Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 117

September 13-16, 2020 Pre-Long Beach Auction

Ancient Coins

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2050		Attica, Athens. Silver Tetradrachm (17.19g), ca. 440-404 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with laurel leaves and vine. Reverse: AΘE, owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig and crescent moon behind; all within incuse square. HGC 4, 1597; SNG Cop. 31-40; Kroll 8. Boldly struck in high relief on a nice full flan. Untoned with traces of mint luster prresent. NGC graded AU; Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, brushed (not obvious). Estimated Value $500 - UP Ex Tareq Hani Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $870
Lot 2051		Attica, Athens. Silver Tetradrachm (17.17g), ca. 440-404 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with laurel leaves and vine. Reverse: AΘE, owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig and crescent moon behind; all within incuse square. HGC 4, 1597; SNG Cop. 31-40; Kroll 8. Boldly struck in high relief on a nice compact flan with a full crest. Light silver-gray toning. NGC graded Choice XF; Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, full crest . Estimated Value $500 - UP Ex Tareq Hani Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,260
Lot 2052		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 2053		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 2054		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 2055		Attica, Athens. Silver Tetradrachm (17.09g), ca. 440-404 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with laurel leaves and vine. Reverse: AΘE, owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig and crescent moon behind; all within incuse square. HGC 4, 1597; SNG Cop. 31-40; Kroll 8. Boldly struck in high relief on a nice large flan exhibiting a full crest as designated on the NGC holder. Light silver-gray toning. NGC graded Choice AU; Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, full crest. Estimated Value $500 - UP Ex Tareq Hani Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,500
Lot 2056		Attica, Athens. Silver Tetradrachm (17.14g), ca. 440-404 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with laurel leaves and vine. Reverse: AΘE, owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig and crescent moon behind; all within incuse square. HGC 4, 1597; SNG Cop. 31-40; Kroll 8. Boldly struck in high relief on a nice compact flan. Light silver-gray tone with traces of mint luster present. NGC graded AU; Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, brushed (not obvious). Estimated Value $500 - UP Ex Tareq Hani Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $780
Lot 2057		Attica, Athens. Silver Tetradrachm (17.18g), ca. 440-404 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with laurel leaves and vine. Reverse: AΘE, owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig and crescent moon behind; all within incuse square. HGC 4, 1597; SNG Cop. 31-40; Kroll 8. Boldly struck in high relief on a nice full flan. Light silver-gray tone with traces of luster. Estimated Value $500 - UP Ex Tareq Hani Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,020
Lot 2058		Attica, Athens. Silver Tetradrachm (17.15g), ca. 440-404 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with laurel leaves and vine. Reverse: AΘE, owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig and crescent moon behind; all within incuse square. HGC 4, 1597; SNG Cop. 31-40; Kroll 8. Boldly struck in high relief on a nice compact flan with full crest present. Untoned. NGC graded AU; Strike 5/5, Surface 2/5, full crest. Estimated Value $500 - UP Ex Tareq Hani Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,080
Lot 2059		Attica, Athens. Silver Tetradrachm (17.18g), ca. 440-404 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with laurel leaves and vine. Reverse: AΘE, owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig and crescent moon behind; all within incuse square. HGC 4, 1597; SNG Cop. 31-40; Kroll 8. Boldly struck in high relief on full round flan. Well centered and lightly toned a pleasing silver-gray. NGC graded Choice AU; Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5 . Estimated Value $500 - UP Ex Tareq Hani Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $780
Lot 2060		Attica, Athens. Silver Tetradrachm (17.17g), ca. 440-404 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with laurel leaves and vine. Reverse: AΘE, owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig and crescent moon behind; all within incuse square. HGC 4, 1597; SNG Cop. 31-40; Kroll 8. Boldly struck in high relief on a nice full flan. Light silver-gray toning. NGC graded AU; Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, brushed (not obvious). Estimated Value $500 - UP Ex Tareq Hani Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,110
Lot 2061		Attica, Athens. Silver Tetradrachm (16.95g), 440-404 BC. Light-weight specimen. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with laurel leaves and vine. Reverse: AΘE, owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig and crescent moon behind; all within incuse square. HGC 4, 1597; SNG Cop. 31-40; Kroll 8. Boldly struck in high relief on a nice full flan. Untoned and fully lustrous. NGC graded Mint State; Strike 4/5, Surface 2/5, brushed (not obvious). Estimated Value $500 - UP Ex Tareq Hani Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,200
Lot 2062		Attica, Athens. Silver Tetradrachm (17.17g), ca. 440-404 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with laurel leaves and vine. Reverse: AΘE, owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig and crescent moon behind; all within incuse square. HGC 4, 1597; SNG Cop. 31-40; Kroll 8. Light silver-gray tone with traces of mint luster present. NGC graded Choice AU; Strike 4/5, Surface 3/5 . Estimated Value $500 - UP Ex Tareq Hani Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $870
Lot 2063		Attica, Athens. Silver Tetradrachm (17g), ca. 440-404 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with laurel leaves and vine. Reverse: AΘE, owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig and crescent moon behind; all within incuse square. HGC 4, 1597; SNG Cop. 31-40; Kroll 8. Boldly struck in high relief with a large flan crack at 1 o'clock as made. NGC calls this a 'test cut', Untoned. NGC graded Choice AU; Strike 5/5, Surface 2/5 light-weight specimen, brushed, test cut. Estimated Value $400 - UP Ex Tareq Hani Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $552
Lot 2064		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 2065		Attica, Athens. Fourrée Tetradrachm (13.01 g), ca. 454-404 BC. Eastern imitation. Helmeted head of Athena right, frontal eye. Reverse: AΘ[E\, owl standing right, head facing; above to left, olive-spray with berry and crescent; all within incuse square. Cf. Kroll 8; cf. SNG Copenhagen 31-40. Plating broken in spots exposing core. Very Fine. Estimated Value $300 - UP This coin is stylistically dissimilar to the extremely rare emergency issues struck in Athens towards the end of the Peloponnesian Wars and more in line with copies circulating in the eastern regions of the Mediterranean world. Ex Heritage 3020 (6 September 2012). View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2066		Attica, Athens. Silver Tetradrachm (17.22 g), ca. 350-294 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right, with profile eye. Reverse: AΘE, owl standing right, head facing; above, olive spray and crescent; all within incuse square. Kroll 15; SNG Copenhagen 63. Pleasing old cabinet tone. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $400 - UP Ex Dr. J. S. Wilkinson Collection (Malter, 15 November 1992), 498. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $432
Lot 2067		Attica, Athens. Silver Tetradrachm (16.44 g), ca. 168/5-42 BC. New Style issue. Ca. 119/8 BC. Dionysi…, Dionysi…, and Aiski…, 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: ΔIO-NYΣI, ΔIO/NYΣI and AIΣ/KI; in right field, Helios in facing quadriga; uncertain letters on amphora and below; all within laurel wreath. Thompson 569g, 571f and g, amd 573a; HGC 4, 1602. Lightly toned. Very Fine. Estimated Value $250 - UP Ex Dr. J. S. Wilkinson Collection (Malter, 15 November 1992), 533. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $480
Lot 2068		Attica, Athens. Silver Drachm (3.78 g), ca. 168/5-42 BC. New Style issue. Ca. 148-138 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, grain ear; all within laurel wreath. Thompson 138-44; HGC 4, 1635. Pleasing old cabinet tone. We note some scratches on the reverse. Very Fine. Estimated Value $250 - UP Ex Malter (7 November 1993), 157. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $324
Lot 2069		Attica, Athens. Silver Drachm (4.01 g), ca. 168/5-42 BC. New Style issue. Ca. 148-138 BC. S…, magistrate. 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 left field, magistrate's name: Σ; in right field, grain ear; all within laurel wreath. Thompson 145, 146b and c, 147d, 149e and m, and 151f; HGC 4, 1635. Scarce. Lightly toned. Very Fine. Estimated Value $250 - UP Ex Dr. J. S. Wilkinson Collection (Malter, 15 November 1992), 522. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $408
Lot 2070		Corinthia, Corinth. Silver Stater (8.23 g), ca. 400-375 BC. Q below, Pegasos standing left. Reverse: Helmeted head of Athena left; behind, Σ; before, two dolphins. BCD Corinth -; Pegasi 342 corr. or var. (with single[?] dolphin). Early style. Old cabinet tone. About Very Fine. Estimated Value $300 - UP Ex Malter (24 November 1996), 311. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $840
Lot 2071		Corinthia, Corinth. Silver Stater (8.49 g), ca. 375-300 BC. Pegasos flying left; below, 'koppa'. Reverse: Helmeted head of Athena left; behind, N within wreath of grain ears. Pegasi 386; BCD Corinth 128. Nice and bold. Porous obverse. Cleaned. Very Fine / Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $250 - UP Ex Kenneth Brattlie Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2072		Corinthia, Corinth. Silver Stater (8.26 g), ca. 375-300 BC. 'Koppa' below, Pegasos flying left. Reverse: Helmeted head of Athena left; A-Λ flanking neck truncation; behind, mask of Silenos facing slightly left. Pegasi 408; BCD Corinth 119. Signs of old cleaning, areas of light porosity. Very Fine / Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $250 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $720
Lot 2073		Corinthia, Corinth. Silver Stater (8.55 g), ca. 350/45-285 BC. Q below, Pegasos flying left. Reverse: Helmeted head of Athena left; below chin, A; behind, Λ and trophy. Pegasi 411; BCD Corinth -; HGC 4, 1848. Well centered. Pleasing old cabinet tone. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $300 - UP Ex Dr. J. S. Wilkinson Collection (Malter, 15 November 1992), 572. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $630
Lot 2074		Lesbos, Mytilene. Electrum Hekte (2.56 g), ca. 377-326 BC. Head of Kabeiros right, wearing cap crowned with laurel wreath; above on each side, star. Reverse: Head of Persephone right within linear square border. Bodenstedt 99; SNG von Aulock 1729. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $500 - UP Ex Gorny & Mosch Auction 269, 376. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $750
Lot 2075		Caria, Halikarnassos. Silver Drachm (4.24 g) ca. 150-50 BC. Theo…Head of Helios facing, slightly turned to the right framed within a beaded circle. Reverse: AΛIKAP / ΘEO, Head of Athena right wearing Corinthian helmet; below, trident. Apparently unpublished, but for the magistrate, see Gôktürk 236. Very rare. Nicely toned and quite intriguing. Nearly Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $300 - UP Ex Tareq Hani Collection Kunker 443, The Trausnitz Collection, 29 September 1998, #147; ex: Peus 328, 2 May 1900, #199. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $480
Lot 2076		Islands off Caria, Rhodes. Silver Didrachm (6.62 g), ca. 275-250 BC. Aristonomos, magistrate. Head of Helios facing slightly right. Reverse: P-O across field, rose with bud to right; in left field, prow; above, magistrate's name: APIΣTONOMOΣ. Ashton 180; SNG Keckman 487. Fine style and struck in high relief. Old uniform cabinet tone. Very Fine. Estimated Value $350 - UP Ex Dr. J. S. Wilkinson Collection (Malter, 15 November 1992), 782. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $300
Lot 2077		Cilicia, Tarsos. Mazaios. Silver Stater (10.99 g), 361/0-334 BC. Baaltars seated left, holding eagle, grain ear, grapes, and scepter; retrograde P to lower left, Aramaic M below throne. Reverse: 'MZDI' in Aramaic above, lion attacking stag left. SNG BN 332; SNG Levante 103. Lustrous with beautiful mottled toning and underlying luster. Mint State. Estimated Value $750 - UP Ex Tareq Hani Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,500
Lot 2078		Cyprus, Amathos. Uncertain king. Silver Stater (11.37 g), ca. 450-435 BC. Lion crouching right; above, eagle flying right; between lion and eagle, large O (added to the die); in exergue, Cypriot 'mo' (very faint). Reverse: Forepart of lion right, with mouth agape. Amandry 126, 1 (same obv. die, but with 'O' added); Traité II 1262 and pl. CXXXII, 17; BMC 3 and pl. XVIII, 3 (same); Tziambazis 2 (same). Extremely Rare. Possibly the finest of only a few examples known. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $10,000 - UP Amathos was one of the oldest cities on the island of Cyprus, reportedly founded by an indigenous "Pelasgian" Cypriot people before the arrival of Phoenician and Greek traders interested in exploiting the city's nearby copper mines. After Cyprus was incorporated into the Achaemenid Persian Empire, Amathos seems to have had greater political sympathies with the Phoenician cities of the island in opposition to those of the Greeks. When Onesilos, the Greek king of Salamis, organized a revolt of the Cypriot Greek cities against the Persians in 499-494 BC, the Amathusians opposed him. After Onesilos failed to take Amathus by siege, the Amathusians defeated and captured the Salaminian king. As a warning to other enemies, the head of Onesilos was hung above the gates of the city. It was left there for some time and eventually the skull became home to a swarm of bees that filled it with honeycomb. Fearing that the bees were a divine portent, the Amathusians followed the advice of an oracle to bury the head and offer sacrifice to the shade of Onesilos as a hero. In this way the anger of the shade at the abuse of his corpse would be averted from Amathos. This rare stater illustrates the variety of cultural influences at work at Amathos and Cyprus in general in the mid-fifth century BC. The lions here appear as symbols of royal power common to Greek, Phoenician, and Persian traditions. The recumbent lion recalls archaic issues of Ionian Miletos, yet the treatment of the ribs and mane suggest Phoenician and Persian influence. At the same time, the inscription abbreviating the name of the city is written in neither Greek nor a Semitic script, but rather using the Cypriot syllabary, a native writing system derived from the Linear A script of the Minoan Bronze Age. Ex Tareq Hani Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $9,000
Lot 2079		Seleukid Kingdom. Seleukos I Nikator. Silver Stater (16.55 g), 312-281 BC. Susa, ca. 288/7 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right. Reverse: Elephant advancing right; above, spearhead right; below, K. SC 187.1b; ESMS ElSt.5-6 var. (dies not recorded); ESM 330; HGC 9, -. Extremely Rare - the fourth known example with these controls, two of which are in a museum collection, and one of only eleven known examples of the type! Uniform light grey tone. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $5,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $12,000
Lot 2080		Seleukid Kingdom. Seleukos I Nikator. Silver Tetradrachm (16.69 g), 312-281 BC. Uncertain mint 6A, in Babylonia, in the name of Alexander III, ca. 308-305/4 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and scepter; upturned anchor and EP monogram before; monogram within wreath below throne. SC 67.5b; Price 3438; HGC 9, 10d. Lightly toned. Very Fine. Estimated Value $300 - UP Ex Dr. J. S. Wilkinson Collection (Malter, 15 November 1992), 856. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $360
Lot 2081		Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos I Soter. Silver Tetradrachm (17.14 g), 281-261 BC. Seleukeia on the Tigris. Diademed head of Antiochos I right. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANT-IOΧOY, Apollo seated left on omphalos, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow; in outer left and right fields, monograms. SC 379.6a; ESM 162; HGC 9, 128g. Well struck in high relief. Pleasing old cabinet tone. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $500 - 600 Ex Freeman & Sear 4 (14 January 1998), 538. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,530
Lot 2082		Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos III. Silver Tetradrachm (16.96 g), 223-187 BC. Antioch on the Orontes. Diademed head of Antiochos III right. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTI-OΧOY, Apollo seated left on omphalos, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow; in outer left field, anchor. SC 1045.4; CSE 80 (this coin); WSM 1123β and γ (same dies); HGC 9, 447u. Lustrous surfaces and lightly toned. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $600 - UP Ex Arthur Houghton Collection (NFA XXXI, 18 March 1993), 269. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,920
Lot 2083		Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. Silver Tetradrachm (16.76 g), 175-164 BC. Antioch on the Orontes, ca. 168-164 BC. Diademed head of Antiochos IV right. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOΧOY ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ NIKHΦOPOΣ, Zeus seated left, holding Nike and scepter; in outer left field, monogram. SC 1400a; Le Rider 290-1 (A31/P202); CSE 108 (same dies); HGC 9, 620a. Fine style. Lightly toned. About Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $750 - UP Ex Kenneth Brattlie Collection, from Triton XI (8 January 2008), 294; Ex Spink March 6, 1986, lot 66. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,860
Lot 2084		Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. Silver Tetradrachm (16.14 g), 175-164 BC. Antioch on the Orontes, ca. 173/2-169/8 BC. Laureate head of Antiochos IV right. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOΧOY ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ, Zeus seated left, holding Nike and scepter; in exergue, monogram. SC 1396a; HGC 9, 619. Very Fine. Estimated Value $250 - UP Ex Dr. J. S. Wilkinson Collection (Malter, 15 November 1992), 874. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $408
Lot 2085		Seleukid Kingdom. Demetrios I Soter. Silver Tetradrachm (16.86 g), 162-150 BC. Susa, ca. 161-150 BC. Diademed head of Demetrios I right. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY, Apollo seated left on omphalos, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow; in outer left field and in exergue, monograms. SC 1711; HGC 9, 790c. Sharply struck in high relief on a compact flan, nicely centered. Cleaned and untoned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $780
Lot 2086		Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos VII Euergetes. Silver Tetradrachm (16.54 g), 138-129 BC. Cappadocian mint, posthumous issue. Diademed head of Antiochos VII Euergetes right. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOΧOY EYEP-ΓETOY, Athena standing facing, head left, holding Nike and resting hand on grounded shield, spear supported in fold of arm; in outer left field, monogram above A; in inner left field, O; in inner right field, Λ; all within laurel wreath. SC 2148; HGC 9, 1069; SNG Spaer 1872. An outstanding example and lightly toned. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $300 - UP Ex Kenneth Brattlie Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $480
Lot 2087		Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos VII Euergetes. Silver Drachm (4.12 g), 138-129 BC. Antioch on the Orontes. Diademed head of Antiochos VII right. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOΧOY EY-EPΓETOY, Nike advancing left, holding wreath; in outer left field, two monograms. SC 2062.3b; HGC 9, 1080b. Nice old cabinet toning. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $250 - 300 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $264
Lot 2088		Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos VII Euergetes, 138-129 BC, 2 Piece Lot. Silver Tetradrachm (16.4 g), struck at Cappadocia. Diademed bust of the King facing r. Reverse: Athena standing left, holds Nike and rests hand on shield and spear in fold of arm. SNG Spear 1872. Together with: AE Lepton (2.94 g) struck in Jerusalem, under John Hyrcanus I, SE 181 (132/1 BC). Lily. Reverse: Upright anchor; below, date (AΠP). Hendin 1131; SC 2123.2; TJC pp. 30-1; HGC 9, 1103. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $300 - UP Ex Kenneth Brattlie Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $264
Lot 2089		Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos VII Euergetes. Æ (1.85 g), 138-129 BC. Jerusalem, under John Hyrcanus I, SE 181 (132/1 BC). Lily. Reverse: BAΣI[ΛEΩΣ] ANTIO[ΧOY] EYEPΓET[OY], Upright anchor; below, date (AΠP). Hendin 1131; SC 2123.2; TJC pp. 30-1; HGC 9, 1103. An incredible specimen. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $300 - UP Ex Kenneth Brattlie Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $720
Lot 2090		Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes. Silver Tetradrachm (15.70 g), sole reign, 121/0-97/6 BC. Ake-Ptolemaïs, ca. 121/0-113 BC. Diademed head of Antiochos VIII right. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOΧOY EΠI-ΦANOYΣ, Zeus Ouranios, draped, standing facing, head left, holding star and scepter; to outer left, monogram; all within laurel wreath. SC 2336.2; HGC 9, 1196g; LSM 35; Spaer 2592. Fantastic quality. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $500 - UP Ex Kenneth Brattlie Collection Purchased from CNG 3/11/2008. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $810
Lot 2091		Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes. Silver Tetradrachm (16.44 g), sole reign, 121/0-97/6 BC. Ake-Ptolemaïs, ca. 121/0-113 BC. Diademed head of Antiochos VIII right. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOΧOY EΠI-ΦANOYΣ, Zeus Ouranios, draped, standing facing, head left, holding star and scepter; to outer left, monogram; all within laurel wreath. SC 2336.2a; HGC 9, 1196g. Lightly toned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $300 - UP Ex Malter (24 November 1996), 332. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $480
Lot 2092		Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos XI Epiphanes Philadelphos and Philip I Philadelphos. Silver Tetradrachm (15.8 g), circa 94-93 BC. Uncertain mint 127, in Cilicia (probably at Tarsos). Jugate and diademed heads of Antiochos XI and Philip I right. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOΧOY KAI BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΦIΛIΠΠOY, Zeus enthroned left, holding Nike and scepter; in outer left field, monogram above A; below throne, Φ; all within laurel wreath. SC 2438 (same obv. die); HGC 9, 1297 (same obv. die). Extremely Rare and of the utmost importance. One of just three known examples and the only example with clear controls. Attractive light silvery toning over matte like surfaces which are virtually as struck. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $15,000 - UP In the early first century BC, the Seleukid Empire was dying. Not a "go gentle into that good night sort of death," but a loud crashing doom, attended by flame and the spilling of blood. In 94 BC, Seleukos VI Epiphanes had been driven out of Syria by his uncle, Antiochos X Eusebes, and began to regroup at Mopsos, his base in Cilicia. Unfortunately, the harsh measures he used to raise money for a new round of warfare against Antiochos X turned the Mopsians against him and Seleucus VI was burned alive in his palace. When news of this shocking development reached his brothers, Antiochus XI and Philip I, they marched out of their own Cilician base, possibly at Tarsos, and sacked Mopsos in revenge. Once the Mopsians had been dealt with, Antiochos XI and Philip I then began to plan the fall of their uncle and the recapture of Antioch. While Philip I remained in Cilicia, in 94/3 BC, Antiochos XI entered Syria and briefly expelled Antiochos X from Antioch. Alas, the latter soon returned with a new army and Antiochos XI was drowned during a battle on the banks of the Orontes River. Philip I only managed to seize the Syrian capital after the death of his uncle and the capture of his third (and rival) brother, Demetrios III Eukairos, by the Parthians in ca. 88 BC, but by then, the Seleukid Empire consisted of very little else but the city of Antioch and its surrounding territory. Under Philip I, the once-great creation of Seleukos I crawled into its coffin. All that remained was to wait for the Romans and the nails. The present extremely rare tetradrachm depicting and naming both of the brothers was struck in Cilicia, most likely to pay for the services of the mercenary army that destroyed Mopsos. Although this type was described as an unattributed Cilician issue in Seleucid Coins: A Comprehensive Catalogue due to the indistinguishable left field controls on SC 2438, the controls are crystal clear on this unpublished specimen, showing that the issue does indeed belong to the output of Uncertain Mint 127, probably to be identified with Tarsos. Ex Tareq Hani Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $28,800
