Electronic Auction 422
Date: 2018-06-13 00:00:00
Lots: 776
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Total realized: $ 0.00 (+0.00%)
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THESSALY, Pharkadon. Late 5th-early 4th centuries BC. AR Obol (12mm, 0.81 g, 3h). Struck circa 420-400 BC. Horse prancing right / ΦΑΡ-ΚΑΔO, Athena standing right, holding spear and shield; all within incuse square. BCD Thessaly II 606 var. (arrangement of ethnic); HGC 4, 297. VF, toned, porous.From the BCD Collection.
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Cn. Carbo. 121 BC. AR Denarius (21mm, 3.88 g, 12h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right, curl on left shoulder; X (mark of value) to left / Jupiter driving galloping quadriga right, hurling thunderbolt and holding scepter and reins. Crawford 279/1; Sydenham 415; Papiria 7. VF.
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THESSALY, Pherai. Teisiphon. Tyrant, 359-353 BC. Æ Dichalkon (13.5mm, 2.14 g, 7h). Forepart of bull butting right, head facing / ΤΕΙΣΙΦΟΝOY (retrograde, Y inverted), forepart of horse right. Rogers 529; BCD Thessaly II 709 var. (Y not inverted); HGC 4, 585. VF, dark green patina.From the BCD Collection.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. BI Tetradrachm (23mm, 11.53 g, 12h). Dated RY 15 (AD 130/131). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Alexandria standing right, holding vexillum and presenting grain ears to Hadrian standing left, holding scepter; L IE (date) across field. Köln 1026-8; Dattari (Savio) 1268 & 7367; K&G 32.505; RPC III 5768; Emmett 845.15. VF, toned, lacquered.
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THESSALY, Pherai. Circa 302-286 BC. AR Hemidrachm (15mm, 2.69 g, 12h). Wreathed head of Ennodia left; torch to right / ΦΕΡΑΙΟΥΝ, the nymph Hypereia left, touching the top of lion's head fountain right, from which water pours forth; to lower left, ΑΣ/ΤΟ within wreath. BCD Thessaly II 714; HGC 4, 553. VF, toned.From the BCD Collection.
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L. Thorius Balbus. 105 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.81 g, 12h). Rome mint. Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat-skin headdress / Bull charging right; X above. Crawford 316/1; Sydenham 598; Thoria 1. VF.
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THESSALY, Skotoussa. Mid 4th century BC. Æ Trichalkon (21mm, 8.04 g, 9h). Head of nymph facing slightly right / ΣΚΟΤΟΥΣΣΑΙ-Ω-Ν, grape bunch, with tendril to left and right. Rogers 543, fig. 300; BCD Thessaly II 750; HGC 4, 605. VF, green patina.From the BCD Collection.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. BI Tetradrachm (24.7mm, 13.64 g, 11h). Dated RY 21 (AD 136/137). Laureate head right / Demeter standing facing, head left, holding grain ears and long torch; L/K A (date) in field. Köln 1209; Dattari (Savio) 1335; K&G 32.720; RPC III 6131; Emmett 832.21. Near EF, some luster.
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GREEK. Northern Greece. Lot of ten (10) Alexander III AR Tetradrachms. Includes: An interesting lot for the specialist collector and/or dealer. Average Fine, lightly toned. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Ten (10) coins in lot."
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THESSALY, Trikka. Circa 440-400 BC. AR Hemidrachm (17mm, 2.73 g, 9h). Thessalos, petasos and cloak tied at neck, holding band around head of forepart of bull right / TPI KK AI retrograde around, forepart of bridled horse right; all within incuse square with rounded edges and corners. BCD Thessaly II 768 (same obv. die); HGC 4, 311. .From the BCD Collection.
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L. Thorius Balbus. 105 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.80 g, 7h). Rome mint. Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat-skin headdress / Bull charging right; R above. Crawford 316/1; Sydenham 598; Thoria 1. VF, toned, a few metal flaws.
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GREEK. Northern Greece. Lot of ten (10) Alexander III AR Tetradrachms. Includes: An interesting lot for the specialist collector and/or dealer. Average Fine, lightly toned. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Ten (10) coins in lot."
