LUCANIA. Thourioi. Stater - Nomos (Circa 400-350 BC) - LUCANIA. Thourioi. Stater - Nomos (Circa 400-350 BC). Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet decorated with Skylla holding staff (or oar) and pointing.Rev: ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ. Bull butting right; fish right in exergue.HN Italy 1800; SNG ANS 1010-2; HGC 1, 1260. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 7.79 g. Diameter: 22 mm.
BRUTTIUM. Rhegion. Ae (Circa 351-280 BC) - BRUTTIUM. Rhegion. Ae (Circa 351-280 BC). Obv: Facing head of lion.Rev: PHΓINΩN. Laureate head of Apollo right; anchor to left.HN Italy 2534a; HGC 1, 1682. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 8.83 g. Diameter: 20 mm.
SICILY. Akragas. Tetradrachm (Circa 465/0–445/0 BC) - SICILY. Akragas. Tetradrachm (Circa 465/0–445/0 BC). Obv: AKPAΓANTOΣ. Eagle standing left.Rev: Crab.Westermark Period II, Group II; HGC 2, 77; SNG ANS 978.Historical sources give the date of Akragas' founding as the 50th Olympiad (585-580 BC), placing it among the last Greek colonies established in Sicily. The settlers probably came from Rhodes and Gela, under the command of the ecists Aristonoo and Pistilos, who located a site not far from the sea on the Akragas River, after which the city was named. During the tyranny of Phalaris (570-555 BC) the city built walls and began an expansionist campaign, later continued by Theron (488-473), who won an important battle victory over the Carthaginians at Himera, gaining a vast territory. From that time Akragas experienced enormous political, economic and cultural development, culminating in the period of democratic rule, which was established after the death of Theron. In 406 BC the city was besieged by the Carthaginians, who finally sacked and burned it several times, without however, favoring the establishment of a Punic colony. With Timoleon's victory over Carthage in 339, the city was rebuilt on the same site, then taken back by the Carthaginians and remained under their influence until 210, when it passed into Roman hands at the end of the Second Punic War. The eagle depicted on the obverse of this coin, and on most of the issues of Akragas, is surely to be related to Zeus, to whom the inhabitants dedicated the most important temple in the city. The crab, on the other hand, which appears on all the reverses, is associated with Poseidon, demonstrating the city's great connection with the sea from the time of its founding, which was important for its economy related to maritime trade. On some silver coins, a human face appears on the carapace of the crab, most likely depicting the river god Akragas in an original way. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 17.16 g. Diameter: 26 mm.
SICILY. Entella. Punic Issues. Tetradrachm (Circa 320/15-300 BC) - SICILY. Entella. Punic Issues. Tetradrachm (Circa 320/15-300 BC). Obv: Head of Arethousa left, wearing grain-ear wreath; four dolphins around.Rev: Head of horse left; palm tree to right.Jenkins, Punic, Series 3a; CNP 267; HGC 2, 284.The foundation of Entella is traced back to Acestes, son of the river god Krimisos and a Trojan woman or, according to other sources to Prince Elymus, son of Anchises and brother of Aeneas. The city stood on a summit overlooking the Belice valley. Records are scarce until the arrival of the Campanian mercenaries, recruited in 410 BC by the Carthaginians and discharged after the 405 BC treaty, then passed into the pay of Dionysius I of Syracuse. After liberating Dionysius on the island of Ortigia from the Punic siege, the were discharged with rich gifts and settled in various cities on the island. In 404 a group of these mercenaries seized Entella, exterminating the entire male population, and began to mint their own coinage. From then on they implemented a generally pro-Carthaginian policy and, in 398 B.C., were able to stop Syracusan siege attempts with the help of the Punic. The strategic location of the fortress of Entella was coveted for its control of the valley below, and this led to several siege attempts: in 345 it was attacked by the Carthaginians led by General Annon, then in 342 the city was taken by the Syracusans commanded by Timoleon, but in 338 it fell back under Punic influence. During the First Punic War the city was destroyed by the Carthaginians. The “Decrees of Entella,” which were requests for help engraved on bronze slabs, from the inhabitants to neighboring cities, date from this period. In 263 Entella was conquered by the Romans and enjoyed a new period of prosperity until the second century BC when it was abandoned. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 16.84 g. Diameter: 26 mm.
