Auction 124 - Session 1
Date: 2023-09-19 00:00:00
Lots: 279
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Total realized: $ 0.00 (+0.00%)
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 169
MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (7mm, 1.37 g). Fox standing left, head lowered, on tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 35; Boston MFA 1410; SNG BN –; SNG von Aulock 1173 (same dies). Some roughness. VF. Extremely rare. Ex Daniel Koppersmith Collecton (Classical Numismatic Group 94, 18 September 2013), lot 417; Classical Numismatic Group 88 (14 September 2011), lot 291.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 170
MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Stater (20.5mm, 16.07 g). Head of lion left; to right, tunny upward / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 39; Boston MFA 1414 = Warren 1537; SNG BN 178. Edge splits. VF. Ex Siren Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 502, 20 October 2021), lot 254.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 171
MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Stater (16mm, 16.01 g). Forepart of winged lion left; to right, tunny upward / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 96; cf. Boston MFA 1438 (hekte); SNG BN 237. Slightly off center, some roughness. Good VF. Ex Siren Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 492, 26 May 2021), lot 180.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 172
MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Stater (18mm, 15.71 g). Eagle, wings spread, tearing at and standing left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 94; Boston MFA 1454 = Warren 1576; SNG BN –. Edge splits, a couple of light scratches. VF. Very rare. Ex Nomos 23 (30 November 2021), lot 122; Roma XX (29 October 2020), lot 212; Roma XIX (26 March 2020), lot 480.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 173
MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (9.5mm, 2.67 g). Head of eagle left above head of tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. Hurter & Liewald I 39 var. (unlisted denomination); Roma E-78, lot 469 (same dies); Gemini VII, lot 457 (same dies). Some die wear. VF. Extremely rare, apparently the third known hekte of this issue.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 174
MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (11mm, 2.64 g). Head of ephebos left on diskos; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 105; Boston MFA 1476 = Warren 1496; cf. SNG BN 248 (stater). Weakly struck, light scratches, scuff on obverse. VF. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 175
MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Stater (18mm, 16.04 g). Nude male kneeling left, holding a tunny by the tail / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 112; Boston MFA 1487 = Warren 1502; SNG BN 253. Irregular flan, edge splits. VF. Ex Siren Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 490, 21 April 2021), lot 684.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 176
MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 450-330 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (6mm, 0.65 g). Kithara; below, tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. Von Fritze I 181 (unlisted denomination); cf. Boston MFA 1540 (stater); cf. SNG BN 325 (hemihekte); Gulbenkian 645. Slightly off center. VF. Rare. Ex Leu Numismatik Web Auction 15 (27 February 2021), lot 303.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 177
MYSIA, Parion. 4th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 2.52 g, 6h). Bull standing left, head right / Facing gorgoneion. SNG BN 1356–7. Attractive light iridescent tone. EF. From the GTP Collection. Ex L. Shea Collection (Triton XX, 9 January 2017), lot 246; Classical Numismatic Group 82 (16 September 2009), lot 595.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 178
ISLANDS off MYSIA, Prokonnesos. Circa 411-387 BC. AR Half Siglos – Hemidrachm (12mm, 2.42 g, 9h). Female head (Kore Soteira or Aphrodite?) left / Oinochoe. Thompson, Coinage 2; SNG Ashmolean 949. Lightly toned, slight die wear on obverse. Good VF. Attractive style. From the Tiny Art Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 179
KINGS of PERGAMON. Eumenes I. 263-241 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.07 g, 12h). In the name of Philetairos. Pergamon mint. Struck circa 263-255/0 BC. Laureate head of Philetairos right / Athena enthroned left, right hand resting on shield set at her feet, left elbow resting on small sphinx seated right; transverse spear in background, ivy leaf above knee, monogram on throne, bow to right. Westermark Group III, obv. die XVIII; SNG BN 1607. Toned, a few marks. Near EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 180
KINGS of PERGAMON. Eumenes I. 263-241 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30.5mm, 17.00 g, 12h). In the name of Philetairos. Pergamon mint. Struck circa 255/50-241 BC. Laureate head of Philetairos right / Athena enthroned left, elbow resting on shield to right, crowning dynastic name with wreath; transverse spear in background, ivy leaf to outer left, monogram to inner left, bow to right. Westermark Group IVA, obv. die XLIV:B; SNG BN 1610; SNG von Aulock 1356 (same obv. die); McClean 7674 (same obv. die). Lightly toned, minor marks. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 181
KINGS of PERGAMON. Attalos I. 241-197 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30.5mm, 16.87 g, 11h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Struck circa 210/05-197 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, ΔI monogram above palm frond. Price 1485; Kleiner, Alexander, Series XIII, dies Q/40; SNG BN –; ANS inv. 1944.100.31393 (same dies). Lightly toned. Near EF. Fine style. Very rare, only two in Pella, one additional in CoinArchives, none in ANS Photofile. From the GTP Collection. Ex Nomos 5 (25 October 2011), lot 180 (hammer CHF 3800).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 182
TROAS, Ilion. Circa 185-50 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 14.70 g, 12h). Dionysodoros, president of the aonothetai. Helmeted head of Athena right / The Palladion: Athena Ilias standing right, holding distaff and filleted spear; monogram to inner left; to inner right, owl standing left, head facing. Ellis-Evans dies O8/R– (unlisted rev. die); Bellinger T42 (same obv. die). Toned, light roughness, numerous scratches. VF. Very rare, only two examples of this issue noted by Ellis-Evans, both in a museum collection (Berlin); one in CoinArchives.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 183
TROAS, Kebren. 5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (11mm, 1.92 g, 3h). Head of ram right / Facing gorgoneion within incuse square. SNG Arikanturk 1, –; SNG Ashmolean –; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG von Aulock 7619 var. (obv. type left); Traité II 2331bis var. (same); CNG E-450, lot 117 (same dies); Gorny & Mosch 211, lot 310 (same dies [hammer €5000]). Attractively toned, light granularity. Good VF. Well centered and struck. Fine style. Very rare. From the Tiny Art Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 184
AEOLIS, Kyme. Circa 215-200 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31.5mm, 17.06 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; oinochoë in left field. Price 1612; ANS inv. 1954.39.3 (same obv. die). Lightly toned, slight die shift on obverse. EF. From the GTP Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 280 (11 October 2021), lot 289; Dr. W.R. Collection (Künker 333, 16 March 2020), lot 197; Numismatik Naumann 67 (1 July 2018), lot 116.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 185
AEOLIS, Kyme. Circa 155-143 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.68 g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Metrophanes, magistrate. Head of the Amazon Kyme right, wearing tainia / Horse prancing right; one-handled cup below raised foreleg; all within wreath. Oakley obv. die 1; SNG Copenhagen 104 (same obv. die); Jameson 1460 (same obv. die); de Luynes 2525 (same obv. die). Faintly toned, underlying luster, a little die wear and minor marks on obverse. Near EF. From the James Fox Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 186
AEOLIS, Kyme. Circa 155-143 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.73 g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Kallias, magistrate. Head of the Amazon Kyme right, wearing tainia / Horse prancing right; one-handled cup below raised foreleg; all within wreath. Oakley obv. die unlisted; SNG Copenhagen 103. In NGC encapsulation 6557272-005, graded Ch XF, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 4/5.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 187
LESBOS, Unattributed Koinon mint. Circa 510-480 BC. BI Stater (20mm, 11..03 g). Confronted calves' heads; olive tree between / Small incuse square punch. Lazzarini, Contribution, Series III; HGC 6, 1076. Deeply toned. VF. From the Libertas Collection, purchased 3 April 1987.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 188
LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 377-326 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10.5mm, 2.57 g, 3h). Head of Apollo Karneios right, with horn of Ammon / Eagle standing right, head reverted, in linear square within incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 104; HGC 6, 1030. Lightly toned, underlying luster. Choice EF. Ex North River Collection; Triton IV (5 December 2000), lot 247.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 1 . 189
LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 350-250 BC. AR Hemidrachm (12.5mm, 2.78 g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Kithara in linear square. SNG Arikantürk 2, 798–802 var. (ethnic); HGC 6, 1044; SNG Ashmolean 1551; Ward 656 (this coin). Old collection tone, slightly off center. Good VF. From the Libertas Collection. Ex Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection (Sotheby's Zurich, 4 April 1973), lot 555; John Ward Collection (publ. 1902).