Auction 121 - Session 2
Date: 2022-10-06 00:00:00
Lots: 290
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 2 . 511
SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.63 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Dated SE 168 (145/4 BC). Diademed head right / Apollo, testing arrow and placing hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; monograms to inner left and between legs, HΞP (date) in exergue. SC 1907.1c; HGC 9, 957d; DCA 146. Lightly toned, a small spot of green verdigris in field on reverse. EF. Ex Father & Son Collection; Northern California Collection (Heritage 3061, 7 January 2018), lot 29258, purchased from Frank Kovacs, late 1990s.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 2 . 340
IONIA, Kolophon. Circa 500-450 BC. AR Tetartemorion (7mm, 0.24 g, 1h). Facing head of Apollo with short hair / TE monogram (mark of value) within incuse square. Milne, Colophon 9; SNG Kayhan 356 var. (long hair); SNG Copenhagen 133–4 var. (same). Deep cabinet tone. EF. Well centered and struck, excellent metal. Very rare in this condition. From the Otrera Collection. Ex Leu Numismatik Web Auction 13 (15 August 2020), lot 335.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 2 . 512
SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.18 g, 1h). Phoenician standard. Sidon mint. Dated SE 168 (145/4 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left; palm frond over far shoulder; to left, HΞΡ (date) above ΠΑ monogram; to right, ΣΙΔΩ above aphlaston. SC 1954.2b; HGC 9, 969; DCA 152. Iridescent tone, tiny die breaks, light scuff on obverse. EF. From the North River Collection, purchased from Brian Kritt, January 2000.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 2 . 341
IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Circa 350-325 BC. AR Didrachm (21mm, 7.16 g, 12h). Rhodian standard. Diopeithes, magistrate. Warrior, holding couched lance, on horse advancing right / Bull butting left; ΔIOΠEΘHΣ below; all within circular maeander pattern. SNG Kayhan 410 (same dies). Attractive iridescent tone. Good VF. Well centered. From the Weise Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 64 (24 September 2003), lot 267.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 2 . 513
SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VI Dionysos. 144-142 BC. AR Drachm (16.5mm, 4.20 g, 2h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Dated SE 170 (143/2 BC). Radiate and diademed head right / Apollo Delphios, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; monogram between legs, OP (date) and ΣT[A] in exergue. SC 2002.2g; SMA –; HGC 9, 1036a; DCA 182. Traces of find patina on reverse. Choice EF. From the MNL Collection, purchased from Pars Coins, 19 August 2016.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 2 . 342
IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Circa 300-200 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 5.60 g, 11h). Persic standard. Kydrokles, magistrate. Warrior, holding couched lance, on horse rearing right; monogram below / Bull butting left; grain ear behind, KYΔPOKΛHΣ in exergue; all within circular Maeander pattern. SNG Kayhan –; Winterthur 3452. Iridescent tone. EF. Well centered and struck. Very rare. From the North River Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 82 (16 September 2009), lot 613.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Tryphon. Circa 142-138 BC. Æ (19mm, 5.81 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head right / Spiked Macedonian helmet with cheek guards, adorned with wild goat's horn above visor; caps of the Dioskouroi to inner left. SC 2034.2d; HGC 9, 1055. Glossy dark green surfaces. EF. An exceptional example, well centered and struck.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 2 . 343
IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Circa 150-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.81 g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Pausanias, son of Pausanios, "magistrate". Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Apollo Delphios standing left, resting on tall tripod to right, holding branch tied with fillet; ΠAYΣANIAΣ ΠAYΣANIOY to left, meander pattern below; all within laurel wreath. Jones obv. die 8; SNG Copenhagen 844. Lightly toned. EF. From the North River Collection. Ex Collection C.P.A. (Classical Numismatic Group 78, 14 May 2008), lot 786.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 2 . 515
SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes). 138-129 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28.5mm, 14.29 g, 12h). Phoenician standard. Tyre mint. Dated SE 177 (136/5 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow right; palm frond in background; to left, monogram above club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, A and monogram above ZOP (date); monogram between legs. SC 2109.5a; HGC 9, 1074; DCA 198. Lustrous. EF. Well centered on a broad flan. From the North River Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 90 (23 May 2012), lot 677.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 2 . 344
IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Circa 150-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.64 g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Euphemos, son of Pausanios, "magistrate". Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Apollo Delphios standing left, resting on tall tripod to right, holding branch tied with fillet; EPAΣIΠΠOΣ APIΣTEOY to left, MAΓNHTΩN to right, meander pattern below; all within laurel wreath. Jones obv. die 13; E-E&E-Ö 65 (same obv. die); SNG Berry 1068. Lightly toned over lustrous surfaces, a couple of scratches. EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 2 . 516
SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes). 138-129 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 14.26 g, 12h). Phoenician standard. Tyre mint. Dated SE 183 (130/29 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow right; palm frond in background; to left, monogram above club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, A and monogram above ΓΠP (date); monogram between legs. SC 2109.11b; HGC 9, 1074; DCA 198. Lightly toned, some die wear on obverse. Near EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 2 . 345
IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Circa 150-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.91 g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Erasippos, son of Aristeos, "magistrate". Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Apollo Delphios standing left, resting on tall tripod to right, holding branch tied with fillet; EPAΣIΠΠOΣ APIΣTEOY to left, meander pattern below; all within laurel wreath. Jones obv. die 34; SNG von Aulock 2042; BMC 37 (same obv. die). Toned, die break on obverse. Near EF. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 103 (14 September 2016), lot 254.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. Second reign, 129-125 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.06 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; ΞΔ in exergue. SC 2164; Schwei Group 2, dies A1/P2; HGC 9, 1116b. Light roughness, a few scratches. Good VF. Very rare, seven noted by Schwei (including the sole example in CoinArchives), none in SCO.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 2 . 346
IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Circa 150-140 BC. AR Oktobol (22mm, 5.53 g, 1h). Attic standard. Dionysios, son of Demetrios, "magistrate". Warrior, holding couched lance, on horse rearing right; Δ (mark of value [4 diobols = oktobol]) below / Bull butting left; MAΓNHTΩN above, ΔIONYΣIΟΣ/ΔHMHTPIOY in two lines in exergue; all within circular maeander pattern border. Kinns, Two 15 (O13/R3) = Bement 1458 (this coin); SNG Copenhagen 825 = Rhousopoulos 3718. Toned. Superb EF. Struck on a broad flan. Ex Sheikh Saud Al-Thani Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 126, 17 November 2021), lot 228; Nomos 5 (25 October 2011), lot 185; Gemini I (11 January 2005), lot 162; Lanz 102 (28 May 2001), lot 267; John Work Garrett/Johns Hopkins University Collection (Part II, 16 October 1984), lot 266, purchased from Chapman, 24 March 1925; Clarence S. Bement Collection (Part II, Naville VII, 23 June 1924), lot 1458; Theodor Prowe Collection (Egger XLVI, 11 May 1914), lot 949; J. Hirsch XVI (5 December 1906), lot 636.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 2 . 518
SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. Second reign, 129-125 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 16.38 g, 12h). Damaskos mint. Dated SE 184 (129/8 BC). Diademed and bearded head right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; below throne, N above Δ; ΔΠP (date) in exergue. SC 2181.2a; Schwei Group 2, 17–25 var. (A4/P– [unlisted rev. die]); HGC 9, 1116d; DCA 223. Iridescent tone, trace deposits on reverse. Good VF. From the North River Collection.The two reigns of Demetrios II were separated by nine years spent in comfortable Parthian captivity, during which he grew a long beard, as seen on this tetradrachm of Damaskos. That, along with his marriage to the Parthian princess Rhodogune and the exotic eastern habits he had adopted, led many of his Greek subjects to suspect him of being, in modern parlance, a "Parthian Candidate" with a secret agenda to hand over Syria. Faced with multiple crises, his few supporters quickly abandoned him and he was deposed and summarily executed four years into his second reign.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 2 . 347
IONIA, Miletos. Circa 340-325 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 3.59 g, 1h). Diopompo(s), magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lion standing left, head right; star above, MI (civic) monogram to left, ΔIOΠOMΠ[O] in exergue. D-L 225–31 var. (unlisted dies); Marcellesi 4; SNG Copenhagen 960; Ward 673. Deeply toned. EF. From the North River Collection. Ex RCM Collection (Triton XVI, 8 January 2013), lot 460.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Alexander II Zabinas. 128-122 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.62 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; % to outer left, @ on boss below throne. SC 2217.1; HGC 9, 1149d. Lightly toned, slightly off center on obverse, fine cleaning marks. Good VF. From the MNL Collection. Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 321 (26 February 2014), lot 198.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 2 . 348
IONIA, Phokaia (or Teos). Circa 625/00 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10.5mm, 2.78 g). Head of griffin right / Incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. E1; Matzke Series 0e2 (Teos?). Good VF. Well centered. Very rare.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Kleopatra Thea & Antiochos VIII. 125-121 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.47 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck circa 122-121 BC. Jugate heads right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; IE to outer left; below throne, C above Π. SC 2262.1a; HGC 9, 1182c. Attractively toned, small area of weak strike, a couple of minor marks on reverse. Good VF. From the Weise Collection. Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 96 (7 June 1999), lot 247.
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IONIA, Phokaia (or Teos). Circa 625/00 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (8.5mm, 1.40 g). Head of griffin right / Incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. E1; Matzke Series 0e3 (Teos?). VF. Well centered.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos). 121/0-97/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 17.15 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Second reign at Antioch, circa 112-111/0 BC. Diademed head right / Zeus Ouranios standing left; to outer left, monogram above A; small Γ to inner right; all within wreath. SC 2302.1e; HGC 9, 1197e. Toned with golden iridescence around the devices, underlying luster. EF. Well centered. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 389 (18 January 2017), lot 346.