Auction 121 - Session 1
Date: 2022-10-06 00:00:00
Lots: 309
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 1 . 148
SICILY, Syracuse. Hieronymos. 215-214 BC. AR 10 Litrai (23.5mm, 8.42 g, 7h). Diademed head right / Winged thunderbolt; AΦ above. Holloway 22 (O11/R19); BAR Issue 79; HGC 2, 1567; BMC 221 (same obv. die); Consul Weber 741 (same dies). Iridescent tone, hairline flan crack, some die wear on obverse. EF. From the North River Collection. Ex Stack's (2 December 1997), lot 499.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 1 . 149
SICILY, Syracuse. Fifth Democracy. 214-212 BC. AR 12 Litrai (23.5mm, 10.22 g, 10h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Artemis standing left, drawing bow; below, hound springing left; MI to left. Burnett, Enna 12 (dies 4/g); BAR Issue 84; HGC 2, 1412; de Luynes 1392 (same dies). Lightly toned, underlying luster, slight die wear on reverse. Near EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 1 . 150
SICILY, Syracuse. Fifth Democracy. 214-212 BC. AR 12 Litrai (23.5mm, 10.13 g, 4h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Artemis standing left, drawing bow; at side, hound springing left; YA/Σ to left. Burnett, Enna – (dies 12/r [unlisted die combination]); BAR Issue 84; HGC 2, 1412; BMC 652 (same dies); McClean 2956 (same rev. die). Deep iridescent tone, underlying luster, a couple marks and minor flan flaw on obverse. Near EF. From the North River Collection. Ex Stack's (2 December 1997), lot 500.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 1 . 151
CARTHAGE. Circa 350-320 BC. AV Stater (18.5mm, 9.21 g, 10h). Carthage mint. Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and necklace with nine pendants / Horse standing right on exergual line; three pellets in triangle to right. Jenkins & Lewis Group IIIg; CNP 1.5m; MAA 4. Lustrous. In NGC encapsulation 4280066-001, graded MS, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5. From the Father & Son Collection, purchased from Solon Numismatics, 2019. Ex Spink 331 (21 March 2017), lot 78.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 1 . 152
CARTHAGE. Circa 270-264 BC. AV 1½ Shekels – Tridrachm (24mm, 12.50 g, 12h). Carthage mint. Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and necklace with ten pendants / Horse standing right, head left. Jenkins & Lewis Group IX, 391 (same dies); CNP 76; MAA 26; SNG Copenhagen 181; Basel 569; Gulbenkian 384; Kraay & Hirmer 210. Lustrous, a few light marks. EF. From the Father & Son Collection. Ex Morton & Eden 100 (2 May 2019), lot 230; Münzen und Medaillen AG 66 (23 October 1984), lot 314; Roger Peyrefitte Collection (Vinchon, 29 April 1974), lot 53.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 1 . 153
CARTHAGE, First Punic War. Circa 264-241 BC. BI Dishekel (26mm, 12.85 g, 12h). Reduced standard. Carthage mint. Wreathed head of Tanit left; pellet on grain leaf / Horse standing right; palm tree in background, small pellet below. CNP 184c var. (no pellet on obv.); MAA 44a var. (same); SNG Copenhagen 190 var. (no pellets); C. C. Lorber, "A hoard of Punic 'horse and palm' billon tridrachms" in CH IX, Group 4, 53. Even brown patina. VF. Ex Berk inventory cc37667 (ND); 1995 Unknown Findspot hoard (CH IX, 690).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 1 . 154
CARTHAGE, Second Punic War. Circa 220-215 BC. Æ Trishekel (30mm, 17.81 g, 12h). Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse standing right; ligate Punic Ṭ and Š below; palm tree in left background. CNP 164b; MAA 84b; SNG Copenhagen 341–3. Dark brown surfaces. EF. From the North River Collection. Ex Triton XVII (7 January 2014), lot 85.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 1 . 155
