Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 108

NY International Coin Auction January 8-10, 2019

Ancient Greek Coins

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1		Celtic. Northwest Gaul, Brittany. Gold rign money (37.87g), 1st millenium BC. A hexagonal gold wire curled into a ring shape. Quite heavy. Metallurgical testing shows the content to be 0.77% gold, 0.15% silver, 0.05% copper, and 7.5% being other metals. As made. (PCGS # 7) Estimate Value $3,000 - UP Ex Patrick Finn, 1988. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2		*Eastern Celts, Noricum. The Apollo/ Lyre Type.* AR Tetradrachm (11.93 g).** Imitations of coins of Philip II of Macedonia (359-336 BC). Beardless head to left with hair arranged in three rows of waves. Rev. Horse galloping to left; above and below, lyre (Leierblume). Gõbl, OTA 396/1. Lanz. coll. 703; BMC 1 148. Rare. Well centered on a thick, short flan of fine silver. Toned. Nearly Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $2,500 - UP Ex Auction Leu Numismatics, Zurich 79 (2000), #116; Ex Stack's, June 8, 1994, #2242. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,000
Lot 3		Britain, Trinovantes and Catuvellauni. Epaticcus. Silver Unit (1.27 g), ca. AD 35-43. TAS-CIO-V, Victory seated right, holding wreath. Reverse: EPAT, boar charging right; tree branch above. Van Arsdell 581-1; SCBC 357. Attractive toning with golden-green and purplish hues. Very well struck for the type. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $700 - UP From the Alexander White III Collection, The New York Sale, XXXVII, 782. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 4		Lucania, Metapontum, ca. 280 BC. AR Nomos (7.84 g). Bearded head of Herakles r., wearing thin hair band over curled hair; club over shoulder and lion's skin secured by knotted paws at truncation. Rev. META to left, six-grained barley ear with leaf to right; kantharos above leaf, BI below. Johnston Class D4.2 (same dies); Noë/Johnston D 4.2; Rutter, Historia Numorum 1621. Boldly struck in high relief, strike a little weak on grain ear. The work of a master die engraver. Rare. Underlying luster present and beautifully toned. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $4,500 - UP Ex CNG Sale 49, March 17, 1999, lot 88. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 5		Lucania, Sybaris, Silver Incuse Drachm (2.49 g, 12h). 550-510 BC. Bull standing left, its head turned back, on a dotted exergual line, VM in exergue. Rev. similar type incuse (SNG ANS 874; SNG Ashmolean 848; HN Italy 1736). In a very good state of preservation for this issue, attractive old cabinet toning. Nearly Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $2,500 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 6		Lucania, Sybaris. Silver Drachm (2.62 g), ca. 550-510 BC. VM (=ΣV) in exergue, Bull standing left, head right. Rev. Incuse bull standing right, head left. Fabricius class B; Gorini 4; HN Italy 1736. Well struck and well centered. Pleasing bluish-grey antique tone. Nearly full beaded border. Pleasing bluish-grey antique tone. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $1,500 - UP A private purchase from Baldwin's with ticket. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 7		Bruttium, Kroton. Silver nomos (7.66 g), ca. 350-300. Eagle, with open wings and head raised, standing left on olive branch. Rev. KPO, tripod; Δ to right. Attianese 126; SNG ANS 361 (same obverse die); SNG Lloyd 619; SNG Lockett 626; HN Italy 2172. Old cabinet tone. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $700 - UP Ex Triton VII (14 January 2004), 35. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $630
Lot 8		Sicily, Katane, Silver Tetradrachm (17.18 g, 2h). 415-410 BC. Dies engraved by the "Master of the leaf". Charioteer, wearing a long chiton and holding a kentron in his left hand and the reins in both, driving a quadriga right, Nike flies above to right to crown the horses, an eagle flying to right in the exergue. Rev. KATANAION, laureate head of Apollo facing left, an olive-spray behind (Rizzo pl. XII, 7 (these dies); SNG ANS 1255; BMC 24; Jameson 540; Gulbenkian 184). Very light die-flaw on reverse, attractive cabinet toning, excellent style. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $12,000 - UP Ex Hess - Leu, Auction 7, Lucerne, 16 April 1957, lot 72 Ex Adolph Hess AG, Auction 19, Lucerne, 12 & 13 April 1962, lot 53 Purchased from Spink & Son Ltd., London, 10 March 1987 Ex Prospero Collection, The New York Sale XXVII, 4 January 2012, lot 133. Rizzo used the term the "Master of the Leaf" to identify the dies engraved by this gifted artist. Rather than placing his own signature on the dies, this master engraver would mark his work with a leaf beside the head of Apollo. His engraving was important in the transformation of the designs that appeared on the coins of Katane to more naturalistic interpretations and was an influence on his contemporaries Euainetos, Choirion and Herakleidas. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 9		Sicily, Leontini. AR Tetradrachm (17.38 g), 430-420 BC. Laureate head of Apollo l. Rev. LEO - N - TI - NON, lion head l., around, three barley grains and a laurel leaf. SNG ANS 257 (these dies). SNG Munich 559 (these dies). Excellent style. Small die break on obverse. Thick flan of excellent metal.Light iridescent tone. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $5,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 10		Sicily, Leontini, Silver Tetradrachm (17.49 g, 3h). 430 BC. Laureate head of Apollo facing left. Rev. LEONTINON (retrograde), head of a roaring lion facing left, its tongue protruding, four grain-ears around (Rizzo, pl. XXIII, 19 (this obverse die); SNG ANS 234 (this obverse die)). Some light die-rust on obverse, beautiful iridescent cabinet tone. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $10,000 - UP Ex Ira & Larry Goldberg, Sale 41, 27 May 2007, lot 2850 Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 64, 17 May 2012, lot 691. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 11		Sicily, Panormos. AR Tetradrachm (16.87g), ca. 360-340 BC. Charioteer, wearing long chiton and holding goad in r. hand, reins in l. driving galloping quadriga to l., above, Nike flying r. to crowning driver. Rev. Head of Kore Persephrone to l., wearing triple-pendant earring and pearl necklace; around, four dolphins. Jenkins pl. 10, 38 (same dies); SNG ANS__. Beautiful old cabinet tone. Lightly double struck on the obverse and the reverse struck off-center. Struck from very artistic dies. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $5,000 - UP Ex Obolos - "From a European collection, formed before 2005". View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 12		Sicily, Syracuse. Second Democracy. Æ Hemilitron (4.81 g), 466-405 BC. Obverse die signed by the artist E(uainetos)(?). Ca. 410-405 BC. Head of Arethusa left, hair bound in sphendone; behind neck, E. Rev. Star of eight rays within incuse circle in center of quadripartite incuse square. CNS 16; SNG ANS 398-402. Dark green patina. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $750 - UP Ex R. Bussey Collection (Roma E7, 26 April 2014), 82. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,620
Lot 13		Sicily, Syracuse. Hieron II. 274-216 BC. Gold Decadrachm (4.32 g) or 60 Litrai. Wreathed head of Persephone left, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace. Rev. Charioteer in galloping biga left, holding kentron in right hand and reins in left; monogram below horses. Elegant style. Well struck in high relief and free from die rust. Luster still present. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $4,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $5,040
Lot 14		Kingdom of Thrace, Lysimachos, Silver Tetradrachm (16.99 g, 12h). 323-281 BC. Mint of Lampsakos, c. 297-281 B.C. Diademed head of Alexander the Great facing right, wearing the horn of Ammon. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩS / ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena enthroned left, holding Nike and resting her left elbow on a shield set at her side; behind her rests a spear, herm and a monogram on left (Thompson 59; Müller 88). Light toning with iridescence, an excellent portrait struck on a broad flan, a few very light marks, Extremely Fine. *Estimate Value $6,000 - UP* Purchased from Bank Leu, Zurich, in the early 1970s Ex Wolfen Family Foundation Ex Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Auction 72, 5 February 2013, lot 4060. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $8,400
Lot 15		Siculo-Punic, Silver Tetradrachm (16.65 g, 9h), Entella 320-300 BC. Head of Tanit-Persephone facing left, wearing a wreath of grain-ears, a triple-pendant earring and a necklace, four dolphins swimming around. Rev. Horse's head facing left, a palm-tree behind, Punic legend ('MMHNT') below (Jenkins, 'Coins of Punic Sicily', Part 3, SNR 56, 1977, 157 (O48/R142); SNG Lockett 1050 (these dies); SNG Copenhagen 84 (these dies)). Exquisite style, the work of a talented die-engraver, excellent metal, lightly toned, Extremely Fine. *Estimate Value $17,000 - UP* Ex The New York Sale XXX, 9 January 2013, lot 72. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $18,600
Lot 16		Siculo-Punic, Silver Tetradrachm (17.11g, 3h), 300 BC. Head of young Herakles facing right, wearing a lion's skin headdress. Rev. Horse's head facing left, a palm-tree behind, Punic legend ('mhsbm) below horse's neck (Jenkins, 'Coins of Punic Sicily', Part 4, SNR 57, 1978, 314 (O101/R258); SNG Lloyd 1645 (these dies)). Very well struck on excellent metal, outstanding style, cabinet tone, Nearly Extremely Fine, rare. *Estimate Value $8,000 - UP* Ex The New York Sale XXX, 9 January 2013, lot 74. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 17		Macedonia, Akanthos. AR Tetradrachm (17g), ca. 470 BC. Lion right attacking bull kneeling left, above Θ, below triple exergual line, bucranim. Rev. Shallow four-part incuse square. Desneux 78.81 (these dies); SNG Oxford 2199. Struck from a worn reverse die. Lightly toned. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $6,000 - UP Ex Auction Dr. Busso Peus Nachf., Frankfurt 407 (2012), 326; Gorny & Mosch, Munich 42 (1988), 150; Numismatik Lanz, Munich 40 (1987), 164. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 18		Macedonian Kingdom. Phillip II, 359-336 BC. Gold Stater (8.68g). Mint of Amphipolis, ca. 323/2-315 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right. Rev. ΦIΛIΠΠOY, charioteer driving biga right, holding kentron and reins; below, trident right. Cf. Le Rider 181-6; SNG ANS 266. Boldly struck on a nice full flan. Plenty of luster still present. Fine style. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $3,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,840
Lot 19		Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II, Gold Quarter Stater (2.13 g, 11h), 356-336 BC. Mint of Pella, c. 340-328 B.C. Head of young Herakles facing right, wearing a lion�s skin headdress. Rev. ΦIΛIΠΠOY, a bow and a club to left above, a trident-head to right below (Le Rider 80-1; SNG Alpha Bank 256). In an exceptional state of preservation for this issue, lustrous and mint state. *Estimate Value $5,000 - UP* View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 20		Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III, The Great, Gold Stater (8.55 g, 1h), 336-323 BC. Mint of Babylon, c. 315-311 B.C. Head of Athena facing right, wearing a crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a serpent. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ / AΛEΞNΔPOY, Nike standing left, holding a wreath and a stylis, a monogram below left wing, a monogram within a wreath below right wing (Price 3724; Müller 726). Some lustre, Extremely Fine. *Estimate Value $7,000 - UP* View details and enlarged photos	Realized $7,200
Lot 21		Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III, The Great. Gold Stater (8.61 g, 10h). 336-323 BC. Uncertain mint in Greece or Macedonia, c. 310-275 B.C. Head of Athena facing right, wearing a crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a serpent. Rev. AΔEΞANΔPOY, Nike standing left, holding a wreath and a stylis, an ant on left, an eight-rayed star below left wing (Price 831; Müller 179; SNG Ashmolean 3157). Well-centred on a broad flan, lustrous, Extremely Fine. *Estimate Value $7,000 - UP* View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 22		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III the Great. Gold Stater (8.55 g), 336-323 BC. Abydos, under Philip III, 323-317 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent. Reverse: AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike standing facing, head left, holding wreath and stylis; in left field, grain ear; below wing, monogram. Price 1519; ADM II series IX, 129. Boldly struck in high relief. *NGC grade MS; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5. Fine style. Estimate Value $5,000 - UP** View details and enlarged photos	Realized $7,380
