Judea > Hasmonean Dynasty > Alexander Jannaeus (Yehonatan), 104-76 BCE: AE Pruta, 15 - 16.5mm, 2.75g. Obverse: "Yehonatan the King" in Paleo-Hebrew between 8 rays of star within diadem. Reverse: "of King Alexander" in Greek around inverted anchor. Reference Hen-1150, Mesh-8, BMC-61, Reif-14.
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HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' Sale
By: Historama
Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' Sale
Monday 8-04-2019 Timed Sale at Bidspirit.com @ 19:15 Israel-time | LOTS #1-579
Numismatics | Judaic Tokens & Medals | Banknotes | Arabiana | Israeliana | Judaica | Militaria | Ephemera
Tuesday 9-04-2019 @ 20:00 Israel-time | LOTS #580-1313
Stamps | Postal History | Philately | Paraphilately | Philatelic Documents
Welcome you to our 7th auction, this being our first in the format of a 'Buy or Bid' sale, where lots may be bid-on or purchased outright; there are over 1300 attractive lots on offer. The sale features items in every one of our areas of specialty, and is probably the largest (and best) selection of Judaic, Holyland and Israeli collectibles for sale anywhere at this time. Featured subjects include ancient & modern coins; Jewish tokens & medals; Jewish, Mandate & Israeli militaria; World War II collaborationist and Holocaust-related militaria; loose & affixed stamps of the Holyland, Egypt and the JNF; postal history of all periods and across all themes and subjects from the Holyland, Mandate, Israel, the Palestinian Authority & near east, as well as worldwide wartime (WWI / WWII) civilian and military mail (from 'horseshoe' and pre-'horseshoe route' mail to post-Third Reich 'uberroller' & displaced persons mail), mail of the Arab-Israeli conflict & 'postkrieg', Hijack/Terror mail + American Civil War Confederate States of America philately - a new subject area for us (students of Israeli & Interim postal history - unusual routes, special rates & key dates - will recognize many similar characteristics to their CSA counterpart); plus Judaica, Israeliana, Arabiana, banknotes and other areas of interest. There are many unique and 'discovery' items in this sale, and many fascinating objects both old and contemporary worth your attention.
The sale itself is divided into 2 parts, one covering non-philatelic fields (lots 1 - 579), and one covering philately (lots 580 - 1313). The period between now and the published 'end times' of the two parts of sale functions as a 'pre-sale' period: during this time lots may be bid on in a standard mail auction manner (bids submitted in writing) or through the online auction program, or be purchased outright. The published opening bid prices are the minimum bid prices, and the buyout prices (displayed below the lot descriptions) are mostly set 50% above the opening bid levels (traditionally "best" bids, which win a lot even before an auction's end are set to 3x the opening bid price). These "buy it now" prices are dynamic: they will rise by 5-10% for every bid received on a lot once the current bid level passes the midway point between the starting bid price and the original buyout price - please visit our home site historama.com/auctions or contact us for the updated buy-out prices. This is not intended to take advantage of interest in a lot but rather to avoid discouraging bidders from continuing to bid on an item of interest. As of now, at the end of the pre-sale period for Part 1 of the sale (non-philatelic items), available lots will be offered for sale in a timed live sale on our page at Bidspirit.com; Part 2 (philately) will run as a mail auction until the published end date and time, with 5 minute time-extensions if bids are received in the last minute of the sale (or time extension).
Once the sale is over it will take a few days to issue official "winner" notifications. Please bear with us, as the more broadly the sale is displayed and the more people participate, the more complex the process of collating all the bids from various sources and actioning special requests. The winner notification email contains a link to our automated checkout on the site - and this process generates the invoice. Please check your "spam" folder for the mail (from "historama-auctions") if it doesn't reach your inbox within 2-3 days of the sale's end. Unsold lots will be available for direct purchase after the sale - but may be displayed at a higher price than the opening bid levels for the sale: we do this to discourage fence-sitting during the sale; the opening bid prices are competitively set in order to encourage bidding. Here I should emphasize that the opening bid prices are not a reflection of our evaluation of a lot’s worth: where possible I have added an estimated value at the end of a product description, but a low starting price should not be construed as a lack of understanding of a lot’s worth.
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Lot #2 - Coins: Ancient
Judea: Herod the Great, Pruta c.22-10/9 BCE; 15.75 x 14.5mm, 1.75g. Anchor with inscription / double cornucopia; based on Hen-1188.
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Lot #3 - Coins: Ancient
Judea: Herod the Great, Pruta c.22-10/9 BCE; 13 - 14.5mm, 1.15g. Anchor with inscription / double cornucopia; based on Hen-1188.
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Lot #4 - Coins: Ancient
Judea > Herodian dynasty > Herod Archelaus (4 BCE - 6 CE): AE Pruta (Jerusalem mint); 15.5 - 16mm, 1.9g. Obverse: crested helmet with cheek straps & Greek legend "of the Ethnarch". Reverse: bunch of grapes on vine with leaf at left & Greek legend "of Herod". Reference Hen-1196, Mesh-61, BMC-10, Reif-55.
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Lot #5 - Coins: Ancient
Judea > Herodian dynasty > Herod Archelaus (4 BCE - 6 CE): AE half-Pruta (Jerusalem mint); 12.5 - 14mm, 1.35g. Obverse: prow of galley facing left & three Greek letters for "of Herod". Reverse: three Greek letters for "of Herod" within wreath. Reference Hen-1197, Mesh-58, BMC-27, Reif-56.
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Lot #6 - Coins: Ancient
Judea > Roman Governors > Pontius Pilate (17/18-36 CE): AE Pruta (year 18 - 31/32 CE); obverse year-letters LIH within wreath; reverse legend "of Tiberius Caesar" around lituus device; 15.5 - 16.5mm, 2.35g. Reference Hen-1343.
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Lot #7 - Coins: Ancient
Judea > Herodian dynasty > Agrippa I (37-44 AD): AE Pruta year 6, 41-42 CE (Jerusalem mint) variant; 16.5mm, 2.25g. Obverse: fringed canopy & Greek legend BACIΛEWC AΓPIΠA ("of King Agrippa") - the legend "BA..." begins at canopy base and not above, this unlisted in Hendin. Reverse: Lς ("Year 6") flanking 3 ears of barley and leaves. Reference Hen-1244, Mesh-88, Reif-59....
Lot #8 - Coins: Ancient
Great Revolt / First Jewish-Roman War (66-73 CE) > AE Pruta Year Two (67-68 CE): obverse "Year Two" + amphora with broad rim and two handles; reverse "The Freedom of Zion" + vine leaf on small branch with tendril, off-stuck but well-struck and clear; size: 17.25 - 17.50mm; weight: 3g.; reference Hen-1360
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Lot #9 - Coins: Ancient
Great Revolt / First Jewish-Roman War (66-73 CE) > AE Pruta Year Two (67-68 CE): obverse "Year Two" + amphora with broad rim and two handles - here with large letters similar to die of Hen-1360a; reverse "The Freedom of Zion" + vine leaf on small branch with tendril - here with large, wide letter "chet"; size: 17.25 - 17.50mm; weight: 3.5g.; reference Hen-1360/a.
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Lot #10 - Coins: Ancient
Great Revolt / First Jewish-Roman War (66-73 CE) > AE Pruta Year Two (67-68 CE): obverse "Year Two", here with unusually shaped bottom-indented letter "mem-sofit" (above amphora) + amphora with broad rim and two handles; reverse "The Freedom of Zion" + vine leaf on small branch with tendril; size: 17.5 - 19mm; weight: 3g.; reference Hen-1360 but unusual letter-style/die not documented....
Lot #11 - Coins: Ancient
Great Revolt / First Jewish-Roman War (66-73 CE) > AE Pruta Year Two (67-68 CE) variant: obverse "Year Two" + amphora with broad rim and two handles; reverse "The Freedom of Zion" where word "freedom" is spelled with 4 letters instead of 3 + vine leaf on small branch with tendril, off-stuck but well-struck and clear; size: 16 - 16.50mm; weight: 2.75g.; reference Hen-1360a....
Lot #12 - Coins: Ancient
Great Revolt / First Jewish-Roman War (66-73 CE) > AE Pruta Year Three (68-69 CE): obverse "Year Three" + amphora with broad rim, two handles and decorated conical lid; reverse "The Freedom of Zion" where word "freedom" is spelled with 4 letters (as per upper positioning of the letter "chet" relative to top leaf); size: 16.5 - 18.5mm; weight: 2.75g.; reference Hen-1363 - "less common than the second year...
Lot #13 - Coins: Ancient
Great Revolt / First Jewish-Roman War (66-73 CE) > AE Pruta Year Three (68-69 CE) variant: obverse "Year Three" + amphora with broad rim, two handles and decorated conical lid; reverse "The Freedom of Zion" where word "freedom" is spelled with 3 letters (as per lower positioning of the letter "chet" relative to top leaf); size: 14 - 16.5mm; weight: 1.55g.; reference Hen-1363b - "less...
Lot #14 - Coins: Ancient
Judea > Legionary countermarks on Roman coin of Nero from Caesaria/Samaria, 68CE: AE (base metal), 21-22mm, 8.5g. Obverse: Laureate Head Of Nero to right and legend "??RW? ???SAR S???S?WS" + punched by rectangular countermark KAI (7 x 6mm, Howgego 543). Reverse: Tyche Standing to left, holding human bust and standard, legend "???S?R??? PROS SEBASTW LIMENI LID" + punched by circular countermark of...
Lot #15 - Coins: Ancient
Countermarked Roman coin possibly from Judea: coin with busts of figures on either side with at least one square countermark on one side (possibly a second oval one above it), and imprint marks on the reverse side; 22.5 - 23.25mm, 8.65g.
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Lot #16 - Coins: Ancient
Judea > Vespasian, Æ Sestertius - Judaea Capta commemorative (Rome mint), 71 CE, 32.5 - 33.5mm, 22.1g (34.5mm, 25.77 g, 6h). Obverse: laureate head right & legend IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG PM TR P P P COS III. Reverse: legend IVDAEA CAPTA | S C in exergue; palm tree at center, mourning Jewess sitting at left, facing left & male captive at right facing left with 2 shields behind him. Hendin 1502. G-VG...
Lot #17 - Coins: Ancient
Judea > Bar Kokhba revolt, (132-136): Æ (base metal) small bronze, undated but attributed to Year 3 (134-5 CE); 17.5 - 19mm, 4.5g. Obverse: seven-branched palm tree with a bunch of dates on either side and legend "Shimon" - irregular rendering of his name. Reverse: bunch of grapes with legend "For the Freedom of Jerusalem". Identical to Mildenberg 159 (...
Lot #18 - Coins: Ancient
Judea > Bar Kokhba revolt, (132-136): zuz/silver denarius, undated but attributed to Year Three (134-135 CE); size: 19mm; weight: 3.2g. Obverse: legend "Shim'on" within wreath device of 8 almonds & medallion at top, tendrils at bottom, with pairs of dots between each section - and some text of original Emperor Trajan coin planchet on which this piece was struck. Reverse: legend "For the Freedom of...
Lot #19 - Coins: Ancient
Rome > Caracalla Augustus (215 CE) > silver Denarius, Rome mint; obverse: laureate head right & legend ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM; reverse: Aesculapius standing front, head left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff at left, globe on ground at right & legend P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P; 19.5mm, 3.2g. Ref: RIC IV 251, BMCRE 103, RSC 302, DS-6834.
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Lot #20 - Coins: Ancient
Rome > Severus Alexander (231-2 CE) > silver Denarius, Rome mint; obverse: laureate, draped head right & legend IMP ALEXAN|DER PIVS AVG; reverse: Jupiter standing right, hurling thunderbolt in right hand, left hand extended downward, cloak from behind & legend IOVI PRO|P|VGNATORI; 19mm, 2.9g. Ref: similar to RIC 235; BMCRE 790; RSC 76; DS-7870.
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Lot #21 - Coins: Ancient
Gallienus (256-268 CE), AE silvered Antoninianus (sole reign), 265 CE: radiate, draped bust right & leg. GALLIENVS AVG / small stag/deer standing right & legend SAECVLARHS AVG + palm branch mintmark; Antioch mint; 22 x 20mm, 3.05g; Göbl 1626c Antioch; RSC 925b; RIC V-I 656 var (reverse legend with Greek H instead of Latin E, and bust type). Scarce.
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Lot #22 - Coins: Ancient
Aurelian (270-284/5) - Alexandria, Potin Tetradrachm: Dated Year 5 = 273-274 AD; A K Λ ΔOM AVΡHΛIANOC CEB, Laureate, cuirassed bust right / LE to right of eagle standing right, wings open, wreath in beak, star at upper left; 20mm, 10.15g. Milne 4424; Emmett 3929.
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Lot #23 - Coins: Ancient
Constantius II Augustus (337-361 CE) billon maiorina (348-51 CE): emperor diademed, draped & cuirassed bust right & legend D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG / soldier spearing bearded, bare-headed fallen horseman who is reaching backwards & legend FEL TEMP REPARATIO + officina mark S (=6) in field, left & mintmark CONS in exergue; 18mm, 3.2g; S-18147.
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