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Mesembria Thrace, (2nd Century B.C.)Æ17
O: Diademed female head right.
R: ΜΕΣΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ, Athena Promachos advancing left holding shield and brandishing javelin, crested helmet inner left.
Mesambria (Nesebar, Bulgaria) mint
5.1g
17mm
SNG BM 284 ff., SGCV I 1677, SNG Cop 660, SNG Stancomb 236,
Mesembria (Mesambria) was a Doric settlement on an island at the Black Sea coast. Today a man-made isthmus connects it to the mainland. The modern name is Nesebar, an important seaside resort. Several ancient churches and ruins are preserved on the peninsula.Mat
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AIOLIS, ELAIA (350 - 300 B.C.)Æ9
O: Head of Athena left, wearing Attic helmet.
R:Seed in olive wreath.
9mm
1.3g
SNG-Cop 169; VA 1605Mat
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Alexander III the Great (336 - 323 B.C.)Lifetime Issue
AR Tetradrachm
O: Head of Alexander as Hercules right, wearing lion-skin headdress.
R: AΛEΞAN∆POY, Zeus enthroned left, right leg forward (archaic lifetime style), eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, bow on left.
Salamis mint, struck 332-323 B.C.
16.95g
25mm
Price 3139 ; SNG Alpha Bank 662; Newell. Salamis 7.Mat
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Alexander The Great, Macedonian Kingdom, (336 - 323 B.C.)AR Drachm
Posthumous
O: Herakles' head right, clad in Nemean lion scalp headdress tied at neck.
R: ΑΛΕΞΑΝ∆ΡΟΥ, Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, eagle in right, long vertical scepter in left, X within Ω left, KH under throne.
Mylasa mint 310-300 B.C.
4.1g
16mm
Price 2480Mat
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Antiochos I Soter (281 - 261 B.C.)SELEUKID EMPIRE
AR Tetradrachm
O: Diademed head right
R: Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos; monograms to outer left and right. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY within.
Seleukeia on the Tigris mint
29mm
16.78g
SC 379 Mat
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Apollonia, Illyria, Greece, (200 - 80 B.C.)AR Drachm
Ariston (Moneyer), Ainea (Magistrate),
O: APIΣTΩN (moneyer), cow left, head turned, suckling calf right.
R: AI/NE/A Curved, double-stellate pattern, no center device line, petal rays, seven dots, line border
3.2g
17.5mmMat
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Attica, Athens (353 - 294 B.C)AR Tetradrachm
O: Helmeted head of Athena right
R: AΘE Owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig and crescent to left; all within incuse square.
16.59g
21 mm
Kroll -; HGC 4, 1599
Ex. Numismatik-Naumann, Auction 52, Lot 126Mat
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BITHYNIA. Kalchedon (340 - 320 B.C)AR Siglos
O: KAΛX Bull standing left on ear of corn.
R: Mill-sail incuse
5.35g
19mm
SNG BM 112Mat
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BRUTTIUM. Rhegion (260 - 215 B.C.)Æ23
O: Helmeted head of Athena left.
R: Athena Nikephoros standing left.
5.7g
Reference: SNG ANS 756-760; Rutter, HN 2554Mat
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CARIA, Knidos (3rd Century B.C.)AR Tetrobol
Telesippos, Magistrate
O: Bust of Artemis right, wearing stephane; quiver over shoulder.
R: NIIN/TEEI Ornate tripod lebes.
2.45g
14mm
Cf. SNG Copenhagen 275ff SNG Hel-192Mat
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Cilicia, Tarsus; Satrap Mazaios, (361-334 B.C.)AR Stater
O: Baal of Tarsos seated left, holding eagle, grain ear, grapes, and scepter; TR (in Aramaic) to lower left, M (in Aramaic) below throne.
R: Lion attacking bull, monogram below.
10.35g
25.1mm
Casabonne Series 2, Group C; SNG BN –; SNG Levante 106
Ex.Philip Ashton Collection
Ex Harlan J Berk Buy or Bid, #214, Lot #89Mat
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Histiaia, Euboia (340 - 330 B.C.)Silver Tetrobol
O: Head of nymph Histiaia right wearing an earring, hair bound in sakkos (sphendone) wreathed with vine
R: Nymph seated upon a stern of galley holding a mast with cross-piece (trophy stand), grapes on vine to left; wing on prow; IΣTIAI-EΩN
14mm
2.4g
BMC Central Greece p.127, 24-25; Sear 2495
Slightly overstruck. Die break on nose.
