Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 91

June 2016 Pre-Long Beach

Ancient Greek Coinage

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1814		Boiotia, Orchomenos. Silver Obol (0.91 g), ca. 525-500 BC EF. Grain kernel; to right, E (faint). Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square with two incuse quadrants divided by a line. BCD Boiotia 189 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen -. Struck in high relief. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 400 Ex CNG E193 (6 August 2008), 193; BCD Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $329
Lot 1815		Boiotia, Thebes. Silver Stater (11.90 g), ca. 395-336 BC Choice VF. Ca. 379-368 BC. Daim…, magistrate. Boiotian shield. Reverse: Amphora; across field, magistrate's name: ΔA-IM; all within incuse concave circle. Hepworth 18; BCD Boiotia 523. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $500 - 600 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $376
Lot 1816		Boiotia, Thebes. Silver Stater (12.18 g), ca. 395-338 BC. Ca. 363-338 BC. Euwara…, magistrate. Boiotian shield. Reverse: Amphora; across field in two lines, magistrate's name: EY-FA/P-A; above, club and grape bunch on vine; all within incuse concave circle. Hepworth 43; BCD Boiotia 567. Excellent silver, untoned.NGC grade Ch XF; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5. Estimated Value $400 - 500 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $470
Lot 1817		Attica, Athens. Silver Tetradrachm (17.16 g), ca. 454-404 BC Nearly Mint State. Helmeted head of Athena right, frontal eye. Reverse: 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. Struck on a nice large flan with all four edges of the incuse square well defined. Well centered and lustrous. Nearly Mint State. Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,938
Lot 1818		Attica, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. Silver Tetradrachm (17.18g). Head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace and crested Attic helmet. Reverse: Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent to left, AOE to right; all lwithin incuse square. Kroll 8; HGC 4, 1597; SNG Cop. 31. Boldly struck on a nice broad flan and free from edge splits. An attractive example with light mottled toning. *NGC Mint State; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5**. Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $6,463
Lot 1819		Attica, Athens. Silver Tetradrachm (17.16 g), ca. 454-404 BC Superb EF. Helmeted head of Athena right, frontal eye. Reverse: 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, nicely centered on excellent metal with underlying luster. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,996
Lot 1820		Attica, Athens. Silver Tetradrachm (17.2g), 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. Well centered and all elements present on the flan. Luster present. NGC Mint State; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,878
Lot 1821		Attica, Athens. Silver Tetradrachm (16.93 g), ca. 454-404 BC Nearly Mint State. Helmeted head of Athena right, frontal eye. Reverse: 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. Natural flan crack at 5 o'clock. Attractive dark iridescent toning. Superb. Nearly Mint State. Estimated Value $1,800 - 2,200 Ex CNG E329 (25 June 2014), 80. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,350
Lot 1822		Attica, Athens. Silver Tetradrachm (17.10 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 crescent; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Svoronos pl. 14; SNG Copenhagen 31-40. Struck in high relief, a pleasing example and well centered, untoned. NGC grade AU; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5. Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,500 View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1823		Attica, Athens. 166-165 BC. Silver Tetradrachm (16.85g) Mint State. Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested helmet, decorated with palmette and griffin. Reverse: Owl standing right on overturned amphora; in left field, Seleukid anchor and star. Cf. Thompson 369. Boldly struck on a large flan of perfect metal. Virtually Mint State. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000 Goldberg's Sale 70, Sept. 4, 2013, lot 3109. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $5,875
Lot 1824		Attica, Athens. Ca. 133/2 BC 'New Style' Silver Tetradrachm (16.86g) Superb EF. Polycharmo…, Nikogenes, and Themistokles, magistrates. Head of Athena right, wearing triple crested Attic helmet decorated with Pegasos springing right. Reverse: A-ΘE, owl standing right, head facing, on overturned amphora; across field magistrates names. Z on amphora, [ΣΦ] below; cadeusus in left field; all wihin laurel wreath. Thompson 379b-c. Delicate golden toning. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500 Ex Goldberg's Sale 80, June 3-4, 2014, lot 3316; Ex Manhattan Sale III, lot 129. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,528
Lot 1825		Attica, Athens. Silver Tetradrachm (16.80 g), ca. 165-42 BC VF. Ca. 165-149/8 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing triple crested Attic helmet decorated with Pegasos springing right. Reverse: A-ΘE, owl standing right, head facing, on overturned amphora; in right field, two coiled serpents right; in left and right fields, monograms representing magistrates' names; Λ on amphora; all within laurel wreath. Cf. Thompson 81-5. Struck on a nice broad flan. Very Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 400 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $470
Lot 1826		Attica, Athens. Silver Tetradrachm (16.71 g), ca. 165-42 BC VF. Ca. 111/0 BC. Phanokles, Apollonios and Philotheos, magistrates. Head of Athena right, wearing triple crested Attic helmet decorated with Pegasos springing right. Reverse: A-ΘE, owl standing right, head facing, on overturned amphora; in right field, Artemis standing facing, holding torch; across field, magistrates' names: ΦANO-KΛH, AΠOΛ/ΛONIOΣ, and ΦIΛO/ΘEOΣ; M on amphora, ME in exergue; all within laurel wreath. Thompson 709. Very Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 400 Ex Thomas B. Lesure Collection (CNG XXXII, 7 December 1994), 144. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $564
Lot 1827		Attica, Athens. Silver Tetradrachm (16.61 g), ca. 165-42 BC VF. Ca. 124/3 BC. Mikion, Euryklei… and Demo…, magistrates. Head of Athena right, wearing triple crested Attic helmet decorated with Pegasos springing right. Reverse: A-ΘE, owl standing right, head facing, on overturned amphora; in right field, the Dioskouroi standing left, one holding patera, the other scepter; across field, magistrates' names: MIK-IΩN, EYP-YKΛEI, and ΔH/MO; Θ on amphora, ME in exergue; all within laurel wreath. Thompson 487a. Very Fine. Estimated Value $250 - 300 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $376
Lot 1828		Corinthia, Corinth. Silver Stater (8.62 g), ca. 550-500 BC. Pegasos flying left; below, Qoppa. Reverse: Incuse square of clockwise swastika pattern. Pegasi 18; BCD Corinth -. A very pleasing example of this early archaic Corinthian stater. Very Rare. Untoned. NGC grade XF; Strike: 4/5, Surface: 4/5. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,200 View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1829		Corinthia, Corinth. Silver Stater (8.20 g), ca. 400-375 BC VF. Pegasos standing right, drinking at the spring of Peirene on the Acrocorinth; below, 'koppa'. Reverse: Helmeted head of Athena left; above, dolphin left; behind, rose. Pegasi 180; BCD Corinth -. Very rare type. Nicely toned. Very Fine. Estimated Value $800 - 900 Ex John Hayes Collection (Roma VII, 22 March 2014), 240; Gorny & Mosch Stuttgarter Münzaktionen 1 (22 November 2010), 225. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,293
Lot 1830		Corinthia, Corinth. Silver Stater (8.29 g), ca. 375-300 BC Superb EF. Pegasos flying left; below, koppa. Reverse: Helmeted head of Athena left; before neck, [I]; behind, Nike flying left, holding fillet. Pegasi 420; BCD Corinth 111. Lustrous and light toning around the devices. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $700 - 800 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $705
Lot 1831		Corinthia, Corinth. Silver Stater (8.55 g), ca. 375-300 BC. Pegasos flying left; below, Qoppa. Reverse: Helmeted head of Athena left; below chin, A; behind neckguard, astralagos. Pegasi I 400; BCD Corinth -. Boldly struck with underlying luster present. NGC grade Ch AU; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5. Fine style. Estimated Value $600 - 800 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $969
Lot 1832		Corinthia, Corinth. Silver Stater (8.33 g), ca. 375-300 BC VF. Pegasos flying left; below, 'koppa'. Reverse: Helmeted head of Athena left; behind, N within wreath of grain ears. Pegasi 386; BCD Corinth 128. Very Fine. Estimated Value $400 - 500 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $494
Lot 1833		Corinthia, Corinth. Silver Stater (8.50 g), ca. 375-300 BC VF. Pegasos flying left; below, koppa. Reverse: Helmeted head of Athena left, bowl of helmet wreathed with laurel; below, A-P; behind, eagle standing left, head right. Pegasi 426; BCD Corinth 101. Toned. Very Fine. Estimated Value $400 - 500 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $423
