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Attica, Athens. “New Style” AR Tetradrachm. 2nd-1st century BC. Ex-Lanz (private purchase, 2012)
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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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Attica, Athens. “New Style” AR Tetradrachm. 107/6 BC. Thompson 785b. Ex-Gitbud & Naumann & JJFN (VCoins Shop, 2015)
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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Macedonian Shield AR Tetradrachm. Roman Rule, c. 168 BC. Artemis / Club. Ex-Agora Auctions & Palmyra Heritage / M. Khouli
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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“Deathplace Issue” Alexander III “The Great” AR Tetradrachm. Bablyon, 311-305 BC, temp Seleukos I. Price 3746. Exquisite portrait. Ex-Gitbud-Naumann
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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Seleukid Empire. Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AR Tetradrachm. Tyre, 135/4 BC (Year 178 SE)
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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“Deathplace Issue” Alexander III “The Great.” AR Tetradrachm. Babylon, temp. Seleukos I, 311-306 BC. Ex-First Num. GmbH (Lünen, Germany; VCoins, 2012)
Pedigree: Ex-First Numismatic GmbH/Matthias Niederzoll (Lünen, Germany, 5 September 2012; VCoins Purchase, SKU 61-2220)
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Alexander III Tetradrachm. Amphipolis, Philip III, 323-0 BC. Ex-Pars (2012). Sold to José Miguel Márquez del Prado Collection (CNG, 2018)
Alexander III (336-323 BC) AR Tetradrachm (17.20 gm; 23 mm; 6h). Amphipolis mint, temp. Philip III Arrhidaios, circa 323-320 BC.
Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion’s skin headdress
Rev: Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre; monogram before.
Ref: MJ Price 115 (corr. by CNG; misidentified by JJFN & Pars). (PELLA Entry here)
Pedigree: Ex-Pars Coins (Parviz Ahghari, La Jolla, CA; purchased 25 Oct 2012, VCoins Shop SKU: PCW-G3692)
Sold to the José Miguel Márquez del Prado (Madrid, Spain) Collection (28 April 2013 by private treaty from our JJFN), eventually auctioned by CNG e-421, #65 (Lancaster, PA, 30 May 2018).
Usually one doesn’t get to say who bought one’s coins, but this collection was sold at CNG Feature Auction 108 and e-Auction 421, he had a fantastic collection of Greek AR Tetradrachms, particularly of Alexander III & other Macedonian Kings, as well as those of successor kingdoms/Diadochi, and related types (e.g., the Punic Sicily).
Sadly, CNG chose not mention us in the pedigree! 🙂
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“Deathplace Issue” Alexander III “The Great” AR Tetradrachm. Babylon, temp. Seleukos I, 311-306 BC. Fine style high-relief portrait
Purchased in the late 1980’s from a Paris coin shop. Sold circa 2011-15 by private treaty from our JJFN
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