ANCIENT JEWISH COINS IN ROBINSON 119TH AUCTION

 
Lot 8: Athenian Tetradrahm

Dealer Frank S. Robinson will conduct his 119th mail and internet auction of Ancient and Early Coins with a closing date of September 6. The sale will include 602 lots, low minimum bids, and bids to be reduced as competition permits. Robinson notes that reductions have averaged 15-20% in his recent sales. There is no buyer fee.

Featured in this sale is the first segment of a major collection of Judaean and Judaic related material, including some rare and important items. Highlights include a VF Yehud coinage Gerah with large ear (of God?); a First Revolt Year One Shekel in VF; an AEF Bar Kokhba Zuz with grapes/trumpets; and a Choice VF+ Judea Capta denarius of Vespasian.

 
Lot 75

Greek coins include several very Choice classic Athenian owl tetradrachms; a rare Elymais silver Tetradrachm of Kamnaskires V in Choice EF; a rare VF Kroton Didrachm with facing bust; and a Choice EF Shekel of Tyre.

Among Roman coins there is Choice EF Agrippa As; a Caligula Sestertius in F-VF; an AEF/VF Domitian Sestertius; and an EF Constantius I Argenteus.

This sale will also feature final offerings from Robinson's personal collections of early Spanish and English coins; and a selection of early Chinese coins, many in group lots; Byzantine and other early coinages, other group lots, literature, and a section of items offered at fixed prices.

 
Lot 158: Domitian Sestertius

Robinson holds about three auctions annually, and tries to offer a broad range of material for advanced collectors as well as bargain hunters. Catalogs are free; contact Robinson at Box 8600A, Albany, NY 12208; phone/fax 518-482-2639; e-mail frank@fsrcoin.com. The full catalog is at his website, www.fsrcoin.com.

 
Lot 604

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