Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 132

The New York Sale

Ancient Judea

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 89		Phoenicia, Tyre. Silver 1/2 Shekel (7.05 g), ca. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. Struck CY 47 (80/79 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion's skin tied at neck. Reverse: TYP[O]Y IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY, eagle standing left on prow, palm on far wing; in left field, date (ZM) and club; in right field, Δ; between eagle's legs, 'bet'. Hendin 1619; cf. DCA Suppl. 488 (monogram in place of Δ). Intensely lustrous, excellent metal with a touch of toning. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $750 - UP Ex Kenneth Brattlie Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,170
Lot 90		Philistia, Uncertain mint. Obol (0.66 g), 4th century BC. Laureate female head right. Reverse: Owl standing facing, wngs spread, between two palm branches; all within incuse square. Gitler & Tal XIV, 32Oa (same dies). Extremely Rare, being one of just three known and arguably the finest. Boldly struck and perfectly centered. A remarkable coin. Lightly toned. Superb Extremely Fine. NGC Graded AU, Strike:5/5, Surface:3/5. Estimated Value $2,500 - UP Exx Tareq Hani Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,400
Lot 91		Philistia, Gaza. Obol (0.66 g), mid 5th century-333 BC. Archaic laureate and bearded male head (Zeus?) right. Reverse: 'Z, falcon standing right, head facing; behind, olive-spray; all within dotted square border in incuse square. Gitler & Tal V.8O; HGC 10, 561. Very Rare. Far superior to the example we sold in our February 14, 2017 sale (lot 1801, realized $3100). Perfectly centered, boldly struck, and with lovely delicate toning. The metal quality of this example is superb. Probably the finest known. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $2,500 - UP Ex Tareq Hani Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 92		Samaria. Signed series. Silver Obol (0.73 g), ca. 375-333 BC. Helmeted head of Athena left. Reverse: ShMRYN (Aramaic), Lion attacking stag right. Hendin 6027; Meshorer & Qedar 77; Sofaer 34. Excellent metal, well centered, and boldly struck. Rarely seen this choice. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $500 - UP From the Century Collection; earlier from a 1990's Stack's Coin Galleries Sale Ex The Century Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,320
Lot 93		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 94		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 95		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 96		Judaea, Procuratorial. Pontius Pilate. Æ Prutah (1.63 g), 26-36 CE. Jerusalem, RY 17 of Tiberius (30/1 CE). IOYΛIA KAICAPOC, three bound grain ears. Reverse: Date (L IZ; Z retrograde) within wreath. Hendin 6375; TJC 338; RPC 4967B. Very Rare. A hybrid issue combining type from Hendin 6370 and 6371. Olive-brown patina. Rare and seldom offered for sale. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $500 - UP Ex Tareq Hani Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $630
Lot 97		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 98		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 99		Judaea, Ascalon. Æ 22 mm (11.15 g), ca. 31/0 BC. Uncertain year, but probably 74 (31/0 BC). Bearded male head (Askalos?) right. Reverse: AΣ, Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, palm branch over far shoulder; in left field, date (illegible) above dove standing left. Cf. Rosenberger 8; cf. Sofaer 34 (date and ethnic positions switched). cf. RPC I 4869 (same). Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $300 - UP Ex Tareq Hani Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,860
Lot 100		Achaemenid Kingdom. Darios I to Xerxes II. Gold Daric (8.33 g), ca. 485-420 BC. Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, quiver at shoulder, holding spear and bow. Reverse: Rectangular incuse punch. Carradice type IIIb A/B. Very Fine. Estimated Value $2,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 101		Parthian Kingdom. Mithradates I, 165-132 B.C. Silver Tetradrachm (15.64 g). Dated SE 174 (139/8 B.C.). Seleukeia on the Tigris. Diademed and bearded bust of Mithradates I right. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ M-EΓAΛoY APΣA-KoY (ΦI)ΛEΛΛHNoΣ, Beardless, young Herakles standing left, holding skyphos, and cradling club in his lion-skinned draped arm; date (ΔOP) in exergue. Sellwood 13.10; Shore 39; cf. Sunrise 262 (date to left). An excellent Hellenistic portrait. NGC grade Ch.AU; Strike: 4/5; Surface: 4/5. Fine Style . Estimated Value $5,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 102		Parthian Kingdom. Mithradates I. Silver Drachm (4.13 g), ca. 165-132 BC. Hekatompylos. Diademed and draped bust of Mithradates I left. Reverse: Archer seated right on omphalos, holding bow. Sellwood 11.1; Shore 24. Very Rare this choice. Untoned and lustrous. Mint State. Estimated Value $1,500 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 103		Parthian Kingdom. Mithradates II. Silver Drachm (4.16 g), ca. 123-88 BC. Rhagai, ca. 109-96/5 BC. Diademed and draped bust of Mithradates II left; neck torque ends in sea-horse. Reverse: Archer seated right, holding bow; arm ends in pellet below seat. Sellwood 27.1; Shore 85. Lustrous. Mint State. Estimated Value $400 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $384
Lot 104		Parthian Kingdom. Phraatakes. BI Tetradrachm (14.57 g), 2 BC-AD 4/5. Seleukeia on the Tigris, SE 311 (1 BC). Diademed and draped bust of Phraatakes left; Nikai flanking, crowning Phraatakes with wreaths. Reverse: Archer seated right on throne, holding bow; below chair, two pellets; below bow, year (AIT); in exergue, month (off flan). Cf. Sellwood 57.1-12; Shore -. Perfectly centered and boldly struck on a full flan. Underlying luster present. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $2,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 105		Parthian Kingdom. Phraatakes. BI Tetradrachm (14.46 g), 2 BC-AD 4/5. Seleukeia on the Tigris, Hyperberetaios SE 310 (September 2 BC). Diademed and draped bust of Phraatakes left. Reverse: Phraatakes seated right, receiving palm from Tyche standing left, holding cornucopia; above, date (IT); in exergue, month (VΠEPBEPET). Sellwood 56.3; Shore -. A needle sharp strike on a somewhat porous planchet. Rarely seen this well struck. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $2,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,000
Lot 106		Early Kushan Empire. Heraios, ca AD 1-30/50. Silver Tetradrachm (15.61 g). Diademed and draped bust right, filleted border. Reverse; TYPANNOYOTOΣ HAOY KOIIANOY, Heraios astride horse right, being crowned with wreath by Nike flying behind, ΣN AB between horse's feet. Senior B1.2T, Loeschner fig.6A, Alram 1263, Donum Burns 9, Göbl Kushan 36. Rare. Light gray. Nearly Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,320
Lot 107		Khwarezmia. Uncertain King B, First Century AD. Silver Tetradrachm (12.54 g). Diademed bust right wearing cap-like headdress with posterior flap, Nike behind crowning him with a wreath, all within a bead-and-reel border. Reverse: IVIYEΩIE MEΛYV above, EIΛVIΛV below, King on horseback right, tamgha behind. Vainberg AIII, 6; MIG type 498. This type is assigned to a King Artav (Artabanos) in some reference, but this is purely speculative. Very Rare. Nearly Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $5,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $9,600
Lot 108		Sasanian Kingdom. Ardashir I, AD 223/4-240 AE Tetradrachm. Ctesiphon mint. Bust right wearing diadem and mural crown. Reverse: Fire altar with diadems. SNS type V(4a)/3a(2b), Göbl type IV/2, Saedi 62. Rare. Deep olive-brown with earthen green hues. About Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $504
Lot 109		Sasanian Kingdom. Peroz I. Gold Light Dinar (4.58 g), AD 457/9-484. BBA (Court mint), ca. AD 477-484. Bust of Peroz I right, wearing crown with two wings, frontal crescent, and korymbos set on crescent, ribbon over each shoulder. Reverse: Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SNS type Iiib/1c; Göbl type III/1; Sunrise 940. Beautiful fine style and workmanship. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $4,000 - UP A son of Yazdgerd II, Peroz I defeated the rightful king, his brother Hormizd III, to become king of the Sasanian Persian Empire. His reign was mostly unstable, Persia suffering from an extended seven-year famine, numerous revolts of peripheral areas of the kingom, and also several wars with the Turkish Hephthalites. Additionally, during his reign Persia suffered from religious tumult, with the priesthood and nobility holding great powers. Peroz was finally defeated and killed by the Hephthalites in 484, and it was not until the reign of his son, Kavad I, who defeated the Hepthalites and reestablished a semblance of order to the Sasanian Empire. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,600
Lot 110		Hunnic. Kidarites. Kidara, ca. AD 350-390. Gold Dinara (7.64 g). Boxlo (Balkh) mint. Scyphate style. Kushano-Sasanian style figure (Bahram) standing left on groundline formed of five beads, wearing lotus crown with ribbons and surmounted by pomegranate, sacrificing at altar and holding trident, curving trident above altar with middle prong surmounted by crescent, tamgha lower right. Reverse; Siva standing facing, the bull Nadi behind. Göbl Em 84, MK 735. Typical weak reverse. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $750 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 111		Hunnic. Hephthalites. Alchon Huns. Uncertain ruler, 5th Century AD. Gold Dinara (7.15 g). Scyphate style. Crude Kushano-Sasanian style figure with large rounded nose and pursed lips, standing left on beaded groundline, wearing crown with circular plumes, surmounted by a crescent device, and bead earring, sacrificing at altar, trident above with distinctive three-prongs and small crescent facing left, small tamgha behind. Reverse; Crude Siva standing facing, abstract Nandi the bull behind. Göbl Hunnen 85; Alram Alchon 29 (Khingila). Distinctively Kidarite types. Very Fine. Estimated Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 112		Sogdiana. Yüeh-Chi. Anonymous, after 130 BC. Silver Tetradrachm (10.45 g). Imitating a Baktrian Tetradrachm of Euthydemos. Diademed bust right, four rows of pellets draping down, two rows atop head, pelleted border. Reverse; Crude, stylized Herakles seated left atop rock with three pellets, holding club downwards. Mitchiner Indo-Greek, 494, Alram 1229. Rare. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $750 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $5,040
Lot 113		Khwarezmia. Afrighids. Sawshafan, second half of the 8th Century AD. Silver Drachm (2.90 g). Crowned and diademed bust right. Reverse: King on horseback right, holding whip, tamgha behind. Kuznetsov Group 3, Vainberg Type Γ/V, Zeimal fig.7, 6-7. Typical weak areas on reverse, otherwise. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $432
Lot 114		Baktria. Sophytes, ca. 305-294 BC. Silver Drachm (2.69 g). Local standard. Helmeted head of Athena right. Reverse; Eagle standing left, head reverted, grape bunches on stalk above. Bopearachchi Sophytes, Series 2A, SNG ANS 14. Nice old cabinet toning. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $400 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $660
Lot 115		Kingdom of Baktria. Euthydemos I Theos Megas, ca. 225-200/195 BC. Silver Tetradrachm (16.53 g), Mint B ("Baktra"�), struck 225-220 BC, Younger diademed head right. Reverse; Herakles seated left on a lion skin draped over rocks, holding club, monogram to lower right. Bopearachchi Série 2A, Kritt B12. Slate gray over old obverse scratch. Very Fine. Estimated Value $750 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $720
Lot 116		Kingdom of Baktria. Antimachos I Theos, ca. 180-170 BC. Silver Tetrdrachm (16.93 g). Diademed and draped bust right, wearing a flat kausia. Reverse; Laureate Poseidon standing facing, holding trident and filleted palm, monogram lower inner right. Bopearachchi Série 1B, MIG 124c. Very scarce. Untoned, silver-grey. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $2,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 117		Kingdom of Baktria. Eukratides I Megas, ca. 170-145 BC. Silver Tetradrachm (17.03 g). Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, wearing crested helmet adorned with a bull's horn and ear, within a bead-and-reel border. Reverse; The Dioskouroi on horseback right, each holding spear and palm frond over shoulder, monogram lower right. Bopearachchi 6T, SNG ANS 468, HGC 12, 131. A superb example, perfectly struck in high relief, sound metal and untoned. Mint State. Estimated Value $2,500 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,600
Lot 118		Baktrian Kingdom. Eukratides I. Silver Drachm (4.29 g), ca. 171-145 BC. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Eukratides I right, wearing crested helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY above, EYKPATIΔOY in exergue, the Dioskouroi, holding palm branches and spears, on horses rearing right; to lower right, monogram. Bopearachchi 7J; HGC 12, 136. A wonderful full crisp strike. Rare, especially so in this high grade. Lustrous. Mint State. Estimated Value $2,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,400
Lot 119		Baktrian Kingdom. Eukratides I. Silver Drachm (4.29 g), ca. 171-145 BC. Diademed and draped bust of Eukratides I right. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ above, EYKPATIΔOY in exergue, the Dioskouroi, holding palm branches and spears, on horses rearing right; behind, A; to lower right, monogram. Bopearachchi 2D; HGC 12, 135. Boldly struck and well centered. A lustrous gem specimen. Mint State. Estimated Value $2,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 120		Baktrian Kingdom. Eukratides I. Silver Drachm (4.23 g), ca. 171-145 BC. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Eukratides I right, wearing crested helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY above, EYKPATIΔOY in exergue, the Dioskouroi, holding palm branches and spears, on horses rearing right; to lower right, monogram. Bopearachchi 7J; HGC 12, 136. Boldly struck on a huge, broad flan. Medallic high relief design. Rarely seen this nice! Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $2,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,000
Lot 121		Baktrian Kingdom. Eukratides I. Silver Tetradrachm (16.94 g), ca. 171-145 BC. Diademed heroic bust of Eukratides I left, seen from behind, wearing crested helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear, brandishing spear. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY above, EYKPATIΔOY in exergue, the Dioskouroi, holding palm branches and spears, on horses rearing right; behind, A; to lower right, monogram. Bopearachchi 8A; HGC 12,132. Lovely old cabinet tone. Excellent metal and absolutely superb. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $10,000 - UP Eukratides I is notable as one of the very few Graeco-Baktrian and Indo-Greek kings for whom we have historical evidence outside of coins. He revolted against the reigning Demetrios II in ca. 171 BC, but soon found himself besieged by Demetrios at the head of a 60,000-strong army. According to Justin, through repeated sorties, Eukratides used his small force of 300 men to raise the siege and gain victory after four months. He then crossed the Hindu Kush, conquering parts of western India. Unfortunately, his dramatic reign came to a violent end when his son murdered him, reportedly coldly driving his chariot through his blood. The enduring popularity of Eukratides' Dioskouroi reverse type may be gauged by its continued use by several of his Indo-Greek successors, its imitation by non-Greek peoples in Sogdiana and Baktria, and its incorporation into the seal of the modern Da Afghanistan Bank (founded 1939). Ex Roma XIX (27 March 2020), 639. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $19,200
Lot 122		Kingdom of Baktria. Eukratides I Megas, ca. 170-145 BC. Silver Tetradrachm (16.93 g). Diademed heroic bust left, seen from behind, wearing crested helmet adorned with a bull's horn and ear, brandishing spear. Reverse; The Dioskouroi on horseback right, each holding spear and palm frond over shoulder, monogram lower right. Bopearachchi 8B, Bopearachchi and Rahman 255, SNG ANS 485, HGC 12, 132. Boldly struck and lightly toned over lustrous surfaces. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $4,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $6,900
Lot 123		Kingdom of Baktria. Eukratides I Megas, ca. 170-145 BC. Silver Tetradrachm (16.82 g). Dynastic Pedigree Issue. Draped and cuirassed bust right, wearing crested helmet adorned with a bull's horn and ear, within bead-and-reel border. Reverse; HΛIoKΛEoYΣ above,KAI ΛAoΔIKHΣ below, conjoined draped busts of Heliokles and Laodike, wearing taenia, right, monogram at left. Bopearachchi 13A, HGC 12, 133. Rare dynastic issue. Well struck and well centered. Very rare, particularly so this choice. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $5,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $6,300
Lot 124		Kingdom of Baktria. Eukratides I Megas, ca. 170-145 BC. Silver Tetradrachm (16.96 g). Diademed and draped bust right. Reverse; The Dioskouroi on horseback right, holding spears and palm fronds over shoulders, monogram inner right. Bopearachchi 1B, HGC 12, 130. Small flan flaw near ear. Light silver-grey tone. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $2,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 125		Kingdom of Baktria. Eukratides I Megas, ca. 170-145 BC. Silver Tetradrachm (16.13 g). Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, wearing crested helmet adorned with a bull's horn and ear, within a bead-and-reel border. Reverse; The Dioskouroi on horseback right, each holding spear and palm frond over shoulder, monogram lower right. Bopearachchi 6E, SNG ANS 465, HGC 12, 131. Slight deposits and graininess on reverse. Traces of original luster present. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $1,250 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 126		Kingdom of Baktria. Menander, ca. 165/55-130 BC. Silver Tetradrachm (9.03 g). Diademed and draped bust right, wearing crested helmet adorned with pelt and wing. Reverse; Athena Alkidemos standing left, monogram right field. Bopearachchi 15 A, SNG ANS 848, HGC 12, 182. Very scarce. Light gray darkening around the devices. Boldly struck in high relief. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $600 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 127		Kingdom of Baktria. Menander, ca. 165/55-130 BC. Silver Tetradrachm (9.61 g). Diademed heroic bust left, seen from behind, wearing aegis and brandishing spear. Reverse; Athena Alkidemos standing left, monogram right field. Bopearachchi 8A, HGC 12, 180. Light silver-grey. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $400 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $720
Lot 128		Kingdom of Baktria. Menander, ca. 165/55-130 BC. Silver Tetradrachm (9.62 g). Diademed and draped bust right. Reverse; Athena Alkidemos standing left, Σ and monogram across. Bopearachchi 12 A, HGC 12, 181. Medium gray tone. Some scattered light scratches, none of which are worthy of mention. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $480
Lot 129		Kingdom of Baktria. Plato Epiphanes, ca. 145-140 BC. Silver Tetradrachm (16.92 g). Diademed and draped bust right, wearing a crested helmet adorned with a bull's horn and ear. Reverse; BAΣIΛEΩΣ EΠIΦANOYE ΠΛATΩΣNO, Radiate Helios standing facing in a quadriga galloping right, MT monogram upper inner right, MZ in ex. Bopearachchi 3 A, SNG ANS 631, Mitchiner 197, Qunduz 381, HGC 12, 167. Extremely rare and one of less than a handful of examples to appear in the market during the past 25 years. Slight double striking on reverse and virtually as struck. Sound metal, untoned and lusterous. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $20,000 - UP Little is known about Plato nor his rise to power other than he emerged as king at some point soon after the murder of Eukratides I. Overthrowing the Euthydemid dynasty, Eukratides restored the Diodotids to power. His extensive and prestigious coinage suggests that his reign was quite prosperous and of notable import, while his military prowess expanded the borders of the Graeco-Baktrian realm as far as western India to the city of Broach in Gujarat. In 145 BC, Eukratides, on his way home from campaigning in India, was murdered at the hands of his son according to the historian Justin. His body was mutilated and dragged behind a chariot. Justin may have erred in the perpetrator as the Euthydemid prince Demetrios II may have been behind the regicide, but whoever the murderer was, the act plunged the Graeco-Baktrian realm into a terrible civil war which heralded its ultimate demise. The Indian territories were lost to the Indo-Greek king Menander, the nomadic Yuezhi invasion grew more successful, while Aï Khanoum was sacked and burnt to the ground. Amid this chaos, Plato somehow took the throne. Given his middle-age appearance on his coins, it is believed that he may have been Eukratides' brother. His kingdom seems to have been largely confined to the lands around the city of Balkh, where all of his coins appear to have been issued. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 130		Kingdom of Baktria. Heliokles Dikaios, ca. 145-130 BC. Silver Tetradrachm (33 mm, 16.84 g). Diademed and draped bust right. Reverse; Zeus standing facing, holding thunderbolt and scepter, monogram inner left. Bopearachchi 1U, SNG ANS 642, HGC 12, 169. Slight evidence of die rust on reverse. Lightly toned. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $750 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $960
Lot 131		Kingdom of Baktria. Heliokles Dikaios, ca. 145-130 BC. Silver Tetradrachm (30 mm, 16.97 g). Diademed and draped bust right. Reverse; Zeus standing facing, holding thunderbolt and scepter, monogram inner left. Bopearachchi 1U, SNG ANS 643-4, HGC 12, 169. Slight evidence of die rust on reverse. Untoned and luster remains. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,500 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,500
Lot 132		Baktria. Scythians of Merv. Silver Tetradrachm, ca 1st cent. BC (14.12 g). Imitating a Baktrian Tetradrachm of Eukratides I. Diademed bust right wearing helmet adorned with a bull's horn and ear. Reverse; IΛΣIΛΣ MEΓΛΛoY EYKIΛTIΛoY, the Dioskouroi on horses rearing right, holding spears and palm fronds, horse's hooves disconnected, NA monogram before. Hoover 150, MIG 200. Toned. Very Fine. Estimated Value $750 - UP Ex J. Malter Sale 32, 1886, Los Angeles, lot 32. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $720
Lot 133		Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy III Euergetes. Æ Hemidrachm (34.55 g), 246-222 BC. Alexandria. Head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing tainia. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopiae to left, no control marks. CPE B393; Svoronos 1003; SNG Copenhagen 189-90. Glossy dark brown patina. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $900 - UP Ptolemy III Euergetes was the third Ptolemaic pharaoh of Egypt and led the kingdom to the height of its military power and economic prosperity. He added the kingdom of Cyrene to his domain by marrying Berenike, the only child of King Magas of Cyrene, thus greatly expanding his realm, and he also successfully defeated the Seleukids during the Third Syrian War (246-241 BC), although he was unable to maintain gains due to a revolt at home. Later in his reign he maintained a strong opposition to the Antigonids of Macedonia, financing and militarily supporting the Achaian League. Ptolemy III was also a great supporter of scholarship and the arts. He built a second state library and ordered that all manuscripts and texts coming into Egypt be seized and copied before being returned to the owners, thus greatly enhancing the resources of the world's first great research library. Ex Jack A. Frazer Collection (CNG 114, 14 May 2020), 440; Freeman & Sear FPL 7 (Spring 2003), no. G99. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,860
Lot 134		Kings of Egypt. Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos (Auletes), restored 55-51 BC. Silver Tetradrachm (14.07 g), dated RY 28 (54/3 B.C.). Alexandreia. Diademed Ptolemy head right, aegis around neck. Reverse: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, date LKH above headdress of Isis before, ΠA behind. Svoronos 1837, SNG Copenhagen 395. Bold strike. Toned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $750 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $870
Lot 135		Zeugitania, Carthage. Gold Stater (9.18 g), ca. 350-320 BC. Wreathed head of Tanit left, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace with eight pendants. Reverse: Horse standing right on ground line; before, three pellets. Jenkins & Lewis grp. IIih, 79 (same dies); MAA 12. Boldly struck in high relief on a full flan. Golden mint bloom luster present. Fine style. Nearly Mint State. Estimated Value $7,500 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $11,400
Lot 136		Zeugitania, Carthage. Gold Stater (9.20 g), ca. 350-320 BC. Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring and elaborate necklace with nine tear-drop pendants. Reverse: Horse standing right; to lower right, three pellets. Jenkins & Lewis grp. Iiih, 88-94; MAA 4. Very lustrous and finely detailed. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $5,000 - UP Ex Leu Auction 10, lot 2023. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 137		Zeugitania, Carthage. Electrum Stater (7.42 g), ca. 290-270 BC. Wreathed head of Tanit left, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace with ten pendants. Reverse: Horse standing right on ground-line. Jenkins & Lewis grp. VI, 307; MAA 13. Well struck and well centered, with underlying luster present. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $2,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,640
Lot 138		Zeugitania, Carthage. Electrum Stater (7.33 g), ca. 290-270 BC. Wreathed head of Tanit left, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace with ten pendants. Reverse: Horse standing right on ground-line. Jenkins & Lewis grp. VII, 347 (same dies); MAA 13. Well struck and well centered. Lustrous surfaces. A couple of near invisible hairline scratches below the horse. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $2,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,480