Catalogue
Celtic, Bituriges (Avaricum area), (c.100-50 B.C.), gold quarter stater, ( 1.61 ), obv. Celtic head to left, rev. horse walking to left, tree branch above, (De La Tour 4092). Good.
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Celtic, Pictones (Poitiers area), (c.100-50 B.C), electrum stater (6.19 g), obv. head of Ogmios right, rev, human headed horse to right, hand below, (De La Tour 4395, Scheers/Lyon 3645-3656). Very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $300
Sicily, Syracuse, Reign of Hiketas, (288-279 B.C.), gold dekadrachm, (4.25 g), obv. head of Persephone to left, with hair rolled and wreathed with corn, poppy behind, **QE* below neck, to left **SURAKOSIWN*, rev. galloping biga driven to right by Nike, crescent above, **Q* below, **EPI IKETA in exergue (cf.S.978, Buttrey, [Num. Chron. 1973], 2-D, SNG Fitz. 1362 [same dies]). Extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $8,000
SOLD $11,000
Sicily, Syracuse, Hieron II (275-215 B.C.), gold sixty litrai - dekadrachm (4.29 g), struck circa 269-263 or 217-215 B.C., obv. head of Persephone left with long flowing hair, head wreathed in grain ears, palm behind, rev. charioteer driving biga right, holding reins in left hand and kentron in right hand, **IEPWNOS* below, (S.983, Carroccio 54 (D25/R32), CCO period Ib or III, BAR issue 55, cf.SNG ANS 863 (obv. control mark). Extremely fine with the obverse die a little rusty.
Estimate $6,000
SOLD $5,200
Macedon, Kingdom of, Alexander III, (336-323 B.C.), gold stater, (8.47 g), Callatis mint, issued c.250-225 B.C., obv. head of Athena to right in crested Corinthian helmet, hair plaited and snake on helmet, rev. Nike standing to left, holding wreath in outstretched hand, K in left field, monogram below, to right **ALEXANDROU*, (cf.S.6702, Price 909, Marasesti 68). Extremely fine, very scarce.
Estimate $3,500
SOLD $3,400
Macedon, Kingdom of, Alexander III, (336-323 B.C.), gold stater, (8.58 g), Sardis Mint, issued c.334-323 B.C., obv. head of Athena to right in crested Corinthian helmet, hair plaited, rev. Nike standing to left, holding wreath in outstretched hand, tripod in left field, to right **ALEXANDRO[U]*, (cf.S.6702, Price 2537, SNG BMC -, M.-). Well centred, good very fine with light mint bloom, a rare variety.
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $3,600
Lesbos, Mytilene, (c.412-378 B.C.), electrum hekte or sixth stater (2.50 g), obv. helmeted head of Artemis-Kybele wearing a stephane, decorated with palmettes to right, rev. comic mask to right, within linear square, (cf.S.4243, Bodenstedt 74, SNG von Aulock 7734, BMC 72-73, HGC 6, 1000). Good fine.
Estimate $600
SOLD $500
Mysia, Kyzikos, (circa 520-480 B.C.), electrum twelfth stater (7mm, 1.34 g), Lydo-Milesian standard, obv. figural type of a bird (gull) standing right on a tunny fish, another [tunny fish above], rev. incuse punch, (cf.S.3469, Klein Eine Sammlung griechischer Kleinmunzen. Nomismata 3, Berlin, 1999, No.416, Von Fritze 22 [Pl.1, p.3], Weidauer -; Traite -, SNG Kayhan -, Boston MFA 1397 (Pl.71), SNG von Aulock -, Rosen -, Munzen und Medaillen Basel, Catalog of public auction No.72, 6 October 1987 (lot 172, illustrated This Coin), and another Pecunem, Gitbud & Naumann Auction 9 November 3, 2013 [lot 201 that realised 300 Euros = 15%]). Very fine and very rare.
Estimate $750
SOLD $600
Persia - Lydia, Achaemenid Empire, Persian Imperial Coinage (c.485-420 B.C.), struck in period of Darios I - Xerxes II, gold daric, (8.31 g), obv. bearded archer (king?) running to the right wearing kidaris and kandys with transverse spear over shoulder, and bow in right hand, rev. oblong incuse punch, (S.4679, Carradice type IIIb (early), Group A/B, nos.27, Pl.XIII, BMC Arabia Pl.XXIV, 26, Meadows, Administration 321, Sunrise 24). Fine - nearly very fine and scarce.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,600