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Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4

Date: 2025-01-14 15:00:00 (3 weeks from now)

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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 141
2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: Near EF
KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.04 g, 2h). Lampsakos mint. Struck 297/6-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ, Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; to inner left, forepart of lion left. Thompson 40; Müller 37; HGC 3, 1750b; SNG BN – (but same obv. die as 2547); Armenak 672 (same obv. die). Underlying luster, short flan crack, a touch off center. Near EF.


Struck from the same obverse die as the following lot.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 142
2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: Near EF
KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.17 g, 6h). Lampsakos mint. Struck 297/6-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ, Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; torch to outer left, monogram-in-circle on throne. Thompson 41; Müller 442; HGC 3, 1750b; SNG BN 2547 var. (torch to inner left; same obv. die); Armenak 673 (same rev. die). Underlying luster, a little die rust on obverse, minor deposits on reverse. Near EF.


Struck from the same obverse die as the previous lot.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 143
2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: EF
KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28.5mm, 17.38 g, 12h). Lampsakos mint. Struck 297/6-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ, Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; torch to inner left, star on throne. Thompson 43; Müller 381; HGC 3, 1750b; SNG BN 2538–9 (same obv. die). Gorgeous iridescent tone, trace of find patina, a few minor marks. EF.


From the Gerald F. Borrmann (Northern California Gentleman) Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XXIII.2 (Fall/Winter 1998), no. 28; Leu 72 (12 May 1998), lot 153.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 144
2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: Near EF
KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30.5mm, 17.03 g, 6h). Lampsakos mint. Struck 297/6-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ, Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; ΔΞ monogram to inner left, crescent in exergue. Thompson 49; Müller 399; HGC 3, 1750b; SNG BN 2548–9. A few hairlines, slight die shift on obverse. Near EF. High relief.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 145
2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: Good VF
KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AV Stater (17.5mm, 8.51 g, 12h). Alexandreia Troas mint. Struck circa 297/6-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; in inner left field, ΠY monogram above bee; EM monogram in exergue. Thompson 146 (same dies as illustration); Meadows, Earliest 43b, dies A10/P27 (this coin); Müller 429; HGC 3, 1743e; Rhousopoulos 696 (same dies). Underlying luster, minor marks. Good VF. Rare.


Ex Lanz 34 (25 November 1985), lot 118.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 146
2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: Near EF
KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.86 g, 7h). Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 288/7-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; race torch to inner left, bee to outer right. Thompson 187; Müller 445a; HGC 3, 1750l. Toned, a couple of faint scratches, light scuff on edge. Near EF. Bold portrait.


Ex Classical Numismatic Group 97 (17 September 2014), lot 68.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 147
2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: EF
KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 17.09 g, 8h). Amphipolis mint. Struck 288/7-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; monograms to inner left and in exergue. Cf. Thompson 210 & 211; cf. Müller 536 & 544; HGC 3, 1750l; Meydancikkale 2675 (same obv. die). Lightly toned, underlying luster. Superb EF. Attractive style.


Ex Triton VIII (11 January 2005), lot 262.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 148
2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: EF
KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.12 g, 1h). Pella mint. Struck circa 288/7-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; HP monogram to inner left, ornament on throne. Thompson 247 var. (no ornament noted); Müller –; HGC 3, 1750l. Deep cabinet tone, very minor die shift on obverse, small scuff on edge. EF. Extremely rare with ornament.


Ex Classical Numismatic Group 99 (13 May 2015), lot 57; Sotheby’s (20 April 1970), lot 115.

Thompson notes (p. 176, n. 1) that this particular ornament on the throne is commonly seen on coins of Magnesia, but it also occurs on rare issues of Mytilene and Ephesos. Unbeknownst to Thompson, however, it appears to also occur on rare issues of Pella (cf. Bourgey, March 1975, lot 30 [a variety of Thompson 248], CNG 81, lot 253 [a variety of Thompson 250], and Knobloch FPL 21, no. 67 [a variety of Thompson 252]).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 149
2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: Near EF
THRACO-MACEDONIAN TRIBES, Mygdones or Krestones. Circa 480-470 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 9.24 g). Goat kneeling right, head reverted, on dotted ground line; ΔE monogram above / Quadripartite incuse square. Lorber, Goats, Issue 8; HPM pl. I, 5 = BMC Macedon p. 37, 1 (same obv. die); AMNG III/2, 6; HGC 3, 366 (‘Aigai’); SNG ANS 58 (same obv. die [Aegae]); Gillet 737; Locker-Lampson 152 (same dies); Raymond p. 52 (this coin referenced [Hirsch 1933]); Weber 1840 (same dies). Lovely deep old cabinet tone, minor edge marks. Near EF.


From the Columbus Collection. Ex New York Sale III (7 December 2000), lot 118; R. de St. Marceaux Collection (Ars Classica XVI, 3 July 1933), lot 968. Reportedly also ex H. Herzfelder and P. Strauss collections.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 150
2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: EF
THRACO-MACEDONIAN REGION, Berge. Circa 525-480 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 9.90 g). Ithyphallic satyr standing right, right hand grasping right wrist of nymph fleeing right, his left hand supporting her chin; three pellets around / Rough incuse square divided diagonally. Smith Group 5 (Lete); Peykov A0020 (Siris); HPM pl. VIII, 4; AMNG III/2, 14 (Lete); SNG ANS 954–61 (“Lete”); Kunstfreund 40 (Uncertain mint); Traité I 1568 (Lete). Beautifully toned. Superb EF.


From the Columbus Collection. Ex Triton XVIII (6 January 2015), lot 430; LHS 100 (23 April 2007), lot 211; Leu 38 (13 May 1986), lot 58; Christitch Collection (Egger XLI, 18 November 1912), lot 340; Dr. Fenerly Bey du Phanar Collection.

The satyr/centaur and nymph type represents a common theme in Greek mythology: the juxtaposition of the wildly monstrous and sexually-charged with the human. Kraay's view (ACGC pp. 148-9) that the coins where the satyr and nymph are both standing show the nymph seducing the satyr, while the coins where the nymph is in the satyr's arms show the nymph is protesting her being carried off, is contradicted by a close inspection of the coins themselves. In similar scenes of this event depicted elsewhere, the satyr clearly manhandles the nymph, forcibly grasping one of her arms, while the nymph appears in a posture of apparent flight (see, e.g., HPM pl. VII-VIII). Clearly, in both scenes the nymph is protesting the actions of the satyr or centaur, who, in the role of the wild, libidinous creature that he is, is seizing the nymph for his own purposes, driven by his sexual arousal.

This particular issue has previously been given to Lete and Siris, but S. Psoma has persuasively argued against both of these attributions, and suggests that the city of Berge is the most likely in light of the historical and numismatic evidence. (See S. Psoma, “The ‘Lete’ Coinage Reconsidered” in Agoranomia.)
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 151
2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: Good VF
MACEDON, Akanthos. Circa 525-470 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.13 g). Attic standard. Lion attacking right, biting into the hindquarter of a bull kneeling left, head right, biting the leg of the lion; Θ above, three ground lines below, the middle composed of pellets; floral ornament in exergue / Quadripartite incuse square. Desneux 69–79 (unlisted dies); AMNG III/2, 5; HGC 3, 383; SNG ANS 10 var. (bull head left); SNG Spencer 109; SNG Lockett 1282; Boston MFA 520 = Warren 536. Attractive light toning, deposits on reverse. Good VF. Well struck on a broad flan.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 152
2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: Good VF
MACEDON, Akanthos. Circa 430-390 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 14.07 g, 8h). Thraco-Macedonian standard. Lion attacking right, biting into the hindquarter of a bull kneeling left, head raised / AKA-N-ΘIO-N in shallow incuse around quadripartite square, the quarters raised and granulated. Desneux 117 (D113/R105); AMNG III/2, –; HGC 3, 391; Boston MFA 529 (same dies). Lightly toned. Good VF. Very rare early Thraco-Macedonian standard issue.


From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex Triton XVIII (6 January 2015), lot 435; RAJ Collection (Triton XVII, 7 January 2014), lot 118.

Akanthos was founded on the easternmost “finger” of the Chalcidice in the seventh century BC. Huge silver deposits were discovered in close proximity during the sixth century BC, leading to Akanthos becoming a prolific mint, with its coinage circulating widely in northern and mainland Greece. Of the Archaic Greek coinages, the imagery of Akanthos is one of the most influential, depicting a lion attacking a bull. Lions still prowled the hinterlands of Thrace and Macedon in this era. Herodotus recounts an episode in The Histories when the baggage camels of the army of the Persian King Xerxes was set upon by lions during its march from Asia Minor into Greece proper (Herodotus 7.125-126).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 153
2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: Good VF
MACEDON, Akanthos. Circa 430-390 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 14.11 g, 10h). Thraco-Macedonian standard. Lion attacking right, biting into the hindquarter of a bull kneeling left, head raised; Γ in exergue / AKA-N-ΘIO-N in shallow incuse square around quadripartite square with stippled quarters in relief. Desneux 123a (D118/R110 [erroneous pedigree listed]) = Hunt IV 194 (this coin); cf. AMNG III 29; HGC 3, 391; SNG ANS 12 (same rev. die). Lightly toned, trace deposits, minor marks. Good VF.


