Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 28

Pre-Long Beach Coin Auction

Ancient Middle Eastern Coinage

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 678		Achaemenid Empire. Time of Darius I - Xerxes II, c. 485-420 BC. Gold Daric (8.32 g). Persian king or hero in kneeling-running pose right, holding spear and bow. Reverse: Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26; SNG Cop. 274. Crisply struck from fresh dies. The recesses brightly lustrous. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,600. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 679		Achaemenid Empire. Time of Artaxerxes I - Xerxes II, c. 455-420 BC. Gold Daric (8.32 g). Persian king or hero in kneeling-running pose right, holding dagger and bow. Reverse: Incuse punch, with worked linear patterning. Carradice Type IV, Group A (pl. XIII, 32); BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 9; SNG Cop. --. Trifling flatness at forehead, otherwise an excellent bold strike. The coin richly lustrous. Choice and Rare. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $2,250 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 680		Achaemenid Empire. 5th century BC. Gold Daric (8.34 g). Persian king or hero right, in kneeling-running pose, holding spear and bow. Reverse: Incuse punch. Cf. Carradice Type IIib, Group A, 29. Some flatness towards one side, otherwise virtually as struck, with considerable luster. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $775 - 975. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $891
Lot 681		Parthian Kingdom. Mithradates II, 123-88 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.38 g). Diademed and draped bust left. Reverse: Parthian archer seated right, holding bow, within square formed by legend. Sell. 24.1; Shore 66 var. (branch in right field). Well struck up, on better metal for issue. Nicely toned. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $900 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 682		Parthian Kingdom. Vardanes II, 55-58 AD. AR Tetradrachm (13.8 g). Draped and diademed bust left. Reverse: King enthroned left, receiving diadem from Tyche; ZΞT above. Shore 382; Sell. 69.1. Good metal. Very Fine. Estimated Value $125 - 175. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $184
Lot 683		Parthian Kingdom. Volgases III, 105-147 AD. Billon Tetradrachm (12.5 g). Draped and diademed bust left, wearing tiara with hooks; B behind. Reverse: King enthroned left, receiving diadem from Tyche. Sell. 79.14. Metal with light even porosity throughout. Slight obverse graffiti. Lightly toned. Very Fine. Estimated Value $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $144
Lot 684		Sasanian Kingdom. Shapur II, 309-379 AD. Gold One Sixth Dinar (1.33 g). Ctesiphon Mint. Very Rare. Crowned and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: Fire altar with attendants and ribbon, bust right in flames; pellets on altar column. Cf. Göbl, Kushan 1229 (Obol); Göbl Ia/6a; cf. Alram 775 (Obol). Light roughness, especially on reverse (die rust?). Traces of prior mounting. Apparently unpublished. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,700. From the Bellaria Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 685		Sasanian Kingdom. Shapur III, 383-388 AD. Gold Heavy Dinar (7.22 g). Uncertain Eastern Mint (Sind?). Draped bust right, with ornate crown having korymbos. Reverse: Fire altar with bust of Ahura-Mazda in flames, attendants on either side. Cf. Paruck 265. Rare. Very Fine / Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $2,750 - 3,300. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 686		Ptolemaic Egypt. Ptolemy I, 305-283 BC. Gold Pentadrachm (17.75 g). Rare. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, possibly a tiny Δ behind ear. Reverse: Eagle left, on thunderbolt; ΠA monogram at left. Svor. 208. Banker's mark in obverse field. Ex jewelry? Only one little mark noticed on the edge. Very Fine. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,898
Lot 687		Ptolemaic Egypt. Arsinöe II, wife of Ptolemy II, d. 270 BC. AR Dekadrachm (33.93 g), struck c. 270-261 BC. Diademed and veiled head of Arsinoe right, Λ behind. Reverse: Filleted double cornucopiae. Svor. 477; BMC p.43, 15; Troxell, ANSMN 28, Group 1. Surfaces porous overall, with a few areas of corrosion (mostly on reverse). Short flan crack, which looks solid and durable. Pleasing portrait. An affordable example of this rarity. Sharpness of Very Fine. Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,610
Lot 688		Roman Egypt. c. 1st century AD. Isis & Serapis Emblem. Shallow cup-like bezel for a ring or pendant. Piece cast and chased with jugate portraits of Serapis and Isis right, the background gilt, with peck-dot pattern. Pleasing style. Interesting. Very Fine. Estimated Value $250 - 350. Ex CNG Sale 43, Sept. 24, 1997, Lot 3119. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $196
Lot 689		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. Very Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $288
Lot 690		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 $300 - 350. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $288
Lot 691		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. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $350 - 450. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $368