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Lot 1812 - ancient greek coinage  -  Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 1812 - ancient greek coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Thessaly, Larissa. Silver Drachm (5.87 g), ca. 356-342 BC Choice VF. Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, hair bound in ampyx. Reverse: ΛAPI-Σ-AIΩN, sorse standing right, preparing to roll. Lorber phase L-III, 38-60; BCD Thessaly II 317-9. Lovely fine style. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $400 - 500

Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

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Lot 1835 - ancient greek coinage  -  Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 1835 - ancient greek coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Bosporan Kingdom. Asander. Gold Stater (8.18 g), as Archon, ca. 47-43 BC Sharpne. RY 4 (ca. 44/3 BC). Bare head of Asander right. Reverse: APXONTOΣ AΣANΔPOY [B]OΣΠOPOY, Nike standing left on prow of galley, holding wreath and palm; above, date ([E]T [Δ]). MacDonald 192 (this coin illus.), otherwise unpublished. Very Rare. Signs of burnishing on obverse. Sharpness of Extremely Fine.
Asander's hair on his earlier dated staters as archon is close-cropped, while on year four only it is considerably longer, similar to that found on his staters as king. where he is also diademed. Estimated Value $14,000 - 16,000

Ex Gorny 97 (11 October 1999), 325.

Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

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Lot 1807 - ancient greek coinage  -  Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 1807 - ancient greek coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Skythia, Geto-Dacians. Koson. Gold Stater (8.55g), mid 1st century BC VF. KOΣΩN, Roman consul advancing left, accompanied by two lictors. Reverse: Eagle with wings displayed standing left, holding wreath in talon. Iliescu 1; RPC 1701. Areas of weakness as struck, otherwise, lustrous. Very Fine. Estimated Value $500 - 600

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Lot 1818 - ancient greek coinage  -  Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 1818 - ancient greek coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Attica, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. Silver Tetradrachm (17.18g). Head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace and crested Attic helmet. Reverse: Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent to left, AOE to right; all lwithin incuse square. Kroll 8; HGC 4, 1597; SNG Cop. 31. Boldly struck on a nice broad flan and free from edge splits. An attractive example with light mottled toning. NGC Mint State*; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5. Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000

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Lot 1830 - ancient greek coinage  -  Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 1830 - ancient greek coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Corinthia, Corinth. Silver Stater (8.29 g), ca. 375-300 BC Superb EF. Pegasos flying left; below, koppa. Reverse: Helmeted head of Athena left; before neck, [I]; behind, Nike flying left, holding fillet. Pegasi 420; BCD Corinth 111. Lustrous and light toning around the devices. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $700 - 800

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Lot 1846 - ancient greek coinage  -  Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 1846 - ancient greek coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Mysia, Kyzikos. Electrum 1/24 Stater (0.64 g), 5th-4th centuries BC Superb EF. Perseus crouching right, head left, wearing cloak and winged hat, holding harpa and head of Medusa; below, tunny left. Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. Von Fritze I 162 (stater); SNG France 313. Superb Extremely Fine.
Situated adjacent to the mouth of the river Aisepos on the southwest shore of the Propontis, Kyzikos was purported to be the first in a long line of Milesian colonies. The city possessed two fine harbors, both contributing greatly to its growth and prosperity. Traders plying the routes between the Aegean and Black Seas often stopped at Kyzikos to load tunnies, a main export as the fish were plentiful in the waters thereabouts.

The significance of the types on Kyzikos' electrum coinage of the 5th and 4th centuries BC often elude us. Unlike the types found on the coinage of other cities which nearly always reference some important aspect of the issuing city and are ripe with meaning, the many diverse types found on Kyzikene coinage often have no apparent association to the cults, mythology or historical events of the city. The only consistent image is the tunny, and nearly always as an adjunct to the main type and seemingly of secondary importance. Because of this and the volume of trade transiting the borders, which of course affected nearly every aspect of life in the city, it has been suggested that the types perhaps derived from designs on Greek vases and other artworks that circulated in trade throughout the area. This is an interesting hypothesis with significant merit, and if correct would seem to be a phenomenon unique in Greek coinage. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,200

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Lot 1802 - ancient greek coinage  -  Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 1802 - ancient greek coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Islands off Thrace, Thasos. Silver Tetradrachm (16.58 g), ca. 90-75 BC VF. Wreathed head of young Dionysos right. Reverse: PAKLEOYΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ, ΘAΣIΩN, Herakles standing facing, head left, holding club and lion's skin; to inner left, MH monogram. Prokopov grp. XIX; Le Rider 51; SNG Copenhagen 1040. Toned. Very Fine. Estimated Value $250 - 300

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Lot 1825 - ancient greek coinage  -  Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 1825 - ancient greek coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Attica, Athens. Silver Tetradrachm (16.80 g), ca. 165-42 BC VF. Ca. 165-149/8 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing triple crested Attic helmet decorated with Pegasos springing right. Reverse: A-ΘE, owl standing right, head facing, on overturned amphora; in right field, two coiled serpents right; in left and right fields, monograms representing magistrates' names; Λ on amphora; all within laurel wreath. Cf. Thompson 81-5. Struck on a nice broad flan. Very Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 400

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Lot 1841 - ancient greek coinage  -  Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 1841 - ancient greek coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Bosporos Kingdom. Rheskuporis III, with Severus Alexander, Electrum Stater (7.72. Struck AD 225/6. under Severus Alexander. Diademed and draped bust of Rheskuporis III right. Reverse: Laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander right; before, star; below, date. MacDonald 565/4; Anokhin 642b; Shelov 560. The first four letters of the obverse legend crudely re-engraved. Very Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 400

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Lot 1813 - ancient greek coinage  -  Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 1813 - ancient greek coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Akarnania, Anaktorion. Silver Stater (8.60 g), ca. 350-300 BC Choice VF. Pegasos flying left; below, monogram. Reverse: Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmett; behind, lyre. Pegasi 3; BCD Akarnania 81. Attractively toned. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $400 - 500

Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

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