Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 26

Pre-Long Beach Coin Auction

Ancient Coins

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2098		Lesbos. Mytilene, c. 454-427 BC. Electrum Hekte (2.5 g). Head of youth right, wearing taenia. Reverse: Archaic bearded head right (Dionysios?), within linear square. Bodenstedt 52.13 (this coin). Well centered and attractively toned. Very Fine. Estimated Value $500 - 600. Ex: Ex Hirsch XXV, 1909, lot 2003. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $460
Lot 2099		Lesbos. Mytilene, c. 412-378 BC. Electrum Hekte (2.6 g). Female head right, tiny horn at crown (Io?). Reverse: Head of youthful Dionysios right wearing wreath of vine leaves, within linear square. Bodenstedt 77. Same dies as preceding example, but now showing a little clotting and rust. Nicely centered and struck up. Attractive. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $437
Lot 2100		Lesbos. Mytilene, c. 377-326 BC. Electrum Hekte (2.5 g). Laureate head of Apollo right. Reverse: Head of Artemis right, hair in sphendone and ampyx, coiled snake behind. Bodenstedt 100a. Very slight doubling to female head. Otherwise, of good style and toned. Comes with old coin ticket (German?). Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $450 - 550. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $414
Lot 2101		Ionia. Uncertain Minting State, c. 625-575 BC. Electrum 1/48 Stater (0.3 g). Rare. Raised quadripart swastika-like design. Reverse: Quadripart incuse square. SNG Berry 1017. Perfectly centered. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $265
Lot 2102		Ionia. Uncertain Minting State ("Cimmerians"), c. 625-575 BC. Electrum 1/48 Stater (0.3 g). Very Rare. Stylized lion's head left. Reverse: Quadripart incuse square. Weidauer 125. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $242
Lot 2103		Ionia. Ephesos, 387-295 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.6 g). Top view of bee, flanked by EΦ. Reverse: Forepart of stag right, head reverted, next to date palm at left; magistrate's name at right. Head --; BMC --; SNG Cop. --. Toned and well centered, but with areas of surface corrosion; test punch at reverse, otherwise Very Fine. Magistrate's name seemingly unpublished. Estimated Value $450 - 500. Ex Shirley Barr Sage Collection, published in her Biblical Numismatics: Thirty Pieces of Silver, coin no. 36. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $575
Lot 2104		Ionia. Miletos, before 575 BC. Electrum Stater (13.89 g). Reclining lion left, head reverted, within segmented rectangular border. Reverse: Three incuse punches: central with fox(?) left; above, cruciform of five connected pellets; bottom, monogram-like square of four connected pellets. Cf. Weidauer 126, Boston MFA 1882, and Kraay-Hirmer 591, all with slightly different reverse punches. Lion of choice archaic style, and unusually well detailed. Very Fine. Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,750. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,725
Lot 2105		Ionia. Phokaia, c. 387-326 BC. Electrum Hekte (2.6 g). Female head left, with pendant earring; seal behind. Reverse: Quadripart incuse punch. Bodenstedt 106. Pleasing toning. Attractive. A nice Very Fine. Estimated Value $350 - 400. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $368
Lot 2106		Lydia, Kings of. Pre-Croisid King, before 561 BC. Electrum Third Stater - Trite (4.72 g). Head of roarinf lion right, with prominent cruciform wart above eye. Reverse: Double incuse punch. Weidauer 69ff. On elongated flan, with nearly complete device. Very Fine. Estimated Value $700 - 900. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $719
Lot 2107		Caria, Satraps of. Hekatamnos, c. 395-377 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.77 g). Zeus Labraundos right, holding double-axe and scepter. Reverse: Lion standing right. SNG von Aulock 2354. Toned, with some of hoard patina remaining. Usual irregular flan. Dies of fine style. Very Fine. Estimated Value $400 - 475. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $546
Lot 2108		Caria, Satraps of. Pixodaros, 340-334 BC. Gold 1/24th Stater (0.3 g). Very Rare. Laureate head of Apllo left. Reverse: Upright double-headed axe (labrys); Π-I below. SNG von Aulock 2374; Dewing 2380. Sharp, full strike. A very fine example of this tiny issue. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $450 - 550. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $978
Lot 2109		Caria, Satraps. Pixodaros, 340-334 BC. AR Didrachm (6.6g) struck at Halicarnassus. Laureate head of Apollo, facing three-quarters right. Reverse: Zeus Labraundus standing right, holding scepter and double-headed axe (labrys). BMC 5; Dewing 2381. Old scratches mainly confined to reverse. Very Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $403
