Greek Coins

Lot # 64 - THRACE. Apollonia Pontika. Tetradrachm (Late 5th-4th century BC). Kleokrates, magistrate. Obv: Laureate head of Apollo left.Rev: KΛEOKPATHΣ. Anchor; A to left, crayfish to right.SNG Bulgaria 264-8; HGC 3.2, 1312. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 17.25 g. Diameter: 24 mm.

Lot # 63 - THRACE. Abdera. Drachm (Circa 327/6 BC). Polyfantos, magistrate. Obv: ABΔH / PITEΩN. Griffin lying left, raising forepaw.Rev: EΠI ΠOΛYΦANTOY. Laureate head of Apollo right within linear square.May 548; HGC 3.2, 1227. Condition: Near extremely fine.Weight: 2.58 g. Diameter: 15 mm.

Lot # 62 - 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.

Lot # 61 - MOESIA. Istros. Drachm (4th century BC). Obv: Facing male heads, the left inverted.Rev: ΙΣΤΡΙΗ. Sea eagle right, grasping dolphin with talons; monogram below dolphin.SNG BM Black Sea 254-5; HGC 3.2, 1802. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.72 g. Diameter: 18 mm.

Lot # 60 - MOESIA. Istros. Drachm (4th century BC). Obv: Facing male heads, the left inverted.Rev: ΙΣΤΡΙΗ. Sea eagle right, grasping dolphin with talons; ΔI below dolphin.AMNG I 440; HGC 3.2, 1801. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 5.56 g. Diameter: 18 mm.

Lot # 59 - CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS. Pantikapaion. Drachm (Circa 120-109/5 BC). Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right.Rev: ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN. Bow-in-bowcase; sword to left.MacDonald 152/16; HGC 7, 99. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 3.45 g. Diameter: 18 mm.

Lot # 58 - 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: Very fine.Weight: 7.56 g. Diameter: 21 mm.

Lot # 57 - 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: Very fine.Weight: 6.29 g. Diameter: 21 mm.

Lot # 56 - 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: Very fine.Weight: 7.48 g. Diameter: 22 mm.

Lot # 55 - 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: Extremely fine.Weight: 6.55 g. Diameter: 22 mm.

Lot # 54 - CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS. Pantikapaion. Ae (Circa 325-310 BC). Obv: Wreathed head of bearded satyr left.Rev: Π - A - N. Head of bull left.MacDonald 67; SNG BM Black Sea 890-3; HGC 7 -. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 4.71 g. Diameter: 18 mm.

Lot # 53 - SKYTHIA. Olbia. Ae (Circa 100-90 BC). Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right; two c/ms: eight-pointed star and branch within incuse circle.Rev: OΛBIOΠOΛITEΩN. Thyrsos.SNG Stancomb 447; HGC 3.2, 1895. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 5.80 g. Diameter: 19 mm.

Lot # 52 - SKYTHIA. Olbia. Ae (Circa 300-275 BC). Obv: Horned head of Borysthenes left.Rev: OΛBIO. Axe and bow in quiver; ΔΙ to left.SNG BM Black Sea 481; SNG Stancomb 382-3; HGC 3.2, 1887. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 9.53 g. Diameter: 21 mm.

Lot # 51 - SKYTHIA. Olbia. Ae (Circa 310-280 BC). Obv: Horned head of Borysthenes left.Rev: OΛBIO. Axe and bow in quiver; ΠO to left.Anokhin 316; HGC 3, 1887. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 10.71 g. Diameter: 21 mm.

Lot # 50 - SKYTHIA. Olbia. Ae (Circa 320-300 BC). Obv: Horned head of Borysthenes left.Rev: OΛBIO. Axe and bow in quiver.HGC 3.2, 1887. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 10.32 g. Diameter: 21 mm.

Lot # 49 - SKYTHIA. Olbia. Cast Ae (Circa 350-330 BC). Obv: Head of Demeter facing, wreathed with grain.Rev: OΛBIH. Sea eagle standing left, wings spread and head right, on dolphin left.Anokhin 233-243; SNG BM Black Sea 391; HGC 3.2 1882.Very rare Condition: Good very fine; cleaning marks.Weight: 95.39 g. Diameter: 64 mm.

