Catalogue
Peloponnesos, Sicyon, (c.400 B.C.), silver triobol or hemidrachm, (2.76 g), obv. Chimaera walking to left, **SI* below, rev. dove flying to left, **DI* above tail, (cf.S.2772, BCD 299, cf.Traite 803 [Pl.CCXXI, 26], cf.BMC 114-116, HGC 5, 213). Toned, good very fine and rare variety.
Estimate $300
SOLD $190
Peloponnesos, Sicyon, (370-350 B.C.), silver stater, (11.73 g), obv. Chimaera walking to left, **SE* below, wreath above, **DA monogram in the exergue, rev. dove flying to left, above magistrate name **SIBURTI[O]*, all within wreath, (cf.S.2763, BCD 212 [Leu 96] this example from the same obverse die, Traite 77, HGC 5, 193). Toned, very fine and a very rare type with magistrate name.
Estimate $960
SOLD $600
Peloponnesos, Sicyon, (c.90s-60s B.C.), silver triobol or hemidrachm, (2.31 g), obv. dove flying to left, rev. **S* in shallow incuse square, in three lines **PRO/MA XI/ DAS*, (S.2777, BCD 345, SNG Cop. 102, McClean XI, 6299, BMC 200, HGC 5, 215). Toned, very fine/ good very fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $180
Peloponnesos, Argolis, Argos, silver hemidrachm, or Attic triobol, after 320's-280's B.C. (2.50 g), obv. forepart of wolf at bay to left, rev. A with N and I either side at top with club to right below all within shallow incuse square, (cf.Sear 2794, BCD 1075.6 [p.2668, LHS 96], BMC 66 [p.1412], SNG Cop. 33 [Pl.1], Mycenae Pl.9, 30, HGC 5, 667). Deep blue patination, good very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $300
SOLD $300
Cyclades, Ceos, Koressos (Coressia), silver stater, c.510-480 B.C., (11.97 g), obv. Sepia or cuttlefish overstruck on a sea turtle (tortoise according to E.S.G. Robinson) type of Aegina, rev. large incuse square with five incuse and three raised compartments, (cf.S.3051, Sheedy Series II, No.1 [p.166, Pl.3] [This Coin]; Weber 4641 [p.558, Pl.168], [This Coin]; Traite 2, 1 1910 [pl.LXI, 1], SNG Cop. 637, de Hirsch 1396, Pozzi 2018, BMC 48, Boston 1289, HGC 6, 570 [R2]). Excessively rare, toned, good very fine/very fine.
Estimate $10,000
SOLD $17,500
Bithynia, Heraclia Pontica, Dionysios alone, (c.337 - 305 B.C.), silver drachm (4.65 g), obv. head of Dionysos with ivy wreath to left, thyrsos behind, rev. the naked Herakles with lion skin and quiver over left shoulder, who erects a trophy against which rests a club, to right downwards **DIONUSIOU*, (S.3781, BMC 27, SNG Cop. 422, SNG Stancomb 819, SNG BM 1612). Bright, nearly very fine, scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $150
Aiolis, Myrina, (after 165 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.55 g), obv. laureate head of Apollo of Grynion to right, rev. Apollo of Grynion standing to right, holding phiale and laurel branch, omphalos and amphora at feet, KA monogram behind, also **MYPINAIWN*, all within laurel wreath, (cf.S.4216, ANSMN 30, cf.Sacks 19, BMC 12). Lightly toned, weak in places, otherwise nearly extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $800
SOLD $1,600
Aiolis, Myrina, (after 165 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.80 g), obv. laureate head of Apollo of Grynion to right, rev. Apollo of Grynion standing to right, holding phiale and laurel branch, omphalos and amphora at feet, **TKAPN* monogram behind, also **MYPINAIWN, all within laurel wreath, (cf.S.4216, ANSMN 30, Sacks 3, BMC 18 (p.136 same obverse die). Good very fine, scarce.
Estimate $700
SOLD $1,200
Mysia, Pergamon, (123-104 B.C.), silver cistophoric tetradrachm, (12.57 g), obv. cista mystica containing serpent, all within ivy wreath, rev. bow in case between two coiled serpents, to left monogram of **PER*, above MIH monogram, to right serpent entwined thyrsus, (cf.S.3948, Kleiner [ANSMN 23], No.22, example in ANS, Pinder 103). Well centred, good very fine and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $340
Ionia, Ephesos, (c.450-415 B.C.), silver drachm, (3.24 g), obv. bee with tendrils and curved wings, across **E F*, dotted border, rev. quadripartite incuse square, (cf.S.4360, Karwiese Series VI, 2A, No,22, 25; SNG Kayhan 122, SNG Berry 1052). Good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $300
Ionia, Ephesos, (390-380 B.C.), AE 10, (1.30 g), obv. female head to left, rev. bee with straight wings separating E **F*, (S.4409, SNG Cop. 256, SNG Munich 52-54, SNG Von Aulock 1839, SNG Kayhan 193). Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $130
Ionia, Ephesos, (350-340 B.C. Kinns chronology), silver tetradrachm, (14.70 g), obv. bee with straight wings dividing E - **F*, rev. forepart of kneeling stag to right, looking back, palm tree behind, to right magistrate's name **OESS[ALOS]* (Thessalos), (cf.S.4371, Ashton "The Pixodoros Hoard" Class G, 117, SNG Munich 28). Well centred with corosion flaking and green oxidation of the reverse, removing most of the magistrates name, obverse lightly toned, otherwise very fine and a very scarce Magistrate.
Estimate $400
SOLD $1,100
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 $1,200
SOLD $1,900
Ionia, Ephesos, after 190 B.C., AE 17, (4.32 g) obv. bee in wreath, **E F* across, all within wreath, rev. stag standing right quiver above, **ZWIKWN* below in exergue, (S.4406, BMC 84 [p.58], see Kinns, The Attic Weight Drachms of Ephesus: A Preliminary Study in the Light of Recent Hoards, in: NC 1999, p. 95). Extremely fine and very rare, noted as an unpublished variant.
Estimate $200
SOLD $380
Ionia, Ephesus, (c.90-89 B.C.), silver cistophoric tetradrachm, (12.62 g), year ME = 45= 90-89 B.C., obv. cista mystica containing serpent, all within ivy wreath, rev. bow in case between two coiled serpents, to left ME over monogram **EFE, to right torch, serpent staff above, (cf.S.4395, Kleiner 46 [ANS MN 18, Series 10, [p.26], SNG Cop. 326). Brilliant, extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $360
Ionia, Ephesus, (c.91-90 B.C.), silver cistophoric tetradrachm, (12.52 g), year ME = 45 = 90-89 B.C., obv. Cista mystica with half opened lid, from which a serpent emerges 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, between serpents upright serpent staff, to left ME (= year 45), E **F* E below to left, (cf.S.4394, Kleiner ANS Museum Notes 18, No. 46, (p.26), Paris BN 2665, Pinder 36, SNG Cop.326). Mint bloom, extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $300
Ionia, Miletos, (c.530-510 B.C.), silver twelfth stater or obol, (1.19 g), obv. forepart of lion and legs to right, rev. star ornament within incuse square, (S.3532, BMC 14). Nearly extremely fine, with cabinet patination.
Estimate $100
SOLD $170
Ionia, Miletos, (c.530-510 B.C.), silver twelfth stater or obol, (1.19 g), obv. forepart of lion and legs to left, rev. star ornament within incuse square, (S.3532, BMC 14). Nearly extremely fine, with cabinet patination.
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Ionia, Miletos, (c.530-510 B.C.), silver twelfth stater or obol, (each about 1 gram), obv. forepart of lion and legs to right or left, rev. star ornament within incuse square, (S.3532, cf.BMC 14). Fine - very fine, several off centred or broken. (4)
Estimate $160
Passed in
Ionia, Miletos, (c.352-325 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (14.98 g), Theognetos magistrate, obv. laureate head of Apollo to left, rev. lion standing left, head right, star above, MI monogram left, **QEOGNHTOS* in exergue, (cf.S.4501, cf.Deppert 68 ff). Nearly very fine and very rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,300
Ionia, Smyrna, (c.2nd-1st century B.C.), AE 21, (10.08 g), obv. laureate head of Apollo to right, rev. the poet Homer seated to left with the Magistrates names Apollophanes and Orbeiten, to right **ZMURNAIW[N]* above, to left in two lines **APOLLOFANH[S] OROBEITHN*, (S.4571, Hunter 27 [p.361]). Choice dark brown patina, extremely fine and extremely rare in this condition, with a superb figure of the seated Homer.
Estimate $300
SOLD $180
Ionia, Teos, (495/490-478 B.C.), silver didrachm or stater, (11.80 g), obv. Griffin seated to right on base line, with raised foreleg, before upwards THI, rev. incuse square of rough form, (cf.S.4576, Balcer [SNR 1968, Vol.47], No., 28 [A-/P-], example in Berlin). Odd shaped flan but of full weight, otherwise good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $3,000
Caria, Caunos (Kaunos), uncertain ruler, (c.490-470 B.C.), silver stater, (11.95 g), obv. Iris with curved wings and outstretched hands in kneeling-running position to right, rev. rough triangular shape on crude incuse square, (S.-, Koray Konuk "The Early Coinage of Kaunos" in Essays Price, No.5, [same dies to obv. 5, rev. 3, only one reported, Pl.47], Hyla Troxell "Winged Carians" in Essays Thompson, cf.No.4 [similar dies]). Off centred slightly on the reverse, otherwise good very fine and a very rare pair of dies.
Estimate $400
SOLD $1,100
Caria, Mylasa, (c.520-490 B.C.), silver stater, 19mm, (10.88 g), Persic standard, obv. forepart of roaring lion to left, dotted bar on shoulder, two incuse rectangles, (S.3575, SNG Kayhan 929, SNG von Aulock 2337, ACNAC Rosen 611, Konuk, Influences, pl. XXIX, 4 = Nanteuil 560; SNG Cop. 179). Good very fine, very scarce.
Estimate $400
Passed in
Caria, Carian Islands, Rhodes, (c.250-230 B.C. Ashton chronology), silver didrachm, (6.50 g), obv. radiate head of Helios three-quarter face to right with hair loose, rev. rose, with bud on right, P O below, Artemis running with torch to left, above **AGHSIDAMOS* all within dotted border, (S.5048, Ashton series 4, No.206, BMC 130-2 [p.242], SNG Cop.762-3, SNG Finland 534-5 [similar dies], SNG von Aulock 2804). Toned with dark blue and red highlights, well centred and nearly extremely fine, rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $750
Caria, Rhodes, (190-170 B.C.), silver drachm, (2.87 g), obv. Head of Helios radiate right hair in locks, rev. Inside shallow incuse square a Rose with buds, to left P and right O, above **AQANADWROS*, to left a lyre, to right a bud, (S. 5063 variety, BMC 241, Jenkins Group B, No.36 [dated to 170-150 B.C.], HGC 6, 1458 [S]). Bright, extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $400
Lydia, Tralles, (c.100-90 B.C.), silver cistophoric tetradrachm, (12.60 g), obv. cista mystica containing serpent, all within ivy wreath, rev. bow in case between two coiled serpents, to left **TRAL*, to right a lyre, **DION* above, (cf.S.4745, SNG von Aulock 3259, SNG Cop. 657, BMC -). Extremely fine and very scarce.
Estimate $400
SOLD $260
Lycia, Dynasts of, uncertain ruler c.500-460 B.C., silver stater (8.29 g), obv.bull walking to right, traces of ethnic above, dotted ground line, rev. triskeles within incuse square. (cf.S.5178, CNG 54, 723 [same dies]). Apparently unpublished in all the standard references, very fine and very rare.
Estimate $600
SOLD $360
Lycia, Dynasts of, uncertain mint, (c.500-440 B.C.), silver Stater (9.14 g). obv. Pegasos flying left, T letter on rump. rev. forepart of boar within framed incuse square, (cf.S.5178-5183, Falghera -, SNG Cop. -, SNG von Aulock 4080, cf.Asyut 755-756 for similar types, Pegasi noted in an early list on V coins). Very fine, rough surface, very rare apparently unpublished.
Estimate $240
SOLD $190
Pamphylia, Aspendos, (c.465-430 B.C.), silver stater, 16mm, (10.81 g), obv. warrior advancing right, holding shield and sword; ivy leaves flanking and between legs, rev. triskeles; [E] above, flower below; all within incuse square, (cf.S.5381, SNG BN -; SNG von Aulock 4478 [same dies]). Nearly very fine, short on flan as usual, lightly toned.
Estimate $200
SOLD $160