Auction house
Classical Numismatic Group
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Coin auction house of Lancaster, Pennsylvania whose Triton sales offered Cypriot royal staters, among them a gold stater of Nikokreon in 2003 and silver staters of Evagoras I of Salamis.
About
Classical Numismatic Group, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, sold Cypriot royal coinage in its Triton series. A gold stater of Nikokreon of Salamis was lot 443 in Triton VI on 14 January 20031. The firm's auction records show silver staters of Evagoras I of Salamis offered repeatedly, in Feature Auction 124 and Electronic Auctions 534, 538, 560 and 575, at prices from USD 325 to 1,550 as the seller catalogued them2.
The firm's Triton XIX, in sessions 3 and 4, was the sale of the Adams collection1.
History
- 2 December 1997Triton I auctioned a Peter II Cypriot gros as lot 1840 in its 2-3 December 1997 sale, previously part of the Slocum collection.
- 2001Sold a Salamis bronze of Ptolemy III at an auction on 4 April 2001, later lot 750 in the Joy collection sale.
- 14 January 2003Triton VI of 14 January 2003 sold a gold stater of Nikokreon as lot 443.
(2016). Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XIX (Sessions 3, 4) (2016)
- 2005Sold Kition coins in mail-bid sale 70 on 21 September 2005 and a Salamis Evanthes stater from the Kabul hoard in sale 69 on 8 June 2005.
- 2005Triton VIII held an auction on 11-12 January 2005 offering Salamis and Amathus Cypriot coins, lots 516 and 517.
- 2010Offered a Salamis tritera of Evagoras I at CNG EAuction 240 on 8 September 2010, lot 234.
- 2013Sold a Cypriot Roman coin of Augustus at CNG EAuction 308 on 7 August 2013, lot 246.
- 2014Sold Lapethos and Paphos Cypriot staters in its auction of 7 January 2014, lots 355 and 357.
- 2016Triton XIX (Sessions 3, 4), held in conjunction with the 44th New York International Numismatic Convention, carried Cypriot coins from the Adams collection with pedigrees citing the firm's earlier sales.
(2016). Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XIX (Sessions 3, 4) (2016)
People
7 peopleStaff and members · 1
- Evangeline Markouother · corresponded withClassical Numismatic Group, Triton… 2016
Sellers and consignors · 4
- Patrick Villemur Collectionconsigned objects2008
- R. Prideaux-Debuissonconsigned objects2008
- S. Wagnerconsigned objects2008
- Dr. Lawrence A. Adams Collectionconsigned objects2015–2016
Others connected · 2
Objects
Salamis, Evagoras I, 411-374, AR tritera, 3.00g
lot 2348 September 2010M. Amandry (2015). Chronique numismatique chypriote (V), 2008-2015. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 45, 423-450, p. 436
Cypriot Roman AE coin of Augustus, 3.97g, type RPC I, 3906
lot 2467 August 2013M. Amandry (2015). Chronique numismatique chypriote (V), 2008-2015. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 45, 423-450, p. 436
Amathus Rhoikos obole offered in mail-bid sale 70, lot 371.
lot 37121 September 2005M. Amandry (2008). Chronique numismatique chypriote (IV). Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 38, 227-239, p. 231
Salamis bronze of Ptolemy III, later lot 750 in the Joy collection sale.
lot 6284 April 2001M. Amandry (2008). Chronique numismatique chypriote (IV). Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 38, 227-239, p. 231
Salamis, Evelthon, ca. 520, AR stater, 10,97g, type BMC 46/1-4
Amathus, Evagoras I, 411-374, AR stater, 6,68g, Amandry 127
Lapethos stater, AR, c. 425 BC, BMC ACGC 1094
lot 3557 January 2014M. Amandry (2015). Chronique numismatique chypriote (V), 2008-2015. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 45, 423-450, p. 442
Paphos, Stasandros stater, AR, c. 450 BC, BMC 38/17
lot 3577 January 2014M. Amandry (2015). Chronique numismatique chypriote (V), 2008-2015. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 45, 423-450, p. 442
Mentioned in
7 mentionsDocuments · 5
- Beyond Cyprus: Investigating Cypriot Connectivity in the Mediterranean from the Late Bronze Age to the End of the Classical Period
Bourogiannis 2022
- Chronique numismatique chypriote (IV)
Amandry 2008
- Chronique numismatique chypriote (V), 2008-2015
Amandry 2015
- Chronique numismatique chypriote [I]
Amandry 1998
- SOMA 2011: Proceedings of the 15th Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology held at the University of Catania 3-5 March 2011
Militello & Öniz 2015
Institutions · 1
- Freeman & Sear
Connected with
Group 2017
- People · 1listed under People
Sources
- 1. (2016). Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XIX (Sessions 3, 4) (2016).
- 2.Classical Numismatic Group. CNG Feature Auction 124 lot 278; Electronic Auctions 534 lot 143, 538 lot 183, 560 lot 181, 575 lot 177 (silver staters of Evagoras I of Salamis).
- 3.M. Amandry (2015). “Chronique numismatique chypriote (V), 2008-2015”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 45, 423-450. Online
- 4.M. Amandry (2008). “Chronique numismatique chypriote (IV)”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 38, 227-239.
- 5.Classical Numismatic Group (2000). Mail Bid Sale 53.
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