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ATTICA, Athens. New Style coinage. AR Tetradrachm. Sokrates, Dionysodo-, and Athenai-, magistrates. (Struck 119-118 BC?).
Obverse: Helmeted head of Athena right.
Reverse: Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora; magistrates’ names in fields, Apollo Delios to right, Λ on amphora, ΣΩ below; all within wreath.
Ref: Thompson 619b
Pedigree: Ex-Numismatik Lanz / Dr. Hubert Lanz (Munich, 4 December 2012; purchased by private treaty)
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Sold: by priv. treaty from our Jackson & Jacobs Family Numismatics VCoins Shop (Tucson, AZ, 4 April 2015; SKU GRKTH785). (Corr. date below from 137/6.)
Attica. Athens. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.0g). New Style Coinage. Magistrates Herakleides, Eukles & Xarmid-, 107/106 BC.
Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right.
Rev: A – ΘE / HPAKΛEIΔHΣ / EYKΛHΣI / XAPMIΔ (magistrates’ names in fields). Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora. To right, winged Tyche standing left, holding cornucopia, hand on amphora. Controls: E on amphora (month), ME below (signature of engraver?). All within wreath.
Ref:Thompson 785b
Pedigree: Ex-Gitbud & Naumann GmbH Auction 20, Lot 183 (Munich, 3 August 2014); Jackson & Jacobs Family Numis. VCoins Shop (Tucson, AZ, 4 April 2015)
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Macedon as Roman Protectorate. First Meris. Struck c. 167-148 B.C.
AR tetradrachm (30.3 mm, 17.01 g, 1 h).
Obv: Macedonian shield decorated with seven stars within double crescents and large diademed bust of Artemis with light drapery facing right, quiver over shoulder.
Rev: MAKEΔONΩN / ΠPΩTHΣ. Club of Herakles within oak-wreath, thunderbolt to left, AP monogram above.
Ref: SNG Cop 1310; Prokopov (2012) BA3/–[unlisted rev]; Prokopov O54/R- [unlisted rev die; for same die pair: Roma e-29, 95].
Provenance: Ex-Agora Auctions 7 (NY, 1 April 2014), Lot 106; Palmyra Heritage Gallery / Morris Khouli (New York, 11 June 2014). Sold c. 2015 via VCoins (?).
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Sold from our JJFN Ebay Storefront (5 December 2014)
Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte or 1/6 Stater. Circa 412-378 BC.
Obverse: Head of nymph right.
Reverse: Head of Pan right within incuse square with linear border.
Ref: Bodenstedt 69.
Pedigree: Ex-Gitbud & Naumann GmbH, Pecunem 20, Lot 248 (Munich, 3 Aug 2014); Jackson & Jacobs Family Numis. (Tucson, AZ, 5 December 2014; Ebay item #331405585431).
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Privately purchased from Gitbud & Naumann, 10 Feb 2013.
Struck in high relief from dies of considerable artistic merit. A beautiful coin.
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Thrace, Maroneia AE Unit (16mm, 3.9g, 3h). circa 398-347 BC.
Obverse: Horse prancing right, monogram below.
Rev: ΜΑΡ-ΩΝΙ-ΤΩΝ around grape arbor in linear square, monogram below.
Ref: Schönert-Geiss 721-905, SNG Cop 632
Numis Notes: Very well centered & struck example, unusually clear and complete rev design & legend. Minor roughness/porosity to obverse surface.
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Pedigree: Ex-Holding History Coins (Nathan Hochrein; DePere, WI c. 2013-2015); CONSERVATORI Ancient Coins (Champaign, IL; 27 Oct 20; private treaty)
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Zeugitania, Carthage. AE Unit (16mm, 2.04g, 3h), c. 400-350 BC.
Obverse: Wreathed head of Persephone-Tanit facing left with pendent earrings
Reverse: Horse standing right, palm tree behind.
Ref: SNG Copenhagen 111-119
Numis. Notes: Some remaining find patina/deposits on surface, but detailed & attractive coin in hand with beautiful dark green patina. Well-centered and complete for type.
Much finer artistic style than those of similar design struck in Punic Sicily and Iberia during the mid-to-late 3rd century
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Pedigree: Ex-CNG inventory with tag (“Carthage”); Agora Auctions, sale 35, Lot 455 (part, NYC 23-6-15); Holding History (Nathan Hochrein; DePere, WI; 11 Jul 15); CONSERVATORI Ancient Coins (C. Jackson-Jacobs; Champaign, IL; 27 Oct 20; by private treat)
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Seleukid Empire. Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AR Tetradrachm (12.5g, 30mm, 12h). Tyre, 135/4 BC (Year 178 SE)
Obverse: Diademed and draped bust right. Bead border.
Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY. Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond over far shoulder; to left, club of Hercules surmounted by Tyre mongram (YTP), A/PE above; to right, AΣY-mongram above date, HΟΡ (Seleukid Era 178); Σ between eagle’s legs.
References: SC 2109.6a; HGC 9, 1074; DCA 198.
Pedigree: Ex-Roma Numismatics e-Sale 11, Lot 363 (part; London, 23 August 2014)
Numis Notes: Nice broad flan, devices centered. Surface roughness & a bit light (neither unusual for type)
Hist Notes:The Seleukid Eagle Tetradrachm was the predecessor & stylistic model for the famous “Shekel of Tyre,” and, as I explain elsewhere, represent a sort of “Proto-Shekels of Tyre.” (The Seleukid type was, in turn, influenced by the Ptolemaic Tetradrachm of similar style.) Even after Pompey Magnus took Tyre for Rome in 64 BC, the city continued to issue the iconic Shekel for another 130 years. When production ceased in 65/66 AD, the design of the coin remained strongly influential for Roman Provincial Tetradrachms.
Dating under SE (Selucid Era) on these coins uses the Bablyonian Calendar, a rather complicated “lunisolar” system based on phases and cycles of the moon, resulting in a year of approximately 354 days.
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