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Premier Auction - Session I - September 15, 2023

Fri, Sep 15, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 865

Nine Classic Ancient Coins, Greek and Roman

Estimate: $600 - $900

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$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
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$50,000 $5,000
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Thrace, silver tetradrachm, 146 BC, head of Dionysus; Macedonia, silver drachm, 336-323 BC, Alexander the Great; a second Macedonia, silver drachm, 336-323 BC, Alexander the Great; Paphlagonia, Sinope, silver drachm, 330-300 BC, nymph head with eagle and dolphin reverse; Histiaia, Euboea, silver hemidrachm or tetrobol, 196-146 BC, female head with female riding bow of ship reverse; Rome, silver denarius, 83-82 BC, Q Antonius Balbus as Praetor, Victory in a quadriga reverse; Alexandria, silver tetradrachm, 117-138 AD, Hadrian; Rome, silver denarius, 146-162 AD, Faustina II; Rome, silver denarius, 180-192, Commodus 

Provenance: Collection of Max Loehr, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Oriental Art, Harvard University, 1960; by descent in family

Condition

majority with typical appearance for age; Hadrian tetradrachm with surface corrosion; Q Antonius Balbus denarius with serrated edge; Sinope drachm with test cut 

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Collection of Max Loehr, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Oriental Art, Harvard University, 1960; by descent in family