Lot 2093		Seleukid Kingdom. Philip I Philadelphos. Silver Tetradrachm (15.72 g), 95/4-76/5 BC. Antioch on the Orontes, after 88/7 BC. Diademed head of Philip I right. Reverse: [B]AΣIΛ[EΩΣ] ΦIΛIΠΠO[Y] EΠIΦANOYΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦ[OY], Zeus seated left, holding Nike and scepter; in outer left field, [Φ above A]; below throne, monogram (frozen control); all within laurel wreath. SC 2464; HGC 9, 1320. Well struck and lusrous, delicately toned. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $300 - UP Ex Tareq Hani Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $384
Lot 2094		Phoenicia, Byblos. Aynel. Silver 1/16 Shekel (0.73 g), ca. 350-326 BC. Phoenician galley with two (or three?) hoplites sailing left; below, waves and hippocamp left. Reverse: 'Aynel, king of Gebal', Lion left, attacking bull left. Betlyon 20; HGC 10, 139. Clear legend. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $150 - UP Ex Kenneth Brattlie Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $180
Lot 2095		Phoenicia, Tyre. Silver Shekel (14.19 g), ca. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. CY 22 (105/4 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion's skin tied at neck. Reverse: TYPOY IEPAΣ [KAI AΣYΛO]Y, eagle standing left on prow, palm on far wing; in left field, date (BK) and club; in right field, monogram; between eagle's legs, 'aleph'. Hendin 1618; Cf. DCA Suppl. 48. Well centered and boldly struck. Delicately toned. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $900 - UP Ex Kenneth Brattlie Collection, from Heritage 378 (9 June 2005), 12050. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,840
Lot 2096		Phoenicia, Tyre. Silver Shekel (14.38 g), ca. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. CY 50 (77/6 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion's skin tied at neck. Reverse: TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY, eagle standing left on prow, palm on far wing; in left field, date (L N) and club; in right field, A; between eagle's legs, 'bet'. Hendin 1618; DCA Suppl. 125. Bold and perfectly centered. Delicate toning. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $900 - UP Ex Kenneth Brattlie Collection from Goldberg 41 (27 May 2007), 2761. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,080
Lot 2097		Phoenicia, Tyre. Silver Shekel (14.39 g), ca. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. CY 39 (88/7 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion's skin tied at neck. Reverse: TYPOY IEPA[Σ] KAI AΣYΛOY, eagle standing left on prow, palm on far wing; in left field, date (ΘΛ) and club; in right field, monogram; between eagle's legs, 'aleph'. Hendin 1618; cf. DCA Suppl. 96 (control). Struck in high relief. Uniform light grey cabinet tone. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $900 - UP Ex Dr. J. S. Wilkinson Collection (Malter, 15 November 1992), 916. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,040
Lot 2098		Phoenicia, Tyre. Silver Shekel (14.28 g), ca. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. CY 35 (92/1 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion's skin tied at neck. Reverse: TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY, eagle standing left on prow, palm on far wing; in left field, date (EΛ) and club; in right field, Δ; between eagle's legs, 'bet'. Hendin 1618; DCA Suppl. 85. Lightly toned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $600 - UP Ex Kenneth Brattlie Collection frrom Heritage 397 (8 January 2006), 12036. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,100
Lot 2099		Phoenicia, Tyre. Silver Shekel (14.21 g), ca. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. CY 24 (103/2 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion's skin tied at neck. Reverse: TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY, eagle standing left on prow, palm on far wing; in left field, date (ΔK) and club; in right field, monogram; between eagle's legs, 'bet'. Hendin 1618; cf. DCA Suppl. 51 ('aleph'). Lightly toned. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $500 - UP Ex Kenneth Brattlie Collection, from Ponterio & Assoc. 7/16/2005. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,160

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