Auction 259 September 2024
Some highlights:
Varieties Netherlands. Many original country collections. Large selection of good quality classic coins.
Auction order
Friday 13 September
| Times (all times CET) | Lot numbers | Auction part |
| 09:00 | 1-199 | Netherlands and Colonies, collections & stock |
| 11:00 | 250-303 | Netherlands and Colonies, collections & stock in large boxes |
| 12:00 | 400-902 | Foreign countries, collections & stock |
| 16:00 | 1200-1325 | Foreign countries, collections & stock in large boxes |
Saturday 14 September
| Times (all times CET) | Lot numbers | Auction part |
| 10:00 | 2000 – 2223 | Netherlands and colonies single lots |
| 12:00 | 2300 – 2342 | Foreign countries single lots |
| 13:00 | 2500 – 2759 | Coins |
| 16:00 | 2800 – 2893 | Picture Postcards |
| 17:00 | 2900 – 2933 | Literature |
Bactria, 323-315 BC, AR Drachm (3,39gr, 15mm). Sophytes or Andragoras, head of Athena to right, wearing modified Attic helmet, disc earring and pearl necklace / eagle standing left with head right, above grape bunches on stalk, Mitch. 26c | Nicolet-Pierre et Amandry, RN (1994), 56 (this piece). Patinated. EF, very rare, Elsen Auction 148, Lot 87, 11.09.2021 | Elsen public sales 32, 11.12.1993, 202 | NFA, New York, Sale 25, 29.11.1990, 200
Calabria, 325-281 BC, AR Stater or Didrachm (7,81gr, 23mm). Tarentum, warrior on horseback rearing right, shield and two spears in left hand, preparing to cast a third in right, ΣA below / taras astride dolphin right, bow and arrows outward in left hand, spear forward in right; ͰHP and HP monograms below, ΤΑΡΑΣ above, HN Italy 938 | Vlasto 626-633, aEF
Ptolemy I Soter (323-283), 310-305 BC, AR Tetradrachm (15,69gr, 27mm). Alexandria, head right, wearing elephant headdress, mitra, and scaly aegis tied before neck / Athena advancing right, brandishing spear in right hand, shield on raised left arm; HP monogram in inner right field, Corinthian helmet right above eagle standing right on thunderbolt to lower right, with closed wing and AΛEΞΑΝΔPOY left, CPE 65 | Svoronos 170 | Jenkins, ANSMN 9 (1960), gr. d | SNG Copenhagen 28. EF, Elsen, Auction 149, Lot 103, 10.12.2021
Ptolemy I Soter (323-283), 306-300 BC, Tetradrachm (14,39gr, 27mm). Alexandria, first reduced standard, plain series, CPE 59 | Svoronos 146 | Zervos Issue 22 | SNG Copenhagen 18, aVF
Lucania, a. 300 BC, AR Nomos (7,94gr, 21mm). Herakleia, head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, bowl decorated with Scylla hurling stone, earring and necklace, with behind K / Heracles standing facing, holding club, lion's skin and bow with arrow; in upper left field, jug and AQA, at right HPAKLHIWN, van Keuren 85 | HN Italy 1384. Unusually well centred and with a lovely old cabinet tone, aEF, Hirsch Nachf., Auction 272, Lot 22, 04.05.2011 | Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 123, Lot 55, 09.05.2021
Sicily, 289-287 BC, AE (8,83gr, 21mm). Syracuse, SNG ANS 749 | Gabrici 179, 274 var. | Mini 194 var. Brown patina | fourth republic. EF, very rare, Elsen, Auction 147, Lot 24, 04.06.2021 | Münzen & Medaillen Gmbh, Sale 17, 4.10.2005, 361 | from the H.H. Gutknecht collection
Ptolemy II Philadelphos (285-246), 260-246 BC, AE Obol (9,19gr, 21mm). Alexandria, CPE B211 | Svoronos 424 | SNG Copenhagen -, gVF
Macedon, Alexander III the Great (336-323), 250-175 BC, AR Tetradrachm (16,75gr, 28mm). Mesembria, Price 971A | Müller Alexandre, 433 | Meydancikkale 529, VF, Elsen, Auction 85, Lot 27, 15.03.2008
Ionia, Herognetos, son of Zopyrion, magistrate, a. 150 BC, AR Tetradrachm (17,04gr, 30mm). Magnesia ad Meandrum, diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, wearing stephane, hair tied in knot at back of head, bow and quiver over left shoulder / Apollo, nude, standing left on maeander pattern, laurel branches downward in right hand, leaning on tripod with left arm, all within wreath, SNG von Aulock 7921 | SNG Copenhagen -. Lustrous | Jones dies 27. EF
Ptolemy VI (180-145), 149-148 BC, tetradrachm (13,79gr, 24mm). Paphos, Svoronos 1483 | SNG Copenhagen -. Lustrous, gVF, Bertolami Fine Arts Auction 9, Lot 279, 19.04.2014
Antiochos VI (144-142), 144-143 BC, AR Drachm (3,94gr, 19mm). Antioch, HGC 9, 1036a | SC 2002.2a. Very clearly struck | hairline flan crack as is nearly always the case for this issue, EF, Nomos Web, Auction 19, Lot 451, 08.05.2021
Lydia, 135-128 BC, AR Cistophore (12,67gr, 28mm). Sardes, Kleiner-Noe 22a, pl. 31, 10 var. | SNG von Aulock 3123 var, VF, Elsen, Auction 152, Lot 439, 09.09.2022