Triton XXVI - Session 2
Date: 2023-01-10 00:00:00
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 2 . 398
PHILISTIA (PALESTINE), Gaza ('Azah). Mid 5th century-333 BC. AR Drachm (15.5mm, 3.74 g, 12h). Head of bearded male right / Owl standing right; olive spray to left, AZH in Aramaic to right; all in dotted square border within incuse square. Gitler & Tal V.1D. Toned, porous, test cut at edge on reverse. VF. Very rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 2 . 399
PHILISTIA (PALESTINE), Uncertain mint. Mid 5th century-333 BC. AR Obol (12mm, 0.67 g, 3h). Bearded head facing half-left, wearing oriental headdress / Rider, holding [whip] in extended right hand, left hand on rein, dismounting from horse advancing right; all in dotted square within incuse square. Gitler & Tal XXV.3O; HGC 10, –. Toned, edge splits, usual die break on reverse. Good VF. Very rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 2 . 400
PHILISTIA (PALESTINE), Uncertain mint. Mid 5th century-333 BC. AR Hemiobol (7.5mm, 0.23 g, 5h). Head of female right, of oriental style / Head of Persian great king right in dotted square within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. Toned, light deposits. VF. Very rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 2 . 401
NABATAEA. Malichos I. Circa 59/8-30 BC. Quarter Shekel – "Drachm" (16mm, 3.47 g, 12h). Petra mint. Dated RY 28 (33/2 BC). Diademed head right; W[?] (in Nabataean) to left / MLKW MLK' MLK NBṬW (in Nabataean = Malichos the King, King of the Nabataeans), eagle standing left; Š[NT] and date (in Nabataean) across field. CN 16; Meshorer, Nabataea –; Schmitt-Korte II –; Hoover & Barkay 16 = Huth 46; cf. HGC 10, 682; cf. DCA 958 (didrachm). Lightly toned, minor roughness, light cleaning marks. Good VF. Very rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 2 . 402
NABATAEA. Obodas II, with Hagaru I. Circa 30-9 BC. AR Quarter Shekel – "Drachm" (18mm, 4.68 g, 12h). Petra mint. Dated RY 16 (15/4 BC). Jugate diademed and draped busts of Obodas and Hagaru right; Nabataean Ḥ to left / 'BDT MLK NBṬW (in Nabataean = Obodas King of the Nabataeans), diademed and draped bust of Obodas right; Nabataean Ḥ to inner left, ŠNT 16 (in Nabataean = year 16 [date]) at end of legend to left. CN 54; Barkay, King 35; Meshorer, Nabataea, Sup. 3; DCA 965; CNG E-500, lot 429 corr. (date; same rev. die). Toned, some roughness, struck with broken obverse die, die break on reverse. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 2 . 403
NABATAEA. Aretas IV, with Huldu. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40. AR Sela' – "Drachm" (16mm, 4.72 g, 12h). Contemporary imitation(?). Laureate head right; blundered legend around / Jugate busts right of Aretas, laureate, and Huldu, diademed, draped, and wearing Isis crown; blundered legend to right, [date to left?]. Unpublished, but cf. CN 111 and 125 for similar. Lightly toned, off center, trace deposits, a few scratches. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 2 . 404
NABATAEA. Malichos II, with Shuqailat II. AD 40-70. Æ (15mm, 2.58 g, 12h). Petra mint. Dated RY 4 (AD 43/4). Jugate busts right of Malichos, laureate, and Shuqailat, laureate and draped; Š (in Nabataean [= Shuquailat]) / Crossed cornucopias; MLKW (in Nabataean [= Malichos]) above 4 (in Nabataean [= date]) above ŠQY/[LT] (in Nabataean [= Shuquailat]) in two lines above and below cornucopias. Al-Qatanani 218 (this coin); otherwise, unpublished. Earthen dark green patina, irregular flan, flan preparation marks, light cleaning scratches on reverse. VF. Apparently unique.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 2 . 405
ARABIA, Northwestern. Lihyan. Circa 350-250 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 4.00 g, 12h). Imitating Athens. Head of Athena right, with frontal eye, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet; Aramaic ' before crest / Incuse owl standing left, head facing; uncertain object to right (head of ram downward?), uncertain Aramaic legend to left; all within incuse square. Huth, Athenian, fig. 6, c (this coin); cf. Huth 35 (rev. type right, slightly different legend). Toned, die break on reverse. Good VF. Extremely rare. From the S & S Collection. Ex Sternberg XIII (17 November 1993), lot 276. Lot includes a Joel L. Malter ticket marked lot 14.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 2 . 406
ARABIA, Southern. Ma'in (Minaia)(?). Circa 250-150 BC. AR BLṬT – "Tetradrachm" (27mm, 15.14 g, 9h). Imitating Athens. Stylized helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, wings folded; stylized olive spray and crescent to left, ƎΘΔ downward to right. Huth 158 = M. Huth, "The 'folded flan' coinage of eastern Arabia: some preliminary comments" in Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 9 (1998), 5 (this coin); M. Huth, "Monetary Circulation in South West Arabia" in CCK, p. 85, I. Toned, struck on a folded flan, minor die break on obverse, some minor scratches. EF. Extremely rare. From the Jonathan Kagan Collection.This fascinating coin of derivative Athenian type was struck on a folded flan of another coin, and was originally attributed by Huth (1998) to a mint in eastern Arabia, where all of the six then-extant examples had been found. The discovery of the al-Jawf hoard in 2002, however, definitively changed his view of this intriguing coinage. In his analysis of the hoard (in CCK), Huth determined that all of the previous six coins, and those found in the hoard, were struck from the same mint, in three phases that employed increasingly simplified methods. In the first phase, the coins were struck on previous tetradrachms that were folded over twice, forming a triangular shaped flan upon which derivative Athenian types were struck. The second phase consisted of coins struck on previous coins that had only been folded over once, forming a semicircular shaped flan (the present coin is the only known example from this phase). Finally, in the third phase, the host tetradrachms were cut into two halves that were then each folded once, then both halves were placed upon each other and joined by hammering, resulting in a triangular shape. The identification of the undertype used for this series in uncertain. While Huth originally surmised that Alexanders were the common host coin, his analyis of the al-Jawf hoard suggested that this was not likely. Though the question of the undertype remains unresolved, the hoard provided strong evidence that this series was not of eastern Arabian origin, but rather from a mint in the region of Wadi al-Jawf, in the Minaian trading sphere.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 2 . 407
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I. Circa 520-505 BC. AR Siglos (13.5mm, 5.34 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Half-length bust of Persian king or hero right, wearing kidaris and kandys, holding bow in left hand, arrows in right / Incuse punch. Carradice Type I (pl. XI, 10); Meadows, Administration 318; BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 25; Sunrise 17. Toned, only a hint of the usual granularity. Good VF. Well centered. Exceptional for issue. Ex Heritage 3076 (5 September 2019), lot 30165.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 2 . 408
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes I. Circa 505-480 BC. AV Daric (14mm, 8.43 g, 12h). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type II (pl. XI, 11); Meadows, Administration 319; BMC Arabia –; Sunrise 19. Well centered. In NGC encapsulation 3763166-002, graded Ch MS★, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 2 . 409
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes I. Circa 505-480 BC. AR Siglos (13.5mm, 5.35 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type II (pl. XI, 12); Meadows, Administration 320; BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 23; Sunrise 21. Attractively toned, typical granularity. Good VF. Ex Pars Coins inventory PCW-A399 (ND).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 2 . 410
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Xerxes I to Darios II. Circa 485-420 BC. AV Daric (13.5mm, 8.30 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, Group A/B (pl. XIII, 27); Meadows, Administration 321; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26; Sunrise 24. Trace deposits, a little die wear. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 2 . 411
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Xerxes I to Darios II. Circa 485-420 BC. AV Daric (13mm, 8.30 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, Group A/B (pl. XIII, 27); Meadows, Administration 321; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26; Sunrise 24. Slight die wear and tiny scuff on obverse. Good VF. Ex Triton XVI (8 January 2013), lot 578.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 2 . 412
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Xerxes I to Darios II. Circa 485-420 BC. AR Siglos (15mm, 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. Lightly toned, trace deposits, light scrape on reverse. Good VF. Well centered.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 2 . 413
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios II to Artaxerxes II. Circa 420-375 BC. AV Daric (16mm, 8.33 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, Group C (pl. XIV, 42); cf. Meadows, Administration 323; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 12; Sunrise 28. Underlying luster. Near EF. From the DMS Collection. Ex Pegasi Numismatics XXXVI (23 May 2017), lot 197.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 2 . 414
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios II to Artaxerxes II. Circa 420-375 BC. AV Daric (13mm, 8.31 g, 12h). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding horizontal dagger in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Cf. Carradice Type IV B (type unlisted for gold); Sunrise –; Adams I 110. Well centered. In NGC encapsulation 2400224-006, graded MS, Strike: 3/5, Surface: 5/5.
