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GREEK COINAGE, Macedon as a Roman Province, Æsillas, Quæstor, Tetradrachm, c. 95-70, head of the deified Alexander the Great right, rev. money chest, club and chair, all within wreath, 16.44g/12h (Bauslaugh pl. 12, 94, 344). Good very fine, toned £150-200
Hammer Price: £150
GREEK COINAGE, Macedon as a Roman Province, First Meris, Republican period, c. 167-149, Tetradrachm, Amphipolis, diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, at the centre of a Macedonian shield, rev. club within oak wreath, 16.72g/8h (AMNG III/1, 164; SNG Ashmolean 3293). Very fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £120
GREEK COINAGE, Thrace, Abdera, Stater, c. 365-345, griffin crouching left, rev. ΕΠΙ ΙΠΠΩΝΑΚΤΟΣ, head of Apollo right, 10.31g/1h (May 543). Extremely fine £2,500-3,000
£2,500–£3,000
GREEK COINAGE, Thrace, Abdera, Drachm, c. 375-360, griffin left, rev. ΕΠΙ ΠΑΥΣΑΝΙΩ, head of Apollo right, 2.84g/2h (May 490). Good very fine, toned £100-150
Hammer Price: £190
GREEK COINAGE, Thrace, Abdera, Drachm, c. 375-360, griffin left, rev. ΕΠΙ ΙΠΠΩΝΑΚΤΟΣ, head of Apollo right, 2.57g/6h (May 544). Good very fine, toned £100-150
Hammer Price: £200
GREEK COINAGE, Thrace, Maroneia, Tetradrachm, c. 189-145, head of Dionysos right, rev. Dionysos, naked, standing facing, holding grapes and two narthex wands, 16.64g/11h (Schönert-Geiss 1171). Good very fine, toned £150-200
£150–£200
GREEK COINAGE, Thrace, Olbia, Æ, 5th cent., leaping dolphin with dorsal spine and fin, 2.33g (SNG BMC Black Sea 361). Good very fine £80-100
£80–£100
GREEK COINAGE, Islands off Thrace, Thasos, Stater, c. 500-480, ithyphallic satyr with hoofed feet kneeling-running right, abducting nymph who raises right hand with two fingers in protest, rev. quadripartite incuse square, 9.20g (ACGC 519; SNG Copenhagen 1009). Good very fine, fine late archaic style £300-400
£300–£400
GREEK COINAGE, Islands off Thrace, Thasos, Stater, c. 480, ithyphallic satyr with hoofed feet kneeling-running right, abducting nymph who raises right hand with five fingers in protest, rev. quadripartite incuse square, 8.82g (ACGC 520; SNG Copenhagen 1013). Good very fine, fine early classical style £300-400
GREEK COINAGE, Islands off Thrace, Thasos, Tetradrachm, c. 411-340, wreathed head of bearded Dionysos left, rev. Herakles, clad in lion skin, kneeling right in archer's stance, drawing bow, Phrygian hat to right, all in linear square, 15.17g/12h (West, NNM 40, 1929, –; unpublished in the standard literature, cf. Le Rider, Thasiennes 23; SNG Copenhagen 1022 [reverse symbol]). Some porosity in reverse field, otherwise good very fine and toned, fine classical style £1,000-1,500
Hammer Price: £850
GREEK COINAGE, Kings and Dynasts of Thrace, Lysimachos (305-281), Tetradrachm, Lampsakos, c. 297-281, diademed head of the deified Alexander right, rev. Athena Nikephoros seated left, 14.92g/6h (Thompson 47; Meydancikkale 2610). Very fine, toned £200-250
GREEK COINAGE, Kings and Dynasts of Thrace, Lysimachos, Tetradrachm, Magnesia, c. 297-281, diademed head of the deified Alexander right, rev. Athena Nikephoros seated left, 16.58g/1h (Thompson 115). Very fine and toned, rare £200-250
GREEK COINAGE, Kings and Dynasts of Thrace, Lysimachos, Tetradrachm, Amphipolis, c. 288-281, diademed head of the deified Alexander right, rev. Athena Nikephoros seated left, 17.06g/6h (Thompson 207; Meydancikkale 2673-4). Good very fine, toned £400-500
£400–£500
