Auction 121 - Session 3
Date: 2022-10-06 00:00:00
Lots: 309
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 621
KYRENAICA, Kyrene. temp. Magas. Circa 294-275 BC. AR Didrachm (21mm, 7.55 g, 6h). Head of Zeus Karneios right / Silphion plant; tripod to lower left, monogram to lower right. BMC 252; SNG Copenhagen 1242 –. Light scratches, some minor roughness. VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 622
KYRENAICA, Kyrene. temp. Magas. Circa 294-275 BC. AR Didrachm (21mm, 7.61 g, 11h). Head of Zeus Karneios left / Silphion plant; tripod to upper left, monogram to upper right. BMC 253 corr. (head right); SNG Copenhagen 1242 var. (head left). Minor marks. Near VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 623
KYRENAICA, Kyrene. temp. Magas. Circa 294-275 BC. AR Didrachm (19mm, 7.74 g, 12h). Head of Zeus Karneios right / Silphion plant; monogram to upper left, crab to upper right, KY-PA across lower field. BMC 255; SNG Copenhagen 1243 var. (control marks in lower fields). Light marks. VF. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 624
KYRENAICA, Kyrene. temp. Magas. Circa 294-275 BC. AR Didrachm (21mm, 7.60 g, 12h). Head of Zeus Karneios right / Silphion plant; monogram to upper left, [crab to upper right (erased from die)]. BMC 256; SNG Copenhagen –. Lightly toned, minor marks. Near VF. The monograms and field marks are specific to the magistrates in charge of the mint at the time of these coins' striking. In rare circumstances, a new magistrate would erase the mark of the previous official. There were often long gaps between issues so there was no need for the new magistrate to add his new mark, which is why erasures are found, but not overstrikes of the new magistrate's symbol. Although quite rare, the phenomenon of erasures occurs primarily in the transitional period between Archaic and Alexandrine coinage.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 625
KYRENAICA, Kyrene. temp. Magas. Circa 294-275 BC. AR Didrachm (21mm, 7.46 g, 12h). Head of Zeus Karneios right / Silphion plant; monogram to lower left, crab to lower right. BMC 257; SNG Copenhagen 1243. Some roughness. VF. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 626
KYRENAICA, Kyrene. temp. Magas. Circa 294-275 BC. AR Didrachm (20mm, 7.60 g, 12h). Head of Zeus Karneios right / Silphion plant; monogram to lower left, crab to lower right. BMC 258; SNG Copenhagen 1243 var. (monogram). Obverse strike a bit weak. VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 627
KYRENAICA, Kyrene. temp. Magas. Circa 294-275 BC. AR Didrachm (205mm, 7.63 g, 12h). Head of Zeus Karneios left / Silphion plant; no control marks. BMC 258a; SNG Copenhagen 1244. Light marks. Near VF. Wonderful delicate depiction of silphium with wispy leaves. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 628
KYRENAICA, Kyrene. temp. Magas. Circa 294-275 BC. AR Didrachm (21mm, 7.25 g, 6h). Head of Zeus Karneios left / Silphion plant; no control marks. BMC 259 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 1244. Deep iridescent tone. Good VF. Ex JTB Collection; Sheik Al Thani Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 123, 9 May 2021), lot 910; BHV Collection (Roma Numismatics 2, 2 October 2011), lot 336.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 629
KINGS of MAURETANIA. Juba II, with Kleopatra Selene. 25 BC-AD 24. AR Denarius (19mm, 2.86 g, 5h). Caesarea mint. Struck circa AD 11-23. Diademed head of Juba right / Draped bust of Kleopatra Selene left. Mazard 361; MAA 108; SNG Copenhagen 566. Toned, cleaning scratches. EF. From the Weise Collection. Ex Peus 386 (26 April 2006), lot 478.Juba II proved himself one of Rome's most loyal client kings, and in AD 11 Augustus honored him with marriage to Kleopatra Selene, the daughter of Kleopatra VII and Mark Antony. The resulting son, Ptolemy, succeeded Juba II in AD 24, and was the last of the Ptolemaic line.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 630
KINGS of MAURETANIA. Juba II. 25 BC-AD 24. AR Denarius (19mm, 2.72 g, 8h). Caesarea mint. Dated RY 42 (AD 17/8). Head right, wearing lion skin, club over shoulder / Lion skin draped over upright club; RXXXXII (date) and arrow to left, bow to right. Spoerri-Butcher Group 39.a, dies K26/R5 (unlisted die combination); Mazard –; MAA 169bis; SNG Copenhagen 585 var. (date). Lustrous. EF. Rare. From the Weise Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 631
KINGS of MAURETANIA. Juba II. 25 BC-AD 24. AR Denarius (17mm, 2.64 g, 4h). Caesarea mint. Dated RY 43 (AD 18/9). Diademed head right / Draped bust of Africa right, wearing elephant skin; two spears to left, grain ear and RXXXXIII (date) to right. Spoerri-Butcher p. 74; Mazard 132; MAA 174 var. (same); SNG Copenhagen –. Lustrous, a little off center on reverse. EF. Extremely rare, only the example that Mazard saw in Algiers is published, but Spoerri-Butcher could not verify its existence.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 632
KINGS of MAURETANIA. Juba II. 25 BC-AD 24. AR Denarius (15mm, 2.15 g, 1h). Caesarea mint. Dated RY 48 (AD 23/4). Diademed head right / Garlanded altar surmounted by rising serpent wearing crescent; R • XL/[VIII] (date) across upper and lower fields. Spoerri-Butcher Group 62.a, dies C37/R3, 581 (this coin, illustrated); Mazard 165; MAA 200; SNG Copenhagen 601. Toned, reverse off-center. VF. Very rare. From the Weise Collection. Ex Triton XVI (8 January 2013), lot 611; G. Hirsch 280 (8 February 2012), lot 4373; Spink Numismatic Circular XCIX.9 (November 1991), no. 7015; Superior (4 June 1982), lot 587.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 633
KINGS of PARTHIA. Arsakes I. 247-211 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 3.98 g, 12h). Nisa(?) mint. Head right, wearing bashlyk and earring / APΣAKOY to right, AYT OKPATOP [OΣ] to left, archer (Arsakes I) seated left on backless throne, holding bow. Sellwood 1.1; A&S 1/1 (same dies); Sunrise 234 = Shore 1 (same dies). Deeply toned, traces of iridescence, light granularity. Good VF. Extremely rare. The first Parthian coin.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 634
KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates I. 165-132 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 14.73 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Struck circa 141/0 BC. Diademed and draped bust right, within bead-and-reel border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓ AΛO Y APΣA KOY ΦIΛEΛΛH NOΣ, diademed and beardless young Herakles standing left, holding skyphos in extended right hand and cradling club in lion skin-draped left arm; monogram in exergue. Sellwood 13.2; Sunrise 260; Shore 35. Iridescent toning, areas of minor porosity. EF. From the Father & Son Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XLV.1 (Winter 2020), no. 528571.Mithradates I was the first Parthian king to assume the old Achaemenid title King of Kings, an honorific fully justified by his accomplishments. Under Mithradates, the Parthian state grew from a small rebel satrapy into a multi-national empire strong enough to challenge and defeat the other Hellenistic kingdoms. Taking advantage of Seleukid weakness and disunity, in 141 BC he seized the great city of Seleukeia on the Tigris and turned its mint to his own use, producing tetradrachms of purely Hellenistic style bearing a powerful bearded portrait. The reverse image of Herakles, equating the mighty deeds of the demigod with those of Mithradates, is surrounded by legends naming him "Great King Arsakes" (the name of his ancestor and founder of the kingdom) and "Friend of the Greeks," surely to mollify the Greek denizens of his newly conquered realms.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 635
KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29.5mm, 15.60 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Struck circa 120/19-109 BC. Diademed bust left / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow; TV in exergue. Sellwood 24.4 var. (additional palm); Sunrise 284 var. (same); Shore 67 var. (same). Light iridescent toning, traces of deposits. Good VF. Ex Peter Corcoran Collection, purchased from Fred Shore, August 2000.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 636
KINGS of CHARACENE. Hyspaosines. Circa 128/7-124 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 15.57 g, 12h). Posthumous issue under Apodakos. Charax-Spasinu mint. Dated SE 191 (122/1 BC). Diademed head right / Herakles seated left on rock, holding club on knee; monogram to outer left, A(koppa)P (date) in exergue. Assar fig. 17; Alram 491; De Morgan 1 and pl. XL, 1 var. (date listed as SE 188, but illustration SE 190); Sunrise –; DCA 479. Toned, light marks, slight double strike on reverse. Good VF. Very rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 637
KINGS of CHARACENE. Apodakos. Circa 124-104/03 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 15.37 g, 12h). Charax-Spasinu mint. Dated SE 197 (116/5 BC). Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ to right, AΓΓOΔAKOY (sic) to left, Herakles seated left on rock, holding club on knee; monogram to outer left; Z(qoppa)P (date) in exergue. Alram 495 var. (year 203); De Morgan 2 and pl. XL, 3 var. (same); BMC –; DCA –; Sunrise –. Iridescent toning, some roughness and porosity. Good VF. Extremely rare, none in CoinArchives.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 638
KINGS of CHARACENE. Theonesios I. Circa 25-19/18 BC. BI Tetradrachm (29mm, 13.05 g, 12h). Charax-Spasinu mint. Dated 288 SE (25/4 BC). Diademed head right / Herakles seated left, holding club on knee; monogram above arm, Θ below, HΠΣ (date) in exergue. Nicolet-Pierre, Theonèsis –, but cf. pl. IV, 19-20 (for type); Alram –; De Morgan –; BMC –; Sunrise –; Zeno 23346 = Triton X, lot 443 = DCA 486 illustration. Find patina with light earthen deposits, slight double strike on reverse. Good VF. Extremely rare, only the Triton specimen in CoinArchives.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 639
KINGS of ELYMAIS. Kamnaskires III, with Anzaze. Circa 82/1-73/2 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.16 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Hedyphon mint. Dated SE 233 (80/79 BC). Conjoined busts of Kamnaskires III, diademed and draped bust and wearing long beard and torque, and Anzaze, draped and wearing stephane and necklace, left; anchor symbol to right / Zeus-Belos enthroned left, holding scepter and Nike, who stands right and holds palm fronds; MAKEΔΩN to inner left; ГΛΣ (date) in exergue. van't Haaff Type 7.1.1-1-2 (date unlisted); Alram 454 (date unlisted); Sunrise –. Iridescent toning, areas of porosity, some die rust. EF. Lacking the tooling typically seen with this issue, thus very rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 640
KINGS of ELYMAIS. Kamnaskires V. Circa 54/3-33/2 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.48 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Hedyphon mint. Dated SE 264 (49/8 BC). Diademed and draped bust left; to right, star above anchor symbol / Diademed and draped bust left; monogram to left; ΔΞΣ (date) in exergue. van't Haaff Type 9.1.1-3 var. (date); cf. Alram 465 (for type); Sunrise –. Light roughness, some minor flan flaws, a few light cleaning marks. Near EF. From the Richard Basler Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 3 . 641
KINGS of PERSIS. Uncertain king I. 2nd century BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 4.10 g, 3h). Istakhr (Persepolis) mint. Head right with close cropped beard and mark on cheek, wearing diadem and kyrbasia surmounted by eagle; no crescent on back of kyrbasia / Fire temple, Ahura-Mazda above; to left, king standing right, holding bow; to right, standard surmounted by eagle. Cf. van't Haaff Type 547h (Vadfradad II); K&M –; cf. Alram 547; Sunrise –. Light iridescent tone. Superb EF.