Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 98

The Pre-Long Beach Auction June 4-7, 2017

Ancient Judaean - Persian Period Coinage

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1400		Philistia, Uncertain mint. Silver Obol (0.63 g), mid 5th century-333 BC. Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right. Reverse: AΘE, owl standing right, head facing; above, olive-spray and crescent; in right field, horned lion's head (or ibex?) with mouth open. Gitler & Tal XII.5Oa (this coin). Unique and unpublished in the standard reference. Toned. Very Fine. Estimate Value $1,000 - 1,300 From the Alan Leventen Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,763
Lot 1401		Philistia, Gaza. Silver Drachm (3.42 g), mid 5th century-333 BC. Archaic male head right. Reverse: 'Z, forepart of horse right; all within dotted square border in incuse square. Gitler & Tal VI.2D; HGC 10, 548. Porous surfaces. Fine to Very Fine. Estimate Value $2,500 - 3,000 From the Alan Leventen Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1402		Philistia, Uncertain mints. Silver Drachm (4.25 g), mid 5th century-333 BC. Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right, frontal(?) eye. Reverse: [AΘE], owl standing right, head facing; in upper left field, olive spray and crescent. Gitler & Tal -; HGC 10, -. Seemingly unpublished. Very Fine. Estimate Value $2,500 - 3,000 From the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1403		Philistia, Gaza. Silver Drachm (4.06 g), mid 5th century-333 BC. Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right, profile eye; 'N' on cheek. Reverse: AΘE, owl standing right, head facing; in upper left field, olive spray and crescent; in right field, 'M'. Gitler & Tal V.24Da; HGC 10, 541. Lightly toned. Very Fine. Estimate Value $1,500 - 2,000 From the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1404		Philistia, Gaza. Silver Drachm (2.99 g), mid 5th century-333 BC. Archaic style female head right. Reverse: Head of Bes facing. Gitler & Tal V.14Da; HGC 10, 552. Test cut. About Very Fine. Estimate Value $1,000 - 1,300 From the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1405		Philistia, Uncertain mints. Silver Hemiobol (0.42 g), mid 5th century-333 BC. Imitating Athens. Male head right, oriental hairstyle. Reverse: AΘE, owl standing right, head facing; in upper left field, olive spray and crescent resembling an anchor. Gitler & Tal XIV.6HO; HGC 10, -. Lightly toned. Fair / Fine. Estimate Value $250 - 300 From the Alan Leventen Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $147
Lot 1406		Philistia, Uncertain mints. Silver Obol (0.77 g), mid 5th century-333 BC. Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right; profile eye. Reverse: [AΘE(?)], owl standing right, head facing; in upper left field, olive spray and crescent. Cf. Gitler & Tal X.1O; HGC 10, -. Toned. Very Fine. Estimate Value $250 - 300 From the Alan Leventen Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $276
Lot 1407		Philistia, Uncertain mints. Silver Obol (0.77 g), mid 5th century-333 BC. Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right; profile eye. Reverse: AΘE, owl standing right, head facing; in upper left field, olive spray and crescent. Gitler & Tal IX.1O; HGC 10, -. Toned. Fine to Very Fine. Estimate Value $200 - 250 From the Alan Leventen Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1408		Philistia, Uncertain mints. Silver Obol (0.58 g), mid 5th century-333 BC. Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right; profile eye. Reverse: AΘ[E], owl standing right, head facing; in upper left field, olive spray and crescent. Gitler & Tal IX.1O; HGC 10, -. Toned. Fine to Very Fine. Estimate Value $200 - 250 From the Alan Leventen Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1409		Philistia, Uncertain mints. Silver Obol (0.72 g), mid 5th century-333 BC. Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right; profile eye. Reverse: AΘE, owl standing right, head facing; in upper left field, olive spray and crescent. Gitler & Tal X.1O; HGC 10, -. Toned. Fine / Very Fine. Estimate Value $200 - 250 From the Alan Leventen Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1410		Judaea, Yehud (Judah). Silver Gerah (0.45 g), ca. 375-332 BCE. Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet decorated with olive wreath. Rev. 'YHD' (Yehud), owl standing right, head facing; in upper left field, lily. TJC 4; Hendin 1050. Toned with some encrustation on the obverse. Very fine. Estimate Value $300 - 400 The Brody Family Collection; Purchased privately from D. Hendin, August 1988. A Judaean imitation of the internationally recognized types of Athenian coinage, but with the usual olive spray of the reverse converted into the lily symbol of Jerusalem. The inordinately large olive leaves on Athena's helmet foreshadow the crenellated crown of later issues featuring the head of the Persian Great King (or debased Athena?). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $176
Lot 1411		Judaea, Yehud (Judah). Silver Gerah (0.45 g), before 333 BCE. Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right. Reverse: 'YHD', owl standing right, head facing; above to left, small lily. Hendin 1050; TJC 6a. Darkly toned. Fine / Fine. Estimate Value $300 - 400 The Brody Family Collection; Purchased privately from D. Hendin, November 1985. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1412		Judaea, Yehud (Judah). Silver 1/2 Gerah (0.23 g), before 333 BCE. Head of Persian king right, wearing jagged crown. Reverse: 'YHD', falcon with wings spread, head turned right. Hendin 1059; TJC 16. Toned. About Very Fine. (PCGS # 1059) Estimate Value $400 - 500 The Brody Family Collection; Ex Superior (1-2 December 1990); Maltiel-Gerstenfeld Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1413		Judaea, Yehud (Judah). Silver 1/2 Gerah (0.38 g), before 333 BCE. Lily. Reverse: 'YHD' (Yehud), falcon with wings displayed, head turned to right. Hendin 1060; TJC 15. Nicely toned. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $1,500 - 2,000 The Brody Family Collection; Purchased privately from H. Kriendler, January 1990. The obverse of this coin proudly identifies itself as produced in Jerusalem through the prominent lily type. This became so well established as the badge of the city and its local rulers that it appeared on later Seleukid coins struck by the High Priest John Hyrcanus I for Antiochos VII Sidetes in 132-130 BCE, and Hyrcanus' descendant, the Priest-King Alexander Jannaeus (103-76 BCE). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,293
Lot 1414		Judaea, Yehud (Judah). Silver 1/2 Gerah (0.24 g), ca. 375-332 BCE. Lily. Rev. 'YHD' (Yehud), falcon with wings displayed, head turned to right. TJC 15; Hendin 1060. Dark find patina. Nearly Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $700 - 800 The Brody Family Collection; Purchased privately from D. Hendin at the NYINC, December 1988. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $541
Lot 1415		Judaea, Yehud (Judah). Hezekiah. Silver 1/2 Ma'ah Obol (0.25 g), ca. 333/2-302/1 BCE. Young male head right. Reverse: 'YHZQYH' (Yehezqio - Hezekiah), winged and horned lynx left. Hendin 1066; TJC 25. Rare this choice. Toned. Fair / Very Fine. Estimate Value $600 - 700 The Brody Family Collection; Purchased privately from D. Hendin, August 1988. When the collector purchased this coin from D. Hendin in 1988, he was told that it was perhaps the finest known. The illustrated example in the current edition of Hendin's Guide to Biblical Coins is finer, but this is still quite an outstanding example. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $376
Lot 1416		Judaea, Yehud (Judah). Hezekiah. Silver 1/2 Ma'ah Obol (0.19 g), ca. 333/2-302/1 BCE. Facing head within beaded circular border. Rev. 'HPHH [YHZQYH]' (Yehezqio the governor - Hezekiah), owl standing right, head facing. TJC 22; L. Mildenberg, "Jehud: A Preliminary Study of the Provincial Coinage of Judaea," Essays Thompsn pl. 22, 16 (this coin); Hendin 1069 Nicely toned. About extremely fine. Estimate Value $700 - 800 The Brody Family Collection; Purchased privately from NFA, August 1988. Historical Notes on Lot 9, 10 and 11: In the scroll (Megillah) of the Jewish holiday of Purim, the king Achashverus of Persia sent letters to the governors (ha'phechos) of all his provinces, including Israel, to destroy the Jews as proposed by the wicked Haman. These coins are from Judea and noted on them is Hezekiah, the governor (ha'phecha) of Judah. (Chapter 3:12) at the actual time of the Purim narrative. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,234
Lot 1417		Judaea, Yehud (Judah). Hezekiah. Silver 1/2 Ma'ah Obol (0.25 g), ca. 333/2-302/1 BCE. Blank, as made. Reverse: 'HPHH YHZQYH' (Yehezqio the governor - Hezekiah), owl standing right, head facing; in lower right field, Greek letter A. Cf. Hendin 1069; cf. TJC 22. The obverse unstruck as often seen with an unusally choice inscription of "Hezekiah". Very Fine. Estimate Value $500 - 600 The Brody Family Collection; Purchased privately from D. Hendin, December 1988. In contrast to the earlier issue of Hezekiah, this was struck to the Attic standard favored for the coinages of Alexander the Great. This abandonment of the former Persic standard has led to the conclusion that they postdate the Macedonian conquest of Judaea. The coins of the Macedonian period also give Hezekiah his official title as ha pecha, the governor. The reverse type depicts the Athenian owl, perhaps partly to signal the new use of the Attic weight standard, but also looking back to the traditions of the Yehud coinage of the Persian period. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $470
Lot 1418		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 1419		Judaea, Yehud (Judah). Hezekiah. Silver 1/2 Ma'ah Obol (0.30 g), ca. 333/2-302/1 BCE. Head of chimaera right, degraded to the shaped of an egg or pellet. Rev. 'YHWDH (Yehud), duck standing right, head turned to look back. TJC 27; Hendin 1075c. Very Rare. Toned. Very Fine. Estimate Value $500 - 600 The Brody Family Collection; Purchased privately from H. Kriendler, June 1988. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $423
Lot 1420		Judaea, Ptolemaic Period. Ptolemy I. Silver 1/4 Ma'ah Obol (0.18 g), ca. 302/1-295/4 BCE. Youthful male head left. Reverse: 'YHD', eagle with wings displayed standing left. TJC 29; Hendin 1078. Rare. Toned. Fair / Very Fine. Estimate Value $350 - 400 From the Alan Leventen Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold