The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins - Coin Auctions
 Lot 1758 - The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91Achaemenid Kingdom. Darios I to Xerxes I. Silver Siglos (5.27 g), ca. 505-480 BC. Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow. Reverse: Rectangular incuse punch. Carradice type II; Meadows 320; Sunrise 21. Uniform antique cabinet toning. Perfectly centered. About Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $400 - 500 Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins |
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 Lot 1753 - The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91Lycia, Uncertain mint. Silver Stater (9.12 g), ca. 520-470/60 BC Choice VF. Forepart of boar left. Reverse: Incuse square with indentations on either side, divided by a large X. Falghera 14-6; SNG Copenhagen Suppl. 370; SNG von Aulock 4050. Attractive antique cabinet tone. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,500 Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins |
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 Lot 1759 - The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy I Soter. Silver Tetradrachm (15.69 g), as Satrap, 323. Alexandria, in the name of Alexander III of Macedonia, ca. 319-315 BC. Head of Alexander right, wearing elephant's skin headdress. Reverse: AΛEΞANΔPOY, Athena Alkidemos advancing right, wielding spear and holding forth shield; to right, Corinthian helmet, KP monogram, and eagle standing right on thunderbolt. Svoronos 164; cf. SNG Copenhagen 27 (monogram); BMC 32. Attractively toned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500 Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins |
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 Lot 1754 - The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91Seleukid Kingdom. Seleukos I Nikator. Silver Tetradrachm (17.11 g), 312-281 BC V. Minted at Susa, ca. 305/4-295 BC. Head of Alexander the Great or Seleukos right, wearing helmet covered with panther's skin and adorned with ear and horns of a bull. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, Nike standing right, crowning trophy at right with wreath; below left wing, AP; between Nike's feet and trophy, facing bust of Helios; in lower right field, monogram. SC 173.16; ESM 301; HGC 9, 20. Lightly toned. Very 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 1712 - The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91Bruttium, Rhegion. Silver Drachm (4.18 g), ca. 415/0-387 BC EF. Facing lion head. Reverse: PHΓINON, laureate head of Apollo right; behind, olive sprig. Herzfelder 107 (D64/R91); SNG ANS 664-7; SNG Leake 855 (same rev. die); de Luynes 799 (same obv. die); HN Italy 2497. Some porosity noted on the reverse. Pleasant old toning. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $4,000 - 5,000 Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins |
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 Lot 1728 - The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91Sicily, Syracuse. Agathokles. Silver Tetradrachm (16.93 g), 317-289 BC EF. Ca. 310/08-306/5 BC. KOPAΣ, wreathed head of Kore right, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace. Reverse: [AΓA]ΘOKΛE[OΣ] in exergue, Nike standing right, and erecting trophy; to left, AN or AV monogram; to right, triskeles. Ierardi 103 (O21/R64); BMFA 463 = Warren 406 (same dies). Excellent metal of fine style and nicely 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 1744 - The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91Boiotia, Thebes. Silver Stater (11.66 g), ca. 395-338 BC VF. Ca. 363-338 BC. Hism…, magistrate. Boiotian shield. Reverse: Amphora; across field in two lines, magistrate's name: H-I/Σ-M; above, grape bunch on vine; all within incuse concave circle. Hepworth 55; BCD Boiotia 569. Rare magistrate. Light antique toning. Very Fine. Estimated Value $400 - 500 Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins |
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 Lot 1707 - The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91Lucania, Metapontion. Silver Nomos (7.75 g), ca. 340-330 BC EF. Head of Demeter left, wreathed with grain ears, wearing single-pendant earring, and necklace. Reverse: ME-TA, barley ear of seven grains, leaf to right; in left field, long caduceus and ΛY. Johnston class A, 1.5 (same dies); SNG ANS -; SNG Lloyd 371 (same dies); Gulbenkian 79 = Jameson 311 (same rev. die); HN Italy 1556. Die-break on reverse. Boldly struck in high relief. Light toning and excellent metal. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000 Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins |
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 Lot 1723 - The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91Sicily, Naxos. Fourree Tetradrachm (13.61 g), ca. 430-420 BC VF. Head of Dionysos right, wearing taenia decorated with ivy-tendrils. Reverse: [NAΞI]O[N], Silenus squatting facing, head left, holding kantharos and thyrsos; to left, stem of ivy. Cf. Cahn 150 (V92/R121); cf. SNG ANS 524. Very Rare. Old find patina. Very Fine. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins |
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 Lot 1739 - The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91Thrace, Cherronesos. Silver Hemidrachm (2.07 g), ca. 386-338 BC VF. Forepart of lion right, head turned to look back. Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; pentagram in one sunken quarter, monogram in the other. McClean 4071; SNG Copenhagen -. We note some scattered scratches on both sides. Toned. Very Fine. Estimated Value $250 - 300 Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins |
