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Sold: Jackson & Jacobs Family Numismatic eBay Shop (#331266363271), 16 Jan 15

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Acq. from Roma Numis. (UK), 2014. Sold 29 January 2015, from our JJFN eBay shop (#331375681160)

Kings of Macedon. Alexander III “The Great” AR Tetradrachm (17.1g, 26mm, 2h). “Lifetime Issue” of Amphipolis, circa 325-322 BC.

Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress

Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus Aëtophoros seated left. Kerykeion in left field.

References: Price 99; Troxell E9.

Pedigree: Ex-Roma Numismatics Auction e-9, Lot 117 (London, 28 June 2014)

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Ex-Harlan J Berk “junk box” at Chicago Int Coin Fair, 2013

Interesting banker’s marks, create an incuse image very similar to obv., almost like a brockage

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THRACE, Chersonesos. Circa 386-338 BC. AR Hemidrachm

Obv: Forepart of lion right, head left
Rev: Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; pellet and EY monogram in one sunken quarter, bee in other.
Ref: Unpublished variant, unique to our research. Cf. McClean 4116 variant (monogram orientation, pellet placement).
Note that the EY monogram is “facing outward” from the center, oriented 180 degrees from the normal placement of McClean 4116. The pellet is also placed (and shaped?) differently from published examples.

Pedigree: Ex-Gitbud & Naumann GmbH, Pecunem Auction 21, Lot 985 (part, Munich, 7 Sep 2014)

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Ex-VAuctions Sale #296, Lot 229 (part, 14 Feb 2013)

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Pedigree: Ex-Roma Numismatics e-Sale 11, Lot 363 (part; London, 23 August 2014)

Historical Notes: Struck until the death of Demetrios in 126/125, after which the Shekel of Tyre replaced his tetradrachm.

Upon being deposed as Seleukid King, Demetrios II fled to Tyre, where he expected to find safety. Instead, upon arrival, the local prefect ordered him killed while still in his ship.

The type was the stylistic basis for, and predecessor of, the “Shekel of Tyre” of New Testament fame. The Seleukid tetradrachms of the mid 2nd century had become a standard currency of international trade in the E. Mediterranean. When the Seleukid Empire fell, the local Tyrians continued striking the popular coinage, simply substituting the image of local patron deity Herakles-Melqart on the obverse in place of the portrait of Seleukid dynasts, and replacing the Seleukid Era-date with Tyre’s year of independence from the Seleukids, and the legend with a slogan of Tyre’s holy inviolability.

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 well into the 3rd cent.

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Seleukid Kings of Syria, Seleukos I Nikator (BC 312 – 281), in the name and type of Alexander III (BC 336 – 323). AR Tetradrachm (17.12g, 26mm, 2h). Babylon Mint, BC 311 – 305.

Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.

Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, below & right. Zeus Aëtophoros seated l. MI above upright club of Hercules in l. field. HYP (?) monogram in wreath below throne (see notes).

References: Price 3765; Müller 739; SC 82.3i. http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.3765.

Pedigree: Ex-Roma Numismatics e-Sale 9, Lot 241 (28 June 2014)

Notes: Obv die match: CNG Triton XIII, 1333. Both dies match (including rev, re-engraved club): CNG 72, 874. CNG: “The club was apparently engraved in the die over a previous symbol (perhaps the bipennis, SC 82.3m)”

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Sold from our JJFN Ebay store, 3 Dec 2012

Lucania, Velia AR Drachm (3.69g, 18.5g, 6h). Circa 440 – 400 BCE.

Obverse: Head of nymph right, hair arranged in waves.

Reverse: YEΛH. Owl standing right, head facing, on olive spray with two leaves.

References: Williams 180 (O114/R138); HN Italy 1272 (var. right/right); SNG Ashmolean 1147; SGC (v1) 251.

Die matches: Rev (maybe obv), CNG 386-42, later Aegean [Vcoins SKU: 071813] (see also Bertolami EA 44, 91).

Provenance: Ex Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, CNG EA 233 (26 May 2010), 606.3; VAuctions Sale 284 (12 Jul 2012), Lot 10; Jackson & Jacobs Family Numis. (Tucson, AZ, 3 December 2012; ebay item #330831837178)

Notes: Rare type. Example of scarcer, earlier, transitional period style between the older archaic nymph and later depictions on Velian and other Lucanian (important region in southern Italy) coinage, often with tied or diademed hair. (The same is true of the owl on Velian and Lucanian drachm and nomos series, continuing into the 3rd century.) The Velia-Owl drachms continued to be minted throughout the 5th and 4th centuries, with variation in the style over time.

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Purchased from Gitbud & Naumann, 10 Feb, 2013.

Sold from our JJFN Ebay Storefront (item #330874962559; Champaign, IL, 11 March 2013)

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