Electronic Auction 526
Date: 2022-11-02 00:00:00
Lots: 1054
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Electronic Auction 526 . 169
PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (20mm, 6.59 g, 12h). Dated CY 160 (AD 34/5). Laureate head of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, [P]Ξ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 879 (same rev. die); HGC 10, 358; DCA 922. Roughness and deposits, off center on reverse. VF.
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (24mm, 14.06 g, 12h). Dated CY 162 (AD 36/7). Laureate head of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, [P]ΞB (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 598; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920. Compact flan, slightly weak strike on obverse. VF. One of the great cities of Phoenicia, Tyre was subject first to the Ptolemies and then to the Seleucids, and was an important mint for both dynasties. The city received a grant of autonomy from the Seleucid Crown in 126/5. Tyre immediately inaugurated a new civic coinage dated to the era of its autonomy, with certain affinities to the coinage it had formerly minted for its royal masters. The civic silver featured a new obverse type, a head of the local god Melqart, but the reverse type of an eagle standing on a prow was identical to the reverse of Tyre's Seleucid coinage, which in turn had been an elaboration on the Ptolemaic eagle. Tyrian shekels and half-shekels continued to be minted until about AD 65. They circulated in Judaea and were used by the Jews to pay their annual Temple dues. The infamous "30 pieces of silver" paid to Judas for betraying Jesus would also have been Tyrian issues. This shekel was minted after the generally accepted date for the crucifixion, AD 33/4; however Pontius Pilate was prefect in Judaea until AD 36, so a case could be made for any year between AD 30 and 36.
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JUDAEA, Macedonian Period. Hezekiah. Circa 332-302/1 BCE. AR Half Gerah – Ma'ah (8mm, 0.27 g). Facing head of male / Owl standing right, head facing; HPḤH (in Phoenician) to left, YḤZQYH (in Phoenician) to right. MCP YHD 24, dies O9/R11; Meshorer 22; Hendin 6069; HGC 10, 450; Bromberg 319; Shoshana II 20048; cf. Sofaer 20; Spaer 22. Toned, granular surfaces. Near VF. From the Bes Collection.
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JUDAEA, Hasmoneans. Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan). 103-76 BCE. Æ Prutah (14.5mm, 2.67 g, 12h). Jerusalem mint. Legend within wreath / Splayed double cornucopia with pomegranate between the horns. Meshorer Group T; Hendin 6185b; HGC 10, 642. Dark green patina with light earthen dusting, undetype (Hendin 6184) visible on both sides. VF. From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection, purchased from Herb Kreindler, 30 July 1996.
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JUDAEA, Hasmoneans. Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan). 103-76 BCE. Æ Prutah (14.5mm, 2.12 g). Jerusalem mint. Blundered legend within stylized wreath / Crude splayed double cornucopia with pomegranate between. Meshorer Group S, 42–4; Hendin 6188; HGC 10, –. Dark green-brown patina. VF. From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection, purchased from Herb Kreindler, December 1992. Ex William Stern Collection (Numismatic Fine Arts XXVIII, 23 April 1992), lot 53.
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JUDAEA, Hasmoneans. Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan). 103-76 BCE. PB Prutah or Token (19mm, 6.12 g, 3h). Uncertain mint in the Transjordan region. Legend in three lines / Inverted anchor within circle. Meshorer Group M; Hendin 6192; HGC 10, 645. Dusty gray patina, off center, area of weak strike. Near VF. From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection, purchased from ILM, 11 January 2007.
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JUDAEA, Hasmoneans. Mattathias Antigonos (Mattatayah). 40-37 BCE. Æ Four Prutot (19mm, 7.57 g, 11h). Jerusalem mint. Cornucopia tied with ribbons / Legend within wreath. Meshorer 37; Hendin 6198; HGC 10, 647. Dark green-brown surfaces, typical weakness of strike. VF. From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection, purchased from Herb Kreindler, August 1983.
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JUDAEA, Herodians. Herod II Archelaos. 4 BCE-6 CE. Æ 2 Prutot (12.5mm, 0.97 g, 12h). Jerusalem mint. Two cornucopias / Galley sailing left. Meshorer 70c; Hendin 6225a; RPC I 4914. Dark green-brown patina, area of weak strike and a little off center on reverse. Near VF. Ex Coin Galleries (11 February 1988), lot 78.
