Electronic Auction 555
Date: 2024-02-07 00:00:00
Lots: 1197
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Electronic Auction 555 . 148
SATRAPS of CARIA. Pixodaros. Circa 341/0-336/5 BC. AR Didrachm (20.5mm, 7.00 g, 12h). Halikarnassos mint. Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly right, drapery around neck / Zeus Labraundos standing right. Konuk, Identities 30; HN Online 241. Hairlines, slightly off center on reverse. Good VF.
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SATRAPS of CARIA. Pixodaros. Circa 341/0-336/5 BC. AR Didrachm (19mm, 6.98 g, 12h). Halikarnassos mint. Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly right, drapery around neck / Zeus Labraundos standing right. Konuk, Identities 30; HN Online 241. Die rust and some light scratches on obverse, mark in field on reverse. Good VF.
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ISLANDS off CARIA, Kos. Circa 180/70-88 BC. AR Tetrobol (15mm, 2.30 g, 1h). Anthes, magistrate. Laureate head of Asklepios right / Coiled serpent right; A below; all within incuse square. Stefanaki Series XVII, Issue 48, Group 24, 1859 (E20/O30); Kroll, Late 12; HN Online 1216; HGC 6, 1324; SNG Copenhagen 664 (same dies). Iridescent tone, traces of find patina, numerous cleaning scratches. Good VF.
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ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 275-250 BC. AR Didrachm (19mm, 6.54 g, 12h). Aristonomos, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud to right; [APIΣTONOMOΣ above]; prow to left. Ashton 180; HGC 6, 1439. Light iridescent tone, die rust, minor doubling on reverse. Good VF.
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ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 275-250 BC. AR Didrachm (18.5mm, 6.54 g, 12h). Antipatros, magistrate. Head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose, bud to right; ANTIΠATPOΣ above, grain ear to left. Ashton 186; HGC 6, 1437. Lightly toned, flan flaw on obverse, slightly off center on reverse. Good VF.
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ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 205-190 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30.5mm, 17.07 g, 11h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Damokrines, magistrate. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, ΔAMOKPINHΣ above rose; ΠO below throne. Ashton 255; Kleiner, Alexander, Series XIV, dies U/128 (erroneously labelled V-128 on the plate); Price 2523; HGC 6, 1455. Slight roughness. VF.
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LYCIA, Phaselis. Circa 530-500 BC. AR Stater (18mm, 10.95 g). Prow of galley left, terminating in a boar's forepart / Incuse square divided by two bands, with Λ-shaped feature in one section. Heipp-Tamer Series 3, Em. 1b, 31–3 var. (V–/R28 [unlisted obv. die]); SNG Copenhagen –; Asyut 737–40 (same rev. die). Typical compact flan, small test cut on obverse, die break on reverse. Good VF. Well struck.
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LYCIA, Phaselis. Circa 250-221/0 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 10.37 g, 6h). Menes, magistrate. Prow of galley right; below, sea horse right / Stern of galley left; MENHΣ above. Heipp-Tamer Series 8, Emission 2, 125.2 (V15/R41 – this coin); SNG Ashmolean 1102 (same dies). Toned, area of weak strike, a little off center on obverse. VF. Ex Collection of a Mentor (Naville Numismatics 77, 13 November 2022), lot 89; Myers 6 (6 December 1973), lot 205.
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LYCIA, Tlos. Circa 400–380 BC. AR Hemiobol (8.5mm, 0.33 g, 3h). Head of Apollo right, wearing tainia / Lion seated right, head facing, raising forepaw, within incuse circle. Müseler VII, 17; otherwise, unpublished. Toned, area of weak strike at edge on obverse. Good VF. Very rare.
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PAMPHYLIA, Aspendos. Circa 465-430 BC. AR Stater (19.5mm, 10.98 g, 3h). Warrior advancing right, holding shield and spear / Triskeles; EΣ above; all within incuse square. SNG BN –; SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen 175 var. (ivy leaf on obv.); CNG E-509, lot 168 (same dies); CNG E-452, lots 368–9 (same dies); CNG E-441, lot 150 (same dies). Struck with somewhat worn dies. VF.
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CILICIA, Tarsos. Mazaios. Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC. AR Stater (25mm, 10.51 g, 3h). Baal of Tarsos seated left, holding holding eagle-tipped scepter; grain ear, grape-bunch, and Aramaic N in left field; Aramaic M below throne / MZDY ZY 'BRNHR' W ḤLK ("Mazaios Governor of Transeuphrates and Cilicia" in Aramaic) above, lion bringing down bull above a pair of crenellated walls, each with four towers. Casabonne Series 4, Group A; SNG BN 354-60 var. (control marks); SNG Levante 115 var. (control mark below grapes). Lightly toned, flan flaw and minor flan flaw on obverse, slight doubling on reverse. Good VF. The Aramaic inscription on the reverse of this stater has prompted Biblical coin researcher David Hendin to reconsider the meaning of this coin type. It traditionally is translated as "Mazaios governor of Transeuphrates and Cilicia," but Hendin translates it somewhat differently as "Mazaios who is over Eber Nahara and Cilicia." The similarity of this inscription and a descriptive phrase used in two books of the Old Testament (which was codified at approximately the time this coin was struck) has led to Hendin's suggestion that the walls on this coin represent the ones encompassing Jerusalem, which less than a century before had been rebuilt by Nehemiah, as related in the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah. (A fuller discussion of the subject is presented on pages 100-103 of the 4th edition of Hendin's Guide to Biblical Coins.)
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CILICIA, Uncertain. 4th century BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.65 g, 2h). Youthful male head (Triptolemos?) left, wearing grain wreath / Eagle left on the back of a lion; all within dotted square border. Göktürk 43; SNG BN 474. Patches of find patina, a little porosity, minor marks. VF.
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KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great'. 95-56 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 15.62 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; AP monogram to inner right, HΔ monogram on rock; all within wreath. SCADA Group 1, obv. die A10; Kovacs 74.1; M&D 2; CAA 17; AC 30. Lightly toned, trace deposits, minor rotated double strike. VF.
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KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great'. 95-56 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 15.91 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; ΣΩ monogram on rock; all within wreath. SCADA Group 7, obv. die A58; Kovacs 75.3; M&D 4; CAA 21; AC 33. Lightly toned, light scratches, spots of porosity, slightly off center on obverse, double struck on reverse. Near EF.
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CYPRUS, Kition. Baalmelek I. Circa 479-449 BC. AR Stater (19.5mm, 10.39 g, 10h). Herakles, wearing lion skin, in fighting stance right, holding [club and bow] / Lion seated right; to lower right, head of ram right; all in dotted square within incuse square. Cf. Zapiti & Michaelidou 2 (third stater); Tziambazis 14. Oblong flan, struck with worn obverse die, as usual. Near VF. Very rare stater of Baalmelek, only one in CoinArchives with ram head (Leu Numismatik Web Auction 24, lot 1569 [hammer 7,000 CHF]).
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CYPRUS, Kition. Baalmelek I. Circa 479-449 BC. AR Third Stater (15mm, 3.34 g, 9h). Herakles, [wearing lion skin], in fighting stance right, [holding club and bow] / Lion seated right; to lower right, head of ram right; all in dotted square within incuse square. Zapiti & Michaelidou 2; Tziambazis 15. Deeply toned, off center. Near VF. Rare.
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CYPRUS, Kition. Melekiathon. Circa 392-362/1 BC. Æ (13.5mm, 2.00 g, 7h). Herakles, wearing lion skin, in fighting stance right, holding club and bow / Head of Aphrodite left. Destrooper pl. 10, 3; Zapiti & Michaelidou –; Tziambazis 31. Dark green patina, some roughness. VF.
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CYPRUS, Kition. Melekiathon or Pumiathon. Circa 392-362/1 or 362/1-312 BC. AR Third Stater (12mm, 1.64 g, 10h). Herakles, wearing lion skin, in fighting stance right, holding club and bow / Lion attacking stag crouching right; no legend; all in dotted square [within incuse square]. Unpublished in the standard references. Lightly toned, slight roughness. VF. Very rare. Although there is no king's name on the reverse of this issue, the obverse type here has a slight variation, with the lower part of the lion skin draped over the arm of Herakles. This variation of the long-running design at Kition was implemented during the reign of Melekiathon, and continued on the issues of Pumiathon.
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CYPRUS, Kition. Pumiathon. Circa 362/1-312 BC. Æ (11mm, 1.57 g, 6h). Lion lying left / Horse grazing left. Destrooper –; Zapiti & Michaelidou –; Tziambazis Supp. 34. Rough dark green-brown patina. Near VF.
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CYPRUS, Kourion. Pasikrates(?). Mid-late 4th century BC. Æ (11mm, 1.53 g, 11h). Bare head of Apollo left / Stag lying right, head left; A above. Destrooper-Georgiades, Monnaies 6; otherwise, unpublished in the standard references. Dark green-brown patina, slight roughness. Good Fine. Extremely rare.
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CYPRUS, Marion. Uncertain king (Sasmas?). Circa 470-450 BC. AR Twelfth Stater (8.5mm, 0.95 g, 11h). Forepart of lion standing right, licking foreleg / Head of ram left within incuse square. Zapiti & Michaelidou 3; Tziambazis Supp. 15. Lightly toned, a couple of light scratches on obverse. VF. Extremely rare, and exceptional for type; only two in CoinArchives (attributed to Timocharis).