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THESSALY, Trikka. Circa 440-400 BC. AR Hemidrachm (16mm, 2.86 g, 3h). Thessalos, petasos and cloak tied at neck, holding band around head of forepart of bull right / T (retograde P)IK [K]AI around, forepart of bridled horse right; all within incuse square with rounded edges and corners. BCD Thessaly II 775.4 (same dies); HGC 4, 311. Near VF.From the BCD Collection.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (32.5mm, 21.34 g, 12h). Dated RY 5 (AD 141/142). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Conjoined busts of Sarapis, wearing calathus, and Isis, wearing crown, right; L [Є] (date) across field. Köln 1414 var. (obv. bust seen from side); Dattari (Savio) 2855 var. (same) & 8717 var. (same); K&G 35.161 var. (same); Emmett 1656.5 (R2). VF, dark green patina with touches of red. Although the date is not visible, based on portrait style, this coin is almost certainly from Pius' regnal year 5.
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GREEK. Northern Greece. Lot of ten (10) Alexander III AR Tetradrachms. Includes: An interesting lot for the specialist collector and/or dealer. Average Fine, lightly toned. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Ten (10) coins in lot."
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THESSALY, Thessalian League. Circa 470s-460s BC. AR Hemidrachm (16mm, 2.89 g, 1h). Forepart of horse right, emerging from rock / [Θ]Ε-ΤΑ, grain ear within incuse lozenge. Franke, Geschichte 6; BCD Thessaly II 12-13; HGC 4, 197. VF, toned, some granularity, obverse double struck.From the BCD Collection.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (33.7mm, 23.89 g, 11h). Dated RY 12 (AD 148/149). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Isis Pharia, holding billowing sail and sistrum, standing right before the Pharos of Alexandria, which is surmounted by a statue and two Tritons; [L] ΔωΔЄ KAT OV (date) around. Köln 1603 & 1605; Dattari (Savio) 2678 & 8571; K&G 35.436; Emmett 1592.12. VF, brown patina with traces of green.
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GREEK. Northern Greece. Lot of ten (10) Alexander III AR Tetradrachms. Includes: An interesting lot for the specialist collector and/or dealer. Average Fine, lightly toned. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Ten (10) coins in lot."
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THESSALY, Thessalian League. Circa 170 BC. Æ Chalkous (14mm, 2.80 g). Macedonian shield with star in center / ΘEΣΣA/ΛΩN, dart–sling (κεστροσφενδóνη) with dart inside. Warren, Two, pl. I, 11; Rogers 4 var. (arrangement of ethnic); BCD Thessaly II 24.2; HGC 4, 236. VF, green patina.From the BCD Collection.While Rogers thought that the object on the reverse of this coin was a lyre, Jennifer Warren has argued that it represents a powerful new weapon – the dart sling, or κεστροσφενδόνη – first introduced during the Third Macedonian War between Rome and Perseus of Macedon. The weapon is described by the Achaean Polybius (xxvii, 9), who was taken to Rome as a prisoner following the war: "The form of the dart was as follows. It was two palms long, the tube being of the same length as the point. Into the former was fitted a wooden shaft a span in length a finger's breadth in thickness. Into the middle of this were wedged three quite short wooden wings. The two thongs of the sling were unequal in length, and the missile was so fitted into the center of the sling that it was easily freed. While the thongs were whirled round and taut, it remained fixed there, but when at the moment of the discharge one of the thongs was released, it left the loop and was shot like a leaden bullet from the sling." Livy (xlii, 65, 9-10) adds that: "They (the Roman army) suffered particularly from the dart-slings."The Macedonian shield supports a connection to Perseus, and Warren offers a compelling insight on the reverse design: "On this Thessalian issue the kestrosphendone would be as apposite as the harpa, the special weapon of his hero namesake, on the reverse of Perseus' similar Macedonian copper coins." This type (cf. SNG Alpha Bank 1147–8) also carries a Macedonian shield on the obverse.
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L. Thorius Balbus. 105 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.90 g, 6h). Rome mint. Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat-skin headdress / Bull charging right; I above. Crawford 316/1; Sydenham 598; Thoria 1. VF, lightly toned.
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GREEK. Asia Minor. Lot of fifty (50) Mithrapata AR Diobols. All coins: DYNASTS of LYCIA, Mithrapata. Circa 390-370 BC. AR Diobol. Facing lion's scalp / Triskeles within incuse square; various symbols, legend variants. Mostly VF. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Fifty (50) coins in lot."