Lot 23		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III the Great. Silver Tetradrachm (17.19 g), 336-323 BC. Tarsos, under Philip III, 323-317 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; in left field, Nike flying right, holding wreath; monogram below throne, Σ in exergue. Cf. Price 3042 (monogram); cf. Newell 49 (OLIX/R-; unlisted Rev. die). Struck in high relief with amazing detail. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $1,200 - UP Ex CNG 85 (15 September 2010), 295. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 24		Macedonian Kingdom. Phillip III, 323-317 BC. Gold Stater (8.62g). Babylon mint. Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet ornamented with coiled serpent. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣto left, ΦIΛIΠΠOY, Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis, to right, ΛY below left wing, M below right wing. Wonderful fine style. Perfectly struck on a full broad flan and fully lustrous. Mint State. Estimate Value $6,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 25		Thraco-Macedonian Region, Uncertain mints (perhaps of the Derrones?). Silver Tetradrachm (13.54 g), ca. 520-500 BC. Bull walking left on ground line, head lowered. Rev. Small incuse square with irregular surfaces. HPM 33, pl. II, 19 = Traité IV 1227, pl. CCCXXVI, 20 = J. Kagan, "Some Archaic Bovine Curiosities," MN 33 (1988), p. 41, 4, pl. 16 (same Rev. die); cf. Gorny 52, 148; SNG ANS -. Exceedingly Rare - only two other known specimens. Struck on a very broad flan. Toned. Very Fine. Estimate Value $5,000 - UP Ex Prospero Collection (New York Sale XXVII, 4 January 2012), 252 (purchased privately from Athena, Munich, 27 October 1989). The Derrones have been variously identified as a Thracian or Paeonian people who may have inhabited the Upper Strymon valley or a region further to the south. They are known exclusively from their inscribed Archaic coinage which is described in Greek as "Derronic" (ΔEPPONIKON). This particular coin belongs to an anepigraphic issue that has been tentatively associated with the Derrones in the past, but the style of the bull seems very different from that of the oxen on their inscribed issues. In his 1988 article in Museum Notes, Kagan only attributes this issue to the Thraco-Macedonian region and points out that coins of similar weight and denomination were struck by Alexander I of Macedon (c. 498-454 BC). View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 26		Thrace, Abdera. Silver Tetradrachm (14.35 g), ca. 450-425 BC. Pythinnes, magistrate. Griffin seated left with forepaw raised; in left field, hand, EΠI EYΘINNEΩ (sic), Shallow incuse square containing magistrate's name: EΠI EYΘINNEΩ (sic; E for Π), and inner quadripartite linear square. Cf. May 139 (same Rev. die); Gemini IV 100 (same dies). An outstanding example. Toned. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $7,500 - UP Private purchase from Peter Weiss, MD in 2007. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $9,600
Lot 27		Skythia, Olbia. Cast Æ (45mm, 65.86 g), ca. 470-460 BC. Head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet; to left, dolphin upward; all within incuse circle. Reverse: Wheel with four spokes; magistrate's name Π-A-Y-Σ around. Anokhin 157; Frolova & Abramzon 139 corr. (no magistrate's name on rev.); SNG BM -; SNG Pushkin -. Extremely Rare - just a few specimens known. Green patina. Very Fine. Estimate Value $2,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 28		Skythia, Olbia. Cast Æ (69 mm, 116.23 g), ca. 450-440 BC. Paus(anias), magistrate. Head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet; to left, dolphin upward. Reverse: Wheel with four spokes; magistrate's name Π-A-Y-Σ around. Anokhin 166; Frolova & Abramzon 134-9; SNG BM 377-8; SNG Pushkin 35. A large cast piece with dark green patina and good detail, a natural hole on the helmet caused by insufficient metal when cast. Exceptional for the issue. Very Fine. Estimate Value $4,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 29		Skythia, Olbia. Cast Æ (70mm, 102.06 g), ca. 437-410 BC. Arix…, magistrate. Facing gorgoneion. Reverse: Sea eagle flying right, wings spread, holding in its talons a dolphin right; Magistrate's name: A-P-I-X around. Anokhin 168; Frolova & Abramzon 156-8; SNG BM 383. Green and reddish-brown patina, small ancient chip on upper edge. Wonderfully sharp gorgoneion. Extremely Fine / Very Fine. Estimate Value $2,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 30		Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion. Æ (13.48 g), ca. 340-325 BC. Wreathed and bearded head of satyr left. Reverse: ΠANTI, bow and arrow. MacDonald 59; Anokhin 110; SNG BM 868. Original dark green patina. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $252
