Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 120

Pre-Long Beach Auction

Ancient Coins

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1000		Sicily, Entella. Punic issue. Silver Tetradrachm (16.89 g), ca. 320/15-300 BC. Head of Arethusa left, wreathed with grain ears, wearing triple pendant earring and necklace; around, four dolphins. Reverse: Punic 'MM?NT, Horse's head left; palm tree behind. Jenkins 200 (O59/R176). SNG Lewis 428 (same dies). SNG Lloyd 1632 (same dies). Pleasing dark old cabinet tone. Very Fine. Estimated Value $1,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,700
Lot 1001		Sicily, Tauromenion. Silver 4 Litrai (3.08 g), ca. 304-289 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right; behind, star. Reverse: [TAYPOME]-NITAN, tripod. BAR issue 11 (after 212 BC); SNG ANS 1121. Scarce. Lovely nice iridescent tone. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $480
Lot 1002		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III 'the Great'. Silver Tetradrachm (16.49 g), 336-323 BC. Kabyle, ca. 225-215 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩ[Σ] AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; in inner left field, KEP above Artemis Phosphoros standing facing, holding torch in either hand; below throne, ΔH above ZOΣ. Price 885; Draganov 30-2. Rough edges on reverse. Very Fine. Estimated Value $300 - UP Ex Coin Galleries (April 2002), 79. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $360
Lot 1003		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III 'the Great'. Silver Tetradrachm (16.52 g), 336-323 BC. Mesambria, ca. 175-150 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; in inner left field, ΠPO above crested helmet; below throne, HPA. Price 1085. Lightly toned. Very Fine. Estimated Value $300 - UP Ex Coin Galleries (April 2002), 81. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $840
Lot 1004		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 1005		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III 'the Great'. Silver Obol (0.50 g), 336-323 BC. Uncertain mint. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Reverse: [AΛ]EΞANΔPO[Y], Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; controls indistinguishable. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $75 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $120
Lot 1006		Macedonian Kingdom. Antigonos II Gonatas. Silver Tetradrachm (17.06 g), 277/6-239 BC. Amphipolis, ca. 274/1-260/55 BC. Horned head of Pan left, lagobolon over shoulder, on central boss of Macedonian shield, the border decorated with eight-pointed stars within double crescents. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIΓONOY, Athena Alkidemos advancing left, holding forth shield decorated with aegis and preparing to cast thunderbolt; in inner left field, crested Macedonian helmet; in inner right field, HP monogram. Pozzi 2037; SNG Copenhagen 1199. Toned. Very Fine. Estimated Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $900
Lot 1007		Macedonian Kingdom. Philip V. Silver Tetradrachm (16.47 g), 221-179 BC. Pella or Amphipolis, ca. 183/2-179 BC. Zoilos, magistrate. Head of the hero Perseus right, wearing winged helmet surmounted by griffin's head; behind neck, harpa; all in the central boss of a Macedonian shield with seven double crescents containing stars around. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΦIΛIΠΠOY, club right; all within oak wreath tied at left; to outer left, Π. Cf. Boehringer 107ss, and pl. 8, 13 (ΠO monogram); cf. SNG Copenhagen 1308 (same). Toned. Very Fine. Estimated Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,560
Lot 1008		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 1009		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 1010		Macedon, under Roman rule. First Meris. Silver Tetradrachm (16.92 g), ca. 167-148 BC. Amphipolis. Macedonian shield with central boss depicting diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver at shoulder. Reverse: MAKEΔONΩN ΠPΩTHΣ, club; above, monogram; below, two monograms; all within oak-wreath; to left, thunderbolt. AMNG III/1 40; SNG Ashmolean 3299. Toned. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $400 - UP Ex Goldberg 23 (25 January 2004), 3645. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $840
Lot 1011		Thrace, Maroneia. Silver Tridrachm (16.04g), ca. 386-347 BC. Magistrate, Megakleos. Head of young Dionysos left, wearing ivy-wreath. Reverse: MAPONI / TEΩN - EΠ - MEΓAK - ΛEOΣ, grape vine with four bunches of grapes, leaves and tendrils, within linear square. Schôneri-Geiss 390; cf Boston 812; HGC 3, 1532. Very Rare. Boldly struck in high relief with old grey tone. NGC graded VF, Strike: 5/5, Surface, 1/5 smoothing. We see no signs of smoothing, just old cleaning. Estimated Value $600 - UP Ex The William Oldknow Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,760
Lot 1012		Moesia, Istros. Silver Drachm (5.62 g), 4th century BC. Facing male heads, the right inverted. Reverse: IΣTPIH, sea-eagle left, grasping dolphin in talons; below, AΓ or AΠ monogram. Dima IV/III, 16; AMNG I 418; HGC 3, 1803. Toned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $300 - UP Ex Goldberg 32 (20 September 2005), 3833. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $576
Lot 1013		Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion. Silver Obol (0.60 g), ca. 480-470 BC. Head of lion facing. Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square. MacDonald 1/7; SNG BM 837-9; HGC 7, 40. Very Fine. Estimated Value $125 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $90
Lot 1014		Thracian Kingdom. Lysimachos. Silver Tetradrachm (16.28 g), as King, 306-281 BC. Lampsakos, ca. 297-281 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAΧOY, Athena seated left on throne without ornament, holding Nike and resting arm on shield set behind her; leaning against her far side, spear; in inner left field, HP monogram; on throne, eight-rayed star. Thompson 45; SNG BN -. Fine style. We note some chasing on the reverse. Toned. Very Fine. Estimated Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,020
