Electronic Auction 539
Date: 2023-05-31 00:00:00
Lots: 1283
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IONIA, Smyrna. Circa 115-105 BC. Æ (20mm, 7.91 g, 12h). Semagoras, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Homer seated left, resting chin on hand and holding scepter; monogram and ΣHMAΓOPAΣ to left. Milne, Autonomous, Period XII, 249; SNG Copenhagen 1150. Attractive dark green surfaces. Good VF. From the Collection of a London Novelist, purchased from Sovereign Rarities.This type is often referred to as a 'Homereum,' based on a passage in Strabo's Geographica (xiv, i.37): "[T]he Smyrnaeans also lay especial claim to the poet [Homer] and indeed a bronze coin of theirs is called a Homereum."
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IONIA, Teos. Circa 450-425 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 11.99 g). Griffin seated right, raising left forepaw, on ground line; below forepaw, head of female right / Quadripartite incuse square. Matzke Series Cb1; Balcer –; Mattingly, New 1 (same dies); CH VIII, pl. V, Hoard 47, 1 (same dies); Triton XIX, lot 236 (same dies); CNG 88, lot 354 (same dies). Light iridescent tone, area of flat strike, some light scratches on reverse. Near EF. Ex Lady's Winged Horse Collection (Roma XXIII, 24 March 2022), lot 275; VAuctions 335 / Triskeles 27 (15 March 2019), lot 48; Pegasi Numismatics XXXIV (24 May 2016), lot 178; iNumis 25 (3 June 2014), lot 38.
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IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 650-600 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (9mm, 2.15 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Plain globular surface / Two incuse squares. Weidauer Group I, 4; cf. Artemision 2 (myshemihekte); SNG Kayhan 674. Hairlines. VF.
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IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 650-600 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (12mm, 4.65 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Globular surface with cluster of pellets / Incuse rectangle, laterally bisected. Weidauer –; Traité I 3; Elektron –; SNG Kayhan –; SNG von Aulock 7761; Boston MFA 1749; Pozzi 2350; Rosen 253. Good VF.
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IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (6mm, 0.67 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Facing head of lion / Incuse square. Weidauer –; cf. Artemision 45 (hemihekte); Traité I –; cf. Elektron I 19 (trite); SNG Kayhan 1548. In NGC encapsulation 6062075-008, graded MS, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5. Ex Heritage 232146 (18 November 2021), lot 63099.
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IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (6mm, 0.48 g). Aeginetic standard. Winged scarab beetle / Incuse square. Cf. SNG Kayhan 1562 (ninety-sixth stater); cf. Artemision 89 (forty-eighth stater); CNG E-530, lot 216. Toned, rough surfaces. Near VF. Very rare.
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IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-Fourth Stater (6.5mm, 0.67 g). Phokaic standard. Uncertain design (chicken wing, rabbit leg, or human leg?) / Incuse square. Adams I 1482, otherwise unpublished in the standard references. VF. Extremely rare. The device on the obverse bears a strong resemblance to the obols attributed to Phlious in Phliasia (cf. BCD Peloponnesos 78–80), as does the reverse punch – a case of imitating types?
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IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (7mm, 0.74 g). Phokaic standard. Uncertain type / Incuse square. VF.
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KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Ardys – Alyattes. Circa 630s-564/53 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (13.5mm, 4.70 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, "sun" with four rays on forehead / Two incuse squares. Weidauer Group XV, 64–75; Kurth –; SNG Ashmolean 749–53. Lightly toned, numerous bankers' marks. VF.
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KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Ardys – Alyattes. Circa 630s-564/53 BC. EL Forty-eighth Stater (4mm, 0.28 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Paw of lion / Incuse punch. Karwiese Series I, Type 1 (Ephesos); Kurth G33; cf. Artemision 76 (ninety-sixth stater); SNG Kayhan –. Good VF.
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KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Ardys – Alyattes. Circa 630s-564/53 BC. EL Ninety-sixth Stater (4.5mm, 0.18 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Paw of lion / Incuse square. Karwiese Series I, Type 2 (Ephesos); cf. Kurth G41 (forty-eighth stater); Aremision 70–1; SNG Kayhan –. VF.
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KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Ardys – Alyattes. Circa 630s-564/53 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (6.5mm, 0.56 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Paw of lion / Incuse square. Karwiese Series I, Type 3 (Ephesos); Kurth G34; Artemision 12–4; SNG Kayhan 1016. VF.
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KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (12.5mm, 4.70 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right; sun with multiple rays on forehead / Two incuse squares. Weidauer Group XVI, 89; Kurth G26; SNG Ashmolean 749–51. A few tiny flan flaws, small banker's mark at edge on obverse. Good VF.
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KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (13mm, 4.72 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right; sun with multiple rays on forehead / Two incuse squares. Weidauer Group XVI, 89; Kurth G26; SNG Ashmolean 749–51. Minor edge split, a touch off center. Good VF.
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KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AR Stater (18.5mm, 10.67 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 20; Kurth S1; SNG Ashmolean 760. Typical granular surfaces. VF.
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KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AR Third Stater (13.5mm, 3.44 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 24; Kurth S5; SNG Ashmolean 772 (Persian period). Toned, rough and granular surfaces. Near VF.
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KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AR Third Stater (15mm, 3.31 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 24; Kurth S5; SNG Ashmolean 772 (Persian period). Toned, rough and granular surfaces, cleaning marks. VF.
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KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Cyrus – Darios I. Circa 550/39-520 BC. AR Siglos (15.5mm, 5.27 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 22; Kurth S11; SNG Ashmolean 762–71. Lightly toned, typical granular surfaces. VF.
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KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Cyrus – Darios I. Circa 550/39-520 BC. AR Siglos (14mm, 5.30 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 22; Kurth S11; SNG Ashmolean 762–71. Toned, typical granular surfaces. Near VF.
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CARIA, Alabanda. Circa 185-173 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.65 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Undated issue, struck circa 170-167/6. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Pegasos left; monogram below throne. Meadows, Alabanda, Series 3.2, Group 1, dies M3/M– (unlisted rev. die); Price 2455; HN Online 554. Toned, scratches, old collection number "199" in India ink on reverse. VF. Ex Judy Day Frink Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 502, 20 October 2021), lot 298.
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CARIA, Alabanda. Circa 173-167 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32.5mm, 16.31 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Dated CY 4 (166/5 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Pegasos left; Δ (date) below throne. Meadows, Alabanda, Series 3, Group 3, dies Δ6/Δ26; Price 2464; DCA 311. Traces of iridescence, minor marks. VF. From the Don T. Hayes Collection.