Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 123

September 26-29 Pre-Long Beach Auction

Greek Coinage

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1307		Celtic. Gaul. Armorica (Channel Islands). ca. 75-50 BC. Billon Stater (6.12 g). Head facing r. with corded hair. Reverse: stylized horse right with rider and Victory with boar below. Spink 14. Toned. Very Fine. Estimated Value $200 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $204
Lot 1308		Calabria. Tarentum, ca. 302-280 BC. Silver Didrachm (stater) (7.60 g). Nude youth riding horse walking to right, raising his right hand to crown the horse's head. Reverse: TAP[AΣ], riding dolphin to left, holding tripod in his right hand and resting his left on dolphin's back. Vlasto 666. A trifle soft in areas. Attractive uniform old cabinet tone. Very Fine. Estimated Value $250 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $252
Lot 1309		Sicily, Leontini. Ca. 466-425 BC. Silver Tetradrachm (17.4g). Laureate head of Apollo l. with hair rolled behind. Reverse: LEONTINON. Lion's head left with open jaws; three corn-grains around and leaf behind. SNG ANS 257; Sear 833; BMC 2, 41. Well struck on a thick planchet, lustrous surfaces with a heavy scrape behind the head to the obverse edges from 3 o'clock to 5 o'clock. Otherwise. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,920
Lot 1310		Athens. Silver Tetradrachm, 440-404 BC (17.22 g). Head of Athena to right, wearing a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a palmette, a circular earring and a pearl necklace. Reverse: AΘE, Owl standing right, head facing; behind, olive spray and crescent moon; all within incuse square. Cf. Svoronos pl. 14, 15. Struck on an oblong flan. Bright and lustrous. NGC graded Ch AU; Strike:4/5, Surface: 5/5. Estimated Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,020
Lot 1311		Ionia (uncertain) ca. 625-600 BC. Electrum Hemihekte (twelfth stater) 1.0 gm. Struck on the Lydo-Milesian standard. Floral design of cross-like pattern with central reing; raysin quarters. Reverse: Incuse square with coarse design features. Rare early coinage. Linzalone --. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $350 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $300
Lot 1312		Ionia, Smyrna. Ca. 190-75 BC. Silver Tetradrachm (16.46 g). Turreted head of Tyche right, double struck. Reverse: ΣMYPNAIΩN above lion walking right, NIKOΣTPATOΣ (magistrate's name) below; all within wreath. SNG von Aulock 7975; SNG Cop. 1119v. Rare. Uniform light grey tone. Well struck on a slightly porous planchet. Very Fine. Estimated Value $1,500 - UP Private purchase, Pegasi Numismatics. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,040
Lot 1313		Lydia Kingdom. Sardes. Croesus, 561-546 BC. Silver Siglos (5.28g). Mint of Sardes. Confronted foreparts of lion (at left) and bull (at right). Reverse: Two incuse square punches. SNG von Aulock 2877. Lightly toned. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $700 - UP Private purchase from Harlan Berk. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,080
Lot 1314		Seleukid Kingdom. Seleukos II Kallinikos, 246-226 BC. Silver Tetradrachm (16.98 g). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head of Seleukos II facing right. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY. Apollo Delphios, testing arrow, standing left, leaning on tripod to right; monograms below knee in l. field and in r. field. SC 689; HGC 9, 303p. Boldly struck in high relief and perfectly centered. A marvelous example. Lovely light violet cabinet tone. Mint State. Estimated Value $3,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $5,280
Lot 1315		Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos VII Euergetes, 138-129 BC. Silver Tetradrachm (16.81 g). King's diad. head right, fillet border around. Reverse: Athena stg. l. holding Nike, spear and shield; in exergue ΔI monogram and A in field to l. S-7092; Newell (SMA) 283. Untoned. Nearly Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $350 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $456