Triton XXVI - Session 1
Date: 2023-01-10 00:00:00
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 1 . 166
CORINTHIA, Corinth. Circa 350/45-285 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 8.55 g, 7h). Pegasos flying left; koppa below / Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet with neck guard; I below chin; to right, cock standing left on club. Ravel Period V, 1031; Pegasi 423; BCD Corinth 113; HGC 4, 1848. Attractively toned. In NGC encapsulation 6290607-011, graded AU★, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5, die shift. Ex Mark and Lottie Salton Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 1 . 251
IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (12mm, 4.69 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Carapace of scarab beetle / Two incuse squares with geometric designs. Weidauer –; SNG Kayhan 673; Konuk & Lorber 36 = Linzalone 1110 ("ram"). Minor marks. EF. Rare.
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 . 167
CORINTHIA, Corinth. Circa 350/45-285 BC. AR Stater (21.5mm, 8.53 g, 10h). Pegasos flying left; koppa below / Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet with neck guard and laurel wreath on the bowl; I before neck, star to right. Ravel Period V, 1034; Pegasi 425; BCD Corinth –; HGC 4, 1848. Toned, underlying luster, die break and area of weak strike on obverse, some die rust and couple of scratches on reverse. EF. Ex Mark & Lottie Salton Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 1 . 252
IONIA, Uncertain. Mid 6th century BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (13mm, 4.74 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Head of roaring lion left, with protruding tongue, and head of bull right, inverted and conjoined at the neck / Two incuse squares, each subdivided into four squares containing pellets and lines. Unpublished, but cf. J. Hammer, "Der Feingehalt der griechischen und römischen Münzen" in ZfN 26 (1908), p. 25, 57, for a trite with a different obverse type, but likely struck from the same reverse die (at an earlier die state). Minor scrapes and marks, minor double strike on reverse. Good VF. Unique. This fascinating early electrum piece has a style that links it to a series of staters found in the 1989 Klazomenai hoard. The hoard was the subject of a detailed study by E. Işik (Elektronstatere aus Klazomenai. Der Schatzfund von 1989 [Saarbrücken, 1992]), but the coins were subsequently condemned by S. Hurter in her review of the study in SNR 72 (1993). Hurter's conclusion was that the coins were pressed forgeries, and she also connected these coins with another condemned stater that was published in the Bulletin on Counterfeits 17/2 (1993), p. 12, 2b. J. Spier, in his subsequent review of Işik in NC 154 (1994), followed Hurter in this condemnation. Recent research, to be presented in the near future, however, has rehabilitated some of these coins. In particular, two trites (third staters), in the Berlin and Vienna cabinets, that are connected to these issues are undoubtedly genuine, and the obverse of the Berlin example (cited above, from the 1873 Fox bequest [https://ikmk.smb.museum/object?lang=de&id=18200101]) is struck from the same obverse die used on one of the condemned Klazomenai staters. As the Fox trite in Berlin is also likely from the same reverse as the present coin, the authenticity of the present piece is not in question. Additionally, the surface of this piece has all the typical striking characteristics, minor die flaws and wear, enriched surface metal, and light irregular granularity on the edge from crystallization that one would expect on a genuine ancient electrum coin from western Asia Minor. The types on this remarkable electrum trite appear to be rough derivatives of the Kroiseid coinage, which suggests a date in the mid 6th century BC for the issue.We are grateful to Dr. Ute Wartenberg Kagan for her invaluable assistance in cataloging this lot.
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 . 168
CORINTHIA, Corinth. Circa 350/45-285 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 8.55 g, 6h). Pegasos flying left; koppa below / Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet with neck guard; to right, N within wreath. Ravel Period V, 1069; Pegasi 386; BCD Corinth 128; HGC 4, 1848. Deeply toned. In NGC encapsulation 6290624-003, graded Ch XF★, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5. Perfectly centered. Ex Mark and Lottie Salton Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 1 . 253
IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (12mm, 4.69 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Facing head of lion or panther within triangular incuse [on a raised area] / Two square punches with raised lines within. Weidauer Group XXXII, 158-9; Traité I 28; Elektron I 19; SNG von Aulock –; cf. SNG Kayhan 711 (hekte); Boston MFA 1753; cf. Rosen 267 (hekte). Toned, underlying luster. EF. Very rare denomination, much rarer than the hekte and hemihekte. From the JTB Collection.This trite is part of an electrum series consisting of staters, trites, hektes, hemihektes, and twenty-fourth staters (cf. Weidauer 156-65). Miletos and Samos have been proposed as the possible mint, though the former is now discounted by R. Hilbert's die study of the electrum issues of that mint.
