Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 96

February 12-15 2017 Pre-Long Beach Auction

Ancient Coins

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1589		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III 'the Great'. Silver Tetradrachm (17.22 g), 336-323 BC. Amphipolis, ca. 322-320 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; in left field, Macedonian helmet. Price 113; Troxell issue H3. Untoned and nice and crisp. NGC grade Choice AU; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5. Estimate Value $900 - 1,000 View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1590		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III 'the Great'. Silver Tetradrachm (16.66 g), 336-323 BC. Arados, under Ptolemy I, as Satrap, ca. 320/19-315 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headress. Reverse: AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; in left field, AP monogram. Price 3426 (Byblos?). Well struck in high relief, and struck from artistic dies. Uniform light grey tone. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $1,000 - 1,200 From The Herbert & Aphrodite Rubin Collection; Purchased privately from Harlan J. Berk in the 1980s, with his ticket. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,526
Lot 1591		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III 'the Great'. Silver Tetradrachm (17.21 g), 336-323 BC. Amphipolis, ca. 320 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Reverse: AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; in left field, monogram. Price 121; Troxell issue I3. Lovely delicate iridescent tone. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $500 - 600 From the Hanbery Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $928
Lot 1592		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III 'the Great'. Silver Tetradrachm (16.91 g), 336-323 BC. Amphipolis, under Kassander, ca. 316-311 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Reverse: AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; in left field, aplustre; below throne, Π-pellet monogram. Price 129; Troxell issue L3. Attractively toned. About Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $400 - 500 From the Hanbery Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $494
Lot 1593		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III 'the Great'. Silver Tetradrachm (17.10 g), 336-323 BC. Babylon, ca. 315-311 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; in left field, monogram in wreath; below throne, AX monogram. Price 3722. Fine style. Toned. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $300 - 400 From The Herbert & Aphrodite Rubin Collection; Purchased privately from Bowers and Ruddy Galleries in the 1980s. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $470
Lot 1594		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III 'the Great'. Silver Tetradrachm (17.10 g), 336-323 BC. Corinth, ca. 304/3-290 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; in left field, cornucopiae; below throne, NO. Price 691. Lustrous throughout! Mint State. Estimate Value $1,500 - UP The Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from F. Kovacs in 1987. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,055
Lot 1595		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III 'the Great'. Silver Tetradrachm (16.57 g), 336-323 BC. Miletos, ca. 210-ca. 190 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Reverse: AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; in left field, MI monogram above star and lion standing left; below throne, monogram. Cf. Price 2172 (star above monogram). Antique cabinet toning. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $500 - 600 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $294
Lot 1596		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III 'the Great'. Silver Tetradrachm (17.07 g), 336-323 BC. Rhodes, ca. 205-190 BC. Damatrios, magistrate. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Reverse: AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; in left field, magistrate's name: ΔAMATPIOΣ above rose; below throne, PO. Price 2521; Ashton 253. Needle sharp! A fantastic coin and beautifully toned. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $2,500 - UP The Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from Glendining's in the 1980s. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,348
Lot 1597		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III 'the Great'. Silver Tetradrachm (16.20 g), 336-323 BC. Alabanda, ca. 185-173 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress; c/m: turreted head of Tyche right. Reverse: Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; in left field, winged Pegasos springing left; below throne, monogram. Price 2455. Struck on a nice wide flan. Lightly toned. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $300 - 400 From the Hanbery Collection;. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $494
Lot 1598		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III 'the Great'. Silver Tetradrachm (16.41 g), 336-323 BC. Mesambria, ca. 150-125 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; in inner left field, Corinthian helmet right above ΔA monogram; below throne, HP monogram and A. Karayotov 440-6 (O61/R192); Callataÿ dies D21/R4, p. 331; Price 1054. Well struck on a huge round flan. Attractive light iridescent tone. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $300 - 400 The Hanbery Collection;. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $470
Lot 1599		Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III 'the Great'. Silver Tetradrachm (16.51 g), 336-323 BC. Odessos, ca. 120-90 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; in inner left field, ΘE; below throne, monogram. Price 1181; Topalov 69. Attractive old cabinet tone. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $400 - 500 The Hanbery Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $881
Lot 1600		Macedonian Kingdom. Demetrios I Poliorketes. Silver Tetradrachm (17.36 g), 306-283 BC. Amphipolis, ca. 289/8 BC. Diademed and horned head right. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY, Poseidon Pelagaios, nude, standing left, right foot propped on rock, holding trident in left hand, right arm resting on leg; monograms to outer left and right. Newell 123; cf. SNG Alpha Bank 950-2 (position of controls). Fine style and well centered. Nicely toned. Nearly Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $1,500 - 2,000 The Hanbery Collection. The diademed portrait of Demetrios Poliorketes, which is included among the earliest numismatic depictions of a living Hellenistic king, elevates him to the status of a god through the addition of horns. These not only respond to the horn of Ammon on Lysimachos' celebrated coin portrait of the deified Alexander the Great, but refer to Demetrios' association with Poseidon (in his aspect as Taureos), whose sacred animal was the bull. Indeed, the Athenians hailed him as a son of the sea-god when he entered their city in 291/0 BC. Should there be any doubt about his connection to Poseidon, a depiction of the god - probably representing a lost statue - appears on the reverse. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,351
Lot 1601		Macedonian Kingdom. Antigonos III Doson. Silver Tetradrachm (16.98 g), 229-221 BC. Amphipolis, ca. 227-225 BC. Head of Poseidon right, wreathed with marine plants. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIΓONOY inscribed on side of prow, Apollo seated left on prow, testing arrow; below, monogram. Touratsoglou 52-3; SNG Alpha Bank 1046-7; SNG Saroglos 933. Lovely uniform old cabinet tonin. Boldly struck and perfectly centered on a nice wide flan. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $2,000 - 2,500 The Hanbery Collection; Ex Ars Classica X (15 January 1925), 452. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,700
Lot 1602		Macedonian Kingdom. Philip V. Silver Tetradrachm (16.69 g), 221-179 BC. Pella or Amphipolis, ca. 183/2-179 BC. Zoilos, magistrate. Head of the hero Perseus left, wearing winged helmet surmounted by griffin's head; behind neck, harpa; all in the central boss of a Macedonian shield with seven double crescents containing stars around. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΦIΛIΠΠOY, club right; above, ZΩ monogram; below, ΔI and MH monograms; all within oak wreath tied at left; to outer left, tripod. Mamroth 16; cf. SNG Alpha Bank 1052 (controls). Attractive light old cabinet toning. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $1,000 - 1,300 From the Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from F. Kovacs. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,880
Lot 1603		Macedonian Kingdom. Time of Philip V-Perseus. Silver Tetrobol (2.19 g), ca. 221-168 BC. Uncertain Macedonian mint. Wreathed head of maenad right. Reverse: MAKE-ΔONΩN, stern of galley right; in right field, Π. SNG Ashmolean 3287. Toned. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $250 - 300 From The Herbert & Aphrodite Rubin Collection; Purchased privately from Bowers and Ruddy Galleries in the 1980s. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1604		Macedonian Kingdom. Phillip V, 221-179 BC. Silver Tetrobol (2.4g). Pella or Amphipolis mint; Zoilos magistrate. Struck ca. 184-179 BC. Macedonian shield with club in center. Reverse: Macedonian helmet. Gaebler-AMNG 7; SNG Copenhagen 1285 var. (same). Toned. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $200 - 250 Ex Frank L. Kovacs MBS 16, #69 Ex Lindgren coll; Ex CNG eAuction 381, #97. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $153
Lot 1605		Macedonian Kingdom. Perseus. Silver Tetradrachm (16.68 g), 179-168 BC. Pella or Amphipolis, ca. 174/3 BC. Zoilos, magistrate. Diademed head of Perseus right. Reverse: BAΣI-ΛEΩΣ ΠEP-ΣEΩΣ, eagle with wings displayed standing right on thunderbolt; above, ZΩ monogram; in right field, EΘ monogram; between legs, EY monogram; all within oak wreath; in exergue, plow. Mamroth 5; SNG Saroglos 958-60. Lustrous. Nearly Mint State. Estimate Value $1,500 - 2,000 From the Herbert & Aphrodite Rubin Collection; Private purchase from Edward J. Waddell in 1980s. A wonderful portrait of the last king of the Antigonid dynasty of Macedon in a high Hellenistic style graces the obverse of this tetradrachm. Political missteps and the enmity of Rome forced this tragic king to embark upon the disastrous Third Macedonian War (171-168 BC), which cost him his diadem and resulted in the division of his kingdom into Roman protectorates. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,820
Lot 1606		Macedonian Kingdom. Perseus. Silver Tetradrachm (15.49 g), 179-168 BC. Pella or Amphipolis, ca. 171-168 BC. Ka…, magistrate. Diademed head of Perseus right. Reverse: BAΣI-ΛEΩΣ ΠEP-ΣEΩΣ, eagle with wings displayed standing right on thunderbolt; above, KA monogram; in right field, AY monogram; between legs, ΛΩ monogram; all within oak wreath; in exergue, plow. Mamroth 22; cf. SNG Alpha Bank 1133. Well struck and perfectly centered. Lovely old cabinet tone. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $1,500 - 2,000 From the Hanbery Collection; includes old tickets. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,234
Lot 1607		Macedonian Kingdom. Perseus. Silver Drachm (2.54 g), 179-168 BC. Third Macedonian War issue. Uncertain mint in Thessaly, ca. 171/0 BC. Zo(ilos?) and Hermias, magistrates. Head of Helios facing slightly right. Reverse: Rose with bud to right; above and at base of stem, magistrates' names: EPMIAΣ and Z-Ω. Price p. 241, pl. LV, 247; SNG Keckman 795. Nearly Mint State. Estimate Value $300 - 350 From The Herbert & Aphrodite Rubin Collection; Purchased from an uncertain NFA auction in the 1970s-1980s, lot 201. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $999
Lot 1608		Paeonian Kingdom. Patraos. Silver Tetradrachm (12.94 g), 335-315 BC. Damastion(?). Laureate head of Apollo right. Reverse: Π-[ATPAO]Y, warrior on horseback right, riding down enemy below with lance; on horse's rump, torch-like symbol. Paeonian Hoard 73 (same dies); cf. SNG ANS 1046 (same dies). Attractive old cabinet tone. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $300 - 400 The Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from F. Kovacs in 1988. Ex CNA V (9 December 1988), 81. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $494
Lot 1609		Paeonian Kingdom. Patraos. Silver Tetradrachm (11.31 g), 335-315 BC. Damastion(?). Laureate head of Apollo right. Reverse: Π-A[T]PAOY, warrior on horseback right, riding down enemy below with lance; above horse's head, M. Paeonian Hoard 198 (same dies); cf. SNG ANS 1032 (same obv. die, diff. symbol). Lightly toned. Very Fine. Estimate Value $250 - 300 From the Hanbery Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $200
Lot 1610		Thraco-Macedonian Region, Siris. Silver Stater (9.80 g), ca. 525-480 BC. Ithyphallic satyr standing right, clutching wrist of nymph fleeing right; around, three pellets. Reverse: Rough incuse square divided diagonally. Smith grp. 5 (Lete); SNG ANS 954-61 ('Lete'); HPM pl. VIII, 4. Rare. Well struck on excellent metal. Lightly toned. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $3,000 - 3,500 The Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from CNG in 1991. This stater features a scene involving a satyr and a nymph, the descendants of Silenos, the rustic and permanently drunk tutor of Dionysos. While the nymphs were female spirits of rivers and the woods, the satyrs were male goat-like woodland spirits with only one thing on their minds. Here, the satyr seems to be propositioning a reluctant nymph - a not uncommon motif in Greek art, especially vase painting - although some commentators (perhaps of a more Victorian bent) have described the scene as a satyr and nymph dancing. Both the weight of the coin and the subject matter of the obverse type shows the influence of Thasian coinage on the coinages of the Thraco-Macedonian mainland. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,938
Lot 1611		Thrace, Abdera. Silver Stater (9.97 g), ca. 336-311 BC. Anaxipolios, magistrate. ABΔH-[PITEΩN], griffin seated left, raising right forepaw. Reverse: Laureate head of Apollo right; around, magistrate's name: EΠI ANAΞIΠOΛIOΣ. Chryssanthaki-Nagle pl. 10, 3 (same dies); May 531 (same dies). Rare. Fine. Estimate Value $250 - 300 From the Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from F. Kovacs. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $200
Lot 1612		Thrace, Ainos. Silver Tetradrachm (16.22 g), ca. 466/5-465/4 BC. Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos. Reverse: AINI, goat standing right; in lower right field, boar's head; all within incuse square. May 18a; BMFA 772. Very Rare. Boldly struck and well centered with a uniform antique light greyish tone. Some faint scratches on the cheek. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $5,000 - UP The Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from F. Kovacs in 1991. Ex Sotheby's (19 June 1991), 171, Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection, pt. IV (19-20 June 1991), 171; Ex NFA VIII (6 June 1980), 68; Ex Boston Museum of Fine Arts Collection (acc. no. 00.182 = purchased in 1900 with funds from the Catherine Page Perkins Fund). The obverse of this coin depicts Hermes, who was worshiped at Ainos in his peculiar local aspect as Perpheraios ("the Wanderer"). The Hellenistic poet, Kallimachos, tells the story of how Epeios, the creator of the Trojan Horse, constructed a wooden cult statue (xoanon in Greek) of Hermes that was washed out to sea. It remained adrift in the Aegean Sea until it was caught in the nets of fishermen near the mouth of the Hebros River in Thrace. Mistaking the statue for mere driftwood, the fishermen tried to use it for firewood, but it would not burn under any circumstances. Fearful of the miraculous wood, the fisherman threw the statue back into the sea only to have it promptly returned to shore by the waves. The native Thracians of the area recognized the statue as a divine relic and subsequently built a shrine to house it on the site that later became the Aiolian Greek colony of Ainos. The Archaic wooden image of Hermes was still worshipped in his temple at Ainos and was sometimes depicted on coins of the Hellenistic period, but here the god is shown in the idealized anthropomorphic form more familiar to the wider Greek world. Lest there be any doubt about the god depicted, Hermes' sacred animal, the goat, also appears on the reverse. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $5,288
Lot 1613		Thrace, Ainos. Silver Diobol (1.28 g), ca. 408/7-407/6 BC. Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos. Reverse: AINI, goat standing right, pawing at ground; below raised foreleg, crab; all within incuse square. May 308 (A189/P207); AMNG II 295. Loevly old cabinet toning. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $600 - 700 From the Herbert & Aphrodite Rubin Collection; Ex NFA IX (10 December 1980), 134. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $470
Lot 1614		Skythia, Olbia. Cast Æ Aes Grave (69.0 mm, 106.09 g), ca. 437-410 BC. Facing gorgoneion. Reverse: A-P-I-X, sea eagle flying right, grasping in talons dolphin right. Anokhin 168; Frolova & Abramzon 156-8; SNG BM 383; SNG Stancomb 343. Rare. Fine reddish-green patina. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $1,500 - 2,000 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,763
Lot 1615		Thracian Kingdom. Lysimachos. Silver Tetradrachm (16.84 g), as King, 306-281 BC. Lampsakos, ca. 297/6-282/1 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAΧOY, Athena seated left, holding Nike and resting elbow on shield at side, spear leaning against far shoulder; in inner left field, ΔΞ monogram; in exergue, [crescent]. Thompson 49; SNG BN 2549; Müller 399. Well struck in very high relief. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $1,000 - 1,500 From the Herbert & Aphrodite Rubin Collection; Purchased privately from H. Berk in the 1980s. This coin features an iconic early Hellenistic portrait of Alexander the Great that transcended all borders and the limits of mere geography. Not only did it become the preferred type for coins struck for use in Thrace long after Lysimachos' death, but it even appears on a gem from a seal ring produced in Central Asia. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,113
