Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 67

The Pre-Long Beach Auction

Ancient Coins

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 3138		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III, the Great, 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.89g). Mint of Aspendus, struck 204-203 BC. Head of Heracles right lion skin headdress. Reverse: Zeus seated left, holding eagle in outstreched hand, AΣOΘ below. Price 2889. SNG Cop 769; Mektepini 556-558. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $400 - 500. Freeman & Sear MBS 12, lot 79. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $874
Lot 3139		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III, the Great, 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.97g). Mint of Temnos, struck ca 2 00 BC. Head of Heracles right lion skin headdress. Reverse: Zeus seated left, holding eagle, oinochoe below. Price 1665. Nicely toned Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 350. Ex Freeman & Sear MBS #12, lot 73. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $330
Lot 3140		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III, the Great, 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17g). Mint of Argos, struck ca 190 BC. Head of Heracles right lion skin headdress. Reverse: Zeus seated left, holding eagle, dagger below. Price 736. Nicely toned Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $500 - 600. Ex Freeman & Sear MBS #12, lot 72. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $581
Lot 3141		Kingdom of Macedon. Alexander III, the Great, 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.33 g) minted posthumously at Temnos, c. 188-170 BC. Head right of Herakles, wearing lion's skin headdress. Reverse: Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter; in left field, two monograms; in lower left field, one-handled amphora with grape and leaf tendril around. Cf. Price 1687 (same monograms, only in right field). Struck on a medallic flan, 39.50 mm in diameter. A very attractive example of this late Hellenistic issue. Very Fine. Estimated Value $350 - 450. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $391
Lot 3142		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III, the Great, 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.57g). Mint of Temmos, struck 188-170 BC. Head of Heracles right in lion skin headdress. Reverse: Zeus seated left, holding eagle, EXENIKOE, oinochoe right beneath vine tendril in left field, ΓEITAΣ below throne. Price 1690; Muller 966. About Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $350 - 400. CNG #177, lot 26. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $828
Lot 3143		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III, the Great, 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.05g). Mint of Aeolis, Kyme, struck 215-200 BC. Head of Heracles right lion skin headdress. Reverse: Zeus seated left, holding eagle, K above oinochoe in left field, monogram below throne. Price 1613 var. Muller--. About Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $400 - 500. Ex CNG #82, lot 601. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $311
Lot 3144		Kingdom of Macedon. Alexander III, the Great, 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (4.30 g) minted posthumously at Sardes, c. 323-319 BC. Head right of Herakles, wearing lion's skin headdress. Reverse: Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter; monogram in left field; torch under throne. Thompson 191-199; Price 2600. Lustrous and well struck. Superb Extremely Fine. Alexander's drachms minted at Sardes and Miletos are presented in depth in Margaret Thompson's corpus. Published in 1983 by the ANS, it is number 16 in the series Numismatic Studies. This coin has a special quality about it. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $529
Lot 3145		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III, the Great, 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (4.22g). Uncertain Asia Minor mint, struck 300-280 B.C. Head of Heracles right in lion skin headdress. Reverse: Zeus seated left, holding eagle, tiny OE beneath throne. Price 2781. Muller --. Beautiful style. Delicately toned Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $250 - 300. Ex Gemini III, lot 103. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $299
Lot 3146		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III, the Great, 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (4.22g). Mint of Sardis, struck 323-319. Head of Heracles in lion skin headdress within tight circle of beads. Reverse: Zeus seated left, holding eagle; TI bee below. ADM I Series XIV, 279d (same dies). Price 2628. Muller --. Lustrous Nearly Mint State. Estimated Value $250 - 300. Ex CNG 10/15 Sale. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $288
Lot 3147		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III, the Great, 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (4.13g). Mint of Chios, struck 290-275 BC. Head of Heracles right in lion skin headdress. Reverse: Zeus seated left, holding eagle, monogram in circle above grape bunch with tendril in left field. Price 2324v; Muller --. Delicately toned and very well defined Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $250 - 300. Ex CNG #78, lot 387. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $184
Lot 3148		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III, the Great, 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (4.28g). Mint of Lampsakos, struck 323-317 BC. Head of Heracles right lion skin headdress. Reverse: Price 1372. Lustrous Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $200 - 250. Ex CNG #70, lot 91. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $345
Lot 3149		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III, the Great, 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (4.29g). Mint of Abydos, struck 323-317 BC. Head of Herakles facing right in lion skin headdress. Reverse: Zeus seated left, eagle on outstrecthed hand, horse leg in left field. Price 1515. Lustrous Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $150
Lot 3150		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III, the Great, 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (4.27g). Mint of Colophon, struck 319-310 B.C. Head of Heracles right in lion skin headdress. Reverse: Zeus seated left, holding eagle, monogram in left field and below throne. Price 1786. Muller 900. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $200 - 250. Purchased from Glen Woods 9/06. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $173
Lot 3151		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III, the Great, 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (4.23g). Uncertain Asia Minor mint. Struck 300-280 BC. Head of Heracles right in lion skin headdress. Reverse: Zeus seated left, holding eagle, OEY monogram in left field. Price 2780. Muller --. Lightly toned Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $200 - 250. Ex Gemini III, lot 102. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $184
Lot 3152		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III, the Great, 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (3.97g). Mint of Colophon, struck 310-301 BC. Head of Heracles right in lion skin headdress. Reverse: Zeus seated left, holding eagle, K in left field, crescent below throne. Price 1825; Muller 275. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $150
Lot 3153		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III, the Great, 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (4.15g). Mint of Magnesia ad Maeandrum, struck 319-305 BC. Head of Heracles right in lion skin headdress. Reverse: Zeus seated left, holding eagle, M symbol in left firld and monogram below throne. Price 1968; Muller 792. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $150
Lot 3154		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III, the Great, 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (4.18g). Uncertain mint. Head of Heracles right in lion skin headdress. Reverse: Zeus seated holding eagle, E within circle beneath. Some scrapes on the obverse. Nearly Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $150
Lot 3155		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III, the Great, 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (4.3g). Mint of Mylasa, struck 3100-301 BC. Head dof Heracles right in lion skin headdress. Reverse: Zeus seated left, holding eagle omega monogram in left field, letters EY below throne. Price 2479; Muller 1581. Nearly Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $230
Lot 3156		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III, the Great, 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (4.25g). Mint of Teos, struck 310-201 BC. Head dof Heracles right in lion skin headdress. Reverse: Zeus seated left, holding eagle, monogram symbol in left field, animal or letter beneath throne (not in Price). Price 2295v; Muller --. Nicely toned About Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $161
Lot 3157		Macedonian Kingdom. Phillip III, 323-317 BC. Gold Stater (8.52g). Mint of Sardes, struck 323-319 BC. Head of Athena right, Corinthian helmet ornamented with coiled serpent. Reverse: Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand. Price P85; Muller 33. Nicely toned Very Fine. Estimated Value $1,750 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,128
Lot 3158		Kingdom of Macedon. Demetrios Poliorketes, 306-283 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.11 g) minted in Macedon (possibly Amphipolis) c. 291-290 BC. Diademed head right of Demetrios Poliorketes, wearing bull's horn. Reverse: Poseidon seated left on a rock; he holds aplustre and trident; in central left field, Phrygian helmet. Newell (The Coinages of Demetrius Poliorcetes) 136 (plate XIV, 3). Rare. A few spots of encrustations, mainly on the reverse. Outstanding portrait. Extremely Fine. At this time Thebes was under siege by Demetrios, and eventually fell to his forces. All of Alexander III's heirs, including Demetrios, spent their lives guarding borders and attacking neighbors in their lust for power. Alexander's dream was lost. Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000. Ex Gorny and Mosch Auction 164 (17 III 08), lot 125; Gorny and Mosch Auction 117 (14 X 02), lot 177. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,830
Lot 3159		Macedonia as a Roman Province, c. 158-149 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.05 g). Macedonian shield; in center, bust right of Artemis with bow and quiver over shoulder. Reverse: Club within oak wreath; to left, thunderbolt. SNG Cop 1314; Dewing 1220. NGC graded XF; Strike 4/5; Surface 4/5. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $529
Lot 3160		Macedon under Roman Rule 167-148 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.69g). Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shulder at center of Macedonian shield. Reverse: Club between monograms thunderbolt at outer left. SNG Cop 1315. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $460
Lot 3161		Two Alexander III Silver Tetradrachms, both NGC encapsulated and graded EF. Struck at Susa and in Macedon. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $700 - 800. View details	Realized $834
Lot 3162		A Pair of Posthumous Large-Flan Tetradrachms of Hellenistic Times. Types are those used by Alexander the Great. Minted at Temnos and Miletos, conditions are VF and EF. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 3163		Pair of Attractive, Choice VF Alexander III Silver Tetradrachms. There is an earlier, more concise issue and a later, spread-flan type. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $475 - 575. View details	Realized $506
Lot 3164		Father and Son Pair. Both silver tetradrachms, posthumously struck, the Philip II of Macedon is in VF condition, while the Alexander the Great coin shows some even porosity and also grades VF. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details	Realized $460
Lot 3165		Two Alexander III Silver Tetradrachms minted at Ake-Ptolemais (Akko). Condition averages About VF; one has moderate pitting. Lot of 2 coins. Akko is one of the few mints of Alexander to date their coins. Emissions from this mint have a definite place in a Biblical coin collection, as well as in Alexander groupings that show different artistic styles. Phoenician issues can emphasize globular elements and exhibit a roughness and non-yielding portrait of Herakles. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details	Realized $483
Lot 3166		Thrace. Ainos. 409-407 BC. AR Diobol (1.16 g). Head of Mermes facing to right wearing petasos. Reverse: Goat standing right AINON above. May 238 ff. Nicely centered and lightly toned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 350. Gorney & Mosch #159, lot 59. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $414
Lot 3167		Thrace. Ainos. 396-393 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.46 g). Head of Hermes 3/4 facing to left wearing petasos. Reverse: Goat standing right, AINON above, rams head symbol before. Struck in high relief and delicately toned. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $250 - 300. Ex Stacks 7-07, lot 461. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,208
Lot 3168		Thrace, Maroneia, c. 386-347 BC. AR Stater (10.96 g). Prancing horse right. Reverse: Grape vine framed by magistrate's name. Seemingly unpublished variant; SNG Cop --; SNG Lewis --; BMC --; Boston MFA --. Small cut at edge and a few old marks on obverse. Rare. Choice Very Fine. Maroneia was a city known for its wine production, as were many of the towns surrounding it. Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,300. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 3169		Kingdom of Thrace. Lysimachos, 323-281 BC. AR Drachm (4.17 g) minted at Lysimacheia in Thrace. Head right of Herakles, wearing lion's skin headdress. Reverse: Zeus enthroned left, with title of Lysimachos to right, symbols and letter in field. Müller 21. NGC graded Ch XF; Strike 5/5; Surface 4/5. An underappreciated, scarce coin type in this condition. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $546
Lot 3170		Islands off Thrace, Thasos, c. 525-463 BC. AR Stater (8.73 g). Satyr running right, carrying off nymph. Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square. Dewing 1316; Asyut 121. Large flan. Choice Very Fine. Modern belief is that the rich silver deposits on the mainland of Thrace were utilized in the production of this substantial coinage. Estimated Value $800 - 900. Ex Freeman & Sear MB-9, lot 93. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $719
Lot 3171		Thessaly, Larissa, c. 435-400 BC. AR Drachm (6.03 g). Youth restraining bull left. Reverse: Horse prancing right with loose rein. Herrmann III E, pl. II, 7; Babelon (Traité) 660, pl. CCXCVI, 17 (same dies); Lorber pl. 43, 55; Dewing 1387. Well centered. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $600 - 800. Ex Nomos Auction 4 (10 V 11), lot 1125; ex E. Page (4 X 83), lot 28. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $414
Lot 3172		Thessaly, Thessalian League, 196-146 BC. AR Double Victoriatus (6.16 g). Head right of Zeus, crowned with oak. Reverse: Athena Itonia advancing right, brandishing spear and holding shield. Cf. BMC 25. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $450 - 550. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 3173		Boiotia, Thebes, c. 395-338 BC. AR Stater (11.91 g) minted c. 363-338 BC. Boiotian shield. Reverse: Amphora; above, grape bunch on vine. SNG Cop 337; Hepworth 55; BCD 569 [this obverse die]. Fine to Very Fine. Coins minted by this magistrate are quite rare. Estimated Value $300 - 400. Ex Superior Auction (3 VI 97), lot 5087. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $345
Lot 3174		Aigina, c. 510-485 BC. AR Stater (11.78 g). Sea turtle with single row of six dots down the middle. Reverse: Incuse square divided into four portions. Dewing 1655; cf. Asyut 425; Milbank (ANS NNM 24) plate 1, 4. Porous; tooled. Fine to Very Fine. Estimated Value $350 - 450. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $748
Lot 3175		Aegina. 456-431 BC. AR Stater (12.44 g). Land tortoise, with segmented shell. Reverse: Skew pattern incuse square. SNG Cop 516; Dewing 1683; BMC 11. 177; Sear 2600. Well struck in high relief and lightly toned. Nearly Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $863
Lot 3176		Corinthia. Corinth. 345-307 BC. AR Stater (8.48 g). Pegasos flying left, mint mark below. Reverse: Helmeted head of Athena left; Artemis holding torch behind. Pegasi I 451. About Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $250 - 300. Ex CNG #119, lot 30. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $483
Lot 3177		Sikyonia, Sikyon. 335-330 BC. AR Stater (12.2 g). Chimaera standing left; wreath above, sigma and epsilon below. Reverse: Dove flying left; I before; all within wreath. BCD Peloponnesos 219; BMC 56. Excellent metal, well centered with lovely delicate iridescent toning. A beautifully perserved specimen. Superb Extremely Fine. The Chimaera, according to the myth related by Homer, was a fire-breathing beast composed of the body of a lioness with a tail that terminated in a snak'e head and the head of a fire-breathing goat that arose from its back. Estimated Value $5,000 - 5,500. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 3178		Pontic Kingdom. Mithradates VI, 120-63 BC. Gold Stater (8.31 g) minted in the type of Lysimachus, c. 88-86 BC at Byzantion. Head right of the deified Alexander the Great wearing the horn of Ammon above ear. Reverse: Athena Nikephoros enthroned left; mintmark on throne; beneath, trident. SNG Cop 1087; Müller 150. Wavy flan with some marks, especially on reverse. NGC graded Extremely Fine; Strike 5/5; Surface 2/5 . Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,119
Lot 3179		Mysia, Kyzikos, c. 450 BC. Electrum Stater (16.08 g). Head right of Attis wearing Phrygian cap; below, tunny fish. Reverse: Quadripartite incuse punch. Von Fritze I, 142 (same obverse die); Boston 1521; Gulbenkian 644. One of the most engaging obverses of this splendid series. Extremely Fine. Attis, an uncommon deity as portrayed on ancient coins, was from the province of Phrygia and was associated with Cybele, Great Mother of the Gods. It is still very apparent that these Cyzicene staters were very valuable commodities when held in the hand, and their diversity of types and charismatic nature set them apart from other ancient coins. Estimated Value $20,000-UP. Ex Triton XIII (5 I 10), lot 174. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $41,400
Lot 3180		Mysia, Pergamon 190-133 B.C. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. Cista mystica with snake inside; all within ivy-wreath. Reverse: Bow in case between two coiled serpents. cf. S-3944. Beautifully packaged in a wooden case. Together with: Ancient Roman Coins from the era of Constantine and his Sons, as sold and packaged by the Postal Commemorative Society. Superb Extremely Fine beautifully toned. Estimated Value $350 - 400. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $690
Lot 3181		Ionia, Ephesos, 390-330 BC. AR Diobol (0.97 g). Bee with straight wings; abbreviated ethnic (name of issuing city) above in fields, to right and left. Reverse: Foreparts of stags facing; above, ethnic. BMC 53; SNG Cop 242. Boldly struck, especially on obverse, and very well centered. A delightful coin. Extremely Fine/Very Fine. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $756
Lot 3182		Ionia, Ephesos, 387-295 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.16 g). Bee with straight wings. Reverse: Forepart of kneeling stag right; behind, date-palm tree. BMC 37. Toned Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,064
Lot 3183		Ionia, Ephesos, c. 202-133 BC. AR Drachm (3.97 g). Bee with ethnic in upper field. Reverse: Stag standing right before a date-palm tree. Type of BMC 121-133. Beautifully struck with a lovely bee, and luster remaining. Superb Extremely Fine. Sadly, this magistrate's name is partially off the flan, which prohibits a more precise reference. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 3184		Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum, c. 350-300 BC. AR Obol (0.85 g). Head right of Athena wearing crested Athenian helmet, bound with olive wreath. Reverse: Trident and "M - A" within circular maeander pattern. SNG von Aulock 2032; cf. SNG Cop 810; BMC 15-16. A lovely example of this scarce fraction. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $145
Lot 3185		Ionia, Miletos, c. 260-250 BC. AR Drachm (5.18 g). Laureate head left of Apollo. Reverse: Lion standing left; in field, star, monogram and letter; in exergue, magistrate's name. Deppert -- (unlisted magistrate, but see VII for obverse die); BMC -- (unlisted magistrate, but see #98 for obverse die). Extremely Fine. The magistrate Aischylos appears unpublished for this issue and is additionally missing in SNG von Aulock and SNG Copenhagen. Estimated Value $500 - 650. Ex CNG 85 (15 IX 10), lot 427. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 3186		Ionia, Teos, c. 510-490 BC. AR Stater (11.87 g). Griffin seated right with left forepaw raised. Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square. Balcer (SNR 47) group 1. Choice Very Fine. This and the following two staters of Teos are all struck from the same pair of dies, showing differing amounts of die wear and deterioration. A great study group! Estimated Value $500 - 650. Ex CNG 79 (17 IX 08), lot 348. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $949
Lot 3187		Ionia, Teos, c. 510-490 BC. AR Stater (11.88 g). Griffin seated right with left forepaw raised. Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square. Balcer (SNR 47) group 1. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $500 - 650. Ex CNG 79 (17 IX 08), lot 348. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $690

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