Electronic Auction 531 - Day 1
Date: 2023-01-25 00:00:00
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Electronic Auction 531 - Day 1 . 85
KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Drachm (15.5mm, 4.33 g, 12h). Uncertain mint in western Asia Minor. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field. Price P117 var. (monogram retrograde; same obv. die as illustration = BM 1982,0513.8). Lustrous, area of flat strike at edge. Good VF. Very rare variety.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos I Monophthalmos. As Strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC, or king, 306/5-301 BC. AR Drachm (17.5mm, 3.97 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Magnesia ad Maeandrum mint. Struck circa 319-301 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monograms in left field and below throne. Price –; Hersh, Additions 42. Lightly toned, underlying luster, minor porosity, slightly off center. Good VF. From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection, purchased from John Darling, 21 October 1998.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Kassander. As regent, 317-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23.5mm, 13.96 g, 1h). In the name and types of Philip II. Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 310-307 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Nude youth on horseback right, holding palm frond; below, Λ above boukranion; HΓ monogram below raised foreleg. Le Rider pl. 47, 2; SNG ANS 763-70. Toned. In NGC encapsulation 6324009-006, graded Ch VF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Demetrios I Poliorketes. 306-283 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 16.90 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Miletos mint. Struck circa 300-295 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field, labrys below throne. Price 2143; ADM I Series XII. Lightly toned, slight die wear on obverse. Good VF.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip V. 221-179 BC. AR Drachm (19.5mm, 3.99 g, 11h). Pella or Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 184-179 BC. Diademed head right / Club; monogram above, two monograms below; all within oak-wreath; thunderbolt to outer left. Mamroth, Philip 26; HGC 3, 1060. Toned, hairline flan crack, faint porosity. Good VF.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Perseus. 179-168 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.83 g, 12h). Attic standard. Pella or Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 174-173 BC. Diademed head right / Eagle, wings spread, standing right on thunderbolt; ZΩ monogram above, ΠO monogram to right, EY monogram between legs; all within oak wreath; [below, plow left]. De Luca, Tetradrachms 90a (O23/R81 – this coin, illustrated); Mamroth, Perseus 6; HGC 3, 1091. Attractively toned, minor roughness. EF. Ex Father & Son Collection, purchased privately from Art Ancient, 2018; Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 46 (15 February 2018), lot 102; G. Hirsch 175 (23 September 1992), lot 244; Giessener Münzhandlung 55 (14 May 1991), lot 183.
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MACEDON (Roman Protectorate), Republican period. Transitional bronze issue. Circa 167-165 BC. Æ (22.5mm, 13.04 g, 1h). Facing mask of Silenos, wearing ivy wreath / MAKE/ΔONΩN in two lines, D above; all within oak wreath. ACULA Group 2, Series 9, Variety 17; MacKay pl. III, 10; Touratsoglou, Macedonia 25; HGC 3, 1117 corr. (struck date); Psoma, Maroneia M320. Dark green patina, trace deposits, light cleaning scratches, even light roughness. VF. Very little is known about this attractive and interesting coin type. Originally attributed as an issue of the Roman official D. Julius Silanus, more recent scholarship, particularly hoard analyses, have made this untenable. The period to which it now belongs was marked by turmoil caused largely by various barbarian invasions, and coin production was sporadic at all of the Macedonian mints, and probably related to military activity. The Silenos type and oak wreaths were common local motifs used on coins in the Thraco-Macedonian region.The low dating given in HGC is predicated upon the author's acceptance of the low chronology of the issues of the quaestors C. Publilius and L. Fulcinnius (whose coins were overstruck by the present issue), after 148 BC. However, see T. R. S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, Vol. 3: Supplement (Oxford, 1986), p. 176, who places C. Publilius in 167 BC, thus confirming the high chronology (but see also E. Champlin's review of Broughton in Classical Philology Vol. 84, No. 1, p. 59, n. 3, where the date of 167 is corrected to 168 BC).
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MACEDON (Roman Protectorate), Republican period. First Meris. Circa 167-149 BC. AR Tetradrachm (35mm, 16.62 g, 9h). Amphipolis mint. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, with bow and quiver over shoulder; all in the center of a Macedonian shield / Club right; monogram above, two monograms below; all within oak wreath; thunderbolt to left. Prokopov, Silver, Group I.A, 29 (O7/R22); HGC 3, 1103. Toned, with some iridescence, trace deposits, minor double strike on reverse. Good VF. Rare issue with these monograms. From the Pythagoras Collection, purchased from Herb Kreindler (his ticket included).
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EPEIROS, Ambrakia. Circa 404-360 BC. AR Stater (19.5mm, 7.80 g, 4h). Pegasos flying left / Helmeted head of Athena right; to left, Arachtos seated right on [facing head of bull]. Ravel, Colts 126 (A55/P78a); Pegasi 74; HGC 3, 205; BMC 28 (same dies); Bement 966 (same dies); Sartiges 299 (same dies). Toned, granular surfaces, light roughness, trace of find patina on obverse. VF. From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection, purchased from "AA," 14 November 1999.
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THESSALY, Ainianes. Circa 80s-40s BC. AR Hemidrachm or Tetrobol (17mm, 2.38 g, 12h). Hypata mint. Head of Athena right, wearing helmet decorated with Pegasos / Warrior (Phemios) shooting sling right, wearing sword; two javelins behind, wheat ear to right. Liampi, Beitrag, Group VII, 11; Callataÿ, Argent 17 (D6/R1) corr. (obv. legend); BCD Thessaly II 43.2 (same dies). Slightly iridescent toning, some light roughness, a few minor die breaks. Good VF. Good metal. Very rare. Ex BCD Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 90, 23 May 2012), lot 3; Bourgey (2 April 2001), lot 149; Egger (26 November 1909), lot 327.
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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 365-356 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 6.03 g, 12h). Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, wearing ampyx and necklace / Horse standing left, preparing to lie down. Lorber, Beginning, Series 10, Head Type 17, dies O31/R2; Lorber, Hoard 26 (same dies); HGC 4, 450 corr. (dates). Toned, tiny flan flaw on obverse, double struck on reverse with worn die. Near EF. Fine style.
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THESSALY, Magnetes. Mid 2nd-mid 1st centuries BC. Æ Trichalkon (20mm, 9.10 g, 12h). Laureate head of Zeus left / The centaur Chiron advancing right, holding branch; [plow to left], monogram below. Rogers 345; BCD Thessaly II 409; HGC 4, 65. Dark green patina. Near VF. From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex BCD Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 374, 11 May 2016), lot 203.
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THESSALY, Mopsion. Circa 350-300 BC. Æ Trichalkon (19mm, 7.57 g, 10h). Laureate head of Zeus facing slightly right; [vertical thunderbolt to right] / The Lapith Mopsos, nude, standing facing, head right, about to strike with club a centaur rearing left, holding above head a boulder which he is about to hurl. Rogers 412; BCD Thessaly II 484; HGC 4, 537. Rough brown surfaces. Good Fine. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 183 (5 March 2008), lot 46.Mopsion, a small town situated on a hill between Larissa and Tempe, was named after Mopsos, the son of Amphykos. He was gifted with the power to understand the speech of birds, and traveled with Jason and the Argonauts as their seer. Mopsos met his death in Libya when he was bitten by a poisonous serpent that had sprung from the blood of Medusa's head.
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THESSALY, Skotoussa. Circa 394-367 BC. AR Hemidrachm (16.5mm, 2.99 g, 6h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Forepart of horse right, raising foreleg, within circular incuse. Moustaka 162 (same obv. die as illustration); BCD Thessaly 1336 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen –; SNG München 179 (same obv. die). Lightly granular surfaces. Good VF.
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THESSALY, Thessalian League. Late 2nd-mid 1st centuries BC. AR Stater (22mm, 6.12 g, 12h). Pausanias and Atre–, magistrates. Head of Zeus right, wearing oak wreath / Athena Itonia striding right, hurling spear held in her right hand, shield on her left arm; ΠAY-ΣANI above spear, A-P/T-E across central field. BCD Thessaly II 859.1; HGC 4, 209. Struck with worn obverse die (as usual). EF. Well centered. From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 66 (19 May 2004), lot 349.
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AKARNANIA, Anaktorion. Circa 350-300 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 8.56 g, 6h). Pegasos flying left; AN monogram below / Helmeted head of Athena left; KΛE above, AN monogram below; to right, boukranion facing, fillets hanging from horns. Pegasi 71; Imhoof-Blumer, Akarnaniens 92; BCD Akarnania 86; HGC 4, 763. Deep iridescent tone, underlying luster, die wear on obverse. Near EF. From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection, purchased at the Chicago International Coin Fair, 1998.
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AKARNANIA, Leukas. Circa 350-300 BC. Æ (17mm, 4.33 g, 9h). Bellerophon, brandishing spear, flying left on Pegasos / Chimaira at bay right; no control mark. BCD Akarnania 242; HGC 4, 864. Dark green patina, chipping around edge, some roughness. VF.
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AKARNANIA, Thyrrheion. Circa 168-160 BC. AR Stater (24.5mm, 9.96 g, 1h). Menandros, magistrate. Head of the River god Acheloos right / Apollo Aktios seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram to right. Imhoof-Blumer, Akarnaniens 21; BCD Akarnania 392–4; HGC 4, 922. Lightly toned, struck with worn dies, area of weak strike in center, trace deposits. VF. From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection, purchased from Classical Cash, October 1999 (their ticket included).
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AITOLIA, Aitolian League. Circa 220-205 BC. AR Stater (24.5mm, 10.75 g, 7h). Korkyrean standard. Laureate head of Apollo right; small ΦI below / Aitolos standing left, kausia hung around neck and sword slung at waist, holding spear, right foot set on rock, leaning on raised right knee; Δ to left. Tsangari 748 (D24/R84); BCD Akarnania 444; HGC 4, 942. Deeply toned, a little off center, struck from slightly worn dies. VF. From the Pythagoras Collection. Ex Bourgey (2 April 2001), lot 161.
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BOEOTIA, Thebes. Circa 368-364 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 12.00 g). Klio(n)-, magistrate. Boeotian shield / Amphora; KΛ-IΩ across field; all within incuse concave circle. Hepworth 69; BCD Boiotia 531; HGC 4, 1332. Lightly toned, dig on reverse. VF. Well centered. From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection, purchased from Jonathan K. Kern, April 2002.
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 500/490-485/0 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 17.69 g, 1h). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray to left; all within incuse square. Seltman Group M; Asyut Group IVa; HGC 4, 1590. Test cut on obverse, with corresponding flan cracks on reverse. Near VF.