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Lot # 4 - SPAIN. Punic Iberia. 1/4 Shekel (Circa 237-209 BC). Obv: Laureate head of Herakles-Melqart left; club in background.Rev: Elephant standing right.ACIP 555.Rare Condition: Very fine.Weight: 1.35 g. Diameter: 13 mm.Estimate: € 300
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Lot # 5 - SICILY. Syracuse. Second Democracy (466-405 BC). Tetradrachm. Obv: Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand and reins in both, driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying left, crowning charioteer with open wreath.Rev: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ. Head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around.Boehringer 667 (V337/R456); HGC 2, 1320. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 17.90 g. Diameter: 25 mm.Estimate: € 2500
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Lot # 6 - SICILY. Syracuse. Hieron II (275-215 BC). Ae. Obv: Head of Poseidon left, wearing tainia.Rev: ΙΕΡΩ - ΝΟΣ. Ornamented trident head flanked by two dolphins; ΔA to lower right.CNS 197 R1 10; HGC 2, 1550. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 6.60 g. Diameter: 20 mm.Estimate: € 50
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Lot # 7 - SKYTHIA. Olbia. Cast Ae (5th century BC). Obv: Dolphin with fin.Rev: Dolphin with fin.SNG BM Black Sea 360. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 2.16 g. Diameter: 30 mm.Estimate: € 50
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Lot # 8 - CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS. Pantikapaion. Ae (Circa 310-304/3 BC). Obv: Bearded head of satyr right.Rev: Π - Α - Ν. Forepart of griffin left; below, sturgeon left.Anokhin 1023; MacDonald 69; HGC 7, 113. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 6.39 g. Diameter: 21 mm.Estimate: € 250
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Lot # 9 - THRACE. Abdera. Ae (Circa 311-280 BC). Obv: HPA(?). Griffin seated right on club right.Rev: ABΔHPITEΩN. Head of Apollo right within linear square border.Cf. AMNG II 215-22; HGC 3.2, 1241. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.05 g. Diameter: 16 mm.Estimate: € 50
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Lot # 10 - KINGS OF THRACE (Macedonian). Lysimachos (305-281 BC). Tetradrachm. Uncertain mint. Obv: Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing horn of Ammon.Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ. Athena seated left on throne, left arm resting on shield, holding Nike and spear over shoulder. Control: AP monogram to inner left.Thompson -; Müller 518.Rare Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 17.18 g. Diameter: 28 mm.Estimate: € 1250
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Lot # 11 - KINGS OF THRACE (Macedonian). Lysimachos (305-281 BC). Tetradrachm. Magnesia on Maeander. Obv: Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing horn of Ammon.Rev: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΛYΣIMAXOY. Athena seated left on throne, holding Nike and spear over shoulder, and resting elbow upon shield. Controls: torch to inner left and maeander pattern in exergue.Thompson 112; HGC 3.2, 1750e. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 16.57 g. Diameter: 29 mm.Estimate: € 250
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Lot # 12 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Aspendos. Undated issue. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: (ΑΣ) above monogram in left field.Price -; CNG E-559, lot 113, otherwise unpublished.Extremely rare Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 17.00 g. Diameter: 31 mm.Estimate: € 1000
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Lot # 13 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Amphipolis. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left, holding sceptre and eagle. Controls: Λ over torch in left field; monogram below throne.Price 449 corr. (monogram). Condition: Very fine.Weight: 17.19 g. Diameter: 26 mm.Estimate: € 250
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Lot # 14 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Drachm. Lampsakos. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: amphora in field left, ME monogram below throne.Price 1417. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 4.16 g. Diameter: 18 mm.Estimate: € 100
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Lot # 15 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Drachm. Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: monograms in left field and below throne; B to outer right.Price 1959. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.32 g. Diameter: 18 mm.Estimate: € 50
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Lot # 16 - ATTICA. Athens. Tetradrachm (Circa 454-404 BC). Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye.Rev: AΘE. Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent to left; all within incuse square.Kroll 8; HGC 4, 1597. Condition: Extremely fine; some underlaying luster.Weight: 17.26 g. Diameter: 25 mm.Estimate: € 500
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Lot # 17 - ATTICA. Athens. Tetradrachm (Circa 454-404 BC). Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye.Rev: AΘE. Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent to left; all within incuse square.Kroll 8; HGC 4, 1597. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 17.19 g. Diameter: 25 mm.Estimate: € 500
Ex Hirsch 2010
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Lot # 18 - CORINTHIA. Corinth. Stater (Circa 350/45-285 BC). Obv: Pegasos flying left; koppa below.Rev: Helmeted head of Athena left; Γ below chin, dove in wreath behind.Pegasi 419; BCD Corinth 110; HGC 4, 1848.Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger 269 (2010), lot 273 Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 8.42 g. Diameter: 21 mm.Estimate: € 1250
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Lot # 19 - BITHYNIA. Kios. Trihemiobol (Circa 350-300 BC). Proxenos, magistrate. Obv: KIA. Laureate head of Apollo right.Rev: ΠPOΞENOΣ. Prow of galley left, ornamented with star.SNG Copenhagen 378; HGC 7, 554. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 1.31 g. Diameter: 11 mm.Estimate: € 125
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Lot # 20 - SELEUKID KINGDOM. Seleukos I Nikator (312-281 BC). Tetradrachm. Susa. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ / BAΣIΛEΩΣ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: monogram in left field and below throne.SC 787a; HGC 9, 301. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 17.08 g. Diameter: 27 mm.Estimate: € 300
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Lot # 21 - SASANIAN KINGS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) I (AD 223/4-240). Tetradrachm. Ctesophon. Obv: Bust right, wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara decorated with star.Rev: Fire altar with diadems.SNS type IIe/Id. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 13.42 g. Diameter: 26 mm.Estimate: € 360
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Lot # 22 - KYRENAICA. Kyrene. Time of Magas (Ptolemaic governor, first reign, circa 300-282/75 BC). Didrachm. Obv: Head of Zeus Karneios right.Rev: KY - PA. Silphion plant; tripod to left, monogram to right.SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 252.Founded in 631 B.C. by settlers from the island of Thera, Cyrene was soon one of the richest and most important Greek cities. The period from the end of the Battiadian dynasty to the rise of Alexander the Great was the city's golden age. It earned the nickname 'Athens of Africa', hosting important philosophers such as Aristippos, the poet Callimachos and the astronomer Eratosthenes. Silphium was a plant widely used in antiquity as a medicine, condiment and for perfumes. It is mentioned by Herodotus but also by naturalists such as Theophrastus and Pliny the Elder and was considered as valuable as gold and silver. Despite its popularity, however, silphium disappeared completely back in antiquity, probably due to the overcrowding and climatic changes North Africa underwent, combined with the very small habitat in which it grew, a narrow strip of land in Cyrenaica. When the plant began to become scarce, the Greeks and Romans tried to cultivate it, without success. Its collection in the wild was strictly regulated, and a thriving black market was dedicated to its trade. Nowadays no one knows what silphium looks like; the only records of this plant are offered by literature and coins like this one. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 7.48 g. Diameter: 22 mm.Estimate: € 1250

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