Auction 124 - Session 1
Date: 2023-09-19 00:00:00
Lots: 279
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 253
CILICIA, Tarsos. Circa 410-385 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 10.63 g, 11h). Satrap on horseback riding right; monogram to right / Hoplite, holding spear and round shield, kneeling right; monogram to lower left; all in dotted square within shallow incuse square. Casabonne Type F7; Müseler, Tarsos, Group 5, f; SNG BN 219–20; SNG Levante –. Struck with worn obverse die. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 254
CILICIA, Tarsos. Circa 410-385 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 10.62 g, 6h). Satrap on horseback riding right / Hoplite, nude but for helmet, holding spear and shield, kneeling left, within shallow incuse circle. Casabonne Type F10; Müseler, Tarsos, Group 5, l; SNG BN 226–31. Toned, slightly off center on obverse. Near EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 255
CILICIA, Tarsos. Circa 410-385 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 10.72 g, 1h). Satrap on horseback riding right / Hoplite, nude but for helmet, holding spear and shield, kneeling left, [within shallow incuse circle]. Casabonne Type F10; Müseler, Tarsos, Group 5, l; SNG BN 226–31. Lightly toned, underlying luster, weak strike at high points. Near EF. Detailed gorgoneion on boss of shield. From the JTB Collection. Ex Roma XXII (7 October 2021), lot 389.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 256
CILICIA, Tarsos. Tarkumuwa (Datames). Satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia, 384-361/0 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 10.51 g, 5h). Struck circa 380 BC. Head of Arethousa facing slightly left / Helmeted and bearded male head (Ares?) left. Casabonne Series 1; Moysey Issue 4; SNG BN –; SNG Levante –; SNG von Aulock 5920–1. Iridescent tone, a little off center, area of weak strike, slight die wear. Near EF. From the Libertas Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 257
CILICIA, Tarsos. Mazaios. Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 10.83 g, 1h). Baal of Tarsos seated left, torso facing, holding lotus-tipped scepter / Lion attacking stag left; Î to lower right; all within incuse square. Casabonne Series 1, Group A; SNG BN 312–3. Lightly toned over lustrous surfaces, minor die wear on obverse, a little off center on reverse. Near EF. From the GTP Collection, purchased from Kirk Davis (his ticket included).Tarsos was a primary mint under the Achaemenid Persians, striking a diverse variety of coinage, particularly under the satrap Mazaios. His latest issues had an obverse type with Baal enthroned to left, as seen on this exceptional stater, that probably served as a model for the depiction of Zeus enthroned on the reverse of Alexander the Great's silver coins after the Macedonians seized control of the city in 333 BC. The very close stylistic similarity between the Baal on the satrapal issues and the Zeus on the earliest Alexander issues indicates that there was no break in production and that the Alexander-type coinage at Tarsos was struck immediately upon the transfer of the city into Macedonian hands. The loyalties of many Achaemenid officials, many of them well versed in Greek culture, proved flexible. Indeed, Mazaios was one of the first Persian satraps to recognize Alexander as master of all Asia after the defeat of Persia in the battle of Gaugemela in 331 BC; in return, Alexander retained him as satrap of Babylon.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 258
CILICIA, Tarsos. Mazaios. Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC. AR Stater (22.5mm, 11.07 g, 3h). Baal of Tarsos seated left, head and torso facing, holding eagle, grain ear, grape bunch and lotus-tipped scepter; TN (in Aramaic) to left, M (in Aramaic) below throne / Lion left, attacking bull left; monogram below. Casabonne Series 2, Group C; SNG BN –; SNG Levante 106. Lightly toned, underlying luster. Choice EF. Ex Triton V (15 January 2002), lot 1475.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 259
CILICIA, Tarsos. Mazaios. Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 10.76 g, 6h). Baal of Tarsos seated left, head and torso facing, holding eagle, grain ear, grape bunch and lotus-tipped scepter; TN (in Aramaic) to left, M (in Aramaic) below throne / Lion left, attacking bull left; monogram below. Casabonne Series 2, Group C; SNG BN –; SNG Levante 106. In NGC encapsulation 3763304-012, graded MS, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5. Tarsos was a primary mint under the Achaemenid Persians, striking a diverse variety of coinage, particularly under the satrap Mazaios. His latest issues had an obverse type with Baal enthroned to left, as seen on this exceptional stater, that probably served as a model for the depiction of Zeus enthroned on the reverse of Alexander the Great's silver coins after the Macedonians seized control of the city in 333 BC. The very close stylistic similarity between the Baal on the satrapal issues and the Zeus on the earliest Alexander issues indicates that there was no break in production and that the Alexander-type coinage at Tarsos was struck immediately upon the transfer of the city into Macedonian hands. The loyalties of many Achaemenid officials, many of them well versed in Greek culture, proved flexible. Indeed, Mazaios was one of the first Persian satraps to recognize Alexander as master of all Asia after the defeat of Persia in the battle of Gaugemela in 331 BC; in return, Alexander retained him as satrap of Babylon.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 260
