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Some of the Æ denominations derived from Anne Johnston's Methoden deer Auswertung (München Colloquium, 1994), as well as their valuations in relation to silver (i.e., the silver series).



  Gaul MASSALIA Marseilles Silver AR Obol Apollo Wheel      

SOUTHERN GAUL: MASSALIA, Silver Obol, 2nd Cent. B.C. (before the last quarter). Young male hd. l., hair in hook-shaped locks. Rv. Wheel with four spokes, cantoned with M and A. 9-10mm., 0.53gm. D'Hermy, Series 7, 63/66.  Rare.  Good F, dark grey find-patina; difficult to photograph due to the size and dark tone.    Ref# V1078   $32.50   Sold

Found Aix-en-Provence some thirty years ago.

THE BALEARES: EBUSOS (IBIZA).
        Cuarto. Second-half of the 3rd/first-quarter of the 2nd Cent.
        B.C. Bull adv. l., tail erect, hd. downward facing. Rv. Bes
THE BALEARES: EBUSOS (IBIZA). c. 225-218 B.C. Cuarto. Bull adv. l., tail erect, hd. downward facing. Rv. Bes squatting and facing, holding mace upward in his r. hand and serpent in his l. Æ16mm., 2.28gm. Marta Campo, La Moneda en La Necrópolis de Ebusus, p. 40, fig. 30 (ours in superior overall condition). Very Scarce. Good F, very dark brownish-green patina.   Ref# V1309  $22.50

EX Admiral Pascual Cervera collection.

Ebusus (now Ibiza), received its name (Ebusus = Island of Bes) from Carthaginian colonists who had introduced the cult of the originally Egyptian god Bes.

Iberia Punic Coinage Balearic
        Islands Cuarto Bull Bes
IBERIA. PUNIC COINAGE, The BALEARIC ISLANDS: EBUSUS (Ibiza). c. 214-75 B.C. Cuarto. Bull charging l. Rv. Crowned Bes facing, holding a club and snake. Æ17mm., 2.14gm.  Campo, Las Monedas de Ebusus 37.  Very Scarce. Good F, old chip. Very dark brownish-green patina.   Ref# V1312  $22.50

Ebusus (now Ibiza), received its name (Ebusus = Island of Bes) from Carthaginian colonists who had introduced the cult of the originally Egyptian god Bes.

EX Admiral Pascual Cervera collection.

         EBUSUS (Ibiza). 214-75 B.C. Æ Unit (Octavo). Bes mace
        Punic Coinage Iberia
IBERIA. PUNIC COINAGE, The BALEARIC ISLANDS: EBUSUS (Ibiza). 214-75 B.C. Æ Unit (Octavo). Bes stg. facing, sl. squatting, holding mace in his r. hand and serpent in his l. Rv. Bearded Bes, squatting and facing, his hands resting on his knees. 10-11mm., 1.11gm. Stannard, Ebusan Coins at Pompeii and the Pompeian Pseudo-mint: A Sign of Intensive Contacts with the Island of Ebusis, p. 151, and fig. 1, no. 27. Villaronga 92.  Rare.  Good F, dark brownish-green patina.   Ref# V1311  $19.50

EX Admiral Pascual Cervera collection

Ebusus (now Ibiza), received its name (Ebusus = Island of Bes) from Carthaginian colonists who had introduced the cult of the originally Egyptian god Bes.


For the rarity also see Jesús Vico, 143, 2015, 3065.


APULIA ARPI
                  Hannibal Æ15-16 Helmeted Athena grapes HN Italy 650
                  RARE
APULIA: ARPI. Time of Alliance with Hannibal. 215-212 B.C. Sicilius (Quarter-Uncia). Helmeted head of Athena r. Rv. Bunch of grapes. Æ15-16mm., 3.34gm. HN Italy 650. SNG ANS 646. Montenegro, MIAMG (Monete di Italia Antica e Magna Grecia) 1006 (R) Rare.  Good Fine     Ref# V1159     $39.50

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his description, rarity and grade).

The only example sold by CNG which realized $84 against an est. of $90 w/ BP.
   
Struck during the Second Punic War in Italy when the city was in alliance with Hannibal.

Arpi (Argyrippa or Argos Hippium) was an ancient city of Apulia, Italy, 20 mi. W. of the sea coast, and 5 mi. N. of the modern Foggia.  It was founded, according to Servius by Diomed, who went from Troy directly to Italy. Its territory extended to the sea, and Strabo says that from the extent of the city walls one could gather that it had once been one of the greatest cities of Italy. The town was loyal to Rome during the war with Pyrrhus, but went over to Hannibal following the disaster at Cannae in 217 B.C.

Remains of antiquity are scanty.




LUCANIA: SYBARIS. c. 550-510 B.C. AR Third Nomos. Bull standing l., hd. r.; in ex., VM (= archaic SY in retrograde). Rv. Incuse bull stg r., hd. l. in incuse; no ethnic. 19mm., 2.27gm. SNG ANS 852 (sim. cond.).  RareGood F, pleasing toning and in excellent metal for this issue.   Ref# V1438  $215

This "1/3-nomos" issue is rare; the "nomos" is not.

Here at PR $610 w/ BP (2.18gm.); hammered at $968
w/ BP here and 2.26gm.); CNG 75, 2007, 25 (2.26gm., PR $1,080 incl buyer's premium) and CNG EA 445, 2019, 28 (PR $3,121 incl. buyer's premium).

For the rarity also see Heritage Auction 3037, Lot 29894. Superior to the Stack's, New York 2011 International Sale, Lot 13 (same condition, numerous chips).



LUCANIA. Laüs (Laus, Laos). c. 480/470 B.C.  AR Stater (Nomos). NGC Choice VF. ΛAS. Bearded man-faced bull stg. l., looking back; dotted border. Rv. ΛAS (retrograde). Bearded man-faced bull stg. r. 21mm., 7.67gm. Sternberg 6 (cites 7 known specimens) and pl. 15, top row, 6,4 (rim damage). Babelon Tr. -. SNG ANS 133 (Sternberg quotes 153 in error). SNG Cop. - Weber -. HN Italy 2275. Very Rare. Golden toning throughout.  Choice VF   Ref# V1597   $835

Sternberg 6.5 = SNG ANS 133 (our specimen of the same dies and of superior quality to that example).

Montenegro, MIAMG (Monete di Italia Antica e Magna Grecia) 2159 (R3=Rarissimo, ITL 2,800K ~ $1,600 in VF).
 
Sternberg, H.R., Die Silberprägung von Laos ca. 510-440 v. Chr.

For what is apparently the only example of this issue ever offered by CNG, see CNG, Classical Coins, XXXIII, March 15, 1995, p. 12, lot 94 (Very Rare, Fair, porosity, $350).

The Sybaritic man-faced bull converted into the conventional river-god type to represent the river-god Laos.






Rev. head detail:



LUCANIA: LAÜS (Laus, Laos). c. 480/470 B.C. AR Stater (Nomos). NOM (retrograde). Man-faced bull stg. l., hd. reverted; pelleted border on raised rim. Rv. ΛAS (retrograde). Man-faced bull stg. r.  21mm., 7.47gm. Sternberg 7 (490/80-470 B.C.; cites 6 known specimens) and pl. 15, top l. (5,5). BMC 2. Babelon Tr. -. SNG ANS -. SNG Cop. -. SNG Lockett -.  SNG Oxford 644. Weber -. Montenegro, MIAMG (Monete di Italia Antica e Magna Grecia) unlisted.  Very Rare.  Choice VF     Ref# V1595    $645

EX private New York collection. NGC (photo-certificate) included.


The obverse and reverse legends of this coin taken together compose the ethnic adjective Lavinos (= “of Laos”), the river-port colony of Sybaris, to which the remaining inhabitants of the mother-city would have fled after the destruction of Sybaris by Kroton in 510 B.C.

Sear, Vol. 1, Europe, p. 32, 232 (= BMC 2 = £1,250 ~ $2,650 in VF in 1978).

One here at Stack’s (“VF, Very Rare”) hammered at $5,350 against an estimate of S6,000-$7,000.

The Sybaritic bull converted into the conventional river-god type to represent the river-god Laos.




LUCANIA: LAÜS (Laus, Laos). (Ancient Greek: Λᾶος), c. 480-460 BC. AR Triobol (Sixth Nomos). (10.5mm, 1.12g, 6h). ΛA-S (retrograde). Man-headed bull standing l., head r. Rv. Man-headed bull standing right. 1.12gm. Sternberg 12 (V9/R11). SNG ANS 137 (= 1.07gm.; the only triobol listed of this type and in inferior condition to our example with both heads off the flan). HNItaly 2276 (not illustrated and thus probably badly worn). Very Rare. Good F, obverse with some porosity, pleasant find patina.    Ref# V1589   $125

Laos was located on the west coast of Lucania near the Bruttium border at the mouth of the Lao River.

For the rarity also see CNG E327, 2014, 199 and E489, 2021, 13.

Here at $780PR w/ BP - reads HNItaly 2275 (= stater) in error & rev. o/c !


  
   


LUCANIA
: LAÜS (Laus, Laos). 480/460-460/453 B.C., AR Triobol. In alliance with Sybaris. Man-headed bull stg. l., looking back. Rv. Acorn within shallow circular incuse. 1.16gm. HN Italy 2278 (slightly chipped and in similar condition with obverse just as weakly struck).  SNG ANS 138 (= 1.02gm.).  Sternberg, H.R., Die Silberprägung von Laos, 16, V9/R14 (obv. very weak). 
Very Rare.  About F, the silver now finely crystallized but stable with darkish grey toning.   Ref# V1418  $85

EX Dr. Busso Peus Nachf.

Montenegro, MIAMG (Monete di Italia Antica e Magna Grecia) 2165 (R3, ITL 400K ~ $225 in F).
 
For the rarity also see Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 404, 2011, 2045.

Also see Gorny & Mosch 165, 2008, 1052 (PR €329 ~ $518 incl. buyer's premium, obv. hd. also somewhat weak)

The city, founded by the people of Sybaris, was located on the right bank of the Laos, the river that marked the boundary between Lucania and Bruttii. According to Herodotus, inhabitants of Sybaris who had survived the destruction of their city took refuge in Laüs.



LUCANIA: LAÜS (Laus, Laos). 5th Century B.C. Æ14-15. Wreathed hd. of Demeter r. Rv. Bird (thrush) stg. r. on branch; above, dolphin r.; to lower r., hd. of stag. 14-15mm., 2.71gm. BMC -. MIAMG 2173 (R2).  SNG ANS 146 (condition quite similar). SNG Cop. -. Very RareGood F/Near VF, mottled brown and dark olive patina, the surfaces actually quite smooth and the mottling not at all as obtrusive as the photos would suggest with a decent portrait of good relief.   Ref# V1615   $65

The bird is most likely a thrush and in particular the λαιός (laiós), equated with the Blue Rock Thrush, as discussed in SNG ANS.

The only specimen listed on acsearch last sold by Ars Classica (Spring Sale 2020, Lot 51) realized CHF420 ~ $435 with buyer premium.



LUCANIA: PAESTUM (Poseidonia). Second Punic War (218-201 B.C.). Uncia. Diad. hd. of Artemis r., bow and quiver at shoulder. Rv.  ΠAIS.  Ear of barley; to l., pellet (mark of value) and kerykeion (caduceus). SNG ANS Lucania 765. Crawford, Paestum 7/4. HN Italy 1204. Æ11mm., 2.51gm.  Montenegro, MIAMG (Monete di Italia Antica e Magna Grecia) 2663 (R, ITL 80,000 ~ $45 in F). Rare.  About VF, dark green patina with some earthen deposits.   Ref# V1120   $29.50

Rare symbol. Kerykeion is an alternative name for the Caduceus, a symbol of commerce.


EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his attribution, rarity and grading).


LUCANIA: PAESTUM. Second Punic War (218-201 B.C.). Uncia. Diad. hd. of Artemis r.; bow and quiver on her back shoulder; pellet (= mark of value) behind. Rv. ΠAIS. Ear of barley; pellet to upper l. Æ11mm., 1.68gm. SNG ANS Lucania 763 (= 1.68gm., and our rev. somewhat sharper). HN Italy 1195. Montenegro, MIAMG (Monete di Italia Antica e Magna Grecia) 2662 (R, ITL 80,000 ~ $45 in F).  Rare.   F to Good F, rather thick flan.  Ref# V1134  $14.50

For the rarity also see Bertolami Fine Arts, 6, 2012, 66.




       
LUCANIA: THOURION (Thourioi; later, Thurium). AR Trihemiobol, last-quarter of the 5th Century B.C. Laur. and helmeted hd. of Athena r. Rv. ΘOΥΡIO[N]. Bull on ground-line, walking r., hd. lowered; tunny below. 10-12mm., 0.83gm.  BMC 116.  Rare. VG, pleasant dark tone not apparent in the photo.  Ref# V1133  $14.50


  
LUCANIA: VELIA (Elea). c. 440-425 B.C. Silvered Drachm. Hd. of nymph r., hair bound with fillet and turned up behind. Rv. YEΛH. Owl stg. r. on branch; to r., olive-spray. Plated. Williams, The Silver Coinage of Velia, p. 42, 208A, 22(b) = Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 246 = 2.90gm. (also plated).  3.28gm.  Rare.  Near VF, a little verdigris.  Ref# V1131  $85


SICILY: AKRAGAS (Agrigentum). Phintias, 287-279 B.C. Hemilitra. Laur. hd. of Zeus l. Rv. Eagle stg. l. on hare.  Æ16mm., 3.86gm.  Calciati 116. Montenegro, MIAMG (Monete di Italia Antica e Magna Grecia) 3925 (R, ITL 120K ~ $68 in F).  Scarce. About F, dark patina; difficult to photograph, better in hand.  Ref.# V1076  $17.50

Phintias took power in Akragas and ridded the city of Syracusan domination after the death of Agathokles.



SICILY: HIMERA, c. 530-520/15 B.C., Silver Litra. Cockerel (cock, rooster) stg. r. Rv. Mill-sail quadripartite incuse within linear square. 11mm., 0.72gm. BMC 12. SNG ANS 144. Very Rare.  Nearly VF, toned.  Ref# V1632  $67.50

For the dating, also see CNG E502, 2021, 41.  For the rarity also see Roma Numismatics E8, 2014, 28 (0.60gm., edge chipped, £360 ~ $600).

Montenegro, MIAMG (Monete di Italia Antica e Magna Grecia) 4248 (R3) (ITL ₤250K ~ $140 in F, ITL ₤450K ~ $250 in VF).

One example sold here at $300.


         
SICILY: LEONTINI (Leontinoi: Ancient Greek: Λεοντῖνοι, the modern Lentini). 475-466 B.C. AR Obol. Facing lion's scalp. Rv. ΛE (E retrograde, clockwise at r.) - OΝ (at l. clockwise).  Barley grain. 8-9mm., 0.48gm. Boehringer, Die Münzgeschichte von Leontini 19. SNG ANS 215 (litra). Montenegro, MIAMG 4329 (R3) (ITL 250K ~ $140 in F, ITL 480K ~ $ 270 in VF).  Very Rare.  Good F, pleasant old dark toning not apparent in the photos.   Ref# V1414  $37.50

See Sear 828  £120 ~ $240 in VF in 1978.

Leontini, ancient Greek town of southeastern Sicily, 22 miles northwest of Syracuse. Originally held by the Sicels (Siculi), its command of the fertile plain on the north made it an attractive site to the Chalcidians from Naxos, who colonized it in 729 B.C. Apollo was worshipped at Leontini with special devotion; the lion, his emblem, is here obviously an allusion to the name of the town. The corn-grains remind us that the Leontine plain was renowned for its extraordinary fertility (Cic. II Verr. iii. 18).




SICILY: MORGANTINA, c. 340 B.C., Æ Hexas (Onkia). Youthful female hd. of Sikelia (= Sicily: a personification of the island) r., wearing laurel wreath. Rv. M-OPΓAN-TINΩN. Tripod. 15mm., 3.54gm. CNS III, n. 6. Gabrici 152. Very Rare.   VF, attractive dark patina.  Ref.# V1026  $145

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his grading).

Here at PR $400+ with BP

       

SICILY: PANORMOS (called Ziz by the Carthaginian and Phoenician traders; the present-day Palermo), c. 336-330 B.C. Trias. Laur. male hd. (Eshmun?) l. Rv. Forepart of horse r.; below, dolphin r.  Æ13-14mm., 2.43gm.  Calciati CNS 12.  SNG ANS -. SNG Cop. -. Montenegro, MIAMG 4613 (R) (ITL 120K ~ $65 in F, ITL ₤280K ~ $150 in VF).  Rare.  Good F, pleasant dark brownish-green patina; some earthen deposits, difficult to photograph, much better "in hand."   Ref# V1160   $16.50

Ziz =
Phoenician for "flower"

Eshmun (Phoenician
: lʾšmn) was a Phoenician god of healing and the patron god of Sidon.


EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his description, rarity and grade).

             
SICILY: SELINOS (Selinus). c. 417-415 B.C. AR Litra. Nymph Eurymedusa std. l. on rock, raising her veil with her r. hand, extending her l. to hold back coiled serpent before her Rv. ΣEΛINOEΣ, above. Bearded man-headed bull stg. r. 12mm., 0.57gm. BMC 40. SNG Cop. 602. SNG ANS 711.  Very Rare.  Symbols weak, otherwise, Near F, toned. Quite an elusive issue.  Ref# V1413  $27.50

For the rarity (RR) also see
Gorny & Mosch 229, 2015, 1085 (€240 ~ $256).

SICILY: SYRACUSE. Deinomenids (485–465 B.C.). AR Obol of c. 480-470 B.C. Diademed head of Arethusa r. Rv. Wheel of four spokes. 8mm., 0.78gm. Boehringer 364. SNG ANS - (but. cf. 116-118 = Boehr. 368, 369 and B52). Good VF, good archaic style and nicely toned; small coin, difficult to photograph, much better "in hand." Ref# V1139   $95

EX London Ancient Coins Ltd. (their grading).

The Deinomenids (485–465): Gelon I (485 B.C.–478 B.C.), Hiero I (478 B.C.–466 B.C.), Thrasybulus (466 B.C.–465 B.C.). Thrasybulus was deposed in 465 and Syracuse had a republican government for the next sixty years. This period is usually known as the Second Democracy (465-405). The extent to which Syracuse was a democracy in the same sense as Athens during this period is debated.



    

MACEDON: ARGILOS. AR Tetartemorion. 495-478/7 B.C. Forepart of Pegasos l. within dotted border. Rv. Quadripartite incuse square. 9mm., 0.22gm. Cf. Liampi, Argilos, 54 (as CNG Triton XVI, 272 = Thirty-Second Stater = 8mm, 0.56gm.); Babelon Traité, p. 1243, 1820 (hemiobol of 0.44gm.). Also see Psoma, S.E., ΚΑΙΡΟΣ: Contributions to Numismatics in Honor of Basil Demetriadi, p. 170, 3.   VF, pleasant find-patina.   Ref# V1630   $47.50

EX Numismatik Lanz, Munich (their grading).

CNG Triton XVI, 272 sold for $360 w/ BP.

Also see Roma Numismatics, London, E6, 2014, 94 (8mm., 0.22mm.) which realized £204 ~ $338 w/ BP

The town's name was derived from its reddish argil soil.

Tetartemorion (Ancient Greek: τεταρτημόριον tetartēmorion) is the name of a silver coin minted in Ancient Greece, valued at 1/4 of an obol. Its name means "quarter part", from tetarton, meaning a fourth, and morion: part, portion.



     

MACEDON, PANGAEAN DISTRICT: EION. c. 470 B.C. Silver Diobol. Goose stg. r., hd. reverted; above, salamander, facing l. downwards; Θ to lower l. Rv. Quadripartite incuse square. 11mm., 0.97gm. AMNG III/2, p. 139, 37. SNG ANS 273. VF, some horn silver (oxidation).    Ref# V1326   $49.50

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his grading).

One here in inferior condition and lighter weight which realized 96 euros ~ $130 w/ BP.

Many numismatic references refer to the salamander as a lizard.

The obverse must certainly reference the aquatic life (including this type of salamandra altra: cf. Stanek's Encyclopedia of the Animal Kingdom, pp. 266-7) which haunts the shores of Lake Cercinitis (and the mouth of the Strymon River where this town was located) even into modern times (cf. Head, HN, p. 197). Eion sat at the mouth of the Strymon which flows into the Aegean from the interior of Thrace. It is referred to in Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War as a place of considerable strategic importance to the Athenians during the Peloponnesian War. Eion later became the port for the nearby city of Amphipolis. (Amphipolis, founded in 437 B.C., was located about 3 miles up from the Aegean.)


KINGS OF MACEDON
: AEROPOS, c. 396-394 B.C. Æ Unit (Dichalkon). Male head r., wearing the Macedonian kausia (petasos). Rv. Forepart of lion r. 13mm., 1.97gm. BMC 2. SNG ANS 80.   RRR   VF, beautiful dark patina with portrait of particularly fine style for this rare coin.   Ref# V1240   $175

EX Gitbud & Naumann, Munich (their grade).

One here with far inferior portrait which realized $270 w/ BP.

Aeropos was the guardian of Orestes, the infant son of the king Archelaus, who had been assassinated in 399 B.C. Three years later he seized the throne. His coins are rare.




KINGDOM of MACEDON: ANTIGONUS II GONATAS, 277-239 B.C., Æ14 (Quarter-Obol in the silver series), Pella or Amphipolis mint. Hd. of Athena r., wearing Corinthian helmet. Rv. Pan adv. r., naked but for hair wreathed, erecting a trophy. 14mm., 2.39gm. SNG Cop. 1210. About VF, dark brown patina.  Ref# V1104  $15

EX Gitbud & Naumann, Munich

          
THRACE: ODRYSAI (Odrysae). Later 5th Cent. B.C. AR Tetrobol. Devolved hd. of Gorgoneion (Medusa) facing. Rv. "Cruciform quadripartite" incuse square. 12mm., 2.41gm. Topalov 56-57 (Odrysae).  About VF, pleasantly toned.   Ref# V1329  $32.50  Sold

Imitating a drachm of Parion (Parium).

The cruciform much more apparent "in hand."

See Numismatik Naumann 7, 2013, 6 which realized €119 ~ $157.

The Odrysian Kingdom was a state union of over 40 Thracian tribes and 22 kingdoms that existed between the 5th century B.C. and the A.D. 1st century.

                 
THRACE, The ODRYSIAN KINGDOM: SPARADOKOS (Alexander I Sparadocus). c. 464-444 B.C. Silver Diobol, Olynthos mint. ΣΠ-A. Forepart of horse galloping l. Rv. Eagle with outspread wings and snake, hd. l.: all within shallow incuse square. 11mm., 1.23gm.  BMC Thrace: Kings of Thrace, p. 201, 1.  Youroukova, The Coins of the Ancient Thracians (Oxford, 1976) 20.   Rare.  VF, the fields pleasantly toned.  Ref.# V1025  $85

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich/Numismatik Lanz München (his grading and rarity).

For another example of this rare issue also see Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 156 (2. June 2013), lot 91: VF (and obverse legend almost invisible), PR €260/$338

One here at CNG which realized $450 w/ buyer prem.

Sparadokos was the first of the Odrysians to strike coinage.



KINGS OF THRACE. MOSTIS. 139/138 - 101/100 B.C. Æ19-21 of c. 125 B.C., most probably minted at Bisanthe. Laureate hd. of Apollo r. Rv. BAΣIΛEΩΣ MOΣTIΔOΣ. Horse adv. l.; above, monogram. 4.12gm. SNG BM 310. SNG Cop. 1174.  Rare.  Fine to Good F, legends complete.   Ref.# V1103  $27.50

EX Gitbud & Naumann, Munich

One here which realized €360 euros ~ $460 w/ BP.



    

    

SKYTHIA (The Scythians): OLBIA, c. 437-410 B.C. Cast Æ Hemitetartemorion. Dolphin r. Rv. APIX.  25mm., 2.08gm.  Anokhin 179.  BMC -.  SNG BM - (but cf. 374-6).  Scarce.  Fine, brownish-green patina.   Ref# V1334   $29.50  Sold

Ex Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his dating and grading).

As Heritage 232023, 2020, 61019 which realized $130 (end of tail also broken).

Hemitetartemorion (eighth-obol) in the silver series.

Denomination by weight per Nieczitajlo (65).


SKYTHIA (The Scythians): OLBIA, last decade of the 5th Century B.C. Cast Æ Hemitetartemorion. Dolphin l. Rv. ΘΥ. 26mm., 1.78gm. Anokhin 180. BMC 20. SNG BM 369. SNG Moskau 332. SNG Stancomb 340. Good VF, attractive dark brown patina, much more attractive in hands.   Ref# V1333   $55  Sold
 
As Naville Numismatics, 37, 2018, 89 (EX E.E. Clain-Stefanelli collection).

See Leu Numismatik WA19, 2022, 142 & 143 which hammered at CHF200 ~ $216.

Hemitetartemorion (eighth-obol) in the silver series.

Dating and denomination by weight per Nieczitajlo (86-8).

An example in only fair condition sold by Seaby's (1966) for £10 (= 1966/$26.55 ~ 2017/$200). Valued by Seaby's in Fine condition at £200 in 1975.





The THRACIAN ISLANDS (Islands off Thrace): THASOS, c. 412-404 B.C., Thasos. AR Trihemiobol. Satyr running l., holding kantharos in r. hand. Rv. ΘAΣ-IΩN. Amphora: within shallow incuse. .67gm. Le Rider, Thasiennes 27. SNG Copenhagen 1030. VF/Good F, holed.  Ref.# V1029   $49.50


 


THESSALY
: KIERION. c. 400-370 B.C. AR Trihemitartemorion. Laur. hd. of Zeus r. Rv. Κ-Ι-Ε from l., up circular, the Ε retrograde. Hd. of the nymph Arne r., her hair bound up and held with a band or a diadem. 7-8mm., 0.27gm. BCD Thessaly II 98 (see below).  Very Rare.  Chipped, otherwise, VF, toned.

As Triton XV, Lot 98 (sold for $1440 incl. buyer’s fee) = same dies ! - and our example somewhat sharper in strike !

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich/Numismatik Lanz München (his grading).

For the rarity also see Nomos 6, 2012, 59 ("This coin is of great rarity.").

  
Another, same issue.  7-8mm., 0.21gm.  Ex Swiss collection.  Chipped, otherwise, Good F, toned.

N.B. Hoover (in his Handbook) states that the hemiobols of this type weigh in the vicinity of 0.50 grams; these two examples, taking their flan losses into account, must therefore be considered trihemitartemoria. He records the hemiobol as very rare.

The lot of two,  
Ref# V1421  $140

   

THESSALY: PHARKADON (Pharcadon). Silver Obol, c. 462/1-460 B.C. Hd. and neck of bull r., hd. facing. Rv. Φ Α. Hd. and neck of horse l. within incuse square. 12mm., 0.75gm. HGC 4, 294 (= RR). Liampi, Corpus 1 (V1/R1). BCD Thessaly II 614.1.   Very Rare.  Near VF    Ref# V1324    $42.50

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his dating and grading).



LOCRIS (Lokris, Opuntian Locris): The LOCRI OPUNTII (Lokri Opuntii, Opuntian Lokrians, Opuntian Locrians). c. 338-330 B.C. Silver Obol. ΛO (on l., downwards), KP (on r., upwards). Amphora; small bunch of grapes to upper l.; ivy leaf to upper r. Rv. Star of sixteen rays emanating from a pellet in a linear circle: the whole in a dotted circle. 11mm., 0.61gm. Delbridge, Locri Opuntii Corpus, Group 8, 105h.  Scarce.  Near VF  Ref# V1327   $35

Ex Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his grade).


           

LOCRIS
(Lokris, Opuntian Locris): The LOCRI OPUNTII (Lokri Opuntii, Opuntian Lokrians, Opuntian Locrians). Last quarter of the 4th Century B.C. Æ Unit (Chalkon, χαλκον), Opous (Opus) mint. Helmeted hd. of Athena r. Rv. Bunch of grapes with tendrils and  vine leaves; ΛOK to l., downwards; ΡΩN to r., upwards; O above grapes. SNG Christomanos 706. 8-12mm., 2.01gm.  RR!  F to Good F, oblong, thick flan of good golden orichalcum.   Ref# V1328   $17.50  
     
BOEOTIA. Federal Coinage. Earlier 3rd Cent. B.C. Æ12 (Chalkon, χαλκον), mint of Haliartos(?). Boeotian shield. Rv. Ornamented trident; on r., dolphin. 1.38gm. BCD Boiotia 77.  Rare smaller denomination.  About VF    Ref# V1140   $17.50  


BOEOTIA. Federal Coinage. Earlier 3rd Cent. B.C. Æ13 (Chalkon, χαλκον), mint of Haliartos(?). Boeotian shield. Rv. Ornamented trident; on r., dolphin. 1.94gm. BCD Boiotia 77.  VG-F    Ref# V1141   $12.50

EX Solidus Numismatik, Munich


    
BOEOTIA. Federal Coinage. Earlier 3rd Cent. B.C. Æ20 (Trichalkon). Hd. of Athena r., wearing Corinthian helmet. Rv. Trophy of arms with helmet, shield and spear. 5.76gm. BCD Boiotia 88. Scarce. G-VG    Ref# V1143   $4.






ISLANDS off ATTICA: AEGINA. c. 370-350 B.C. Chalkon. Two dolphins swimming in the same direction. Rv. Incuse square of of conventional Aeginetan “skew” pattern of five compartments; A in one of the compartments. Æ12-13mm., 2.11gm. BMC 213. Kroll, Agora, p. 220 and pl. 27, 662 (ours of superior condition).  Very Rare.  VF, nice dark forest-green patina with earthen highlights, and of good weight for these issues.    Ref# V1622    $70

One here which realized £156 = $210 w/ BP.


     
CORINTHIA: CORINTH. c. 306-303 B.C. Chalkon (χαλκον). Pegasos flying l. Rv. Ornamented trident-head; symbol to r. Æ13mm., 2.02gm.  Apparently unpublished (but cf. BMC 429 and BCD Corinth 258).  Rare.  VF, pleasantly toned.    Ref# V1336   $32.50

Ex Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his dating, rarity and grading).


      

PONTOS  (Pontus): AMISOS (Amisus). Time of Mithradates the Great (120-63 B.C.). Assarion, c. 85-65 B.C. Laur. hd. of Zeus r. Rv. ΑΜΙΣΟY (below thunderbolt). Eagle stg. l. on thunderbolt, hd. turned to r., on thunderbolt; monogram to l.; star to upper r. 21-22mm., 8.47gm. SNG BM Black Sea 1226. Good VF, attractive very dark brown, almost black patina.   Ref# V1437  $37.50

One here at CNG which realized $112.80 w/ BP, and the A in the ethnic off the flan.



  

MYSIA: LAMPSAKOS (Lampsacus), first-half of the 5th Cent. B.C. AR Diobol. Janiform female hds. Rv. Helmeted hd. of Athena l. within incuse square. 10-11mm., 1.15gm. SNG France BN 1126.  Rare.  VF, dark find patina and of attractive archaic style.    Ref# V1445   $49.50

EX private UK collection > Ares Numismatics, Netherlands (their grading) > private New York collection

For the rarity also see CNG 311, 2013, 665.
             

MYSIA
: LAMPSAKOS (Lampsacus), c. 394-330 B.C. AR Diobol. Janiform female hd. wearing taenia and earring. Rv. ΛΑ Μ. Hd. of Athena r., wearing Corinthian helmet within incuse. 10mm., 1.25gm. BMC 36. VF, of good classical style and toned.  Ref# V1374  $65

  

MYSIA: PITANE. 4th Cent. B.C. Hemichalkon. Hd. of Zeus Ammon r., bearded and horned. Rv. Pentagram; in center, pellet. Æ9-10mm, 0.55gm. BMC 4 (Æ.35in. = 9mm. and the smallest denomination of this type listed).   Rare.  VF, very dark brownish-green patina.    Ref# V1448   $29.50

EX private Dutch collection > Ares Numismatics, Netherlands (their grading) > private New York collection



MYSIA: PRIAPOS (Priapus). 3rd Century B.C. Chalkon. Hd. of Apollo facing. Rv. Crayfish. Æ10-11mm., 1.41gm.  BMC -. SNG Cop -. SNG France -.  SNG von Aulock 7527.  Very Rare.   VF, pleasant very dark patina.   Ref# V1090  $29.50

For the rarity also see Roma Numismatics, 12, 2014, 511.


This town was a center of worship for the god of the same name.

         
ISLANDS off MYSIA (Mysian Islands): PROKONNESOS. ca. mid/later 4th Cent. B.C. Chalkon. Laur. hd. of Aphrodite r., wearing sakkos. Rv. ΠΡΟ-ΚΟΝ. Oinochoe.  Æ11mm., 1.31gm. SNG von Aulock 1438. SNG BN Paris 2426. Rare.  Fine, dark green patina with a little dark red mottling.   Ref# V1154    $13.50

For the rarity also see Münzen & Medaillen, 17, 2005, 790.

       
TROAS: BIRYTIS, later 4th/earlier 3rd Cent. B.C. Chalkon. Hd. of Kabeiros l., bearded, wearing pileos. Rv. B-I/P-Y and club, downwards, within laurel-wreath. Æ10mm., 1.35gm. BMC - (but cf. BMC 1-2: both Æ19mm.).  SNG München 170. SNG Tübingen 2574.   Good VF, pleasant dark olive and brown patina.   Ref# V1283   $24.50

Kabeiros was worshiped in a mystery cult closely associated with that of Hephaestus, and his origins may include pre-Greek Aegean, Hittite and/or Phrygian elements.

1 chalkon = 1/8 obol = 1/48 drachm in the silver series.


       

TROAS: BIRYTIS, later 4th/earlier 3rd Cent. B.C. Chalkon. Hd. of Kabeiros l., bearded, wearing pileos. Rv. B-I/P-Y and club, downwards, within laurel-wreath. Æ9mm., 1.25gm.  BMC - (but cf. BMC 1-2: both Æ19mm.).  SNG München 170. SNG Tübingen 2574.   About VF, pleasant olive and brown patina.   Ref# V1282   $8.50

Kabeiros was worshiped in a mystery cult closely associated with that of Hephaestus, and his origins may include pre-Greek Aegean, Hittite and/or Phrygian elements.

1 chalkon = 1/8 obol = 1/48 drachm in the silver series.


       

TROAS: GERGIS. c. 320-270 B.C. Chalkon. Laur. hd. of Sibylle Herophile with laurel wreath in three-quarter view from the front. Rv. Sphinx std. r.  9mm., 0.75gm.  BMC 2.  SNG München 203.  Klein, KM 45, 309.  Rare  Ref# V1553    VF, pleasant dark green patina.  $24.50

       
TROAS
: KEBREN (Cebren). 5th Cent. B.C. AR Diobol. Hd. of ram r.; [K]EBR[E] below. Rv. Quadripartite incuse square, partitions slightly raised. 8mm., 0.95gm.  BMC 8. SNG München 280. SNG Copenhagen 255.  VF, toned.   Ref# V1290   $49.50

An example (BMC 7) in only fair condition sold by Seaby's (1966) for £10 (= 1966/$26.55 ~ 2017/$200).

See one here which sold for $495

  
TROAS: KEBREN (Cebren). 5th Cent. B.C. Silver Trihemiobol. Hd. of ram r. Rv. Quadripartite mill-sail/swastika patterned incuse square. 9mm., 0.68gm. BMFA 1632. Rosen 530. SNG Copenhagen 254. SNG von Aulock 1544.   Ref# V1291   Good VF   $75

See one here as a "diobol" (of 0.75gm.) which realized $438 incl. buyer's premium !


        

TROAS
: KEBREN (Cebren), 5th Cent. B.C. AR Tetartemorion. Hd. of ram r. Rv. Quadripartite incuse square, irregularly divided.  7mm., .28gm.  BMC - (but cf. 10: hd. l.).  SNG Copenhagen 256. Klein -. Rosen -. SNG von Aulock -.  Rare.  Good VF, amazingly well-centered on an irregular oblong flan.   Ref# V1292    $42.50

For the rarity also see Solidus 3, 2014, 84.

Tetartemorion (Ancient Greek: τεταρτημόριον tetartēmorion) is the name of a silver coin minted in Ancient Greece, valued at 1/4 of an obol. Its name means "quarter part", from tetarton, meaning a fourth, and morion: part, portion.
             
TROAS
: KOLONE (Colone). AR Hemiobol. 4th Century B.C. (before c. 310). Hd. of Athena r. with short hair, wearing Corinthian helmet. Rv. Stellate-pattern (eight-pointed star) in deepened square. 6mm., 0.34gm. Unpublished in any of the collections.  Extremely Rare!  VF   Ref# V1279  $145

As Gorny & Mosch 212, 1769 (our obverse far superior).

        
TROAS: KOLONE (Colone). AR Hemiobol. 4th Century B.C (before c. 310). Hd. of Athena r. with short hair, wearing Corinthian helmet. Rv. Stellate-pattern (eight-pointed star of four dots and four rays) in deepened square. 7mm., 0.33gm. Unpublished in any of the collections.  Extremely Rare!  VF   Ref# V1293  $125

As Gorny & Mosch 212, 1769 (our obverse far superior).


       

TROAS: NEANDRIA. 5th Century B.C. AR Hemiobol. Corinthian helmet r. Rv. Amphora in bead-bordered incuse square. 7mm., 0.24gm.  SNG Aul. -. SNG Cop -. Klein - . BMC -. SNG München -. Isegrim -.   Rare!   VF    Ref.# V1037   $39.50

EX Gitbud & Naumann, Munich (their grading).

For the rarity also see Gorny & Mosch, 212, 2013, 1777 (our example of superior preservation).



TROAS: NEANDRIA. Mid-5th Century B.C. Silver Hemiobol. Corinthian helmet r. Rv. Amphora in bead-bordered incuse square. 7mm., 0.27gm.  SNG Aul. -. SNG Cop -. Klein - . BMC -. SNG München -. As Gorny & Mosch 160, 2007, 1476; Hauck & Aufhäuser 14, 1998, 76.    Rare!   Good F    Ref# V1399   $32.50

Also Gorny & Mosch 191, 2010, 1497 (R, $139)



TROAS (Plain of Troy): NEANDRIA. c. 400 B.C. Silver Obol. Laur. hd. of Apollo r. Rv. NEA-N. Ram stg. r. within incuse square.  9mm., 0.56gm. Klein, KM 46, 318.   Very Rare.   VF   Ref.# V1035   $95

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his grade).

One here which realized $425 not including buyer's fee.

For the rarity also see Gorny & Mosch, 212, 2013, 1773/4.

For the obverse see ibid., 1774.
 
This town was located in the hinterland, on Mount Chigri, near Kolonai (Colonae).


TROAS (Plain of Troy): NEANDRIA. c. 400-370 B.C. Silver Obol. Laur. hd. of Apollo r. Rv. NEA-N. Ram stg. r. within incuse square. 9mm., 0.51gm.  SNG von Aulock 7628.   Very Rare.   VF   Ref.# V1021  $75

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his grade).

One here which realized $510 w/ BP
 
For the rarity also see Gorny & Mosch, 212, 2013, 1773.

          
TROAS: NEANDRIA. c. 400-370 B.C. AR Tritemorion (3/4 of an obol). Laur. hd. of Apollo r. Rv. NEA/N. Ram stg. r. in shallow incuse. 7mm., 0.38gm.  Unedited?  This denomination is  apparently unpublished.   Very Rare.   VF/F   Ref# V1315  $39.50

    

TROAS: NEANDRIA. Late 5th/310 B.C. Trichalkon. Laur. hd. of Apollo r. Rv. NEAN. Horse grazing r.; in ex., grain-ear. 18mm., 6.16gm. SNG Copenhagen 451-2 (sim. cond.).  Very Rare. About VF, attractive dark olive-brown patina.   Ref# V1607   $37.50

Here at £200.

      

TENEDOS (Island off Troas). c. 490-450 B.C. Silver Obol. Janiform head: Hera l.; Zeus r. Rv. Labrys (pelekys: the double-headed ritual axe of Zeus to invoke storm) within raised square: all within incuse square. 8mm., 0.56gm. Apparently unpublished with the raised square on the reverse and no legend.   Very Rare.   Really Good F/VF   Ref# V1280   $42.50

As Rauch, 91, 2012, 103 (but no legend).

The island and town were situated off the coast of the Troad, south-west of Ilion (Troy). The women were renowned for their exceptional beauty. The labrys was the badge of Tenedos.


TENEDOS (Island off Troas). AR Obol. c. 450-397 B.C. Janiform head: Hera left, Zeus right. Rv. T-E. Labrys (double-headed axe) within incuse square. 9mm., 0.53gm. Klein, KM 47, 325. SNG München 340.   Rare.   Good F   Ref.# V1061  $29.50

Ex Gitbud & Naumann, Munich (their grade).

For rarity also see Münzen & Medaillen, 30, 2009, 1005.

Sear GCV 4117: £110 ~ $233 in VF in 1978.


The island and town were situated off the coast of the Troad, south-west of Ilion (Troy). The women were renowned for their exceptional beauty. The labrys was the badge of Tenedos.




AIOLIS (Aeolis): AUTOKANE (Autocane). Early 3rd Century B.C. Hemichalkon. Laur. hd. of Zeus r.  Rv. AYTOKA. Hd. of Athena l., wearing Attic helmet; below, flower-blossom. Æ9mm., 0.62gm. Apparently unpublished. Extremely Rare. Good F, pleasant brownish-green patination.  Ref# V1428  $29.50

EX Solidus Numismatik, Munich.

For the rarity also see see Solidus 6, 2015, 127.

The site of this town has been lost to antiquity; it was apparently W of Pitane.





AEOLIS: KYME (Cyme). c. 350-320 B.C. AR Hemiobol. Aiolos, magistrate. Protome of horse. Rv. A-I-O-Λ-O-Σ between petals of rosette: all within circular incuse. 6mm., 0.28gm.  Magistrate unpublished.  SNG Ashmolean-; SNG COP; SNG München-; SNG v. Aulock-; BMC-; Babelon Tr. -. CNG 296, 2013, 46 (= 0.27gm.) and H.D. Rauch 98, 2015, 106 and otherwise unpublished.  Very Rare.   Near VF   Ref.# V1018   $85


AEOLIS: KYME
(Cyme). Later 4th/earlier 3rd Cent. B.C. Silver Hemiobol. K-Y. Forepart of horse r. Rv. Rosette of nine petals with central pellet within circular incuse. 7mm., 0.30gm. Apparently unpublished (but cf. SNG Danish (Copenhagen) 34: eight petals).   Rare!   VF   Ref.# V1056  $49.50

EX Gitbud & Naumann, Munich (their grading).


As Münzen und Medaillen 17, 2005, 820 (sim. cond., €80).


AIOLIS: GRYNION (Grynium, Gyrneion). 4th Cent. B.C. (before 306). Æ Chalkon. Hd. of Apollo facing sl. l. Rv. Mussel-shell. 1.42gm. Çekilmez & Poulain, Myrina ve Gryneion, p. 108, 113. SNG Cop. 206.  Rare.  Fine, pleasant dark patina with portrait in high relief.   Ref# V1118   $8.50

For the rarity also see Gorny & Mosch, 212, 2013, 1789.

Herodotus, in his History (i.149) lists "Gryneion" as one of the eleven ancient cities of Aeolis. Every reference down to the present day notes Gryneion, Grynion or Grynium as the city name. Yet all the coins are clearly marked ΓΥΡNHΩN - "Gurneion." This is an example of metatheses (the transposition of syllables in a word). The town contained a sanctuary of Apollo with an ancient oracle and a splendid temple of white marble.



      

AEOLIS
: MYRINA. 4th/3rd Cent. B.C. Hemichalkon. Hd. of Athena r., wearing Attic helmet adorned with griffon (gryphon). Rv. MY - PI. Volute krater. 10mm., 0.82gm. SNG Tübingen 2709. SNG von Aulock -.  Scarce.  Good VF, pleasant dark patina. Small coin, much better in hand.   Ref# V1284   $37.50




ISLE of LESBOS. Lesbian Koinòn
. 525-513 B.C. Silver BI Forty-Eighth Stater.  Eye. Rv. Incuse square punch. 5mm., 0.26gm. BMC 37-8. Lazzarini, A Contribution to the Archaic Billon Coinage of Lesbos, Series II unlisted (but cf. p. 91, fig. 1, 17: only Ninety-Sixth Stater recorded).  Very Rare.   Fine, good silver content with pleasant dark toning to the devices.  Ref.# V1020  $49.50

EX Gitbud & Naumann, Munich (also see their Auction 23, Lot 335: €525 / $656 PR !!!)

It is very probable that the eye was associated with the Gorgon (head of the staters), thus acquiring an apotropaic (i.e., having the power to avert evil influences or bad luck) value.



  


ÆGÆAN ISLANDS: LESBOS
. Archaic Period. 525-513 B.C. Silver BI Hemiobol (Forty-Eighth Stater). Lesbian Koinòn. Two apotropaic eyes (or grain ears). Rv. Square incuse punch. 6mm., 0.28gm. BMC 31. Lazzarini, Contribution Series II, p. 102 (“1/48 of a stater with two eyes / irregular incuse square … the very oxidized surface gave Ag 95%, Cu 2.5 %, Pb 2%”).  Rare.  Good VF, good silver content and pleasantly toned; difficult to photograph, better "in hand."  Ref.# V1300  $42.50


ÆGAEAN ISLANDS: LESBOS. Lesbian Koinòn. Archaic Period. Later 6th/early 5th Cent. B.C. Silver Billon Twelfth-Stater (Diobol). Confronted boars’ hds. Rv. Quadripartite incuse square. 1.24gm. Rosen 566. SNG Copenhagen 287. Rare. VF, good silver content with pleasing old dark tone.   Ref.# V1058  $75

As BMC 17 (= Sear GCV p. 325, no. 3488 = £140 ~  $280 in VF in 1978)

For the rarity also see Jean Elsen, 125, 2015, 74.

EX Gitbud & Naumann, Munich (their grade)





AEGAEAN ISLANDS: LESBOS. Archaic Period. Later 6th Cent. B.C. Lesbian Koinòn. Silver Billon 24th-Stater (Obol).  Confronted boars’ hds. Rv. Quadripartite incuse square. 9mm., 0.73gm. Babelon Traité pl. XV, 1. Klein, KM 349.  Rare .  VF    Ref.# V1019  $30

EX Gitbud & Naumann, Munich (their grade).

For the rarity also see
Münzen & Medaillen, Auction 32, Lot 117.






LESBOS. Lesbian Koinòn.
Early 5th Cent. B.C. Billon Diobol (Twelfth-Stater). Two boars' hds. vis-à-vis. Rv. Quadripartite incuse square. 9mm., 1.33gm. SNG von Aulock 7712. Babelon Traité 566.  Rare.  Fine    Ref.# V1057  $22.50

EX Gitbud & Naumann, Munich (their grade)

For the rarity also see Jean Elsen, Auction 107, Lot 143.



LESBOS: ANTISSA(?). c. 480 B.C. AR BI Obol (= Twelfth-Stater, Sixth-Shekel). Hd. of Nubian African (Negro) l. Rv. Irregular, framed incuse square containing a human eye, epigraph, spread A (Antissa?) and small globe (pellet). 7mm., 0.82gm. Babelon, Traité I, 599, pl. XV, 9. BMC -. Lazzarini p. 94 (one specimen!). SNG Copenhagen -. SNG von Aulock -.  Winterthur 2866.  Very Rare.  F-VF, pleasant old dark tone and on a relatively thick flan with portrait in rather high relief. Difficult to photograph due to the dark toning.   Ref# V1404  $130

According to Bodenstedt, the head, which also appears on the coins of Delphi and Phocaea, was associated with the cult of Delphic Apollo, the main cult in Mytilene. The eye was associated with`Methymna.  The African head is also said to be a reference to the Lesbian participation in the establishment of Naukratis in Egypt.



LESBOS
: METHYMNA. c. 500/480-460 B.C. AR Hemitartemorion (= Eighth-Obol). Facing head of Silenos. Rv. Irregular quadripartite incuse square. 6mm., 0.16mm.  Unpublished!  RRR!  Near VF  Very small coin, much better "in hand."  Ref# V1124   $65

EX Gitbud & Naumann, Munich (their grade).

Hemiobol/Tetartemorion (= RR) which realized $486 (incl. buyer's fee) here.

Hemitartemorion

An ancient Greek silver coin denomination with a value of 1/2 Tartemorion, or 1/8 obol, or 1/24 drachm.


    

LESBOS: MYTILENE. Silver Obol. c. 440-400 B.C. Hd. of Apollo r., wearing taenia. Rv. MYT[I] at r., downwards; hd. of calf r.: the whole within incuse square. 8mm., 0.55gm. BMC 5. HGC 6, 1039. About Fine, some crystallization. Much clearer "in hand."   Ref# V1299  $22.50


      

CARIA
: KASOLABA. c. 420–400 B.C. AR Hemiobol. Hd. of ram r. Rv. Hd. of young male r. within shallow, round incuse. 6mm., 0.40gm. Konuk, Kasolaba 5.   Rare.  VF, pleasantly toned.   Ref# V1401   $37.50

CARIA: KASOLABA. c. 410–390 B.C. AR Hemiobol. Hd. of ram r. Rv. Hd. of young male r. 7mm., 0.35gm.  Konuk, Kasolaba 10.  Rare.  VF, pleasantly toned.   Ref# V1400  $32.50

See H.A. Troxell, Carians in Miniature, p. 254 for an explanation of this Carian lettering at the reverse bottom.


 
CARIAN ISLANDS (Islands off Caria): RHODOS. Rhodes, 408-394 B.C., Silver Hemidrachm. Hd. of Helios facing slightly r., hair loose. Rv. P - O either side of rose: all within incuse square. 1.72gm. Ashton 19. BMC 3 (c. 408-400 B.C.). SNG Copenhagen 725 (1.69gm.). SNG v. Aulock 2786. SNG Keckman 368. SNG Finland 366.  Rare.  F-VF, toned with the obverse in very high relief.    Ref.# V1062   $65

EX Dr. Reinhard Fischer, Bonn, Germany.

The Persians invaded and overran the island, but they were in turn defeated by forces from Athens in 478 B.C. The Rhodian cities joined the Athenian League. When the Peloponnesian War broke out in 431 B.C., Rhodes remained largely neutral, although it remained a member of the League. The war lasted until 404 B.C., but by this time Rhodes had withdrawn entirely from the conflict and decided to go her own way. In 408 B.C., the cities of the island united to form one territory. They built the city of Rhodes, a new capital on the northern end of the island. The city's plan was, according to Strabo, superintended by the Athenian architect Hippodamus.



        

IONIA: EPHESOS. AR Tetartemorion, 6th Century B.C. (not before 546). Bee with curved wings, viewed from the top. Rv. Eagle's head r. within incuse square. 5mm., 0.16gm. A rare variant of Karwiese,  Die Münzprägung von Ephesos I, 25.  VF, pleasing dark tone; a small coin, better in hand.    Ref.# V1036   $75   $49.50

EX Numismatica Tintinna
, Scandiano, Reggio Emilia, Italy (their grade).



        

IONIA: EPHESOS. c. 545-494 B.C. AR Tetartemorion. Bee with spread wings. Rv. Hd. of eagle r. within shallow incuse square.  6mm, 0.15gm.  Karwiese,  Die Münzprägung von Ephesos I, 52.  Ref# V1416  Near VF/Good F, toned.  $32.50

 
        

IONIA
: EPHESOS (Ephesus). Spartan hegemony of Lysander and King Agesilaus, c. 406-394 B.C. Silver Obol. Bee with straight wings, viewed from above; dotted border. Rv. Quadripartite incuse square, the squares separated by narrow bands. 6mm., 0.47gm. Unpublished for the denomination (but. cf. BMC 10 = diobol and Head, On the Chronological Sequence of the Coins of Ephesos, p. 23, 4 = drachm).   Very Rare.  VF, beautiful dark toning.   Ref# V1281   $125

For this weight cf. Head, ibid., 23, 5 from this Period III (obol = .46 grams).

This weight represents a reversion to an Ephesian/Ionian standard from a Rhodian/Carian standard (during the Persian occupation before 406 B.C.).
 
Ephesus shared in a general revolt of 412 B.C. against Athens, siding with Sparta in the Second Peloponnesian War, and remained an effective ally of Sparta down to the end of the war. Threatened by Persia after 403, Ephesus served in 396 as the headquarters of King Agesilaus of Sparta. In 394 the Ephesians deserted to Conon’s anti-Spartan maritime league, but by 387 the city was again in Spartan hands and was handed by Antalcidas to Persia.



        
 
IONIA: EPHESOS (Ephesus). 2nd-Quarter of the 4th Cent. B.C. Chalkon. Hd. of Artemis l., wearing necklace and stephane. Rv. E - Φ. Bee, viewed from above. Æ10mm., 1.12gm. SNG von Aulock 1839. About F, good brown patina.   Ref# V1354  $14.50

         
      

IONIA: EPHESUS (Ephesos). Pb Tessera, A.D. 2nd/3rd Cent. Eagle stg. facing, hd. r.; wings spread; dotted border. Rv. Blank.  Cf. Gülbay/Kireç, Ephesian Lead Tesserae (Izmir, 2008), 79.  18mm., 3.37gm.  Rare.  Near VF  Ref# V1218   $55

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his attribution and grade).



IONIA: ERYTHRAI (Erythrae). c. 480-450 B.C. AR Hemiobol. Rosette. Rv. Simpler rosette within incuse square. 6mm., 0.29gm. Babelon Traité II 1976. Klein 387.  Rare.  VF, some light corrosion. Attractive dark tone. A small coin, much better appearance in hand.  Ref# V1287  $65

For the rarity also see Münzen & Medaillen, 36, 2012, 408.


IONIA: ERYTHRAI (Erythrae). c. 480-450 B.C. AR Hemiobol. Rosette. Rv. Simpler rosette in raised circular frame: all within incuse square. 6mm., 0.28gm.  Apparently unpublished (but cf.  Klein 387 = no circle). Very Rare.  VF, attractively toned. Difficult to photograph due to size, toning, and boldness; much better in hand.   Ref# V1288     $75

As Obolos (Nomos) 6 (20 Nov. 2016), 511.

For rarity also see Auctiones GmbH, 21, 2013, 45 (and our example of superior quality although that example graded Good VF).

See CNG 287, 170 (sold for $510 incl. buyer fee).


IONIA: ERYTHRAI (Erythrae). Later 5th Cent. B.C. Hemichalkon. Hd. of Herakles r. Rv. Forepart of bull r. Æ11mm., 0.99gm.  BMC 38.  Rare.  F to Good F, pleasant dark patina.   Ref# V1286   $12.50

       
IONIA: KOLOPHON (Colophon), 525/490 B.C., AR Tetartemorion. Laur. hd. of Apollo facing, archaic style and wearing long hair. Rv. TE (ligated, = value) within incuse square. 7mm., 0.21gm. Milne, K. 32, 7. SNG Tübingen 2895. Kraay, Colophon 5, 9. Klein 398. SNG Kayhan 356.  Very Rare.  Fine, old dark tone.   Ref.# V1372  $27.50

One of the few ancient Greek issues to carry a value, in this case TE for Tetartemorion.

For the dating see Fritz Rudolf Künker 62, 119 and 97, 734; for the rarity also see Münzen & Medaillen 36, 2012, 412.

         
IONIA: KOLOPHON. c. 375-360 B.C. Posis, magistrate. Silver Diobol. Laur. hd. of Apollo l. Rv. KOΛΟΦΩ-ΠΟΣΙΣ. Lyre. 11mm., 0.90gm. Milne, Colophon 57a. SNG Copenhagen (Danish) 142.   VF   Ref.# V1017  $32.50

EX Gitbud & Naumann, Munich (their grade).


IONIA: MAGNESIA (Ad Meandrum), c. mid-5th Century B.C. AR Hemiobol. Hd. of roaring lion l. Rv. Schematic wreath monogram within incuse circle. 7mm., 0.40gm. Unpublished (but cf. Rosen 406: hd. r.).  Extremely Rare.  VF, attractive deep find patina.  Ref# V1273  $75

EX Savoca Numismatik, Munich (attributed to Magnesia).

The "monogram" types of Magnesia only known for Themistokles (see Gemini Auction IV, 2008, 180 where this reverse type - "schematic wreath" within "circular" incuse square - is attributed to Themistokles, c. 465-460/450 B.C.).


After his exile from Athens, Themistocles received a grant from the Great King Artaxerxes of three cities in Asia Minor—Lampsacus, Myous, and Magnesia.


      
IONIA: MAGNESIA AD MAEANDRUM (Magnesia on the Maeander). c. 290-270 B.C. AR Obol. Helmeted hd. of Athena r. Rv. Trident, M-A below; all within circular maeander pattern. 10mm., 0.75gm. BMC 15. SNG Copenhagen 810. SNG von Aulock 2032. SNG München 591.  Rare. VF, pleasant dark find patina.   Ref# V1434  $32.50

EX Ares Numismatics, Netherlands (their grading).

For rarity also see Gorny & Mosch 191, 2010, 1541-2 and ibid, 212, 2013, 1956-7.

Also see CNG, The Coin Shop, 730804 with reverse of lower quality and double-struck which sold for $225.


   
IONIA: MILETOS (Miletus). c. 510-494 B.C. AR Hemitetartemorion. Protome of roaring lion l. Rv. Quail stg. l. within incuse. 5-6mm., 0.17gm. Klein 430. SNG Tübingen 3001.  Rare.  VF, toned.  Ref# V1373    $17.50

For rarity also see Dr. Busso Peus Nach. 376, 2003, 379.

See one here in similar condition which was sold by CNG for $342 incl. buyer's fee and is the more common tetartemorion.





IONIA
: PHOKAIA (Phocaea).  c. 522-494 B.C. Silver Trihemiobol. Archaic hd. of nymph l., wearing rosette-earring, hair tied in sakkos-helmet. Rv. Rough "mill-sail" quadripartite incuse square. 8mm., 0.92gm. SNG Kayhan 522.  A RARE "true" trihemiobol.  Good VF, test cut; beautiful dark tone.   Ref# V1275  $49.50




IONIA: PHOKAIA (Phocaea). Late 6th Cent. B.C. AR Trihemiobol. Archaic hd. of nymph l., wearing rosette-earring, hair tied in sakkos-helmet. Rv. Quadripartite incuse square, the quarters separated by thin bands. 7mm., 0.90gm. Rosen 596.  A RARE "true" trihemiobol.  VF, some die-rust extant.   Ref# V1278   $49.50

  

IONIA
: PHOKAIA (Phocaea). 510-494 B.C. AR Hemihekton (Diobol). Archaic hd. of nymph l., wearing earring, hair tied in sakkos decorated with a band of pearls. Rv. Quadripartite incuse square, the quarters separated by thin bands. 7mm., 1.28gm. SNG Kayhan 1433 (= 1.25gm.; obv. struck to l. with entire nose and mouth off the flan).  VF   Ref# V1433  $39.50

EX Ares Numismatics, Netherlands (their grading).


          

IONIA: PHOKAIA (Phocaea). c. 521-478 B.C. AR Hemitetartemorion (1/8th of an obol). Archaic hd. of nymph l., wearing sakkos (saccos). Rv. Quadripartite incuse square, the quarters separated by thin bands. 6mm., 0.16gm. Rosen 598, otherwise unpublished and RRR  Good F, toned.   Ref# V1397  $27.50

For the rarity also see
Numismatik Naumann 99, 2021, 250.

Ημιτεταρτημόριον, 1/8 του οβολού. Hemitetartemorion (Ancient Greek: ημιτεταρτημόριον: hemitetartēmorion) is the name of a silver coin minted in Ancient Greece, valued at 1/8 of an obol. Its name means "eighth part" - from hemi, meaning a half, tetarton, meaning a fourth, and morion: part, portion.


      

ACHAEMENID KINGDOM of the Persians: DARIUS I (the Great) & XERXES I (the Great), 519–465 B.C., Silver Tetartemorion = Twenty-Fourth Siglos (1/24 Siglos), Sardis mint, c. 505-480 B.C.  Kneeling-running figure of the Great King r., dagger in r. hand, bow in l., bearded, crowned. Rv. Irregular rectangular incuse punch. 5mm., 0.16gm. Unpublished (but cf. Klein 760 = Künker 304, 2018, 702 = 1/32nd siglos = 0.11gm.) and Leu Numismatik 3, 2018, 124 (0.15gm., sim. cond. but called EF, PR CHF 550+ ~ $500+ USD).  Very Rare.  VF, pleasantly toned with nice surfaces; a small coin, difficult to photograph, better "in hand" - the obverse much more attractive than the image would indicate!   Ref# V1390   $85

EX Lanz Numismatik, Munich (their attribution as a 1/24th siglos and obverse and reverse identification, dating, mint, rarity and grading).

Also as Agora Auctions 68, 2017, 73 = Tetartemorion = Twenty-Fourth Siglos = 0.15gm. = "Extremely Rare."


                
LYDIA: SARDES (Sardis, Sardeis), c. 301-297 B.C., Dichalkon. Hd. of Herakles r., clad in lion-skin headdress. Rv. ΣAΡΔI/ANΩN. Amphora; to lower r., monogram. Æ14mm., 3.92gm. Apparently unpublished monogram (but cf. BMC 46-7). Rare. VF, rather thick flan.  Ref.# V1094  $32.50

Ex Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (
his attribution and grade).


 
                  

LYDIA: APOLLONIS. Under the strategist Hermokrates. A.D. 160-169. Assarion. AΠOΛΩNI-ΔEΩN. Bust of Tyche r., wearing mural crown. Rv. EΠΙ CΤΡ ΕΡΜΟΚΡΑΤΟΥC. Modius filled with barley-ears and poppies. Æ18-20mm., 4.33gm. SNG München 39.  Very Rare.  VF, dark patina (thus difficult to photograph).  Ref.# V1064  $22.50

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his rarity and grading).


   
LYCIA: MASICYTES (Masikytes), AR Hemidrachm of the Lycian League, minted 27-20 B.C. Laur. hd. of Apollo r. Rv. M-A. Three-stringed kithara (lyre); in lower l. field, tripod: all within shallow incuse square. 15-16mm., 1.09gm. RPC I 3310. Troxell, Lycia, Period IV, Series 6, 110. VF, small test-clip on rim each side of 12 o'clock, pleasant toning and of good style.   Ref# V1441  $49.50

See CNG Coin Shop No. 432943 for an example of less attractive style which sold for $245.

EX private UK collection > Ares Numismatics, Netherlands (their grading) > private New York collection


        

PISIDIA: ETENNA. 1st Cent. B.C. Dichalkon. Nymph adv. r., holding serpent; on ground behind, overturned kantharos: border of dots. Rv. E-T. Sickle-shaped knife (harpa): within shallow circular incise. 17mm., 4.17gm. BMC-.  SNG Copenhagen -. SNG BN 1540 (3.96gm.; obverse and reverse struck off-center).  Rare.  Good F, pleasing dark patina and a well centered example.  Ref# V1422   $20

EX Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co., Munich.

The town has been located 22 km north of Manavgat. Polybios (5.73.3) records that Etenna in 218 B.C. furnished 8000 troops to Garsyenis; he speaks of it as lying in the Pisidian mountain country above Side. It is not mentioned again before the Council of Ephesos in A.D. 341. The site at Sirt is determined by the preponderance of coins of Etenna found there, and confirmed by sherds of the Classical period, such sherds being very rare on the inland sites of this region. The previous location of Etenna at Gölcük, farther east beyond the river Melas, is thus disqualified. The ruins occupy the slopes of a steep hill some 250 m high, north of the village. The ring wall, of irregular ashlar of good quality, is standing in part; the south slope, less steep than the others, is covered with overgrown remains of buildings for the most part unidentifiable. They include however a church, a rock-cut reservoir, and a roofed cistern; a spring of good water supplies the village below. On the north slope are numerous rock-cut tombs, said to number 52 in all. Two statues of women, about life-size, are lying on the hillside, and some half-dozen inscriptions of the Roman period have been seen. There is no theater, and no temple has been recognized.


      

PISIDIA: ETENNA. 1st Cent. B.C. Æ Trihemiobol. Nymph adv. r., holding serpent; at bottom l., amphora. Rv. E-T. Sickle-shaped knife (harpa). 16mm., 3.36gm. BMC-.  SNG Copenhagen -. SNG BN 1539 (2.96gm.; obverse with scratches and rather weakly struck).  Rare.  About VF, pleasing dark patina.  Ref# V1452  $27.50

A quarter-drachm in the silver series.



 

KILIKIA (Cilicia): KELENDERIS (Celenderis), mid-4th Cent. B.C. AR Obol. Harnessed horse galloping r. Rv. KE-Λ. Goat protome r., hd. facing l.; behind, kerykeion (caduceus). 10mm., 0.72gm.  Unpublished, but same issue as A. Tkalec AG Switzerland, Auction February 2001, Lot 153 (realized CHF 550 / $329 less buyer’s premium).  Rare. VF, slight porosity.    Ref# V1590   $140

EX Gorny & Mosch (their attribution, dating, grading) > New York private collection.



KILIKIA (Cilicia): TARSOS (Tarsus). Earlier 4th Cent. B.C. AR Hemiobol. Female hd. (Arethusa?) almost facing, very sl. l. Rv. Facing hd. of Bes. 9mm., 0.38gm. Apparently unpublished denomination (but cf. Göktürk 44, SNG France 486, SNG Levante 233 = obols; and Göktürk 45 = tetartemorion).   Very Rare.   VF, pleasing dark tone not apparent in the photos; obverse portrait in very high relief which explains the bit of flattening at the highest point.    Ref# V1305   $29.50

EX Dr. Serop Simonian, Dionysos Antike Münzen und Antiquitäten, Hamburg (Tarsos, sehr schön).



     

CILICIA
. TARSOS (Tarsus), later 2nd/1st Cent. B.C. Hemiassarion or Dichalkon. Veiled and turreted hd. of the City as Tyche r. Rv. Naked Sandan, holding hammer and flower, stg. on back of horned and winged, lion-like animal r. Æ18-19mm., 4.35gm. SNG Switzerland Levante-Cilicia 962. SNG Tahberer Cilicia 1434 (4.04gm., sim. cond.). Good F, pleasant very dark brownish green, somewhat glossy patina.   Ref# V1624   $24.50

Sandas (more commonly spelled as "Sandan") was the Anatolian (Hittite) lion god represented in association with a horned lion, and often resided inside a pyre surmounted by an eagle. He was often associated with Herakles, and sometimes to Marduk. In ceremonies, an image of the god was placed inside a pyre and was set on fire.



   

SELEUKID EMPIRE. ANTIOCHOS I, Soter. 281-261 B.C. AR Drachm, Aï Khanoum mint, struck c. 266-261 BC. His diad. hd. r. Rv. Apollo Delphios, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow, std l. on omphalos; Δ-in-circle to inner l. 18mm., 3.76gm.  SC 439.1a. HGC 9, 134c.  Very Rare.  Nearly Fine, obv. pit but of good weight.   Ref# V1646   $30

EX Khan Warraich collection and Lanz Munich (their attribution and grade).

One here of slightly lighter weight which hammered at $275 (including buyer’s fee).


             

PHOENICIA: SIDON. 'Abd'Ashtart (Straton I). 372-359 B.C. AR Sixteenth-Shekel. Galley sailing l., waves below; Phoenician letter beth above. Rv. King stg. r., fighting with rampant lion l.; Phoenician letter ayin between. 10mm., 0.73gm.  Klein 718.  VF   Ref.# V1054  $65

EX Gitbud & Naumann, Munich (their grading).

He cultivated friendly relations with Athens, indicated in a decree of proxenia (Michel, Rec. d'inscr. gr. No. 93 = CIG. No. 87); his court was famed for its luxury; and the extent to which phil-Hellenic tendencies prevailed at this time in Sidon is shown by the royal sarcophagi, noble specimens of Greek art, which have been excavated in the necropolis of the city.




PALESTINE
. JUDAEA. The JEWISH COINAGE (Coins of the Jews).  The HERODIAN KINGDOM: HEROD I “The Great.” 40 - 4 B.C. Æ Prutah, Jerusalem mint, 37 - 4 B.C. “Herod King” abbreviated in Greek. Cross outside open diadem. Rv. Temple tripod table within dotted border. 15-16mm., 1.94gm. Hendin 1181 ($75 in F). Meshorer, TJC (A Treasury of Jewish Coins from the Persian Period to Bar Kokhba, Jerusalem, 2001), 52.  Very Scarce.  Good F   Ref# V1593   $37.50

See one here in sim. cond. which realized $108 = $118.80 w/ BP.  Another here in sim. cond. but called Choice VF ($200-$250) and mistakenly attributed to Hendin 1184.

   
PALESTINE. JUDAEA. The JEWISH COINAGE (Coins of the Jews).  The HERODIAN KINGDOM: HEROD I “The Great.” 40 - 4 B.C. Æ Prutah, Jerusalem mint, 37 - 4 B.C. “Herod King” abbreviated in Greek. Cross within open diadem. Rv. Temple tripod table within dotted border.  13-15mm., 1.29gm.  BMC 36. Hendin 1179 ($75 in F). Meshorer, TJC (A Treasury of Jewish Coins from the Persian Period to Bar Kokhba, Jerusalem, 2001), 50. RPC I, p. 679 (4 specimens recorded) and pl. 178, 4906 (sim. cond.). Very Scarce.  Good F   Ref# V1610   $49.50

Here at PR €240 / USD $264 w/ BP


   

PALESTINE
. JUDAEA. The JEWISH COINAGE (Coins of the Jews).  The HERODIAN KINGDOM: HEROD I “The Great.” 40 - 4 B.C. Æ Prutah, Jerusalem mint, 37 - 4 B.C. “Herod King” abbreviated in Greek. Cross within open diadem. Rv. Temple tripod table within dotted border.  13-15mm., 1.29gm.  BMC 36. Hendin 1179 ($75 in F). Meshorer, TJC (A Treasury of Jewish Coins from the Persian Period to Bar Kokhba, Jerusalem, 2001), 50. RPC I, p. 679 (4 specimens recorded) and pl. 178, 4906 (sim. cond.). Very Scarce.  Good F   Ref# V1609   $32.50

Here at PR €240 / USD $264 w/ BP


PALESTINE. JUDAEA. The JEWISH COINAGE (Coins of the Jews).  The HERODIAN KINGDOM: HEROD I (The Great), 40 - 4 B.C. Æ Prutah, Jerusalem mint, 37 - 4 B.C. “Herod King” abbreviated in Greek. Cross surmounted by diadem; border of dots.  Rv. Temple tripod-table curved legs within circular border. 14-15mm., 1.51gm. BMC Palestine pl. XXIV, 8. Hendin 1181 ($75 in F). Meshorer, TJC (A Treasury of Jewish Coins from the Persian Period to Bar Kokhba, Jerusalem, 2001), 52. RPC I, p. 679 (4 specimens recorded) and pl. 178, 4906 (sim. cond.).  Very ScarceGood F, dark brownish-green patina with earthen highlights.   Ref# V1599   $27.50

See one here which realized $384 w/ BP. Another here which realized €108 = $118.80 w/ BP.

  
PALESTINE. JUDAEA. The JEWISH COINAGE (Coins of the Jews).  The HERODIAN KINGDOM: HEROD I (The Great), 40 - 4 B.C. Æ Prutah, Jerusalem mint, 37 - 4 B.C. Small diadem within legend naming King Herod in irregular lines. Rv. Temple tripod table with curved legs within circular border. 14-17mm., 1.52gm. Hendin 1184. Meshorer, TJC 54a. Meshorer, AJC -. A&F (D.T. Ariel & J.-P. Fontanille, The Coins of Herod: A Modern Analysis and Die Classification. Leiden, 2012) Type 9. RPC I –. HGC 10, –.  Rare.  Good F, dark patina.   Ref# V1608   $75

Superior centering to GNG 118, 2021, 494, PR $212.40 w/ BP.


               

ANCIENT INDIA, INDO-GREEK KINGDOMS, KINGDOM OF BACTRIA, EUTHYDEMID DYNASTY: MENANDER I, Soter, c. 160-135 B.C., Æ Sq. Unit, Pushkalavati Mint,  Name of the king around, in Greek, abbreviated: BΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ MENANΔPOΣ (“King Savior Menander”). Hd. of elephant r., trunk raised, bell suspended from neck. Rv. Name and titles of the king around, in kharosthi: Maharajasa Tratarasa Menandrasa (“Great King Savior Menander”). Club of Herakles, vertical, handle down, monogram to l., A to r. 13mm., 2.39gm. Bopearachchi 28E. Mitchiner 134, Type 239.  Rare.  Good F, attractive, rather glossy, very dark find-patina    Ref# V1641   $17.50

EX Khan Warraich collection and Lanz Munich (their attribution and grade).

Menander, also spelled Minedra or Menadra, Pali Milinda, was the greatest of the Indo-Greek kings and the one best known to Western and Indian classical authors.

The Euthydemid dynasty was a Hellenistic dynasty founded by Euthydemus I in 230 B.C. which ruled the Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek kingdoms throughout the Hellenistic period from 230 B.C. to A.D. 10, upon the death of its last ruler, Strato III in Gandhara.

O. Bopearachchi. Monnaies Gréco-Bactriennes et Indo-Grecques. Paris. 1991.


                  

INDO-SKYTHIANS: MAUES, 98/85 – 60/57 B.C., Æ Chalkous, Taxila.  Apollo stg. facing sl. l., holding arrow and resting hand on grounded bow; monogram to lower l.; Greek legend around. Rv. Tripod; Kharosthi legend around. 13 x 14mm., 1.93gm. Senior 7.1.  Rare.  VF , dark find-patina.   Ref# V1643  $13.50

EX Khan Warraich collection and Lanz Munich (their attribution and grade).

Maues is the first recorded ruler of the Sakas in the Indus. He is first mentioned in the Moga inscription:
"In the seventy eighth, 78, year the Great King, the Great Moga, on the fifth, 5, day of the month Panemos, on this first, of the Kshaharata and Kshatrapa of Chukhsa - Liaka Kusuluka by name - his son Patika - in the town of Takshasila."




INDO-SKYTHIANS, NORTHERN SATRAPS. MUJATRIA, c. A.D. 1-20. Æ Sq. Unit. Horseman adv. r.; around, legend in Greek naming Mujatria as Satrap. Rv. Chatrapasa Kharaostaputrasa Mujatriasa ('of Mujatria the Satrap, son of Kharahostes' in Kharoshthi). Goddess stg. facing, holding up one hand; Kharoshthi legend around. 2mm., 1.29gm. Senior 147 (Hajatria). Cribb, Mujatria 8b.  Rare.  Good F, pleasantly toned.  Ref# V1645  $9.50

Mujatria was the son of Kharahostes and brother-in-law of Rajuvula. His name was read as Hajatria by Senior, but this was corrected to Mujatria by Cribb in 2015.

For the rarity also see Stephen Album 31, 2018, 2136  (hammered at $130).

EX Khan Warraich collection and Lanz Munich (their attribution and grade).



The INDO-PARTHIAN (Suren) KINGDOM: GONDOPHARES II, the Great* (A.D. 19-46), Billon Drachm, Jammu-Pathankot. His diad. and bearded bust r.; around, barbarous Greek legend naming the king. Rv. Rv. Pallas Athena in fighting attitude, adv. r., with thunderbolt and aegis. 11-12mm., 2.65gm.  MAC 2641. BMC pl. XXII, 7.   Scarce.   Good F, on a thick flan with a pleasing find-patina.    Ref# V1601   $32.50

* Per Alberto M. Simonetta and François Widemann, The Chronology of the Gondopharean Dynasty (in East and West, Vol. 28, No. 1/4, Dec. 1978), p. 161: “ … we find Gondophares the Great ruling in 45 A.D. (having ascended the throne in 19 A.D.) ... ”

According to the Acts of Thomas, the apostle Thomas, against his personal inclinations, was instructed by the appearance of Christ to preach the Gospel to the Indians under the direction of Habban, a minister of King Gondophares, and made several converts, including Gondophares himself. The mention of this king is made in various texts and versions of the Apocryphal Acts of Thomas, and it is remarkable that after so many centuries, the actual existence of this king has been proven by the discovery of his coins in India. His kingdom comprised the areas of Arachosia, Kabul and Gandhara (present Afghanistan and Pakistan). Some scholars recognize his name (also known as: Gondopharnes, Gondophernes, Gundafar) through its Armenian form, Gathaspar, in Gaspar, the traditional name of one of the Three Wise Men who came from the East to worship Jesus Christ at his nativity.

The Indo-Parthian Kingdom, also known as the Suren Kingdom, was a Parthian kingdom founded by the Gondopharid branch of the House of Suren.



The INDO-PARTHIAN (Suren) KINGDOM: GONDOPHARES II, the GREAT* (A.D. 19-46), Billon Drachm, Jammu-Pathankot. His diad. hd. r.; around, barbarous Greek legend naming the king.  Rv. Pallas Athena adv. r., with thunderbolt and aegis. 11-12mm., 2.65gm. Whitehead, Panjab Museum, Vol. 1, Indo-Greek Coins, Coins of the Indo-Parthians, Indo-Parthian Kings, p. 155 and pl. XV, 39. Senior 222.1D.   Scarce.   Good F, on a thick flan with a pleasing find-patina.    Ref# V1602   $32.50

* Per Alberto M. Simonetta and François Widemann, The Chronology of the Gondopharean Dynasty (in East and West, Vol. 28, No. 1/4, Dec. 1978), p. 161: “ … we find Gondophares the Great ruling in 45 A.D. (having ascended the throne in 19 A.D.) ... ”

According to the Acts of Thomas, the apostle Thomas, against his personal inclinations, was instructed by the appearance of Christ to preach the Gospel to the Indians under the direction of Habban, a minister of King Gondophares, and made several converts, including Gondophares himself. The mention of this king is made in various texts and versions of the Apocryphal Acts of Thomas, and it is remarkable that after so many centuries, the actual existence of this king has been proven by the discovery of his coins in India. His kingdom comprised the areas of Arachosia, Kabul and Gandhara (present Afghanistan and Pakistan). Some scholars recognize his name (also known as: Gondopharnes, Gondophernes, Gundafar) through its Armenian form, Gathaspar, in Gaspar, the traditional name of one of the Three Wise Men who came from the East to worship Jesus Christ at his nativity.

The Indo-Parthian Kingdom, also known as the Suren Kingdom, was a Parthian kingdom founded by the Gondopharid branch of the House of Suren.




The INDO-PARTHIAN (Suren) KINGDOM: GONDOPHARES II, the GREAT* (A.D. 19-46), Billon Drachm, Jammu-Pathankot. His double-diad. and bearded bust r.; around, corrupt Greek legend naming the king.  Rv. Pallas Athena adv. r., hurling thunderbolt.   10-11mm., 2.21gm.  Bopearachchi and Pieper, Ancient Indian Coins, 290. Mitchiner ACW 1142.  Scarce.   Good F, on a thick flan with a good find-patina.    Ref# V1603   $32.50

* Per Alberto M. Simonetta and François Widemann, The Chronology of the Gondopharean Dynasty (in East and West Journal, Vol. 28, No. 1/4, Dec. 1978), p. 161: “ … we find Gondophares the Great ruling in 45 A.D. (having ascended the throne in 19 A.D.) ... ”

According to the Acts of Thomas, the apostle Thomas, against his personal inclinations, was instructed by the appearance of Christ to preach the Gospel to the Indians under the direction of Habban, a minister of King Gondophares, and made several converts, including Gondophares himself. The mention of this king is made in various texts and versions of the Apocryphal Acts of Thomas, and it is remarkable that after so many centuries, the actual existence of this king has been proven by the discovery of his coins in India. His kingdom comprised the areas of Arachosia, Kabul and Gandhara (present Afghanistan and Pakistan). Some scholars recognize his name (also known as: Gondopharnes, Gondophernes, Gundafar) through its Armenian form, Gathaspar, in Gaspar, the traditional name of one of the Three Wise Men who came from the East to worship Jesus Christ at his nativity.

The Indo-Parthian Kingdom, also known as the Suren Kingdom, was a Parthian kingdom founded by the Gondopharid branch of the House of Suren.


KINGDOM of ELYMAIS (Elymaean Kingdom, Kingdom of Elam, Elamite Kingdom): KAMNASKIRES VIII. ca. A.D. 1-15. Drachm, Seleucia on the Hedyphon. His bearded, crowned and diademed bust l.; to l., star, crescent and anchor. Rv. Anchor surrounded by pellets and dashes. Æ13-15mm., 2.83gmUnpublished? variant of van ’t Haaff 16.3.2-2A (portrait).   Rare.  VF   Ref.# V1096   $47.50

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz (his attribution to Kamnaskires VIII, mint and grading).


Seleucia-on-the-Hedyphon (Greek: Σελεύκεια, also transliterated as Seleuceia, Seleukeia, Seleukheia; formerly Soloke or Soloce, Sodome, and Sele, also Surak) was an ancient city on the Hedyphon (now Jarahi) River in Susiana (earlier Elam), east of Mesopotamia, currently the site of Ja Nishin, Khuzestan Province, Iran

               
ELYMAIS (Susiana): ORODES I. c. A.D. 25-35.  Drachm, Susa. His diad. bust l., wearing tiara with anchor; to r., pellet-in-crescent above inverted anchor with single crossbar. Rv. Anchor; series of dashes. 14mm., Æ2.99gm. van 't Haaff 16.3.2-1A.  Rare.  VF   Ref# V1219   $23.50

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his attribution to Orodes I and grading).

