Auction 123 - Session 1
Fecha: 2023-05-23 00:00:00
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 1 . 128
LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 377-326 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (9.5mm, 2.57 g, 12h). Wreathed head of Dionysos right / Head of satyr facing, with no hair, in linear square within incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 90; HGC 6, 1016 corr. (symbols sometimes on rev.). A little off center on obverse. Good VF.
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LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 160s BC. AR Tetradrachm (35mm, 14.32 g, 1h). Bearded head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing laurel wreath / Facing xoanon of bearded Dionysos facing, wearing polos; MYTIΛH-NAΩN flanking, monogram to lower right, monogram and club to lower left, Π below; all within wreath of ivy. Cf. EHC 650 and CH VIII, pl. LXIV, 2 (for type); otherwise, unpublished in the standard references. Find patina, fine cleaning scratches in field on obverse. VF. Extremely rare. The reverse of this extremely rare type of tetradrachm from Mytilene displays a xoanon, or wooden figure, of Dionysos. Dionysos was extremely important on Lesbos where a number of mysteries associated with him took place. The images of Athena and Dionysos first appear on the earliest electrum issues of Mytilene. The terminus, or xoanon, of Dionysos on the prow has also long been associated with the coinage of Mytilene, appearing on its bronze issues. According to Pausanias (10.19.3), an unusual olive-wood "head of unusual features" was caught up in the nets of some Methymnian fishermen off the coast of Lesbos. Although they threw the head back into the sea, they nevertheless picked it up in their nets again and again. Finally, the Methymnians travelled to Delphi to ask the Pythia for assistance on what they should do. She responded, "worship Dionysos Phallen." Subsequently, a cult was established on Lesbos, including a festival in which the object was paraded through the streets of Mytilene. Likewise, the city of Krounoi in Moesia was renamed Dionysopolis in Moesia when a similarly unusually-shaped piece of wood was recovered from the sea near there.
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WESTERN ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Circa 145-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30.5mm, 15.34 g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Wreathed head of Demeter right / Two Kabeiroi, nude but for cloak tied at their necks, standing facing, each wearing laurel wreath and holding staff; ΘEΩN KABEIPΩN at sides, ΣYPIΩN below, monogram to lower right; all within wreath. Nicolet-Pierre & Amandry pl. 2, 13–8 var. (unlisted dies; Syros); HGC 6, (Syros). Toned, some find patina, porous, cleaning scratches and marks. Near VF. Very rare. This issue had long been attributed to the island of Syros based on the reverse legend. Recent scholarship, however, has convincingly shown that this attribution is erroneous, as the reverse legend does not contain an ethnic, but names the type: the Divine Syrian Kabeiroi. As the issue has long been linked to a rare portrait emission of Eumenes I with the same reverse type, it is clear that it must belong to a mint in the sphere of the kings of Pergamon. Although it is tempting to attribute it to the royal mint at Pergamon, this Attic-standard issue could have been struck at one of several mints under Attalid control. See A. Meadows, "The Closed Currency System of the Attalid Kingdom" in P. Thonemann, Attalid Asia Minor (Oxford, 2013), pp. 184–91 for the most current analysis of this intriguing coinage.
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IONIA, Ephesos. Phanes. Circa 625-600 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (6mm, 0.57 g). Forepart of stag right, head reverted / Abstract geometric pattern within incuse square. Fischer-Bossert, Phanes 42 (O24/R40T); SNG von Aulock 7773. Light scrape and a few hairlines on obverse. Good VF. From the W. Hansen Collection, purchased from Calgary Coin Gallery, 30 September 2015. Ex George La Borde Collection; Philip Jones Collection.
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IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 390-325 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 15.17 g, 12h). Eochoros, magistrate. Class G, circa 350-340 BC. Bee with straight wings / Forepart of stag right, head left; palm tree to left. Karwiese II, Series 11.1, 325, dies O124/R2; BMC 40 (same obv. die). Lightly toned, edge split, minor flan flaws, some die wear on obverse. VF. From the Don T. Hayes Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins.
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IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 180-67 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 12.54 g, 12h). Cistophoric type. Dated RY 20 of Attalos II of Pergamon (140/39 BC). Cista mystica with serpent within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; above, stag standing right; K (date) to upper left; to right, draped bust of Artemis right, wearing stephanos, quiver over shoulder. Kleiner & Noe Series 33, unlisted obv. die; DCA 317. Lightly toned. Good VF. Rare date.
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IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 180-67 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 12.62 g, 12h). Cistophoric type. Dated CY 8 (127/6 BC). Cista mystica with serpent within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; above, stag standing right; H (date) to upper left, lit torch to right. Kleiner, Dated 12; DCA 325. Lightly toned, slight die wear. Good VF.
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IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 133-88 BC. AV Stater (20mm, 8.47 g, 12h). Draped bust of Artemis right, hair drawn together and tied in the back, wearing stephanos and single-pendant earring, bow and quiver over shoulder / Cult statue of Artemis of Ephesos facing, arms outstretched horizontally at sides, fillet hanging from each; E-Φ flanking its head; torch to inner right. Jenkins, Hellenistic, pl. B, 6 = BM 1896,0601.67 = Montagu I 567 (same dies); Head p. 69, 2–6 var. (control mark); Gulbenkian 985 var. (same); CNG 120, lot 336 = CNG E-460, lot 242 = Heritage 3056, lot 30064 (same dies); Münzen und Medaillen AG 41, lot 191 (same dies). Minor marks. Near EF. Rare.
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IONIA, Miletos. Circa 600-546 BC. EL Stater (20.5mm, 13.78 g). Lion reclining left, head reverted, within rectangular frame divided into smaller rectangular compartments / Central oblong punch, containing a geometric pattern and a quadruped standing left, divided by two lines, flanked by two square punches containing, respectively, a stellate pattern and a geometric design. Hilbert Phase 1, S16 (dies A8/X-F6-Q14r); SNG Kayhan 441; SNG München 701. Lightly toned, irregular flan, light scratches. Near VF. Ex Heritage 3098 (18 January 2022), lot 33133.
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IONIA, Miletos. Circa 210-190/70 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 17.02 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, lion standing left, head right, above civic monogram; monogram below throne. Marcellesi 43; Price 2168. Light iridescent tone, minor marks, slightly off center. Good VF. From the Don T. Hayes Collection.
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IONIA, Smyrna. Late 2nd-early 1st centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 12.57 g, 6h). Cistophoric standard. Dated CY 6 (96/5 BC [?]). Cista mystica, from which serpent emerges, within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; monogram above, C (date) to upper right, ZMYP to left; to right, turreted head of Tyche right. Unpublished. Lightly toned, traces of find patina, a few light marks, a couple spots of roughness on obverse. Good VF. Unique example dated to year 6 at Smyrna. See Carbone, pp. 188–9, for a discussion of the dating of the cistophoric issues at Smyrna.
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IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 650-600 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (7mm, 0.85 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Flattened striated surface / Incuse square. Weidauer Group II, –; Artemision 4; SNG Kayhan 682. Good VF. Ex JTB Collection (Triton XV, 3 January 2012), lot 1233.
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IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 625-600 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (12mm, 4.64 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Geometric figure resembling a star, composed of a cross centered upon a polygon of eight sides / Rectangular incuse divided horizontally and vertically into four compartments by two perpendicular lines; the upper two compartments divided into halves by a single line, the upper halves each containing a pellet, the lower halves bisected by two small vertical lines; the lower two compartments divided into thirds by two parallel lines. McFadden 1; Konuk & Lorber fig. 14; Elektron I 16; Rosen Sale 12; Traité –; Zhuyuetang 2; SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen (Cyprus, etc.), pl. 10, 318; SNG Kayhan 697. Near EF. From the W. Hansen Collection, purchased from Calgary Coin Company, 10 July 2015. Ex George La Borde Collection. Reportedly ex Jonathan K. Kern inventory.
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IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 625-600 BC. EL Forty-eighth or Ninety-sixth Stater (5.5mm, 0.21 g). Uncertain standard. Spiral pattern / Quadripartite incuse square. Roma E-86, lot 484; otherwise, unpublished in the standard references (the citation of SNG von Aulock 7801 in Roma is erroneous; the coin is silver and does not have a spiral design). VF. Extremely rare.
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IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (14mm, 4.71 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Forepart of ram left; uncertain symbol (or die break?) to right / Two incuse squares with geometric patterns. Weidauer 48–9; Traité I 32; Elektron –; Rosen –; SNG Kayhan –; SNG von Aulock –; Boston MFA 1758. A little off center on obverse, a few tiny marks, small scrape at edge on obverse. Good VF. Very rare. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 96 (14 May 2014), lot 479; Numismatica Ars Classica 72 (16 May 2013), lot 368.
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IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10.5mm, 2.34 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Forepart of bridled horse left / Irregular incuse. Nomos Obolos 22, lot 357; Nomos Obolos 8, lot 538; otherwise, unpublished in the standard references. Slight roughness, minor double strike on obverse. Near EF. Extremely rare.
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IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Twenty-fourth Stater (5mm, 0.59 g, 12h). Lydo-Milesian standard. Palmette motif / Incuse square. Weidauer –; Traité –; Elektron I 33; SNG Kayhan 1531. In NGC encapsulation 5872643-034, graded XF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5.
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ISLANDS off IONIA, Chios. Circa 435-425 BC. AR Didrachm (15mm, 7.83 g). Sphinx seated left; to left, grape bunch on vine with leaves above amphora / Quadripartite incuse square. Mavrogordato 26; HGC 6, 1121. Toned, slightly granular, a few marks on edge. VF. Rare. Ex The Numismatic Auction I (13 December 1982), lot 114.
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ISLANDS off IONIA, Chios. Circa 380-350 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 15.22 g, 5h). Sokrates, magistrate. Sphinx seated left; to left, grape bunch above amphora; all on shallow convex surface / Quadripartite incuse square, with striated quarters and thick bands; ΣΩKPATHΣ on horizontal band. Cf. Mavrogordato 49 (unlisted magistrate); Pixodarus 30 (this coin); HGC 6, 1116. In NGC encapsulation 5872467-002, graded Ch VF, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 4/5. Ex Vineyard Collection; Lanz 106 (26 November 2001), lot 134; Müller 71 (26 June 1992), lot 237; Burgan (23 December 1991), lot 18; Giessener Münzhandlung 55 (14 May 1991), lot 298; Rauch 45 (29 October 1990), lot 93; Münz Zentrum 67 (7 November 1989), lot 1466; Elsen FPL 55 (May 1983), no. 45; Elsen FPL 46 (July/August 1982), no. 48; Giessener Münzhandlung 16 (20 March 1980), lot 389.
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LYDIA, Sardes. Circa 166-67 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 12.44 g, 12h). Cistophoric type. Dated CY 17 (118/7 BC). Cista mystica with serpent within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; monogram above, IZ (date) to upper left; to right, lion standing right, head facing, holding spear in its jaws. Hochard –; Kurth –; SNG Copenhagen –; DCA 351 var. (unlisted date). Lightly toned, traces of find patina, slight doubling and minor porosity on reverse. Near EF. Apparently unique and unpublished with this date; none in CoinArchives.
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LYDIA, Tralleis. Circa 166-67 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 12.60 g, 12h). Cistophoric type. Struck circa 155-145 BC. Cista mystica with serpent within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; filleted thrysos to right. Kleiner & Noe Series 18, unlisted dies; Kurth S415; Carbone –; SNG Copenhagen –. Lightly toned. Near EF. Very rare, none in CoinArchives.