Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 95

THE NEW YORK SALE

Ancient Coins

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1001		Celtic. Carpathian region. Imitating Philip II of Macedon. Silver Tetradrachm (11.88 g), 3rd century BC. 'Zickzackgruppe' type. Laureate head of Zeus left. Rev. ΠΛΛΛ, horseman riding left; behind, circle. (Kostial 738; OTA 459; CCCBM I S132). Fully lustrous and boldly struck. Mint state. Estimate $3,000UP The Zeus and horseman types introduced by Philip II enjoyed great popularity among neighboring Thracian and Celtic peoples. Indeed, they were so successful that they continued in production long after his death because the Thracians and Celts demanded them in payment when they served as mercenaries in the armies of early Hellenistic dynasts and kings. This preference for Philip's types spawned numerous local imitations such as this tetradrachm. It takes the standard images of Zeus and the horseman and twists them into something new and unique through the abstract artistry for which the Celts are justifiably famous. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1002		Celtic. Eastern Europe, Imitating Thasos. Silver Tetradrachm (16.77 g), late 2nd-1st centuries BC. Wreathed head of Dionysos right. Rev. Debased legend reduced to pellets, Herakles standing facing, holding club and lion's skin. (Kostial 983-95; cf. OTA class V; CCCBM I 235). Bold style and attractively toned. Very fine. Estimate $300UP Ex CNG 55 (13 September 2000), lot 23. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $378
Lot 1003		Etruria, Populonia. Silver 10 Asses (3.88 g), ca. 300-250 BC. Laureate head of Aplu left; behind, X. Blank. (SNG ANS 26; HN Italy 168). Toned. Extremely fine. Estimate $2,000UP Purchased privately from Tom Cederlind. Like many aspects of Etruscan culture, Etruscan coins have a distinctive character. In contrast to most contemporary Greek and native Italian coinages, the flan of this Populonian silver issue was struck by a single die against a flat surface rather than an anvil die, leaving it with only a single type (technical reverse) and an enigmatic blank side (technical obverse). In this case the type depicts Aplu, the Etruscan version of the Greek god Apollo, and features the numeral X to indicate a face value of 10 bronze asses. A similar value indicator was later adopted by the Romans to indicate the number of asses in the silver denarius. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,006
Lot 1004		Calabria, Taras. Campano-Tarantine series. Silver Nomos, ca. 281-272 BC. Diademed head of Satyra left, wearing triple-pendant earring. Rev. TA below horse's raised foreleg, youth on horseback right, crowning horse with wreath; above, crescent. (Vlasto 1038-41; SNG ANS 1302). Lustrous. Extremely fine. Estimate $600UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $531
Lot 1005		Calabria, Taras. Silver Nomos (6.40 g), ca. 280-272 BC. Phy…, Sodamos and Gy…, magistrates. The Dioskouroi on horseback riding left; above, magistrate's monogram: ΦY; below, between horses' hooves, magistrate's name: [ΣΩ]Δ-A-M-O-Σ.Rev. TA-PAΣ, Taras seated astride dolphin left over waves, holding Nike crowning him with wreath and small, round shield ornamented with a hippocamp and javelins; in left field, magistrate's name: ΓY. (Vlasto 773-80; HN Italy 1011). Lovely cabinet toning. Extremely fine. Estimate $2,000UP Ex Roma V (23 March 2013), lot 24. The city of Taras was named for the hero of the same name who was a son of Poseidon and the nymph Satyrion. He was shipwrecked during a crossing from Tainaron in the Peloponnesos to southern Italy, but Poseidon sent a dolphin to carry him to safety. The city was founded not far from the site where the hero came ashore. It has been suggested that this myth may reflect actual occurrences of dolphins saving shipwrecked sailors from drowning. This particular issue may have been struck to hire mercenaries to support Taras against the Romans during the Pyrrhic War (280-275 BC). View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1006		Lucania, Metapontion. Silver Nomos (8.13 g), ca. 540-510 BC. META, barley ear with eight grains. Rev. Incuse barley ear with eight grains. (Noe 78; SNG ANS 192; HN Italy 1467). Struck on a broad fan from finely engraved dies, light iridescent toning. Extremely fine. Estimate $2,000UP This stater features raised obverse types paired with matching incuse reverses, a technique that was popular among several of the cities of Magna Graecia in southern Italy during the Archaic period. The use of matched incuse reverses was far more complex than that of most other contemporary coinages which involved an obverse type and a reverse punch. Not only did both dies have to be cut to the same design, but the reverse die had to be cut in high relief and adjusted properly at the time of striking in order to match up with the obverse. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,065
Lot 1007		Lucania, Metapontion. Silver Nomos (7.81 g), ca. 330-290 BC. Head of Demeter facing slightly right, wreathed with barley; in right field, AΓ.Rev. META, barley ear with leaf to right; above leaf, bucranium; below leaf, AΘA. (Johnston C2.2; SNG ANS 463; HN Italy 1584). Delicately toned. Extremely fine. Estimate $3,000UP Metapontion was founded by Achaian Greeks, but one mythological tradition made it a city settled by Pylian followers of Nestor who were blown off course during their return from the Trojan War. According to others, the city was founded by the followers of Epeios, the builder of the Trojan horse. As proof of this the inhabitants of Metapontion displayed his tools in the local temple of Athena. The city's agricultural hinterland was excellent for grain production and from the mid-fifth century BC the grain ear became a civic badge on Metapontine coins. Here it appears in conjunction with an attractive 3/4 facing head of Demeter, the goddess who protected the grain crops. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,832
Lot 1008		Bruttium, Kroton. Silver Nomos (8.02 g), ca. 530-500 BC. QPO, Tripod with legs terminating in lion's feet, serpents rising from bowl. Rev. Incuse tripod as obverse. (Gorini 4; Attianese 1; SNG ANS 228; SNG Lloyd 591; HN Italy 2075). Very attractive cabinet toned. Nearly extremely fine. Estimate $3,500UP It still remains unclear as to why the distinctive incuse type coinage developed in Magna Graecia during the Archaic period. Most modern explanations have tended to be unsatisfactory or problematic. Some have suggested that it may have been introduced because the thin-flanned coins could (supposedly) be stacked more easily while others have claimed a need to obliterate the types of imported foreign coin, although there is little evidence for such early importation. Still others have claimed a connection between the technique and Pythagorean philosophical views. The suggestion that coin production among the incuse issuing cities was influenced by local traditions of repoussé metalwork is perhaps the most convincing of the proposed explanations. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1009		Sicily, Selinos. Silver Tetradrachm (17.28 g), ca. 450-440 BC. ΣEΛ-IN-[ONTION], Artemis, holding reins, driving quadriga left; beside her, Apollo standing, drawing bow. Rev. Σ-EΛI-?-[I]OΣ, Selinos walking left, holding phiale over canopied altar and laurel branch; on base of altar, rooster standing left; behind, selinon leaf above bull standing left on basis. (Schwabacher 10 (Q3/S10); SNG ANS 691 (same dies)). Die-break on obverse, lightly toned. Very fine. Estimate $3,000UP Ex Cederlind 141 (19 December 2006), lot 26. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1010		Sicily, Akragas. Silver Didrachm (8.74 g), ca. 480/78-470 BC. AK-RA, eagle standing right. Rev. CA-Σ, crab; below, male head right. (Jenkins pl. 37, 18 (same dies) (SNG ANS 959 (same dies)). Well struck and perfectly centered. Traces of luster present. Superb extremely fine. Estimate $3,000UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,596
Lot 1011		Sicily, Akragas. Silver Hemidrachm (1.86 g), ca. 420-406 BC. Eagle left, head lowered to devour hare held in talons. Rev. A-K-R-A, crab; below, fish right. (SNG ANS 1003-8). Rare. Uniform medium grey tone. Extremely fine. Estimate $400UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $472
Lot 1012		Sicily, Gela. Silver Didrachm (8.70 g), ca. 490/85-480/75 BC. Nude warrior on horseback galloping right, preparing to hurl javelin. Rev. CEΛAΣ, forepart of man-headed bull right, within circular incuse. (Jenkins grp. Ic, 71 (O22/R23); SNG ANS 14 (same dies); Jameson 576 (same dies)). Attractive style. Toned. About extremely fine. Estimate $10,000UP The reverse of this coin depicts the river-god Gelas in the form of a bearded man-faced bull. This peculiar form is derived from that of Acheloös, the great river of Arkadia that was said to be the father of all rivers and who once fought Herakles. Recent study of the man-faced bull on Greek coinage by N. Molinari and N. Sisci has led to the suggestion that the iconography was ultimately derived from Near Eastern deities and carried west by mercenaries, many of whom returned to homes in Sicily and Italy after service in the East. This theory would explain the popularity of the type in the region in the Archaic and Classical periods. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1013		Sicily, Gela. Æ Tetras (3.79 g), ca. 420-405 BC. ΓEΛAΣ, bull standing right, head lowered; above, barley grain; in exergue, three pellets. Rev. Head of young river-god right, with flowing hair; behind, barley grain. (Jenkins 507; CNS 18). Glossy uniform dark chocolate brown patina. Choice very fine. Estimate $350UP Ex NFA MBS (18 October 1990), lot 66. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1014		Sicily, Kamarina. Silver Tetradrachm (16.92 g), ca. 425-405 BC. Athena driving galloping quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning Athena with wreath; in exergue, heron flying left. Rev. KAMAPINAI-ON, bearded head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin headdress. (Westermark & Jenkins 142 (O4/R10); SNG Lloyd 867 (same dies); SNG Munich 401 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 162 (same dies); Rizzo pl. 5, 9 (same dies); Gulbenkian 174 = Locker-Lampson 61 (same dies); Pozzi 398 (same dies); Ward 169 (same dies); BMC 10 (same dies)). Lovely antique toning. Choice very fine. Estimate $5,000UP Purchased privately from Tom Cederlind. Founded by the Syracusan oikists Daskon and Menekolos in 598 BC, the city of Kamarina sat on the southeastern corner of Sicily, closer to Gela than to its parent city. Both cities vied for influence, with the result that Kamarina was sacked and resettled numerous times throughout its turbulent history. During the Athenian Expedition in the late fifth century BC, Kamarina remained officially neutral but grudgingly lent limited support to defend Syracuse. It was at this time that the city's mint began producing this remarkable series of tetradrachms, initially copying the quadriga type of Syracuse in a somewhat stilted fashion, then following it with tetradrachms of much superior style vividly depicting a racing quadriga combined with a wonderful portrait of Herakles. The minting of these beautiful coins lasted only until 405 BC, as the mint ceased operations when the city's inhabitants were evacuated to Syracuse due to Carthaginian activity in the area. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $5,900
Lot 1015		Sicily, Katana. Æ Tetras (1.82 g), ca. 415/3-403/2 BC. AMENANOΣ, head of the river god Amenanos left; behind neck, ivy leaf. Rev. K-A, winged thunderbolt; around, three pellets. (CNS 1; SNG ANS 1272). Nice dark brown patina. Extremely fine. Estimate $300UP Ex Sternberg XX (20 April 1988), lot 270. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $425
Lot 1016		Sicily, Lilybaion (as Cape of Melkart). Silver Tetradrachm (16.86 g), ca. 330-305 BC. 'RSMLQRT' (Punic) in exergue, charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving galloping quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer with wreath. Rev. Wreathed head of Kore-Persephone left; around, three dolphins.(Jenkins 29 (O12/R22); BMC 5 (same dies); Jameson 1895 (same obv. die)). Fine style. Lightly toned. Very fine. Estimate $600UP Ex NFA MBS (18 October 1990), lot 125. Ex Galerie des Monnaies of Geneva / Malter (9 June 1978), lot 1271. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $590
Lot 1017		Sicily, Segesta. Silver Didrachm (7.77 g), ca. 475/0-455/0 BC. Hound standing right, sniffing a scent. Rev. ΣEΓEΣ -TAZ-[IB] (retrograde), head of the nymph Segesta right. (Hurter 38 (V10/R21); SNG Lewis 344 (same dies); BMFA 311 = Warren 279 (same obv. die)). Toned. Smoothing and cleaning marks. About Very fine. Estimate $300UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1018		Sicily, Selinos. Silver Tetradrachm (15.56 g), ca. 450-440 BC. [ΣEΛINONTION], ], Artemis, holding reins, driving quadriga left; beside her, Apollo standing, drawing bow. Rev. ΣE[ΛINIOΣ],the river god Selinos, nude, standing facing, head left, holding patera over canopied altar and laurel branch; on base of altar, rooster standing left; behind, selinon leaf above bull standing left on basis. (cf. SNG ANS 699). Lightly toned with ancient test cut. Very fine. Estimate $750UP Ex NFA MBS (18 October 1990), lot 86. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1019		Sicily, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. Silver Litra (0.70 g), 485-466 BC. Under Hieron I, ca. 470-466 BC. ΣVPA (P retrograde),Diademed head of Arethusa right. Rev. Octopus. (cf. Boehringer series Xiiib, 449-67 (dies not recorded); SNG ANS 137-43). Toned. Extremely fine. Estimate $400UP Ex D. Alighieri Collection (CNG 81, 20 May 2009), lot 155. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $620
