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Euboia, Histiaia, AR Tetrobol, SI and Labrys symbols, 3rd to 2nd centuries BC
Province: Euboia, Histiaia
Date: 3rd to 2nd centuries BC
Denomination: AR Tetrobol
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Head of the Nymph Histiiaia right, wearing earring, necklace and vine-wreath; hair in sphendone
Reverse: IΣTI - AEIΩN (retrograde), Nymph Histiaia, her hair bound with vine-wreath, right breast bare, seated right on the stern of a galley, ornamented with wing, and holding a mast with cross-piece (trophy-stand); below, ΣI and labrys (double-axe, or bipennis)
Size: 15.26mm, 2.5g, 8h
Grade: aVF, boldly struck, tight flan, splendid old cabinet tone
Provenance: ex Nomos AG Obolos 10 (30 Jun 2018) Lot 122
Reference(s): BMC Central Greece p. 130, 64; BCD Euboia 392; HGC 4, 1524; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Alpha Bank -
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Euboia, Histiaia, AR Tetrobol, SI and Labrys symbols, 3rd to 2nd centuries BC
Province: Euboia, Histiaia
Date: 3rd to 2nd centuries BC
Denomination: AR Tetrobol
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Head of the Nymph Histiiaia right, wearing earring, necklace and vine-wreath; hair in sphendone
Reverse: IΣTI - AEIΩN (retrograde), Nymph Histiaia, her hair bound with vine-wreath, right breast bare, seated right on the stern of a galley, ornamented with wing, and holding a mast with cross-piece (trophy-stand); below, ΣI and labrys (double-axe, or bipennis)
Size: 15.06mm, 2.5g, 7h
Grade: aVF, well centred, splendid old cabinet tone
Provenance: ex Nomos AG Obolos 10 (30 Jun 2018) Lot 123
Reference(s): BMC Central Greece p. 130, 64; BCD Euboia 392; HGC 4, 1524; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Alpha Bank -
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Illyria, Dyrrhachion, AR Stater, c. 340-280 BC
Province: Illyria, Dyrrhachion
Date: circa 340-280 BC
Denomination: AR Stater
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Cow standing right, looking back at suckling calf below, standing left; above, ΣΩ monogram
Reverse: Δ-Y-P (retrograde), double stellate pattern divided by line, within double linear square border; below, club; all within linear circular border
Size: 21.98mm, 10.9g, 10h
Grade: VF, weak obverse strike
Provenance: ex Triskeles Auction 22(15 December 2017), Lot 77; ex Classical Numismatic Group (2017)
Reference(s): Meadows, CH (forthcoming) 152 (this coin); BMC Thessaly [Illyria] p. 67, 28; HGC 3, 34; cf. SGCV I 1892 (diff. monogram); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Alpha Bank -; SNG Soutzos -
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Ionia, Ephesus, AR Drachm, 134/3 BC, SNG Von Aulock Plate Coin
Province: Ionia, Ephesus
Date: 134/3 BC (A = year 1)
Denomination: AR Drachm
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Lion’s skin hanging over club ; the whole within vine-wreath
Reverse: ΕΦΕ, Bunch of grapes lying upon a laurel leaf; above, bee; to left, A; to right, a long torch (off-field)
Size: 17.04mm, 3.0g, 7h
Grade: EF, well struck, old cabinet tone; likely the finest specimen of this type
Provenance: published in SNG von Aulock, from the von Aulock and GMH collections; ex Leu Numismatik Auction 13 (29 April 1975) Lot 227; ex Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 114, Part I (7 May 2019), Lot 239
Reference(s): SNG von Aulock 1859 = Kleiner-Noe series 40, 8a and pl. XVII, 7 (this coin illustrated); Kleiner Ephesus 76; BMC Ionia p. 64, 155 var. (no A, bee in wreath to right); SNG Copenhagen 314 var. (same); SGCV II 4392 var. (same)
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Ionia, Miletus, AR Drachm, c. 260-250 BC, Maiandros, magistrate
Ruler: Maiandros, magistrate
Province: Ionia, Miletus
Date: circa 260-250 BC
Denomination: AR Drachm, Persic standard
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo left
Reverse: [M]AIANΔPIO[Σ], Lion standing left, looking back at star of with rays; to left, MI monogram
Size: 20.62mm, 5.0g, 1h
Grade: VF, lovely old cabinet tone, light scratches and depsots; edges filed, likely to fit in bezel
Provenance: Referenced in Kinns Review. From the collection of an English Queen’s Counsel, purchased from B.A. Seaby Ltd. (their ticket included; ex Glendining (1 March 1978), Lot 12
Reference(s): Kinns Review, p. 240 (this coin referenced); Roma E-Sale 62, lot 310 (same dies); BMC Ionia p. 192, 92 (stater); Deppert-Lippitz Period IV, Group II, –; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -
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Islands off Caria, Rhodos, Rhodes, AR Drachm, Plinthophoric Coinage, struck c. 190-170 BC, SNG Berry Plate Coin
Ruler: stuck under Anaxidotos, magistrate
Province: Rhodes
Date: circa 188-167 BC
Denomination: AR Drachm
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Radiate head of Helios right
Reverse: ΑΝΑΞΙΔΟΤΟΣ, Rose with bud; stem to right; serpent entwined around omphalos to left; to left and right, P-O; all within shallo incuse square;
Size: 16.45mm, 3.0g, 12h
Grade: aEF, well centred, slight flan crack on reverse at 12h, old cabinet tone
Provenance: Illustrated in SNG Berry; from the Burton Y Berry Collection; ex Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 114, Part II (7 May 2019), Lot 1204; ex Gemni LLC Auction XI (12 January 2014), Lot 179
Reference(s): SNG Berry 1129 (this coin, illustrated); Jenkins Rhodian, Group B, 30; SNG Copenhagen 809-810; BMC Caria p. 253, 247-248; HGC 6, 1457; SGCV I 5063; SNG Keckman -
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Islands off Thrace, Thasos, AR Eighth Stater – Diobol, Satyr, c. 500-480 BC
Province: Islands off Thrace, Thasos
Date: circa 500-480 BC
Denomination: AR Eighth Stater – Diobol
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Archaic Satyr running right
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square
Size: 10.97mm, 0.87g
Grade: VF, toned, cleaning scratches on obverse, deposit and light scuff on reverse
Provenance: ex Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 407 (11 October 2017), Lot 42; ex Cederlind 156 (30 September 2010), Lot 35
Reference(s): Le Rider Thasiennes 4; SNG Copenhagen 191-194 (Lete in Macedon); SNG Ashmolean 3653; Rosen 144; Svoronos HPM, pl. 10, 18-20; HGC 6, 333; SGCV I -
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Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great', 336-323 BC, AR Drachm, Abydus mint, struck 310-301 BC
Ruler: Alexander IV or Philip III Arrhidaeus, in the name and types of Alexander III 'the Great', struck under Menander or Kleitos (Alexander's Generals)
Province: Macedon Empire, Abydus mint
Date: circa 310-301
Denomination: AR Drachm
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Head of Herakles facing right, wearing nemean lionskin headdress
Reverse: AΛEΞANΔΡOY, Zeus seated left on throne without back, one leg drawn back, holding eagle and sceptre; in left field, M; below throne, I
Size: 18.60mm, 3.8g, 12h
Grade: aVF, irregular flan, struck off-centre, toned, toned
Reference(s): Price 1528; SNG Copenhagen 994; HGC 3, 944b
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Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great', 336-323 BC, AR Drachm, Abydus mint, struck 328-323 BC, Lifetime issue
Ruler: Alexander III 'the Great'
Province: Macedon Empire, Abydus mint
Date: circa 328-323 BC
Denomination: AR Drachm
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Head of Herakles facing right, wearing nemean lionskin headdress
Reverse: AΛEΞANΔΡOY, Zeus seated left on throne without back, legs parallel, holding eagle and sceptre; in left field, IΩ monogram above pegasus forepart
Size: 16.84mm, 4.0g, 3h
Grade: F, toned
Reference(s): Price 1506; HGC 3, 914b
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Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great', 336-323 BC, AR Drachm, Kolophon mint, struck 323-319 BC
Ruler: Alexander IV or Philip III Arrhidaeus, in the name and types of Alexander III 'the Great', struck under Menander or Kleitos (Alexander's Generals)
Province: Macedon Empire, Kolophon mint
Date: circa 323-319 BC
Denomination: AR Drachm
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Head of Herakles facing right, wearing nemean lionskin headdress
Reverse: AΛEΞANΔΡOY, Zeus seated left on throne without back, one leg drawn back, holding eagle and sceptre; in left field, star; in right field, spearhead
Size: 17.53mm, 4.1g, 12h
Grade: gVF, well struck and centred, corroded surfaces revealing base metal core
Reference(s): Price 1759; HGC 3, 944c
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Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great', 336-323 BC, AR Drachm, Kolophon mint, struck 323-319 BC
Ruler: Alexander IV or Philip III Arrhidaeus, in the name and types of Alexander III 'the Great', struck under Menander or Kleitos (Alexander's Generals)
Province: Macedon Empire, Kolophon mint
Date: circa 323-319 BC
Denomination: AR Drachm
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Head of Herakles facing right, wearing nemean lionskin headdress
Reverse: AΛEΞANΔΡOY, Zeus seated left on throne without back, one leg drawn back, holding eagle and sceptre; in left field, star; in right field, spearhead
Size: 17.93mm, 4.2g, 11h
Grade: VF, obverse slightly off centre, lightly toned
Reference(s): Price 1759; HGC 3, 944c
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Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great', 336-323 BC, AR Drachm, Kolophon mint, struck 323-319 BC
Ruler: Alexander IV or Philip III Arrhidaeus, in the name and types of Alexander III 'the Great', struck under Menander or Kleitos (Alexander's Generals)
Province: Macedon Empire, Kolophon mint
Date: circa 323-319 BC
Denomination: AR Drachm
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Head of Herakles facing right, wearing nemean lionskin headdress
Reverse: AΛEΞANΔΡOY, Zeus seated left on throne without back, one leg drawn back, holding eagle and sceptre; in left field, corn-grain right; in right field, spearhead
Size: 17.75mm, 4.3g, 12h
Grade: gVF, well struck and centred, corroded surfaces revealing base metal core
Reference(s): Price 1750; Müller 313; HGC 3, 944c