Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 132

The New York Sale

Ancient Coins

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 51		Islands off Attica, Aegina. Silver Obol (0.95 g), ca. 510-490 BC. Sea turtle, head in profile, with thin collar and row of dots down its back. Reverse: Incuse square with irregular sections. Meadows grp. Iia; HGC 6, -. Boldly struck, and in high relief. A magnificent little jewel! Lovely old cabinet tone. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $750 - UP The Century Collection Ex The Century Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $720
Lot 52		Islands off Attica, Aegina. Silver Stater (12.32 g), ca. 456/45-431 BC. Land tortoise with segmented shell. Reverse: Large square incuse with skew pattern. Meadows grp. Iiib; Milbank pl. II, 12. A magnificent example struck in high relief and well detailed. *NGC grade AU; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5**. Estimated Value $4,000 - UP The Aeginetan "turtle" - the popular name given to the stater on account of its obverse type - was a staple of trade throughout the Aegean during the Archaic and early Classical periods. The simple and graceful outline of the turtle's shell is attractive and inspired imitation and modification at other cities, most notably at Orchomenos in Boiotia, where the turtle became a sprouting barleycorn with the hard kernel of the grain taking the place of the turtle shell. The wide circulation of Aeginetan coinage in Greece led to the adoption of the Aeginetan standard in much of the Peloponnesos, Central, and Northern Greece. This standard continued to be employed in may places even after 431 BC, when the Athenians expelled the Aeginetans from their island home and turtle production ended. Ex The Century Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $9,300
Lot 53		Islands off Attica, Aegina. Silver Stater (12.06 g), ca. 350-338 BC. Land tortoise with segmented shell. Reverse: A-I, Large square incuse with skew pattern, dolphin in one segment. Cf. Milbank pl. III, 3 (drachm). An extremely rare variety, and worthy of a first class collection. A fantastic land tortoise, boldly struck on a huge flan, and nicely toned. NGC grade XF; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5. Light marks. Estimated Value $5,000 - UP Another impressive Aegina stater to add to the others in this sale, this particular variety is extremely rare. During the second half of the third century, Aegina began adding the city ethnic to her coins, and also sometimes subsidiary symbols. Here we see the abbreviated ethnic AI and a dolphin control. The dolphin control is common, but the ethnic abbreviated AI is actually extremely rare. Of the nearly 100 examples with the dolphin control currently appearing on CoinArchives, there are only two with the ethnic abbrevaied AI. All of the others have either AIΓI, AIΓ, or a magistrates name (NI) within the sunken quarters of the skew pattern on the reverse. Ex CNG Auction 41,19 March 1997, lot 480 Ex The Century Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $11,400
Lot 54		Corinthia, Corinth. Silver Stater (8.46 g), ca. 375-300 BC. 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. Underlying luster. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $500 - UP Ex Leu Numismatik AG, A-20, 846. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 55		Corinthia, Corinth. Silver Stater (8.51 g), ca. 350/45-285 BC. Q, Pegasos flying left. Reverse: Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet; below chin, Γ; behind, dove-in-wreath. Pegasi 419; BCD Corinth 110. Boldly struck, well centered and lightly toned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $990
Lot 56		Pontic Kingdom. Mithradates VI Eupator. Gold Stater (8.23 g), 120-63 BC. First Mithradatic War issue. Kallatis, in the name of Lysimachos of Thrace, ca. 88-86 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAΧOY, Athena seated left, holding Nike and resting arm on shield set behind her; leaning against her far side, a spear; in inner left field, HP monogram; on side of throne, KAΛ; in exergue, ornamented trident left. Callataÿ p. 140; AMNG I 266. Lustrous surfaces. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,500 - UP Purchase from Ponterio & Associates, San Diego, CA 1990s. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,160
Lot 57		Iberia. Colchis. Anonymous. Gold Stater (1.94 g), 1st Century BC. Reduced standard. Celticized Athena head right, helmet as an elaborate coiffure of spikes and dashes, bird at top, four-teardrop chin, seven-rayed star before. Reverse; Celticized Nike with stylis standing, three pellets upper left, two pellets lower right. Cf.Dundua pl. XIX, 5088; cf. Zograv pl. XIX, 18; cf. Bennett p. 24, 25. Very rare. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $2,000 - UP Derived from the Stater of Macedon, these coins became increasingly abstract, and can be broken down into two broad types with numerous minor varieties. In Dundua's chronology, the coin above would be Type I, which he dates 150-50 BC. It is not known whether these imitative types were officially emitted by a central authority in Colchis (western Georgia) or Iberia (eastern Georgia), by a local authority or just issued privately. Nor is it known exactly where these pieces were struck. Dundua, though, argues for multiple mints within the region; one of which he theorizes was the ancient entrept of Vani in Colchis. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $5,040
Lot 58		Bithynian Kingdom. Nikomedes III Euergetes. Silver Tetradrachm (13.90 g). Ca. 127-94 BC. Dated BE 197 (101/0 BC). Diademed head of Nikomedes III right. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ EΠIΦANOYΣ NIKOMHΔOY, Zeus standing facing, head left, holding wreath and scepter; eagle standing on thunderbolt above magistrate's monogram and date (ZQP) before. Callataÿ p. 59; DCA 444. Well struck, high relief and pleasing detail. NGC grade Ch AU; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5. Estimated Value $1,500 - UP Ex Sunrise Collection (unpublished at the time). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,500
Lot 59		Bithynian Kingdom. Nikomedes IV Philopator. Silver Tetradrachm (16.52 g). Ca. 94-74 BC. Dated BE 210 (88/7 BC). Diademed head of Nikomedes IV right. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ EΠIΦANOYΣ NIKOMHΔOY Zeus standing facing, head left, holding wreath and scepter; before - eagle standing on thunderbolt above magistrate's monogram and date (ZQP). Callataÿ p. 64; DCA 445. Extremely rare date. Minor deposits in field and some reverse scratches. Excellent portrait. Very Fine. Estimated Value $2,000 - UP In 88 B.C., Mithradates VI of Pontos destroyed the Bithynian army, forcing Nikomedes IV to flee to Italy. His throne was restored to him four years later when Rome defeated Mithradates in 84 B.C. Waddington, Recueil General, pp 217-8, notes "it is difficult to explain the very rare coins that bear the dates IC, AIC, BIC. These dates correspond to 89/8 to 87/6 BC; but between mid-88 and the end of 83, the whole of Bithynia was in the hands of Mithradates Eupator. We are forced to conjecture (no text says so) that during this period several fortified places in Bithynia remained faithful to the legitimate king and continued to strike coins in his name." View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 60		Mysia, Kyzikos. Fourrée Stater (14.97 g), ca. 450-400 BC. Contemporary imitation. Herakles kneeling right, strangling the Nemean lion; below, tunny left. Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 161; Greenwell 69; SNG BN 308; BMFA 1493-4. Very Rare. NGC grade VF; Strike: 4/5, Surface: 2/5. Core visible. Estimated Value $2,500 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,400
Lot 61		Pergamene Kingdom. Eumenes I. Silver Tetradrachm (17.10 g), 263-241 BC. In the name of Philetairos, ca. 255/0-241 BC. Laureate head of Philetairos right. Reverse: ΦIΛETAIPOY, Athena enthroned left, spear leaning at her side, crowning name with wreath; in outer left field, ivy leaf; in inner left field, A; in outer right field, bow. Westermark grp. IVA; SNG BN 1610-5. Wonderful high relief portrait. Lovely dark toning and very attractive in hand. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $2,000 - UP Ex CNG e-Auction 486, #141. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 62		Lesbos, Mytilene. Electrum Hekte (2.54 g), ca. 377-326 BC. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy. Reverse: Head of satyr facing in linear square within shallow incuse square. Bodenstedt 90; SNG Copenhagen 323; HGC 6, 1016. A choice example. Fine style. Nearly Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $500 - UP From the Century Collection; earlier from a 1990's Stack's Coin Gallery Sale Ex The Century Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $810
Lot 63		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 64		Ionia, Magnesia on the Maeander. Silver Tetradrachm (16.34 g), ca. 155-145 BC. Erasippos, son of Aristeos, magistrate. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver at shoulder. Reverse: MAΓNHTΩN, Apollo Delphios standing left, holding filleted branch and resting elbow on tall tripod behind; EPAΣIΠΠOΣ/APIΣTEOY in two lines to left; maeander pattern below; all within laurel wreath. Jones obv. die 28; SNG Delepierre 2642; SNG Lockett 2829. Struck on a nice, full flan. Fully lustrous and nearly mint state. NGC grade AU; Strike: 4/5, Surface: 2/5. (Note: The edge marks seen on the photo are from the holder and not the coin.). Estimated Value $750 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,200
Lot 65		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 66		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 67		Islands off Caria, Rhodes. Silver Drachm (3.80 g), ca. 88/42 BC-AD 14. Kritokles, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right. Reverse: P-O, rose seen from above; above, magistrate's name: KPITOKΛHΣ; below to left, grain ear. Ashton & Weiss 146 (A36/P144); HN Online temp. 913; HGC 6, 1456. Lustrous and boldly struck in high relief on wonderful metal. Mint State. Estimated Value $750 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,500
Lot 68		Phrygia, Apameia. Silver Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.63 g), ca. 150-140 BC. Serpent emerging from within cista mystica with open lid; all within ivy wreath. Reverse: Bow case between two entwined serpents; to left, AΠ monogram; to right, head of elephant right. Kleiner & Noe Series 12; HGC 7, 654. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $400 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $408
Lot 69		Lycian Dynasts. Mithrapata. Silver Stater (9.89 g), ca. 390-370 BC. 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 -. Sharp strike, attractively toned, and and excellent metal. A marvellous coin! Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $4,000 - UP 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. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $5,520
Lot 70		Pamphylia, Aspendos. Silver Stater (10.95 g), ca. 465-430 BC. Hoplite advancing right, holding shield and spear; tortoise to right between legs. Reverse: EΣ, Triskeles; tortoise above; lion standing to left behind; all within incuse square. Cf. SNG BN 12-3; SNG von Aulock 4484. Rare. Untoned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,400
Lot 71		Pamphylia, Side. Silver Tetradrachm (16.77 g), ca. 205-100 BC. Dei…, magistrate. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet. Reverse: Nike advancing left, holding wreath; to left, pomegranate and winged thunderbolt above magistrate's monogram. Seyrig 13 var. (position of thunderbolt); SNG BN -. Lightly toned. About Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $500 - UP Ex Roma E84 (16 June 2021), 906. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,200
Lot 72		Pamphylia, Side. Silver Tetradrachm (16.53 g), ca. 205-100 BC. Dei…, magistrate. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet. Reverse: Nike advancing left, holding wreath; to left, pomegranate above magistrate's monogram. Seyrig 12; SNG BN 670-1. Toned. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $500 - UP Ex CNG E492 (26 May 2021), 214. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,200
Lot 73		Cilicia, Tarsos. Silver Stater (10.84 g), ca. 420-410 BC. Horseman (Syennesis?) riding left, wearing kyrbasia, holding lotus flower, bow in bowcase on saddle; key symbol below horse. Reverse: TRZ L R (Aramaic), Two Persian soldiers, standing facing each another, each holding spear, and with bow and quiver at shoulder. Casabonne Type D1, pl. 2, 9 = Hunterian p. 546, 3 and pl. LX, 6 = Traité II 526, pl. CVI, 6; MIMAA -; SNG BN -; SNG Levante -. Extremely Rare. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $1,500 - UP Ex Roma E82, 660. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 74		Cilicia, Tarsos. Silver Stater (10.62 g), ca. 420-410 BC. Horseman (Syennesis?) riding left, wearing kyrbasia, holding lotus flower, bow in bowcase on saddle; key symbol below horse. Reverse: TRZ (Aramaic), Archer in kneeling-running stance right, quiver over shoulder, drawing bow; key symbol behind; all within dotted border within incuse square. Cf. Casabonne Type D2, pl. 2, 10 = MIMAA pl. V, 6 = Traité II 523; SNG BN -; SNG Levante -. Lightly toned with nice detail. Rare. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $1,000 - UP Ex CNGf 117 (30 May 2021), 252. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 75		Cilicia, Tarsos. Silver Stater (10.88 g), ca. 420-410 BC. Horseman (Syennesis?) riding left, wearing kyrbasia, holding lotus flower, bow in bowcase on saddle; key symbol below horse, eagle(?) standing to left behind. Reverse: TRZ (Aramaic), Archer in kneeling-running stance right, quiver over shoulder, drawing bow; key symbol behind; all within dotted border within incuse square. Casabonne Type D2, pl. 2, 10 = MIMAA pl. V, 6 = Traité II 523; SNG BN -; SNG Levante -. Very Rare. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $600 - UP Ex ROMA E-82 (15 April 2021), 661. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 76		Cilicia, Tarsos. Pharnabazos, Persian military commander, 380-374/3 B.C. Silver Obol (0.96 g), struck ca. 380-379 B.C. Baaltars seated ¾ left, holding lotus-tipped scepter. Reverse: Bearded head left, wearing crested Attic helmet, drapery around neck. Casabonne Series 4, SNG France 257, SNG Levante 76. Toned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 77		Cilicia, Tarsos. Mazaios, Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 B.C. Silver Stater (10.77 g). Baaltars seated ¾ left, head facing, holding eagle, grain ear, bunch of grapes and scepter, Aramaic legend to right and letters in left field. Reverse: Lion attacking bull left, Aramaic letters above and below. SNG France 340, SNG Levante 102. Rich old gray tone. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $600 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $630
Lot 78		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 $35,000 - 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 and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 79		Seleukid Kingdom. Seleukos I Nikator. Silver Tetradrachm (16.66 g), 312-281 BC. Susa, ca. 303/2 BC. Head of hero right (assimilating Seleukos I, Alexander the Great and Dionysos), wearing helmet covered with panther's skin and adorned with bull's horns and ears. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, Nike standing right, crowning trophy with wreath; below wings, E - ΔI. SC 173.11; HGC 9, 20. The obverse cleaned with traces of silver-oxide (horn-silver) and somewhat porous. The reverse is superb. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,500 - UP Ex Leu Winterthur E16 (24 May 2021), 1253. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 80		Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos I Soter, 281-261 BC. Silver Drachm (3.90 g). Aï Khanoum mint, stuck ca. 280-271 BC. Diademed head right. Reverse; Horned and bridled horse head right, Λ in circle monogram at right. SC 432.3a var, SMAK A1DH-16, HGC 9, 136. Lightly toned. Rare. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $400 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $720
Lot 81		Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos I Soter, 281-261 BC. Silver Hemi-Drachm (1.74 g). Aï Khanoum mint, stuck ca. 280-271 BC. Diademed head right. Reverse; Horned and bridled horse head right, Λ in circle monogram at right. Cf.SC 431.3 (drachm), Cf.HGC 9, 136 (drachm). Slight porosity. Rare. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $400 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $576
Lot 82		Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos III, "The Great"�, 222-187 BC. Silver Drachm (4.12 g). Antioch mint, struck 204-197 BC. Diademed head right. Reverse; BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTI-OΧOY, Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and bow, monogram outer left, Φ below. SC 1047.2b, WSM 1099, SNG Spaer 556. Pleasing old cabinet tone. Very Fine. Estimated Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 83		Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos III, "The Great", 222-187 BC. Silver Drachm (4.29 g). Diademed head right. Reverse; BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTI-OΧOY, Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and bow, "A"� monogram far left field, "N" monogram far right. Excellent metal, a hint of light tone. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 84		Seleukid Kingdom. Alexander I Balas. Silver Didrachm (6.99 g), 152/1-145 BC. Mint of Tyre, SE 163 (150/49 BC). Diademed head of Alexander I right. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, eagle standing left on prow, palm branch behind; to left, club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, date (ΓΞP) above AC. SC 1836.1; HGC 9, 885. Very Rare. Lightly toned and struck in high relief. A wonderful coin! Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $2,500 - UP Alexander I Balas was a pretender to the Seleukid throne who with Ptolemaic support replaced the hated Demetrios I. He was an uninspired ruler, however, leaving the tasks of government to his ministers while he lived frivolously. As a result, the kingdom suffered extensive territorial losses to both the Parthians and Elymaians. In 146 BC, the son of Demetrios I, Demetrios II, advanced into Cilicia at the head of a large army of Cretan mercenaries with the intent of overthrowing the pretender. Ptolemy VI marched north through Koile-Syria in support of Alexander, but in Ptolemaïs the latter attempted to have him assassinated, so he then switched his support to Demetrios II. Ptolemaic agents in Antioch instigated the citizenry to rise up against Alexander, and he fled the city. Within a short time Ptolemy arrived in the capital city, where he was offered but refused the diadem, convincing the reluctant Antiochenes to accept Demetrios II as king. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,400
Lot 85		Seleukid Kingdom. Alexander I Balas, 152/1-145 B.C. Silver Tetradrachm (16.77 g). Uncertain Mint in northern Syria. Diademed head right. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus Nikephoros seated left, no control marks or date. SC 1812 (this coin cited and illustrated), CSE 559 (this coin), HGC 875d. Extremely rare. Lightly toned over minor obverse porosity. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,500 - UP Ex Arthur Houghton Collection (CNG 72, 14 June 2006), 950, purchased from Munzen und Medaillen AG, September 1966. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,440
Lot 86		Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos IX Philopator. Silver Tetradrachm (16.19 g), 114/3-95 BC. Antioch on the Orontes, third reign, ca. 96/5 BC. Diademed head of Antiochos IX right. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOΧOY ΦOΛIΠATOPOΣ, Zeus seated left, holding Nike and scepter; to outer left, EΛ monogram above A; below throne, ?I monogram; in inner left field, C; all within wreath. SC 2369.3b; HGC 9, 1232. Untoned and cleaned. Fully lustrous. Mint State. Estimated Value $300 - UP Ex Leu Winterthur E16, 1393. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $540
Lot 87		Seleukid Kingdom. Philip I Philadelphos. Silver Tetradrachm (15.82 g), 95/4-76/5 BC. Uncertain mint in Cilicia, probably Tarsos, ca. 94/3-88/7 BC. Diademed head of Philip I right. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΦIΛIΠΠOY EΠIΦANOYΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, Zeus seated left, holding Nike and scepter; to outer left and below throne, monograms; to inner left, M; all within laurel wreath. SC 2460c; HGC 9 1316. Nearly Mint State. Estimated Value $600 - UP Ex Leu Winterthur E16, 1432. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 88		Phoenicia, Tyre. Silver Shekel (14.11 g), ca. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. CY 3 (124/3 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 Γ) and club; between eagle's legs, monogram and 'bet'. Hendin 1618; DCA Suppl. 5. Fantastic high relief style. A magnificent example. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $3,000 - UP This splendid shekel from Tyre featuring the laureate bust of Melqart (equated with Herakles by the Greeks), was first struck during the last quarter of the second century BC and continued in production until the First Jewish War, which began in the late first century AD. The reverse features an eagle atop a prow, the prow symbolizing Phoenician maritime culture, and before the eagle is the club of Herakles. On this very early tetradrachm, the club is plain, but on later issues it is usually topped with a monogram of the city's ethnic, TYP. The shekels of Tyre are most famous for the fact that, during Roman times, they were required as the medium of payment for the Temple Tax in Jerusalem, and also as the coin used to pay Judas Iscariot for his betrayal of Jesus. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $6,000

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