GREEK COINAGE, Kings and Dynasts of Thrace, In the name of Lysimachos, gold Stater, time of the First Mithradatic War, Kallatis, c. 88-86, diademed bust of Alexander the Great right, wearing horn of Ammon, rev. Athena enthroned left, holding Nike, shield and spear, trident in exergue, 8.27g/12h (SNG Copenhagen 1089). Good very fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £580
GREEK COINAGE, Kings of Pæonia, Patraos (335-315), Tetradrachm, head of Apollo right, rev. horseman in crested helmet right, spearing fallen soldier carrying Macedonian shield, 12.70g/12h (SNG ANS 1038; Paeonian Hoard Sale, 369, same rev. die). Extremely fine, toned £150-200
Hammer Price: £170
GREEK COINAGE, Thessaly, Larissa, Drachm, c. 420-400, youth, with petasos tied at neck, wrestling bull right, rev. bridled horse galloping right, 5.83g/5h (Herrmann Gp III, pl. iv, 2). Very fine and toned, rare £100-150
GREEK COINAGE, Akarnania, Leukas, Stater, c. 350, Pegasos flying left, lambda below, rev. helmeted head of Athena left, ivy leaf behind, 8.40g/9h (Calciati 75; BMC 41). Good very fine, toned £100-150
Hammer Price: £130
GREEK COINAGE, Akarnania, Metropolis, Stater, c. 300-250, Pegasos flying left, rev. helmeted head of Athena left, shield decorated with Athena fighting to right in right field, 8.21g/12h (Calciati II, p.549, 1; BCD 344; BMC 1). Very fine and very rare £150-200
GREEK COINAGE, Lokris, Lokris Opuntii, Stater, c. 356-338, wreathed head of Persephone right, rev. Ajax, nude but for crested Corinthian helmet, advancing right, holding sword and shield decorated with palmette and griffin, 11.31g/7h (Wartenberg, NC 1997, 15-16; SNG Copenhagen 42; Gulbenkian 495). Scratched and pitted, otherwise very fine £100-150
GREEK COINAGE, Boiotia, Boiotia, Federal coinage, Drachm, c. 304-294, Boiotian shield, rev. amphora, 5.53g/11h (BCD 621f; SNG Copenhagen 413). Very fine, toned £150-200
GREEK COINAGE, Boiotia, Boiotia, Federal coinage, Drachm, c. 225-171, laureate head of Poseidon right, rev. Nike standing left, holding wreath and trident, monogram at left, 4.67g/5h (BCD Triton 9, 2006, 122; BMC 97, same obv. die). Good very fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £85
GREEK COINAGE, Euboia, Histaia, Tetrobol, 3rd-2nd cent. BC, head of nymph Histaia right, wearing wreath of vine with grapes, rev. nymph Histaia seated right on stem of ship, 2.32g/12h (BMC 64; BCD 392). Very fine, toned £40-50
Hammer Price: £55
GREEK COINAGE, Euboia, Histaia, Tetrobol, 3rd-2nd cent. BC, head of nymph Histaia right, wearing wreath of vine with grapes, rev. nymph Histaia seated right on stem of ship, 2.39g/4h (BMC 64; BCD 392). Very fine, toned £40-50
Hammer Price: £65
GREEK COINAGE, Attica, Athens, Tetradrachm, c. 449-404, head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet, rev. owl standing right, head facing, 17.21g/8h (Starr Gp V; ACGC 198). Extremely fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £450
GREEK COINAGE, Attica, Athens, Tetradrachm, c. 449-404, head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet, rev. owl standing right, head facing, 17.16g/8h (Starr Gp V; ACGC 198). Slight graze on cheek of Athena, otherwise very fine, attractively toned £400-500
Hammer Price: £390
GREEK COINAGE, Attica, Athens, new style Tetradrachm, magistrates Mikion and Theophrastos, c. 169/8, helmeted head of Athena right, rev. ΜΙ/ΚΙ ΘΕΟ ΦΠΑ ΜΕ, owl standing right, head facing, on amphora, 16.72g/12h (Thompson 323b). Very fine £80-100
