Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4
Date: 2025-01-14 15:00:00 (3 weeks from now)
Lots: 1152
Total starting: $ 3,093,540.00
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Auction Summary
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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Licinia Eudoxia. Augusta, circa AD 439-490. AV Solidus (21.5mm, 4.48 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck under Theodosius II and Valentinian III, AD 439-440. AEL EVDO XIA AVG, pearl-diademed and draped bust right, wearing earring and necklace; being crowned by manus Dei above / IMP • XXXXII • COS XVII • P • P •, Constantinopolis, helmeted and draped, seated left, holding globus cruciger in extended right hand and transverse scepter in left, right foot on prow; d to left; shield beside throne to right; COMOB. RIC X 306; Depeyrot 84/5; Biaggi –; Mazzini –. Attractively toned, slight doubling. EF. Very rare. A particularly high grade example.
Licinia Eudoxia was the only surviving child of the Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius II, and in 424 AD, at the age of two, was betrothed to her four-year-old cousin, the future Emperor of the Western Roman Empire Valentinian III, in order to reunify the two halves of the Roman world. Their marriage produced two daughters, but was abruptly terminated when Valentinian was killed by two Scythians, Optelas and Thraustelas, at the behest of the usurper Petronius Maximus. After buying off the military and palace officials, Maximus cemented his claim to the throne by forcibly marrying Eudoxia only a few days after her husband’s murder. At least one historian theorized that Maximus’ marriage to Eudoxia was motivated by revenge against the late Valentinian in return for the Emperor’s rape of Maximus’ first wife. Maximus also married his son Palladius to Eudoxia and Valentinian’s daughter Eudocia, thereby severing her engagement to Huneric, the son of the Vandal king Gaiseric.
Deeply unhappy, Eudoxia somehow managed to contact Gaiseric to beseech him to depose Maximus. The Vandals successfully besieged Rome and carried Eudoxia off to Carthage, along with her daughters; Maximus perished amidst the siege and his body thrown into the Tiber. In 462 AD, after seven years in Carthage, Eudoxia and her daughter Placidia were ransomed by Leo I and moved to Constantinople, while Eudocia remained in Carthage and married Huneric as her parents had originally intended. The rest of Eudoxia’s life passed unrecorded; even her exact date of death is unknown.
Licinia Eudoxia was the only surviving child of the Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius II, and in 424 AD, at the age of two, was betrothed to her four-year-old cousin, the future Emperor of the Western Roman Empire Valentinian III, in order to reunify the two halves of the Roman world. Their marriage produced two daughters, but was abruptly terminated when Valentinian was killed by two Scythians, Optelas and Thraustelas, at the behest of the usurper Petronius Maximus. After buying off the military and palace officials, Maximus cemented his claim to the throne by forcibly marrying Eudoxia only a few days after her husband’s murder. At least one historian theorized that Maximus’ marriage to Eudoxia was motivated by revenge against the late Valentinian in return for the Emperor’s rape of Maximus’ first wife. Maximus also married his son Palladius to Eudoxia and Valentinian’s daughter Eudocia, thereby severing her engagement to Huneric, the son of the Vandal king Gaiseric.
Deeply unhappy, Eudoxia somehow managed to contact Gaiseric to beseech him to depose Maximus. The Vandals successfully besieged Rome and carried Eudoxia off to Carthage, along with her daughters; Maximus perished amidst the siege and his body thrown into the Tiber. In 462 AD, after seven years in Carthage, Eudoxia and her daughter Placidia were ransomed by Leo I and moved to Constantinople, while Eudocia remained in Carthage and married Huneric as her parents had originally intended. The rest of Eudoxia’s life passed unrecorded; even her exact date of death is unknown.
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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Eadred. 946-955. AR Penny (21mm, 1.33 g, 3h). Bust Crowned (BC) type (BMC v). Mint in East Anglia(?); Æthelweard, moneyer. + EΛDRED REX, crowned and draped bust right / + ΛÐELVERÐ MO(NE)TΛ, small cross pattée. CTCE 235; SCBI 34 (BM), 695; North; SCBC. EF. Rare.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 36 (5 December 1995), lot 1454.