                    

KINGDOM of ELYMAIS: PHRAATES I, c. A.D. 35-50. Drachm, mint of Susa. His bearded and mustached bust facing, wearing pearl-diademed tiara; to r., above, "star" within decrescent moon; below, anchor with crossbar at top. Rv. "Double" diadem w/bow and two ribbons. Æ14-16mm., 2.80gm. van 't Haaff 14.3.1-1Cc.   Rare.   VF    Ref# V1257     $25

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (sehr schön).

Superior grade to the two specimens in the British Museum (1, 2).



                   


KINGDOM of ELYMAIS: PHRAATES I, c. A.D. 35-50. Half Unit (Hemidrachm), mint of Susa. His diad. bust l. Rv. Artemis (as archer) stg., almost facing, hd. r., holding bow and quiver. 12-14mm., 1.78gm. van ’t Haaff 14.6.1.3c.  Already rare as a drachm: VERY RARE (Unique?) as a hemidrachm.   VF   Ref# V1245    $19.50

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (grading).

For the rarity also see Pegasi 27, 2012, 220.


         

KINGDOM of ELYMAIS (Elymaean Kingdom, Kingdom of Elam, Elamite Kingdom): ORODES II. c. A.D. 50-70. Drachm, mint of Seleuceia-on-the-Hedyphon. His diad. bust facing, very slightly l.; to r., pellet-in-crescent above inverted anchor with one crossbar. Rv. Radiate bust of Belos (= the Elymaean Zeus) facing; circular Aramaic legend around (= "Orodes, son of Orodes"). Æ14mm., 3.31gm. van 't Haaff 13.2.1-2Bk.  Rare.  VF   Ref# V1220   $23.50

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his rarity, mint and grading).


                

KINGDOM of ELYMAIS (Elymaean Kingdom, Kingdom of Elam, Elamite Kingdom): ORODES II. c. A.D. 50-70. Drachm, mint of Seleuceia-on-the-Hedyphon. His diad. bust facing, very slightly l.; to r., pellet-in-crescent above inverted anchor with one crossbar. Rv. Radiate bust of Belos (= the Elymaean Zeus) facing; circular Aramaic legend around (= "Orodes, son of Orodes"). Æ15mm., 3.43gm. van ’t Haaff 13.2.1-2Ba.  Rare.  VF  Ref# V1253  $20

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his rarity, mint and grading).



ELYMAÏS
(Susiana): ORODES III. c. A.D. 70-75. Drachm, mint of Susa. His dr. bust l., wearing tiara with anchor and dotted rim, diadem band below tiara, ribbon falling behind bust from dot; to r., pellet within crescent above anchor with one crossbar at top. Rv. Dr. bust of Belos l., wearing torque. Æ13mm., 2.93gm. van 't Haaff 16.2.1-2Ab.  Rare.  VF   Ref# V1341  $12.50

EX Numismatik Lanz, Munich
(sehr schön).


KINGDOM of ELYMAIS: PHRAATES II, c. A.D. 75-90. Drachm, mint of Seleukeia on the Hedyphon. His bearded bust l., wearing tiara; to r., pellet inside crescent above anchor with one crossbar. Rv. BACIΛEΩC ΦPAATEC (blundered). Artemis stg. r., drawing arrow from quiver with r. hand, bow in l. Æ14-15mm., 3.88gm. van 't Haaff 14.6.1-1a.  VF   Ref# V1349    $23.50

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his attribution to Phraates II, mint and grading).


KINGDOM of ELYMAIS: PHRAATES II, c. A.D. 75-90. Hemidrachm(?), mint of Seleukeia-on-the-Hedyphon. His diad. and dr. bust facing; to r., anchor downward with no crossbar. Rv. Eagle stg. facing, hd. l., wings spread. 12-14mm., 2.26gm. As Numismatik Naumann 20, 2014, 378. BMC Elymais p. 278, 56 (2.27gm.). van ’t Haaff 14.2.1-2Ah.  Very Scarce.   VF    Ref# V1242   $24.50

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his attribution to Phraates II, mint and grading).


                  


ELYMAÏS (Susiana): ORODES III, last decade of the 1st Century. Drachm, mint of Susa. His dr. bust l., wearing tiara; behind, star and crescent moon over anchor. Rv. Dr. bust of Artemis r., wearing kalathos.  Æ15mm., 3.52gm.  van 't Haaff 16.1.1-3Aa.   Rare.  VF   Ref# V1260   $20

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (sehr schön).

For dating cf. Wiesehöfer, 1996, p. 318. Pakzadian, 2007, pp. 56-57 & VII-X.


For the rarity also see Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 409, 2013, 208.


                      



ELYMAÏS (Susiana): ORODES III, last decade of the 1st Century. Drachm, mint of Susa. His dr. bust l., wearing tiara; behind, star and crescent-moon over anchor. Rv. Dr. bust of Artemis, wearing kalathos and necklace.  Æ13-16mm., 3.12gm.    van 't Haaff 16.1.1-1b (otherwise unpublished).   Rare.  VF   Ref# V1258   $22.50

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (
sehr schön).



                

KINGS of ELYMAIS. KAMNASKIRES ORODES, c. A.D. 100-120, son of Orodes II. Drachm of Susa mint. Facing diademed bust with bushy hair and top tuft; to r., pellet-in-crescent above anchor with one crossbar on top; pellet between bust and anchor. Rv. Irregular series of dashes. Æ15mm., 3.81gm. van 't Haaff 12.3.1-2A2c (our portrait of superior strike and style).   VF    Ref# V1248   $40

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his grading).


        

KINGS of ELYMAIS. KAMNASKIRES ORODES, c. A.D. 100-120, son of Orodes II. Drachm of Susa. His facing diad. bust r., wearing bushy hair; to r., pellet-in-crescent above anchor with one crossbar on top. Rv. Irregular series of dashes.  Æ15mm., 3.51gm.  van ’t Haaff 12.3.1-1B.   Rare.   VF   Ref# V1252   $35

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his grading).


    
       

KINGS of ELYMAIS. KAMNASKIRES ORODES, c. A.D. 100-120, son of Orodes II. Drachm of Susa. His facing diad. bust r., wearing bushy hair; to r., pellet-in-crescent above anchor with one crossbar on top. Rv. Irregular series of dashes.  Æ15mm., 3.50gm.  van ’t Haaff 12.3.1-1B.   Rare.  VF   Ref# V1265   $35

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his grading).


                   


KINGDOM of ELYMAIS. ORODES IV. c. A.D. 140-160. Drachm, mint of Susa. His diad. bust facing, very slightly l.; wearing hair swept up and top tuft. Rv. Inverted anchor with one crossbar; pellet-in-annulet above; all within wreath. Æ13-14mm., 3.02gm. van ’t Haaff - (but cf. Type 17.3.1-1). Alram –. Very Rare, and an apparently unpublished reverse type.  VF   Ref# V1243   $75

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his grading).

For the rarity and the identical type also see CNG 348, 2015, 410 and 372, 2016, 206 - each realizing $192 incl. buyer's fee.



ELYMAIS: ORODES IV and QUEEN ULPAN. c. A.D. 140-150. Drachm of Seleucia on the Hedyphon. Bust facing l., wearing broad diadem band, with large hair tufts on top of and on side of head, flowing backward; to l., Aramaic legend (wrwd MLK' = King Orodes); pellet border. Rv. Dr. Bust of Queen Ulpan l., wearing necklace, hair tied above with long braid falling behind; to l., Aramaic legend (wip'n = Ulpan); pellet border. Æ14-15mm., 2.35gm. van 't Haaff 17.1.1-1d (ours of overall superior preservation).  VF   Ref# V1348  $25

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his dating, mint and grading).

Ulpan (also known as Ulfan) was the queen consort and queen regnant with Orodes IV of this Helleno-Iranian kingdom known as Elam and then located in what are now southeastern Iraq and the Zagros Mountains of Iran and ruled jointly with him from c. A.D. 140-150.

  
ELYMAIS: ORODES V. c. A.D. 170-180. Drachm, mint of Seleuceia-on-the-Hedyphon, c. A.D. 170-175. His diad. bust facing, viewed from l., hair in tuft at each side and wearing torque. Rv. Bust of Artemis l., wearing tiara and necklace; to r., anchor with crossbar on top.  13-15mm., 3.12gm. van 't Haaff 17.2.1-1b (otherwise apparently unpublished).  Rare. VF   Ref# V1384   $8.50

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his dating, mint and grading).

For the rarity also see Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 409, 2013, 211.

     
ELYMAIS: Unknown Prince (5th). c. A.D. 190-200. Diobol or Hemidrachm, Seleukeia ad Hedyphon. Diad. and bearded hd l., side whiskers of one row of dots; pellet-border. Rv. Artemis stg. r., holding bow in one hand, plucking arrow from her quiver with the other; pellet-border. van 't Haaff 19.1.1-1Bd (ours of similar preservation). Æ11-12mm., 1.28gm.  Rare.   VF   Ref# V1343   $22.50

According to van 't Haaff, too few of these coins are known to determine their denomination.

EX Lanz Munchen (their attribution, mint, dating and grade).


   

ELYMAIS: Unknown Prince (6th). c. A.D. 200-205. Hemidrachm, Seleukeia ad Hedyphon. Diad. and dr. bust l., wearing torque. Rv. Female archer (Artemis) stg. three-quarters r., hd. r., holding bow in her extended l. hand and reaching for arrow from quiver in her r. Æ11-12mm., 1.91gm. van 't Haaff 19.1.1-1Bf (ours of superior preservation).  Rare.  VF   Ref# V1351  $12.50

EX Lanz Munchen (their attribution, mint, dating and grade).

According to van 't Haaff, too few of these coins are known to determine their denomination.




ELYMAIS: Unknown Prince (9th). c. A.D. 215-220. Æ Unit (Diobol or Hemidrachm), Seleucia on the Hedyphon mint. His diad. hd. l., hair tied up behind in a rosette-pattern. Rv. Trident; to l.; crescent and pellet. Æ9-10mm., 1.30gm. Apparently unpublished!   RRR   VF   Ref# V1346   $37.50

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his attribution, dating, mint and grading).

According to van 't Haaff, too few of these coins are known to determine their denomination.


 

ELYMAIS: Unknown Prince (9th). c. A.D. 215-220. Æ Unit (Hemidrachm), Seleukeia on the Hedyphon. Diad. hd. l. Rv. Anchor with crossbar within wreath.  Æ10-11, 1.58gm. van 't Haaff 21.1.1-1a.  de Morgan -. BMC -. Alram -.  Rare.  VF   Ref# V1345  $9.50

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his attribution, dating, mint and grading).

According to van 't Haaff, too few of these coins are known to determine their denomination.



ELYMAIS: Unknown Prince (9th). c. A.D. 215-220. Æ Unit (Hemidrachm), Seleucia on the Hedyphon mint. His diad. hd. l.; pelleted border Rv. Anchor with crossbar; to each side, pellet and crescent: all within stylized wreath. Æ9-10mm., 1.40gm. Apparently unpublished (but cp. van 't Haaff 21.1.1-1).   Very Rare.   Ref# V1387  VF   $15

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his attribution, dating, mint and grading).

According to van 't Haaff, too few coins are known in this weight-class to determine a drachmaic denomination.



ELYMAIS
: Unknown Prince (9th). c. A.D. 215-220. Æ Unit (Diobol?), Seleukeia on the Hedyphon. Diad. and bearded bust l., wearing torque. Rv. Anchor within wreath. Æ9-10mm., 1.14gm.  van 't Haaff 21.1.1-1b.  de Morgan -. BMC -. Alram -.    Rare VF   Ref# V1338  $7.50

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his attribution, dating, mint and grading).

According to van 't Haaff, too few of these coins are known to determine their denomination.


               

ELYMAIS: ORODES VI. c. A.D. 220-224. Æ Unit (Hemidrachm), Seleukeia ad Hedyphon. Diad., crowned and dr. bust r. Rv. Crescent and 3 pellets within diadem-wreath. 13mm., 1.68gm.  van 't Haaff 21.2.1-1a.   VF    Ref# V1244    $37.50

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his description, dating, mint and grading); he attributes this issue to "10. unbekannter Prinz" (10th unknown prince), but in fact Orodes VI reigned during these years according to Josef Wiesehöfer in "ANCIENT PERSIA from 550 BC to 650 AD" (London, 1996).

Pieter van 't Haaff refers to the denomination here as a "unit."


ELYMAIS: ORODES VI. c. A.D. 220-224. Æ Unit (Tetrobol), Seleukeia ad Hedyphon. His diad. cr. and dr. bust l. Rv. Diadem containing pellet above and below crescent. 10-12mm., 1.99gm. Apparently unpublished (but see van 't Haaff 21.2.1-1a: portrait r. and 3 pellets on one side of crescent).  RR.  Ref# V1386  VF, relatively thick flan.   Ref# V1394   $47.50

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his description, dating, mint and grading); he attributes this issue to "10. unbekannter Prinz" (10th unknown prince), but Orodes VI reigned during these years according to Josef Wiesehöfer in "ANCIENT PERSIA from 550 BC to 650 AD" (London, 1996).

Pieter van 't Haaff refers to the denomination here as a "unit."




ELYMAIS: ORODES VI. c. A.D. 220-224. Æ Unit (Hemidrachm), Seleukeia ad Hedyphon. His dr. and diad. bust l. Rv. Diadem containing pellet each side of crescent.. 10mm., 1.62gm. Apparently unpublished (but cp. van 't Haaff 21.2.1-1a: bust r. and 3 pellets on one side of crescent only).  RR.  Ref# V1386  VF, relatively thick flan.  $12.50

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his description, dating, mint and grading); he attributes this issue to "10. unbekannter Prinz" (10th unknown prince), but Orodes VI reigned during these years according to Josef Wiesehöfer in "ANCIENT PERSIA from 550 BC to 650 AD" (London, 1996).

Pieter van 't Haaff refers to the denomination here as a "unit."



ELYMAIS: ORODES VII. c. A.D. 224/5. Drachm of Seleukeia on the Hedyphon. His diad. and dr. bust l., wearing torque; hair tied in tuft above. Rv. Diad. and dr. bust of Artemis as the city-goddess l., wearing earring and necklace. Æ12-15mm., 3.33gm.  van t'Haff 18.1.1-2Ad (ours with portrait of the king of far superior preservation).  Rare.  VF   Ref# V1350  $32.50

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his attribution to Orodes VII, mint and grading).



ELYMAIS: ORODES VII. c. A.D. 224/5. Drachm of Seleukeia on the Hedyphon. His diad., crowned and dr. bust l., wearing torque. Rv. Diad. and dr. bust of Artemis as the city-goddess l., wearing earring and necklace. Æ12-14mm., 2.58gm. An unpublished variant of van 't Haaff 18.1.1-1Aa (anchor downwards behind portrait of Artemis; portrait of the king of inferior quality and similar preservation).  Rare.  VF   Ref# V1340  $15

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his attribution to Orodes VII, mint and grading).


ELYMAIS: ORODES VII. c. A.D. 224/5. Drachm of Seleukeia on the Hedyphon. His diad., crowned and dr. bust l., wearing torque. Rv. Diad. and dr. bust of Artemis as the city-goddess l., wearing earring and necklace; behind, decrescent moon(?). Æ13-14mm., 2.52gm. An unpublished variant of van 't Haaff 18.1.1-1Aa (anchor downwards behind portrait of Artemis; portrait of the king of inferior quality and similar preservation).  Rare.  VF    Ref# V1352  $15



EGYPTIAN PTOLEMAIC IMPERIAL COINAGE: QUEEN CLEOPATRA VII, Philopator, wife of Marc Antony and lover of Julius Caesar. Æ Chalkon, Ptolemaic mint of Neopaphos on Cyprus, c. 48-30 B.C. Queen Cleopatra VII, wearing necklace and light drapery, with her hair tied in small bun at neck. Rv. Filleted cornucopiae. 1.19gm. Cf. Kreuzer, The Coinage System of Cleopatra VII and Augustus in Cyprus, p. 44, no. 1. An example from the same series in similar, and, perhaps, inferior condition (but called "Very Fine") sold for $600 incl. buyer's fee at CNG 69 lot 737. Our example of the same series, SNG Cop. 650 vice their 648 (which they apparently mis-attributed to 649).   About VF/Good, greenish-brown, almost black, patina.   Ref# V1574    $60

chalkon = eighth-obol in the silver series


   

EGYPTIAN PTOLEMAIC IMPERIAL COINAGE: QUEEN CLEOPATRA VII, Philopator, wife of Marc Antony and lover of Julius Caesar. Æ Chalkon, Ptolemaic mint of Neopaphos on Cyprus, c. 48-30 B.C. Queen Cleopatra VII, wearing necklace and light drapery, with her hair tied in small bun at neck. Rv. Filleted cornucopiae. 1.29gm. Cf. Kreuzer, The Coinage System of Cleopatra VII and Augustus in Cyprus, p. 44, no. 1. An example from the same series in similar, and, perhaps, inferior condition (but called "Very Fine") sold for $600 incl. buyer's fee at CNG 69 lot 737. Our example of the same series, SNG Cop. 650 vice their 648 (which they apparently mis-attributed to 649).  VF, attractive greenish-brown, almost black, patina.   Ref.# V1016   $49.50

chalkon = eighth-obol in the silver series



EGYPTIAN PTOLEMAIC IMPERIAL COINAGE: QUEEN CLEOPATRA VII, Philopator, wife of Marc Antony and lover of Julius Caesar. Æ Chalkon, Ptolemaic mint of Neopaphos on Cyprus. c. 34 - 31 B.C. Laur. hd. of Zeus Ammon r. Rv. Zeus Salaminos stg. almost facing, hd. l., holding grain ear and torch.  1.76gm.  Cox, Excavations at Curium, 128. BMC Cyprus, lxxxi, 2. Svoronos -. SNG Cop. -. Lichochka, Un Type de Zeus sur les Monnaies Hellenistiques de Neapaphos, 5-6. Museum of the History of Cypriot Coinage, Coin Catalogue (Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, Nicosia, 1996), Ch. 11, 35. Sear -.   Really Good Fine, good dark brownish-green patina.    Ref.# V1038   $39.50

chalkon = eighth-obol in the silver series

The statue of Zeus Salaminos has been uncovered by archaeologists in Salamis.



NOMES of EGYPT: PELUSION (Pelusium). Dichalkon of Hadrian, A.D. 126/7. His laur. bust r., drapery on l. shoulder. Rv. ΠΗΛΟΥ (“of Pelusion”) to l., LIA (= Regnal Year 11) to r. Pomegranate.  Æ13-14mm., 1.56gm.  Dattari 6348. Milne -. RPC III 6533.  Rare VF, pleasant medium-dark brown patina/tone and of good style for this rare issue. (The white spots/digital artifacts appearing on the photos are not apparent on the coin).  Ref# V1582   $160

For the rarity also see CNG 297, 2013, 260.

An example here which realized $416.50 w/ BP, well over twice our price in similar condition. Here, inferior, but called Choice VF at $295. Another here at $285.

EX Naville Numismatics, London (their grading), the English partner of NAC, an auction house founded in Zurich in 1988, and well reputed to be one of the world’s leading and most trusted firms for Classical Numismatics, which, over the years, has been honored to sell countless important collections which form part of one of the most important series of sales ever to take place in the history of Numismatics > New York collection.

Pelusium (Pelousion) is named (as "Sin, the strength of Egypt") in the Biblical book of Ezekiel, chapter 30:15.


ZEUGITANIA: CARTHAGE. First-half of the 4th Cent. B.C. Æ Unit. Wreathed hd. of Tanit l. Rv. Horse stg. r. before palm tree. 16mm., 2.93gm.  De Luynes 3803.  Good F/F   Decent dark patina and much better "in hand" with occlusions much more feintly apparent!  Ref# V1108   $15

EX Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co., Munich.



ZEUGITANIA: CARTHAGE. First-half of the 4th Cent. B.C. Æ Unit. Wreathed head of Tanit l. Rv. Horse stg. r. before palm tree. 16mm., 2.91gm.  De Luynes 3803.  Good F/F   Decent dark patina and much better "in hand" with occlusions much more feintly apparent!  Ref# V1107   $15

EX Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co., Munich.


                   

ANCIENT INDIA. KUSHAN EMPIRE. KANISHKA I, A.D. 127-144. Æ Drachm, Kashmir mint. Kanishka stg. l., holding goad and standard, sacrificing over altar; ca in Kharosthi to l. Rv. Nana stg. r., holding scepter and box; tamgha to r. 17mm., 4.09gm. R. Göbl, MK (System und Chronologie der Münzprägung des Kušānreiches) 806. VF, good very dark find-patina.   Ref# V1644   $14.50

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich and the the Khan Warraich collection.

                 

ANCIENT INDIA. KIDARA KUSHANS, Peshawar/Taxila, c. A.D. 270-350. Æ Unit. King stg. facing sl. l., hd. l., sacrificing at an altar and holding trident uncertain object in l. hand, and wearing a kandys.  Rv. Ardoksho std. on throne, facing. holding a cornucopiae. 19-20mm., 5.80gm. Cf. Wilfried Pieper,  Ancient Indian Coins Revisited, 1300.  Rare. Good VF, an attractive example of this rare issue.   Ref# V1642   $18.50

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich and the the Khan Warraich collection.


The HUNS in INDIA. AR Dramma (Obol) of Sind. Śri Yashaaditya. Mid-6th Century. Hunnic hd. r., wearing thin-lined crown. Rv. Trident-symbol with legend naming Śri Yashaaditya (Sri Ya Shaa Di Tya).  0.47gm. Tandon, JONS 197 (2008), 18.   Very Rare.   EF   Ref.# V1015  $39.50

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his rarity and grading).

One here in much inferior preservation at US$100+




The ROMAN REPUBLIC. Lucius Rutilius Flaccus, 77 B.C. Silvered Denarius (Subaeratus). Helmeted hd. of Roma r. Rv. Victory driving galloping biga r., holding wreath and reins. 16mm., 2.81gm. Cf. Rutilia.1a; Cr. 387/1.  Fine/VF, crystallized; pleasant dark toning.   Ref# V1274   $16.50

This moneyer
became a senator in 72 B.C.


ALBINUS BRUTUS F. Assassin of Julius Caesar. Silvered Denarius (Subaeratus), 48 B.C. Rome. PIETAS (downwards). Diad. hd. of Pietas r. Rv. ALBINVS · BRVTVS · F. Two hands in a handshake; behind, kerykeion (caduceus). 18mm., 3.48gm. Crawford 450/2; HCRI 26; Sydenham 942; Postumia 10. Some corrosion, otherwise, Fine   Ref.# V1065  $85

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich.

THIS Brutus is the individual that Caesar would have most likely targeted with the phrase"Et tu, Brute?" (rather than Marcus Junius Brutus) during his assassination.

Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus (Decimus) was a great general and a close friend of Caesar’s who rose in the ranks to become one of the most powerful men in Rome. But in a culture where the concept of “dignitas” — a complex term that meant not just dignity, but also worth, prestige and honor — was the “cherished ideal,” a life spent in Caesar’s shadow rendered Decimus uneasy. He was named as the second heir in Caesar's will, which meant he would have become Caesar's heir and inherited a majority (two-thirds, or in some other sources, three-quarters) of his property if Gaius Octavius (later adopted to the Julii as Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus) hadn't accepted Caesar's will. (But we know then-18-year-old Octavius accepted it, and we have seen the dawn of the Roman Empire. After he and the conspirators killed the "tyrant" Caesar, Decimus Brutus would be killed soon by a Gallic chief, who was loyal to Marcus Antonius, Caesar's loyal friend and cousin.


MARCUS ANTONIUS (Mark Antony). Semis, Naval base of Bibulus, (‘Sistripia’ mint), 38/37 B.C. Fleet Coinage. L. Bibulus M.f., praetor designatus. Bare hd. of Marc Antony r. Rv. Quinquereme r., with three oars and stern ending in boar's head to l.  Leaded bronze, 16-17mm., 2.99gm., 9h. Amandry, Le Monnayage en Bronze de Bibulus, Atratinus et Capito: Une Tentative de Romanisation en Orient, L. Calpurnius Bibulus M.f., E19 (D1/R3). RPC I 4092BMC -. Syd. 1259. Sear, CRI p. 175, no. 277. SNG Cop. -.  Rare.   Near F, legends weak, but of good style for these issues.   Ref# V1628   $110

EX private European collection > private New York collection, previously sold for €180.

One here which hammered at $312 w/ BP
; here at €500.


    
KINGDOM of THRACE. AUGUSTUS and RHOEMETALCES (Rhoimetalkes) I, 11 B.C.-A.D. 12. Assarion, Perinthus. Diad. hd. of Rhoimetalkes r. Rv. Bare hd. of Augustus r. Æ17-18mm., 3.92gm. Corpus Nummorum Thracorum (CNT) 3250. Good F   Ref.# V1053   $17.50

Assarion = hemiobol in the silver serie
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AUGUSTUS, with Gaius Caesar. 17 B.C.-A.D. 4. Assarion of Apameia in Phrygia, c. 5 B.C. Gaius Masonius Rufus, magistrate. ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ. Laur. hd. of Augustus r. Rv. ΓΑΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ above; ΓΑΙΟΣ ΜΑΣΩΝΙΟΣ ΡΟΥΦΟΣ [AΠΑΜΕΩΝ] in three lines below. Gaius Caesar stg. facing in facing quadriga, holding sceptre. 5.36gm.  Rare.  SNG von Aulock 3484.  Near VF  Ref# V1565  $57.50  

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his grading; and his attribution to Caligula!).

One sold here for $165 w/ BP and figure of Gaius nearly invisible.




GAIUS CAESAR
, 17 B.C. / A.D. 4. Hemiassarion of Laodicea (Laodikeia) ad Lycum (on-the-Lycus) in Phrygia, under the magistrate Antonius Polemon Philopatris, 5 B.C. ΓΑΙΟΣ ΚΑ(ΙΣΑΡ). Bare hd. of Gaius Caesar r. Rv. Eagle with spread wings, stg. facing, turned sl. to r. and with hd. l., between two monograms; ΛΑΟΔ(ΙΚΕΩΝ) below. 15mm., 2.81gm. BMC 156 (Caligula*).  Rare.   Really Good F/Mediocre, reverse smoothed, but an excellent-style portrait; counter-mark on the back of the head.   Ref# V1430  $47.50

*The issue is now assigned to Gaius Caesar.

Gaius Caesar, b. 20 B.C., was the oldest grandson of Augustus, son of Agrippa and the emperor's daughter Julia. Almost from infancy he and his younger brother Lucius were given an education suitable for heirs to the throne. He was given ever-greater responsibilities, with an experienced staff to guide him (including the somewhat dubious Marcus Lollius, grandfather of Caligula's third wife Lollia Paulina, who amassed an enormous fortune from bribery and, until his enforced suicide in A.D. 2, did his best to cause strife between Gaius and his uncle Tiberius).

He settled a number of problems with the Parthians, but he was wounded by trickery while on campaign against rebels in Armenia. Initially healed, the wound led to serious health problems and he died on 21 February A.D. 4. It has long been rumored that Gaius (as well as his brother Lucius, and others) was actually poisoned on the orders of Livia, as a way of ensuring the succession of her son Tiberius.

This issue was struck when Gaius was 24/25 years old.

     
TIBERIUS. A.D. 14-37. Æ As of Turiaso (Turiasu, Turismo) in Hispania. TI CAESAR AVG.F IMP.PONT.M. His laur. hd. r. Rv. Bull stg. r.  27-29mm, 11.80gm. SNG Cop. 605 (9.53gm.; our obverse in superior condition; reverse also worn).  VF, reverse smoothed.  Ref.# V1093  $18.50

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his attribution and grading).

During the Roman era, Turiaso (the modern Tarazona) was a prosperous city whose inhabitants were full Roman citizens.


          

TIBERIUS and LIVIA. Provincial As of Thessalonica in Macedon. Minted A.D. 22/23.

 Laur. hd. of Tiberius r. Rv. Diad. hd. of Livia r. Æ22mm., 8.65gm. RPC 1568. Touratsoglou, Thessalonika, pl.6, 157.  Rare. Obverse scratch, otherwise, VF, attractive glossy black patina.   Ref.# V1014  $49.50

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz (his grade).

For the rarity also see Gorny & Mosch 126, lot 1779 which realized well over $500 with BP.


     

CALIGULA. A.D. 37-41. Provincial Semis (= Assarion) of Aezanis in Phrygia. Straton, Medeos (magistrate). ΓAIOC KAIΣAP. His laur. hd. r. Rv. AIZANITWN EΠI MHΔHOY. Zeus stg. almost facing, hd. l., holding eagle and scepter. Æ20mm., 5.09gm.  RPC I 3075 (ours of somewhat superior preservation).  Rare.  VF, attractive very dark patina with a very finely detailed, handsome portrait.  Ref# V1125  $79.50

EX Gitbud & Naumann, Munich (their grading).

See Helios 5, 2010, 885 ("A few pits, dark brown patina, very fine. £300")



  
 
CLAUDIUS and MESSALINA with BRITANNICUS. Trichalkon of Caesarea (Tralleis) in Lydia, A.D. 43-9. TI KΛAY KAI CEBAC. Confronted busts of Messalina and Claudius. Rv. BRETANNIKOΣ KAIΣAREΩN. Britannicus, togate, standing almost facing, hd. l., holding wheat ears.  Æ18-19mm., 5.95gm.  BMC 124. RPC 2654. SNG Copenhagen 691.  Rare.  Good F, very dark brownish-green patina with portraits of good style.    Ref# V1451     $125

EX private UK collection > Ares Numismatics, Netherlands (and graded VF) > private New York collection

One here at $495

The only example of this issue offered by CNG which realized $132 w/ BP with inferior portraits.

For the dating, denomination and rarity of this particular issue see The Gilbert Steinberg Collection (Numismatic Ars Classica, Zurich, 1994), no. 804.

Tralles was destroyed by an earthquake (as recorded first by Strabo) in 27 B.C. (recorded in the Chronicle of St. Jerome) but was rebuilt by Augustus and took the name of Caesarea.

Claudius, barely three weeks emperor, Messalina on 12 February 41 gave birth to Tiberius Claudius Germanicus, who received the honorary name Britannicus in 43. After the death of Claudius his stepbrother Nero had him poisoned, four months later, on apparently the day before his 14th birthday.


       
NERO
, A.D. 54-68. AR Hemidrachm of Caesaraea (Eusebia) in Cappadocia, A.D. 59/60. His laur. hd. r. Rv. Nike stg. r., r. foot on globe, inscribing shield set on knee. 14mm., 1.67gm. RIC 618. RPC 3646. Sydenham, Caesarea 83. VF, toned.    Ref# V1454   $47.50

EX private Dutch collection > Ares Numismatics, Netherlands (their grading) > private New York collection



    

NERO. Silver Billon Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt, minted A.D. 56/7. His laur. hd. r. Rv. OMONOIA. Homonoia std. l., holding patera, date to l. (= Regnal Year 3). 11.55gm. Dattari 237. VF, some dark crimson mottling to the silver; handsome portrait of the young Nero.   Ref# V1213   $65

Homonoia was the goddess (or spirit or personification) of harmony, concord, unanimity, and oneness of mind.

Nero was between 16 and 17 years of age during the regnal year in which this coin was minted.

EX Dr. Busso Peus, Frankfurt ("VF")




NERO. Silver Billon Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt, minted A.D. Oct. 58/June 59. NEPΩN.KΛAY.KAIΣ ΣEBA.ΓEP.AYTO (= "Of Nero Claudius Caesar Emperor Germanicus Absolute-Ruler"). His laur. hd. r. Rv. IPH NH (across field). Eirene stg. r., holding caduceus and helmet. Regnal Year 5. 13.60gm.  Dattari 231.  VF, attractive old dark cabinet toning; handsome portrait.   Ref.# V1050   $85

Nero was between 20 and 21 years old when this coin was struck.

EIRENE (or Irene) was the goddess of peace (eirênê) and of the season of spring (eiar, eiarinos).

EX Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. (€100 ~ $120 and their description and grade).




NERO. Silver Billon Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt, minted A.D. Oct. 58/June 59. His laur. hd. r. Rv. Homonoia std. l. on throne, holding phial. Regnal Year 5.  24-25mm., 13.41gm.  Dattari - (but cf. 239). Geissen 136. VF, pleasant old dark cabinet toning.    Ref# V1214   $79.50

Nero was between 20 and 21 years old when this coin was struck.

Homonoia (Greek: Ὁμόνοια), in ancient Greek religion, was a minor goddess of concord, unanimity, and oneness of mind.

EX Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. (€100 ~ $120 and their description and grade).


     

TRAJAN, A.D. 98-117, Orichalcum Quadrans, Rome, A.D. 107. IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG. His laur. bust r., drapery on his. l. shoulder. Rv. She-wolf stg. r. at bay on ground-line; SC below. 18mm., 2.76gm.  RIC 692. C. - (but cf. 338). BMC 1060. Hill 451.  Rare.   Near VF, a lovely coin with a very pleasing dark brown patina. The surfaces and types (as well as the mark across the portrait which is much less obtrusive "in hand") are more attractive than the images would imply for this rare issue.   Ref# V1457    $49.50

For the rarity also see Numismatik Lanz 97, 2000, 548.

    
TRAJAN. A.D. 98-117. Assarion, uncertain mint in Syria(?), end of A.D. 102/117. [IMP] TRA[IANO] CAE (clockwise from l.). Eagle stg. facing, head l., on thunderbolt, wings spread. Rv. [GER] (upwards in l. field) / DAC (downwards in r. field). Cornucopiae within wreath. Æ17mm., 5.44gm. Lindgren III 1654.  Very Rare.  About F, on a thick flan with a dark brown patina.   Ref# V1380   $32.50

For the rarity also see CNG 329, 2014, 422 (VF, obverse also struck high on flan, sold for $240 incl. buyer's fee). An attribution to Samosata, Commagene or the northern part of Syria has been suggested.

Attributed with assistance by Dane Kurth (of Helvetica, editor at Wildwinds).



TRAJAN, A.D. 97-117, Dichalkon of Alexandria in Egypt, A.D. 112/113. His laur. hd. r. Rv. Crown of Isis; across field, LI - ς (= date = regnal year 16). Æ14-15mm., 1.99gm. Köln –. Dattari (Savio) 1097-8. K&G 27.522. RPC III 4773. Emmett 710.16 (R3). Very Rare. About VF, small old scratch across lower cheek, good very dark brownish-green patina.    Ref# V1618    $47.50

For the rarity also see CNG EA476, 2020, 267.


TRAJAN, A.D. 98-117, Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt, A.D. 112/13. His laur. hd. r. Rv. Hem-hem crown of Harpokrates; below, LI-ς (= date = regnal year 16). Æ12-14mm., 1.13gm. Köln –. Dattari (Savio) 1099-1100. K&G 27.521. RPC III 4772. Emmett 707.16 (R2).  F-VF   Ref# V1625   $37.50

One here in sim. cond. at CNG at PR $132 w/ BP !




TRAJAN, A.D. 98-117, Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt, A.D. 113/14. His laur. hd. r. Rv. Hem-hem crown of Harpokrates; below, L IZ (= date = regnal year 17). Æ13-14mm., 1.14gm. Emmett 707.17 (R4).   Rare.  Near VF, pleasant dark patina.   Ref# V1621   $49.50

The only example listed by CNG in inferior condition at PR $66 w/ BP.



HADRIAN, A.D. 117-138, Dichalkon of Pelusium (Pelusion), the 14th Nome of Lower Egypt, A.D. 126/7. His laur. bust r., drapery on l. shoulder. Rv. ΠΗΛΟΥ (“of Pelusion”) to l., LIA (= Regnal Year 11) to r. Pomegranate.  Æ13-14mm., 1.56gm.  Dattari 6348.  Milne -. RPC III 6533.  Rare.  VF, pleasant medium-dark brown patina/tone and of good style for this rare issue. (The white spots/digital artifacts appearing on the photos are not apparent on the coin).  Ref# V1582   $160

For the rarity also see CNG 297, 2013, 260.

An example here which realized $416.50 w/ BP, well over twice our price in similar condition. Another here at $285.

EX Naville Numismatics, London (their grading), the English partner of NAC, an auction house founded in Zurich in 1988, and well reputed to be one of the world’s leading and most trusted firms for Classical Numismatics, which, over the years, has been honored to sell countless important collections which form part of one of the most important series of sales ever to take place in the history of Numismatics > New York collection.

Pelusium (Pelousion) is named (as "Sin, the strength of Egypt") in the Biblical book of Ezekiel, chapter 30:15.


HADRIAN, A.D. 117-138, Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt, A.D. 126/7. His laur. hd. r. Rv. Piloi (caps) of the Dioskouroi surmounted by stars; below, L ΔE (= date = regnal year 10). Æ11mm., 1.16gm.  Dattari (Savio) 1936-7. Emmett 1198.10. Geissen (Köln) –. K&G 32.390. RPC III 5635.  Rare F-Good F, heavily patinated with encrustations, the portrait and piloi much clearer than the photos would imply.   Ref# V1619    $17.50

Here at PR $144 w/ BP; another here at $185 w/ BP.


HADRIAN, Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt, A.D. 136/7. His laur. hd. r. Rv. Bundle of three grain-ears; across field, L-IΔ (= date = regnal year 21). Æ12mm., 1.20gm. Emmett 1176.14 (= R5), otherwise apparently unpublished.  Extremely Rare.  Good F, pleasant dark patina.   Ref# V1620    $65




AELIUS. Caesar. Æ As. Rome mint, A.D. 137. L AELIVS CAESAR. His bare hd. r.  Rv. TR POT COS II / S-C. Fortuna stg. facing, hd. l., , holding flower, cornucopia, and rudder.  25mm., 8.64gm. RIC II 1065 (Hadrian). BMCRE 1929 (Hadrian). C. 64.  Scarce.  F/Near F, some porosity but pleasant, dark brown patina. Better "in hand" - difficult to photograph. Good portrait.   Ref# V1431  $12.50

       

Anonymous Quadrantes. A.D. 138-161. Æ Quadrans, Rome mint. Diad. and dr. bust of Venus r. Rv. Dove stg. r. 13mm., 2.23gm. RIC II p. 218, 25. Good F, smoothing. $12.50

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (their description and grade).

The latest evidence assigns this issue to the reign of Antoninus Pius (Weigl, R.D., The Anonymous Quadrans Reconsidered in: Annotazioni Numismatiche Suppl. XI, 1998, p. 19).

The affectionate dove, the bird of love, was sacred to the goddess Venus (Aphrodite). Doves were said to draw her heavenly chariot, and the Syrian Aphrodite Ashtarte was said to have been hatched from an egg nursed by doves. The phrase attributed to Jesus, "Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves" (Matthew 10.16), was no random metaphor but a traditional Syrian invocation.



ANTONINUS PIUS. A.D. 138-161. Diassarion of Tarsus in Cilicia. ΛVT KAI TI AI AΔP ANTΩNINOC CЄB ЄV, Π Π across fields, Zeus Nikephorus (with features of Antoninus Pius) enthroned l., holding nike with wreath and scepter. Rv. Tyche (as the city-goddess of Tarsus) std. r. on throne decorated with sphinx, holding grain ears and poppy; at her feet, river-god Cydnus swimming r. Æ25mm., 10.27gm. SNG Levante 1011. RPC Online 5030. Rare. VF, pleasant dark brown patina.    Ref# V1442   $29.50

EX private UK collection > Ares Numismatics, Netherlands (their grading) > private New York collection

For the rarity also see Münz Zentrum Rheinland 186, 2018, 170.

See CNG 85, Lot 607 (Good VF) which fetched $660 incl. buyer's premium.

      

FAUSTINA II. Æ As. Rome mint. A.D. 164-169. FAVSTINA AVGVSTA. Her dr. bust r. Rv. VENERI [VICTRICI] S.C. Venus with attributes of Faustina, nude above hips, stg. facing r., grasping r. arm of Mars, nude but for helmet, stg. facing, hd l., holding shield; on ground-line.  23mm., 9.93gm. C. 241 (12 gold francs in 1881!).  RIC 1680.  Rare.  VF/Really Good F, pleasant brown patina.   Ref# V1560   $180   Sold

It has been a matter of conjecture among some numismatists that the reverse type, depicting Venus with the likeness of Faustina, also depicts Mars as Narcissus, a favorite gladiator of Faustina of whom the Romans believed, Marcus not withstanding, was actually the father of Commodus; it is odd that this reverse type only exists for Faustina. For a discussion see: Caroline Vout, POWER AND EROTICISM IN IMPERIAL ROME (Cambridge University Press, 2009), p. 35.

Cf. Artemide Aste, San Marino, sale Dec. 31, 2008, lot 3102 for an example in similar condition which realized €280 ($363.47).





COMMODUS. A.D. 180-192. Assarion of Alexandria Troas (Αλεξάνδρεια Τρωάς: "Alexandria of the Troad"). His laur. hd. r. Rv. Eagle with bull's head in talons, flying r. Æ22mm., 4.47gm. SNG Danish 129.  Good Fine, attractive forest-green patina.  Ref.# V1049  $32.50

EX Kingston, Ontario private collection.

Assarion = hemiobol in the silver series.


COMMODUS. A.D. 177-192, Assarion of Antioch in Pisidia, c. A.D. 179/80. Laureate head l. Rev. Mên standing r.; r. foot on bucranium and holding scepter and Nike; at lower l., cockerel stg. l. Æ22-24mm., 4.96gm.  Rare.  Krzyzanowska -. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG von Aulock -. SNG France -. BMC -. Apparently unpublished. VF, pleasant very dark greenish-brown, almost black, patina with a very attractive portrait; the scratches are all but invisible in hand.  Ref# V1126  $20

EX Gitbud & Naumann, Munich (their grade).

Assarion = hemiobol in the silver series.

Mên (MHN) was the male Anatolean Moon God. His name is corresponding to the masculine form of MHNH = Selene. In Hellenistic times his cult spread out from Phrygia over Lydia, Pisidia and the whole Asia Minor to Attica and Athens. Mên is depicted standing in Phrygian clothing with spear or sceptre, and cock. In Antioch there was a great sanctuary of Mên.



SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. Silver Denarius, Rome mint, A.D. 198-200. His laur. hd. r. Rv. Aequitas stg. almost facing, hd. l., holding scales and cornucopiae. 3.06gm. C. 21. RIC 122c. VF to Good VF, bold, well-detailed portrait and reverse type.   Ref# V1180  $37.50

EX Alex Malloy ("EF") @ $90


                   

CARACALLA
. A.D 198-217. Hemiassarion of Trajanopolis (Traianopolis) in Thrace.  His laur. hd. r.  Rv. TPAIANO ΠOΛEITΩN. Garlanded and flaming altar.  Æ16mm., 2.29gm.  Varbanov 2764.   Rare.   VF    Ref# V1256    $37.50  Sold

Ex Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his rarity and grading).



TRAJAN DECIUS. A.D. 249-251. Triassarion of Philomelion in Phrygia. AVT K Γ MЄCK TPAI ΔЄKIO CЄ. His rad., dr. and cuir. bust r. Rv. ΦIΛOMHΛЄΩN ЄΠ ЄVΤVΧΟVC / B. The river god Gallos, wearing himation, naked to waist, reclining 1., holding cornucopiae in r. hand, and resting with 1. against inverted vase from which a stream flows. Æ23-24mm., 8.31gm. BMC 42. SNG von Aulock 3931. SNG München 437.  Rare.  VF   Ref.# V1048   $35

EX Gitbud & Naumann, Munich (their grade).

For the rarity also see
Auctiones GmbH, Berne, E3, 2012, 93.

Triassarion = trihemiobol = quarter-drachm in the silver series.



CONSTANTIUS I Chlorus. Augustus, A.D. May 1, 305 / 25 July 306. Æ Quarter-Follis, Siscia. IMP C CONSTANTIVS PF AVG. His laur. hd. r. Rv. GENIO POP - VLI ROMANI / SIS. Genius, holding patera and cornucopiae, stg. facing, hd. l. Æ18-19mm., 2.21gm. RIC VI, p. 475, no. 167.  Rare.  Really Good VF   Ref# V1157   $37.50

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich


SEVERUS II. Caesar, A.D. 305/6. Æ Quarter-Follis, Siscia. FL.VAL.SEVERVS NOB.C. His laur. hd. r. Rv. GENIO POP-VLI ROMANI, Genius stg. l., modius on hd., naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, holding patera and cornucopiae. Mintmark SIS. 18-19mm., 2.0gm. RIC VI Siscia 170a.  Rare.  Good F   Ref.# V1067  $27.50

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his description and grading).


LICINIUS I. Silvered Follis, Nicomedia, A.D. 313-15. IMP C VAL LICINIVS PF AVG. His laur. hd. r. Rv. IOVI CONSERVATORI. Jove (Jupiter) stg. almost facing, hd. l., holding Victoria with wreath and scepter; on ground at l., eagle with wreath; mintmark in ex. RIC 13. 20-21mm., 3.39gm. Near EF, toned.  Ref.# V1040  $22.50

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his grade).



  

VANDALS. Under Gaiseric (Genseric), Æ Nummus of his capital, Carthage, c. 440-476. Diad., dr. and cuir. bust r. Rv. Victory stg. l., crowning king, holding spear and resting on shield, with wreath. 13mm., 1.30gm. Only one example listed on acsearch and CoinArchives (Agora 84, 2019, 248). VF, good very dark brownish-green  and 'desert' patina around devices.   Ref# V1447  $29.50

EX private UK collection > Ares Numismatics, Netherlands (their attribution and grading) > private New York collection


ṬABARESTĀN (Tabaristan): DABUYID DYNASTY (Dābūyid Ispahbads): FARRUKHAN THE GREAT, A.D. 712-728. Silver Hemidrachm (locally, known as a Drahm). Dated PYE 68 (= A.D. 719/20). Crowned Sassanian-style bust r.; name and titles of the governor, Farrukhan, in Pahlavi; lower r. in outer margin, 'pd ("excellent"). Rv. Zoroastrian fire-altar flanked by attendants; pellets flanking flames; date to l., TPWRSTʾN (Tabaristan) to r.; alternating triple pellets and star-in-crescents in outer margin. 24mm., 2.09gm.  Malek, p. 133 and pl. 12,  9.5.  RR!  EF   Ref# V1221  $75  Sold

As CNG 379, 248 (sold for $264 incl. buyer’s fee and our specimen somewhat superior in quality).

PYE = Post-Yazdgard Era

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his grading and rarity).

Farrukhan the Great (in Persian: فرخان بزرگ) Farrukhan-e Bozorg (or Buzurg), fl. 712–728, was the independent ruler (ispahbadh) of Tabaristan in the early 8th century, until his death in 728. He is the first actually attested (through his coinage) member of the Dabuyid dynasty, which is traditionally held to have ruled Tabaristan since the time of the Muslim conquest of Persia. He maintained his independence against the attacks of the Umayyad Caliphate, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Dadhburzmihr. During his early rule, he reconstructed the city of Zadracarta and made it his capital, and because his son's name was "Saruyih," he called it by this name, which later became known as Sari.

The Dabuyid or Gaubarid Dynasty was a Zoroastrian Iranian dynasty that started in the early seventh century as an independent group of rulers, reigning over Tabaristan and parts of western Khorasan. Dabuyid rule over Tabaristan and Khorasan lasted from ca. A.D. 642 to the Abbasid conquest in 760.


ṬABARESTĀN (Tabaristan): DABUYID DYNASTY (Dābūyid Ispahbads): KHUSHĪD (also known as Khurshid), A.D. 734–760. Silver Hemidrachm. Dated PYE 101 (= A.D. 752). Crowned Sassanian-style bust r.;  “May xvarrah increase” in Pahlavi behind, “Khushīd” in Pahlavi before; open double circle border with star-in-crescent motif at 3, 6, and 9 o’clock and “excellent” in 2nd quarter of margin. Rv. Zoroastrian fire-altar flanked by attendants; pellets flanking flames; date to l.; TPWRSTʾN (Tabaristan) to r.; alternating triple pellets and star-in-crescents in outer margin; star l. and crescent r. at top of flames.  24mm., 2.05gm.  Unpublished? (but cf. Malek 38.3 (= crescent l., star or crescent r., above flames).   VERY RARE!   EF      Ref# V1222   $79.50  Sold
 
EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his grade and rarity).

PYE = Post-Yazdgard Era

Khurshid (Middle Persian: Khōrshēd; Tabari/Persian: اسپهبد ‎خورشید‎, Spāhbed Khōrshīd 'General Khorshid'), erroneously designated Khurshid II by earlier scholars, was the last independent ruler (ispahbadh) of Tabaristan. He succeeded to the throne at an early age, and was supervised by his uncle as regent until he reached the age of fourteen. Khurshid tried to assert his independence from his vassalage to the Caliphate, supported various rebellions and maintained diplomatic contacts with Tang China.

The Dabuyid or Gaubarid Dynasty was a Zoroastrian Iranian dynasty that started in the early seventh century as an independent group of rulers, reigning over Tabaristan and parts of western Khorasan. Dabuyid rule over Tabaristan and Khorasan lasted from ca. A.D. 642 to the Abbasid conquest in 760.


ITALY, NORMAN KINGDOM OF SICILY. WILLIAM II Guglielmo (Wilhelm), 1166-1180. Silver Dirhem Kharruba, Palermo. Legend in Kufic script. Rv. Cross in the center of legend in Kufic script; above, two pellets. 10mm., 0.38gm. Varesi, MIR ( Monete Italiane Regionali) Sicilia 443 (RR). Spahr (Le Monete Siciliane, dai Bizantini a Carlo I d' Angio) 116 (RR).  Very Rare.  VF   Ref# V1241   $49.50

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his description and grading).

Cf. Balog (1961), History of The Dirhem, p. 121.

For the rarity also see Numismatica Ranieri, Asta 4, 2012, 618.



ENGLAND. COMMONWEALTH. 1649-1660. Pb Token for Hops, Norfolk. Head l. Rv. B and crosses. 25mm., 9.90gm. LTT (Leaden Tokens Telegraph) 88, pl. 2, A and B.  Rare.  Fine   Ref# V1236   $17.50

EX Teutoburger Münzhandel GmbH (€100 - and their attribution, rarity and grade).

These hop-tokens were used to pay pickers and were also passed as money between the pickers themselves, and were also accepted by the shop-keepers and inn-keepers in the locality. These pickers received these tokens as payment for their work and came chiefly from London for "a holiday with work and pay," and were known as "furiners."





RUSSIA. PETER THE GREAT (= Peter I = Peter Alexeyevich), 1696-1717. Silver Polushka (= Denga = Half-Kopeck = Kopeika), Old Mint, 1700. St. George riding r. holding lance; below,  CH (1700). Rv. Titular legend naming the tzar.  9-12mm., 0.30gm. K 8-8/6.  VF   Ref# V1233  $12.50  



RUSSIA. PETER THE GREAT (= Peter I = Peter Alexeyevich)
, 1696-1717. Silver Polushka (= Denga = Half-Kopeck = Kopeika), Old Mint, 1701. Horseman (St. George) riding r., holding lance; below, AΨA (1701). Rv. Titular legend naming the czar. 8-10mm., 0.25gm. K/G 1659.   F-VF   Ref# V1227    $7.50



RUSSIA. PETER THE GREAT (= Peter I = Peter Alexeyevich)
, 1696-1717. Silver Polushka (= Denga = Half-Kopeck = Kopeika), Old Mint, 1701. St. George riding r. holding lance; below, ЯΨЯ (1701). Rv. Titular legend naming the tzar. 8-13mm., 0.30gm. K/G 1674.  F-VF   Ref# V1224  $7.50




RUSSIA. PETER THE GREAT
(= Peter I = PeterAlexeyevich), 1696-1717. Silver Polushka (= Denga = Half-Kopeck = Kopeika), Old Mint, 1702. Horseman (St. George) riding r., holding lance; below, ЯΨB (1702). Rv. Titular legend naming the czar. 7-10mm., 0.27gm. K/G 1692.  EF   Ref# V1225   $13.50



RUSSIA. PETER THE GREAT (= Peter I = Peter Alexeyevich), 1696-1717. Silver Polushka (= Denga = Half-Kopeck = Kopeika), Kadashevsky Mint, 1702. Horseman riding r. holding lance; below, AΨB (1702). Rv. Titular legend
naming the czar.  9-12mm., 0.24gm.  K/G 1892.  Good VF   Ref# V1232   $15



RUSSIA. PETER THE GREAT (= Peter I = Peter Alexeyevich)
, 1696-1717. Silver Polushka (= Denga = Half-Kopeck = Kopeika), Old Mint, 1703. Horseman (St. George) riding r., holding lance; below, RYΓ (1703). Rv. Titular legend naming the czar. 8-11mm., 0.25gm. K 8-24/7.   VF   Ref# V1226  $12.50



RUSSIA. PETER THE GREAT (= Peter I = Peter Alexeyevich)
, 1696-1717. Silver Polushka (= Denga = Half-Kopeck = Kopeika), Old Mint, 1704. Horseman (St. George) riding r., holding lance; below, ЯΨД (1704). Rv. Titular legend naming the czar.  8-10mm., 0.27gm.  K/G 1724-6.  F-VF   Ref# V1228   $8.50



RUSSIA. PETER THE GREAT (= Peter I = Peter Alexeyevich)
, 1696-1717. Silver Polushka (= Denga = Half-Kopeck = Kopeika), Old Mint, 1704. Horseman (St. George) riding r., holding lance; below, ЯΨД (1704). Rv. Titular legend naming the czar.  8-11mm., 0.28gm.  K/G 1724-6.  F-VF   Ref# V1231   $7.50


RUSSIA. PETER THE GREAT (= Peter I = Peter Alexeyevich), 1696-1717. Silver Polushka (= Denga = Half-Kopeck = Kopeika), Kadashevsky Mint, 1706. Horseman riding r. holding lance; below, AΨS (1706). Rv. Titular legend naming the czar. 7-11mm., 0.30gm. K/G 2047 (R-IX).  Rare. VF-EF   Ref# V1229   $17.50
 



RUSSIA. PETER THE GREAT (= Peter I = Peter Alexeyevich), 1696-1717. Silver Polushka (= Denga = Half-Kopeck = Kopeika), Kadashevsky Mint, 1707. Horseman (St. George) riding r., holding lance; below, AΨЗ (1707). Rv. Titular legend naming the czar.  8-11mm., 0.24gm.  K/G 2062. Kl 10-31/12.  VF   Ref# V1230  $8.50

India Maratha Malwa
          Giakwars Baroda MALHAR RAO Half PaissaIndia Maratha Malwa Giakwars Baroda
          MALHAR RAO Half Paissa
INDIA. Maratha Kingdoms in Western Malwa and Environs, The Gaekwad Dynasty of Baroda: MALHARRAO (Malhar Rao), Maharaja of Baroda, A.H. 1287-1292 / A.D. 1870-1875. Æ Half-Paissa, Baroda mint.  Gaikwar's initials and legend: sikka mubarek. The blessed coin of the Gaikwar.  Rv. Nagari Ma Ga (Malhar Gaikwara) and date (A.H. 1288). Globe and scimitar. 16mm., thick flan (2mm.), 3.83gm. Mitch., World of Islam, unlisted (but cf. 3413: Paissa). KM Y15. Scarce. Good VF, attractive brown patina.   Ref# V1272    $6


ETHIOPIA: HAILE SELASSIE I. Reigned 1930-1936 and 1941-1974. 5-Matonas, EE (Ethiopian Era) 1923 = A.D. 1930-1931. His crowned hd. r. Rv. Crowned lion with bannered globus cruciger. Edge: Smooth. Æ21mm, 3.01gm. KM 28.1. Nearly EF, attractively toned.   Ref# V1186   $35  Sold

EX Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich (his grading).




1846 U.S. Braided Hair Liberty Head Large Cent Early Copper Penny (Small Date Variety). Philadelphia mint. Engraver: Christian Gobrecht. Metal Composition: 100% Copper. Mintage: N/A. 28mm., 10.58gm. Really Good F, a few rim nicks and deposits at rim. Attractively toned.   Ref# V1210    $28

EX old Pennsylvania collection.




1852 U.S. Braided Hair Liberty Head Large Cent Early Copper Penny. Philadelphia mint. Designer: Christian Gobrecht. Content: 100% Copper. 10.44gm., 27mm. Nice VF, pleasant toning.   Ref# V1263   $42.50



1856 U.S. Braided Hair Liberty Head Large Cent (Slanted 5) Early Copper Penny. Philadelphia Mint. Designer & Engraver: Christian Gobrecht. Metal Composition: 100% Copper. 28mm., 10.69gm. Almost VF, toned.    Ref# V1239    $52.50

EX old Pennsylvania collection.


          
1866 U.S. Nickel THREE-CENT PIECE.  Designer-Engraver: James B Longacre.  Minted at: Philadelphia. 18mm., 1.90gm.  VF    Ref# V1270    $22.50




A VILLANOVAN IMPASTO VOTIVE-BOWL, ca. second half of the 8th Cent. B.C. Probably from Tarquinia, possibly Cerveteri (Caere). So-called "Conical Bowl," flared and slightly carinated at the shoulder. Flat disk-foot. Surface sintered. Cf. Heres, L.H., Mededelingen Van Het Nederlands Instituut Te Rome: Antiquity (1991), p. 40f and pl. VI; Gorny & Mosch, 239, 2016, 588c. 12.8cm. dia., 6.8cm. ht. A shallow old rim chip and some ancient chipping to the edge of the foot. Scattered earthen deposits to the inside. Free-standing.  Ref# V1363  $85

EX Howard S. Rose Gallery, NYC > New York private collection.

Similar to the Villanovan cinerary urn covers, but this is identified as a conical bowl, and the stem here is shorter and flat at the foot. It is also considerably smaller.




An Archaic Period ETRUSCAN BUCCHERO KYLIX, c. 630-610 B.C., polished black bucchero, wheel-thrown with applied oblique handles, truncated conical basin, ring foot. 15.5cm. across handles, 11.5cm. rim dia., 6.0cm. overall ht., 3.8cm. foot dia. Cf. Ramage, N.H., Studies in Early Etruscan Bucchero, Type 7H; Rasmussen, T.B., Bucchero Pottery from Southern Etruria, Cups, p. 118, Type 1c and pl. 37. A crack consolidated; some slight, small, ancient rim chipping; some light, old scratches inside the bowl.   Ref# V1550   $125

One here which realized £170.80 ~ $212.95 w/ BP.




A miniature ETRUSCAN BLACK-GLAZED KRATER, later 5th/4th Century B.C., squat body, pale pinkish-brown buff pottery, wheel-thrown, applied twin loop handles connecting from the shoulder to the upper outsplayed neck, the base of the body reserved.  Faint chevron pattern to one side.  Fine flat ring-base, convex underneath, and free-standing. 7.7cm. overall ht., 10.0cm. dia., 7.0cm. at rim. Repaired from several fragments with a couple of the smaller shards missing and a chip just below one of the handles.   Ref# V1369  $45

The handles are distinctly Etruscan and derived from the large column-kraters.

EX Parke-Bernet 84, New York.

The shards at the back somewhat hastily reattached (could be re-fitted) but still makes for a rather attractive display from the side shown. An inexpensive example.


         

An ITALIC SILVER FIBULA, 5th Century B.C. Decorated with two exterior knobs and strip of granulated twisted-rope design. Further engraving on the latch-plate. Missing coil and pin. 5.0cm. Very Rare; beautiful old dark toning. Cf. BMC Jewellery: Early Italian Jewellery of the Seventh to Fifth Century B.C.,  pl. XX, no. 1401 (also missing coil and pin); Guzzo, P.G., Le Fibule in Etruria dal VI al I Secolo, pl. XIX, ς & ɛ (although those examples less elaborate); Hermann Historica München Auk. 35, lot 255 (~ $545) for a less attractive example.  Ref.# V1042  $140

EX Munich professional antiquities market > private New York collection.



An ITALIC BUCCHEROID IMPASTO BOWL, Central Italy, Etruria Campana (Campanian Etruria), coastal region of Campania and Latium, early 5th Cent. B.C. Low, rounded shoulder; rim beveled, as well as the short, flaring ring-foot, concave underneath with central nipple. Free-standing. Cp. Mingazzini, P., CVA Italia XLIV, Museo Campano di Capua IV, pl. 9, 9; Rasmussen, T.B., Bucchero Pottery from Southern Etruria, Monte Abatone (Cerveteri), Coarse Ware, Bowls, p. 63; Attema, A.J., et al, Pottery Classifications: Ceramics from Satricum and Lazio, Italy, 900-300 BC, p. 382, 6.2.3.1. Also see Nigel Spivey, Etruscan Art, page 35. 12.9cm. overall dia., 6.5cm. overall ht., 4.3cm. foot dia. Some sintering and calciferous mineral deposits. Small chip on rim, no repairs.    Ref# V1364  $65

EX Howard S. Rose Gallery, NYC > New York private collection.



An Attractive GREEK BLACK-GLAZED OINOCHOE, Magna Graecia, Greek Colonies in South Italy, 4th Century B.C.  Wheel-thrown with applied trefoil-lipped pouring spout and c-shaped handle, the surfaces with nice thick black glaze. Ht. 10.2cm. (4 in.). Cf. CVA Deutschland 16, Schloss Fasanerie (Adolphseck) 2, p. 47, pl. 88, 9. The handle professionally and nearly invisibly reattached and a couple tiny chips at the edge of the mouth, otherwise, well preserved, and a beautiful form. Small ring-foot, slightly concave underneath, and perfectly free-standing.   Ref# V1556   $275

EX private German collection, acquired in the 1970s > private New York collection.

The CVA example cited above damaged at the mouth and EX collection of Landgrafen Friedrich Karl.




A Large MAGNA GRAECIAN PAESTAN BLACK-FIGURE PYXIS-LID, late 4th/early 3rd century B.C., squat, circular, attractively formed squat bulbous central knobular handle and decorated with concentric circles within two dotted borders and a solid semicircular positioning mark. Convex surface, carinated before the dotted borders. Concave inside the raised fitting-rim on the reserved underside. This double dotted border exists at Poseidonia (Paestum). The shape and pattern are derived from the ceramics of Central Greece, particularly Attic and Boeotian. 19.0cm. dia., raised fitting-rim 12.2cm. inner dia., 13.6cm. outer dia., 1.0cm. h.  Nine shards reglued to one side of the rim; complete.   Ref# V1357  $85

Note: The dark discoloration is not part of the black-figure painting but the extant surface over old abrading.

Ex E. Isard and Sotheby's



A WESTERN GREEK LATE ARCHAIC TERRACOTTA VOTIVE PROTOME, Magna Graecia, Greek colonies on eastern Sicily, Gela (Γέλας), end of the 6th Century B.C., molded with added hand modeling, peach-orange clay slipped in cream gone light grey, depicting a goddess, her hair arranged in tight oblong curls, veiled and wearing a stephane.  Cf. Uhlenbrock, The Terracotta Protomai from Gela, p. 86 and pl. 40, 28 (Bitalemi, end of 6th century); Cf. Ismaelli, T., Materiality of Greek Religion: Votive Practices and Rituals in the Sanctuaries of Gela, Sicily: Coroplastic Materials in Phase II: Protomai as Regular Gifts, p. 19 and p. 20, Fig. 11; Griffo and von Matt, Gela: The Ancient Greeks in Sicily, p. 40, middle protome (end of 6th century, casting somewhat disfigured). Ht. 4" (10cm.). Some minor rubbing and areas of paint loss, otherwise intact.  Free-standing.  Ref# V1362   $495

Included is a copy of the English language edition of Uhlenbrock's The Terracotta Protomai from Gela, hardcover, like new in dust jacket.

Probably from the Sanctuary of Demeter at Bitalemi.

EX Harmer Rooke Galleries, New York > Mary K.F. Long collection, Washington, 1970s-1990s.



A WESTERN GREEK BLACK-GLAZED LIDDED LEKANIS, Magna Graecia, Eastern Sicily, 4th Cent. B.C. Squat, bulbous body; discoid handle at the center of the lid; rather wide, reserved and beveled ring-foot, conically rising underneath, convex at center.  Wheel-thrown. A well potted example. 9.7cm. dia., 8.0cm. ht. The lid repaired from four pieces with a little loss to the rim at one side; body one-third missing. The lid fits perfectly, and, with the missing part only to one side, this vase makes for an attractive display.   Ref# V1360   $50

This particular discoid handle exists at Sicily in the 4th Century.

During reduced firing, sintering of the iron-rich clay led to a shiny black surface. The glaze was added on with a paintbrush on the wheel, or by dipping.



An EARLY GREEK PRE-ARCHAIC ATTIC SKYPHOS, Late Geometric Ia (LG Ia), c. 750-735 B.C. Wheel-thrown with applied loop handles. The outside with banded decoration in reddish-brown and black, now faint. Flat disc foot. Cf. CVA Athens, National Museum, pl. 6, 7; BMC (Catalogue of the British Museum, London, 1927), 317, 4; CVA Fogg Museum and Gallatin Collections, 18, pl. 3.6 for the shape. 10.8cm. rim dia., 15.0cm. l. across handles, 6.8cm. ht. Free-standing. The inside of the bowl virtually entirely covered in earthen encrustation, the outside somewhat. Repaired from a dozen or so pieces; complete. The repair-lines are not nearly as severe as the lighting of the photograph implies. Greek Geometric pottery is very elusive; an inexpensive example!   Ref# V1359   $85  Sold



An ATTIC BLACK GLOSS FINE WARE (BGW) KOTHON (olpe: wide-mouthed jug or mug*), Athens, c. 450-400 B.C., the body finely fluted (i.e., ribbed); twin coiled handle and a lustrous finish. Ht. 8.3 cm. (3-1/4 in.). Cf. Hesperia IV, p. 476, fig. 1 (*wide-mouthed jug or mug, Athenian Agora) and  Jacopi, G., Clara Rhodos IV, p. 90, XX, 2 = p. 94, fig. 77 (ht. 8.2cm.!).  Intact and in excellent condition, other than some minute chipping.   Ref# V1432  $375

Excavations have revealed these Athenian ribbed "mugs" were also exported to cities as far away as Kamiros (Camirus) on Rhodes and Morgantina on Sicily, and also to Thrace.






Greek Bronze Phalera from Troas (the Troad, the Plain of Troy), 5th/4th Cent. B.C., green patina, round with convex center and central knob, interior with integral bail-strap for attachment.  Collected in the 1960s.   Ref# V1167   $32.50

The falera (from the Latin phalerae, pl., from the Greek φάλαρα, pl.) was originally a side plate of the helmet to fix the connections. The term falera extended to a metal decorative disc which was used to decorate armor, horse-harnesses, or as mere decoration on military-valor decorations at various times including Celtic, Etruscan and Roman.

Phalerae were affixed to helmets and armor, as well as horse-harnesses.





A RARE EAST GREEK LYDION (Λύδιον), Lydia, second/third quarter of the 6th Century B.C., probably from Sardis. Ointment vase with the characteristic finely levigated and micaceous pale orange clay with darker brownish-orange glaze, wide “trumpet” mouth, squat globular body, and high conical foot, hollowed out underneath.  Ht. 8.6cm., outer rim dia. 7.2cm.  See Wrigley, S., The Lydion: Revealing Connectivity across the Mediterranean in the Sixth Century B.C. (Sydney, 2011), p. 93; Greenewalt, C.H. Jr., Lydian Pottery, p. 111, Fig. 4, 96, 33 and Lydian Vases from Western Asia Minor, pl. 2, 3; CVA Geneva, Musee d’Art et d’Histoire 2, p. 71 and pl. 87, 7; CVA Deutschland 6 München, Museum Antiker Kleinkunst 2, pl. 303, 4.   Strong mineral deposits and root marks extant. The glaze slightly rubbed and discolored in places.  No repairs.  Rare.   Ref# V1559  $225 

The fabric is typically Sardian (cf. Nicholas D. Cahill, Lydian Pottery, p. 9 and Wrigley, ibid., p. 93).

These ceramic forms - known as 'Lydia' in the plural - are believed to have been produced to hold the prized Lydian perfume-cream (called bakkaris or baccharis). The name Baccharis comes from the Greek name Bakkaris for the plant with fragrant roots and the pilularis: the sticky globs on its flower buds.

Greenewalt discussed the possible origins of the shape: he considered Boehlau's suggestion of an Egyptian origin unlikely given the chronological divide, and the similarity to Villanovan olle as a coincidence. He saw the vase as being of Lydian origin, and the distinctive shape, usually undecorated, an easily identifiable advertisement for the cosmetic contents. The cosmetic may have been exported around the Mediterranean in bulk, and then packaged in locally made containers, with a gradual decline in production towards the late sixth century B.C. He followed with a discussion about the ancient literary sources which mentioned bakkaris, which concluded with the comment it is "a likely possibility" that lydia were the containers for the unguent. The wide-mouthed shape of the lydion, its small size, and the contexts in which it has been found suggest that the vessel was made to contain a perfumed unguent, perhaps the βάκκαρις (bakkaris) which Athenaeus described when discussing the luxurious ointments associated with the Lydians in Greek literature. Much of the literary evidence for the Lydian ointment called bakkaris comes from Athenaeus, who, though writing in the late second century A.D., preserves valuable fragments of text from earlier authors. One of these was Xenophanes of Kolophon, who, when deriding the dissolute lifestyle of his countrymen in the mid-sixth century B.C., claimed that they had learnt useless luxuries such as the wearing of purple robes, gold-bedecked hair and drenching themselves in the scent of artfully prepared unguents from the Lydians. Athenaeus (XV.44) himself describes the Sardians as being addicted to unguents in the course of a discussion about the type of ointment called bakkaris, and he quotes Magnes from his play, the Lydians (XV.41): A man should bathe, and then with βάκκαρις Anoint himself. And Ion of Chios, in his Omphale: ’tis better to know the use of μύρα (myrrh)
And βάκκαρις, and Sardian ornaments of the skin, Than the manner of life in Pelop's isle. (Ath. XV.41). Athenaeus commented of Ion of Chios: “when he speaks of Sardian ornaments, he means to include perfumes; since the Lydians were very notorious for their luxury” (XV.41).
“I then my nose with bakkaris anointed, Redolent of crocus.” -Hipponax of Ephesos, sixth century B.C. (Ath.15.41).




An ITALIC ENGRAVED GEM of a SEA-GOAT (Goat-Fish), 2nd Century B.C., intaglio in cornelian (carnelian), depicting the mythological sea creature, Capricornus, facing l. 10mm. x 11mm. x 3mm. Cf. Osborne Duffield, Engraved Gems, pl. XXVI, 29. Wear marks. Chipping on the edge.   Ref# V1569   $175

EX Bertolami Fine Art, London and Rome > Private New York collection

The goat-fish combination was originally a Babylonian god-symbol and its appearance here was probably due to the Chaldean astrologers who must have done a thriving business in Italy, since they became of sufficient consequence to be expelled from the city by a special law in 138 B. C. The great popularity of Capricornus at a later period is explained by its being the birth sign of Augustus.



An ITALIC ENGRAVED GEM of an ANTELOPE, 2nd/1st Century B.C., intaglio in sardonyx, prancing l. on ground-line. Mirror polished. 12mm. x 13mm. x 2mm. See Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, No. 01.7574; Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery (Sofia, 1991), No. 209. Slight wear marks.   Ref# V1568   $475

EX Bertolami Fine Art, London and Rome > Private New York collection


An ITALIC ENGRAVED GEM of an OSTRICH, 2nd/1st Century B.C., intaglio in milky white and light yellow banded agate, depicted stg. on ground-line, facing l., hd. lowered towards the ground. 9mm. x 10mm. x 3mm.  Rare subjectCf. Maxwell Sommerville, Engraved Gems: Their History and an Elaborate View of Their Place in Art, Catalogue Raisonné of Engraved Gems, Greek and Roman Cameos, p. 678, Case K, 163 (White agate - Ostrich).  Slight chipping at edge.    Ref# V1570   $195

EX Bertolami Fine Art, London and Rome > Private New York collection


            
ROMAN BRONZE MEDICAL-BOX SLIDING-LID and 3 INSTRUMENTS, c. A.D. 1st Century, plate with a rectangular engraved design with concentric rectangles on one side consisting of lines forming numerous rectangles continuously smaller, forming a thin rectangle in the center. Lid 12.8cm. x 8.0cm. Instruments 16.2cm., 20.5cm., 25.9cm.   Ref# V1169   $175



EX Dr. Gilles collection, Germany, acquired prior to 1970.

For a medical box from the House of the Surgeon at Pompeii, see p. 218 in Coarelli, ed., Pompeii (Christie's note).


For the ligula probes cf. Dörig, J., ART ANTIQUE: Collection Privées de Suisse Romande (Editions Archéologiques de l'Université de Genève, 1975), 366, no. 1.

Also see Bliquez, L.,  The Tools of Asclepius: Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times, no. 83.

See a complete box here with an identical box-lid with "concentric rectangles" sold by Christie's for $17,500




A ROMAN IMPERIAL AFRICAN RED SLIP (ARS) WARE TABLE-AMPHORA, A.D. 3rd Century, Roman Tunisia (greater Carthage), also known as an amphoriskos or amphoroid flagon, with twin vertical “ear” handles and a funnel-shaped neck, grooved and beveled at rim. Flattened base and perfectly free-standing. Ht. 18.5cm. (7.28 in.). As Salomonson XIV (on pl. II in J.W. Salomonson, Études sur la céramique romaine d’Afrique (in BABESCH 43, 1968, 80ff), formerly classified as ARS A/C or El Aouja Ware, which is now ARS C1/C2, produced in the 3rd century. The equivalent to Salomonson XIV is Hayes, Late Roman Pottery, form 165. This type is also illustrated in the Atlante delle forme ceramiche (1981) on pl. XXXI, 16. J.P. Moore, The Pottery from the ‘Pagan’ Sector of the East Cemetery (Sites 302 and 304), in: N. Ben Lazreg, L.M. Stirling, and J.P. Moore (eds.), Leptiminus (Lamta), Report No. 4. The East Cemetery: Stratigraphy, Ceramics, Non-Ceramic Finds and Bio-Archaeological Studies, Journal of Roman Archaeology Suppl. 110 (Portsmouth 2021), Fig. 5.58.  Excellent condition. An uncommon form, and RARE in this state.  Ref# V1638   $275


This lot previously sold here for $690 w/ BP against an estimate of $700 - $800.

See similar here at $1,600 !

The high-quality North African red slip ware, a fineware  used as tableware, was also exported to Sicily, Italy, and the western provinces.





"NET-PAINTED" AMPHORISKOS, Proto-Canaanite, c. 32nd/earlier 31st Century B.C. Early Bronze Age (EBA) I, Kenyon Proto-Urban B, Central Hill Area. Flattened base; free-standing. Red on cream. Diagonal "Net" pattern with vertical partitions. Twin lug-handles. See Stager, L.E., Painted Pottery and Its Relationship to the Weaving Crafts in Canaan During the Early Bronze Age I (in Eretz-Israel: Archaeological, Historical and Geographical Studies, Vol. XXI, Israel Exploration Society, Jerusalem, 1990), p. 84, fig. R (Jerusalem, Ophel Tomb 3); Hugues Vincent, Underground Jerusalem: Discoveries on the Hill of Ophel, pl. IX, 2. G. Wright, G.E., The Archaeology of Palestine from the Neolithic through the Middle Bronze Age, Journal of the American Oriental Society Vol. 91, No. 2 (1971), p. 280. Hanbury-Tenison, J.W. The Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze I Transition in Palestine and Transjordan, p.126. 11.0cm. ht. (4 in.), 10.0cm. dia.  Intact, some earthen deposits.  Ref.# V1041  $750

(aka "Line-Painted" = LPG = Line-Painted Group = LPGW = Line-Painted Group Ware, "band-painted," "line-group painted," or "Proto. Urban B" ware)

Proto-Urban B, denoted by painted pottery, occurs chiefly in and near the Judaean hill country.

EX Baidun Family Collection, Jerusalem.


Identical to Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Accession number 74.19.52



THREE MIDDLE BRONZE AGE POTTERY PIRIFORM PITCHERS from Megiddo.

All intact with stands included. Heights are for the pitchers only (excluding stand).

(All stand perfectly upright on their stands, a fact not apparent in the photos!)

EX Khader M. Baidun & Sons, Jerusalem > private New York collection.

A. MBA III. First-half of the 17th Century B.C. Dark grey, button base, burnished. Cf. Shipton, Notes on Megiddo Pottery, p. 22, §73 and chart (Str. XI). 15.5 cm. (6.1 in.) Ref.# V1006 $275

B. MBA IIB. 18th Century B.C. Reddish brown, bifurcated handle, pointed base, burnished. Cf. Shipton, Notes on Megiddo Pottery, pl. 8, 10 (Str. XII) and pl. 9, 10 (Str. XIII). 16.5 cm. (6.5 in.)  Ref.# V1007 $650

C. MBA III. First-half of the 17th Century B.C. Pinkish-grey, bifurcated handle, nipple base. Cf. Shipton, Notes on Megiddo Pottery, p. 22, §73 and chart (Str. XI). 16.0 cm. (6.3 in.) Ref.# V1008 $225



A PHILISTINE CERAMIC SPOUTED STRAINER PITCHER from Megiddo, Iron Age I, Stratum VIa, 11th Century B.C. So-called “Beer-Strainer” from the last phase of Philistine pottery at Megiddo, bichrome black and red on salmon, decorated with three registers of stylized fish with crosshatched bodies, a “maltese” cross-element above the strainer, and metopes of solid, wide and narrow bands. 24.5cm. ht. (9.65 in.). For this Philistine type of pottery form, designated as “beer-jugs,” see Amiran, R., Ancient Pottery of the Holy Land: From Its Beginnings in the Neolithic Period to the End of the Iron Age: Philistine Pottery, p. 266, (a) Form, (2) Local Canaanite character, “beer-jugs,” and p. 267, Photos 272-274; Skupinska-Løvset, I., The Ustinov Collection: The Palestinian Pottery (Universitetsforlaget, Oslo, 1976), Spouted Jugs, p. 90, Fig. 6d, pl. XXIII, UP 173 = Rockefeller Museum, no. 182 (undecorated, and most of spout and neck missing); Dothan, T. and M., People of the Sea: The Search for the Philistines, p. 33 (neck missing), p. 53, fig. (rim missing), p. 67, photo, middle (broken off at neck and handle), and p. 103; also see pl. 5: Assemblage of Philistine Bichrome Pottery. Overall scattered surface encrustation. Upper corner of spout tip reattached and a small chip reattached in rim, some scattered surface erosion; good mineral deposits.  Already rare, and very rare as a complete example.    Ref# V1576   $495  

A nearly identical example here.

EX Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Feuer, New York, acquired in the 1970s - 1980s > private New York collection.



A PHILISTINE ONE-HANDLED CUP from Megiddo, Iron Age I, Stratum VIa, 11th Century B.C. So-called “Beer-Mug.” Bichrome black and red on salmon, decorated with metopes of horizontal squiggly lines and helical cross-hatched diamond-patterns between trilinear vertical borders, between bilinear border at top and trilinear border beneath. The strap-handle decorated in red on the outside and bordered by a wide red vertical band at each side. The inside of the cup also decorated at the top with a red band, two wide black bands below, and a circular black band at the bottom surrounding a reserved circle. Flat, reserved base and thus free-standing. For the mug iconography see Ben-Shlomo, D., Philistine Iconography: Iconographic Representations, p. 52, Fig. 3.12.A.  9.0cm. (3.54 in.) ht., 11.5cm. (4.53 in.) dia.  A rare form, and very rare complete. A few very minor imperfections, otherwise intact and in excellent condition.   Ref# V1577   $375

EX Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Feuer, New York, acquired in the 1970s - 1980s > private New York collection.

Or both V1576 and V1577 for $750




PALESTINE
: PHILISTINIAN POTTERY OFFERING BOWL, Philistine Canaan, Iron Age IB, late 12th Century B.C., Tel Batash? (biblical Timnah),  four opposing rudimentary lugs around against the rim; painted in reddish-brown around the upper shoulder with a bordered “ladder” pattern of parallel vertical lines. Slightly carinated shoulder. Flat base. Cf. Panitz-Cohen, Tel Batash (Timnah) Volume III. Finds from the Second Millennium BCE (2006), pl. 80, 2. 9.5cm. overall dia., 9.0cm. rim dia., 4.0cm. overall ht., 7.0cm. base dia. Earthen deposits on the inside, calciferous mineral deposits outside. Minute chipping to the rim, otherwise intact.   Ref# V1564   $65

EX Christie's > Howard S. Rose Gallery, New York > New York private collection



An EARLY MESOPOTAMIAN SUMERIAN STONE VESSEL, Sumer, Early Dynastic II, 27th Century B.C., probably from Nippur, a limestone cup / deep conical bowl, slightly convex body with a finely bevelled rim and a flat base, thus free-standing. Ht. 10.0cm., dia. 9.8cm. Cp. a smaller bowl in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Acc. No. 62.70.8. Some areas of surface encrustation and a few scattered minor areas of surface erosion, and a professionally restored area of rim restoration. Remarkably well-balanced on a small circular flat foot, thus free-standing. A delicately rendered, albeit quite heavy example!   Ref# V1616   $275   Sold

Ex Edward H. Merrin Gallery, NYC. 1970’s (their decal affixed to the base) > private New York collector.

