Coins missing in the US Postal System
A package mailed from our offices on November 9, 2010 has gone missing.
It was mailed by Registered Mail from Lancaster, PA to a destination in Canada.
Now that the full month has passed we are notifying the various organizations to pass this information on to the Numismatic Community
The package included the following lots from CNG 85. A description follows as well as links to photographs
SICILY, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. 485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.30 g, 1h). Struck under Gelon, circa 480-478 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer series VIa, 72 (V35/R47); SNG ANS 18 (same dies); Boston MFA 339 = Warren 309 (same dies). VF, lightly toned, a few marks on highest points.
SICILY, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. 485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.37 g, 5h). Struck under Gelon, circa 480-478 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer series VIb, 87 (V42/R56); SNG ANS 22; Randazzo 250 (same dies). Good VF, toned. Well centered and struck.
SICILY, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. 485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.22 g, 6h). Struck under Hieron I, circa 475-470 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer series XIIc, - (V168/R239 [unlisted die combination]); SNG ANS 109 (same obv. die); BMC 41 (same rev. die). VF, toned.
SICILY, Syracuse. Philistis, wife of Hieron II. 275-215 BC. AR 16 Litrai – Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.33 g, 3h). Struck circa 218/7-214 BC. Diademed and veiled bust left; grain ear behind / Nike driving galloping quadriga right; KI above, grain ear below. CCO 65 (D16/R42); BAR Issue 65; SNG ANS -; BMC 548 (same obv. die); Nanteuil 396 (same obv. die); Ward 338 (same obv. die). EF, lightly toned, some die rust, small scratch on obverse, die shift on reverse. Good metal.
THRACE, Apollonia Pontika. Late 5th-4th centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (21mm, 17.06 g, 6h). Laureate head of Apollo left / Upright anchor; A and crayfish flanking, [...](Λ or M)OXO[...] to left; all within shallow incuse square. Cf. Topalov, Apollonia 9.2 = Mouchmov 3142 (magistrate [..]IMOXOY); cf. Topalov, Apollonia26.1, and 26.2 = Traité IV 1622, pl. CCCLI, 6 (magistrate ΦIΛOXOΣ); otherwise unpublished. Good VF, toned, a couple tiny die breaks on obverse. Very rare.
Ex Künker 136 (10 March 2008), lot 509.
KINGS of MACEDON. Demetrios I Poliorketes. 306-283 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.24 g, 7h). Pella mint. Struck circa 294-293 BC. Nike, blowing trumpet and cradling stylis in her left arm, standing left on prow of galley left / Poseidon Pelagaios standing left, preparing to throw trident; monogram to left; to right, dolphin left above star. Newell 68 (obv. die LVII); Triton XI, 128 (same dies). Superb EF, lustrous.
Anyone with any information regarding these pieces are asked to please contact the offices of CNG by phone or email
Lancaster Office
Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
P.O. Box 479
Lancaster, PA 17608
P.O. Box 479
Lancaster, PA 17608
London Office
Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
14 Old Bond St.
London W1S 4PP
tel: +44-20-7495-1888
fax: +44-20-7499-5916
Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
14 Old Bond St.
London W1S 4PP
tel: +44-20-7495-1888
fax: +44-20-7499-5916
Contact: cng@cngcoins.com
Date posted: 14 December 2010