This type, from which the huge Histiaian issues of the following century are copied, commemorated the expulsion, with Athenian help, of the pro-Macedonian tyrant Philistides in 340 B.CMat
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Ionia, Miletos (600 B.C.)AR 1/12 Stater
O: Lion forepart
R: Star pattern
.6g
9.5mmMat
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Kelenderis, Cilicia, (440 - 400 B.C.)AR Stater
O: Young man riding sideways on horse galloping left, nude, preparing to dismount, bridle in left hand on near side of horse, whip in left hand, A below before hind legs.
R: Goat crouching left on solid exergue line, head turned looking back right, KEΛEN over ivy spray with leaf and berries, all in a shallow round incuse.
Kelenderis (Aydincik, Turkey) mint
10.83g
20.1mm
Celenderis Hoard 3 (O15/R15); SNG BnF 46; cf. BMC Cilicia p. 52, 10 (KEΛ); SNGvA 5617 (KEΛEN)
Ex. Numismatik Naumann Auction 77 (5 May 2019), lot 304.Mat
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Krannon, Thessaly, Greece, (350 - 300 B.C.)Æ Dichalkon
O: Horseman galloping right, wearing petasos and chlamys.
R: “KR-AN/NO”, hydria (water carrying vessel) mounted on cart.
Krannon mint
4.605
17.4
Rogers Thessaly 197, SNG Cop 43, SGCV I 2073
It was customary in time of drought to take a sacred chariot with Hydria in procession through the City to supplicate Apollo for rain, and if a crow settled on the wheels, that was the sign that Apollo would grant the prayers of the faithful. -- Rev. Edgar Rogers in The Copper Coinage of ThessalyMat
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Lokris Opuntii (369 - 338 B.C.)AR Hemidrachm
O: Wreathed head of Persephone right.
R: Ajax advancing r., nude but for crested helmet, brandishing dagger and shield; kantharos between his legs.
2.6g
16mm
BCD Lokris 98; SNG Copenhagen 50.Mat
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Lydia, Sardes, 2nd-1st centuries B.C.Æ16
O: Laureate head of young Herakles right.
R: Apollo standing left, holding crow and laurel branch, monogram to left, all within wreath.
17mm
5.71g
SNG Cope. 485Mat
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Macedon, Amphipolis (187 - 168/7 B.C)Æ 21
O: Draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver on shoulder.
R: Artemis Tauropolos riding right on bull, veil billowing out behind her.
21mm
9.5g
SNG ANS 150-1Mat
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Macedonia, Roman Protectorate, First Meris, (167 - 148 B.C.)AR Tetradrachm
O: Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder, in the center of a Macedonian shield.
R: MAKEDONWN PRWTHS; Club; monogram above, two monograms below; all within oak wreath, thunderbolt to left.
Amphipolis Mint
16.56g
30mm
SNG Copenhagen 1315 // AMNG 176Mat
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Macedonian Kingdom, Perseus, (179 - 168 B.C.)Æ21
Pella or Amphipolis mint
O: Head of hero Perseus right, wearing winged helmet peaked with griffin head, harpa right.
R: eEagle standing half-left on thunderbolt, wings open, head right, B - A above wings flanking head, ΓΗ monogram and ΕΡ monogram in ex
6.9g
21mm
SNG Cop 1277, SNG München 1208, SNG Evelpidis 1465Mat
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Magnetes Thessaly (50 - 130 B.C.) Æ20
O: Laureate head of Zeus left.
B: MAGNHTWN; The Centaur Chiron advancing right and holding branch over shoulder; large star below.
8.04g
20mm
Rogers 338bMat
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MOESIA. Kallatis (3rd - 2nd Centuries B.C.)AR Drachm
O: Head of Herakles r., wearing lion skin head-dress.
R: KAΛΛATIA. Stalk of grain and club above; bow in case with quiver below.
4.62 grams.
20 mm
SNG Cop. 176. SNG BM 202.Mat
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MYSIA,Pergamon (200 - 133 B.C.)Æ16
O: Helmeted head of Athena right.
R: AΘΗ-ΝΑΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ, owl standing facing on palm, with wings spread, A monogram left and AP right.
3.6g
16mm
SNG von Aulock 1375-6 var; SNG Copenhagen 388 varMat
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PAMPHYLIA, Aspendos (420 - 400 B.C.)AR Stater
O: Two wrestlers grappling.
R: Slinger in throwing stance right; triskeles to left; herm sans phallus (Hermes) to right.
