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Lion

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Lesbos, Mytilene
EL Hekte, 2.56g. 10mm.  c.412-378 B.C.  Head of Ariadne to the left with her hair in a sakkos decorated with grape bunches.  Rev.  Lion walking to right with spear in jaws.   Bodenstedt 78.   Scarce type in high relief;  unusual copper and blue toning.   
 
Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: CNG 99, 2015, lot 209.
 
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about Extremely Fine $7,250.
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. 
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about Extremely Fine $1,000.
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:
Ex: Robert Ball, Berlin, Auction Feb. 19, 1932, lot 110
Ex: Gorny and Mosch,Munich, Auction 55, 1991, lot 119.
Ex: Kunker, Osnabrück, Auction 304, 2018, lot 246.

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Extremely Fine $7,500.
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.

 

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good Very Fine/Extremely Fine $6,750.
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.
Karian Dynast, Hekatomnos, 392-377 B. C. 2000 ped,

AR Tetrobol, 4.22g. 16mm. Mylasa mint. Forepart of lion to left.  Rev. Star pattern within circular incuse.    SNG Keckman 274. SNG COP 588.  Exceptional quality and struck in high relief; beautiful old collection toining with purple and amber highlights

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Tkalec, Zurich, Auction, February 29, 2000, lot 147.

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Extremely Fine $4,500.
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.
Kings of Bosporus, Polemon I, Eusebes c.38-37 B.C.

AE 18, 4.65g. Lion leaping to right; star above. Rev. Monogram. MacDonald 230. Brown patina.

Provenance/Pedigrees

Ex: CNG, Auction 299, March 27, 2013, lot 82.

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Very Fine $350.

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