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Greek Coinages, KINGS OF MACEDON, Alexander III, Tetradrachm, Byblos, c. 330-320, head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin, rev. Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre, ar monogram in front, αλεχανδρου behind, 17.03g (Price 3426). Some surface marks, otherwise nearly very fine, dark tone and hints of iridescence around the devices £150-£180
Hammer Price: £140
Greek Coinages, KINGS OF MACEDON, Alexander III, Tetradrachm, Babylon, 325-323, head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin, rev. Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre, rose in left field, monogram above μ beneath throne, αλεχανδρου behind, 16.62g (Price 3648). About very fine, the control variant scarce; overstruck on another issue of Babylon, with elements of the undertype’s reverse visible in the face of Herakles £120-£150
Hammer Price: £150
Greek Coinages, KINGS OF MACEDON, Alexander III, Tetradrachm, c. 325-323, Babylon, head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin, rev. αλεχανδρου, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre, pentagram in left field, monogram below throne, 17.19g (Price 3658; BM 1929, 0811.108, same dies). Very fine £120-£150
Hammer Price: £180
Greek Coinages, KINGS OF MACEDON, Philip III (323-317), Tetradrachm in the name and types of Alexander the Great, Side, 323-317, head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin, rev. βασιλεωσ αλεχανδρου, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre, wreath in left field, δι beneath throne, 17.13g (Price 2949). Minor edge nick at 3 o’clock, otherwise well-centred and struck, extremely fine £240-£300
Hammer Price: £460
Greek Coinages, KINGS OF MACEDON, Philip III, Drachm in the name of Alexander the Great, Kolophon, 323-17, head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin, rev. Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre, star in left field, 4.27g (Price 1765); together with other Drachms (2) in the name of Alexander [3]. About extremely fine £100-£120
Hammer Price: £280
Greek Coinages, KINGS OF MACEDON, Philip III, Tetradrachm, Babylon, 323-317, head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin, rev. βασιλεωσ φιλιππου, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre, wheel above monogram in left field, monogram beneath throne, 17.18g (Price P189). Minor scrape on obverse, otherwise good very fine or better, bright appearance £150-£180
Hammer Price: £420
Greek Coinages, KINGS OF MACEDON, Philip III, Tetradrachm, Babylon, c. 323-317, head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin, rev. βαζιλεω[σ] φιλιππου, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre, wheel above monogram in left field, monogram beneath throne, 17.14g (Price P189). About very fine £100-£120
Greek Coinages, KINGS OF MACEDON, Kassander (317-298), Tetradrachm in the name and types of Philip II, Amphipolis, laureate head of Zeus right, rev. φιλιππου, youth on horse advancing right, holding palm frond, λ above torch below horse, monogram below raised foreleg, 14.11g (SNG ANS 784ff). Good very fine and lightly toned, but with minor porosity on reverse £200-£260
Hammer Price: £260
Greek Coinages, KINGS OF MACEDON, Kassander as regent (317-305), Tetradrachm in the name and types of Alexander the Great, Amphipolis, head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin, rev. αλεχανδρου, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre, aphlaston in left field, pellet in π below throne, 17.03g (Price 129). Slight die wear, otherwise good very fine and toned, struck centrally on a broad flan £200-£260
Hammer Price: £360
Greek Coinages, KINGS OF MACEDON, Kassander, Tetradrachm in the name and types of Alexander the Great, Amphipolis, head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin, rev. αλεχανδρου, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre, λ above torch in left field, monogram below throne, 16.88g (Price 447). Very fine and well-centred, muted grey tone £150-£180
Greek Coinages, KINGS OF MACEDON, Antigonos II Gonatas (277-239), Tetradrachm in the name and types of Alexander the Great, Pella, 275-270, head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin, rev. αλεχανδρου, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre, crested helmet in left field, πα monogram below throne, κε exergue, 17.07g (Price 629). Very fine, toned £150-£180
