Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 68

The June 30th Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

Antiquities

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 874		Roman Glass Unguentarian and Small Flask. Circa 3rd century AD. Unguentarian of dark green glass with traces of iridescense, height: 4½". Flask opaque pale green, height: 2". Both pieces superb condition. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $264
Lot 875		Ancient Greek Silver Drachma In Gold Jeweler's Mounting. Minted on The Island of Rhodes 386-304 B.C. Mounted on an individually designed 14K gold setting and placed in a leatherette portfolio with the Certificate of Authenticity #8485 from Aber & Levine Ltd. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $204
Lot 876		Ancient Greek Silver Drachma Of Apollonia, Pontica (Thrace) In Gold Jeweler's Mounting. Circa 450 BCE. Mounted on an individually designed 14K gold setting and placed in a leatherette portfolio with the Certificate of Authenticity #8964 from Aber & Levine Ltd. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $480
Lot 877		Ancient Greek Silver Tetradrachm Of Athens In Gold Jeweler's Mounting. 449-413 B.C. Mounted on an individually designed 14K gold setting and placed in a leatherette portfolio with the Certificate of Authenticity #4453 from Aber & Levine Ltd. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $750
Lot 878		Ancient Greek Silver Tetradrachm in 14kt Gold Pendant. Description of Ancient Greek coin: Side, Pamphylia 155-136 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Obverse: Head of Athena, facing r. wearing crested Corinthian helmet. Reverse: Nike, advancing left, holds wreath in right hand, drapery in left, pomegranate in left field. Housed in a custom 14 kt. yellow gold horse-shoe shaped pendant. Accompanied by an elaborate description in a presentation folder. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $810
Lot 879		China. 1122-255 BC Chou Dynasty Red So-Called Jade Cicada. Length: 7¾". In a fitted Chinese presentation case with description. We are not experts in this area therefore, SOLD AS IS. Estimated Value $1,000-UP. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $600
Lot 880		China. Antique Jade Axe Money. Age uncertain. Carved in mottled dark green jade. Dragon and phoenix designs. Housed in a fitted silk Chinese presentation box. Excellent condition, no repairs. Length: 11½". Estimated Value $1,000-UP. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $630
Lot 881		Egypt. Faience Amulet of Isis and Horus, 26th Dynasty. Circa 600 B.C. Isis wears the Step Crown, suckling Horus. Beautiful pale green. Height: 60.5 mm. Small professional restoration, invisible to the naked eye. Estimated Value $500 - 600. Ancient World Arts, Ltd. New York. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 882		Egyptian Wooden "Kah" Mummy Mask. Circa Ptolemaic Period (4th century - 2nd century BC). Head 11½". On a black wooden stand. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $780
Lot 883		Egyptian Wooden "Kah" Mummy Mask. Circa Ptolemaic Period (4th century - 2nd century BC). Head 7¼". Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $450
Lot 884		Egypto-Minoan terra-cotta Straining Jar, c. 2nd-1st millennium BC. Height: 4", dia. 4½". Reddish color terra-cotta decorated with panels of lotus leaves with straining holes around. A rare form of early pottery. Intact and in choice condition. Estimated Value $300 - 500. From a prominent Beverly Hills Estate. Ex. Superior Galleries sale of the bankrupt assets of the International Diamond Corp. June, 1986. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $312
Lot 885		Greek. Hellenistic Period terra-cotta figures of a standing young man and a seated female. Heights: 7¾" and 6". The figures are probably Herakles and Hera. Red slip with remnants or original paint. Both in very fine condition and each housed in a custom lucite case. Lot of 2 items. Estimated Value $500 - 600. From a prominent Beverly Hills estate. Ex: Superior Galleries sale of the bankrupt assets of the International Diamond Corp. June, 1986. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $480
Lot 886		Greek. Hellenistic period terra-cotta standing goddess. Height: 8¾". Probably from Tanagra, 330-200 B.C. Naked goddess with elaborate headdress and garment draped over arm. Both arms missing; ¾ in. chip in right base; otherwise, intact. Estimated Value $400 - 600. From a prominent Beverly Hills Estate. Ex. Superior Galleries sale of the bankrupt assets of the International Diamond Corp. June, 1986. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $528
Lot 887		Greek. South Italian Black Figure Leykthos. Height: 5½".Pottery depicting a biga with attandants. Excellent condition. Housed in a custom lucite case. Estimated Value $300 - 400. From a prominent Beverly Hills estate. Ex: Superior Galleries sale of the bankrupt assets of the International Diamond Corp. June, 1986. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $646
Lot 888		Judaea terra cotta Chalice, circa 1200 BC signed by M. Dayan. Height: 6", dia: 7". Light orange color terra cotta. Boldly signed and dated by Moshe Dayan, Israeli Defense Minister and hero of the Six-Day War (1967). Intact with minor chips. Estimated Value $500 - 600. From a prominent Beverly Hills estate. Ex: The Moshe Dayan collection, 1970. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $510
Lot 889		Judaea. 3-piece terra-cotta group. Consists of: Piriform aryballoi, circa 700 BC, height: 4". Zoomorphic 4-legged figure (one leg missing), circa 1st millennimum BC, length: 3½". Hellenistic period hanging vessel featuring 2 male heads, height: 3". Estimated Value $300 - 400. From a prominent Beverly Hills Estate. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 890		Judaea. 8-piece Oil Lamp group. Set of 8 different style terra-cotta oil lamps, length: 3" to 4". Consisting of Hellenistic, Herodian, early Christian and Byzantine periods. The Byzantine period lamp has a chip on the spout, all others intact. A very nice collection ancient Judaean oil lamps. Lot of 8 lamps. Estimated Value $700 - 800. From a prominent Beverly Hills Estate. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $600
Lot 891		Judaea. Gaza terra cotta Amphoriskos c. 1500 BC, signed by M. Dayan. Height: 6". Pale orange terra cotta. Boldly signed and dated by Moshe Dayan, Israeli Defense Minister and hero of the Six-Day War (1967). Intact, minor chips and nicks. Estimated Value $500 - 600. From a prominent Beverly Hills estate. Ex: The Moshe Dayan collection, 1970. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $600
Lot 892		Judaea. Sharon terra-cotta juglet, c. 1700 BC, signed by M. Dayan. Height: 7". Single handle juglet, cream color. Boldly signed and dated by Moshe Dayan, Israeli Defense Minister and hero of the Six-Day War (1967). Intact and in choice condition. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $492
Lot 893		Judaea. Stirrup-jar. Sharon c. 1500 BC signed by M. Dayan. Dia: 5½". Cream color terra cotta with remnants of orange painted circular designs. Boldly signed and dated by Moshe Dayan, Israeli Defense Minister and hero of the Six-Day War (1967). Excellent condition, no chips or repairs. Estimated Value $500 - 600. From a prominent Beverly Hills Estate; Ex: The Moshe Dayan collection, 1970. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $504
Lot 894		Judaea. Twin-handled Pilgrim Flask. Samaria, c. 1500 B.C. signed M. Dayan. Height: 8½". Pale orange terra cotta, signed and dated by Moshe Dayan, Israel Defense Minister and hero of the 1967 Six Day War. Excellent condition. Estimated Value $500 - 600. From a prominent Beverly Hills Estate. Ex: The Moshe Dayan collection, 1970. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $540
Lot 895		Luristan Iron Age Axe Head. C. 1st millennium BC. Length 7½". Remnants of a museum sticker on one side. Estimated Value $250 - 300. From a Beverly Hills Estate. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 896		Pre-Columbian. Quimbaya 200 BC-1550 AD. Set of 4 weights for spinning cotton. Incised terra-cotta implements measuring 34.0 mm to 46.0 mm. Each in excellent condition. Lot of 4 items. Estimated Value $300 - 400. Each with a COA from Clavia in Cartagana, Colombia. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $185
Lot 897		Roman Bronze Brooch, c. 1st-2nd Century AD. Depicting Leda and the Swan. Cast with fine incised detail. The nude Leda reclines to the right, raising herself on her elbows, her legs astride the swan (Zeus in disguise), who approaches and kisses her from the left. Length:; 1.75" (3.5 cm). Pin missing, the closure slightly bent. Lovely dark green patina with some deep red. A marvelous example of Roman art. Estimated Value $800 - 900. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $480
Lot 898		Roman Bronze Figural Finial Terminal, c. 2nd Century AD. Cast finial with a hollow, cylindrical barrel terminating in a caricature of an African, with staring eyes, a heavy brow ridge, nappy hair, thick lips, and a deeply cleft chin. He wears a necklace with a lunate pendant. The finial has four loops in two opposed pairs, one with a thick bronze ring still attached. Height: 5.5" (14 cm.). Fine dark green patina with some light ear adhering. A remarkable example of popular culture in the Roman period. Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 899		Roman Bronze Figural Finial Terminal, c. 2nd Century AD. Cast finial with a hollow, cylindrical barrel terminating in a caricature of a Syrian type, with added incised detail. Grotesque, with a malformed head, a pair of pop-eyes, nose bent severely to one side, tongue protruding to the other, mismatched ears, a knobby protrusion at the brow line and another protrusion resembling a ram's horn at the rear of the skull. He wears a tight-fitting garment with a "V" neck. Height: 5.35" (13 cm). Fine dark green patina, with some light earth adhering. Very rare and unusual. Probably depicts a popular circus figure as consistant with Rome's facination with the grotesque. Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,800