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 . 169
SIKYONIA, Sikyon. Circa 350-340 BC. AR Stater (24mm, 12.08 g, 3h). Chimaera advancing left; wreath above, ΣI below / Dove flying left; E above tail feathers; all within wreath. BCD Peloponnesos 216; HGC 5, 199. Toned, light scratches. Good VF. Very rare. Ex CNG inventory 829039 (August 2009); BCD Collection (not in previous sales).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 1 . 254
IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.32 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Head of roaring lion right; tiny pellet below / Incuse square with irregular lines within. Weidauer –; Traité I 48A = B.V. Head, "Electrum Coins and their Specific Gravity" in NC 1887, 16; Elektron –; SNG von Aulock –; SNG Kayhan 1546 corr. (pellet not noted; same obv. die); Boston MFA –; Rosen –. Light scratches. Good VF. Well centered. From the Locksmith Collection.
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 . 170
SIKYONIA, Sikyon. Circa 335-330 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 5.85 g, 6h). Chimaera standing left, raising right forepaw; ΣE below / Dove flying left within wreath. BCD Peloponnesos 229 (this coin); HGC 5, 209 corr. (letters on obv.); BMC 68. Toned, minor roughness. Near EF. From the Pythagoras Collection. Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8 May 2006), lot 229.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 1 . 255
IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (9.5mm, 2.28 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Head of creature (griffin or lion?) left / Two incuse squares. Weidauer –; Traité I –; Elektron –; Linzalone 1108 (seal); SNG von Aulock –; SNG Kayhan –; Boston MFA –; Rosen –; cf. CNG E-428, lot 180. Good VF. Purchased by the consignor from Brian Kritt, 13 January 2017 (his inventory 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 . 171
ACHAIA, Patrai. Circa 40-35 BC. Æ Hexachalkon (22mm, 4.67 g, 9h). Nikostratos, son of Kallistrates, magistrate. Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing tainia / Athena advancing right, holding shield and spear; palm to left, monogram to right, NIKOCTPATOC KAΛΛICTPATOY ΠATPЄωN around. BCD Peloponnesos 518–20; HGC 5, 60; Weber 3961 (this coin). Dark brown patina with patches of red. VF. Ex Lampasas Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 118, 13 September 2021), lot 219; Christopher Morcom Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 76, 12 September 2007), lot 536; Sir Hermann Weber Collection (1924).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 1 . 256
IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (11mm, 4.71 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Winged bearded male figure (daimon) advancing left, head right / Two square punches, both with raised lines within. Weidauer Group XL, 177; CNG 85, lot 435 (both from the same die and punches). VF. Extremely rare, one of three known trites of this type. From the North River Collection. Ex Triton XIV (4 January 2011), lot 305.This trite is part of a series also known from staters (Rosen 246), hemistaters (Weidauer 175-6 and Triton VIII, lot 451), and hektai (Rosen 263).
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 . 172
ELIS, Olympia. 106th Olympiad. 356 BC. AR Stater (27mm, 11.92 g, 12h). Head of Zeus left, wearing laurel wreath / Eagle, with closed wings, standing right on Ionic capital; FAΛE-IΩN around. Seltman, Temple 183–4 var. (dies CD/– [unlisted rev. die]); BCD Olympia 128 var. (legend split; same obv. die); HGC 5, 370 (same obv. die as illustration); SNG Delepierre 2147 var. (legend split; same obv. die); McClean 6632 var. (same; same obv. die); K. Schefold, Meisterwerke Griechische Kunst (Basel, 1960), 516 (this coin). Old collection tone, minor flan flaw in field on obverse, die break on reverse. Good VF. From the Pythagoras Collection. Ex private collection in Basel (per Schefold [1960]).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 1 . 257
IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.73 g). Phokaic standard. Scorpion / Incuse square. A. Tsintsifos, Perix Pangaion Epeiros, The dawn of coinage, Part I, p. 161, 1 (Northern Greece); cf. Traité I 113 = BMC p. 12, 57 (forty-eighth stater); cf. Triton XXI, lot 488 (hemihekte); otherwise, unpublished. Slight graze on obverse. EF. Extremely rare, only three in CoinArchives.
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).