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Sale 91
June 2016 Pre-Long Beach
| Tom Peterson of Anceint Greek Coinage |
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Lot 1750 |
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Lydian Kingdom. Ardys to Alyattes. Electrum Trite (4.62 g), ca. 630s-564/53 BC C. Sardis. Head of roaring lion right, multiple-rayed sun on snout. Reverse: Two incuse square punches of unequal size. Weidauer grp. XV, 62 (same obv. die and punches); SNG Kayhan -. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500
Private purchase from Tom Cederlind.
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| Realized
$6,169 |
Lot 1751 |
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Lydian Kingdom. Time of Cyrus to Darios I. Silver 1/2 Stater (or Siglos) (5.15 g. Sardis. Confronted foreparts of lion, on left, and bull, on right. Reverse: Double incuse punch. Berk 22; SNG Kayhan 1024-6; Traité I 409. Attractive old toning. Very Fine. Estimated Value $400 - 500
Private purchase from Tom Cederlind.
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$764 |
Lot 1752 |
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Carian Satraps. Hidrieus. Silver Tetradrachm (15.18 g), ca. 351/0-344/3 BC About. Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly right. Reverse: Zeus Labraundos standing right; between foot and spear, E. SNG Keckman -; SNG Kayhan 880; SNG von Aulock 8046; Traité II 100. With an attractive iridescent tone. About Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000
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$1,586 |
Lot 1753 |
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Lycia, Uncertain mint. Silver Stater (9.12 g), ca. 520-470/60 BC Choice VF. Forepart of boar left. Reverse: Incuse square with indentations on either side, divided by a large X. Falghera 14-6; SNG Copenhagen Suppl. 370; SNG von Aulock 4050. Attractive antique cabinet tone. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,500
Private purchase from Tom Cederlind; Ex Adolph Hess AG & Bank Leu AG 45, May 12, 1970 Lucerne (Switzerland), lot 312; Ex Auction Schulman, January 1954, Amsterdam, lot 725.
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$2,115 |
Lot 1754 |
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Seleukid Kingdom. Seleukos I Nikator. Silver Tetradrachm (17.11 g), 312-281 BC V. Minted at Susa, ca. 305/4-295 BC. Head of Alexander the Great or Seleukos right, wearing helmet covered with panther's skin and adorned with ear and horns of a bull. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, Nike standing right, crowning trophy at right with wreath; below left wing, AP; between Nike's feet and trophy, facing bust of Helios; in lower right field, monogram. SC 173.16; ESM 301; HGC 9, 20. Lightly toned. Very Fine. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000
Private purchase from Tom Cederlind.
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$1,763 |
Lot 1755 |
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Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. Silver Tetradrachm (16.36 g), 175-164. Antioch on the Orontes, ca. 168-164 BC. Diademed head of Antiochos IV right. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOΧOY ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ NIKHΦOPOΣ, Zeus seated left, holding Nike and scepter; in outer left field, monogram. SC 1400d; HGC 9, 620a. Well struck and well centered. Attractive old cabinet toning. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000
Private purchase from Tom Cederlind.
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$999 |
Lot 1756 |
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Phoenicia, Byblos. 'Ozba'al. Silver Shekel (13.18 g), ca. 400-365 BC EF. 'Z (in Phoenician) between galley and tail of hippocamp, three hoplites on galley with prow terminating in lion's head left above waves; below, hippocamp left above murex shell. Reverse: 'ZB'L MLK GBL, lion attacking bull left. Cf. Betlyon 14; cf. Rouvier 641 (1/16 shekel); SNG Copenhagen 132. Lightly toned and unusually well struck for this issue. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000
Private purchase from Tom Cederlind.
