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Ancient Coins

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1101		Caria, Myndos. Silver Drachm (4.15 g), mid 2nd century BC. Menedemos, magistrate. Laureate head of Sarapis right. Rev. MYNΔIΩN, headdress of Isis atop two grain ears; in left field, magistrate's name: MENEΔHMOΣ; below, winged thunderbolt. (Myndos Hoard - (but cf. 62 for same magistrate with grapes symbol, and 79 for same obv. die [A28], magistrate Theodoros); CH VIII, 481, pl. LXXI, 18-20 (same dies); SNG Keckman 240 (same dies)). Some light porosity. Choice very fine. Estimate $300UP Ex NFA MBS (18 October 1990), lot 333. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1102		Carian Satraps. Maussollos. Silver Tetradrachm (15.03 g), 377/6-353/2 BC. Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly right. Rev. Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding labrys and scepter; in left field, ME monogram. (SNG Kayhan 873; cf. SNG von Aulock 2359 (no monogram); cf. SNG Copenhagen 590 (same)). Well struck on a nice round flan. All lightly toned. Extremely fine. Estimate $2,500UP Ex Goldberg 36 (30 May 2006), lot 3522. Maussollos was perhaps one of the most famous of the Hekatomnid dynasts of Caria who nominally served the Great King of Persia as regional satrap. He briefly participated in the Great Satraps' Revolt (366-360 BC) against Artaxerxes III but soon returned to the side of his Persian master, expanding his territory to include parts of Lycia, Ionia, and several islands. He embraced Greek culture and increasingly involved himself in Greek affairs, instigating and supporting Rhodian involvement in the Social War (357-355 BC) against Athens. Maussollos is perhaps most famous for his great tomb which he built at Halikarnassos after moving his capital from Mylasa. This tomb was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world and gave us the word mausoleum in English. The reverse depicts Zeus Labraundos, the patron deity of Mylasa and the Hekatomnid dynasty. Ironically it was in the god's temple at Labranda that assassins attempted to kill Maussollos in 353 BC. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1103		Carian Satraps. Pixodaros. Silver Didrachm (6.78 g), ca. 341/0-336/5 BC. Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly right. Rev. ΠIΞΩΔAPOY,Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding labrys and scepter. (SNG Kayhan 891-2; SNG von Aulock 2375-6; SNG Copenhagen 597). Lightly toned. Extremely fine. Estimate $1,500UP Ex Goldberg 36 (30 May 2006), lot 3523. The Hekatomnid Pixodaros assumed power as dynast in Caria by driving out his sister. He subsequently secured his position by courting the favor of Persia and assuming a role as satrap of Caria for the Persian Great King. He was evidently a very cautious ruler, for he also attempted to gain the friendship of the increasingly powerful king of Macedon, Philip II. To this end he offered to marry his eldest daughter to Philip's eldest son, the illegitimate and reportedly half-witted Arrhidaios. When Philip's younger son, Alexander, learned of the proposed marriage alliance, he feared that it was a sign that he would be passed over as heir to the throne and attempted to engineer his own betrothal to Pixodaros' daughter. This plot suited Pixodaros even more, but it all fell through when Philip discovered what was going on. The incident, sometimes described as "the Pixodaros Affair," became a source of growing friction between Philip and Alexander that marred their relationship in the last years of Philip's life. Pixodaros appears to have died sometime before Alexander's arrival in Asia Minor at the head of the Macedonian army in 334 BC. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,829
Lot 1104		Carian Satraps. Pixodaros. Silver Didrachm (6.87 g), ca. 341/0-336/5 BC. Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly right. Rev. ΠIΞΩΔAPOY, Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding labrys and scepter. (SNG Kayhan 891-2; SNG von Aulock 2375-6; SNG Copenhagen 597). Lightly toned. Choice very fine. Estimate $750UP Ex NFA MBS (18 October 1990), lot 337. Ex Waddell II (12 September 1987), lot 239. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $974
Lot 1105		Lycian League. Silver Hemidrachm (1.49 g), Late 1st century BC-early 1st century AD. Kragos. Λ-Y across field, laureate head of Apollo right. Rev. K-P across field, lyre within incuse square. (Troxell 142.9 (same obv. die); RPC 3312). Well struck. Extremely fine. Estimate $300UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1106		Lycian Dynasts. Pre-dynastic period. Silver Stater (9.18 g), ca. 520-470/60 BC. Lion's head right. Rev. Incuse square with lines radiating from center. (Falghera App., type D; Traité I 998; SNG Copenhagen Supp. 366; SNG von Aulock 4041; SNG Berry 1154; Rosen 681; Reuter 1). Pleasing antique tone and ancient test cuts on the reverse. Choice very fine. Estimate $500UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $531
Lot 1107		Lycian Dynasts. Pre-dynastic period. Silver Stater (9.18 g), ca. 520-470/60 BC. Lion's head right. Rev. Incuse square with lines radiating from center. (Falghera App., type D; Traité I 998; SNG Copenhagen Supp. 366; SNG von Aulock 4041; SNG Berry 1154; Rosen 681; Reuter 1). Uniform light grey tone. Ancient test cut. About extremely fine. Estimate $400UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $354
Lot 1108		Lycian Dynasts. Proto-dynastic period. Silver Stater (9.26 g), ca. 500-470/60 BC. Forepart of boar right. Rev. Rough incuse square. (Falghera 28; SNG von Aulock 8459; SNG Copenhagen Suppl. 367). Well struck and perfectly centered. Toned. Extremely fine. Estimate $2,000UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,947
Lot 1109		Lycian Dynasts. Proto-dynastic period. Silver Stater (9.09 g), ca. 500-470/60 BC. Forepart of boar right. Rev. Crossed lines in incuse punch. (Falghera 19; Demirler 21; SNG von Aulock 4050). Ancient test cut on reverse. Toned. Very fine. Estimate $600UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $472
Lot 1110		Lycian Dynasts. Trbbenimi. Silver Stater (9.79 g), ca. 390-370 BC. Limyra. Facing lion's scalp. Rev. Triskeles; small triskeles in one corner; all within incuse square. (Falghera -; cf. Podalia 128-9 (same obv. die, diff. rev.); SNG Copenhagen Suppl. -; SNG von Aulock -). Lightly toned. Wonderful full flan. Extremely fine. Estimate $1,500UP Ex CNG 99 (13 May 2015), lot 296. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,357
Lot 1111		Lycian Dynasts. Perikles. Silver 1/3 Stater (2.97 g), ca. 380-360 BC. Facing lion's scalp. Rev. Triskeles; in upper field, dolphin right; in lower left field, draped bust of Apollo(?) facing slightly left; all within incuse square. (cf. SNG Keckman 495; cf. Traité II 494; otherwise unpublished). Luster still present. About extremely fine. Estimate $500UP Ex Roma E17 (25 April 2015), lot 341. Perikles (Perikle in Lycian) was the last of the Lycian dynasts subject to the Great Kings of Persia. He ruled parts of eastern Lycia, but when the Great Satraps' Revolt broke out against Artaxerxes II in 366 BC, he joined the rebellion, which was ultimately crushed in 360 BC. Although this lion's skin and triskeles type is known with the facing head as a control symbol, the addition of the dolphin on this specimen appears to be new and possibly unpublished. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1112		Lycia, Xanthos (as Arñna). Silver Stater (8.31 g), ca. 450-430/20 BC. Head right, wearing satrapal headdress. Rev. Laureate head of Apollo right; behind, diskeles; all in dotted circular border within incuse circle. (cf. Falghera 143=SNG von Aulock 4197; Roma IX, 379; otherwise unpublished). Well struck.Extremely fine. Estimate $3,000UP The Lycian city of Xanthos (Arñna in Lycian) had a tragic early history. When faced with the superior Persian forces of Harpagos in 540 BC, the Xanthians reportedly destroyed their acropolis, killed their wives and children, and then undertook a suicidal attack on the Persians. The entire population was destroyed except for 80 families who were away from their city at the time of this calamity. When the families that were away at the time of the city's destruction returned, they rebuilt Xanthos and became subjects of the Persian Great Kings, but the city was destroyed once again sometime between 475 and 470 BC, caught in the middle of the conflict between the Greek cities led by Athens and Persia. This coin, struck after Xanthos was again restored, reflects the city's sometimes precarious position between the Greek and Persian cultural and political spheres. The obverse depicts a male head wearing a Persian satrapal headdress, possibly representing the satrap of Lycia, while the reverse depicts Apollo, the Greek God par excellence. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1113		Pamphylia, Aspendos. Silver Stater (10.88 g), ca. 380-330/25 BC. Two nude wrestlers grappling; between, AK. Rev. EΣTFEΔIIY[Σ], slinger preparing to hurl stone standing right; in right field, triskeles. (Tekin series D; SNG BN 84). Extremely fine. Estimate $500UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $797
Lot 1114		Cilicia, Aegeae. Autonomous (under Caracalla). ca. A.D. 216-217. Billon Tetradrachm (11.78 g). Diademed and draped bust of Asclepius right; serpent-entwined staff before. Rev. Asclepius standing facing, head left, leaning on serpent-staff, within octastyle temple. (cf. Prieur 723 for a similar obverse; H. Bloesch, "Caracalla in Aigeai," Atti (Proceedings). Congresso Internazionale di Numismatica, Roma 1961 (1965), 307 seq. Apparently unpublished and a very interesting type). A little rough, very fine nonetheless. Very fine. Estimate $2,500UP The sanctuary of Asclepius in Aegeae was certainly not as famous as the ones in Epidaurus, Cos or Pergamum, but was still well known. The rather unusual use of base silver for these rare autonomous issues (dated 262 and 263 of the local era, or A.D. 215/6 and 216/7) as well as their types refer to an illness of Caracalla and of his attempt at being healed by visiting sanctuaries of Asclepius such as Pergamum and probably Aegeae. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,360
Lot 1115		Cilicia, Mallos. Silver Tetrobol (3.04 g), ca. 425-385 BC. Winged figure of Kronos facing, holding circular shield or disk. Rev. Swan standing left in beaded square border within incuse square. (Casabonne type 4; SNG BN -; cf. SNG Levante Suppl. 22 (stater); cf. SNG Tahberer 923 (stater)). Lightly toned. Choice very fine. Estimate $400UP Ex Lanz 30 (26 November 1984), lot 318. Ex Empire Coins 3 (5 May 1985), lot 43. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $590
Lot 1116		Cilicia, Nagidos. Silver Stater (10.67 g), ca. 400-385 BC. Aphrodite seated left, holding patera over altar at her feet to left, and resting arm on the back of the chair; to right, Eros standing left, crowning her with wreath. Rev. NAΓIΔEΩ-[N], Dionysos standing facing, head left, holding grape-bunch on vine and thyrsos. (Casabonne type 4; Lederer 25 (same dies); SNG BN -; SNG Levante -). Very fine. Estimate $300UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1117		Cilicia, Nagidos. Silver Stater (10.10 g), ca. 360-333 BC. Aphrodite seated left, holding patera and resting elbow on back of chair; to left, Nike flying right, crowning her with wreath; below seat, mouse left. Rev. NAΓIΔIKON, Dionysos standing facing, head left, holding grape bunch and thyrsos; in upper left field, monogram; in lower left field, AK; c/m: bill walking with within incuse square. (cf. Lederer 47 (same obv. die); sf. SNG BN 28-41 (diff. controls)). Ancient countermark and ancient test cut. A fantastic example of an ancient trade coin of the realm. Extremely fine. Estimate $1,250UP Ex NFA MBS (18 October 1990), lot 370. Ex NFA MBS (15 January 1982), lot 245. Little is known about the Cilician city of Nagidos beyond that it was considered a Samian foundation, had an eponymous hero named Nagis, and was incorporated into the Achaemenid Persian Empire perhaps as early as 545 BC. In the Classical period the city and the rest of Cilicia was governed by Persian satraps. The coinage of Nagidos and other Cilician cities of the period is notable for the frequent use of full figure designs on both sides of the coin. Here Aphrodite is depicted on the obverse, which has been taken as an indication that the city had an important temple dedicated to the Greek goddess of love, but it is just as possible that this type refers to the cult of the Persian deity, Anahita, which was often brought to Asia Minor by Persian officials and who was frequently identified with Aphrodite by the Greeks. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,298
Lot 1118		Cilicia, Nagidos. Silver Stater (9.30 g), ca. 360-333 BC. Aphrodite seated left, holding patera and resting elbow on back of chair; to left, Nike flying right, crowning her with wreath; below seat, mouse left. Rev. NAΓIΔIKON, Dionysos standing facing, head left, holding grape bunch and thyrsos; in upper left field, monogram; in lower left field, A. (cf. Lederer 51 (same obv. die); sf. SNG BN 28-41 (diff. controls)). Toned. Obverse die wear and minor porosity. Very fine. Estimate $600UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1119		Cilicia, Tarsos. Mazaios. Silver Stater (10.64 g), Satrap, 361/0-334 BC. 'BLRTZ' (Aramaic), Baaltars seated left, head and torso facing, holding eagle, grain ear, grapes, and scepter. Rev. 'MZDY' (Aramaic), lion attacking bull left; below, Aramaic letter. (Casabonne series 2A; SNG BN -; SNG Levante -; SNG von Aulock 5959). Toned. Extremely fine. Estimate $1,000UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1120		Syria, Seleukis and Pieria. Laodikeia ad Mare. Silver Tetradrachm (14.54 g), ca. 81/0-17/6 BC. CY 17 (65/4 BC). Veiled, draped, and turreted bust of Tyche right. Rev. ΛAOΔIKEΩN THΣ IEPAΣ KAI AYTONOMOY, Zeus seated left, holding Nike and scepter; in inner left field, date (ZI); below throne, monogram; in exergue, AΣ; all within wreath. (Mørkholm 10c; HGC 9, 1398). Very fine. Estimate $300UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1121		Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. Æ (37.84 g), 175-164 BC. 'Egyptianizing' series. Antioch on the Orontes, 169/8 BC. Laureate head of Zeus-Serapis right, wearing tainia with Osiris crown at tip. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOΧOY ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ, eagle standing right on thunderbolt. (SC 1413; HGC 9, 643). Another, smaller Æ (20.47 g) of the same 'Egyptianizing' series, with Isis / Eagle. (SC 1414; HGC 9, 644). First with an earthen brown patina, the second with a dark green-black patina. Both very fine. (2). Estimate $750UP Second ex CNG E172 (5 September 2007), lot 60. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1122		Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. Æ Drachm (12.69 g), 175-164 BC. 