Lot 1015		Skythia, Geto-Dacians. Koson. Gold Stater (8.33 g), mid 1st century BC. KOΣΩN, Roman consul advancing left, accompanied by two lictors; in left field, monogram. Reverse: Eagle with wings displayed standing left on scepter, holding wreath in talon. Iliescu 1; RPC 1701. *NGC grade MS; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5**. Estimated Value $1,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,160
Lot 1016		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	Realized $252
Lot 1017		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	Realized $720
Lot 1018		Bithynian Kingdom. Nikomedes II Epiphanes. Silver Tetradrachm (16.61 g), ca. 149-127 BC. BE 208 (90/89 BC). Diademed head of Nikomedes II right. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ EΠIΦANOYΣ NIKOMHΔOY, Zeus standing facing, head left, holding wreath and scepter; to inner left, eagle standing left on thunderbolt above monogram above HΣ (date). Callatäy p. 63; RG 40; DCA 445; HGC 7, 646. Toned. Very Fine. Estimated Value $300 - UP Ex Coin Galleries (April 2002), 176. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $720
Lot 1019		Cilicia, Kelenderis. Silver Stater (10.81 g), ca. 430-420 BC. Rider, holding whip, dismounting from horse prancing left. Reverse: Goat kneeling left, head turned to look back; above, crescent and ivy leaf; in exergue, club. Casabonne type 2; SNG BN -; SNG Levante -; SNG Berry 1258. Possibly imitative. Toned. Very Fine. Estimated Value $350 - UP Ex Goldberg 32 (20 September 2005), 3864. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $540
Lot 1020		Cilicia, Kelenderis. Silver Stater (10.29 g), ca. 410-375 BC. Nude youth, holding whip, dismounting from horse rearing left; c/m: bull walking right within rectangular incuse. Reverse: KEΛEN, goat kneeling right, head left. Casabonne type 4; SNG BN 66. Interesting countermark. VF. Estimated Value $250 - UP Ex Goldberg's Sale 23, lot 3701. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $264
Lot 1021		Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. Silver Hemidrachm (1.96 g), 175-164 BC. Diademed and radiate head of Antiochos IV right. Reverse: [BA]ΣIΛE[ΩΣ] ANTIOΧOY ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ, aegis with gorgoneion. SC 1405; HGC 9, 629. Small area of verdigris on obverse. Very Fine. Estimated Value $250 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $990
Lot 1022		Seleukid Kingdom. Alexander I Balas. Silver Drachm (3.08 g), 152/1-145 BC. Sidon, SE 165 or 166 (148/7 or 147/6 BC). Diademed head of Alexander I right. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ [AΛEΞANΔPOY], eagle standing left, palm branch over far wing; in left field, uncertain date (either EΞP or ςΞP); in right field, ΣIΔΩ and aphlaston. SC 1832; HGC 9, 889. Scarce. Fine. Estimated Value $100 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $180
Lot 1023		Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos VII Euergetes. Silver Tetradrachm (16.46 g), 138-129 BC. Cappadocian mint, posthumous issue. Diademed head of Antiochos VII right. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOΧOY EYEP-ΓETOY, Athena standing left, holding Nike and resting hand on grounded shield, spear held in crook of arm; in far left field, in inner left field, O; in inner right field, Λ; all within laurel wreath. SC 2148; Hoover 1069. Very Fine. Estimated Value $250 - UP Ex CNG 66 (19 May 2004), 691. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $360
Lot 1024		Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes. Silver Tetradrachm (16.59 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, nude, standing facing, head left, holding star and scepter; to outer left, M; all within laurel wreath. SC 2336.1; HGC 9, 1197. Lustrous. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $300 - UP Ex CNG 66 (19 May 2004), 695. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $660
Lot 1025		Phoenicia, Tyre. Fourrée Shekel (13.84 g), ca. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. Year 146 (96/5 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right. Reverse: [TYPIOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY], eagle standing left on prow, palm on far wing; in left field, date (PMς) and club; in right field, monogram(?); between legs, uncertain letter. DCA Suppl. 344. The core of a fourrée shekel, with only trace amounts of surface silvering present. Green patina. Very Fine. Estimated Value $200 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $480
Lot 1026		Phoenicia, Tyre. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Æ (8.70 g), late 1st century AD. CY 220 (AD 94/5). Laureate bust of Melkart right. Reverse: MH[TPO]ΠOΛEωΣ, Club surmounted by monogram; in left field, date (KΣ); in right field, Phoenician letters; all within wreath. RPC 2066; SNG Copenhagen 338. Dark green patina. Very Fine. Estimated Value $100 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $114
Lot 1027		Philistia, Uncertain mints. Silver Obol (0.78 g), Mid 5th century-333 BC. Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right; profile eye. Reverse: AΘE, owl standing right, head facing; in upper left field, olive spray and crescent. Gitler & Tal IX.1O; HGC 10, -. About Very Fine. Estimated Value $125 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $123
Lot 1028		Philistia, Gaza. Fourrée Drachm (3.84 g), mid 5th century-333 BC. Imitating Athens. Head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet; Marnas symbol on cheek. Reverse: AΘE, owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent behind. Gitler & Tal V.25D; HGC 10, 542. Very Fine. Estimated Value $250 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $504
Lot 1029		Philistia, Gaza. Silver Drachm (3.70 g), mid 5th century-333 BC. Archaic male head right. Reverse: 'Z, forepart of horse right; all within dotted square border in incuse square. Gitler & Tal VI.2D; HGC 10, 548. Test cut on reverse, porous surfaces. Fine / Very Fine. Estimated Value $250 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $480