Edward Waddell Updates Their Fixed Price Offers in June 2024

Edward J. Waddell, Ltd. has updated their inventory on coin.com with a selection of 15 ancient coins at fixed prices. Selections include the following highlights:

No. 57119: Aegean Islands, Aegina

Aegean Islands, Aegina. AR Stater, 12.22g. 19×22 mm. c.480-457 B.C. Sea turtle with “T back” design on shell. Rev. Incuse skew pattern. SNG Lockett 1969. SNG COP 510. Millbank, Period III. Toned and very well centered; excellent detail in the turtle’s head. Provenance/Pedigrees: Ex: Hess-Leu, Lucerne, Auction 40, 1971, lot 168, J. Desneux, Brussels collection. About Extremely Fine. Price: $22,500.

No. 57122: Karia, Knidos

Karia, Knidos. AR Drachm, 6.27g. 17mm. c.465-449 B.C. Forepart of lion to right. Rev. Diademed head of Aphrodite to right; die break beneath bust. Cahn 78.2 (this example). Lovely old cabinet toning and fine style. This coin is struck from the same dies as the Kunstfreunde example, Leu & MM, 1974, lot 163 and NAC 146, lot 2224. Provenance/Pedigrees: Ex: Hirsch, Munich, Auction November 17-18, 1955, lot 557. Very Fine/about Extremely Fine. Price: $6,750.

No. 57210: Macedonian Kings, Alexander III (336-323 B.C.)

Macedonian Kings, Alexander III (336-323 B.C.) AR Tetradrachm, 17.12g. 30mm. Rhodes mint, Stassion magistrate, c.201-190 B.C. Head of Herakles wearing lion’s skin to right. Rev. Zeus enthroned to left holding eagle and scepter; “STASSION” to left and “PO” below the throne (the ethnic abbreviation for Rhodes); rose in field to left. Price 2517. Luster under medium gray toning and scarce in this high quality. Price notes that the Rhodes mint issues were of limited production with several of the magistrates sharing the same obverse die. Stassion’s name also appears on the autonomous Rhodian coinage of the period and must have been from one of the wealthy Rhodian families. Provenance/Pedigrees: Ex: Hess-Leu, Lucerne, Auction 27, 1956, lot 274. About Extremely Fine/Extremely Fine. Price: $5,250.

No. 57141: Social War, Marsic Confederation, c. 90 B.C.

Social War, Marsic Confederation, c. 90 B.C. AR Denarius, 3.88g. 20mm. Mint moving with C. Paapius in Campania. Helmeted head of Mars to left; retrograde Oscan inscription below, “mutil embratur = Mutilus Imperator.” Rev. Oath taking scene with two soldiers flanking a kneeling youth holding a sacrificial pig; retrograde Oscan legend, “c paapi” in retrograde; minute flan defect at 1:00 reverse. Campana 94. Sydenham 640a. RBW 1226. Historia Nummorum, Italy 428. Toned. Scarce and with a remarkably complete inscription for the name of C. Paapius C.F, Mutilus Imperator, one of the leading generals in the Italic war against Rome. Provenance/Pedigrees: Ex: Triton III, NY, 1999, lot 897. Ex: Helios, Munich, Auction 4, 2009, lot 88, Lynn collection. About Extremely Fine. Price: $17,500.

No. 57183: Consantius II, 337-361 A.D.

Consantius II, 337-361 A.D. AR Siliqua, 3.78g. 21 mm. Siscia, c.3 37-340 A.D. CONSTANTIVS P F AVG. Laurel and rosette diademed bust of Constantius to right wearing cuirass and drapery. Rev. CONSTANTIVS AVG; SIS* in exergue. Three palm branches; star above. RIC 64. Cohen 10. The three branches represent the three young Augusti; Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans (cf. RIC VIII, p. 340). Rare, among the finest known examples, and with lovely old cabinet toning. Provenance/Pedigrees: Ex: Sotheby, London, December 2, 1924, lot 265; Colonel R. H. Morcom collection. Ex: Brian Grover collection. Extremely Fine. Price: $18,000.

No. 57164: Galba, 68-69 A.D.

Galba, 68-69 A.D. AE As, 10.22g. 29mm. IMP SER SVLP GALBA CAES AVG T R P. Laureate head of Galba to right. Rev. S C. Legionary eagle on thunderbolt between two standards. RIC 152. BMC 329. BN 157. Superb portrait with all the fine detail in the hair fully struck and a ruggedly modeled face; green and brown patina. Extremely Fine/about Extremely Fine. Price: $10,000.