Electronic Auction 423
Date: 2018-06-27 00:00:00
Lots: 652
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IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Circa 225-200 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28.5mm, 16.88 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; two monograms in left field, maeander pattern in exergue. Price 2039 var. (lower monogram); ANS inv. 1944.100.31743 var. (same; same obv. die). Good VF, lightly toned. Unpublished variety of a very rare issue (two examples of Price 2039 in Pella, two in CoinArchives, all from the same obv. die).From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, 17 January 2003.
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IONIA, Miletos. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (7.5mm, 1.11 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Head of roaring lion right / Incuse punch of stellate pattern. Weidauer –; Traité I –; SNG Kayhan 446-8; Boston MFA –; Rosen –; Elektron I 66. Good Fine.From the WRG Collection, purchased from William Porter, July 1992.
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IONIA, Miletos. Circa 210-190/70 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29.5mm, 16.68 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 MI (civic) monogram above lion standing right, head left; monogram below throne. Marcellesi 43; Price 2172 corr. (lion in opposite orientation). VF, scattered marks, light deposits, struck with worn reverse die. Very rare, four in Pella, three in CoinArchives.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, 4 December 2003.
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IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 478-387 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.57 g). Head of nymph left, hair in sakkos; [to right, small seal downward] / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 94. VF, lightly toned.
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IONIA, Priene. Circa 280-275 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 16.86 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, ΠPI above [...]PA above trident head. Unpublished. VF, lightly toned, compact flan. Apparently unique.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, 17 January 2004. Ex "Seleucus III" Hoard (CH X, 272), Lot C..
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IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater(?) (9mm, 2.09 g). Uncertain standard. Head of ram left / Incuse square. CNG 108, lot 213 (same die and punch); CNG E-417, lot 243; otherwise unpublished in the standard references. Good VF. Extremely rare.
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IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 550-525 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-Fourth Stater (6mm, 0.58 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Bridled head and wing of horse left / Incuse square with cruciform lines within. Fischer-Bossert, Horses P23 (dies 22/23); Weidauer 144; Karwiese, Artemision, Type XXXVI.4; Robinson, Coins 25 = Head, Coins 78; SNG Kayhan –; Linzalone 1132; Rosen 288. VF, toned, slight die wear.
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ISLANDS off IONIA, Chios. Circa 270-220 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.90 g, 10h). 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; A below throne. Bauslaugh, Posthumous, Series 13, dies 25/48; Price 2337; HGC 6, 1132. VF, lightly toned, trace deposits. Extremely rare, only one example noted by Bauslaugh (= the only example in Pella), one in CoinArchives, none in ANS Photofile. All three known are from the same die pair.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchase from Freeman & Sear, 20 November 2003.
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KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Ardys – Alyattes. Circa 630s-564/53 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (13.5mm, 4.70 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, "sun" with four rays on forehead / Two incuse squares. Weidauer Group XV, 67; SNG Ashmolean 748. VF, a bit off center and weakly struck.
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KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (12.5mm, 4.75 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, "sun" with multiple rays on forehead / Two incuse squares. Weidauer Group XVI, 86–9; SNG Ashmolean 749–51. Near EF, lightly toned, light graze and a few faint marks on obverse.
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KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (12mm, 4.74 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, "sun" with multiple rays on forehead / Two incuse squares. Weidauer Group XVI, 86–9; SNG Ashmolean 749–51. VF, a couple bankers' marks. Well centered.From the WRG Collection, purchased from William Porter, December 1989.
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KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (7mm, 1.18 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, "sun" with no rays on forehead / Incuse square. Weidauer Group XVI, 90; SNG Ashmolean 757. Near EF. Well centered.
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KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AV Stater (16mm, 8.05 g). Light standard. Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 3; Le Rider, Naissance, pl. V, 8; Traité I 401–3; SNG von Aulock 2875; BMC 31; Boston MFA 2073; Gulbenkian 757. Good VF, toned.From the WRG Collection, purchased from William Porter, January 1996.
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KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AR Hemistater (15.5mm, 5.30 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two square punches. Berk 23; SNG Ashmolean 763 and 767–8 (Persian Period). Good VF, toned, slight granularity, small mark on obverse.
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CARIA, Alabanda. Circa 173-167 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.26 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Dated CY 6 (164/3 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Pegasos left; ς (date) below throne. Meadows, Alabanda, Series 3, Group 3, dies ς2/ς18; Price 2466; DCA 311. VF, lightly toned, rough surfaces.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, 2 July 2003.
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SATRAPS of CARIA. Pixodaros. Circa 341/0-336/5 BC. AR Didrachm (20.5mm, 6.82 g, 12h). Halikarnassos mint. Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly right, drapery at neck / Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding scepter. Konuk, Identities 30; Babelon, Perses 414–21; Traité II 111; SNG Copenhagen 597. Good VF, struck with worn obverse die, some porosity on reverse.
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PAMPHYLIA, Aspendos. Circa 212/11-184/3 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28.5mm, 16.12 g, 12h). Dated CY 29 (184/3 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin; c/m: anchor within rectangular incuse / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, AΣ above forepart of horse left, KΘ (date) below throne. Price 2912; DCA 312. VF, toned, some porosity.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Abramowitz Family Collection (Superior Galleries, 8 December 1993), lot 513.
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PAMPHYLIA, Perge. Circa 221/0-189/8 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.78 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Dated CY 15 (207/6 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; IE (date) in left field. Colin Series 0, Em. 15 (dies 2/6); Price 2927; DCA 314. Good VF, old cabinet tone.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Spink America (6 December 1999), lot 518.
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CILICIA, Soloi. Balakros. Satrap of Cilicia, 333-323 BC. AR Stater (24mm, 10.92 g, 10h). Baal of Tarsos seated left, holding lotus-tipped scepter; grain ear and grapes to left; below throne, Σ-O below and above strut, respectively / Draped bust of Athena facing slightly left, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet. Casabonne Series 2 (D2/R2); SNG BN 196 (same dies). VF, test cut, light deposits, a couple light scratches.
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CYPRUS, Salamis. Nikokreon. Circa 331-310 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.5mm, 4.30 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Struck circa 331-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; bow in left field. Zapiti & Michaelidou 8; Price 3140; Newell, Some 8. Good VF, underlying luster, trace deposits on reverse.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.77 g, 6h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Karrhai mint. Struck circa 310-290 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram within circle below throne. SC 41.3b var. (controls in left field); WSM 7 var. (same; obv. die A3); HGC 9, 10a. Near VF, softly struck, light deposits, slight roughness. Unpublished variety without left field controls.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, 17 January 2004.