Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 140

The Pre Long Beach Auction, The Peh Family Collection PT II

Ancient Judea

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1548		Persian-Period. Mint of or near Jerusalem. Circa 4th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.93 g). Lily within border. Reverse: Animal skin wine flask or possibly a gourd or wind instrument with a mouth piece (shofar?). Apparently, only the second example recorded. The other example was sold by Nomos in their auction 5, lot 206 for 14,000 CHF. Very Fine and extremely rare. Estimated Value $3,000 - UP The lily, being a Jewish symbol, is often associated with Jerusalem. Similar in style to the silver half-gerah struck with a lily on the obverse and a falcon with wings on the reverse circa 350-330 BCE. Another parallel for this coin although struck in bronze, is the prutot issued in the name of Antiochos VII by John Hyrcanus I in the late 130s BCE. According to CoinArchives, the Nomos coin was from the PGB collection, aparently acquired in ancient Zephyrion, modern Mersin, in 1964. View details	Realized $1,800
Lot 1549		Herod I, 37-4 BCE. AE 4 Prutut. Lot of 2 coins. Military helmet, frontal view, wreath featuring acanthus leaf around, cheekpieces and straps, star above. Reverse: (of King Herod) tripod, ceremonial bowl flanked by date LΓ (year 3) Hendon 6204. Lot of 2 coins. Nice Fine. Estimated Value $250 - UP View details	Realized $168
Lot 1550		Herodian Dynasty. Herod Archelaus, 4 BCE to 6 CE. Lot of 3 Bronzes. Consists of: Prutah. Hendin 6224, TJC 69b. Very Fine; 2-Prutah. Hendin 6225, TJC 70ev. War galley sailing right, oars forward! Variety not in AJC. Fine; 2-Prutot. Hendin 6226 v. One-half coin, cut for small change. Estimated Value $200 - UP The Stephan Fregger Collection. View details	Unsold
Lot 1551		Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Æ Small Bronze (5.75 g), 132-135 CE. Year 2 (133/4 CE). 'Jerusalem' (Paleo-Hebrew), seven-branched palm tree with two bunches of dates. Reverse: 'Year two of the redemption of Israel' (Paleo-Hebrew), bunch of grapes with branch and small leaf. Hendin 6438; Mildenberg 154.8 (O3/R5; this coin); TJC 266. Rare. Dark green and reddish patina with earthen highlights. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $500 - UP Eleazar is not named on this small denomination bronze, his name replaced with that of Jerusalem, the city that served as the root cause of Simon bar Kokhba's Jewish uprising. Dr. E. Elovic Collection; Ex David Hendin Collection (NYS XLVIII, 14 January 2020), 92. View details	Realized $552
Lot 1552		Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (13.36 g), 132-135 CE. Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). 'Simon' (Paleo-Hebrew), tetrastyle façade of the Temple of Jerusalem; show bread table or Ark of the Covenant in chest form with semicircular lid and short legs, seen from a narrow side; above façade, star. Reverse: 'For the freedom of Jerusalem' (Paleo-Hebrew), lulav, without etrog. Hendin 6440; Mildenberg 58 (O13/R44); TJC 270d. Boldly struck and toned. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $3,000 - UP This undated sela attributed to the third year of the Bar Kokhba War lacks the etrog (citron) that normally accompanies the lulav bundle on its reverse. This omission suggests hasty engraving and production in the face of the overwhelming Roman assault that finally ended the war. It further connects this coin to several zuzim issues that omit the willow branch from their reverse dies. It is unclear whether this peculiarity warrants the classification of such zuzim and this sela as issues of the irregular Bar Kokhba mint. Dr. E. Elovic Collecction; Purchased from Liderman, Tel Aviv, with COA. View details	Realized $6,000
Lot 1553		City Coins of Israel. Decapolis. Canatha. Domitian. Æ (2.53 g), AD 81-96. CY 157 (AD 94/5). ΔOMITI KAICAP, laureate head of Domitian left. Reverse: KANATA, turreted and draped bust of Tyche left; to left, date (ZNP). Spijkerman 4; Rosenberger 3; RPC II 2092. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $250 - UP From the Dr. Maurice Haber Collection; Ex Superior (19 June 1976), 273. View details	Realized $144
Lot 1554		Judaea, Roman Judaea. Domitian. Æ (6.44 g), AD 81-96. Judaea Capta commemorative. Caesarea Maritima in Samaria, AD 92/3(?). IMP DOMIT AVG GERM, Laureate head of Domitian right. Reverse: VICTOR AVG, Trophy. Hendin 6487; TJC 390; RPC II 2309. Scarce this nice. Attractive hard reddish-brown patina. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $250 - UP The Dr. E. Elovic Collection; Ex Archaeological Center, R. Deutsch 62 (13 April 2017), 133. View details	Realized $360
Lot 1555		DECAPOLIS. Gadera. Elagabalus AD 218-222. AE 22 (9.47 g.). Dated CY 281 (217/8). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. Reverse: The Three Graces standing, the left and right facing, the middle with back to view; the left and right holding wreathes in raised hands. AΠC (date) above. Spikerman 83; Reosenberger 87; SNG ANS 1331; Sofaer 90. Red-brown patina, minor porosity. About Very Fine. Estimated Value $300 - UP Ex Dr. Jay M. Glast Collection; Ex Munzen und Medallen AG FPL 514 (September 1988) lot 185. View details	Realized $204
Lot 1556		Parthian Kingdom. Artabanos III. Silver Tetradrachm (16.00 g), 126-122 BC. Seleukeia on the Tigris. Diademed bust of Artabanos III right. Reverse: Demeter seated left, holding Nike and cornucopiae; winged tritoness supporting throne; two monograms in exergue. Sellwood 21.4 corr. (form of right monogram); Shore -; Sunrise 275 (this coin). Elegant style portrait, nicely centered and attractively toned. Choice Very Fine we note some tooling in the fields. Estimated Value $2,500 - UP From the Numismatic Art of Persia - The Sunrise Collection View details	Realized $3,000
Lot 1557		Parthian Kingdom. Mithradates I. Silver Drachm (3.63 g), ca. 164-132 BC. Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Minted ca. 141/0 BC. Diademed and bearded bust to r. Reverse: Zeus Aëtophoros seated left: [BAΣIΛEΩE MEΓAΛOY, in exergue monogram. Sunrise 263; Sellwood 13.6. Well centered and well struck. Dark tone and Rare. About Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $850 - UP View details	Realized $1,032
Lot 1558		Parthian Kingdom. Orodes II. BI Tetradrachm (13.94 g), 57-38 BC. Seleukeia on the Tigris. Diademed bust of Orodes II left. Reverse: King seated right; before him, Tyche kneeling left, reaching out to him and holding scepter; ΠO above Tyche. Sellwood 45.1; Shore -; Sunrise 358 (this coin). Very Rare. Boldly struck with an excellent portrait in high relief, all lightly toned. Some double striking on the reverse. NGC graded About Uncirculated Strike: 4/5; Surface: 3/5. Fine Style brushed. Estimated Value $3,000 - UP From the Numismatic Art of Persia - The Sunrise Collection View details	Realized $2,760
Lot 1559		Parthian Kingdom. Pakoros I. Silver Diobol)1.33 g), ca. AD 78-120. Mint in Persis. Bust of Pakoros I left, wearing tiara. Reverse: Archer seated right on tehrone, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood -; cf. Sellwood, New pl. 42, 8 (legend); Shore 403. Scarce. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $250 - UP View details	Realized $216
Lot 1560		Parthian Kingdom. Artabanos VI. Silver Drachm (3.10 g), AD 212-224/7. Ekbatana mint. Bust left, with forked beard, wearing tiara; symbol behind. Reverse: Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; legends around. Sunrise 461; Sellwood 89.1; Shore 464 (Artabanos IV). Toned. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $350 - UP View details	Realized $312
Lot 1561		Sasanian Kingdom. Ardashir I, Silver Hemidrachm (2.04 g), AD 223/4-240. Ctesiphon mint, Phase 3, struck AD 233/4-238/9. Bust of the King r. wearing diadem and close-fitting headdress with korymbos and no earflaps. Reverse: Fire altar of two flames with diadems, legend around. Sunrise 716; Saeedi 35; Göbl type III/2/2. Very Rare Sharpness of Nearly Extremely Fine. Well centered with full legends. Area in the right obverse field lightly burnished, now a pleasing grey tone. Estimated Value $1,500 - UP View details	Realized $1,800
Lot 1562		Sasanian Kingdom. Shapur I. Gold Dinar (7.02 g), AD 240-272. Mint I (Ctesiphon). Bust of Shapur I right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos. Reverse: Fire flanked by two attendants. SNS type Iic; Gôbl type I. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $2,500 - UP View details	Unsold
Lot 1563		Kushano-Sassanian. Peroz I. Gold Dinar (7.72 g), ca. AD 250-265. King standing facing, head left, wearing lion-head crown, flames at shoulders, sacrificing over altar and holding trident; tereeident to left, pellete to right of altar, pellet over swastika between legs. Brahmi 'pe' to reeight of leg, three pellets below left arm, tamgha to right. Reverse: Exalted god standing facing, holding diadem with ribbons and trident; behind, the bull Nandi standing left. MK 705; Donum Burns 814. Unusually well struck and well defined. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,000 - UP View details	Unsold
Lot 1564		Ssasanian Kingdom. Varhran II. Silver Drachm (4.49 g), AD 276-293. Jugate busts of Varhran wearing winged crown with korymbos and his queen, wearing kolah with boar's head right, vis-a-vis bust of Prince 4, presenting wreath and wearing kolah with eagle's head, left. Reverse: Fire altar with ribbon with three pellets; fflanked by Varhran I and his queen, holding reing, facing toward altar; symbol to left of flames. SNG type VII/5. Góbl type X/3. Rare dynastic issue. Well struck, perfectly centered and lightly toned. A marvelous specimen! Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,000 - UP View details	Unsold
Lot 1565		Sasanian Kingdom. Hormazd II, AD 302-309. AR Drachm (4.33g). Crowned bust reight of Hormazd II. Reverse: Fire altar with two attendants; bust left within flames. Sellwood 27; Gobl 83. Well struck and lightly toned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $350 - UP Ex Goldberg's Auction 64 9-6-2011, lot 4109; Ex Triton XIII, 5-1-2010, lot 1386. View details	Realized $288
Lot 1566		Sasanian Kingdom. Bahram V, 420-438 AD, AR Drachm (28.5mm, 4.18g, 9h). GW mint. Struck circa 425-438 AD. Bust right, wearing mural crown with korymbos set on crescent; Rev.: Fire altar with head of Bahram right on shaft; flanked by two attendants. Sunrise 920. Very lustrous and bright surface, light cleaning marks. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $100 - UP View details	Unsold
Lot 1567		Sasanian Kingdom. Yazdgard III, 632-651 AD, AR Drachm (32mm, 4.01g, 3h). Crowned bust of Yazdgard facing right; Rev.: Fire altar tied with ribbon and flanked by two attendants, star and crescent flanking flames. Sunrise 1009. Old cabinet toning, some deposit on the obverse, well centered and struck. About Fine. Estimated Value $40 - UP View details	Realized $25
Lot 1568		Kingdom of Persis. Autophradates IV. Silver Drachm (3.98 g), 1st century BC. Bearded bust of Autophradates IV right, wearing diadem; crescent above. Reverse: Fire temple, Ahura-Mazda above; to left, king standing right, raising arms; to right, column surmounted by eagle. Klose & Müseler 4/1; Alram 561 (Vadfradad III); Sunrise 586 (this coin). Boldly struck and perfectly centered. NGC graded Choice About Uncirculated Strike: 5/5; Surface: 3/5. Estimated Value $500 - UP From the Numismatic Art of Persia - The Sunrise Collection View details	Unsold
Lot 1569		Baktria, Athenian Series. Silver Didrachm (7.87 g), ca. 261-239/8 BC. Uncertain mint in the Oxus region. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl, an earring, and a necklace; behind, monogram. Reverse: Owl standing to right, head facing; behind, prow and [two grape bunches]. Cf. Bopearachchi & Rahman 66-7; SNG ANS 5; HGC 12, 3. Darkly toned. Areas of porosity. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $900 - UP View details	Unsold
Lot 1570		Bactria. Eukratides I, 171-145 BC. Silver Obol (0.67 g). Diademed bust of Eukratides I facing r. Reverse: Two pilei surmounted by stars and two palm branches HGC Vol. 12, 138. Cleaned, untoned. About Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $250 - UP View details	Unsold
Lot 1571		Bactria. Eukratides I, 171-145 BC. Silver Obol (0.51 g). Diad. bust of Eukratides I in horned Boiotian helmet r. Reverse: Herakles standing facing, holding club and lion skin and crowning himself. OGC Vol. 12, 140. Lightly toned. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $200 - UP View details	Realized $192
Lot 1572		Anonymous. AE Aes Grave Quadrans 43 mm (27.15 g), ca. 280 BC. Rome. Right hand; to left, three pellets. Reverse: Two barley grains; between, three pellets. Crawford 14/4; ICC 29; HN Italy 271. Dark green and brown patina. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $750 - UP Ex Julio Belluscio Collection, purchased between 1980 and 1990. View details	Realized $870