KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos I Monophthalmos. As Strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.05 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Sidon mint. Dated RY 20 of Abdalonymos (314/3 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; Y (date) in left field, ΣI below throne. Price 3508; Newell, Dated 54 (dies XXVIII/α); DCA 877. VF, toned, slightly weak strike.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, 18 January 2002.
KINGS of MACEDON. Kassander. As regent, 317-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 14.44 g, 1h). In the name and types of Philip II. Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 316-311 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Youth, holding palm frond, on horseback right; aphlaston below, • in Π below raised foreleg. Le Rider pl. 46, 18; Troxell, Studies, Group 9, 323–5; SNG ANS 738–46. Near EF, underlying luster. Well centered.
KINGS of MACEDON. Kassander. As regent, 317-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.70 g, 11h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Contemporary imitation of an Amphipolis mint issue of circa 316-311 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; dolphin in left field, I-in-Π below throne. For prototype, cf. Price 133; cf. Troxell, Studies, Issue L7. VF, some roughness, a little off center.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, 17 January 2004.
KINGS of MACEDON. Kassander. As regent, 317-305 BC, or King, 305-298 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 17.02 g, 6h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 307-297 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Λ above torch; monogram below throne. Price 445; Ehrhardt 29. VF, toned. Well centered.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Dennis Devine, 16 January 2005.
KINGS of MACEDON. Kassander. As regent, 317-305 BC, or King, 305-298 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.73 g, 5h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 307-297 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Λ above torch; monogram below throne. Price 462; Ehrhardt 32. VF, a couple light marks, slightly off center on reverse.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, 17 January 2004.
KINGS of MACEDON. Kassander. As regent, 317-305 BC, or King, 305-298 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 17.16 g, 10h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 307-297 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Λ above torch; star below throne. Price 474; Ehrhardt 40. VF, toned, slightly off center on obverse.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Dennis Devine, 16 January 2005.
KINGS of MACEDON. Kassander. As regent, 317-305 BC, or King, 305-298 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.95 g, 10h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 307-297 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Λ above torch; star-in-wreath below throne. Price 488; Ehrhardt 51. VF, lightly toned. Well centered.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, December 1997.
KINGS of MACEDON. Kassander. As regent, 317-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 17.13 g, 9h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Pella mint. Struck circa 317/6-315/4 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; Boeotian shield in left field, serpent below throne. Price 249; Moore 219–49. VF, toned, slight roughness on reverse.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Dennis Devine, 16 January 2005.
KINGS of MACEDON. Demetrios I Poliorketes. 306-283 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.78 g, 5h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 294-290 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, thunderbolt above Z; kerykeion below throne. Newell –; Price 500; Erhardt 556. VF, toned, a few marks.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, December 1997.
KINGS of MACEDON. Demetrios I Poliorketes. 306-283 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 17.02 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Salamis mint. Struck circa 306-300 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; Σ in left field, Γ below throne. Newell 6; Price 3180 corr. (orientation of Σ). Good VF, lightly toned, a few marks and deposits on obverse.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection.
KINGS of MACEDON. Philip V. 221-179 BC. Æ (18mm, 5.58 g, 12h). Pella or Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 215-206/5 BC. Draped bust of young Herakles right, club over shoulder / Prow right; monogram to right. Mamroth, Bronzemünzen 21; Touratsoglou, Macedonia 17; HGC 3, 1065. Good VF, dark green surfaces, some roughness, a few minor cleaning marks.
KINGS of MACEDON. Philip V. 221-179 BC. Æ (15mm, 3.85 g, 8h). Pella or Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 200/197-179 BC. Helmeted head of Perseus right / Harpa within wreath. Mamroth, Bronzemünzen 28; Touratsoglou, Macedonia 24; HGC 3, 1081. Good VF, dark green patina. Well struck. Choice for issue.
KINGS of MACEDON. Perseus. 179-168 BC. Æ (18.5mm, 5.68 g, 4h). Pella or Amphipolis mint. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Horseman riding right; ΠEP monogram to right, ZΩ monogram and ΔI monogram below. AMNG III/2, 9; HGC 3, 1096; SNG München 1210 var. (XA not ΔI monogram). Near EF, hard dark green patina, slightly flat strike and off center on reverse.
THESSALY, Ainianes. Circa 350s-340s BC. AR Hemidrachm (16mm, 2.72 g, 11h). Hypata mint. Laureate head of Zeus left / [AI]NIANΩΝ, the hero Phemios standing right, holding petasos and drapery, preparing to hurl javelin. Liampi, Beitrag Group I; BCD Thessaly II 27; HGC 4, 38. VF, toned, off center on obverse.From the BCD Collection.
THESSALY, Gomphoi-Philippopolis. Mid 4th-3rd centuries BC. Æ Trichalkon (18.5mm, 7.32 g, 10h). Head of nymph facing slightly left / ΓOMΦE-ΩN, Zeus seated left on throne, holding thunderbolt and scepter. Panagopoulou, Coinage, pl. I, 9; Rogers 220; BCD Thessaly I 1044; BCD Thessaly II 70; HGC 4, 248. VF, dark green-brown patina.From the BCD Collection.
THESSALY, Gyrton. 3rd century BC. Æ Trichalkon (31mm, 9.04 g, 5h). Laureate head of Zeus right / ΓΥΡΤ-Ω/ΝΙΩΝ, horse prancing right; uncertain symbol (or die break?) below. Cf. BCD Thessaly II 83.7; HGC 4, 364. VF, black patina.From the BCD Collection.
THESSALY, Krannon. Circa 460-420 BC. AR Hemidrachm (15mm, 2.63 g, 8h). X-A-И, Thessalos standing right, holding band across horns of forepart of bull leaping right / KRA-N-O (retrograde), forepart of bridled horse left; diagonal trident in background; all within incuse square. BCD Thessaly II 111 var. (arrangement of ethnic); HGC 4, 375. VF, toned, some granularity, die breaks on reverse.From the BCD Collection. Ex Giessener Munzhandlung 76 (22 April 1996), lot 126.
THESSALY, Lamia. Circa 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (16.5mm, 2.75 g, 11h). Wreathed head of young Dionysos left / ΛΑΜΙΕ-ΩΝ, amphora; ivy leaf above, prochous with handle to right. Georgiou, Mint 11; BCD Thessaly II 123; HGC 4, 120. VF, toned, light scratch and a little off center on obverse.From the BCD Collection.
THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 479-460 BC. AR Obol (8.5mm, 0.69 g, 1h). Head of the nymph Larissa right / Λ-ARI, sandal of Jason left within incuse square. BCD Thessaly II 348.3; HGC 4, 405. VF, toned, porous.From the BCD Collection.
THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 462/1-460 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.92 g, 4h). Head and neck of bull left, its head facing; to right, half-length figure of hero left, arms around neck of bull; [above, inverted lotus flower] / Λ-AR-I, head and neck of bridled horse right; all within incuse square. Liampi, Corpus, Group I, I.A., 1 (V1/R1); BCD Thessaly I 1103 (same dies); HGC 4, 479. VF, toned, struck from worn dies, off center on obverse.From the BCD Collection.
THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 462/1-460 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.83 g, 10h). Head and neck of bull left, the head turned to face the viewer; above, dolphin left / Λ-A, head and neck of bridled horse right; all within incuse square. Liampi, Corpus, Group I, I.A., 17e (V9/R10 – this coin, illustrated on pl. 4); BCD Thessaly II 146 var. (orientation of ethnic); HGC 4, 476. VF, find patina.From the BCD Collection.