Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 25

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

The Friedberg Collection: Roman Coins

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 3182		Hungary. Group of Five Silver Denars of the 13th century, all with Hebrew letters indicating mintmasters' initials. Lot of 5 coins. Condition is Fine to Very Fine. Whether these are called light-weight denars or obols, the medieval coinage of Hungary offers challenges on all fronts. The relationship of the Jews to rulers who accepted Christianity in AD 975 is under discussion and revision; it may well be that these small coins offer a greater insight than earlier thought. Estimated Value $300 - 450. View details	Unsold
Lot 3183		Hungary. Bela IV (1235-1270). Three silver denars (Rethy 241 and 246) with Henoch as moneyer, plus a pfennig minted by Jechial under Bishop Otto von Lobdenburg in Würzburg and a bronze 29mm minted by the Artuqids of Mardin under Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan (Turkoman Figural Bronze Coins and their Iconography, Vol. I, by Spengler and Sayles, type 35). Lot of 5 coins. Condition averages Fine to Very Fine. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details	Realized $719
Lot 3184		Islam. Two Coins of the Umayyads: Gold Dinar of the Caliph of Córdoba Ab'd-er-Rahman in About Extremely Fine condition; silver dirham of Abdul Malik minted at Wasit, AH 85, Extremely Fine; plus a gold dinar of the Almoravids: Ali-ibn Yusuf, flan somewhat wavy, otherwise Extremely Fine. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $475 - 650. View details	Realized $978
Lot 3185		Islam. An Abbasid silver dirham of Al-Rashid, dated AH 183, Teheran mint, in Very Fine to Extremely Fine condition (over-cleaned), plus a Fatimid dynasty gold dinar of AH 365, BMC 43, in Choice Very Fine condition. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $225 - 275. View details	Realized $253
Lot 3186		Lot of Three Coins. Including a gold dinar of Mohammed Al-Ikshid (AD 943-4, Jerusalem mint), and two AE fals of Umayyid and Arab-Byzantine origin. Condition averages Very Fine or better. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $275 - 375. View details	Realized $690
Lot 3187		Lot of Four Coins: Gold dinar of Ab'l Qasim Ungur minted at Jerusalem (crinkled Fine to Very Fine), plus two silver dirhams and one AE fals of al-Ramla. Condition averages Fine to Very Fine. Lot of 4 coins. Estimated Value $175 - 250. View details	Realized $391
Lot 3188		Islam. Two Gold Dinars: Abbasid rule under al-Mutadid (AH 434-461), minted at Seville (wavy flan, Fine to Very Fine), and another from the Almohades Abd-el-Mumin (AH 524-558, Hazard 466, Choice Very Fine). Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $375 - 550. View details	Unsold
Lot 3189		[Israel.]. Two fantasy coins/tokens, one of perhaps the 18th century, the other later - probably pilgrim tokens. One is of silver, the other, potin metal. Seldom seen. Fine to Very Fine condition. Estimated Value $150 - 300. View details	Unsold
Lot 3190		Israel, British Mandate in Palestine. From the Daniel Friedenberg Collection, British Mandate coins, early State of Israel denominations, including 1962 one lira (pound) commemorative, 1976 10 lirot commemorative (plain edge), three Jewish 1960-1970 era buttons, plus four aluminum or base metal ghetto tokens of Litzmannstadt (1943). Lot of 40 pieces. Condition averages Very Fine to Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $175 - 250. View details	Realized $161
Lot 3191		Israel. 50 and 100 Lirot, 1962. Fr-2, 3; KM-40, 41. In commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the death of Chaim Weizmann, the first president of the modern state of Israel. Lot of 2 coins. Lightly hairlined proofs. Estimated Value $425 - 525. View details	Realized $391
Lot 3192		Israel. Lot of Two Gold Coins: 1967 Victory commemorative (KM-50, lightly spotted proof) and 1990 Independence Day commemorative (KM-214, proof, ex Superior's Herbst Collection, 8 XII 95, lot 174). Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $475 - 625. View details	Realized $489
Lot 3193		Israel. Three Gold Medals honoring Jewish leaders: David ben Gurion (7.88g total weight, marked 900 fineness), 1967 Victory over the Arabs with obverse Moshe Dayan (34.85g, 900 fine; German issue with dies by Helmut Diller), and 1967 Official State of Israel medal commemorating the Jubilee of the Balfour Declaration (29.71g. 917 fine; designed by Paul Vincze). Lot of 3 medals. Each is in Proof condition with slight handling. Estimated Value $650 - 850. View details	Realized $805
Lot 3194		Israel. Gold 100 Lirot, 1967. Fr-5; KM-50. Victory commemorative with only 9004 issued. Some spotting, Proof. Estimated Value $275 - 325. View details	Realized $345
Lot 3195		Israel. Gold 100 Lirot, 1968. Fr-6; KM-52. Commemorates the 20th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem. Proof. Estimated Value $225 - 275. View details	Realized $299
Lot 3196		Israel. Gold 500 Lirot, 1975. Fr-13; KM-83. 25th anniversary of the Israel bond program. Proof. Estimated Value $185 - 235. Ex 15 VIII 78 Olsen Sale (NASCA), lot 2272. View details	Realized $230
Lot 3197		Israel. Large Gold Medal honoring Golda Meir. 50mm, 49.43g total weight of marked 900 fineness. Designed and signed in the obverse die by Coufal, this is numbered "015" on the edge. Proof. Estimated Value $500 - 650. View details	Unsold
Lot 3198		Italy, Venetian Republic. Both Types of the 1848 Silver 5 Lire, each in Extremely Fine condition, multicolored toning: Craig 185 and Craig 186. Lot of 2 coins. The Minister of the Treasury during this brief republic, Isaac Pesaro Maurogonato, was of Jewish background. Estimated Value $225 - 325. View details	Realized $414
Lot 3199		Poland. Group of Three Silver Bracteates of the 12th-13th Centuries. JMM page 21, numbers 16, 26 and 33, minted by three different Jewish mintmasters. Lot of 3 coins. Condition is Fine to Very Fine. Estimated Value $225 - 325. View details	Realized $2,070
Lot 3200		Russia. Silver rubles of 1886 and 1898, plus more contemporary issues of Russia, Poland, Denmark, Ghana, Haiti (gold 250 gourdes of 1977) with the highlight being an About Uncirculated but spotted silver 1897-A peso of the Dominican Republic. Lot of 10 coins. Conditions are About Extremely Fine or better. Estimated Value $175 - 275. View details	Realized $265
Lot 3201		Spain, Visigothic Kingdom. Sisebut, AD 612-621. Gold Tremissis (1.48g) minted at Toledo. Facing bust of king. Reverse: Facing bust of king. Miles 183a; MEC I, 234. Rare. Extremely Fine. The royal issues of the Visigoths in Spain lasted for about 130 years. Unlike their counterparts in France, they never put moneyers' names on their coins, only the rulers' names and mintplaces. In AD 612 adherents of the official Catholic religion put Sisebut on the throne; Toledo was the capital. Sisebut began an infamous persecution of the Jews, which was to continue until the end of the kingdom. By AD 713, the Muslims (Moors), coming from North Africa and Arabia, overthrew Visigothic rule. Estimated Value $400 - 600. Ex Grove and Grover Sale, 12 VI 86, lot 2085. View details	Unsold
Lot 3202		Spain, Castilla and Leon. Pedro I, 1350-1368. Gold Dobla of 35 Maravedis (4.53g) minted at Sevilla. Castle; underneath, "S" mintmark. Reverse: Lion left within double linear arched enclosure. Burgos 369; cf. Heiss I, p. 57,5; Fr-108. A stunning example of 14th century numismatic art. Choice Extremely Fine. Pedro I, called "the Cruel," directed a number of assassinations against those who would remove him from rule. Partly responsible were his short-term (in days!) alliances with wives, as well as mistresses. After exile, in 1367, Edward the Black Prince sided with Pedro and reinstated him briefly as king. Chief treasurer during his reign was the financial wizard of Jewish background, Samuel Halevi Abulafia. This authority given to Jewish financial experts and mintmasters was quite normal in medieval Spain, and included a three-generation succession of political ministers from the Abravanel family. Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500. View details	Realized $4,888
Lot 3203		Turkey, Ottoman Sultans. Three Gold Sultanis showing well the prominence of Jewish mintmasters and their power within the Ottoman Court: Selim I (1512-20) under the minter Abraham de Castro (Fr-1, Very Fine condition); Suleiman II, "the Magnificent," (1520-1566) with influence from Joseph Nasi (Fr-1, Lustrous Extremely Fine); Selim II (1566-1574), also under the influence of Nasi, Duke of Naxos (Fr-1, Fine). Lot of 3 coins. During the 1500s, Venice, France and Holland offered welcome to the Jews. During the Commonwealth period and later, even England changed her mind and a small community of Spanish and Portuguese Jews was again established in London. Estimated Value $325 - 475. View details	Unsold
Lot 3204		Calabria. Tarentum, c. 302-281 BC. AR Drachm (3.24 g). Head of Athena right, with helmet having Skylla ornament. Reverse: Owl standing right on branch, ethnic at left. Cf. SNG ANS 1304-1305. Pleasing old toning. Very Fine. Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details	Realized $288
Lot 3205		Lucania. Metapontum, 325-280 BC. AR Nomos (7.67 g). Head of Persephone right, with grains in hair. Reverse: Ear of barley, star at right; ethnic at left, ΛY below. Johnston Class C, 8.8. Occasional scattered scratches due to cleaning; usual weakness at hair. Pleasing old deep toning, with steely blue overtones. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $275 - 375. Ex Coin Galleries, Claude R. Collier Sale, 3-9-56, lot 1506. View details	Realized $575
Lot 3206		Lucania. Sybaris, c. 550-510 BC. AR Nomos (6.87 g). Bull standing left, head reverted, YM below, pellet and cable border around. Reverse: Incuse of obverse but for ethnic. Cf. Dewing 406; SNG Cop. 1388. Wonderful strike, in the best style, but extensive smoothing due to porosity and horn silver. Very Fine. Estimated Value $450 - 600. Ex Coin Galleries, Claude R. Collier Sale, 3-9-56, lot 1507. View details	Unsold
Lot 3207		Bruttium. Brettian League, c. 215-205 BC. AR Drachm (4.52 g). Time of Hannibalic Occupation of Italy. Veiled and diademed head of Thetis(?) right, scepter at shoulder, with grasshopper behind. Reverse: Poseidon leaning left, holding scepter and resting foot on column; eagle holding thunderbolt before. SNG Cop. --; SNG ANS --; BMC --. Apparently the grasshopper symbol very rare compared to the fly symbol usually seen. Good strike and attractive style, the reverse sharp and choice. Choice Very Fine / Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $850 - 1,000. View details	Realized $546
Lot 3208		Bruttium. Croton, c. 480-430 BC. AR Nomos (7.95 g). Tripod; ethnic at left, stork at right. Reverse: Incuse of tripod. SNG Cop. 1752; SNG ANS 273ff. On small, thick flan. Smoothing to the stork at the right, where there are deposits of horn silver. Old collection toning. Very Fine. Estimated Value $250 - 300. Ex Coin Galleries, Claude R. Collier Sale, 3-9-56, lot 1512. View details	Realized $161
Lot 3209		Sicily. Gela, c. 440-430 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.04 g). Charioteer in slow quadriga right, Nike flying right with wreath to crown horses; barley grain in exergue. Reverse: Forepart of man-headed bull right, with beaded truncation; retrograde ethnic above. Cf. SNG ANS 71 (same obverse die). Good metal. Even old collection toning. Appealing, almost primitive style to the bull. Fine-Very Fine. Estimated Value $500 - 650. Ex Coin Galleries, Claude R. Collier Sale, 3-9-56, lot 1520. View details	Unsold
Lot 3210		Sicily. Messana, c. 420-413 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.28 g). Nymph Messana in slow mule biga left; ethnic above, twin confronted dolphins in exergue. Reverse: Hare springing left over stalk of barley; ethnic around. Calt. 511 (D205/R211); Kraay & Hirmer 55 (same reverse die). On small thick flan, otherwise sharp problem-free strike on superb metal. Artistic dies, with much mint luster remaining. Very nice. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $2,250 - 2,500. View details	Realized $2,185
Lot 3211		Sicily. Syracuse, c. 480-475 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.16 g). Charioteer in slow quadriga right, Nike flying right with wreath to crown horses. Reverse: Head of Arethusa right, wearing bordered plain headband, surrounded by ethnic and four dolphins. Boeh. 216; cf. Randazzo Hoard 376. Clean, sharp strike on very fine metal. Fine old toning. Very nice. Good Very Fine. Estimated Value $850 - 1,050. Ex Coin Galleries, Claude R. Collier Sale, 3-9-56, lot 1526. View details	Realized $748
Lot 3212		Sicily. Syracuse, c. 466-460 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.52 g). Charioteer in walking quadriga right, holding kentron in right hand, reins with left; Nike flying above right and crowning horses; in exergue, ketos right. Reverse: Head of Arethusa right, with pearl diadem, surrounded by four dolphins swimming clockwise; ethnic around. SNG ANS 128. On usual tight flan, but nicely centered. Obverse crisp, but the reverse very sharp. Lovely, delicate late archaic portrait, attractively toned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,700 - 2,100. View details	Realized $1,610
