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wearing lion-skin headdress. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus enthroned l. holding eagle
and scepter, caduceus above ΩΣ monogram in l. field. Some earthen incrustation on
reverse. Magnificent sharp strike. Mint State........................................................1800
55. MACEDONIA, ALEXANDER III THE GREAT; 336-323 BC. Amphipolis,
Lifetime Issue, c. 336-323 BC, Tetradrachm, 16.98g. Price-79. Obv: Head of youthful
Heracles r. wearing lion-skin headdress. Rx: AΛEΞANΔPOY Zeus seated l. holding
eagle and scepter, in l. field cock standing l. Mint State.......................................1800
56. MACEDONIA, ALEXANDER III THE GREAT; 336-323 BC, Amphipolis,
Lifetime Issue, c. 336-323 BC, Tetradrachm, 17.17g. Price-79. Obv: Head of youthful
Heracles r. wearing lion-skin headdress. Rx: AΛEΞANΔPOY Zeus seated l. holding
eagle and scepter, in l. field cock standing l. Small graffito above Zeus’ right arm on
the reverse. Mint State............................................................................................1650
57. MACEDONIA, ALEXANDER III THE GREAT; 336-323 BC. Amphipolis,
Lifetime Issue, c. 336-323 BC, Tetradrachm, 17.10g. Price-93. Obv: Head of youthful
Heracles r. wearing lion-skin headdress. Rx: AΛEΞANΔPOY Zeus seated l. holding
eagle and scepter, in l. field bucranium. Choice EF..............................................1400
58. MACEDONIA, ALEXANDER III THE GREAT; 336-323 BC. Amphipolis, c.
323-320 BC, Tetradrachm, 17.18g. Price-105. Obv: Head of youthful Heracles r.
wearing lion-skin headdress. Rx: AΛEΞANΔPOY downwards on r., Zeus seated l.
holding eagle and scepter, in l. field Athena Promachos r. Mint State..................1800
59. MACEDONIA, ALEXANDER III THE GREAT; 336-323 BC. Aradus, c. 328-320
BC, Tetradrachm, 17.15g. Price-3332. Obv: Head of youthful Heracles r. wearing
lion-skin headdress. Rx: BAΣIΛEΩΣ in exergue, AΛEΞANΔPOY downwards on
r., Zeus seated l. holding eagle and scepter, in l. field caduceus, under throne AP
monogram. From the same obverse die as one of the illustrated BM specimens, Price
pl. XCV, 3332c. Somewhat scarce spotted lionskin in Hercules image. Extremely
sharp and from a scarce mint. Mint State...............................................................2200
60. MACEDONIA, ALEXANDER III THE GREAT; 336-323 BC. Sardes, c. 323-
319 BC, Drachm, 4.25g. Price-2637. Obv: Head of Herakles r. wearing lion-skin
headdress. Rx: Zeus enthroned l.; torch in l. field, A under throne. Mint State......750
61. MACEDONIA,ALEXANDERIIITHEGREAT;336-323BC.‘Babelon’,c.323-317
BC, Hemidrachm,2.12g. Price-3694. Obv: Head of youngHerakles r. wearing lion-skin
AΛEΞANΔPOYdownwardstor.,BAΣIΛEΩ[Σ]inexergue,Zeusseated
l. holding eagle and scepter, M in l. field, ΛY under throne. Toned VF / Fine.......385
62. MACEDONIA, ALEXANDER III THE GREAT; 336-323 BC. Pella, c. 275-270
BC, Tetradrachm, 16.94g. Price-629. Obv: Head of Heracles r. wearing lion-skin
headdress. Rx: AΛEΞANΔPOY Zeus seated l. holding eagle and scepter, crested
helmet in l. field, monogram under throne and another in exergue. Obverse struck
from worn die. VF....................................................................................................450
63. MACEDONIA, ALEXANDER III THE GREAT; 336-323 BC. Callatis, c. 250-
225 BC, Tetradrachm, 16.84g. Price-912 var. Obv: Head of Herakles r. wearing
skin of lion’s head with mane. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus enthroned l. holding
eagle and scepter; in l. field, HP monogram. Price-912 adds the letter K below
the HP monogram. We are not certain that our coin belongs to this mint, however.
