Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 53

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

Jewish Related Coins Greek and Persian Period

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1747		Persia, Achaemenid Empire. AV Daric (8.4g). Time of Artaxerxes I - Darius III, c. 450-330 BC. Persian king in kneeling-running position right, holding dagger and bow. Reverse: Incused punch. This is the only coin type mentioned in the Old Testament; Ezra 2:68-69 indicates that "some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the Lord which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God … three score and one thousand drams (e.g. darics)." . Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,500. Stanley Yulish Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,725
Lot 1748		Cilicia, Tarsos. Mazaios, 361-334 BC. AR Stater (10.7 g). Baal of Tarsos enthroned left, holding eagle and lotus-tipped scepter. Reverse: Fortifications surmounted by lion attacking kneeling bull. SNG Levante 115. Lightly toned. NGC graded Choice AU Star: Strike 5/5; Surface 4/5 . Our grade is Superb Extremely Fine with wonderful detail. Hendin has suggested that the city walls of Jerusalem may be portrayed on this Tarsian stater of the Satrap Mazaios. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $7,800
Lot 1749		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander the Great, AR Tetradrachm (17.0g), Ake mint, 321 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Reverse: Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and resting on sceptre; Phoenician date 26 = 321/0 BC. Horizontal scratches in upper left reverse field. Newell 24. Very Fine obverse, Fine reverse. Estimated Value $175 - 200. Stanley Yulish Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $230
Lot 1750		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander the Great, 336-323 B.C. AR Tetradrachm (16.4g). Head right of Herakles in high relief, wearing lion's skin. Reverse: Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and sceptre, monogram in left field for Tarsus (Antioch on the Cydnus) mint. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $250 - 350. Stanley Yulish Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $276
Lot 1751		Syria, Seleucid Kingdom, Antiochus IV Epiphanes, 175-164 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.5g). Diademed bust right. Reverse: Zeus seated left, holding Nike on right hand and resting left on sceptre, with Greek inscription "Of King Antiochos, God Made Manifest." High relief portrait in fine style and nicely toned In 170 BC, Antiochos plundered the Treasury of the Temple of Jerusalem and carried away golden holy artifacts. Two years later, he issued a decree forbidding all Jewish religious practices under penalty of death. The Jews revolted under the leadership of the Maccabees, and later celebrated their victory with the holiday of Hannukah. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $400 - 500. Stanley Yulish Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $604
Lot 1752		Phoenicia, Tyre, 89-88 BC. AR Shekel (14.24 g) dated year 38. Laureate head right of Melqart. Reverse: Eagle standing left; year above club in left field. BMC 130. Nice large flan. Superb Extremely Fine. This is the coin type that was accepted as payment for the yearly Temple tax, as well as being the type of the 30 shekels paid to Judas Iscariot. Estimated Value $500 - 600. Collecting Ancient Greek Coins (P. Rynearson) p. 48, 3.11 (this coin pictured). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $810
Lot 1753		Phoenicia, Tyre. 78/7 B.C.E. AR Shekel (14.4g). Infamous "30 Pieces of Silver" type. Laureate head of Melqart to right. Reverse: Eagle standing left, with right foot on prow of ship, palm branch over right shoulder, club and date HM = 48 on left; surrounded by inscription TYPOY IEPAΣ KAIAΣYΛOY (of Tyre the Holy and Inviolable). This is the most likely candidate for the infamous "30 Pieces of Silver." Very well centered, sharply struck in high relief, virtually as made. H-917. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 400. Stanley Yulish Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $748
Lot 1754		Syrian Shekel of Tyre and a modern "False Shekel". Consists of: Antiochus VII AR Tetradrachm struck at Tyre in VF; Modern "False Shekel" issued by the Providence Royal Arch Chapter, Providence, R.I. in VF. Lot of 2 items. Estimated Value $150 - 175. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $115
Lot 1755		Persian Period, c. 400-332 BCE. AR Drachm (3.7 g) Gaza mint. Helmeted head right of Athena. Reverse: Owl standing, head facing; in right field, leaf and letter "ayin". Seemingly unpublished. Small test cut at edge. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $794
Lot 1756		Persian Period, c. 400-332 BCE. AR Obol (0.7 g) Samaria mint. Helmeted head right of Athena. Reverse: Owl standing, facing to front; "SN"in lower fields to either side. Meshorer and Qedar (Samarian Coinage) 87. Very well detailed. Dark hoard patina; Very Fine. Estimated Value $700 - 900. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,064
Lot 1757		Samarian (Judaean). Athenian Imitative Coinage, c. 400-332 B.C.E., AR Hemi Obol (0.2g). Facing head right (Athena?). Reverse: Owl standing right, lily in left field, AΘE on right. Unlisted variety. Back of head off flan; reverse well centered. Very Fine. Estimated Value $250 - 300. Stanley Yulish Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $144
Lot 1758		"Yehud" Coinage, c. 400-332 B.C.E., AR Obol (0.6g). Head of Ptolemy, diademed, very crude. Reverse: Owl facing right, lily on left; in right field, Paleo-Hebrew inscription = YHD. AJC 4. Obverse design barely discernable. Obverse Fair, reverse Very Fine, well centered with full inscription. Estimated Value $200 - 300. Stanley Yulish Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $391
Lot 1759		Gaza. Athenian Imitative Coinage, c. 400-332 B.C.E., AR Hemi Obol (0.2g). Helmeted head right of Athena. Reverse: Owl standing right with traces of AΘE to right; lily and "O" in left field. "O" is Ayin, abbreviation of Aza (Gaza). Meshorer & Qedar, Samarian Coinage p. 66. Obverse is Good, reverse is Nice Fine, nicely centered. Estimated Value $250 - 300. Stanley Yulish Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $144