Electronic Auction 394
Date: 2017-03-29 00:00:00
Lots: 706
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MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Stater (18mm, 16.07 g). Forepart of winged bull left; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 60; Boston MFA 1439 = Warren 1546; cf. SNG BN 191 (hemihekte). Fine.
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MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Stater (21mm, 16.14 g). Wolf at bay left, raising right forepaw(?), on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 93; Boston MFA 1469 = Warren 1564; SNG BN 230. VF, off center.
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MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Stater (16.5mm, 15.98 g). Dolphin left between two tunnies right / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished, but cf. von Fritze I 95 for similar type with a tunny between two dolphins. Near VF. Apparently unique.
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MYSIA, Pergamon. Circa 166-67 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 12.62 g, 12h). Cistophoric type. Struck circa 98-95 BC. Cista mystica within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; A/Σ above, civic monogram to left, serpent-entwined thyrsos to right. Kleiner, Hoard 2; SNG BN 1714. VF, toned, a hint of porosity.
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LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 377-326 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (9.5mm, 2.54 g, 11h). Laureate head of Apollo (Dionysos?) right / Head of female right, drapery at neck, within linear square. Bodenstedt Em. 95; HGC 6, 1021 (obv. head described as Dionysos). VF, lightly toned.Ex Roma E-Sale 14 (27 December 2014), lot 140.This is one of the few coins of this type that we have handled where the obverse portrait may actually be Dionysos, as there is what looks like a pinecone at the top of the laurel wreath. Normally, Dionysos would be wreathed with ivy leaves, but the wreath on this coin, and this type, usually looks more like laurel leaves. It is possible that this type is either an engraver's error, or was meant to be a distinct issue different from the Apollo obverse type.
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LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 377-326 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.57 g, 1h). Head of Kabeiros right, wearing pileos; [stars flanking] / Head of Persephone right in linear square within incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 99; HGC 6, 1025. Near EF.
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IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 500-420 BC. AR Tetartemorion (6mm, 0.16 g, 12h). Bee with slightly curved wings / Head of eagle right within incuse square. Karwiese Series IV, Type 4; SNG Kayhan 131–3. VF, toned, obverse off center, some roughness on reverse.
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IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 478-387 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (9.5mm, 2.56 g). Young female head left; below, seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 90. Good VF, lightly toned, slightly off center.Ex Roma E-Sale 24 (30 January 2016), lot 114.
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IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 478-387 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (9.5mm, 2.54 g). Helmeted head of Athena left; below, small seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 91. Near EF. Well centered.Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 319 (29 January 2014), lot 83.
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IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 478-387 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.54 g). Head of nymph left, hair in sakkos; [to right, small seal downward] / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 94. VF, a little die rust.
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IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 478-387 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (9.5mm, 2.54 g). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with a wreath; [small seal not visible] / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt –; Triton XIX, lot 232; CNG E-317, lot 78; Nomos 8, lot 179 = Roma 3, 213; Pecunem 11, lot 295 corr. (not Bod. 95). Good VF, struck with worn obverse die. Very rare.
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IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 387-326 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (9mm, 2.55 g). Head of Artemis left, with quiver over shoulder; [below, seal left] / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 99. VF.
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IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. Fourrée Trite – Third Stater (10.5mm, 4.07 g). Scarab beetle(?) / Two incuse squares containing linear patterns. For prototype, cf. Linzalone 1110. Near VF. Very rare.
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KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (12.5mm, 4.70 g). Head of roaring lion right, "sun" with multiple rays on forehead / Two incuse squares. Weidauer Group XVI, 86–9. Good VF.
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KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 10.78 g). Heavy standard. Sardes mint. Prototype issue. Confronted foreparts of lion, with sun on forehead, and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 1; Konuk & Lorber fig. 25 = CH VIII, pl. I, Hoard 7, no. 40 = Triton XV, lot 1243; Athena Fund I 58; McClean 8635; NAIM-BAN 6; Ward 723. Good VF, a few minor marks. Very rare.The 'Kroisos' type coinage is one of the most recognizable of all ancient Greek coinage. All of the issues in the bimetallic, gold and silver, series feature the same confronted lion and bull foreparts on the obverse, and two incuse punches (or a single punch in the case of small denominations) on the reverse. The series began on a 'heavy' standard, with gold and silver staters of equal weight, around 10.6-10.7 grams, which was later reduced to about 8.17 grams for the gold. Recent studies have shown that coins of both standards circulated together, but that the heavy standard was only used for a relatively short time compared to the light standard, which continued to be used into the Persian period. The Kroiseids have also traditionally been broken down into two stylistic groups, 'realistic' and 'stylized', with hoard evidence suggesting that the former belonged to the time of Kroisos, while the latter were of the time of the Persians. The present coin, however, is from an issue that constitutes a third group that has a more archaic style, which has features that suggest it is the first issue of Kroisos' bimetallic coinage. This prototype issue was first noted and analyzed in an article by Paolo Naster in 1964 (Une série aberrante de Créséides" in BSFN 19 (1964), pp. 364–5, reprinted in P. Naster, Scripta Nummaria: Contributions à la méthodologie numismatique [Louvian-la-Neuve, 1983], pp. 76–7). The archaic character of the type is most evident in the bull, where the fine waves of hair on the later coinage are here represented as a series of pelleted lines emanating from a solid arc that forms the animal's neckline. At the same time, antecedents of the style of the lion can be seen in the earlier electum coinage, particularly the hemihektai of Weidauer's Group XVI. The most significant feature linking this issue to the electrum, though, is the appearance of the small pellet or protuberance on the head of the lion. This feature, usually featuring rays emanating from it, is canonical on all the earlier electrum coinage from the time of Ardys until the early part of Kroisos' reign. It is a feature that is totally lacking on the bimetallic coinage of the 'realistic' and, later, 'stylized' character. A final unusual feature particular to this issue is the depiction of the arms of the lion and bull, which are shown bent nearly 90 degrees at their mid-point, rather than in a straight line from shoulder to paw and hoof.The rarity today of these early style staters also suggests that the issue was short-lived, perhaps a trial run before the style was standardized. Martin Price also noted this unusual emission of staters ("Croesus or Pseudo-Croesus?" in Festschrift Mildenberg, p. 221, n. 25), and, like Naster, placed them between the electrum and the gold of standard style. "
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KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 10.75 g). Heavy series. Sardes mint. Regular issue. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 2; Le Rider, Naissance, pl. V, 2; Traité I 396; BMC 30; Boston MFA 2068–9; Gulbenkian 756. VF, minor flan flaw.
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KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Cyrus – Darios I. Circa 550/39-520 BC. AR Siglos (16mm, 5.22 g). Kroiseid type. Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 22; Traité I 409–11 SNG Kayhan 1025; SNG Ashmolean 762–71; SNG von Aulock 2877-9. VF, toned. Good metal for issue.
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KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Cyrus – Darios I. Circa 550/39-520 BC. AR Siglos (15mm, 5.30 g). Kroiseid type. Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 22; Traité I 409–11; SNG Kayhan 1025; SNG Ashmolean 762–71; SNG von Aulock 2877-9. Fine, toned.Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions VI (1 March 1989), lot 118.
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CARIA, Alabanda. Circa 173-167 BC. AR Tetradrachm (35mm, 16.70 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Dated CY 1 (169/8 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Pegasos left; A (date) below throne. Meadows, Alabanda, Series 3, Group 3, dies A10/A92; Price 2460; DCA 311. Near EF, lightly toned.
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CARIA, Alabanda. Circa 173-167 BC. AR Tetradrachm (34mm, 16.77 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Dated CY 5 (165/4 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Pegasos left; E (date) below throne. Meadows, Alabanda, Series 3, Group 3, dies E2/E32; Price 2464; DCA 311. Good VF, toned.
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CARIA, Knidos. Circa 500-490 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 6.19 g, 9h). Forepart of lion roaring right / Diademed head of Aphrodite right within incuse square. Cahn Series II, 48 (V26/R35); SNG Ashmolean 61 (same dies). Fine, toned, off center.