Greek Coinages, KINGS OF MACEDON, Perseus (178-168), Tetradrachm, Pella or Amphipolis, c. 171-168, diademed bust right, rev. βασιλεωσ περσεωσ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, νκ monogram above, αυ monogram to right, δω monogram between eagle’s legs, 15.51g (SNG Ashmolean 3288 and Gulbenkian 889, same obv. die). Good very fine, attractive gold tone £500-£700
Hammer Price: £700
Greek Coinages, MACEDONIA, First Meris, Tetradrachm, Amphipolis, c. 158-150, diademed head of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder, in the centre of a Macedonian shield, rev. club of Herakles within oak wreath, 16.96g (Prokopov Hoard 82, same dies; SNG Ashmolean 3296ff; SNG Copenhagen 1315; BMC 7). Some die rust before face, otherwise about extremely fine, toned £300-£400
Greek Coinages, MACEDONIA, First Meris, Tetradrachm, Amphipolis, c. 158-150, diademed head of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder, in the centre of a Macedonian shield, rev. club of Herakles within oak wreath, 16.96g (SNG Ashmolean 3296ff; SNG Copenhagen 1315; BMC 7). About very fine, lightly toned £150-£180
Greek Coinages, MACEDONIA, Roman Province, Tetradrachm stuck by the quaestor Æsillas, c. 95-70, μακεδονων, head of Alexander the Great right, rev. αεσιλλασ q, Fiscus, club and chair within laurel wreath, 16.33g (SNG Ashmolean 3303ff). About very fine £100-£120
Hammer Price: £200
Greek Coinages, ISLANDS OFF THRACE, Thasos, Tetradrachm, c. 180-149, wreathed head of Dionysus right, rev. ηρακλεουζ σωτηποσ θασιων, Herakles standing right, draped in lion-skin and holding club, 16.84g (Le Rider 51; SNG Copenhagen 1039). Light surface marks, otherwise very fine or better £120-£150
Hammer Price: £220
Greek Coinages, KINGS OF THRACE, Lysimachos (323-281), Tetradrachm, Lampsakos, c. 297-281, horned head of Alexander right, rev. βασιλεωσ λυσιμαχου, Athena seated left, holding Nike crowning legend, δε monogram by knee, crescent in exergue, 17.18g (Thompson 49; SNG Manchester 806). Very fine and lightly toned £240-£300
Greek Coinages, KINGS OF THRACE, Lysimachos, Tetradrachm, Lampsakos, c. 297-281, horned head of Alexander right, rev. βασιλεωσ λυσιμαχου, Athena seated left, holding Nike crowning legend, herm in left field, m by knee, 16.93g (Thompson 55). Good very fine, well-centred £300-£400
Hammer Price: £1,600
Greek Coinages, KINGS OF THRACE, Lysimachos, Tetradrachm, Parion (?), c. 287-282, horned bust of Alexander right, rev. βασιλεωσ λυσιμαχο[υ], Athena seated left, holding Nike crowning legend, παρ monogram by knee, 16.68g (Thompson 234). Some surface marks, otherwise very fine, toned £200-£260
Hammer Price: £240
Greek Coinages, KINGS OF THRACE, Koson (mid 1st cent. BC), Stater, Olbia, κοσων, Roman consul advancing left accompanied by two lictors, monogram to left, rev. eagle standing left on sceptre, wreath in left talon, 8.70g (RPC I, 1701A; BMC 1). A soft strike, otherwise nearly extremely fine £600-£800
Hammer Price: £750
Greek Coinages, KINGS OF THRACE, Rhoemetalces I, with Augustus (12 BC-12 AD), Æ Unit, c. 11 BC-AD 12, βασιλεωσ ροιμηταλκου, jugate busts of Rhoemetalces and Pythadoris right, former diademed, latter draped, rev. καισαροσ σεβαστου, bust of Augustus right, 8.00g (RPC I, 1711; SNG Sweden II 864-5). Extremely fine, attractive brown patina £60-£80
Greek Coinages, THESSALY, Larissa, Drachm, 400-370, head of nymph, wearing ampyx, facing three-quarters left, rev. λαρι, horse grazing left, 6.00g (Lorber O30; BCD Thessaly 1139, same obv. die). Very fine, pleasing portrait £120-£150
Greek Coinages, AKARNANIA, Leukas, Stater, 375-350, Pegasos flying right, λ below, rev. helmeted head of Athena right, λ ε υ before, human foot behind, 8.53g/9h (BCD Akarnania 195, same dies; BMC 35, same rev. die [with the control mark mis-described]). Die rust on obverse, otherwise about extremely fine and lightly toned, the control mark known from only a single die and rare thus £200-£260
Greek Coinages, ATTICA, Athens, Tetradrachm, c. 449-405, helmeted head of Athena right, rev. owl standing right, olive sprig to left, αθε to right, all within incuse square, (Kroll 8; BMC, Group β, 46ff). Good extremely fine [slabbed NGC Ch AU, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5] £600-£800
£600–£800
Greek Coinages, ATTICA, Athens, Tetradrachm, c. 449-405, helmeted head of Athena right, rev. owl standing right, olive sprig to left, αθε to right, all within incuse square, 17.22g/12h (Kroll 8; BMC, Group β, 46ff). Extremely fine £500-£700
