|
Sale 70
The September 2-5, 2012
| Lot |
Photo |
Description |
Realized |
Lot 3150 |
 |
Bactria. Demetrios, c. 200-190 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.07g). Diademed, draped bust right of Demetrios, wearing elephant headdress. Reverse: Young Herakles standing facing, crowning himself, holding club in left hand; lion-skin draped over forearm; to left, monogram. Bopearachchi Serie 1C; SNG ANS 187. Areas of light porosity. Choice Very Fine.
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500.
Ex Palladium 8, 7 April 1995, lot 87; The Joseph Melchione Collection.
View details and enlarged photos
| Realized
$1,840 |
Lot 3151 |
 |
Bactria. Antimachos, c. 185-170 BC. AR Obol (0.7g). Diademed, draped bust right of Antimachos right, wearing kausia. Reverse: Poseidon standing facing, holding trident in right hand, palm in left; to right, monogram. Bopearachchi Serie 4B; SNG ANS 283-288. Nicely toned. Nearly Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $500 - 600.
Ex Irving Goodman Collection (Superior, 3 June 1996, lot 1701); The Joseph Melchione Collection.
View details and enlarged photos
| Realized
$604 |
Lot 3152 |
 |
Bactria. Eukratides, c. 170-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.86g). Diademed bust seen from behind, head left, of Eukratides, wearing crested helmet adorned with bull's ear and horn, brandishing javelin in right hand. Reverse: Dioscuri riding right, each holding spear and palm branch; below horses' raised forelegs, monogram. Bopearachchi Serie 8B; SNG ANS 485. A few minor marks. Choice Very Fine.
Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,500.
Ex Palladium 11, 5 April 1996, lot 160; The Joseph Melchione Collection.
View details and enlarged photos
| Realized
$4,083 |
Lot 3153 |
 |
Bactrian Kingdom. Philoxenos, 110-80 BC. AR Tetradrachm (9.11 g). Heroic bust of Philoxenos left, helmeted and brandishing spear, aegis over shoulder. Reverse: King galloping on horseback right. Bop. Seerie 9B. Cf. SNG ANS 1198 (=9C). Dark toning. Very rare. Very Fine.
Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000.
View details and enlarged photos
| Realized
$1,725 |
Lot 3154 |
 |
Kushan Empire. Vima Kadphises. Circa AD 100-127/98. Gold Double Dinar (15.94 g). Diademed and crowned half-length bust of Vima Kadphises right on clouds, holding mace-scepter in right hand over shoulder; flames at shoulder, tamgha to left. Reverse: Ithyphallic Siva standing facing, head left holding trident in right hand and resting left arm on bull Nandi behind, who is standing right with head facing; Buddhist triratana ("Three Jewels") to left. Bopearachchi, Premiers, Serie X; MK 12/2 (O4/R12A); Donum Burns 77; Triton X, lot 470 (same obv. die). Well struck in high relief and extremely rare. Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $18,000 - 20,000.
Ex: CNG 90, lot 881.
View details and enlarged photos
| Realized
$20,400 |
Lot 3155 |
 |
Kushan Empire. Gadahara, c. AD 320-360. Gold Stater (7.85 g). King standing left, holding trident. Reverse: Goddess Ardoksho enthroned, facing. Cf. Mitchiner (The Ancient and Classical World) p. 469; Fr. 44 var. Fully lustrous. Mint State.
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,200.
View details and enlarged photos
| Realized
$1,680 |
Lot 3156 |
 |
Sasanian Kingdom. Queen Boran, AD 630-631. AR Drachm (3.72 g). Bust of Queen right wearing crown with two wings and Korymbos set on crescent, stars-in-crescents outside borders. Reverse: Fire altar flanked by attendants, stars-in-crescents outside borders. Sellwood 7; Gobl 229. Very rare. Very Fine.
Estimated Value $600 - 800.
View details and enlarged photos
| Realized
$1,840 |
Lot 3157 |
 |
Ptolemy II Philadelphos, 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.26g) minted at Tyre, 277/6 BC. Dated Year 7(?). Diademed head right of Ptolemy I, wearing aegis. Reverse: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings folded; to left, I over club. SNG Copenhagen 477. Cf. Svoronos 634. Graffito "TIMO" behind eagle. Very Fine.
Estimated Value $350 - 425.
The Joseph Melchione Collection.
View details and enlarged photos
| Realized
$288 |
Lot 3158 |
 |
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. Arsinoe II (270 BC). Gold Mnaion (Oktadrachm) (27.74g) minted at Alexandria, 253-24. Issued by Ptolemy II (285-246 BC). Veiled head right of Arsinoe II, wearing stephane; to left, I. Reverse: Double cornucopiae bound with fillet. Troxell Group 3, pl. 7, 3; Svoronos 475. Handsome, problem-free example. About Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $6,000 - 7,000.
View details and enlarged photos
| Realized
$9,200 |
Lot 3159 |
 |
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. Ptolemy IX Soter and Cleopatra III, 116-106 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.60 g) dated year 2 (116-1. Diademed head right of Ptolemy. Reverse: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; in field, date. SNG Cop 348; cf. Sv. 1660. Superb Extremely Fine.
One of the original portrayals of the walking eagle which inspired the design of our own U.S. walking eagle half dollar.
Estimated Value $900 - 1,000.
View details and enlarged photos
| Realized
$863 |
Lot 3160 |
 |
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. Ptolemy IX Soter & Cleopatra III, 116-106 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.54g) minted at Alexandria. Diademed head right of Ptolemy I, wearing aegis. Reverse: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings folded. SNG Copenhagen 347. Uniform light grey toning. Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $800 - 900.
View details and enlarged photos
| Realized
$529 |
Lot 3161 |
 |
Kingdom of Mauretania. Juba II 25 BC-AD 23. AR Denarius (2.8 g). Diademed head of Juba II facing right. Reverse: Cornucopiae and scepter in saltire. M. III, 103, 23; Mazzard 243. Portrait and legend complete but struck off-center. Extremely Fine.
Mauretania, the land of the Moors, was annexed by the Romans in 33 BC. However, eight years later Augustus restored the kingdom and placed Juba II on the throne. During the reign of Claudius, the country became a Roman province and was governed by procurators.
Estimated Value $500 - 600.
View details and enlarged photos
| Unsold |
Lot 3162 |
 |
Kyrene. Polianthes, magistrate. Gold Stater (8.62g) struck c. 322-313 BC. Nike driving slow quadriga right. Reverse: Zeus Ammon standing half-left, holding patera over thymiaterion, resting left hand on scepter. SNG Copenhagen 1210; Müller 192. A bit of die rust on the obverse and minor marks on reverse. A bold Very Fine.
Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000.
The Joseph Melchione Collection.
View details and enlarged photos
| Realized
$7,475 |
Lot 3163 |
 |
Carthage. Electrum Stater (7.52g) struck c. 310-290 BC. Head left of Tanit, wreathed with grain ears, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace with nine oblong pendants; before, dot. Reverse: Horse standing right; in exergue, cluster of three dots. Jenkins & Lewis group V, 281. Choice Very Fine.
Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000.
The Joseph Melchione Collection.
View details and enlarged photos
| Realized
$2,875 |
|
|
