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Heritage Signature® Auction #3081 | New York International Numismatic Convention
World & Ancient Coins
Featuring: The Cape Coral Collection of French Ecus and 5 Francs • The Axum Collection • The Collection of
Jill Zarin • The El Don Diego Luna Collection • A Private Japanese Collection • The Caranett Collection
January 12-13, 2020 | New York
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Session 1 Sunday, January 12 • 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM ET
Sunday, January 12 • 4:00 PM ET • Lots 30001–30576 Monday, January 13 • 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM ET
ANCIENTS • Lots 30001–30207 Tuesday, January 14 • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
AFGHANISTAN - FRENCH INDO-CHINA • Lots 30208–30576
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Session 2 – GABON - JORDAN
Monday, January 13 • 10:00 AM ET • Lots 30577–31024
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World & Ancient Coins Specialists
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Dear Bidder,
As we usher in the beginning of a new decade, it is apparent that the international numismatic market is more vibrant than
ever, including an ever-growing diversity of both material and collector participation. This event, Heritage’s first New York
International Numismatic Convention auction of the 2020s, mirrors this expansion and interest, displaying a fascinating
assortment of material spanning the full history of coinage and encompassing every inhabited corner of the globe. It is
with pride and joy that we share just a few of these highlights with you below.
The New York International show always draws stellar ancient coins and this year exceeds our already high standards. We
are delighted to offer not just one or two, but six total decadrachms, including two Fine Style Syracuse examples signed
by Euainetos. An unpublished medallion of 9-Solidi from Constantine the Great, with its nearly 42 grams of gold spread
across 47mm, will certainly elicit ferocious bidding. Croesus and the Lydian Kingdom comes through for us again this
auction, with more than 10 specimens, led by a heavy standard stater graded Choice Mint State by NGC. A magnificent
collection of very rare Cyzicene electrum is a veritable panoply of Greek storytelling, from Gaia and Erichthonius to
Chiron of Jason and the Argonauts to Eros taming the bull. There are hundreds of excellent ancient coins across three
sessions, and we are certain you will find something tempting no matter what your area of interest.
Among the most important world coins in the auction is a sublime gold Dinar of Abd al-Malik, widely recognized as the
first “Islamic” coin of the Umayyad Caliphate. This early and historically significant type discarded the earlier imitative
styles of Islamic coinage, which had relied on the long-established design principles of depicting the image of the current
ruler on the obverse, instead employing solely the use of citations from the Qur’an on both faces. We are excited to present
this item of momentous historical interest to our bidders as part of the Platinum Night sale.
From France, hailing from the same collector who assembled world-class collections of multiple talers, British crowns, and
German 3 marks comes the next installment of the Cape Coral Collection. This group of coins is perhaps the finest quality
selection of French ecus and 5 Francs to be brought to market in recent memory. Ranging from common to rare types,
every piece is in an exceptional state of preservation, each one fit for the collector who wants the very best. The selection
of European gold coinage is similarly magnificent and deserving of separate mention, including an assortment of sublime
multiple ducats from Munster, Bavaria, Austria, Salzburg, and Transylvania. Collectively these issues represent some of
the most inspiring selections in the sale, and are bound to impress as a result of their combined visual allure, rarity, and
condition, which varies between the upper echelons of lightly circulated quality and full Mint State preservation.
From Britain we see such highlights as an extremely rare XF45 Elizabeth I “Ship” Ryal, as well as a number of other
alluring milled rarities including a gem Mint State example of the “Three Graces” Crown of 1817. A gorgeous 1703 Anne
“Vigo” Crown, ranking not only as the single-finest certified example of its type but also as a veritable jewel of the British
series, represents an item of both great historical importance and of high collector interest. It is joined by a rare gold Half
Guinea of the same coveted Vigo issue. We would be remiss if we did not give a brief, if insufficient, mention to the rest
of the world, from which we find such dazzling offerings as a gem-certified Meiji 20 Yen of the Year 3 (1870), a Mexican
Oaxaca Revolutionary gold 60 Pesos dated 1916 and certified MS64+ by PCGS, or a magnificent and prooflike Alexander
I ½ Rouble of 1825, awarded a star for its superior eye appeal.
We are confident that even a cursory review of this auction will yield something of interest for all, whether that interest
lies in the coinage of the ancient Greek city-states, the issues of medieval Europe, or the rarities of the modern world. This
event promises to be one which will not be forgotten, and it is you, our bidders, who fuel the fires of interest that keep our
auctions varied, exciting, and worth coming back to. Whether you decide to bid online or attend the auction in person, we
wish you the best of experiences and good luck.
Sincerely,
Cristiano Bierrenbach Warren Tucker
Executive Vice President Vice President, World Coins