10.72g
21mm
SNG von Aulock #4510 (Same Dies)
RareMat
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Pamphylia, Aspendos (465 - 430 B.C.)AR Stater
O: Warrior advancing right with a spear and shield.
R:Triskeles
10.86g
SNG Cop 174Mat
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Pergamon, Mysia (133 - 67 B.C)AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm
O: Cista mystica with half-open lid, from which a snake emerges, all within wreath of ivy with berries.
R: Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; above, ME, prytaneis monogram, and A (controls), (Pergamon monogram) to left, serpent-entwined thyrsos to right.
11.36g
26mm
Kleiner, Hoard 40; SNG BN 1744
Ex. Glenn Schinke, March 1995Mat
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Philip I Philadelphos. (95/4-76/5 B.C.)AR Tetradrachm
SELEUKID KINGDOM
O: No legend, diademed head of Philip I facing right, fillet border.
R: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ / ΦΙΛΑ∆ΕΛΦΟΥ, Zeus enthroned left, holding Nike in his right hand and who is crowning him with a wreath, long vertical scepter in his left hand, Φ/A left, laurel border.
Antioch Mint, 93 - 83 B.C.
12.7g
26mm
GCV II 7196, Newell SMA 437Mat
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Ptolemy XII (80 - 51 B.C.)Ptolemaic
AR Tetradrachm
O: Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis.
R: ΠToΛEMAIoY - BA[ΣIΛEΩΣ] Eagle standing l. on thunderbolt, palm branch behind head, ΠA in r. field, in l. field date IKH (for LKH) above headdress of Isis.Year 28 = 54/53 BC
Alexandria Mint
26mm
13.95g
SNG Cop-395, cf. Sear-7947 (Year 27).
Ex. Harlan J Berk Buy or Bid Sale, #213, Lot 151Mat
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Sicily, Syracuse, time of Agathokles, (295 - 289 B.C.)Æ litra
O:Diademed head of Herakles right; ΣVRΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ before.
R: Lion advancing right; club above.
6.49
23mm
CNS II 151 (Agathokles) Ds 8; HGC 2, 1465Mat
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SIKYONIA, Sikyon (400 - 350 B.C.)AR Hemidrachm
O: Chimaera walking left; SI
R: Dove flying left.
2.48g
16mm
SNG Copenhagen 57; Dewing 1834Mat
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Spain, Castulo Mid 2nd century B.C.Æ Heavy Unit
O: Diademed male head right.
R Sphinx right, left forepaw raised; star to right.
36.36g
34mm
ACIP 2126; SNG BM Spain 1298Mat
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Thasos, Thrace, (146 - 50 B.C.)AR Tetradrachm
O: Young head of Dionysos wearing wreath of leaves and grapes and band across forehead.
R: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣΙΩΝ, Hercules naked standing left holding club, lion skin draped over arm; monogram.
33mm
16.1g
SNG Copenhagen 1040; SG-1759; SNG Ashmolean 3689; Le Rider, Thasos 51Mat
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Thessaly, Larissa (360 - 325 B.C.)Æ Dichalkon
O: Head of Larissa facing slightly left, wearing ampyx; grain ears in hair.
R: Horseman riding right, holding lance;
5.84g
19mm
Rogers 284; BCD Thessaly II 393; HGC 4, 530Mat
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THESSALY, Pharsalos. Late 5th-mid 4th century BCAR Drachm
O: Helmeted head of Athena right, sphinx on bowl; T/Θ behind neck guard
R: Warrior on horseback right, wearing petasos, holding mace overhead; T in exergue; all within incuse square.
5.59g
19mm
Lavva 144 (V68/R84); BCD Thessaly II 645.
Ex. Solidus Auction 59, part of lot 1028
Mat
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Thessaly, Pherai, (302 - 286 B.C.)AR Hemidrachm, 15mm, 2.46 grams
Obverse: Wreathed head of Ennodia left, torch to right.
Reverse: AΣTOMEΔON, The nymph Hypereia standing left touching the top of a lions head fountain from which water pours forth, AS TO within wreath to lower left.
2.46g
15mm
BCD Thessaly II, 714 // HGC 4, 553
ex BCD CollectionMat
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Thrace, Chersonesos (386 - 338 B.C.)AR Hemidrachm
O:Forepart of lion right, head reverted.
R: Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; pellet to left of VE monogram and pentagram above pellet in opposite sunken quarters.
13mm
2.4g
BMC 43; McClean –; Weber 2422; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG Dreer 115.Mat
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