The June 2-5, 2002, Pre-Long Beach Sale, Sale 14
Lot 4270
Spain, Osca, c. 150-100
BC. AR Denarius (4.3 g). Bearded male head right. Reverse: Horseman
galloping right. Villaronga p. 211, 6; Burgos 1501. Finely centered on round
flan. Stylish. Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $125-175.
Ex Shirley Barr Sage Collection, published in her Biblical
Numismatics: Thirty Pieces of Silver, coin no. 35.
Lot 4271
Celtic Central Europe.
Hungarian Plains, c. 2nd Century BC. Billon Drachm (2.6 g). Tolna or
Kapostal type, derived from Philip II of Macedon's coinage. Stylized head of
Zeus right. Reverse: Rider on horse left. Göbl OTA 500; CCCBM I,
98. Well centered, toned. Choice Very Fine.
Estimated Value
$125-150.
Lot 4272
Etruria. Populonia, c.
211-206 BC. AR 20 Asses (8.4 g). Gorgoneion facing; below, XX.
Reverse: Blank. SNG ANS 78ff; Sambon 42. With typical die break over
face. Old collection toning. Nice Very Fine.
Estimated Value
$400-500.
Lot 4273
Calabria. Tarentum, c.
334-302 BC. AR Nomos (7.9 g). Young warrior right, on horseback, holding
shield and spears. Reverse: Taras on dolphin left, holding kantharos and
rudder; ethnic behind. Dewing 166 var; SNG ANS 1012ff. Well above average,
detailed strike for this issue, with only a little flatness. Fine old toning.
Pleasing example. About Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $175-250.
Ex Shirley Barr Sage Collection, published in her Biblical
Numismatics: Thirty Pieces of Silver, coin no. 32.
Lot 4274
Calabria. Tarentum, c.
281-272 BC. AR Nomos (6.3 g). Young nude rider crowning horse walking
right; magistrate's name in field. Reverse: Taras on dolphin left,
holding helmet, flanked by two stars in field; ethnic below. Dewing 212; SNG
ANS 1109. Struck on broad flan, with minor porosity. Old toning. Choice Very
Fine.
Estimated Value $175-250.
Ex Shirley Barr Sage
Collection, published in her Biblical Numismatics: Thirty Pieces of
Silver, coin no. 33.
Lot 4275
Calabria. Tarentum, c.
281-272 BC. AR Nomos (6.6 g). Nude warrior on horseback right, being
crowned by Nike flying left; at left SI, magistrate's name below.
Reverse: Taras on dolphin left, holding kantharos and trident; at right,
GU (retrograde), ethnic below. Vlasto 728f; SNG ANS 1092ff. From old
collection: quite well struck up, and deeply toned. With old dealer's ticket
(French), the back with somewhat later inked notation of $24. Extremely
Fine.
Estimated Value $400-500.
Lot 4276
Lucania. Metapontum, c.
465-450 BC. AR Nomos (7.7 g). Upright ear of barley; retrograde ethnic
(obscured by die break) along right edge. Reverse: Incuse of barley ear.
Noe 250 (same dies); SNG Cop. 1170. Old collection toning. Attractive. Fine.
Estimated Value $150-200.
Ex Shirley Barr Sage Collection,
published in her Biblical Numismatics: Thirty Pieces of Silver, coin no.
30.
Lot 4277
Lucania. Metapontum, c.
330-300 BC. AR Nomos (7.6 g). Head of Demeter right, hair wreathed in corn.
Reverse: Upright barley ear, plow at right; ethnic at left. Johnston C1;
SNG Cop. 1227. Handsome old collection toning. Well centered on usual oblong
flan, a few trifling scratches on reverse. Very Fine.
Estimated
Value $150-200.
Ex Shirley Barr Sage Collection, published in her
Biblical Numismatics: Thirty Pieces of Silver, coin no. 31.
Lot 4278
Lucania. Metapontum, c.
325-280 BC. AR Nomos (7.7 g). Head of Demeter right, with pendant earring
and hair wreathed in grains. Reverse: Ear of barley, plow symbol at
right. Johnston C1.13. Very Fine.
Estimated Value $150-200.
Lot 4279
Bruttium. Croton, c. 530
BC. AR Nomos (7.9 g). Delphic tripod, with ring handles and lion's paw
feet; ethnic at left. Reverse: Incuse of tripod. Basel 194; Dewing 493
var. Attractive old toning; light graffito at obverse right. Flan a little
ragged, with flan flaw at left, nevertheless archaic design bold, balanced, and
elegant. Fine or better.
Estimated Value $250-350.
Ex
Shirley Barr Sage Collection, published in her Biblical Numismatics: Thirty
Pieces of Silver, coin no. 29.
Lot 4280
Sicily. Akragas, c. 500
BC. AR Didrachm (8.5 g). Eagle standing left; ethnic behind.
Reverse: Crab as seen from above. Dewing 551; SNG Cop. 24. Artistic
toning. Choice Fine.
Estimated Value $300-400.
Ex Shirley
Barr Sage Collection, published in her Biblical Numismatics: Thirty Pieces
of Silver, coin no. 23.
Lot 4281
Sicily. Akragas, c.
470-420 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.9 g). Eagle standing left; ethnic in field
around. Reverse: Crab as seen from above. BMC 38ff.; Dewing 555. Some
areas of surface laminations on obverse, plus contact marks on reverse. Good
centering, along with artistic toning. Very Fine.
Estimated Value
$300-375.
Ex Shirley Barr Sage Collection, published in her
Biblical Numismatics: Thirty Pieces of Silver, coin no. 22.
Lot 4282
Sicily. Catana, c. 450-425
BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.0 g). Charioteer in walking quadriga right.
Reverse: Laureate head of Apollo right, ethnic around. SNG ANS 1244 var.
Cleaned, with smoothing to the fields. Attractively retoned. About Very
Fine.
Estimated Value $375-475.
Lot 4283
Sicily. Syracuse, c.
480-475 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.2 g). Bearded charioteer in slow quadriga
right; Nike, above right, crowns horses. Reverse: Head of Arethusa
right, wearing beaded headband, surrounded by four dolphins; ethnic at right.
Boehringer 148; Randazzo 311 (same dies); Dewing 709. Obverse nicely centered
and unusually well struck up. Reverse a little off center, but a choice, sharp
strike, with residual luster. Arethusa in pleasing archaic style. Lightly
toned. Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $650-950.
Ex
Shirley Barr Sage Collection, published in her Biblical Numismatics: Thirty
Pieces of Silver, coin no. 24.
Lot 4284
Sicily. Syracuse, c.
480-475 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.3 g). Charioteer leans forward in slow
quadriga right; Nike, above right, crowns horses. Reverse: Head of
Arethusa right, wearing beaded headband, surrounded by four dolphins; ethnic at
right. Boehringer 247; Randazzo 417 (this coin); Dewing 743 (same dies).
Obverse nicely centered and quite well struck. Reverse sharp, with several fine
die breaks, and some surface roughness at right. Lightly toned. Extremely
Fine.
Estimated Value $550-750.
Ex Randazzo Hoard; ex
Shirley Barr Sage Collection, published in her Biblical Numismatics: Thirty
Pieces of Silver, coin no. 25.
Lot 4285
Sicily. Syracuse, c.
480-475 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.1 g). Charioteer in slow quadriga right,
Nike flying right ,crowning horses. Reverse: Head of Arethusa right,
wearing both pearl diadem and ribbon in her hair, four dolphins around,
swimming clockwise. Boeh. 203. Finely centered on full flan. Usual worn obverse
die; reverse very sharp, with especially charming late archaic portrait. Toned.
Very Fine / about Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $1,000-1,500.
The reverse here an unusual variation in that the nymph wears a ribbon
in addition to the typical pearls. There are a few dies with this design
variation, most of which seemed to be grouped around Boehringer 104-121, These
perhaps the work of one or two engravers.
Lot 4286
Sicily. Syracuse,
Agathokles, 317-289 BC. Electrum 50 Litrai (3.6 g). Laureate head of Apollo
lef, star behind. Reverse: Tripod with lid and handle, P between legs;
ethnic around. Jenkins O 30 - R 47 (this coin); SNG Lockett 994 (this coin).
Finely centered on slightly tight flan. In choice late Classical style, the
Apollo delicate yet masculine. With lightly iridescent brownish toning. A
nice Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $1,750-2,250.
Ex. Leu 81,
"Greek Coins, An Outstanding Collection," lot 116; Bank Leu 50, 4-25-90, lot
71; Monnaies et Medailles 37, 12-5-68, lot 140; and from the collection of R.C.
Lockett, I, Glendining & Co., 10-25-55, lot 898.
Lot 4287
Sicily. Syracuse.
Agathokles, 317-289 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.3 g), struck c. 317-310 BC. Head
of Arethusa left, hair wreathed in grain, surrounded by four dolphins.
Reverse: Charioteer in fast quadriga left, triskeles above; ethnic and
monogram in exergue. Basel 510 var; Dewing 943. Clean, sharp strike, with a
little residual luster. Faintly toned. Very attractive overall. Extremely
Fine.
Estimated Value $1,250-UP.
Ex Shirley Barr Sage
Collection, published in her Biblical Numismatics: Thirty Pieces of
Silver, coin no. 26.
Lot 4288
Sicily. Syracuse. The
Syracusan Democracy, 214-212 BC. AR 12 Litrai (10.2 g). Head of Athrena
left, wearing Corinthian helmet and aegis; AG monogram behind. Reverse:
Artemis in short chiton and boots left, firing bow; at feet, dog running left;
SO in left field, ethnic at right. Pozzi 663. Very slight double striking, most
obvious at the hound, but both dies among the prettiest of styles for this
series. Faintly toned and lustrous. Choice Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $500-750.
Lot 4289
Macedonian Kingdom.
Phillip II, 359-336 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.3 g), Pella mint, struck c.
323-315 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right. Reverse: Nude youth,
holding palm, on horse right, snake and Boeotian shield below. Le Rider pl. 22,
531 b,d (same dies). Boldly struck and stylish. Light iridescent toning, and
lustrous. Extremely Fine, the reverse Superb.
Estimated Value
$500-600.
Ex Shirley Barr Sage Collection, published in her
Biblical Numismatics: Thirty Pieces of Silver, coin no. 58.
Lot 4290
Macedonian Kingdom.
Alexander III, the Great, 336-323 BC. Gold Stater, Pella mint, struck
c. 280-270 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet with serpent
ornament. Reverse: Nike stands left, holding wreath and ship's mast,
monograms below left and in wreath, crescent at far left. Price 610. Reverse
faintly double struck, but Athena a fine, robust Hellenistic portrait. Some
residual luster. Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $1,500-1,750.
Ex Shirley Barr Sage Collection, published in her Biblical
Numismatics: Thirty Pieces of Silver, coin no. 59.
Lot 4291
Macedonian Kingdom.
Alexander III, the Great, 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.2 g),
"Amphipolis mint," c. 336-323 BC. Head of youthful Herakles right, wearing
lion's skin. Reverse: Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter,
Paladium at below left. Price 109. Sharp strike. Stylish for series, with
attractive iridescent toning. Very Fine, the obverse better.
Estimated Value $275-375.
Ex Shirley Barr Sage Collection,
published in her Biblical Numismatics: Thirty Pieces of Silver, coin no.
61.
Lot 4292
Macedonian Kingdom.
Alexander III, the Great, 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.0 g), "Babylon"
mint, struck c. 325-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin
headdess. Reverse: Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter, in
left field, M, monogram under throne. Price 3673; Müller 672. Obverse die
a little worn, but Herakles stylish; Zeus, on the reverse, quite fine. Faintly
toned. About Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $150-250.
Lot 4293
Macedonian Kingdom.
Alexander III, the Great, 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.0 g), Sidon, c.
320-318 BC. Head of youthful Herakles right, wearing lion's skin.
Reverse: Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter; O at left, SI
beneath throne. Price -- , but cf. a tetradrachm of Philip III, P175. Sharply
struck in bold relief. Lightly toned. Extremely Fine.
Estimated
Value $400-550.
Ex Shirley Barr Sage Collection, published in her
Biblical Numismatics: Thirty Pieces of Silver, coin no. 60.
Lot 4294
Macedonian Kingdom.
Alexander III, the Great, 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (4.3 g), Sardes mint, c.
334-323 BC. Head of youthful Herakles right, wearing lion's skin.
Reverse: Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter; monogram below,
club at right. Price 2550. Interesting "Eastern" style. Lightly toned. Also, an
AE 18 mm. of Cassander, 316-297 BC. Head of Herakles right, with lion's
skin / Nude youth, holding palm, on walking horse right; monograms below. SNG
Cop. 1146. With glossy green-black patina. Lot of 2 coins. Extremely Fine
for Drachm; AE Very Fine plus / Very Fine. Good dealer lot.
Estimated
Value $150-250.
Ex Shirley Barr Sage Collection, published in her
Biblical Numismatics: Thirty Pieces of Silver, coin nos. 62, 66.
Lot 4295
Macedonian Kingdom.
Demetrios I Poliorketes, 294-288 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.0 g), Amphipolis
mint, struck c. 289-288 BC. Diademed head of Demetrios right, with bull's
horn of Poseidon. Reverse: Poseidon stands left, foot on rock, holding
trident; regnal inscription, monogram at left. Newell 124. Bold strike.
Pleasing light, slightly iridescent toning. Very Fine plus.
Estimated Value $500-650.
Ex Shirley Barr Sage Collection,
published in her Biblical Numismatics: Thirty Pieces of Silver, coin no.
67.
Lot 4296
Paeonian Kingdom.
Lykkeios, 356-335 BC. AR Tetradrachm 12.7 g). Laureate head of Zeus right.
Reverse: Herakles, left, strangling the Nemean lion, bow and quiver
behind; flower-like monogram(?) at left, king's name above and around. SNG ANS
1019 var.; Gaebler 8 (appears to be same dies); Sotheby's "Paeonian Hoard" 63
(all from the same obverse die). Untoned. Sharply and fully struck, the reverse
with better centering than typical. The devices in high relief and attractive.
Choice Extremely Fine, as struck. Scarce with reverse flower symbol.
Estimated Value $450-600.