Electronic Auction 369
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THRACE, Apollonia Pontika. Late 5th-4th centuries BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 2.73 g, 11h). Facing gorgoneion / Upright anchor; A to left, crayfish to right. Topalov, Apollonia 44 corr. (sides revesred); SNG BM Black Sea 162–3. Near VF.Around 610 BC, Ionian Greeks from Miletos established an important outpost on the western Black Sea coast. Originally called Antheia, and located on a natural peninsula and three nearby islands, the city quickly became a prosperous trading post by exporting copper, honey, grain, and timber, while importing wine, salt, textiles, and pottery for resale to the inland Thracians. The city's key trading partners at the time included fellow-commercial centers Miletos, Athens, Lesbos, Chios, and Rhodes.Prosperity soon enabled Antheia to expand and develop as an important cultural metropolis. An important temple to Apollo was constructed within the city in the late 5th century BC. For 500 talents, it commissioned the Greek sculptor Kalamis (of Boeotia) to cast a 13 ton, 10 meter high, bronze statue of Apollo for the new temple (Strabo VII.6.1). So popular was this temple of Apollo, that the city was now renamed Apollonia in its honor. In 72 BC, during his war against the Thracian Bessi, the proconsul of Macedon, Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus (cos. 73 BC), sacked the city and had the statue transported to Rome, where it was displayed on the Capitol (Pliny, NH XXXIV.18; Strabo VII.6.1).The 5th and 4th century BC coinage of Apollonia Pontika reflects that city's origins: commercial wealth and maritime power. The gorgon was a popular apotropaic device, seen as warding off evil; thus a number of ancient Greek cities adopted it as a coin design. The anchor and the crayfish attest to the city's reliance on maritime commerce for its economy, and the anchor depicted on these coins is actually one of the first anchors of modern design rendered in Greek art.
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THRACE, Chersonesos. Circa 386-338 BC. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 2.46 g). Forepart of lion right, head reverted / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; A with pellet and rosette in opposite sunken quarters. McClean 4086 var. (star not rosette); SNG Copenhagen 841. Good VF.
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THRACE, Mesambria. Circa 325-175 BC. Æ (20.5mm, 5.10 g). Facing helmet / Ethnic within spokes of wheel. SNG BM Black Sea 272–3; SNG Copenhagen 654 var. (form of ethnic). VF, dark green patina.
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THRACE, Odessos. Circa 280-225 BC. AR Tetradrachm (34mm, 17.12 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, monogram above inverted amphora. Topalov, Odesos 28; AMNG I 2114; Price 1156. VF, toned. Rare.From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.
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THRACE, Odessos. Circa 280-225 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.55 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram below throne. Price 1322 (Uncertain Black Sea); Black Sea Hoard 313–20 var. (same obv. die, before re-engraving; slightly different monogram); CNG 94, lot 158 (same obv. die). VF, toned, traces of find patina, a couple light scratches on reverse.From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.
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THRACE, Perinthos. Circa AD 150-200. Æ (21mm, 5.18 g, 7h). Laureate and draped bust of Sarapis right, wearing kalathos / Harpokrates standing left, holding filleted cornucopia. Schönert-Geiss, Perinthos 155 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 725 (same obv. die). VF, brown patina with some green hues.
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ISLANDS off THRACE, Samothrace. 3rd-2nd centuries BC. Æ (19mm, 4.87 g, 4h). Pytho–, magistrate. Helmeted and draped bust of Athena right / Kybele seated left, holding phiale and scepter. Schönert-Geiss, Samothrake 13; SNG Copenhagen 998; HGC 6, 321. VF, brown surfaces, some roughness.
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ISLANDS off THRACE, Thasos. Circa 412-404 BC. AR Hemiobol (6.5mm, 0.22 g, 9h). Head of nymph left / Dolphin leaping left within incuse square. Le Rider, Thasiennes 13; HGC 6, 341. Near VF, toned.
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ISLANDS off THRACE, Thasos. Circa 150-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (35mm, 16.55 g, 12h). Wreathed head of young Dionysos right / Herakles standing facing, head left, holding club, lion skin draped over left arm; ΔI monogram to inner left. Prokopov, Silberprägung, Group II, 21 (V B1/R 18); HGC 6, 358. VF, slight bend in flan, scattered marks, slight roughness.
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ISLANDS off THRACE, Thasos. Circa 90-75 BC. AR Tetradrachm (35mm, 15.55 g, 12h). Wreathed head of young Dionysos right / Herakles standing facing, head left, holding club, lion skin draped over left arm; M to inner left. Prokopov, Silberprägung, Groups XII–XX, unlisted dies; HGC 6, 359. VF.
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KINGS of THRACE, Odrysian. Sparadokos. Circa 450-440 BC. AR Diobol (10.5mm, 1.24 g, 8h). Forepart of horse left / Eagle flying left, holding snake in its beak, within incuse square. Peykov B0040. VF, toned, some porosity, traces of find patina.
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KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. Æ (19.5mm, 4.21 g, 10h). Male head right wearing Phrygian helmet / Trophy. Müller 13; SNG Copenhagen 1164. Good VF, dark green patina, overstruck on an issue with head of Herakles on obverse (back of lion skin headdress visible).
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KINGS of THRACE, Celtic. Kavaros. Circa 230/25-218 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 16.57 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Kabyle mint. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Artemis Phosphoros standing facing. Draganov 881 (O5/R18); Price 882; Peykov F2010. VF, toned, struck with worn obverse die.
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THRACO-MACEDONIAN TRIBES, Bisaltai(?). Mosses. Circa 470 BC. AR Drachm (15.5mm, 3.02 g, 12h). Horse and horseman, wearing petasos and holding two spears, standing right; helmet to upper left / MO-[Σ-Σ]E-Ω around quadripartite square; all within incuse square. Peykov C0100; CNG E-354, lot 39. Near VF, toned, some roughness. Rare.Based on the style of the coins, Raymond argues that this dynast was not of the Bisaltai (Raymond p. 115, n. 4), but rather an independent tribal chieftain who retained a semblance of autonomy while paying tribute to Alexander I of Macedon. Most references retain the Bisaltai attribution, though, and placement among the Paeonian kings (ANS) is even more conjectural.
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MACEDON, Eion. Circa 480-470 BC. AR Drachm (13.5mm, 3.81 g). Two geese, one standing right and the other standing left with its head reverted; pellet-in-annulet between / Incuse punch. SNG ANS 268. VF, find patina, some roughness. Rare.
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MACEDON, Philippoi. Circa 356-345 BC. Æ (17mm, 6.03 g, 3h). Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin / Tripod; astragalos and Θ to left. Bellinger, Philippi, Group II; cf. SNG ANS 658–9. Good VF, black surfaces.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great'. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.50 g, 12h). Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antipater, circa 325-323/2 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; boukranion in left field. Price 93; Troxell, Studies, Issue E8. VF, toned, area of corrosion obverse.From the collection of Will Gordon.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great'. 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.30 g, 2h). Miletos mint. Struck under Philoxenos, circa 325-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field. Price 2090; ADM I Series I, 91 (same obv. die). Superb EF, toned.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great'. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 15.94 g, 8h). Tyre mint. Struck under Menon or Menes, circa 332/1-328/7 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; M below throne. Price 3240 (Ake); Newell, Dated 3 (obv. die III). Near VF, toned, some roughness.From collection of Will Gordon.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great'. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 16.86 g, 11h). Tyre mint. Struck under Menon or Menes, circa 332/1-328/7 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; O below throne. Price 3244 (Ake); Newell, Dated 6 (obv. die V). Near VF, toned, some roughness.From collection of Will Gordon.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great'. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 16.87 g, 5h). Tyre mint. Struck under Menes. Dated RY 23 of Azemilkos (327/6 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Phoenician 'K (for Azemilkos) above |||= (Phoenician date). Price 3256 (Ake); Newell, Dated 18 (dies XV/α); DCA 736. Near VF, minor porosity, off center on obverse.From collection of Will Gordon.