(Greece & Thrace)
AIGINA AKARNANIA ARGOLIS ARKADIA ATTICA BOEOTIA BOSPORUS CORINTHIA CRETE ELIS EUBOIA ILLYRIA LOKRIS MACEDON KINGS MEGARIS MESSENIA MOESIA PAEONIA SCYTHIA SIKYONIA THESSALY THRACE WEIGHTS MAP
ARGOLIS
8569. ARGOLIS, HERMIONE, ca. 360-310 BC. AR Triobol. (15 mm, 2.66 g.) Head of Demeter Chthonia wearing wreath of grain, earring and necklace / Monogram of EP within corn wreath. BMC 1; Grandjean 1, 1A (D3/R6); BCD 1293. Extremely Rare. AEF. Perfectly centered exceptional example better than CNG 251, lot 42 which sold for $1800 with buyer's fee. Old cabinet toning. From the Edgar L. Owen collection.
$1250.
ATTICA (map)
APPARENTLY UNIQUE AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT 9347. ATTICA, ATHENS, c. 515-510 BC. AR fraction, 0.87 gm., Unpublished, Sear_, SNG Copenhagen_, Plant_, SNG ANS_. Head of bull facing/Owl stg. l. AΘE to l., olive berry to r., all within incuse square. F. Considerably better than photo. An apparently unique coin linking the Athenian Wappenmunzen series with the later owls. Attributed by David Sear.
"An extremely interesting coin. The obverse bucranium is well known on the 'Wappenmunzen' series of ca. 545-515 BC (cf. Svoronos, Corpus of the Ancient Coins of Athens, pl. 1, 45) but here the reverse is consistently a diagonally divided incuse square. The first 'owls' with a head of Athena on the obverse appear to have been introduced about 510 BC (cf. Svoronos pl. 2, 54-9 for fractions with a reverse type similar to this piece), but there seems to be no other known example of an overlap of types between these two distinct series."
David Sear
Published in Plutarch and the Art, Plutarco y la iconografía numismática by Prof. Aurelio Pérez Jiméneze the University of Coimbra (Portugal). 2015.
BOEOTIA
BOSPORUS
CORINTHIA
8038. CORINTH, autonomous bronze coinage under HADRIAN. (23 mm, 7.43 g.) Published BCD collection no. 638. Hd. of Aphrodite r./Bellepheron riding Pegasos spearing Chimaera. Very rare with a wonderful scene from Greek mythology! AVF, better than Triton XVIII, lot 874 which went for ~$2000 with buyer's fee. From the Edgar L. Owen collection.
CRETE
4941. CRETE, KNOSSOS, 2nd-1st cent. BC. AE27. Kydas, magistrate. Laureate head of Zeus right; half of thunderbolt below chin / Eagle standing right with open wings; K-Y/Δ-A/Σ in three lines across field. Svoronos, Numismatique 142; SNG Copenhagen 388. VF. Rare. Provenance: The Thomas Virzi collection.
ELIS
MACEDONIAN KINGS
11199. MACEDON, EION, 500-480 BC. Trihemiobol. (8 mm, 0.88 g.) Goose standing right with head reverted, lizard above. /Incuse. VF.
8552. MACEDON, TRAGILOS, ca. 450-410 BC. AR Hemiobol. (8 mm, 0.33 g.) Sear 1470. Barley ear/TRIA in four part incuse. EF. Rare. A charming little coin reminding us of the continuing Greek appreciation of the use of coin to purchase the daily necessities of life. Better than Triton XI, lot 277 which went for $375 with buyer's fee. Well struck and centered for issue. From the Edgar L. Owen collection.
9387. MACEDON, PERDIKKAS II, 454-413 BC. Tetrobol. (14 mm, 1.86 g.) Copenhagen 495, Sear 1487. Horse pacing r/Crested helmet in incuse. AVF.
VERY FINE STYLE 6062. MACEDON, ALEXANDER III, THE GREAT, 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm. 27 mm., 17.03 g. Bust young Herakles r./Zeus enthroned with eagle and scepter. EF.
MEGARIS (map)
10583. MEGARIS, MEGARA, 330-275 BC. AE15, 2.67 gm. Dichalkon. BMC 120, 21. Prow left. Reverse: 2 dolphins aroung MEGA. VF. Ex BCD collection. Much better than CNG coin ship 790058 which sold for $325.
10585. MEGARIS, MEGARA, 350-300 BC. Tetrachalkon. AE20 mm, 4.74 gm. BMC 119, 11. Laureate head of Apollo right. Reverse: Lyre. VF. Excellent example. Ex BCD collection.
SCYTHIA
9412. SKYTHIA, OLBIA. Circa AD 75/6. AE20, 4.58 g. Head of Apollo right. wearing laurel wreath; OΛBIOΠOΛ-ЄI around / Sea eagle standing right on dolphin right; T[Φ]Cω around, monogram above and to right. Cf. Anokhin 537; Karyshkovskij p. 648, Таб. CCXL; Frolova & Abramzon 2469 (same dies); RPC II 492; SNG Pushkin 519 (same dies); SNG Stancomb 941 (same dies); Sutzu II 243 (same dies). VF, brown patina. Scarce.
