144, Lot: 378. Estimate $300. Sold for $813. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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[Greek]
Lot of twenty-four Greek AR fractions. Lucania. Thourioi. Circa 400-350 BC. AR Triobol ( 0.92 g). Helmeted head of Athena right; laurel-wreath on helmet / Bull butting right; uncertain symbol in exergue // Thrace. Apollonia Pontika. Late 4th Century BC. AR Trihemiobol ( 0.77 g). Head of Medusa facing / Upturned anchor; A and crayfish under each fluke // Same. AR Drachm ( 3.36 g). Same types // Thrace. Byzantion, Byzantion. Circa 340-320 BC. AR Siglos (5.27 g). Heifer standing left on dolphin; monogram above / "Mill-Sail" incuse punch // Thrace. Chersonesos. Circa 400-350 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.33 gm). Forepart of lion right, head reverted / Quadipartite incuse, symbols in opposite quarters // Same. (2.38 g) // Same (2.14 g) // Thrace. Mesembria. Circa Fourth Century BC. AR Diobol (1.25 g). Crested helmet / Radiate wheel of four spokes; M-[E-T]-A within // Islands off Thrace. Thasos. Circa 525-463 BC. AR Diobol (1.21 g). Archaic satyr kneeling right / Quadripartite incuse square // Same. Circa 411-350 BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.67 gm). Satyr kneeling left, holding kylix / Amphora // Macedon, Eion. Circa 5th Century BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.84 g). Goose standing right, head reverted; lizard above / Quadripartite incuse square // Kings of Macedon. Alexander III. 336-323 BC. AR Drachm. Head of Herakles right / Zeus seated left. Griffin in left field // // Euboea, Histiaia. Before 146 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.11 gm). Wreathed head of Maenad right wearing vine-wreath / Nymph Histiaia seated right on stern of galley, holding mast with cross-arm (stylis) // Same (1.76 g) // Illyria, Dyrrhachium. Circa 300-200 BC. AR Drachm (3.47 gm). Cow standing right, suckling calf; symbol and magistrate’s name above / Double stellate pattern within double linear square // Similar, barbarous copy (2.71 g) // Argolis, Argos. Circa 343-146 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.43 g). Forepart of wolf left / Large A;
P , dolphin and club left below, all in shallow incuse square // Ionia, Miletos. Circa 500 BC. AR Diobol (1.14 g). Forepart of roaring lion left / Stellate pattern in incuse square // Similar but lion head right (1.16 g) // Mysia. Kyzikos. Circa 480-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.26 gm). Forepart of boar right; tunny fish upwards toleftt / Lion head left in incuse square // Kings of Cappadocia. Ariarathes IX Eusebes Philopater. AR Drachm (3.92 g). Diademed head right / Athena // Seleukid Kings of Syria. Alexander I Balas. AR Drachm (4.09 g). Diademed head right / Apollo seated left on omphalos // Same. Antiochos VI Dionysos. 145-142 BC. AR Drachm (3.62 g) Radiate and diademed head right / Apollo seated left on omphalos // Achaemenid Kings of Persia. Circa 450-330 BC. AR Siglos (5.51 g). Persian king or hero right, in kneeling-running stance, holding spear and bow / Incuse patterned punch. Countermark (helmet?) and banker’s marks // Plus one modern forgery: Macedon. Neapolis type. A cast, probably recent. Twenty five items in total in lot. Fair to Fine, many are porous. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS.