SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron II. 275-215 BC. Æ Tetras (19mm, 5.59 g, 2h). Period IIa–b, circa 263-218/5 BC. Diademed head of Poseidon left / Ornamented trident head flanked by two dolphins; ΛY to right of shaft. CNS 195 R1 17/1; BAR Issue 60; HGC 2, 1550. Dark brown surfaces. VF.
SICILY, Syracuse. Philistis, wife of Hieron II. 275-215 BC. AR 16 Litrai – Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 13.56 g, 7h). Struck circa 218/7-215 BC. Diademed and veiled head left; star to right / Nike, holding reins in both hands, driving slow quadriga right; star above, K to right. CCO 116 (D8/R26); BAR Issue 65; HGC 2, 1556; SNG Copenhagen 825 (same dies); BMC 555 (same dies). Light iridescent tone, some die wear, minor double strike on reverse. Good VF. From the LH Collection. Ex Menlo Park Collection (Triton XXV, 11 January 2022), lot 5026 (hammer $2750); CNG inventory 715819 (September 1999).
SICILY, Syracuse. Fifth Democracy. 214-212 BC. Æ (14mm, 2.89 g, 11h). Head of Zeus left, wearing tainia; dolphin downward behind neck / Ornate trident head flanked by dolphins. CNS 208 Ds 44; BAR Issue 95; HGC 2, 1514. Dark brown surfaces, some green encrustation. Near VF.
SICILY, Tauromenion. Circa 317-275 BC. Æ Hexas (16.5mm, 4.20 g, 6h). Laureate head of Apollo Archagetas left / Forepart of bull butting left. Campana 4 A/a; cf. BAR issue 1; CNS 3; HGC 2, 1595. Dark green-brown surfaces, tooled. Near VF. Rare. SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS.
SICILY, Mercenaries. Uncertain. Mid-late 4th century BC. Æ (12.5mm, 1.52 g, 7h). Laureate head of Apollo left / Forepart of horse right; below, dolphin right. CNS III p. 273, em. 12; HGC 2, 1260 (Solous). Dark green patina, smoothing on obverse. Good VF.
CARTHAGE, First Punic War. Circa 264-241 BC. Æ Shekel (22mm, 6.71 g, 12h). Carthage mint. Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse standing right; above, radiate sun-disk flanked by uraei; Punic het below. CNP 47b; MAA 48e; SNG Copenhagen 263–4. Green-brown surfaces, encrustation, roughness. Good Fine.
SKYTHIA, Geto-Dacians. Koson. Mid 1st century BC. AV Stater (18.5mm, 8.48 g, 12h). Roman consul accompanied by two lictors advancing left / Eagle standing left on scepter, holding wreath. Hourmouziadis dies C/g; Iliescu 2; RPC I 1701B; HGC 3, 2049 corr. (some without monogram). Underlying luster, minor doubling on obverse, trace deposits on the reverse. Good VF.
MOESIA, Dionysopolis. 3rd-1st centuries BC. Æ (21mm, 6.2 g, 12h). Time–, magistrate. Wreathed head of Dionysos right; two countermarks: wreathed head of Dionysos right within incuse circle, and helmeted head of Athena right within incuse circle / Club; stars flanking, TI-MH across lower field; all within wreath. Draganov, Bronze 3; AMNG I 18; HGC 3, 1773. Dark green patina, scrape on obverse. Host coin: Good Fine; countermarks: VF.
MOESIA, Dionysopolis. Circa 225-190 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.67 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, grape bunch above monogram. Price 949; HGC 3, 1769 (same obv. die as illustration); Black Sea Hoard 84 (OA/R2 – this coin). Lightly toned, minor double strike. Near EF. Ex "Black Sea" Hoard, 84.
MOESIA, Istros. Circa 340/30-313 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.47 g). Facing male heads, the left inverted / Sea-eagle left, grasping dolphin with talons; I to right, [A]Π below. Dima Group IV, Subgroup III, 16; AMNG I 418; HGC 3, 1801. Toned. VF.