Ex Leu 18 (5 May 1977), lot 107; Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection (Part IV, Sotheby’s New York, 19 June 1991), lot 194; Robert Allatini Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 9 May 1904), lot 24.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 154
2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: Good VF
MACEDON, Akanthos. Circa 430-390 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.76 g, 6h). Thraco-Macedonian standard. Lion attacking right, biting into the hindquarter of a bull kneeling left, head raised; AΛEΞIΣ in exergue / AKA-N-ΘIO-N in shallow incuse square around quadripartite square with stippled quarters in relief. Desneux 140a (D132/R126 – this coin); AMNG III 29; HGC 3, 391; SNG ANS 15; Hirsch 955 (same obv. die). Lightly toned, trace deposits, granular surfaces. Good VF.


Ex Leu 71 (24 October 1997), lot 125; Hess-Leu 45 (12 May 1970), lot 115; H. C. Hoskier Collection (J. Hirsch XX, 13 November 1907), lot 228; Harlan P. Smith Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 5 June 1905), lot 139.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 155
2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: fine
MACEDON, Akanthos. Circa 430-390 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.37 g, 11h). Thraco-Macedonian standard. Lion attacking right, biting into the hindquarter of a bull kneeling left, head raised; AΛEΞIΣ in exergue / AKA-N-ΘIO-N in shallow incuse square around quadripartite square with stippled quarters in relief. Desneux 147–8 var. (D139/R– [unlisted rev. die]); AMNG III 29; HGC 3, 391; SNG ANS 15; SNG Copenhagen 14 (same obv. die); BMC 25 (same obv. die). In NGC encapsulation 5771750-005, graded AU, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5, Fine Style.


Ex Edward H. Merrin Collection (noted on NGC tag); Leu 45 (26 May 1988), lot 106.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 156
2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: Good VF
MACEDON, Amphipolis. 369/8 BC. AR Drachm (15.5mm, 3.51 g, 5h). Head of Apollo facing slightly right, wearing laurel wreath, drapery around neck / AMΦ-IΠO-ΛIT-EΩN on raised linear square enclosing race torch; all within shallow incuse square. Lorber 55 (Od3/Rd2); HGC 3, 413; SNG Soutzos 271 (same dies); SNG Stockholm 873 = SNG Lockett 1301 = Bement 672 (same dies); McClean 3207 (same dies). Faintly toned, trace of find patina, typical light granularity. Good VF.


Ex Spink 212 (28 March 2012), lot 21; Classical Numismatic Group 79 (17 September 2008), lot 139.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 157
2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: EF
MACEDON, Chalkidian League. Circa 383/2 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.45 g, 12h). Olynthos mint. Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / Kithara; X-A-Λ-KIΔ-EΩN around; all within incuse square. Robinson & Clement Group H, 26–7 var. (A22/P– [unlisted rev. die]); AMNG III/2, 5; HGC 3, 498; SNG ANS 474 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen 242 (same obv. die). Bright surfaces, even light die wear on obverse. EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 158
2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: EF
MACEDON, Chalkidian League. Circa 383/2 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.42 g, 12h). Olynthos mint. Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / Kithara; X-A-Λ-KIΔ-EΩN around; all within incuse square. Robinson & Clement Group H, 28 (A23/P25); AMNG III/2, 5; HGC 3, 498; SNG Lockett 1308 (same dies). Faintly toned, light cleaning marks on obverse. EF. Attractive style.
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2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: Good VF
MACEDON, Chalkidian League. Circa 352 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 14.41 g, 2h). Olynthos mint; Olympichos, magistrate. Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / Kithara; X-A-Λ-KIΔ-EΩN around, [ΕΠΙ OΛYMΠΙXΟΣ below]. Robinson & Clement Group T, 116 (A74/P99); HGC 3, 499; SNG ANS 509; Boston MFA 581 = Warren 564 (same obv. die); Kraay & Hirmer 413 (same dies). Lightly toned, trace deposits. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 160
2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: EF
MACEDON, Neapolis. Circa 500-480 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 9.83 g). Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue / Quadripartite incuse square. AMNG III/2, 6; HGC 3, 583; SNG ANS 406–19; Dewing 1604; Kraay & Hirmer 433; Traité I 1740. Attractive old collection tone. Choice EF. Well centered and struck from fresh dies.


From the Columbus Collection. Ex Edward J. Waddell inventory C29932 (c. 1990).

Neapolis, which is well known for its apparently large issues of silver in the 5th-early 4th centuries BC, is relatively unknown outside of numismatics. Its exact location is unknown, though a city that has been under excavation near modern Polychronon may be Neapolis. The city was likely founded as a settlement by colonists from Mende in the 6th century BC. Like many of the other cities in the region, Neapolis supplied troops and ships to Xerxes during the Greco-Persian Wars, and afterward became a member of the Delian League. Its coinage consists of two large series of silver coins, both featuring the facing head of a gorgoneion on the obverse. The first series, with a simple quadripartite incuse reverse, began late in the Archaic period, circa 500 BC, and lasted until circa 480 BC. This is followed by a dual-sided coinage of drachms and hemidrachms featuring a female head on the reverse, which ran from the late 5th century BC until the early 4th century BC.