Triton XXVI - Session 1
Date: 2023-01-10 00:00:00
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 1 . 85
ISLANDS off THRACE, Thasos. Circa 480-463 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 8.99 g). Ithyphallic satyr advancing right, carrying off protesting nymph / Quadripartite incuse square. Le Rider, Thasiennes 5; HPM pl. X, 12; HGC 6, 331; SNG Ashmolean 3660–2; SNG Copenhagen 1010–2; ACGC 520. Edge split. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 1 . 86
ISLANDS off THRACE, Thasos. Circa 412-404 BC. AR Stater (20.5mm, 8.83 g). Ithyphallic satyr advancing right, carrying off protesting nymph; A to upper right / Quadripartite incuse square. Le Rider, Thasiennes 6; HPM p. 99, 21; HGC 6, 334; BMC 29–30; Hirsch 147–8. Toned, some die rust and a few marks on obverse. Good VF. From the Pythagoras Collection, purchased from Herb Kreindler.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 1 . 87
ISLANDS off THRACE, Thasos. Circa 412-404 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 9.12 g). Ithyphallic satyr advancing right, carrying off protesting nymph; Σ to upper right / Quadripartite incuse square. Le Rider, Thasiennes 6 var. (letter on obverse); HPM p. 99, 23; HGC 6, 334; McClean 4199 corr. (letter not noted in text). Lightly toned, a little die rust on obverse. Good VF. Well struck. Very rare with sigma on obverse.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 1 . 88
ISLANDS off THRACE, Thasos. Circa 412-404 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 3.56 g). Ithyphallic satyr advancing facing, head right, carrying off protesting nymph / Quadripartite incuse square. Le Rider, Thasiennes 8; HPM pl. X, 31; HGC 6, 336; SNG Ashmolean 3664 var. (satyr right); SNG Copenhagen 1019. Old cabinet tone, a few light scratches under tone on reverse. Good VF. Well centered. Ex Hermann Vogel Collection (A. Hess 194, 25 March 1929), lot 188.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 1 . 89
ISLANDS off THRACE, Thasos. Circa 140-110 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33.5mm, 17.00 g, 12h). Head of young Dionysos right, hair in band and wreath of ivy with berries at the tip / Herakles standing left, right hand on club set on ground, lion skin draped over left arm; HPAKΛEOVΣ to right, ΣΩTHPOΣ to left, ΘAΣIΩN in exergue; MH monogram to inner left. Prokopov, Silberprägung, Group IX, 312 var. (V Ig26/R – [unlisted rev. die]); Le Rider, Thasiennes 51; HGC 6, 358. Light goldent tone, minor marks. Near EF. Ex Tkalec (8 September 2008), lot 29.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 1 . 90
ISLANDS off THRACE, Thasos. Circa 90-75 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.80 g, 12h). Imitative issue. Head of young Dionysos right, hair in band and wreath of ivy with berries at the tip / Herakles standing left, right hand on club set on ground, lion skin draped over left arm; HPAKΛEOVΣ to right, ΣΩTHPOΣ to left, ΘAΣIΩN in exergue; MH monogram to inner left. Prokopov, Silberprägung, Group XIV, 991–4 var. (V CA1/R – [unlisted rev. die]); Le Rider, Thasiennes 52; HGC 6, 359; Lukanc 409 (same obv. die). Toned, traces of find patina, slight bend at edge, a few flan flaws, light scratch under tone on obverse. Good VF. From the Pythagoras Collection. Ex Bourgey (2 April 2001), lot 144.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 1 . 91
KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.05 g, 12h). Lampsakos mint. Struck 297/6-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; HP monogram to inner left, crescent on throne. Thompson 45; Müller 402; HGC 3, 1750b; SNG BN –. Lightly toned over lustrous surfaces. EF. High relief and bold portrait, with engraver's guide circle still visible on the reverse.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 1 . 92
KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AV Stater (16.5mm, 8.47 g, 1h). Alexandreia Troas mint. Struck circa 297/6-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; in inner left field, AP monogram above bee; EM monogram in exergue. Thompson 147; Meadows, Earliest 44 var. (unlisted dies); Müller 429; HGC 3, 1743e. A few hairlines and tiny marks. Good VF. Extremely rare, only six examples noted by Meadows, no additional examples in CoinArchives. From the D.K. Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 1 . 93
KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.87 g, 3h). Alexandreia Troas mint. Struck circa 297/6-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; to inner left, head of ram left; star on throne. Meadows, Earliest 5, obv. die O5; Thompson 151; Müller –; HGC 3, 1750h. Light iridescent tone, a hint of porosity and a few faint hairlines. EF. Struck from artistic dies. Ex Peus 388 (1 November 2006), lot 156.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 1 . 94
KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.21 g, 2h). Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 288/7-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; kerykeion to inner left, monogram to outer right. Thompson 191; Müller 106 var. (handle on kerykeion); HGC 3, 1750l. Deep iridescent tone. In NGC encapsulation 4371988-003, graded Ch AU, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5. From the D.K. Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 1 . 95
KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 17.45 g, 1h). Pergamon mint. Struck 287/6-circa 282 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon; K below / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; crescent to outer left, cult image to inner left, EΠ monogram in exergue. Thompson 224; Arnold-Biucchi, Pergamene 55–6 (obv. die 10); Müller –; HGC 3, 1750m. In NGC encapsulation 4629121-023, graded MS★, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5, Fine Style. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XLIV.2 (Summer 2019), no. 506203; Heritage 3071 (6 January 2019), lot 34029.Lysimachos tetradrachms struck in Pergamon during that ruler's hegemony of western Asia Minor are rightly regarded among the first truly great Hellenistic portrait types. The engraver responsible for this remarkable head of the deified Alexander the Great, with its deep-set, upward-gazing eye and soulful expression, was clearly an artist of singular talent. The mint's reputation for extraordinary die work carried over into the subsequent era of Philetairos and the Attalid rulers, whose coin portraiture achieved similar heights.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 1 . 96
KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.53 g, 7h). Pella mint. Struck circa 286-282 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; monogram to inner left, C-like symbol on throne, K in exergue. Thompson 241; Müller –; SNG Lockett 1247 var. (letter on throne); Jameson 2464 var. (same); Naville IV, lot 521 (same dies); Triton XVIII, lot 426 (same dies). Light marks. Near EF. Ex Regierungsrat Dr. iur. Hans Krähenbühl Collection (Leu Numismatik AG 8, 23 October 2021), lot 41, purchased from Bank Leu, 15 May 1973; Hess-Leu 45 (12 May 1970), lot 110; Hess-Leu 28 (5 May 1965), lot 132; Collection of a Foreign Amateur (Glendining, 13 December 1963), lot 242; Ars Classica XIII (27 June 1928), lot 1261.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 1 . 97
KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 17.09 g, 6h). Pella mint. Struck 286/5-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; to inner left, monogram in circle above arm, monogram below. Thompson 244 var. (monogram above arm); Müller –; Auctiones SA 7, lot 107 var. (monogram; same obv. die [example of Thompson 244]); CNG E-366, lot 407 (same dies); A. Hess (18 March 1918), lot 284 = J. Hamburger (17 June 1908), lot 414 (same dies). Lightly toned. Near EF. Fine style. Rare. From the Pythagoras Collection, purchased from Jonathan K. Kern.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 1 . 98
KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32.5mm, 17.13 g, 7h). Uncertain mint. Posthumous issue, mid-late 3rd century BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, spear in background; OΛ to inner left, EY in exergue. Thompson –; Müller –; cf. HGC 3, 1750 (for type); Myers XI, lot 68 (same dies); Pecunem/Gitbud & Naumann 19, lot 77 (same obv. die). Iridescent tone, minor marks, die break on obverse. Near EF. Very rare. Purchased by the consignor from Brian Kritt, 7 January 2010 (his ticket included).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 1 . 99
KINGS of THRACE, Celtic. Kavaros. Circa 230/25-218 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.46 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Kabyle mint. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Artemis Phosphoros standing facing above monogram erased in die. Draganov 874–5 var. (O5/R– [unisted rev. die]); Black Sea Hoard 8 (OA/R2 – this coin); Price 883; Peykov F2010; HGC 3, 1355. Even light gray tone, some faint hairlines, area of minor roughness on each side, small mark at edge on reverse. EF. Ex "Black Sea" Hoard, 8.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 1 . 100
THRACO-MACEDONIAN TRIBES, Bisaltai. Circa 475-465 BC. AR Tristater – "Oktadrachm" (30.5mm, 28.88 g). Reduced Aeginetan standard. Horse walking right, bridle held by nude warrior in background, walking right, wearing petasos and holding two spears; ΔE monogram to left, C-I-Σ-AΓTI-(retrograde K)Ω-И clockwise around from the top / Quadripartite incuse square. Andersen p. 195 (this coin); Peykov A3070 (same obv. die as second illustration = Giessener Münzhandlung 102, lot 148); Topalov 33 var. (legend, no monogram); HPM –; AMNG III/2, –; HGC 3, 274 var. (same); Leu 72, lot 157. Toned, usual slight doubling. EF. Well struck and good metal. A superb example, among the finest known. From the Apollo to Apollo Collection.The Bisaltai were a tribe of Pelasgian or Thracian origin and occupied the territory between the rivers Echedoros and Strymon, including the metalliferous mountains, which separate the territory of the Bisaltai from the territory of the Krestonioi and Mygonia on the west (Herodotos 7, 115). At the time of the invasion of Xerxes in 480 BC, the Bisaltai were governed by a Thracian ruler who was independent of Macedonian influence, and refused to assist the Great King of Persia when his army crossed Thrace to invade mainland Greece. At some point after the Persian retreat, Alexander I of Macedon, who was in the service of Persians as early as 492 BC, annexed the territory as far as the Strymon valley. Capturing its rich silver mines, he issued the first regal Macedonian coinage, which is indistinguishable from the Bisaltian but for the placing of his own name. The absence of Bisaltai oktadrachms in the Asyut hoard led Price and Waggoner to suggest a mintage date of circa 475-465 BC. This coinage was terminated about the same time as the disaster at Drabeskos in 465/4 BC, in which the Athenian colonists of Ennea Hodoi (later Amphipolis) were exterminated by the native Thracians, though it is unknown whether this coinage is directly related to the Bisaltai's involvement in this conflict.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 1 . 101
THRACO-MACEDONIAN REGION, Uncertain. Circa 520-500 BC. AR Tetrobol (11.5mm, 2.37 g). Grape bunch / Quadripartite incuse square. Artemis-Gyselen Class 2, v; SNG Copenhagen 766–7; Boston MFA 1295 = Warren 970; Jameson 1310; Pozzi 2057–60; Weber 4729 (all cataloged as Tenos). Attractive cabinet tone. Near EF. Excellent for issue. Rare. Purchased by the consignor from Brian Kritt, 6 January 2011 (his inventory ticket included).This tetrobol is part of a series that was traditionally placed at Cycladic Tenos, based on a stylistic argument by F. Imhoof-Blumer, who compared the grape bunch on these to later Hellenistic issues bearing that city's ethnic. Sheedy, however, convincingly showed that these coins cannot belong at Tenos. He argued that the style of the grapes was common at a number of mints, even outside the Cyclades, but, moreover, the metrology of these coins did not fit any weight standard used in the islands (cf. Sheedy, pp. 72–4 and HGC 6, p. 178).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 1 . 102
MACEDON, Akanthos. Circa 525-470 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.95 g). Lion right, attacking bull crouching left, biting into its hindquarter; Θ above; floral ornament in exergue / Quadripartite incuse square. Desneux 48–68 (unlisted dies); AMNG III/2, 5; HGC 3, 383; SNG ANS 10; Traité I 1676. Attractively toned, light scratches. EF. High relief for issue. Ex Leu 81 (16 May 2001), lot 155; Leu 45 (26 May 1988), lot 102.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 1 . 103
MACEDON, Akanthos. Circa 470-430 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 17.06 g, 2h). Attic standard. Lion right, attacking bull crouching left, biting into its hindquarter; in exergue, fish left / AKA-N-ΘIO-N in shallow incuse around quadripartite square in relief. Desneux 95-102 var. (unlisted dies); AMNG III/2, 21; HGC 3, 385; Weber 1863. Slight die shift on obverse, some light scratches and scrapes on reverse. Near EF. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 75 (23 May 2007), lot 121.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 1 . 104
MACEDON, Akanthos. Circa 430-390 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.06 g, 9h). Thraco-Macedonian standard. Lion right, attacking bull kneeling to left; traces of letters (magistrate) in exergue / AKA-N-ΘIO-N in shallow incuse square around quadripartite square with stippled quarters in relief. Cf. Desneux 139–62; cf. AMNG III 29; HGC 3, 391; cf. SNG ANS 14–5; cf. Boston MFA 531–2; cf. Gulbenkian 396–7. Iridescent tone, granular surfaces, numerous light cleaning scratches. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 1 . 105
MACEDON, Chalkidian League. Circa 385 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 14.37 g, 9h). Olynthos mint. Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath / Kithara; X-A-Λ-KIΔ-EΩN around; all within incuse square. Robinson & Clement Group G, – (unlisted dies); AMNG III/2, 4; HGC 3, 497. Slight iridescent tone, underlying luster, trace deposits on obverse. EF.