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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 198
᷅ SOLD: Baktrian Kings, Menander I Soter, AR Drachm, Athena, 160-145 BC
Ruler: Menander I Soter
Province: Indo-Greek Kingdom
Date: 160-145 BC
Denomination: Drachm
Composition: Silver
Obverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ ('of King Menander the Saviour'), heroic bust of Menander, viewed from behind, head turned to left
Reverse: Athena standing right, brandishing thunderbolt and holding aegis, Karosthi legend around, monogram in field to left
Size: 16mm, 2.4g, 12h
Grade: gVF, darkly toned
Reference(s): SNG Copenhagen 303; Sear 7604
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᷅ SOLD: Baktrian Kings, Menander I Soter, AR Drachm, Athena, 160-145 BC
Ruler: Menander I Soter
Province: Indo-Greek Kingdom
Date: 160-145 BC
Denomination: Drachm
Composition: Silver
Obverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ ('of King Menander the Saviour'), heroic bust of Menander wearing crested helmet facing right
Reverse: Athena standing right, brandishing thunderbolt and holding aegis, Karosthi legend around, monogram in field to right
Size: 18mm, 2.4g, 12h
Grade: aVF, toned, wide flan
Reference(s): Sear 7603; SNG Copenhagen 294-7 var. (monogram)
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᷅ SOLD: Baktrian Kings, Menander I Soter, AR Drachm, Athena, 160-145 BC
Ruler: Menander I Soter
Province: Indo-Greek Kingdom
Date: 160-145 BC
Denomination: AR Drachm
Composition: Silver
Obverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ ('of King Menander the Saviour'), heroic bust of Menander, viewed from behind, head turned to left
Reverse: Athena advancing left, brandishing thunderbolt and holding shield, Karosthi legend around, monogram in field to right
Size: 16mm, 2.4g, 2h
Grade: aVF, lightly toned
Reference(s): Sear 7602; SNG Copenhagen 299-302 var. (monogram)
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 87
᷅ SOLD: Bronze coin of Alexander the Great
Ruler: Alexander the Great.
Date: 350 BC.
Denomination: AE 17.
Composition: Bronze.
Obverse: Alexander the great as Herakles (Hercules) facing right.
Reverse: Thunderbolt "A" (alpha)?and "B" (Beta)?between a bow in a case and a club.
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᷅ SOLD: Bruttium, Kroton, AR Stater, 480-430 BC
Province: Bruttium, Kroton
Date: 480-430 BC
Denomination: AR Stater
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Tripod, legs terminating in lion's feet; on left, Ϙρo (retrograde)
Reverse: Incuse eagle flying right
Size: 20.52mm, 8.1g, 10h
Grade: VF, attractive cabinet toning, lustrous surfaces, chipped flan
Provenance: ex H.D. Rauch eAuction 24 (29 September 2017), Lot 22; ex Bertolami Fine Arts Auction 19 (11 November 2015), Lot 92; ex Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 182 (20 February, 1998), Lot 6
Reference(s): SNG ANS 289 (same dies); HN Italy 2108; SNG Copenhagen 1766 var. (legend not retrograde); SNG Gale 1048-1049 var. (legend to right); BMC Italy [Croton] p. 345, 34 var. (legend on right); SGCV I 257 var. (legend on right)
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᷅ SOLD: Cherronesos, Thrace, Silver Hemidrachm 386-338 BC
Province: Cherronesos (Chersonesos), Thrace
Date: 386-338 BC
Denomination: Hemidrachm
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Forepart of lion right, head reverted.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square with starburst of eight rays in one quarter and I over dot in the opposite quarter.
Size: 12mm
Grade: aVF
Reference(s): McClean 4107.
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᷅ SOLD: Cilicia, Tarsos, Tarkumuwa (Datames), Satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia, 384-361/0 BC, AR Obol, struck c. 380 BC
Ruler: Tarkumuwa (Datames), Satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia
Province: Cilicia, Tarsos
Date: circa 380 BC
Denomination: AR Obol
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Draped bust of female (Aphrodite?) facing right, wearing earring, necklace and tainia; all within dotted border
Reverse: Bearded head (Ares?) right, wearing crested Attic helmet, drapery around neck; TRKMW (in Aramaic) to right; all within dotted border
Size: 10.81mm, 0.68 g, 5h
Grade: VF, well-toned, some porosity, a few surface cracks
Provenance: ex Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 407 (11 October 2017)
Reference(s): Casabonne Series 1; Göktürk 25; SNG BN 278–81; SNG Levante 81; SNG Copenhagen -; SGCV II -
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 484
᷅ SOLD: Corinthia, Corinth, AR Stater, ca. 375-300 BC
Province: Corinthia, Corinth
Date: Second half of Fourth Century BC ca. 375-300 BC
Denomination: AR Stater
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Pegasus galloping left; beneath Ϙ (koppa)
Reverse: Head of Athena left in Corinthian helmet over leather cap; helmet wreathed; in field beneath, flanking neck truncation, A-P; to right, eagle standing left, facing right
Size: 21.20mm, 8.6g, 3h
Grade: gVF, weak obverse strike, lustrous surfaces
Provenance: ex Triskeles Auction 21 (29 September 2017), Lot 78; ex Stack's (New York)
Reference(s): Pegasi I 426; SNG Copenhagen 73-74; SNG Soutzos 839; BMC Corinth [Corinthia] p. 26, 258-259; Ravel 1008; BCD Corinth 101; Cammann 39e; HGC 4, 1848; SGCV I, 2631 var. (Delta-I, Artemis to right)
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᷅ SOLD: Dyrhachium, Illyria, AR Drachm, c 229 BC
Province: Dyrrhachium, Illyria
Date: c 229 BC
Denomination: AR Drachm
Composition: Silver
Obverse: ΞENΩN, cow standing right, looking back at calf which it suckles, eagle standing right above
Reverse: DUR PURBA, square containing double stellate pattern, club to left.
Size: 20mm
Grade: aVF
Reference(s): Ceka 360; SNG Alpha Bank -
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᷅ SOLD: Dyrrhachium, Illyria, Silver Drachm, c 229 BC
Province: Illyria Dyrrhachium.
Date: 3rd to 2nd Century BC.
Denomination: Drachm.
Composition: Silver.
Obverse: Cow standing right suckling calf. Legend reads: SILANO.
Reverse: Square containing double stellate pattern. Legend reads: DUR --- STO NOS.
Size: 3.3g.
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 294
᷅ SOLD: Euboia, Histiaia, AR Tetrobol, 196-146 BC
Province: Euboia, Histiaia
Date: 196-146 BC
Denomination: AR Tetrobol
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Wreathed head of the Nymph Histiaia right
Reverse: [IΣTI] - AEIΩN, Nymph Histiaia seated right on stern of galley, ornamented with wing, holding naval standard; AP monogram and labrys in exergue
Size: 14.5mm, 2.39g, 12h
Grade: EF, high relief, exceptional life-like portrait on obverse
Provenance: Ex Barry P. Murphy
Reference(s): BMC 61; BCD 391; SNG Alpha Bank -; SNG Christomanos -
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᷅ SOLD: Euboia, Histiaia, AR Tetrobol, Delta Y Monogram, 3rd to 2nd centuries BC
Province: Euboia, Histiaia
Date: 3rd to 2nd centuries BC
Denomination: AR Tetrobol
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Head of the Nymph Histiiaia right, wearing earring, necklace and vine-wreath; hair in sphendone
Reverse: IΣTI [A]EIΩN, Nymph Histiaia, her hair bound with vine-wreath, right breast bare, seated right on the stern of a galley, ornamented with wing, and holding a mast with cross-piece (trophy-stand); to her right, ΔY monogram
Size: 13.27mm, 2.3g, 3h
Grade: VF, finest style, well centred on tight flan, some iridescence
Provenance: ex Nomos AG Obolos 10 (30 Jun 2018) Lot 125
Reference(s): BMC Central Greece p. 130, 76; HGC 4, 1524; BCD Euboia -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Alpha Bank -