Hammer Price: £440
Greek Coinages, ATTICA, Athens, Tetradrachm, c. 449-405, helmeted head of Athena right, rev. owl standing right, olive sprig to left, αθε to right, all within incuse square, 17.20g (Kroll 8; BMC, Group β, 46ff). Nearly extremely fine £500-£700
Greek Coinages, ATTICA, Athens, Tetradrachm, c. 449-405, helmeted head of Athena right, rev. owl standing right, olive sprig to left, αθε to right, all within incuse square, 17.17g (Kroll 8; BMC, Group β, 46ff). Good very fine, obverse well-centred £400-£500
Hammer Price: £320
Greek Coinages, ATTICA, Athens, Tetradrachm, c. 449-405, helmeted head of Athena right, rev. owl standing right, olive sprig to left, αθε to right, all within incuse square, 17.21g (Kroll 8; BMC, Group β, 46ff). About extremely fine £400-£500
Hammer Price: £400
Greek Coinages, ATTICA, Athens, Tetradrachm, c. 449-405, helmeted head of Athena right, rev. owl standing right, olive sprig to left, αθε to right, all within incuse square, 17.17g (Kroll 8; BMC, Group β, 46ff). Good very fine £400-£500
£400–£500
Greek Coinages, ATTICA, Athens, Tetradrachm, c. 449-405, helmeted head of Athena right, rev. owl standing right, olive sprig to left, αθε to right, all within incuse square, 17.15g (Kroll 8; BMC, Group β, 46ff). Good very fine £400-£500
Greek Coinages, ATTICA, Athens, Tetradrachm, c. 449-405, helmeted head of Athena right, rev. owl standing right, olive sprig to left, αθε to right, all within incuse square, 17.15g (Kroll 8; BMC, Group β, 46ff; Sear 2526). Good very fine, reverse better £300-£400
Hammer Price: £340
Greek Coinages, ATTICA, Athens, Tetradrachm, c. 449-405, helmeted head of Athena right, rev. owl standing right, olive sprig to left, αθε to right, all within incuse square, 17.16g (Kroll 8; BMC, Group β, 46ff). Obverse struck off-centre, otherwise very fine £300-£400
£300–£400
Greek Coinages, ATTICA, Athens, Tetradrachm, a possible Pharaonic imitation, c. 449-405, helmeted head of Athena right, rev. owl standing right, olive sprig to left, αθε to right, all within incuse square, 16.97g (Kroll 8; Buttrey type B; van Alfen Gp 11.A.1). About very fine, well-centred £200-£260
£200–£260
Greek Coinages, ATTICA, Athens, Tetradrachm, c. 353-340, helmeted head of Athena right, rev. owl standing right, olive sprig to left, αθε to right, all within incuse square, 16.50g/9h (Kroll –; BMC 132ff; Bingen 1969, Phase I). About very fine, compact flan; an early striking with fluid helmet ornament £80-£100
Hammer Price: £95
Greek Coinages, ATTICA, Athens, Tetradrachm, c. 353-297, helmeted head of Athena right, rev. owl standing right, olive sprig to left, αθε to right, all within incuse square, 16.70g/7h (Kroll –; BMC 132ff; Bingen, Phase V). About very fine but flan slightly porous £80-£100
Hammer Price: £80
Greek Coinages, ATTICA, Athens, Tetradrachm struck by the magistrates Demeas, Ermokles and Lysimachos, Stephanophoric type, issue 72, 93/2, helmeted head of Athena right, rev. owl standing right on amphora, magistrates’ names in fields, isis head-dress to right, all within wreath, 16.15g (Mørkholm, Athens, p.32; BMC series lviii, 360; Thompson 1066 [yr 125-124]). About very fine and toned, reverse better £150-£180
Greek Coinages, CORINTHIA, Corinth, Stater, c. 350-338, Pegasos flying left, rev. head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet, a below chin, standing figure in right field, 8.47g (BMC 220 var.). Light cleaning marks, otherwise good very fine and toned £200-£260
Greek Coinages, CORINTHIA, Corinth, Stater, c. 338-300, Pegasos flying left, rev. head of Athena left, wearing helmeted adorned with laurel wreath, α below chin, ρ below neck, ivy leaf behind, 8.58g (BMC 249). Die break on obverse, otherwise good very fine, toned £240-£300
Greek Coinages, ACHAIAN LEAGUE, Lakedaimon (Sparta), Hemidrachm, c. 80, laureate head of Zeus right, rev. Achaian league monogram flanked by piloi of the Dioskouri, contained within laurel wreath, 1.84g (BMC 83). Reverse porous and struck from a worn die, otherwise very fine, toned £150-£180
Hammer Price: £130
Greek Coinages, MOESIA, Istros, Drachm, c. 400-300, two male heads facing, the left inverted, rev. eagle on dolphin left, 5.68g/6h (SNG BM 255). Obverse struck slightly off-centre, otherwise extremely fine, attractive old cabinet tone £150-£180
£150–£180
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