Ancient Coins and Related Artifacts Auction

Mesopotamia, Akkad, c. 2330-2000 BC. a rectangular alabaster amulet or intaglio featuring a stalking male lion. This could be mounted into what would

Mesopotamia, Sumer, c. 2200 BC. a small ivory plaque scrimshawed with the profile of a Sumerian king or priest wearing a ribbed skirt. There are trace

Afghanistan, (Turkmenia) Alten Depe, c. 2000 BC. a compartmentalized bronze stamp seal with tall looped handle on the back. The design, when one looks

Afghanistan, (Turkmenia) Alten Depe, c. 2000 BC. a compartmentalized bronze stamp seal with a broken looped handle on the back. The design is a styliz

Afghanistan, (Turkmenia) Alten Depe, c. 2000 BC. a compartmentalized bronze stamp seal with tall looped handle on the back. The design appears to be o

Anatolia, Hittites, c. 1500-1200 BC. a black steatite spool seal with a stag on each side. Minor chips. Hogarth, Hittite Seals, pl. X. D: 30mm. Scarce

Anatolia, Hittites, c. 1500-1200 BC. a white steatite spool seal with a winged horse on one side and a floral pattern on the other. Minor chipping. D:

Anatolia, Hittites, c. 1500-1200 BC. a black steatite stalk handle stamp seal with a circular design of stags on the base. Hogarth, pl. IX, #225. D: 2

Anatolia, Hittites, c. 1500-1200 BC. a greenish steatite stamp seal with a group of stylized birds on the base. Hogarth pl. X. D: 20mm. A nice seal.

Syria, Amuq c. 1100-900 BC. Triangular stalk handled stamp seal in brown steatite. The base with a prancing stag and doe. A superb seal. See Malter, 6

Syria, Amuq c. 1000-900 BC. A stud-handled stamp seal in green serpentine. The base has a figure holding an inverted goat; in field, an ibex. 22 x 20

Afghanistan, (Turkmenia) Alten Depe, c. 1500 BC. a discoid shaped red limestone stamp seal with designs on both sides. (Very similar to Hittite spool

Afghanistan, (Turkmenia) Murghab, Namazga VI, c. 1400 BC. a lentoid shaped double-sided stamp seal in dark steatite with stylized stags on both sides.

Afghanistan, Bactria, c.700-600 BC. a carnelian intaglio of drilled technique depicting a stick figure holding a club (Herakles?) The closely spaced d

Afghanistan, Bactria, c. 350-300 BC. a fine two-sided intaglio in green steatite; one side depicts a hoplite holding a tall spear; the other a walking

Iran, White Huns, c. 700-800 A. D. a fine caramel colored stamp seal of conical shape featuring the profile view of a bearded Hunnish man. The piece i

Cilicia, c. 700-600 BC. red black steatite scaraboid with man in fringed robe standing near tree. This is a good example of the "lyre player&qu...

Urartu, c. 800 BC. a fine "bell-shaped" bronze stamp seal with Pegasus as the seal. Looped for suspension. H: 18mm. $300

Urartu, c. 800 BC. a more slender bronze stamp seal. This features the scorpion god and it makes a very clear impression of this interesting god. Loop

Neo-Babylonia, c. 700 BC. an agate stamp with "Ahura Mazda" carved on the base. Holed for suspension. L: 16mm. $250

Neo-Babylonia, c. 700 BC. a taffy brown agate stamp with drilled style worshipper and deity symbols. H: 21mm . Sharp images. Choice!. $300

Macedon, c.4th Century BC. A bronze finger ring with an oval bezel depicting a horse and rider, perhaps Alexander the Great riding on his horse Buceph

Roman Silver Finger Ring, c. 200 A. D. a red carnelian intaglio set on a later Islamic finger ring. The intaglio features a standing ostrich. Ring siz

Roman Silver Finger Ring, c. 200 A. D. a red jasper intaglio featuring a rooster is set on silver ring. The rooster was considered the "gift of...

