Auction 126 - Session 1
Date: 2024-05-28 00:00:00
Lots: 328
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 1 . 296
CYPRUS, Paphos. Pny[tos?]. Early 5th cenutry BC. AR Stater (21mm, 10.66 g, 1h). Bull standing left / Head of eagle left; palmette to upper left, spiral decoration below; all in linear square within incuse square. Zapiti & Michaelidou 1; Tziambazis 75. Toned, rough and granular surfaces, cleaning marks, struck with worn obverse die. Near VF. Very rare.
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CYPRUS, Salamis. Evagoras I. Circa 411-374/3 BC. AR Stater (22.5mm, 11.11 g, 1h). Herakles seated right on rock draped with lion's skin, leaning on club held and holding cornucopia / Goat couchant right. McGregor Group K.AR.I.a, 414–5 var. (unlisted dies); Zapiti & Michaelidou 1; Tziambazis –. A little off center, some die wear on reverse. Near EF.
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CYPRUS, Salamis. Nikokreon. Circa 331-310 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.16 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Struck circa 332/1-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; bow in left field. Zapiti & Michaelidou 5–6; Price 3139; Newell, Some 7; Tziambazis 14. Lightly toned. Good VF. From the Wild Rose Collection, purchased from Pars Coins (inv. PCW-G4228), December 2013.
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CYPRUS. Late bronze age, circa 1600-1000 BC. Copper ingot in the shape of an oxhide (79x52x8cm); 27.4 kg. For a comprehensive study of oxhide tablets, see M. R. Jones, Oxhide Ingots, Copper Production, and the Mediterranean Trade in Copper and Other Metals in the Bronze Age. (Unpublished Masters Dissertation, College Station, TX, Texas A&M, 2007). Brown patina with natural deposits, casting flaw in one corner. As made and intact. Ex Prof. Erwin Richter Collection (Vienna), with a copy of his statement dated 2012; acquired from Galerie Schönbrunn (Vienna), 22 August 1998, with a copy of their invoice; acquired from Dr. Alexander Atanasov Collection (Munich), 1992; acquired from Münchner Münzhandlung Karl Kreß (Otto Helbing Nachf.) (Munich), 1986.The rich mines of the Troodos Mountains in Cyprus were a principal source of copper throughout antiquity. Although oxhide ingots were widely traded and are found today across much of the eastern Mediterranean and Near East, lead isotope analyses have confirmed that most oxhide ingots are from copper sources in Cyprus. Such was the dominance of Cyprus in the metal's production that the late Latin term for the metal (cuprum) and hence our word "copper" are derived from the name of the island. Although copper ingots had long been produced in various shapes, by the Late Bronze Age the oxhide ingot shape became an international standard. Earlier scholars suggested that the shape was designed to resemble an oxhide and was related to the value of an ox, but this seems unlikely. The earliest such ingots do not have well-developed "legs" or handles, indicating that the shape was adopted for some other reason, and in any event the copper in such an ingot was worth far more than an ox. The shape was more probably developed for ease of handling and transport. The handles would have made them particularly convenient for carrying by men or pack animals, and it has been suggested that ingots may have been loaded into side packs slung over an animal's flanks. Such ingots were widely traded throughout the eastern Mediterranean and Near East. At least 130 have been found on terrestrial sites, although most of those are fragmentary. Find spots on land have been as far east as Iraq and as far north as Bavaria. Larger numbers have been found underwater, usually associated with shipwrecks, from as far west as the coast of southern France and as far north as Bulgaria. The largest finds are the 354 complete ingots from the Uluburun shipwreck (c. 1300 BC) and the 34 complete ingots and 17 fragmentary ingots from the Cape Gelidonya wreck (c. 1200 BC), both sites off the south coast of Turkey. The largest land finds have been from the storerooms of Minoan palaces. Oxhide ingots feature widely in the art and texts of the Assyrians, Egyptians, and Mycenaeans. They represented not only the standard form for the essential commodity of the time, but also served as a form of payment, a prestige good for elite gift-exchange and tribute, and as a store of wealth. Oxhide ingots are rarely offered for sale, as the great majority are in museums. CNG handled one specimen previously, over 25 years ago. We have been able to find only two more recent sale records, both for broken examples: one in Gorny & Mosch in 2014 and one in Hermann Historica in 2019. The present complete and intact example represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 1 . 300
LEVANTINE REGION, Uncertain. Early-mid 5th century BC. AR Stater (19mm, 9.59 g, 12h). Figure, wearing long chiton, holding short scepter or torch in extended right hand; unclear legend to right / ggy (in Phoenician) inscribed within upper portion of a large ankh; all within incuse circle. Cf. Roma XIV, lot 400 (hemistater); otherwise, unpublished in the standard references. See also Roma XIV, lot 401, a quarter stater with this same reverse type, but an obverse featuring two dolphins swimming in opposite directions. Toned, rough surfaces, two test cuts on obverse. Near VF. Apparently unique as a stater. From the Norman Frank Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 55 (13 September 2000), lot 653.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 1 . 301
SELEUKIS and PIERIA, Laodikeia. 78/7-16/5 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 3.73 g, 12h). Dated CY 4 (78/7 BC). Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right / Athena standing left, hand on grounded rudder to left, and cradling cornucopia in arm; Δ (date) to low inner right, uncertain letters (or monogram) in exergue. Cf. HGC 9, 1404 (hemidrachm); cf. DCA2 319 (same). Toned, trace deposits, flan crack, edge chip. Good VF. Unique as a drachm.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.96 g, 5h). Seleukeia in Pieria mint. Struck circa 300-281 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; monogram-in-circle in left field, KP below throne. SC 29.1b; Le Rider, Antioche 27 (A4/P13 – this coin, illustrated); HGC 9, 16d. Attractive old collection tone, patches of find patina, small die break on obverse, cleaning scratches on reverse. Near EF. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Robert W. Bartlett Bequest Sold for the Benefit of the American Numismatic Society (Classical Numismatic Group Keystone Auction 4, 2 September 2021), lot 91; Numismatic Fine Arts XVI (2 December 1985), lot 238.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC. AV Stater (18.5mm, 8.58 g, 12h). In the types of Alexander III of Macedon. Karrhai mint. Struck circa 310-290 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / Nike standing left, holding wreath and cradling stylis; monogram below right wing. SC 40.1a; HGC 9, 4 corr. (unlisted mint; erroneously listed under 2a). Lustrous, light marks, some die wear, tiny bump on obverse. Near EF.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.12 g, 6h). 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; in left field, MI above club; monogram in wreath below throne. SC 82.3i; Price 3765; HGC 9, 10f. Lightly toned, minor die shift. EF. Purchased by the consignor from Brian Kritt, 29 June 2005 (his ticket included).
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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. Ex GTP Collection; Berk BBS 182 (3 January 2013), lot 83.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC. AV Stater (16.5mm, 8.59 g, 8h). In the types of Alexander III of Macedon. Seleukeia on the Tigris mint I. Struck circa 300-296/5 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / Nike standing left, holding wreath and cradling stylis; monogram below right wing. SC 115.2 var. (monogram and position); HGC 9, 4d; ANS 1977.158.105 var. (same; same obv. die); Triton XIX, lot 2066 (same dies; hammer $10,000). Underlying luster, slight die wear, light scuff on obverse. Good VF. Very rare variety.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 16.99 g, 7h). Susa mint. Struck circa 300-295 BC. Head of hero (Alexander or Seleukos?) right, wearing helmet covered with panther skin and adorned with the ear and horns of a bull / Nike standing right, holding in both hands a wreath that she places on trophy to right; AP to lower left, ΠA monogram in lower middle field. SC 173.15; ESMS Tr.106 var. (A63/P1); Marest-Caffey Group 1.11, 178–9 (A25/P79); HGC 9, 20. Lightly toned, area of weak strike on reverse. EF. From the Wild Rose Collection, purchased from Pars Coins (inv. PCW-G1234), January 2019.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 16.98 g, 8h). Uncertain mint in Persis. Struck circa 295-281 BC. Head of hero (Alexander or Seleukos?) right, wearing helmet covered with panther skin and adorned with the ear and horns of a bull / Nike standing right, holding in both hands a wreath that she places on trophy to right; H to lower left, DW(?) (in Aramaic) in lower middle field. SC 195; HGC 9, 21 (same dies as illustration). Lightly toned, a touch off center, small spot of flat strike on obverse. Good VF. Extremely rare, two noted in SC, including the sole example in SCO; one additional in CoinArchives.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos I Soter. 281-261 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 17.18 g, 9h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Diademed head right / Apollo, testing arrow and placing hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; AP monogram to outer left, HP monogram to outer right. SC 379.3a; HGC 9, 128g. Toned, some marks, area of light porosity on obverse, minor die wear on reverse. Near EF. From the Mesogeios Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 115 (16 September 2020), lot 277; Roma E-Sale 71 (28 May 2020), lot 620; Roma XIV (21 September 2017), lot 306.
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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 Mesogeios Collection. Ex Weise Collection; Classical Numismatic Group 55 (13 September 2000), lot 664.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos II Theos. 261-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.70 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head right / Apollo, testing arrow and placing hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; monograms to outer left and outer right. SC 571.2a; Le Rider, Antioche 37–45 (obv. die A4); HGC 9, 238o. Bright surfaces, underlying luster, minor doubling on obverse. EF. Struck on a broad flan.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos II Theos. 261-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 17.00 g, 7h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Diademed head of Antiochos I right / Apollo, testing arrow and placing hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; monograms to outer left and outer right. SC 587.1a; HGC 9, 236g. Underlying luster, minor marks, slight die wear on reverse. Near EF.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos II Theos. 261-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 16.43 g, 6h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed head right / Apollo, testing three arrows and placing hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; to inner left, monograms above and below arm; at feet, forepart of horse grazing left. SC 607b; HGC 9, 238v. Toned. Good VF. Very rare, only one recorded in ESM (in Berlin), two in CoinArchives.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos II Kallinikos. 246-225 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.55 g, 12h). Teos(?) mint. Diademed head right, wearing long sideburn / Apollo standing left, testing arrow and resting elbow on tall tripod to right; palm frond to inner left. SC 645; HGC 9, 303c. Minor die rust on reverse. Good VF. Very rare. From the Wild Rose Collection, purchased from Baldwin's, December 2013. Ex Spink 221 (2 December 2013), lot 110; Triton XIII (5 January 2010), lot 1339; Gorny & Mosch 169 (12 October 2008), lot 139; G. Hirsch 256 (5 May 2008), lot 354.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos III 'the Great'. 222-187 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.86 g, 12h). Uncertain mint 56, in western Asia Minor (possibly Sardes). Struck circa 192/0-187 BC. Diademed head (Type E) right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, elephant standing right; MH to left, IE to right. SC 987.3 corr. (control to right; same obv. die as referenced coin); HGC 9, 451a. Minor double strike on obverse with worn die, deposits on reverse. Near EF. Extremely rare, apparently the second known of this issue; and the one example published (ANHS 251 = Peus 376, lot 518 = Berk BBS 45, lot 227) has the right field control mark off the flan.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos III 'the Great'. 222-187 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.02 g, 12h). ΔI mint, in Southern or Eastern Syria. Struck circa 192/0-187 BC. Diademed head (Type E) right / Apollo, testing arrow and placing hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; ΔI in exergue. SC 1112; HGC 9, 447y. Lightly toned, scrape on reverse. EF. Excellent late portrait. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 484 (27 January 2021), lot 484 (hammer $2000).