| Heritage World Coin Auctions > NYINC Signature Sale 3114 | Auction date: 16 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 33082 Price realized: 1,350 USD (Approx. 1,240 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients PONTIC KINGDOM. Mithradates VI Eupator the Great (120-63 BC). AV stater (19mm, 8.16 gm, 11h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 4/5. Late posthumous issue in name and types of Lysimachus of Thrace, Tomis, period of the 1st Mithradatic War, 88-86 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander III right, with horn of Ammon; pellet in left field / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΛYΣΙΜΑΧΟY, Athena seated left, Nike standing left in outstretched right hand, left elbow resting on shield decorated with star motif, transverse spear beyond; ΘΕO under right arm, TO on throne, filleted trident left in exergue. De Callataÿ p. 142. AMNG I 2481. Müller 279. Clear, bold designs struck on warm, matte surfaces. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-pontic-kingdom-mithradates-vi-eupator-the-great-120-63-bc-av-stater-19mm-816-gm-11h-ngc-choice-vf/a/3114-33082.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3114-01162024 HID02906262019 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61361 | Auction date: 12 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 23064 Price realized: 1,500 USD (Approx. 1,391 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients Julius Caesar, as Dictator (49-44 BC). AR denarius (19mm, 4.03 gm, 11h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 4/5. Military mint traveling with Caesar in northern Italy, ca. 49-48 BC. CAESAR, elephant advancing right, trampling horned serpent / Culullus, aspergillum, securis (axe surmounted by dog or wolf's head), and apex. Crawford 443/1. Sydenham 1006. One of the most popular types Caesar minted were of an elephant stepping on a serpent, with CAESAR in the exergue. Although there is no clear record of what these coins allude to, this design is believed to commemorate Caesar's victory in the Battle of Thapsus in 46 BC, where he defeated the forces of his political rival, Pompey, so efficiently that it was like an elephant stepping on a snake and could be seen as good defeating evil. On the reverse, he included important pontifical religious implements, a reminder to the Roman people that he was a pious man, and that he held numerous religious positions, such as Pontifex Maximus (Highest Priest). This series of coinage effectively communicated Caesar's dual image as a capable military leader and a custodian of Roman tradition, helping to consolidate his support base and establish his legitimacy during the tumultuous events of the civil war. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-republic/ancients-julius-caesar-as-dictator-49-44-bc-ar-denarius-19mm-403-gm-11h-ngc-choice-vf-5-5-4-5/a/61361-23064.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61361-02122024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > NYINC Signature Sale 3114 | Auction date: 16 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 33188 Price realized: 3,600 USD (Approx. 3,307 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients BACTRIAN KINGDOM. Eucratides I the Great (ca. 170-145 BC). AR tetradrachm (32mm, 16.92 gm, 12h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Diademed heroic bust of Eucratides left, seen from behind, wearing crested Bactrian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear, brandishing spear in right hand; bead and reel border / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ / ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ, the Dioscuri on horses prancing right, both with couched spear in right hand, palm in left over shoulder; ΦΛ monogram in lower right field. HGC 12, 132. Bopearachchi 8b. Mitchiner 179a. SNG ANS 485. One of the most iconic ancient portrait styles rendered in Fine Style detail. Obsidian shadows thrust the devices from the field creating an even more dimensional perspective. From the Dynasty Collection, #67. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-bactrian-kingdom-eucratides-i-the-great-ca-170-145-bc-ar-tetradrachm-32mm-1692-gm-12h-ngc-choice/a/3114-33188.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3114-01162024 HID02906262019 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > CSNS Signature Sale 3115 | Auction date: 8 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 32091 Price realized: 1,600 USD (Approx. 1,488 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients PONTIC KINGDOM. Mithradates VI Eupator (120-63 BC). AV stater (18mm, 8.34 gm, 11h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 2/5, edge marks. Late posthumous issue in name and types of Lysimachus of Thrace, Callatis, period of the 1st Mithradatic War, 88-86 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander III right, with horn of Ammon / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΛYΣΙΜΑΧΟY, Athena enthroned left, Nike standing left in right hand, left arm resting on grounded shield, transverse spear beyond; HP monogram below right arm, KAΛ on throne, filleted trident left in exergue. Müller 266. Interesting stylized rendering struck on shimmering surfaces. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-pontic-kingdom-mithradates-vi-eupator-120-63-bc-av-stater-18mm-834-gm-11h-ngc-choice-xf-5-5-2-5-/a/3115-32091.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3115-05082024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > NYINC Signature Sale 3113 | Auction date: 8 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 30045 Price realized: 9,500 USD (Approx. 8,660 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients IONIA. Ephesus. Ca. 133-88 BC. AV stater (19mm, 8.42 gm, 11h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5. First series, ca. 122/1 BC. Draped bust of Artemis right, hair drawn into knot at back of head, wearing stephane and pendant earring, bow and quiver over left shoulder / Ε-Φ, cult statue of Artemis Ephesia facing, fillet hanging from each hand, lighted torch (or thymiaterion) in inner right field between statue and fillet. Jenkins, Hellenistic, pl. B, 6 (dated 123-119 BC). Head p. 69, 4 var. (different control mark). Well-struck example with beautiful rendered details on a sunny golden flan. From the Wetmore Collection of Gold and Electrum. Ex Leu Numismatik, Auction 1 (25 October 2017), lot 81. The Hellenistic gold staters of Ephesus have been the subject of long-running debate over when they were struck. In the 1880s, the eminent Barklay V. Head assigned them to the period of the Mithradatic Wars, circa 88-86 BC, when Ephesus briefly came under the control of the Pontic King Mithradates VI Eupator. However, as more varieties were discovered over the next century, it became clear they were struck over a much longer period of time. When Attalus III died in 133 BC, in his will he bequeathed his kingdom to Rome and granted the city of Ephesus autonomy. This became the basis for the local era reflected in this coinage. A silver Ephesian cistophorus, minted by C. Atinius C.f. Labeo, Roman praetor of Asia in 122/1 BC, is dated Year 13 which helped reassign these staters with confidence. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-ionia-ephesus-ca-133-88-bc-av-stater-19mm-842-gm-11h-ngc-choice-au-5-5-4-5/a/3113-30045.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3113-01082024 HID02906262019 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved Estimate: 5000-7000 USD |  |
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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61365 | Auction date: 10 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 22151 Price realized: 420 USD (Approx. 384 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients LYCIA. Phaselis. Ca. 218-185 BC. AR tetradrachm (32mm, 16.62 gm, 11h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 4/5. Late posthumous issue of Phaselis in the name and types of Alexander III the Great of Macedon, dated Civic Year 24 (ca. 214/13 BC). Head of Heracles wearing lion-skin headdress, paws tied before neck / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, feet on ground line, eagle in outstretched right hand, grounded scepter in left; E in left field, Φ below throne. Price 2838. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-lycia-phaselis-ca-218-185-bc-ar-tetradrachm-32mm-1662-gm-11h-ngc-choice-xf-5-5-4-5/a/61365-22151.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61365-03102024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
