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Greek Coins from Other Moesia, Thrace, and Black Sea Cities
Kingdom of Thrace, Lysimachos, 305 - 281 B.C., Portrait of Alexander the Great

|Kingdom| |of| |Thrace|, |Kingdom| |of| |Thrace,| |Lysimachos,| |305| |-| |281| |B.C.,| |Portrait| |of| |Alexander| |the| |Great||tetradrachm|
Barry Murphy identified the mint for this coin as Ainos, noting, "Not the same dies or the same monograms, but clearly the same engraver as Meydicikkale 2691."

A subject ally of Athens, Aenus provided peltasts at the Battle of Sphacteria in 425 B.C. and sent forces to the Sicilian Expedition in 415. It was in the possession of Ptolemy Philopator in 222 B.C., of Philip V of Macedon in 200, of Lysimachos in 283, and later of Antiochus the Great, who lost it to the Romans in 185 B.C., whereupon the Romans declared Aenus a free city. It was still a free city in the time of Pliny the Elder.
SH75328. Silver tetradrachm, Unpublished variety; Meydancikkale - (cf. 2691, different controls, same engraver), Müller -, SNG Cop -, Thompson -, Black Sea Hoard -, Armenak -, VF, dark toning, marks, weight 16.503 g, maximum diameter 28.6 mm, die axis 180o, Ainos (Enez, Turkey) mint, likely posthumous, c. 282 - 272 B.C.; obverse diademed head of Alexander the Great wearing the horn of Ammon; reverse BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena enthroned left, Nike crowning king's name in extended right hand, rests left arm on round shield behind, transverse spear against far side, monogram inner left, monogram in exergue; this is the only example of this type known to Forum; possibly unique; SOLD


Kingdom of Thrace, Lysimachos, 305 - 281 B.C., Portrait of Alexander the Great

|Kingdom| |of| |Thrace|, |Kingdom| |of| |Thrace,| |Lysimachos,| |305| |-| |281| |B.C.,| |Portrait| |of| |Alexander| |the| |Great||tetradrachm|
Sestos was an ancient town of the Thracian Chersonesos, the modern Gallipoli peninsula in European Turkey. Situated on the Hellespont opposite Abydos, it was an Aeolian colony, founded by settlers from Lesbos and the home of Hero in the legend of Hero and Leander.
SH11208. Silver tetradrachm, Thompson 24, Müller -, SGCV II 6814 var., VF, weight 16.49 g, maximum diameter 29.9 mm, die axis 270o, Sestos (Akbas Kalesi, Turkey) mint, c. 297 - 281 B.C.; obverse diademed head of Alexander the Great wearing the horn of Ammon; reverse Athena Nikephoros enthroned left, Nike crowning name in extended right hand, left arm rests on grounded round shield decorated with Gorgoneion, transverse spear against right side, BAΣIΛEΩΣ (king) downward on right, ΛYΣIMAXOY (Lysimachos) downward on left, dolphin under arm and monogram under throne; rare; SOLD


Paeonian Kingdom, Audoleon, 315 - 285 B.C., In the Types and Name of Alexander the Great

|Kingdom| |of| |Paeonia|, |Paeonian| |Kingdom,| |Audoleon,| |315| |-| |285| |B.C.,| |In| |the| |Types| |and| |Name| |of| |Alexander| |the| |Great||tetradrachm|
The Kingdom of Paeonia was a long-time an ally of Macedonia. King Audoleon's son, Ariston, distinguished himself at the battle of Gaugamela. One of Audoleon's daughters married Pyrrhus of Epirus. Audoleon was nearly defeated by the Illyrian Autariatae tribe, but was saved by Cassander. Astibus was probably the Kingdom's capital and mint city.
SH65459. Silver tetradrachm, Price 654, Müller Alexander 1066, VF, weight 17.118 g, maximum diameter 29.1 mm, die axis 0o, Astibus (or Damastion?) mint, c. 300 - 286 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left, nude to waist, himation around hips and legs, right leg drawn back, eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, HP monogram in left field under arm; SOLD


Uncertain City, Black Sea Area, c. 250 - 200 B.C., Civic Issue in the Types and Name of Alexander the Great

|Alexander| |the| |Great|, |Uncertain| |City,| |Black| |Sea| |Area,| |c.| |250| |-| |200| |B.C.,| |Civic| |Issue| |in| |the| |Types| |and| |Name| |of| |Alexander| |the| |Great||tetradrachm|
After Alexander's death and the collapse and division of his empire, many cities on the Black Sea continued, for about two centuries, to strike tetradrachms in Alexander's name. The identity of the city that struck this type with an OΠ monogram under the throne remains an unsolved mystery.
SH65368. Silver tetradrachm, Price 1169, Müller Alexander -, VF, attractive style, weight 16.856 g, maximum diameter 29.2 mm, die axis 0o, uncertain mint, c. 250 - 200 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse AΛEΞANΔPOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, Zeus seated left, nude to waist, himation around hips and legs, right leg drawn back, eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, OΠ monogram below throne; SOLD


Phagres, Thrace, 400 - 350 B.C.

|Other| |Thrace| |&| |Moesia|, |Phagres,| |Thrace,| |400| |-| |350| |B.C.||AE| |12|
Phagres was located in Thrace in the region between the river Strymon and the river Nestos. It was founded by colonists from Thasos. It was perhaps together with Galepsus and Apollonia occupied and destroyed by Phillip II of Macedon after the capture of Amphipolis. Despite this archaeological remains include Hellenistic finds and indications that Phagres survived into the Roman period.
GB39633. Bronze AE 12, Liampi Phagres 7, F, weight 1.495 g, maximum diameter 11.8 mm, die axis 0o, Phagres mint, 400 - 350 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Apollo right; reverse ΦA / ΓP, lion forepart right; extremely rare; SOLD


Kabyle, Thrace, c. 219 - 215 B.C., Civic Issue in the Types and Name of Alexander the Great

|Alexander| |the| |Great|, |Kabyle,| |Thrace,| |c.| |219| |-| |215| |B.C.,| |Civic| |Issue| |in| |the| |Types| |and| |Name| |of| |Alexander| |the| |Great||tetradrachm|
The obverse dies for this type were also used with reverse dies naming the Gaulish King Kavaros. Die wear shows the Alexanderine types followed Kavaros' coinage, indicating this type was likely struck during the revolt of the Thracians, which brought about the chieftain's death and the end of Gaulish rule. Kavaros ruled until at least 219 B.C., when he participated in a treaty between Byzantium and Bithynia. The style compares closely with contemporary issues of Dionysopolis, Mesembria, and Odessus.
SH69935. Silver tetradrachm, Price 882a, Draganov Cabyle 845 ff., Müller Alexander 399, VF, weight 16.205 g, maximum diameter 26.9 mm, die axis 0o, Kabyle (Kabile, Bulgaria) mint, time of the Thracian Revolt, c. 219 - 215 B; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned left, eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, right leg drawn back, Demeter standing facing torch in each hand; SOLD


Thracians, Odrysian Kingdom, Kotys I 384 - 359 B.C.

|Kingdom| |of| |Thrace|, |Thracians,| |Odrysian| |Kingdom,| |Kotys| |I
384| |-| |359| |B.C.||diobol|
Soon after he became king, Kotys allied with Athens and married his daughter to the Athenian general Iphicrates, who became his second in command. With the help of Iphicrates, Kotys expanded his kingdom, but his success led to increasing tensions with Athens. The Second Athenian Confederacy was founded as a safeguard against Kotys. In 365 B.C., Kotys went to war with the Athenians for the Thracian Chersonese. Around this time, Kotys' treasurer Miltokythes rebelled. Iphicrates and Kotys' mercenary commander Charidemus bribed the Athenian commanders to help suppress the rebellion. In 361 B.C., Charidemus returned to Athens with a treaty from Kotys, proclaiming him an ally. By 360 B.C., Kotys controlled the whole Chersonese peninsula. Late Sep. 360 B.C., Kotys was murdered by two of Plato’s students, Python and Heraclides. Advisers to the King, they murdered him under the pretext that he had wronged their father. In Athens, they were proclaimed honorary citizens and rewarded with gold wreaths.

Kypsela, Thrace, was located in the region between the river Nestos to the river Hebros.
GS86792. Silver diobol, Winzer 31.3; SNG Ashmolean 3719; Topalov 96; Peter p. 114 var. (KO/T-Y and no ivy leaf), gVF, toned, light marks, slightly grainy/porous, weight .0793 g, maximum diameter 11.3 mm, die axis 0o, Kypsela mint, 384 - 359 B.C.; obverse bare head left, with beard and moustache; reverse two-handled vessel (Odrysian dynastic symbol?), KO above, ivy leaf right; very rare; SOLD


Hadrian, 11 August 117 - 10 July 138 A.D., Bizya, Thrace

|Thrace|, |Hadrian,| |11| |August| |117| |-| |10| |July| |138| |A.D.,| |Bizya,| |Thrace||AE| |31|
Bizya (or Bizye) was located between Hadrianopolis and Byzantion. The first Roman imperial coins struck at Bizya, were struck under Hadrian.
RP77130. Bronze AE 31, Jurukova Bizye, pl. 1, 3; 6 (same dies) 1A; Price-Trell p. 247, 83; Varbanov 1421 var., VF, well centered, green patina, weight 18.00 g, maximum diameter 30.6 mm, Bizya (Vize, Turkey) mint, magistrate Maec. Nepos, 117 - 119; obverse AYTO TPAIANOC AΔPIANOC KAICA-P CE / GEP B, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, Door with two; reverse EΠI MAI NEΠ ΠPECB KAI ANT, city gate arch, flanked by two columns and two round crenelated towers, quadriga galloping right above, BIZYH/NΩN in two lines in the exergue; ex Numismatik Lanz auction 160 (15 Jun 2010), lot 414; rare; SOLD


Elaios, Thracian Chersonesos, c. 350 - 281 B.C.

|Other| |Thrace| |&| |Moesia|, |Elaios,| |Thracian| |Chersonesos,| |c.| |350| |-| |281| |B.C.||AE| |13|
The city of Elaios in Thracian Chersonesos occupied a strategic position on what is now called the Gallipoli peninsula. In the ancient world, it was know for its sanctuary of the Trojan hero Protesilaos. Philostratos, writing of this sanctuary in the early third century A.D., speaks of a temple statue of Protesilaos standing on a base which was shaped like the prow of a boat. Of all the references listed in this coin's attribution, SNG Copenhagen is the only to list any coins of this rare city.
GB85370. Bronze AE 13, SNG Cop 898 (also same countermark); BMC Thrace -, Corpus Nummorum Thracorum -, SNG Tüb -, SNG BM -, SNG Stancomb -, SNG Pushkin -, VF, well centered, highlighting earthen deposits, some marks, some corrosion, reverse slightly flattened by counter marking, weight 2.392 g, maximum diameter 13.3 mm, die axis 0o, Elaios (Seddülbahir, Turkey) mint, c. 350 - 281 B.C.; obverse veiled female head (Demeter?) right (wreathed in grain?); countermark: lion forepart right in an round punch; reverse bee upward, seen from above, EΛAIOY/ΣIΩN flanking in two upward lines first on left, ΠA monogram below; extremely rare; SOLD


Antoninus Pius, August 138 - 7 March 161 A.D., Topirus, Thrace

|Roman| |Thrace| |&| |Black| |Sea|, |Antoninus| |Pius,| |August| |138| |-| |7| |March| |161| |A.D.,| |Topirus,| |Thrace||AE| |23|
This type is described in all references as Hercules seated left on a rock, but in this sharp example and some plate coins we can clearly see he is seated on a lion. The lion's head is facing with clear eyes, nose, ears, main and mouth. The head is flanked by the lion's forelegs with paws on the ground. This is perhaps the first time this type has been correctly described.
RP64030. Bronze AE 23, Varbanov III 2668; cf. BMC Thrace p. 175, 3 (bare head, similar countermark); SNG Cop -, RPC online -, VF, weight 6.172 g, maximum diameter 23.0 mm, die axis 180o, Topeiros (Greece) mint, obverse AYT KAI T AIΛI AΔPIANOC ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head right, countermark on neck: monogram in round punch; reverse EΠI ΦAB AΓPIΠΠEINOY TOΠEIPEITΩN, Hercules seated left on lion skin draped over rock, right hand extended, club on ground leaning against right leg, leaning back on left hand set on lion's shoulder; ex Helios Numismatik auction 7 (12 Dec 2011), lot 549; rare; SOLD




  




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