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Sicily, Messana, (455-451 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (14.08 g), obv. biga of mules driven to right by seated male charioteer, Nike flying above, in exergue bay leaf with fruit, rev. MESSAN I ON (some letters reversed), hare running to right, crescent below, (cf.S.843, Caltabiano 326 [obv.die 143, rev. die 135, 8 specimens known], SNG Cop.395). Good fine and rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $280
Sicily, Selinus, (520-500 B.C.), silver didrachm, (8.61 g), obv. selinon leaf, rev. incuse square divided into triangles, (S.730, ANS MN 33, Pl. 2, No.25, [This Coin]). Attractive reverse tone, slight surface roughness on obverse, otherwise very fine/extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $540
Sicily, Selinus, (466-415 B.C.), silver didrachm, (8.22 g), obv. **S*ELINOTION (partly retrograde around), naked Hercules, advancing right seizing by its horn the Cretan bull which gallops right, he wields a club held high in raised hand, rev. river god Hypsas naked standing facing head left, traces of HY**YAS* around, holding phiale over altar around which a snake is twined, holds laurel branch, to right crane running right, selinon leaf above, (S.908, BMC 34, SNG ANS 705 [same dies], SNG Cop 601 [similar dies]). Nearly very fine and rare.
Estimate $600
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Sicily, Syracuse, (c.486-479 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.88 g), obv. fast walking quadriga driven to right by bearded male charioteer, Nike flying right crowning horses, dotted border, rev. **SURAKOSI ON around to right, head of Artemis-Arethusa to right, hair slightly waved and turned up behind under diadem of beads, four dolphins around, (cf.S.914, cf.Boehringer 95 (same obverse die No.45/new reverse die = Randazzo Hoard 257). Attractive bright tone with dark highlights, good very fine and very rare, an unpublished die combination.
Estimate $800
SOLD $940
Sicily, Syracuse, period of Dionysios I, (405-367 B.C.), AE drachm, AE 29, (33.43 g), obv. head of Athena wearing Corinthian helmet to left bound with olive wreath, to left **[S]*YRA, rev. starfish between two dolphins with central pellet, (S.1189, CNS 62; SNG ANS 455. BMC 287, Weber 1630). Dark green patina, off centred obverse with clear ethnic, otherwise good very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $400
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Siculo-Punic, (c.350-320/315 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.72 g), obv. wreathed head of Tanit to left wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace, one dolphin behind, rev. horse standing right before a palm tree, crescent in upper left field, (cf.S.6429 [p.594], Jenkins, SNR 56, 121 [same dies 041/R109], McClean 3036 [same dies], SNG Lockett 1046 [same reverse die]). Lightly toned with traces of brilliance, a few small spots of horn silver, otherwise nearly extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,750
Siculo-Punic, mint of the camp, (c.300-290 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.73 g), obv. head of young Melqart or Herakles wearing lion skin to right with mane in long vertical tuffs, rev. horse's head to left, palm tree behind, barley ear before, Punic legend 'MHMHNT' below, border of dots, (S.6436, SNG Lloyd 1654 [same dies], Jenkins SNR 57, [Series 5a] 288 [same dies, O92/R236]). Attractive dark tone, good very fine/ nearly extremely fine and very rare variant.
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $2,400
Siculo-Punic, mint of the camp, (c.300-290 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (15.49 g), obv. head of young Melqart or Herakles wearing lion skin to right, border of dots, rev. horse's head to left, palm tree behind, Punic legend below, border of dots, (S.6436, Jenkins SNR 57, 420, [Series 5b, obv. die 126, rev. die 345, same dies]). Bright, has been cleaned, otherwise nearly extremely fine and very scarce.
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $1,400
Paeonia, Kingdom of, Patraos, (c.340-315 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (12.16 g), obv. head of Apollo to right, with laureate, rev. horseman right spearing fallen enemy, who holds spear and shield, around below **[PAT]RAOU, M above right, (S.1520, Paeonian Hoard 198-203 [same dies]). Obverse slightly off centred, otherwise good very fine and a scarce type.
Estimate $350
SOLD $520
Macedon, Kingdom of Philip II, (359-336 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (14.20 g), Amphipolis III mint, issued c. 323/2-315 B.C., obv. head of Zeus laureate to right, dotted border, rev. naked youth or small man (Philip II), on horseback to right, wreath below, and **P.* below right, above **FILIP POU*, (cf.S.6683, Le Rider Pl.46, 14, [Pl.46, p.124], SNG ANS 748). Attractive round, extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,600
Macedon, Kingdom of, Philip II (359-336 B.C.), AE 16, uncertain Macedonian mint, (6.10 g), obv. Apollo head to left with tainia, rev. naked youth on horse to left, above **FILOPPOU*, below lion's head to left, (cf.S.6698, SNG ANS 872-4, SNG Greece II [Alpha Bank] 371). Attractive brown tone, extremely fine and a rare symbol.
Estimate $120
SOLD $240
Macedon, Kingdom of, Alexander III (336-323 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.92 g), Pergamum mint, issued (c.215-200 B.C.), obv. head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin, rev. Zeus seated on throne to left, eagle in outstretched hand, **ALEXANDPOU* to right, E in left field under a bee, (cf.S.6713, Price 1479, BMC -, M.-, Kleiner 'Pergamum' VII, Boehringer, 'Chronologie' 42.7). Nearly extremely fine, a rare variety.
Estimate $600
SOLD $600
Macedon, Kingdom of, Alexander III, (336-323 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.77 g), Memphis mint, issued 323-316 B.C., obv. head of Herakles to right wearing lion skin with dotted border, rev. Zeus seated on throne to left, eagle in outstretched hand, **DI* under throne, thunderbolt upwards in left field, to right **ALEXANDROU*, (cf.S.6713, Price 3976, BMC 3976a-e, M.7, Demanhur 4781-4819). Well centred, extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $1,700
Macedon, Kingdom of, Alexander III, (336-323 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.76 g), Babylon mint, issued c.317-311 B.C., obv. head of Herakles to right wearing lion skin, rev. Zeus seated on throne to left, eagle in outstretched hand, in exergue **BASILEW[S]*, MP monogram in wreath to left, **ALEXANDROU* to right, XA monogram under throne, (cf.S.6713, Price 3723, BMC 3723, M.[727]); another silver tetradrachm, (16.71 g), Babylon mint, issued c.311-305 B.C., obv. head of Herakles to right wearing lion skin, rev. Zeus seated on throne to left, eagle in outstretched hand, in exergue traces of **BASILEWS*, MP monogram in wreath under throne, **ALEXANDR[OU]* to right, MI over crescent to left, (cf.S.6713, Price 3756, BMC 3756, M.741). Both fine and scarce. (2)
Estimate $400
SOLD $500
Macedon, Kingdom of, Alexander III, (336-323 B.C.), silver drachm, (4.44 g), Marathos in Phoenicia, mint (c.230-225 B.C.), obv. head of Athena right wearing a crested Corinthian helmet, dotted border, rev. Nike standing to left, holding a wreath and stylis, monogram MAP outer left field, to right **ALEXANDROU*, (s.-, Price -, BMC Phoenicia p. xlii, A = Babelon, Perses 1439 = Rouvier 781 = De Luynes 3164, Houghton 940 [listed as Alexander I Balas]). Extremely rare, toned and extremely fine.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $2,400
Thrace, Byzantion, (c.340-320 B.C.), silver siglos (Persian standard), (5.32 g), obv. cow standing to left, on dolphin to left, foreleg raised, above **PU, rev. quadripartite incuse square of mill-sail pattern, (S.1579, SNG BMC Black Sea 21ff. [siglos], SNG Cop. 476). Nearly extremely fine, crack in edge, well centred and scarce in this condition.
Estimate $300
SOLD $150
Thrace, Maroneia, (c.189 - 145 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.18 g), obv. head of young Dionysos to right, wreathed with ivy and band across forehead, rev. Dionysos naked standing to left, holding grapes and two narthex wands, to right **[D]IONUSOU*, to left **[S]WTHROS, below **MAPWNITW[N], monograms to left and right below, (cf.S.1635, Schonert-Geiss 1094/3, cf.Hunter 20). Large flan, attractive style, nearly extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $650
Thrace (Moesia Inferior), Istros, (400-350 B.C.), silver stater, (5.64 g), obv. two young male heads facing, side by side, left upright, right inverted, rev. sea-eagle standing to left on dolphin to left, which it attacks with its beak, above **ISTRIH*, **D* removed above from die, below dolphin monogram PAX, (cf.S.1669; cf.SNG BMC 243, cf.SNG Stancomb 146). Toned, extremely fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $550
Thrace, Kingdom of, Lysimachos, (323-281 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.08 g), Lampsacus mint, issued 297/6- 282/1 B.C., obv. head of Alexander to right, with diadem and horn of Ammon, rev. Athena enthroned to left, supporting Nike, spear behind, herm to far left, monogram of **TEMG* to left, to right **BASILEW[S]*, to left **LUSIMAXOU*, (cf.S.6814, Muller 89, Thompson 55). Grey attractive tone, nearly extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,500
Thrace, Kings of, Lysimachos, (323-281 B.C.), silver drachm, (4.16 g), Kolophon mint, struck 299-296 B.C., obv. head of Herakles to right with lion skin, within dotted circle, rev. Zeus enthroned to left supporting eagle, to left crescent under forepart of lion to left, pentagram under throne, below **BASILEWS*, to left **LYSIMACOU*, (cf.S.6812, Price L28, M.20, Thompson 127). Bright, extremely fine, rare.
Estimate $350
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Cimmerian Bosporos, Thrace, Black Sea Area, Pantikapaion, (c.340-325 B.C.) AE 27, (11.70 g), obv. wreathed and bearded head of satyr left, rev. bow and arrow, **PANTI* below, (S.1699, MacDonald 59, Anokhin 110, SNG BM Black Sea 868). Nearly extremely fine, dark brown patina, scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
Cimmerian Bosporos, Thrace, Black Sea Area, Pantikapaion, (4th century B.C.), AE 19, (4.29 g), obv. bearded head of Pan to right, wearing wreath of ivy leaves, rev. Griffin left, sturgeon below, **PAN* around, (S.1700, BMC 20, SNG BMC Black Sea 869ff). Very dark patina, good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Cimmerian Bosporos, Thrace, Black Sea Area, Pantikapaion, (350-300 B.C.), AE 20, (6.55 g), obv. Bearded Pan head to left, wearing ivy wreath, rev. lion head to left, sturgeon to left below, around **P A N*, (S.1701, BMC 17-19, SNG Stancomb 557-559 [Pl.XXV], SNG BM 890-893 [Pl.XXXIV], SNG Cop.35-36 [Pl.1]). Very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $80
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Thrace, Islands off Thrace, Thasos, (c.500 B.C.), silver stater, lumpy fabric, (9.17 g), obv. naked ithyphallic Satyr (archaic style) in kneeling running attitude carrying off nymph raising facing hand in protest, rev. rough quadripartite incuse square, (S.1356, Asyut Hoard -, BMC 1, SNG Cop. 1007). Porous obverse, nearly very fine with clear phallus, very rare of earliest style.
Estimate $500
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Thrace, Islands off Thrace, Thasos, (c.early 5th century B.C.), silver stater, (8.96 g), obv. naked ithyphallic Satyr (classical style) in kneeling running attitude carrying off nymph raising hand in protest, rev. quadripartite incuse square, (S.1746, Asyut Hoard -, BMC 24, McClean 4197, SNG Cop. 1010, ACNAC Dewing 1322). Very fine with good facial and hand detail, very scarce.
Estimate $750
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Thessaly, Larissa (under Macedonian domination), (370-360's B.C.), silver drachm, (6.22 g), obv. facing head of nymph Larissa three-quarter to left, rev. horse and foal standing to right, above **SAIWN*, in exergue **LARI*, (S.2122, SNG Cop. 124, BMC 64 [p.30], Hermann Group VIIC, Pl.VI, 4-6 [similar dies], Lorber [SNR 2000] No.7-16 [Pl.I, similar dies], BCD [Triton XV] lot 295 [similar dies and realised $2750 +15% US). Attractive bright tone, extremely fine with original mint bloom and very rare, and a charming reverse type.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $800
Thessaly, Skotussa, (480-400 B.C.), silver drachm, (5.84 g), obv. forepart of horse to left, rev. grain ear in its husk, placed diagonally within incuse square, **S K O* around, (S.2217, Weber 2927, SNG Cop.250). Slightly off centred reverse, otherwise very fine and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $160
Thessaly, Thessalian Confederacy or League, silver stater (double victoriatus or one and a half denarii), 196-146 B.C., (BCD suggests mid-late 1st century B.C.), (6.32 g), Italos and Diokles, magistrates, struck at Larissa mint, obv. head of Zeus right, crowned with a laureate wreath in oak across, **ITALOU* behind, Rev. **QESSA* to left, **LWN* to right, the Thessalian Pallas, Athena Itonia advancing right, brandishing spear and holding shield, above **DIO KLH[S]*, N I to left and right of Athena legs, plain below shield and in exergue, (cf.S.2233, Triton XV 874.4, SNG Cop. 277 (Pl.6), McClean 4797 (p.231, cf.Pl.178). Bright and extremely fine, rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $200
Acarnania, Anactorion (Colony of Corinth), (350-300 B.C.), silver stater, (8.52 g), obv. Pegasos with pointed wing flying to right, AN monogram below, rev. head of Athena to right in Corinthian helmet over a leather cap, tripod and AN monogram behind head, (S.2249, Calciati 26/1 [p.490], BMC 28 [p.117]). Blue and red highlights over a grey patina, extremely fine and rare in this condition.
Estimate $600
SOLD $550
Acarnania, Leucas (Colony of Corinth), (320-250 B.C.), silver stater, (8.40 g), obv. Pegasos with pointed wing flying to left, **L* below, rev. head of Athena to left in Corinthian helmet over a leather cap, with stylis or mast with yard arms and **X* below neck, (cf.S.2274, Calciati 141 [p.429], BMC 101, cf.SNG Cop.357, McClean 5350). Very fine, some weakness in places, scarce.
Estimate $180
SOLD $100