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 . 135
KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Alexander III – Philip III. Circa 325-319 BC. AV Quarter Stater (11mm, 2.13 g, 2h). In the name of Alexander III. Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antipater. Helmeted head of Athena right / Bow and club; kantharos above. Price 169b (same dies). Edge marks from prior mount. Good VF. Well centered. From the Wild Rose Collection, purchased from Baldwin's, March 2016. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 84 (20 May 2015), lot 1451; Baldwin's FPL (Summer 2011), no. AG020; Myers 6 (6 December 1973), lot 93.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 1 . 212
MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (11.5mm, 2.66 g). Sphinx crouching left, raising forepaw, on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 72; Boston MFA 1451; SNG BN 201–2. Some scratches and scrapes. Near EF. From the Siren Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 1 . 136
KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Alexander III – Kassander. Circa 325-310 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.60 g, 10h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Uncertain mint in Greece or Macedon. Helmeted head of Athena right / Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis; in left field, Corinthian helmet left. Price 794. Underlying luster, a little die rust on obverse. EF. Ex CNG inventory 860186 (January 2010).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 1 . 213
MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Stater (18.5mm, 16.03 g). Head of ephebos left on diskos; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 105; cf. Boston MFA 1476 = Warren 1496 (hekte); SNG BN 248. Toned, light scratches and scrapes. VF. Extremely rare as a stater, only four in CoinArchives. From the Siren Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 1 . 137
KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.20 g, 3h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antipater, circa 322-320 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; cornucopia in left field. Price 108; Troxell, Studies, Issue G1. Faintly toned, underlying luster. EF. From the Wild Rose Collection, purchased from Pars Coins, May 2013.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 1 . 214
MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 450-330 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (12mm, 2.65 g). Warror, nude but for helmet, kneeling right, testing arrow and holding sheathed sword; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 115; Boston MFA –; cf. SNG BN 261–2 (stater and myshemihekte). Edge splits, hairlines, triple struck on obverse. Good VF. Very rare as a hekte, only four in CoinArchives (the most recent being in 2013), and the first CNG has handled since CNG 61 in 2002. From the Siren Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 1 . 138
KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.59 g, 3h). Lampsakos mint. Struck under Leonnatos, Arrhidaios, or Antigonos I Monophthalmos. Helmeted head of Athena right / Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis; in left field, buckle above A-surmounted-by-crescent. Price P16; ADM II Series IX. Underlying luster. EF. Well centered. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 105 (10 May 2017), lot 80.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 1 . 215
MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 450-330 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (9.5mm, 2.68 g). Head of Attis right, wearing Phrygian headdress; below, tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 142; Boston MFA 1523; SNG BN 292–3. Scratches and marks, scrape om obverse. EF. From the Siren Collection.The portrait on this particular issue is thought to be Attis, the consort of Phrygian Kybele. The androgynous Kybele/Agdistis was castrated by the gods. From the severed parts grew an almond tree from which Attis sprang. Attis appears infrequently in Greek art, but he was raised in status when the Romans adopted the cult of Kybele.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 1 . 139
KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 17.08 g, 12h). In the name of Alexander III. Miletos mint. Struck under Asandros, circa 323-319 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field. Price 2120; ADM I Series VII, dies 181/g. Faintly toned over lustrous surfaces, trace deposits, minor doubling on reverse. EF. Well centered.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 1 . 216
MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 450-330 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (11.5mm, 2.72 g). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. Von Fritze I 104 (unlisted denomination); cf. Boston MFA 1527 (myshemihekte); cf. SNG BN 289 (stater); Hurter & Liewald II –. Edge split, scrapes and scratches. VF. Extremely rare as a hekte, unpublished in the standard references, only two in CoinArchives.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 1 . 140
KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.53 g, 12h). In the types of Philip II. Kolophon mint. Struck under Menander or Kleitos, circa 322-319 BC. Head of Apollo right, with the features of Alexander III, wearing laurel wreath / ΦIΛIΠΠOY, charioteer, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left, driving fast biga right; tripod below. Thompson, Philip 12 = Jameson 978 = Kunstfreund 232 = Gillet 785 (same obv. die); Le Rider pl. 90, 16 and pl. 93, 26; SNG ANS 309; SNG Alpha Bank 260 = Alpha Bank, Hellenic 72 = Alpha Bank, Macedonia 26 = Alpha Bank, Alexander 57 (same dies); SNG Ashmolean 2456; Kraay & Hirmer 565. A couple of tiny spots of die rust. Choice EF. Well struck. From the Wild Rose Collection.This beautiful gold stater belongs to the period following the death of Alexander the Great when his half-brother, Philip III Arrhidaios, was the nominal head of state together with the conqueror's infant son by Roxane, Alexander IV. The gem-like delicacy of the engraving of these extraordinary dies singles this issue out as belonging to one of the mints of the Ionian coastal region of western Asia Minor, an area which, of course, was not controlled by the Macedonian monarchy in the time of Philip II. Kolophon is the city to which it is tentatively attributed, the tripod symbol linking it to an issue in the name of Philip III (cf. Price P41).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 1 . 217
MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 450-330 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.67 g). Nude Herakles kneeling left in foreground, and his brother, Iphikles, also nude, kneeling right in background, fighting Hera's serpents on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 208; cf. Boston MFA 1531 = Warren 1477 (stater); cf. SNG BN 341 (stater). A couple of minor scratches, a touch off center. Good VF. From the Siren Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 1 . 141
KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.58 g, 6h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Babylon mint. Struck under Archon, Dokimos, or Seleukos I, circa 323-318/7 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right; M to left / Nike standing left, holding wreath and cradling stylis; ΛY below left wing. Price 3691. A few minor scratches on reverse, a couple of marks on edge. EF. Fine style. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex CNG inventory 949460 (May 2013) .
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 1 . 218
KINGS of PERGAMON. Eumenes I. 263-241 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 17.05 g, 1h). 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, dies V.LVII/R1; SNG BN 1610; Winterthur 2616 (same obv. die). Toned, some find patina, a little die wear on obverse, die break and light scratch on reverse. Near EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 1 . 142
KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos I Monophthalmos. As Strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 17.06 g, 5h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Susa mint. Struck under Aspesias, Satrap of Susiana, circa 316-311 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; wreath in left field; below throne, AI above strut, monogram below. Price 3857. Toned, a few minor marks, small flan flaw on obverse. Near EF. High relief. From the Wild Rose Collection, purchased from Calgary Coin Gallery, September 2013. Ex Stack's Bowers and Ponterio 177 (14 August 2013), lot 11037; Goldberg 70 (2 September 2012), lot 3055; Helios 2 (25 November 2008), lot 95.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 1 . 219
TROAS, Ilion. Circa 185-50 BC. AR Tetradrachm (39mm, 15.26 g, 12h). Xanthippos, president of the aonothetai. Helmeted head of Athena right / The Palladion: Athena Ilias standing right, holding distaff and filleted spear; to inner right, owl standing left, head facing. Ellis-Evans dies O2/R8; Bellinger T36 (same dies as illustration); Mionnet II 190 (same dies). Lightly toned, porous, cleaning marks. VF. Well centered on a broad flan. Extremely rare, apparently the third known; only the Mionnet piece (in the BN) published, and just one in CoinArchives.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 1 . 143
KINGS of MACEDON. Kassander. As regent, 317-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.39 g, 10h). In the name and types of Philip II. Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 316-311 BC. Laureate head of Zeus left / Nude youth, holding palm frond and rein, on horseback right; aphlaston below, pellet-in-Π below raised foreleg. Le Rider pl. 46, 17–8; Troxell, Studies, Group 9, 323-5. Light iridescent tone over lustrous surfaces, struck from slightly worn dies. EF. From the DFA Collection. Ex Numismatik Naumann 121 (2 October 2022), lot 158; Leu Numismatic Web Auction 18 (18 December 2021), lot 320.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 1 . 220
TROAS, Ilion. Circa 185-50 BC. AR Tetradrachm (37.5mm, 16.49 g, 12h). Demetrios, son of Hermokrates, president of the agonothetai. Helmeted head of Athena right / The Palladion: Athena Ilias standing right, holding distaff and filleted spear; two monograms to inner left, kithara to inner right. Unpublished. Lightly toned, crimped flan, with stress cracks and slight wave to flan, chipping around edge, a couple scrapes on obverse. VF. Apparently unique. From the Wayne Scheible Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 1 . 144
KINGS of MACEDON. Kassander. As regent, 317-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23.5mm, 14.10 g, 6h). In the name and types of Philip II. Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 316-311 BC. Laureate head of Zeus left / Nude youth, holding palm frond and rein, on horseback right; aphlaston below, pellet-in-Π below raised foreleg. Le Rider pl. 46, 17–8; Troxell, Studies, Group 9, 323-5. Dark iridescent toning, struck from slightly worn dies. Near EF. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 276 (19 April 2021), lot 97; San Vicente Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 114, 13 May 2020), lot 138, purchased from Dr. Arnold Saslow, August 1995; Superior (30 May 1990), lot 6780.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 1 . 221
ISLANDS off TROAS, Tenedos. Circa 100-70 BC. AR Tetradrachm (35mm, 14.32 g, 12h). Janiform head of a bearded male left, laureate, and female right, wearing stephanos / Labrys; grape bunches on vines flanking handle; all within wreath. Callataÿ, Tenedos 1 var. (D1/R– [unlisted rev. die]); HGC 6, 390. Toned, rough surfaces, heavy cleaning marks. VF. Very rare issue with two grape bunches; only one noted by Callataÿ, and this coin is one of only four in CoinArchives. Ex Numismatik Naumann 122 (6 November 2022), lot 279 (hammer €14,000; conserved since).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 1 . 145
KINGS of MACEDON. Kassander. As regent, 317-305 BC, or King, 305-297 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 17.08 g, 8h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 307-297 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Λ above torch; monogram below throne. Price 447; Ehrhardt 35. Iridescent tone, light scratches and marks. Good VF. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 276 (19 April 2021), lot 94.