Triton XXVI - Session 2
Date: 2023-01-10 00:00:00
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 2 . 356
SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. 175-164 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.58 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Series 3, struck 168-164 BC. Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ NIKEΦOPOY, Zeus Nikephoros seated left; monogram to outer left. SC 1400d; Le Rider, Antioche, Series IIIB, 402–21 var. (A39/P– [unlisted rev. die]); Mørkholm Series III, 17; HGC 9, 620a. Bright surfaces, obverse slightly off center. Near EF. From the Pythagoras Collection, purchased from Pars Coins.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. 175-164 BC. AR Tetradrachm (34.5mm, 17.08 g, 12h). Ptolemaïs (Ake) mint. Struck circa 167-164 BC. Head right, wearing diadem terminating in stars; monogram to left / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ NIKEΦOPOY, Zeus Nikephoros seated left; palm frond to outer left, M in exergue. SC 1476.1e; Mørkholm 9 var. (monogram in exergue), obv. die A7; HGC 9, 620c; Superior (8 December 1993), lot 316 (same obv. die). Lightly toned, trace deposits, tiny cut on obverse. Good VF. Very rare variety, none in SCO, only four in CoinArchives.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios I Soter. 162-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.88 g, 12h). Susa mint. Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY, Apollo, nude, testing arrow in his right hand, left hand holding tip of bow set on ground to right, seated left on omphalos; monograms to outer left and in exergue. SC 1711.4a corr. (control mark in exergue; same dies as illustration); CSE 1068 (same dies); HGC 9, 790c. Trace deposits, cleaning scratches on obverse. Good VF. Very rare, one in SCO, one in CoinArchives.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios I Soter. 162-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.85 g, 5h). Susa mint. Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY, Apollo, nude, testing arrow in his right hand, left hand holding tip of bow set on ground to right, seated left on omphalos; ΠA monogram to outer left, AN exergue. SC 1711.5c; CSE 1071 (same dies); HGC 9, 790c; BN inv. 1968.1114 (same dies). Scattered light marks, minor flan flaws and some cleaning scratches on obverse. Good VF. Very rare, one in SCO, one in CoinArchives.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.21 g, 1h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 163 (150/49 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond behind; to left, club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, ΓΞP (date) above HP monogram. SC 1835.2b; Newell, Tyre 58; Rouvier 1858; HGC 9, 883; DCA 123. Toned, a few pits on obverse. EF.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.23 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 166 (147/6 BC). Diademed and draped bust right, diadem ends falling straight behind / BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOΥ, eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond in background; to right, club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to left, ςΞP (date) above monogram. SC 1835.5a; Newell, Tyre 72; HGC 9, 883; DCA 123. Underlying luster, peripheral toning on reverse. EF. Ex Father & Son Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 87 (18 May 2011), lot 636.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VI Dionysos. 144-142 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.49 g, 1h). Antioch mint. Dated SE 169 (144/3 BC). Radiate and diademed head right; star to left / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EΠIΦANOYΣ ΔIONYΣOY, the Dioskouroi on horseback riding left, holding couched lances; to right, TPY, monogram, and ΣTA; ΘΞP (date) below; all within wreath of lily, ivy, and grain ears. SC 2000.1c; SMA 233 var. (no star on obv.); HGC 9, 1032; Vinchon (2 December 1976), lot 146 (same obv. die). Wonderful dark iridescent tone, underlying luster, slight die shift and a little die wear on obverse. Superb EF. Extremely rare issue with star on obverse, none in SCO, only this example in CoinArchives (but misattributed). From the North River Collection. Ex Triton X (9 January 2007), lot 397 (erroneously described without star, attributed to SMA 233).
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VI Dionysos. 144-142 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31.5mm, 15.50 g, 1h). Antioch mint. Dated SE 169 (144/3 BC). Radiate and diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EΠIΦANOYΣ ΔIONYΣOY, the Dioskouroi on horseback riding left, holding couched lances; to right, TPY, monogram, and ΣTA; ΘΞP (date) below; all within wreath of lily, ivy, and grain ears. SC 2000.2b; SMA 231; HGC 9, 1032. Toned, underlying luster, minor die wear and light roughness on obverse, numerous cleaning scratches. EF.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes). 138-129 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.84 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EYEP-ΓETOY, Athena Nikephoros standing left; to outer left, AP monogram above H; all within wreath. SC 2061.1o; Lorber, Die 29–31 (obv. die A8); SMA 277; HGC 9, 1067c; SNG Spaer 1850. Lightly toned, light scratch in field on obverse. Good VF.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes). 138-129 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 14.07 g, 1h). Ptolemaïs (Ake) mint. Dated SE 177 (136/5 BC). Diademed head right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; monogram to left, ZOP (date) to right, pellet below wing. SC 2116.1 var. (location of pellet); Babelon, Rois 1104 var. (no pellet); HGC 9, 1075; DCA 196. Lightly toned. Good VF. Extremely rare issue, of which none are recorded with pellet below the eagle's wing. All of the silver issues of Antiochos VII from Ptolemaïs are dated to SE 177 (136/5 BC), and are likely connected to the Seleukid military campaign in Judaea, which culminated in a siege of Jerusalem the following year. The siege resulted in the submission of the Judaeans to the Seleukid king, and a payment of 500 talents of silver.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. Second reign, 129-125 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30.5mm, 16.59 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck 129-128 BC. Diademed and bearded head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY ΘEOY NIKA-TOPOΣ, Zeus Nikephoros seated left; Ξ to outer left, O below throne. SC 2166.2c; Schwei Group 7, 82–3 (A6/P42); SMA 320; CSE 288; HGC 9, 1117b; SNG Copenhagen 34 (same obv. die). Lightly toned, a few minor marks. Near EF. From the North River Collection. Ex Triton XI (7 January 2008), lot 298.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. Second reign, 129-125 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28.5mm, 16.40 g, 12h). Damaskos mint. Dated SE 184 (129/8 BC). Diademed and bearded head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY ΘEOY NIKA-TOPOΣ, Zeus Nikephoros seated left; below throne, Ξ above Δ; ΔΠ[P] (date) in exergue. SC 2181.2b; Schwei Group 3, 29–31 (A5/P19); HGC 9, 1116d; DCA 223; SNG Spaer 2266 (same dies). Lightly toned, compact flan, a few minor scratches. Near EF.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. Second reign, 129-125 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 14.05 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 183 (129 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY, eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond in background; to left, monogram above club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, monogram above ΓΠP (date); monogram between legs. SC 2195.1b; Newell, Tyre 156; HGC 9, 1122; DCA 230. Slightly off center. EF.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Alexander II Zabinas. 128-122 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 15.92 g, 12h). Tarsos mint, "Civic" workshop. Struck circa 125-122 BC. Diademed head right / [B]AΣIΛEΩΣ [AΛ]EΞANΔPOY, Sandan standing right on back of horned and winged lion standing right upon garlanded altar with baldachin; two monograms to outer left. SC 2211 var. (upper monogram [see SC 2212.1b for the drachm with these controls]); HGC 9, 1150. Toned, some minor porosity, scratches. VF. Extremely rare Sandan tetradrachm of Zabinas, unpublished with this upper monogram. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 321 (26 February 2014), lot 197.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos). 121/0-97/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29.5mm, 15.93 g, 12h). Tarsos mint. Second reign at Tarsos, circa 112-96 BC. Diademed head right within fillet border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EΠIΦANOYΣ, Sandan standing right on back of horned and winged lion standing right upon garlanded altar with baldachin; two monograms to outer left. SC 2288.1d; CSE 489 (same obv. die); HGC 9, 1198. Toned, trace deposits and light scuff on obverse. Good VF. Rare.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos IX Eusebes Philopator (Kyzikenos). 114/3-95 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 16.69 g, 12h). Sidon mint. Dated SE 202 (111/0 BC). Diademed head right within fillet border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΦIΛOΠATOPOΣ, Zeus Nikephoros standing left; to outer left, ΣIΔΩ above IEP above AΣY above monogram; BΣ (date) in exergue; all within wreath. SC 2385; HGC 9, 1228k; DCA 288. Lightly toned over lustrous surfaces, trace deposits. EF. Very rare, only two in CoinArchives.
