GREEK SILVER

Thessaly, Larissa, ex: BCD
Thessaly, Larissa, ex: BCD

AR Obol, 0.99g. 11mm.  c.462-460 B.C.  Head and neck of bull facing to left.  Rev.  Head of horse to right within shallow incuse. Hermann Group III. 

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: BCD collection, Nomos, Zurich, Auction 4, May 10, 2011, lot 1105.

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good Very Fine $1,500.
Thessaly, Skotussa, ex: BCD collection
Thessaly, Skotussa, ex: BCD collection

AR Hemidrachm, 2.41g. 15 mm. late 3rd century B.C. Three-quarter facing head of Artemis to right. Rev. Poseidon seated to left of a rock hoding dolphin and trident.  SNG COP 253. Very rare in this quality; toned with amber and blue highlights.

Pedigrees/Provenance:
Ex: Giessener Münzhandlung, Munich, Auction 71, May 3, 1995, lot 216
Ex: BCD collection, Nomos, Zurich, Auction 4, May 10, 2011, lot 1341.

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good Very Fine $4,500.
Boeotia, Thebes
Boeotia, Thebes

AR Hemiobol, 0.35g  6mm.  c.480-460 B.C.  Half of a Boeotian shield.  Rev. Greek "theta" wihin an incuse.  BCD Boiotia 356.  HGC 4, 1362.  Toned and scarce.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Frank Kovacs, CA, MBS VII, June 15, 1987, lot 55
Ex: CNG 75, May 23, 2007, lot 221

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Very Fine $1,225.
Attica, Athens, Wappenmunzen
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Attica, Athens, Wappenmunzen

AR Obol, 0.62g.  8mm.  c.545-515 B.C. Wheel with four spokes and struts.  Rev. Incuse square.   Seltman pl. IV,v.  Svoronos pl. I, 60-61.  SNG COP 9(rev. die).  Dark toning and well struck on a full flan.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Bank Leu, Zurich, Auction 45, 1988, lot 160.

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about Extremely Fine $3,000.
Corinth
Corinth

AR Trihemiobol, 0.43g.  8.5mm.  c.500-450 B.C.  Corinthian helmet.  Rev. Large "T" for the denomination.   BCD Corinth 38.  HGC 4, 1890.  Toned and scarce.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Helios, Munich, Auction 8, 2012, lot 235.

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good Very Fine $1,750.
Peloponnesos, Sikyonia, Sikyon
Peloponnesos, Sikyonia, Sikyon

AR Hemidrachm, 2.33g.  17mm.  c.100-60 B.C. magistrate: Polykrates(?).  Dove flying to left.  Rev. Large "sigma" and magistrate inititals within a shallow incuse square.  HGC 215.  BCD_.   Fine multi- hued toning.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Hirsch, Munich, Auction 195, 1997, lot 211.

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Extremely Fine $1,250.
Peloponnesos, Elis(Olympia)
Peloponnesos, Elis(Olympia)

AR Hemidrachm, 2.17g. 14mm.  c.265-240 B.C.  Laureate head of Zeus to right.  Rev. Thunderbolt within wreath.  BCD Olympia 229(dies).  SNG Delepierre 2217(dies).  SNG Lockett 2437.  Toned.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: CNG 103, 2004, lot 60.

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about Extremely Fine $1,500.
Peloponnesos, Argolis, Argos
Peloponnesos, Argolis, Argos
AR Diobol, 1.57g. 1.35mm.  c.280-260 B.C.  Head of Hera to right wearing stephane.   Rev.  Athena standing to right with spear and shield.  BCD 1097-9.  HGC 5,672.   Toned and scarce.
 
Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Leu, Zurich, Auction 79, October 31, 2000, lot 591
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good Very Fine $2,250.
Black Sea, Pantikapaion
Black Sea, Pantikapaion

AR Hemidrachm, 2.61g. 15mm.  c. 370-355 B.C. Head of Pan facing slightly to the left wearing ivy wreath.  Rev. Facing lions scalp.  SNG BM Black Sea 865. SNG Stancomb 551. MacDonald 44.  Rare and unusually well struck and centered for this issue.

 

 Provenance/Pedigrees: 
Ex: Leu, Zurich, Auction 10, 2021, lot 2104. 
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good Very Fine/Extremely Fine $6,750.
Bithynian Kings, Nikomedes III, ex: Glen, 1957
Bithynian Kings, Nikomedes III, ex: Glen, 1957

AR Tetradrachm, 16.42g. 35mm.  Dated year 205=94-93 B.C. Diademed head of Nikomedes to right.  Rev. Zeus standing to left holdiing wreath and scepter; eagle on thunderbolt in field to left.  Recueil II, 591. de Callatay, Guerres, pl. 56 D60/R2(this coin).   Exceptional high relief portrait and attractive old collection toning.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Glendining, London, Auction March 7-8, 1957, lot 256, Sale of a Foreign Ambassador.

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Extremely Fine $5,750.
Kings of Pergamon, Eumenes I, 263-241 B.C.
Kings of Pergamon, Eumenes I, 263-241 B.C.

AR Tetradrachm, 16.92g. 31 mm.  Diademed head of Philetairos to right  Rv. Athena seated to left holding wreath and spear; bow in field to right; ivy leaf and A in field to left.   Westermark V. LIII/R I. SNG France 1610.  This is the finest and most dramatic of the Philetairos portrait styles.   Toned, struck in very high relief, and with exceptional surfaces for this normally heavily marred type.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: EJW Ltd, List 72, 1997, no. 54

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Extremely Fine $5,500.
Troas, Kebren, pedigreed to 2000
Troas, Kebren, pedigreed to 2000

AR Obol, 0.54g. 8mm. c.500-450 B.C. Ram's head to left. Rv. Incuse. Demeester 94(this coin). Klein 312. Weber 5350.  Lovely dark toning and among the finest known examples.

Provenance/Pedigrees
 
Ex: Hauck & Aufhauser, Munich, Auction 15, March 21-22, 2000, lot 161
Ex: NAC, Zürich, Auction 82, May 20, 2015, lot 160
This coin published: Anne Demeester, Les Animaux Et La Monnaie Grecque,#94.
 
 
 
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Extremely Fine $1,250.
Troas, Neandria
Troas, Neandria

AR Hemiobol, 0.28g.  6mm.  Early 5th century B.C.  Crested Corinthian helmet.  Rev. Amphora.  SNG Kayhan 1137; some minor corrosion on obv.   Very rare in this quality.  Toned and with the obverse in high relief.

Provenance/Pedigrees:
Ex: Hauck and Aufhaüser, Munich, Auction 14, October 6, 1998, lot 76.
Ex: Denyse Berend collection, Paris

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good Very Fine $850.
Troas, Neandria, pedigreed to 2011
Troas, Neandria, pedigreed to 2011

AR Obol, 0.68g. 4th cent. B.C. Laureate head of Apollo to right. Rv. NEAN. Ram standing to right within shallow incuse. SNG von Aulock 7628 var. Klein 318 var. Dark toning and exceptional quality for this issue.

Provenance/Pedigrees: 

Ex: Lanz, Munich, Auction 151, June 30, 2011, lot 433

 

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Extremely Fine $1,500.
Ionia, Ephesos
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Ionia, Ephesos

AR Drachm, 3.23g. 17mm.  c.500-420 B.C.  Bee with spiral decorations in the fields and E-"phi".  Rev.  Incuse square.  Karweise 55(Series VI, type 2B).  Toned with light craquelure.  

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Peus, Frankfurt, Auction 392, 2007, lot 4342.

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Very Fine $1,500.
Ionia, Klazomenae
Ionia, Klazomenae

AR Diobol, 1.37g. 11mm.  c.500 B.C.  Winged boar to right.  Rev. Incuse square.  SNG von Aulock 1983.  SNG Munich 453.  Fine old collection toning.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Blaser-Frey, Fribourg, Auction 2, 1955, lot 1140.

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good Very Fine/good Fine $550.
Ionia, Kolophon, pedigreed to 2003
Ionia, Kolophon, pedigreed to 2003

AR Tetartemorion, 0.23g. 6.5mm. c.450-410 B.C. Facing head of Apollo Klarios.  Rev. Monogram T-E for the denomination within a shallow incuse square.  SNG COP 133. SNG Kayhan 356.  Some light deposits around edges.  Toned. 

Provenance/Pedigree:

Ex: Peus, Frankfurt, Auction 376, 2003, lot 371.

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about Extremely Fine $550.
Ionian Island, Samos
Ionian Island, Samos

AR Diobol, 1.12g. 10mm.  c.398-365 B.C. Facing lion's scalp.   Rev.  Prow of ship (Samaina) to right.   Barron, pl. XXII, 1. Weber 6307.    The Samaina is a bireme ship designed and employed by Samos that is distinguished by an upturned ram in the shape of a boar's head, abbreviated here.   

Rare with lovely toning and among the best known examples.  

 

Provenance/Pedigree:

Ex: Gorny and Mosch, Munich, Auction 196, 2011, lot 1717.

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Extremely Fine $6,500.
Karia, Knidos, ex: Boston Museum et al.
Karia, Knidos, ex: Boston Museum et al.

AR Trihemiobol, 1.72g. 11.5mm. c.500-490 B.C.  Lion's head facing to right.  Rev. Diademed head of Aphrodite to right within incuse.  Cahn 4.3(this coin).  

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: E.P. Warren, collection, 1906, Berlin,   no. 1167.
Ex: Museum of Fine Arts Boston 1979.
Ex: NFA, Beverly Hills, Auction VIII, 1980, lot 274
Ex: Münzen und Medaillen, Basel, List 549, Nov/Dec, 1991, no. 96.
Ex: Denyse Berend collection, Paris.

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about Extremely Fine $2,400.
Karia, Knidos
Karia, Knidos

AR Drachm, 6.27g. 17mm.  c.465-449 B.C. Forepart of lion to right.  Rev.  Diademed head of Aphrodite to right; die break beneath bust.   Cahn 78.2(this example).  Lovely old cabinet toning and fine style.  This coin is struck from the same dies as the Kunstfreunde example, Leu & MM, 1974, lot 163 and NAC 146, lot 2224.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Hirsch, Munich, Auction November 17-18, 1955, lot 557.

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Very Fine/about Extremely Fine $6,750.
Karia, Uncertain Local Dynast, ex: Sternberg 1980
Karia, Uncertain Local Dynast, ex: Sternberg 1980

AR 1/8 Stater, 1.41g.  12mm.  c.450-400 B.C.  Forepart of winged man-headed bull to right.  Rev. Female head to right within shallow incuse.  HN online 1395. BMC 16,75var(as Lykia).  Toned.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Frank Sternberg, Zurich, Auction X, 1980, lot 153
Ex: Peus, Frankfurt, Auction 334, 1992, lot 458
Ex: Peus, Frankfurt, Auction 360, 1999, lot 124.

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good Very Fine $3,000.
Karian Islands, Rhodes, 1999 pedigree
Karian Islands, Rhodes, 1999 pedigree

AR Drachm, 2.87g. 18mm. c.125-83 B.C. Magistrate: Antaios.  Radiate head of Helios to right.  Rev. Rose; radiate sun below.  Jenkins, in  Kraay Morkholm Essays Group D, 1288. Iridescent toning with blue highlights. 

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Hirsch, Munich, Auction 203, February 24, 1999, lot 347.

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Extremely Fine $1,300.
Karian Islands, Rhodes
Karian Islands, Rhodes

AR Drachm, 2.94g. 15mm.  c.188-170 B.C.  Diademed head of Helios to right. Rev. Rose; tripod to left; all within incuse square.  SNG Finland 621ff var.  Toned

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: EJW Ltd inventory # 33213, 2000.

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good Very Fine $450.
Lykia, Dynast Mithrapata, c.390-370 B.C.
Lykia, Dynast Mithrapata, c.390-370 B.C.

AR Diobol, 1.36g. 13mm.   Facing lion's head. Rev. Triskelis; astralagos in field.  Müesler VII,82(this coin).  Attractive toning.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Giessener Münzhandlung, Munich, Auction 79, 1996, lot 253
Ex: Dr. Kaya Sayar( 1933-2024) collection, Munich

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Extremely Fine/about Extremely Fine $1,200.
 

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