Electronic Auction 446
Date: 2019-06-19 00:00:00
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KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great'. 95-56 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 14.93 g, 12h). Tigranocerta mint. Struck circa 80-68 BC. Diademed and draped bust right, wearing tiara decorated with star between two eagles / Tyche of Antioch seated right on rock, holding laurel branch; below, river-god Orontes swimming right; monogram to inner right and on rock; all within wreath. SCADA Group 3, obv. die A34 (Antioch mint); Kovacs 71.2; M&D 29. VF, weakly struck, porous and rough surfaces, some scratches on obverse.
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KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great'. 95-56 BC. Æ Tetrachalkon (19mm, 7.07 g, 12h). Tigranocerta mint. Struck circa 80-68 BC. Diademed and draped bust right, wearing tiara decorated with star between two eagles / Tyche of Antioch seated right on rock, holding laurel branch; below, river-god Orontes swimming right; Δ–H flanking Tyche, A to inner left (below H). Kovacs Series 3, 85; M&D 43; CAA 94. VF, dark green patina.
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KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great'. 95-56 BC. Æ Chalkous (14mm, 3.25 g, 12h). Tigranocerta mint. Struck circa 80-68 BC. Diademed and draped bust right, wearing tiara decorated with star between two eagles / Cornucopia; A below, ΔH in exergue. Kovacs Series 3, 87; M&D 47/C; CAA 106. VF, earthen dark green patina, some roughness and cleaning marks.
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KINGS of COMMAGENE. Antiochos I Theos. Circa 70-36 BC. Æ Dichalkon (17mm, 3.25 g, 1h). Series 1, circa 70-56 BC. Draped bust right, wearing plain tiara with curved top / Lion advancing right. Kovacs 225; Bedoukian, Coinage –; AC –. Fine, dark green patina, some roughness and cleaning marks, a little off center. Very rare .
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CYPRUS, Kition. Azbaal. Circa 449-425/0 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 10.96 g, 12h). Herakles, wearing lion skin, in fighting stance right, holding club overhead in right hand, bow extended before him in left hand / Lion attacking stag crouching right; l a-zbal (in Phoenician) above; all in dotted square within incuse square. Zapiti & Michaelidou 6; Tziambazis 17. VF, overstruck on an Amathos stater of type Amandry, Monnayage 126A. Undertype on both sides is clearly visible .
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CYPRUS, Kition. Azbaal. Circa 449-425/0 BC. AR Stater (21.5mm, 11.13 g, 10h). Herakles, wearing lion skin, in fighting stance right, holding club overhead in right hand, bow extended before him in left hand / Lion attacking stag crouching right; l a-zbal (in Phoenician) above; all in dotted square within incuse square. Zapiti & Michaelidou 6; Tziambazis 17. Near VF, struck with a worn obverse die, test cut on reverse.
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CYPRUS, Lapethos. Sidqmelek. Circa 450-425 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 10.92 g, 10h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Helmeted head of Athena facing in dotted square within incuse square. ACGC 1093 var. (same obv. die, king's name on rev.); Zapiti & Michaelidou 2 var. (same obv. die, same); Tziambazis 48 var. (same obv. die as illustration, same); SNG Copenhagen –; Roma XVI, lot 347 (same dies); NAC 52, lot 791 (same dies); Numismatic Naumann 71, lot 264 (same dies); Savoca Online 2, lot 254 (same dies). VF, struck with worn obverse die. Rare.This coin is obverse die linked to an issue of Sidqmelek, also with the facing head Athena reverse type. However, those coins also have the name of the king on the reverse, which is not present on this issue. Thus, due to the die wear on the obverse, it is possible that this may be a coin of an unknown king that succeeded him.
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CYPRUS, Marion. Sasmas. Circa 470-450 BC. AR Stater (21.5mm, 11.83 g, 6h). Lion standing right, licking its right foreleg while scratching it with its back right paw; [Boiotian shield above, sa–sa–ma–o to-ka-ro-to-sa ("Sasmas, son of Doxandros" in Cypriot) across upper field]; floral pattern in exergue / Phrixos standing left, clinging to the back of a ram advancing left; [M (in Phoenician) below]; all within incuse square. Zapiti & Michaelidou 1 (same dies); Tziambazis 50; SNG Copenhagen 24. VF, toned, struck with worn dies. Very rare.
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CYPRUS, Paphos. Onasi[...]. Mid 5th century BC. AR Stater (21mm, 10.05 g, 9h). [Bull standing left; winged solar disk above] / Eagle flying left; ankh-like symbol to lower left; all within incuse square. Destrooper-Georgiades 8 (same rev. die); cf. Zapiti & Michaelidou 6; Roma XVI, lot 351 (same dies). VF, toned, obverse struck with worn die. Very rare.
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CYPRUS, Paphos. Onasi[...]. Mid 5th century BC. AR Stater (20mm, 11.16 g, 9h). Bull standing left; Cypriot character 'pa' on its flank, [winged solar disk above] / Eagle flying to left; all within incuse square. Destrooper-Georgiades 9-10 (same rev. die); cf. Zapiti & Michaelidou 6. VF, toned, obverse struck with worn die, test cut on obverse, a few minor scratches on reverse. Very rare.
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CYPRUS, Paphos. Nikokles. Circa 325-310/09 BC. AR Tetradrachm (21.5mm, 16.79 g, 6h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Struck circa 321-320 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin, [NIKOKΛEOYΣ in tiny letters in lion's mane] / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram (of Paphos) in left field, laurel branch below throne. May, Paphos, Group V, dies A5/P8; Zapiti & Michaelidou 14 var. (symbol below throne); Price 3123; CNG 102, lot 582 (same dies). VF, lightly toned, some scratches. Very rare.
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CYPRUS, Salamis. Euelthon (or successors). Circa 530/15-500 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 11.18 g, 6h). Ram recumbent left; traces of e-u-we/le-to-to-se around / Ankh-like symbol; no letters in fields; all within incuse square. Zapiti & Michaelidou –; Tziambazis –; SNG Copenhagen –; cf. BMC 12. VF, toned, obverse struck off center with worn die. Rare.
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CYPRUS, Salamis. Nikokreon. Circa 331-310 BC. Æ Half Unit (16mm, 4.08 g, 6h). In the types of Alexander III of Macedon. Struck circa 323-317 BC. Macedonian shield decorated with gorngoneion on the boss / Macedonian helmet; kerykeion to lower left. Zapiti & Michaelidou (Wars of the Successors) 5–7 var. (monogram on rev.); Price 3158. VF, dark green patina, some roughness.
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CYPRUS, Uncertain. Early 5th century BC. AR Siglos – Stater (22mm, 10.84 g, 4h). Ram walking left, upon which an ankh symbol is superimposed / Laurel branch with bud at top, and a leaf and fruit on each side; anchor to left, ankh symbol to right; all in dotted square within incuse square. Zapiti & Michaelidou 2 var. (no symbols in field on rev.); Asyut pl. 32, N-O var. (same); SNG Copenhagen Supp. 625; E.S.G. Robinson, "Greek Coins Acquired by the British Museum, 1938-1948" in NC 1948, 5 var. (same) [all struck from the same obv. die]. VF, struck from heavily worn obverse die (see below). Rare.See H. Troxell and N.M. Waggoner, "The Robert F. Kelley Bequest," MN 23 (1978), pp. 33–6, for an examination of this coinage. The obverse die was used to strike three different issues, all with different reverses. These were struck in succession, with the present type belonging to the third issue, when the ankh was engraved over the ram, and the obverse die was in a heavily worn state. The present variety, which adds subsidiary symbols to the fields on the reverse, is apparently unpublished. A further variety is also known, with a Ξ added above the ankh symbol on the reverse (see the following two lots).
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CYPRUS, Uncertain. Early 5th century BC. AR Siglos – Stater (21.5mm, 10.79 g, 6h). Ram walking left, upon which an ankh symbol is superimposed / Laurel branch with bud at top, and a leaf and fruit on each side; anchor to left, Ξ and ankh-like symbol to right; all in dotted square within incuse square. Zapiti & Michaelidou 2 var. (no symbols in field on rev.); Asyut pl. 32, N-O var. (same); SNG Copenhagen Supp. 625 var. (same); E.S.G. Robinson, "Greek Coins Acquired by the British Museum, 1938-1948" in NC 1948, 5 var. (same) (all from the same obv. die). VF, struck from a heavily worn obverse die, as usual (see below). Rare.See H. Troxell and N.M. Waggoner, "The Robert F. Kelley Bequest," MN 23 (1978), pp. 33–6, for an examination of this coinage. The obverse die was used to strike three different issues, all with different reverses. These were struck in succession, with the present type belonging to the third issue, when the ankh was engraved over the ram, and the obverse die was in a heavily worn state. The present variety, which adds subsidiary symbols to the fields on the reverse, is apparently unpublished, and is likely the latest in the issue.
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CYPRUS, Uncertain. Early 5th century BC. AR Siglos – Stater (20mm, 10.77 g, 1h). Ram walking left, upon which an ankh symbol is superimposed / Laurel branch with bud at top, and a leaf and fruit on each side; anchor to left, Ξ and ankh-like symbol to right; all in dotted square within incuse square. Zapiti & Michaelidou 2 var. (no symbols in field on rev.); Asyut pl. 32, N-O var. (same); SNG Copenhagen Supp. 625 var. (same); E.S.G. Robinson, "Greek Coins Acquired by the British Museum, 1938-1948" in NC 1948, 5 var. (same) (all from the same obv. die). VF, struck from a heavily worn obverse die, as usual (see below). Rare.See H. Troxell and N.M. Waggoner, "The Robert F. Kelley Bequest," MN 23 (1978), pp. 33–6, for an examination of this coinage. The obverse die was used to strike three different issues, all with different reverses. These were struck in succession, with the present type belonging to the third issue, when the ankh was engraved over the ram, and the obverse die was in a heavily worn state. The present variety, which adds subsidiary symbols to the fields on the reverse, is apparently unpublished, and is likely the latest in the issue.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. Æ (19mm, 6.00 g, 6h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Male figure seated left on rock, [holding ankh] / Head of a horned elephant right; [Ξ in exergue]. SC 25; HGC 9, 78. Good Fine, earthen black patina, banker's mark on obverse.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.08 g, 10h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon I mint. Struck circa 311-300 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; MI in left field, monogram in wreath below throne. SC 82.4b; Price 3752; HGC 9, 10f. VF, toned, a few marks.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos I Soter. 281-261 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.10 g, 11h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; monograms to outer left and right. SC 379.5a; HGC 9, 128g. VF, toned.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos II Theos. 261-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29.5mm, 17.07 g, 12h). In the name of Seleukos I, types of Alexander III of Macedon. Laodicea ad Mare mint. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, dolphin left above monogram; AB monogram below throne. SC 576.4b; HGC 9, 235. VF, lightly toned, some deposits, struck from lightly worn dies.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos III 'the Great'. 222-187 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28.5mm, 16.40 g, 12h). "ΔI mint" in southern or eastern Syria. Struck circa 202-187 BC. Diademed head right (Type CII); ΔI to left / Apollo, testing arrow and resting hand on bow, seated left on omphalos; monogram to outer right, ΔI in exergue. SC 1109.2; HGC 9, 447y. VF, areas of roughness on reverse.