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Lot 3183 Sale 80 Greek Silver & Bronze

Euboia, Eretria, (500-465 B.C.), silver hemidrachm, (1.884 grams), obv. cow standing left, scratching head with foot, rev. octopus in incuse square, (cf.S.1824 [£200], BMC -, Traite -, ACNAC Dewing 1545, Asyut hoard 256, Lanz Auction Sale Catalogue 111, [lot 323, realised 4400 euros +]). Good fine/good very fine, struck from worn obverse die and very rare.

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Lot 3184 Sale 80 Greek Silver & Bronze

Euboia, Eretria, (500-465 B.C.), silver obol, (0.450 grams), obv. bull's head facing, E on side above, rev. octopus in incuse square, (S.1825 [£125], BMC 33-38, SNG Cop. 473, Lanz Auction Sale Catalogue 111, [lot 327-335]). Fine and rare.

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Lot 3185 Sale 80 Greek Silver & Bronze

Euboia, Histiaia, (c.350-340 B.C.), silver drachm, (3.238 grams), obv. head of nymph Histiaia wreathed in ivy, rev. cow standing to right, vine with two bunches of grapes, **ISTI* in exergue, AY**G* monogram to right, (S.2494 [£140], BMC 4, Lanz BCD Catalogue No.111, [lot 375, realised 350 Euros +], SNG Cop.516). Some minor roughness near edge on obverse, otherwise good very fine and rare.

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Lot 3186 Sale 80 Greek Silver & Bronze

Euboia, Histiaia, (c.350-340 B.C.), silver drachms, (2.920 and 2.582 grams), obv. head of nymph Histiaia wreathed in ivy, rev. cow standing to right, vine with two bunches of grapes, **ISTI* in exergue, AY**G* monogram to right, (S.2494 [£140], BMC 4, Lanz BCD Catalogue No.111, [lot 375, realised 350 Euros +], SNG Cop.516). First coin good very fine/nearly very fine, second coin holed, otherwise good fine, both rare. (2)

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Lot 3187 Sale 80 Greek Silver & Bronze

Euboia, Histiaia, (late 4th century B.C.), silver tetrobol, (2.412 grams), obv. nymph Histiaia head to right wreathed with vine leaves, hair rolled, rev. nymph Histiaia seated to right on galley with stylis, bunch of grapes behind, trident head below, legend **ISTIA to left, AIE**W*N behind, aplustre on galley, (S.2495 [£100], BMC 24-25 [Pl.XXIV, 6]). Very fine/fine and rare.

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Lot 3188 Sale 80 Greek Silver & Bronze

Euboia, Karystos, (c.350 B.C.), silver drachm, (3.376 grams), obv. bearded head of Herakles to right, clad in lion skin, rev. cow seated to left, KAPY above, club to right below, (S.2505 [£400], BMC 8-9, Lanz BCD Catalogue No.111, [lot 556, realised 250 Euros +], SNG Cop.417). Good fine/very fine and rare.

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Lot 3189 Sale 80 Greek Silver & Bronze

Euboia, Karystos, (c.300 B.C.), silver didrachm, (7.694 grams), obv. cow standing to right, head turned back, suckling a calf, rev. cock standing to right, [K]APY**STIW[N]* before, **CEF* mpnogram behind, (S.2509 [£750], BMC 13, Robinson NN&M 124 'A Hoard of Silver Coins from Carystus' No.30 [Pl.III]; Lanz BCD Catalogue No.111, [lot 571, realised 1500 Euros +], SNG Cop.417). Grey tone, very fine and rare.

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Lot 3190 Sale 80 Greek Silver & Bronze

Euboia, Karystos, (issue of an unknown tyrant in the late third century B.C.), silver stater, (6.884 grams), obv. male head bound with royal diadem to right, dotted border, rev. Nike in galloping biga to left, **KARUSTIW[N]* in exergue, (S.2511 [£1250], BMC 18, Wallace 'A Tyrant of Karystos' in Essays to Robinson, Obv.V, Rev.7 example b [This Coin, one of two known from these dies], cf.Lanz BCD Sale lots 578/577 [for same dies as a mule], SNG Sweden 1452, ACNAC Dewing 1532). Good very fine/very fine and very rare.

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Lot 3191 Sale 80 Greek Silver & Bronze

Attica, Athens, (449-413 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.840 grams), issue c.430 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). Lightly toned, minor gash across owl's face, well centred, and nearly extremely fine.

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Lot 3192 Sale 80 Greek Silver & Bronze

Attica, Athens, (449-413 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.90 grams), issue c.420 B.C., obv. head of Athena to right wearing ivy crested helmet, eye in profile, cornucopiae countermark on cheek, 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, Kraay ACGC 199, Sv.Pl.14, 1-30, cf.Starr Pl.XXII). Two small cuts across owl's neck and edge on reverse, otherwise fine.

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Lot 3193 Sale 80 Greek Silver & Bronze

Attica, Athens, (300-262 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.996 grams), obv. head of Athena to right wearing ivy crested helmet, rev. owl standing to right, head facing, olive twig and crescent behind, to right **AQE, (S.2547, BMC 138, SNG Cop.63-65). Short dumpy flan as usual, very fine and rare.

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Lot 3194 Sale 80 Greek Silver & Bronze

Attica, Athens, (42/1 - 39 B.C.), AE 19, hemidrachm, (8.338 grams), obv. head of Athena Parthenos to right, wearing triple crested helmet, rev. tripod, poppyhead to left, thunderbolt to right, A to left, **Q/E to right, (S.2568, Sv.Pl.80, 1-7; Athenian Agora 138 [p.101, Pl.12, 139 examples found], SNG Cop. 300, BMC 566-7). Good fine.

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Lot 3195 Sale 80 Greek Silver & Bronze

Attica, Aegina, (445-431 B.C.), silver stater, (12.222 grams), obv. land tortoise with segmented shell, rev. incuse square of large 'skew' design, (S.2600, BMC 149, SNG Delepierre 1774ff, SNG Cop. 516-7). Slightly off centred on obverse, otherwise nearly extremely fine and very scarce.

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Lot 3196 Sale 80 Greek Silver & Bronze

Corinthia, Corinth, (345-307 B.C.), silver stater, (8.284 grams), obv. Pegasos flying to left, [Q] below, rev. head of Athena to left, wearing Corinthian helmet, below A to left, astragalus behind Athena, (cf.S.2631, Calciati 400, Ravel 1039). Weak in places and off centred on the obverse, otherwise good very fine and rare in this condition.

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Lot 3197 Sale 80 Greek Silver & Bronze

Corinthia, Corinth, (400-350 B.C.), silver stater, (8.428 grams), obv. Pegasos flying to left, Q below, rev. head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet, uncertain object behind, (S.2626). Off centred reverse obscuring its symbol, otherwise extremely fine.

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Lot 3198 Sale 80 Greek Silver & Bronze

Corinthia, Corinth, Augustus, (31 B.C. - A.D. 14), AE As, issued 2-1 B.C., issued by C. Servilius and M. Antoninus Hipparchus, (6.96 grams), obv. bare head of Augustus to right, CAESAR to left, CORINT traces to right, rev. heads of Gaius and Lucius Caesar facing each other around traces of C SERVILIO C F PRIMO M ANTONIO HIPPARCHO IIVIR,(S.166 [£75], BMC 505, Amandry Group XIb, obv. D5, rev. 14.2 [p. 147, This Coin]. Lanz BCD Sale 105, lot 338 realised 1100 euros [near EF]). Portraits fine, weak legends, very rare.

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Lot 3199 Sale 80 Greek Silver & Bronze

Corinthia, Corinth, Augustus, (31 B.C. - A.D. 14), AE As, issued 2-1 B.C., issued by C. Servilius and M. Antoninus Hipparchus, (6.96 grams), obv. bare head of Augustus to right, CAESAR to left, CORINT traces to right, rev. heads of Gaius and Lucius Caesar facing each other, (S.166 [£75], BMC 505, Amandry Group XI), Agrippa Postumus, issues of C. Mussius Priscus and C. Heius Pollio, AE as, issue of A.D. 4-5, (6.35 grams), obv. bare head to right of Agrippa Postumus, rev. four lines legend within parsley wreath, (S.233 [£200], BMC 510, Amandry Group XIII obv. Dd, Lanz BCD Sale 105, lot 351-354 realised 750 - 7000 euros); Tiberius, issue of L. Rutilius Plancus and A. Vatronis Labeo, AE as, issue of A.D. 12-16, (6.56 grams), obv. Tiberius laureate head right, rev. Pegasus flying right, (cf.S.262, Amandry Group XIV, Lanz BCD sale 105, lot 359). Fair, second very rare. (3)