CILICIA, Tarsos. Mazaios. Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC. AR Stater (24mm, 10.75 g, 8h). Baal of Tarsos seated left, head and torso facing, holding eagle, grain ear, grape bunch and lotus-tipped scepter; TN (in Aramaic) to left, M (in Aramaic) below throne / Lion left, attacking bull left. Casabonne Series 2, Group D; SNG BN 335. Underlying luster, double struck on obverse. EF. Ex Cayón Online Auction 80 (28 February 2022), lot 30099.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 261
CILICIA, Tarsos. Balakros. Satrap of Cilicia, 333-323 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 10.82 g, 4h). Baal of Tarsos seated left, holding lotus-tipped scepter; grain ear and grape bunch to left, ivy leaf to right, T below throne / Helmeted and draped bust of Athena facing slightly left. Casabonne Series 2, unlisted dies; SNG BN 367–9 var. (B on rev.); SNG Levante 116 var. (helmet on rev.); SNG Copenhagen 324; CNG 106, lot 450 (hammer $2001). Dark iridescent tone, slightly off center. EF. From the James Fox Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 262
CILICIA, Tarsos. Balakros. Satrap of Cilicia, 333-323 BC. AR Stater (24mm, 10.62 g, 1h). Baal of Tarsos seated left, holding lotus-tipped scepter; grain ear and grape bunch to left, ivy leaf and B to right, T-like monogram below throne / Helmeted and draped bust of Athena facing slightly left; crested helmet to upper left. Casabonne Series 2, unlisted dies; SNG BN –; SNG Levante 121. Toned, underlying luster, minor marks. Near EF. Ex Harlan J. Berk inventory cc66655 (ND).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 263
ASIA MINOR, Uncertain mint. Late 3rd-2nd centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.91 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; trident head left in left field. CNG E-72, lot 7 (same dies); Heritage Europe & MPO 58, lot 2929 = NAC 51, lot 599 (same dies); otherwise unpublished. Die shift on obverse. Good VF. From the GTP Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 276 (19 April 2021), lot 95; Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 322 (12 March 2014), lot 328.Symbols on Alexander type issues from this late period are typically recognizable civic types, such as the rose on Rhodian issues. In this late period, a trident head is only known on contemporary issues of Corinth, Mylasa, and Priene. However, the trident is always "ornate" at the former two mints, unlike the plain style of the symbol here, and at Priene, the city's ethnic is always present. The style of these cities' coins is also generally quite different from the present piece.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 264
KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great'. 95-56 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.12 g, 12h). Tigranocerta mint. Struck circa 80-68 BC. Diademed and draped bust right, wearing tiara decorated with star between two eagles / Tyche of Antioch seated right on rock, holding laurel branch; below, river-god Orontes swimming right; monogram to inner right and on rock; all within wreath. SCADA Group 1, obv. die A10; Kovacs 74.1; M&D 2; CAA 17; AC 30. Trace deposits, light marks on obverse, a little die wear on reverse. Near EF. Tigranes II won the epithet "The Great" by expanding the Artaxiad Armenian Kingdom to its greatest extent and claiming the title "King of Kings," hitherto employed by the Achaemenid and Parthian rulers of Persia. The son of the Artaxiad king Artavasdes I (ruled 159-115 BC), Tigranes spent much of his youth as a hostage to his father's loyalty in the Parthian court. Tigranes inherited the Armenian throne in 95 BC and began methodically turning his mountainous, feudal kingdom into a powerful, centralized Hellenistic state. At its peak his kingdom incorporated all of Seleukid Syria, Cilicia, Cappadocia, and large swaths of Parthia. Though a crafty and talented statesman, his success was due less to his own military prowess than the result of a power vacuum caused by internal strife within Parthia and the collapse of the Seleukid Kingdom, along with the turmoil caused by the titanic struggle between the Roman Republic and Mithridates VI of Pontus. Tigranes formed an alliance with Mithridates, but fared poorly against the Roman generals Lucullus and Pompey. He ultimately elected to formally submit to Rome, which allowed him to retain his core kingdom while giving up his conquests.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 265
KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great'. 95-56 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 15.69 g, 12h). Tigranocerta mint. Struck circa 80-68 BC. Diademed and draped bust right, wearing tiara decorated with star between two eagles / Tyche of Antioch seated right on rock, holding laurel branch; below, river-god Orontes swimming right; monogram to inner right and on rock; all within wreath. SCADA Group 1, obv. die A13; Kovacs 74.1; M&D 2; CAA 17; AC 30. Trace deposits, minor marks. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 266
KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great'. 95-56 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 15.79 g, 12h). Tigranocerta mint. Struck circa 80-68 BC. Diademed and draped bust right, wearing tiara decorated with star between two eagles / Tyche of Antioch seated right on rock, holding laurel branch; below, river-god Orontes swimming right; HΔ monogram on rock, small Θ in right field; all within wreath. SCADA Group 2, obv. die A21; Kovacs 74.2; M&D 1; CAA 19; AC 30. Cleaning scratches and light scrapes on obverse. Near EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 267
KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great'. 95-56 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 15.64 g, 12h). Tigranocerta mint. Struck circa 80-68 BC. Draped bust right, wearing jeweled diadem and tiara decorated with star between two eagles / Tyche of Antioch seated right on rock, holding laurel branch; below, river-god Orontes swimming right; no control marks; all within wreath. SCADA Group 7, obv. die A49, var. (monogram on rock on all reverses listed with this die); Kovacs 75.3 var. (monogram on rock); M&D 12 var. (same); CAA 23 var. (same); AC –; CNG 123, lot 198 (same dies). Light marks, die break in field on obverse. VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 268
KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great'. 95-56 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 15.52 g, 12h). Tigranocerta mint. Struck circa 80-68 BC. Diademed and draped bust right, wearing tiara decorated with star between two eagles / Tyche of Antioch seated right on rock, holding laurel branch; below, river-god Orontes swimming right; two monograms on rock; all within wreath. SCADA Group 7, obv. die A55; Kovacs 75.1; M&D 9; CAA 33; AC 37. Lightly toned, traces of find patina, some porosity. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 269
KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great'. 95-56 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 15.81 g, 1h). Tigranocerta mint. Struck circa 80-68 BC. Diademed and draped bust right, wearing tiara decorated with star between two eagles / Tyche of Antioch seated right on rock, holding laurel branch; below, river-god Orontes swimming right; two monograms on rock; all within wreath. SCADA Group 7, obv. die A55; Kovacs 75.1; M&D 9; CAA 33; AC 37. Minor marks on obverse. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 270
KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great'. 95-56 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 15.66 g, 1h). Tigranocerta mint. Struck circa 80-68 BC. Diademed and draped bust right, wearing tiara decorated with star between two eagles / Tyche of Antioch seated right on rock, holding laurel branch; below, river-god Orontes swimming right; two monograms on rock; all within wreath. SCADA Group 7, obv. die A55; Kovacs 75.1; M&D 9; CAA 33; AC 37. Trace deposits, minor marks. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 271
KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great'. 95-56 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 15.64 g, 12h). Tigranocerta mint. Struck circa 80-68 BC. Diademed and draped bust right, wearing tiara decorated with star between two eagles / Tyche of Antioch seated right on rock, holding laurel branch; below, river-god Orontes swimming right; [monogram on rock]; all within wreath. SCADA Group 7, obv. die A58; Kovacs 75.2; M&D 7; CAA 31–2; AC 33. Lightly toned. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 272
KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great'. 95-56 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28.5mm, 15.75 g, 12h). Tigranocerta mint. Struck circa 80-68 BC. Diademed and draped bust right, wearing tiara decorated with star between two eagles / Tyche of Antioch seated right on rock, holding filleted laurel branch; below, river-god Orontes swimming right; monogram on rock, pellet in right field; all within wreath. SCADA Group 7, obv. die A60; Kovacs 75.2; M&D 7; CAA 31–2; AC 33. Trace deposits and minor marks on obverse. Near EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 273
CYPRUS, Paphos. Stasandros. Second half 5th century BC. AR Stater (22.5mm, 10.98 g, 12h). Bull standing left; winged solar disk above, ankh to left, palmette ornament in exergue / Eagle standing left; one-handled vase to left, Basi Stasa in Cypriot around; all within dotted square in incuse square. Destrooper-Georgiades 15; Zapiti & Michaelidou 7; Tziambazis 7. Lustrous, slightly off center. Near EF.