Greek Coins

Lot # 67 - THRACE. Thasos. Hemidrachm (Circa 196-180 BC). Obv: Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath.Rev: ΘAΣI / ΩN. Club between legend in two lines; all within wreath.Le Rider, Thasiennes, 48; SNG Copenhagen 1036; HGC 6, 355. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 1.56 g. Diameter: 13 mm.
Lot # 66 - THRACE. Thasos. Trihemiobol (Circa 412-404 BC). Obv: Satyr kneeling left, holding kantharos.Rev: ΘΑΣΙΩN. Amphora within incuse square.Le Rider, Thasiennes, 27; SNG Copenhagen 1029-30; HGC 6, 351. Condition: Near mint state.Weight: 0.89 g. Diameter: 12 mm.
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Lot # 65 - THRACE. Thasos. Trihemiobol (Circa 412-404 BC). Obv: Satyr kneeling left, holding kantharos.Rev: ΘΑΣΙΩN. Amphora within incuse square.Le Rider, Thasiennes, 27; SNG Copenhagen 1029-30; HGC 6, 351. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 0.81 g. Diameter: 13 mm.
Lot # 64 - THRACE. Thasos. Trihemiobol (Circa 412-404 BC). Obv: Satyr kneeling right, holding kantharos.Rev: ΘΑΣΙΩN. Amphora within incuse square.Le Rider, Thasiennes, 26; HGC 6, 350. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 0.91 g. Diameter: 12 mm.
Lot # 63 - THRACE. Thasos. 1/16 Stater or Obol (Circa 500-480 BC). Obv: Two dolphins swimming in opposite directions; pellets around.Rev: Quadripartite incuse square.Le Rider, Thasiennes, 9; HGC 6, 337 (Hemiobol). Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 0.56 g. Diameter: 10 mm.
Lot # 62 - THRACE. Thasos. Diobol (Circa 500-480 BC). Obv: Satyr running right.Rev: Quadripartite incuse square.Le Rider, Thasiennes 4; SNG Copenhagen 191-4 (Lete in Macedon); HGC 6, 333. Condition: Near extremely fine.Weight: 1.15 g. Diameter: 11 mm.
Lot # 61 - THRACE. Mesambria. Ae (Circa 175-100 BC). Obv: Diademed female head right.Rev: ΜΕΣΑΜ / ΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ. Athena standing left, holding shield and hurling spear.SNG BM Black Sea 280-3; HGC 3.2, 1575. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 4.86 g. Diameter: 19 mm.
Lot # 60 - THRACE. Mesambria. Diobol (Circa 420-320 BC). Obv: Facing helmet.Rev: M - E - T - A. Four-spoked wheel.SNG BM Black Sea 268-9 & 271; HGC 3.2, 1560. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 1.24 g. Diameter: 10 mm.
Lot # 59 - THRACE. Maroneia. Ae (1st century BC). Obv: Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath.Rev: ΔIONYΣOY ΣΩTHPOΣ / MAPΩNITΩN. Dionysos standing left, holding bunch of grapes and narthex stalks. Control: Monogram to inner left.Schönert-Geiss 1354ff.; HGC 3.2, 1557. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 13.23 g. Diameter: 26 mm.
Lot # 58 - THRACE. Maroneia. Triobol (Circa 377-365 BC). Obv: Π-Λ. Forepart of horse left.Rev: MA. Grape bunch on vine in dotted linear square; rhyton to lower left; all within shallow incuse square.Schönert-Geiss 273-301; HGC 3.2, 1534. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 2.62 g. Diameter: 14 mm.
Lot # 57 - 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 grape bunch in sunken quarters.McClean 4079; HGC 3.2, 1437. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 2.24 g. Diameter: 13 mm.
Lot # 56 - 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 AΓ monogram in one quarter, knife(?) and pellet in opposite quarter.Cf. McClean 4061; HGC 3.2, 1437. Condition: Extremely fine; luster in field.Weight: 2.41 g. Diameter: 13 mm.
Lot # 55 - 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, pentagram [and pellet] in opposite quarter.McClean 4071; HGC 3.2, 1437. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 2.35 g. Diameter: 13 mm.
Lot # 54 - 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: 2.34 g. Diameter: 14 mm.
Lot # 53 - THRACE. Chersonesos. Hemidrachm (Circa 386-338 BC). Obv: Forepart of lion right, head reverted.Rev: Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; uncertain control in one quarter and lizard in opposite quarter.HGC 3.2, 1437. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 2.33 g. Diameter: 12 mm.
Lot # 52 - THRACE. Chersonesos. Hemidrachm (Circa 386-338 BC). Obv: Forepart of lion right, head left.Rev: Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; E and pellet in one sunken quarter, grain ear in the other.McClean 4101; HGC 3.2, 1437. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 2.41 g. Diameter: 14 mm.
Lot # 51 - 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 and pellet in one sunken quarter, grain ear in the other.HGC 3.2, 1437. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 2.29 g. Diameter: 13 mm.
Lot # 50 - 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, pentagram and pellet in opposite quarter.McClean 4071; HGC 3.2, 1437. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 2.28 g. Diameter: 13 mm.
Lot # 49 - THRACE. Byzantion. Tetradrachm (Circa 240-220 BC). Ekatodoros, magistrate. Obv: Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter right.Rev: EΠI EKATOΔΩΡΟΥ. Poseidon seated right on rocks, holding trident and aphlaston; two monograms to right.Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1022-5; SNG Copenhagen 486; HGC 3.2, 1408. Condition: Fine.Weight: 13.66 g. Diameter: 27 mm.
Lot # 48 - THRACE. Byzantion. Tetradrachm (Circa 240-220 BC). Meniskos, magistrate. Obv: Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter right.Rev: 'ΠY / EΠI ΜΕΝΙΣΚΟΥ. Poseidon seated right on rocks, holding trident and aphlaston; monogram to right.Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 980-94; SNG BM Black Sea 59; HGC 3.2, 1408.Rare Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 13.35 g. Diameter: 27 mm.
Lot # 47 - 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: Very fine.Weight: 5.51 g. Diameter: 20 mm.
Lot # 46 - THRACE. Byzantion. Countermarked on a 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: Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre.Numismatik Naumann 151, lot 42 (for c/m). Condition: C/m very fine.Weight: 3.63 g. Diameter: 18 mm.
Lot # 45 - THRACE. Byzantion. Countermarked on a 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: Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre.Numismatik Naumann 151, lot 42 (for c/m). Condition: C/m very fine.Weight: 4.14 g. Diameter: 18 mm.
Lot # 44 - THRACE. Byzantion. Countermarked on a 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: Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre.Numismatik Naumann 151, lot 42 (for c/m). Condition: C/m very fine.Weight: 4.03 g. Diameter: 17 mm.
Lot # 43 - 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: Good very fine.Weight: 1.27 g. Diameter: 11 mm.
Lot # 42 - THRACE. Apollonia Pontika. Drachm (Circa 470-435 BC). Obv: Upright anchor; A to left, crayfish to right.Rev: Facing gorgoneion.SNG Bulgaria 253. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 3.17 g. Diameter: 13 mm.
Lot # 41 - THRACE. Apollonia Pontika. Drachm (Circa 480/78-450 BC). Obv: Upright anchor; crayfish to right.Rev: Facing gorgoneion.SNG Bulgaria 106-112; SNG BM Black Sea 150-1. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 3.20 g. Diameter: 15 mm.
Lot # 40 - THRACE. Apollonia Pontika. Drachm (Circa 480/78-450 BC). Obv: Upright anchor; crayfish to right.Rev: Facing gorgoneion.SNG Bulgaria 106-112. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 3.29 g. Diameter: 15 mm.
Lot # 39 - THRACE. Apollonia Pontika. Drachm (Circa 480/78-450 BC). Obv: Upright anchor; crayfish to right.Rev: Facing gorgoneion.SNG Bulgaria 106-112. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 3.37 g. Diameter: 15 mm.
Lot # 38 - 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: 1.20 g. Diameter: 11 mm.
Lot # 37 - THRACE. Abdera. Drachm (Circa 336-311 BC). Pythokleos(?), magistrate. Obv: ABΔHPITEΩN. Griffin springing left.Rev: EΠI ΠYΘOKΛEOΣ(?). Laureate head of Apollo right within linear square.Cf. May 550; HGC 3.2 1227. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 2.40 g. Diameter: 15 mm.
Lot # 36 - MOESIA. Kallatis. Drachm (Circa 3rd-2nd centuries BC). Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: KAΛΛATI. Grain ear, club and bow case.SNG BM Black Sea 202; HGC 3.2, 1825. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 5.28 g. Diameter: 19 mm.
Lot # 35 - MOESIA. Istros. Drachm (4th century BC). Obv: Facing male heads, the left inverted.Rev: IΣTPIH. Sea-eagle left, grasping dolphin with talons; H below tail feathers, Δ monogram below dolphin.SNG BM Black Sea 244; HGC 3.2, 1801. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 5.55 g. Diameter: 18 mm.
Lot # 34 - SICILY. Tyndaris. Ae (Early 2nd century BC). Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right; star to left.Rev: TYNΔAPITAN. Eagle standing right on thunderbolt.Campana 18; CNS 19; SNG ANS 1164; HGC 2, 1636. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.85 g. Diameter: 18 mm.
Lot # 33 - 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: Extremely fine.Weight: 7.37 g. Diameter: 21 mm.
Lot # 32 - SICILY. Syracuse. Hieron II (275-215 BC). Ae. Obv: Diademed head left.Rev: IEPΩNOΣ. Horseman galloping right, holding lance; N below.CNS 195 Ds 18 Rl 22; HGC 2, 1548. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 16.10 g. Diameter: 27 mm.
Signed Tetradrachm - ex Sotheby 1936
Lot # 31 - SICILY. Syracuse. Second Democracy (466-405 BC). Tetradrachm. Dies signed by Eu- (Eumenes or Eukleidas). Obv: Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving fast quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer; EV below; two dolphins confronted in exergue.Rev: ΣYPAKOΣIΩN. Diademed head of Arethousa left, wearing earring and necklace; EV below; four dolphins around.Tudeer 27; SNG ANS 260 (same dies); SNG Ashmolean 1994 (same dies); Rizzo pl. XLII, 14 (same dies); HGC 2, 1328.Ex Sotheby & Co. (9 March 1936), lot 96 Condition: Very fine.Weight: 17.17 g. Diameter: 24 mm.
Ex Hirsch 1979
Lot # 30 - 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 84 (V41/R54); HGC 2, 1306.Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger 117 (1979), lot 519 Condition: Very fine.Weight: 17.04 g. Diameter: 27 mm.
Lot # 29 - SICILY. Motya. Ae Onkia (Circa 415/10-397 BC). Obv: Male head right; pellet to left.Rev: Crab; pellet below.CNS 9; SNG ANS 510-1; HGC 2, 946. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 1.17 g. Diameter: 10 mm.
Ex Leu 1992
Lot # 28 - 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.
Lot # 27 - SICILY. Kamarina. Ae Tetras or Trionkion (Circa 420-405 BC). Obv: Helmeted head of Athena left.Rev: KAMA. Owl standing left, head facing, grasping lizard; three pellets (mark of value) in exergue.CNS 33; SNG ANS 1228-9; HGC 2, 548. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 2.94 g. Diameter: 15 mm.
Lot # 26 - SICILY. Kamarina. Ae Tetras or Trionkion (Circa 420-405 BC). Obv: Facing gorgoneion.Rev: KAMA. Owl standing left, holding lizard; in exergue three pellets (mark of value).CNS 21; HGC 2, 547. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 3.34 g. Diameter: 15 mm.
Lot # 25 - 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.
Lot # 24 - SICILY. Gela. Tetras (Circa 420-405 BC). Obv: Bull standing right; branch above; three pellets (mark of value) in exergue.Rev: ΓΕΛΑΣ. Head of river god Gelas right; grain kernel to left.CNS 49; HGC 2, 380. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 3.10 g. Diameter: 17 mm.
Ex Busso 1994
Lot # 23 - SICILY. Gela. Didrachm (485-475 BC). Obv: Horseman riding right, preparing to cast javelin.Rev: CΕΛΑΣ. Forepart of man-headed bull right within incuse circle.Jenkins, Gela 69A (O21/R32A); SNG ANS 13; HGC 2, 363.From the Nicholas V. Jamgochian Collection, ex Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger 340 (1994), lot 107 Condition: Very fine.Weight: 8.57 g. Diameter: 20 mm.
Lot # 22 - SICILY. Akragas. Cast Ae Onkia (Circa 440-430 BC). Obv: Head of eagle left.Rev: Claw of crab left.CNS 8; SNG ANS 1019-20; HGC 2, 130. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.85 g. Diameter: 20 mm.
Lot # 21 - LUCANIA. Velia. Didrachm - Nomos (Circa 300-280 BC). Obv: Head of Athena left, wearing crested Phrygian helmet, decorated with griffin, scrolls on neck-guard; Θ behind.Rev: YEΛHTΩN. Lion crouching right, devouring prey; above, cicada between Φ - I.Williams 411-23; HN Italy 1305; HGC 1, 1322. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 7.20 g. Diameter: 23 mm.
Lot # 20 - LUCANIA. Metapontion. Ae (Circa 300-250 BC). Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: META. Barley ear with leaf to right.HN Italy 1696; Johnston 60; HGC 1, 1124. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 2.38 g. Diameter: 15 mm.
Lot # 19 - LUCANIA. Metapontion. Obol (Circa 440-430 BC). Obv: Ear of barley.Rev: Facing head of ox.Noe 346; SNG ANS -; HN Italy 1500. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 0.37 g. Diameter: 8 mm.
Lot # 18 - LUCANIA. Metapontion. Nomos - Stater (Circa 510-470 BC). Obv: META. Barley ear with six grains.Rev: Incuse barley ear.Noe class IX, 204-5; HN Italy 1482; HGC 1, 1028. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 7.91 g. Diameter: 23 mm.