CARTHAGE, Second Punic War. Circa 220-205 BC. AR Half Shekel (19mm, 3.36 g, 11h). Carthage or Sicilian mint. Struck during the expedition to Sicily, circa 213-210 BC. Head of Melkart left, wearing laurel wreath / Elephant advancing right; Punic A in exergue. MAA –; cf. Visonà 55 (shekel); CNP 447; Burnett, Enna 116–31; Walker 29 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 383 (same dies); SNG Newham Davis 107. Toned. In NGC encapsulation 4625082-003, graded MS, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 4/5. From the WTR Collection. Ex Northern California Collection (Heritage 3061, 7 January 2018), lot 32015; Coin Galleries (14 July 1993), lot 40; Stack's (9 December 1992), lot 3065; Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection (Part IV, Sotheby's New York, 19 June 1991), lot 164.Initially attributed to a Spanish mint by Robinson, the discovery of examples in the Enna hoard and other Sicilian hoards (Burnett, SNR 62, pg. 11) makes it more likely that this coin was struck in Carthage for use in the Sicilian campaign of 213-210 BC. Whether the obverse head is to represent the god Melkart or a member of Hannibal's family is still debated.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 1 . 156
CARTHAGE, Second Punic War. Circa 203-201 BC. BI 1½ Shekels (25mm, 8.57 g, 12h). Carthage mint. Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse standing right, head left; pellet above bent foreleg. CNP 103b; MAA 81b; SNG Copenhagen 395. Toned. Good VF. From the D.K. Collection. Ex Roma XIX (26 March 2020), lot 272.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 1 . 157
SKYTHIA, Geto-Dacians. Koson. Mid 1st century BC. AV Stater (19mm, 8.64 g, 12h). Roman consul accompanied by two lictors advancing left; monogram to left / Eagle standing left on scepter, holding wreath; pellet to lower left. Hourmouziadis dies A/a; Iliescu 1; RPC I 1701A; HGC 3, 2049. Underlying luster, light scratch on obverse. EF. Well centered. From the North River Collection. Ex Stack's (2 December 1997), lot 315.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 1 . 158
MOESIA, Dionysopolis. Circa 225-190 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.53 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; grape bunch in left field, monogram below throne. Price 952; HGC 3, 1770. Lightly toned. Near EF. Ex Freeman & Sear FPL 14 (Winter 2008/2009), no. 34.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 1 . 159
MOESIA, Istros. Circa 313-280 BC. AR Drachm (17.5mm, 5.83 g). Facing male heads, the left inverted / Sea-eagle left, grasping dolphin with talons; monogram below. Dima Group IV, Subgroup IV, 4; AMNG I 417; HGC 3, 1802. Attractive iridescent tone. Choice EF. From the North River Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 73 (13 September 2006), lot 99; Goldberg 7 (2 October 2000), lot 21.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 1 . 160
MOESIA, Istros. Circa 313-280 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 5.76 g, 7h). Facing male heads, the left inverted / Sea-eagle left, grasping dolphin with talons; monogram below. Dima Group IV, Subgroup IV, 4; AMNG I 417; HGC 3, 1802. Toned, die shift on reverse. EF. Ex Leo & Paula Gorelkin Collection (Triton XVII, 7 January 2014), lot 88.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 1 . 161
THRACE, Abdera. Circa 360-350 BC. AR Tetrobol (15mm, 2.83 g, 12h). Molpagores, magistrate. Griffin springing left / Wreathed head of Dionysos left in linear square; MO[Λ]-ΠA-ΓO-PHΣ around; all within incuse square. May, Abdera, Period VII, 415 (A287/P337); AMNG II 116; HGC 3, 1221 corr. (some with head left); BMC 42 (same dies). Lightly toned over lustrous surfaces, a little die rust on obverse. Good VF. From the North River Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 1 . 162
THRACE, Ainos. Circa 453/2-451/0 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 16.43 g, 12h). Antiadas, magistrate. Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos with pelleted rim and inscribed Å5@5 / Goat standing right in linear square; Å@t-5ÅdÅs/ around; to right, Pan standing right on base, cradling lagobolon in right arm and raising left hand; all within incuse square. May, Ainos, Group XVI, 85 (A55/P68); AMNG II 279; HGC 3, 1267; Kraay & Hirmer 421; Jameson 1050 (same dies); McClean 3824 (same dies). Lightly toned, faint porosity, a few light marks under tone, minor obverse die shift. Good VF. Well centered and struck. From the Father & Son Collection. Ex Triton XXIV (19 January 2021), lot 416; nomos FPL (Winter-Spring 2016), no. 23; Gorny & Mosch 232 (5 October 2015), lot 93.As noted by May, the tetradrachms of his Group XVI are "unique among the coinage of Ainos," in that the ethnic was moved from the reverse and placed on Hermes' petasos, while the goat was framed by a linear square around