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    Rare Epaminondas issue
    A42, Lot 72:

    BOEOTIA. Thebes. Circa 364-362 B.C. AR stater. 12.04 gm. 22.5 mm. Epaminondas, magistrate. Boeotian shield / Amphora; EΠ-AMI across field, rosette above; all within concave circle. HGC 4, 1333. BCD Boiotia 543 (same rev. die). Hepworth, Epaminondas pl. 3, 3 (same rev. die). Hepworth 32 (same rev. die). Good Very Fine; beautifully toned and well centered; tiny edge crack at 11'. Exceptional example of the type. Rare.

    The Zabel Collection. Ex CNG 64 (24 September 2003) lot 184.

    Described by Cicero as "the first man of Greece," and held by the French intellectual Montaigne as "one of the worthiest (men) that ever lived," Epaminondas was the idealist, the liberator of his age, beyond peer in his own time, a famed general, military strategist, and statesman of Thebes who successfully led the Boeotians against the invading Spartans at the battle of Leuktra in 371 B.C., ending their nearly three centuries of military supremacy. Tragically for Thebes, he fought in the phalanx and was killed in 362 B.C. at the battle of Mantineia by a javelin in his chest thrown by Gryllos, son of the historian Xenophon, leaving Thebes without the vital leader it needed to resist Philip II of Macedon, and thereby dramatically changing the course of history.

    The reverse die for this coin initially read EΠ-ΠA, the original form of the magistrate's name. Traces of the original ΠA can be seen beneath AM.
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    A42, Lot 74:

    UNCERTAIN EASTERN MINT. Imitating Athens. Circa 353-294 B.C. AR tetradrachm. 16.95 gm. 19 mm. Helmeted head of Athena right, with profile eye / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent behind; ΑΘΕ before. For type: Cf. HGC 4, 1599. Cf. Kroll 15. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 64. Very Fine; attractive old toning; well centered and sharply struck; a few light cleaning marks on obverse. Interesting contemporary imitation of fine Eastern style.

    From a carefully sourced mid-20th century collection formed in the American Midwest.

    In ancient times, the Athenian tetradrachm was widely accepted as a trade coin around the Mediterranean and frontier regions to the East, due to its high mintages and the reliable fineness of its silver. Its recurring motif of the head of Athena and the owl were widely imitated by various local authorities. In the 5th and 4th centuries BC, these included Persia, Bactria, Phoenicia, Judaea, Samaria, Egypt, and Arabia, peaking in the 4th century BC. when official production of owls declined after the Peloponnesian War ended in 404 BC. The arrival of Alexander the Great and the spread of his tetradrachms replaced the owls, with the exception of South Arabia, where the obverse evolved from the female form of Athena to the male.

    This is a fine example of an imitative type. Cf. lots 75f. for examples from Egypt and Arabia.
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    A42, Lot 75:

    EGYPT. Pharaonic Kingdom. Uncertain pharaoh(s). Late 5th-mid 4th centuries B.C. AR tetradrachm. 17.02 gm. 21 mm. Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right with frontal eye; c/m: uncertain letters or symbols within rectangular incuse / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent to left, ΑΘΕ to right; all within incuse square; c/m: uncertain letter or symbol. Van Alfen pl. 8. Van Alfen, Mechanisms, Group III.A.1, Fig. 1 = Buttrey Type B. Very Fine; pleasantly toned with red iridescent highlights; well centered; unusually attractive style. Handsome example.

    In ancient times, the Athenian tetradrachm was widely accepted as a trade coin around the Mediterranean and frontier regions to the East, due to its high mintages and the reliable fineness of its silver. Its recurring motif of the head of Athena and the owl were widely imitated by various local authorities. In the 5th and 4th centuries BC, these included Persia, Bactria, Phoenicia, Judaea, Samaria, Egypt, and Arabia, peaking in the 4th century BC. when official production of owls declined after the Peloponnesian War ended in 404 BC. The arrival of Alexander the Great and the spread of his tetradrachms replaced the owls, with the exception of South Arabia, where the obverse evolved from the female form of Athena to the male.
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    Hannibal (?)
    A42, Lot 111:

    CARTHAGE. Second Punic War. Circa 220-205 B.C. AR half shekel. 3.04 gm. 18 mm. Carthage or Sicilian mint. Struck during the expedition to Sicily, circa 213-210 B.C. Head left (of Melkart, or Hannibal, or another of his Barca family relatives), wearing laurel wreath / Elephant advancing right; Punic A in exergue. CNP 447. Burnett, Enna Hoard 126-128 (same dies). SNG Copenhagen 383. Essays Mattingly 8b (Gades?). Good Very Fine; beautiful deep cabinet tone; well centered on a broad flan; short striking crack at 4'. Both portrait and elephant are handsome and choice. One of the more pleasing of this type to have been offered. Rare.

    The Zabel Collection. Ex Davissons Auction 20 (12 February 2004) lot 21.

    Whether the obverse head represents the god Melkart, or Hannibal, or another member of the Barca family, is still debated. Hannibal, widely considered one of the greatest military strategists in history, was a Carthaginian general and statesman who led Carthage against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War. He famously invaded Italy by crossing the Alps with North African war elephants. He occupied most of southern Italy for fifteen years, but was forced to return to Carthage to face the counter-invasion of North Africa led by the Roman general Scipio Africanus.
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    A42, Lot 230:

    Classic Greece. Robert Ready British Museum electrotype. Phokis. Delphi. Amphictionic Council. Circa 336-334 B.C. Silver stater copy. 22 mm. The actual coin weighs 12.14 grams. Veiled head of Demeter, left / Apollo seated left on the Delphian omphalos, his right arm resting on a lyre. Head plate 23, 30. Head notes that this coin was struck on the authority of the Amphictionic Council after the Sacred War, 346 B.C.

    All Greek electrotypes offered here are in two separate halves.

    Robert Ready British Museum Electrotypes

    In the late 1850’s the British Museum hired the seal-maker, Robert Ready, to produce copies of some of the finest coins in the British Museum collection. With an electrotyping technique they had perfected Ready and his sons produced exact replicas of the actual museum coins. They were produced in two parts, an obverse and a reverse. We acquired a select group of some of the most beautiful and important pieces they produced. All of these were direct copper casts of the actual coins and all have been gilt to illustrate the color of the actual coin, silver or gold. (Numbering based on Barclay Head’s 1889 work A Guide to the Principal Gold and Silver Coins of the Ancients. Published by the British Museum. Modified and republished in 1932; subsequently modified slightly and republished in 1959.)
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    A42, Lot 235:

    Electrotype of English hammered coinage. Kings of Mercia. Offa. 757-796. Penny electrotype. 17 mm. The BMC coin weighs 19.5 grains. First series. His bust right, curled hair; OFFA REX / Cruciform pattern; +A Λ R E∂ in extensions from the central compartment which contains a small cross; floral elements between the limbs. BMC Vol I:9. Plate V:3 (this piece illustrated). Also, plate coin for Standard Catalog editions from 1962 until 2007. S. 454 (1962-1977). S. 905 (current). As made.

     

    Electrotypes of Anglo-Saxon and English coins in the British Museum (joined into a double thick single piece). Many were used for the Standard Catalog prior to 2007.

     

    These double-thick electrotypes of British Museum Anglo-Saxon and English hammered coins are direct copies of pieces in the British Museum and can be seen in the plates of the the two BMC volumes issued in 1887 and 1893: Keary & Poole, A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series Volume I, and Grueber & Keary, A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series Volume II.

     

    These copies were used for the production of the reference that has become the standard for English coins, the Spink Standard Catalog. (Prior to 1998 the publication was known as the Seaby Standard Catalog.) Many of the pieces offered here are the pieces photographed for the annual catalogs from the small format 1962 edition until the major revision in the 42nd edition in 2007, when the catalog changed from black and white to color.

     

    Prior to the larger size publications that began with the much expanded and renumbered 16th edition in 1978, the earlier editions beginning in 1962 were smaller 5 by 7 ½ inch books. Earlier still, prior to 1962 the publications were larger and thinner with drawings rather than photographs illustrating the coins.)

     

    The electros are apparently extremely rare if not generally unique. I have seen a very few examples of other types in this format being offered but never a duplication of any offered here. (AD)
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    A42, Lot 236:

    Electrotype of English hammered coinage. Kings of Mercia. Cynethryth, widow of Offa, 796. 757-796 (Offa). Penny electrotype. 17 mm. Moneyer: Eoba. BMC coin, 19.7 grains. Her bust right, hair in long curls; EOBA in front / T with a bar above in the center in a circle of pellets; CYNEDRYD around. BMC Vol I:61. Plate VIII:3 (this piece illustrated). Also, plate coin for Standard Catalog editions from 1962 until 2007. S. 458 (1962-1977). S. 909 (current). As made.

     

    Electrotypes of Anglo-Saxon and English coins in the British Museum (joined into a double thick single piece). Many were used for the Standard Catalog prior to 2007.

     

    These double-thick electrotypes of British Museum Anglo-Saxon and English hammered coins are direct copies of pieces in the British Museum and can be seen in the plates of the the two BMC volumes issued in 1887 and 1893: Keary & Poole, A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series Volume I, and Grueber & Keary, A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series Volume II.

     

    These copies were used for the production of the reference that has become the standard for English coins, the Spink Standard Catalog. (Prior to 1998 the publication was known as the Seaby Standard Catalog.) Many of the pieces offered here are the pieces photographed for the annual catalogs from the small format 1962 edition until the major revision in the 42nd edition in 2007, when the catalog changed from black and white to color.

     

    Prior to the larger size publications that began with the much expanded and renumbered 16th edition in 1978, the earlier editions beginning in 1962 were smaller 5 by 7 ½ inch books. Earlier still, prior to 1962 the publications were larger and thinner with drawings rather than photographs illustrating the coins.)

     

    The electros are apparently extremely rare if not generally unique. I have seen a very few examples of other types in this format being offered but never a duplication of any offered here. (AD)
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    A42, Lot 237:

    Electrotype of English hammered coinage. Hiberno-Norse Vikings in England. Eric Bloodaxe. First reign, 948. Penny electrotype. 21 mm. Two line type penny. York. Central cross pattee, inner circle; +ERIC REX EFOR+ around / Four pellets in an approximate diamond shape top and bottom; RADV +++ ΓEMO in three lines. BMC I: 1009. Plate XXIX:11 (this piece illustrated). S. 564 (pre 2007). S. 1028 (current). As made.

    Electrotypes of Anglo-Saxon and English coins in the British Museum (joined into a double thick single piece). Many were used for the Standard Catalog prior to 2007.

    These double-thick electrotypes of British Museum Anglo-Saxon and English hammered coins are direct copies of pieces in the British Museum and can be seen in the plates of the the two BMC volumes issued in 1887 and 1893: Keary & Poole, A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series Volume I, and Grueber & Keary, A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series Volume II.

    These copies were used for the production of the reference that has become the standard for English coins, the Spink Standard Catalog. (Prior to 1998 the publication was known as the Seaby Standard Catalog.) Many of the pieces offered here are the pieces photographed for the annual catalogs from the small format 1962 edition until the major revision in the 42nd edition in 2007, when the catalog changed from black and white to color.

    Prior to the larger size publications that began with the much expanded and renumbered 16th edition in 1978, the earlier editions beginning in 1962 were smaller 5 by 7 ½ inch books. Earlier still, prior to 1962 the publications were larger and thinner with drawings rather than photographs illustrating the coins.)

    The electros are apparently extremely rare if not generally unique. I have seen a very few examples of other types in this format being offered but never a duplication of any offered here. (AD)
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    A42, Lot 238:

    Electrotype of English hammered coinage. Kings of Wessex. Aethelstan. 924-939. Penny electrotype. 22 mm. BMC type iv. York (The BMC piece weighs 22.0 grains). Small cross pattee; +AEDEL STAN REX / A line across the center, a building (church?) above; EB •R ΛC ΛC in two lines above the central line; REGNAID MON in two lines below. BMC Vol II:6. Plate IX:2 (this piece illustrated). S. 629 (pre 1978) S. 1101 (current). As made; exceptional toning.

     

    Electrotypes of Anglo-Saxon and English coins in the British Museum (joined into a double thick single piece). Many were used for the Standard Catalog prior to 2007.

     

    These double-thick electrotypes of British Museum Anglo-Saxon and English hammered coins are direct copies of pieces in the British Museum and can be seen in the plates of the the two BMC volumes issued in 1887 and 1893: Keary & Poole, A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series Volume I, and Grueber & Keary, A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series Volume II.

     

    These copies were used for the production of the reference that has become the standard for English coins, the Spink Standard Catalog. (Prior to 1998 the publication was known as the Seaby Standard Catalog.) Many of the pieces offered here are the pieces photographed for the annual catalogs from the small format 1962 edition until the major revision in the 42nd edition in 2007, when the catalog changed from black and white to color.

     

    Prior to the larger size publications that began with the much expanded and renumbered 16th edition in 1978, the earlier editions beginning in 1962 were smaller 5 by 7 ½ inch books. Earlier still, prior to 1962 the publications were larger and thinner with drawings rather than photographs illustrating the coins.)

     

    The electros are apparently extremely rare if not generally unique. I have seen a very few examples of other types in this format being offered but never a duplication of any offered here. (AD)
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    A42, Lot 239:

    Electrotype of English hammered coinage. Kings of Wessex. Aethelstan. 924-939. Penny electrotype. 22 mm. BMC x, variety a. York (The BMC coin weighs 22.7 grains). Bust left in high relief; ÆDELSTΛN REX (retrograde) around / A small central cross pattee; +OEONEETREBL+ around (retrograde). (Ecberht or Rotberht?). BMC Vol II:17. Plate IX:5 (this piece illustrated). S. 629a (pre 2007) S. 1102 (current). As made; superb toning.

     

    Electrotypes of Anglo-Saxon and English coins in the British Museum (joined into a double thick single piece). Many were used for the Standard Catalog prior to 2007.

     

    These double-thick electrotypes of British Museum Anglo-Saxon and English hammered coins are direct copies of pieces in the British Museum and can be seen in the plates of the the two BMC volumes issued in 1887 and 1893: Keary & Poole, A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series Volume I, and Grueber & Keary, A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series Volume II.

     

    These copies were used for the production of the reference that has become the standard for English coins, the Spink Standard Catalog. (Prior to 1998 the publication was known as the Seaby Standard Catalog.) Many of the pieces offered here are the pieces photographed for the annual catalogs from the small format 1962 edition until the major revision in the 42nd edition in 2007, when the catalog changed from black and white to color.

     

    Prior to the larger size publications that began with the much expanded and renumbered 16th edition in 1978, the earlier editions beginning in 1962 were smaller 5 by 7 ½ inch books. Earlier still, prior to 1962 the publications were larger and thinner with drawings rather than photographs illustrating the coins.)

     

    The electros are apparently extremely rare if not generally unique. I have seen a very few examples of other types in this format being offered but never a duplication of any offered here. (AD)
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    A42, Lot 240:

    Electrotype of English hammered coinage. Kings of Wessex. Eadmund. 939-946. Penny electrotype. 22 mm. The BMC coin weighs 24.0 grains. Type i. Small cross patee; +EADMVND REX around / Moneyer's name in two lines across, crosses between the letter, three pellets in triangle above and below; DOMEN +++ CESMO. BMC Vol II:41. Plate XI:3 (this piece illustrated) S. 631 (1962-1977). S. 1105 (current). As made.

     

    Electrotypes of Anglo-Saxon and English coins in the British Museum (joined into a double thick single piece). Many were used for the Standard Catalog prior to 2007.

     

    These double-thick electrotypes of British Museum Anglo-Saxon and English hammered coins are direct copies of pieces in the British Museum and can be seen in the plates of the the two BMC volumes issued in 1887 and 1893: Keary & Poole, A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series Volume I, and Grueber & Keary, A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series Volume II.

     

    These copies were used for the production of the reference that has become the standard for English coins, the Spink Standard Catalog. (Prior to 1998 the publication was known as the Seaby Standard Catalog.) Many of the pieces offered here are the pieces photographed for the annual catalogs from the small format 1962 edition until the major revision in the 42nd edition in 2007, when the catalog changed from black and white to color.

     

    Prior to the larger size publications that began with the much expanded and renumbered 16th edition in 1978, the earlier editions beginning in 1962 were smaller 5 by 7 ½ inch books. Earlier still, prior to 1962 the publications were larger and thinner with drawings rather than photographs illustrating the coins.)

     

    The electros are apparently extremely rare if not generally unique. I have seen a very few examples of other types in this format being offered but never a duplication of any offered here. (AD)
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    A42, Lot 241:

    Electrotype of English hammered coinage. Kings of England. Cnut. 1016-1035. Penny electrotype. 17 mm. BMC type xx. Jewel cross. York (The BMC piece weighs 17.6 grains). Diademed bust left, a scepter in front; + CNVT REX around / A cross of four ovals united within two circles, a pellet in the center; BRVNMΛN ON LVND around. BMC Vol II:467. Plate XIX:4 (this piece illustrated). Also, plate coin for Standard Catalog editions from 1978 until 2007. S. 678 (pre 1978) S. 1163 (current). As made; exceptional toning.

     

    Electrotypes of Anglo-Saxon and English coins in the British Museum (joined into a double thick single piece). Many were used for the Standard Catalog prior to 2007.

     

    These double-thick electrotypes of British Museum Anglo-Saxon and English hammered coins are direct copies of pieces in the British Museum and can be seen in the plates of the the two BMC volumes issued in 1887 and 1893: Keary & Poole, A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series Volume I, and Grueber & Keary, A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series Volume II.

     

    These copies were used for the production of the reference that has become the standard for English coins, the Spink Standard Catalog. (Prior to 1998 the publication was known as the Seaby Standard Catalog.) Many of the pieces offered here are the pieces photographed for the annual catalogs from the small format 1962 edition until the major revision in the 42nd edition in 2007, when the catalog changed from black and white to color.

     

    Prior to the larger size publications that began with the much expanded and renumbered 16th edition in 1978, the earlier editions beginning in 1962 were smaller 5 by 7 ½ inch books. Earlier still, prior to 1962 the publications were larger and thinner with drawings rather than photographs illustrating the coins.)

     

    The electros are apparently extremely rare if not generally unique. I have seen a very few examples of other types in this format being offered but never a duplication of any offered here. (AD)
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