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SESSION ONE
ANCIENTS
GREEK
Fine Style ‘Star’ Cales Didrachm

30001 CAMPANIA. Cales. Ca. 265-240 BC. AR didrachm (19mm,
7.37 gm, 7h). NGC Choice XF★ 4/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Head
of Athena left, wearing pendant earring, necklace and crested
Apulo-Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, the bowl deco-
rated with griffin leaping left; pentagram behind head, B below

/ Nike driving racing biga left, reins in both hands; CALENO in
exergue (off flan). HN Italy 434.
30003 LUCANIA. Velia. Ca. 340-280 BC. AR nomos or didrachm
Starting Bid: $750 (21mm, 7.26 gm, 2h). NGC XF★ 5/5 - 5/5. Philistion group. Head
of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with wing
Moretti Collection
on wreath; ΑΘΗ monogram behind neck, Φ below / YEΛHTΩN,
lion advancing right on ground line; grain ear right between Φ-I
above; Π below. HN Italy 1309. Williams 478 (O238/R337).

From a Private Japanese Collection. Ex Heritage Auction 3032
(CICF, 10 April 2014), lot 23021.
Starting Bid: $750

30002 CALABRIA. Tarentum. Ca. 280 BC. AV half-stater (16mm,
4.24 gm, 9h). NGC XF 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Head of young
Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck
/ Taras driving fast biga right, reins in left hand, trident in right.
HN Italy 955. SNG ANS 1036 (same dies). Dewing 182 (same
dies). Rare.

From a Private Japanese Collection. Ex Heritage Auction 3026
(Long Beach, 25 September 2013), lot 23015; Moretti Collection
(CNG-NAC 40, 4 November 1996), lot 594; Münzen und Medaillen
AG 75 (4 December 1989), lot 44; Sotheby’s (8 February 1978), lot 10.
Starting Bid: $3,000
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30005 BRUTTIUM. Caulonia. Late 6th century BC. AR stater or
nomos (30mm, 7.84 gm, 12h). NGC Choice VF★ 5/5 - 4/5, Fine
Style. KAVΛ, full-length figure of nude Apollo advancing right,
olive branch in left hand, small winged figure (daemon) atop
extended right arm, running right and holding branch in each
hand; stag standing right, head reverted, in right field, guilloche
border / Incuse of obverse, reversed and without ethnic; reeded
border. Noe 5. HN Italy 2035. SNG ANS 142.
Starting Bid: $2,500

30004 BRUTTIUM. Caulonia. Late 6th century BC. AR stater or
nomos (30mm, 8.15 gm, 12h). NGC AU 4/5 - 5/5. KAVΛ, full-
length figure of nude Apollo advancing right, olive branch in left
hand, small winged figure (daemon) atop extended right arm,
running right and holding branch in each hand; stag standing
right, head reverted, in right field, guilloche border / Incuse of 30006 BRUTTIUM. Locris Epizephyroi. Ca. 350-275 BC. AR stater
obverse, reversed and without ethnic; reeded border. Noe 23-25. (22mm, 8.65 gm, 3h). NGC MS★ 5/5 - 4/5. Pegasus with pointed
HN Italy 2035. SNG ANS 151. wing flying left; thunderbolt below / ΛΟΚΡΩΝ, head of Athena
left wearing Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, and pearl
From a Private Japanese Collection. Ex The Lexington Collection necklace. Calciati Pegasi 13. HN Italy 2342. Perfectly centered
of Jonathan K. Kern (Heritage Auction 3033, ANA Platinum and deeply struck on a fully lustrous, broad flan.
Night, 8 August 2014), lot 23002.
From a Private Japanese Collection. Ex Heritage Auction 3026
Caulonia was founded in the 7th century BC by Achaean Greeks, (Long Beach, 25 September 2013), lot 23026.
either emigres from the homeland or from the nearby city of Starting Bid: $1,000
Croton. The location, on the underside of Italy’s “toe” on a
headland jutting out into the sea, has in the centuries since
disappeared beneath the waves, but underwater archaeology
has located more than 100 fluted columns and two spectacular
mosaics, both depicting dragons, dating to the 5th-4th centuries
BC. The columns were likely for a large shrine to Apollo, the deity
depicted on the city’s beautiful and intriguing coinage. On this

