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Macedon, Kingdom of, Alexander III, (336-323 B.C.), silver drachm, (4.28 g), Sardis mint, issued 323-319 B.C., obv. head of Herakles to right wearing lion skin, rev. Zeus seated on throne to left, eagle in outstretched hand, EYE monogram in left field, **ALEXANDROU* to right, bee under throne, (cf.S.6730, Price 2553, BMC -). Lightly toned, nearly as struck, rare.
Estimate $380
SOLD $240
Macedon, Kingdom of, Alexander III, (336-323 B.C.), silver drachm, (4.11 g), Miletus mint, issued c.295-275 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, **PA* monogram in circle to left of throne, double headed axe under throne, to right **ALEXANDROU*, (cf.S.6730, Price 2148, BMC 2148a-c, M.1139, Thompson Miletus 260-272); Kingdom of, Philip II, (359-336 B.C.), AE 16, uncertain Macedonian mint, (6.26 g), posthumous issue c.323-315 B.C., obv. Apollo head to right with tainia, dotted border, rev. naked youth on horse to right, above **[FILOPPOU]*, below horse AI monogram and B, (cf.S.6696, SNG ANS 905, SNG Greece II 403-404) (illustrated). Toning, good fine or better. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Macedon, Kingdom of, Philip III, (323-316 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.40 g), Babylon mint, issued 323-317 B.C., obv. head of Herakles to right with lion skin, rev. Zeus seated to left, eagle in outstretched hand, wheel and monogram in lower left field, monogram under throne, to right **FILIPPOU, below **[B]ASILEWS, (cf.S.6749, Price P189, BMC P189a-b, M.P29). Surface porosity on the reverse, otherwise good very fine/fine, scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Macedon, Kingdom of, Demetrios Poliorketes, (294 - Autumn 288 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.82 g), Amphipolis mint, c.290-8 B.C., obv. diademed and horned head of Demetrios to right, rev. Poseidon standing to left, holding trident, right foot on rock, to right **[B]ASILEW[S] to right, to left traces of **DHMHTRIOU, monogram in far left field, (cf.S.6764, Newell 121). Bright, some surface roughness, otherwise fine and rare.
Estimate $200
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Macedon, Kingdom of, Antigonos Gonatas (277-239 B.C.), AE 18, (6.02 g), obv. Athena head to right with Corinthian helmet, rev. Pan advancing to right erecting trophy B A, ANTI monogram below, winged helmet to left, (cf.S.6786, SNG Evelpides 1430-1); another, (3.09 g); Demetrios I Poliorketes. (306-283 B.C.), AE 15, (2.57 g), obv. helmeted head of Athena to right, rev. prow right, double axe to right, (S.-, SNG Cop 1185.1, SG 6775); AE 13, (2.21 g), obv. Nike alighting atop prow of galley, blowing trumpet, rev. Poseidon, nude but for cloak over arm, walking left, brandishing trident, (S.6772, Newell 62cf); Kingdom of, Antigonos Gonatas or Doson, (277-221 B.C.), AE 16, (4.35 g), obv. Macedonian shield with Gorgon's head in centre, rev. Macedonian helmet across B A, caduceus below to left, (cf.S.6781, cf.Weber 2189, Price 3158) (illustrated); Kingdom of Philip V, (221-179 B.C.), AE 14, (3.05 g), obv. head of Herakles right, rev: rider on horse prancing right, (S.-, SNG Cop 1235, Mionnet 914); Kingdom of, Perseus (179-168 B.C.), AE 17, (5.10 g), obv. Perseus head to right with winged cap, rev. eagle, wings opened on thunderbolt, B [A] above, **P to left of eagle, (cf.S.6807, SNG Evelpides 1464, SNG Cop. 1275). Toned, fine - nearly extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Macedon, Kingdom of, Philip V, (220-179 B.C.), silver didrachm, (8,28 g), issued 188-179 B.C., obv. diademed head to right of Philip with close beard, rev. club, above monogram **WZ* over **BASILEWS*, below **FILIPPOU* above two monograms of **DI* and **SI* all within an oak wreath, in left field a trident, (S.6792, cf. SNG Alpha Bank 1054, SNG Greece 4, 938, McClean 3629). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $800
SOLD $1,100
Macedon under Romans, Amphipolis, (158-149 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.73 g), obv. Macedonian shield, at centre of which is a bust of Artemis Tauropolos to right with bow and quiver at her shoulder, rev. **MAKEDONWN PRWTHS* in two lines, club between, **SHAR* monogram above, to left TK and to right TME monograms, all within oak wreath, to left TK and to right TME monograms, to hard left a thunderbolt, (S.1386, AMNG 177 [p.58 14 only noted], Hunter 3 [p.179], SNG Cop. 1314, BMC 7, McClean 749). Toned, very fine and a scarce variety.
Estimate $250
SOLD $240
Illyria, Epidamnos-Dyrrhachion, (450-350 century B.C.), silver stater, (10.70 g), obv. cow standing right looking back at calf, which it suckles, rev. double floral pattern within square, around **D U R* anticlockwise and club, (S.1890, BMC 1, SNG Cop. 421, Dewing 1433, SNG Delepierre 1164). Good fine, bright and rare.
Estimate $200
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Illyria, Epidamnos-Dyrrhachion, (c.340-280 B.C.), silver stater (10.44 g), obv. cow standing right, head lowered left, suckling calf, rev. double stellate pattern within dual linear border, **D* Y P anticlockwise around, below, club to right, (S.1890, Meadows, CH (Forthcoming), (this coin included), HGC 37, Maier 1, SNG Cop.421, BMC 1-2). Bright, nearly very fine.
Estimate $180
SOLD $120
Illyria, Epidamnos-Dyrrhachium, (3rd-2nd century B.C.), silver drachm, (3.27 g), obv. cow standing right looking back at calf, above **APISTO* **LAMOS*, rev. double floral pattern within square, around **DURARISTHNOS*, (cf.S.1899, cf.Maier 256, cf.BMC 81-83, cf.SNG Tubingen 1424); Thrace, the Thracian Cherronesos (Cardia?), (400-350 B.C.), silver hemidrachm, (2.36 g), obv. forepart of lion looking back, rev. a pellet and another pellet in opposite quarter, (cf.S.1603, cf.SNG Cop. 824). Toned, good very fine. (2)
Estimate $150
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Acarnania, Thyrrheion (Colony of Corinth), (350-300 B.C.), silver stater, (8.43 g), obv. Pegasos with pointed wing flying to left, **Q* below, rev. head of Athena to left in Corinthian helmet over a leather cap, with earring and pendants and Y behind head, **Q* before neck, (cf.S.2301, Calciati 13 [p.515], BMC 8, SNG Cop. 407). Slightly off centred obverse, otherwise good very fine/extremely fine and very scarce type.
Estimate $200
SOLD $170
Thessaly, Larissa, (c.380-350 B.C.), silver drachm, (6.17 g), obv. the hero Thessalos to left with chlamys flying from him, restraining bull by hands his petasos falling to ground below, dotted border, rev. bridled horse prancing to left, **LARI/SAIA* above in two lines, (cf.S.2111, Lorber p.24 Group III L, Pl.IV,3, BCD Thessaly II 370.2 (same dies), HGC 4, 422 [same dies, R2]). Toned, nearly very fine and very rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $550
Thessaly, Larissa (under Macedonian domination), (365-356 B.C.), silver drachm, (6.14 g), obv. facing head of nymph Larissa three-quarter to right, rev. horse grazing to right, above **LARII*, (cf.S.2124, cf.Thessaly II 281, cf.Lorber 1992 3.2b [this coin], HGC 4, 430). Very fine with obverse flan flaw.
Estimate $400
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Lokris, Lokris Opuntia, (c360s B.C.), silver stater, (12.15 g), obv. head of Persephone left, wreathed with three wheat leaves and wearing a triple pendant earring, rev. OPON TI**WN*, Ajax advancing right, nude but for crested helmet, brandishing sword and shield decorated with a serpent, spear head to right between legs, (S.2326, Delbridge Corpus Group 6, cf.70b, BCD 18 and 455.5 [same obverse die]). Bright, good very fine/extremely fine, rare.
Estimate $2,300
SOLD $2,300
Boiotia, Thebes, (378-338 B.C.), silver stater, (12.26 g), obv. Boiotian shield, rev. amphora with letter **KL IWN*, (cf.S.2398, Hepworth Series C No.71, SNG Delepierre 1311, McClean 5606-7, Weber 3281). Extremely fine/good very fine, a rare magistrate.
Estimate $800
SOLD $500
Euboia, Histiaia, (c.350-340 B.C.), silver drachm, (3.08 g), obv. head of nymph Histiaia right wreathed in ivy, rev. cow standing to right, vine with two bunches of grapes, **[ISTI]* in exergue, bunch of grapes or torch to right, (S.2494, BMC 3, Lanz BCD Catalogue No.111, Traite II, 192 and Pl.CXCVIII, 16]). Toned, fine and rare.
Estimate $120
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Attica, Athens, (c.449-430 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.19 g), obv. Athena helmeted head to right, rev. owl standing to left, **AQE (S.2526, BMC 62, Kraay [CofAA] Pl.III, 2, SNG Cop. 32). As struck about uncirculated well centred but tight on obverse, rare with much original mint bloom.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $2,800
Attica, Athens, (449-413 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.12 g), obv. head of Athena to right wearing ivy crested helmet, eye in profile, rev. owl standing to right, head facing, in erect posture, olive twig and crescent behind, to right, **AQE*, all in incuse square, (S.2526, BMC 62). Attractive tone, extremely fine, scarce.
Estimate $2,300
SOLD $1,700
Attica, Athens, (449-413 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.98 g), issue c.420 B.C., obv. head of Athena to right wearing ivy crested helmet, eye in profile, rev. owl standing to right, head facing, in erect posture, olive twig and crescent behind, to right, **AQE, all in incuse square, (S.2526, BMC 62, cf.Starr Pl.XXII). Attractively toned, good portrait with old scratch on cheek, good very fine or better.
Estimate $1,100
SOLD $950
Attica, Athens, an Egyptian contemporary copy, (c.449-413 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.49 g), obv. head of Athena to right wearing ivy crested helmet, eye facing, rev. owl standing to right, head facing, in erect posture, olive twig and crescent behind, to right, **AQE, all in incuse square, (S.2526, cf.BMC 62, cf.SNG Cop 31). Toned, tight irregular flan, weak on owl face, otherwise extremely fine/very fine, rare and important.
Estimate $900
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Attica, Athens, (393-300 B.C., but c. 350-300 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.18 g), obv. head of Athena to right wearing ivy crested helmet, eye in profile, rev. owl standing to right, head facing, in erect posture, olive twig and crescent behind, to right, **AQE* all in incuse square, (S.2537, cf.Kroll 15, BMC 144, Kraay (Coins of Ancient Athens) Pl. IV, 5, SNG Cop. 65). Nice grey tone, countermark on cheek, nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $400
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Attica, Athens, silver tetradrachm, 168-167 B.C., (16.81 g) obv. head of Athena Parthenos to right, wearing triple crested Athenian helmet, ornamented with Pegasos, dotted border, rev. Owl standing right, head facing on prostrate amphora, to left a club and bow with case upright, **A QE* across, on left side across API on right side across HPA, in two lines below **STOF* and **BASI/LEI*, on the amphora letter K, below amphora **GL*, all within olive wreath, (cf.S.2555, Thompson 339a [same dies], Sv. Plate 45, 10). Bright, extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,500
Attica, Aegina, (500-480 B.C.), silver stater, (12.13 g), obv. smoothed shell sea turtle with row of dots down dorsal spine, with countermark of a cross in wheel in centre of shell, rev. "windmill" [four sunken segments, wedge shaped], (S.1854, Asyut Group IVb "heavy collar" cf.500-506 particularly 502, cf.SNG Delepierre 1509). Well centred on obverse, fine - very fine, countermark very fine, making it very rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $280
Attica, Aegina, (c.370 B.C.), silver stater, (11.96 g), obv. land tortoise with large square segmented shell, rev. incuse square of large formalised design, with two principal lines coming at right angles, (S.2603, BMC 149, SNG Delepierre 1545, Oeconomides, "The ICGH 101 Hoard and the Circulation of the Tortoise in the Peloponnessus", in Florilegium Numismaticum pp.307-312, Nos.1-4, Millbank p.44, b, Pl.II, 14-15). Toned, with some hoard patination, very fine and rare.
Estimate $750
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Peloponnesos, Sikyonia, Sikyon, (330/320-280's B.C.), silver hemidrachm, (2.42 g), obv. chimaera to left, **SI* below, on ground line with right foreleg raised high, rev. dove flying to left, one pellet over tail, (cf.S.2774, BCD 295 [LHS 96], BMC -). Bright, fine, scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Mysia, Astyra, Tissaphernes, satrap, (c.400-395 B.C.), (1.42 g), AE 12, obv. bare head right, **TISSA* below neck, rev. cult statue of Artemis Astyrene, club to right, **[A]STUR*, (S.-. Winzer 6.2, SNG France 124A, Klein 253). Very fine or better, a great rarity.
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
Mysia, Pergamon, Kingdom of Attalos I, (241-197 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.83 g), Pergamon mint, obv. laureate head of Philetairos to right, rev. Athena seated to left on throne resting left arm on shield, and crowning legend **FILETAIROU, far left leaf, A before Athena, (S.7220, SNG von Aulock 1356, BMC 35). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $360
Bithynia, Herakleia Pontica, Timotheos and Dionysios (c.345-337 B.C.), silver didrachm or stater, (9.69 g), obv. head of young Dionysos to left, wreathed with ivy, thyrsos over right shoulder, rev. naked Herakles standing to left, erecting trophy against which rests club, to right, **TIMOQEO[U]*, to left, **DIONUS[IOU]* (S.3778, BMC 21-22 [p.142], SNG BMC 1605-8, SNG von Aulock 363). Toned, good fine/nearly very fine, rare.
Estimate $500
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Bithynia, Kalchedon, (c.250-240 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.71 g), imitating Lysimachos type tetradrachms, obv. diademed head of the deified Alexander to right, with horn of Ammon, rev. **KALCA DONIWN* to right and left, Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, spear behind, AI monogram to inner left, grain ear in exergue, (S.-, Seyrig, Monnaies Pl.24, 21, RG 22, Pl.XLVI, 12 = De Luynes 2413 [same reverse die]. SNG Black Sea 131 = BMC 21 [same dies]). Good very fine, light porosity, die break in field on obverse, extremely rare.
Estimate $5,000
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Troas, Abydus, silver hemidrachm, (mid 4th century B.C.), (2.22 g), obv. Apollo laureate head to left, rev. eagle standing to left, ABY and trident before, magistrate's name **PRWTAGORAS* behind, (S.4012, BMC 31). Toned, nearly very fine and scarce.
Estimate $300
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