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Lot 3310 - ancient greek - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80

Lot 3310 - ancient greek - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80

Attica, Athens. Silver Tetradrachm (17.0 g), ca. 460-404 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right, frontal eye. Reverse AΘE, owl standing right, head facing; above to left, olive-spray with berry and crescent; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Svoronos pl. 14; SNG Copenhagen 31-40. Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,300.

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Lot 3333 - ancient greek - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80

Lot 3333 - ancient greek - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80

Lesbos, Mytilene. Electrum Hekte (2.55 g), ca. 377-326 BC. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy. Reverse: Head of satyr facing in linear square within shallow incuse square. Bodenstedt 90 (dies f/β); SNG Copenhagen 323; HGC 6, 1016. Choice Very Fine.
Estimated Value $800 - 900.
Ex CNG 93 (22 May 2013), 374; Künker 182 (14 March 2011), 279.

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Lot 3354 - ancient greek - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80

Lot 3354 - ancient greek - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80

Seleukid Kingdom. Alexander I Balas. Silver Drachm (4.0 g), 152/1-145 BC. Antioch on the Orontes, undated issue, with control of SE 162-163 (151-149 BC). Diademed head of Alexander I right. Reverse [B]AΣIΛEΩΣ / AΛEΧANΔPOY in two lines on right, ΘEOΠA-TOPOΣ / [E]YEPΓETOY in two lines on left, Apollo seated left on omphalos, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow; in exergue, monogram. SC 1785.5a; LustrousSMA 172; HGC 9, 887a. Nearly Mint State.
Estimated Value $500 - 600.

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Lot 3235 - ancient greek - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80

Lot 3235 - ancient greek - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80

Celtic, Eastern Europe. Eravisci. Silver Denarius (3.38 g), after 79 BC. Diademed head of Venus right; copying a Roman Republican denarius of C. Naevius Balbus (Crawford 382/1). Reverse Gryphon right; below, amphora; copying a Roman Republican denarius of L. Papius (Crawford 384/1). Freeman pl. 29, 21 (dies 14/K); Davis B, II; Gemini IX, 763.3 (same dies). Nicely toned. Very Fine.
Estimated Value $400 - 450.

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Lot 3372 - ancient greek - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80

Lot 3372 - ancient greek - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80

Parthian Kingdom. Mithradates II. Silver Drachm (4.11 g), ca. 123-88 BC. Rhagai. Diademed and draped bust of Mithradates II left; neck torque ends in sea-horse. Reverse: Archer seated right, holding bow; arm ends in pellet below seat. Sellwood 27.1; Shore 85. Mint State.
Estimated Value $400 - 500.

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Lot 3254 - ancient greek - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80

Lot 3254 - ancient greek - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80

Sicily, Siculo-Punic issue. Silver Tetradrachm (16.8 g), ca. 350-320/15 BC. Uninscribed type. Wreathed head of Arethusa left, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace. Reverse Horse galloping right before palm tree. Jenkins series 2d, 122 (O42/R114); BMFA 488 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 1616 (same obv. die); SNG Lockett 1037 (same obv. die); Gulbenkian 363 (same obv. die); Jameson 913 (same obv. die). Excellent metal and wonderful style. Lovely iridescent tone. Extremely Fine.

This lovely Carthaginian tetradrachm was struck beginning in about 350/40 BC, thus more or less concurrent with the beginnings of the regular Carthaginian gold staters. The marked increase in Punic coinage at this time, coming after a hiatus of 50 or 60 years, met the needs of the Carthaginian state to pay for military operations on the island. This was specially the case after 344 BC when the Syracusans invited Timoleon of Corinth to become their leader. Timoleon rid Syracuse of the troublesome Dionysios as well as his nemesis, Hiketas I, the tyrant of Leontini, and then re-founded the city and established a democracy. All of this lead to a period of Greek revival on the island, which of course led to open conflict with Carthage.
Estimated Value $15,000 - 18,000.

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Lot 3384 - ancient greek - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80

Lot 3384 - ancient greek - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80

Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy VI & Ptolemy VIII. Æ (22.9 g), coregency, 170-163 BC. Alexandria. Head of Zeus-Ammon right, hair bound with tainia. Reverse BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, two eagles standing left on thunderbolt; in left field, cornucopiae. Svoronos 1423; Weiser 134-5; SNG Copenhagen 305-6. Choice Very Fine.
Estimated Value $300 - 350.

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Lot 3265 - ancient greek - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80

Lot 3265 - ancient greek - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80

Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III the Great. Gold Stater (8.62 g), 336-323 BC. Salamis, or uncertain mint in western Asia Minor, lifetime issue, ca. 330/25-323 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with coiled serpent. Reverse AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike standing facing, head left, holding wreath and stylis; in left field, harpa. Price 3136; Troxell grp. I, 7 (dies 3/a). Well struck, perfectly centered and of elegant style. Superb Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000.
Ex Roma IV, lot 861.

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Lot 3305 - ancient greek - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80

Lot 3305 - ancient greek - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80

Akarnania, Anaktorion. Silver Stater (8.2 g), ca. 350-300 BC. Pegasos flying left. Reverse Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet; behind, monogram and lyre. Cf. Pegasi 37 (monogram below Pegasos); cf. BCD Akarnania 82 (same). Wonderful style, perfectly centered and excellent metal. Superb Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $900 - 1,000.

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Lot 3326 - ancient greek - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80

Lot 3326 - ancient greek - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #80

Bithynia, Kalchedon. Silver drachm (3.7 g), ca. 367/6-340 BC. Bull standing left on grain ear; in left field, kerykeion and (ΔA) monogram. Reverse Stippled quadripartite incuse square. SNG BM 104; RG 13. Toned. Superb Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $300 - 350.

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