SICILY. Syracuse. Hieron II (275-215 BC). Ae - SICILY. Syracuse. Hieron II (275-215 BC). Ae. Obv: Head of Poseidon left, wearing tainia; to right, owl standing right, head facing.Rev: ΙΕΡΩ - ΝΟΣ. Ornamented trident head flanked by two dolphins.CNS 197 Ds 35 Rs 1; HGC 2, 1550. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 6.91 g. Diameter: 20 mm.
MOESIA. Istros. Drachm (4th century BC) - MOESIA. Istros. Drachm (4th century BC). Obv: Facing male heads, the left inverted.Rev: ΙΣΤΡΙΗ. Sea eagle right, grasping dolphin with talons; Δ below dolphin.SNG BM Black Sea 245 var. (also H to right); HGC 3.2, 1803. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.73 g. Diameter: 18 mm.
THRACE. Apollonia Pontika. Diobol (Circa 375-335 BC) - THRACE. Apollonia Pontika. Diobol (Circa 375-335 BC). Obv: Facing laureate head of Apollo.Rev: Upright anchor; A to left, crayfish to right; all within incuse circle.SNG Bulgaria 325ff.; SNG BM Black Sea 167; HGC 3.2, 1315. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 1.22 g. Diameter: 11 mm.
THRACE. Byzantion. Countermarked on a Kolophon Drachm in the name and types of Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC) - THRACE. Byzantion. Countermarked on a Kolophon Drachm in the name and types of Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin; c/m: prow of galley right, ΠY above, within circular incuse.Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: Monogram in left field; below throne, Φ below strut.Price 1823 (for undertype); Numismatik Naumann 149, lot 99 (for c/m). Condition: Good fine.Weight: 3.80 g. Diameter: 18 mm.
THRACE. Byzantion. 9 Obols (Circa 240-220 BC). Antipatros, magistrate - THRACE. Byzantion. 9 Obols (Circa 240-220 BC). Antipatros, magistrate. Obv: Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter right.Rev: EΠI ANTIΠATPOY. Poseidon seated right on rocks, holding trident and aphlaston; ΠY to left, ME monogram to right.Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1026-36; SNG Copenhagen 487; HGC 3.2, 1409.Rare Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 5.38 g. Diameter: 20 mm.
THRACE. Byzantion. 9 Obols (Circa 240-220 BC). Antipatros, magistrate - THRACE. Byzantion. 9 Obols (Circa 240-220 BC). Antipatros, magistrate. Obv: Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter right.Rev: EΠI ANTIΠATPOY. Poseidon seated right on rocks, holding trident and aphlaston; monogram to left and right.Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1026-36; HGC 3.2, 1409; CN online 6059. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 5.48 g. Diameter: 19 mm.
THRACE. Chersonesos. Hemidrachm (Circa 386-338 BC) - THRACE. Chersonesos. Hemidrachm (Circa 386-338 BC). Obv: Forepart of lion right, head left.Rev: Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; monogram with pellet and uncertain control in sunken quarters.HGC 3.2, 1437. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 2.55 g. Diameter: 13 mm.
THRACE. Chersonesos. Hemidrachm (Circa 386-338 BC) - THRACE. Chersonesos. Hemidrachm (Circa 386-338 BC). Obv: Forepart of lion right, head reverted.Rev: Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; pellet and AΓ monogram in one quarter, amphora in opposite quarter.McClean 4066; CN online 6563; HGC 3.2, 1437. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 2.32 g. Diameter: 13 mm.
THRACE. Chersonesos. Hemidrachm (Circa 386-338 BC) - THRACE. Chersonesos. Hemidrachm (Circa 386-338 BC). Obv: Forepart of lion right, head left.Rev: Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; pellet in one quarter, kerykeion in opposite quarter.McClean -; BMC -; CN Online -; HGC 3.2, 1437. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 1.89 g. Diameter: 14 mm.
THRACE. Mesambria. Obol (Circa 4th century BC) - THRACE. Mesambria. Obol (Circa 4th century BC). Obv: Facing Corinthian helmet.Rev: M - E - T - A. Four-spoked wheel.SNG BM Black Sea 267; SNG Stancomb 218; HGC 3.2, 1566. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 0.57 g. Diameter: 8 mm.
