The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins - Coin Auctions
Lot 1746 - The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91Islands off Attica, Aegina. Silver Stater (12.35 g), ca. 456/45-431 BC EF. Land tortoise with segmented shell. Reverse: Large square incuse with skew pattern. Meadows grp. Iiib; Milbank pl. II, 12. Boldly struck in high relief and perfectly centered. Rarely seen this nice. Beautifully toned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000 Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins |
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Lot 1709 - The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91Lucania, Thourion. Silver Nomos (6.45 g), after 280 BC EF. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla hurling a stone; on neck guard, EY. Reverse: ΘOYPIΩ[N], bull butting right; in exergue, ΦA. SNG Ashmolean 1004-5; SNG ANS -; HN Italy 1885. Beautiful old cabinet toning. Crisp and sharply struck. Rarely seen this choice. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,300 Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins |
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Lot 1725 - The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91Sicily, Syracuse. Dionysios I. Silver Decadrachm (43.14 g), 405-367 BC About EF. Ca. 405-400 BC. Reverse die signed by the master engraver Euainetos. Charioteer driving galloping quadriga left, holding kentron and reins; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer with wreath; in exergue, a military harness, shield, greaves, cuirass, and Attic helmet, all connected by a horizontal spear; below, AΘΛA. Reverse: ΣY-PA-KO-[ΣIΩN], wreathed head of Arethusa left, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace; behind, scallop shell; around, four dolphins; along lower edge, [EYAINE] (off flan). Gallatin dies R.VIII/C.XIII; SNG ANS -; SNG Munich 1078 (same obv. die); BMC 175 (same obv. die). A handsome example. Boldly struck and nicely toned, light surface erosion. About Extremely Fine. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins |
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Lot 1741 - The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91Thracian Kingdom. Lysimachos. Silver Tetradrachm (16.88 g), as King, 306-281 BC. Pergamon, ca. 287/6-282 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon; below neck truncation, H. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAΧOY, Athena seated left, holding Nike and resting elbow on shield at side, spear leaning against far shoulder; in outer left field, ME monogram; in exergue, ΠA monogram. Thompson -; Arnold-Biucchi -; SNG BN -. Apparently unpublished. Lightly toned. Overstruck on a massive flan, excellent metal and quite impressive. The portrait style is outstanding. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500 Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins |