Auction 123 - Session 1
Date: 2023-05-23 00:00:00
Lots: 293
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 1 . 22
SICILY, Leontini. Circa 430-425 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.23 g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo left / Head of roaring lion left; leaf to right, three barley grains around. Boehringer, Münzgeschichte 55 (same dies); HGC 2, 671; SNG ANS 229-30 (same obv. die); Rizzo, pl. XXIV, 4 (same dies). Light iridescent tone, underlying luster, some weakness to strike, usual die break on obverse. Good VF. From the Don T. Hayes Collection, purchased from FDC Numismatics.
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SICILY, Lilybaion (as 'Cape of Melkart'). Circa 330-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 16.91 g, 3h). Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving fast quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer with wreath; [R]ŠMLQ[RT] ("Raš Melqart" in Punic) in exergue / Wreathed head of Arethousa left; four dolphins swimming around. Jenkins, Punic 59 (O19/R46); CNP 327a (this coin referenced and illustrated); HGC 2, 743; SNG Fitzwilliam 973 (same dies). Lightly toned. VF. Attractive style. Ex Lanz 60 (11 June 1992), lot 70.
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SICILY, Messana (as Zankle). Circa 500-493 BC. AR Drachm (22mm, 4.86 g). Dolphin left within sickle-shaped harbor / Nine-part incuse square with scallop shell in center. Gielow Group 4; HGC 2, 766. Toned, some porosity, a little roughness, a few light scratches, double struck on obverse. VF. From the Jim Gilman Collection. Ex William N. Rudman Collection (Triton V, 15 January 2002), lot 1188.
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SICILY, Messana. 425-421 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.18 g, 10h). Charioteer, holding reins, driving slow biga of mules right; above, Nike flying right, crowning mules with wreath; in exergue, two dolphins confronted / Hare springing right; below, dolphin right. Caltabiano Series XIII, 497 (D202/R205); HGC 2, 787; SNG ANS 360 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 1092 (same dies); SNG Lockett 827 = Pozzi 488 (same dies); Hermitage Sale II 293 (same dies); Rhousopoulos 188 (same dies). Attractively toned, area of minor roughness and minor flan flaws on obverse. Good VF. From the Jim Gilman Collection. Ex William N. Rudman Collection (Triton V, 16 January 2002), lot 1190.
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SICILY, Naxos. Circa 415-403 BC. AR Litra (9.5mm, 0.76 g, 11h). Wreathed head of young Dionysos left / Youthful Silenos kneeling left, holding kantharos and thyrsos; vine of ivy to lower left. Cahn –; Campana 27 (same dies as illustration = NAC 25, lot 86); HGC 2, –. Lightly toned. Good VF. Extremely rare, apparently the second known.
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SICILY, Naxos. Circa 415-403 BC. AR Litra (12mm, 0.80 g, 8h). Wreathed head of bearded Dionysos right / Grape bunch on vine. Cahn 145 (O88/R116); Campana 29; HGC 2, 976. Iridescent tone, small area of weak strike. VF. Ex CNG Inventory 735588 (August 2003); A.D. Moretti Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica N, 26 June 2003), lot 1135.
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SICILY, Selinos. Circa 540-515 BC. AR Didrachm (23.5mm, 8.53 g). Selinon leaf; [two tiny pellets across upper field] / Incuse square divided into ten sections. Arnold-Biucchi Group I, 2; HGC 2, 1209. Lightly toned, flan crack, some roughness. Near EF. Ex Cederlind 142 (5 April 2007), lot 26.
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SICILY, Selinos. Circa 455-409 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.24 g, 3h). Artemis, holding reins, driving slow quadriga right; beside her, Apollo standing right, drawing bow; barley grain in exergue / Selinos standing left, wearing himation, holding palm frond and phiale over altar to left; before altar, cock standing left; to right, selinon leaf above bull standing left on basis. Schwabacher 18 (Q5/S16); HGC 2, 1221; SNG ANS 696 (same dies); McClean 2579 (same dies). Old collection tone. VF. Ex Mark and Lottie Salton Collection.