GREEK COINAGE, Islands off Attica, Ægina, Stater, c. 510-480, sea turtle with thin collar, rev. incuse with ‘Union Jack’ pattern, 12.22g (ACGC 114 [c. 550]; Ross Holloway, ‘Early Aeginetan coinage’, ANSMN 17 [1971], p.16, class 3, pl. 1, 4 [c. 550-500]; Asyut Gp II, 429). Very rare early issue, well-centred, even wear, good very fine £800-1,000
£800–£1,000
GREEK COINAGE, Islands off Attica, Ægina, Stater, c. 510-480, sea turtle with thin collar, rev. incuse with ‘Union Jack’ pattern, 12.23g (Milbank pl. 2-3; SNG Copenhagen 502). About very fine £200-250
Hammer Price: £230
GREEK COINAGE, Corinthia, Corinth, Stater, c. 350, Pegasos flying left, rev. head of Athena left, dolphin above, 8.50g/1h (Ravel 909 [T 509]; BMC 386-8). Extremely fine, finely toned £400-500
GREEK COINAGE, Corinthia, Corinth, Stater, c. 350, Pegasos flying left, rev. helmeted head of Athena right, n and kantharoe to left (Ravel 1060a; BMC 374). Very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £160
GREEK COINAGE, Peloponnesos, Argos, Triobol, c. 440-420, forepart of wolf left, rev. a in incuse square, 3.00g/1h (BCD 1032.3). Very fine, rare £100-150
Hammer Price: £90
GREEK COINAGE, Peloponnesos, Sikyon, Drachm, c. 186, chimæra left, with lion's body and goat forepart rising from back, rev. dove flying left within olive wreath, 12.00g/5h (BCD LHS 96, 186; BMC 22; Traité III, 775). Very fine and toned, rare £400-500
GREEK COINAGE, Kings of the Bosporos, Mithradates III (AD 39-45), Æ 12 Units, diademed bust right, rev. lion-skin draped over club, bow in bow-case to left, trident to right, ib (mark of value) below, 8.36g/12h (MacDonald 313; Anokhin 330; RPC 1910). Very fine, dark patina £80-100
GREEK COINAGE, Bithynia, Kalchedon, Fifth-Stater, c. 340-320, bull left, rev. four part millsail incuse, 2.53g (SNG BM 118-123). Good very fine, finely toned £80-100
GREEK COINAGE, Bithynia, Kios, Hemidrachm, c. 350-300, laureate head of Apollo right, rev. prow of galley left, 2.48g/11h (Hunterian p.242, 2). Extremely fine and toned £150-200
Hammer Price: £240
GREEK COINAGE, Mysia, Pergamon, Cistophoric Tetradrachm, c. 95-92, cista mystica with serpent, all within ivy wreath, rev. bow-case with serpents, am above, monogram to left, thyrsos to right, 12.60g/12h (Kleiner, Late Cistophori of Pergamun, MN 23, 79, 3). Extremely fine and toned £90-120
GREEK COINAGE, Æolis, Myrina, Tetradrachm, c. 155-145, laureate head of Apollo right, rev. Apollo Grynios standing right, holding patera and branch, omphalos and amphora at feet, 15.20g/12h (Sacks, ‘The Wreathed Coins of Aeolian Myrina’, MN 30, issue 22; SNG von Aulock 1663). Good very fine £200-250
£200–£250
GREEK COINAGE, Ionia, Ephesos, Drachm, c. 350-340, bee, rev. forepart of stag right, APIΣITON at right, 5.66g/12h (for magistrate Ariston cf. Pixdarus Hoard, CH IX, 2002, pp.191-2; for type cf. SNG Copenhagen 240 and SNG Kayhan 277). Extremely fine £200-250
Hammer Price: £310
GREEK COINAGE, Ionia, Ephesos, Cistophoric Tetradrachm, yr. 45 [90/89], cista mystica with serpent emerging, all within ivy wreath, rev. bow-case with serpents, me (date) at left, serpent staff above, torch at right, 12.59g/12h (Kleiner, ‘The Dated Cistophori of Ephesus’, MN 18, 45; SNG Copenhagen 326). Extremely fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £180
GREEK COINAGE, Ionia, Phokaia, Milesian Tetartemorion, 5th-4th cent. BC, head of Apollo left, rev. head of griffin left in linear square, 0.31g/6h (Unpublished in the standard literature). Extremely fine and toned, fine classical style £200-250
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