magnificent piece, Apollo’s entire nude body is shown in refined
Archaic form, striding to right, with a small winged daemon on
30007 SICILY. Acragas. Ca. 510-470 BC. AR didrachm (19mm, 8.67
his left arm; to his right stands a stag, sacred to both Apollo and gm, 10h). NGC Choice XF★ 5/5 - 4/5. AKRA, eagle standing
his sister Artemis. The unusual fabric of this piece follows a style
left with closed wings / Crab seen from above, in circular incuse.
peculiar to Greek southern Italy in the archaic period - broad,
Jenkins Group II c, pl. 37, 8. SNG ANS 926 (same obverse die).
thin flan, obverse depicted in relief, reverse repeating the obverse
Dewing 551.
motif but in negative relief, or incuse, and reversed. Creating

such coins required a high degree of technical skill and quality
From a Private Japanese Collection. Ex Heritage Auction 3026
control. The reasons for the popularity of this fabric are poorly
(Long Beach, 25 September 2013), lot 23028.
understood; some scholars have postulated a connection to the
Starting Bid: $1,000
mathematician-philosopher Pythagoras, who was active in Italy
during this period and taught a creed which stressed the duality
of mankind’s nature and all existence.
Starting Bid: $3,000

30008 SICILY. Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny, Gelon I (ca. 480-475
BC). AR tetradrachm (24mm, 17.28 gm, 11h). NGC XF
4/5 - 5/5. Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, kentron
in right hand, reins in left; Nike flying right above, crowning
horses, dotted border / ΣVRAKΟ-ΣΙΟ-N (N retrograde), head of
Arethusa right, wearing pearl taenia and necklace, hair looped up
under band; four dolphins swimming clockwise around. HGC 2,
1306. Boehringer 56-227.
Starting Bid: $750
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30011 SICILY. Syracuse. Agathocles (317-289 BC). AR tetradrachm
(30mm, 17.16 gm, 8h). NGC AU 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Pre-royal
coinage, ca. 310-305 BC, Fi-, magistrate. Head of Persephone left,

wreathed with grain ears, wearing triple-pendant earring and
necklace; three dolphins swimming around, ΦΙ below neck trun-
cation, dotted border / ΣYPAKOΣIΩN, charioteer driving fast
quadriga left, reins in left hand, kentron in right; trisceles above,
AN monogram in exergue, dotted border. HGC 12, 1348. SNG
ANS 640-3.

Ex Freeman & Sear, Mail Bid Sale 6 (6 October 2000), Lot 221.
Starting Bid: $1,000
30009 SICILY. Syracuse. Second Democracy (ca. 465-440 BC).
AR tetradrachm (24mm, 17.35 gm, 12h). NGC MS 4/5 - 5/5.
Ca. 450-440 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga walking right,
kentron in right hand, reins in both; Nike flying right above to
crown horses, ketos right in exergue / ΣYRAKOΣI-ON, head of
Arethusa right, wearing triple-band taenia, pendant earring and
pearl necklace, hair bound in large loop at base of neck; four dol-
phins swimming clockwise around. HGC 2, 1311. Boehringer 571.
Jameson 769. SNG ANS 184.
30012 SICILY. Syracuse. Agathocles (317-289 BC). AR tetradrachm
Ex Freeman & Sear, Manhattan Sale III (3 January 2012), lot 73; (25mm, 17.08 gm, 6h). NGC Choice XF★ 5/5 - 5/5, Fine Style.
Harlan J. Berk, Sale 99 (25 September 1997), lot 80. Pre-royal coinage, ca. 310-305 BC, Nk-, magistrate. Head of
Starting Bid: $1,500 Persephone left, wreathed with grain ears, wearing triple-pendant
earring and necklace; three dolphins swimming around, NK
below neck truncation, dotted border / ΣYPAKOΣIΩN, charioteer
driving fast quadriga left, reins in left hand, kentron in right;
trisceles above, AN monogram in exergue, dotted border. HGC 2,
1348. SNG ANS 632-635.
Starting Bid: $1,000

30013 SICILY. Syracuse. Agathocles (317-289 BC). AR tetradrachm
(27mm, 17.07 gm, 7h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 2/5, Fine Style.
Pre-royal coinage, ca. 310-305 BC. Head of Persephone left,
30010 SICILY. Syracuse. Agathocles (317-289 BC). AV decadrachm wreathed with grain ears, wearing triple-pendant earring and
(16mm, 4.14 gm, 7h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5, Fine Style, ex- necklace; three dolphins swimming around, NK below neck trun-
jewelry. Ca. 317-310 BC. Laureate head of Apollo left; Σ below cation, dotted border / ΣYPAKOΣIΩN, charioteer driving fast
/ ΣYP-A-KOΣIΩN, charioteer driving fast biga right, kentron in quadriga left, reins in left hand, kentron in right; trisceles above,
right hand, reins in left; triskeles counterclockwise below. SNG AN monogram in exergue, dotted border. HGC 2, 1348. SNG
ANS 550 (same dies). SNG Copenhagen 745. Rare variety with ANS 632-635. SNG Copenhagen 753-4.
the Σ on the obverse. Starting Bid: $750

From a Private Japanese Collection. Ex Heritage Auction 3026
(Long Beach, 25 September 2013), lot 23038.
Starting Bid: $1,000
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Superb Fine Style Philistis

30014 SICILY. Syracuse. Agathocles (317-289 BC). AR tetradrachm
(28mm, 17.16 gm, 10h). NGC AU 4/5 - 3/5, light scratches, die
30016 SICILY. Syracuse. Philistis, wife of Hieron II (275-215 BC).
shift. Ca. 305-295 BC. KOPAΣ, head of Kore right, wreathed in
AR 16-litrae (26mm, 13.56 gm, 7h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 5/5,
grain ear, wearing single pendant earring and necklace; dotted
Fine Style. Ca. 240-215/4 BC. Veiled and diademed head of
border / AΓAΘOKΛEIOΣ, Nike standing right, erecting trophy;
Queen Philistis left; star behind / ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΑΣ / ΦΙΛΙΣΤΙΔΟΣ,
triskeles to left, dotted border. SNG ANS 672-80.
Nike driving fast quadriga right, KIΣ before, crescent above,

grain ear right below. SNG ANS 882 var. (grain ear on obverse)
From a Private Japanese Collection. Ex Heritage Auction 3026
Starting Bid: $1,000
(Long Beach, 25 September 2013), lot 23039; Numismatic Fine
Arts, private sale with old dealer tag.
Starting Bid: $1,000

30017 SICILY. Syracuse. Philistis, wife of Hieron II (275-215 BC).
AR 16-litrae (26mm, 13.12 gm, 5h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 3/5.
Ca. 240-215/4 BC. Veiled, diademed head of Queen Philistis
left; star to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΑΣ / ΦΙΛΙΣΤΙΔΟΣ, Nike driving
walking quadriga right, reins in both hands; star above. HGC 2,
1556. cf. SNG ANS 878.

Ex Thomas Bentley Cederlind, private sale with old dealer tag.
Starting Bid: $1,000

30015 SICILY. Syracuse. Hicetas (ca. 288-279/8 BC). AV decadrachm
(15mm, 4.28 gm, 4h). NGC AU 4/5 - 4/5. ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ,
wreathed head of Kore left, wearing pendant earring and pearl
necklace; long torch behind neck / ΕΠΙ IKETA, Nike driving
galloping biga right; crescent downward above; Θ below horses.
Buttrey, 3-G. SNG ANS 776.

From a Private Japanese Collection. Ex Heritage Auction 3026
(Long Beach, 25 September 2013), lot 23042; Robert O. Ebert
Collection (Gemini V, 6 January 2009), lot 482.
Starting Bid: $2,500
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