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$3,408 |
Lot 1757 |
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Persia, Alexandrine Empire. Satrapal issue. Silver Tetradrachm (16.91 g), ca. 32. Baal seated left, holding scepter. Reverse: Lion prowling left; above, spearhead. Nicolet-Pierre 2. Rare. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,300
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$823 |
Lot 1758 |
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Achaemenid Kingdom. Darios I to Xerxes I. Silver Siglos (5.27 g), ca. 505-480 BC. Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow. Reverse: Rectangular incuse punch. Carradice type II; Meadows 320; Sunrise 21. Uniform antique cabinet toning. Perfectly centered. About Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $400 - 500
Private purchase from Tom Cederlind.
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$646 |
Lot 1759 |
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Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy I Soter. Silver Tetradrachm (15.69 g), as Satrap, 323. Alexandria, in the name of Alexander III of Macedonia, ca. 319-315 BC. Head of Alexander right, wearing elephant's skin headdress. Reverse: AΛEΞANΔPOY, Athena Alkidemos advancing right, wielding spear and holding forth shield; to right, Corinthian helmet, KP monogram, and eagle standing right on thunderbolt. Svoronos 164; cf. SNG Copenhagen 27 (monogram); BMC 32. Attractively toned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500
Private purchase from Tom Cederlind.
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$2,174 |
Lot 1760 |
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Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy II Philadelphos, with Arsinoe II, Ptolemy I and Beren. Alexandria, ca. 265 BC. Busts of Ptolemy II, diademed and draped, and Arsinöe II, diademed and veiled, right; behind, Gallic shield. Reverse: Busts of Ptolemy I, diademed and draped, and Berenike I, diademed and veiled, right. Svoronos 604; SNG Copenhagen 133. Rarely seen this choice. Nice clean strike with some luster remaining. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $4,000 - 5,000
Private purchase from Tom Cederlind.
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$8,225 |
Lot 1761 |
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Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy IV Philopator. Silver Tetradrachm (13.97 g), 222-205/. Alexandria, ca. 217-215/0 BC. Jugate draped busts of Serapis and Isis right. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle standing left, head right, on thunderbolt; over shoulder, filleted cornucopiae; between legs, ΔI. Svoronos 1124; cf. Landvatter 13-22 (O4/R-; rev. die not listed); SNG Copenhagen 197-8. Excellent centering and lovely old toning. About Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $6,000 - 7,000
Private purchase from Tom Cederlind; Ex Kirk Davis purchase 2009 ANA.
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$7,050 |
Lot 1762 |
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Cyrenaica, Cyrene. Magas. Silver Didrachm (7.65 g), as Ptolemaic governor, first. Head of Karneios right. Reverse: KY-PA, silphion plant; in left field, serpent coiled left; in right field, I and ΠO monogram. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 1239 (head left); cf. SNG Delepierre 767 (no serpent); cf. BMC 243-5 (head left). Very Rare. Some light porosity. Well struck and well centered. Fine style and lightly toned. Very Fine.
A rare issue of the Ptolemaic governor of Cyrenaica who later crowned himself an independent king in 277 BC. As a son of Berenike I born prior to her marriage to Ptolemy I, Magas was connected to the Ptolemaic royal house but was not part of the line of succession. He solved this problem by open rebellion and attempting to ally himself with the Seleukid dynasty, which was always hostile to the Ptolemies. In 274 BC, Magas and Antiochos I launched a coordinated attack on the possessions of Ptolemy II, but the war ended in failure. Antiochos was defeated in battle and Magas was forced to withdraw thanks to a native rebellion in Libya. Upon the death of Magas, Cyrenaica was almost immediately restored to the Ptolemaic kingdom. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000
Private purchase from Tom Cederlind.
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$2,703 |
Lot 1763 |
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Zeugitania, Carthage. Electrum Stater (7.37 g), ca. 290-270 BC EF. Head of Tanit left, wreathed with grain ears, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace. Reverse: Horse standing right. Jenkins & Lewis grp. VII, 356 (same obv. die); MAA 13. Well struck in deep yellow electrum. We note an old dig below the chin of Tanit. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $4,000 - 5,000
Private purchase from Tom Cederlind.
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| Realized
$4,935 |
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