Lot 1616		Thracian Kingdom. Lysimachos. Silver Tetradrachm (16.98 g), as King, 306-281 BC. Lampsakos, ca. 297/6-282/1 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAΧOY, Athena seated left, holding Nike and resting elbow on shield at side, spear leaning against far shoulder; in inner left field, long torch; on side of throne, star. Thompson 43; SNG BN 2538-9; Müller 381 (Kyzikos). Wonderful fine style and beautiful old cabinet toning. About Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $500 - 600 From the Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from F. Kovacs. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,939
Lot 1617		Thracian Kingdom. Lysimachos. Silver Tetradrachm (16.70 g), as King, 306-281 BC. Lampsakos, ca. 297/6-282/1 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAΧOY, Athena seated left, holding Nike and resting elbow on shield at side, spear leaning against far shoulder; in inner left field, HP monogram; in exergue, crescent. Thompson 47; SNG BN 2540-2; Müller 401. Struck in high relief. Lightly toned. About Very Fine. Estimate Value $400 - 500 From The Herbert & Aphrodite Rubin Collection; Purchased from an uncertain Malter auction in the 1980s, lot 45. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $423
Lot 1618		Thracian Kingdom. Lysimachos. Silver Tetradrachm (16.76 g), as King, 306-281 BC. Abydos(?), early-mid 3rd century BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAΧOY, Athena seated left, holding Nike and resting elbow on shield at side, spear leaning against far shoulder; in inner left field, eagle standing right. H. Seyrig, "Parion au 3e siècle avant notre ère," Cent. Pub. ANS?, pl. XLII, B (same obv. die); BMFA 839 (same obv. die); Müller 342. Struck in high relief. Lightly toned. About Very Fine. Estimate Value $400 - 500 From The Herbert & Aphrodite Rubin Collection; Purchased from an uncertain Malter auction in the 1980s, lot 44. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $705
Lot 1619		Thracian Kingdom. Lysimachos. Silver Tetradrachm (16.83 g), as King, 306-281 BC. Lampsakos, ca. 297/6-282/1 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAΧOY, Athena seated left, holding Nike and resting elbow on shield at side, spear leaning against far shoulder; in inner left field, ΔΞ monogram; in exergue, crescent. Thompson 49; SNG BN 2549; Müller 399. Struck in high relief. Lightly toned. About Very Fine. Estimate Value $400 - 500 Purchased from an uncertain Malter auction in the 1980s, lot 45. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $447
Lot 1620		Thracian Kingdom. Lysimachos. Silver Tetradrachm (14.59 g), as King, 306-281 BC. Byzantion, under Mithradates VI of Pontos, 120-63 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon. Reverse: 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. De Callataÿ grp. 4, p. 127; SNG Copenhagen 1138. Burnished at one time, now attractively toned. Very Fine. Estimate Value $350 - 400 Ex Ponterio 123 (14 November 2002), 551. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $270
Lot 1621		Thracian Kingdom. Lysimachos. Silver Drachm (4.22 g), as King, 306-281 BC. Ephesos, ca. 294-287 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAΧOY, Athena seated left, holding Nike and resting elbow on shield at side, spear leaning against her far shoulder; in inner left field, tripod; in exergue, EΦ monogram. Thompson 170; Müller 335. Very Fine. Estimate Value $250 - 300 From The Herbert & Aphrodite Rubin Collection; Purchased from an uncertain NFA auction in the 1970s-1980s, lot 161. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $247
Lot 1622		Thracian Kingdom. Lysimachos. Silver Drachm (4.09 g), as King, 306-281 BC. Lampsakos, ca. 299/8-297/6 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Reverse: [B]AΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAΧOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; in left field, forepart of pegasos left above forepart of lion left; below throne, torch. Thompson 35; Price L11; Müller 24. Old cabinet toned. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $150 - 200 From The Herbert & Aphrodite Rubin Collection; Purchased privately from NFA in the 1980s. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $141
Lot 1623		*SKYTHIA. Geto-Dacians. Koson.* Mid 1st Centtury BC. Gold Stater (8.44 g).** Roman consul accompanied by two lictors advancing left; monogram to left. Reverse: Eagle standing left on scepter, holding wreath. RPC I 1701A; BMC Thrace p. 208, 1. NGC graded Mint State; Strike: 3/5, Surface: 4/5. Estimate Value $700 - 800 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,175
Lot 1624		Islands off Thrace, Thasos. Silver Obol (0.42 g), ca. 412-404 BC. Head of satyr right. Reverse: ΘA-Σ, two dolphins in shallow incuse square. Le Rider 12; SNG Copenhagen 1033-4; HGC 6, 340. Very Rare. Well struck and toned. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $300 - 350 From the Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from V. England in the early 1980s. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $176
Lot 1625		Islands off Thrace, Thasos. Silver Drachm (3.50 g), ca. 390-335 BC. Wreathed head of Dionysos left. Reverse: ΘAΣ-I-Ω[N], Herakles crouching right, drawing bow; in right field, caduceus; all within incuse square. Cf. Le Rider 19 (symbol); cf. SNG Copenhagen 1023 (same); HGC 6, 344. Rare. Wonderful old cabinet tone. Well struck in high relief. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $1,000 - 1,300 From the Hanbery Collection; Ex Kovacs IX (21 November 1988), 81. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,469
Lot 1626		Islands off Thrace, Thasos. Silver Hemidrachm (1.63 g), ca. 196-180 BC. Wreathed head of Dionysos right. Reverse: ΘAΣI-ΩN, club within wreath. Le Rider 48; SNG Copenhagen 1036; HGC 6, 355. Rare. Boldly struck and toned. Some fine antique scratches noted on reverse. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $300 - 350 From the Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from F. Kovacs in 1988. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $212
Lot 1627		Islands off Thrace, Thasos. Silver Tetradrachm (17.17 g), ca. 90-75 BC. Wreathed head of young Dionysos right. Reverse: HPAKLEOYΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ ΘAΣIΩN, Herakles standing facing, head left, holding club and lion's skin; to inner left, MH monogram. Le Rider 51; SNG Copenhagen 1040. Some marks in the fields and light porosity on the reverse. Very Fine. Estimate Value $300 - 350 From The Herbert & Aphrodite Rubin Collection; Ex NFA IX (10 December 1980), 143. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $306
Lot 1628		Islands off Thrace, Thasos. Silver Tetradrachm (16.93 g), ca. 90-75 BC. Wreathed head of young Dionysos right. Reverse: HPAKLEOYΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ ΘAΣIΩN, Herakles standing facing, head left, holding club and lion's skin; to inner left, MH monogram. Le Rider 51; SNG Copenhagen 1039. Lightly toned. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $300 - 350 From the Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from Edward Gans (Numismatic Fine Arts). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $353
Lot 1629		Illyro-Paeonian Region, Damastion. Silver Tetradrachm (13.48 g), ca. 390-380 BC. Laureate head of Apollo left. Reverse: ΔAMA-ΣTINΩN, tripod. May grp. V, 23ii (this coin); Woodward 158 (same dies). Rare. Lovely fine style. Toned. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $700 - 800 The Hanbery Collection. May's treatise on Damastion's coinage was published in 1939, and there he notes that this coin was in Sarajevo. The location of the coin between then and the time the former collector purchased it has unfortunately been lost. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,290
Lot 1630		Illyro-Paeonian Region, Damastion. Silver Tetradrachm (13.42 g), ca. 365/0-350/45 BC. Kephi(sophon), magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right. Reverse: ΔAMAΣT-INΩN, tripod on base; in left field, KHΦ[I]. May grp. VII, 64e (same dies); McClean 5086. Rare. Struck from a worn obverse die. Virtually as struck. Toned. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $500 - 750 The Hanbery Collection. Although the precise location of Damastion remains a mystery today, at least its regional boundaries were known to the Greek geographer Strabo who mentions it in his famous Geography, written during the principate of Augustus. He says that there was an alliance of two Illyro-Paeonian tribes, the Dyestae and Enchelii, who had established themselves around the silver mines of Damastion (VII, 7. 326). It was these tribes, then, who were responsible for this coinage, and the only two magistrate's mentioned on the coins of Damastion before it was subsumed by the growing economic dominance of the Macedonian Kingdom of Philip II and Alexander III were Herakleidas and, as here, Kephisophon. They did so only at the very end of the period before the mint ceased to exist. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $541
