ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22.5mm, 17.22 g, 1h). Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye / Owl standing right, head facing, closed tail feathers; olive spray and crescent to left; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; HGC 4, 1597. Lightly toned, minor die wear and tiny nick on obverse. Near EF.
ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.15 g, 5h). Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye / Owl standing right, head facing, closed tail feathers; olive spray and crescent to left; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; HGC 4, 1597. Trace deposits, a few light marks. Good VF. Well centered.
ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 17.15 g, 10h). Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye / Owl standing right, head facing, closed tail feathers; olive spray and crescent to left; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; HGC 4, 1597. Compact flan. VF. Well centered.
ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 16.81 g, 1h). Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye / Owl standing right, head facing, closed tail feathers; olive spray and crescent to left; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; HGC 4, 1597. Toned, granular surfaces, test cuts, a little off center on obverse. VF.
ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. Fourrée Drachm (14mm, 3.24 g, 10h). 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. Lightly toned, porous, die wear on obverse, breaks in plating. Fine.
ISLANDS off ATTICA, Aegina. Circa 550-530/25 BC. AR Stater (18mm, 11.97 g). Sea turtle, head in profile, with thick collar and row of dots down its back / Deep incuse square of proto-"Union Jack" pattern with eight segments. Holloway, Archaic, Group A; Meadows, Aegina, Group Ib; HGC 6, 425. Toned, light granularity, some die wear. Good Fine. Purchased by the consignor from Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., 15 July 1988.
CORINTHIA, Corinth. Circa 350/45-285 BC. AR Drachm (14.5mm, 2.64 g, 11h). Pegasos flying left / Head of Aphrodite left, hair in sphendone; uncertain letter or monogram to right. BCD Corinth –; HGC 4, 1868. Find patina. Near VF. From the S & S Collection. Ex Frederick Hastings Rindge Collection (Part I, Malter XXIX, 22 March 1985), lot 84.
SIKYONIA, Sikyon. Circa 330/20-280 BC. AR Triobol – Hemidrachm (15.5mm, 2.82 g, 3h). Chimaera advancing left, raising forepaw; ΣI below / Dove flying left; no control marks. BCD Peloponnesos 283; HGC 5, 213. Attractively toned, double struck on reverse. Near EF. From the Gregory Collection.
ACHAIA, Achaian League. Argos. Circa 160-146 BC. AR Triobol – Hemidrachm (16mm, 2.35 g, 12h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Achaian League monogram; club above, monogram to left; all within wreath. Benner 18; BCD Peloponnesos 1138; HGC 5, 717. Deeply toned, some roughness. VF.
ACHAIA, Achaian League. Lakedaimon (Sparta). Circa 175-168 BC. AR Triobol – Hemidrachm (15.5mm, 2.43 g, 6h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Achaian League monogram; piloi of the Dioskouroi flanking, ΛA above; below, ME monogram above club; all within wreath. Benner 2; BCD Peloponnesos 849 var. (no club); HGC 5, 642. Lightly toned, slightly off center, minor marks and deposits. VF. From the Kalevala Collection. Ex Leu Numismatik Web Auction 10 (7 December 2019), lot 285.
CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Pantikapaion. Circa 310-304/3 BC. Æ (21mm, 7.40 g, 12h). Bearded head of satyr right / Forepart of griffin left; below, sturgeon left. Anokhin 1023; MacDonald 69; HGC 7, 113. Brown surfaces, minor pitting. Good VF.
CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Pantikapaion. Circa 310-304/3 BC. Æ (21mm, 6.96 g, 12h). Bearded head of satyr right / Forepart of griffin left; below, sturgeon left. Anokhin 1023; MacDonald 69; HGC 7, 113. Brown surfaces, minor pitting. Good VF.
SOUTHERN BLACK SEA COAST, Uncertain mint. Circa 110-100 BC. Æ (15mm, 2.97 g, 12h). Time of Mithradates VI Eupator. Jugate heads of the Dioskouroi(?) right / Cornucopia flanked by caps of the Dioskouroi; [...]ΛIA-ΔΩ[...] across field below. CNG 84, lot 516; otherwise, unpublished. Green and brown surfaces. Fine. Extremely rare.
KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AV Stater (19mm, 8.24 g, 12h). First Mithradatic War issue. In the name and types of Lysimachos of Thrace. Kallatis mint. Struck circa 88-86 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, arm resting on shield, spear diagonally in background; (HP)O to inner left, KAΛ on throne; in exergue, ornate trident left. Callataÿ p. 139, dies D6/R1; AMNG I 258; HGC 3, 1824. Typical die wear. Near EF. Ex CNG inventory 714299 (July 1999).
PAPHLAGONIA, Sinope. Circa 350/30-300 BC. AR Drachm (21.5mm, 5.55 g, 12h). Aiginetic standard. Konon, magistrate. Head of nymph left, hair in sakkos; aphlaston to left / Sea-eagle on dolphin left; KONΩN below wings. RG 31; HGC 7, 391. Lightly toned, deep test cut, scattered marks, scrape on obverse. Good VF. Struck on a broad flan.
PAPHLAGONIA, Sinope. Circa 350/30-300 BC. AR Drachm (17.5mm, 5.68 g, 6h). Aiginetic standard. Phageta–, magistrate. Head of nymph left, hair in sakkos; aphlaston to left / Sea-eagle on dolphin left; ΦΑΓΕ[ΤA] below wings. RG 31; HGC 7, 391. Toned, rough and granular surfaces, compact flan. VF. From the S & S Collection. Lot includes a Joel L. Malter ticket marked lot 12.
PAPHLAGONIA, Sinope. Circa 350/30-300 BC. AR Siglos or Drachm (17mm, 4.97 g, 5h). Persic standard. Karpo–, magistrate. Head of nymph left, hair in sakkos / Sea-eagle on dolphin left; KAP[ΠO] below wings. RG 34; HGC 7, 399. Spotty tone on obverse, light golden hues on the reverse. Near EF.