SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 16.86 g, 1h). Struck circa 430 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand, reins in both, driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying left, crowning charioteer with open wreath / Head of Arethousa right, hair in sakkos ornamented by a maeander pattern; four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XX, 644 (V327/R443); HGC 2, 1319; SNG ANS 209 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 1350 (same dies); BMC 113 (same dies); Gillet 583 (same rev. die); Wallenbrock fig. 2.11 (this coin). Lightly toned, with some blue iridescence, edge split, light scratches. Good VF.
Ex Stack’s Bowers Galleries (9 January 2015), lot 29.
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SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. EL 5 Litrai – Twelfth Stater (9mm, 0.71 g, 8h). Struck circa 306/5 BC. Head of Arethousa right, hair in sphendone / Octopus. Jenkins Group A, dies a/a; BAR Issue 12; HGC 2, 1296; SNG ANS 620 (same dies); BMC 270 (same dies). Scrapes and marks. Near VF.
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SICILY, Syracuse. Philistis, wife of Hieron II. 275-215 BC. AR 16 Litrai – Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 13.18 g, 2h). Struck circa 218/7-215 BC. Diademed and veiled head left; grain ear to right / Nike driving slow quadriga right; crescent above, KIΣ to right, grain ear below. CCO 69 (D17/R46); BAR Issue 65; HGC 2, 1554; SNG Copenhagen 824 (same dies). Lightly toned, remnants of find patina, flan crack, some die rust and a few light scratches on obverse, flan flaw at edge on reverse. Near EF.
Ex Trausnitz Collection (Nomos Obolos 18, 21 February 2021), lot 96, purchased from Münzhandlung Athena, December 1998.
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SICILY, Syracuse. Philistis, wife of Hieron II. 275-215 BC. AR 16 Litrai – Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.45 g, 10h). Struck circa 218/7-215 BC. Diademed and veiled head left / Nike, holding reins in both hands, driving slow quadriga right; crescent above, A to right. CCO 214 (D19/R23); BAR Issue 65; HGC 2, 1556; Burnett, Enna 33 (same dies); Naville V, lot 1224 (same dies); Naville X, lot 338 (same dies). Toned, remnants of find patina, trace deposits, minor chip on edge. Good VF.
From the Henry A. Sauter Collection, purchased from Superior Stamp & Coin.
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SICULO-PUNIC, “The Camp”. Circa 345/38-320/15 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 16.13 g, 2h). Possibly Entella mint. Wreathed head of Persephone left; QRTḤDŠT (= “Carthage” in Punic) to right / Horse stepping left; palm tree in background. Jenkins, Punic, Series 2a, 58 (O14/R52); CNP 207; HGC 2, 267. Toned, extensive cleaning scratches and marks, some tooling and smoothing, delaminations and roughness. Near VF.
From the Henry A. Sauter Collection. Ex Migul Muñoz Collection (Part II, Superior, 4 June 1979), lot 1477.
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CARTHAGE. Circa 350-320 BC. AV Tenth Stater (8mm, 0.88 g, 1h). Carthage mint. Palm tree with two date clusters / Head of horse right. Jenkins & Lewis Group III, 136–55; CNP 239; MAA 8; SNG Copenhagen 133. Some tiny marks, slight doubling on obverse, a little off center on reverse. VF.
From the Henry A. Sauter Collection, purchased from Superior Stamp & Coin.
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THRACE, Ainos. Circa 408/7-407/6 BC. AR Tetrobol (13.5mm, 2.68 g, 7h). Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos / Goat standing right; crab below raised foreleg; all within incuse square. May, Ainos 291 (A181/P194); AMNG II 291; HGC 3, 1272. Lightly toned, some granularity. Near EF.
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THRACE, Byzantion. Circa 230s-early 220s BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.01 g, 12h). In the name and types of Lysimachos. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right / Athena Nikephoros seated left, arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; EK monogram to inner left, ME monogram in exergue. Marinescu Issue 66, 153 (O60/R147); Müller –; HGC 3, 1396. Iridescent tone, minor double strike. VF.
From the Henry A. Sauter Collection, purchased from Superior Stamp & Coin.
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THRACE, Mesambria. Circa 225-175 BC. AR Tetradrachm (34mm, 16.75 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Diosk(ouridas), magistrate. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in inner left field, helmet right; ΔIOΣK in exergue. Karayotov I 112 (O39/R108); Price 1003; HGC 3, 1567; ANS 1951.35.104 (same dies). Lightly toned, struck with worn dies, minor doubling on obverse. Good VF.
Ex Don T. Hayes Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 541, 28 June 2023), lot 37.
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THRACE, Odessos. Circa 280-225 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28.5mm, 16.77 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram below throne. Topalov, Odesos, Series 23, unlisted issue; AMNG I –; Price 1322 (Uncertain Black Sea); Black Sea Hoard 313–8 (OL/R34); HGC 3, 1584. Lightly toned, slightly off center on obverse, struck with worn reverse die, light scrapes and scuff at edge on reverse. Good VF.
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KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.93 g, 6h). Lampsakos mint. Struck circa 297/6-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; HP monogram to inner left, crescent in exergue. Thompson 47; Müller 401; HGC 3, 1750b. Toned, underlying luster. Near EF.
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KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30.5mm, 17.32 g, 12h). Lampsakos mint. Struck circa 297/6-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; to inner left, monogram above crescent. Thompson 61 var. (monogram); Müller 392; HGC 3, 1750b; SNG BN 2545. Toned, underlying luster, deposits. Good VF. Fine style portrait.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 503 (3 November 2021), lot 93.
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KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.08 g, 12h). Magnesia on the Maeander mint. Struck circa 297/6-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; monogram to inner left. Thompson 113; Müller 552; HGC 3, 1750e. Toned, underlying luster, minor marks, small bump on edge. Good VF.
KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 16.81 g, 12h). Magnesia on the Maeander mint. Struck circa 297/6-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; monogram to inner left. Thompson 113 var. (monogram); Müller 552 var. (same); HGC 3, 1750e. In NGC encapsulation 2400069-002, graded Ch XF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5. Extremely rare variety, approximately seven published.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 115 (16 September 2020), lot 87.
A very distinctive and powerful portrayal of Alexander the Great, quite different from what is routinely seen at Magnesia. This variety incorporates an entire omicron in the control unlike versions listed under Thompson 113.
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KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 17.09 g, 6h). Pella mint. Struck 286/5-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; to inner left, monogram in circle above arm, monogram below. Thompson 244 var. (monogram above arm); Müller –; Auctiones SA 7, lot 107 var. (monogram; same obv. die [example of Thompson 244]); CNG E-366, lot 407 (same dies); A. Hess (18 March 1918), lot 284 = J. Hamburger (17 June 1908), lot 414 (same dies). Lightly toned. Near EF. Fine style. Rare.
From the Pythagoras Collection, purchased from Jonathan K. Kern.
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