Good VF 4 5 0
64. MACEDONIA, ALEXANDER III THE GREAT; 336-323 BC. Perga, Year
13=209/8 BC, Tetradrachm, 16.74g. Price-2925. Obv: Head of Herakles r. wearing
skin of lion’s head with mane. Rx: [ΑΛ]ΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus enthroned l. holding eagle
and scepter; in l. field date IΓ. Obverse struck from worn die. Good VF................300
65. MACEDONIA, ALEXANDER III THE GREAT; Perga, Year 15=206/5 BC,
Tetradrachm, 16.61g. Price-2927. Obv: Head of young Heracles r. wearing lion-skin
headdress. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus enthroned l. holding eagle and scepter; date IE
in l. field. VF...........................................................................................................375
66. MACEDONIA, ALEXANDER III THE GREAT; 336-323 BC. Perga, Year
16=206/5 BC, Tetradrachm, 16.55g. Price-2928. Obv: Head of Herakles r. wearing
skin of lion’s head with mane. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus enthroned l. holding eagle
and scepter; in l. field date IC. VF..........................................................................450
67. MACEDONIA, ALEXANDER III THE GREAT; 336-323 AD. Aradus, Year
60=200/199 BC, Tetradrachm, 17.10g. Price-3390, pl. XCVII (same obv. die). Obv:
Head of Herakles r. wearing skin of lion’s head with mane. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus
enthroned l. holding eagle and scepter; palm tree in l. field, monogram AP under
throne, date Ξ in exergue. VF..................................................................................425
68. MACEDONIA, ALEXANDER III THE GREAT; 336-323 BC. Unattributed,
Tetradrachm, 16.81g. Not in Price. Obv: Head of Herakles r. wearing skin of lion’s
head with mane. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus enthroned l. holding eagle and scepter; in
l. field Π within large circle with protrusions at 6 and 9 o’clock, above forepart of wolf
l., extending r. leg. VF.............................................................................................600
69. MACEDONIA, DEMETRIUS POLIORCETES; 306-283 BC, Pella, c. 289-288
BC, Tetradrachm, 17.13g. Newell-89, obv. die LXXIX. Obv: Diademed head of
Demetrios r., with bull’s horn. Rx: BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ΔHMHTPIOY Poseidon standing l.,
his r. foot on rock, resting arm on his thigh and holding trident; monogram in outer l.
field. Sharp obverse portrait struck in high relief. EF............................................4000
70. MACEDONIA, ANTIGONUS GONATAS; 277-239 BC. Tetradrachm, 15.53g.
SNG Athens (Saroglos)-926. Obv: Macedonian shield; in center, horned head of
Pan l. with pedum behind neck. Rx: BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ANTIΓONOY Athena Alkidemos
advancing l., brandishing thunderbolt and holding shield; to l. of Athena’s legs,
crested helmet; to r., letters KT. VF........................................................................500
71. MACEDONIA, ANTIGONUS GONATAS; 277-239 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.93g.
SNG Athens (Saroglos)-921. Obv: Macedonian shield; in center, horned head of
Pan l. with pedum behind neck. Rx: BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ANTIΓONOY Athena Alkidemos
advancing l., brandishing thunderbolt and holding shield with facing head of Pan
(rather than the usual Medusa) at its center; to l. of Athena’s legs, crested helmet; to r.,
HΛ monogram. Bold Fine.......................................................................................500
72. THESSALONICA, AESILLAS, QUAESTOR; 90-75 BC, Tetradrachm, 16.54g.
Sear-1463, BM-81. Obv: ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ below head of Alexander the Great r., with
horn of Ammon and flowing hair. Rx: AESILLA[S] across upper field; club between
money chest and quaestor’s chair, all within olive wreath. aEF.............................575
73. DANUBIAN DISTRICT, APOLLONIA PONTICA; Later 5th-4th cent. BC,
Drachm, 3.24g. SNG BM-153, Sear-1655. Obv: Anchor upright with flukes at top;
below flukes, crayfish on l. and A on r. Rx: Facing head of Medusa with tongue
protruding and snakes as hair. VF...........................................................................125
74. DANUBIAN DISTRICT, APOLLONIA PONTICA; Later 5th-4th cent. BC,
Drachm, 3.31g. SNG BM-153, Sear-1655. Obv: Anchor upright with flukes at top;
below flukes, crayfish on l. and A on r. Rx: Facing head of Medusa with tongue
protruding and snakes as hair. VF...........................................................................135
75. DANUBIAN DISTRICT, APOLLONIA PONTICA; Later 5th-4th cent. BC,
Drachm, 3.23g. SNG BM-159 corr., Sear-1655 var. Obv: Anchor upright with flukes
at top; below flukes, A on l. and crayfish on r. Rx: Facing head of Medusa with tongue
protruding and snakes as hair. Nose and chin slightly flat. EF................................200
76. DANUBIAN DISTRICT, ISTRUS; 4th cent. BC, Drachm, 5.77g. SNG BM-240.
Obv: Facing male heads, left head inverted. Rx: IΣTPIH above, Sea-eagle l. with
dolphin in talons, below A. EF................................................................................475
77. DANUBIAN DISTRICT, ISTRUS; 4th cent. BC, Drachm, 5.33g. SNG BM-245.
Obv: Facing male heads, left head inverted. Rx: IΣTPIH above, Sea-eagle l. with
dolphin in talons, H above eagle’s tail, Δ below dolphin. EF.................................450
78. DANUBIAN DISTRICT, ISTRUS; 4th cent. BC, Drachm, 4.01g. SNG BM-253.
Obv: Facing male heads, left head inverted. Rx: IΣTPIH above, Sea-eagle l. with
dolphin in talons, ΔI monogram below. Toned VF.................................................325
79. THRACE, THASOS; c. 463-449 BC, Stater, 8.76g. SNG Cop-1010, Sear-1357,
Le Rider-Thasiennes 5. Obv: Nude ithyphallic Satyr, with long beard and long hair,
moving r. in the archaic ‘running-kneeling’ position, holding a nymph in his arms,
who raises her r. hand in protest and wears a bracelet and thin robes. Rx: Quadripartite
incuse square of windmill form. aEF....................................................................1200
80. THRACE, LYSIMACHUS, 305-281 BC ; Uncertain mint, 297-281 BC, Tetradrachm,
16.49g. NY Sale XXXII, 8 Jan. 2014, lot 110 (same rev. die); not in Thompson. Obv:
Diademed head of Alexander the Great r. with horn of Ammon. Rx: BAΣIΛEΩΣ -
ΛYΣIMAXOY Athena enthroned l., resting l. arm on shield and holding Nike who
crowns king’s name; transverse spear behind her visible before her legs and to r. of
her head; torch in inner l. field, IΔ on throne. Good VF.........................................950
81. THRACE, LYSIMACHUS; 305-282 BC. Uncertain mint, 297-282 BC,
Tetradrachm, 16.76g. Thompson-256 var., SNG Oxford-3756 var. Obv: Diademed
head ofAlexander the Great r. with horn ofAmmon. Rx: BAΣIΛEΩΣ -ΛYΣIMAXOY
Athena enthroned l., resting l. arm on shield and holding Nike who crowns king’s
name; transverse spear behind her visible before her legs and to r. of her head; in inner
l. field monogram above joined foreparts of two horses; in exergue ΗΛ. Bold portrait
of Alexander. EF / VF..............................................................................................950
82. THRACE, LYSIMACHUS; 305-281 BC. Ephesus, 297-282 BC, Tetradrachm,
16.73g. Meydancikkale-2660; cf. Sear-6814. Obv: Diademed head of Alexander
the Great r., wearing horn of Ammon. Rx: BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ΛYΣIMAXOY Athena
enthroned l., resting l. arm on shield and holding Nike who crowns king’s name;
transverse spear behind her visible before her legs and stomach and to r. of her head;
without monograms or symbols apart from traces of letters in exergue. Bold VF.850
83. THRACE, LYSIMACHUS; 305-281 BC. Parium, 297-282 BC. Tetradrachm,
16.81g. Thompson-234. Uncertain mint in Thrace, Obv: Head of Alexander the Great
with Ammon horns r. Rx: BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ΛYΣIMAXOYAthena enthroned l., resting l.
arm on shield and holding Nike who crowns king’s name; transverse spear behind her
visible before her legs and to r. of her head; in inner l. field, ΠAP monogram. See W.
