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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 707
᷅ SOLD: Euboia, Histiaia, AR Tetrobol, SI and Labrys symbols, 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 - AEIΩN (retrograde), 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); below, ΣI and labrys (double-axe, or bipennis)
Size: 15.26mm, 2.5g, 8h
Grade: aVF, boldly struck, tight flan, splendid old cabinet tone
Provenance: ex Nomos AG Obolos 10 (30 Jun 2018) Lot 122
Reference(s): BMC Central Greece p. 130, 64; BCD Euboia 392; HGC 4, 1524; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Alpha Bank -
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᷅ SOLD: Euboia, Histiaia, AR Tetrobol, SI and Labrys symbols, 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 - AEIΩN (retrograde), 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); below, ΣI and labrys (double-axe, or bipennis)
Size: 15.06mm, 2.5g, 7h
Grade: aVF, well centred, splendid old cabinet tone
Provenance: ex Nomos AG Obolos 10 (30 Jun 2018) Lot 123
Reference(s): BMC Central Greece p. 130, 64; BCD Euboia 392; HGC 4, 1524; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Alpha Bank -
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 850
᷅ SOLD: Gaul, Massalia, AR Obol, struck c. 220-150 BC
Province: Gaul, Massalia
Date: 220-150 BC
Denomination: AR Obol
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Bare had of Apollo, facing left
Reverse: M-A, within wheel of four spokes
Size: 10.37mm, 0.7g, 6h
Grade: EF, lovely old cabinet tone, lustrous surfaces
Provenance: From the Massalia Collection, formed over the past twenty-five years.
Reference(s): Depeyrot 31; Corpus Maurel 390; SNG Copenhagen 723-8
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᷅ SOLD: Gift Price Alexander the Great Silver Drachm
Ruler: Alexander the Great.
Date: 3rd to 4th century BC.
Denomination: Drachm.
Composition: Silver.
Obverse: Alexander as Herakles facing right.
Reverse:
Zeus seated on throne holding scepter and eagle.
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᷅ SOLD: Gift Price: Alexander the Great Drachm
Ruler: Alexander the Great
Date: 200-330 BC.
Denomination: Drachm.
Composition: Silver.
Obverse: Alexander the Great as Herakles wearing the Neamean lionskin.
Reverse: Zeus seated on throne holding eagle and scepter. Alexandrou in right field.
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᷅ SOLD: Gift Price: Alexander the Great Drachm
Ruler: ALexander the Great.
Date: 3rd to 4th century BC.
Denomination: Drachm.
Composition: Silver.
Obverse: Alexander the Great as Herakles facing right.
Reverse: Zeus seated on throne holding scepter and eagle.
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᷅ SOLD: Illyria, Dyrrhachion, AR Stater, c. 340-280 BC
Province: Illyria, Dyrrhachion
Date: circa 340-280 BC
Denomination: AR Stater
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Cow standing right, looking back at suckling calf below, standing left; above, ΣΩ monogram
Reverse: Δ-Y-P (retrograde), double stellate pattern divided by line, within double linear square border; below, club; all within linear circular border
Size: 21.98mm, 10.9g, 10h
Grade: VF, weak obverse strike
Provenance: ex Triskeles Auction 22(15 December 2017), Lot 77; ex Classical Numismatic Group (2017)
Reference(s): Meadows, CH (forthcoming) 152 (this coin); BMC Thessaly [Illyria] p. 67, 28; HGC 3, 34; cf. SGCV I 1892 (diff. monogram); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Alpha Bank -; SNG Soutzos -
This coin was struck in antiquity. It is a valuable piece of history that is unique and irreplaceable. It tells us a story of civilisation past. It makes us reflect on the wonders of yesterday. Whose hands did this coin pass through? What spectacles did it bear witness to?
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 587
᷅ SOLD: Illyria, Dyrrhachion, AR Stater, c. 340-280 BC
Province: Illyria, Dyrrhachion
Date: circa 340-280 BC
Denomination: AR Stater
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Cow standing right, looking back at suckling calf below, standing left; above, ΣΩ monogram
Reverse: Δ-Y-P, double stellate pattern divided by line, within double linear square border; below, club; all within linear circular border
Size: 19mm, 10.70g, 5h
Grade: VF, toned
Provenance: ex Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 411 (13 December 2017), Lot 30
Reference(s): Meadows, CH (forthcoming) 149 (this coin); BMC Thessaly [Illyria] p. 66, 27; HGC 3, 34; cf. SGCV I 1892 (diff. monogram); Maier –; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Alpha Bank -; SNG Soutzos -
This coin was struck in antiquity. It is a valuable piece of history that is unique and irreplaceable. It tells us a story of civilisation past. It makes us reflect on the wonders of yesterday. Whose hands did this coin pass through? What spectacles did it bear witness to?
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 853
᷅ SOLD: Ionia, Miletus, AR Drachm, c. 260-250 BC, Maiandros, magistrate
Ruler: Maiandros, magistrate
Province: Ionia, Miletus
Date: circa 260-250 BC
Denomination: AR Drachm, Persic standard
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo left
Reverse: [M]AIANΔPIO[Σ], Lion standing left, looking back at star of with rays; to left, MI monogram
Size: 20.62mm, 5.0g, 1h
Grade: VF, lovely old cabinet tone, light scratches and depsots; edges filed, likely to fit in bezel
Provenance: Referenced in Kinns Review. From the collection of an English Queen’s Counsel, purchased from B.A. Seaby Ltd. (their ticket included; ex Glendining (1 March 1978), Lot 12
Reference(s): Kinns Review, p. 240 (this coin referenced); Roma E-Sale 62, lot 310 (same dies); BMC Ionia p. 192, 92 (stater); Deppert-Lippitz Period IV, Group II, –; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 600
᷅ SOLD: Islands off Caria, Rhodos, Rhodes, AR Drachm, Plinthophoric Coinage, struck c. 170-150 BC
Ruler: stuck under Artemon, magistrate
Province: Rhodes
Date: circa 170-150 BC
Denomination: AR Drachm
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Radiate head of Helios right
Reverse: APTEMΩN, Rose with bud; stem to right; Isis crown to left; to left and right, P-O / T-ϴ; all within incuse square;
Size: 16.45mm, 2.75 g, 12h
Grade: VF, toned
Provenance: From the B. H. Webb Collection, ex Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 406 (27 September 2017), Lot 423; ex Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 143 (12 July 2006) lot 76
Reference(s): Jenkins Rhodian, Group B, 33; HGC 6, 1458; BMC Caria -; SNG Copenhagen -
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᷅ SOLD: Islands off Thrace, Thasos, AR Sixteenth Stater – Obol, Dolphin, c. 500-480 BC
Province: Islands off Thrace, Thasos
Date: circa 500-480 BC
Denomination: AR Sixteenth Stater – Obol
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Dolphin left; below, two pellets
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square
Size: 8.50mm, 0.35g
Grade: aVF, toned, light porosity
Provenance: ex Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 407 (11 October 2017), Lot 46
Reference(s): Le Rider Thasiennes 10 var. (dolphin right); HGC 6, 338 var. (same); CNG 73, lot 107; cf. Svoronos HPM, pl. 10, 26 (dolphin right, pellet above / below); SNG Copenhagen -; SGCV I -
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᷅ SOLD: Islands off Thrace, Thasos, AR Sixteenth Stater – Obol, Dolphins, c. 500-480 BC
Province: Islands off Thrace, Thasos
Date: circa 500-480 BC
Denomination: AR Sixteenth Stater – Obol
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Two dolphins swimming in opposite directions; above and below, pellets
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square
Size: 8.52mm, 0.50g
Grade: aVF, toned, light porosity
Provenance: ex Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 407 (11 October 2017), Lot 45
Reference(s): Le Rider Thasiennes 9; SNG Copenhagen 1020; HGC 6, 337; cf. Svoronos HPM, pl. 10, 24; SGCV I -