Lot 900		Roman Bronze Togatus Figure, c. 2nd-4th Century AD. Of solid orichalcum, the individual is perhaps an orator, with right hand raised in a gesture of discourse, his left hand clutching the umbo of his toga. The folds of his garment are elaborately rendered, while his feet, hands and face are comparatively crude. His hairstyle suggests a late imperial date, but his toga is of the early Imperial type, perhaps in imitation of earlier styles. There are three drilled holes, one near each shoulder and another between the feet. Height: 5¼" (13.5 cm). "Tiber" brown patina in front, dark brown patina in back. Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000. Published in Freeman & Sear MBS 12, Oct. 28, 2005, lot 680. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 901		Roman Cobalt Blue Glass Bottle, c. 3rd century AD. Height: 3¾". A delicate bottle with fine white trailed decoration. Chiped at the lip with traces of old repairs. Rare. Estimated Value $200 - 300. From a prominent Beverly Hills estate. Ex Superior Galleries sale of the bankrupt assets of the International Diamond Corp. June, 1986. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $120
Lot 902		Roman Glass Bottle - Aubergine, c. second-third century AD. Height: 4½". Lovely iridescense throughout. Rare. Intact and in choice condition. In a custom lucite case. Estimated Value $500 - 600. From a prominent Beverly Hills estate. Ex: Superior Galleries sale of the bankrupt assets of the International Diamond Corp. June, 1986. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $384
Lot 903		Roman Glass Carafe, c. third century AD. Height: 5½". Mould-blown, pale green with some iridescense. Intact. Estimated Value $350 - 450. From a prominent Beverly Hills Estate. Ex: Superior Galleries sale of the bankrupt assets of the International Diamond Corp. June, 1986. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 904		Roman Glass Flask, c. 2nd century AD. Height: 4". Stunning silver and cream color iridescense throughout. Intact and in choice condition. In a custom lucite case. From a prominent Beverly Hills estate. Ex: Superior Galleries sale of the bankrupt assets of the International Diamond Corp. June, 1986. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $780
Lot 905		Roman Glass Sprinkler Jar, c. second century AD. Height: 3". Mould blown with spiral strations. Intact with gorgeous green and gold iridescence. Estimated Value $500 - 600. From a prominent Beverly Hills Estate. Ex: Superior Galleries June, 1986 Sale of the bankrupt assets of the International Diamond Corp. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $330
Lot 906		Roman Gold Earrings, c. 3rd Century AD. A matched set with minor individual variations. Each is comprised of a figure of Cupid on a matrix of white material, perhaps bone or glass paste, inset in a twisted gold wire frame. In the rear of each is attached a gold wire for insertion into the earlobe. Cupid leans (to the left in one earring and right in the other) against an upturned torch and is in a posture of mourning; legs crossed and arms folded, chin resting on palm. The subject's posture in combination with the upturned torch may mark these earrings as funerary in purpose. Dimensions approximately: 1.4 cm x 1.3 cm. Choice condition, each with a faint hairline crack that was probably present since antiquity. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. Published in Freeman & Sear's MBS 12, Oct. 28, 2005, lot 684. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 907		Roman Set of 3 Glass Vessels, c. second-third century AD. Consists of one pale green Unguentarian, height: 5½"; two pale green Balsamarium, height 5½" and 5", one with trailed decoration and one with raised vertical decoration. All intact and in choice condition. Estimated Value $600 - 700. From a prominent Beverly Hills estate. Ex: Superior Galleries sale of the bankrupt assets of the International Diamond Corp. June, 1986. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $600
Lot 908		Roman Silver Applique Bust of Diana or Luna, c. 2nd-3rd Century AD. Depiction of a goddess, perhaps Diana or Luna, with hair rolled in a loosely swept and elegant style, and a lunate design resting upon her head. A garment is loosely draped about her shoulders and the entire bust is set upon a pedestal with volutes and leaves extending downward. The rear is slightly concave and without dedoration. Height: 1 5/8" (4 cm). Quite pleasing and in silver, quite rare. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. Published in Freeman & Sear's MBS 12, Oct. 28, 2005, lot 679. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $960
Lot 909		Various. An 8-Piece Lot of Miscellaneous Antiquities. Includes: Judaean terra-cotta jug; 2 small pieces of Roman glass; a cylinder seal and a jasper stamp seal; Roman bronze hair pin; Egyptian scarab; One small Hellenistic and Pre-Colombian terra-cotta head. Some very interesting objects that should be examined prior to bidding. SOLD AS IS. Lot of 8 items. Estimated Value $250-UP. From a prominent Beverly Hills estate. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $344