Electronic Auction 531 - Day 1
Date: 2023-01-25 00:00:00
Lots: 792
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Electronic Auction 531 - Day 1 . 169
MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 450-330 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.59 g). Orestes kneeling left on tunny left, holding sword in his lowered right hand, left hand resting on omphalos to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 165; Boston MFA 1533 = Warren 1489; SNG BN –. Light deposits, a few light scratches. VF.
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MYSIA, Pergamon. Mid-late 2nd century BC. Æ (16.5mm, 4.92 g, 12h). Perga(menos), magistrate. Head of Asklepios right / Serpent entwined staff of Asklepios. SNG BN 1854; Ophthalmologia XIV.26 (this coin). Dark green-brown surfaces. VF. From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection.
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MYSIA, Pergamon. Mid-late 2nd century BC. Æ (16.5mm, 3.23 g, 12h). Head of Asklepios right / Serpent entwined staff of Asklepios. SNG BN 1855–7; Ophthalmologia XIV.25 (this coin). Brown surfaces, indications of undertype on reverse. VF. From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection.
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KINGS of PERGAMON. Eumenes I. 263-241 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31.5mm, 16.39 g, 12h). In the name of Philetairos. Pergamon mint. Struck circa 255/50-241 BC. Wreathed head of Philetairos right / Athena enthroned left, elbow resting on shield to right, crowning dynastic name with wreath; transverse spear in background, ivy leaf to outer left, monogram to inner left, bow to right. Westermark Group IVA, obv. die XLVIII:A; SNG BN 1612 (same obv. die). Deep iridescent tone, some scratches. VF. From the D.K. Collection.
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TROAS, Assos. Circa 500-450 BC. AR Drachm (13.5mm, 3.37 g, 7h). Chian standard. Griffin springing left / Head of roaring lion right within incuse square. SNG Arikantürk I –; BMC 1; Boston MFA 1626. Toned, granular surfaces, a little off center on obverse. VF.
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TROAS, Ilion. Circa 185-50 BC. AR Tetradrachm (38mm, 14.56 g, 12h). Xanthippos, president of the aonothetai. Helmeted head of Athena right / The Palladion: Athena Ilias standing right, holding distaff and filleted spear; to inner right, owl standing left, head facing; ΞANΘIΠΠOΣ in exergue. Ellis-Evans dies O2/R– (unlisted rev. die); Bellinger T36. Toned, rough surfaces, numerous cleaning scratches. VF.
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TROAS, Ilion. Circa 185-50 BC. AR Tetradrachm (38mm, 14.79 g, 12h). Metriketes or Akkos, president of the aonothetai. Helmeted head of Athena right / The Palladion: Athena Ilias standing right, holding distaff and filleted spear; monogram to inner left; to inner right, owl standing left, head facing; [magistrate name in exergue]. Ellis-Evans dies O3/R– (unlisted rev. die); Bellinger T39 or T45. Toned, rough surfaces. Good Fine.
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ISLANDS off TROAS, Tenedos. Circa 100-70 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 13.92 g, 1h). Janiform head of a bearded male left, laureate, and female right, wearing stephanos / Labrys; grape bunch and tripod flanking handle; all within wreath. Callataÿ, Tenedos –; HGC 6, 390. Toned, porous, large edge chip. Good VF. Very rare with these symbols, none in CoinArchives.
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AEOLIS, Kyme. Circa 151/0-143/2 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.41 g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Kallias, magistrate. Struck circa 143/2 BC. Head of the Amazon Kyme right, wearing tainia / Horse prancing right; one-handled cup below raised foreleg, KAΛΛIAΣ below; all within wreath. E-E&E-Ö, Phase 3; Oakley dies 34/c (this coin referenced and illustrated); SNG Copenhagen 103; SNG Fitzwilliam 4312 (same obv. die). Toned, minor porosity, die break on reverse. VF. From the MWF Collection, purchased from John Twente, 18 September 1993. Ex Glendining (4 June 1992), lot 73; Richard J. Graham (Paul Tinchant) Collection (Schulman 243, 8 June 1966), lot 1234.
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AEOLIS, Temnos. Circa 188-170 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33.5mm, 16.25 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, two monograms above oinochoe within vine tendril. Price 1677 (referencing Glendining & Seaby 2, 15 July 1929, lot 287 [same dies]). Deep iridescent tone. VF. Extremely rare, none in Pella, nor ANS photofile; two (correctly attributed) in CoinArchives. From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection.
