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56426
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Spain, Bolskan; ex: Flesche collection
AR Denar, 4.16g. 18mm. c.150-100 B.C. Bearded male head to right; monogram behind. Rev. Horseman with lance to right; city ethnic below. Flesche collection 83(this coin). Villaronga 1424. Toned.
Provenance/Pedigree: about Extremely Fine $650. |
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57722
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Gaul, Massalia
AR Hemiobol, 0.59g. 8mm. Auriol type. Calf's head to right. Rev. Incuse. Furtwangler S-27. Lovely dark toning. Provenance/Pedigree: about Extremely Fine $1,250. |
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54864
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Italy, Etruria, Populonia, ex: Ars Classica, 1929
AR 10 Asses, 4.17g. 18.5mm. c.300-250 B.C. Laureate male head to left; X behind. Rv. Blank. Vecchi 70.55(this coin illustrated). Rutter, HN 1, 168. Lovely old cabinet toning. Provenance/Pedigree about Extremely Fine $5,750. |
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56162
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Italy, Campania, Neapolis, ex: Leu 2009
AR Didrachm, 7.03g. 22mm. c.300-275 B.C. Head of nymph to right wearing elaborate diadem, triple-pendant earring, and pearl necklace; astragalos behind. Rev. Man-headed bull standing to right being crowned by flying nike with wreath; monogram below. HN 1, 579. Sambon 478var(monogram). Fine style, high relief, and attractive old collection toning. Provenance/Pedigree about Extremely Fine/Extremely Fine $8,500. |
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57274
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Italy, Campania, Phistelia
AR Obol, 0.62g. 12mm. c.325-275 B.C. Female figure facing and wearing a pendant necklace. Rev. Lion walking to left; snake below. SNG COP 577. SNG ANS 584.
Toned with some reddish deposits and of exceptionally good quality for this issue.
Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: EJW Ltd. List 47, 1990, no. 18.
See more detailed imageabout Extremely Fine $1,250. |
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51485
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Italy, Calabria, Tarentum, Pedigreed to 2010
AR Stater, 7.81g. 21mm. c.281-272 B.C. Nude youth riding horse to left holding round shield in his left hand. Rv. Taras astride dolphin to left holding nike on outstretched right hand; waves below. Vlasto 686. Lovely old cabinet toning Provenance/Pedigrees
Ex: CNG, Lancaster, Mail Bid Sale: 85, September 15, 2010, lot 160.
See more detailed imageabout Extremely Fine/Extremely Fine $2,000. |
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57644
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Italy, Lucania, Metapontum
AR Triobol, 1.39g. 12mm. MET. Ear of barley with six grains. Rev. Incuse bucranium. Noe 275. HN Italy 1487. Toned. Provenance/Pedigree: good Very Fine $2,200. |
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56935
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Italy, Lucania, Metapontum
AR Didrachm, 7.67g. 24mm. Signed by KPI.. c.400-340 B.C. Head of Demeter to right; minute letters KPI behind neck. Rev. Ear of barley. Noe 502. HN Italy 1528. SNG Lloyd 363. Some slight surface roughness and die breaks on obverse. Fine style and attractive dark toning. Provenance/Pedigrees: about Extremely Fine/Extremely Fine $4,500. |
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57701
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Italy, Lucania, Metapontum, ex: MM, Sternberg
AR Stater, 7.86g. 19mm. c.330-290 B.C. Head of Demeter to left wearing wreath of grain. Rev. Barley ear; griffin in field to left. Johnston C 6. SNG ANS 489. The head of Demeter is executed by a master engraver with delicate facial details and struck in high relief. Attractive toning. Provenance/Pedigrees: about Extremely Fine/Extremely Fine $7,500. |
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56936
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Sicily, Himera
AR Litra, 0.52g. 8mm. c.475-450 B.C. Head of a bearded warrior to right wearing a crested Attic helmet. Rev. Attic helmet. SNG Lloyd 1029. Lovely old toning with luster and a fine archaic head. Provenance/Pedigrees: See more detailed image about Extremely Fine $3,500. |
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56764
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Sicily, Messana as Zankle ex: Hess/Leu 1964
AR Drachm, 5.32g. 22mm. c.515-493 B.C. Dolphin leaping to left within sickle-shaped harbor; border of dots around; ethnic inscription below. Rev. Shell within center of incuse. Gielow, "Die Silberprägung von Dankle-Messana", in MBNG, Group IV. Rizzo, pl. 25,5. A worn reverse die as is typical for the issue. Attractive old collection toning and an exceptionally well detailed dolphin in high relief. Provenance/Pedigree: Extremely Fine/Fine $13,000. |
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56937
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Sicily, Syracuse
AR Litra, 0.52g. 9mm. c.485-466 B.C. Head of Arethusa to right wearing olive branch. Rev. Wheel with four spokes. Boehringer 392-407. Fine dark patina. Provenance/Pedigree: See more detailed image Extremely Fine $1,500. |
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56135
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Sicily, Syracuse, ex: Leu 1998
AR Hemidrachm, 1.94g. 15mm. Period of Timoleon, 344-317 B.C. Provenance/Pedigree Very Fine $1,500. |
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55715
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Siculo-Punic, Entella, pedigreed to 2003
AR Tetradrachm, 17.40g. 26mm. c.320-300 B.C. Head of Arethusa to left wearing corn wreath, triple-pendant earring, and pearl necklace; dolphins around. Rev. Horse head to left; palm tree behind; Punic inscription below. Jenkins 192. SNG Lockett 1052(dies). Fine style with a particularly well struck horse in high relief; attractive toining Provenance/Pedigrees: Extremely Fine $7,500. |
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56198
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Macedon, Eion
AR Diobol, 0.98g. 9mm. c.480-470 B.C. Goose standing to right with head reverted. Rev. Incuse. SNG ANS 272. Demeester 47var. Lovely iridescent toning and struck in high relief. Provenance/Pedigree good Very Fine $450. |
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56016
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Thraco-Madedonian Tribes, The Derrones
AR Tetrobol, 1.82g. 16mm. c.480 B.C. Bull standing to right with head reverted; floral ornament above. Rev. Corinthian helmet to left. Svoronos, plate II, 15. SNG ANS 932. A few light scratches in reverse fields. Toned and scarce. Provenance/Pedigree: Ex: Künker, Osnabruck, Auction 182, March 14, 2011, lot 159. See more detailed imagegood Very Fine/good Fine $3,250. |
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57266
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Macedon, Olynthos(Chalkidean League)
AR Diobol, 1.11g. 10mm. c.350 B.C. Laureate head of Apollo to right. Rev. Tripod. Robinson pl. XIII, Pa. Toned. Provenance/Pedigree: Very Fine $475. |
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56137
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Macedon, Skione, pedigreed to 1990
AR Tetrobol, 2.28g. 11mm. c.480-470 B.C. Male head to right. Rev. Eye within shallow incuse. AMNG III/1,2. SNG ANS 708. Ophthalmologia XIII.8({this coin). Provenance/Pedigree Very Fine $750. |
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57210
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Macedonian Kings, Alexander III(336-323 B.C.)
AR Tetradrachm, 17.12g. 30mm. Rhodes mint, Stasion magistrate, c.201-190 B.C. Head of Herakles wearing lion's skin to right. Rev. Zeus enthroned to left holding eagle and scepter; "STASSION" to left and "PO" below the throne( the ethnic abbreviation for Rhodes); rose in field to left. Price 2517. Luster under medium gray toning and scarce in this high quality. Price notes that the Rhodes mint issues were of limited production with several of the magistrates sharing the same obverse die. Stasion's name also appears on the autonomous Rhodian coinage of the period and must have been from one of the wealthy Rhodian families. Provenance/Pedigree: about Extremely Fine/Extremely Fine $5,750. |
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57353
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Macedonian Kings, Kassander, c.317-298 B.C.
AR Tetradrachm, 16.91g. 26.5mm. Alexander III types struck under Kassander. Uranopolis mint. Head of Herakles to right wearing lion's skin. Rev. Zeus enthroned to left holding scepter and eagle; star on cone (symbol of Aphrodite Urania) in field to left. Price 513. Wonderful quality and style; lovely deep toning. Provenance/Pedigree: Extremely Fine $7,000. |
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57362
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Macedonian Kings, Philip III, 323-317 B.C.
AR Drachm, 4.25g. 18mm. Abydos mint. Head of Herakles to right wearing lion's skin. Rev. Zeus enthroned to left holding eagle and scepter; owl in field to left; horse's leg beneath throne. Price P21. Demeester, Les Animaux Et La Monnaie Grecque 53(this coin). Toned and with scarce symbols. Provenance/Pedigree: about Extremely Fine $1,500. |
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57658
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Macedon, Roman Embassy, ex: Nanteuil
AR Tetradrachm, 16.84g. 28mm. c.148-147 B.C. Roman Embassy to Macedonia issue during the Republic. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis to right with bow and quiver on her shoulder in the center of a Macedonian shield. Rev. Hand holding olive branch to left above club; oak wreath around. MacKay, Macedonian Studies, Series 1,3c. AMNG 63,194. High relief head of fine style and with lovely old cabinet toning. Provenance/Pedigree: about Extremely Fine/Extremely Fine $9,000. |
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56713
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Macedon, Roman Period
AR Tetradrachm, 16.95g. 33mm. 1st Meris, c.167-149 B.C. Head of Artemis to right in center of a Macedonian shield; bow and quiver on her shoulder. Rev. Club sourrounded by oak wreath. Fine style and toned on a large flan. Proveneance/Pedigree: about Extremely Fine/Extremely Fine $2,750. |
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57337
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Thracian Kings, Lysimachos, 305-281 B.C.
AR Tetradrachm, 17.00g. 29mm. Lysimacheia mint, c.297-281 B.C. Diademed head of the deified Alexander the Great to right wearing horn of Ammon. Rev. Athena seated to left holding nike in outstretched right hand and resting left arm on a shield decorated with a lion's head; lion's head in field to left; monogram beneath throne. Thompson 16. Winzer 33.3(this coin). Hairline flan crack at 11:00 rev. Struck in high relief and with old collection toning. Provenance/Pedigrees: Extremely Fine $7,500. |
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56076
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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: . See more detailed imagegood Very Fine $1,500. |
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56080
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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: good Very Fine $4,500. |
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56959
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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: Very Fine $1,225. |
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57715
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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. about Extremely Fine $3,000. |
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56963
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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: good Very Fine $1,750. |
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57430
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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: Extremely Fine $1,250. |
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57216
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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: about Extremely Fine $1,500. |
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57290
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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
See more detailed imagegood Very Fine $2,250. |
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56279
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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.
See more detailed imagegood Very Fine/Extremely Fine $6,750. |
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56786
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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: Extremely Fine $5,750. |
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56868
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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: Extremely Fine $5,500. |
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52160
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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.
Extremely Fine $1,250. |
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56812
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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: good Very Fine $850. |
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49366
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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 See more detailed image Extremely Fine $1,500. |
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57614
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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: Very Fine $1,500. |
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57121
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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: good Very Fine/good Fine $550. |
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55983
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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. See more detailed imageabout Extremely Fine $550. |
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56026
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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. See more detailed imageExtremely Fine $6,500. |
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56813
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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: about Extremely Fine $2,400. |
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57122
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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: Very Fine/about Extremely Fine $6,750. |
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56517
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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: good Very Fine $3,000. |
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56491
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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: Extremely Fine $1,300. |
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56876
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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: good Very Fine $450. |
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57103
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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: Extremely Fine/about Extremely Fine $1,200. |
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