Lot # 48 - 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.

Lot # 47 - 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: Extremely fine.Weight: 6.68 g. Diameter: 20 mm.

Lot # 46 - SICILY. Syracuse. Philistis, wife of Hieron II (275-215 BC). 16 Litrai. Obv: Diademed and veiled head left; star to right.Rev: BAΣIΛIΣΣAΣ ΦIΛIΣTIΔOΣ. Nike driving slow quadriga right; star above, K to right.SNG ANS 879-80; SNG Copenhagen 825; BMC 555; HGC 2, 1556. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 13.02 g. Diameter: 28 mm.

Lot # 45 - SICILY. Syracuse. Hiketas II (287-278 BC). Ae. Obv: ΔΙΟΣ ΕΛΛANIOY. Youthful, laureate head of Zeus Hellanios right.Rev: ΣYΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ. Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; A above star to left.CNS II, 168 Rs 96; HGC 2, 1449. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 11.02 g. Diameter: 24 mm.

Lot # 44 - 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.

Lot # 43 - SICILY. Syracuse. Timoleon and the Third Democracy (344-317 BC). Ae Dilitron. Obv: ZEYΣ EΛEYΘEPIOΣ. Laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios left.Rev: ΣYPAKOΣIΩN. Horse rearing left.CNS 80; SNG ANS 533-41; HGC 2, 1439. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 19.80 g. Diameter: 27 mm.

Lot # 42 - SICILY. Syracuse. Timoleon and the Third Democracy (344-317 BC). Ae Hemidrachm. Obv: ZEYΣ EΛEYΘEPIOΣ. Laureate head of Zeus right.Rev: ΣYPAKOΣIΩN. Thunderbolt; to right, eagle standing right.CNS 72; SNG ANS 477-88; HGC 2, 1440. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 17.83 g. Diameter: 25 mm.

Lot # 41 - SICILY. Selinos. Litra or Obol (Circa 515-480/70 BC). Obv: Celery leaf.Rev: Celery leaf within incuse circle.SNG ANS 687; SNG München 879; HGC 2 1217 (Trihemiobol).Very rare Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 0.32 g. Diameter: 10 mm.

Lot # 40 - SICILY. Motya. Litra (Circa 400-397 BC). Obv: Head of nymph facing slightly right.Rev: Crab; fish between claws.CNP 507a; Campana 24b; HGC 2, 937.Ex Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger 410 (2013), lot 71 Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 0.55 g. Diameter: 11 mm.

Lot # 39 - SICILY. Leontinoi. Tetradrachm (circa 476-466 BC). Obv: Charioteer driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses.Rev: LEONTINON. Head of roaring lion right; four barley grains around.Boehringer, Münzgeschichte 20; Rizzo pl. XXII, 22 (same dies); HGC 2, 662. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 16.78 g. Diameter: 25 mm.

Lot # 38 - 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: 0.87 g. Diameter: 13 mm.

Lot # 37 - SICILY. Gela. Tetradrachm (Circa 420-415 BC). Obv: Charioteer driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying left, crowning charioteer; [in exergue, bird standing left].Rev: Forepart of man-headed bull right, within shallow incuse circle.Jenkins, Gela, Group VIII, 476 (O92/R186); SNG ANS 95 (same dies); HGC 2, 356.Ex Classical Numismatic Group E-294 (2013), lot 37 Condition: Very fine.Weight: 17.07 g. Diameter: 26 mm.

Lot # 36 - SICILY. Entella. Punic issues (Circa 300-289 BC). Tetradrachm. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: Head of horse left; palm tree to right; Punic legend below.CNP 272; HGC 2, 295.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: Good very fine.Weight: 17.22 g. Diameter: 24 mm.

Lot # 35 - SICILY. Aitna. Ae (354/3-344 BC). Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right.Rev: Horse prancing right, with trailing rein; M above.Campana 4a; CNS 1; SNG ANS 1301; HGC 2, 72. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 16.43 g. Diameter: 25 mm.

Lot # 34 - BRUTTIUM. Rhegion. Litra (Circa 415-387 BC). Obv: Lion mask facing.Rev: PH. Olive sprig with two leaves.HN Italy 2499; HGC 1 1655. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 0.69 g. Diameter: 11 mm.

Lot # 33 - BRUTTIUM. Rhegion. Tetradrachm (Circa 445-435 BC). Obv: Lion’s head facing; small hare to right.Rev: Iokastos seated left, holding patera and long staff; to lower right, bird standing right; all within wreath.Herzfelder 56 (D32/R46); SNG Lloyd 681 (same dies); HN Italy 2488; HGC 1, 1635. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 16.71 g. Diameter: 27 mm.

Lot # 32 - BRUTTIUM. Kroton. Nomos - Stater (Circa 530-500 BC). Obv: ϘΡΟ. Tripod; to right, stork standing left.Rev: ϘΡΟ. Incuse tripod; to right, stork standing left.HN Italy 2081; SNG ANS 248-9; HGC 1, 1444.Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger 84 (1973), lot 7; ex Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 299 (1980), lot 64 Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 7.97 g. Diameter: 24 mm.

Lot # 31 - LUCANIA. Metapontion. Ae (Late 3rd century BC). Obv: Athena Alkidemos advancing left, brandishing spear and shield.Rev: META. Owl standing right on barley ear, head facing.Johnston Bronze 68; HN Italy 1704; HGC 1, 1113. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 3.94 g. Diameter: 15 mm.

Lot # 30 - LUCANIA. Metapontion. Ae (Circa 425-350 BC). Obv: MET. Wreathed head of Demeter right.Rev: OBOΛOΣ. Barley ear; poppy head to right.Johnston Bronze 4; HN Italy 1640; HGC 1, 1095. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 8.40 g. Diameter: 21 mm.

Lot # 29 - CALABRIA. Tarentum. Nomos (Circa 272-240 BC). Aristokrates, Phi- and Pi-, magistrates. Obv: Crowning youth on horse standing right; to left, Nike flying right, crowning him; ΑΡΙΣΤΟ/ΚΡΑΤΗΣ below.Rev: TAPAΣ. Phalanthos, holding kantharos and trident, riding dolphin left; ΠΙ to left, herm to right.Vlasto 908-9; HN Italy 1041; HGC 1, 895. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 5.88 g. Diameter: 20 mm.

Lot # 28 - CALABRIA. Tarentum. Nomos (Circa 280-272 BC). Philokra- and Aristo-, magistrates. Obv: Nude youth on horseback right, crowning horse; ΦIΛOKPA to upper left, NK monogram below.Rev: TAPAΣ. Phalanthos, holding crowning Nike and trident, astride dolphin left; APIΣTO below.Vlasto 868-72; HN Italy 998; HGC 1, 880. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 6.46 g. Diameter: 24 mm.

Lot # 27 - CALABRIA. Tarentum. Nomos (Circa 280 BC). Obv: Crowning youth on horse standing right; ΣA to left, APE/ΘΩN below.Rev: TAPAΣ. Phalanthos, holding tripod, riding dolphin left; CAΣ below.Vlasto 666-7; HN Italy 957; HGC 1, 813. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 7.77 g. Diameter: 23 mm.

Lot # 26 - CAMPANIA. Neapolis. Nomos - Didrachm (Circa 320-300 BC). Obv: Head of nymph right; bunch of grapes to left; ΔIOΦANOYΣ below.Rev: NEOΠOΛITHΣ. Man-headed bull advancing right, head facing; above, crowning Nike flying right.Sambon 437; HN Italy 571; HGC 1, 451. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 7.42 g. Diameter: 18 mm.

Lot # 3774 - PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon). 145-116 BC. Æ Trihemiobol (30.7 mm, 16.3 g). Kyrene mint. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle with open wings standing right on thunderbolt; K before. Svoronos 1649 (Alexandreia); Weiser 166 (Alexandreia); SNG Copenhagen 654 (Uncertain mint in Cyprus); Noeske 284-5 (Indeterminate mint in Cyprus); Asolati 92. Good F - aVF. Green brown patina

Lot # 245 - Africa. Kingdom of Axum. Nezana (Nezool). Gilt AR Unit, c. 480-500 AD. Obv. NEZA NABA. Bust right, wearing headcloth; monogram above. Rev. ΘEOVXΛPI within double-lined cross. Hahn & Keck 55; SACAM 327-30. AR. 0.88 g. 15.5 mm. RR. Very rare issue and exceptionally preserved. Good VF.

Lot # 244 - Africa. Kingdom of Axum. Ousanas I. AR Unit, c. 325-345 AD. Obv. Bust right, wearing headcloth within double linear border. Rev. Bust right, wearing headcloth within double linear border. Hahn, Aksumite 25; Munro-Hay type 32-33; BMC Axum 43. AR. 1.3 g. 15.5 mm. Toned. Very nice for type. About EF.

Lot # 243 - Africa. Kingdom of Axum. Endubis. AR Unit, c. 295-310 AD. Obv. Bust right, wearing headcloth; pellet-in-crescent above. Rev. Bust right, wearing headcloth; pellet-in-crescent above. Hahn, Aksumite 2; Munro-Hay Type 2; BMC Axum 4-9. AR. 2.38 g. 15 mm. Good VF.

Lot # 242 - Africa. Zeugitania, Carthage. EL Stater, c. 310-290 BC. Obv. Head of Tanit left with rolled hair, wearing necklace, triple pendant earring and wreath of grain; pellet to lower left. Rev. Horse standing right; two(?) pellets below ground lines. Jenkins & Lewis Group V; CNP 2.10; MAA 10. EL. 7.38 g. 18.5 mm. Good VF.

Lot # 241 - Africa. Zeugitania, Carthage. AV 1/5 Stater. Circa 350-320 BC. Obv. Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears, single-pendant earring and necklace. Rev. Horse standing right, head left. Jenkins & Lewis Group III, 125-126; SNG Cop. 131; CNP 79; MAA 7. AV. 1.69 g. 11 mm. Good VF.

Lot # 240 - Africa. Egypt, Ptolemaic Kingdom. Kleopatra VII Thea Neotera (51-30 BC). AE 80 Drachmae, Alexandria mint. Obv. Diademed and draped bust right. Rev. KΛEOΠATPAΣ BAΣIΛIΣΣHΣ. Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopiae to left, Π to right. Svoronos 1871; SNG Cop. 419. AE. 17.47 g. 27 mm. R. Rare and fascinating issue. Some smoothing and tooling. About EF.

Lot # 239 - Africa. Egypt, Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) (145-116 BC). AR Tetradrachm. Salamis mint. Dated RY 47 (124/3 BC). Obv. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck. Rev. Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; L MZ (date) to left, ΣA to right. Svoronos 1559; SNG Cop. 579; DCA 52. AR. 14.05 g. 26 mm. VF/Good VF.

Lot # 238 - Africa. Egypt, Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) (145-116 BC). AR Tetradrachm. Alexandreia mint. Dated RY 50 (121/0 BC). Obv. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck. Rev. BΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟY. Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; L N (date) to left, ΠA to right. Svoronos 1524; SNG Cop. -; DCA 54. AR. 14.08 g. 25.5 mm. Toned. Minor roughness. Good VF. Ex Roma Numismatics 30, 2024, 957 From the Pavlos S. Pavlou Collection; Ex Morton & Eden 6, 2003, 78 (part of);.

Lot # 237 - Africa. Egypt, Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy IV Philopator (221-205 BC). AE Triobol. Alexandreia mint. Obv. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY. Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia to left, monogram between legs. Svoronos -; SNG Cop. -; CPE B505. AE. 36.32 g. 34 mm. RR. Rare issue, missing on Svoronos. Brown patina. Some marks on reverse. About EF/EF. Ex Gorny & Mosch 42, 1988, 471.

Lot # 236 - Africa. Egypt, Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy IV Philopator (221-205 BC). AE Tetrobol. Alexandreia mint. Obv. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΟΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ. Eagle with closed wings standing left, head right, on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia in left field. Svoronos 1125; SNG Cop. -; CPE B495. AE. 72.07 g. 42.5 mm. Good VF. Ex Solingen 66, 1990, 127.