Catalog - Auction 309

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Uncertain mint in Macedon. Diademed head of Apollo r.; Rv. ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, youth on horse rearing r. Controls: Monogram and B below. SNG ANS 905; HGC 3.1, 882. Lovely olive green patina. Extremely fine.  Ex Numismatik Naumann Auction 114 (6 March 2022), lot 247.

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Uncertain mint in the East, c.ca 325-300 BC. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a coiled serpent; Rv. AΛEΞANΔΡOΥ, Nike standing front, head to left, with her wings spread, holding laurel wreath in her right hand and stylis in her left; to left, thunderbolt. Price 164 ('Amphipolis'). Lovely reddish tone. Possible traces of mounting along the edges, otherwise near extremely fine.

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Salamis mint. Struck under Philip III (323-317 BC), c.ca 323-315 BC. Head of Athena to r., wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent, pendant earring and necklace; Rv. Nike standing to l., holding wreath and stylis; ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ in r. field, rudder in left field. Price 3149; Müller 632. Extremely fine. Ex Beaussant-Lefèvre Numismatique (14 March 2023), lot 147. From Docteur Raoul-E. Doranlo collection (1875-1958, President of Société des Antiquaires de Normandie).

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Head of Herakles r., wearing lion skin; Rv. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡOY, Zeus seated l. on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: In left field, crested helmet right above MA; below throne, monogram below strut. Price 1082. Good extremely fine. Ex Numismatik Naumann Auction 131 (6 August 2023), lot 159.

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Head of Herakles r., wearing lion skin; Rv. BAΣIΛEΩΣ / AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated l. on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: To inner left, API above helmet; monogram below throne. Price 1112 var. (monogram); HGC 3.2, 1569. Extremely fine. Ex Numismatik Naumann Auction 118 (3 July 2022), lot 231.

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Babylon, struck under Archon, Dokimos, or Seleukos I, c.ca 323-317 BC. Issue in the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles to r., wearing lion’s skin headdress; Rv. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated l. on throne, holding eagle with closed wings in his extended r. hand and sceptre in his left; below throne, ΛΥ; to left, Μ. Price 3692; Müller 1272. Extremely fine.

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Aspendos mint, CY 9 = 204/3. Head of Herakles to r., wearing lion skin headdress; Rv. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated l. on low throne, holding long sceptre in his left hand and eagle with closed wings in right; to left, ΑΣ above Θ (date). Price 2889. Good very fine.

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Myriandros, struck under Menes or Philotas, c.ca 325-324/3. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, Rv. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long sceptre in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; to left, monogram above club in wreath; below throne, MI (monogram). Price 3231. Extremely fine / good extremely fine.

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Babylon, under Philip III, c.ca 323-317 BC. Head of Heracles in lion's skin to r.; Rv. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Zeus Aetophoros seated to l., M on l., ΛΥ below throne. Price 3692. Slightly double struck. Extremely fine.

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Struck posthumously, Miletos, circa 323-319 BC. Diademed head (Apollo?) r.; Rv. BAΣIΛEΩ[Σ] AΛEΞAN[ΔPOY], horseman riding r.; labrys and monogram behind, ME ligate. Price 2131. Appealing light brown patina. About extremely fine.

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Struck under Nikokreon. Salamis mint. Macedonian shield, facing gorgoneion on boss; Rv. Helmet; B-A across upper fields, kerykeion to lower left. Zapiti & Michaelidou (Wars of the Successors) 5-7 var. (monogram on rev.); Price 3158. Dark brown patina with light sandy spots. Good very fine.

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n the name and types of Alexander III. Kolophon, c.ca 310-301 BC. Head of Herakles r., wearing lion skin; Rv. Zeus Aëtophoros seated l.; in field, crescent leftward [above monogram]; [Π] below throne. Price 1810. Extremely fine.

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Pella, struck circa 276-274 BC. Head of Herakles to r., wearing lion skin headdress; Rv. Zeus Aëtophoros seated to l., holding sceptre; AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to r., torch below throne. Price 564A; Müller 27. Dark patina. Good extremely fine. Expressive style.

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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.