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PERSIA, Alexandrine Empire. Mazaios. Satrap of Babylon, circa 331-328 BC. AV Double Daric (19.5mm, 17.07 g, 9h). Baal seated left, head and torso facing, holding scepter in right hand, grain ear and grape bunch on vine in left, upon which an eagle, wings folded, stands right / Lion left, grasping the back of a bull collapsing left, biting into its neck; all in linear square. F. Holt & O. Bopearachchi, The Alexander Medallion (2011), note 106; ibid. figs. 51–2 var. = Miho Museum, Treasures of Ancient Bactria (2002), 44 a–b var. (rev. type right); CNG 117, lot 322; Heritage 3073, lot 30206. For Mazaios' Cilician silver prototype, cf. SNG Levante 100–6, and for similar local issues of the same type struck contemporaneously with this issue, cf. SNG BN 352–3. Slightly weak strike on high points, some minor marks. VF. Very rare. From the Melinda Collection.This extraordinary gold issue, unknown until the discovery of two examples in the Mir Zakah II deposit, bears the familiar types used by Mazaios as satrap of Cilicia for his silver staters, but without the usual legend and monograms. Mazaios was appointed satrap of Cilicia about 361 BC, and the region known as 'Across the River' (modern Syria, Lebanon, and Israel) was later added to his domain. In 331 BC, as Alexander marched into the heart of the Persian Empire, Mazaios at first led a spirited resistance, then abruptly surrendered Babylon to him and switched sides. Alexander rewarded Mazaios by retaining him as governor, a position he held until his death in 328 BC. Alexander made Babylon one of his most important mints, where a large quantity of regular 'imperial' coinage was struck. Babylon also produced a substantial group of local coinages, and it is among these that the present type is to be placed. Persian gold was routinely issued without legend, as were many of Mazaios' standard double darics of the 'running king' type (MIG Type 14 = BMC Persia XX, 1). Perhaps it was an initial emergency issue that was later superseded, or perhaps it was a local variation for a special purpose.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 2 . 416
PERSIA, Alexandrine Empire. Mazaios. Satrap of Babylon, circa 331-328 BC. AV Double Daric (19mm, 17.15 g, 3h). Baal seated left, head and torso facing, holding scepter in right hand, grain ear and grape bunch on vine in left, upon which an eagle, wings folded, stands right / Lion left, grasping the back of a bull collapsing left, biting into its neck; all in linear square. F. Holt & O. Bopearachchi, The Alexander Medallion (2011), note 106; ibid. figs. 51–2 var. = Miho Museum, Treasures of Ancient Bactria (2002), 44 a–b var. (rev. type right); CNG 117, lot 322; Heritage 3073, lot 30206. For Mazaios' Cilician silver prototype, cf. SNG Levante 100–6, and for similar local issues of the same type struck contemporaneously with this issue, cf. SNG BN 352–3. A little off center, minor flan flaws. Good VF. Very rare. This extraordinary gold issue, unknown until the discovery of two examples in the Mir Zakah II deposit, bears the familiar types used by Mazaios as satrap of Cilicia for his silver staters, but without the usual legend and monograms. Mazaios was appointed satrap of Cilicia about 361 BC, and the region known as 'Across the River' (modern Syria, Lebanon, and Israel) was later added to his domain. In 331 BC, as Alexander marched into the heart of the Persian Empire, Mazaios at first led a spirited resistance, then abruptly surrendered Babylon to him and switched sides. Alexander rewarded Mazaios by retaining him as governor, a position he held until his death in 328 BC. Alexander made Babylon one of his most important mints, where a large quantity of regular 'imperial' coinage was struck. Babylon also produced a substantial group of local coinages, and it is among these that the present type is to be placed. Persian gold was routinely issued without legend, as were many of Mazaios' standard double darics of the 'running king' type (MIG Type 14 = BMC Persia XX, 1). Perhaps it was an initial emergency issue that was later superseded, or perhaps it was a local variation for a special purpose.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 2 . 417
PERSIA, Alexandrine Empire. temp. Stamenes – Seleukos. Satraps of Babylon, circa 328/3-311 BC. AV Double Daric (19.5mm, 16.71 g). Babylon mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left; satrapal bonnet to left / Patterned incuse punch. Carradice Type IV Late (pl. XV, 54 var. [no bonnet]); Meadows, Administration –; BMC Arabia pl. XX, 1 var. (same); Sunrise 38 var. (same); CNG 120, lot 494 (same die and punch [hammer $38,000]); CNG 106, lot 516 corr. (bonnet not noted). Some flatness to strike. Near VF. Extremely rare with bonnet. Ex Stack's Bowers Galleries (5 August 2020), lot 20078; Classical Numismatic Group 112 (11 September 2019), lot 364 (erroneously attributed to Dareios III).Carradice lists this type with all the late double darics that he attributes as Alexandrine issues. Nicolet-Pierre, in her article on the Alexandrine gold and silver at Babylon, though, does not mention any Type IV Late double darics, only pieces similar to Type III, where the king/hero holds a spear, and all include control marks. The style of this issue is closer to the standard darics of this type that Carradice gives to the time of Artaxerxes II to Darios III. Thus, it is possible that this was a very late, if not the last, Achaemenid issue, just prior to the defeat of Darios III. However, some have no control marks, as the Achaemenid darics, while the present issue has a control mark that is known on the double darics struck under Alexander. As such, it is most likely that this issue was the among the very earliest of those struck at Babylon by the Alexandrine administration.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 2 . 418
PERSIA, Alexandrine Empire. temp. Stamenes – Seleukos. Satraps of Babylon, circa 328/3-311 BC. AV Daric (15mm, 8.33 g). Babylon mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding transverse spear in right hand, bow in left; satrapal bonnet to left / Patterned incuse punch. Nicolet-Pierre 12; Sunrise 159; Münzen und Medaillen AG XXV, lot 479; Triton XVIII, lot 24 = Triton XVI, lot 581 (same rev. punch). Underlying luster, small lamination in field on obverse, a few light scrapes. VF. Very rare. From the Kenneth S. Abramowitz Collection. Ex Stack's (14 June 1993), lot 6.