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Lot 1801 - ancient greek coinage  -  Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 1801 - ancient greek coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Islands off Thrace, Thasos. Silver Stater (9.11 g), ca. 500-480 BC EF. Satyr advancing right, carrying off protesting nymph. Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square. Le Rider 2; HPM pl. X, 5; SNG Copenhagen 1009. Lightly toned. Nice bold strike in high relief with amazing detail. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500

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

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Lot 1817 - ancient greek coinage  -  Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 1817 - ancient greek coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Attica, Athens. Silver Tetradrachm (17.16 g), ca. 454-404 BC Nearly Mint State. 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. Struck on a nice large flan with all four edges of the incuse square well defined. Well centered and lustrous. Nearly Mint State. Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500

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

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Lot 1833 - ancient greek coinage  -  Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 1833 - ancient greek coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Corinthia, Corinth. Silver Stater (8.50 g), ca. 375-300 BC VF. Pegasos flying left; below, koppa. Reverse: Helmeted head of Athena left, bowl of helmet wreathed with laurel; below, A-P; behind, eagle standing left, head right. Pegasi 426; BCD Corinth 101. Toned. Very Fine. Estimated Value $400 - 500

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

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Lot 1849 - ancient greek coinage  -  Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 1849 - ancient greek coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Aiolis, Myrina. Silver Tetradrachm (16.69 g), ca. 155-145 BC EF. Laureate head of Apollo right. Reverse: MYPINAIΩN, Apollo Grynios standing right, holding branch and patera, omphalos and amphora at feet; in inner left field, monogram; all within laurel wreath. Sacks issue 27; SNG Copenhagen -. Lustrous. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,300

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

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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 1828 - ancient greek coinage  -  Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 1828 - ancient greek coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Corinthia, Corinth. Silver Stater (8.62 g), ca. 550-500 BC. Pegasos flying left; below, Qoppa. Reverse: Incuse square of clockwise swastika pattern. Pegasi 18; BCD Corinth -. A very pleasing example of this early archaic Corinthian stater. Very Rare. Untoned. NGC grade XF; Strike: 4/5, Surface: 4/5. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,200

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

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Lot 1844 - ancient greek coinage  -  Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 1844 - ancient greek coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Bithynia, Kalchedon. Silver Tetradrachm (15.12 g), ca. 367/6-340 BC Superb EF. KAΛΧ, bull standing left on grain ear; in lower left field, monogram. Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square with stippled recesses. SNG BM 93-9; RG 14. Lovely cabinet toning. Rarely seen this choice. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000

Ex Prospero Collection (NYS, 4 January 2012), 433, and noted as having been purchased privately from Spink & Son Ltd., London, on 4 June 1989.

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

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

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Lot 1823 - ancient greek coinage  -  Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 1823 - ancient greek coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Attica, Athens. 166-165 BC. Silver Tetradrachm (16.85g) Mint State. Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested helmet, decorated with palmette and griffin. Reverse: Owl standing right on overturned amphora; in left field, Seleukid anchor and star. Cf. Thompson 369. Boldly struck on a large flan of perfect metal. Virtually Mint State. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000

Goldberg's Sale 70, Sept. 4, 2013, lot 3109.

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

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Lot 1839 - ancient greek coinage  -  Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lot 1839 - ancient greek coinage - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Bosporos Kingdom. Rhescuporis III AD 210-228. Electrum Stater (7.41 g) Choice VF. Struck AD 219 under Elagabalus. Rhescuporis III diademed, in front, sword in sheath. Reverse: Elagabalus laureate to right, date below ζIΦ (year 15). SNG Cop. Vol. 4 #72; Frolova pl. XLVII, #8. ICG graded EF-40. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $900 - 1,100

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

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