Lot 1020		Sicily, Syracuse. Second Democracy. Silver Tetradrachm (17.10 g), 466-405 BC. Ca. 450 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with wreath; in exergue, ketos right. Rev. ΣVRAKOΣ-I-ON, head of Arethusa right, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace; around, four dolphins. (Boehringer 515 (V270/R366); SNG ANS 170 (same rev. die); Rizzo pl. XXXVI, 6 (same dies); Basel 437 = Jameson 783 (same dies); Pozzi 578 (same dies); BMC 83 (same dies)). Fine style, and with attractive old cabinet toning. Extremely fine. Estimate $3,000UP Purchased privately from Tom Cederlind. This coin which features the charioteer and Arethusa types for which Syracuse is widely celebrated, was struck not long after the restoration of a democratic constitution in the city after two decades of rule by tyrants of the Deinomenid family. While Gelon I (485-478 BC) and his brother Hieron I (478-467 BC) had done much to establish Syracuse as the preeminent city of Greek Sicily and stave off the encroachments of the Carthaginians, the despotic behavior of their successor, Thrasyboulos, resulted in a general uprising against the Deinominids and the end of the tyranny in 466/5 BC. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,304
Lot 1021		Sicily, Syracuse. Second Democracy. Silver Tetradrachm (17.35 g), 466-405 BC. Ca. 420-415 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flyong right, crowning horses with wreath; in exergue, grasshopper right. Rev. Σ-Y-PA-K-[OΣI]-O?head of Arethusa right, hair bound in sakkos; around, four dolphins. (cf. Boehringer 727-8 (V360/R495; die combination not recorded); Rizzo pl. XL, 17; McClean 2682, pl. 94, 3; Jameson 781; Pozzi 590 (all from the same rev. die)). A rare die combination not recorded by Boehringer. Of confident and attractive style. Toned. Very fine. Estimate $1,300UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1022		Sicily, Syracuse. Timoleon and the Third Democracy. Silver Hemidrachm (1.91 g), 344-317 BC. ΣY-PAK-O-ΣIΩ-N, head of Athena facing slightly left, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet; around, three dolphins. Rev. Youth on horseback right; above, eight-pointed star. (SNG ANS 520). Rare. Attractively toned. Very fine. Estimate $500UP Ex NFA MBS (18 October 1990), lot 105. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1023		Sicily, Syracuse. Timoleon and the Third Democracy. Æ Hemidrachm (15.23 g), 344-317 BC. Timoleontic Symmachy coinage, ca. 344-339/8 BC. [ ] - -, laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios right. Rev. ΣYPAK-OΣIΩN,thunderbolt; to right, barley grain. (CNS 72; SNG ANS 477-88). Beautiful glossy greenish-brown patina. Choice very fine. Estimate $500UP Ex NFA MBS (18 October 1990), lot 103. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1024		Sicily, Syracuse. Agathokles. Silver Tetradrachm (17.17 g), 317-289 BC. Ca. 310/08-306/5 BC. KOPAΣ,wreathed head of Kore right, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace. Rev. AΓAΘOKΛEOΣ in exergue, Nike standing right, and erecting trophy; to left, AN or AV monogram; to right, triskeles. (Ierardi 95 (O19/R61); Gulbenkian 336 (same dies); SNG ANS 664; SNG Lloyd 1488). Of splendid style and most attractive. Light cabinet tone. Extremely fine. Estimate $3,500UP The image of Nike erecting a trophy on the reverse of this handsome tetradrachm is thought to advertise the successes that Agathokles had enjoyed in defending Syracuse against a massive Carthaginian blockade (actually the work of his older brother, Antander) and in carrying the war against Carthage to Punic Libya in 310-307 BC. The type, however, gives no indication that when things began to sour in Libya, Agathokles quietly abandoned his troops and sailed home. Despite this unspoken truth, the iconography quickly seized the attention of contemporary Hellenistic rulers much further to the east, where the image of Nike erecting a trophy provided the model for a similar scene found on tetradrachms of Seleukos I Nikator (312-281 BC), probably struck shortly after the decisive Battle of Ipsos in 301 BC. As these coins were struck primarily in Susa, the influence of Agathokles seems to have spread quite far indeed. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $7,375
Lot 1025		Sicily, Syracuse. Agathokles. Silver Tetradrachm (17.13 g), 317-289 BC. Ca. 310/08-306/5 BC. KOPAΣ, wreathed head of Kore right, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace. Rev. AΓAΘOKΛEOΣ, Nike standing right, and erecting trophy; to left, triskeles. (Ierardi 178c (O46/R118; this coin); SNG Munich 1263 (same dies)) Toned. Very fine. Estimate $1,500UP Ex Prowe Collection, pt. III (Egger 46, 11 May 1914), lot 91. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,534
Lot 1026		Sicily, Syracuse. Agathokles. Æ (9.81 g), 317-289 BC. Struck ca. 306/4-289 BC. ΣΩTHPA,head of Artemis Soteira right, quiver at shoulder. Rev. AΓAΘOKΛEOΣ above, BAΣIΛEOΣ below, winged thunderbolt. (BAR issue 33; CNS 142; SNG ANS 708). Uniform chocolate brown patina. Extremely fine. Estimate $350UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $448
Lot 1027		Sicily, Syracuse. Hiketas II. Æ (10.07 g), 287-278 BC. [ΔIOΣ EΛΛANI]OY, laureate head of Zeus Hellanios right. Rev. ΣYPAK-OΣIΩN, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings displayed. (CNS 167; BAR issue 39; SNG ANS 789-95). Uniform glossy chocolate brown patina. Extremely fine. Estimate $300UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1028		Sicily, Syracuse. Hiketas II. Æ (9.13 g), 287-278 BC. [ΣY]PAKOΣIΩN, head of Kore left, wreathed with grain ears; behind, grain stalk. Rev. Charioteer driving galloping biga right; above, star; in exergue. (CNS 123; BAR issue 38; SNG ANS 761). Uniform chocolate brown patina. Extremely fine. Estimate $300UP Ex NFA MBS (18 October 1990), lot 111. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1029		Sicily, Syracuse. Fifth Democracy. Silver 8 Litrai (6.73 g), 214-212 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, single-pendant earring, and necklace; behind neck, AΓ monogram. Rev. ΣYPAKOΣIΩN, winged thunderbolt; below, ΣΩ. (Enna Hoard 87 (dies 5/16); BAR issue 88; SNG ANS 1044 (same obv. die)). Well struck on a flan of excellent metal and lightly toned. Extremely fine. Estimate $1,000UP Ex Goldberg 36 (30 May 2006), lot 3484. This coin belongs to a remarkable series of silver litra multiples (including 16-, 12-, 10-, 8-, 6-, 4-, and 2 1/2-litrai) struck during the Fifth Democracy which was established at Syracuse after the assassination of the last Syracusan king, Hieronymos, in 214 BC. Although the leaders of the democracy were initially pro-Roman in their outlook, reports of Roman atrocities in southern Italy and Sicily as they fought the forces of Hannibal led them to resist. Their opposition to the Romans resulted in the famous siege of Syracuse by M. Claudius Marcellus. The siege, which was notable for the mechanical defenses ranged against the Romans by the engineer Archimedes, dragged on until 212 BC when the city fell. It is perhaps ironic that, although struck by the Syracusan democracy, the reverse thunderbolt type of this coin is copied directly from the royal coinage of the hated Hieronymos. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,065
Lot 1030		Sicily, Syracuse. Fifth Democracy. Silver 6 Litrai (4.36 g), 214-212 BC. Bearded head of Herakles left, wearing lion's skin headdress. Rev. ΣYPAKOΣI[ΩN] in exergue, Nike, holding kentron and reins, driving fast biga right; below horses (very faint). (Enna Hoard D44; BAR issue 90; SNG ANS -). Rare. Lightly toned. Very fine / Fine. Estimate $300UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1031		Thraco-Macedonian Region Uncertain mint (perhaps of the Derrones?). Silver Tetradrachm (13.54 g), ca. 520-500 BC. Bull walking left on ground line, head lowered. Rev. Small incuse square with irregular surfaces. (HPM 33, pl. II, 19 = Traité IV 1227, pl. CCCXXVI, 20 = J. Kagan, "Some Archaic Bovine Curiosities," MN 33 (1988), p. 41, 4, pl. 16 (same rev. die); cf. Gorny 52, 148; SNG ANS -). Exceedingly rare - only two other known specimens. Struck on a very broad flan. Toned. Choice very fine. Estimate $8,500UP Ex Prospero Collection (The New York Sale XXVII, Baldwin / Markov / M&M, 4 January 2012), lot 252 (purchased privately from Athena, Münich, 27 October 1989). The Derrones have been variously identified as a Thracian or Paeonian people who may have inhabited the Upper Strymon valley or a region further to the south. They are known exclusively from their inscribed Archaic coinage which is described in Greek as "Derronic" (DERRONIKON). This particular coin belongs to an anepigraphic issue that has been tentatively associated with the Derrones in the past, but the style of the bull seems very different from that of the oxen on their inscribed issues. In his 1988 article in Museum Notes, Kagan only attributes this issue to the Thraco-Macedonian region and points out that coins of similar weight and denomination were struck by Alexander I of Macedon (c. 498-454 BC). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $8,260
Lot 1032		Macedonia, Akanthos. Silver Tetrobol (2.13 g), ca. 470-390 BC. Forepart of bull left, head turned to look back; above, swastika. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. (SNG ANS 40; SNG Ashmolean 2212). Uniform medium grey toning. Very fine. Estimate $250UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1033		Macedonian Kingdom. Phillip II, 359-336 BC. Gold Stater (8.59 g). Mint of Pella, posthumous issue, struck ca. 323-315 BC. Apollo facing right. Rev. ΦIΛIPPOY in exergue, charioteer driving a galloping biga right,Boiotian shield below the horses (Le Rider 605 (D234/R440)). Broad flan, light edge marks.Extremely fine. Estimate $2,500UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,304
Lot 1034		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III 'the Great'. Gold Stater (8.39 g), 336-323 BC. Kalchedon, ca. 260-220 BC. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, the bowl of which is adorned with serpent coiled to right. Rev. AΛEΞANΔP[OY], Nike standing facing, head left, holding wreath and stylis; in left field, KA monogram above NK monogram. (Price 914 (Kallatis); SNG Alpha Bank -). NGC grade MS; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5. Estimate $6,000UP* This type was attributed to Kallatis in Thrace by Price but since has been reattributed to Kalchedon in Bithynia (see U. Wartenberg & J. H. Kagan, "Some comments on a new hoard from the Balkan area," Travaux Le Rider, p. 405). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $6,490
Lot 1035		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III 'the Great'. Gold Stater (8.58 g), 336-323 BC. Sardes, lifetime issue, ca. 330/25-324/3 BC.Sardes, lifetime issue, ca. 330/25-324/3 BC. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, the bowl of which is adorned with serpent coiled to right. Rev. AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis; in left field, bucranium. (Price 2539; ADM I series VI). NGC grade XF; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5. Estimate $3,000UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,304
Lot 1036		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III 'the Great'. Silver Tetradrachm (17.25 g), 336-323 BC. Pella, ca. 323-318/7 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Rev. BAΣI-ΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; in left field, bee alighting on rose. (Price 206; Moore 23-43). NGC grade MS; Strike: 4/5, Surface: 3/5. Estimate $1,000UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1037		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III 'the Great'. Silver Drachm (4.18 g), 336-323 BC. Miletos, lifetime issue, 325-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Rev. AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; in left field, HΔ monogram. (Price 2090). Superb extremely fine. Estimate $500UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $738
Lot 1038		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III 'the Great'. Silver Tetradrachm (17.14 g), 336-323 BC. Amphipolis, ca. 325-323/2 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Rev. AΛEΞANΔ[POY], Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; in left field, cornucopiae. (Price 104; Troxell issue F3). Lightly toned. Choice very fine. Estimate $350UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $496
Lot 1039		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III 'the Great'. Silver Tetradrachm (17.18 g), 336-323 BC. Myriandros or Issos, lifetime issue, ca. 325-324/3 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Rev. Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; in left field, monogram above club in wreath; below throne, monogram. (Price 3230; Newell 27). Ancient test cut. Fine style. Very fine. Estimate $250UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1040		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III 'the Great'. Gold Distater (17.17 g), 336-323 BC. Amphipolis mint, ca. 322-317 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with serpent. Rev. AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike standing facing, head left, holding wreath and stylis; in left field, thunderbolt. (Price 163; Troxell grp. C, 545 (dies DO1/DF2)). Well struck with underlying luster. Extremely fine. Estimate $15,000UP Although this beautiful distater features the Athena and Nike types popularized by Alexander the Great as a symbol of his pan-Hellenic campaign to exact revenge from the Persians for their past offenses against the Greeks, it was struck as the illusory unity of Alexander's vast empire was crumbling to pieces and his former generals went to war with one another to carve out their own lesser kingdoms. This particular piece was struck after Alexander's death when Philip III was king and while either Antipater or his appointed successor, Polyperchon, served as regent. Indeed, Antipater's appointment of Polyperchon, which overlooked his own son Kassander, became yet another point of division that fueled the early wars of the Successors. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $21,830
Lot 1041		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III 'the Great'. Silver Tetradrachm (17.20 g), 336-323 BC. Amphipolis, under Kassander, ca. 307-297 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Rev. AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; above torch; below throne, tripod. (Price 461; Ehrhardt 25). Incredibly sharp detail and lightly toned. Nearly Mint state. Estimate $1,000UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,298
Lot 1042		Macedonian Kingdom. Perseus. Silver Tetradrachm (15.27 g), 179-168 BC. Pella or Amphipolis, ca. 173-171 BC. Ay…, magistrate. Diademed head of Perseus right. Rev. BAΣI-ΛEΩΣ ΠEP-ΣEΩΣ, eagle with wings displayed standing right on thunderbolt; in right field, magistrate's monogram: AY; above, MA monogram; between legs, Φ; aall within oak wreath; in exergue, plow. (Mamroth 18b; cf. SNG Alpha Bank 1132 (monogram between legs); cf. SNG Ashmolean 3276 (same); SNG Munich 1198). Light iridescent tone. Choice very fine. Estimate $2,000UP Ex Roma XI (7 April 2016), lot 256. Ex The New York Sale XXXII, Baldwin / Markov / M&M (8 January 2014), lot 138. Ex CNG 76 (12 September 2007), lot 317. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1043		Thrace, Ainos. Silver Tetrobol (2.53 g), ca. 431-429 BC. Thrace, Ainos. Silver Tetrobol (2.53 g), ca. 431-429 BC. Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos. Rev. AIN, goat standing right; in right field, labrys. (cf. May, Ainos 115-22 (A74/P-; rev. die not recorded); AMNG II 292; SNG Lockett 1159; McClean 3829-30 (same obv. die)). Toned. Very fine. Estimate $350UP Ex Hess-Divo 317 (27 October 2010), lot 92. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $236
Lot 1044		Thracian Kingdom. Lysimachos. Silver Tetradrachm (16.43 g). Byzantion, under Mithradates VI of Pontos, 120-63 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAΧOY, Athena seated left, holding Nike and resting elbow on shield at side, spear leaning against her far shoulder; in inner left field, monogram; on throne, BY; in exergue, trident. (cf. De Callataÿ grp. 3, p. 124; SNG Copenhagen 1139). Boldly struck and perfectly centered on a wonderful broad flan. Unusually expressive dies. Light toning. Extremely fine. Estimate $3,000UP Ex Goldberg 36 (30 May 2006), lot 3520. When Alexander the Great's successor, Lysimachos, introduced his gold and silver coinage featuring the deified head of Alexander and Athena Nikephoros in 297/6 BC he had struck upon a typology of enduring popularity. It became extremely popular among the Thracian and Celtic peoples who supplied mercenary troops to many of the Hellenistic kingdoms. In fact the types became so well-recognized by these mercenaries that they came to demand them from their paymasters long after Lysimachos was dead. This particular posthumous-Lysimachos tetradrachm was struck by the important city of Byzantion, probably in support of the expansion of the Pontic empire of Mithradates VI Eupator (ca. 116-63 BC) in the Black Sea and perhaps even during his first confrontation with the Romans in the First Mithradatic War (89-85 BC). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,832
