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Ionia, Ephesus, (c.133-132 B.C.), silver cistophoric tetradrachm, (12.34 g), year **G* = 3 = 132-131 B.C., obv. Cista mystica with half opened lid, from which a serpent issues left, the whole in wreath of ivy, rev. two coiled serpents with erect heads between them a bow case with a strap ornamented with an aplustre and strung bow at left, long upright torch to right, bee between serpents to left **G* (= year 3), E **F* E below to left, (cf.S.4394, Kleiner ANS Museum Notes 18, No. 3 (p.24), Pinder 27, SNG Von Aulock 7846). Fine and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $130
Ionia, Ephesus, (104-103 B.C.), silver cistophoric tetradrachm, (12.37 g), obv. cista mystica containing serpent, all within ivy wreath, rev. bow in case between two coiled serpents, to left monogram of **EFE*, above bee and **AL* date of year 31, to right a torch, (cf.S.4394, Carbone, Hidden Power, type XLVII, No.11 [This Coin illustrated plate 84] obv.130, rev 239, Kleiner [ANSMN 18], No.35). Well centred, very fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $200
Ionia, Ephesus et al, Augustus, (27 B.C. - A.D. 14), AE as, Ephesus mint, issued from 25 B.C., (9.45 g), obv. CAESAR to left, bare head of Augustus to right, rev. AVGVSTVS in one line across field within a laurel wreath, (S.-, RIC 486, Ash. 710-2, RPC 2235 [p.381, Pl.99], Howego Class 2c, BMC 731); Macedon, uncertain (Philippi?) Augustus, (27 B.C. - A.D.14), AE 19 (5.19 g), obv. bare head to right of Augustus AVG behind, rev. two colonists plowing with two oxen, (cf.S.268 [Tiberius], SNG Cop. 282, [Parium Mysia], RPC 1656); Ionia, Ephesos, Augustus and Livia, (27 B.C. - 14 A.D.), AE 20, (8.09 g), obv. jugate busts of Augustus an Livia, rev. stag standing to right, uncertain magistrates (cf.S.183, cf.RPC 2589). Very good - good fine, an interesting group of Augustus issues, all scarce. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Ionia, Ephesus, Caracalla, (198-217 A.D.), 2nd Neokorie, AE 35, (20.11 g), obv. laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, around AVK M AVP ANT**wO*NEIC, rev. Androcles, nude, standing left holding spear and cloak with his left arm, clasping right hands with Hero, nude, standing right, cloak over his left shoulder, boar to left at the feet of Androcles, (S.-, Karwiese, 'Die Munzpragung von Ephesos Vol5, No.499 (obv. 34, rev.64; SNG Leopold 577). Fine, dark green patination, very rare, only a few known.
Estimate $200
SOLD $260
Ionia, Klazomenai, (c.499-494 B.C.), silver diobol (1.06 g), obv. forepart of winged boar right, rev. quadripartite incuse square, (S.3503. SNG Munich 451, SNG Kayhan 334, SNG Cop.6). Good fine, toned.
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
Ionia, Magnesia on the Maeander, (after 165 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.54 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 **EUFHMOS* and **PAUSANIOU**, all within laurel wreath, (cf.S.4485, Jones [ANSMN 24], [p.102-4 for dies], Nos.8-25, Weber 6003, BMC 36 [p.162], SNG Lewis 930, SNG Berry 1068). Superb, extremely fine or better and very rare.
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $2,200
Ionia, Miletos, (c.600-500 B.C.), silver tetartemorion, (0.21 g), obv. forepart of lion and legs to right, rev. eagle standing right, pellet above and below all within an incuse square, (S.-, SNG Kayhan 947, Klein 432, SNG Cop.-); Caria, uncertain mint, (early 5th century B.C., silver hemiobol, (0.58 g), obv. forepart of a lion facing, rev. scorpion, tail right, within incuse square, (S. -, SNG Berry II 1047, SNG Von Aulock 7803, ACNAC Rosen 403, SNG Kayhan 917 [Caria]). Very fine, both very rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
Ionia, Miletus, (c.550-525 B.C.), silver twelfth stater or obol, (1.15, 1.02, 1.04 g), obv. forepart of lion to right, head to left, rev. star ornament within incuse square, (S.3532, BMC 14-33, SNG Cop. 951). Fine - very fine, all toned. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Ionia, Miletus, (c.550-525 B.C.), silver twelfth stater or obol, (1.11 g), obv. forepart of lion to left, head to left, rev. star ornament within incuse square, (S.3532, BMC 14-33, SNG Cop. 951). Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Ionia, Smyrna, (c.190-175 B.C.), AE 21, (8.72 g), Charixenos and Trikkas as magistrates, obv. laureate head of Apollo to right, rev. the poet Homer seated to left with the Magistrates names Herodes and Archios, to right **SMURNAIWN* above, to left in two lines **CARIXE NOS TRIKKAS*, (S.4571, BMC 67 var.(p.243) (Magistrate), SNG Cop.1124 var.). Choice dark brown patina, extremely fine and very rare in this condition, with a superb figure of the seated Homer.
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
Ionia, Teos, (c. 510-500 B.C,), silver stater (11.92 g). obv. Griffin seated right, raising forepaw, swan before, rev. Quadripartite incuse square, (S.3512, Balcer group V [dies obverse A13 die, reverse P19 die], SNG Copenhagen 1437). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $700
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 (assigns to Phokaia), ACNAC Rosen 596-7). Second with rough surface, otherwise fine - very fine, first very rare and apparently unpublished. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $110
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.
Estimate $50
SOLD $70
Ionian Islands, Chios, (c.435-425 B.C.), silver drachm (didrachm Sear), (7.84 g), obv. Sphinx seated to left, amphora before, grapes above, on circular raised shield, rev. quadripartite incuse square punch, (S.4594, N.Hardwick [PhD thesis] No.92.15 [p.244, obv. A92, rev. 15 [This Coin] notes as unique for this die combination, but noted for obverse die 35, ACNAC Dewing 2321, 2323-4 [Pl.114 same obverse dies], SNG Cop. 1543 [same obverse die], McClean Collection 8362 [p.166, Pl.291, 12, same obverse die]). Very fine and very scarce, unique for these dies.
Estimate $500
SOLD $340
Island of Ionia, Samos, silver hekte or sixth stater (c.530-526 B.C.), (2.33 g), obv. lion scalp facing, rev. anepigraphic rough incuse square, (S.-, Barron - Euboic and Lydo-Milesian standard, p.167, Nos 3-5, Pl.I; HGC 6, 1179 [R2], Weber 6288 = Greenwell NC 1890 Pl.1, 17). Bright, nearly extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $500
Passed in
Island of Ionia, Samos, silver diobol, (499-495 B.C.), (1.11 g), obv. lion scalp facing, rev. anepigraphic head and neck of an ox to left, within incuse square, (S.-, Barron Samian standard, p.177, Nos 1-6, Pl.I; HGC 6, 1202 [R2], BMC 26, examples known in Athens, Berlin and Vienna). With hoard patination, otherwise nearly very fine and very rare.
Estimate $200
Passed in
Island of Ionia, Samos, silver triobol or hemidrachm (c.482-460 B.C.), (1.83 g), obv. winged boar forepart flying right, rev. anepigraphic lion head to right in incuse square, (S.4627, Barron Class 2, cf.No.11-12 Pl.XV, HGC 6, 1198 [R2], BMC 62, cf.SNG Cop.1677). Toned, fine - very fine, very rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
Caria, Alabanda (as Antiocheia), silver tetradrachm, issued 197-190/188 B.C., 28mm, (16.23 g), Menekles named magistrate on the coin, obv. Laureate head of Apollo to left, rev. Pegasos flying to right, above **ANTIOCEWN* below **MENEKLHS*, (cf.S.4763, Boehringer Chron p.188, 20; Waggoner Series 1 (all twelve magistrates are struck from the same obverse die for this series); SNG Cop.-). Very fine/good very fine, toned, with some porosity and some horn silver, very rare.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,000
Caria, Knidos (Cnidos), (c.520-495 B.C.), silver drachm, (6.25 g), obv. forepart of lion to right with open mouth, usual die deterioration, rev. head of Aphrodite to right of fine archaic style, with hair bound with plain diadem, all within incuse square, (S.3543, Cahn, Knidos No.42 [same dies Pl.3] obv.23, rev.31; BMC example [same dies = J.L. Myres 1922]). Light tone, very fine and very rare, pair of dies.
Estimate $700
SOLD $440
Caria, Islands off, Kos, (345-340 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, Biton magistrate, (15.13 g), obv. head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin, rev. veiled female head left, traces of BIT**W*N behind, (cf.S.4988, Pixodarus Phase 4, 25a (A7/P17 - this coin, erroneously illustrated as `25b'), SNG Keckman 288 [Caria], SNG Cop -). Lightly toned, flan flaw on reverse, good very fine and rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,300
Caria, Kos, (c.300-190 B.C.), silver hemidrachm, (1.44 g), obv. head of young Herakles to right, clad in lion skin, rev. crab, **KNIWN* above, **EPINIKOS* below, (S.4993, BMC 70). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $250
SOLD $170
Caria, Island of, Rhodus, c.400-385 B.C., silver tetradrachm, (15.04 g), obv. head of Helios three-quarter face to right with hair loose, rev. rose, with bud to right, above **OD ION*, to left **F* and patera, all within incuse square, (cf.S.5036, Ashton 46, Pozzi 2682 [same dies Pl.LXXVIII], Gulbenkian 769 [same dies Pl. LXXIII], BMC 24, Naville 10 [718], SNG Del.2749 [Pl.74], Berend p.28 Group IV, 13 die linked with corn grain symbol). Struck with a slightly worn obverse die, otherwise a superb piece of splendid late classical style, good very fine - nearly extremely fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $8,000
SOLD $5,000
Caria, Island of, Rhodus, (304-275 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 to right Y, grapes on stalk, above **RODION* within incuse circle, (S.5038, BMC 36 [p.233], Ashton Series 2 (RN 1988 p.78 with chronology for this c.304-265 B.C.), SNG Finland 454-5 [similar dies], SNG Delpierre 2756). Nearly very fine, scarce.
Estimate $300
SOLD $180
Caria, Island of, Rhodus, (c.250-230 B.C.), silver didrachm, (6.70 g), obv. radiate head of Helios three-quarter face to right, hair loose in locks, rev. inside dotted circle, rose with bud to right, above **TIMOQEOS* to left terminal figure facing half left (Silenos drinking from Askos), P O to left and right, (cf.S.5048, BMC 150-2 [p.244, pl.xxxviii, 8], Ashton Series 4 [RN 1988 p.79 chronology c.250-230 B.C.], Ashton [Money in Ancient Greek world] 209 [p.106], SNG Keckman [Finland 1] 540-541 [Pl.19], SNG Cop.767-8 [Pl.18], SNG Von Aulock 2808). Toned, extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $800
SOLD $750
Caria, Satraps of Caria, Hecatomnos, (c.395-377 B.C.), silver drachm (4.21 g), obv. forepart of lion to left, with open jaws, its foreleg to right, beneath nose [EKA], rev. star ornament or stellate pattern in incuse circle, (S.4951, BMC 37-41 [p.450], SNG Cop.588-589, SNG von Aulock 2356, ACNAC Dewing 2375). Nearly very fine, rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
Lydia, Persian Imperial Coinage, Kingdom of, Kroisos (Croesus), (c.564/563-550/539 B.C.), silver twelfth stater, (0.79 g), Sardes mint, obv. confronting foreparts of lion, facing right, and bull facing left, rev. two incuse punches of unequal size, side by side, (S.3422, Berk 26-27, SNG Ash 775 [Persian period], I. Carradice, Coinage of the Persian Empire BAR Inter. Ser. 343, [1987], -). Nearly extremely fine and very rare this nice.
Estimate $500
SOLD $550
Lydia, Thyatira, (early 2nd century B.C.), AE 21, (7.60 g), obv. laureate head of Apollo to right, dotted border, rev. tripod, monogram above, all within laurel wreath, to right and left **QUATEI - RHNWN*, (S.4742, Weber 6920 [This Coin illustrated], SNG Cop. 569, BMC 3, Mionnet 853). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $400
Lydia, Tralles, (90-89 B.C.), silver cistophoric tetradrachm, (12.51 g), obv. cista mystica containing serpent, all within ivy wreath, rev. bow in case between two coiled serpents, to left monogram of [T]PA**L*, above **DION*, to right a lyre, (cf.S.4745, Carbone, Hidden Power, type XXVII, No.33a [This Coin illustrated plate 112] obv.42, rev 110a [p.131], Pinder 1856, No,151, SNG Von Aulock 3259, SNG Cop. 657). Brilliant, Well centred, uncirculated one of the finest known, rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $300
Lydia, Tralles, Nero, (54-68 A.D.), AE 23 (or as), (12.10 g), obv. bare head of Nero to right, on left downwards KAICAP to right upwards NEPWN, rev. Zeus Larasios seated to left, holding Nike and sceptre to right upwards KAICAPE/WN to left downwards, **LARASIOS*, (S.-, RPC 2655 [p.44, 4 examples known all published examples in public collections], SNG Cop. -, BMC-). Earthern green patina, good very fine/very fine and very rare.
Estimate $200
Passed in
Lycia, Dynastic coinage, uncertain dynast, silver stater, (9.26 g), obv. Pegasus flying left, head lowered, rev. facing lion's scalp within incuse square. (S.-, SNG von Aulock 4082 [same obverse die], S.P.Noe 'A Lycian Hoard' ANS Centennial Publication (1958) p.546, No.14 (this specimen mentioned and illustrated Pl.XXXIV, 14). Rare dark tone, very fine or better and very rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $650