Electronic Auction 540
Date: 2023-06-14 00:00:00
Lots: 1075
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IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (7mm, 0.62 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Head of horse left with distinctive upward-curving mane / Incuse square. Cf. Rosen 289 (for similar). Slightly off center on obverse. VF. Ex MM Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 484, 27 January 2021), lot 321; Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 450 (21 August 2019), lot 172.
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IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (6.5mm, 0.65 g). Phokaic standard. Head of ram right / Incuse square. Weidauer –; Elektron –; Traité I 194; SNG Kayhan –; SNG von Aulock –; Triton XXI, lot 484 (same obv. die); Triton XVIII, lot 650 (same obv. die). Some die wear. Good VF. Very rare. Ex Biga Numismatics 7 (4 December 2021), lot 1.
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IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (5.5mm, 0.59 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Indistinct type / Incuse square. Struck with heavily worn obverse die. VF.
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ISLANDS off IONIA, Chios. Circa 490-435 BC. AR Didrachm – Stater (13mm, 7.77 g). Sphinx seated left; amphora to left / Quadripartite incuse square. Mavrogordato 19; HGC 6, 1118. Toned, test cut. VF.
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ISLANDS off IONIA, Chios. Circa 270-220 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.82 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, sphinx seated left above monogram; Π below throne. Bauslaugh, Posthumous, unlisted series, but obv. die 37; Price 2362 var. (monogram, same obv. die as referenced example); HGC 6, 1132. Toned, with a hint of iridescence, some light scratches and marks. VF. From the Don T. Hayes Collection, purchased from James E. Beach.
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ISLANDS off IONIA, Chios. Circa 270-220 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31.5mm, 16.86 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, sphinx seated left above KΛ(?) (engraved over prior control). Bauslaugh, Posthumous, unlisted series; Price –; HGC 6, 1132. Struck from worn dies. Near VF. Unpublished issue. From the Don T. Hayes Collection, purchased from Glenn W. Woods.
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LYDIA, Kaystrianoi. 2nd-1st centuries BC. Æ (22mm, 8.67 g, 11h). Bearded head of male right, wearing tainia; [monogram to left, ΣIΠΠEΩΣ below] / Cult statue of Hera Telia facing; monogram to upper right. Kurth 34; SNG Soutzos 1511; A. Engel, "Notes sur les collections numismatiques d'Athènes" in RN 1885, p. 12, 15. Dark green patina, trace deposits, light roughness, slightly off center. Near VF. Very rare, only one in CoinArchives (Numismatik Naumann 52 [Plankenhorn Collection], lot 1061). Reportedly Prof. Dr. Clive Foss Collection.
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LYDIA, Sardes. Circa 166-67 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28.5mm, 12.51 g, 12h). Cistophoric standard. Struck circa 135-128 BC. Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Bow case with serpents; monogram above; to right, Zeus Aëtophoros standing left. Kleiner & Noe Series 17a, dies 19/– (unlisted rev. die); Hochard 1819, dies D27/R– (unlisted rev. die); Kurth S353; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG von Aulock 3123 (same obv. die). Lightly toned, trace deposits, a few light scratches, slightly off center on reverse. VF.
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LYDIA, Tralleis. Circa 166-67 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 12.49 g, 12h). Cistophoric standard. Struck circa 155-145 BC. Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Bow case with serpents; winged kerykeion to right. Kleiner & Noe Series 29, obv. die 59 (unrecorded for series); Kurth S400; SNG Copenhagen –. Traces of find patina, some cleaning marks. VF.
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KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (13mm, 4.71 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right; sun with multiple rays on forehead / Two incuse square punches. Weidauer Group XVI, 86–7; Kurth G24–5; cf. SNG Ashmolean 749–53. Minor marks. 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 square punches. Weidauer Group XVI, 86–7; Kurth G24–5; cf. SNG Ashmolean 749–53. Minor marks, flan flaw on obverse. VF.