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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.33 g, 8h). Struck circa 450 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses; in exergue, ketos right / Head of Arethousa right, wearing tainia; four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XV, 525 (V273/R365); HGC 2, 1316; SNG ANS 170 (same rev. die); Montagu 135 (same dies). Deeply toned, some find patina. Good VF. Ex I. Vecchi 14 (5 February 1999), lot 313.
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SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.28 g, 1h). Struck circa 405-400 BC. Charioteer, wearing long chiton, holding kentron and reins, driving fast quadriga right; above, Nike flying left, crowning charioteer; ivy leaf on vine below horses to left; in exergue, grain ear left / Head of Arethousa left, hair in ornate sphendone; four dolphins swimming around. Fischer-Bossert, Coins 83e (V30/R56 – this coin); Tudeer 83; HGC 2, 1342; SNG ANS 291 (same dies); SNG Fitzwilliam 1249 = Bement 521 (same dies); SNG Lockett 977 = Pozzi 619 (same dies); Dewing 850 (same dies); Jameson 823 (same dies). Lightly toned, a little die wear on obverse. VF. Well centered. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions 7 (4 May 1989), lot 16.
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SICILY, Syracuse. Philistis, wife of Hieron II. 275-215 BC. AR 16 Litrai – Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.59 g, 4h). Struck circa 240-218/5 BC. Diademed and veiled head left; torch to right / BAΣIΛIΣΣAΣ ΦIΛIΣTIΔOΣ, Nike, holding reins in both hands, driving fast quadriga right; E below horses. CCO 49 (D12/R31); BAR Issue 65; HGC 2, 1554; SNG ANS 884 (same dies); SNG Ashmolean 2107 (same dies); SNG München 1357 and 1359 (same dies); McClean 1398 (same dies); Ward 337 (same dies); Weber 1707 (same dies). Lightly toned, minor die wear on obverse. Near EF. Ex Jacquier 49 (17 September 2021), lot 66.Philistis was the daughter of an influential Syracusan named Leptines. Hieron, a mercenary refugee from the army of Pyrrhos of Epeiros, took control of Syracuse after Pyrrhos' withdrawal from the city in 275 BC. Hieron immediately sought out and married Philistis to secure his position with the city's elite. His coinage in her name commenced after he was proclaimed king (and she queen) in 265 BC and reflects the strong influence of Ptolemaic Egypt, depicting her veiled head in a manner reminiscent of Egyptian queens Arsinoe II and Berenike II.
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SICILY, Syracuse. Philistis, wife of Hieron II. 275-215 BC. AR 16 Litrai – Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 13.60 g, 11h). Struck circa 217-215 BC. Diademed and veiled head left / Nike driving slow quadriga right; crescent above, KIΣ to right, grain ear below. CCO 80.1–2 corr. (D19/R53 [nos. 1 and 2 are the same coin]) = Burnett, Enna 41 (this coin); BAR Issue 65; HGC 2, 1554. Light iridescent tone, minor die wear, slight doubling and minor flan flaw on obverse. Good VF. Ex Peus 299 (6 May 1980), lot 101; Schweizerische Bankverein 5 (16 October 1979), lot 127; 1966 Enna environs Hoard (IGCH 2232). Lot also includes a Baldwin's inventory ticket.
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CARTHAGE. Circa 201-175 BC. Æ 15 Shekels (45mm, 94.03 g, 12h). Carthage mint. Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse standing right; uraeus above, Punic alef below. CNP 48 var. (unlisted Punic letter); MAA 104 var. (same); SNG Copenhagen (Africa) 399–400 var. (letter on rev.). Dark green-brown patina, a few flan flaws. Near VF. Unpublished with this Punic letter on the reverse.
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SKYTHIA, Olbia. Circa 450-440 BC. Cast Æ (69mm, 136.32 g). Head of Athena left, wearing Attic helmet; to left, dolphin upward / Wheel with four spokes ('solar disk'); ΠAYΣ within quarters. Karyshkovskij p. 392, Таб. II=B, 1; Anokhin 164; cf. HGC 3, 1883 (smaller denomination). Green patina. VF. Very rare. From the D.K. Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk inventory cc96487 (ND); Triton XXIII (14 January 2020), lot 159.The impressive cast bronzes of Olbia on the Black Sea in many ways presaged the development of the Aes Grave coinage in Italy, although the regions were separated by more than 1,000 miles. Olbia, a colony of Miletus located at the junction of the Hyspanis and Borysthenes rivers in the wilds of Skythia, grew prosperous on trade between the nomadic Skythians and the Greeks. It employed a unique form of coinage consisting of cast bronzes of various sizes and shapes. The smallest Olbian bronzes were made in the shape of dolphins; larger denominations were on circular flans and bore either a facing Gorgon's head or, as seen here, a helmeted head of Athena in profile. The reverse is a four-spoked wheel, also interpreted as a solar disk. Like the early Romans, the Olbians apparently traded these pieces at "true" value, as opposed to token value, meaning the largest denominations were truly immense and heavy.
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THRACE, Abdera. Circa 450-425 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.94 g, 2h). Smordo(s), son of (He)rmokal(les), magistrate. Griffin with curved wing seated left, raising forepaw; kantharos to lower left / EΠI ΣM-OPΔO TO PM-OKAΛ around raised quadripartite incuse square; all within shallow incuse square. May, Abdera, Period IV, Group LIII, 134a (A113/P110) = AMNG II 58.10a (this coin, illustrated by May); HGC 3, 1136; SNG Fitzwilliam 1638–9 (same obv. die); SNG Spencer-Churchill 100 (same obv. die). Toned, slight granularity, a couple of knocks on edge. VF. With a distinguished pedigree. Ex Sotheby's (7 March 1996), lot 68; Feuardent (9 June 1913), lot 140; Gustav Philipsen Collection (J. Hirsch XXV, 29 November 1909), lot 68. Reportedly ex Strauss Collection, October 1951.This is the only appearance of a patronymic on a coin of Abdera (see O. Masson, "Quelques nomes de magistrats monétaires Grecs. IV. Noms de monétaires à Abdère et Maronée" in RN 984, p. 54).
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THRACE, Byzantion. Circa 210-195 BC. AV Stater (19mm, 8.42 g, 12h). In the name and types of Lysimachos. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; KΦ monogram to inner left, BY below throne, ornate trident in exergue. Marinescu Issue 91, unlisted denomination, but obv. die O82 (known for Issue 90); Müller –; HGC 3, 1379. Minor marks, tiny scrape on obverse. Near EF. Well centered and struck. Extremely rare, the fourth known (the others: CGB XXXVI, lot 71 = Rauch 79, lot 2126; Künker 326, lot 683; and Savoca 138, lot 31), the only one struck from this obverse die that is linked to another issue.
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THRACE, Byzantion. Circa 100-96 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33.5mm, 16.52 g, 12h). In the name and types of Lysimachos. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; monogram to inner left, BY below throne, ornate trident in exergue. Callataÿ Group 2B, obv. die unlisted; Müller –; HGC 3, 1405. Iridescent tone, slight weakness on high points, a couple of minor scratches in field on reverse. Good VF.
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THRACE, Byzantion. Circa 90-80 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.50 g, 12h). In the name and types of Lysimachos. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; monogram to inner left, BY below throne, ornate trident in exergue. Callataÿ Group 3, obv. die D1; Müller 202; HGC 3, 1406. Iridescent tone, faint cleaning marks on obverse. Near EF.
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THRACE, Byzantion. Circa 90-80 BC. AR Tetradrachm (35mm, 16.32 g, 12h). In the name and types of Lysimachos. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; monogram to inner left, BY below throne, ornate trident in exergue. Callataÿ Group 3, obv. die unlisted; Müller 208; HGC 3, 1406. Iridescent tone, slight doubling and minor scratch on obverse. Near EF.
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THRACE, Byzantion. Circa 90-80 BC. AR Tetradrachm (34.5mm, 16.00 g, 12h). In the name and types of Lysimachos. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; monogram to inner left, BY below throne, ornate trident in exergue. Callataÿ Group 3, dies D25/R10; Müller 197; HGC 3, 1406. Iridescent tone, porous. EF.
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THRACE, Byzantion. Circa 90-80 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32.5mm, 16.25 g, 11h). In the name and types of Lysimachos. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; monogram to inner left, BY below throne, ornate trident in exergue. Callataÿ Group 3, obv. die D43; Müller 218; HGC 3, 1406. Toned, slightly weak strike at high points, a little roughness. Good VF. Attractive late Hellenistic style.