MOESIA, Istros. Circa 313-280 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 5.56 g). Facing male heads, the right inverted / Sea-eagle left, grasping dolphin with talons; pellet between heads, monogram below. Dima Group IV, Subgroup IV, 2; AMNG I 417 var. (no pellet); HGC 3, 1802. Lightly toned. Good VF. Well centered. From the D.K. Collection.
MOESIA, Istros. Circa 313-280 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.23 g, 6h). Facing male heads, the right inverted / Sea-eagle left, grasping dolphin with talons; monogram below. Dima Group IV, Subgroup IV, 4; AMNG I 417; HGC 3, 1802. Iridescent tone, a few delaminations and scratches. Good VF.
MOESIA, Istros. Circa 313-280 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 5.35 g). Facing male heads, the right inverted / Sea-eagle left, grasping dolphin with talons; monogram below. Dima Group IV, Subgroup IV, 4; AMNG I 417; HGC 3, 1802. Lightly toned, a few scrapes on reverse. Good VF.
MOESIA, Istros. 4th-2nd centuries BC. Æ (14mm, 3.63 g, 9h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Sea-eagle left, grasping dolphin with talons; A between tails. AMNG I 458–61 var. (control mark); HGC 3, 1814. Dark brown surfaces, roughness, slightly off center on obverse. VF.
MOESIA, Kallatis. 3rd-2nd centuries BC. Æ (19.5mm, 6.02 g, 12h). Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter right; two countermarks: head of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder, within incuse circle; and star within incuse circle / ΔI within wreath. AMNG I 225; HGC 3, 1831. Dark green surfaces, scrapes on obverse. Host coin: Good Fine; countermarks: VF.
THRACE, Abdera. Circa 336-311 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 9.78 g, 10h). Euresippos, magistrate. Griffin couchant left, raising foreleg / Laureate head of Apollo right; EΠI EYPH-ΣIΠΠOY at sides. C-N Period XI, 110–1 var. (unlisted dies); May, Abdera 541; HGC 3, 1211g. Toned, some find patina and granularity. VF. Ex Kricheldorf 49 (20 February 2017), lot 80, reportedly purchased by the consignor from Nomos AG (Dr. Roland Maly), 7 October 1977.
THRACE, Apollonia Pontika. Circa 410/04-341/23 BC. AR Diobol (11mm, 1.32 g, 6h). De–, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo facing / Upright anchor; A and crayfish flanking; ΔH to left. Topalov, Apollonia, p. 388; HGC 3, 1315 var. (unlisted magistrate); SNG BM Black Sea 172. Toned. Good VF.
THRACE, Byzantion. Alliance coinage with Kalchedon. Late 3rd-2nd centuries BC. Æ (26mm, 11.22 g, 12h). Wreathed and veiled head of Demeter right / Poseidon seated right, holding aphlaston and trident; ΔA to inner right. Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1257–62; Türkoğlu A2a; HGC 3, 1428. Brown surfaces, some pitting, brush marks. Good VF.
THRACE, Byzantion. Alliance coinage with Kalchedon. Late 3rd-2nd centuries BC. Æ (24.5mm, 10.16 g, 12h). Wreathed and veiled head of Demeter right / Poseidon seated right, holding aphlaston and trident; monogram to inner right. Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1257–75 var. (monogram); Türkoğlu A2a; HGC 3, 1428. Dark brown surfaces, brush marks, minor roughness. Good VF. Very rare with this monogram, missing from Schönert-Geiss.
THRACE, Chersonesos. Circa 386-338 BC. AR Hemidrachm (12mm, 2.14 g). Forepart of lion right, head left / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; pellet and EY monogram in one sunken quarter, bee in other. McClean 4116; HGC 3, 1437. Toned, slightly off center. VF.