient empires from which to choose form.
Lycia, Zagaba. Ca. 400-380 B.C., AR Third Stater. Lion's scalp facing / Facing head of helmeted Athena, Lycian legend to left & monogram to right. About Very Fine & Rare!
Persian Achaemenid Empire. Darius II. Ca. 425-403 B.C. AR Siglos. Persian king/hero kneeling right holding bow & spear / Incuse punch. About Very Fine & Scarce. This is the period of Achaemenid, Spartan & Athenian decline, leading to the rise of Macedon!
Philip II. A.D. 247-249., Seleucis & Pieria, Antioch - A.D. 248. Billon Tetradrachm. Laureate bust right / Eagle standing left with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; 'ANTIOXIA / SC' in exergue. About Extremely Fine & Very Scarce.
Roman Republic. 46 B.C. - Mn. Cordius Rufus. AR Denarius. Jugate heads of the Dioscuri right, stars above / Venus Verticordia standing left holding scales & sceptre, cupid on shoulder. Very Fine.