The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins - Coin Auctions

Lot 1716 - The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins  -  Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 1716 - The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Sicily, Gela. Silver Didrachm (8.60 g), ca. 490/85-480/75 BC VF. Horseman galloping right, throwing spear. Reverse: CEΛAΣ, forepart of man-headed bull right within circular incuse. Jenkins grp. Ib, 60 (O18/R26); SNG ANS 10 (same obv. die); SNG Lockett 759 (same rev. die). Nice uniform old cabinet toning. Very Fine. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,200

Private purchase from Tom Cederlind.

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

The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins
Lot 1732 - The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins  -  Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 1732 - The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Macedonian Kingdom. Philip II. Silver Tetradrachm (13.86 g), 359-336 BC Choice V. Amphipolis, lifetime issue, ca. 355-349/8 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right. Reverse: ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY, king on horseback left; below raised foreleg, bow; below belly, forepart of Pegasos left. Le Rider 132 (D64/R112); SNG ANS 477-8. Struck on a slightly porous planchet. Attractive slightly iridescent old toning. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $700 - 900

Private purchase from Tom Cederlind.

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

The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins
Lot 1748 - The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins  -  Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 1748 - The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Paphlagonia, Sinope. Silver Drachm (4.96 g), ca. 330-300 BC EF. Agreos, magistrate. Head of nymph left, hair bound in sakkos. Reverse: ΣINΩ, sea-eagle left on back of dolphin left; below eagle's ing, magistrate's name: AΓPE[ΩΣ]. SNG BM 1481; SNG Stancomb 770. Toned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $400 - 500

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

The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins
Lot 1700 - The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins  -  Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 1700 - The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Britain, Trinovantes and Catuvellauni. Cunobelin. Gold Stater (5.35 g), ca. AD 1. Trinovantian X. Camulodunum. CA-MV across field, grain ear with interlocking crescents on lower stalk. Reverse: CVNO below, horse rearing right; above, branch. Van Arsdell 2025-1; ABC 2798; SCBC 288. Toned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000

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

The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins
Lot 1727 - The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins  -  Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 1727 - The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Sicily, Syracuse. Time of Agathokles, 317-289 BC. Electrum 100 Litrai (6.61g) EF. Struck ca. 304-289 BC., ΣYPAKOΣIΩN, Laureate head of Apollo facing to left, a tripod behind. Reverse: ΣΩTEIPA, Head of Artemis facing right, wearing a ribbon in her hair, and earring and pearl necklace with a quiver over her shoulder; tripod behind. Jenkins, Electrum Coinage at Syracuse, in Essays to Robinson, Group D, pl. 15, 3 (same dies); SNG Lockett 992; Gulbenkian 343. Free from the crack in the flan that usually accompanies this issue. Very Rare. Beautiful style and attractively toned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $20,000-UP

Private purchase from Tom Cederline.

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

The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins
Lot 1743 - The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins  -  Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 1743 - The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Thessaly, Pharsalos. Silver Hemidrachm (2.81 g), late 5th-mid 4th centuries BC E. Helmeted head of Athena left. Reverse: Φ-A-P-ΣA, head of horse right within concave circle. Lavva 161 (V75/R93); BCD Thessaly II 658 (same rev. die); SNG Sweden II 1240 (same dies). Well struck from artistic dies and nicely centered. Attractively toned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $500 - 600

Private purchase from Tom Cederlind.

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

The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins
Lot 1711 - The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins  -  Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 1711 - The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Bruttium, Carthaginian occupation. Silver 1/2 Shekel (3.75 g), ca. 215-205 BC EF. Second Punic War issue. Wreathed head of Tanit left. Reverse: Horse standing right; above, solar disk with uraei. Jenkins U1; Robinson p. 44, 3; HN Italy 2016. Attractively toned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,200

Private purchase from Tom Cederlind.

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

The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins
Lot 1722 - The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins  -  Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 1722 - The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Sicily, Messana. Silver Tetradrachm (17.05 g), ca. 412-408 BC Choice VF. The nymph Messana driving biga of mules left; above, Nike flying right, crowning Messana with wreath; in exergue, two opposed dolphins. Reverse: MEΣΣANION, hare springing right; below, youthful head of Pan right, and syrinx. Caltabiano 603.8 (D217/R235, this coin); SNG Lockett 829 (this coin); SNG Ashmolean 1077 (same dies); SNG Monaco 657 (same dies). Rare. Medium toning with some iridescence. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $3,500 - 4,500

Private purchase from Edward J. Waddell; Ex Auctiones AG Basel 17 (7 June 1988), 57; Hess 249 (13 November 1979), 86; MMAG 50 (27 February 1975), 74; Kricheldorf 3 (25 February 1957), 1137; Richard Cyril Lockett Collection, pt. I (Glendining's, 25 October 1955), 709; Ars Classica XII (18 October 1926), 778; R. Ratto (13 May 1912), 428.

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

The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins
Lot 1738 - The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins  -  Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 1738 - The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Paeonian Kingdom. Lykkeios. Silver Tetradrachm (12.76 g), 358/6-335 BC. EF. Under Astibos or Damastion. Laureate head of Zeus right. Reverse: ΛYKK-E[IOY], Herakles standing left, raising arm to strike the Nemean lion held in throttle; below to right bow and quiver to right (mostly off flan). Paeonian Hoard 63 (same obv. die); AMNG III/2, 8; SNG ANS 1019. Nicely toned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $800 - 900

Private purchase from Tom Cederlind.

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

The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins
Lot 1706 - The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins  -  Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 1706 - The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lucania, Metapontion. Silver Nomos (8.07 g), ca. 540-510 BC About EF. METAΠ, barley ear of seven grains. Reverse: Incuse barley ear of seven grains. Noe class VII, 137 (same dies); SNG ANS 218; SNG Lloyd 305; BMC 12 (same dies); HN Italy 1481. Cleaned long ago. Well struck on excellent metal and well centered. Attractive antique toning certainly ads to its appeal. About Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000

Private purchase from Tom Cederlind.

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

The Tom Peterson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins