LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 412-378 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.52 g, 5h). Head of nymph right / Horned head of Pan right in linear square within incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 69; HGC 6, 995. Good VF, lightly toned, minor edge splits.
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LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 412-378 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10.5mm, 2.55 g, 6h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of female right in linear square within incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 70; HGC 6, 996. VF, a couple die breaks on obverse.
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LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 377-326 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (9.5mm, 2.52 g, 6h). Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / Head of youthful male (Pan?) right, wearing tainia, within linear square. Bodenstedt Em. 81; HGC 6, 1007. Good VF, lightly toned, a little off center on reverse.
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LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 215-200 BC. AR Tetradrachm (3130mm, 16.85 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 kithara. Price 1704; HGC 6, 1046 (same obv. die as illustration). VF, dark iridescent tone, small flan flaw on obverse. Rare.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Spink America (6 December 1999), lot 518.
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IONIA, Erythrai. Circa 480-450 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 4.63 g). Erythros advancing left, leading horse by bridle; rosette of pellets below / Rosette in incuse square. SNG Kayhan 1285 var. (no rosette on obv.); SNG von Aulock 1944 var. (same). Good VF, toned, slight roughness. Very rare with rosette on obverse, none in CoinArchives.
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IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Circa 282-225 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.42 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field, [maeander pattern in exergue]. Price 2020; Künker 115, lot 195 (same dies). Near VF, toned, rough surfaces. Extremely rare, one in Pella, two in CoinArchives, none in ANS photofile.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, November 2003.
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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, 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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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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