Fischer-Bossert, RBN 151 (2005), pl. VIII, C2 (same obverse die). VF / Fine+...700
84. THRACE, LYSIMACHUS ; 305-282 BC. Uncertain mint, 297-282 BC, Tetradrachm,
16.81g. Meydancikkale-2735. Obv: Head of Alexander the Great with Ammon horn
r. Rx: BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ΛYΣIMAXOYAthena enthroned l., resting l. arm on shield and
holding Nike who crowns king’s name; transverse spear behind her visible before her
legs and to r. of her head; in inner l. field, thunderbolt. aEF...................................550
85. THRACE, LYSIMACHUS; 305-281 BC. Ephesus, c. 294-287 BC, Drachm, 4.03g.
Thompson-173. Obv: Diademed head of Alexander the Great r. with Ammon’s horn.
Rx: BAΣIΛE[ΩΣ] - ΛYΣIMAXO[Y] Athena enthroned l., resting l. arm on shield and
holdingNikewhocrownsking’sname;transversespearbehindhervisiblebelowherlegs
and to r. of her head; in inner l. field, spear head downwards; A on throne. Fine...135
Boeotian Shield Countermark
86. THESSALY, PHARSALUS; 425-350 BC, Drachm, 6.16g. SNG Fitzwilliam-2446;
Weber-2907, pl. 112; BCD-639 var. Obv: Head of Athena r., wearing crested Attic
helmet, side-flaps turned up; behind neck, TΗ-ΙΠ (most likely die engraver’s
signature). Boeotian shield countermark on face. Rx: Φ-Α-Ρ-Σ, rider on horseback r.,
wearing Thessalian dress and kausia, holding lagobolon over shoulder. EF / aEF.625
Ex Nanteuil Collection, Ex Leu 1976, Ex Hess Leu 1970
87. BOEOTIA, THEBES ; c. 425-400 BC, Stater, 12.12g. BCD--, but cf. 391;
Nanteuil-893 (this coin). Obv: Boeotian shield. Rx: Θ - E to each side of amphora,
which has fluted decoration on the shoulder; hanging from the r. handle, ivy leaf;
above, club. From a Swiss collection, and from an Exceptional Private Collection,
Leu 76, 27 October 1999, lot 114. From the collection of H. de Nanteuil, Hess-Leu
45, 12 May 1970, lot 180. EF / VF.......................................................................1750
88. BOEOTIA, THEBES; c. 395-340 BC, Federal Mint, Hemidrachm, 2.47g. BCD
(Triton IX)-30, SNG Cop-173. Obv: Boeotian Shield. Rx: Kantharos, B on l., OI and
olive leaf on r., club above. VF...............................................................................150
89. EUBOEA,CHALCIS;c.290-271BC,Drachm,3.91g.BCD-171.Obv:Headofthenymph
Chalkis r., wearing earring and necklace, hair rolled. Rx: Eagle flying r., holding serpent
in beak and claws; trophy beneath. Somewhat rough and corroded surfaces. VF...200
90. EUBOEA, HISTIAIA; Third cent.-146 BC, Tetrobol, 2.40g. BM-45. Obv: Head of
Maenad r. wearing wreath formed of bunches of grapes. Rx: ΙΣΤΙ (partly off flan) -
ΑΙΕΩΝ Nymph Histiaea seated r. on stern of galley decorated with wing, holding
mast with cross-piece; below, trident head on l. and HP monogram on r. aEF.......175
Exceptional Archaic Athens
91. ATTICA,ATHENS ;c.520-500BC,“CivicMint”,Tetradrachm,16.96g.NotinSeltman
orSvoronos Owlstandingr.,headfront;olivesprig
at upper l., AΘE downwards on r., all in incuse square. This is one of the earliest issues
of Athens showing Athena and the owl. Obverse struck in high relief. VF / EF.18000