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Lot # 1 - WESTERN EUROPE. Northwest Gaul. Coriosolites. BI Stater (Circa 100-50 BC). Obv: Stylized head right.Rev: Stylized horseman on androcephalic horse; 'lyre' below.Depeyrot, NC VIII, 178; D&T 2335. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 6.75 g. Diameter: 23 mm.
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Lot # 2 - CENTRAL EUROPE. Vindelici. Quinarius (1st century BC). 'Prototyp' type. Obv: Head left.Rev: Horse prancing left; serpent before.Flesche 365. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 1.74 g. Diameter: 13 mm.
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Lot # 3 - CENTRAL EUROPE. Boii. Drachm (1st century BC). 'Tótfalu' type. Obv: Y-like symbol and pellet-in-annulet within wreath pattern.Rev: Horse prancing left; pellet-in-annulet above.Kostur & Gaspar 201.18; OTA 516/3. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 1.83 g. Diameter: 15 mm.
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Lot # 4 - EASTERN EUROPE. West Slovakia. Obol (3rd-2nd century BC). 'Kroisbacher' type. Obv: Celticized head left.Rev: Celticized pegasos left.Stopfer 20; Lanz -; OTA -.Very rare Condition: Very fine.Weight: 0.94 g. Diameter: 10 mm.
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Lot # 5 - EASTERN EUROPE. Imitations of Philip II of Macedon (2nd century BC). Tetradrachm. 'Kreuzelreiter' type. Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right.Rev: Youth riding horse right; cross above.Lanz 408; OTA 108/2. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 12.68 g. Diameter: 26 mm.
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Lot # 6 - EASTERN EUROPE. Imitations of Philip II of Macedon (2nd-1st centuries BC). Tetradrachm. Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right.Rev: ΦΙΛΙΠΠOY. Youth on horse right, holding palm frond. Controls: Below horse, Λ above torch; dolphin below raised foreleg.Cf. Lanz 355-6. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 13.09 g. Diameter: 27 mm.
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Lot # 7 - EASTERN EUROPE. Imitations of Philip II of Macedon (2nd-1st centuries BC). Tetradrachm. Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right.Rev: ΦΙΛΙΠΠOY. Youth on horse right, holding palm frond. Controls: Below horse, torch; monogram below raised foreleg.OTA type 14; Lanz -. Condition: Near very fine; edge faults.Weight: 13.19 g. Diameter: 24 mm.
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Lot # 8 - EASTERN EUROPE. Imitations of Philip II of Macedon (2nd-1st centuries BC). Drachm. 'Kugelwange' type. Obv: Stylized laureate head of Zeus right.Rev: Stylized horse prancing left; above, pellet-in-annulet.Lanz 509ff.; OTA 204; Flesche 616. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 2.19 g. Diameter: 15 mm.
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Lot # 9 - EASTERN EUROPE. Imitations of Thasos. Tetradrachm (2nd-1st centuries BC). Obv: Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath.Rev: Herakles standing left, holding club and lion skin.OTA Class V/A; Lanz -. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 14.16 g. Diameter: 33 mm.
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Lot # 10 - EASTERN EUROPE. Imitations of Thasos. Tetradrachm (2nd-1st centuries BC). Obv: Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath.Rev: Herakles standing left, holding club and lion skin.OTA Class V; Lanz 983ff. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 15.45 g. Diameter: 35 mm.
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Lot # 11 - EASTERN EUROPE. Imitations of Thasos. Tetradrachm (2nd-1st centuries BC). Obv: Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath.Rev: HPAKΛEOYΣ / ΣΩTHPOΣ / ΘAΣIΩN. Herakles standing left, holding club and lion skin; monogram to inner left.OTA Class II; cf. HGC 6, 358-9 (for prototype). Condition: Good fine.Weight: 16.41 g. Diameter: 33 mm.
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Lot # 12 - SPAIN. Obulco. Ae Unit (Late 2nd century BC). Obv: OBVLCO. Diademed female head right.Rev: L AIMIL / M IVNI. Legend between plow and grain ear.ACIP 2222. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 13.67 g. Diameter: 29 mm.
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Lot # 13 - SPAIN. Sekaisa. Ae (Circa 150-100 BC). Obv: ΣE. Male head right; dolphin to right.Rev: Horseman riding right, holding palm frond.CNH 24; SNG BM Spain 833-40.Ex Dorotheum (14 November 2019), lot 1028 Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 14.32 g. Diameter: 28 mm.
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Lot # 14 - GAUL. Massalia. Obol (Circa 350-150 BC). Obv: Bare head of Apollo right.Rev: M - A. Wheel of four spokes.Depeyrot, Marseille, 10. Condition: Good very fine; edge faults.Weight: 0.70 g. Diameter: 10 mm.
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Lot # 15 - GAUL. Massalia. Obol (Circa 350-150 BC). Obv: Bare head of Apollo left.Rev: M - A. Wheel of four spokes.Depeyrot, Marseille 18. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 0.53 g. Diameter: 10 mm.
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Lot # 16 - CAMPANIA. Neapolis. Nomos - Didrachm (Circa 320-300 BC). Obv: Diademed head of nymph right; X behind.Rev: NEOΠOΛIT[. Man-headed bull advancing right, head facing; above, crowning Nike flying right; EYΞ below.Sambon 47; HN Italy 571. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 7.10 g. Diameter: 19 mm.
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Lot # 17 - CALABRIA. Tarentum. Nomos (Circa 272-240 BC). Sy- and Lykinos, magistrates. Obv: Nude youth riding and crowning horse left; ΣY to right, ΛYKI/NOΣ below.Rev: ΤΑΡΑΣ. Phalanthos, preparing to throw trident, riding dolphin left; to right, owl standing left, head facing.Vlasto 83-41; HN Italy 1025; HGC 1, -. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 6.60 g. Diameter: 18 mm.
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Lot # 18 - LUCANIA. The Lucani. Drachm (Circa 280-278 BC). Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with wing and scrolls.Rev: Barley grain with leaf to right; club above leaf.Robinson, Second, p. 51; Johnston pp. 17-8; HN Italy 2680.Rare Condition: Very fine.Weight: 2.79 g. Diameter: 15 mm.
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Lot # 19 - BRUTTIUM. Rhegion. Ae Tetras (Circa 211-200 BC). Obv: Laureate head of Asklepios right.Rev: ΡΗΓΙΝΩΝ. Hygieia standing left, feeding serpent, held in arms; III to left.HN Italy 2561; SNG ANS 789; SNG Copenhagen 1989; HGC 1, 1720 (Trichalkon). Condition: Very fine.Weight: 2.74 g. Diameter: 16 mm.
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Lot # 20 - BRUTTIUM. The Brettii. Ae Unit - Drachm (Circa 216-214 BC). Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right; symbol to left, Γ below.Rev: BPETTIΩN. Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with wings spread.HN Italy 1942; HGC 1, 1365. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 11.79 g. Diameter: 23 mm.
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Lot # 21 - SICILY. Akragas. Litra (Circa 450-440 BC). Obv: AK / RA. Sea eagle standing left on ionic captial.Rev: Crab; ΛI below.Westermark 455-504; SNG ANS 989-95; HGC 2, 121. Condition: Near extremely fine.Weight: 0.67 g. Diameter: 10 mm.
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Lot # 22 - SICILY. Himera. Hemidrachm (Circa 425-409 BC). Obv: IMEPAION. Pan riding goat prancing left, blowing conch and holding kerykeion.Rev: NIKA. Nike advancing left, holding filleted aphlaston and hem of chiton.SNG ANS 170; HGC 2, 442. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 1.77 g. Diameter: 14 mm.
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Lot # 23 - SICILY. Leontinoi. Tetradrachm (Circa 430-425 BC). Obv: Laureate head of Apollo left.Rev: LEONTINON. Lion head with open jaws; three barleycorns and laurel leaf around.Boehringer 55; SNG ANS 256-7; HGC 2, 671. Condition: Near extremely fine.Weight: 17.50 g. Diameter: 25 mm.
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Lot # 24 - SICILY. Syracuse. Timoleon and the Third Democracy (344-317 BC). Hemidrachm. Obv: ΣΥΡAΚΟΣΙΩΝ. Helmeted head of Athena facing slightly left; three dolphins around.Rev: Horseman advancing right; star behind.SNG ANS 520-1; HGC 2, 1370. Condition: Fine.Weight: 1.89 g. Diameter: 13 mm.
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Lot # 25 - SICILY. Syracuse. Timoleon and the Third Democracy (344-317 BC). Ae. Obv: ΣYPAKOΣIΩN. Laureate head of Apollo left.Rev: Pegasos flying left; monogram below.CNS 85 Ds4 R16; HGC 2, 1486. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.90 g. Diameter: 18 mm.