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LESBOS, Unattributed Koinon mint. Circa 525-513 BC. BI Forty-eighth Stater (6mm, 0.37 g). Two eyes / Incuse square. Lazzarini, Contribution, Series II, Type C; HGC 6, 1074 ("1/36 stater"); Ophthalmologia XIII.7 (this coin). Dark find patina. VF. From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXIX (30 March 1994), lot 163.
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LESBOS, Unattributed Koinon mint. Circa 510-480 BC. BI Stater (19.5mm, 11.01 g). Confronted calves' heads; olive tree between / Small incuse square punch. Lazzarini, Contribution, Series III; HGC 6, 1076. Deeply toned, light mark under tone on obverse. VF. Ex Triton XXV (Session V, 25 January 2022), lot 5083.
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LESBOS, Unattributed Koinon mint. Circa 480 BC. BI Twelfth Stater (8mm, 0.97 g). Head of African right / Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. Lazzarini, Contribution, Series III, 2; HGC 6, 1086. Earthen find patina, some cleaning scratches. Good Fine. Well centered. From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection, purchased from Herakles Numismatics (Perry Siegel, 12 January 2019.
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LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 521-478 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10.5mm, 2.57 g, 10h). Head of roaring lion right; wart on nose / Incuse head of calf left; rectangular punch behind. Bodenstedt Em. 12; HGC 6, 937. Minor edge splits, a couple of scrapes on reverse. Good VF. Well centered.
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LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 521-478 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.54 g, 2h). Head of roaring lion right; wart on nose / Incuse head of calf right; rectangular punch behind. Bodenstedt Em. 13; HGC 6, 938. Minor edge split, scuff and nick at edge on obverse. Near VF. From the Kenneth S. Abramowitz Collection.
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IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 390-380 BC. Æ (10.5mm, 1.40 g, 7h). Head of female (Kybele?) left / Bee. Karwiese II, –; SNG Copenhagen 256; SNG Kayhan 1243. Earthen dark green patina. Good VF. From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection, purchased from The Time Machine, 7 October 1998.Some references note a turreted headdress on the obverse, but this feature is not present (see, esp., SNG Kayhan 1243).
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IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 202-150 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.01 g, 12h). Demarchos, magistrate. Bee / Stag standing right; palm tree in background, ΔIMAPXOΣ to right. Kinns, Attic, p. 86, obv. die 11; SNG von Aulock 1848 (same obv. die). Near VF.
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IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 202-150 BC. AR Drachm (18.5mm, 4.02 g, 1h). Lykiskos, magistrate. Bee / Stag standing right; palm tree in background, [ΛY]KIΣKOΣ to right. Kinns, Attic, p. 88, obv. die 2; SNG von Aulock 1849. Patch of horn silver at edge, tiny test cut on obverse. Near VF.
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IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Themistokles. Circa 465-459 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.37 g, 9h). Helmeted head of Leukippos right / ΘE monogram within incuse square. Nollé & Wenninger Th 5b var. (pellet border on rev.); Nollé 3b var. (same); CNG E-411, lot 134 = Gorny & Mosch 204 (5 March 2012), lot 1513. Toned, porous. Fine. Themistokles was perhaps the most important, and certainly one of the most powerful, political figures in early fifth century Athens. He persuaded the Athenians to use the newly found wealth from the silver mines of Laurion to build a navy, essential to their defeat of the Persians a short time later. Sometime in the early 460s BC, Themistokles was ostracized. He fled to Asia Minor, where he was well received by the Persian king, who granted him the income of three cities in Ionia. Themistokles chose Magnesia on the Maeander as his new headquarters, where his coins were struck.
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IONIA, Miletos. Circa 600-546 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (12.5mm, 4.62 g). Lion reclining left, head reverted, within rectangular frame / Two square punches containing, respectively, a geometric and stellate design. Hilbert Phase 1, T16 (dies A47/Q9r-X); SNG Kayhan 442. Small scratches and scuff on obverse. Good Fine.
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IONIA, Miletos. Circa 600-546 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.25 g). Lion reclining left, head right, within rectangular frame / Two square punches containing geometric designs. Hilbert Phase 1, H11.8 (dies A52/G88 – this coin); Pozzi 2465 (same obv. die). Fair. Ex Windmill Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 503, 3 November 2021), lot 15; Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 328 (11 June 2014), lot 179.