LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 521-478 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.60 g, 6h). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse head of calf right; rectangular punch to left. Bodenstedt Em. 13; HGC 6, 938. Good VF.
LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 412-378 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10.5mm, 2.60 g, 1h). Bearded head of Ares right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Crested Corinthian helmet facing in linear square within incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 66; HGC 6, 992. Near EF, toned. Very rare.From the MM Collection. Ex Triton XIX (5 January 2016), lot 204.
LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 188-170 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.66 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Peisistratos, magistrate. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; kithara in left field, ΠEIΣIΣTPATOΣ in exergue. Price 1738; HGC 6, 1047. VF, lightly toned.From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.
IONIA, Erythrai. Circa 290-275 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.52 g, 11h). 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 club; monogram below throne. Price 1898. VF. Rare, two in Pella, none in CoinArchives.From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.
IONIA, Miletos. Circa 210-190/70 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.95 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, star above lion standing left, head right, above civic monogram; monogram to inner right and below throne. Price 2187; O. Hoover, "Commerce ("Pamphylia or Cilicia" Hoard), 2000" in CH X, 156 (this coin). Good VF, toned, die shift on obverse. Rare, none in Pella or CoinArchives.From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon. Ex Commerce, 2000 Hoard (CH 10, 292).
IONIA, Miletos. Circa 190/70-165/50 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.74 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, star above lion standing left, head right, above civic monogram; monogram to inner right and below throne. Price 2195. Good VF, toned, struck from worn obverse die. Rare, one in Pella, none in CoinArchives.From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.
IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10.5mm, 2.63 g). Head of lioness (or leopard) left; above, small seal right / Incuse square punch. Bodenstedt Em. 26. VF, obverse off center and struck from worn die. Very rare.
IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 478-387 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.56 g). Female head left, hair bound in sakkos; to right, small seal downward / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 92. VF, a few marks.
IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-Fourth Stater (6mm, 0.60 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Pellet in center of wreath(?) / Incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. VF.
IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (5.5mm, 0.53 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Paw of lion / Stellate pattern within incuse square. Weidauer –; Elektron I 36; SNG Kayhan –; SNG von Aulock –; Rosen 285; Traité –. Good VF. Well struck.
ISLANDS off IONIA, Chios. Circa 210-190 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 17.07 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 sphinx seated left; monogram below throne. Bauslaugh, Posthumous, Series 50A, obv. die 56; Price 2393; HGC 6, 1133. VF, softly struck on obverse.From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.
KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Ardys – Alyattes. Circa 630s-564/53 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.35 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, sun with four rays on forehead / Two incuse squares. Weidauer Group XV, 76–8; Traité I –; SNG Kayhan –; Boston MFA 1769 = Warren 1718. VF, struck with worn obverse die, scuffs, scratches.
KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 10.73 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, scattered tiny marks.