Rome, early 3rd Century AD. A fine carnelian ring stone with an intaglio of Virtus striding lt., holding a trophy and a spear. Well engraved and exact

Sasanian, c. 375-450 A. D. a fine stamp seal in agate featuring a zebu feeding. Dim: 20 x 16mm. $300

Sasanian, c. 375-450 A. D. a fine stamp seal in white chalcedony featuring a scorpion, Nice! 20 x 25 mm. $275

Sasanian, c. 375-450 A. D. a fine stamp seal in clear chalcedony featuring three birds. 23 x 25mm Small edge chip. $250

Sasanian, c. 375-450 A. D. a fine stamp seal in brownish agate featuring a tree with a bird on either side. Dim: 18 x 18mm. Perfect. $350

Sasanian, c. 375-450 A. D. a fine stamp seal in chalcedony. The base features a reclining griffin or "Senmury."18 x 14mm. $350

Bactria, c. 500 BC. a small white shell or stone bead featuring a human head. A very fine piece of work. L:15mm. $150

Bactria, c. 300 BC. or earlier, a porphyry plumb bob. H: 3cm. Holed for suspension. $100

Afghanistan, c. 1600 A. D. a square tan calcite gemstone with three lines of Aramaic Hebrew. A piece of Judaica from Afghanistan!. 11mm square. $200

Afghanistan, c. 1600 A. D. a local ruby carved into a frog W: 18mm. $100

Afghanistan, c. 1200 A. D. A Kufic inscription of three lines in quartz set in a silver setting for wear as a pendant. H: 22mm. Nice! $200

Afghanistan, c. 1200 A. D. A Kufic inscription of three lines in red carnelian set in a silver setting for wear as a pendant. H:18mm. $100

Afghanistan, c. 1800 A. D. a fine blue glass amulet with a large passage of the Koran. Ready to wear as a pendant. W: 33mm. $150

Afghanistan, c. 1700 A. D. a blue glass Moghul ornament with traces of gilt inlay, set in a silver pendant. L:22mm. $100

STUDY LOT: A box of clay impressions of ancient seals, some forgeries, many interesting types. These images were made years ago by Richard Ross of Peb

Late Prehistoric, prior to 4000 BC, a high gabled black steatite stamp seal with stylized antelope. See B. Buchanan, Early Near Eastern Seals in the Y

Late Prehistoric, prior to 4000 BC, a low gabled black steatite stamp seal with one full antelope to left and the suggestion of another animal in fron

Late Prehistoric, prior to 4000 BC, a large low gabled dark brown steatite stamp seal with the image of a high tailed canine, 'tete a beche'...

Jamdat Nasr, c. 3200-2800 BC. a dark marble hemispheroid stamp seal with vein of white calcite on top by loop hole (part of which is missing.) The bas

Jamdat Nasr, c. 3200-2800 BC. a superb cream colored marble hemispheroid stamp seal with two drilled bovines reversed and opposed. cp. Buchanan No. 10

Jamdat Nasr, c. 3200-2800 BC. a lovely but smaller green alabaster stamp with very similar base design as above. D: 25mm. $275

Jamdat Nasr, c. 3200-2800 BC. a more complicated hemispheroid stamp seal in green calcite with light brown spot on top. The base design consists of fo

Jamdat Nasr, c. 3200-2800 BC. a collared marble hemispheroid stamp seal with unusual elephant trunk-like designs on three "monsters." The ...

Jamdat Nasr, c. 3200-2800 BC. an unusual oval shaped marble seal with stylized drilled animals. The drilling holes are much smaller than most. Jamdat

Jamdat Nasr, c. 3200-2800 BC. a square limestone stamp seal featuring a drilled stylized pair of potters. Dim: 8 x 18 mm. See Buchanan No. 142 for sty

Jamdat Nasr, c. 3300-2800 BC. a fine bi-conical pink limestone stamp seal with a single reclining bull or bison. Three deep drill marks for the body a