Auction 124 - Session 2
Date: 2023-09-20 00:00:00
Lots: 314
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 2 . 280
SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. First satrapy, 321-315 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.05 g, 6h). In the name of Philip III of Macedon, types of Alexander III. Uncertain mint 6A in Babylonia. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field. SC Ad39.5; Taylor Series 1, 51–2 (A19/P1); Price P226; HGC 9, –. In NGC encapsulation 5872238-109, graded Ch XF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5. High relief.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.93 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon I mint. Struck circa 311-300 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in wreath in left field, MI below throne. SC 82.5b; Price 3747; HGC 9, 10f. Lightly toned, minor marks and pitting, slight doubling on obverse. Near EF. From the GTP Collection. Ex Berk BBS 182 (3 January 2013), lot 83.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 17.23 g, 6h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 311-295 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Y-in-circle above forepart of horse grazing left; monogram below throne. SC 202.2a; Price 3889; HGC 9, 9e. Old collection tone, slightly off center. Near EF. Early die state.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos I Soter. 281-261 BC. AR Drachm (16.5mm, 3.94 g, 6h). Aï Khanoum mint. Struck circa 280-271 BC. Diademed head right / Horned and bridled head of horse right, with braided, flame-like forelock; Δ-in-circle to right. SC 431.3; SMAK A1DH-39–40 var. (a20/p– [unlisted rev. die]); HGC 9, 136. Toned, hairlines on obverse. Good VF. This coin is from one of the first issues of Seleukid coinage at Aï Khanoum, later a major Baktrian capital city. This unusual issue features the horned horse's head, which had been a fairly common symbol in the reign of Seleukos I, father of Antiochos. While the exact identification of the steed is not certain the two prevailing theories are that it is either Alexander's famed mount Boukephalas, or the horse that carried Seleukos to safety when he fled Babylon from the invading Antigonos Monophthalmos in 315 BC. Seleukos revered the horse, and had it deified and erected a monument to it at Antioch.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 2 . 284
SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos I Soter. 281-261 BC. AV Stater (17.5mm, 8.47 g, 6h). Aï Khanoum mint. Struck circa 266-261 BC. Diademed head right, with rejuvenated and idealized features / Apollo, testing arrow and placing hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; ∆ to inner left below arrow. SC 436.6; SMAK A1SA-17 (A13/P15); HGC 9, 122; SNG Copenhagen 60 (same dies). Slightly compact flan, scrapes and scratches. VF. Very rare. Ex Vilmar Numismaics inventory 8373 (2014); Heritage 3032 (10 April 2014), lot 23288; Künker 236 (7 October 2013), lot 648.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos II Theos. 261-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.98 g, 11h). Myrina mint. Diademed head right / Herakles, holding club set on ground, seated left on rock draped with lion's skin; amphora to outer left, monogram in exergue. SC 500.1b; HGC 9, 241b. Toned. VF. Rare mint. From the Weise Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 55 (13 September 2000), lot 664.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos II Kallinikos. 246-225 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.74 g, 8h). Nisibis mint. Diademed and bearded head right / Apollo, testing arrow, standing left, leaning on tripod to right; to outer left, hippocamp left above monogram; monogram to outer right. SC 750.3; HGC 9, 304b. Lightly toned, struck with a clashed obverse die, a touch off center on reverse. VF. Extremely rare, only two in SCO (including the one piece cited in SC), and this coin is the sole example in CoinArchives. From the Weise Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 181 (12 October 2009), lot 1558.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 2 . 287
SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos III Soter (Keraunos). 225/4-222 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.83 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Gabala mint. Dated CY 35 (of Arados, 225/4 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, ΓB (civic) monogram above palm tree; 35 (date in Aramaic) and ŠT (in Aramaic) in exergue. SC 928; Duyrat, Ateliers 1 (same obv. die); Price 3433; HGC 9, –; HGC 10, 161. A little off center on obverse. Good VF. Extremely rare, two noted by Price (in Berlin [the sole piece in Pella] and Vienna), one additional noted by Duyrat (quoting Seyrig [in The Hague]), three in CoinArchives. Better than the CNG 109, lot 256 example that hammered at $7000. This coin was part of a joint issue of the cities of the Aradian Peraia (Arados, Balaneia, Karne, Gabala, Marathos, and Simyra), that may have been used to help finance Seleukos' campaign in Asia Minor to recover the Seleukid territories that were lost to Attalos I during the reign of Seleukos II.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 2 . 288
SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos III 'the Great'. 222-187 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.96 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck circa 204-197 BC. Diademed head right (Type Cii) / Apollo, testing arrow and placing hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; monogram to outer left. SC 1044.1; Le Rider, Antioche, Series III-IV, 1–18 (obv. die A1); HGC 9, 447u. Lightly toned, minor flan flaw on reverse. EF. Well struck and high relief.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos III 'the Great'. 222-187 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29.5mm, 116.83 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck circa 204-197 BC. Diademed head right (Type Cii) / Apollo, testing arrow and placing hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; monogram to outer left. SC 1044.1; Le Rider, Antioche, Series III-IV, 1–18 (obv. die A1); HGC 9, 447u. Toned, traces of find patina. Near EF.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. 175-164 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.55 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Series 3, struck 168-164 BC. Diademed head right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; monogram to outer left. SC 1400a; Le Rider, Antioche, Series IIIB, 288–309 (obv. die A31); HGC 9, 620a. Toned, traces of find patina. Near EF. From the Weise Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, 4 December 1998.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. 175-164 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.74 g, 11h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Series 3, struck 168-164 BC. Diademed head right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; monogram to outer left. SC 1400a; Le Rider, Antioche, Series IIIB, 321–51 (obv. die A33); HGC 9, 620a. Lightly toned, minor marks, slightly off center. Good VF. From the St. George Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 50 (23 June 1999), lot 909.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos V Eupator. 164-162 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.57 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; monogram to outer left. SC 1575.2; Le Rider, Antioche 192 (A11/P142) = Hunt Sale IV 592 (this coin); HGC 9, 752. Lightly toned over lustrous surfaces, die erasure in exergue on reverse. Near EF. From the James Fox Collection. Ex Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection (Part IV, Sotheby's, 19 June 1991), lot 592.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos V Eupator. 164-162 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.50 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; monogram to outer left. SC 1575.6; Le Rider, Antioche 227–227A (A17/P168); HGC 9, 752. Iridescent tone, a little off center. Good VF. From the St. George Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 85 (15 September 2010), lot 491; Leu FPL (Autumn 1998), no. 91.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios I Soter. 162-150 BC. Æ (25.5mm, 17.17 g, 1h). Uncertain Mint 83, probably in northern Syria. Head of lion left in fillet border / head of boar right; monogram to left. SC 1660b; HGC 9, 823. Earthen green surfaces. Good VF. Rare and attractive for issue.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.00 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Dated SE 167 (146/5 BC). Diademed head right within wreath / Apollo, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; palm frond to outer left, monogram to inner left, ZΞP (date) and monogram in exergue. SC 1906.5a; HGC 9, 957d; DCA 146. Flan crack, a couple of light scratches, minor doubling on reverse. Near EF. From the David Welsh Collection.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28.5mm, 16.78 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Dated SE 168 (145/4 BC). Diademed head right within wreath / Apollo, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; monograms to inner left and between legs, HΞP (date) in exergue. SC 1907.1c; HGC 9, 957d; DCA 146. Lightly toned. EF. From the Weise Collection. Ex Russell Bement, Jr. Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 51, 15 September 1999), lot 534; Classical Numismatic Group XXXIV (6 May 1995), lot 188.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 2 . 297
SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 14.00 g, 12h). Phoenician standard. Laodikeia in Phoenicia (Berytos) mint. Dated SE 167 (146/5 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond over far shoulder; monogram to left; to right, ZΞP (date) above trident. SC 1952.1a; Sawaya 50–2 var. (D19/R– [unlisted rev. die]); HGC 9, 968; DCA 151. Toned, a few tiny flan flaws on obverse. EF. From the James Fox Collection.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VI Dionysos. 144-142 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.39 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Dated SE 170 (143/2 BC). Radiate and diademed head right / The Dioskouroi, holding reins and couched lances, on horses rearing left; to right, TPY above monogram above ΣTA; OP (date) below; all within wreath of laurel, ivy, and grain ears. SC 2000.3e; HGC 9, 1032; DCA 178. Lightly toned, traces of horn silver on obverse. Good VF. From the Weise Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 61 (25 September 2002), lot 839; Russell Bement, Jr. Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 51, 15 September 1999), lot 537.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Kleopatra Thea & Antiochos VIII. 125-121 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.50 g, 1h). Damaskos mint. Dated SE 192 (120/19 BC). Jugate heads right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; monogram to outer left, AN below throne, B(koppa)P (date) in exergue. SC 2267.2a; HGC 9, 1182e; DCA 253. Iridescent tone, traces of find patina. EF. From the JTB Collection.
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PHOENICIA, Byblos (Gebal). 'Ozba'al. Circa 400-365 BC. AR Shekel (23.5mm, 13.19 g, 11h). Three hoplites, holding shields, on galley left above waves, prow ending in lion's head; below, hippocamp left above murex shell / Lion attacking bull left. E&E-B Series IV.2.1.c, 516 (O14/R25); HGC 10, 133 corr. (letters on obv. not noted). Lightly toned, die wear, slight doubling on obverse. Good VF. From the Dr. Gary M. Duckett Collection.