| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 553 | Auction date: 3 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 170 Price realized: 350 USD (Approx. 317 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: NABATAEA. Anonymous. Circa 240-220 BC. Æ (21mm, 7.59 g, 4h). Imitating staters of Alexander III of Macedon. Petra(?) mint. Helmeted head of Athena right / Nike standing left, holding wreath; [Λ to left]. Barkay, Earliest, Group 1; CN 1; HCG 10, 671. Earthen dark green patina, flip-over double strike, some light scratches, off center on obverse. Good Fine. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 553 | Auction date: 3 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 171 Price realized: 375 USD (Approx. 339 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: NABATAEA. Anonymous. Circa 240-220 BC. Æ (15mm, 2.99 g, 12h). Imitating staters of Alexander III of Macedon. Petra(?) mint. Helmeted head of Athena right / Nike standing left, holding wreath; Λ to left. Barkay, Earliest, Group 1; CN 1; HCG 10, 671. Earthen dark green patina, overstruck on uncertain type, slightly off center on obverse, double struck on reverse. Near VF. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 330 Price realized: 10,000 USD (Approx. 9,159 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SELEUKID EMPIRE. Molon. Usurper, 222-220 BC. Æ (21mm, 8.01 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Struck circa 221-220 BC. Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath / [B]AΣIΛEΩΣ MOLΩNOΣ, Apollo Kitharodeos, draped, standing right, holding plektron in lowered right hand and cradling kithara in left arm; monogram to outer right. SC 949.2; ESM 227; HGC 9, 430; Babelon, Rois 457. Dark brown patina, light deposits. VF. Extremely rare, one in SCO (in the BN), and no coins of Molon (of any issue) in CoinArchives. Molon was a Seleukid noble who was elevated to satrap of Media by Antiochos III, shortly after his acclamation as king. After Antiochos departed Babylonia to receive his crown in Antioch, Molon and his brother, Alexander, who was satrap of Persis, revolted. Molon defeated two armies sent against him, and entered Seleukeia on the Tigris in 221 BC, at which time the present issue was struck. Eventually, Antiochos, who has been campaigning against the Ptolemies, was forced to turn his attention to the revolt. Molon was compelled to move his army east, towards Media, as Antiochos approached from the west, but the Seleukid king was able to confront and defeat Molon's forces near Apollonia (Sittake). Although Molon and his brother survived the confrontation, they committed suicide upon realizing the futility of their position. Coins of Molon are among the rarest of the Seleukid series. Not only are there no issues of his present in CoinArchives, the last sales record we were able to find was an example of the present issue that appeared as lot 191 in Sternberg XVIII in 1986. Estimate: 1500 USD |  |
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| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 116 | Auction date: 18 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 387 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Nabataea, Anonymous Æ 17mm. Petra(?) mint, circa 3rd-2nd century BC. Imitating staters of Alexander III of Macedon. Helmeted head of Athena to right / Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; [crescent(?) above] Λ in left field. CN 2; HGC 10, 671. 3.53g, 17mm, 11h. Very Fine. Estimate: 40 GBP |  |
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| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 116 | Auction date: 18 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 389 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Nabataea, Anonymous Æ 17mm. Petra(?) mint, circa 3rd-2nd century BC. Imitating staters of Alexander III of Macedon. Helmeted head of Athena to right / Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; [crescent above Λ(?)] in left field. Cf. CN 2; HGC 10, 671. 2.98g, 17mm, 6h. Near Very Fine. Estimate: 40 GBP |  |
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| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 119 | Auction date: 24 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 855 Price realized: 15 GBP (Approx. 19 USD / 17 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Nabataea, Anonymous Æ 17mm. Petra(?) mint, circa 3rd-2nd century BC. Imitating staters of Alexander III of Macedon. Helmeted head of Athena to right / Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; [crescent(?) above] Λ in left field. CN 2; HGC 10, 671. 3.53g, 17mm, 11h. Very Fine. Estimate: 25 GBP |  |
