KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.26 g, 12h). In the types of Alexander III. Sardes mint. Struck under Menander, circa 323/2 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; torch in left field, monogram below throne. Price P68; ADM I Series XII. Toned, slightly off center. Good VF.
KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Philip III – Antigonos I Monophthalmos. Circa 323-310 BC. Æ Half Unit (16mm, 3.96 g, 9h). Uncertain mint in western Asia Minor. Macedonian shield; boss decorated with head of Herakles facing slightly right, wearing lion skin / Macedonian helmet; kerykeion to lower left, monogram to lower right; no legend. Cf. Price 2803 corr. (no legend on rev.) for similar; otherwise, unpublished. Dark green patina, pitting, cleaning scratches. Near VF. Very rare, unpublished issue.
KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos I Monophthalmos. As Strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC, or king, 306/5-301 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 4.05 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Abydos mint. Struck circa 310-301 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, monogram above [prow left]; kerykeion to outer right. Price 1541; ADM II Series XV. Toned, minor roughness, a little horn silver on reverse. VF.
KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos I Monophthalmos. As Strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC, or king, 306/5-301 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.99 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Babylon mint. Struck under Peithon, circa 315-311 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram-in-wreath in left field. Price 3700 corr. var. (position of monogram; monogram); SNG Saroglos 638. A little porosity, tiny flan flaw and a little die rust on obverse. Good VF.
KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos I Monophthalmos. As Strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 17.05 g, 12h). In the name of Alexander III. Babylon mint. Struck under Peithon, circa 315-311 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field, monogram in wreath below throne. Price 3725 var. (pellet in rho of monogram). Lightly toned, slight die shift on reverse. Good VF.
KINGS of MACEDON. Kassander. As regent, 317-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.25 g, 5h). 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; dolphin below, pellet-in-Π below raised foreleg. Le Rider pl. 46, 19; Troxell, Studies, Group 9, 331–2. Toned. Good VF. Ex David Wray Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 383, 28 September 2016), lot 60.
KINGS of MACEDON. Kassander. As regent, 317-305 BC, or King, 305-298 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.17 g, 2h). 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. Light iridescent tone. Good VF.
KINGS of MACEDON. Kassander. As regent, 317-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 17.10 g, 6h). 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. Good VF.
KINGS of MACEDON. Demetrios I Poliorketes. 306-283 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.85 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Corinth mint. Struck circa 304/3-290 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Elpis advancing left; NO below throne. Price 679; Noe, Sicyon 26 var. (A53/P88 [unlisted die combination]). Toned, slightly off center, some roughness on obvesre. VF. Ex Dr. Will Gordon Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 380, 10 August 2016), lot 117.
KINGS of MACEDON. Demetrios I Poliorketes. 306-283 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 17.00 g, 5h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Corinth mint. Struck circa 304/3-290 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left on throne decorated with Nikai; cornucopia in left field, NO below throne. Price 691; Noe, Sicyon 35.4–5 var. (A68/P– [unlisted rev. die]). Toned, die rust on obverse, slightly off center and die shift on reverse. VF. Ex Dr. Will Gordon Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 375, 1 June 2016), lot 273.
KINGS of MACEDON. Demetrios I Poliorketes. 306-283 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.10 g, 2h). Thebes mint. Struck circa 289-287 BC. Diademed and horned head right / Poseidon Pelagaios standing left, foot on rock, holding trident; monogram to inner right. Newell 141, obv. die CXLII; HGC 3, 1014d corr. (photo caption). Lightly toned, a little die rust on obverse. Near VF. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 456 (13 November 2019), lot 104.
KINGS of MACEDON. Demetrios I Poliorketes. 306-283 BC. Æ (10.5mm, 2.02 g, 6h). Uncertain mint in Asia Minor. Nike, blowing trumpet and holding stylis, standing left on prow of galley left / Poseidon Pelagaios standing left, preparing to throw trident; monogram to right. Newell 62 corr. (position of monogram); HGC 3, 1031. Dark green-brown patina, compact flan, roughness. VF. Very rare.
KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos II Gonatas. 277/6-239 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.97 g, 11h). Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 271/68-260/55 BC. Horned head of Pan left, lagobolon behind, in the center of a Macedonian shield / Athena Alkidemos advancing left, shield decorated with aegis on left arm, preparing to cast thunderbolt; crested Macedonian helmet to inner left, HP monogram to inner right. TEA Period I, 66–7 var. (O6/R– [unlisted rev. die]); HGC 3, 1042. Bright surfaces. Good VF. Well centered and struck.
KINGS of MACEDON. Perseus. 179-168 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 2.58 g, 5h). Third Macedonian War issue. Uncertain mint in Thessaly; Hermias, magistrate. Struck circa 171/0 BC. Head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud to right; EPMIAΣ above, Z-Ω across field. Price, Larissa, pl. LV, 247; SNG Keckman 793. Attractive iridescent tone. EF.
MACEDON (Roman Protectorate), Republican period. First Meris. Circa 167-149 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29.5mm, 15.75 g, 7h). Amphipolis mint. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder, in the center of a Macedonian shield / Club; monogram and MAKEΔONΩN above, ΠPΩTHΣ below; all within oak wreath, thunderbolt to left. Prokopov, Silver, Group II, 601 (O131/R479); HGC 3, 1103. Toned, some deposits. VF. Ex John L. Cowan Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 452, 18 September 2019), lot 173, purchased from Jonathan Kern, 2 June 2001.
ILLYRIA, Dyrrhachion. Circa 80/70-60/55 BC. AR Drachm (17.5mm, 3.26 g, 12h). Meniskos and Dionysios, magistrates. Cow standing right, head reverted, suckling calf; above, bird standing right above MENIΣKOΣ / Double stellate pattern in double linear quadrangle; ΔYP above, ΔIO-NY-Σ[IO]Y around. Meta Phase V, Emission 86, unlisted dies; Ceka 320; Maier 201; HGC 3, 40. A little off center, small area of roughness on reverse. Near VF.
ILLYRIA, Dyrrhachion. Circa 80/70-60/55 BC. AR Drachm (16.5mm, 3.42 g, 6h). Meniskos and Lykiskos, magistrates. Cow standing right, looking back at suckling calf standing left below; MENIΣKOΣ above, statue of Isis to right / Double stellate pattern in double linear square; ΔYP above, ΛY-KIΣ-KOY around; all within linear circle border. Meta Phase V, Emission 86, unlisted dies; Ceka 325; Maier 278; HGC 3, 40. Off center, numerous die preparation marks and scratches on obverse. Near VF.
ILLYRIA, Dyrrhachion. Circa 80/70-60/55 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 3.31 g, 5h). Meniskos and Philota(s), magistrates. Cow standing right, head reverted, suckling calf; MENIΣKOΣ above, [torch to right]; in exergue, hound running right / Double stellate pattern in double linear quadrangle; Δ[YP] above, [ΦI-Λ]Ω-TA around. Meta Phase V, Emission 86, dies unlisted; Ceka 331; Maier 396; HGC 3, 40. Lightly toned, off center, areas of weak strike. Near VF.
THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 356-342 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 6.05 g, 5h). Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, hair in ampyx / Horse standing right, preparing to lie down; plant below. Lorber, Hoard, Phase L-III, 61–3; BCD Thessaly II 320; HGC 4, 454 corr. (illustrations for 453 and 454 switched). Some verdigris. VF.
THESSALY, Oitaioi. Circa 279-191 BC. Æ Dichalkon (17mm, 3.98 g, 12h). Herakleia Trachinia mint. Laureate head of Apollo right / Spearhead and jawbone to right; monogram between, grape bunch on vine to left. Valassiadis 14; Rogers 418; BCD Thessaly II 493.1-6; HGC 4, 134. Earthen dark green patina. VF.