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Lot 3200 Sale 80 Greek Silver & Bronze

Corinthia, Corinth, Tiberius, (A.D. 14 - 37), AE As, (6.38 grams), issued A.D. 32-33, issue of L. Arrius Peregrinus and L. Furius Labeo, obv. radiate head of Augustus to left, rev. traces of magistrates name around, hexastyle temple, (cf.S.141, BMC -, Amandry Group XVI obverse die Dbb, rev. IIc, Lanz BCD Sale 105, lot 387 type). Very good - fine, very rare.

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Lot 3201 Sale 80 Greek Silver & Bronze

Corinthia, Corinth, Tiberius, (A.D. 14 -37), AE As, issued 12-16, issued issue of L. Rutilius Plancus and A. Vatronis Labeo, AE as, (5.01 grams), obv. Tiberius laureate head left, rev. Pegasus flying right, (cf.S.262, Amandry Group XIV, Lanz BCD Sale 105, lot 368); another Augustus posthumous issue, issued 32-33, issue of L. Arrius Peregrinus and L. Furius Labeo, A.D. 12-16, (5.71 grams), obv. Augustus radiate head left, rev. temple six columns, (cf.S.141. Amandry Group XVI, Lanz BCD Sale 105 lot 379); Caligula, (A.D. 37-41), issue of P. Vipsanius Agrippa and M. Bellius Proculus, AE as, issued 37-38, (6.76 grams), obv. Caligula bare head right, rev. Pegasus flying right, (S.384, Amandry Group XVII, Lanz BCD Sale 105 lot 402-403); Nero, (A.D. 54-68), issue of L. Rutilius Piso and P. Memmius Cleander, AE as, issued 66-67, (6.56 grams), obv. Nero laureate head right, rev. emperor in toga to left, (cf.S.523, Amandry group XXII, Lanz BCD Sale 105 lot 474). Fair and rare. (4)

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Lot 3202 Sale 80 Greek Silver & Bronze

Corinthia, Corinth, Caligula, (A.D. 37 - 41), AE As, (7.11 grams), issued A.D. 37-38, issue of V. Vipsanius Agrippa and M. Bellius Proculus, obv. bare head of Caligula to right, C CAESAR AVGVST around, rev. Pegasus flying to right, traces of magistrates name around, COR below, (cf.S.384 [£26], BMC -, Amandry Group XVII, Lanz BCD Sale 105, lot 402 realised 240 euros [VF]). Dirt attached in places, otherwise nearly very fine, weak obverse legends, rare.

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Lot 3203 Sale 80 Greek Silver & Bronze

Corinthia, Corinth, Nero, (A.D. 54-68), AE As, issued 67-68, issued issue of Ti. Claudius Anaxilaus and P. Ventidius Fronto, AE as, (6.31 grams), obv. Nero laureate head left, rev. emperor being crowned by Fortune, (cf.S.523, Amandry Group XXII, Lanz BCD Sale 105, lot 478); Galba, (A.D.68-69), issued 68-69, issue of L. Caninius Agrippa, AE as (6.37 grams), obv. Galba bare head right, rev. clasped hands holding three plants, (cf.S.675. Amandry Group XXIV, Lanz BCD Sale 105 lot 490); Anonymous issue under Tiberius, c.A.D. 14-33, AE semis, (2.68 grams), obv. Pegasus to right, rev. dolphin to right, (S.-, Amandry Group JI, obv.3a.3 rev.R3 [p.243, This Coin], Lanz BCD Sale 105 lot 517). Very good - very fine all rare, last with off centred obverse. (3)

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Lot 3204 Sale 80 Greek Silver & Bronze

Peloponnesus, Argolis, Argos, (343-225 B.C.), silver hemidrachm, (2.565 grams), obv. forepart of wolf to right, rev. A in shallow incuse square, below trident, above **D* A, MAP, (cf.S.2794, BMC 111). Very fine.

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Lot 3205 Sale 80 Greek Silver & Bronze

Pontos, Amisos, (c.85-65 B.C.), AE 20, (7.83 grams), obv. Aegis with Gorgon's head in centre, rev. Nike advancing right carrying palm branch, **AMI SO[U] across, (S.3642, SNG Von Aulock 6727); Paphlagonia, Amastris, AE 22, (7.29 grams), obv. and rev. similar, **AMAS TREWS* across field, AK monogram to left, (cf.S.3675, SNG BM -); Thrace, Istros, (late 5th century B.C.), AE 12 cast copper, (1.076 grams), obv. wheel or solar disc, rev. **IST, (S.-, SNG BMC 222); Bosporus, Agrippia (Phanagoria), (late 1st century B.C., RPC suggests c.13-12 B.C.), AE 21, (7.20 grams), obv. veiled female head to right of Aphrodite Urania, rev. prow to left, above A**GRIP/PEWN*, H below, (S.-, RPC 1935, SNG Cop.7-8, BMC 1-3, SNG Stancomb 631). Fine - very fine, last scarce. (4)

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Lot 3206 Sale 80 Greek Silver & Bronze

Bithynia, Kios, (c.350-300 B.C.), silver hemidrachm, (2.46 grams), obv. Apollo laureate head to right, rev. prow of galley to left ornamented with a star, magistrate name **MILH TOS* above and below, (cf.S.3757 [£100], SNG Cop. 370, Le Rider, Propontide Hoard 334-352). Very fine, very scarce.

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Lot 3207 Sale 80 Greek Silver & Bronze

Mysia, Pergamon, (c.123-104 B.C.), silver cistophoric tetradrachm, (12.675 grams), obv. cista mystica containing serpent, all within ivy wreath, rev. bow in case between two coiled serpents, to left monogram of **PER*, above A**S*, to right serpent entwined thyrsus, (cf.S.3948, Kleiner [ANSMN 23], Type 5, SNG Cop. 418-9, Pinder 93, SNG von Aulock 7466). Extremely fine and rare.

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Lot 3208 Sale 80 Greek Silver & Bronze

Mysia, Pergamon, (c.95-92 B.C.), silver cistophoric tetradrachm, (12.610 grams), obv. cista mystica containing serpent, all within ivy wreath, rev. bow in case between two coiled serpents, to left monogram of **PER*, above MA, to right serpent entwined thyrsus, (cf.S.3948, Kleiner [ANSMN 23], Type 17, example in Vienna Collection, Pinder 90, SNG von Aulock -). Very fine/nearly extremely fine and very rare.

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Lot 3209 Sale 80 Greek Silver & Bronze

Ionia, Ephesus, (c.108-107 B.C.), silver cistophoric tetradrachm, (12.568 grams), year ZK = 27 = 108-7 B.C., obv. cista mystica containing serpent, all within ivy wreath, rev. bow in case between two coiled serpents, to left ZK over monogram **EFE, to right torch, dioscuri cap with star above, (cf.S.4394, cf.Kleiner 31 [ANS MN 18, Series 10, [cf.p.25], [date not reported], SNG Von Post 186). Nearly very fine and rare.

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Lot 3210 Sale 80 Greek Silver & Bronze

Ionia, Smyrna, (c.2nd-1st century B.C.), AE 21, (10.076 grams), 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.

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Lot 3211 Sale 80 Greek Silver & Bronze

Lydia, Tralles, (c.100-90 B.C.), silver cistophoric tetradrachm, (12.642 grams), obv. cista mystica containing serpent, all within ivy wreath, rev. bow in case between two coiled serpents, to left **TRAL*, to right a lyre, (cf.S.4745, SNG von Aulock 3259, SNG Cop. 657, BMC -). Good extremely fine, slightly off centred otherwise as struck and very scarce.

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Lot 3212 Sale 80 Greek Silver & Bronze

Lydia, Tralles, (c.100-90 B.C.), silver cistophoric tetradrachm, (12.574 grams), obv. cista mystica containing serpent, all within ivy wreath, rev. bow in case between two coiled serpents, to left **TRAL*, above MENA, (cf.S.4745, SNG von Aulock -, SNG Cop. -, BMC -, CNG Sale 64 [lot 277] and Sale 63 [lot 530] only published examples). Nearly extremely fine, slightly off centred otherwise nearly as struck and very rare.

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