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PHOENICIA, Arados. Circa 246/5-168/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29.5mm, 16.75 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Dated CY 76 (184/3 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; palm tree in left field, AP (civic) monogram below throne, Oς (date) in exergue. Duyrat 1342–9 var. (unlisted obv. die); Rouvier 87; Price 3403; DCA 771; HGC 10, 61. Iridescent tone, scattered marks, a little off center. Good VF. From the GTP Collection. Ex Chaponniere & Firmenich 14 (20 November 2021), lot 10.
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PHOENICIA, Byblos (Gebal). 'Ozba'al. Circa 400-365 BC. AR Shekel (26.5mm, 13.20 g, 6h). Three hoplites, holding shields, on galley left above waves, prow ending in lion's head; below, hippocamp left above murex shell, 'Z (in Phoenician) above dorsal fin / Lion attacking bull left; 'ZB'L MLK GBL (Ozbaal, king of Gebal in Phoenician) above. E&E-B Series IV.2.1.c, 518–9 (O14/R27); Betlyon 14 var. (no letters on obv.); Rouvier 640 var. (letters on obv.); HGC 10, 133 corr. (letters on obv. not noted); SNG Fitzwilliam 6029; Athena Fund II 872 (same obv. die); Norman Davis 283. Light golden tone, underlying luster. EF. Well centered.
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. Uncertain king. Circa 440-425 BC. AR Quarter Shekel (15mm, 3.40 g, 11h). Dolphin right; ŠLŠN (in Phoenician) above, waves and murex shell below / Owl standing right, head facing; crook and flail over shoulder; all in outline incuse within incuse square. E&E-T Group I.2.2, 185 (O1/R3); Elayi & Lemaire 8 (same dies); Rouvier 1776; HGC 10, 323; AUB 2; Traité II 983; Weber 8082. Toned, with some iridescence, edge splits. Good VF. From the Kenneth S. Abramowitz Collection.
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (28.5mm, 14.19 g, 1h). Dated CY 16 (111/0 BC). Head of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, LΘ (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician B between legs; TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY around. DCA-Tyre 42 (same obv. die as illustration); HGC 10, 357; DCA 919. Lightly toned, small deposit on obverse. EF. Well struck on a broad flan. One of the great cities of Phoenicia, Tyre was first a subject of the Ptolemies and then of the Seleukids; it was an important mint for both dynasties. The city received a grant of autonomy from the Seleukid Crown in 126/5 BC, whereupon 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 Phoenician god Melkart, but the reverse type of an eagle standing on a prow was identical to the reverse of Tyre's Seleukid coinage, which in turn had been an elaboration on the Ptolemaic eagle. Half- and quarter-shekels were also struck. The early shekels, such as the first three lots offered, are struck on relatively broad, thin flans and bear a striking image of a muscular, laureate Melqart looking very much like the Greek Herakles, with a lion skin knotted around his neck. Later issues, commencing in 20/19 BC, have a distinctly different fabric, being struck on compact, thick flans, with cruder images and lettering.
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (28.5mm, 14.20 g, 12h). Dated CY 48 (79/8 BC). Bust of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, HM (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician B between legs; TYPOY IE[PAΣ] KAI AΣYΛOY around. DCA-Tyre 169 var. (letter between legs); Rouvier 2032 var. (monogram); HGC 10, 357; DCA 919; BMC –. Iridescent tone, some deposits, light marks. Near EF. Very rare variety.