Lot 2110		Lycia. Uncertain Dynast, c. 500-460 BC. AR Stater (9.8g). Upon circular shield, Pegasos flying left. Reverse: Triskelion within dotted incuse circle. SNG von Aulock 4089; SNG Berry 1170. Obverse a bit softly struck. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $225 - 275. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2111		Lycia. Mithrapata (dynast of Antiphellos), c. 380 BC. AR Stater (9.7g). Lion's scalp facing. Reverse: Triskelion within incuse square; in lower left field, helmeted head of Athena left. Cf. SNG von Aulock 4242 (head of Herakles in lower left field). Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $600 - 700. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $633
Lot 2112		Pisidia. Selge, 3rd. Century BC. AR Stater (8.8g). Two wrestlers, grasping each other by the arms. Reverse: Slinger advancing right; in right field, triskelion, cornucopiae and club. Cf. SNG von Aulock 5274. A couple flan flaws; excellent detail. Nearly Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $225 - 275. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $219
Lot 2113		Cyprus. Salamis, c. 411-374/773 BC. Gold Tenth Stater (0.8 g). Scarce. Bearde head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Reverse: Goat protome right, club below. Dewing 2530; BMC p. 56, 52. Well centered, full strikes. Brownish toning in the recesses. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. Ex: Ex CNG 45 (3-18-98), lot 490. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $776
Lot 2114		Ancient Persia. Achaemenid Kings, c. mid-4th century BC. Gold Daric (8.32 g). Persian King or Hero, in running-kneeling posture right, holding spear and bow. Reverse: Irregular incuse punch. Carradice type IV, no. 50. Very Fine. Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,550. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,323
Lot 2115		Persia. Achaemenid Kings, c. 475-425 BC. Gold Daric (8.3 g). Persian hero/king in kneeling-running position right, holding bow and spear. Reverse: Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A. Stylish, with much residual luster. Very Fine. Estimated Value $750 - 850. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $891
Lot 2116		Persia. Achaemenid Kings, c. 475-420 BC. Gold Daric (8.3 g). Persian hero/king in kneeling-running position right, holding bow and spear. Reverse: Incuse punch, circular banker's mark within. Carradice Type IIIb. Well centered and struck. Very Fine. Estimated Value $750 - 850. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $719
Lot 2117		Persia. Achaemenid Kings, c. 450-350 BC. Lot of Three Silver Sigloi. Each with: Persian king or hero in kneeling-running pose, holding bow and spear / Irregular incuse punch. Cf. BMC pls. XXV, 15 ("Cyrus II") and 24 ("Darius III"), XXVII, 5 ("Arses"); Carradice Types IIIB and IV. Some with discreet countermarks. Lot of 3 coins. Coins range from Fine to Very Fine. Estimated Value $150 - 190. Ex Shirley Barr Sage Collection, published in her Biblical Numismatics: Thirty Pieces of Silver, coin nos. 6, 9, and 10. View details	Realized $156
Lot 2118		Babylon. Under Seleukos I of Syria, 312-280 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.32 g), struck c. 311-305 BC. Baal enthroned left, holding scepter. Reverse: Lion walking left, horizontal anchor above. Houghton SC 88.2a; Newell ESM 263; SNG Cop. 266. Well above average strike for these. Surfaces with areas of light porosity. On usual dumpy flan, but quite pleasing for issue. Very Fine. Estimated Value $400 - 475. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $334
Lot 2119		Phoenicia. Byblos, as Gebal, c. 480 BC. AR Tetrobol (3.00 g). Very Rare. A fine specimen. Egyptian-style sphinx, wearing the dual crown, reclines left. Reverse: Dual volute in dotted circle, in incuse square. ANSNNM 30, 5. Clear image, with good metal on obverse; very light porosity withsome deposite on reverse. Toned. Very Fine. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $776
Lot 2120		Phoenicia. Byblos. Azbaal, c. 350-333 BC. AR Dishekel (13.3 g). War galley, with lion's head prow, bearing three hoplites with round shields left, hippocamp and murex shell below; two Phoenician letters in middle field right. Reverse: Lion attacking bull to left; inscription above. Dewing 2662; SNG Fitzwilliam 6028. Modest striking weakness at hoplites, but overall with far less striking problems compared to many of the examples seen in recent years. On irregular flan, with handsome toning. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $518