Lot 31		Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion. Æ (16.68 g), ca. 325-310 BC. Wreathed head of Pan left. Reverse: Π-A-N, bull's head left. MacDonald 65; Anokhin 124; SNG BM 881. Dark green patina, a few scattered deposits. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $400 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $432
Lot 32		Thracian Islands, Thasos, Silver Stater (8.70 g), 500-480 BC. Satyr advancing right, in kneeling-running position, carrying a protesting nymph in his arms. Rev. quadripartite incuse square (Svoronos, HPM, pl. X, 5; Le Rider, Thasiennes 2; SNG Copenhagen 1009). Well-struck on excellent metal, attractively toned, choice very fine. *Estimate Value $3,500 - UP* Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XVI, 8 January 2013, lot 255. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 33		Thracian Kingdom. Lysimachos. Gold Stater (8.38 g), as King, 306-281 BC. Uncertain mint, early posthumous issue, after 281 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAΧOY, Athena seated left, holding Nike and resting elbow on shield at side, spear leaning against far shoulder; in inner left field, monogram. Müller 501. Boldly struck and perfectly centered on a nice broad flan. A wonderful example. Superb Mint State. Estimate Value $5,000 - UP After the death of Alexander the Great, his former bodyguard Lysimachos managed to parlay his position as strategos (military governor) of Thrace into kingship in Thrace (306 BC) and then into a great kingdom that encompassed Thrace, Macedonia, and much of western Asia Minor (301 BC). Unfortunately, family intrigues ultimately led Lysimachos to execute his popular son Agathokles in 282 BC. This sparked a revolt in Asia Minor that drew in the forces of Seleukos I and resulted in the battle of Koroupedion (281 BC). Lysimachos was killed in the fighting and his kingdom disintegrated amid war and barbarian invasion. Nevertheless, Lysimachos achieved near immortality through his coin types depicting the deified Alexander and Athena Nikephoros. These types had made such a strong impression on the peoples of Thrace and regions further to the north that they continued to be demanded as payment by mercenaries and as protection money well into the first century BC. This impressive demand was met by numerous posthumous issues struck by cities up and down the western littoral of the Black Sea and the Propontis. They are perhaps best known from Byzantion, which struck posthumous Lysimachi not only to retain domination in the Black Sea grain trade but also to pay the exorbitant tributes demanded by the Galatians of Tylis in the third century BC. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $8,880
Lot 34		Illria, Apollonia. AR Stater (11.18g), ca. 340-280 BC. Cow standing to left, turning her head back to right to lick calf suckling to right. Rev. A-ΠO-Λ, Double stellate pattern within double linear square border; below bow; all within linear circle. Maier 7; SNG Copenhagen __; Traite IV 280. Rare variety. Excellent metal. Some areas of striking flatness. Lightly toned. Very Fine. Estimate Value $1,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 35		Thessaly, Larissa, Silver Stater (12.25 g, 6h), 356-342 BC. Head of nymph Larissa facing, slightly inclined to left, her hair bound with an ampyx. Rev. ΛAPI-S-AIΩN, bridled horse pacing right (BCD Thessaly II, 311 (this obverse die); Lorber & Shahar type 2, series A, dies O4/R3). Very well-struck in high relief, of beautiful style, cabinet tone, Extremely Fine. *Estimate Value $18,000 - UP* Purchased Spink, London, 4 January 1968. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 36		Boeotia, Thebes. AR Stater (12.22 g), ca. 440-380 BC. Boeotian shield. Rev. Θ- E, Bearded head of Dionysos r., crowned with ivy. BMC 74, 58; SNG Lockett 1743; BCD Boeotia 438. Rare. Fine style, well struck in high relief on a short flan of excellent silver. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $4,000 - UP Ex Auction Hess-Divo AG, Zurich 326 (2014, lot 39. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 37		Boeotia, Federal Coinage, Silver Hemidrachm (2.70 g, 12h), 395-340 BC. Boeotian shield. Rev. Kantharos, above, club right, BO-I and vertical crescent across lower field, all within concave circle (Head, Boeotia p. 78; SNG Copenhagen -; Traité III p. 311, 370, pl. CCIV, 34; SNG Fitzwilliam 2966). Attractive iridescent toning, Extremely Fine. *Estimate Value $1,000 - UP* View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,080
Lot 38		Attica, Athens, Silver Tetradrachm (17.10 g, 9h) 454-404 BC. Head of Athena facing right, wearing a crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive-leaves and a palmette. Rev. AΘE, owl standing right, its head facing, an olive-sprig and a crescent behind; all within an incuse square (Kroll 8; SNG Copenhagen 31). A beautiful example, well-struck and well-centered on excellent metal, with some crest visible, fine style, lightly toned and Superb. *Estimate Value $5,000 - UP* View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 39		Attica, Athens. Silver Tetradrachm (17.14 g), ca. 454-404 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right, frontal eye. Reverse: AΘE, owl standing right, head facing; above to left, olive-spray with berry and cresent; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Svoronos pl. 14; SNG Copenhagen 31-40. A fully lustrous example. Mint State. Estimate Value $1,500 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,500
Lot 40		Attica, Athens. Silver Tetradrachm (17.20 g), ca. 454-404 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right, frontal eye. Rev. AΘE, owl standing right, head facing; above to left, olive-spray with berry and crescent; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Svoronos pl. 14; SNG Copenhagen 31-40. Well struck in high relief and perfectly centered on an intensely lustrous flan. Delicate golden toning adds to this coin's appeal. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $1,500 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 41		Corinthia, Corinth. Silver Stater (8.35 g), ca. 480-465 BC. Koppa below, Pegasos flying right. Rev. Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet, within shallow incuse square. Ravel 222; Pegasi 75/1 (this coin); cf. BCD Corinth 22. Lightly toned. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $2,000 - UP Ex Hess Divo 321 (25 October 2012), 121; Auctiones 18 (21 September 1989), 699. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,400
Lot 42		Bosporan Kingdom. Rheskuporis II. Electrum Stater (7.64 g), AD 211/2-226/7. Dated BE 515 (AD 218/9). Diademed and draped bust of Rheskupori right; before, trident. Rev. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus right; below, date (?IΦ). MacDonald 558/3. Deep yellow electrum. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $800 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $900
Lot 43		Bithynian Kingdom. Nikomedes III Euergetes. Silver Tetradrachm (13.90 g), ca. 127-94 BC. BE 197 (101/0 BC). Diademed head of Nikomedes III right. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ EΠIΦANOYΣ NIKOMHΔOY, Zeus standing facing, head left, holding wreath and scepter; to left, eagle standing on thunderbolt above magistrate's monogram and date (ZQP). Callataÿ p. 59; DCA 444. Well struck in high relief with excellent detail. NGC grade Ch AU; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5. *Estimate Value $1,500 - UP* Ex Sunrise Collection (not published). View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 44		Bithynian Kingdom. Nikomedes III Euergetes. Silver Tetradrachm (16.62 g), ca. 127-94 BC. BE 185 (113/2 BC). Diademed head of Nikomedes III right. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ EΠIΦANOYΣ NIKOMHΔOY, Zeus standing facing, head left, holding wreath and scepter; to left, eagle standing on thunderbolt above magistrate's monogram and date (EΠP). Callataÿ D70; DCA 444. Broad flan and lightly toned. Impressive. Nearly Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $1,250 - UP Ex Stoecklin Collection (Nomos 14, 17 May 2017), 132. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,260
Lot 45		Bithynian Kingdom. Nikomedes IV Philopator. Silver Tetradrachm (16.52 g), ca. 94-74 BC. BE 210 (88/7 BC). Diademed head of Nikomedes IV right. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ EΠIΦANOYΣ NIKOMHΔOY, Zeus standing facing, head left, holding wreath and scepter; to left, eagle standing on thunderbolt above magistrate's monogram and date (IΣ). Callataÿ p. 64; DCA 445. Extremely rare date. Excellent portrait with some minor deposits in the field. Very Fine. Estimate Value $2,500 - UP The Bithynian Kingdom held a considerable place among the minor monarchies of Anatolia. The coins of the Bithynian kings depict their regal portraits in a highly accomplished Hellenistic style. Nicomedes IV, the last king of Bithynia, was defeated by Mithridates VI of Pontos, and, after being restored to his throne by the Roman Senate, bequeathed his kingdom by will to the Roman Republic in 74 B.C. In 88 B.C., Mithradates destroyed Nikomedes' army forcing him to flee to Italy. His throne was not restored until Rome�defeated Mithradates in 84 B.C.�Waddington, Recueil General, pp. 217-8, notes, "it is difficult to explain the very�rare�coins that bear the dates IC, AIC, BIC. These dates correspond to 89/8 to 87/6 BC; but between mid-88 and the end of 83, the whole of�Bithynia�was in the�hands�of Mithradates�Eupator. We are forced to conjecture (no text says so) that during this period several fortified places in�Bithynia�remained faithful to the legitimate�king�and continued to strike coins in his name." View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 46		Mysia, Kyzikos. Electrum Hekte (2.71 g), ca. 500-450 BC. Herakles in kneeling-running stance right, holding club overhead and bow; to left, tunny. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 107; Greenwell 65; SNG BN 249 = de Luynes 2440. Nicely centered and lustrous. Rare. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $5,000 - UP Ex Triton XIV, lot 269. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 47		Mysia, Kyzikos. Electrum 1/24 Stater (0.63 g), ca. 500-450 BC. Man-headed bull standing left on tunny (off flan). Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square. Hurter & Liewald -; cf. Von Fritze I, 125 (denomination); cf. SNG BN 274 (denomination). An unpublished denomination of a very rare type. Struck somewhat off center. Very Fine. Estimate Value $400 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $690
Lot 48		Mysia, Kyzikos., 450-400 BC. Electrum Stater (15.98 g). Herakles and his younger brother, Iphicles, both naked, being attacked by serpents. Herakles is facing to the left and strangling two serpents, while Iphices faces to the right and holds out his right hand in fear; a tunny below. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square of mill-sail pattern. Von Fritze, Nomisma VII, 208, pl. VI, 20; W. Greenwell, 'The Electrum Coinage of Cyzicus' NC 1887, 63, pl. III, 14; Gulbenkian 629; Boston 1531; SNG France 341. Very Rare. Well centered and problem-free. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $10,000 - UP Far superior than the Prospero specimen sold in The New York Sale Auction XXVII, 4, January 2012, lot 456 (realized $13,000). The obverse of this coin depicts the mythological tale of the serpents sent by Hera to destroy Herakles and his brother. Greenwell (p. 83) mentions the likelihood that this interesting mythological type was copied from a group in marble. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $12,000
Lot 49		Mysia, Kyzikos. Silver Drachm (3.20 g), ca. 390-341/0 BC. ΣΩTEIPA, head of Kore Soteira left, hair bound in sphendone. Reverse: KY-[ZI], head of lion left; below, tunny left; to right, star. Von Fritze II, 23; cf. SNG BN 408-10 (no star). Very scarce. Struck on a tight flan. Slightly granular surfaces. Very Fine. Estimate Value $400 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,110
Lot 50		Pergamene Kingdom. Eumenes I, 263-241 BC. Silver Tetradrachm (17.11g). Struck circa 255-241 BC. Laureate head of Philetarios right. ΦIΛETAIPOY, Athena enthroned left, left elbow resting on shield to right, crowing dynastic name with wreath held in her extended right hand; spear diagonally in background, ivy leaf on left edge, A monogram to inner left field, bow to reight. SNG France 612; SNG Copenhagen 335; SNG von Aulock 1356-7. Wonderful high relief style and perfectly centered. Even natural greyish tone. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $2,500 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold

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