Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 130

Pre-Long Beach Auction

Ancient Coins

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1112		Sicily, Aitna. Æ (18.27 g), ca. 355-339 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet. Reverse: Horse galloping right, reins trailing; above, M. Campana 4a; CNS III, 1; SNG ANS -. Dark glossy brown patina. Very Fine. Estimated Value $250 - UP View details	Unsold
Lot 1113		Sicily, Aitna. Æ Sextans (2.91 g), ca. 208-205 BC. Head of Persephone right, wearing wreath of grain ears. Reverse: AITNAI-ΩN, Filleted cornucopiae; to right, two pellets. Campana 10a; CNS 11; HGC 2, 70. Dark glossy reddish-green patina. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $125 - 150 View details	Realized $60
Lot 1114		Sicily, Syracuse. Gelon I, 485-478 BC. Silver Tetradrachm (17.01 g.). Struck ca. 480-475 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses. Reverse: Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer series Vib, 85-86. Large "cud" over-flow of metal caused by a badly cracked die noted on the reverse. Silver-grey toning. NGC XF; Strike: 3/5, Surface: 2/5. Estimated Value $500 - UP Ex Coin Galleries, July 14, 1993, lot 49. View details	Realized $990
Lot 1115		Macedonian Kingdom. Philip II. Silver Tetradrachm (13.91 g), 359-336 BC. Amphipolis, ca. 307-297 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right. Reverse: ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY, youth on horseback right, holding palm branch; below horse's belly, Λ above race torch; below raised foreleg, monogram. Le Rider pl. 47, 20; SNG ANS 784-7. Attractively toned, and of fine style. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $500 - UP From the property of an East Coast collector, acquired prior to 1990. View details	Realized $840
Lot 1116		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III 'the Great'. Silver Tetradrachm (16.98 g), 336-323 BC. Babylon, probably struck under Antigonos I Monophthalmos, ca. 315-312 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; in left field, MI above lion's head left; below throne, monogram within wreath. SC 82.3; Price 3759; HGC 9, 10f (Seleukos I). Boldly struck in high relief, and with an attractive old collection tone. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $500 - UP The present Alexandrine tetradrachm was attributed to the early reign of Seleukos I at Babylon following his return from exile in 312 BC and assigned to a so-called "imperial workshop" by Houghton and Lorber. However, subsequent reassessments of the relationship of this coinage to other issues certainly struck under Seleukos I; the fact that it never names him, but only Alexander; and its primary appearance in western hoards have led to the conclusion that it was probably not struck by Seleukos I after all, but rather by the Antigonid garrison installed in Babylon to hold the city against him in the period 315-312 BC. When the garrison was driven out, the coins moved west with the mercenaries who had been paid with them, and Seleukos was left to begin construction of a great empire that would stretch from the Mediterranean to the borders of India by the time of his death in 281 BC. As such, the tetradrachms (and smaller fractions) of the "imperial workshop" mark a critical turning point in the history of the ancient Near East. From the Randolph Family Collection. View details	Realized $1,020
Lot 1117		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III 'the Great'. Silver Tetradrachm (17.01 g), 336-323 BC. Amphipolis, ca. 307-297 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Reverse: AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; in left field, Λ above torch; below throne, M above star. Price 481; Ehrhardt 22. Nicely toned. NGC grade Ch XF; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5. Estimated Value $400 - UP From the property of an East Coast collector, acquired prior to 1990. View details	Realized $900
Lot 1118		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 1119		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 1120		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III 'the Great'. Silver Tetradrachm, 336-323 BC. Early posthmous issue. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headress. Reverse: AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter, thunderbolt and monogram in left field and E below throne. Evenly worn and toned. NGC Choice Fine; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5 . Estimated Value $250 - UP View details	Realized $192
Lot 1121		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III 'the Great'. Silver Drachm (4.32 g), 336-323 BC. Miletos, lifetime issue, 325-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Reverse: AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; in left field, HΔ monogram. Price 2090. A fantastic medallic strike! Needle sharp, well centered, and absolutely superb. Lovely iridescent toning. Mint State. Estimated Value $500 - UP From the Randolph Family Collection. View details	Realized $1,200
Lot 1122		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III 'the Great'. Silver Drachm (3.99 g), 336-323 BC. Miletos, lifetime issue, 325-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Reverse: AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; in left field, HΔ monogram. Price 2090. Nicely toned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $250 - UP From the Randolph Family Collection. View details	Realized $162
Lot 1123		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III 'the Great'. Silver Drachm (4.26 g), 336-323 BC. Miletos. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Reverse: AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; to left, monogram; below throne, labrys. Price 2148; ADM I Series XIII; Newell 49. Lovely toning. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $250 - UP From the property of an East Coast collector, acquired prior to 1990. View details	Realized $480
Lot 1124		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III 'the Great'. Silver Obol (0.51 g), 336-323 BC. Sidon, ca. 332/1-324/3 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Reverse: AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; in left field, ΣI. Price 3476; Newell 17. Rare. Toned. Very Fine. Estimated Value $250 - UP From the Randolph Family Collection. View details	Realized $144
Lot 1125		Macedonian Kingdom. Antigonos III Doson. Silver Tetradrachm (16.90 g), 229-221 BC. Amphipolis, ca. 227-225 BC. Head of Poseidon right, wreathed with marine plants. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIΓONO[Y] inscribed on side of prow, Apollo seated left on prow, testing arrow; below, monogram. Touratsoglou 52-3; SNG Alpha Bank 1046-7; SNG Saroglos 933. Superb and untoned. NGC grade Ch XF; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5. Marks. Estimated Value $2,500 - UP From the property of an East Coast collector, acquired prior to 1990. View details	Realized $9,000
Lot 1126		Macedonian Kingdom. Perseus. Silver Drachm (2.73 g), 179-168 BC. Third Macedonian War issue. Uncertain mint in Thessaly, ca. 171/0 BC. Zo(ilos?) and Hermias, magistrates. Head of Helios facing slightly right. Reverse: Rose with bud to right; above and at base of stem, magistrates' names: EPMIAΣ and Z-Ω. Price p. 241, pl. LV, 247; SNG Keckman 795. Beautiful iridescent tone. Mint State. Estimated Value $300 - UP From the Randolph Family Collection. View details	Realized $810
Lot 1127		Thrace, Maroneia. Silver Tetradrachm (15.58 g), ca. 189/8-49/5 BC. Wreathed head of Dionysos right. Reverse: ΔIONYΣOY ΣΩTHPOΣ MAPΩNITΩN, Dionysos standing facing, head left, holding bunch of grapes and narthex stalks; in inner left field, monogram. Schönert-Geiss 1268 (V78/R267); SNG Copenhagen -. Lightly toned. Very Fine. Estimated Value $250 - UP View details	Realized $216
Lot 1128		Thessaly, Larissa. Silver Drachm (6.03 g), ca. 356-342 BC. Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, hair bound with ampyx. Reverse: ΛAPIΣ-AIΩN, horse standing right, about to roll. Lorber phase L-III; BCD Thessaly II 315-7. Lovely high relief style. Some areas of light verdigris and attractively toned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $500 - UP From the property of an East Coast collector, acquired prior to 1990. View details	Realized $690