Lot 3213		Sicily. Syracuse. Time of Dionysius I, c. 405-400 BC. Gold 20 Litrai (1.14 g). Head of youthful Herakles left, wearing lion skin headdress. Reverse: Quartered incuse square, central circular incuse with head of Arethusa left; ethnic around. SNG ANS 352; Dewing 866. Sharp and pretty! Very lustrous. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $900 - 1,400. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $776
Lot 3214		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III, the Great, 336-323 BC. Gold stater (8.58 g), uncertain Greek mint. Choice, with less common symbol. Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet with coiled serpent ornament. Reverse: Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylus; ant and star at left. Price 831; Muller 179. Fully struck up, with considerable luster evident. Well centered. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500. View details	Realized $2,013
Lot 3215		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III, the Great, 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.11 g), Side mint, struck 325-320 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Reverse: Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter, wreath at left. Price 2949. In bold, high relief, lightly toned, with residual mint luster. And, another Alexander III Tetradrachm, from Mesembria, c. 125-60 BC.: type as preceding. Price 1124. On quite decent metal; toned. Lot of 2 coins. First a good Very Fine; the second a bit better. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details	Unsold
Lot 3216		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III, the Great, 336-323 BC. AR Didrachm (8.51 g), Babylon mint, struck c. 325-323 BC. Rare, especially this nice! Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Reverse: Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter; M at left, monogram beneath throne. Price 3613. Attractive high relief devices, on excellent metal. Attractively toned. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500. View details	Unsold
Lot 3217		Alexander III, 336-323 BC. Posthumous AR Tetradrachm (16.52 g), Temnos mint, struck circa 188-170 BC. Head of Herakles right in lionskin. Reverse: Zeus enthroned left holding eagle and scepter; oinochoe beneath grape vine to left. Price 1686; Müller 958. Well centered and good style for series. Very Fine. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details	Realized $173
Lot 3218		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III, the Great, 336-323 BC. Posthumous AR Tetradrachm (16.81 g), Odessos, struck 125-70 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Reverse: Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter; ΘE at left, monogram beneath throne. Price 1181; Muller 419. Attractive sharp strike; very lustrous, with stylish portrait. Toned. Especially this nice for this series. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $625 - 775. View details	Unsold
Lot 3219		Macedonian Kingdom. Demetrios I Poliorketes, 294-288 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.38 g), Pella mint, struck 291/290 BC. Diademed and horned head of Demetrios right. Reverse: Poseidon with trident stands left, resting foot on rock. Newell, Demetrius 79. Excellent strikes. Lightly toned, with ample mint luster. Choice Very Fine / Extremely fine. Estimated Value $1,800 - 2,100. View details	Realized $2,300
Lot 3220		Macedonian Kingdom. Antigonos Gonatas, 277-239 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.03 g), Amphipolis mint, struck after 271/270 BC. Head of Pan, wearing nebris, at center of Macedonian shield with eight stars about edge. Reverse: Athena Alkidemos advancing left, brandishing arms; crested helmet at bottom left, monogram at right. SNG Cop. 1199; Pozzi 970. Sharp, lightly toned, and lustrous. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,250. View details	Unsold
Lot 3221		Macedonian Kingdom. Perseus, 179-168 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.46 g), struck c. 174-172 BC. Diademed head of Perseus right. Reverse: Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, monograms to right and above, all within oak wreath; star at bottom. Mamaroth 11. Sharp, lightly toned and lustrous. Fine portrait. Excellent coin. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,750 - 2,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 3222		Macedonia. Under Roman Rule, c. 158-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.01 g). Bust of Artemis right, quiver at shoulder, at center of Macedonian shield with eight stars about edge. Reverse: Horizontal club, monogram above, all within oak wreath; fulmen at left. SNG Cop. 1311. Bold strike on excellent metal. Lightly toned, and very lustrous. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $475 - 550. View details	Realized $552
