Catalogue
Attica, Athens, (166-57 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.33 g), issued 158-157 B.C., (Thompson date) but probably 126-7 B.C. (revised chronology), obv. head of Athena Parthenos to right wearing triple-crested Athenian helmet, ornamented with Pegasus, rev. owl standing to right, head facing, in erect posture, on prostrate amphora [B] on amphora, eagle right on fulman to left, legend across **A QE, to right **EPI/GENH /SWSAN/DROS* to left **MO/SCI*, HPA below, all within wreath, (cf.S.2555, cf.Thompson 442-4); Thrace, Black Sea Area, Apollonia Pontica, (4th century B.C.), reduced silver drachm, (2.01 g), obv. anchor, crayfish to right and A to left, rev. Gorgoneion or Medusa head facing, (S.1655, SNG BMC Black Sea 160-163, SNG Stancomb 35-38). First coin very good - fine, second coin of very light weight, possibly false, otherwise very fine. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $170
Attica, Islands off, Aegina (Aigina), (c.525-480 B.C.), silver stater (12.05 g), obv.Sea turtle, head in profile, with thick collar and [row of dots] down its back, with countermark of branch tip, rev. incuse square with mill-sail pattern, (S.1851 (£300), Meadows, Aegina, Group IIb, Milbank pl I, 11, Asyut Group IIb, No.466, HGC 6, 429, cf.SNG Cop.501, cf.Dewing 1657, cf.Rosen 216). Very fine, countermark good fine and rare as such.
Estimate $400
SOLD $300
Attica, Islands off, Aegina, (Aigina), (500-480 B.C.), silver stater, (11.55 g), obv. smoothed shell sea turtle without row of dots down dorsal spine, with bankers mark of a head [Ammon] in centre of turtle, rev. 'incuse five sunken segments', [intentionally cut into the die], (S.1851, Asyut Group IIIa "thin collar", cf.438-465, SNG Delepierre 1629). Well centred, otherwise fine - very fine, worn obverse die.
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
Corinthia, Corinth, (350-330 B.C.), silver stater (8.39 g), obv. Pegasus with pointed wing flying to left, q below, rev. head of Athena to left wearing Corinthian helmet over a leather cap, to right facing head of Helios, **D* below truncation, (cf.S.2629, Calciati "Pegasi" I, 392-3 p.252), Cammann NN&M 53 No.56 [Pl.V], Ravel 1006). [p.251, Pl.LX same reverse die]). Toned, good very fine and very rare, with BCD tickets.
Estimate $700
SOLD $680
Peloponnesos, Achaia, Achaian League, Argos, (c.167-146 B.C.), silver hemidrachm (2.32 g), obv. laureate head of Zeus to right, dotted border, rev. large Achaian League monogram, club above, TKA monogram to right, all within wreath with ties above, (S.2984. Benner 16, Clerk 143/7, BMC 90, BCD Peloponnesos 1137, HGC 5, 717 R1). Nearly very fine, toned.
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Peloponnesos, Sikyonia, Sikyon, (issued late 330's B.C.), silver stater, (12.11 g), obv. Chimaera walking to left, **SE* below, wreath above, rev. dove flying to right, A behind, **Q* in left field near wing all within olive wreath, (cf.S.2763, BCD 215 [LHS 96, p.70], BMC 106 variety, McClean 6250). Lightly toned, minor flan flaw before dove, otherwise nearly extremely fine and a very rare variety.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,850
Peloponnesos, Argolis, Argos, (after 320's-270's B.C.), silver hemidrachm, or Attic triobol, (2.20 g), obv. forepart of wolf at bay to left, rev. A with A and P either side at top with crescent below all within shallow incuse square, (cf.Sear 2794, BCD 1094 [p.269, LHS 96], BMC 60 [p.141], SNG Cop. 29 [Pl.1], Mycenae Pl.9, 19). Good fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Crete, Phaistos, (c.330-320 B.C.), silver stater, (11.96 g), obv. young Herakles standing facing head to right, holding club and bow, lion skin in field to left, barleycorn to lower right, rev. within a laurel wreath, a bull butting to left, (S.3200, BMC 6 [p.62, Pl.XV, 2], SNG Cop. 512, Svoronos 21 [p. 258, Pl.XXIII obverse], Le Rider "Cretoises" Tresors 1953 Pl.III, 18 [same dies]). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,600
Bithynia, Kalchedon, (c.340-320 B.C.), silver siglos (Persian standard), (5.31 g), obv. bull standing to left, on corn-ear, above **KALC* rev. quadripartite incuse square of mill-sail pattern, (S.3738, SNG BMC Black Sea 112ff. [siglos], SNG von Aulock 482). Nearly extremely fine/good very fine, well centred and very rare in this condition.
Estimate $300
SOLD $220
Mysia, Pergamon, (104-98 B.C.), silver cistophoric tetradrachm (12.10 g), obv. cista mystica in wreath, rev. bow in case two serpents **DI/PERG* monogram, thyrsus, (S.3948, Kleiner 12, Pinder -); Macedon, Kingdom of, Alexander III, (336-323 B.C.), AE 17 (7.08 g), Uncertain Macedonian mint, issued 336-323 B.C., obv. head of Herakles to right wearing lion skin with dotted border, rev. below bow and bowcase, above a club, **ALEXANDROU* between, **Q* to left, (cf.S.6739, Price 298 BMC 298) (illustrated). Very good; good very fine. (2)
Estimate $180
SOLD $100
Ionia, Ephesos, (258-202 B.C.), silver didrachm, (Reduced Rhodian standard issue), (6.47 g), obv. diademed and draped bust of Artemis to right, wearing stephane, bow and arrow at shoulder, rev. forepart of a stag to right looking back, behind magistrate's name **APISTRATOS* (Aristratos), **E F* across field, [bee] to right above, (cf.S.4383, Head p.51 (noted in 1880's as a recent find), BMC -, SNG Cop. -, SNG von Aulock -, SNG Munich -). Toned, good very fine and a very rare magistrate.
Estimate $500
SOLD $420
Ionia, Ephesus, (202-c.150 B.C.), silver drachm, (4.17 g), obv. bee with straight wings dividing E - **F*, dotted border, rev. stag standing to right, palm tree behind, to right magistrate's name **[D]HMHTRIO[S]* (Demetrios) (cf.S.4387, Kinns Num. Chron. 1999 [p.86], SNG von Aulock 7825, SNG Cop, 289, BMC 127). Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $600
SOLD $1,300
Ionia, Ephesus, Domitian, (A.D. 81-96), Silver cistophoric tetradrachm, struck at Ephesus mint, (10.70 g), issued A.D. 82, obv. laureate head of Domitian to right, around IMP CAES DOMITIAN AVG P M COS VIII, rev. CA PIT across field, [RESTIT] in exergue, tetrastyle temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus Capitolinus, containing statues of the Capitoline Triad, Jupiter seated left between standing figures of Juno and Minerva, (S.2715, RIC 222, BMC 251, RSC 23). Good fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $450
Ionia, Magnesia on the Maeander, (after 165 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.63 g), obv. diademed bust of Artemis to right with bow and quiver at shoulder, rev. Apollo standing to left on meander pattern, holding branch and resting left elbow on tripod surmounted by quiver, to left **MAGNHTWN*, to right **PAUSANIAS* and **PAUSANIOU*, all within laurel wreath, (cf.S.4485, ANSMN 24, Jones [p.104-5], 8-22, Pl.23, 10a obv. die). Toned, good very fine, weakness on reverse head of Apollo, very scarce.
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $900
Caria, Carian Islands, Rhodes, (175-170 B.C.), Pseudo-Rhodian issue in Thessaly, silver drachm, (2.79 g), obv. head of Helios three-quarter face to right with hair loose, rev. rose, with bud on right, above [A]INHT**W*R, butterfly to left, P O across (cf.S.5092, SNG Keckman (Finland) 587). Harshly cleaned, bright, otherwise extremely fine and very scarce.
Estimate $320
SOLD $190
Lydia, Sardes, Germanicus, father of Gaius (Caligula), brother of Claudius, died 19 A.D., AE 16mm (3.36 g), by Mnaseas a magistrate, obv. Bare head left **GERMANIKOS KAISAR, rev. Athena standing left, holding phiale, **MNA-SEAS* down left field, **SARDIAN[WN]*, (S.357, RPC I 2993, SNG Cop., BMC Lydia 113 corr. [no phiale], Weber 6906, Waddington 5234-5). Very fine with red-brown patina.
Estimate $200
SOLD $400
Cilicia, Aegeae, Hadrian, (A.D. 117-138), issued 130-131, silver tetradrachm, (13.27 g), obv. laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian to right with paludamentum, dotted border, around **AUTOKR KAIS* TPAIA **ADRIANO SEB PP*, rev. **AIGEAIWN* curved downwards on right, ETOY[C ZOP] curved<upwards on the left, eagle with spread wings standing facing on harpe, head turned left, in exergue a goat kneeling left, dotted border, (cf.S.1218, Lorber and Michaels "Quaderni Ticinesi, 2007" No.92 [obv.4, rev.10], weight corrected [p.224, Pl.III [p.233], This Coin<illustrated], Prieur -, SNG Paris -). Off centred on reverse, otherwise very fine or better, rare.
Estimate $700
SOLD $950
Cappadocia, Kingdom of Ariobarzanes I, Philoromaios, (95-63 B.C.), silver drachm, (4.15 g), year 29 = 67 B.C., obv. head of Ariobarzanes I to right, wearing diadem, rev. Athena standing to left with left hand supporting spear and shield, and right hand outstretched supporting Nike left, holding wreath. **BASILEWS* on right, APIOBAPZAN[OY] on left, **FIL*OPOMAI[OY] below, to left MP monogram, date **[QK]* in exergue, (S.7302, BMC 18, Simonetta 40a). Lightly toned, good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Cappadocia, Kingdom of Ariobarzanes I, Philoromaios, (95-63 B.C.), silver drachm, (4.15 g), year 30 = 66 B.C., obv. head of Ariobarzanes I to right, wearing diadem, rev. Athena standing to left with left hand supporting spear and shield, and right hand outstretched supporting Nike left, holding wreath. **BASILEWS* on right, [A]PIOBAPZAN[OY] on left, **FIL*OPOMAIOY below, to left **GA* monogram, date **[L]* in exergue, (S.7302, BMC 21, Simonetta 44a). Lightly toned, good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Syria, Kingdom of, Seleucos III, (226/5-223 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.05 g), Antioch ad Orontem mint, issued 226/5-223 B.C., obv. diademed head of Seleucus III to right, rev. Apollo seated to left, holding arrow and seated on omphalos, on right **BASILEW[S]*, to left **SELE UKOU*, to left and right monograms, (S.6922, SC 921.1, Newell WSM 1029, SNG Israel (Spaer) 501-2, BMC 1, Hunter 1, Jameson 1682). High relief, nearly extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $1,550
Syria, Kingdom of, Demetrius I, (162-150 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.62 g), Antioch mint, obv. diademed head of Demetrius to right within laurel wreath border, rev. Tyche seated to left with leg of throne a winged tritoness, holds sceptre and cornucopiae, to right **BASILEWS*, to left **DHMHTRIOU*, HP monogram in left field, (S.7014, SC 1638,1i, SNG Spaer -, SMA 97). Traces of hoard patination, otherwise very fine or better.
Estimate $300
SOLD $420
Syria, Kingdom of, Antiochos VII, (138-129 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.58 g), Antioch mint, obv. diademed head of Antiochos VII to right, fillet border, rev. Athena standing to left, bearing a Nike to left in left hand, right hand on shield with Medusa head and holding spear, **BASILEWS ANTIOCOU*, and to left **EUER GETOU*, to left monogram of **DI* over A, and **F* to inner right, (S.7092, SC 2061.4b, SNG Israel I (Spaer) 1865, SMA Newell 292). Off centred obverse, nearly extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $300
SOLD $420
Syria, Seleucis & Pieria, Antiochia ad Orontem (Antioch), Galba (A.D. 68-69), silver tetradrachm, (13.86 g), obv. laureate head to right of Galba, **[GALBA* c** AUTOKRATWR* CEBACTOC], rev. ETOYC [NEOY], (regnal year 1 = A.D. 68), eagle standing to left, on thunderbolt, wings spread, palm branch in front (cf.S.680, McAlee 303, Prieur 94, Wruck 55 corr.). Very good and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antiochia ad Orontem (Antioch), Gordian III (A.D. 238-244), issued 242, billon tetradrachm, (13.13 g), obv. laureate bust draped and cuirassed of Gordian III to right, around AYTOK K M ANT **GORD*IANOC CEB, rev. eagle standing facing, head to left, wreath in beak, between legs crescent over ram running to left, around **DHMARC E X UPATOB*, (S.3779, BMC 501, [p.211], SNG Von Post 618, Prieur 295 [69 noted]). Off centred reverse, nearly very fine and scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $270
Syria, Seleucis & Pieria, Antiochia ad Orontem, (Antioch), Philip I, (A.D. 244-249), billon tetradrachm, (10.86 g), issued 244, obv. laureate draped and cuirassed bust right of Philip I, around AVTOK K M IOV**L FILIPPO*Y CEB, rev. eagle facing open wings, head to left with wreath, around, **DHMARC EXOU*CIAC, S C across, MONVRB in exergue, (cf.S.3958, McAlee 899, Prieur 304 [notes 60 known examples). Toned, very fine/good fine and very scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Laodicea ad Mare, Caracalla (A.D. 198-217), silver tetradrachm, (11.87 g), issued 215-217, obv. laureate head of Caracalla to right, around AYT K M A ANT**W*NEINOC CEB, rev. eagle standing facing, head to left, wreath in beak, between legs star, around **D*HMARX E**X UP*ATOC TO **D*, (S.2657, Prieur 1179 [notes 265 examples known], Bellinger 72). Large round flan as usual, good very fine, scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $290
Phoenicia, Tyre, (c. 2nd century B.C. - 1st century A.D.), silver shekel or tetradrachm, (14.32 g), Tyre mint, issued year 51 = 76-75 B.C., obv. laureate head of Melqarth beardless to right, dotted border, rev. eagle to left with closed wings, carrying a palm, standing on prow of ship, club to left, above AN, A in right field, around **TUR OU IERAS KAI ASULOU*, dotted border, (S.5918, Cohen [p.503, reports date as C], Rouvier 2037, cf.BMC 143 [p.243], H.1618 [817]). Lightly toned, slightly off centred reverse, otherwise extremely fine/good extremely fine, scarce.
Estimate $1,250
SOLD $1,450
Phoenicia, Tyre, (c. 2nd century B.C. - 1st century A.D.), silver shekel or tetradrachm, (14.37 g), Tyre mint, issued year 50 = 77-76 B.C., obv. laureate head of Melqarth beardless to right, dotted border, rev. eagle to left with closed wings, carrying a palm, standing on prow of ship, club to left, above LN, **D* in right field, around **[TUR OU IERAS] KAI ASULOU*, dotted border, (S.5918, Cohen [p.503, reports date as C], BMC 142 [p.243], H.1618 [817]). Lightly toned, slightly off centred reverse, otherwise nearly extremely fine/extremely fine, scarce.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,400
Phoenicia, Tyre, (c. 2nd century B.C. - 1st century A.D.), silver shekel or tetradrachm, (14.19 g), Tyre mint, issued year 32 = 95-94 B.C., obv. laureate head of Melqarth beardless to right, dotted border, rev. eagle to left with closed wings, carrying a palm, standing on prow of ship, club to left, above **BL*, monogram **HDR* in right field, around **TUR OU [IERAS K]AI ASULOU*, dotted border, (S.5918, Cohen [p.504, reports date as C], BMC 120 [p.241], H.1618 [817]). Lightly toned, very fine/good very fine.
Estimate $900
Passed in
Phoenicia, Tyre, (c. 2nd century B.C. - 1st century A.D.), silver shekel or tetradrachm, (13.11 g), Tyre mint, issued year 26 = 101-100 B.C., obv. laureate head of Melqarth beardless to right, dotted border, rev. eagle to left with closed wings, carrying a palm, standing on prow of ship, club to left, above **SK*, monogram **HDR* in right field, around **TUR OU IERAS KAI ASULOU*, dotted border, (S.5918, Cohen [p.503, reports date as C], BMC 111 [p.240], H.1618 [817]). Lightly toned, porous reverse (once mounted), otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $600
SOLD $360