Lot 1631		Thessaly, Larissa. Silver Drachm (5.83 g), early-mid 4th century BC. Youth, with petasos tied at neck, wrestling bull right. Reverse: ΛAPI-ΣAIA, bridled horse galloping right within incuse square. BCD Thessaly II 372.1 (same obv. die). Fully lustrous, and a superior strike to the BCD specimen. A beautiful example! Mint State. Estimate Value $2,000 - 2,500 From the Herbert & Aphrodite Rubin Collection; Purchased privately from E. Waddell in the 1990s. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,586
Lot 1632		Thessaly, Larissa. Silver Stater (12.16 g), ca. 356-342 BC. Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, hair bound in ampyx. Reverse: ΛAPI-Σ-AIΩN, bridled stallion trotting right. Lorber & Shahar type 2, series A, dies O3/R3; BCD Thessaly II 306 (same dies). A beautiful and boldly struck example. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $5,000 - 6,000 From the Herbert & Aphrodite Rubin Collection; Purchased privately from E. Waddell in the early 1990s. BCD's note in the catalogue of his collection for his coin from the same dies: "In the writer's opinion this obverse die cannot be bettered for beauty and charm." View details and enlarged photos	Realized $10,869
Lot 1633		Thessaly, Larissa. Silver Drachm (6.04 g), ca. 356-342 BC. Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, hair bound in ampyx. Reverse: [ΛAPI]Σ-AIΩN, bridled stallion trotting right. Lorber phase L-III, 38-60; BCD Thessaly II 317-9. Well struck and fine style. Lovely old cabinet tone. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $400 - 500 The Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from B.A. Seaby Ltd in the 1970s. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $400
Lot 1634		Thessaly, Oitaioi. Silver Hemidrachm (2.19 g), ca. 360-344 BC. Head of lion left, holding spear in jaws. Reverse: OITA-IΩN, Herakles standing facing, holding club in both hands. Valassiadis 3; BCD Thessaly II 489. Toned. Very Fine. Estimate Value $250 - 300 The Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from F. Kovacs in the 1970s-1980s. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $147
Lot 1635		Thessaly, Pharsalos. Silver Hemidrachm (2.90 g), late 5th-mid 4th centuries BC. Helmeted head of Athena left. Reverse: Φ-AP, head of horse right within concave circle. Lavva 44 (V27/R23); BCD Thessaly II 644.1. Well struck and nicely toned. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $250 - 300 From the Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from F. Kovacs. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $270
Lot 1636		Thessaly, Thessalian League. Silver Drachm (6.03 g), mid-late 1st century BC. Italos and Diokles, magistrates. Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath; behind, magistrate's name: ITAΛOY. Reverse: ΘEΣΣA-ΛΩN, Athena Itonia advancing right, wielding spear and holding forth shield; across field, magistrates' names: ΔIO-KΛHΣ above and ITAΛOΣ below; in upper right field, N. BCD Thessaly II 843; HGC 4, 210. Nicely toned. About Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $350 - 400 From The Herbert & Aphrodite Rubin Collection; Ex Coin Galleries (16 November 1983), 187. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $470
Lot 1637		Thessaly, Thessalian League. Silver Stater (5.92 g), mid-late 1st century BC. Philippos and Themistogenes, magistrates. Head of Zeus right, wearing oak wreath. Reverse: ΘEΣΣA-ΛΩN, Athena Itonia advancing right right, wielding spear and holding forth shield on outstretched arm; above and in exergue, magistrate's names: ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY and [ΘH]MIΣTO[ΓENHΣ]; in outer right field, Ennodia running right, holding two torches. BCD Thessaly II 883.2; cf. SNG Copenhagen 296 (Artemis in inner right field). Boldly struck. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $250 - 300 From the Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from CNG in the early 1990s. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $270
Lot 1638		Thessaly, Thessalian League. Silver Stater (6.08 g), mid-late 1st century BC. Kephalos and Themisto…, magistrates. Head of Zeus right, wearing oak wreath. Reverse: ΘEΣΣA-ΛΩN, Athena Itonia advancing right right, wielding spear and holding forth shield on outstretched arm; above and in exergue, magistrate's names: KEΦ-AΛO[Y] and [ΘH]MIΣ[TOΓENHΣ]. BCD Thessaly II 882.4 (same obv. die); Klose pp. 342 and 349, 40 (same obv. die). Well struck and toned. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $250 - 300 The Hanbery Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $147

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