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Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4

Date: 2025-01-14 15:00:00 (2 weeks from now)

Lots: 1152

Total starting: $ 3,093,540.00

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La subasta "Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4", programada para el 14 de enero de 2025, presenta una impresionante colección de 1152 lotes, destacando monedas de diversas épocas y regiones. Entre las piezas más notables se encuentra un estater de plata de Arkadia, datado entre 360-350 a.C., que muestra un magnífico retrato de Deméter y Hermes, con un precio estimado de 180,000 USD. También se destaca un denario de Bruto, famoso por conmemorar el asesinato de Julio César, que se ofrece por 150,000 USD, siendo considerado uno de los más icónicos de la numismática romana. Otro ejemplar notable es un estater de oro de Nektanebo II de Egipto, que representa un caballo y un collar jeroglífico, con un precio de 60,000 USD. Además, se presenta un dekadrachm de Siracusa, que es considerado uno de los más bellos de la antigüedad, con un precio de 60,000 USD. Estas monedas no solo son valiosas por su rareza y belleza, sino que también representan momentos significativos de la historia antigua, lo que las convierte en piezas de gran interés para coleccionistas y estudiosos.

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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1128
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Grade: good
STUART. Charles II. 1660-1685. AV Medal (56mm, 122.7 g, 12h). The Treaty of Breda – Showing Dominion Over the Seas. By J. Roettier. Struck 1667. * CAROLVS · SECVNDVS · DEI · GRATIA · MAG · BRI · FRAN · ET · HIB · REX, laureate head right / FAVENTE DEO, Britannia seated left on seashore, holding spear and resting hand on shield, viewing fleet under sail left; personification of the sun above; BRITANNIA in exergue. Edge: (rose) CAROLVS SECVNDVS PACIS ET IMPERII RESTITVOR AVGVSTVS (star stops). MI 535/186; Eimer 241. Polished, marks and scratches. VF. Very rare. In modern case.


From the Drewry Family Collection. Ex Superior (6 February 1978), lot 1069.

Signed at the Dutch city of Breda on 31 July 1667, the Treaty of Breda brought the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-1667) to a hasty end due to the invasion of the Southern Netherlands by Louis XIV. Prompted by Michiel de Ruyter’s successful ‘Raid on the Medway’ a little more than a month earlier, which gave the Dutch control of the seas around the southern coast of England, the English quickly sued for peace. Under the terms of the treaty, the Dutch East India Company secured its control of the East Indies and the lucrative worldwide trade in nutmeg. They also gained concessions to the English Navigation Acts, which now allowed them to import German goods into England. In the long term, however, the treaty provided England with the opportunity to expand its overseas empire in North America. The unwillingness of the Dutch to recover Nieuw-Nederland, taken by the English in 1664 (its restoration had been an English concession to peace), now gave England full control of several new colonies (New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania), as well as the city of Nieuw-Amsterdam - now renamed New York City. The restoration of Acadia by the English to the French foreshadowed the series of wars that would be fought between the two powers for dominance in the North American theater, culminating in the French and Indian War (1754-1763).
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Grade: -
COLONIAL AFRICA, British. Gold Coast. George III. King of Great Britain, 1760-1820. AR Proof Set. Soho (Birmingham) mint. Dated 1796. Coat-of-arms / Crowned GR cypher over wreath. PARLIMENT in legend. AR Trade Ackey. Vice 1A; KM Tn6. In NGC encapsulation 6906866-008, graded PF 65 // AR Half Trade Ackey. Vice 4A; KM Tn4. In NGC encapsulation 6924407-013, graded PF 63 // AR Quarter Trade Ackey. Vice 7A; KM Tn2. In NGC encapsulation 6924407-014, graded PF 64 Cameo // AR Trade Taku. Vice 9A; KM Tn1. In NGC encapsulation 6924407-015, graded PF 64. All in NGC encapsulation. Four (4) coins in lot.


From the Drewry Family Collection. Ex Coinhunter (C.E. Bullowa, 18 September 1984), lot 485-487.

In October 1796, the Committee of the Company of Merchants Trading to Africa ordered five hundred pounds sterling worth of silver tokens to be struck for circulation in west Africa. Dies were prepared by Küchler and the shipment was sent to Africa later that year. In September 1801, the committee placed a second order of the same quantity, though with reduced silver standard of .890. The two issues share the same 1796 date, though the first issue misspells the word PARLIMENT in the obverse legend. Proofs of the first issue are extremely rare, with only 22-25 specimens being struck for collectors between 1796 and 1799. While the two issues of the Trade Taku cannot be visually distinguished, the specimen offered here is clearly a part of an original proof set of first issue coins.
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Grade: Near EF
SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. Æ Dilitron (30mm, 21.43 g, 11h). Struck circa 310-306 BC. Head of Artemis Soteira right, hair tied in back, wearing single-pendant earring and pearl necklace, drapery at base of neck; quiver over shoulder; ΣΩTEIPA to right / Winged thunderbolt; ΣYPAK-OΣIΩN above and below. CNS 137 (this coin illustrated); BAR Issue 19 (this coin illustrated); HGC 2, 1437 (this coin illustrated); SNG Morcom –; Basel 519 (this coin). Beautiful dark forest green patina, slight roughness, minor die break on reverse. Near EF. Extremely rare, apparently one of two known.


From the John Morcom Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 64 (17 May 2012), lot 745; Numismatica Ars Classica 21 (17 May 2001), lot 128; A. D. Moretti Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 13, 8 October 1998), lot 519; Münzen und Medaillen AG 64 (30 January 1984), lot 50.
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Grade: EF
SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. AV 100 Litrai – Double Dekadrachm (16.5mm, 5.64 g, 6h). Struck circa 304-289 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a griffin, single-pendant earring, and pearl necklace / Winged thunderbolt; AΓAΘOKΛEOΣ above, BAΣIΛEOΣ and Φ in two lines below. Bérend, l'or – (D5/R2 [unlisted die combination]); BAR Issue 29; HGC 2, 1535; SNG ANS 702–3 (same rev. die) and 704 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen 778 (same obv. die); Gulbenkian 339 (same obv. die). Underlying luster, a few hairlines on obverse, a little die wear on reverse. EF.


From the Gerald F. Borrmann (Northern California Gentleman) Collection, purchased from Dr. Arnold Saslow, May 1987.
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Grade: Good VF
The Republicans. Brutus. Early summer 42 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.45 g, 12h). Military mint traveling with Brutus in Lycia; Q. Caepius, legatus. Draped bust of Apollo right, hair in ringlets, wearing taenia and laurel wreath / Trophy composed of helmet, cuirass, and two shields, one with incurved sides; below, male and female captives seated at base, each resting head in their hand; Q • CAEPIO • downward to left, BRVTVS in exergue, IMP upward to right. Crawford 503/1; CRI 204; Sydenham 1293; RSC 8; BMCRR East 52; Kestner –; RBW –. Lightly toned, with some luster, scrapes and light porosity, some weakness on reverse, crystallization at edges. Good VF. Extremely rare, only three in CoinArchives.
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Grade: Good VF
SICILY, Syracuse. Hiketas II. 287-278 BC. AV Hemistater – Drachm (16mm, 4.24 g, 3h). Struck circa 279/8 BC. Head of Persephone left, wearing wreath of grain ears, single-pendant earring, and pearl necklace; ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ to left, cornucopia to right / Nike, wearing long chiton, holding kentron in extended right hand and reins in left, driving fast biga right; fibula above, Θ below, EΠI IKETA in exergue. Buttrey, Morgantina 35 (dies 4/G); BAR Issue 41; HGC 2, 1277; SNG ANS 777 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 798 (same dies); Hunterian 184 (same dies); Prospero 192 (this coin). Light die wear on obverse, minor double strike on reverse. Good VF.


From the Gerald F. Borrmann (Northern California Gentleman) Collection. Ex Prospero Collection (New York Sale XXVII, 4 January 2012), lot 192; Foreign Amateur Collection (Glendining, 13 December 1963), lot 181.

Little is known of Hiketas beyond his coinage, but Buttrey pieces together a history based on the numismatic evidence. Following his defeat of Phintias, tyrant of Akragas, Hiketas set out against the Carthaginians. This campaign ended in disaster at the Terias river, northwest of Syracuse. Buttrey, based on his die analysis, concludes that this gold issue was struck very hurriedly towards the end of the reign of Hiketas, and theorizes that this series was issued to pay for his Carthaginian campaign.
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Grade: -
EGYPT, Ottomans. Isma'il. As khedive, AH 1284-1296 / AD 1867-1879. AV 500 Qirsh – Beşyüz kuruşluk (37mm, 42.60 g, 12h). Misr (Cairo) mint. Dually dated AH 1277 and RY 11 of Abd al-'Aziz (AD 1872). Toughra of Abd al-'Aziz; floral spray to right; 500 sh in Arabic (value) below / zarb/fi/misr in Arabic in three lines; AH date below; RY above be of zarb. Damalı 32-MS-A1-11; Sultan –; Pere –; KM 265 corr. (date); Friedberg 16. In NGC encapsulation 6929996-003, graded AU 58. Rare. A mintage of 200 specimens recorded.


From the Collection of an Alexandrine Numismatist, formed before 1955.

Isma'il Pasha was the Khedive or viceroy of Egypt beginning in 1867. He proceeded to heavily invest in Egypt’s infrastructure, including the Suez Canal, and other internal reforms and improvements. Combined with the crippling costs of an unsuccessful war with Ethiopia, Egypt became insolvent and the financial situation became dire enough that Great Britain and France decided to depose Isma'il Pasha in 1879.
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Grade: Near EF
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.85 g, 5h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 15-12 BC. RIC I 168; Lyon 20, 7 (D76/R78); Calicó 214 (this coin illustrated); BMCRE 457 = BMCRR Gaul 169 (same dies); BN 1388; Biaggi –. A few scratches and marks, traces of earthen deposits, flan flaw and die break on obverse, file cut, scrapes, and marks on edge. Near EF.


Ex John Work Garrett Collection (Part I, Numismatic Fine Arts & Bank Leu, 16 May 1984), lot 708; T. Harrison Garrett (†1888) Collection.
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Grade: Near EF
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.89 g, 7h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 15 BC. ΛVGVSTVS DIVI • F, bare head right / [I]MP • X across field, ΛCT in exergue, Apollo Citharoedus of Actium, wearing long drapery, standing facing, head left, holding plectrum in right hand and lyre in left. RIC I 170; Lyon 27; Calicó 215; BMCRE 459-60 = BMCRR Gaul 173-4; BN 1394-5; Adda 10; Biaggi 112; Mazzini 143; Künker 312, lot 2746 (same dies). Minor marks. Near EF.


From the Georges Albert Haikel Collection. Ex Spink America (3 May 1995), lot 568.
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Grade: poor
FRANCE, Second Empire. Napoléon III. 1852-1870. Proof AR Essai de 2 Francs (25mm, 10.06 g, 6h). Paris mint. Dies by Barré. Struck 1860. NAPOLEON EMPEREUR, bare head left; below, ESSAI between two anchors / EMPIRE FRANCAIS, Crowned, collared, and mantled coat-of-arms over crossed scepters; below, ESSAI between two anchors. Mazzard 1654; KM –. Deep iridescent cabinet toning. In NGC encapsulation 6916539-002, graded PF 63. Extremely rare – only one specimen in CoinArchives. Top Pop.


From the Alexander Christopher Collection.

Elected by a popular vote in 1848, Napoléon III who was the nephew and heir of Napoléon I, initiated a coup d’état three years later, eventually proclaiming himself as the Emperor of the French. During his reign, he attempted to restore France’s position as a world power following the limitations imposed from the Napoleonic Wars. Tensions with the neighboring German states led to war after a Hohenzollern candidature for the vacant Spanish throne. This ensuing conflict exposed Napoléon’s poor tactical skills, and he was captured at the Battle of Sedan in 1870. Two days later, he and his government were deposed, replaced by the newly-formed Third Republic. The German states’ successes in the war led to the birth of the German Empire and a foreshadowing of future regional conflicts.
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Grade: -
Ten (10) vellum leaves from the St. Albans Abbey Bible. (Paris, circa 1330). (294x199mm) Bound in a custom modern cover of soft yellow with the title “A Fragment of a French Bible MS c. 1300” gilt-stamped on the spine and front cover, and housed in a fitted black cloth slipcase. Each page containing 46 lines of Gothic script in double columns, with rich illuminations in blue, red, and gold leaf. Isaiah 58:8 to Isaiah 61:3. Condition as in photos. The manuscript shows typical age-related undulation in the vellum, but remains well-preserved.. Condition as in photos. Website shipping rates do not apply.



From the Gerald F. Borrmann (Northern California Gentleman) Collection. Ex Mark Lansburgh Collection; Sotheby’s (6 July 1964), lot 239.

This lot presents a striking section of illuminated manuscript leaves from a 14th century Bible commissioned by Richard de Bury, noted author of the Philobiblon, and gifted to St. Albans Abbey by Michael Mentmore, who passed in 1349 due to the Black Death. Originally bound in a 16th-century St. Albans binding, the manuscript included flyleaves specifically related to St. Albans, suggesting a continued reverence and historical connection to the abbey. After being separated, the leaves resurfaced at a Sotheby's auction in 1964, a testament to its enduring significance.


This exquisite work showcases a striking use of blue, pink, and gold borders, each enriched with forked stems that unfurl into intricate leaves in hues of gold, orange, and blue. The two-line initials are rendered in radiant colors against a burnished gold ground, while the headings feature a running line in blue or gold with elegant calligraphic flourishes. Each leaf measures 294 x 199 mm, with 46 lines of Gothic script arranged in double columns.
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Notable features in the illustrations include rich ivy-leaf borders and figures carefully depicted within the initials. The style reflects the "Pucelle" Parisian school of illumination, noted for its delicate ivy-leaf borders, and the vibrant, nuanced palette of red, blue, and gold—a testament to the high quality of medieval Parisian craftsmanship.


One scene within the initial letters portrays a doctor in a blue robe tending to a crowned figure, perhaps symbolizing an important biblical event or a significant patron of the time. In another illustration, two scholars are depicted studying together, reflecting the monastic dedication to learning and preservation of knowledge.


Throughout the manuscript, lively marginalia animate the pages, featuring human figures in various playful or symbolic poses, which may represent social or moral commentary typical of the era. The borders themselves are alive with flourishes and filigree, framing the dense, meticulously scribed text with elegance.
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Grade: Good VF
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos, with Arsinöe II, Ptolemy I, and Berenike I. 285-246 BC. AV Mnaïeion – ‘Oktadrachm’ (27mm, 27.70 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 272-261/0 BC. Conjoined busts of Ptolemy II and Arsinöe II right; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Arsinöe is diademed and veiled; AΔEΛΦΩN above, shield to left / Conjoined busts of Ptolemy I and Berenike I; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Berenike is diademed and veiled; ΘEΩN above. CPE 313; Svoronos 603; Olivier & Lorber dies 10/34; SNG Copenhagen 132; Adams III 2083; ANS inv. 1977.158.112 (same dies); BMC 40 (same obv. die); Boston MFA 2274; Dewing 2752; Kraay & Hirmer 801; Noeske 37. A few light marks, minor marks on edge. Good VF.


From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan.
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Grade: Good VF
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoe II Philadelphos. Died 270/268 BC. AR Dekadrachm (35.5mm, 34.72 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy II, circa 253/2-250/49 BC. Head right, with ram’s horn, veiled and wearing stephane; lotus-tipped scepter in background, OO to left / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia with grape bunches hanging at sides, bound with fillet. CPE 357 (Ptolemy II); Svoronos 950; Troxell, Arsinoe, Group 3, p. 44; SNG Copenhagen –; Meydancikkale 4006 (same obv. die). Toned, areas of roughness and porosity, some cleaning scratches and edge marks, graffito in field on reverse. Good VF. Very rare with these letters on obverse, none in PTO, nor CoinArchives.
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Grade: BC
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoe II Philadelphos. Died 270/268 BC. AV Mnaïeion – ‘Oktadrachm’ (28mm, 27.73 g, 11h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy II, circa 252/1-250/49 BC. Head right, with ram’s horn, veiled and wearing stephane; lotus-tipped scepter in background, K to left / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia, grape bunches hanging at sides, bound with fillet. CPE 390; Svoronos 475; Olivier & Lorber dies 1/5, 233 (this coin); Troxell, Arsinoe, Group 3, p. 44, and pl. 7, 3 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen –; Adams –; Boston MFA 2268 (same obv. die); BMC 10 (same dies); Pozzi 3223 (same dies). In NGC encapsulation 3819009-005, graded Ch AU, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5.


Arsinoe II, daughter of Ptolemy I and Berenike I, was born in 316 BC. Her early life saw her married off to Lysimachos of Thrace at the age of 15 and then to her half-brother, the brutal Ptolemy Keraunos. She conspired against the latter and was forced to flee circa 280 BC to the protection of Egypt, ruled by her younger full brother, Ptolemy II. Her beauty, charm and intelligence utterly captivated Ptolemy, and, after eliminating his previous wife with an accusation of treason, Arsinoe married her brother, probably about 276 BC. Sibling marriage was traditional among Egyptian royalty, but among the Greeks it was known only between deities; thus their union advanced the concept of rulers being worshipped as divinities. Though unscrupulous, Arsinoe proved a capable queen and co-ruler, taking charge of Egypt’s foreign affairs. Her death in 270 or 268 BC was marked by her full deification and a huge outpouring of gold and silver coinage bearing her veiled portrait. The ram’s horn just visible emerging from the veil is a further symbol of her deification, reminiscent of the horn of Ammon on images of the deified Alexander.
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Grade: Good VF
Claudius. AD 41-54. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.68 g, 9h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 46-47. TI CLAVD CAESAR • AVG • P • M • TR • P • VI • IMP • XI, laureate head right / S P Q R/ P P/ OB • C • S in three lines within oak wreath. RIC I 40; von Kaenel Type 26 (unlisted dies); Lyon 50; Calicó 379a; BMCRE 42-4; BN 58; Biaggi 211; Mazzini 86. Lightly toned, hairlines. Good VF.


Ex MACM inventory MMoCA36C; CNG inventory 859164 (November 2009); A. Lynn Collection (Helios 4, 14 October 2009), lot 251.
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Grade: Near EF
THRACO-MACEDONIAN TRIBES, Mygdones or Krestones. Circa 480-470 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 9.24 g). Goat kneeling right, head reverted, on dotted ground line; ΔE monogram above / Quadripartite incuse square. Lorber, Goats, Issue 8; HPM pl. I, 5 = BMC Macedon p. 37, 1 (same obv. die); AMNG III/2, 6; HGC 3, 366 (‘Aigai’); SNG ANS 58 (same obv. die [Aegae]); Gillet 737; Locker-Lampson 152 (same dies); Raymond p. 52 (this coin referenced [Hirsch 1933]); Weber 1840 (same dies). Lovely deep old cabinet tone, minor edge marks. Near EF.


From the Columbus Collection. Ex New York Sale III (7 December 2000), lot 118; R. de St. Marceaux Collection (Ars Classica XVI, 3 July 1933), lot 968. Reportedly also ex H. Herzfelder and P. Strauss collections.
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Grade: EF
THRACO-MACEDONIAN REGION, Berge. Circa 525-480 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 9.90 g). Ithyphallic satyr standing right, right hand grasping right wrist of nymph fleeing right, his left hand supporting her chin; three pellets around / Rough incuse square divided diagonally. Smith Group 5 (Lete); Peykov A0020 (Siris); HPM pl. VIII, 4; AMNG III/2, 14 (Lete); SNG ANS 954–61 (“Lete”); Kunstfreund 40 (Uncertain mint); Traité I 1568 (Lete). Beautifully toned. Superb EF.


From the Columbus Collection. Ex Triton XVIII (6 January 2015), lot 430; LHS 100 (23 April 2007), lot 211; Leu 38 (13 May 1986), lot 58; Christitch Collection (Egger XLI, 18 November 1912), lot 340; Dr. Fenerly Bey du Phanar Collection.

The satyr/centaur and nymph type represents a common theme in Greek mythology: the juxtaposition of the wildly monstrous and sexually-charged with the human. Kraay's view (ACGC pp. 148-9) that the coins where the satyr and nymph are both standing show the nymph seducing the satyr, while the coins where the nymph is in the satyr's arms show the nymph is protesting her being carried off, is contradicted by a close inspection of the coins themselves. In similar scenes of this event depicted elsewhere, the satyr clearly manhandles the nymph, forcibly grasping one of her arms, while the nymph appears in a posture of apparent flight (see, e.g., HPM pl. VII-VIII). Clearly, in both scenes the nymph is protesting the actions of the satyr or centaur, who, in the role of the wild, libidinous creature that he is, is seizing the nymph for his own purposes, driven by his sexual arousal.

This particular issue has previously been given to Lete and Siris, but S. Psoma has persuasively argued against both of these attributions, and suggests that the city of Berge is the most likely in light of the historical and numismatic evidence. (See S. Psoma, “The ‘Lete’ Coinage Reconsidered” in Agoranomia.)
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Grade: -
INDIA, Colonial. British India. Madras Presidency. AR Milled Rupee specimen denomination set. Mughal type. In the name of 'Alamgir II (AH 1167-1173 / AD 1754-1759). Madras mint. Dually dated AH 1172 and RY 6 (Struck 1807). All coins: Persian couplet citing Alamgir II; AH date above / Mint and RY date formula; lotus symbol. Edge: /////. Includes the following:



1) AR Double Rupee (40mm, 24.04 g, 12h). CEEIC 3.338; Pridmore 245; KM 404.2. In NGC encapsulation 6898664-001, graded MS 64. Overstruck on a Spanish Colonial 8 Reales. Top Pop.



2) AR Rupee (26mm, 12.08 g, 11h). CEEIC 3.344; Pridmore 247; KM 403. In NGC encapsulation 6898664-002, graded MS 65. Top Pop.



3) AR Half Rupee (22mm, 5.99 g, 11h). CEEIC 3.348; Pridmore 248; KM 401. In NGC encapsulation 6898664-003, graded MS 64. Top Pop.



4) AR Quarter Rupee (17mm, 3.03 g, 12h). CEEIC 3.350; Pridmore 249; KM 400. In NGC encapsulation 6898664-004, graded MS 65. Top Pop.



5) AR Eighth Rupee (16mm, 1.47 g, 12h). CEEIC 3.351; Pridmore 250; KM 408. In NGC encapsulation 6898664-005, graded MS 64. Top Pop. All NGC graded and Top Pop.


From the Alexander Christopher Collection. Ex Fred Pridmore Collection (Part II, Glendining, 18 October 1982), lot 410.
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Grade: VF
BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Agathokles Dikaios. Circa 185-175 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 15.70 g, 12h). Commemorative issue struck for Alexander III of Macedon. AΛEΞANΔ[POY] to right, TOY ΦIΛΛIΠOY to left, head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / BAΣIΛEONTOS to right, AΓAΘOKΛEOYΣ to left; ΔIKAIOY in exergue, Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned left; monogram to inner left. MPHB Series III, 113 (O18/R57); Bopearachchi 12B; Bopearachchi & Rahman 163 (same dies); MIG type 142 var. (unlisted monogram); SNG ANS –; HGC 12, 83; Triton XI, lot 358 (same dies); Triton VIII, lot 633 (same dies). Lightly toned, edge deposit, die rust and horn silver, slight doubling, cleaning marks. VF. Extremely rare.


The "pedigree" coins issued by Agathokles copy the coin types of his predecessors, with the predecessor's name and cult epithet on the obverse, and Agathokles' name and titles on the reverse. Agathokles' intent was clearly to advertise the line of succession from Alexander the Great to himself, presumably as an aspect of his civil war propaganda. The commemorative coins in the name of Alexander the Great are of particular importance to the interpretation of this series, because the first specimen, published in 1881, definitively disproved earlier speculations that all the kings were contemporaries (A. von Sallet, "Alexander der Grosse als Gründer der baktrischen-indischen Reiche," ZfN VIII [1881], pp. 279-80). It is perhaps significant that Alexander alone, of all the kings portrayed in this series, does not have a cult epithet but is merely characterized as "the son of Philip."
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Grade: EF
MACEDON, Neapolis. Circa 500-480 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 9.83 g). Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue / Quadripartite incuse square. AMNG III/2, 6; HGC 3, 583; SNG ANS 406–19; Dewing 1604; Kraay & Hirmer 433; Traité I 1740. Attractive old collection tone. Choice EF. Well centered and struck from fresh dies.


From the Columbus Collection. Ex Edward J. Waddell inventory C29932 (c. 1990).

Neapolis, which is well known for its apparently large issues of silver in the 5th-early 4th centuries BC, is relatively unknown outside of numismatics. Its exact location is unknown, though a city that has been under excavation near modern Polychronon may be Neapolis. The city was likely founded as a settlement by colonists from Mende in the 6th century BC. Like many of the other cities in the region, Neapolis supplied troops and ships to Xerxes during the Greco-Persian Wars, and afterward became a member of the Delian League. Its coinage consists of two large series of silver coins, both featuring the facing head of a gorgoneion on the obverse. The first series, with a simple quadripartite incuse reverse, began late in the Archaic period, circa 500 BC, and lasted until circa 480 BC. This is followed by a dual-sided coinage of drachms and hemidrachms featuring a female head on the reverse, which ran from the late 5th century BC until the early 4th century BC.