which was placed the name of Antiadas and the figure of Pan. Both the placement of the ethnic on the obverse and the addition of a magistrate's name and symbol to the reverse are unlike all the other silver tetradrachms of Ainos, before and after, and these innovations were probably influenced by similar tetradrachms issued contemporaneously at the mints of Abdera and Maroneia. It is uncertain why these innovations were not continued in the subsequent series, but perhaps the answer lies in the lengthy pause between the end of the present series, circa 451/0 BC, and the beginning of the subsequent one, circa 435/4 BC. May's Group XVI coinage is also the only instance where a magistrate's name is found on the coins of Ainos, and this series is arguably the most intricate of all the profile bust tetradrachm series issued there in the early-mid 5th century.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 1 . 163
THRACE, Ainos. Circa 410/09-409/8 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 16.09 g, 9h). Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos with pelleted rim / Goat standing right on uneven ground, nibbling at willow tree to right, from which a pilos hangs; Å5@ above; all within incuse square. May, Ainos, Group XXXII, 269 (A166/P178); AMNG II 285; HGC 3, 1269; SNG Copenhagen 394; Bement 811; McClean 3825; Pozzi 1023. Lightly toned, some porosity and granularity, a couple of light scratches. Good VF. Ex Triton XXIV (19 January 2021), lot 417.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 1 . 164
THRACE, Ainos. Circa 372/1-370/69 BC. AR Tetradrachm (21mm, 15.55 g, 12h). Head of Hermes facing slightly left, wearing petasos with pelleted rim / Goat standing right; AINION above; to right, crested Corinthian helmet right; all within incuse square. May, Ainos, Group LVII, – (A248/P293 – unlisted die combination); AMNG II 377; HGC 3, 1278; SNG Ashmolean 3552; Traité IV 1509, pl. CCCXLV, 18. Lightly toned, some minor porosity, light scuffs on reverse. VF. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 55 (13 September 2000), lot 272.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 1 . 165
THRACE, Ainos. Circa 357-342/1 BC. AR Drachm (16.5mm, 3.74 g, 12h). Head of Hermes facing slightly right, wearing petasos / Cult statue of Hermes Perpheraios on throne; kantharos to left, AINIO[N] to right. May, Ainos 440 var. (A268/P – [unlisted rev. die]); AMNG II 365; HGC 3, 1280 (same obv. die as illustration). Lovely old cabinet tone, some scratches on reverse. Near EF. High relief. From the Father & Son Collection. Ex Sheikh Saud Al-Thani Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 126, 17 November 2021), lot 92; Prospero Collection (New York Sale XXVII, 4 January 2012), lot 236.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 1 . 166
THRACE, Byzantion. Late 260s BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 17.00 g, 12h). In the name and types of Lysimachos. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; monogram to inner left. Marinescu Issue 14, 32 (O19/R29); Müller –; HGC 3, 1393; Hunterian 83 (same obv. die). Trace deposits. Good VF. Very rare, only ten noted by Marinescu.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 1 . 167
THRACE, Byzantion. Circa 210-195 BC. AV Stater (21mm, 8.55 g, 12h). In the name and types of Lysimachos. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; KΦ monogram to inner left, BY below throne, ornate trident in exergue. Marinescu Issue 87, 198 (O75/R191); Müller 178; HGC 3, 1379. Underlying luster, double struck, minor marks on reverse. Near EF. Extremely rare, only four examples noted by Marinescu, none in CoinArchives. From the North River Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 53 (15 March 2000), lot 281.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 1 . 168
THRACE, Byzantion. Circa 100-96 BC. AV Stater (22mm, 8.28 g, 12h). In the name and types of Lysimachos. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; KΦ monogram to inner left, BY below throne, ornate trident in exergue. Callataÿ Group 2B, p. 142 and pl. 38, O; Müller 171; Seyrig, Monnaies pl. 24, 14. A few light scratches and marks, slight die shift on obverse. Near EF. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 377 (29 June 2016), lot 16.