THRACE. Mesambria. Ae (4th century BC) - THRACE. Mesambria. Ae (4th century BC). Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet.Rev: M - E - T - A. Four-spoked wheel.SNG BM Black Sea 278; HGC 3.2, 1580.Rare Condition: Very fine.Weight: 1.28 g. Diameter: 10 mm.
KINGS OF THRACE (Macedonian). Lysimachos (305-281 BC). Tetradrachm. Byzantion - KINGS OF THRACE (Macedonian). Lysimachos (305-281 BC). Tetradrachm. Byzantion. Obv: Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing horn of Ammon.Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ. Athena seated left on throne, holding Nike and spear over shoulder. Controls: Monogram to inner left, BY on throne; in exergue, ornate trident left.Marinescu issue 95; Müller -. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 16.20 g. Diameter: 31 mm.
KINGS OF THRACE (Macedonian). Lysimachos (305-281 BC). Drachm. Kolophon. In the name of Alexander III of Macedon - KINGS OF THRACE (Macedonian). Lysimachos (305-281 BC). Drachm. Kolophon. In the name of Alexander III of Macedon. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left with eagle and sceptre Controls: forepart of lion above Φ in left field, pentagram below throne.Thompson 120; Price 1840; HGC 3, 1751d. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.29 g. Diameter: 17 mm.
KINGS OF THRACE (Macedonian). Lysimachos (305-281 BC). Drachm. Kolophon - KINGS OF THRACE (Macedonian). Lysimachos (305-281 BC). Drachm. Kolophon. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: In left field, forepart of lion left over crescent left (recut over ΔI); pentagram below throne.Thompson 123; Price L28j; HGC 3, 1752e. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.14 g. Diameter: 17 mm.
KINGS OF THRACE (Macedonian). Lysimachos (305-281 BC). Drachm. Kolophon. In the name of Alexander III of Macedon - KINGS OF THRACE (Macedonian). Lysimachos (305-281 BC). Drachm. Kolophon. In the name of Alexander III of Macedon. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: In left field, head of lion left above crescent; pentagram below throne.Thompson -; Price 1832; HGC 3, 1751d. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.01 g. Diameter: 18 mm.
KINGS OF THRACE (Kainaian). Dixazelmeus (Circa 141-139/8 BC). Ae - KINGS OF THRACE (Kainaian). Dixazelmeus (Circa 141-139/8 BC). Ae. Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right.Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΧΑZΕΛΜΕΩΣ. Amphora.SNG BM Black Sea 320-1; HGC 3.2, 1726.Very rare Condition: Very fine.Weight: 3.99 g. Diameter: 18 mm.
KINGS OF THRACE. Mostis (Circa 125-86 BC). Ae - KINGS OF THRACE. Mostis (Circa 125-86 BC). Ae. Obv: Jugate heads of Zeus and Hera right.Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΟΣΤΙΔΟΣ. Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; monogram to right.SNG BM Black Sea 311-2; HGC 3.2, 1729. Condition: Very fine; edge fault.Weight: 5.22 g. Diameter: 21 mm.
KINGS OF PAEONIA. Patraos (Circa 335-315 BC). Tetradrachm. Astibos or Damastion mint - KINGS OF PAEONIA. Patraos (Circa 335-315 BC). Tetradrachm. Astibos or Damastion mint. Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right.Rev: ΠΑΤΡΑΟΥ. Warrior on horse rearing right, thrusting spear at enemy below who defends with shield.Paeonian Hoard 454; Peykov E2160; HGC 3.1, 148. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 12.59 g. Diameter: 23 mm.
KINGS OF PAEONIA. Patraos (Circa 335-315 BC). Drachm - KINGS OF PAEONIA. Patraos (Circa 335-315 BC). Drachm. Obv: Diademed head of Apollo right.Rev: ΠΑΤΡΑΟΥ. Forepart of boar right.SNG ANS 1049ff.; HGC 3.1, 149. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 3.10 g. Diameter: 15 mm.
KINGS OF PAEONIA. Patraos (Circa 335-315 BC). Tetrobol - KINGS OF PAEONIA. Patraos (Circa 335-315 BC). Tetrobol. Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right.Rev: ΠΑΤΡΑΟΥ. Eagle standing right; club to right.SNG ANS 1052-3 var. (control); HGC 3.1, 150. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 1.69 g. Diameter: 14 mm.
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