Electronic Auction 422
Date: 2018-06-13 00:00:00
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MYSIA, Pergamon. Circa 166-67 BC. AR Tetradrachm (2626mm, 12.05 g, 12h). Cistophoric type. Struck circa 76 BC. Cista mystica within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; above, AΠ, prytaneis monogram, and star; civic monogram to left, serpent-entwined thyrsos to right. Kleiner, Hoard 25; SNG BN 1726-7. VF, toned.From the Macy Collection.Recent scholarship has reframed the Attalid cistophori from a series emblematic of a closed monetary system, a theory proposed by earlier scholars, to a revolutionary coinage that defines an innovation in the structure of the Attalid state. Following the defeat of the Gauls in 166 BC, Eumenes II dramatically reorganized his kingdom. Civic structure now became the backbone of the state, with large amounts of money being spent to more thoroughly incorporate rural areas into the urban Pergamene kingdom. Key to this was the new cistophoric coinage, which was struck at a lower weight than the common Attic standard, to ensure circulation only within the kingdom. Andrew Meadows writes of the cistophoric issues: "This was a coinage designed to look federal, rather than royal. The king's image was removed in favour of creating the impression of civic unity across clearly defined and identified space. Since the 'mintmarks' that appear on a number of these coinages do not in fact designate sites of production, we might speculate that their inclusion was at least partly an element of the ideological programme." ("The Closed Currency System of the Attalid Kingdom," in Attalid Asia Minor. Ed. Peter Thonemann. Oxford. 2013).
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AEOLIS, Myrina. Circa 215-190 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.79 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; to left, monogram above amphora. Price 1654 var. (monogram). VF, lightly toned, cleaning marks, a few rough spots on reverse. Extremely rare variety, none in CoinArchives.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, 4 December 2003.
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AEOLIS, Temnos. Circa 188-170 BC. AR Tetradrachm (34.5mm, 16.16 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, two monograms above oinochoe within vine tendril. Price 1686. VF, toned, slight roughness.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Vecchi 15 (15 June 1999), lot 155.
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LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 412-378 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (11mm, 2.53 g, 7h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of female right in linear square within incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 70; HGC 6, 996. VF, lightly toned.
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IONIA, Erythrai. Circa 290-275 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 17.03 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 club; monogram below throne. Kinns Appendix A, 1; Price 1695. VF. Extremely rare, two noted by Price, none in Pella, one in CoinArchives.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, 20 January 2003.
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IONIA, Kolophon. Circa 530/25-500 BC. AR Twenty-Fourth Stater (6.5mm, 0.41 g). Archaic head of Apollo right / Incuse square. Kim & Kroll 2–46; Copenhagen –; SNG Kayhan 342 = SNG von Aulock 1808 var. (head left). Good VF, toned, a little granular.
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IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 478-387 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.53 g). Head of nymph left, hair in sakkos; to right, [small seal downward] / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 94. VF.
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IONIA, Teos. Circa 425-412 BC. AR Stater (24mm, 11.78 g). Griffin seated right, raising forepaw; bee above / Quadripartite incuse square. Matzke –; Balcer Group LXXVI, 133 (A133/P– [unlisted rev. die]); SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 20 (same obv. die). VF, lightly toned, area of flat strike, short hairline flan crack, light cleaning marks. Rare.Balcer originally placed this issue among a series he dated to the second period of Athenian control over Teos, circa 412-407 BC, but Kinns (pp. 163–4) noted the conjectural nature of this attribution, and noted numerous stylistic features that were contiguous from the prior group of staters. Thus, the break in coinage noted by Balcer is certainly incorrect, and this coinage must directly succeed the prior issues dated circa 450-425 BC.
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IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 650-600 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (11.5mm, 4.66 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Globular surface with cluster of pellets / Two incuse squares. Weidauer –; Traité I 3; Elektron –; Rosen 253; SNG Kayhan –; SNG von Aulock 7761; Boston MFA 1749; Pozzi 2350. EF, as made.
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IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 625-600 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (7mm, 0.63 g). Phokaic standard. Raised counterclockwise swastika pattern / Quadripartite square punch. Weidauer –; Karwiese, Artemision, Type II.7; Traité I 237 var. (swastika clockwise); SNG Kayhan 702; Boston MFA 1782 var. (same); Rosen 365. Good VF, struck with worn obverse die.
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IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (8mm, 1.17 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Schematic head of lion left / Rough quadripartite incuse square. Weidauer 121 var. (head right); Traité I –; cf. SNG Kayhan 708-10 (myshemihektai); Rosen 276. VF.Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 341 (17 December 2014), lot 199.
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IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Forty-eighth Stater (6mm, 0.31 g). Head of lion left / Incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. Good VF, slightly off center on obverse. Very rare.From the MM Collection.
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ISLANDS off IONIA, Chios. Circa 270-220 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.25 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, sphinx seated right above monogram within circle; Σ below throne. Bauslaugh, Posthumous, Series 21, dies 32/– (unlisted rev. die); Price 2350; HGC 6, 1132. VF, toned, light deposits, fine cleaning marks, small delamination on obverse. Extremely rare, one noted by Bauslaugh, none in Pella, one in CoinArchives.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, 17 January 2004.
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KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Ardys – Alyattes. Circa 630s-564/53 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (12.5mm, 4.75 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, "sun" with four rays on forehead / Two incuse squares. Weidauer Group XV, 67; Traité I 43 = BMC p. 2, 2; SNG Kayhan –; SNG von Aulock –. Good VF, lightly toned.
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KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Ardys – Alyattes. Circa 630s-564/53 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.36 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. Well centered.
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KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Ardys – Alyattes. Circa 630s-564/53 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (8mm, 1.16 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, "sun" with no rays on forehead / Incuse square. Weidauer Group XV, 83 (same die and punch); SNG Ashmolean –; Pozzi 2473. Near VF.
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KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (13mm, 4.70 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, "sun" with multiple rays on forehead / Two square punches. Weidauer Group XVI, 86–9; Traité I 44; SNG Ashmolean 749–51; SNG Kayhan 1013; SNG von Aulock 2868–9; Rosen 655-6. VF, underlying luster.
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KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (12.5mm, 4.73 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, "sun" with multiple rays on forehead / Two square punches. Weidauer Group XVI, 86–9; Traité I 44; SNG Ashmolean 749–51; SNG Kayhan 1013; SNG von Aulock 2868–9; Rosen 655-6. Near EF, minor flaw on obverse.
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KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (7mm, 1.14 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, "sun" with no rays on forehead / Square punch. Weidauer Group XVI, 90; SNG Ashmolean 757. VF.
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KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 10.69 g). Heavy standard. Sardes mint. Regular issue. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 2; Le Rider, Naissance, pl. V, 2; Traité I 396; SNG Ashmolean 759; SNG von Aulock 2873–4; BMC 30; Boston MFA 2068–9; Gulbenkian 756. Good VF, underlying luster, scrape on obverse.
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KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AV Third Stater (12mm, 3.52 g). Heavy standard. Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 5; Spier Group I; Traité I 399; SNG von Aulock 8210; SNG München 7; Rosen 661; Pozzi 2729; Sunrise 8. Fine, scrape on reverse.