Catalog - Auction 309

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Pella or Amphipolis. Struck 184-179 c.ca. Zoilis, magistrate. Macedonian shield; on boss, MA/KE above and below club; Rv. Macedonian helmet; three monograms around; to lower right, thunderbolt. AMNG III 2; HGC 3.2, 324. Good extremely fine. Ex Notaras Coins & Antiquities, private sale.

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Uncertain Macedonian mint. Macedonian shield; on boss, ornament of six crescents around central pellet; Rv. Stern of galley left, two crewmen on deck; ΜΑΚΕ – ΔΟΝΩΝ above. SNG Ashmolean 3284 var. Good extremely fine. Ex Notaras Coins & Antiquities, private sale.

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Diademed head of Perseus right, with close beard, Rv. ΒΑΣΙ-ΛΕΩΣ ΠΕP-ΣΕΩΣ, eagle with spread wings standing right on thunderbolt; MAP monogram above, AY (mintmaster) monogram in right field, AN monogram between legs; all within oak wreath, plow right below. Mamroth, Perseus 25. HGC 3, 1094. Near extremely fine. From a private 1980s European collection.

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Amphipolis, 158-150 BC. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis r., bow and quiver over shoulder, all within tondo of Macedonian shield; Rv. ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΗΣ, horizontal club, monograms above and below, all within oak wreath, thunderbolt to l. SNG Copenhagen 1314; AMNG 177; McClean 749. Traces of gentle cleaning, otherwise near extremely fine. From a private European collection assembled in the 1980s.

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Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with Ammon-horn, Rv. BΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ, Athena seated left, holding Nike and resting hand on hip; in background, spear; behind, shield; in inner left field, monogram. HGC 7, 524; Mektepini 147. Near extremely fine. Ex Numismatik Naumann Auction 118 (3 July 2022), lot 198.

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Amphipolis, c.ca 288/7-282/1 BC. Diademed head of Alexander the Great to right with horn of Ammon over his ear; Rv. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ Athena seated l., holding Nike, crowning the king's name, in her right hand and leaning with her left arm on shield decorated with lion's head; in inner left field, kerykeion with handle to inner left; to outer right, monogram of KA. Müller 107; Thompson 198. Good very fine / near extremely fine. Ex Leu Web Auction 20 (16-18 July 2022), lot 476.

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Uncertain mint in Thrace, possibly Lysimacheia. Helmeted head of Athena r.; Rv. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ, lion springing r.; below, spearhead r. Müller 61; HGC 3.2, 1758. Appealing green patina. Extremely fine. Ex Numismatik Naumann Auction 114 (6 March 2022), lot 224. 

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Laureate head of Apollo r.; Rv. Warrior on horse rearing r., spearing enemy who defends with shield and spear; monogram to left. Paeonian Hoard 242; SNG ANS 1030; NBRM Paeonia 43-4. Flan crack, otherwise near extremely fine. Ex Nomisma Auction 41 (8 May 2010), lot 43.

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Astibos or Damastion mint. Laureate head of Apollo r.; Rv. ΠΑΤΡΑΟΥ (retrograde), warrior on horse rearing r., thrusting spear at enemy; helmet to lower l. Paeonian Hoard 221; HGC 3.1, 148. Near extremely fine. Ex Numismatik Naumann Auction 126 (5 March 2023), lot 281.

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Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly l., hair in ampyx, wearing necklace; Rv. Bridled horse prancing right; ΛAPI-ΣAIΩN above and below. BCD Thessaly II 305; HGC 4, 409. Near extremely fine / good extremely fine. Refined style. In slab.

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Facing head of nymph Larissa turned slightly toward the l.; hair bound with ampyx;  Rv. ΛAΡ[IΣ]-AIΩN, horse grazing r. HGC 4, 453; BCD Thessaly I 1155-6; BCD Thessaly II 315-320. A wonderful portrait of fine style. Good extremely fine / good very fine.

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Head of nymph Larissa facing three quarter r., wearing amphyx; Rv. [ΛΑΡΙ], horse grazing r. Boston 907; Hermann group VII, Reihe Q. Extremely fine / near extremely fine. Struck from dies of refined style. Ex InAsta n. 12 (12 June 2005), lot 184.

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Head of Zeus R., wearing oak wreath; behind head, monogram; Rv. ΘEΣΣA/ΛΩN / K-OT/T-Y Athena Itonia striding r., hurling spear with her right hand and extending shield in her left. Thessaly II 812; HGC 4, 208. Good very fine. Ex Solidus Auction 100 (17 May 2022), lot 106. 

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Cow suckling calf; Rv. Δ-Υ-Ρ, floral pattern within linear square; in exergue, club. SNG Copenhagen 421; BMC 6. Near extremely fine.

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Andriskos and Nikandros, magistrates. ΝΙΚΑΝΔΡΟΣ, magistrate's name above cow standing l., looking back at suckling calf, monogram below; Rv. AΠOΛ ΑΝ-ΔΡΙΣ-ΚΟΥ, legend in four segments around double-lined quadrilateral containing stellate pattern. Cf. A. Maier, Die Silberprägung von Apollonia und Dyrrhachion 13. Slightly off-centre, otherwise good very fine.

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Pegasus with straight wings flying to r.; below, Λ; Rv. Head of Athena to r. wearing plain Corinthian helmet; behind her neck, kantharos. BCD Akarnania-Aetolia 187; Pegasi 29. Porosity. Good very fine / near extremely fine.

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Pegasos flying left, Rv. ΘΥΡΡ, head of Athena to left, wearing Corinthian helmet; behind neck guard, rhyton ending in forepart of a griffin. BCD Akarnania 367. Calciati 2. Rare. Some instances of cleaning; fields possibly tooled, otherwise near extremely fine. From a private European collection assembled in the 1980s.

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Frontal bull’s head, the hair shown in ringlets, O to l., Φ to r.; Rv. Boar forepart to r. in incuse square showing both legs. Williams 226 (O.159 / R.132). Evidence of former cleaning; some smoothing, otherwise good very fine / about extremely fine. From a private European collection formed in the 1980s.

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Eu(w)ara-, magistrate. Boeotian shield; Rv. Amphora; EY/P left, FA/A right, club and grapes above. Hepworth, "The 4th Century BC Magistrate Coinage of the Boiotian Confederacy," in Nomismatika Xronika (1998), 43; BMC Central Greece pg. 82, 140. Near extremely fine.