Lot 1129		Thessaly, Larissa. Silver Obol (0.93 g), ca. 356-337 BC. Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, with hair in ampyx. Reverse: ΛPIΣ-AIΩN, Horse grazing right. BCD Thessaly II 328. Nicely toned. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $250 - UP From the property of an East Coast collector, acquired prior to 1990. View details	Realized $360
Lot 1130		Boiotia, Thebes. Silver Stater (11.98 g), ca. 395-338 BC. Struck ca. 368-364 BC. Klion, magistrate. Boiotian shield. Reverse: Amphora; above, wreath; across field, magistrate's name KΛ-IΩ; all within shallow concave circle. Hepworth 69; BCD Boiotia 531. Toned. Very Fine. Estimated Value $400 - UP From the property of an East Coast collector, acquired prior to 1990. View details	Realized $312
Lot 1131		Euboea. Histiaia, ca. 313-265 BC. Silver Tetrobol (11 mm 1.64 g)BC. Head of Mainad facing r. Rev. Sea nymph Histiaia on galley to r. S-2496-6. BMC 47-8. Lightly toned. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $150 - UP View details	Realized $96
Lot 1132		Attica, Athens. Silver Tetradrachm (17.20 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. Perfectly centered on a nice full flan and fully lustrous. A superb Mint State example and "The pick of the hoard". NGC Mint State; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5. Estimated Value $3,500 - UP View details	Realized $2,280
Lot 1133		Attica, Athens. Silver Tetradrachm (17.08 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. Attractive old find patina and well centered. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $500 - UP From the property of an East Coast collector, acquired prior to 1990. View details	Realized $1,080
Lot 1134		Attica, Athens. Silver Tetradrachm (17.13), ca. 440-404 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. Cleaned. NGC Ch. VF; Strike: 4/5, Surface: 3/5. Estimated Value $350 - UP Parliament Collection. View details	Realized $432
Lot 1135		Islands off Attica, Aegina. Silver Stater (12.20 g), ca. 456/45-431 BC. Land tortoise with segmented shell. Reverse: Large square incuse with thin skew pattern. Milbank pl. II, 14; SNG Delepierre 1545; HGC 6, 438. Toned with original patination. Boldly struck in extremely high relief. NGC grade XF; Strike: 4/5, Surface: 4/5. Estimated Value $1,500 - UP The island city of Aegina was one of the earliest cities among the European Greeks to strike silver coins and their extensive maritime trade contacts established the Aeginetic weight standard as the primary standard for coinage in the Peloponnesos and among many cities of the Hellespont and Black Sea, in some cases lasting for centuries. The Aeginetan standard and Aeginetan trade influence were spread primarily through the city's coinage, which regularly featured a sea turtle on the obverse and an incuse design (usually a mill-sail or skew pattern) on the reverse. This animal was emblematic of Aegina's trade by sea. Unfortunately for Aegina, in the fifth century BC, the nearby city of Athens grew in both military and economic power through its leadership of the Delian League. Athenian hostility to Aegina grew increasingly and at last, shortly before the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC), the Athenians seized the island and expelled many of the Aeginetans. It has been suggested that the use of the land tortoise type in this period (and after the restoration of the Aeginetans in 404 BC), rather than the much more common sea turtle of early Aeginetan coinage, may reflect the loss of the city�s old maritime trading empire. From the property of an East Coast collector, acquired prior to 1990. View details	Realized $2,040
Lot 1136		Aiolis, Kyme. Æ (4.03 g), ca. 165-90 BC. Zoilos, magistrate. Draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver at shoulder. Reverse: KY, one-handled cup, laurel branch to left and right (mostly off flan); across field, magistrate's name: Z-Ω/I-Λ/O-Σ. SNG von Aulock 1642; BMC 87-9. Mottled green patina. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $150 - UP View details	Realized $60
Lot 1137		Lesbos, Mytilene. Electrum Hekte (2.51 g), ca. 478-455 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl. Reverse: Confronted bulls' heads within incuse square. Bodenstedt 35; HGC 6, 961. Perfectly centered and lightly toned. About Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $500 - UP From the property of an East Coast collector, acquired prior to 1990. View details	Realized $3,600
Lot 1138		Ionia, Klazomenai. Silver Drachm (3.54 g), ca. 480-400 BC. KΛA, forepart of winged boar right. Reverse: Head of ram right within incuse square. SNG Kayhan 1298; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -. Lovely old cabinet toning. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $300 - UP From the property of an East Coast collector, acquired prior to 1990. View details	Realized $1,500
Lot 1139		Ionia, Phokaia. Electrum Hekte (2.51 g), ca. 387-326 BC. Head of Athena to left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with serpent; below, seal left. Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt 111; SNG Copenhagen 1030; SNG von Aulock -. Toned. Very Fine. Estimated Value $350 - UP From the property of an East Coast collector, acquired prior to 1990. View details	Realized $552
Lot 1140		Lydia, Tralleis. Silver Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.53 g), ca. 166-67 BC. Struck ca. 166-160 BC. Serpent emerging from within cista mystica with open lid; all within ivy wreath. Reverse: TPA, Bow case between two entwined serpents; to right, maeander pattern. Kleiner & Noe Series 5; SNG Copenhagen 644. Delicately toned. NGC grade AU; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5. Estimated Value $500 - UP From the property of an East Coast collector, acquired prior to 1990. View details	Realized $552
Lot 1141		Carian Island. Rhodes. Silver Drachm (4.2g), ca. 84-30 BC. Radiate head of Helios 3/4 facing right. Reverse: P - O, Full-blown rose seen from above; ear of grain with Magistrate name AINEAΣ. Hoover Vol. 6, 1456. Untoned with luster remaining. NGC graded Choice AU, brushed. Estimated Value $350 - UP View details	Realized $384
Lot 1142		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 1143		Pisidia, Selge. Silver Stater (10.71 g), ca. 325-250 BC. Two wrestlers grappling; between their legs, AΛI. Reverse: ΣEΛΓEΩN, Herakles, nude, standing facing, head right, holding club overhead and lion' skin over arm; between legs, O. SNG BN 1936. Lightly toned. NGC grade XF; Strike: 4/5, Surface:4 /5. Estimated Value $400 - UP From the property of an East Coast collector, acquired prior to 1990. View details	Realized $1,620
Lot 1144		Cilicia, Mallos. Silver Stater (10.95 g), ca. 420-390 BC. Winged male figure (Kronos?) in kneeling-running stance left, holding solar disk with both hands. Reverse: MAP, Swan standing left. Cf. Casabonne type 2 (swan right); SNG BN -; SNG Levante -. Head of swan weakly struck. Very little actual wear, but softly struck on the reverse. Details of Fine or better. Estimated Value $300 - UP View details	Realized $210
Lot 1145		Cilicia, Tarsos. Pharnabazos. Silver Stater (10.81 g), Persian general, 380-374/3 BC. Ca. 379-374 BC. 'BLTRZ', Baaltars seated left, holding lotus tipped scepter. Reverse: 'FRNBZW HLK', bearded and helmeted male head (Ares?) left. Casabonne series 4; Moysey issue 2; SNG BN 251-5; SNG Levante 72. Original hoard patina. Virtually as struck. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $500 - UP From the property of an East Coast collector, acquired prior to 1990. View details	Realized $1,440
Lot 1146		Cilicia, Tarsos. Mazaios. Silver Stater (10.77 g), Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC. B'LTRZ (Aramaic), Baaltars seated left, holding eagle, grain ear, bunch of grapes and scepter; in left field and below throne, Aramaic letters. Reverse: MZDY (Aramaic), Lion attacking bull left; below, symbol. Casabonne series 2; SNG BN -; SNG Levante 106. Light iridescent tone with underlying luster present. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $500 - UP From the property of an East Coast collector, acquired prior to 1990. View details	Realized $1,260
Lot 1147		Cappadocian Kingdom. Orophernes, 158-157 BC. Silver Tetradrachm (16.06 g). Extremely rare, only 5 or 6 specimens are known. Boldly struck in high relief and considered one of the finest Hellenistic portraits on a Greek coin. Some scattered scratches not effecting the portrait, probably from an old cleaning. A major rarity with the high water mark being an example sold May 9, 2018 by NAC in EF for $219,102 USD. Priene. Diademed head of Orophernes right. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ OPOΦEPNOY NIKHΦOPOY, Nike standing left, crowning royal name with wreath and holding palm branch; to inner left, owl standing three-quarters left on altar above monogram. Simonetta 1 (same obv. die); EHC 655 (same obv. die); Kraay-Hirmer pl. 209, 768 (same obv. die); H. Salvesen, "The tetradrachm of Orophernes," NomKhron 21 (2000), pp. 8-16. NGC grade XF; Strike: 4/5, Surface: 2/5. Scratches. Estimated Value $50,000 - UP The brother of Ariarathes V of Cappadocia, Orophernes was encouraged by Demetrios I of Syria to seize power, which he accomplished. However, his reign endured but for only a short while before Ariarathes, with the support of Rome and the Pergamene Kingdom, regained the throne. Although the location of the mint responsible for striking Orophernes' coinage is not firmly established, it is thought to have been located at Priene. There are two pieces of evidence that strongly suggest this: first, Priene was where Orophernes kept his war chest; and second, five tetradrachms of Orophernes were found buried beneath the statue of Athena Polias at Priene. Interestingly, in 1915 the Greek poet Cavafy wrote his poem Orophernes after having held a tetradrachm of the ephemeral pretender of the Cappadocian throne. View details	Unsold
Lot 1148		Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. Æ (3.23 g), 175-164 BC. Sidon, quasi-municipal issu. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOΧOY, radiate and diademed head of Antiochos IV right. Reverse: ΣIΔΩNIΩN / "[belonging] to the Sidonians" (in Phoenician), Europa seated on bull charging left, veil billowing out behind her. SC 1456; HGC 9, 723. Glossy dark greenish-brown patina. Exceptional for this very rare issue. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $250 - UP From the Randolph Family Collection. Purchased privately from Edward J. Waddell. View details	Realized $480
Lot 1149		Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos VII Euergetes. Silver Tetradrachm (14.23 g), 138-129 BC. Tyre, SE 182 (131/0 BC). Diademed and draped bust of Antiochos VII right. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOΧOY, eagle standing left on prow, palm branch over far wing; in left field, A/PE monogram above club surmounted by Tyre monogram; in right field, monogram above date (BΠP); between legs, monogram. SC 2109.10c; HGC 9, 1074. Lustrous, with areas of mottled iridescent tone. Mint State. Estimated Value $750 - UP From the Randolph Family Collection. View details	Realized $1,740
Lot 1150		Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos X Eusebes Philopator. PB Mina Weight (636.2 g), 94-88 BC. SE 221 (92/1 BC). Issued when Antigonos was market official (agoronomos). ETOVΣ AKΣ / AΓOPANOMOVNTOΣ / ANTIΓONOV / MNA / ΛΛΛΛΛΛΛ in five lines. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOΧOY EYΣEBOYΣ ΦIΛOΠATOPOΣ in two lines either side of Seleukid anchor. Pondera -; cf. P. Weiss and K.�Ehling, "Marktgewichte�im Namen seleukidischer Könige," Chiron 36 (2006), 369-378, for a nearly identical published one mina weight of Antiochos X Eusebes but in the name of the agoranomos Demetrios for year 218 (95/4 BC). Seemingly unpublished and interesting. There are only a handful of Seleukid weights known. Reddish-brown patina with white-sandy encrustations. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $2,000 - UP Ex Tareq Hani Collection. View details	Realized $1,320
Lot 1151		Phoenicia, Byblos. Aynel. Silver 1/16 Shekel (0.89 g), ca. 350-326 BC. Phoenician galley with hoplites sailing left; below, waves and hippocamp left. Reverse: 'Aynel, king of Gebal', Lion left, attacking bull left. Betlyon 20; HGC 10, 139. Well struck and well centered with complete inscriptions. Lustrous. Mint State. Estimated Value $300 - UP From the Randolph Family Collection. View details	Realized $630
Lot 1152		Phoenicia, Tyre. Silver Shekel (14.26 g), ca. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. CY 48 (79/8 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 (HM) and club; in right field, Δ; between legs, 'aleph'. DCA Suppl. II, 781. Beautiful iridescent toning. Boldly struck on a wonderful broad flan. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,500 - UP From the Randolph Family Collection. View details	Realized $5,040