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Lot 3121 Sale 123 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Ionia, Miletus, (c.550-525 B.C.), silver twelfth stater or obol, (1.13 g), obv. forepart of lion and legs to right off flan, head to left, rev. star ornament within incuse square, (S.3532, BMC 14-33, SNG Cop. 951); another (1.08 g), obv. forepart of lion to left, head to right, (S.3533, BMC 34). Very fine - extremely fine. (2)

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Lot 3122 Sale 123 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Ionia, Miletus, (c.550-525 B.C.), silver twelfth stater or obol, (1.13 g), obv. forepart of lion to right, head to left, rev. star ornament within incuse square, (S.3532, BMC 14-33, SNG Cop. 951). Extremely fine.

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Lot 3123 Sale 123 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Ionia, Phokaia, (c.520-500 B.C.), silver trihemiobol or diobol, (1.34 g), obv. female head (nymph) helmeted to left, rev. crude incuse square, (S.-, SNG Von Aulock 1813-5, Traite XIII, 18, ACNAC Rosen 596-7). Tight flan, good very fine, scarce.

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Lot 3124 Sale 123 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Ionia, Smyrna, (after 165 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.73 g), obv. turreted head of Kybele to right, rev. IMYP over NAI**W*N over KMPARW monogram below, all within oak wreath, (cf.S.4556, BMC 4 [p.237], SNG von Aulock 2162). Nearly extremely fine and rare.

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Lot 3125 Sale 123 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Ionia, Teos, (540-520 B.C.), silver didrachm, (11.76 g), obv. Griffin seated to right with raised foreleg, on a dotted base line, rev. quadripartite incuse square of rough form, (cf.S.3512, Balcer [SNR 1968, Vol.47], Group I No.2 similar obv. die A2, rev. die P-). Obverse off slightly off centred, otherwise nearly very fine and rare.

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Lot 3126 Sale 123 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Ionia, Teos, (c.520-500 B.C.), silver trihemiobol, (1.35 g), obv. griffin seated to right, swan before, crude incuse square, (cf.S.3511 cf.Balcer 110-122 [different symbols]); Ionia, Phokaia, (c.520-500 B.C.), silver trihemiobol or diobol, (1.10 g), obv. female head (nymph) helmeted to left, rev. crude incuse square, (S.-, SNG Von Aulock 1813-5, Traite XIII, 18 , ACNAC Rosen 596-7). Second with rough surface, otherwise fine - very fine, first very rare and apparently unpublished. (2)

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Lot 3127 Sale 123 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Ionia, Teos, (540-478 B.C.), silver tetartemorium, (0.26 g), obv. Griffin head to right, rev. incuse square of rough form, (S.-, Balcer [SNR 1968, Vol.47], Group XXXIII cf.No.80 obv. die A.80, rev. die P110, cf.ACNAC Rosen 603-4). Good fine and very rare.

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Lot 3128 Sale 123 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Ionia, Teos, (c. 510-500 B.C,), silver stater (11.82 g). obv. Griffin seated right, raising forepaw, heron before, rev. quadripartite incuse square, (S.3512, Balcer group X [similar die obv.A18], SNG Copenhagen 1437). Good very fine and rare.

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Lot 3129 Sale 123 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Ionia, Teos, (c. 500-475 B.C,), silver stater (11.75 g). obv. Griffin seated right, raising forepaw, two olive leaves before, around retrograde T H I, line border, rev. quadripartite incuse square, (cf.S.4576, Balcer group XLV [same dies obv.A94, rev.126], examples in ANS and Paris). Very fine and rare.

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Lot 3130 Sale 123 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Ionia, Teos, (c. 500-460 B.C.), silver obol, (0.74 g), obv. griffin seated to right, rev. quadripartite incuse square, (cf.S.4580, Balcer 69, SNG Cop.-, Klein 473). Toned, very fine surfaces slightly granular.

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Lot 3131 Sale 123 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Ionia, Teos, (c. 440-420 B.C,), silver stater (12.11 g). obv. Griffin seated right, raising forepaw, panther head in right field, around T H I O N, line border, rev. quadripartite incuse square, (S.4577, Balcer group LIV [same dies obv.A103, rev.135], BMC 19). Good very fine, weak in places, rare.

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Lot 3132 Sale 123 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Ionian Islands, Chios, (478-431 B.C.), silver drachm (didrachm Sear), (7.82 g), obv. Sphinx seated to left, amphora before, grapes above, on circular raised shield, rev. quadripartite incuse square punch, (S.4594, Mavrogordato 24, HGC 6, 1121, BMC 6-11). Very fine and very scarce.

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Lot 3133 Sale 123 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Ionian Islands, Chios, (478-431 B.C.), silver drachm, (7.81 g), obv. Sphinx seated to left, [amphora before off flan], rev. quadripartite incuse square punch, (S.4593, Baldwin 57, BMC 2-4, SNG Cop.1546). Toned, off centred obverse, very fine and scarce.

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Lot 3134 Sale 123 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Ionia, Chios, (c. 400-380 B.C.), silver drachm, (3.65 g), obv. Sphinx seated to left, amphora before, E behind, rev. quadripartite incuse square, each square granulated, (S.4602, Mavrogordato 41, Baldwin p.85, SNG Cop.-, cf.BMC 24-26 [p.330]). Good very fine and rare.

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Lot 3135 Sale 123 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Ionia, Samos, (510-500 B.C.), silver drachm, (3.06 g), obv. forepart of winged boar to right, rev. lion head facing within incuse square with dotted border, (S.3525 BMC 47 [p.354]. cf.Asyut Hoard No.645, Barron Class B [p.172-3]). Nearly fine and rare.

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Lot 3136 Sale 123 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Caria, Alabanda, silver tetradrachm, issued 167-166 B.C., (16.85 g). obv. laureate head of Apollo to right, rev. above **ALABANDEWN*, Pegasos springing to right, A below, (S.4762, Waggoner 'Kraay-Morkholm Essays' Series 4, p.289, [l.LXVI, 11 same obverse die], Boehringer, Chron. p.189, 9; SNG Helsinki 5, SNG Copenhagen -, SNG von Aulock 8050). Slightly off centred strike, otherwise nearly extremely fine, with a light iridescent tone and rare.

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Lot 3137 Sale 123 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Caria, Kindya, (c.500 B.C.), silver tetrobol (Samian standard), (2.09 g), obv. head of ketos (sea monster) to left, rev. stellate pattern, within latticed frame in incuse square, (S.-, Kagan & Kritt Num. Chron. 1995 No.1, SNG Finland 920, SNG Turkey 810, Asyut 687, SNG von Aulock 2340, ACNAC Rosen 617); Caria, uncertain mint, (early 5th century B.C.), silver hemiobol, (0.57g), obv. forepart of lion facing, rev. scorpion, tail within incuse square to right, (S.-, SNG Berry II 1047 [Asia Minor uncertain but probably Caria], SNG Von Aulock 7803, ACNAC Rosen 402 [This Coin, p.27, Pl.16], SNG Keckman 917 [Caria]). Extremely fine, very fine and both rare. (2)

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Lot 3138 Sale 123 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Caria, Mylasa, (c.170-130 B.C.), silver drachm (2.20 g), struck on Rhodian standard, obv. facing head of Helios, to lower left, eagle standing right, rev. rose with buds to left and right; **X*-A/M-A in two lines flanking rose, (cf.S.5088, Ashton, Mylasa 180 [A58/P128], Akarca 7, 1 [letters]); Mysia, Parion, (c.350-300 B.C.), silver three-quarter drachm, (2.29 g), obv. bull standing to left, looking back, above [**P A]*, below P I, laurel branch below, rev. gorgoneion facing,(cf.S.3922, SNG Dewing 2204, BMC 23 [p.96], SNG France 1375-6); Bithynia, Kios, (c.350-300 B.C.), silver hemidrachm, (2.49 g), obv. Apollo laureate head to right, rev. prow of galley to left ornamented with a star, magistrate name **PROX ENOS* above and below, (cf.S.3757, SNG Ashmolean. 360-1, HGC 553). Fine - nearly very fine, first scarce. (3)

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Lot 3139 Sale 123 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Caria, uncertain mint, (early 5th century B.C.), silver hemiobol, (0.55 g), obv. forepart of lion facing, rev. scorpion, tail within incuse square to right, (S.-, SNG Berry II 1047 [Asia Minor uncertain but probably Caria], SNG Von Aulock 7803, ACNAC Rosen 403, SNG Finland 917 [Caria]). Fine/very fine and very rare.

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Lot 3140 Sale 123 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Caria, uncertain, (Mid 5th century B.C.), silver obol (0.70 g), obv. head and foreleg of lion to left, rev. eagle flying left within incuse square, (S.-, S. Hurter, "Lions and lionesses, eagles and a few heads: a new uncertain mint in Caria" in Essays Hersh, Group I, 10 (this coin), SNG Kayhan 981-2 var. [eagle right]). Very fine, toned and very rare.

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Lot 3141 Sale 123 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Caria, Carian Islands, Rhodes, (360-late 340's B.C.), silver didrachm, (6.51 g), obv. head of Helios three-quarter face to right with hair loose, rev. rose, with bud on right, to left E and a bunch of grapes attached to branch, above **[RODION]* all within incuse square, (S.5037, BMC 27-9 [p.233], SNG Finland 436-440 [similar dies], Ashton 98). Hoard patination, otherwise fine/ very fine and scarce.

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Lot 3142 Sale 123 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Lydia, Sardeis, time of King Croesus or later, (c. 550-500 B.C.), silver half stater or siglos, (5.33 g), obv. confronting foreparts of lion, facing right, and bull facing left, rev. two incuse punches of unequal size, side by side, (S.3420, BMC 41, Traite pl.10, 9, SNG von Aulock 2877, I. Carradice, Coinage of the Persian Empire BAR Inter. Ser. 343, [1987], Pl.XI, 9). Toned, good very fine and rare.

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Lot 3143 Sale 123 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Lydia, Persian Imperial Coinage, Kingdom of, Croesus or later, (c.550-520 B.C.), silver half stater or siglos, (5.29 g), obv. confronting foreparts of lion, facing right, and bull facing left, rev. two incuse punches of unequal size, side by side, (S.3420, BMC 41, Traite pl.10, 9, SNG von Aulock 2877, I. Carradice, Coinage of the Persian Empire BAR Inter. Ser. 343, [1987], Pl.10, 3). Very fine and rare.

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Lot 3144 Sale 123 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Lydia, Persian Imperial Coinage, Kingdom of, Croesus or later, (c.550-520 B.C.), silver half stater or siglos, (5.30 g), obv. confronting foreparts of lion, facing right, and bull facing left, rev. two incuse punches of unequal size, side by side, (S.3420, BMC 41, Traite pl.10, 9, SNG von Aulock 2877, I. Carradice, Coinage of the Persian Empire BAR Inter. Ser. 343, [1987], Pl.10, 3). Very fine and rare.

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Lot 3145 Sale 123 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Lydia, Persian Imperial Coinage, Kingdom of, Croesus or later, (c.550-520 B.C.), silver sixth stater or siglos, (1.67 g), Sardes mint, obv. confronting foreparts of lion, facing right, and bull facing left, rev. two incuse punches of unequal size, side by side, (cfS.3421, Berk 25, SNG Ash 773, I. Carradice, Coinage of the Persian Empire BAR Inter. Ser. 343, [1987], -). Very fine and rare.

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Lot 3146 Sale 123 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Lycia, Dynasts of Lycia, uncertain Dynast, (c.500-475 B.C.), silver stater (9.07 g), obv. forepart of boar to left, rev. crossed lines in incuse punch, (S.3577, Falghera 19, Demirler 21, SNG von Aulock 4049-4050). Good very fine, light grey tone, rare.

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Lot 3147 Sale 123 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Lycia, Dynast of Lycia, attributed to Khinakha, (c.500-460 B.C.), silver stater, (9.88g), Xanthos mint?, obv. Pegasos to right on round shield, Lycian 'kh' below, rev. triskeles monogram within dotted incuse circle with dot and Lycian monogram, (S.-, cf.SNG Von Aulock 4090 [same obverse die], cf.ACNAC Rosen 719 [attributes it to Khinakha based on an obverse letter 'Kh' or 'Khin'], Babelon Traite Pl.XCV No.5, cf.SNG Berry 1172 [same obverse die], Giessener Munzhandlung Sale 90, lot 405 [same dies]). Very fine/good very fine and rare.

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Lot 3148 Sale 123 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Pamphylia, Aspendos, (330/25-300/250 B.C.), silver stater, (10.46 g), obv. two naked athletes as wrestlers grasping each other by the hands, E between, dotted border, rev. slinger advancing to right about to discharge his sling, triskeles over club before, behind **ESTFEDIU*, O below, all within dotted circle, (S.5399, SNG France 124, SNG Cop 238, SNG Von Aulock 4574). Attractively toned, slight flan flaw on reverse, otherwise extremely fine and rare in this condition.

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Lot 3149 Sale 123 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Pamphylia, Aspendos, (370-330 B.C.), silver stater, (10.28 g), obv. two naked athletes as wrestlers grasping each other by the hands, reversed KI between, rev. slinger advancing to right about to discharge his sling, triskeles before, behind **[ES]TFEDIIUS*, all within square dotted square, (S.5398, Tekin Series 4, SNG France 104 var (KI not retrograde) CNG eSale 258 lot 198). Toned, very fine a rare variety.

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Lot 3150 Sale 123 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Pamphylia, Side, (375-333 B.C.), silver stater, (10.57 g), obv. Athena standing to left holding wreath bearing Nike in right hand and spear and shield and left hand, pomegranate before, rev. naked Apollo standing to the left wearing skirt, pouring libation from patera on to lighted altar, holding long laurel branch, Pamphylian legend and eagle standing behind, (S.5436, SNG France 3, 651, BMC 17 [p.146, Pl.XXVI, 9]). Toned, good fine and scarce.

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