'Egyptianizing' series. Antioch on the Orontes, 169/8 BC. Laureate head of Zeus-Serapis right, wearing tainia with Osiris crown at tip. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩ[Σ] ANTIOΧOY ΘEOY [E]ΠIΦAN[OYΣ], eagle standing right on thunderbolt. (SC 1413; HGC 9, 643). Green patina. Very fine. Estimate $500UP A large bronze coin struck in the Ptolemaic style for use during Antiochos IV's planned invasion of Egypt. Livy records that Antiochos and his 100,000-man army were turned back at the border by an aging Roman official and a dozen men who drew a line in the sand (Livy XLV.12). View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1123		Seleukid Kingdom. Demetrios I Soter. Gold Stater (8.55 g), 162-150 BC. Ekbatana. Diademed head of Demetrios I right; behind, star above K. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY ΣΩTHPOΣ, Apollo seated left on omphalos, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded compound bow behind; in outer left field, horse's head left. (SC 1725.2; CSE 2; 429; HGC 9, 783). The cover coin. Extremely rare, being one of only two known specimens, this being the finest! Superb extremely fine. Estimate $20,000UP Demetrios I (161-150 BC) was never supposed to have been king. In his youth he was sent to Rome to serve as a hostage for the good behavior of his father Seleukos IV. However, when Seleukos was assassinated by one of his ministers in 175 he was not released to take up his throne. Instead, his uncle, Antiochos IV Epiphanes, swooped into Syria, killed the minister who had become usurper and made himself the new Seleukid king. When Antiochos IV died under mysterious circumstances in 164, the Romans still would not release Demetrios, and instead recognized Antiochos V, the infant son of Antiochos IV as king. In 162, Demetrios escaped from his Italian captivity onto a Phoenician trade ship that carried him back to Syria. When he arrived in the land of his fathers, Demetrios was instantly hailed as the true king and the hapless Antiochos V was made to disappear - and not a minute too soon. In Demetrios' absence, the kingdom had suffered: there was conflict between generals competing to control Antiochos V; the war against the Jewish rebellion of Judas Maccabaeus had gone badly; and the Romans had begun enforcing the clauses of the Peace of Apamea that destroyed much of the Seleukid herd of war elephants as well as its fleet. This mess at home was compounded by the revolt of Timarchos, the Seleukid satrap of Media, who claimed independence and expanded into Babylonia on the gamble that the Romans would dethrone Demetrios who, after all, had come to power without their consent. Despite Roman disapproval, Demetrios I marched against Timarchos and defeated him in 161 BC, for which he was hailed as Soter (Savior) by the grateful Babylonians. Somewhat less grateful was the Roman Senate, which now found it necessary to grudgingly recognize the escaped Demetrios I as the legitimate Seleukid king. Even more ungrateful was Ariarathes IV of Cappadocia, whom Demetrios briefly dethroned by supporting Orophernes, a Cappadocian pretender so infamous that he later received a poetic eulogy from C. P. Cavafy. Indeed, after the destruction of Timarchos, Demetrios embarked on what almost looks like a general policy of agitating his neighbors: he attempted to steal Cyprus from the Ptolemaic kingdom of Egypt by bribing its governor with 500 talents and caused serious damage to the cause of Jewish resistance to the Seleukid Empire when his generals defeated and killed Judas Maccabaeus. In the end he even came to annoy his own people who found his love of the hunt excessive and his personal character oppressive. In 152 BC, the growing resentment against Demetrios coalesced around the person of Alexander I Balas, a pretended son of Antiochos IV who was advanced by the kings of Pergamon and Egypt. The Senate, as slow as ever to forgive a wrong, fully endorsed Alexander's claim, thus punishing Demetrios for defying Rome for almost a decade. Demetrios' fate was sealed. When he finally met Alexander in battle near Antioch in 150, he was killed and Syria fell to the pretender who was supported by a Ptolemaic army. This Extremely rare gold stater in magnificent condition of Demetrios I from the mint of Ekbatana represents the same control variety as SC 1725.2, but is from a different die pairing than the heretofore only known example formerly in the collection of Arthur Houghton (CSE 2, 429). It is also significantly nicer than the Houghton coin, with sharp and clearly defined details and excellent surfaces. It belongs to a larger class of emergency gold coins that Demetrios struck at an uncertain mint in Cilicia or Syria (SC 1623), Antioch on the Orontes (SC 1627-1632), Seleukeia on the Tigris (SC 1685), and Ekbatana (1724-1725) in preparation for and during the final showdown with Alexander I. Most of the other known Ekbatana staters (SC 1724 and SC 1725.1), of which there are only a few, were struck from silver drachm dies pressed into service for gold, but it has not yet been possible to identify a link to the drachm series for this or the Houghton coin. Although Ekbatana and the surrounding satrapy of Media were under no immediate threat from the forces at Alexander's disposal in Syria, it would seem that the staters were issued to shore up the loyalty of commanders there lest they look to the troubled situation in the western part of the Seleukid empire and decide to embark on the same rebellious path that Timarchos had taken. This precaution was ultimately pointless since Demetrios was defeated and killed in his first battle against Alexander. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $30,680
Lot 1124		Seleukid Kingdom. Alexander I Balas. Æ (6.40 g), 152/1-145 BC. Apameia on the Axios, SE 163 (150/49 BC). Laureate head of Alexander I right. Rev. AΠAMEΩ[N], Zeus standing facing, head left, holding crested helmet and scepter; in left field, monogram and date (ΓΞP). (SC 1804a; HGC 9, 904). Uniform medium reddish-chocolate brown patina. Choice very fine. Estimate $300UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1125		Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos VI Dionysos. Silver Drachm, 144-142 BC. Antioch on the Orontes, SE 170 (143/2 BC). Diademed and radiate head of Antiochos VI right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOΧOY [EΠ]IΦA-NOYΣ [ΔIO]N-YΣOY, Apollo seated left on omphalos, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow; between legs, monogram; in exergue, date (OP) and ΣTA. (SC 2002.2b; HGC 9, 1036a). NGC grade Extremely fine. Estimate $500UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $472
Lot 1126		Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes. Silver Tetradrachm (16.61 g), sole reign, 121/0-97/6 BC. Antioch on the Orontes, 121/0-113 BC. Diademed head of Antiochos VIII right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOΧOY EΠI-ΦANOYΣ, Zeus Ouranios standing left, holding star and scepter; to outer left, IE above A; to inner right, A; all within laurel wreath. (SC 2298.2f; HGC 9, 1197e). Toned. Very fine. Estimate $400UP Ex George Tucker Collection (NFA MBS, 18 October 1990), lot 938. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $354
Lot 1127		Phoenicia, Byblos. 'Ozba'al. Silver Shekel (13.15 g), ca. 400-365 BC. 'Z (in Phoenician) between galley and tail of hippocamp, three hoplites on galley with prow terminating in lion's head left above waves; below, hippocamp left above murex shell. Rev. 'ZB'L MLK GBL, lion attacking bull left. (cf. Betlyon 14; cf. Rouvier 641 (1/16 shekel); SNG Copenhagen 132). Toned. Very fine. Estimate $900UP David R. Sear certificate included. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $944
Lot 1128		Phoenicia, Arados. Uncertain king. Silver Stater (10.41 g), ca. 348/7-339/8. Laureate head of Ba'al-Arwad right. Rev. 'MAB' above, galley with Pataikos right; three waves below; all within dotted square border within incuse square. (Betlyon 26; cf. HGC 10, 31). Boldly struck. Nearly extremely fine. Estimate $1,500UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1129		Phoenicia, Sidon. Time of Baalshallim I-Ba'ana. Silver ½ Shekel (6.69 g), ca. 425-402 BC. City wall with four towers before which a Phoenician galley left; below, two lions leaping in opposite directions. Rev. Persian king or hero standing right, holding dagger and grasping mane of lion held before him; all within incuse square. (Elayi & Elayi grp. III.2; Betlyon 9; HGC 10, -). Lightly toned. Choice very fine. Estimate $5,000UP This type can only be attributed to the period from the reign of Baalshallim I to that of Ba'ana (ca. 425-402 BC) because it lacks the usual abbreviated Phoenician legend used to identify the specific issuer. The obverse depicts a Phoenician galley before the walls of a fortified city, probably intended to represent Sidon. The reverse shows a battle between a heroic figure in Persian royal costume and a lion. There is some controversy over whether the heroic figure represents a local Phoenician deity with iconography borrowed from Persia - Phoenician iconography was eclectic in its adoption of the contemporary iconography from other neighboring Near Eastern states and from Egypt - or whether it is simply meant to represent the Persian Great King in heroic poise as the Phoenician kings were compelled to recognize him as their overlord. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1130		Phoenicia, Tyre. 'Uzzimilk. Silver Shekel (8.28 g), ca. 349-333/2 BC. RY 4 (346/5 BC). Melqart riding hippocamp right, drawing bow; below, double line of waves and dolphin. Rev. Owl standing right, head facing, crook and flail over wing; in right field, date (\|\|\|\|) and O. (Elayi & Elayi 925 (O11/R18); Betlyon 37; HGC 10, 349). Both sides complete. The obverse especially nice. Choice very fine. Estimate $1,250UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1131		Judaea, The Jewish War. Silver Shekel (13.82 g), 66-70 CE. Jerusalem, year 3 (68/9 CE). 'Shekel of Israel' (Paleo-Hebrew), ritual chalice with pearled rim, the base raised by projections on both ends; above, 'year 3'. Rev. 'Jerusalem the holy' (Paleo-Hebrew), staff with three pomegranate buds, round base. (TJC 202; Hendin 1361). Well struck and well centered. Lightly toned. Extremely fine. Estimate $4,000UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $6,195