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KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (12.5mm, 4.71 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. Light deposits, banker's mark on edge. Near VF. Ex Origin Numismatics 2 (22 October 2021), lot 59.
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KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (7.5mm, 1.18 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, "sun" with no rays on forehead / Incuse square. Weidauer Group XVI, 90; Kurth G29–30; SNG Ashmolean 757. Off center on obverse, bankers' marks along edge. VF.
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KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AR Stater (18.5mm, 10.64 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 20; Kurth S1; SNG Ashmolean 760. Lightly toned, typical granular surfaces, some marks. Near VF.
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CARIA, Alabanda. Circa 185-173 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33.5mm, 16.94 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 ascending left; kerykeion and monogram below throne. Meadows, Alabanda, Series 3.2, Group 1, dies M7/M51; Price 2456a (same obv. die); HN Online 1504. Light iridescent tone, weakly struck and tiny flan flaw on obverse. VF. From the Don T. Hayes Collection.
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CARIA, Halikarnassos. Circa 499-497 BC. AR Hekte (11.5mm, 2.08 g). Head of ketos left / Incuse square with geometric pattern. Ashton & Konuk 54 (A43/P47); HN Online 213; SNG Kayhan 811 (same dies). Iridescent tone, underlying luster, porous, a little off center on obverse. Good VF. From the W. Hansen Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 81 (21 January 2004), lot 39.
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CARIA, Iasos. Circa 200-150 BC. Æ Tetrachalkon or Hemiobol (20mm, 7.03 g, 1h). Eupolemos, magistrate. Conjoined heads right of Apollo and Artemis / Boy holding dolphin swimming right; below, star above EYΠOΛEMOΣ. Ashton, Pre-Imperial, Group B, 8 (A2/P5); HN Online 471; SNG von Aulock 8096 (same dies). Green patina, earthen deposits. VF.
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CARIA, Iasos. Circa 200-150 BC. Æ Tetrachalkon or Hemiobol (20mm, 6.92 g, 12h). Eupolemos, magistrate. Conjoined heads right of Apollo and Artemis / Boy holding dolphin swimming right; below, star above EYΠOΛEMOΣ. Ashton, Pre-Imperial, Group B, 6–10 var. (A2/P– [unlisted rev. die]); HN Online 471; SNG von Aulock 8096 (same obv. die). Dark green-brown patina, encrustation. VF.
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CARIA, Kaunos. Circa 490-470 BC. AR Tritartemorion (8mm, 0.50 g, 1h). Winged female figure in kneeling-running stance right, head left / Griffin standing right, forepaw raised, in dotted square within incuse square. Konuk Period I, 62–4 var. (unlisted dies); HN Online 925. Toned, granular surfaces. VF. Ex Leu Numismatik Web Auction 16 (22 May 2021), lot 1041.
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CARIA, Mylasa. Circa 300 BC. AR Drachm (17.5mm, 4.19 g, 2h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field, EY below throne. Price 2479; Thompson, Alexandrine, Group 1, 3–4. Lightly toned, light porosity, obverse a little off center. VF. See F. Delrieux, "Le role militaire des monnaies au monogramme ΩX dans la Carie de Pleistarchos" in RN 155 [2000], who suggests that this issue was possibly struck under Pleistarchos, brother of Kassander, who may have ruled in Caria circa 300 BC.
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CARIA, Uncertain ('Mint B'). Circa 450 BC. AR Triobol (14mm, 2.86 g, 4h). Aeginetic standard. Nude male, winged on back and [feet], running left; [monogram to left] / Lion standing left, head right, raising forepaw; monogram above; all in dotted circle within incuse circle. Cf. Konuk, Coin M33/M35 (for obv./rev. type on a stater); Troxell, Winged 43; HN Online 932. Toned, porous, some die wear, off center on obverse. Good Fine. Very rare. Ex Noble 127 (30 August 2021), lot 4231.