ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.18 g, 11h). Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye / Owl standing right, head facing, closed tail feathers; olive sprig and crescent to left; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; HGC 4, 1597. A little off center on obverse. VF.
ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.16 g, 8h). Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye / Owl standing right, head facing, closed tail feathers; olive sprig and crescent to left; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; HGC 4, 1597. Lightly toned, minor deposits, a little porosity and off center on obverse. VF.
ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.10 g, 1h). Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye / Owl standing right, head facing, closed tail feathers; olive sprig and crescent to left; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; HGC 4, 1597. Off center and a little die rust on obverse. VF.
ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.13 g, 5h). Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye / Owl standing right, head facing, closed tail feathers; olive sprig and crescent to left; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; HGC 4, 1597. Edge splits. Near VF.
ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.15 g, 9h). Contemporary imitation. Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye / Owl standing right, head facing, closed tail feathers; olive sprig and crescent to left; all within incuse square. For prototype: cf. Kroll 8; cf. HGC 4, 1597. Minor die break on obverse. Near EF.
ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.11 g, 6h). Contemporary imitation. Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye / Owl standing right, head facing, closed tail feathers; olive sprig and crescent to left; all within incuse square. For prototype: cf. Kroll 8; cf. HGC 4, 1597. Struck with worn dies. VF.
ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. Fourrée Drachm (15.5mm, 3.89 g, 12h). Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray to left; all within incuse square. For prototype: cf. Kroll 10; cf. HGC 4, 1631. Thick dark find patina, core exposed in spots, cleaning scratches and marks. Near VF.
ATTICA, Athens. Circa 400/390-353 BC. AR Obol(?) (7.5mm, 0.58 g, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena right, with profile eye and regular palmette / Four crescents within incuse square. Kroll –; HGC 4, 1667. Toned, much find patina remaining, off center on obverse. Near VF. Very rare. This denomination has traditionally been considered an obol, but the weight of all the published examples range from 0.54 to 0.62 grams, which is consistently light for that denomination. Also, there appears to be no place for this issue of obols, as standard Athena/owl type obols are known for each period. As such, it is likely that this is not an obol, but an intermediate denomination between an obol and hemiobol.
ATTICA, Athens. Circa 353-294 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.76 g, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena right, with profile eye and pi-style palmette / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent to left. Kroll –; HGC 4, 1666; J. Kroll, "The Reminting of Athenian Silver Coinage, 353 B.C." in Hesperia 80, fig. 11, g. Find patina, off center. Near VF.
ISLANDS off ATTICA, Aegina. Circa 456/45-431 BC. AR Stater (19mm, 12.05 g, 3h). Land tortoise with segmented shell / Large square incuse with skew pattern. Meadows, Aegina, Group IIIb; HGC 6, 437. Toned. In NGC encapsulation 4284185-002, graded Ch F, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 432 (14 November 2018), lot 60.
CORINTHIA, Corinth. Circa 490-450 BC. AR Stater (18mm, 8.55 g, 11h). Pegasos flying left / Helmeted head of Athena right within incuse square. Ravel Period II, – (P111/T141 – unlisted die combination); Pegasi 68/1 = SNG Lewis 694 (same dies); BCD Corinth 21; HGC 4, 1821. Lightly toned, light porosity, die wear on obverse. VF. Ex Gadoury Online Auction 31 (18 June 2021), lot 45.
CORINTHIA, Corinth. Circa 350/45-285 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 8.54 g, 2h). Pegasos flying left / Helmeted head of Athena left; Γ below chin, filleted thyrsos to right; c/m: star within incuse circle. Ravel Period V, 1027; Pegasi 417; HGC 4, 1848. Traces of find patina. Good VF. Ex W. Hansen Collection; National Pride Coin and Stamp inventory 9837595 (February 1999).
ARGOLIS, Argos. Circa 270-260/50 BC. AR Triobol – Hemidrachm (14mm, 2.58 g, 7h). Forepart of wolf at bay left; Θ above / Large A; monogram to upper right; below, eagle standing right on harpa right; all within incuse square. BCD Peloponnesos 1113 (same rev. die); HGC 5, 670. Minor roughness, a little die rust on obverse. Good VF. Rare with monogram.
ARKADIA, Megalopolis. Circa 225-223 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 16.44 g, 5h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, syrinx above ME (civic) monogram; monogram-in-wreath below throne. Noe, Megalopolis, dies B/3; Price 746 var. (position of left field controls); HGC 5, 946. Toned, some find patina, double struck on reverse, edge hammered and filed (probably to fit prior bezel). Near VF. Extremely rare, only seven published (four examples noted by Noe, one additional each in Pella, the ANS photofile, and CoinArchives).
CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Pantikapaion. Circa 340-325 BC. Æ (26mm, 11.54 g, 2h). Wreathed head of Pan left / Bow and arrow. Anokhin 1022; MacDonald 59; HGC 7, 106. Brown surfaces. Good VF.
CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Pantikapaion. Circa 310-304/3 BC. Æ (20.5mm, 5.92 g, 6h). Bearded head of satyr right / Forepart of griffin left; below, sturgeon left. Anokhin 1023; MacDonald 69; HGC 7, 113. Brown surfaces. Good VF. From the W Hansen Collection, purchased 6 October 2013.
CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Pantikapaion. Circa 310-304/3 BC. Æ (20mm, 7.03 g, 12h). Bearded head of satyr right / Forepart of griffin left; below, sturgeon left. Anokhin 1023; MacDonald 69; HGC 7, 113. Red-brown surfaces, minor pitting, small scratch on obverse. VF.
PONTOS, Amisos (as Peiraieos). Circa 435-370 BC. AR Siglos (19.5mm, 5.57 g, 11h). Philo–, magistrate. Head of Hera left, wearing stephanos / Owl, with spread wings, standing facing on shield; hippocamp to left, ΦI-ΛO across central field. Malloy 1dj; HGC 7, 229. Porous, minor die break on obverse. VF.
PONTOS, Amisos (as Peiraieos). Circa 435-370 BC. AR Siglos (17mm, 5.74 g, 3h). Ka(?)–, magistrate. Head of Hera left, wearing stephanos / Owl, with spread wings, standing facing on shield; K(?)-A across central field, wreath to lower inner left. Malloy 1 var. (unlisted variety); HGC 7, 229. Spots and patches of find patina. VF.