PHOKIS, Federal Coinage. Circa 352-351 BC. AR Triobol (14.5mm, 2.61 g, 12h). Phayllos, strategos. Facing head of bull / Laureate head of Apollo right; chelys to left. Williams – (O266/R231 [unlisted die combination]); BCD Lokris 310.1 (same rev. die); HGC 4, 1048. Lightly toned. Near VF.
EUBOIA, Chalkis. Circa 338-308 BC. AR Obol (8.5mm, 0.49 g, 6h). Head of Chalkis right / Eagle standing right. Picard em. 6, dies unlisted; HGC 4, 1468. Find patina, minor roughness. Near VF. Lot includes a David Sear certificate of authenticity.
ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.19 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. Lightly toned. Choice EF.
ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23.5mm, 17.12 g, 9h). 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. Good VF. Well centered.
ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.14 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. Lightly toned, off center on obverse. Near EF.
ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22.5mm, 16.69 g, 2h). Possibly a contemporary imitation. 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. Horn silver deposits, cleaning scratches, patch of find patina on obverse, test cuts and minor doubling on reverse. Fine. Lot includes a David Sear Certificate of Authenticity.
ISLANDS off ATTICA, Aegina. Circa 525-480 BC. AR Stater (16.5mm, 12.09 g). Sea turtle, head in profile, with [thick collar and row of dots down its back] / Incuse square of 'Union Jack' pattern with three sections filled. Meadows, Aegina, Group IIb; HGC 6, 430. Toned, countermark on obverse, graffito on reverse. Near VF. From the Kalevala Collection. Ex St. James 43 (9 June 2021), lot 2 (part of).
CORINTHIA, Corinth. Circa 350/45-285 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 8.44 g, 3h). Pegasos flying left / Helmeted head of Athena left; [A below chin], Thessalian helmet to right. Ravel Period V, 1040; Pegasi 402; BCD Corinth 115; HGC 4, 1848. Minor scratch on obverse, a little die wear on reverse. Good VF. From the Apollo to Apollo Collection.
CORINTHIA, Corinth. Circa 350/45-285 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 8.43 g, 1h). Pegasos flying left / Helmeted head of Athena left; Δ-I flanking neck; to right, Artemis running right, holding torches. Ravel Period V, 1076; Pegasi 451; BCD Corinth –; HGC 4, 1848. Toned, minor double strike, struck with worn obverse die. Good VF. From the Apollo to Apollo Collection.
SIKYONIA, Sikyon. Circa 225-215 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 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 on throne with two Nikai decorating its back; in left field, youth standing left, holding tainia overhead; below throne, above strut, dove standing right, monogram below strut. Noe, Sicyon 45.1–3 var. (A88/P– [unlisted rev. die]); Price 713; HGC 5, 254. Lightly toned, minor porosity on obverse, double struck with broken reverse die. Near EF. From the D.K. Collection.
ACHAIA, Achaian League. Antigoneia (Mantinea). Circa 188-180 BC. AR Triobol or Hemidrachm (16mm, 2.39 g, 7h). Laureate head of Zeus right / League monogram; A–N across field, EY below; all within wreath. Benner 9; BCD Peloponnesos 1492.3; HGC 5, 926. Toned, rotated double strike, slightly off center on obverse. VF. Ex Demetrios Armounta Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 308, 7 August 2013), lot 103.
ELIS, Olympia. 87th Olympiad. 432 BC. AR Stater (22.5mm, 11.39 g, 2h). Eagle, wings raised, standing left on dead hare / Nike advancing left, holding wreath, within incuse square. Seltman, Temple – (dies BF/βθ [unlisted die combination]); BCD Olympia –; HGC 5, –. Old collection tone, scratches, countermark on obverse. Fine. Extremely rare. Lot includes an old collection flip, handwritten in German.
TAURIC CHERSONESOS, Chersonesos. Circa 90-80 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 5.87 g, 12h). Demetrios, magistrate. Head of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Artemis Parthenos standing left, holding bow and striking with spear a stag lying left below; [ΔHMHT]PIOY to right], X[E]P below. Anokhin, Khersonesa 191; Anokhin 817; SNG BM Black Sea 828–9. Toned, roughness, scratches and scrapes, flan flaws, a little off center. Good Fine. Very rare, only three in CoinArchives. From the Kalevala Collection. Ex Karl Heinrich Kluger Collection (Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 46, 15 February 2018), lot 51.
MYSIA, Pergamon. Circa 166-67 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 12.33 g, 1h). Cistophoric standard. Struck circa 135-128 BC. Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Bow case with serpents; AΣ above, civic monogram to left; to right, gorgoneion facing slightly left. Kleiner & Noe Series 30, obv. die unlisted; SNG BN 1710. Minor doubling, a hint of porosity. Good VF.
KINGS of PERGAMON. Eumenes I. 263-241 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.95 g, 1h). 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 XLV; SNG BN 1610–6. Toned, some porosity. Near EF.
TROAS, Assos. Circa 500-450 BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 3.35 g, 11h). Chian standard. Griffin springing left / Head of roaring lion right within incuse square. SNG Arikantürk 1, –; SNG Ashmolean 1050. Toned, much find patina, granular surfaces, some die wear. VF.
ISLANDS off TROAS, Tenedos. Early-mid 5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (12mm, 1.80 g, 9h). Archaic janiform head, male on left, female on right (Zeus and Hera?) / Labrys in pelleted border within incuse square. HGC 6, 380; SNG Arikantürk 1, –; SNG Ashmolean 1233 var. (orientation of ethnic). Toned, porous, some roughness. Near VF. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 63 (21 May 2003), lot 450. Lot includes a David Sear certificate of authenticity.
AEOLIS, Kyme. Circa 155-143 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32.5mm, 16.55 g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Euktemon, magistrate. Head of the Amazon Kyme right, wearing taenia / Horse prancing right; one-handled cup below raised foreleg, EYKTHMΩN below; all within laurel wreath. Oakley obv. die 57; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 77 (same obv. die). Toned, area of weak strike, slight die wear on obverse. Good VF. From the D.K. Collection.
LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (9.5mm, 2.43 g, 6h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of calf right within incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 56; HGC 6, 982. Fair. Ex Goldberg 109 (29 January 2019), lot 2030.
LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 377-326 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10.5mm, 2.56 g, 3h). Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos / Lion standing right in linear square within shallow incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 83; HGC 6, 1009. Lightly toned, die rust on obverse, a little off center on reverse. VF.