Electronic Auction 397
Date: 2017-05-17 00:00:00
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes). 138-129 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 13.92 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 177 (136/5 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond in background; to left, monogram above club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, monogram above ZOP (date); monogram between legs. SC 2109.5a; HGC 9, 1074; DCA 198. VF, toned.
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PHOENICIA, Arados. Circa 246/5-168/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 16.83 g, 11h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Dated CY 24 (236/5 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; palm tree in left field, AP (civic) monogram below throne, date in exergue. Duyrat 1187–90 (obv. die D8); Price 3371; DCA 771. VF, toned, double struck on reverse. Rare date.From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.
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PHOENICIA, Arados. Circa 246/5-168/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 16.97 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Dated CY 43 or 44 (217/6 or 216/5 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; palm tree in left field, AP (civic) monogram below throne, [date in exergue]. Duyrat 1228–33 (obv. die D21); Price 3383 or 3384; DCA 771. VF, toned.From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.
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PHOENICIA, Arados. Circa 246/5-168/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.21 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Dated CY 44 (216/5 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; palm tree in left field, AP (civic) monogram below throne, [date in exergue]. Duyrat 1235–42 (obv. die D23); Price 3384; DCA 771. Fine, some roughness and horn silver.From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.
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PHOENICIA, Arados. Circa 246/5-168/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.92 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; palm tree in left field, AP (civic) monogram below throne, Ξ (date) in exergue. Duyrat 1270-6 var. (unlisted obv. die); Price 3390; DCA 771. Good VF.From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.
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JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. Æ (23mm, 8.32 g, 6h). Undated, but attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). Grape leaf on vine / Palm tree with two bunches of dates. Mildenberg 108 (O9/R72); Hendin 1408. Good VF, dark green-brown patina.
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AV Daric (15.5mm, 8.34 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XIII, 27); Meadows, Administration 321; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26. VF.
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AV Daric (15mm, 8.26 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XIII, 27); Meadows, Administration 321; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26. Fair.
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II. Circa 420-375 BC. AV Daric (15mm, 8.37 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group C (pl. XIV, 42); cf. Meadows, Administration 323; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 12; Sunrise 28. Good VF.
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UNCERTAIN EAST. 3rd-2nd centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 16.55 g, 11h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; kerykeion-like device in left field. Price B4 var. (symbol, same obv. die). Good VF, toned. Rare.From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon. Ex Lanz 138 (26 November 2007), lot 290.The present coin is part of a series featuring an unusual obverse style and light weight (averaging between 15.5 and 16.5 grams), as well as a variety of symbols in the left field on the reverse: lion-skin over club [Price 4058], dolphin downward [Price 4058A (cf. Lanz 161, lot 15)], wreath [Price B36], two dolphins entwined over wreath [CNG 102, 651], thunderbolt [CNG 90, lot 752, and Rauch Summer Auction 2010, lot 54], and kerykeion-like device [present coin]. While the light weight and style suggest an origin among the eastern Celts, the consistency of the style and good epigraphy suggests a more formally organized mint, unlike definitively Celtic issues that copy Alexanders.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.55 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Memphis or Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 323/2-317/1 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent / Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and cradling stylis in left arm; in left field, ram's head right, wearing anedjty-crown, symbolizing Amun-Re; [monogram below left wing]. Svoronos 5; Zervos Issue 73; Price 3963; SNG Copenhagen (Macedon) 642; NGSA 7, lot 175 (same dies). Good VF.This coin is from one of the earliest gold issues of Ptolemy I. The symbol on the reverse has conventionally thought to represent the Egyptian diety Khnum, but a recent study has convincingly shown that it is, in fact, meant to represent the sun-god Amun-Re (see K. Sheedy and B. Ockinga, "The Crowned Ram's Head on Coins of Alexander the Great and the Rule of Ptolemy as Satrap of Egypt" in P. Wheatly and E. Baynham, eds., East and West in the World Empire of Alexander. Essays in Honour of Brian Bosworth [Oxford: Oxford UP, 2015], pp. 197–239).
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 17.16 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Memphis or Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 323/2-317/1 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; rose in left field, ΔI below throne, [O to left of scepter]. Svoronos –; Zervos Issue 2C; Price 3971c; SNG Copenhagen 7. VF, toned.From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 32 (2 July 2001), lot 63177.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.00 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Arados mint. Struck circa 320/19-315 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, legs crossed; AP monogram in left field. Price 3426 (Byblos mint). VF, toned, off center.From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.93 g, 12h). In the name of Philip III of Macedon, types of Alexander III. Sidon mint. Dated RY 14 of Abdalonymos (320/19 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; Ξ (date) in left field, ΣI below throne. Price P172 corr. (4dr not AU); Newell, Dated 43 (obv. die XX); DCA 874. VF, off center and large delamination on obverse.From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.15 g, 11h). In the name of Alexander III of Macedon. Sidon mint. Dated RY 17 of Abdalonymos (317/6 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; P (date) in left field, ΣI below throne. Price 3502; Newell, Dated 48 (dies XXV/α); DCA 874. Near VF, porous.From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.96 g, 5h). In the name of Alexander III. Sidon mint. Undated issue, struck under Menon or Menes, circa 332/1-324/3 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; [P (date) in left field], ΣI below throne. Price 3502; Newell, Dated 48 (dies XXV/α); DCA 874. VF, toned, off center.From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 15.74 g, 1h). Ptolemaic standard. In the name of Alexander III of Macedon. Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 311/0-305 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant skin headdress / Athena Alkidemos advancing right; to right, helmet, monogram, and eagle standing right on thunderbolt. Svoronos 165; Zervos Issue 27, obv. die 449; SNG Copenhagen –. Good VF, toned, graffiti and scrape on reverse, test cuts on obverse.Ex CNG Inventory 994128 (January 2015); Elwood Rafn Collection.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.07 g, 1h). Alexandreia mint. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck; tiny Δ behind ear / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; EY and monogram to left. Svoronos 362; SNG Copenhagen 90 var. (monogram). VF, toned.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.19 g, 12h). Ptolemaïs (Ake) mint. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck; [tiny Δ behind ear?] / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; ΠT and two monograms to left, shield to right. Svoronos 544; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 146–7. VF, flan crack,m light deposits, some die rust on obverse, graffiti on reverse. Rare.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. AV Mnaieion – 'Oktadrachm' (26.5mm, 27.72 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy IV, 221-205 BC. Bust of the deified Ptolemy III right, wearing radiate diadem and aegis; trident over left shoulder, middle prong ends in a lotus finial / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, radiate and filleted cornucopia; ΔI below. Svoronos 1117; Olivier & Lorber dies 3/6, 33 (this coin); SNG Copenhagen 196; Noeske 137; BMC 103 = GPCG pl. 34, 24 (same obv. die); Bement 1851 (same obv. die); Boston MFA 2283; Gulbenkian 1076; Jameson 1817; Pozzi 3239 (same dies); Kraay & Hirmer 803. VF, numerous light marks and a few scrapes, typical die rust.Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 226 (27 January 2010), lot 306.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy IV Philopator. 222-205/4 BC. Æ Tetrobol (37mm, 47.35 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Series 5. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle with wings spread standing left on thunderbolt, head right; ΣE monogram between legs. Svoronos 1148; SNG Copenhagen 207–9. VF, area of flat strike.