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Lot # 26 - SICILY. Syracuse. Hieron I (475-470 BC). Drachm. Obv: Horseman riding right.Rev: ΣVRΑKΟΣΙΟΝ. Diademed head of Arethusa right.Boehringer 357 (V177/R250); Jameson 749; Weber 1572; HGC 2, 1360. Condition: Good fine.Weight: 4.12 g. Diameter: 15 mm.
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Lot # 27 - SKYTHIA. Olbia. Ae (Circa 300-275 BC). Obv: Horned head of Borysthenes left.Rev: OΛBIO. Axe and bow in quiver; control to left.HGC 3.2, 1887. Condition: Near extremely fine.Weight: 6.64 g. Diameter: 21 mm.
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Lot # 28 - SKYTHIA. Olbia. Ae (Circa 275-260 BC). Obv: Horned head of Borysthenes left.Rev: OΛBIO. Axe and bow in quiver; ΔΙΡ monogram to left.SNG BM Black Sea 517; HGC 3.2, 1887. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 7.01 g. Diameter: 21 mm.
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Lot # 29 - MOESIA. Istros. Drachm (4th century BC). Obv: Facing male heads, the left inverted.Rev: ΙΣΤΡΙΗ. Sea eagle left, grasping dolphin with talons; monogram below dolphin.SNG BM Black Sea 254-5; HGC 3.2, 1802. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 4.91 g. Diameter: 20 mm.
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Lot # 30 - THRACE. Abdera. Drachm or Tetrobol (Circa 415/3-395 BC). Nymphagores, magistrate. Obv: ABΔH. Griffin springing left.Rev: NYMΦAΓOPHΣ. Dolphin left within beaded square.May 385; SNG Copenhagen 335; HGC 3.2, 1219. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 2.79 g. Diameter: 16 mm.
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Lot # 31 - THRACE. Apollonia Pontika. Drachm (Late 5th-4th centuries BC). Obv: Upright anchor; crayfish to left, A to right.Rev: Facing gorgoneion.SNG Bulgaria 120ff.; SNG BM Black Sea 153; HGC 3.2, 1323. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 3.24 g. Diameter: 15 mm.
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Lot # 32 - THRACE. Apollonia Pontika. Drachm (Late 5th-4th centuries BC). Obv: Upright anchor; crayfish to left, A to right.Rev: Facing gorgoneion.SNG Bulgaria 120ff.; SNG BM Black Sea 153; HGC 3.2, 1323. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 2.91 g. Diameter: 12 mm.
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Lot # 33 - THRACE. Apollonia Pontika. Drachm (Late 5th-4th centuries BC). Obv: Upright anchor; crayfish to left, A to right.Rev: Facing gorgoneion.SNG Bulgaria 120ff.; SNG BM Black Sea 153; HGC 3.2, 1323. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 3.21 g. Diameter: 14 mm.
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Lot # 34 - THRACE. Apollonia Pontika. Drachm (Late 5th-4th centuries BC). Obv: Upright anchor; crayfish to left, A to right.Rev: Facing gorgoneion.SNG Bulgaria 167-171; HGC 3.2, 1323. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 3.25 g. Diameter: 15 mm.
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Lot # 35 - 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: 0.95 g. Diameter: 10 mm.
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Lot # 36 - 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 and monogram in one quarter, pentagram and pellet in opposite quarter.Cf. McClean 4071; HGC 3.2, 1437. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 2.42 g. Diameter: 13 mm.
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Lot # 37 - THRACE. Chersonesos. Hemidrachm (Circa 386-338 BC). Obv: Forepart of lion right, head left.Rev: Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; two pellets in sunken quarters, H in one raised quarter.McClean 4059; HGC 3.2, 1437. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 2.39 g. Diameter: 12 mm.
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Lot # 38 - 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 kerykeion in sunken quarters.Weber 2421; CN online 53783; HGC 3.2, 1437. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 2.41 g. Diameter: 14 mm.
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Lot # 39 - THRACE. Chersonesos. Hemidrachm (Circa 386-338 BC). Obv: Forepart of lion right, head left.Rev: Quadripartite incuse square; sickle and pellet in one quarter, pellet and I in opposite quarter.CN online 6329; HGC 3.2, 1437. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 2.38 g. Diameter: 12 mm.
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Lot # 40 - THRACE. Maroneia. Trihemiobol (Circa 398/7-386/5 BC). Obv: Forepart of horse left.Rev: MAPΩ. Grape bunch on vine within incuse square.Cf. Schönert-Geiss 345-8; HGC 3.2, 158.Very rare Condition: Very fine.Weight: 1.33 g. Diameter: 11 mm.
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Lot # 41 - THRACE. Maroneia. Stater (Circa 386/5-348/7 BC). Polynikos, magistrate. Obv: Horse rearing left, trailing rein; below, trident left.Rev: EΠI ΠOΛYNIKOY. Grape arbor within linear square; all within shallow incuse square.Schönert-Geiss, 454ff.; HGC 3.2, 1533. Condition: Good fine.Weight: 10.85 g. Diameter: 23 mm.
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Lot # 42 - THRACE. Mesambria. Diobol (Circa 420-320 BC). Obv: Facing helmet; N to left, [I ? to right].Rev: M - E - T - A. Four-spoked wheel.SNG BM Black Sea 270 var. (obv. controls); SNG Stancomb 219-221 var. (no letter on obv.); HGC 3.2, 1560. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 1.28 g. Diameter: 10 mm.
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Lot # 43 - THRACE. In the name of the Odrysians(?). Ae (Circa 340 BC). Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: ΟΔΡΟΣI. Bull, with head facing, standing left on club.SNG BM Black Sea 333A-B; HGC 3.2, 1667. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 4.03 g. Diameter: 17 mm.
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Lot # 44 - THRACE. Thasos. Stater (Circa 500-480 BC). Obv: Ithyphallic satyr advancing right, carrying off protesting nymph.Rev: Quadripartite incuse square.Le Rider, Thasiennes, 2; SNG Copenhagen 1008-9; HGC 6, 331. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 8.41 g. Diameter: 19 mm.
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Lot # 45 - THRACE. Thasos. 1/3 Stater or Drachm (Circa 500-480 BC). Obv: Ithyphallic satyr advancing right, carrying off protesting nymph.Rev: Quadripartite incuse square.Le Rider, Thasiennes, 3; BMC 12-17; SNG Copenhagen 1014-6; HGC 6, 332. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 3.51 g. Diameter: 16 mm.
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Lot # 46 - THRACE. Thasos. Tetradrachm (Circa 148-90/80 BC). Obv: Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath.Rev: HPAKΛEOYΣ / ΣΩTHPOΣ / ΘAΣIΩN. Herakles standing left, holding club and lion skin. Control: Monogram to inner left.SNG Copenhagen 1040-5; HGC 6, 359. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 16.72 g. Diameter: 35 mm.
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Lot # 47 - THRACE. Thasos. Tetradrachm (Circa 148-90/80 BC). Obv: Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath.Rev: HPAKΛEOYΣ / ΣΩTHPOΣ / ΘAΣIΩN. Herakles standing left, holding club and lion skin. Control: Monogram to inner left.SNG Copenhagen 1040-5; HGC 6, 359. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 16.75 g. Diameter: 33 mm.
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Lot # 48 - THRACE. Thasos. Tetradrachm (Circa 148-90/80 BC). Obv: Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath.Rev: HPAKΛEOYΣ / ΣΩTHPOΣ / ΘAΣIΩN. Herakles standing left, holding club and lion skin. Control: Monogram to inner left.SNG Copenhagen 1040-5; HGC 6, 359. Condition: Good fine.Weight: 16.39 g. Diameter: 29 mm.
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Lot # 49 - THRACE. Thasos. Tetradrachm (Circa 148-90/80 BC). Obv: Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath.Rev: HPAKΛEOYΣ / ΣΩTHPOΣ / ΘAΣIΩN. Herakles standing left, holding club and lion skin. Control: Monogram to inner left.SNG Copenhagen 1046-8; HGC 6, 359. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 16.05 g. Diameter: 34 mm.
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Lot # 50 - MACEDON. Neapolis. Hemidrachm (Circa 375-350 BC). Obv: Facing gorgoneion.Rev: ΝΕΟΠ. Head of nymph right within incuse square.SNG ANS 431ff.; HGC 3.1, 588. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 1.70 g. Diameter: 14 mm.
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Lot # 51 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Philip II (359-336 BC). Tetradrachm. Pella. Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right.Rev: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ. Youth, holding palm frond, riding horse right. Control: Θ below.SNG ANS 431-3. Condition: Good fine.Weight: 13.83 g. Diameter: 25 mm.
