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
Ex: LHS Numismatic, Zurich, Auction 103, May 5, 2009, lot 8. 

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

AR Triobol, 1.39g. 12mm.  MET. Ear of barley with six grains. Rev. Incuse bucranium.  Noe 275. HN Italy 1487.  Toned.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: NAC, Zurich,  Auction B, Feb.25, 1992, lot 1055.
Ex: CNG, Auction 111, May 29, 2019, lot 23.

 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:
Ex: Leu Numismatik, Zurich, Auction 86, 2003, lot 236 with ticket. 

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:
Ex: NAC, Zurich, Auction 21, 2001, lot 79.

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:
Ex: Giessener Münzhandlung, Munich, Auction 96, June 7, 1999, lot 57.

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:
Ex: Edward J Waddell, Ltd. E Auction 79, December 10, 2003, lot 22 and published in illustrated brochure
Ex: Harlan Berk, Buy/Bid Sale 171, October 27, 2010, lot 77.

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
Ex: Brian Kritt, Maryland, private sale, January, 14, 2006.

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.

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
Ex: Dr. Jay Gaulst collection, Harlan Berk, BBS 63, August 29, 1990, lot 59.

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:
Ex: Hess-Leu, Lucerne, Auction 27, 1956, lot 274
Ex: Münzen und Medaillen, Basel, List 289, June 1968, no. 18.

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:
Ex: Brian Kritt, Maryland, Jan. 8, 2014 

AR Tetradrachm, 16.95g. 30mm.  Deified head of Alexander the Great wearing horn of Ammon to right; ethnic inscription for Macedon below.   Rev.  Q(uaestor) AESILLAS.   Money chest, club, and curule chair; all within wreath.  Bauslaugh, Group I,  dies:  6A/21.  HGC 3, 1110. Lovely old collection toning and a high relief obverse.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Hirsch, Munich, Auction 168, 1990, lot 212.

AR Tribol, 2.92g. 14mm.  c.398-385 B.C.  Forepart of horse to left.  Rev. Bunch of grapes.  Schönert-Geiss 189.  Attractive old cabinet toning; early issue without magistrate's initials.  

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: EJW, Ltd, E Auction, April 30, 2001, lot 12 and inventory # 36948.

AR Stater, 9.71g. 22mm.  c.490 B.C. Satyr abducting maenad to right.  Rev. Incuse square.  LeRider, Thasos 2.  SNG COP 1009.  Dewing 1315.  Toned.  An exceptional strike with great detail on both faces.  

Provenance/Pedigrees:
Ex: Leu Numismatics, Zurich, Auction 77, 2000, lot 139.
Ex: NAC, Zurich, Auction 110, 2018, lot 67.

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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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.

AR Obol, 0.66g.  8mm.  c.545-515 B.C. Wheel with four spokes and struts.  Rev. Incuse square.  Agora 4. Seltman pl. IV,5.  Svoronos pl. I, 60(rev. die).  Dark toning. 

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Münzen und Medaillen, Basel, List 472. November/December, 1984, no. 49.
Ex: Dr. Paul Peter Urone collection

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.

AR Drachm, 4.26g. 15mm. c.454-404 B.C.  Head of Athena to right wearing crested helmet decorated with olive leaves.  Rev. Owl standing to right; olive sprig behind.  SNG COP 41-43.  Dewing 1600.   Lightly toned and well centered. 

Provenance/Pedigrees:
Ex: CNG Auction 94, 2013, lot 356.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

AR Drachm, 3.92g. 20mm.  c.125-115 B.C. magistrate: Apollophanes.   Laureate head of Apollo to right with hair in long plaits.  Rev.  Homer seated to right wearing himation with hand raised to chin; he holds scroll and scepter.  BMC 7var(magistrate).  Milne, "Silver Coins of Smyrna", in Numismatic Chronicle 1914, p. 278, 7a.2.  Milne, "The autonomous coinage of Smyrna," in Numismatic Chronicle, 1927, no. 201.  Light scratch on Apollo's cheek.  Toned and an extremely rare type in silver.  Smyrna is one of several cities that claimed to be the birthplace of Homer.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Bankhaus Aufhauser, Munich, Auction 12, 1996, lot 212. 

AR Drachm, 5.82g. 16mm.  c.540-490  B.C.  Griffin seated to right.  Rev.  Incuse.  Balcer in SNR 47, 1968, 39. Boston 1934.  Toned.  Well struck with a clear eye on the griffin.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Giessener Münzhandlung, Munich, Auction 76, 1996, lot 205.

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.

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.

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.

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.

AR Didrachm, 11.95g. 19x20mm. c.500-480 B.C. Fig leaf.  Rev.  Incuse. BMC 2.  SNG von Aulock 2779.  SNG Delepierre 2741.  Toned, complete, and scarce.

Provenance/Pedigrees:
Ex: CNG, Auction 79, 2008, lot 387
Ex: Baldwins, London, Winter 2018 price list, KM57499.

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.

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

AR Stater, 10.71g,  26mm. c.167-130 B.C. magistrate: Antigenes.   Laureate head of Apollo to right in high relief.   Rev. Athena Promachos standing to right on prow of ship; snake to right. Heipp-Tamer 359(this coin).  Die break on edge at 9:00 obv.    Toned.  Scarce and with a rare magistrate's name.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Frank Sternberg, Zurich, Auction XIV, 1984, lot 146
Ex: NAC, Zurich, Auction 5, 1992, lot 160.
Ex: NAC, Zurich, Auction 9, 1996, lot 245.
Ex: CNG, Auction 50, 1999, lot 877.

AR Stater, 10.89g.  22.5mm. c.465-430 B.C.  Helmeted warrior advancing to right carrying shield and spear.  Rev.  Lion springing to right; superimposed triskelis of human legs.  SNG BN 12= Traite II, 870 and pl. XXIII,21(same obv. die).  SNG von Aulock_.  SNG COP_.  Scarce and unusual type.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Gorny and Mosch, Munich, Auction 273, 2020, lot 225.

AR Drachm, 4.21g. 18.5mm. 3rd-2nd centuries B.C. Head of Athena to right wearing crested helmet.  Rev. Nike walking to left holding wreath; pomegranate in field to left.  Seyrig, Side 5.  SNG BN 721ff; faint scratches in upper left reverse field.  Magnificent obverse style in high relief and very rare in this quality.  Lightly toned.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: CNG, Auction 117, May 19-20, 2021, lot 246.

AR Obol, 0.74g. 8.5mm.  c.425-385 B.C.  Facing head of Silenos.  Rev. Swan to left within incuse.  SNG Levante 145. SNG France_.  Rare and toned with a bold head of Silenos.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: CNG and NAC, New York,  Auciton 40, December 4, 1996, lot 1068.

AR Drachm, 4.08g. 18mm. Dated year 5= 96/95 B.C. Diademed head of King to right. Rev. Athena standing to left holding palm branch, nike, and shield. Simonetta 12.

Provenance/Pedigrees: 

Ex: Künker, Osnabruck, Auction 341, October 1, 2020, lot 5017

AR Tetradrachm, 17.08g. 28mm. Seleukia in Pieria mint, c.300 B.C. Head of Herakles to right wearing lion's skin. Rev. Zeus enthroned to left holding scepter and wreath-bearing nike; K P below; monogram in field to left; Greek inscription, "King Seleukos"  SC 29.1b.  WSM 893. Houghton 401.  Fine style and struck in high relief. Toned.

Seleukos founded the port city of Seleukia in Pieria on April 23, 300 according to a 6th century chronicle by Jophn Malalas.  The city was later the site of Seleukos' tomb and posthumous cult ( See SC, vol. 1, p. 23). 

Provenance/Pedigree
Ex: Spink, Zurich, Auction 20, October 6, 1986, lot 334.

AR Drachm, 4.35g. 18mm. Dated 170 Seleukid era= 143/2 B.C.  Diademed and radiate head of Antiochos to right.  Rev.  Apollo seated to left on omphalos holding bow and arrow.  SC 2002.2e.  SMA 248.  Fine style portrait with multi- hued toning.

Pedigree/Provenance:
Ex: Gemini, New York, Auction IV, 2008, lot 220.

AR Tetradrachm, 16.32g. 29mm.  Damaskos mint, 118/117 B.C. Diademed head of Antiochos VIII to right.  Rev. Zeus Ouranios standing to left holding scepter and star; lunar crescent above.  SC 2323.1.  SMA 84,97.  Lovely old cabinet toning and superb young portrait.

Provenance/Pedigrees
Ex: Münzen und Medaillen, Basel, List 246, August 1964, no. 12. 
Ex: Gorny and Mosch, Munich, Auction 280,   2021, lot 371.

AR Tetradrachm, 15.13g. 28.5mm. c.96-94 B.C. Seleukia ad Kalykadnum mint. Diademed head of King to right. Rev. Athena standing to left holding spear, shield, and wreath bearing nike. There is an uncertain plant to the left which E. Levante has suggested may be reeds that grow on the banks of the Calycadnus river(see: Houghton, Kraay/Morkholm Essays, p. 81). SC II, 2404.9. SNG Spaer 2782, but obverse die of 2779. Toned and with some light crystallization. Rare

The portrait is that of Antiochos VIII with his distinctive curly hair arrangement and long nose. The die was probably re-used from a Cilician issue of Antiochos VIII. There is not an extant die match with an Antiochos VIII issue, but the portrait style is clear. See: Houghton: SC II, p. 556.

Provenance/Pedigrees

Ex: NAC, Zurich, Auction 54, March 24, 2010, lot 136.

AR Drachm, 2.43g. 17mm. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Zoilos to right.  Rev.  Herakles standing and facing wearing wreath; he holds wreath in his right hand and club draped with lion's skin in his left hand.  Mitchiner 256b. SNG ANS 968.  Spectacular portrait; fine old toning with underlying flashes of luster.  

Provenance/Pedigrees:
Ex: Frank Sternberg personal drachm collection of 50 portrait drachms, Frank Sternberg, Zurich, Auction XXVII, 1994, lot 38.
Ex: Collection of Pierre Strauss.
Ex: Tkalec, Zurich, Auction, Feb. 29, 2000, lot 206.

AR Drachm, 3.12g. 15.5mm.  c.470-440 B.C.   Silphium plant.  Rev. Zeus Ammon within dotted circle.   BMC 49-50 and pl. VI,14.  SNG COP 1177.  Boston 1313. Some light roughness.  Rare, well struck, and toned.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Glendining, London, Auction December 13, 1963, lot 368.
Ex: Peus, Frankfurt, Auction 380, 2004, lot 659.

AR Drachm, 3.99g. 20 mm. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Juba to right; scepter over shoulder.  Rev. Punic legend. Octastyle temple.  Mazard 84.  SNG COP 523; some minor green encrustation.   Attractive toning and with the portrait struck in unusually high relief. 

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Proschowsky collection, Rasmussen, Copenhagen, Auction 245, 1970, lot 937
Ex: Frank Sternberg, Zurich, Auction XXI, 1988, lot 204.