Lot 1132		Nabataean Kingdom. Aretas IV, with Shuqailat. Silver Drachm (3.57 g), 9 BC-AD 40. Petra, uncertain date (ca. AD 20/1-39/40). Laureate and draped bust of Aretas IV right. Rev. Laureate, draped, and veiled bust of Shaqilat right; date in legend (off flan). (cf. Meshorer 96-8). Rare. Nearly extremely fine. Estimate $400UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $354
Lot 1133		Achaemenid Kingdom. Darios III. Gold Daric (8.27 g), ca. 375-336 BC. Sardes. Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, quiver at shoulder, holding spear and bow. Rev. Patterned incuse punch. (Carradice type Iiib (Late)). Same type as the double daric and attributed to Darius III. Superb extremely fine. Estimate $4,000UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1134		Parthian Kingdom. Vologases V. Silver Drachm (2.72 g), ca. AD 191-207/8. Ekbatana. Diademed bust of Vologases V facing, with pointed beard of random strokes; hair in bunches above diadem and at sides. Rev. Archer seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. (Sellwood 86.4; Shore 449; Sunrise 456). Extremely fine. Estimate $900UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1135		Sasanian Kingdom. Varhran II. Silver Drachm (4.09 g), AD 276-293. Confronted busts of Varhran I right, wearing winged crown with korymbos, and Prince 3 left, wearing plain kolah with boar's head. Rev. Fire altar; flanked by two attendants, the one on left wearing winged crown with korymbos, the other wearing mural crown. (SNS type III/1; Göbl type IV/1; Sunrise 776). Superb extremely fine. Estimate $2,500UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1136		Sasanian Kingdom. Narseh. Gold Dinar (7.45 g), AD 293-303. Bust of Narseh right, wearing crown with arcades, three foliate branches, and korymbos; hair in single group. Rev. Fire altar; flanked by two attendants, the one on left wearing winged crown with korymbos, the other wearing mural crown; symbols flanking flames. (SNS type Ib/2a; Göbl type II/2; Paruck -; Saeedi AV29; Sunrise 806 (same dies)). Rare and seldom offered. Extremely fine. Estimate $7,500UP Narseh seized the Sasanian throne from the unpopular Vahran III in AD 293. His status as the last surviving son of Shapur I made him a favorite of the nobility and he used their support to drive out the Roman-backed king of Armenia in AD 296. This invited attack from the Roman Caesar, Galerius, whom Narseh defeated on three separate occasions in Mesopotamia. Unfortunately, when Galerius returned the following year with an army of 25,000 men, Narseh suffered a crushing defeat in Armenia and was forced to flee for his life. His family and war chest all fell into the hands of Galerius, which compelled Narseh to negotiate a humbling peace settlement. He was required to give up five provinces west of the Tigris River, accept the expansion of the borders of Armenia and the restoration of its pro-Roman king, and renounce Sasanian claims to Iberia. Thus the bright beginning of Narseh's reign was darkened by the shadow of Rome. Humiliated by the peace, Narseh died only five years after the settlement was ratified. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $9,440
Lot 1137		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 1138		Elymaian Kingdom. Kamnaskires III, with Anzaze. Silver Drachm (3.71 g), ca. 82/1-73/2 BC. Seleukeia on the Hedyphon, SE 231 (82/1 BC). Jugate draped busts of Kamnaskires III, diademed, and his queen, Anzaze, wearing stephane, left; behind busts, anchor mintmark. Rev. Belos seated left, holding Nike and scepter; in inner left field, monogram; in exergue, date (?). (cf. Haaff 7.1.2, subtype 1A; Alram 455; cf. Suse pl. LXXII, 12 (date). Pleasing old cabinet tone. Very fine. Estimate $500UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1139		Kingdom of Characene. Attambelos I. Silver Tetradrachm (15.54 g), 47/6-25/4 BC. Charax-Spasinu, SE 269 (44/3 BC). Diademed head of Attambelos I right. Rev. BAΣIΛE[ΩΣ] ATTAMBEΛ[OY] ΣΩTHPOΣ EYEPΓ[ETOY], Herakles seated left, supporting club resting on leg; above, monogram; in exergue, date (). (Hill 10-11; Alram -). A quality example. Choice very fine. Estimate $750UP David R. Sear certificate included. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1140		Baktrian Kingdom. Euthydemos II. Silver Tetradrachm (16.77 g), ca. 185-180 BC. Diademed and draped bust of Euthydemos II right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ EY-ΘYΔHMOY,Herakles standing facing, holding wreath, club and lion's skin; in inner left field, monogram. (Bopearachchi 1D; SNG ANS 217-8). Wonderful high relief. Extremely fine. Estimate $4,500UP Although Euthydemos II evidently was still quite young when he succeeded his father, Demetrios I, the founder of the Indo-Greek kingdom, his portrait coinage encapsulates all the qualities that art historians have come to appreciate about Indo-Greek and Graeco-Baktrian portraiture. The highly sculpted and realistic images tempt the viewer to believe that they know the ruler in the portrait as an individual person and to interpret his character despite the fact that almost nothing is known about most of the kings outside of the coins themselves. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $5,015
