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Sale 21
Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction
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Lot 1645 |
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Egypt. Cleopatra VII, 51-30 BC. AE 27. Diademed and draped bust right of Cleopatra. Reverse: Eagle standing left; in lower left field, cornucopiae; in upper right field, mark of value (80 bronze drachmai, the equivalent to a silver obol). Includes an old collectors round. Svoronos 1871. Mostly red patina, with an excellent portrait of this historical queen. Fine or better.
Estimated Value $300 - 400.
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| Realized
$1,093 |
Lot 1646 |
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Cyrenaica. Cyrene, c. 300 BC. AR Stater (7.5g). Bare head right of Karneios. Reverse: Silphium plant. BMC plate XXI, 12. Very Fine.
Estimated Value $200 - 300.
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| Realized
$207 |
Lot 1647 |
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Kyrenaika. Kyrene, c. 331-322 BC. Gold Tenth Stater (0.8 g). Very Rare. Head of Karneios right, horn at ear. Reverse: Head of Libya left, wearing stephane, her hair in long curls at neck. Cf. BMC p. 34, 141 (with initials of magistrate); cf. SNG Cop. 1195. Reverse die showing some wear. About Very Fine.
Estimated Value $350 - 450.
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| Unsold |
Lot 1648 |
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Kyrenaika. Kyrene, c. 322-308 BC. Gold Stater (8.6 g). Scarce. Nike driving slow quadriga right; ethnic above. Reverse: Zeus-Ammon standing left with scepter, holding phiale over thymiaterion; ΠOΛIANΘEYΣ at right. BMC p. 29, 118. Well struck up. Light scuff over body of rearmost horse, otherwise a pleasing example of this type. Near Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $1,750 - 2,250.
Kyrenaika signed a treaty with Alexander the Great in 331 BC., after which it produced a steady stream of Attic weight gold staters. The magistrate Polianthes coined along with two other magistrates, Cychaeris and Chaeris. Die linkages and stylistic comparisons place their magistracy after the death of Alexander.
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$3,450 |
Lot 1649 |
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Kyrenaika. Kyrene, under Ptolemy I, c. 322-313 BC. Gold Stater (8.6 g). Nike driving quadriga left, star above; ethnic flanking. Reverse: Zeus-Ammon enthroned left, holding scepter, eagle behind; magistrate's name at left. SNG cop. 1197. Obverse die a little worn; the reverse die showing some rust and a little flaking. Nevertheless, an interesting coin and rare.
Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,750.
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Lot 1650 |
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Kyrenaika. Kyrene, c. 322-313 BC. Gold Tenth Stater (0.9 g). Head of Kyrene right, hair covered in cecryphalus, bead border around. Reverse: Head of Karneios left, horn at ear. Cf. BMC p. 34, 142 (with initials of magistrate). A few faint scratches in reverse field. About Very Fine.
Estimated Value $275 - 375.
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$288 |
Lot 1651 |
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Kyrenaika. Kyrene, c. 322-314 BC. Gold Drachm (4.3 g). Rare. Rider with kausia on prancing horse right; ΧAIPIOΣ. Reverse: Silphium plant in three tiers, grasshopper at bottom left; ethnic in field around. BMC p. 32, 131; Pozzi Coll. 3275; cf. Dewing 2782. Well centered, with attractive devices. Very Fine.
Estimated Value $1,750 - 2,250.
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Lot 1652 |
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Kyrenaika. Kyrene, c. 308-277 BC. Gold Obol (0.7 g). Very Rare. Head of bearded Zeus-Ammon right, horn at ear. Reverse: Head of Cyrene right, hair rolled into fringe. BMC p. xcix, pl. XX, 15 (Paris); cf. Pozzi Coll. 3278. Good, sharp strike, with toning and residual luster. Choice Very Fine.
Estimated Value $350 - 450.
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Lot 1653 |
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Kyrenaika. Kyrene, c. 308-277 BC. Gold Obol (0.7 g). Head of bearded Zeus-Ammon right, horn at ear. Reverse: Thunderbolt, star above and below. BMC p. 49, 216 ff.; Naville 183. Excellent strike; lustrous, the reverse with reddish toning. Perhaps ex jewelry, the obverse very lustrous. Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $400 - 500.
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| Realized
$403 |
Lot 1654 |
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Zeugitania. Carthage, c. 350-320 BC. Gold Tenth Stater (0.8 g). Palm tree with twin date clusters. Reverse: horse head right. Jenkins Croup III, cf. 145; SNG Cop. 132-3. Very Fine.
Estimated Value $400 - 600.
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Lot 1655 |
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Carthage, c. 320-310 BC. Electrum Fifth Stater (2.0 g). Scarce. Grain-wreathed head of Tanit left, wearing pendant earring and necklace. Reverse: Horse standing right on short ground line, head reverted. Jenkins & Lewis Group III, 126. Light scrape in reverse field. Very Fine / Fine.
Estimated Value $350 - 450.
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| Realized
$380 |
Lot 1656 |
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Zeugitana. Carthage, c. 310-290 BC. Electrum Stater (7.3 g). Grain-wreathed head of Tanit left, wearing pendant earring and necklace. Reverse: Horse standing right on ground line, pellet before front hoof. Jenkins & Lewis Group V, 246.2 (same dies). Good strike, with reddish toning. Faint graffiti(?) on reverse. Very Fine.
Estimated Value $500 - 750.
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| Realized
$776 |
Lot 1657 |
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Zeugitana. Carthage, c. 220-210 BC. AR Quarter-Shekel (1.9 g). Head of Tanit left, hair wreathed in grains. Reverse: Horse standing right. Jenkins & Lewis pl. 28, 2; Dewing 994. Deep iridescent toning, on tight flan of good metal. Nearly Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $150 - 200.
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$173 |
Lot 1658 |
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Siculo-Punic. Time of the First Punic War, c. 264-260 BC. Electrum Tridrachm (10.6 g). Head of Tanit left, with necklace and earring, hair wreathed in grains. Reverse: Horse standing right, above and behind, solar disk flanked by twin uraei. Jenkins & Lewis Group Xb, cf. no. 444. Faint, short flan crack at 3 o'clock. Reverse very attractive, although short old scratch behind head. Very Fine / Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,250.
Ex: Said to be Ex Bunker Hunt Sale.
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$2,128 |
Lot 1659 |
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Siculo-Punic. Time of the First Punic War, 264-260 BC. AR Five Shekels - Dekadrachm (36.5 g). Very Rare. Head of Tanit left, hair wreathed in grains. Reverse: Pegasus flying right; Punic legend below, "B'RST." Jenkins, cf. no. 445; SNG Fitzwilliam 1512. Some smoothing to surfaces. A few of what appear to ancient scratches. Nevertheless an attractive example of this large and impressive denomination. Choice Very Fine.
Estimated Value $7,500 - 9,000.
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Lot 1660 |
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Siculo-Punic, c. 213-210 BC. AR Quarter Shekel (1.8 g). Youthful male head right, hair wreathed in grains. Reverse: Horse prancing right; beaneath, two Punic letters, "H T." SNG Cop. 380. Planchet flaw on reverse, and flan a little wavy. Some luster underneath lightly matte even gray "find patina." Nearly Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $125 - 225.
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$138 |
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