Greek Coins

Lot # 102 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Pella. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: tripod in left field, B below throne.Price 633. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 16.00 g. Diameter: 30 mm.Estimate: € 100.

Lot # 101 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Amphipolis. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: in left field, Λ above torch; star below throne.Price 474. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 16.92 g. Diameter: 27 mm.Estimate: € 250.

Lot # 100 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Amphipolis. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY. Zeus seated left with eagle and sceptre. Controls: Λ/T and torch in left field, E below throne.Price 440. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 17.21 g. Diameter: 24 mm.Estimate: € 300.

Lot # 99 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Ae Unit. Uncertain mint in Macedon. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY. Club and bow-in-quiver; ME monogram below.Price 319. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 5.73 g. Diameter: 19 mm.Estimate: € 50.

Lot # 98 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Ae Unit. Uncertain mint in Macedon. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Club, quiver and bow; E below.Price 304. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 5.66 g. Diameter: 17 mm.Estimate: € 50.

Lot # 97 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Ae Unit. Uncertain mint in Macedon. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY. Club, quiver and bow; E below.Price 304. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 5.93 g. Diameter: 18 mm.Estimate: € 50.

Lot # 96 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Amphipolis. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ / AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Control: monogram in left field.Price 121.Ex Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch 11 (1996), lot 67 Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 16.99 g. Diameter: 24 mm.Estimate: € 500.

Lot # 95 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Amphipolis. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Control: in left field, Athena Promachos right.Price 109. Condition: Uncirculated.Weight: 17.23 g. Diameter: 25 mm.Estimate: € 500.

Lot # 94 - 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: cornucopia in left field.Price 104. Condition: Uncirculated.Weight: 17.23 g. Diameter: 25 mm.Estimate: € 500.

Lot # 93 - 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 eagle and sceptre. Control: in left field, herm left.Price 78. Condition: Near extremely fine.Weight: 17.21 g. Diameter: 25 mm.Estimate: € 500.

Lot # 92 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Uncertain mint. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: [AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ?]. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Control: monogram below throne.Price -. Condition: Fine.Weight: 16.90 g. Diameter: 24 mm.Estimate: € 100.

Lot # 91 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Uncertain mint. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Control: monogram in left field.Price -. Condition: Good fine.Weight: 16.45 g. Diameter: 26 mm.Estimate: € 100.

Lot # 90 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Philip II (359-336 BC). Ae. Uncertain mint in Macedon. Obv: Diademed head of Apollo right.Rev: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ. Youth on horse rearing right. Controls: monogram and B below.SNG ANS 905; SNG Alpha Bank 403-4. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 6.20 g. Diameter: 16 mm.Estimate: € 50.

Lot # 89 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Philip II (359-336 BC). Ae. Uncertain mint in Macedon. Obv: Diademed head of Apollo right.Rev: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ. Naked youth on horse right. Control: E below.SNG ANS 915-8; SNG Alpha Bank 378-80; HGC 3.1, 882. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 6.64 g. Diameter: 17 mm.Estimate: € 50.

Lot # 88 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Philip II (359-336 BC). 1/5 Tetradrachm. Amphipolis. Obv: Head of Apollo right, wearing tainia.Rev: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ. Youth on horse rearing right. Control: grain ear below horse.Le Rider pl. 46, 22; SNG ANS 700. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 2.57 g. Diameter: 15 mm.Estimate: € 100.

Lot # 87 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Perdikkas II (451-413 BC). Tetrobol. Obv: Horseman advancing right, wearing petasos and holding two spears; plant below.Rev: Forepart of lion right within incuse square.Raymond Group IV, Series 2; HGC 3.1, 792.Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger 9 (1998), lot 134 Condition: Very fine.Weight: 2.39 g. Diameter: 16 mm.Estimate: € 100.

Lot # 86 - MACEDON. The Macedonians. Tetrobol (Circa 187-168 BC). Pella or Amphipolis. Struck under Philip V or Perseus. Obv: Macedonian shield, with whirl on boss.Rev: Prow of a galley right; M above.SNG Copenhagen 1289 var. (star above prow); HGC 3.1, 325. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 1.63 g. Diameter: 12 mm.Estimate: € 50.

Lot # 85 - KINGS OF THRACE (Macedonian). Lysimachos (305-281 BC). Drachm. Ephesos. Obv: Head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon.Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΛYΣIMAXOY. Athena seated left, holding Nike and spear over shoulder. Controls: bow and quiver to inner left.Thompson 171; HGC 3.2, 1753d. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 4.10 g. Diameter: 20 mm.Estimate: € 50.

Lot # 84 - 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; pentagram below throne.Thompson 123; Price L28; HGC 3, 1752e. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.14 g. Diameter: 19 mm.Estimate: € 50.

Lot # 83 - 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 on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: in left field, head of lion left above torch; pentagram below throne.Price 1834. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.18 g. Diameter: 18 mm.Estimate: € 100.

Lot # 82 - KINGS OF THRACE (Macedonian). Lysimachos (305-281 BC). Tetradrachm. Lampsakos. 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, and resting elbow upon shield. Controls: monogram to inner left, crescent in exergue.Thompson 49; HGC 3.2, 1750b. Condition: Good fine.Weight: 16.80 g. Diameter: 31 mm.Estimate: € 200.

Lot # 81 - KINGS OF THRACE (Macedonian). Lysimachos (305-281 BC). Tetradrachm. Amphipolis. 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 on shield decorated with lion's head. Controls: ΔI monogram to inner left; monogram to outer right.Thompson 212; Müller 346.Lysimachos was a Macedonian general and one of Alexander the Great's Diadochi. He was the son of Agathokles, from an important family in Pella. Took part in Alexander's expedition to Asia and distinguished himself during the campaign in India. As a reward for his valor, Alexander presented him with a golden crown in Susa. When Alexander died in 323, during the division of the empire's satrapies in Babylon, Lysimachos obtained Thrace and worked to expand its borders to the mouth of the Danube. He formed an alliance with Seleukos, Kassander, and Ptolemy against Antigonos, who had revived the idea, already supported by Perdikkas and Eumenes, of reconstituting the unity of Alexander's empire under his command. Antigonos sought to use the Greeks' desire for freedom to his advantage, proclaiming that all Hellenic states should be independent and free from garrisons and tributes. This also had an effect in Thrace, where a revolt broke out against Lysimachos, who managed to defeat the rebels and the troops sent by Antigonos. The general peace that ended in 311 consolidated his rule in Thrace, where he founded the new capital, Lysimachia, in 309/8. However, peace was brief and various Diadochi took the title of king, including Lysimachus (in 306-5), who once again allied himself with the previous league against Antigonos in Asia Minor. Antigonos was defeated at Ipsos in Phrygia, and in the resulting partition, Lysimachos gained control of Lydia and Caria. In honor of his first wife, who had died, he changed the name of the city of Antigoneia, founded by his rival, to Nicaea. To strengthen his alliance with Egypt, he remarried Arisonoe II, daughter of Ptolemy. Later, when Demetrios Poliorketes, Antigonos' son, resumed his father's plans and proclaimed himself king of Macedonia, he fought against him with mixed fortunes. When Demetrios attempted to occupy Thrace, Lysimachos allied with Ptolemy, Seleukos, and Pyrrhus, king of Epirus. In 288 BC, the coalition invaded Macedonia, forcing Demetrios to flee. In the ensuing partition, Lysimachos took western Macedonia and Pyrrhus took eastern Macedonia. The alliance with Pyrrhus soon broke down; defeated by Lysimachos, he was forced to retreat to Epirus, while in 285 Lysimachos became king of the all of Macedonia. His increased power aroused the suspicions of Seleukos and Ptolemy, intertwining with a family tragedy. His wife Arsinoe (perhaps with the intention of securing succession for her children) accused her stepson Agathokles of plotting against his father to seize the throne; Lysimachos had him imprisoned and poisoned (284 BC). His widow Lysandra (Arsinoe's half-sister), his brother Alexander, and other figures close to Agathokles fled and took refuge at the court of Seleukos, prompting him to wage war against Lysimachos. In the war that followed, Lysimachos was defeated, partly due to defections among his own forces, and died on the battlefield at Corupedium in Phrygia (282 BC). He was between 74 and 80 years old. The Asian territories of his kingdom came under the control of Seleukos, while Macedonia and Thrace, after various events, passed to Antigonos Gonatas, son of Demetrios. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 16.91 g. Diameter: 29 mm.Estimate: € 500.

Lot # 80 - KINGS OF THRACE (Macedonian). Lysimachos (305-281 BC). Tetradrachm. Kalchedon. 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; monogram and grain ear below throne.Marinescu Issue 25, 59-62; HGC 7, 524.Lysimachos was a Macedonian general and one of Alexander the Great's Diadochi. He was the son of Agathokles, from an important family in Pella. Took part in Alexander's expedition to Asia and distinguished himself during the campaign in India. As a reward for his valor, Alexander presented him with a golden crown in Susa. When Alexander died in 323, during the division of the empire's satrapies in Babylon, Lysimachos obtained Thrace and worked to expand its borders to the mouth of the Danube. He formed an alliance with Seleukos, Kassander, and Ptolemy against Antigonos, who had revived the idea, already supported by Perdikkas and Eumenes, of reconstituting the unity of Alexander's empire under his command. Antigonos sought to use the Greeks' desire for freedom to his advantage, proclaiming that all Hellenic states should be independent and free from garrisons and tributes. This also had an effect in Thrace, where a revolt broke out against Lysimachos, who managed to defeat the rebels and the troops sent by Antigonos. The general peace that ended in 311 consolidated his rule in Thrace, where he founded the new capital, Lysimachia, in 309/8. However, peace was brief and various Diadochi took the title of king, including Lysimachus (in 306-5), who once again allied himself with the previous league against Antigonos in Asia Minor. Antigonos was defeated at Ipsos in Phrygia, and in the resulting partition, Lysimachos gained control of Lydia and Caria. In honor of his first wife, who had died, he changed the name of the city of Antigoneia, founded by his rival, to Nicaea. To strengthen his alliance with Egypt, he remarried Arisonoe II, daughter of Ptolemy. Later, when Demetrios Poliorketes, Antigonos' son, resumed his father's plans and proclaimed himself king of Macedonia, he fought against him with mixed fortunes. When Demetrios attempted to occupy Thrace, Lysimachos allied with Ptolemy, Seleukos, and Pyrrhus, king of Epirus. In 288 BC, the coalition invaded Macedonia, forcing Demetrios to flee. In the ensuing partition, Lysimachos took western Macedonia and Pyrrhus took eastern Macedonia. The alliance with Pyrrhus soon broke down; defeated by Lysimachos, he was forced to retreat to Epirus, while in 285 Lysimachos became king of the all of Macedonia. His increased power aroused the suspicions of Seleukos and Ptolemy, intertwining with a family tragedy. His wife Arsinoe (perhaps with the intention of securing succession for her children) accused her stepson Agathokles of plotting against his father to seize the throne; Lysimachos had him imprisoned and poisoned (284 BC). His widow Lysandra (Arsinoe's half-sister), his brother Alexander, and other figures close to Agathokles fled and took refuge at the court of Seleukos, prompting him to wage war against Lysimachos. In the war that followed, Lysimachos was defeated, partly due to defections among his own forces, and died on the battlefield at Corupedium in Phrygia (282 BC). He was between 74 and 80 years old. The Asian territories of his kingdom came under the control of Seleukos, while Macedonia and Thrace, after various events, passed to Antigonos Gonatas, son of Demetrios. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 16.73 g. Diameter: 33 mm.Estimate: € 1000.

Lot # 79 - KINGS OF THRACE (Odrysian). Metokos (Circa 407-386 BC). Trihemiobol. Obv: Bare head right.Rev: MHTOKO. Labrys, with handle forming the T in the legend; grape bunch on vine to left.Peykov Type I, B0150; Topalov I 3; HGC 3.2, 1685 corr. (weight).Rare Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 1.04 g. Diameter: 11 mm.Estimate: € 50.

Lot # 78 - KINGS OF THRACE (Odrysian). Saratokos (Circa 410-380 BC). Obol. Uncertain mint, possibly Thasos. Obv: Male head (Saratokos?) right.Rev: ΣΑΡΑΤΟΚΟ. ΣΔ monogram within incuse square.Peykov B0380; HGC 3.2, 1681 (Diobol). Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 1.00 g. Diameter: 10 mm.Estimate: € 100.

Lot # 77 - THRACE. Thasos. Tetradrachm (Circa 148-90/80 BC). Imitative issue. 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: Very fine.Weight: 16.80 g. Diameter: 33 mm.Estimate: € 100.

Lot # 76 - 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: 16.37 g. Diameter: 34 mm.Estimate: € 100.

Lot # 75 - 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: 16.78 g. Diameter: 30 mm.Estimate: € 100.

Lot # 74 - THRACE. Thasos. 1/3 Stater or Drachm (Circa 412-404 BC). Obv: Ithyphallic satyr advancing right, carrying off protesting nymph.Rev: Quadripartite incuse square.Le Rider, Thasiennes, 7; SNG Copenhagen 1018; HGC 6, 335. Condition: Good fine.Weight: 3.11 g. Diameter: 16 mm.Estimate: € 50.

Lot # 73 - THRACE. Thasos. Stater (Circa 480-463 BC). Obv: Ithyphallic satyr advancing right, carrying off protesting nymph.Rev: Quadripartite incuse square.Le Rider, Thasiennes, 5; SNG Copenhagen 1010-2; HGC 6, 331. Condition: Good fine.Weight: 7.57 g. Diameter: 22 mm.Estimate: € 100.

Lot # 72 - THRACE. Mesambria. Ae (Circa 175-100 BC). Obv: Facing helmet.Rev: M - E - Σ - A. Four-spoked wheel.SNG BM Black Sea 272-3; HGC 3.2, 1577. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 2.79 g. Diameter: 15 mm.Estimate: € 50.

Lot # 71 - THRACE. Mesambria. Obol (Circa 5th century BC). Obv: Facing helmet.Rev: M - E - Σ. Four-spoked wheel, with tetraskeles or swastika in one angle.SNG BM Black Sea -; SNG Stancomb -; HGC 3.2, -; Numismatik Naumann 77, lot 43.Very rare Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 0.68 g. Diameter: 9 mm.Estimate: € 50.

Lot # 70 - 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 VE in one quarter, bee in opposite quarter.McClean 4114-6; SNG Copenhagen 830; HGC 3.2, 1437. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 2.18 g. Diameter: 13 mm.Estimate: € 100.

Lot # 69 - THRACE. Byzantion. Tetradrachm (Circa 240-220 BC). Meniskos(?), magistrate. Obv: Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter right.Rev: [EΠI ΜΕΝΙΣΚΟΥ]. Poseidon seated right on rocks, holding trident and aphlaston; two monograms to right.Cf. Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 980-94; HGC 3.2, 1408.Rare Condition: Very fine.Weight: 12.53 g. Diameter: 27 mm.Estimate: € 200.

Lot # 68 - THRACE. Apollonia Pontika. Ae (Circa 2nd century BC). Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right.Rev: AΠOΛΛΩNOΣ / IATPOY. Apollo standing facing, head left, holding branch and bow.Topalov 92-3; HGC 3.2, 1350. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 6.71 g. Diameter: 23 mm.Estimate: € 200.

Lot # 67 - THRACE. Apollonia Pontika. Diobol (Circa 435-375 BC). Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right.Rev: Anchor; A to left, crayfish to right; uncertain letters around.SNG Bulgaria 288-9; SNG BM Black Sea 166.Very rare Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 1.17 g. Diameter: 10 mm.Estimate: € 50.

Lot # 66 - THRACE. Apollonia Pontika. Tetrobol (Circa 494-470 BC). Obv: Upright anchor; crayfish to left.Rev: Incuse swastika with pellet at centre; in segments, four dolphins swimming toward centre.SNG Bulgaria 65; Topalov 8; HGC 3.2, -.Very rare Condition: Very fine.Weight: 2.08 g. Diameter: 11 mm.Estimate: € 50.

Lot # 65 - THRACE. Ainos. Diobol (Circa 408-406 BC). Obv: Head of Hermes right wearing petasos.Rev: AINI. Goat standing right.HGC 3.2, 1274. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 1,2 g. Diameter: 11 mm.Estimate: € 50.

Lot # 64 - MOESIA. Istros. Trihemiobol or 1/4 Drachm (4th century BC). Obv: Facing male heads, the right inverted.Rev: IΣTPIH. Sea-eagle left, grasping dolphin with talons; E below tail.SNG BM Black Sea 234 var. (control); SNG Stancomb 143 var. (same); HGC 3.2, 1807. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 1.31 g. Diameter: 11 mm.Estimate: € 50.

Lot # 63 - MOESIA. Istros. Drachm (4th century BC). Obv: Facing male heads, the left inverted.Rev: Sea eagle left, grasping dolphin with talons; ΦY below.SNG BM Black Sea 256 var. (right head inverted); AMNG I 425; HGC 3.2, 1803. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 5,13 g. Diameter: 18 mm.Estimate: € 200.

Lot # 62 - 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; Θ-Φ below.CNS 197 R1 14; SNG ANS 987-93; HGC 2, 1550. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 6.62 g. Diameter: 19 mm.Estimate: € 50.

Lot # 61 - 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.CNS 197; HGC 2, 1550. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 8,68 g. Diameter: 23 mm.Estimate: € 100.

Lot # 60 - 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; AΠ to lower right.CNS 194 R1 2; HGC 2, 1550. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 6.32 g. Diameter: 19 mm.Estimate: € 100.

Lot # 59 - SICILY. Syracuse. Agathokles (317-289 BC). Ae. Obv: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ. Diademed and unbearded head of Herakles left; star to right.Rev: Nemean lion right; above; club right.CNS 150 Ds 14; HGC 2, 1464 (Fourth Democracy). Condition: Very fine.Weight: 8,86 g. Diameter: 22 mm.Estimate: € 50.

Lot # 58 - SICILY. Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny (485-466 BC). Tetradrachm. Obv: Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, crowning Nike flying right.Rev: ΣVRAKOΣION. Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around.Boehringer 163 (V72/R112); SNG ANS 48/50 (same dies); HGC 2, 1306.Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions XI (1990), lot 17; ex Classical Numismatic Group 34 (1995), lot 31 Condition: Very fine.Weight: 17.17 g. Diameter: 24 mm.Estimate: € 500.

Lot # 57 - SICILY. Selinos. Didrachm (Circa 540-515 BC). Obv: Selinon leaf.Rev: Incuse square divided into ten sections.Arnold-Biucchi Group I, 4; SNG ANS 667; HGC 2, 1209.Ex Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch 73 (2004), lot 78 Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 8.34 g. Diameter: 21 mm.Estimate: € 500.

Lot # 56 - 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.From the Dr. Fritz Reiff Collection, ex Auktionen GM 31 (1985), lot 51; ex Fritz Rudolf Künker 94 (2004), lot 317. The coinage of Leontinoi in the 5th century BC, especially the tetradrachms, represents one of the highest achievements of Sicilian engraving art. The city’s monetary series display a coherent and refined evolution in which two images dominate and define its visual identity: the head of Apollo and the lion’s protome. The head of Apollo is the principal type on the obverse dies. The image is rendered with increasing elegance: at first more archaic and rigid, then progressively softer, more harmonious, and classically proportioned. Apollo is not merely an aesthetic motif; he embodies the Chalcidian cultural heritage, the Greek origins of the city, and an ideal of order, balance, and civic identity. The presence of several engravers, including the renowned “Master of Leontinoi”, contributes to an extraordinary stylistic variety, a sign of a lively and innovative mint. The lion is the oldest and most deeply rooted symbol of Leontinoi, already linked to the city’s name and local tradition. On the coins it appears as a lion’s protome, often accompanied by barley grains, or as a running lion in earlier issues. It serves a dual purpose: it evokes the very name of the city and expresses strength, pride and autonomy, even in periods when the polis was politically subordinate to Syracuse. This combination creates a powerful visual language that blends indigenous tradition, Greek culture, and artistic ambition. Leontinoi, though not one of Sicily’s great powers, thus succeeds in expressing a distinctive and original voice within the island’s numismatic landscape. Condition: Near extremely fine.Weight: 16.87 g. Diameter: 26 mm.Estimate: € 1000.

Lot # 55 - SICILY. Katane. Tetradrachm (Circa 435-412 BC). Obv: Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving slow quadriga of horses right; above, Nike flying left, crowning charioteer.Rev: KATANAION. Laureate head of Apollo right.Mirone 47; SNG ANS 1252 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 896 (same dies); Rizzo pl. XI, 2 (same dies); HGC 2, 568.Ex Leu fixed price list (1992), lot 132; ex Numismatica Ars Classica 88 (2015), lot 560 Condition: Very fine.Weight: 16,48 g. Diameter: 26 mm.Estimate: € 2000.

Lot # 54 - SICILY. Kamarina. Ae Tetras or Trionkion (Circa 420-405 BC). Obv: Facing gorgoneion.Rev: KAMA. Owl standing right, holding lizard; to right, retrograde B; in exergue three pellets (mark of value).CNS III, 9; HGC 2, 546.Rare Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 4,39 g. Diameter: 18 mm.Estimate: € 100.

Lot # 53 - SICILY. Himera. Obol (Circa 530-520/15 BC). Obv: Hen standing left.Rev: Incuse square of windmill pattern within incuse dotted border.Kraay Group IV; SNG ANS 145; HGC 2, 427. Condition: Very fine.Weight: ,87 g. Diameter: 13 mm.Estimate: € 100.