ISLANDS off THRACE, Thasos. Circa 500-480 BC. AR Eighth Stater – Diobol (11mm, 0.80 g). Satyr running right / Quadripartite incuse square. Le Rider, Thasiennes 4; HGC 6, 333. Granular surfaces, trace deposits. VF. Well centered. From the D.K. Collection.
ISLANDS off THRACE, Thasos. Circa 412-404 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 8.30 g). Ithyphallic satyr advancing right, carrying off protesting nymph; A to upper right / Quadripartite incuse square. Le Rider, Thasiennes 6; HPM pl. X, 27–8; HGC 6, 334. Lightly toned, flan cracks, light porosity, scratches. VF. From the D.K. Collection.
ISLANDS off THRACE, Thasos. Circa 412-404 BC. AR Trihemiobol (10.5mm, 0.78 g, 9h). Satyr kneeling left, holding kylix in right hand / Amphora within incuse square. Le Rider, Thasiennes 27; HGC 6, 351. Toned, rough surfaces, cleaning scratches, area of smoothing on reverse. VF. From the D.K. Collection.
ISLANDS off THRACE, Thasos. Circa 150-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.50 g, 12h). Wreathed head of young Dionysos right / Herakles standing facing, head left, holding club, lion skin draped over left arm; M to inner left. Prokopov, Silberprägung, Group VI, 88 (V F1/R 75); Le Rider, Thasiennes 51; HGC 6, 358; Dewing 1338 (same dies); Pozzi 1126 (same dies). Lightly toned, areas of find patina, fields smoothed on reverse. Good VF. From the D.K. Collection.
KINGS of THRACE, Odrysian (Astaian). Kotys VI. Circa 57-48 BC. Æ (13.5mm, 1.19 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt. Peykov C6200; Topalov II 9; HGC 3, 1737. Dark brown patin, light cleaning scratches. VF. Rare. Ex Gorny & Mosch 270 (12 March 2020), lot 2045.
KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.83 g, 12h). Lampsakos mint. Struck circa 297/6-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, resting arm on round shield set on ground; spear in background, monogram in inner left field, crescent in exergue. Thompson 49; Müller 399; HGC 3, 1750b. Porous, scratches, graffito in exergue on reverse. VF.
KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.74 g, 12h). Lampsakos mint. Struck circa 297/6-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, resting arm on round shield set on ground; spear in background, monogram in inner left field, crescent in exergue. Thompson 49; Müller 399; HGC 3, 1750b. Scattered marks. Near VF.
KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.18 g, 12h). Lampsakos mint. Struck circa 297/6-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, transverse spear in background; herm to outer left, monogram to inner left. Thompson 50; Müller 91; HGC 3, 1750b. Rough surfaces, horn silver, some cleaning scratches. VF.
KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Drachm (17.5mm, 4.03 g, 12h). Lampsakos mint. Struck 297/6-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, resting left arm on shield set on ground; diagonal spear in background; monogram to inner left. Cf. Thompson 57 (tetradrachm), otherwise, unpublished as a drachm; CNG 121, lot 178 (same dies). Lightly toned. Fine.
KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.32 g, 12h). In the types of Alexander III of Macedon. Kolophon mint. Struck circa 301/0-300/299 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, forepart of lion left above crescent; pentagram below throne. Thompson 127; Price L28; HGC 3, 1752e. Lightly toned. Near EF.
KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Drachm (17.5mm, 3.94 g, 12h). In the types of Alexander III of Macedon. Kolophon mint. Struck circa 299/8-297/6 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, forepart of lion left above Φ; pentagram below throne. Thompson 127; Price L27; Müller 21; HGC 3, 1751d. Toned, porous. Near VF. From the J.-P. Righetti Collection.
KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.34 g, 12h). Ephesos mint. Struck circa 294-287 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; bow and quiver to inner left. Thompson 171; Müller 296; HGC 3, 1753d. Lightly toned, trace deposits, some scratches. VF.
KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. Fourrée Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 16.97 g, 10h). Copying Amphipolis mint issue, struck 288/7-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; monogram to inner left, monogram in exergue. For prototype: cf. Thompson 214 corr. (inner right monogram); cf. HGC 3, 1750l. Scratches, polished, plating broken in spots. VF.
KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 15.86 g, 12h). Pella mint. Struck circa 286/5-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; monogram to outer and inner left. Thompson 248; Müller 353 var. (position of inner left monogram); HGC 3, 1750p. Toned, rough and porous surfaces. VF. From the J.-P. Righetti Collection.
KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.13 g, 12h). Uncertain mint. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, transverse spear in background; monogram to outer left. Cf. HGC 3, 1753 (for type); otherwise, unpublished. Light scratches. Near VF. Possibly a contemporary imitation. The monogram is known on tetradrachms at Lysimacheia and Lampsakos, but the style of the present coin is relatively crude, suggesting it is an unofficial issue.
THRACO-MACEDONIAN REGION, Berge. Circa 525-480 BC. AR Stater (20.5mm, 9.81 g). Ithyphallic satyr standing right, grasping hand of nymph fleeing right; pellets [above], to left, and to [right] / Quadripartite incuse square divided diagonally. Smith Group 5; Peykov A0020; HPM pl. VIII, 4; HGC 3, 531 ("Lete"). Darkly toned, light scratches. VF. From the D.K. Collection.This coinage has previously been given to Lete and Siris, but S. Psoma has persuasively argued against both of these attributions, and suggests that the city of Berge is the most likely in light of the historical and numismatic evidence. (See S. Psoma, "The 'Lete' Coinage Reconsidered" in Agoranomia.)
MACEDON, Amphipolis. Circa 148-32/1 BC. Æ (18mm, 4.39 g, 6h). Bearded head of male (Zeus?) left / Eagle standing left, head right, on thunderbolt. AMNG III/2, 45; HGC 3, –. Red-brown surfaces, a few cleaning marks. Good VF. From the J.-P. Righetti Collection.
KINGS of MACEDON. Philip II. 359-336 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 14.48 g, 12h). Pella mint. Struck circa 342/1-337/6 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Youth, holding palm frond, on horseback right; thunderbolt below, [N in exergue]. Le Rider Group II.A.2, 259 (D143/R207); HGC 3, 864; SNG Fitzwilliam 2045 (same dies); Dewing 1111 (same dies). Old cabinet tone, minor double strike on obverse. Near EF. From the J.-P. Righetti Collection.
KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great'. 336-323 BC. Æ Half Unit (17mm, 4.50 g, 10h). Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antipater, circa 332-326 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, head left; ivy leaf above. Price 28. Dark green-brown patina, minor deposits, some pitting. VF. From the J.-P. Righetti Collection.
KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great'. 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.27 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; star in left field. Price 1350; ADM II Series IV. Minor porosity. Good VF.