Lot 1834		Cyclades, Naxos. Silver Didrachm (7.76 g), Late 3rd-mid 2nd century BC Superb EF. Tynni…, magistrate. Head of bearded Dionysos to right, wreathed with ivy. Reverse: NAΞI, wreathed krater on a high foot with low handles; in left field, magistrate's name: TYNNI; in right field, thyrsos. Nicolet-Pierre 21 (D7/R14) = Weber 4684 = Photiadès Collection, Froehner (1890), 1395. Extremely Rare the second known example of this magistrate . Lightly toned with underlying luster. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $7,000 - 9,000 View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1835		Bosporan Kingdom. Asander. Gold Stater (8.18 g), as Archon, ca. 47-43 BC Sharpne. RY 4 (ca. 44/3 BC). Bare head of Asander right. Reverse: APXONTOΣ AΣANΔPOY [B]OΣΠOPOY, Nike standing left on prow of galley, holding wreath and palm; above, date ([E]T [Δ]). MacDonald 192 (this coin illus.), otherwise unpublished. Very Rare. Signs of burnishing on obverse. Sharpness of Extremely Fine. Asander's hair on his earlier dated staters as archon is close-cropped, while on year four only it is considerably longer, similar to that found on his staters as king. where he is also diademed. Estimated Value $14,000 - 16,000 Ex Gorny 97 (11 October 1999), 325. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1836		Bosporan Kingdom. Asander. Gold Stater (7.96 g), as King, ca. 43-16 BC VF. RY 16 (ca. 32/1 BC). Diademed head of Asander right. Reverse: BAΣIΛE[ΩΣ] AΣANΔPO[Y], Nike standing left on prow of galley, holding wreath and palm; in inner left field, date (ςI). MacDonald 205; cf. Anokhin 235 (date written Iς); Shelov 17. Very Rare. Minor edge scrapes. Very Fine. Estimated Value $7,000 - 9,000 View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1837		Bosporan Kingdom. Sauromates I, Electrum Stater (7.75 g) EF. Struck under Hadrian, year 416 (AD 119/20). BACIΛEωC CAYPOMATOY, diademed and draped bust of Sauromates I right. Reverse: Laureate head of Hadrian right; below, date (ςIY). McDonald 390/1; Anokhin 409. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,800 - 2,000 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,880
Lot 1838		Bosporos Kingdom. Sauromates II, Electrum Stater (7.73 g) EF. Struck under Elagabalus, BE 492 (AD 195/6). BACIΛEωC CAYPOMATOV, diademed and draped bust of Sauromates II right. Reverse: Laureate head of Septimius Severus right; in right field, six-pointed star; below, date (BqV). McDonald 503/2; Anokhin 573a. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $800 - 900 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $852
Lot 1839		Bosporos Kingdom. Rhescuporis III AD 210-228. Electrum Stater (7.41 g) Choice VF. Struck AD 219 under Elagabalus. Rhescuporis III diademed, in front, sword in sheath. Reverse: Elagabalus laureate to right, date below ζIΦ (year 15). SNG Cop. Vol. 4 #72; Frolova pl. XLVII, #8. ICG graded EF-40. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $900 - 1,100 View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1840		Bosporan Kingdom. Rhescuporis II (III), Electrum Stater (7.66 g) VF. Struck under Elagabalus, BE 522 (AD 225/6). BACIΛEωC PHCKOVΠOPIΔOC, diademed and draped bust of Rhescuporis II (III) right; in right field, trident. Reverse: Laureate and draped of Elagabalus right; below, date (BKΦ). McDonald 565/1; Anokhin 642a. Very Fine. Estimated Value $600 - 700 View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1841		Bosporos Kingdom. Rheskuporis III, with Severus Alexander, Electrum Stater (7.72. Struck AD 225/6. under Severus Alexander. Diademed and draped bust of Rheskuporis III right. Reverse: Laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander right; before, star; below, date. MacDonald 565/4; Anokhin 642b; Shelov 560. The first four letters of the obverse legend crudely re-engraved. Very Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 400 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $329
Lot 1842		Paphlagonia, Sinope. Silver Drachm (5.89 g), ca. 330-300 BC EF. Ikesio…, magistrate. Head of nymph left, hair bound in sakkos; in left field, aphlaston. Reverse: ΣINΩ, sea-eagle left on back of dolphin left; below eagle, magistrate's name: IK[EΣIO]. RG 31; cf. SNG BM 1487 (no aphlaston); HGC 7, 391. Traces of luster present. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $500 - 600 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $423
Lot 1843		Pontic Kingdom. Mithradates VI, Eupator, the Great, 120- 63 BC. Gold Stater (8. Mint of Tomis, struck during the first Mithradatic War, ca. 88-86 BC In the name and types of Lysimachos.Head of the deified Alexander the Great facing right, diademed, with horn of Ammon. Rev. (blundered legend), Athena Nikephoros seated left, holding Victory and resting on a shield at her side, monogram on left, TO on throne, trident left in exergue (Callataÿ p.141, pl.XXXVII (D3/R1a)). Light double-striking on the obverse. Very Fine. Estimated Value $900 - 1,100 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $969
