Greek, Thrace and Thracian Islands
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Greek, Kingdom of Thrace, Lysimachos297 - 281 BC
AE 13 mm, 2.733 grams, 180 degrees
Kallatis mint (Mangalia, Romania mint)
O: Head of Herakles right clad in Nemean Lion's scalp headdress.
R: BA“S”I / “L”Y“S”I within a wreath of grain.
Ref: Müller pl. XLII, 14, SNG Cop 1168, SGCV II 6822.
Notes: VF, dark green patina, scratches, earthen deposits
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Greek, Thasos, Thracian Islands412 - 404 BC
AR Trihemiobol, 13 mm, 0.69 grams, 0 degrees
O: Ithyphallic satyr kneeling left, holding kanthros.
R: Amphora with two handles, θAΣ-IΩN either side.
Ref: Le Rider, Thasos 27; SNG Cop 1029; BMC 53; SG 1755
Notes: F, toned, porus.
Ex-Forum Ancient Coins Members Auction from Moneta, Oct 2021Virgil H
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Greek, Thrace, Ainos280 - 260 BC
AE 21 mm, 9.19 grams, 180 degrees
O: Head of Hermes right, wearing brimmed petasus with flat top.
R: AINI-ON (ON very small beneath goat), goat standing left
Ref: AMNG II 374
Notes: Rare
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Greek, Thrace, Ainos200 - 100 BC
AE 21 mm, 6.66 grams, 0 degrees
O: Head of Poseidon right, hair bound in Tania, monogram beneath neck.
R: AINION, Hermes standing left by altar, holding purse and caduceus.
Ref: BMC 45; SNG Cop 423
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Greek, Thrace, Byzantion387 - 340 BC
AR Hemidrachm, 11.6 mm, 1.967 grams 270 degrees
Byzantion (Istanbul) mint
O: Forepart of cow standing left on dolphin left, right foreleg raised, “BU” above (the first letter is an archaic form of "B" used at Byzantium), monogram under foreleg.
R: Ornamented trident head
Ref: cf. Schönert-Geiss Byzantion 773 ff.; SNG BM 17; SNG Cop 484; BMC Thrace p. 94, 22.
Notes: F, toned, tight flan, edge split, perhaps overstruck.
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Greek, Thrace, Chersonesos386 - 338 BC
AR hemidrachm, 13.3 mm, 2.373 grams
Cherronesos (Gallipoli peninsula) mint
O: Lion forepart right, head turned back left.
R: Quadripartite incuse with alternating shallow and deeper sunken quarters, palm frond(?) in one sunken quarter, pellet in the opposite sunken quarter
Ref: cf. McClean II 4081; BMC Thrace p. 183, 10; HGC 3.2 1437.
Notes: F, die wear, reverse off center
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Greek, Thrace, Sestos3100 -290 BC
AE 21 mm, 7.434 grams, 0 degrees
O: Female head left, wearing sphendone.
R: ΣA, Demeter seated left os cyst mystic, holding grain ears; herm to left.
Ref: Fritze 1; HGC 3.2 1640.Virgil H
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Thrace, Maroneia189 – 145 BC (possibly after 148 BC)
AE 17 mm. 5.71 grams, 0 degrees
O: Head of Dionysos right, head wreathed in ivy
R: Dionysos standing left, holding grapes in left hand, spears in right, MAΡΩNITΩN to right.
Notes: This one looks better in hand than the photo.
Ref: Ref: Schonert Geiss 1569ff
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