Electronic Auction 422
Date: 2018-06-13 00:00:00
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CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea-Eusebia. Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Didrachm (21mm, 7.23 g, 6h). Struck AD 112-114. Laureate and draped bust of Trajan right / Draped female bust (Arteis?) left, holding spear and patera. Metcalf, Conspectus 74d; Sydenham, Caesarea –; RPC III 3040. VF, lightly toned. Rare with this bust type.
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GERMANY, Köln (Stadt). Cast Æ Plaquette (111x165mm, 467.20 g, 12h). Dated 1995. O TANNE NBAUM, decorated Christmas tree set in stand with trunk proceeding upwards through eye socket, becoming part of the tree as well as the decoration with each outstretched hand holding candle; all within linear frame / Blank but for raised rectangular tablet; above, Christmas tree-shaped maker's mark ([elongated K/XXXX/[inverted T]) flanked by date. As made, light toning, light cleaning marks on obverse. Unusual satirical theme.Ex Simmons Gallery 61 (16 January 2013), lot 183.
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KINGS of MAURETANIA. Juba II, with Kleopatra Selene. 25 BC-AD 24. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.27 g, 6h). Diademed head right / Crocodile standing left. MAA 104; Mazard 340; SNG Copenhagen 592. VF, toned, flan crack, some roughness and porosity, slightly off center.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Kassander. As regent, 317-305 BC, or king, 305-298 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.96 g, 4h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Ouranopolis mint(?). Struck under Alexarchos, circa 310-297 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, star on cone above Θ; ME monogram below throne. Price 522; Ehrhardt 67. Fine, toned.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, 17 January 2004.
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CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea-Eusebia. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Drachm (18mm, 3.12 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 194). Laureate head right / Mt. Argaeus surmounted by star; ЄT B (date) in exergue. Sydenham, Caesarea 387a. VF, toned.
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GERMANY, Kaiserreich. temp. Wilhelm II. 1888-1918. Cast FE Medal (73mm, 89.40 g, 12h). On Gabriele D'Annunzio Favoring the Entrance of Italy into the First World War on the Side of the Allies, 1915. By Hans Lindl. Dated Mai 1915. D'ANNUNZIO BEGEISTERT ITALIEN ZUM KRIEG, D'Annuzio, in evening dress, standing right on clouds, holding saber and speech; Below, crowds shout acclamations; MAI 1915 in exergue / VORBEREITUNG ZUM EINTRITT IN DEN WELTKRIEG (ornament), skeleton standing right on ground line, sharpening saber on grinding wheel; H L in exergue. See here (for an example in the Imperial War Museum). Good VF. Very rare.Presented as a gift to the collector from Jacques Palombo, 3 August 2012.
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KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Kassander – Antigonos II Gonatas. Circa 310-275 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 16.95 g, 7h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Uncertain mint in Greece or Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; dolphin to left, monogram below throne, star in exergue. Price 853. Good VF, toned, minor die rust on obverse.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, 20 January 2006.
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CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea-Eusebia. Geta. As Caesar, AD 198-209. Æ (29mm, 13.75 g, 12h). Dated RY 13 of Septimius Severus (AD 205). [Λ C]ЄΠTIMIOC ΓЄTA[C KAICAP], bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Agalma Mt. Argaeus set on altar; ЄT IΓ (date) in exergue. Sydenham, Caesarea 500 var. (obv. legend). VF, brown surfaces. Rare.For other examples of this rare variant, see Naville 35 (29 October 2017), lot 274 (hammer of $341), and CNG 63 (21 May 2003), lot 1040 (hammer of $210).
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GERMANY, Kaiserreich. temp. Wilhelm II. 1888-1918. Cast FE Medal (55mm, 58.89 g, 12h). The Sinking of the R.M.S. Lusitania. British copy issued by Gordon Selfridge after an Æ original by Karl Goetz. Dated 5 May 1915. KEINE BANN WARE!, the Lusitania sinking in heavy seas; DER GROSSDAMPFER/=LUSITANIA=/DURCH EIN DEUTSCHES/TAUCHBOOT VERSENKT/5 MAY 1915 in five lines in exergue / GESCHAFT UBER ALLES, skeleton standing left within ticket booth marked CUNA[RD]/LINIE and CUNARD above and to right, and FAHRKARTEN/AUSGABE below; to left, queue of passengers, one of whom reads a newspaper with the headline U/BOO[T]/GEFAH[R]; K • G in exergue. Burns, Commemoration 2a1; BHM –; Eimer 1941Ab; cf. Kienast 156 (for prototype). EF.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Demetrios I Poliorketes. 306-283 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.96 g, 5h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Corinth mint. Struck circa 304/3-290 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; aphlaston in left field, ΔE below throne. Price 686; Noe, Sicyon 30.2 (A57/P105). VF, slightly off center on reverse.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, 20 January 2003.
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CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea-Eusebia. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ (27mm, 16.12 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 194). Laureate head right / Agalma Mt. Argaeus set on altar inscribed ЄT R (date). Cf. Sydenham, Caesarea 412. VF, brown surfaces, very minor roughness.Sydenham 412, which cites a coin from the author's private collection, has an indistinct obverse legend.
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GERMANY, Kaiserreich. temp. Wilhelm II. 1888-1918. Cast Æ Medal (58mm, 66.52 g, 12h). On Britain's Formal Declaration of a Protectorate over Egypt, 17 December 1914. By Karl Goetz. Dated 1915. Sphinx right, head left, rising from thick base inscribed ÄGYPTEN/ERWACHT in two lines; in background, caravan left in front of pyramids; above, 1915 and star-and-crescent / SIR GREY ZEIG' DEINE MACHT!, facing bust of Sir Edward Grey, sweating and hands crossed before; behind, skeleton holding up hour glass. Edge: K · GOETZ. Kienast 166. EF. Later cast.Purchased from Simmons Gallery, 1 November 2014.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Demetrios I Poliorketes. 306-283 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 16.98 g, 6h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Tyre mint. Struck circa 301/0-295/4 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; club-left-in-circle in left field, monogram-in-circle below throne. Price 3559; Hersh, Tyrus 34 (obv. die XIII). VF, lightly toned, die break on obverse.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 72 (14 June 2006), lot 416.
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CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea-Eusebia. Gordian III. AD 238-244. AR Drachm (17mm, 3.04 g, 12h). Dated RY 4 (AD 240/1). Laureate head right / Mt. Argaeus; • in upper left field, ЄT Δ (date) in exergue. Bland, Last 53; Sydenham, Caesarea –. Good VF, lightly toned.From the Macy Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 407 (11 October 2017), lot 278.
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GERMANY, Kaiserreich. temp. Wilhelm II. 1888-1918. Cast Æ Medal (57.5mm, 58.88 g, 12h). On the Abuse of Neutral Flags (Flaggenbetrug), 1915. By Karl Goetz. Dated 1915. Skeleton, wearing Admiral's uniform, standing on small sailing boat decorated with crowned lion's head and inscribed with name EDWARD GREY, holding flags of Italy and United States; Sir Edward Grey, wearing diplomatic attire, seated on deck and clutching mast; boat flies the flags of Holland, Spain and Denmark; 1915 in exergue / MIT/NEVTRALEN/– FLAGGEN –/HOHEITSGEBIETEND/STELLT SICH ZUR WEHR/DER - EDLE BRITE - DER/WELTMEERBEHERRSCHER/NACH SEERÆVBER SITTE in eight lines; below laurel wreath flanked by K G; all within life preserver inscribed HONI • SOIT • QUI • MAL • Y • PENSE –. Kienast 165. EF.Ex Meister & Sonntag 11 (26 May 2011), lot 1812.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Demetrios I Poliorketes. 306-283 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.04 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Miletos mint. Struck circa 300-295 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field, labrys below throne. Price 2143; ADM I Series XII. VF, lightly toned, softly struck on obverse, a couple light scratches on reverse.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Dennis Devine, 16 January 2005.
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CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea-Eusebia. Gordian III. AD 238-244. AR Drachm (18mm, 2.86 g, 12h). Dated RY 4 (AD 240/1). Laureate head right / Mt. Argaeus; • in upper left field, ЄT Δ (date) in exergue. Bland, Last 48; Sydenham, Caesarea –. Good VF, lightly toned, surfaces slightly granular.
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GERMANY, Kaiserreich. temp. Wilhelm II. 1888-1918. Cast FE Medal (82mm, 79.10 g, 12h). On the Defeat of Montenegro. By Karl Goetz. Dually dated 1914 and 1916. NIKITAS SCH ICK SA LS TOECHTER, The daughters of Nikola I of Montenegro as The Fates with each daughter's name inscribed below them on the pediment upon which they stand – Militza, holding torch, Stana holding key surmounted by skull, and Elena holding serpent; 1914 in exergue / DER SCHWARZEN BERGE, three hissing serpents entwined about bloody sword pointed left; NIEDER – LAGE across field above blade; below WELT = KRIEG and 19 16 across field flanking entwined tails; K. GOETZ in exergue. Kienast 189. EF, minor spots of encrustation on obverse.Purchased from Paul Bosco, 22 January 2009 for $250.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos II Gonatas. 277/6-239 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 17.01 g, 7h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 277/6-275 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; [crescent] and two monograms in left field. Price 600; Mathisen, Administrative, Group III, 4. VF, lightly toned, weakly struck and slightly off center on reverse.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, 20 January 2003
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CYRRHESTICA, Beroea. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.19 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; palm frond to left; between legs, B-Є flanking facing winged creature. Prieur 889. VF, toned, porosity.
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GERMANY, Kaiserreich. temp. Wilhelm II. 1888-1918. Cast Æ Medal (57mm, 41.80 g, 12h). On the Execution of Roger Casement, 3 August 1916. By Karl Goetz. Dated 1916. ENGLANDS • TATE NDRANG, half-length nude figure of Roger Casement facing slightly left within barred cell inscribed ROGER/CASEMENT in two lines, bound by shackles at the upper arms (one shackle inscribed K · G); behind, Scottish soldier, holding rope around Casement's neck, strangling him / EDVARD • III • TOTE • HAND LEGT • DEN STRANG • VMs IRENLAND, chair of torment containing volume inscribed ENGLISCH/GESETZ/VM/1351, cudgel and spider within web; below, skull with serpents proceeding from eye sockets of skull, additional implements, icluding a rat perched on one; 3 · AVG 1916 across field. Edge: . Kienast 180. EF.Ex Meister & Sonntag 11 (26 May 2011), lot 1818.