Lot 1045		Thracian Kingdom. Lysimachos. Silver Tetradrachm (16.78 g), as King, 306-281 BC. Lysimacheia, ca. 297/6-282/1 BC, or later. Diademed head of deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAΧOY, Athena seated left, holding Nike and resting elbow on shield at side, spear leaning against her far shoulder; in inner left field, lion's head left and Ko; on throne, monogram. (Thompson -; Müller 46; Pozzi 1168). Beautiful high relief style with gorgeous iridescent toning. Extremely fine. Estimate $1,500UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,478
Lot 1046		Thracian Kingdom. Lysimachos. Silver Tetradrachm (17.24 g), as King, 306-281 BC. Amphipolis, ca. 288/7-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAΧOY, Athena seated left, holding Nike and resting elbow on shield at side, spear leaning against her far shoulder; in inner left field, caduceus with handle; in outer right field, KA monogram. (Thompson 191; Müller 106). Handsome light toning. Extremely fine. Estimate $3,000UP Ex Manhattan Sale 4 (8 January 2013), lot 38; comes with an old NFA ticket from the 1980s. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1047		Islands off Thrace, Thasos. Æ (8.31 g), ca. 355-340 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Rev. ΘAΣIΩN,bow and club; within bow, wreath. (cf. Le Rider 36-7; cf. SNG Copenhagen 1052; cf. HGC 6, 362). Rare - an unpublished variety of a seldom offered type. Brown patina. Very fine. Estimate $300UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1048		Thessaly, Larissa. Silver Drachm (6.03 g), ca. 405/0-370 BC. Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, wearing ampyx. Rev. ΛAPI, horse grazing right. (L-S group 6, head type 28 (O134/R2), specimen b = C. Lorber, "The Early Facing Head Drachms of Thessalian Larissa," Florilegium Numismaticum 91.2b (this coin); BCD Thessaly II 268-9 (same obv. die)). Beautiful iridescent tone and captivating style. Extremely fine. Estimate $2,500UP Ex MMAG 95 (4 October 2004), lot 135. Ex Athena Fund (Sotheby's Zurich, 27 October 1993), lot 501. Ex NFA List 41 (June 1992), lot 43. The beginning of the facing head drachms of Larissa has been associated tentatively with the conflict between the city and Lykophron, the tyrant of Pherai, over the control of the splintered Thessalian League.Although it has become a numismatic mantra that the facing head drachms reflect the imitation of the famous facing Arethusa coins of Syracuse signed by Kimon, more recent assessments of style and artistic quality of the Larissan issues has led to the conclusion that their facing head type should not be considered imitative, but a sign of fresh artistic exploration in Northern Greece. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1049		Thessaly, Larissa. Silver Drachm (5.88 g), ca. 405/0-370 BC. Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly right, hair bound with ampyx. Rev. [ΛAPIΣ], horse grazing right. (Lorber & Shahar grp. 4, dies O63/R2, specimen b (this coin); BCD Thessaly II 234 (same dies)). Lovely style. Toned. About extremely fine. Estimate $600UP Ex Gorny & Mosch 130 (8 March 2004), lot 1178. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1050		Thessaly, Oitaioi. Silver Hemidrachm (2.90 g), ca. 344-280 BC. Head of lion left, crushing spear held in jaws. Rev. OITAI-ΩN, Herakles standing facing, holding club. (Valassiadis 3; BCD Thessaly II 489). Attractively toned. Choice very fine. Estimate $700UP Ex BCD Collection (CNG E290, 7 November 2012), lot 56. The Oitaians were a tribal people of Northern Greece named for their proximity to Mount Oita. This mountain was famous in Greek myth as the place where Herakles was burned by a poisonous shirt given to him by his wife. The poison destroyed his physical body but permitted him to achieve immortality and ascend to the gods. For this reason, the principal city of the Oitaians was named Herakleia (Trachinia) and the hero held a prominent place on their coins. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold

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