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PHILISTIA (PALESTINE), Gaza ('zah). Mid 5th century-333 BC. AR Obol (7mm, 0.71 g, 2h). Janiform head / Forepart of horse right; ' (in Aramaic) to upper left; all in linear square within incuse square. Gitler & Tal VI.8O; HGC 10, 567. Find patina. VF. Ex Bes Collection.
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PHILISTIA (PALESTINE), Uncertain mint. Mid 5th century-333 BC. AR Obol (8.5mm, 0.69 g, 3h). Bearded head facing slightly left / Paradise flower/Phoenician palmette; below dolphin right; all in dotted square within incuse square. Gitler & Tal XVII.4O; HGC 10, –. Lightly toned, minor roughness. VF. From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Hirsch 170 (22 May 1991), lot 700.
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NABATAEA. Aretas IV, with Huldu. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40. AR Drachm (16mm, 3.51 g, 12h). Petra mint. Uncertain date (RY 1–4; 9/8–6/5 BC). Laureate and draped bust of Aretas right / Veiled and draped bust of Huldu right; [date in legend to left]. Cf. CN 89–89a, 102–104b, and 106-106c; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 49 and 51–54; DCA 973. Toned, flan crack, some roughness, off center. VF. From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 37 (20 March 1996), lot 986.
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Xerxes I to Darios II. Circa 485-420 BC. AR Siglos (14.5mm, 5.53 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb A/B (pl. XII); Meadows, Administration 322; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 17; Sunrise 25. Lightly toned, a few light marks. VF.
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EGYPT, Pharaonic Kingdom. Uncertain pharaoh(s). Late 5th–mid 4th centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (21mm, 16.80 g, 8h). Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left; all within incuse square. Van Alfen, Mechanisms, Group III.A.1, Fig. 1 = Buttrey Type B. Some granularity, scratches. Good Fine.
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EGYPT, Pharaonic Kingdom. Uncertain pharaoh(s). Late 5th–mid 4th centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 16.79 g, 8h). Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left; all within incuse square. Van Alfen, Mechanisms, Group III.A.1, Fig. 2 = Buttrey Type M. Granular surfaces, small test cut on obverse, light graffito in field on reverse. Good Fine.
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EGYPT, Pharaonic Kingdom. Uncertain pharaoh(s). Late 5th–mid 4th centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 16.87 g, 8h). Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left; all within incuse square. Van Alfen, Mechanisms, Group III.A.1, Fig. 2 = Buttrey Type M. Granular surfaces, test cuts, test punch on obverse. Good Fine.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305/4 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 11h). In the name of Philip III of Macedon, types of Alexander III. Sidon mint. Dated RY 14 of Abdalonymos (320/19 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; Ξ (date) in left field, ΣI below throne. Newell, Dated 43, obv. die XX; Price P172 corr. (denomination). In NGC encapsulation 6056675-108, graded Ch VF. Ex Heritage 232134 (25 August 2021), lot 64059.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305/4-282 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.11 g, 1h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 294-285 BC. Diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck, small Δ behind ear / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, P above monogram. CPE 142a; Svoronos 265; SNG Copenhagen 73. Lightly toned, minor deposits, light marks, graffiti on reverse. VF.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 14.08 g, 1h). Uncertain mint 10, on Cyprus (Salamis or Kition). Struck circa 275/4-262/1 BC. Diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck, tiny Δ behind ear / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, ΣT above monogram above ΠT; Galatian shield to right. CPE 438; Svoronos 538; SNG Copenhagen –. Deep iridescent tone, die wear, scratch on reverse. Good VF.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.11 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Struck circa 275/4 BC. Diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck, tiny Δ behind ear / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, Z above club. CPE 554; Svoronos 634; SNG Copenhagen 477. Toned, slightly off center, some marks and porosity. VF.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy IV Philopator. 222-205/4 BC. Æ Drachm (41mm, 78.72 g, 1h). Alexandreia mint. Series 5E, circa 219-205/4 BC. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia to left, Σ between legs. CPE B497; Svoronos 992; SNG Copenhagen –. Dark green-brown patina. VF.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor. Second sole reign, 163-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 13.86 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; no control marks. Svoronos 1489; Olivier 3675-4354 (unlisted obv. die); SNG Copenhagen 262–8. Lightly toned, harshly cleaned. VF. Ex El Medina Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 479, 21 October 2020), lot 73; Classical Numismatic Group XXXIII (15 March 1995), lot 516 (part of).