Eadred (946-955), King of Wessex, succeeded his older brother Edmund, but he suffered from ill health and failed to regain control of York from the Hiberno-Norse.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 36 (5 December 1995), lot 1454.
Eadred (946-955), King of Wessex, succeeded his older brother Edmund, but he suffered from ill health and failed to regain control of York from the Hiberno-Norse.
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CELTIC, North-Eastern series ('Corieltauvi'). Uninscribed. Circa 60-20 BC. AV Quarter Stater (15mm, 1.41 g, 6h). Unpublished scyphate type. Schematic boar right over celticized wreath; two torques below / Celticized horse right; pellets-in-annulets around. Unpublished and unique. A few minor marks. EF.
Found near Wragby, Lincolnshire, June 2022.
The designs on this unique and newly discovered quarter stater display influence from both the Corieltauvian scyphate issues, which used the boar-type on the obverse, and the early North-East coast staters, with a horse design on the reverse.
Found near Wragby, Lincolnshire, June 2022.
The designs on this unique and newly discovered quarter stater display influence from both the Corieltauvian scyphate issues, which used the boar-type on the obverse, and the early North-East coast staters, with a horse design on the reverse.
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BRUTTIUM, Kaulonia. Circa 525-500 BC. AR Nomos (29.5mm, 8.00 g, 12h). Apollo advancing right, holding branch aloft in right hand, left arm extended, upon which a small daimon, holding branch in each hand, runs right; KAVΛ to left; to right, stag standing right, head reverted; dot-and-cable border / Incuse of obverse, but daimon, branch, and stag’s antlers in outline, and no ethnic; radiate border. Noe, Caulonia, Group A, 20 (same dies); Gorini 4; HN Italy 2035; SNG ANS 148 (same dies); Kraay & Hirmer 259–60. Old cabinet tone, with some iridescence around the devices, minor die break on obverse. Good VF. Excellent metal.
From the Gerald F. Borrmann (Northern California Gentleman) Collection, purchased from Dr. Arnold R. Saslow, July 1989 (who had acquired the coin from Numismatic Fine Arts, May 1989). Reportedly ex Mossberg Collection (1946).
Kaulonia was founded in the 7th century BC by Achaean Greeks. The location, on the underside of Italy’s “toe,” has long since disappeared beneath the waves, but marine archaeologists have located more than 100 fluted columns, likely for a large shrine to Apollo, the deity depicted on the city’s beautiful coinage. On this exceptional piece, Apollo’s nude body is shown striding right, with a small winged daimon on his left arm; to his right stands a stag, sacred to both Apollo and his sister Artemis. The unusual fabric of this piece follows a style peculiar to Greek southern Italy in the archaic period: a broad, thin flan, obverse depicted in relief, the reverse repeating the obverse motif but incuse, and reversed. The reasons for the popularity of this fabric are poorly understood; some scholars have postulated a connection to the mathematician-philosopher Pythagoras, who was active in Italy during this period.
From the Gerald F. Borrmann (Northern California Gentleman) Collection, purchased from Dr. Arnold R. Saslow, July 1989 (who had acquired the coin from Numismatic Fine Arts, May 1989). Reportedly ex Mossberg Collection (1946).
Kaulonia was founded in the 7th century BC by Achaean Greeks. The location, on the underside of Italy’s “toe,” has long since disappeared beneath the waves, but marine archaeologists have located more than 100 fluted columns, likely for a large shrine to Apollo, the deity depicted on the city’s beautiful coinage. On this exceptional piece, Apollo’s nude body is shown striding right, with a small winged daimon on his left arm; to his right stands a stag, sacred to both Apollo and his sister Artemis. The unusual fabric of this piece follows a style peculiar to Greek southern Italy in the archaic period: a broad, thin flan, obverse depicted in relief, the reverse repeating the obverse motif but incuse, and reversed. The reasons for the popularity of this fabric are poorly understood; some scholars have postulated a connection to the mathematician-philosopher Pythagoras, who was active in Italy during this period.
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BRUTTIUM, Rhegion. Circa 420-415/0 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23.5mm, 16.60 g, 8h). Dies by “the Master of the Rhegium Apollo”. Facing lion mask / Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath; olive sprig to left, PHΓINON to right. Herzfelder 102 (D60/R87); HN Italy 2494; SNG ANS 657–9; SNG Lloyd 698 (same dies); BMC 25 (same dies); Sartiges 74 (same dies). Toned, light roughness, smoothing on reverse. Good VF.
This tetradrachm is from a series at Rhegion that is regarded as having the most finely engraved dies of all the numismatic output of the mint. The earliest phase features dies signed by the artist Kratesippos, but the later unsigned dies, such as were used here, are regarded as the pinnacle of numismatic art from this period at Rhegion. Herzfelder called the engraver of these dies “the Master of the Rhegium Apollo.” While the style of Apollo on these dies was conventionally considered to have been influenced by the “Master of the Leaf” of the slightly earlier issues of Katane, R. R. Holloway suggests that there was actually a common prototype for both issues, which served as a model for coinages as far away as the Chalkidian League. This high period of artistry at Rhegion coincides with the famed issues of the “signing artists” of Sicily and was only brought to a conclusion with the sack of the city by Dionysios I of Syracuse in 386 BC.
This tetradrachm is from a series at Rhegion that is regarded as having the most finely engraved dies of all the numismatic output of the mint. The earliest phase features dies signed by the artist Kratesippos, but the later unsigned dies, such as were used here, are regarded as the pinnacle of numismatic art from this period at Rhegion. Herzfelder called the engraver of these dies “the Master of the Rhegium Apollo.” While the style of Apollo on these dies was conventionally considered to have been influenced by the “Master of the Leaf” of the slightly earlier issues of Katane, R. R. Holloway suggests that there was actually a common prototype for both issues, which served as a model for coinages as far away as the Chalkidian League. This high period of artistry at Rhegion coincides with the famed issues of the “signing artists” of Sicily and was only brought to a conclusion with the sack of the city by Dionysios I of Syracuse in 386 BC.
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BRUTTIUM, Terina. Circa 420-400 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 8.04 g, 3h). Head of the nymph Terina right, hair in sphendone; [tiny Π behind neck], TEPINAIΩN to right / Nike seated left on plinth, holding out right hand upon which a small bird alights, left hand resting on plinth. Regling, Terina 65 (dies EE/δδδ); Holloway & Jenkins 62 (same obv. die as illustration); HN Italy 2617; SNG ANS 840 (same obv. die); SNG Lloyd 752 (same dies); Hunterian 16 (same obv. die); Kraay & Hirmer 277 (same obv. die). Old collection tone, with slight iridescence, minor die wear on obverse, light graffiti in field on reverse. Good VF.
From the Gerald F. Borrmann (Northern California Gentleman) Collection, purchased from Dr. Arnold R. Saslow, October 1987.
The high artistry evident on Terina’s coinage seems out of all proportion to any historical accounts for this city atop the “toe” of Italy, which so thoroughly disappeared from record that no systematic excavations were undertaken on its site until 1997. Its coinage has been known and collected since the Renaissance, where the delicate beauty of its female heads and the graceful seated Nikes were greatly admired. As author R. R. Holloway noted, “the nymphs of Terina recalled the maidens of the Parthenon frieze and the Victories of the reverses were the numismatic counterparts of the Victories of the Nike Temple balustrade.”
From the Gerald F. Borrmann (Northern California Gentleman) Collection, purchased from Dr. Arnold R. Saslow, October 1987.
The high artistry evident on Terina’s coinage seems out of all proportion to any historical accounts for this city atop the “toe” of Italy, which so thoroughly disappeared from record that no systematic excavations were undertaken on its site until 1997. Its coinage has been known and collected since the Renaissance, where the delicate beauty of its female heads and the graceful seated Nikes were greatly admired. As author R. R. Holloway noted, “the nymphs of Terina recalled the maidens of the Parthenon frieze and the Victories of the reverses were the numismatic counterparts of the Victories of the Nike Temple balustrade.”
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SICILY, Akragas. Circa 415-406 BC. AV Tetradrachm – 2 Didrachms (10mm, 1.35 g, 2h). Reverse die signed by Silanos. Eagle standing left, snake clasped in its talons, on rock outcropping; AKPA above, two pellets (mark of value) on rocks / Crab; below, ΣIΛA/NOΣ in two lines (boustrophedon). Westermark, Coinage 1011.15 (O11/R3 – this coin); HGC 2, 75; SNG Copenhagen 52 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 518 = Weber 1195 (same dies); BMC 2 (same dies); Boston MFA 237 (same dies); Dewing 570–1 (same dies); de Luynes 844 (same dies); McClean 2039 (same dies). Slightly off center on reverse. Near EF.
From the Gerald F. Borrmann (Northern California Gentleman) Collection, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, November 1990. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts [XXIV] (18 October 1990), lot 470; Hess-Leu 31 (6 December 1966), lot 96; Santamaria (6 April 1908), lot 136.
From the Gerald F. Borrmann (Northern California Gentleman) Collection, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, November 1990. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts [XXIV] (18 October 1990), lot 470; Hess-Leu 31 (6 December 1966), lot 96; Santamaria (6 April 1908), lot 136.
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'Abbasid Caliphate. al-Mu'tamid. AH 256-279 / AD 870-892. AV Dinar (26mm, 4.87 g, 6h). Citing the heir al-Mufawwid ‘Ala Allah and the vizier Sa’id b. Makhlad as dhu’l-wizaratayn (the holder of the two offices). al-Rahba mint. Dated AH 270 (AD 961/2). AGC I 176 – (mint unlisted); Album 239.3; Zeno –. Lightly toned, light die rust, slight double strike and peripheral die weakness. Good VF. An extremely rare mint.
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ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 205-190 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.41 g, 12h). Aristoboulos, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose in profile, with bud to right; APIΣTOBOYΛOΣ above, thunderbolt to left, P-O flanking stem. Ashton 263; HN Online 1249.2 (this coin); HGC 6, 1422; SNG Copenhagen 755; SNG Keckman –. Attractive light gray tone with faint golden hues around the devices. Superb EF. Perfectly centered and struck. Very rare issue, one of only two in HN Online, three additional in CoinArchives.
From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 100 (7 October 2015), lot 1511; J.J. Grano Collection (Numismatica Genevensis SA VIII, 24 November 2014), lot 54; Numismatica Genevensis SA V (3 December 2008), lot 127; Nomos FPL (Winter-Spring 2008), no. 58a.
From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 100 (7 October 2015), lot 1511; J.J. Grano Collection (Numismatica Genevensis SA VIII, 24 November 2014), lot 54; Numismatica Genevensis SA V (3 December 2008), lot 127; Nomos FPL (Winter-Spring 2008), no. 58a.
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SICILY, Leontini. Circa 450-440 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 17.37 g, 10h). Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / Head of roaring lion right; L-EO-NT-I-NO-[N] and four barley grains around. Maltese Period III, 55d (D18/R47 – this coin); Boehringer, Münzgeschichte 35 (same obv. die); HGC 2, 667; SNG Ashmolean 1782 (same dies); Dewing 625 (same dies); Rizzo pl. XXIII, 5 (same obv. die). Toned, trace deposits, a little die wear. Near EF.
From the Gerald F. Borrmann (Northern California Gentleman) Collection. Ex Patrick H. C. Tan Collection (Gemini VII, 9 January 2011), lot 121.
Leontini was founded in 729 BC by settlers from Naxos, the first Greek colony in Sicily, which itself had been established just a few years earlier. In the first decade of the 5th century the city was captured by the tyrant Hippocrates of Gela whose successor, Gelon, transferred his seat of government to Syracuse in 485. Thereafter, Leontini usually remained within the Syracusan sphere of influence, though its 5th century coinage was on a considerable scale attesting the independent wealth of the community. A major political change took place in the late 460s — the expulsion of the tyrants and the restoration of democracy. This was reflected on the Leontine coinage by the introduction of new types featuring the head of Apollo on obverse and a lion’s head on reverse. Apollo was especially revered at Leontini, as he was at the mother city of Naxos where there was a famous sanctuary of Apollo Archegetes. The lion apparently represents a punning allusion to the city name. The surrounding barley-grains are indicative of the exceptional fertility of the Leontine territory and doubtless refer to the local worship of Demeter, the goddess of agriculture.
From the Gerald F. Borrmann (Northern California Gentleman) Collection. Ex Patrick H. C. Tan Collection (Gemini VII, 9 January 2011), lot 121.
Leontini was founded in 729 BC by settlers from Naxos, the first Greek colony in Sicily, which itself had been established just a few years earlier. In the first decade of the 5th century the city was captured by the tyrant Hippocrates of Gela whose successor, Gelon, transferred his seat of government to Syracuse in 485. Thereafter, Leontini usually remained within the Syracusan sphere of influence, though its 5th century coinage was on a considerable scale attesting the independent wealth of the community. A major political change took place in the late 460s — the expulsion of the tyrants and the restoration of democracy. This was reflected on the Leontine coinage by the introduction of new types featuring the head of Apollo on obverse and a lion’s head on reverse. Apollo was especially revered at Leontini, as he was at the mother city of Naxos where there was a famous sanctuary of Apollo Archegetes. The lion apparently represents a punning allusion to the city name. The surrounding barley-grains are indicative of the exceptional fertility of the Leontine territory and doubtless refer to the local worship of Demeter, the goddess of agriculture.
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The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Early 46 BC. AV Aureus (19mm, 8.14 g, 3h). Rome mint; A. Hirtius, praetor. Veiled head of female (Vesta or Pietas?) right; C • CAESAR COS TER around / Emblems of the augurate and pontificate: lituus, capis, and securis; A • HIRTIVS • PR around from lower left. Crawford 466/1; Molinari 282 (D37/R245 – this coin); CRI 56; Sydenham 1018; Bahrfeldt 19; Calicó 37; Biaggi –; BMCRR Rome 4052; Kestner 3634-6; RBW 1634. Vibrant orange and red toning, characteristic of the Boscoreale Hoard aurei, minor marks. Near EF.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Ex Cahn 66 (6 May 1930), lot 546. Likely ex Boscoreale Hoard of 1895.
Aulus Hirtius, friend and confidant of Julius Caesar, was praetor in 46 BC, and thus charged with the distribution of the first truly large issue of Roman gold coins to date. The aurei were for distribution to the general's successful troops after their final victory over the Pompeians in Africa at Thapsus. Each legionary received 5000 denarii (200 aurei), centurions twice that. Since Caesar had at least 40,000 legionnaires at Thapsus, the amount of coin needed was immense. But the amount of booty collected from Caesar's many campaigns was also colossal, and Hirtius seems to have been able to supply the need. Hirtius later finished the dictator's memoirs after his assassination and was himself killed at the Battle of Mutina in 43 BC.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Ex Cahn 66 (6 May 1930), lot 546. Likely ex Boscoreale Hoard of 1895.
Aulus Hirtius, friend and confidant of Julius Caesar, was praetor in 46 BC, and thus charged with the distribution of the first truly large issue of Roman gold coins to date. The aurei were for distribution to the general's successful troops after their final victory over the Pompeians in Africa at Thapsus. Each legionary received 5000 denarii (200 aurei), centurions twice that. Since Caesar had at least 40,000 legionnaires at Thapsus, the amount of coin needed was immense. But the amount of booty collected from Caesar's many campaigns was also colossal, and Hirtius seems to have been able to supply the need. Hirtius later finished the dictator's memoirs after his assassination and was himself killed at the Battle of Mutina in 43 BC.
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BULGARIA, Principality. Ferdinand I. 1887-1908. Uniface Pattern CU 5 Leva (36.5mm). Kremnitz mint. Dies by A. Scharff. Struck 1892. ФЕРДИНАНДЪ I КНЯЗЬ БЪЛГАРСКИИ, bare head left; K · В · below / Blank. Unpublished in the standard references. In PCGS encapsulation 27541552, graded SP 62 BN. Extremely rare.
Ex Macho & Chlapovič 25 (7 May 2021), lot 388; Macho & Chlapovič 5 (16 November 2013), lot 412.
Ex Macho & Chlapovič 25 (7 May 2021), lot 388; Macho & Chlapovič 5 (16 November 2013), lot 412.
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CANADA, Province of Lower Canada. Montreal. R.W. Owen Ropery. CU Halfpenny Token (27mm, 7.67 g, 12h). Struck 1824. Ship under sail right / R · W · OWEN/ MONTREAL/ ROPERY within braided rope border. Charlton LC-18; Breton 564. Green-brown surfaces, some roughness. Good VF. Not suitable for encapsulation. Extremely rare.
From the Alexander Christopher Collection.
Shortly after this token was issued, R.W. Owen sold his business to J.A. Converse, whose steam-powered production facilities were far superior. As such, this token is extremely rare and extraordinarily difficult to acquire in any grade.
From the Alexander Christopher Collection.
Shortly after this token was issued, R.W. Owen sold his business to J.A. Converse, whose steam-powered production facilities were far superior. As such, this token is extremely rare and extraordinarily difficult to acquire in any grade.
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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.32 g, 6h). Struck circa 466-460 BC. Charioteer, wearing long chiton, driving slow quadriga right, holding kentron in right hand, reins in both; above, Nike, wearing long chiton, flying right, crowning horses with open wreath held in her extended hands; in exergue, ketos right / Head of Arethousa right, wearing pearl tainia, single-pendant earring, and pearl necklace; ΣYRAKOΣI-O-N and four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XIVa, 481 (V256/R345); HGC 2, 1311; SNG ANS 149 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 1314 (same obv. die); SNG München 1012 (same dies); BMC 72 (same dies). Underlying luster, obverse struck a little softly. EF.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 97 (17 September 2014), lot 40; Nomos 6 (8 May 2012), lot 21; W.B. and R.E. Montgomery Collection (Triton XI, 8 January 2008), lot 57.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 97 (17 September 2014), lot 40; Nomos 6 (8 May 2012), lot 21; W.B. and R.E. Montgomery Collection (Triton XI, 8 January 2008), lot 57.
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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.26 g, 10h). Struck circa 460-450 BC. Charioteer, wearing long chiton, driving slow quadriga right, holding kentron in right hand, reins in both; above, Nike, wearing long chiton, flying left, crowning charioteer with open wreath held in both hands; in exergue, ketos right / Head of Arethousa right, hair rolled in thin tainia, wearing single-pendant earring and pearl necklace; ΣVRAKOΣION to right, four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XIVb, 498 (V263/R353); HGC 2, 1312 (this coin illustrated); SNG ANS 158 (same obv. die); BMC 87 (same dies); de Luynes 1177 (same dies); Prospero 165 (this coin). Beautiful old collection tone, with some blue iridescence around the devices, minor marks, scrapes and marks around edge. Good VF.
Ex Roma IX (22 March 2015), lot 116; Prospero Collection (New York Sale XXVII, 4 January 2012), lot 165; Lanz 46 (28 November 1988), lot 67.
Ex Roma IX (22 March 2015), lot 116; Prospero Collection (New York Sale XXVII, 4 January 2012), lot 165; Lanz 46 (28 November 1988), lot 67.
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KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes ‘the Younger’. 77/6-66 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 15.83 g, 1h). Tigranocerta mint. Struck circa 71 BC. Diademed and draped bust right, wearing tiara decorated with comet / BAΣIΛEΩΣ TIΓPANOY, Tyche of Antioch seated right on rock, holding laurel branch; below, river-god Orontes swimming right; Π to inner right, ΔHMO below rock; all within wreath. SCADA Group 1, dies A4/P2; Kovacs 152 (same dies as illustration); M&D 32; CAA 11; AC – (all but Kovacs as Tigranes II). Lightly toned, area of weak strike. VF. Very rare.
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CYPRUS, Kition. Melekiathon. Circa 392-362/1 BC. AV Hemistater (13mm, 4.12 g, 5h). Herakles, nude, in fighting stance right, holding club overhead in right hand and bow in extended left hand, lion skin draped over arm; ankh to right / Lion right, biting into the back of a stag couchant right; [L M]LK MLKY[TN] ( = “of king Melekiathon” in Aramaic) above; all in dotted square border. Markou, L'or 12–6 var. (unlisted dies); Zapiti & Michaelidou 23; Tziambazis 29; CNG 126, lot 293 (same dies). Struck with worn dies. Good VF. Very rare.
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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.37 g, 8h). Obverse die signed by Euainetos, reverse die signed by Eumenes. Struck circa 415-409 BC. Charioteer, wearing long chiton, holding kentron in right hand and reins in both, driving fast quadriga right; above, Nike, wearing long chiton, flying left, holding wreath in both hands, from which hangs a tablet inscribed EYAIN/ETO in two lines; two dolphins confronted in exergue / Head of Arethousa left, wearing hoop earring and necklace; [EV]MHNOV below, ΣVPA-KOΣIΩN and four dolphins around. Fischer-Bossert, Coins 43 (O14/R25); Tudeer 43; HGC 2, 1332; SNG ANS 270 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 1380 (same dies); SNG Lockett 967 = Pozzi 599 (same dies); BMC 148-9 (same dies); Boston MFA 408 = Warren 375 (same dies); Dewing 845 (same dies); Jameson 2428 (same dies); de Luynes 1204 (same dies); Ward 279 (same dies). Lightly toned, minor edge split. VF.
Ex Triton XVII (7 January 2014), lot 69; Gemini VI (10 January 2010), lot 40.
Ex Triton XVII (7 January 2014), lot 69; Gemini VI (10 January 2010), lot 40.
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CHINA, Qīng dynasty. Provincial issues. Jílín. AR 7 Mace 2 Candareens – Dollar (37mm, 11h). Jílín mint. Dated Ganzhi year Xinchou (AD 1901). Legend in Hànzì around taijitu (yinyang) / Dragon flying facing around central flaming pearl; stylized clouds around. L&M 536; KM (Y) 183a.1. In NGC encapsulation 3478851-004, graded MS 61.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1120
SCOTLAND. Mary. 1542-1567. AR Testoon (28mm, 5.82 g, 1h). Third period, first widowhood. Edinburgh mint. Dated 1561. Bust left, wearing close cap and fillet / Crowned coat-of-arms; crowned Ms flanking. Burns 2-3 (fig. 897); SCBI 58 (Edinburgh), 1149-51; SCBC 5422. Toned, some porosity and scattered marks. Near VF. Rare.
From the Alexander Christopher Collection.
From the Alexander Christopher Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 95
SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.30 g, 9h). Unsigned dies in the style of Eukleidas. Struck circa 400/395-390 BC. Charioteer, wearing long chiton, holding kentron in right hand and reins in both, driving fast quadriga left; above, Nike, wearing long chiton, flying right, crowning charioteer with wreath held in her extended hands; in exergue, dolphin left / Head of Arethousa left, hair in broad band and welling upwards in wavy locks, wearing double hoop earring and linear necklace; [Σ-V-P]A-KOΣIΩ-[N] and four dolphins around. Fischer-Bossert, Coins 89 (V33/R61) = SNG Lockett 978 (this coin); Tudeer 89; HGC 2, 1345; SNG Ashmolean 2008 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 681 (same dies); SNG Fitzwilliam 1251 (same dies); Dewing 855–6 (same dies); Gillet 663 (same dies); Ward 283 (same dies). Lovely old cabinet tone, slightly compact flan. Good VF.
From the Gerald F. Borrmann (Northern California Gentleman) Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group inventory 788438 (May 2007); Richard Cyril Lockett Collection (Greek Part I, Glendining, 25 October 1955), lot 880; Ars Classica XV (2 July 1930), lot 383.
From the Gerald F. Borrmann (Northern California Gentleman) Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group inventory 788438 (May 2007); Richard Cyril Lockett Collection (Greek Part I, Glendining, 25 October 1955), lot 880; Ars Classica XV (2 July 1930), lot 383.