Lot 2121		Phoenicia, Byblos. Azbaal, c. 350-333 BC. AR Dishekel (13.19 g). War galley left, with lionhead prow and three armed hoplites, riding on zigzag waves; hippocamp and murex below, NO in field. Reverse: Lion bringing down bull left; name in Phoenician above. Dewing 2662; SNG Fitzwilliam 6028. Obverse die showing some wear, but nice even strike for series. Lightly toned. Very Fine / Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2122		Phoenicia. Sidon. Straton II, c. 342-333 BC. AR Double-Shekel (25.1 g). Galley left over zigzag waves; above date (year 6?). Reverse: Persian king left, with charioteer, in car drawn by horses, Egyptian attendant behind; above, Phoenician letters ajin and beth. SNG Cop. 207. Some light scratches in reverse fields. Toned. Very Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $403
Lot 2123		Phoenicia. Tyre, c. 332-275 BC. AR Didrachm (8.64 g), struck c. 302 BC. Melqarth riding right on hippocamp, holding up bow; dolphin below. Reverse: Owl right, head facing, with crook and flail at shoulder; date at right (year 30). BMC p.232, 26. Some peripheral spots of corrosion. Lightly toned. Very Fine. Estimated Value $275 - 375. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $322
Lot 2124		Phoenicia. Tyre, after 126 BC. Lot of Two AR Half-Shekel / Didrachms. Each with: Laureate bust of Melkaart right / Eagle left on prow, palm at shoulder, club and date in fields. One, year 45 or 46, struck 82/81 or 81/80 BC.; BMC and SNG Cop. unlisted. Other, year 162, struck 36/37 AD.; BMC --; RPC 4695. First well struck up, but surfaces with porosity or light roughness. Toned and rare. Second, well centered and struck up on tight flan, but some spots of corrosion. Toned. Lot of 2 coins. Both strong Very Fine s. Estimated Value $210 - 240. Ex Shirley Barr Sage Collection, published in her Biblical Numismatics: Thirty Pieces of Silver, nos. 294, and 295. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $184
Lot 2125		Jewish War, 66-70 AD. AR Shekel (13.1g), Year 2, struck 67/68 AD. . Hen-659. Omer cup with pearled rim, base with projections; Palaeo-Hebrew inscription around, date above cup. Reverse: Pomegranate branch with three fruit. Mesh.151; AJC II, 260,8; H. 659. Better metal quality than often seen. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $900 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,150
Lot 2126		Jewish War, 66-70 AD. AR Half Shekel (6.5g), Year 3, struck 68/69 AD. . Hen-663. Omer cup with pearled rim, base with projections; Palaeo-Hebrew inscription around, date above cup. Reverse: Pomegranate branch with three fruit. Mesh.155; AJC II, 261, 19; H. 663. Light scratches on obverse. Very Fine. Estimated Value $800 - 900. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,265
Lot 2127		Bar Kokhba War, 132-135. AR Denar or Zuz (3.1g), Year 2, struck 133/134 AD. . Hen-692. Palaeo-Hebrew inscription within wreath. Reverse: Jug with palm branch at right. Mesh. 183; H. 692; Mild. 75 (only 6 examples cited). Nicely toned. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $400 - 450. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $518
Lot 2128		Bar Kokhba War, 132-135. AR Denar or Zuz (3.0g), attributed to Year 3, 134/135 AD. . Hen-724. Palaeo-Hebrew inscription within wreath. Reverse: Palm branch. Mesh. 204; H. 724; Mild. 136 (20 examples cited). An elegant specimen, probably struck over a denarius minted by Trajan; lustrous. Choice Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $400 - 450. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2129		Bar Kokhba War, 132-135. AR Denar or Zuz (3.3g), attributed to Year 3, 134/135 AD. . Hen-728. Palaeo-Hebrew inscription within wreath. Reverse: Kithara. Mesh. 205; H. 728; Mild. 130. Striking crack in right field of reverse due to prominent understriking, perhaps a Flavian denarius. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $275 - 325. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $345
Lot 2130		Bar Kokhba War, 132-135. AR Denar or Zuz (3.1g), attributed to Year 3, 134/135 AD. . Hen-730. Triform cluster of grapes. Reverse: Two upright trumpets. Mesh. 208; H. 730; Mild. 167. Overstruck upon a denarius of Hadrian. Ragged flan, porosity visible only on the reverse periphery. The obverse is particularly sharp. Very Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $253
Lot 2131		Bar Kokhba War, 132-135. AR Denar or Zuz (3.1g), attributed to Year 3, 134/135 AD. . Hen-734. Triform cluster of grapes. Reverse: Kithara. Mesh. 209; H. 734; Mild. 203 (22 examples cited). Beautifully toned. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $288
Lot 2132		Arabia, The Himyarites, c. 50-150 AD. Lot of Two Silver Fractional Units. Both are scyphate, or cup-shaped coins sometimes described as quinarii, with male heads right; cf. BMC p. 71,1. Lot of 2 coins. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $125 - 175. View details	Realized $104
Lot 2133		Kushan India. Vasudeva I, c. 164-200 AD. Gold Dinar (7.95 g). Vasudeva standing before lit altar, holding trident. Reverse: Shiva standing facing, holding wreath and trident, Nandi bull behind, facing left; monogram at left. Göbl Kushan 509. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $350 - 450. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $396
Lot 2134		Kushan India. Vasudeva I, c. 164-200 AD. Gold Dinar (7.85 g). Vasudeva standing before lit altar, holding trident. Reverse: Shiva standing facing, holding wreath and trident, Nandi bull behind, facing left; monogram at left. Göbl Kushan 509. Very Fine. Estimated Value $325 - 425. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $357
Lot 2135		Kushano-Sasanians. "Vahahran" (Kidara?), after 350 AD. Gold Stater (7.7 g). King standing left, flames at shoulders, wearing filleted crown, holding trident, and sacrificing at altar. Reverse: Shiva standing facing, holding trident, bull behind. Cribb 9; Gobl Kushan 1718; Mitch. ACW 1301. Obverse well struck up, the reverse better than typical. Also interesting for the Pahlevi graffiti along obverse edge: "dsr 'ty(?)." Coin essentially as struck. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $500 - 600. Ex: The last Kushano-Sasanian king to rule the area (c. 325-350 AD.) was named Vahahran. The area then passed into personal control of the Sasanian king, Shapur II. Even with his reign ended, others afterwards struck coins using his name, particularly the "Kidarites" (probably of Iranian extraction, but it is uncertain whether these peoples were Sasanian, Kushan, or Hun). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $489
Lot 2136		Egypt. Ptolemaic Kings. Ptolemy II, 285-246 BC. Gold Tetradrachm (13.8 g). Struck after 265 BC. Conjoined busts of Ptolemy II and Arsinoe II right: Ptolemy draped and diademed, Arsinoe draped and veiled, Gallic shield behind heads; AΔEΛΦΩN above. Reverse: Conjoined busts of Ptolemy I and Berenike I right: Ptolemy draped and diademed, Berenike draped and veiled; above, ΘEON. Svoronos 604; SNG cop. 133. Scattered marks in fields of both sides; and what appear to be two ancient scrapes along edge. With remaining luster. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,300
Lot 2137		Egypt. Ptolemaic Kings. Ptolemy IV, 222-205 BC. Gold Hemidrachm (1.5 g). Unusual and very rare. Commemorative Issue for Berinike II. Deified head of Berenike right, wearing a diedemed stephane and veil, the tip of the lotus scepter visible atop head. Reverse: Filleted cornucopia, royal titles around. Svoronos 983. A few light bumps and scrapes. Elegant miniaturist portrait. Nearly Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $800 - 900. Ex: Ex Triton III, lot 664. Note historical paragraph. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $633
Lot 2138		Egypt. Ptolemaic Kings. Ptolemy VI or Ptolemy VIII, 180-116 BC. Gold Oktodrachm (27.7 g). Commemorative issue for Arsinoe II. Veiled head of Arsinoe II right, wearing stephane, ram's horn at ear, lotus-tipped scepter over shoulder; K in left field. Reverse: Filleted double cornucopiae; name and title around. Svoronos 1499; SNG Cop. 322. A few small ancient and modern knocks. With residual luster. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $3,500 - 4,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $5,463
Lot 2139		Kyrenaika. Kyrene, under Ptolemy I, c. 322-313 BC. Gold Stater (8.6 g). Nike driving quadriga left, star above; ethnic flanking. Reverse: Zeus-Ammon enthroned left, holding scepter, eagle behind; magistrate's name at left. SNG cop. 1197. Obverse die a little worn; the reverse die showing some rust and a little flaking. Nevertheless, an interesting coin and rare. Very Fine. Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,300
Lot 2140		Kyrenaika. Kyrene, c. 322-314 BC. Gold Drachm (4.3 g). Rare. Rider with kausia on prancing horse right; ΧAIPIOΣ. Reverse: Silphium plant in three tiers, grasshopper at bottom left; ethnic in field around. BMC p. 32, 131; Pozzi Coll. 3275; cf. Dewing 2782. Well centered, with attractive devices. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,725
Lot 2141		Siculo-Punic, c. 300-289 BC. "Quaestors." AR Tetradrachm (16.61 g). Head of youthful Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. Reverse: Horse head left, palm tree behind; in Punic below, "MHSBM." Cf. Jenkins SNR 420; SNG Cop. 984. Some striking flatness, but Herakles of very pretty style for the series. Vivid iridescent toning. Very Fine. Estimated Value $475 - 575. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $460
Lot 2142		Siculo-Punic. Time of the First Punic War, 264-260 BC. AR Five Shekels - Dekadrachm (36.5 g). Very Rare. Head of Tanit left, hair wreathed in grains. Reverse: Pegasus flying right; Punic legend below, "B'RST." Jenkins, cf. no. 445; SNG Fitzwilliam 1512. Some smoothing to surfaces. A few of what appear to ancient scratches. Nevertheless an attractive example of this large and impressive denomination. Very Fine. Estimated Value $6,000 - 7,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold

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