SICILY, Akragas. Circa 440-430 BC. Cast Æ Trias or Tetronkion (19.5mm, 14.04 g). Eagle standing left; (retrograde K)A to upper right / Crab. Four pellets (mark of value) on base. Westermark, Coinage, 525A; CNS 1; HGC 2, 126. Good VF, hard green patina. Choice for issue, and very rare with the letters visible.From the DMS Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 730720 (March 2002).
SICILY, Gela. Circa 490/85-480/75 BC. AR Didrachm (22mm, 8.19 g, 3h). Horseman riding right, preparing to cast javelin / Forepart of man-headed bull right within circular incuse. Jenkins, Gela, Group Ib, 27 (O9/R9); HGC 2, 363 (same obv. die as illustration). VF, toned, trace deposits.Ex G. Hirsch 247 (21 September 2006), lot 21.
SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. Æ Drachm (30mm, 29.16 g, 9h). Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with wreath / Star between two dolphins. Holloway, Further, Series 4; CNS 62; HGC 2, 1436. VF, dark green-brown patina. Choice for issue.From the DMS Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 730718 (March 2002).
SICILY, Syracuse. Philistis, wife of Hieron II. 275-215 BC. AR 16 Litrai – Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.10 g, 4h). Struck circa 240-218/5 BC. Diademed and veiled head left; star to right / Nike driving slow quadriga right; star above, K to right. CCO 108 (D7/R18); BAR Issue 65; HGC 2, 1556; Gulbenkian 354 (same dies). Good VF, toned, hairline flan crack, slight roughness.Ex Aurea 38 (21 May 2011), lot 355.
ISLANDS off THRACE, Thasos. Circa 412-404 BC. AR Trihemiobol (11.5mm, 0.90 g, 5h). Satyr, seen from behind, running right, holding kylix / Amphora. Le Rider, Thasiennes 26; HGC 6, 350. VF, toned.From the collection of a Texas Wine Doctor, purchased from Antioch Associates, 18 November 1998.
MACEDON, Chalkidian League. Circa 383/2 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.46 g, 1h). Olynthos mint. Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / Kithara; X-A-Λ-KIΔ-EΩN around; all within incuse square. Robinson & Clement Group H, – (unlisted dies); HGC 3, 498; SNG Lockett 1307–8; Gillet 751; Hermitage Sale II 588; Ward 380. EF, underlying luster, slightly off center, a few light scratches on obverse.
KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Philip II – Alexander III. Circa 340/36-328 BC. AV Stater (16mm, 8.56 g, 2h). In the name and types of Philip II. Pella mint. Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving biga right; below, Nike flying right. Le Rider 354 (D140/R270); HGC 3, 846. Near VF, die break on obverse, edge marks from prior bezel.
KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great'. 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 4.30 g, 12h). Lampsakos mint. Struck under Kalas or Demarchos, circa 328/5-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; sheathed sword in left field. Price 1349; ADM II Series III. Good VF, lightly toned. Very rare, five in Pella (including the four noted in ADM), six in CoinArchives.
KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great'. 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 4.32 g, 11h). Lampsakos mint. Struck under Kalas or Demarchos, circa 328/5-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; star in left field. Price 1350; ADM II Series IV. Near EF, struck with worn dies.
KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great'. 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 4.29 g, 12h). Lampsakos mint. Struck under Kalas or Demarchos, circa 328/5-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Demeter standing facing holding torch in each hand. Price 1351; ADM II Series V. VF, lightly toned, struck with worn reverse die. Well centered. Very rare, six in Pella (including the four noted in ADM), five in CoinArchives.
KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great'. 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (16.5mm, 4.30 g, 10h). Lampsakos mint. Struck under Kalas or Demarchos, circa 328/5-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Artemis Phosphoros standing facing, holding two torches; monogram below throne. Price 1356; ADM II Series V. EF, lustrous, die break on obverse.
KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great'. 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (15.5mm, 4.29 g, 2h). Lampsakos mint. Struck under Kalas or Demarchos, circa 328/5-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Artemis Phosphoros standing facing, holding two torches; monogram below throne. Price 1356; ADM II Series V. Good VF, lightly toned, slightly off center.
KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great'. 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 4.29 g, 1h). Lampsakos mint. Struck under Kalas or Demarchos, circa 328/5-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Artemis Phosphoros standing facing, holding two torches; monogram below throne. Price 1356; ADM II Series V. Good VF, toned, struck with worn obverse die.
KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great'. 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 4.23 g, 7h). Abydos mint. Struck under Kalas or Demarchos, circa 325-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, male standing left, extending hand; Ξ below throne. Price 1499; ADM II Series I. Near EF, toned, minor double strike, some die wear on obverse.
KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great'. 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 4.26 g, 10h). Abydos mint. Struck under Kalas or Demarchos, circa 325-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, male standing left, extending hand; Ξ below throne. Price 1499; ADM II Series I. Near EF.
KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great'. 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 4.29 g, 7h). Abydos mint. Struck under Kalas or Demarchos, circa 325-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, male standing left, extending hand; Ξ below throne. Price 1499; ADM II Series I; ANS 1944.100.85004 (same obv. die). EF, compact flan, off center on reverse.
KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great'. 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.23 g, 1h). Abydos mint. Struck under Kalas or Demarchos, circa 325-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, male figure standing left; Ξ horizontally below throne. Price 1501; ADM II Series I. EF, toned, underlying luster, a few minor die breaks.
KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great'. 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 4.29 g, 12h). Abydos mint. Struck under Kalas or Demarchos, circa 325-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Hermes, holding kerykeion, standing left; Ξ below throne. Price 1502; ADM II Series I. Near EF, lightly toned, underlying luster, minor die shift on reverse.
KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great'. 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.24 g, 12h). Miletos mint. Struck under Philoxenos, circa 325-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; thunderbolt in left field, monogram below throne. Price 2088; ADM I Series I. Good VF.
KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great'. 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 4.26 g, 12h). Miletos mint. Struck under Philoxenos, circa 325-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; thunderbolt in left field, monogram below throne. Price 2088; ADM I Series I. Good VF.