Catalogue

Lot 835 Sale 57 Greek Silver & Bronze

Sicily, Acragas, (c.472-420 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.77 grams), obv. eagle with closed wings standing to left, AKRAC behind, **ANTOS before, rev. crab, (S.741 [Ã…â€Å‣600], SNG ANS 969 [same dies]). Even grey patina with dark find patina near edge of reverse, otherwise very fine and rare.

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Lot 836 Sale 57 Greek Silver & Bronze

Sicily, Gela, (c.440-430 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.51 grams), obv. slow quadriga driven right by male charioteer holding reins, Nike above crowning horses, dotted border, rev. forepart of man headed bull to right with long beard, weakly above **GELAS, (cf.S.795, Jenkins 379, obv. 77, rev. 156 [notes fourteen examples known of these dies], SNG ANS 72). Has porosity in fields, but a distinctive pair of dies, very fine/nearly very fine and a scarce die combination.

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Lot 837 Sale 57 Greek Silver & Bronze

Sicily, Leontini, (c.455-430 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.72 grams), obv. laureate head of Apollo to right, dotted border, rev. head of lion to right, around four barley grains, around **[L]EONTINON, (S.832, cf.SNG ANS 229-231 similar dies). Surface porosity on both sides, otherwise very fine and rare.

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Lot 838 Sale 57 Greek Silver & Bronze

Sicily, Leontini, (c.425 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.12 grams), obv. laureate head of Apollo to left, dotted border, rev. head of lion to left, around three barley grains and olive leaf behind, around **LEONTINON, (cf.S.833, SNG ANS 256-7 same dies). Light obverse porosity in right field, otherwise very fine and rare.

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Lot 839 Sale 57 Greek Silver & Bronze

Sicily, Selinus, (520-500 B.C.), silver didrachm, (8.4 grams), obv. selinon leaf with even flat ridge pattern on leaves, rev. incuse square divided into triangles, with sectors set in parallel lines, (S.730, cf.ANS MN 33, Pl. 1, No.14). Some dark spotting on the reverse, otherwise good very fine and rare.

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Lot 840 Sale 57 Greek Silver & Bronze

Sicily, Selinus, (520-500 B.C.), silver didrachm, (8.6 grams), obv. selinon leaf with raised ridge pattern on leaves, rev. incuse square divided into triangles, with sectors set in parallel lines, (S.730, cf.ANS MN 33, Pl. 1, No.35). Very fine and rare.

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Lot 841 Sale 57 Greek Silver & Bronze

Sicily, Selinus, (520-500 B.C.), silver didrachm, (7.95 grams), obv. selinon leaf, rev. incuse square divided into triangles, (S.730, ANS MN 33, Pl. 3, No.37, [This Coin]). Some surface roughness and porosity, otherwise fine and rare.

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Lot 842 Sale 57 Greek Silver & Bronze

Sicily, Selinus, (c.445-435 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.02 grams), obv. slow quadriga driven right by Apollo and Artemis standing side by side, holding bow and arrow, rev. Selinus the river god standing facing, head to left, with phiale over altar, sacrificial cock standing before to right, bull to left on pedistal inscribed A incuse, selinon leaf above, traces of **SELINONTION around, (cf.S.907, Schwabacher, [Mitt. der Bayerischen Num. Gesell. Vol. XLIII, 1925] No.20, dies, obv. 5; rev. 17 [notes only five examples known from these dies]). Pitted mostly around the edge on the obverse and reverse, otherwise nearly very fine/very fine and rare.

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Lot 843 Sale 57 Greek Silver & Bronze

Sicily, Segesta, (461-415 B.C.), silver didrachm, (8.4 grans), obv. hound to right, three stalks of barley behind, traces of **SEGESTAIIB retrograde below on ground line, obv. head of nymph Segesta to right, (cf.S.900, SNG ANS 645 [ same dies]). Obverse double struck, otherwise very fine and rare.

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Lot 844 Sale 57 Greek Silver & Bronze

Sicily, Syracuse, (c.482-480 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.49 grams), obv. slow quadriga driven to right by male charioteer, Nike flying right crowning horses, rev. **SUPAKOSION around to right, head of Artemis-Arethusa to right, hair straight, bound by beaded diadem, four dolphins around, (cf.S.913, Boehringer 80 [same dies V37/R52]). Toned, good very fine/very fine and very scarce. $$ Boehringer notes only eight specimens from these dies.

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Lot 845 Sale 57 Greek Silver & Bronze

Sicily, Syracuse, (c.485-479 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.27 grams), obv. slow quadriga driven to right by male charioteer, Nike flying right crowning charioteer, rev. **SUPAKOSION around to right, head of Artemis-Arethusa to right, hair slightly waved and turned up behind under diadem of beads, four dolphins around, (cf.S.914, Boehringer 240 same dies (obverse 108/reverse 163 dies), Naville sale 4, [lot 311 same dies]). Some porosity on the reverse, otherwise nearly good fine/very fine and very rare.

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Lot 846 Sale 57 Greek Silver & Bronze

Sicily, Syracuse, (c.475 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.41 grams), obv. slow quadriga driven to right by male charioteer, Nike flying right crowning horses, rev. **SUPAKOSIO N around to right, head of Artemis-Arethusa to right, hair waved and turned up behind under diadem of beads, four dolphins around, (cf.S.913, Boehringer 252E (obv.114/rev.173 same dies). Attractive evenly toned nearly very fine and a rare combination of dies.

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Lot 847 Sale 57 Greek Silver & Bronze

Sicily, Syracuse, (c.474-450 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.82 grams), obv. slow quadriga driven to right by male charioteer, Nike flying right crowning horses, pistrix (sea-serpent) in exergue, rev. **SUPAKOSION before around, head of Artemis-Arethusa to right, hair in spendone under a diadem band, four dolphins around, (cf.S.931 [Ã…â€Å‣850], Boehringer 516 [obverse die V271, reverse die R367], SNG ANS 165 [same dies], BMC 83 [same dies]). Dark stain at base of reverse, otherwise very fine, very scarce.

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Lot 848 Sale 57 Greek Silver & Bronze

Sicily, Syracuse, (c.435 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.845 grams), obv. slow quadriga driven to right by male charioteer, Nike flying right crowning horses, rev. **SUPAKOSION around, head of Artemis-Arethusa to right, hair tied up behind, four dolphins around, (cf.S.933 [Ã…â€Å‣1000], Boehringer 727 (same dies), SNG Ash.1991 (same dies), SNG Munich 1045 (same dies). Porous flan, otherwise nearly very fine, scarce.

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Lot 849 Sale 57 Greek Silver & Bronze

Sicily, Syracuse, (c.405-393 B.C.), silver tetradrachm by Eucleidas, (15.74 grams), obv. galloping quadriga driven to left by male charioteer holding goad, Nike flying right crowning rider, in exergue grain ear, rev. **SUPAKOSION around but off flan, head of Artemis-Arethusa to left, hair tied in spendone, four dolphins around, (cf.S.955 [Ã…â€Å‣2000], Tudeer 87 [same dies, obv.32, rev.59], SNG ANS 1379 [same dies], Boston 419 [same dies], Hirsch Sale sale 32, 14-5/11/1912, Pl. XIII, [lots 343-5 same dies]). Very porous flan, double struck on the reverse, otherwise nearly very fine, rare, dies of the finest style.

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Lot 850 Sale 57 Greek Silver & Bronze

Sicily, Syracuse, (344-317 B.C.), silver stater, (8.5 grams), obv. Pegasos flying to left, nothing below, rev. head of Athena to right, wearing plain Corinthian helmet, around **SURAKOS[IWN], (S.961; SNG Lloyd 1437, BMC 3, Plate XXV,3). Obverse struck from rusted dies, otherwise very fine and scarce.

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Lot 851 Sale 57 Greek Silver & Bronze

Sicily, Syracuse, Agothocles, (317-289 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.1 grams), obv. head of Artemis-Arethusa to left, surrounded by three dolphins, with dotted border, **FI below, rev. galloping quadriga driven left by charioteer holding goad, above trisceles, in exergue **SURAKOSIWN over AN monogram, (cf.S.97153; BMC 246, SNG ANS 641 [probably the same dies]). Uneven flan with large piece of extra silver attached, some original mint bloom, weak in places, otherwise extremely fine and very scarce.

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Lot 852 Sale 57 Greek Silver & Bronze

Sicily, Syracuse, Philistis wife of Hieron II (275-215 B.C.), silver sixteen litrai, (13.38 grams), obv. diademed and veiled head of Philistis to left, behind thyrsus, rev. quadriga to right driven by Nike with horses walking, above **[BA]SILISSAS, below FILISTIDOS, E below quadriga, (S.989, SNG ANS 884-6). Nearly extremely fine and rare.

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Lot 853 Sale 57 Greek Silver & Bronze

Sicily, Syracuse, Philistis wife of Hieron II (275-215 B.C.), silver sixteen litrai, (13.45 grams), obv. diademed and veiled head of Philistis to left, behind eight pointed star, rev. quadriga to right driven by Nike with horses walking, above star and **BASILISSAS, below FILISTIDOS, (S.989, SNG ANS 878). Good very fine/nearly extremely fine and rare.

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Lot 854 Sale 57 Greek Silver & Bronze

Sicily, Syracuse, Hieron II, (275-216 B.C.), AE 22, (9.1 grams), obv. Poseidon head to left wearing tainia, rev. ornamented trident-head, between two dolphins, dividing IEP **WNOS below, N in lower left field, (cf.S.1223, SNG Cop. 854). Attractive green patina, very fine, a rare letter in reverse field.

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Lot 855 Sale 57 Greek Silver & Bronze

Siculo-Punic, mint of the camp, (c.325-290 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.40 grams), obv. head of young Melqart or Heracles wearing lion skin to right, rev. horse's head to left, trace of palm tree behind, border of dots. (S.6436, Dewing ACNAC 983, Jenkins SNR 1978, Series 5b). Off centre on the obverse, otherwise very fine and scarce.

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Lot 856 Sale 57 Greek Silver & Bronze

Macedon, Acanthus, (465-424 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.0 grams), obv. bull kneeling to left, attacked by lion to right on his back, A above, in exergue a floral motif, rev. quadripartite incuse square, (cf.S.1362, SNG Lockett 1283 [ similar dies], Desneux 90 [Pl.XIV but different dies]). Small test cut on obverse, good very fine/very fine and very rare, the dies apparently unpublished

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Lot 857 Sale 57 Greek Silver & Bronze

Macedon, Aegae, (520-480 B.C.), silver eighth stater, (0.87 grams), obv. goat kneeling to right, rev. four part incuse square of early archaic form, (cf.S.1293, SNG ANS 66, SNG Cop. 25, Traite II, I, 1950, cf. Berk sale 59, 163). Very fine and very rare.

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Lot 858 Sale 57 Greek Silver & Bronze

Macedon, kingdom of Philip II, (359-336 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (14.42 grams), Amphipolis III mint, issued c. 323/2-316/5 B.C., obv. head of Zeus laureate to right, dotted border, rev. naked youth or small man (Philip II), on horseback to right, aplustre below, monogram of **P dot on right, above **FILIP [POU]*. (cf.S.6683, Le Rider Pl.46, [p.124]). In high relief, off centred on the obverse, test gash on reverse, otherwise round with attractive pale grey tone, good very fine and rare.

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Lot 859 Sale 57 Greek Silver & Bronze

Macedon, Kingdom of, Alexander III, (336-323 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.1 grams), 'Amphipolis mint, issued 323-320 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, cornucopiae to left, to right **ALEXANDROU, (cf.S.6713, Price 104, BMC 104a-f, M.368). Bright well centred on obverse, off centred on the reverse, good very fine.

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Lot 860 Sale 57 Greek Silver & Bronze

Macedon, Kingdom of, Alexander III, (336-323 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.93 grams), 'Amphipolis' mint, issued c.323-320 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, Macedonian helmet to left, **BASILEWS to left, to right **ALEXANDROU*. (cf.S.6713, Price 113, BMC 113 a-i, SNG Cop. 682, M.224, Newell Reattribution 42). Very fine/nearly very fine, scarce.

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Lot 861 Sale 57 Greek Silver & Bronze

Macedon, Kingdom of, Alexander III, (336-323 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.2 grams), Pella mint, issued 315-310 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, thunderbolt and **S to left, thyrsus throne, to right **ALEXANDROU, (cf.S.6713, Price 259, BMC 259a-b, M.19). Scratches on the reverse, uneven strike, very fine.

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Lot 862 Sale 57 Greek Silver & Bronze

Macedon, Kingdom of, Alexander III, (336-323 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.89 grams), Amphipolis mint, issued c.315-294 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, **L above torch all to left, MH**G* monogram under throne, to right **ALEXANDROU*, (cf.S.6713, Price 447, BMC 447a-e, M.37). Very fine, scarce.

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Lot 863 Sale 57 Greek Silver & Bronze

Macedon, Kingdom of, Alexander III, (336-323 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.07 grams), Amphipolis mint, issued c.315-294 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, **L above torch all to left, star under throne, to right **ALEXANDR[OU]*, (cf.S.6713, Price 474, BMC 474a-b, M.62, SNG Cop. 698). Very fine.

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Lot 864 Sale 57 Greek Silver & Bronze

Macedon, Kingdom of, Alexander III, (336-323 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.95 grams), Amphipolis mint, issued c.315-294 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, **L above torch all to left, YE monogram under throne, to right **ALEXANDROU*, (cf.S.6713, Price 486, BMC 486, M.33, SNG Cop. 702). Very fine.

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