Lot 1844		Bithynia, Kalchedon. Silver Tetradrachm (15.12 g), ca. 367/6-340 BC Superb EF. KAΛΧ, bull standing left on grain ear; in lower left field, monogram. Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square with stippled recesses. SNG BM 93-9; RG 14. Lovely cabinet toning. Rarely seen this choice. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000 Ex Prospero Collection (NYS, 4 January 2012), 433, and noted as having been purchased privately from Spink & Son Ltd., London, on 4 June 1989. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,939
Lot 1845		Mysia, Kyzikos. Ca. 600-550 BC. Electrum 1/24 Stater (0.54g) EF. Tunny's head left, mouth open, teeth visible. Reverse: Incuse. Von Fritze-; Cf. Rosen 414. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $500 - 600 View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1846		Mysia, Kyzikos. Electrum 1/24 Stater (0.64 g), 5th-4th centuries BC Superb EF. Perseus crouching right, head left, wearing cloak and winged hat, holding harpa and head of Medusa; below, tunny left. Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. Von Fritze I 162 (stater); SNG France 313. Superb Extremely Fine. Situated adjacent to the mouth of the river Aisepos on the southwest shore of the Propontis, Kyzikos was purported to be the first in a long line of Milesian colonies. The city possessed two fine harbors, both contributing greatly to its growth and prosperity. Traders plying the routes between the Aegean and Black Seas often stopped at Kyzikos to load tunnies, a main export as the fish were plentiful in the waters thereabouts. The significance of the types on Kyzikos' electrum coinage of the 5th and 4th centuries BC often elude us. Unlike the types found on the coinage of other cities which nearly always reference some important aspect of the issuing city and are ripe with meaning, the many diverse types found on Kyzikene coinage often have no apparent association to the cults, mythology or historical events of the city. The only consistent image is the tunny, and nearly always as an adjunct to the main type and seemingly of secondary importance. Because of this and the volume of trade transiting the borders, which of course affected nearly every aspect of life in the city, it has been suggested that the types perhaps derived from designs on Greek vases and other artworks that circulated in trade throughout the area. This is an interesting hypothesis with significant merit, and if correct would seem to be a phenomenon unique in Greek coinage. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,200 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $999
Lot 1847		Mysia, Pergamon. Gold Stater (8.63 g), 334-332 BC Nearly Mint State. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Reverse: Palladium facing, wield spear and holding shield ornamented with star; in left field, crested Corinthian helmet to right. Callataÿ 2n (D2/R3; this coin); SNG BN 1557 = De Luynes 2493 = Saida 37; cf. Von Fritze 7 = Saïda 36 (rev. not incuse); cf. Gulbenkian 699 (same); cf. Jameson 2580 (same). Boldly struck in high relief. Superb and lustrous. Nearly Mint State. At the beginning of the Hellenistic period, Pergamon was a small, lazy town with a sparse population on the periphery of the Persian Empire, a mere shadow of the major power it would become in subsequent centuries. Its future lay in its position above the Kaikos river valley. The river itself disgorged into the Aegean Sea at Elaia, but other important ports bounding the valley were Atarneios and Pitane. Furthermore, trade traveled along the Persian road from the coastal port towns through Pergamon before reaching the inland settlements of Gambrion, Germe and Nakrasa. For the same reasons that Pergamon proved of vital importance for trade, it became of utmost strategic value to the Macedonians after their invasion of the Persian Empire. F. de Callataÿ has recently studied this important and extremely rare coinage and notes five obverse and seven reverse dies, all of which are die-linked. Furthermore, he was able to establish that they are struck to the Attic standard. While the coins lack any form of legend and therefore they do not explicitly state the mint, it is without doubt Pergamon as is apparent from identical silver fractions that do carry the ethnic (cf. SNG BN 1558ff). The chronology is uncertain, but Callataÿ has shown that they were struck before 323-320 B.C., and evidence from the Saïda hoard as well as the obverse type which stylistically closely resembles the Herakles of Alexander's tetradrachms places the date in the late 330s. Here we follow the traditional date most often cited in numismatic publications of 334-332 B.C. The purpose behind the minting of these gold staters is not clear, but they were perhaps struck autonomously by Pergamon during the tumultuous period before Alexander had solidified his gains in Asia Minor, a time when even the outcome of the war was uncertain. The extreme paucity of surviving specimens suggests the issue was quite small, and in fact it is possible that no more than five talents (approximately 3000 coins) were ever struck. Estimated Value $50,000 - 60,000 Ex Nomos 8 (22 October 2013), 165. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $58,750
Lot 1848		Troas, Alexandria Troas. Pseudo-autonomous. AE (5.15 g), 3rd century AD EF. AL-EXAND, turreted and draped bust of Tyche right; behind, vexillum. Reverse: COL AVG [TRO], she-wolf standing right, suckling the twins Remus and Romulus. Bellinger A495; SNG von Aulock 1465; SNG Copenhagen 104-7. Glossy dark green and brown patina. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $200 - 250 View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1849		Aiolis, Myrina. Silver Tetradrachm (16.69 g), ca. 155-145 BC EF. Laureate head of Apollo right. Reverse: MYPINAIΩN, Apollo Grynios standing right, holding branch and patera, omphalos and amphora at feet; in inner left field, monogram; all within laurel wreath. Sacks issue 27; SNG Copenhagen -. Lustrous. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,300 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,763
Lot 1850		Aiolis, Temnos. Silver Tetradrachm (16.79g), ca. 200-170 BC. Restoring the types of Alexander the Great. Head of young Herakles r., clad in lion's skin. Revers Zeus enthroned l. holding eagle and secptre, AΛEΞANΔPOY behind; before, tall one-handled vase, framed by vine-branch and monogram. S-4225; Muller 958. Underlying luster with some areas of tone. NGC graded Mint State; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5. Estimated Value $500 - 600 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $705
Lot 1851		Lesbos, Mytilene. Electrum Hekte (2.55 g), ca. 521-478 BC. Head of roaring lion right. Reverse: Incuse head of calf with rectangular punch behind right. Bodenstedt 13; SNG von Aulock 7722. Boldly struck and nicely centered, delicately toned. NGC grade Ch AU; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5. Fine style. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,234
Lot 1852		Ionia, Uncertain mint. Electrum Trite (4.01 g), ca. 650-600 BC VF. Milesian standard. Plain type. Plain globular surface. Reverse: Double incuse punch. Weidauer -, but cf. 4 (hekte); SNG Kayhan 673. Rare. Very Fine. Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,600 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,056
Lot 1853		Ionia, Achaemenid Period. Uncertain satrap. Silver Tetradrachm (14.96 g), ca. 35. Persian king in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow. Reverse: Rectangular or ovoid incuse containing pattern possibly depicting relief map of the hinterland of Ephesos. Johnston 5-17; cf. Meadows 328 (legend on obv.); Mildenberg grp. 6.2, pl. XII, 110; Sunrise 70. Well centered on excellent metal. A bit soft on the head of the king. Nicely toned. Extremely Fine. Although her interpretation has been contested more recently, Johnston suggested that the unusual design on the reverse represented a bird's-eye view of the river valleys of the Caÿster and Maeander rivers in Ionia, and that the coins were struck at Ephesos to pay for the soldiers under the command of the Persian general, Memnon, shortly before he was defeated by the Macedonian phalanxes under Alexander the Great at the Battle of Granicus in 334 BC. If this interpretation is correct, then the type is the first physical relief map known and the earliest instance of a Greek map. Estimated Value $8,000 - 9,000 View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1854		Ionia, Phokaia. Electrum Hekte (2.56 g), ca. 625-522 BC. Head of boar left; below, small seal left. Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt 14. Boldly struck and lightly toned. NGC grade Ch AU; Strike: 4/5, Surface: 5/5. Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,500 View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1855		Ionia, Phokaia. Silver Trihemiobol(?) (0.78 g), ca. 521-478 BC EF. Head of griffin left. Reverse: Rough quadripartite incuse square. Cf. SNG Kayhan 514-6 (hemidrachm); SNG von Aulock 2118. Toned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $250 - 350 Ex Money Museum, Zurich (CNG E342, 14 January 2015), 286; Numismatica Ars Classica K (30 March 2000), 1317. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $270
Lot 1856		Ionia, Phokaia. Electrum Hekte (2.48 g), ca. 387-326 BC EF. Wreathed head of Demeter left, hair in sakkos; below, small seal left. Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt 102 (dies c/β); SNG von Aulock -; BMFA 1920. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,600 Ex CNG 51, September 15, 1999, lot 422. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1857		Islands off Ionia, Samos. Silver Tetradrachm (14.64 g), ca. 408/4-380/66 BC EF. Hegemon(eos?), magistrate. Facing lion's scalp. Reverse: ΣA, forepart of bull right; to left, laurel branch; above, magistrate's name: HΓHMΩN; all within shallow incuse square. Barron class X, -; HGC 6, 1218. Underlying luster present, lightly toned. Rare The impressive lion's scalp well struck in high relief. Extremely Fine/ Very Fine. The magistrate is recorded by neither Barron nor Hoover. Hoover erroneously lists a magistrate by the name of HΓHMΩNEOΣ, but this is actually the patronymic of AΛKMEΩN (Barron class X, 152) and should not have been recorded as a separate magistrate. It is, of course, entirely possible that the magistrate Hegemon(eos?) seen here is the father of the (later) magistrate Alkmeon. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,234
Lot 1858		Ionia, Smyrna. Silver Tetradrachm (16.46 g), ca. 150-143 BC Nearly Mint State. Aris(tion?), magistrate. Turreted head of Tyche right. Reverse: ZMYP/NAIΩN in two lines, magistrate's monogram; all within oak wreath. J. G. Milne, "The Autonomous Coinage of Smyrna. Part II," NC (1927), 123a; J. G. Milne, "The Silver Coinage of Smyrna," NC (1914), 1a, obv. die A; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 3. Lustrous. Struck in high relief. Superb and delicately toned. Nearly Mint State. Estimated Value $6,000 - 7,000 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $11,163
Lot 1859		Ionia, Teos. Electrum 1/12 Stater (1.22 g), ca. 625-600 BC Choice VF. Head of griffin right. Reverse: Square incuse punch with a series of five lines dividing the incuse. Matzke series 0; cf. Bodenstedt E1 T (Phokaia). Very Rare. Choice Very Fine. The style of the griffin's head as well as the punch die with the dividing lines is quite unlike anything from Phokaia. The griffin's head, though, is identical to that found on the silver fractions from Teos. Estimated Value $600 - 800 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $517
Lot 1860		Lycian Dynasts. Mithrapata. Silver Stater (9.72 g), ca. 390-370 BC Superb EF. Forepart of roaring lion right. Reverse: Head of Mithrapata left; behind, triskeles; all within incuse square. Mildenberg 6 (O3/R5); Podalia 60 (A3/P5) = SNG Copenhagen Suppl. 472; Falghera -. Lustrous and lightly toned. One of the finest examples known. Superb Extremely Fine. The Lycian die engravers under both Mithrapata and his successor, Perikles, were true masters. The portrait of Mithrapata on this coin, shown on the reverse, depicts a man with elderly features, somewhat sunken cheeks sporting a long bear, an aquiline nose, and hair combed forward. The details are intricate and realistic. The issues of Perikles continue these artistic developments, except the portrait is moved to the obverse and is, quite dramatically, facing instead of executed in profile. Around 360 BC, Maussollos of Caria conquered the area, thus abruptly ending Lycia's dynastic coinage. Estimated Value $8,000 - 9,000 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $18,213
Lot 1861		Lycian Dynasts. Perikles. Silver 1/3 Stater (2.98 g), ca. 380-360 BC Nearly EF. Facing lion's scalp. Reverse: Triskeles; above, dolphin right; in lower left field, female head facing slightly left. Unpublished in the standard references. Delicately toned with underlying luster. Nearly Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $500 - 600 Ex Roma E17 (25 April 2015), 341. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1862		Pamphylia, Aspendos. Silver Stater (10.69 g), ca. 420-410 BC Choice VF. Two nude wrestlers grappling, the wrestler on the left grasping the leg of the wrestler on the right. Reverse: EΣT (retrograde, at lower right), slinger preparing to hurl stone standing right; in right field, triskeles; between legs, c/m: goat kneeling left, head right, within rectangular incuse. Tekin series 1; cf. SNG BN 44-8 (position of legend). Pleasing archaic style. Toned. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $500 - 600 Ex James C. Brindley Collection (Baldwin's 34, 13 October 2003), 134. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $617
Lot 1863		Pamphylia, Aspendos. Silver Stater (10.92 g), ca. 380-330/25 BC EF. Two nude wrestlers grappling; between, FN (N retrograde). Reverse: EΣTFEΔIIYΣ, slinger preparing to hurl stone standing right; in right field, triskeles. Tekin series D; SNG BN 99-100. Lightly toned. Excellent metal with underlying luster present. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $800 - 900 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $617

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