Lot 1141		Baktrian Kingdom. Eukratides I. Silver Tetradrachm (16.84 g), ca. 171-145 BC. Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Eukratides I right, wearing crested helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY EYKPATIΔOY, the Dioskouroi, each holding palm branch and couched lance, on horses rearing right; in lower right field, monogram. (Bopearachchi 6E; SNG ANS 465). Mint state. Estimate $2,500UP Eukratides I is notable as one of the very few Graeco-Baktrian and Indo-Greek kings for whom we have historical evidence outside of coins. He revolted against the reigning Demetrios II in ca. 171 BC, but soon found himself besieged by Demetrios at the head of a 60,000-strong army. According to Justin, through repeated sorties, Eukratides used his small force of 300 men to raise the siege and gain victory after four months. He then crossed the Hindu Kush, conquering parts of western India. Unfortunately, his dramatic reign came to a violent end when his son murdered him, reportedly coldly driving his chariot through his blood. The enduring popularity of Eukratides' Dioskouroi reverse type may be gauged by its continued use by several of his Indo-Greek successors, its imitation by non-Greek peoples in Sogdiana and Baktria, and its incorporation into the seal of the modern Da Afghanistan Bank (founded 1939). View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1142		Baktrian Kingdom. Eukratides I. Silver Obol (0.60 g), ca. 171-145 BC. Diademed and draped bust of Eukratides I right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ EYKPATIΔOY, caps of the Dioskouroi surmounted by stars and palm branches. (Bopearachchi 3F; SNG ANS 454-7). Uniform antique grey toning. Extremely fine. Estimate $400UP Ex Hess-Divo 317 (27 October 2010), 343. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $401
Lot 1143		Indo-Greek Kingdom. Philoxenos. Silver Tetradrachm (9.75 g), ca. 100-95 BC. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANIKETOY ΦIΛOΞENOY, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Philoxenos right, wearing crested helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear. Rev. King on horse prancing right; in lower right field, monogram. (Bopearachchi 5C; SNG ANS 1183-6). Fully lustrous. Mint state. Estimate $3,000UP Philoxenos, who struck coins carrying the epithet Aniketos "the Invincible," was an obscure but apparently influential king who briefly ruled most of the lands conquered by the Indo-Greeks. Although he has not been connected to any of the distinct (but disputed) Indo-Greek dynasties, it has been suggested on tenouous grounds that he might have been the father of Kalliope, the queen of king Hermaios. His cavalryman reverse type may have influenced subsequent Indo-Scythian coin types. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,714
Lot 1144		Egypt, Pharonic. Nektanebo II. Gold Stater (8.16 g), ca. 361-342 BC. Horse prancing right. Rev. Heiroglyphic representation of 'good gold': pectoral necklace (nebew = 'gold') crossing horizontally over a windpipe and heart (nefer = 'good'). (Faucher, Fischer-Bossert & Dhennin 1p (D1/R1; this coin); SNG Berry 1459 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 1 (same obv. die); ACGC 1064 (same obv. die); Hunt I 106 (same dies); Jameson 2618 (same rev. die)). Very rare. Toned. Choice very fine. Estimate $140,000UP Ex Münzhandlung Basel 10 (16 March 1938), lot 402. Ex Stack's (10 June 1997), 38; Berk BBS 83 (26 October 1994), lot 7B. Ex Lawrence A. Adams Collection (Triton XIX, 4 January 2016), lot 2075. This remarkable stater is the only "Greek" coin to feature a type intended to express an idea using the Egyptian hieroglyphic script. It was struck by Nektanebo II (ca. 361-342 BC), a rebel Saite Pharaoh who opposed the re-incorporation of Egypt into the Achaemenid Persian empire. In his bid to maintain Egyptian independence, he had the support of the powerful Egyptian priesthood and maintained an army of Greek mercenaries. The coin is itself symbolic of Nektanebo's unenviable predicament of being a nationalist leader with a regime propped up by foreign military muscle. While it is generally believed that this gold stater was part of an issue used to pay the Pharaoh's mercenaries, the hieroglyphic reverse type identifying it as "good gold" is likely to have been readable only by Egyptian priestly scribes. The hieroglyphic reverse reflects Nektanebo's presentation of himself as a legitimate native pharaoh defending Egypt against the Persians - only the latest manifestation of the "vile Asiatic" repeatedly mentioned in hieroglyphic texts since the third millennium BC. Nektanebo II and his mercenary army successfully repelled a Persian invasion in 351/0 BC, but he was driven from power when the mercenary leaders turned against him and joined the renewed offensive of Artaxerxes II in 342 BC. Evidently more than good gold and the support of the religious establishment was needed to keep native Pharaohs on the throne of the Two Lands, even in the twilight of the Persian empire. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $165,200
Lot 1145		Egypt, Achaemenid Period. Artaxerxes III Ochus. Silver Tetradrachm (16.49 g), 343/2-338/7 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right, frontal eye. Rev. 'Pharaoh Artaxerxes' (Egyptian demotic), owl standing right, head facing; above to left, olive-spray with berry and crescent; all within incuse square. (Van Alfen p. 25, 3, pl. 6, 115). Very rare. Huge flan. Some scattered insignificant scratches on both sides. Choice very fine. Estimate $4,000UP While imitative Athenian tetradrachms commonly circulated in Egypt and the Southern Levant, this piece is remarkable for its legend, written in Egyptian demotic ("popular") script that names the Persian Great King, Artaxerxes III, as Pharaoh. The sudden and completely unexpected use of demotic here is explained by the historical context of the coinage, which was struck following the defeat of the anti-Persian rebel pharaoh, Nektanebo II in 342 BC. Nektanebo's rare gold coinage had spoken to Egyptians in hieroglyphic pictog to underline the national flavor of his revolt despite the fact that they were being spent on Greek mercenaries. The demotic tetradrachms of the victorious Artaxerxes III, also used on mercenaries, seem to be a direct response to the coins of Nektanebo, but identify the Great King as the legitimate pharaoh. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $8,555
Lot 1146		Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy I Soter. Silver Tetradrachm (15.52 g), as King, 305-282 BC. Alexandria, in the name of Alexander III, ca. 303 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant's skin headdress. Rev. AΛEΞANΔPOY, Athena Alkidemos advancing right, brandishing javelin and holding forth shield; in right field, Corinhian helmet, IΣ monogram, and eagle standing right on thunderbolt. (Svoronos 165; Zervos issue 27, obv. die 392; SNG Copenhagen -; Weber 8227 (same obv. die)). Faint graffito (?) before Athena's head on reverse. Nicely toned. Extremely fine. Estimate $2,000UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,242
Lot 1147		Ptolemaic Kingdom. Cleopatra III and Ptolemy IX Soter II (Lathyros). Silver Tetradrachm (14.03 g), 116-107 BC. Paphos, RY 1 (116/5 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; in left field, date (L A); in right field, Π(A. Svoronos 1659; SNG Copenhagen 347 (Alexandreia)). Lightly toned and excellent metal. Extremely fine. Estimate $700UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1148		Uncertain Emperor. PB Tessera (4.68 g), 2nd-3rd centuries AD. Antinoöpolis in Egypt, RY 2 of an uncertain emperor. Confronted busts of Antinous, on left, and Isis, on right; across field, date (L B). Rev. Nilus reclining left on back of hippopotamus, holding reeds and cornucopiae. (Rostovtsev & Prou 665-6; Milne -; Dattari (Savio) -). Rare. Excellent for type and metal. Choice very fine. Estimate $750UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $708
Lot 1149		Zeugitania, Carthage. Silver Shekel (7.74 g), ca. 300 BC. Wreathed head of Tanit left. Rev. Horse standing right before palm tree, head turned to look back; in right field, star. (Jenkins & Lewis pl. 26, 15-7; cf. MAA 36; SNG Copenhagen 141). Extremely fine. Estimate $1,000UP While the head on the obverse of this coin represents the native Punic deity, Tanit, its style is influenced by exposure to the Persephone types struck by Syracuse during the many conflicts between the Greek and Punic peoples for possession of Sicily in the fifth and fourth centuries BC. The horse reverse may refer to the foundation myth of Carthage in which the head of a horse was found on the hill where the city was to be built. This discovery was said to be an omen that Carthage would be powerful in war. The palm tree behind alluded to the Phoenician origin of the Punic Carthaginians since the Greek word for palm tree and the source of the regional name Phoenicia was phoinix. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,239
Lot 1150		Zeugitania, Carthage. Electrum Stater (7.40 g), ca. 290-270 BC. Wreathed head of Tanit left. Rev. Horse standing right on ground-line. (Jenkins & Lewis grp. VII, 365 (same dies); MAA 13; SNG Copenhagen 988 (same obv. die)). Deeper yellow than usually seen and Very fine style. Nearly extremely fine. Estimate $2,500UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,186

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