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Lot # 52 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Amphipolis. Possible lifetime issue. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY. Zeus seated left on throne, holding sceptre and eagle. Control: In left field, cock standing left.Price 79. Condition: Near extremely fine.Weight: 17.23 g. Diameter: 25 mm.
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Lot # 53 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Amphipolis. Possible lifetime issue. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY. Zeus seated left on throne, holding sceptre and eagle. Control: In left field, cock standing left.Price 79. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 17.23 g. Diameter: 24 mm.
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Lot # 54 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Amphipolis. Possible lifetime issue. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Control: Crescent in left field.Price 89. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 16.42 g. Diameter: 26 mm.
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Lot # 55 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Amphipolis. Lifetime issue. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Control: Boukranion in left field.Price 93. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 17.18 g. Diameter: 26 mm.
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Lot # 56 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Amphipolis. Possible lifetime issue. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Control: In left field, star-in-circle.Price 103. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 17.20 g. Diameter: 26 mm.
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Lot # 57 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. 'Amphipolis'. Lifetime issue. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Control: In left field, Athena Promachos right.Price 105. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 17.27 g. Diameter: 25 mm.
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Lot # 58 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). GOLD Stater. Amphipolis. Possibly lifetime issue. Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, decorated with serpent.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis Control: To left, trident head downward.Price 172.Already with Philip II the occupation of the Mount Pangaion region with its rich gold mines had made possible the abundant emission of gold coins, something that until then had been throughout Greece rather rare and linked to extraordinary circumstances or moments of crisis. Alexander, who imposed a single coinage throughout his vast empire, was able to issue States and their fractions in gold, using the Attic weight as the unit of measure. On the Staters the head of the goddess Athena with Corinthian helmet was depicted on the obverse, while a winged Nike was reproduced on the reverse. On silver tetradrachms, on the other hand, the head of Herakles with lion skin was depicted on the obverse and Zeus seated on a throne on the reverse (Phidian model). Toward the end of his reign there is an assimilation of the ruler with Herakles. The practice, derived from the Eastern world of reproducing the portrait of the ruler on the coin, represents a change with Alexander's coinage. But as if the human figure did not dare to suddenly replace that of the gods, the image is clothed with religious content, through its deification or identification with the deity. Even after his death for a long time Tetradrachms with the effigy of Alexander continued to be issued by his successors. The Macedonian king had the possibility to exploit for his coinage a large amount of precious metal from the vast empire he had conquered. The extremely rich mines scattered throughout this territory also made his successors self-sufficient.. The coin from that time became a symbol of the ruler's power and absolute authority; no longer protected by the image of deities, it became an instrument of propaganda and power. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 8.38 g. Diameter: 18 mm.
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Lot # 59 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). GOLD Stater. Aigai(?). Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with serpent.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis. Controls: to left, pankratiast standing left, raising arms; rudder to lower left.Price 188.RareAlready with Philip II the occupation of the Mount Pangaion region with its rich gold mines had made possible the abundant emission of gold coins, something that until then had been throughout Greece rather rare and linked to extraordinary circumstances or moments of crisis. Alexander, who imposed a single coinage throughout his vast empire, was able to issue Staters and their fractions in gold, using the Attic weight as the unit of measure. On the Staters the head of the goddess Athena with Corinthian helmet was depicted on the obverse, while a winged Nike was reproduced on the reverse. On silver tetradrachms, on the other hand, the head of Herakles with lion skin was depicted on the obverse and Zeus seated on a throne on the reverse (Phidian model). Toward the end of his reign there is an assimilation of the ruler with Herakles. The practice, derived from the Eastern world of reproducing the portrait of the ruler on the coin, represents a change with Alexander's coinage. But as if the human figure did not dare to suddenly replace that of the gods, the image is clothed with religious content, through its deification or identification with the deity. Even after his death for a long time Tetradrachms with the effigy of Alexander continued to be issued by his successors. The Macedonian king had the possibility to exploit for his coinage a large amount of precious metal from the vast empire he had conquered. The extremely rich mines scattered throughout this territory also made his successors self-sufficient. The coin from that time became a symbol of the ruler's power and absolute authority; no longer protected by the image of deities, it became an instrument of propaganda and power. Condition: Near mint state.Weight: 8.62 g. Diameter: 19 mm.
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Lot # 60 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Drachm. Kolophon. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: ivy-leaf in left field, spearhead to outer right.Price 1763. Condition: Good fine.Weight: 4.14 g. Diameter: 18 mm.

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