Lot 3223		Thrace. Istros, c. 400-350 BC. AR Drachm (5.36 g). Two facing male heads, left inverted. Reverse: Sea eagle clasping dolphin in talons; ethnic above, AP monogram below. SNG BM 249. Neat compact style for reverse. Toned, with some luster. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details	Realized $230
Lot 3224		Thracian Kingdom. Lysimachos, 323-281 BC. Gold Stater (8.54 g), Pella mint, struck 286/5-282/1. Head of deified Alexander right. Reverse: Athena Nikephoros seated left; beneath arm monogram, in exergue K, Π on throne. Thompson 241; Jameson IV, no. 2464 (same dies). A few light marks on back. Sharp and finely centered, with with a magnificent high relief portrait! Nice. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $3,500 - 4,000. View details	Realized $4,888
Lot 3225		Thracian Dynasts. Koson, c. mid-1st century BC. Gold Stater (8.42 g). Roman consul flanked by two lictors; monogram before, KOΣΩN below. Reverse: Eagle standing left on scepter, holding wreath. RPC 1701; BMC p. 208, 2. Faint double-striking on the obverse, otherwise sharp and lustrous. Choice Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $500 - 650. View details	Realized $575
Lot 3226		Thracian Islands. Thasos, c. 520/10-465 BC. AR Stater (9.37 g). Satyr abducting protesting nymph right. Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square. Svoronos pl. X, 3-5; SNG Cop. 1009. Sharp, bold strike, well centered on more spacious flan than usual. Lightly toned choice metal -- very lustrous. A splendid coin. This is the finest example of this earlier issue that we've handled. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,750. View details	Unsold
Lot 3227		Thracian Islands. Thasos, c. 495-463 BC. AR Stater (8.16 g). Ithyphallic satyr abducting reluctant nymph right. Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. Dewing 1323. Perfectly centered on very round flan. Bold and sharp, on choice metal. Nicely toned. An appealing, spritely example. Very Fine. Estimated Value $475 - 650. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $380
Lot 3228		Aegina, c. 457-431 BC. AR Stater (12.24 g). Top view of land tortoise, with segmented shell. Reverse: Refined skew pattern incuse. SNG Delepierre 1545; cf. Dewing 1690. Sharp, choice strike on elongated flan, just lacking the rear feet and tail. Choice metal, with considerable mint luster visible. Superb old toning, with lighter iridescent colors in the recesses. Nearly Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $700 - 900. Ex Coin Galleries, Claude R. Collier Sale, 3-9-56, lot 1584. View details	Realized $2,818
Lot 3229		Lydia, Kings of. Time of Croesus, c. 561-546 BC. AR Half Stater - Siglos (5.40 g). Foreparts of confronted roaring lion and bull. Reverse: Double incuse punch. SNG von Aulock 2877; SNG Cop. 456. Great metal and strike! Lightly toned, with a good deal of mint luster to be seen in the obverse fields. Choice! Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $700 - 800. View details	Realized $690
Lot 3230		Cilicia, Tarsos. Datames, as Satrap, 384-362 BC. AR Stater (10.52 g), struck 378-372 BC. Baaltars enthroned right, head facing, holds grain ear and grape cluster, with thymiaterion behind, and holds scepter in other hand; all within crenellated border. Reverse: The god Ana, nude, at left, faces Datames at right and gestures with raised hand; between them thymiaterion; all within schematic shrine, crenellated at top. SNG Cop. 302; SNG von Aulock 5948-9. Weakness at Baal's face, otherwise sharp and lustrous, on excellent metal. The reverse simply stunning, and in the best style! Toned. Extremely Fine / Superb. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. Ex Nelson Bunker Hunt sale, Sotheby's New York, June 21-22, 1990, lot 572. View details	Realized $1,495
Lot 3231		Seleucid Kingdom. Demetrios I, 162-150 BC. Dated AR Tetradrachm (16.72 g), Antioch, 151-150 BC. Diademed head right, within wreath. Reverse: Tyche with cornucopia enthroned left, throne with Nereid support; monograms at left, date in exergue (Year 162). SNG Spaer 1288; Newell, SMA 132. Minor ancient scrape on head. Less typical portrait style. Lightly toned. Very Fine. Estimated Value $200 - 275. View details	Unsold

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