See an example here, somewhat smaller and damaged, at $925.




A GOOD-SIZED SUMERIAN GREYWARE JAR, Ur III (Third Dynasty of Ur), late 3rd Millennium B.C., fine dark grey clay, wheel-made globular body with a rounded base that tapers at the neck before terminating in short flared rim with two hand-modelled pierced lug-handles on each side of the shoulder.  Cf. British Museum 1935.0113.753 (shard only). An attractive, fully developed example of a form existing in the Early Dynastic III and Akkadian periods, although the lug-handles are singular, and it had not yet reached this level of refinement. Very Rare in this condition.  Ht. 5-3/4” (14.6cm.). Intact, with some scattered areas of surface deposits.   Ref# V1355   $475

Pottery of Sumer is very elusive.

EX Medusa Ancient Art, Montréal > Dalen Bayes collection, Washington.

Appraised by Howard S. Rose at $600 - $900



A MESOPOTAMIAN ASSYRIAN TERRACOTTA PLAQUE of an advancing bull, Kalhu (Nimrud), Neo-Assyrian Period, 9th/8th Century B.C. 10.4cm. (4.1 in.) l., 8.2cm. (3.2 in.) ht. Strong mineral deposits and root marks. Fine condition, chipped.  Ref# V1370   $325  Sold

EX German professional antiquities market, 1980s > private German collection > London professional antiquities market > private New York collection.

Kalhu (also known as Caleh, Calah, and Nimrud) was a city in ancient Mesopotamia that became the capital of the Assyrian Empire under Ashurnasirpal II (reigned 884-859 B.C.) who moved the central government there from the traditional capital of Ashur.

The Assyrians experienced a Golden Age during this period (referred to as Neo-Assyrian); the kingdom grew to its largest extent, encompassing the lands from parts of modern Iran to the Mediterranean, from Anatolia to Egypt




An EARLY EGYPTIAN STONE VASE, First Intermediate Period, c. 2181–2055 B.C., a small shouldered jar in high quality pinkish-cream limestone, of squat bulbous form with a wide rim. Cf. Aston, B.G., Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels, Materials and Forms, p. 140, Form 140 (FIP). Ht. 4.7cm., body dia. 6.3cm., rim dia. outer 5.5cm., inner 4.2cm.  A restored rim chip, otherwise intact. A beautifully executed example. A small but rather heavy vase, perfectly free-standing on a slightly flattened convex base!  Ref# V1617   $275  Sold

EX private New York collection



An EGYPTIAN ELECTRUM (ELEKTRON) HORUS-EYE AMULET (Eye of Horus, Udjat, Uzat, Wadjet or Wedjat). Middle Kingdom, Dynasty XII, 1991-1786 B.C. Cf. Petrie, Amulets, p. 33, Uzat Eye: Unusual Types, 139, Type C. Cp. Mueller-Winkler, Die ägyptischen Objekt Amulette, pl. 5, 103. Reisner, G.A., Amulets -.  7mm.  Intact.   Rare.  Ref.# V1003  $65

Electrum (Elektron), the naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver, had a religious significance to ancient Egyptians who believed silver was the material of which the bones of the gods and goddesses were made, and their skin of gold.
  
EX old Berlin collection > Aton Gallery (Oberhausen, Germany)  > New York collection.

A Swiss collection here originally acquired from the Aton Gallery.




A LIGHT-BLUE GLAZED STEATITE SCARAB naming AMENHOTEP (Amenhetep, Amenophis) III. Probably a commemorative Amarna issue of his son Akhenaten, 1351/53–1336/34 B.C. Cf. BMC Egyptian Scarabs, etc., Vol. I: Royal Scarabs, pl. XXIV, 78; Petrie, Tell El Amarna, pl. XIV, 10 (fragmentary commemorative issue under Akhenaten); Matouk, Corpus du Scarabée Égyptien, Vol. I: Les Scarabées Royaux, pl. 214, 501 & 509. 0.6cm. A tiny, beautifully executed scarab of pretty light-blue color. Intact.  Ref# V1112  $75

Ex Galerie bb-Antiken & Asiatika, Michael Betz, Langweid, Augsburg, Bavaria > private New York collection.





 

An EGYPTIAN ROYAL BLUE GLAZED RING BEZEL for TUTANKHATEN, c. 1332-1329 B.C. This composition-glazed (aka faience) ring-bezel shows part of the birth-name of Tutankhamun (Tutankhaten) "Living image of Amun (Aton)". He changed his birth name of Tutankhaten (living image of Aten) to Tutankhamun (living image of Amun) and his wife of Anchesenpaaton (she lives for / by Aton) in Anchesenamun (she lives for / by Amun). The arrangement of the preserved hieroglyphics and the remaining size of the cartouche fragment suggests that this is probably from the pre-throne time as prince, instead of the time of his ascension to the throne as pharaoh. Finds from the reign of this most renowned of all pharaohs are extremely rare and highly sought-after collectibles. Such faience ring grave goods were very popular in the Amarna Period and were mainly used by people who were close to the royal court, as a salute. The display-stand inscription reads: Eigenname für Pharao Tutanchaton (Tutanchamun) "Lebindiges Abbild des Aton" ca. 1332 bis 1323 vor Christus = Name for Pharaoh Tutankhaten (Tutankhamun) "Living image of the Aton." ca. 1332 to 1323 B.C.  Size: c. 1.2 cm (overall height of the stand 8.3 cm). Condition: Fragment. Provenance: German private collection. Egypt, New Kingdom, Amarna Period, 18th. Dyn. c. 1332-1323 B.C. Tutankhamun as prince before accession, this is probably from the pre-throne time as prince. (Born ca. 1341 B.C., became king ca. 1332. Changed to Nebkheperure during third year of reign. Therefore, not after 1329 B.C.)  Exceedingly rare: much rarer than the throne-name ring-bezels.   Ref.# V1004   $1250

Excessively rarer than bezels with the throne-name. The throne-name is
Nebkheperure and does not contain the ankh sign.

EX private German collection > Galerie bb-Antiken & Asiatika, Michael Betz, Langweid, Augsburg, Bavaria > private New York collection.









FOUR AMULETS, Amarna, c.  1351-1323 B.C.): 2 amulets of Bes, the dwarf god of children, dance and games, (a) the first depicting him in his playful squatting position, blue-glazed.  Head missing.  Cf. Petrie, Amulets, 188. 9mm. (b) the second, red-glazed, depicting him playing a tambourine. Legs missing. Cf. Petrie, Amulets, 189b. 14mm. Both for $32.50  (c) a blue-glazed amulet of the lion-headed goddess Sekhmet, crowned with solar uraeus headdress. The lion-headed Sekhmet was the warrior-goddess who protected the pharaoh. Head only. Cf. Petrie, Amulets, 194. 9mm.  Sold  (d) and the last depicting a pharaoh, wearing the Amarna crown, and holding a heka (staff) and nekhakha (flail). Fragmentary. Cf. Petrie, Amulets, 127. 12mm. $62.50  Ref.# V1045

All
Ex Galerie bb-Antiken & Asiatika, Michael Betz, Langweid, Augsburg, Bavaria > private New York collection.
 
An EGYPTIAN GEMSTONE KHESBAD POPPY-HEAD PENDANT, in lapis lazuli. NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, AMARNA PERIOD, 1353-1335 B.C. Suspension hole at top. 1.4cm. Intact. EX old Berlin collection. Cf. Catalogue of the Petrie Museum (University College, London), no. 31137.  Cf. Petrie, Amulets, 50-1.  Cf. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Jewelry Elements for a Broad Collar, Accession Number 31.114.2a, 4th row (New Kingdom, Amarna Period, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1343-1336).  Ref# V1177   $69.50

Ex Galerie bb-Antiken & Asiatika, Michael Betz, Langweid, Augsburg, Bavaria.

    

A GEMSTONE POPPY-HEAD NESHMET PENDANT. NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, AMARNA PERIOD, 1353-1335 B.C. Amazonite, 1.4cm. Hole for suspension. Cf. Catalogue of the Petrie Museum (University College, London), no. 31137; Petrie, Amulets, 50-1; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Jewelry Elements for a Broad Collar, Accession Number 31.114.2a, 4th row (New Kingdom, Amarna Period, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1343-1336); Bienkowski, P. and Tooley, A., Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Arts and Crafts in Liverpool Museum, p. 54, 75, 5th row, 2nd from l.  Intact. EX old Berlin collection.    Ref# V1178   $100

During this period amazonite (neshmet) was mined from two mines at Gebel Migif.

Ex Galerie bb-Antiken & Asiatika, Michael Betz, Langweid, Augsburg, Bavaria.





A Rare West African  BURA ASINDA-SIKKA HEAD, Valley of the Niger, ca. 3rd Century, a so-called "memorial head," hand-modelled and fired terracotta, with curved nose, drilled petite eyes, vertically ridged “scarification” lines between the eyes and across the bridge of the nose; the back basically undecorated save for a lightly modeled vertical coiffure and neck-collar, and the ears pierced through. 57mm. (2-1/4 in.), 173mm. (6.8 in.) on custom walnut removable base. Cf. Neumeister, Munich: Afrika - Collection Dr. Karl-Ferdinand Schaedler (15 Oct. 2009), lot 1191. Also Editions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Vallées du Niger (Paris, 1993), p. 551, fig. 100; Schädler, K.-F., Erde und Erz (Earth and Ore), fig. 91; Gilbert, M., Niger Terracottas (in African Arts, Spring 2020, Vol. 5, 1), p. 72, 16. Rare type. Displays well on the custom wood display-stand which is included.   Ref# V1580   $245

EX private Pennsylvania collection > private New York collection.

With a custom museum walnut stand, ingeniously built up with an attached walnut-stained epoxy base to allow the sculpture to stand securely but remain removable. 

These heads were initially discovered in 1975, many by farmers who were preparing their fields. Hence many Bura sculptural works were accidentally broken by shovels before serious archaeological excavations began in 1983.
These anthropomorphic heads of the Bura culture have been much sought after for their unusual abstraction and simplicity.

See one here (the lot 1191 referenced above) which realized $1,789 (€1,200 against an est. of 2,000 - 3,000), albeit a larger example.




A Rare West African SOKOTO TERRACOTTACHIEF HEAD,” Northwest Nigeria, c. A.D. 400, also referred to as "Nok, Sokoto style," a so-called "Chief Head” in orange-brown terra-cotta, hand-modeled, with characteristic overhanging brows, wearing “laureated” (hatched) crown and long beard, typical of the anthropomorphic figures are the distinctive eyes with the pupils created by an oval recess, as well as the distinctive jewelry and the beards, and headgear. Cf. Bernard de Grunne, The Birth of Art in Africa, p. 24, p. 26 (only about 130 “fragments” known) and pp. 104-7, nos. 62-5. Ht. 16.3cm. (6.4 in.), 17.6cm. (6.9 in.) with stand (removable). The eroded surfaces of the terracottas produced using the construction technique were originally smoothly coated and are now mostly grainy weathered. A heavy, dense example. Fragmentary with no repairs.  Rare.   Ref# V1592   $575

EX Galerie Walu, Zurich (1995) > private Swiss collection > Basel art market > private New York collection.

With TL test (thermoluminescence report) from Kotalla identifying it as Sokoto Merkmale (= Sokoto characteristics) and ± 1,600 years old.  (A TL test alone can cost $275 to $750 not including shipping the object both ways!)

Compare Musée du Louvre, Pavillon des Sessions, Numéro d'inventaire Quai Branly 70.1999.8.2; Gorny & Mosch 275, 2020, 438 which realized a total of $2780 w/ BP; also see Gorny & Mosch 272, 2020, 431 which realized a total of $4856 w/ BP.

Sokoto ceramic sculptures are considerably rarer than their Nok counterparts; they are sometimes referred to as “Nok (Sokoto Style).” This piece was originally purchased as “Nok,” however,  the TL report refers to it as “Sokoto.” The Sokoto and Nok terracotta sculptures are the oldest to be found in West Africa and all of Africa other than Egypt. These statuettes of humans and animals with distinctive features represent a rare form of artistry found exclusively in the West African region. The main Sokoto characteristics are the large size, the pierced oval eyes under a strong frontal ridge, the flattened snub nose, the lips and the beard. It also has a distinctive line that underscores each eye, meeting at an apex on the bridge of the nose (although single lines are more commonly found in Sokoto heads). Unlike the traditional Nok (Jemaa) ornate hairstyles, the tall and domed head is plainly covered with a skullcap that has a simple band of decoration running around the apex of the forehead and around the circumference of the head above the ears.



A RARE WEST AFRICAN KRONKRONBUA “GARGOYLE” CONE SCULPTURE, Koma-Bulsa, N. Ghana, Koma Land (Komaland), ca. later 14th Century, a theriomorphic so-called cone figurine, hand-modeled and fired in pale-orange terra-cotta with a dark patina, depicting a mythical creature (Koma, Cosmos Serpent), referred to as a gargoyle, one eye protruding, the other recessed, with “tongue” protruding, tufts along the middle of the forehead; earring on the proper left ear, the other pierced. The top concave, circular and pierced in the center; protrusion at midriff, lightly grooved (representing digits, paws or claws?). Cf. Insoll, T., et al, Fragmentary Ancestors: Figurines from Koma Land, Ghana, p.16, bottom l. (cone figurine) and p. 21 & 26 (mythical creatures); Insoll, T., et al, Internal Meanings: Computed Tomography Scanning of Koma Figurines from Ghana, p. 28 and Fig. 9; Dagan, E.A., Spirits Within Boundaries / Les Esprits Sans Frontière: 26 Single Headed Terracotta from Komaland / Vingt-six statuettes de terre cuite a une tete de Komaland, Ghana (Galerie Amrad African Arts, Montreal, 1989), p. 46, no. 18. Cp. Kankpeyeng, B., et al, Indigenous Cosmology, Art Forms and Past Medicinal Practices: Towards an Interpretation of Ancient Koma Land Sites in Northern Ghana, p. 211, fig. 1.  Ht. 12.5cm., 14.5cm. with removable display-stand.  With a detailed TL test (thermoluminescence report) from Kotalla Laboratories identifying it as ± 600 years old.  Rare “gargoyle” type.   Ref# V1629   $575

EX Galerie Walu, Zurich (before 1987) > private New York collection.

With TL test (thermoluminescence report) from Kotalla identifying it as ± 600 years old.
(A TL test alone can cost $275 to $750 not including shipping the object both ways!)



An ANGLO-SAXON GILT STRAP-END, 10th/11th Century, Winchester Style. A gilt bronze strap-end with a male, facing, restraining a beast (“Dog of War”) left, facing backwards, probably a hunting dog, executed in openwork on a D-shaped mount with thick border, two piercings to the plate with the pins extant and simple hinge to the lower edge. 27mm. x 22mm., 8.44gm. Probably for a leather purse of pouch. Cf. Brett Hammond, British Artefacts: Volume 3 - Late Saxon, Late Viking & Norman, p. 52, Fig. 1.6-k (East Anglia).  Ref# V1577    $125

EX old English collection > private Essex, England collection > professional London antiquities market > private New York collection

Dating per Brett Hammond.

The Anglo-Saxon Dog of War was apparently the ancestor of the deerhound.





A Matching Pair of VIKING BOOK-MOUNTS, Urnes Period, 11th/12th Century, St Neots?. A matched pair of bronze mounts, each a tongue-shaped panel with attachment pins, openwork body with intricate raised ladder detailing. 91mm. overall l. ea.  Rare.  Fine condition.    Ref# V1554   $85

EX private Cambridge, England collection, formed in the last century > Brett Hammond > private New York collection.

£100 - £140 (~ $137 - $192) valuation by Brett Hammond and unlisted in his reference, British Artefacts: Middle Saxon and Viking.




A Rare CRUSADER STATES TEUTONIC ORDER BRONZE ANNULAR BROOCH, Ordensstaat, c. 1346-1410, with hatched decoration, and complete with pin, still moveable. Cf. Hattatt (2007), p. 382, Fig. 241, 1333. 2.3cm. dia. Attractive patina.    Ref.# V1092   $19.50

Originally from an old European collection and EX European professional art market and the late Prof. James H. Nichols (author: Ancient Greek Coins: A History of British Numismatic Literature).

These annular brooches were almost exclusively a men's fashion accessory. Adopted early in the Viking Age from Irish and Scottish fashions by Viking settlers. It later caught on in Scandinavia and Russia. Fastened on the right shoulder with the pin pointed upward, keeping the sword arm free. The state of the Teutonic Order (German: Deutschordensland) or Ordensstaat was a crusader state formed by the Teutonic Knights or Teutonic Order during 13th century Northern Crusades along the Baltic Sea.


A CHINESE NEOLITHIC POTTERY JAR (Guan). Machang Phase of the Majiayao Yangshao Culture, later 24th/earlier 21st Cent. B.C., Early Machang Phase (Early MCP), c. later 24th/23rd Cent. B.C., Qinghai. A squat vessel, known as a Guan, with loop handles. Overall painted red-brown and black geometric decoration. See Ling-yu Hung, Pottery Production, Mortuary Practice, and Social Complexity in the Majiayao Culture, NW China (ca. 5300-4000 BP), p. 321, Early MCP painted pottery vessels unearthed from Liuwan in Ledu County, Qinghai, Figure 4.11.1. Several small rim chips, otherwise intact. 8.3cm. (3-1/4”) ht.  Free-standing. This is an authentic Neolithic jar: most are fakes which have flooded the market!   Ref.# V1069  $120

EX collection of Vincent Funiciello, Brooklyn, NY., 1930s - 70s.


See an example here at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Two related examples here at Christie's realized US$16,250 not including the buyer's premium.



A Very Rare CHINESE SONG DYNASTY LIDDED CERAMIC VESSEL having a peaked roofed temple finial. 12th/13th Century. Rich brown glazed surface with scattered areas of earthen deposits. 13.3cm. (5.25 in.). Intact. Cf.  Treager, Mary, Song Ceramics, fig. 252.  Ref.# V1044  $185
 

Cf. Galerie Zacke Vienna, Fine Asian Art, (May 14, 2015), no. 74 (€700 - €1,400).
 
 EX Vincent Funiciello Collection, Brooklyn, collected until the 1970s, mainly in the 1950s.



A PHENOMENAL CORNER NOTCH BIRD POINT, Late Woodland Period, 8th/9th Century, EX LINTON FOSTERLING. 35mm., 3.5cm. Cf. Hranicky, W.J., North American Projectile Points, p. 239, 751 (c. 800 A.D.); Joe Harl, J. and Machiran, R., Prehistoric Cultures of the City of Wildwood, St. Louis County, Missouri (Archaeological Research Center of St. Louis, 2013), p. 44, Figure 36: Smaller Arrow Points Used During Late Woodland Period After A.D. 700.  Intact and superb.   Ref# V1640   $110


A PREHISTORIC NORTH AMERICAN ANCESTRAL PUEBLOAN (ANASAZI) SHOWLOW BLACK-ON-WHITE JAR, east central Arizona, A.D. c. 1325-1400, a glazed pottery jar with a flared rim and a classic black-on-white,  four-mile design of stepped interlocking triangular elements and concentric solid bands around the shoulder. Cf. Pomeroy, J.A., A Study Of Black-On-White Painted Pottery In The Tonto Basin, Arizona: Jars and pitchers of unidentified black-on-white, Reserve Black-on-white, Puerco Black-on-white, and Showlow Black-on-white, p. 51, fig. 18. For the inside rim-decor also see Hayes and Boom, Southwestern Pottery: Anasazi to Zuni (Lanham, MD, 2015), Prehistoric Pottery: White Mountain, p. 40 and p. 41 pl., middle row, last (Show Low, seed jar, c. 1375). Cf. Haury and Hargrave, Showlow and Pinedale Ruins (in Recently Dated Pueblo Ruins in Arizona, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. 82, No. 11), p. 7 and pl. 7, fig. 1: Lower level black-on-white sherds, Showlow ruin; Gifford, J.C., Archaeological Explorations In Caves of the Point of Pines Region, Arizona (Univ. of Arizona Press, 1980), Number 36, p. 36. Dia. 16.5cm. (6-1/2 in.), ht. 12.7cm. (5 in.). Repaired from some twelve original pieces with restoration over the exterior break lines, and some scattered small rim chips, otherwise complete. Already rare and very rare as a complete vessel. A beautiful example.   Ref# V1637   $775

Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi): Arizona: Cibola: Cibola White Ware (ceramic type / Southwestern North American style): Hopi: Show Low (Showlow / Sholow / inhabited place): Showlow Black-on-White (ceramic type / Southwestern North American style): Southwest (general region/United States).



EX private Florida collection > New York City professional art market > private New York collection

Much more uncommon than the Showlow polychrome and very rare as a complete vessel.

An example of Four Mile Black-On-White (somewhat more common than Showlow Black-On-White) sold here  at Sotheby’s in 2007 for $3,000 against an estimate of $3,000-$5,000.

Many of the Pueblo IV period towns either are now entirely destroyed (such as Showlow Ruin) or were greatly disturbed by heavy machinery in the past few decades (Fourmile and Pinedale ruins). See Van Keuren, S., Shumway Ruin and the Prehistory of the Silver Creek Drainage (in Contributions in Science (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, June 2006), Number 508, p. 4.

Appraised by Howard Rose at $900-$1,100.

Compare https://collections.dma.org/artwork/5181827



PRE-COLUMBIAN, WEST MEXICO, TWO PRECLASSIC CERAMIC PRETTY LADIES.
  (a) Michoacán, 4th/2nd Century B.C. Head of a "Pretty Lady." Cf. Howard S. Rose Gallery, Arte Primitivo 94, 2019, Michoacan Pretty Ladies, 31. (b) Chupícuaro, 5th/4th Century B.C. Head with torso, so-called pretty lady with headdress and coffee-bean eyes. Cf. The Natalie Wood Collection of Pre Columbian Ceramics from Chupicuaro (UCLA, 1969), 417. On attractive walnut stands (both removable). Ref.# V1098
(a) 6.5cm. w. $27.50
(b) 6.0cm. h. $27.50
or both for $49.50

EX private Scottsdale, Arizona collection



An excellent Pre-Columbian COLIMA SHAMAN FIGURE, c. 1st Century B.C. This standing Tuxcacuesco-Ortices type male is 6-1/4” (16cm.) high and is adorned with a fancy headdress, necklace and ear ornaments. His layered tunic is highlighted with crisp incising. Nicely burnished, good mineral deposits, mounted on a museum stand. 17.2cm. ht. with the (removeable, i.e. unattachable) stand. Perfect!  Ref# V1181  $250

EX collection of Maria Rendon of Dallas, Texas, by descent from her father.



A PRE-COLUMBIAN COLIMA CERAMIC DOG FIGURAL VESSEL, Late Formative/Early Protoclassic (1st Century B.C. / A.D. 1st Century), redware, standing, having a tail spout and arched back, grimacing face with incised features, perked ears and sloping belly.  Rare in this smaller-size depiction.  L. 19.5cm. (7-2/3 in.) overall, ht. 10.4cm. (4.1 in.), w. 10.4cm. (4.1 in.).  Overall areas of heavy calcified and mineral deposits on the surface. Some professional restoration to the right ear and rear left leg, otherwise intact.   Ref# V1332  $350

This particular rendition in size with rudimentary feet is known to exist during this period. Also see Furst, P.T. & J., Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico, p. 30-2.

For this particular portrayal see Catalogue of the The Walters Art Museum (Baltimore, 2009), 20, 178 and Sotheby's, New York, Pre-Columbian Art (Nov. 21, 1988), lot 404.

EX Dr. David Harner Collection, Arkansas, collected in the 1950s-1960s > private Nevada collection.  Exhibited at the Marjorie Barrick Museum, UNLV, 1980s and late 1990s.

Appraised by Howard S. Rose at $400 - $600.

An example here which realized $684.75 w/ BP against an est. of 
$1,000 - $2,000.
 
The animal most frequently depicted in Colima art is the hairless dog, known as the Techichi or Escuincle. It is believed to be a relative of the Chihuahua and/or the Mexican Hairless (Xoloitzcuintle). The word Xoloitzcuintle (pronounced show-low-eats-queen´-tlee) is derived from the name of the Aztec god Xolotl (twin brother of the god Quetzacoatl), and the Aztec word for dog, itzcuintli. Known to exist in Mexico for more than 3,000 years, the Xolo (show-low) can justly claim the distinction as first dog of the Americas.




Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, COLIMA POTTERY RATTLE OF A MOTHER NURSING HER BABY, Protoclassic, A.D. 2nd/3rd Century. Seated, hair braided and wearing headdress, otherwise naked. With some neat restoration, otherwise intact and rather charming. Rattles still work! Cp. Catalogue of the Hillwood Art Museum (Brookville, NY, 1993), no. 2. Ht. 6.3cm. (2-1/2 in.).  Ref.# V1097  $49.50

EX private Scottsdale, Arizona collection



A PRE-COLUMBIAN NAYARIT POTTERY HEAD AND TORSO OF A DOG, Post-Olmec (Late Preclassic), ca. 2nd Century B.C./A.D. 2nd Century. 5.3cm. (2.1 in.). Probably from a quadrupod vessel.  Ref.# V1099  $12.50

EX private Scottsdale, Arizona collection

          
A CHOICE PRE-COLUMBIAN CHUPÍCUARO FEMALE POTTERY FIGURINE, West Mexico, Guanajuato, Middle Preclassic Period. 9th/8th Century B.C., pregnant and wearing wide choker-necklace, elaborate headdress with vertical and triangular decor, earrings and armlets, and vertically pleated short body-dress. Buff earthenware, stick-polished. Painted decoration extant in feint red and white. Cf. The Natalie Wood Collection of Pre Columbian Ceramics from Chupicuaro (UCLA, 1969), p. 60, 430; Porter, M.N., Excavations at Chupicuaro, Guanajuato, IX., Human Figurines, Choker figurines, p. 557.  Ht. 8.6 cm. (3.4 in.).  Intact.  Ref.# V1070  $175

EX private Southwestern collection, acquired prior to 1970 > Howard S. Rose Gallery, NYC (their provenance and dating: "Chupicuaro, Guanajuato variety, c. 1,000 B.C.") > private New York collection.


   

A CHOICE PRE-COLUMBIAN TRIPOD JAR. Teotihuacán, Miccaotli Phase, c. A.D. 150-225, decorated with a textured band of triangle designs. Overall ht. 8.0cm. (3.15 in.), 9.3cm. (3-2/3 in.) dia. In perfect condition, with strong mineral deposits and root marks. Cf. Cowgill, G.L., Ceramica de Teotihuacan / Ceramics of Teotihuacan (in Artes de Mexico, No. 88 (Mexico City, 2008), p. 28 and p. 29, 2nd row, 2nd and 3rd from l.; Séjourné, L., Arqueología de Teotihuacán: La Cerámica, 3) El vaso cilindrico, p. 160.   Ref.# V1071  $185

EX Arte Xibalba, Florida > private New York collection.




A PRE-COLUMBIAN BLACKWARE SPIDER-MONKEY SELLO (Pintadera, Printing-Stamp), Teotihuacán. Tlamimilolpa-Xolalpan, 4th-6th Century. Handle at back with find-spot inscribed in black ink. Fragmentary as shown. 4.1cm. w., 4.0cm. h. The double border-outline is believed to be a reference to the Pyramid of the Sun. Cf. Campbell, C.J., Spider Monkeys, Teotihuacán, pp. 379-80; Werness, H.B., Continuum Encyclopedia of Animal Symbolism in World Art, p. 280.  Ref# V1101 $37.50

Found at Teotihuacán, February 11, 1954


EX private Scottsdale, Arizona collection



A FINE PRE-COLUMBIAN TRIPOD JAR from Teotihuacán,  A.D. early 5th Century. This choice Early Xolalpan vessel is 3-7/8" (9.75cm.) in diameter and is decorated with panels of stylized designs.  The trio of legs are hollow and contain rattles.  Strong mineral deposits and root marks overall.  This was the time of Teotihuacan's strongest influence with the Maya. See Braswell, G.E. (ed.), The Maya and Teotihuacan: Reinterpreting Early Classic Interaction, p. 37. Cp. Berrin & Pasztory, Teotihuacán: Art from the City of the Gods, p. 245, no. 124 (Early Xolalpan A.D. 400); Séjourné, L., Arqueología de Teotihuacán: La Cerámica, Lám. 29, 2nd row, 1st from l. (damaged). Latest dating per Cowgill Chronology (1996). Intact.  Ref.# V1072  $185

EX Arte Xibalba, Florida > private New York collection.




A PRE-COLUMBIAN POTTERY ADORNO, Teotihuacán, Late Xolalpan, beginning of A.D. 6th Century. Male head with a typical headdress of the period. Such "masks" were attached to incensario-lids. cf. Bushnell, G.H.S., Ancient Arts of the Americas, p. 40 opp., 31c; Rattray. E.C., Teotihuacan: Ceramics, Chronology and Cultural Trends, p. 239. 5.3cm. (2.1 in.)  Ref.# V1075  $45

For dating cf. Cowgill, George L., (1996) Ancient Mesoamerica 7:329.





A MAYA (Mayan) PRIEST-FIGURINE, Classical ("Classic") Period, 7th/9th Century, depicted holding a ritual-offering in his hands and wearing ear-spools, a double-necklace and a loincloth. The custom removable museum-stand in steel and dark-brown stained hardwood included. For this depiction see the Catalogue of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1988, no. 1204. Pale indian-red terracotta, ht. 14cm. (5.5 in.), w. 7cm. (2.75 in.), 22.5cm. (8.9 in.) total ht. with stand. Old loss as noted in the photograph.  Rare.   Ref# V1261   $145

EX Origine Expert, Paris > private New York collection



A MAYA ZOOMORPHIC JADE DISC-PENDANT, avian form (head of an owl), c. A.D. 790-920, a “currency” pendant, convex with flat back, tufted/scalloped edge, finely polished surfaces, with an added antique, custom 14K gold swivel bail finding, hand-made with stamped decor and allowing for the addition of a strand. Semitranslucent jade of light aqua color, an elegant and beautiful pendant. See Hirth, K.G. & S., Ancient Currency: The Style and Use of Jade and Marble Carvings in Central Honduras (in Lange, F.W., ed., Precolumbian Jade), pp. 174ff and p. 179, Fig. 13.3d.  40mm. (1.57 in.) dia., 58mm. (2.28 in.) overall l. with bail, total wt. 23.80gm.  Rare.  Some mineral deposits extant and intact.  Ref# V1611   $325

EX Howard S. Rose Gallery (Arte Primitivo), New York, early 2000s > private Florida collection (gold bail finding added) > private New York collection.





A Large and Very Rare
AZTEC RITUAL PEYOTE TRIPOD-BOWL, c. 1325-1519, in beige terracotta, slipped in orange, and cut with complex shamanic glyptic symbols arranged symmetrically around a central cross (the cross was associated with Chalchiuhtlicue and her relationship with Quetzalcoatl) in white in the inside-center. The feet are in the shape of peyote (Lophophora Williamsii) buttons, the divine plant of the spirit gods used by the general Aztec population, as well as by the shamans, as an entheogen. Cp. Aztec Archeological Potteries (in the International Journal of Thermophysics · November 2006), p. 1899, 1, fig. 1 photo (from the “Templo Mayor” archeological site, after 1325 to 1521, of Tenochtitlan, Mexico City). For the form, fabric and pigments compare The Aztec Empire: Catalogue of the Exhibition (Guggenheim, 2004), p. 62, no. 276 (1440-1521). Also see Carod-Artal, F.J., Alucinógenos En Las Culturas Precolombinas Mesoamericanas (in Neurología, Cuenca, Spain, 2011, Vol. 30, No. 1), pp. 42ff and Carrasco, D. and Sessions, S., Daily Life Of The Aztecs: People of the Sun and Earth, pp. 236-8; Furst, P.T., Hallucinogens In Precolumbian Art, pp. 57 and 72; James W. Salterio Torres, Aztec Mythology, p. 146.  Dia. 25cm. (9.8 in.), ht. 9cm. (3.5 in.). Rather neatly repaired from a large fragment and a few smaller with some slight surface restoration and complete.   Ref# V1259   $375

Lophophora williamsii or peyote is a small, spineless cactus with psychoactive alkaloids, particularly mescaline. The English common name peyote is a Spanish loanword, which comes from the Nahuatl name peyōtl, said to be derived from a root meaning "glisten" or "glistening."

EX Origine Expert, Paris > private New York collection.




A PRE-COLUMBIAN AZTEC CLASSIC PERIOD POTTERY VESSEL-LEG, probably from an incensario, depicting the head of a grimacing fox, an emblem of the goddess Tlazōlteōtl. 14th/15th Century. 5.5cm. (2.2 in.). A 4mm. circular mounting-hole underneath.  Ref# V1100  $27.50

EX private New York collection.





A PRE-COLUMBIAN AZTEC POTTERY SELLO (Pintadera, Printing-Stamp), depicting Ozomatli, the Aztec monkey-god of dance, fire, the new harvest, and music. 15th Century. Handle at back. Cf. British Museum nos. Am,St.588.I and Am1943,06.67; Enciso, Design Motifs – Ancient Mexico, p. 119. Repair at bottom and complete. 5.7 cm. (2-1/4 in.)   Ref.# V1074  $85

EX private New York collection.


 

A PRE-COLUMBIAN AZTEC POTTERY SELLO (Pintadera, Printing-Stamp), depicting a priest of the god Xochipilli (god of music and dance). c. 1440 - beginning of the 16th Century. Raised handle at back. Cf. British Museum nos. Am1946, 16.98 and 99. 6.8 cm. (2-2/3 in.) Intact.    Ref.# V1073  $85

EX private New York collection.

   

An AZTEC POTTERY TWIN-HEADED SERPENT SELLO (Pintadera, Printing-Stamp), of Quetzalcoatl, the Aztec god of wind and learning. Huitzilopochco (Churubusco), c. 1440-1519. 6.5cm. (2-1/2 in.) x 4.4cm. (1-3/4 in.). Handle at back. Repaired from two pieces and complete. Ref.# V1086  $75

EX private New York collection.


Quetzalcoatl, God of Wind and Wisdom
, connected with the planet Venus, of the dawn, of merchants and of arts, crafts, learning and knowledge. He was also the patron god of the Aztec priesthood.



An AZTEC CERAMIC BICHROME TRIPOD MORCILLO MOLCAJETE BOWL, Otumba,  ca. 1478 - 1520, so-called chili-grinder bowl, slipped in red and white on buff, the tondo scored/grilled which it has been suggested may have been utilized to grind peppers (see Werner Forman Archive / Museum fur Volkerkunde, Berlin. Loc. 26). Cf. Smith, M.E.. Postclassic Ceramics from the Toluca Valley in US Museums: The Bauer and Blake Collections (in Mexicon, Vol. XXIII, December 2001), p. 144, Fig. 3 (Molcajetes). For other examples with this tondo decor see the Catalogue of the Collections in the Brooklyn Museum: Arts of the Americas, Aztec, Tripod Pottery Bowl, ca. 1440-1521, acc. no. 48.22.15, an example in the Museo de América, Madrid (image ID RPYF98), and another:  Sammlung Ethnologisches Museum Amerika (Berlin), Ident. Nr. IV Ca 25776 (Molcajete Tongefäß, Municipio Calimaya, Toluca, Azteken Kultur). Also compare Jesús Vico, Auc. 10, 2020, 527 for the fabric. Ht. 9.0cm. (3.5 in.), dia. 16.5cm. (6.5 in.). Intact. Good mineral deposits extant.  Rare.   Ref# V1612   $235

EX private New York collection.

Otumba is one of a few Late Aztec-period city-states in the Basin of Mexico whose central city or town is not obscured by post-Conquest occupation.



A Rare PRE-COLUMBIAN AZTEC TERRACOTTA OTOMI WARRIOR HEAD. Aztec Imperial, Tlacetilli Otomi, ca. 1486-1526. Wearing the typical headdress and Xicalcoliuhqui tattoo on each cheek. Free-standing. Ht. 10.5cm. (4.1 in.). Stable stress-crack across upper nose to eye.  Ref.# V1085  $125

See von Hagen, V.W., AZTEC: Man And Tribe, p. 171, 48 (bottom r.) for the tattoo and p. 193, 55 (lower panel upper r.) for the headdress. Also see Aguilar-Moreno, Handbook to Life in the Aztec World, p. 204.

The Otomi or Otontin were an elite Aztec military order, named after the Otomi people who were renowned for their fierce fighting. In the historical sources it is often difficult to discern whether the word otomitl "Otomi" refers to members of the Aztec warrior society, or members of the ethnic group who also often joined the Aztec armies as mercenaries or allies. The Otomi were one of the earliest peoples known to wear tattoos.

Probably from the environs of El Cerrito. Collected in the hills SW of the city of Querétaro by Kenneth Burlingham in 1958 as noted in ink on the back of this head, and collection number inked on bottom. This collector is known to have collected Pre-Columbian artifacts in Mexico in the 1950s and 1960s.

In the later pre-Hispanic period, the area was populated by the Otomi, who had become sedentary urban dwellers with sophisticated politics by the time of the Aztec Empire, who referred to them as the Tlacetilli Otomi or "Otomi Nation/State." This area was under control of the Otomi dominion of Xilotepeque in the 1440s, which in turn was subject to the Aztec Empire of Mexihco-Tenochtitlan. Under the reign of Ahuizotl in the late 15th century, the Aztecs administered the area directly, considering it a bulwark against the Chichimeca lands to the north.

EX private Maine collection > private New York collection.




A NAZCA POLYCHROME DECORATED POTTERY KERO, Early Classic Nazca A (c. A.D. 20 / c. 333), in light, medium and dark brown, black and cream, and having a wide, central exterior band of scroliate elements, upper rim band of stepped decoration. Cf. Martin-Vegue, Nazca Pottery at Florida State University, Table 1 and pl. XLV, B3-4.  Ht. 4-1/2 in. (11.4cm.), dia. 6-1/8 in. (15.6cm.). Two large original pieces reattached in one side with restoration over the break lines, otherwise intact.    Ref# V1455   $295

For the dating see Middle American Research Records (Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University), Issue 18, p. 25.

EX private Texas collection (formed since 1960s)

Appraised by the Pre-Columbian expert Howard S. Rose at $500-$800.



EARLY FORMATIVE CHAVÍN-CUPISNIQUE BLACKWARE BOTTLE, Chongoyape, Peru, Tembladera Phase, c. 12th/11th Century B.C., burnished, incised and textured, an unusually elegant single-spout shape with incised and “scratch/combed*” stepped decor, repeated on either side. Ht. 20.5cm. (8.1 in.), dia. 13.0cm. (5.1 in.) This “bevelled-lip” (i.e. prominent-lip) in combination with the “concave-shaped spout” is indigenous to Chongoyape (see Burtenshaw-Zumstein, J.T., Cupisnique, Tembladera, Chongoyape, Chavín? - A Typology of Ceramic Styles from Formative Period Northern Peru, 1800-200 BC [University of East Anglia, 2014], p. 214).  Rare (ibid., p. 145). *Ibid, p. 412, Table 6.1 and p. 174; Burger, R.L., Chavin and the Origins of Andean Civilization: The Old Temple: Gallery of the Offerings, p. 139, no. 133 ("dentate rocker stamping"). For this fabric also see Millon et Associés, Art de l’Amérique Précolombienne (Paris, 2018), no. 6.  Also compare a bottle here.  Choice condition.   Ref# V1562   $325

Cupisnique culture, which arose on the north coast of Peru, was strongly influenced by Chavín culture, centered in the highlands. This dark, thick-walled, and highly burnished vessel with incised decoration may have been used during special feasts, ceremonies, and other public gatherings. The Cupisnique people modeled their pottery and then fired it in wood-burning kilns which produced a lot of smoke, giving the ceramics their dark color. Decoration was produced through the incision technique.

Chongoyape is named after an archaeological site located near the town of the same name, in the department of Lambayeque, Peru. Some of the oldest examples of metalwork in Peru have been found here. Although Chongoyape is traditionally considered to belong to the Chavín culture, it is closer to Cupisnique style, and is thus often referred to as Chavín-Cupisnique style.




A Beautiful PRE-COLUMBIAN MOCHE OWL JAR from Peru, 5th/7th Century. It is 3-1/2” (8.9 cm.) high and depicts a superbly detailed owl. The facial features echo earlier Salinar styles with appliqué eyes and intact suspension loops acting as ears. Cf. Catalogue of the Fowler Museum (UCLA, Los Angeles, 1972), No. 451 (Early Intermediate Period). Vivid paint, strong mineral deposits, perfect.   Ref.# V1082  $225

The owl was divine to the Mochica and was associated with the night.

EX estate of Leroy Irons, Gallatin, TN, collected in the 1970s
> Arte Xibalba, Florida > private New York collection.


A Charming and Rare PRE-COLUMBIAN MOCHE BICHROME CUY STIRRUP VESSEL, Moche valley in northern Peru, Mochica Period IV, later 5th/earlier 6th Century. This fine effigy vessel of orange-pink ground with painted white details is 5-3/8” long (13.65 cm.) and depicts a cuy (Guinea pig) with bulging eyes and broad smile. Intact. Adorable!    Ref.# V1084   $375  
 
See Domingo, Archeologia Andina: Peru, p. 118, 130.

The cuy was a household pet for the Mochica, and also used by the Chim
ú and Inca as an instrument of divination where the depiction of the cuy also exists in the form of stirrup vessels.

EX private Southwestern U.S. collection  > Arte Xibalba > private New York collection.



A Large NAZCA-HUARI POLYCHROME DOUBLE-SPOUT-AND-BRIDGE VESSEL, Peru, South-Central Coast, 8th/9th Century, bulbous body having two long spouts connected with a strap bridge type handle. Painted black and red stepped geometric decoration on a white ground. Low relief decoration around the base. Free-standing. Professionally repaired from fragments but complete with restoration only over the break lines. Ht. 8-1/2 in. (21.5cm.).  Rare example.   Ref# V1330   $175

See Griffin, G., Guide to Arts of the Americas, Pre-Columbian: Nazca: Early Huari, p. 123, B, and note.

EX prestigious Manhattan Pre-Columbian art gallery and private Texas collection.




A Large and Early SICÁN Double-Spout-And-Bridge Vessel from Peru, later 8th/9th Century, of footed, saucer form with multi-spiked and some circular, flat decor, perhaps in representation of the nopal (opuntia) cactus, and tall, tapered spouts connected with a bridge-type handle. Painted black highlights and circular elements on a white-ground lower body.  See Hoyle, R.L., Peru, p. 161 (form); Domingo, Archeologia Andina: Peru, p. 199, 249, P. 315 (decor).  Free-standing.   Rare.   Ht. 9-1/2 in. (24.1cm.). Repaired from fragments but complete; professional restoration over some of the breaklines.   Ref# V1331  $175

See Art of The Andes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections (1983), p. 204.

EX prestigious Manhattan Pre-Columbian art gallery and private Texas collection.

The Pre-Inca SICÁN Culture (700 - 1100) also known as the "Lambayeque" Culture, settled down in the north coast; The Batán Grande or Sicán Archaeological Complex, just north of Chiclayo, Lambayeque Province, Peru, is an ancient archaeological site that was their cultural center. In it, 50 pyramids have been identified. The archaeological site is located in the Historic Forest Sanctuary of Pómac.




A CERAMIC SLIPPED INCA IMPERIAL POLYCHROME PACCHA, PERU, Cuzco, 15th/early 16th Century, a ceremonial vessel used for pouring libations such as chicha (maize beer) on the earth to ensure fertility and growth of plentiful crops, also known as a pacha or pacqha, molded into the form of stacked gourds and with a worm along opposite sides and turtle mouth spout. For the geometrical pattern borders motif see Bushnell, G.H.S., Ancient Arts of the Americas, p. 217, no. 207 (Cuzco); also see Domingo, Archeologia Andina: Peru, p. 295, no. 389 (= P. 407: kero, horizonte tardio); the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979, Acc. No. 206.1149 (Cuzco); also the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, acc. no. B08.1187 (bottle, whistling, 1470-1534 CE, Inca, Cuzco, Peru). For an explanation of these objects see Ancient Andean Arts in the Collection of the Krannert Art Museum (University of Illinois, 1975) by Alan Sawyer, p. 65. Overall l. 20.5cm. (8-1/2 in.) excl. the custom, removable stand. Some restoration to the rim and otherwise intact and an extremely rare depiction of a paccha.    Ref# V1639   $875

EX Collection of Dr. Saul Tuttman and Dr. Gregory Siskind, New York, acquired in the 1970s.




A Detailed PRE-COLUMBIAN INCA SILVER BIRD AMULETIC PENDANT, Peru, 14th/15th Century, hollow-formed and wonderfully hand crafted with incised eyes and tail feathers, double horizontal suspension holes through the forepart of the wings. Cf. Ancient Resource, Auction 30: Fine Ancient Artifacts, Lot 293. 1.5 x 1.5 cm. Intact with light oxide patina.  Ref.# V1083  $135

Silver was reserved for the elite females in the culture.

EX Leroy Irons, Gallatin, TN, collected in the 1970s.

An identical example here which realized $210 incl. BP.



A choice INCA IMPERIAL PUCHUELA CEREMONIAL PITCHER, North Coastal Inca Empire (Highlands of Perú), Late Horizon (1476-1532). This finely made, squat, handled aribaloid vessel is decorated with two bands of elongated-diamonds painted in black over the highly burnished red slip. The broad strap handle is decorated with five diagonal crosses each between bands and shows sign of extensive usage. Cf. Domingo, Arqueologia Andina Peru, p. 278, fig. 1 and p. 372,  P 771 (= Museo de América de Madrid, Collection No. 595). Ht. 10.8cm. (4-1/4 in.). Flattened at the base, thus free-standing. Intact, and the handle showing signs of usage in antiquity.   Ref# V1424  $275


EX Erika Roman (Santa Cruz, Calif., 1985) > Pamela Llerena (Miami, Florida) collections
> Arte Xibalba, Florida > private New York collection.



A PRE-COLUMBIAN IMPERIAL INCA POTTERY POLYCHROME KERO, Coastal Peru, A.D. 1460-1532, in white, red and black. Geometric zig-zag and decorated squares. Stylized fish iconography (catfish?) around within the narrow panel just below the rim. A pouring-lip at one point just under the inside of the rim. The top of the rim also glazed in dark red. Free-standing. Cf. Catalogue of the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, 1940), no. 585; for this particular outline-shape - only existing in the Late Horizon Period: Domingo, M.C., Catalogo de Museo de América de Madrid (Madrid, 1980), 391. 14.5cm. (5.7 in.). Some fading and a couple small chips below rim, otherwise intact. Ref# V1151  $165

Imperial Inca keros are relatively elusive in the Late Horizon Period: the majority extant were produced in the Colonial Period and usually of wood composition.

Used for drinking chicha (corn beer) at religious festivals. A substantial example, weighing about 1.25 lbs (0.57 kg); liquid capacity is about 2 pints / 1 liter(!).

EX Origine Expert, Paris > private New York collection.



THREE PRE-COLUMBIAN PERUVIAN TEXTILES, EX RENOWNED HALPERN COLLECTION OF PRE-COLUMBIAN TEXTILES.

An Inca Ch'uspa Coca Leaf Bag, a Tumpline & Chancay Fragment (3):
 


THREE PRE-COLUMBIAN PERUVIAN TEXTILES, EX RENOWNED HALPERN COLLECTION OF PRE-COLUMBIAN TEXTILES
:

An Inca Ch'uspa Coca Leaf Bag, a Tumpline & Chancay Fragment (3):





(a) A FANTASTIC INCA COCA LEAF BAG, Late Horizon, South-Central Coast, Inca Imperial Period, c. 1475-1525, also known as a Ch'uspa or chuspa ( Quechua for "bag" or "pouch"), trapezoidal shape, composed from camelid hair and cotton, decorated with three geometric vertical bands on both sides, alternated with solid red bands with striped borders. Five long red string tassels along the bottom edge. The trapezoidal bag, 21.5cm. (8-1/2 in.) top w., 29.0cm. (11.4 in.) bottom w., 21.5cm. l. (8-1/2 in.); overall tassel l., 21.5cm (8-1/2 in.). See See Quilter, J., Fashioning Nature: Inca Art and Aesthetics (in The Civilization of the Incas, New York, 2011), p. 196 and 197 (photo).; Hughes, L.F., Weaving Imperial Ideas: Iconography and Ideology of the Inca Coca Bag (in Textile: The Journal of Cloth & Culture, Jul 2010, Vol. 8 Issue 2), pp. 152-155 and Figs. 3-5. Compare British Museum  Accession Number Am1909,1207.212; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Accession Numbers 28.171.4 and 1970.246.9. Some minor light staining, otherwise intact.

See a similar example here ($800 against an estimate $1,500 - $2,000)

It may have been produced under the Inka m'ita (taxation) system. The Inka required everyone, including children and the elderly, to weave and to spin fiber into thread. Most surviving examples of Inca textiles have been found either on the coast or frozen at very high altitudes, as the highland climate affords poor preservation.






(b) An INCA IMPERIAL TUMPLINE, Late Horizon, South-Central Coast, Inca Imperial Period, c. 1475-1525, a woven multicolor tumpline of camelid and cotton, in red, brown, white and wheat, having tightly woven diamond-motif cords and long woven brown string ties. Cp. Catalogue of the the Nora and John Wise Collection (Dallas Museum of Art, 1989), W.2357.  L. 230cm. (90 in.). Some fading and scattered light staining, otherwise intact.

A tumpline (/tump-lyne/) is a strap attached at both ends to a sack, backpack, or other luggage and used to carry the object by placing the strap over the top of the head. This utilizes the spine rather than the shoulders as standard backpack straps do. Tumplines are not intended to be worn over the forehead, but rather the top of the head just back from the hairline, pulling straight down in alignment with the spine. The bearer then leans forward, allowing the back to help support the load. Tumplines are often used to transport heavy loads across uneven terrain such as footpaths and portages.




(c) A CHANCAY BORDER-FRAGMENT, Peru, Northern Coast, 12th/14th Century, in brown, red, wheat and white, having a center band of geometric type "moon-dogs," bordered with spiraling wave-bands and a striped lower band. 37.0cm. (14.6 in.) overall l. of the tapestry, 14.5cm. (5.7 in.) overall w.; mounted on a cloth backing, 43.5cm. (17 in.)  x  21.5cm. (8.5 in.). Compare Amano, M., Chancay Textiles From the Collection of Museo Amano, Lima, Peru, nos. 60, 69 and 71; Carlson, U., Andine Ikonografie - Variationen textiler Symbolik, p. 31 and Fig. 103; Asil, B.M., Chancay Style Textiles (The University of Western Ontario, 2015), p. 147; Domingo, M.C., Archeologia Andina: Peru, p. 256, nos. 2035 and 2037; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art of Oceania, Africa, and the Americas from the Museum of Primitive Art (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1969) no. 486 (12th–14th century). A few minor imperfections, overall in excellent condition. A good quality, crisp example!
 
The lot of 3:    Ref# V1647   $450

EX Halpern Collection > private New York collection. This group of three textiles appraised by Howard S. Rose at $1,000-$1,500.


A like new copy of  HALI (the premier periodical
devoted to antique carpet and textile art) - Issue 153 - where the Halpern Collection is cited - is included with the lot.


A VALDIVIA STONE PLAQUE, Ecuador, late 21st/20th Century B.C., a so-called "stone owl," sculpted in bas-relief from the characteristic greenish-grey sedimentary limestone. Cf. Stothert, K.E., Valdivia Stone Figurines (in The Secret Art of Pre-Columbian Ecuador), p. 15 and 46, 10; Zeidler, J.A., The Ecuadorian Formative: Valdivia (in The Handbook of South American Archaeology), p. 466; Cevallos, I.C., The World of Spirits in Pre-Columbian Ecuador, pp. 27-33.  Ht. 16.8cm. (6.6 in.); 20.8cm. (8.2 in.) with the (removable) museum-stand. Intact; good mineral deposits.  Rare example from the Piquiá Phase.  Ref# V1425   $575

EX Indiana estate > Arte Xibalba, Florida > New York collection.

These smaller "owl plaques" are recorded in the Early Formative Valdivia Phase 8, also known as the Piquiá (Piquigua) Phase. For the dating also see Latin American Antiquity, Vol. 9, No. 2 (Jun., 1998), p. 173.

An example here which realized CHF3,500 ~ $3,725 with BP.



A CERAMIC FEMALE FIGURAL PENDANT. Ecuador, Valdivia Culture, Formative Period D, 15th Century B.C. Forearms laterally placed below breasts. Typical "molar tooth" legs and thighs. Traces of red pigment as usual. Suspension-hole through side of head. 2.5cm. Cf. Meggers, Early Formative Period of Coastal Ecuador: The Valdivia and Machalilla Phases (Smithsonian, Washington, 1965), pl. 123, l. Also ibid, pl. 120, h for the rear outline of this "Long Bob" hairstyle. Also see Baumann, P., Valdivia. Die Entdeckung der ältesten Kultur Amerikas, p. 99; Américas (OAS, Washington, 1998), Vol. 50, p. 51 for a discussion of these pendants, found in a grave burial urn, and their connection with corn as a sacred symbol for the inner development of man. For the existence of these smaller figurines down to 2 centimeters, cf. Stothert, K.E., Valdivia Ceramic Figurines (in The Secret Art of Pre-Columbian Ecuador), p. 19.  Intact.  Ref.# V1081  $75



A JAMACOAQUE (Jama-Coaque, Jama Coaque) CERAMIC FEMALE FIGURE from the coastal lowlands of Ecuador's Manabí Province, Jama-Coaque I, c. 240 B.C. / A.D. 90, depicting a shamanic Andean dancer, an early standing female depicted with arms to the sides in praying stance, bare-breasted and wearing a long skirt, a multistrand necklace with a sizable pendant, and a head cover, as well as ear and nose ornaments. Cf. Cevallos, I.C., Amuletos En El Ecuador Precolombino, 99.  Nicely burnished. Sintered with good mineral deposits. Mounted on a custom stand (rotatable and also removable).  8.8cm. (3-½ in.), 10.2cm (4 in.) with stand.   Ref# V1594   $115

EX Calway Dodson estate, Sarasota, FL > Arte Xibalba, Osprey, Florida > private New York collection.