57034
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Achaean League, Epidauros
AR Hemidrachm, 2.38g. 14mm. late 2nd-early 1st cents. B.C. Laureate head of Zeus to right. Monogram and coiled snake within wreath. BMC 1268var. Clerk 162. BCD_ Nice dark toning and high relief.
Provenance/Pedigree:
See more detailed imageEx: LHS, Zurich, Auction 102, 2008, lot 240. Extremely Fine $1,500. |
56964
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Peloponnesos, Elis(Olympia)
AR Drachm, 4.88g. 18mm. c.244-208 B.C. Eagle flying to right grasping hare. Rev. Winged gorgon head within center of thunderbolt. Schwabacher Group IV,42(dies). BCD Olympia 266(this coin). This is a very rare and unusual type with the gorgon within the thunderolt. This example was the sole piece appearing in the extensive published BCD collection of Olympia. It also appears to be the only use of a gorgon on the coinage of Olympia. Provenance/Pedigree: good Very Fine/Extremely Fine $7,000. |
56826
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Crete, Gortyna, ex: Lockett
AR Stater, 11.58g. 27mm. c.330-270 B.C. Europa seated in tree to right. Rev. Bull walking to right and looking backwards. Svoronos 57(same obv. die). SNG COP 440. SNG Lockett 2558=LeRider, plate XII,3 (this coin). Toned and exceptionally well struck for this type which is usually obscured by the over-striking. This coin is over-struck on a stater of Lyttos. Provenance/Pedigree: good Very Fine $12,500. |
56279
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Black Sea, Pantikapaion
AR Hemidrachm, 2.61g. 15mm. c. 370-355 B.C. Head of Pan facing slightly to the left wearing ivy wreath. Rev. Facing lions scalp. SNG BM Black Sea 865. SNG Stancomb 551. MacDonald 44. Rare and unusually well struck and centered for this issue. See more detailed image good Very Fine/Extremely Fine $6,750. |
56786
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Bithynian Kings, Nikomedes III, ex: Glen, 1957
AR Tetradrachm, 16.42g. 35mm. Dated year 205=94-93 B.C. Diademed head of Nikomedes to right. Rev. Zeus standing to left holdiing wreath and scepter; eagle on thunderbolt in field to left. Recueil II, 591. de Callatay, Guerres, pl. 56 D60/R2(this coin). Exceptional high relief portrait and attractive old collection toning. Provenance/Pedigree: Extremely Fine $6,500. |
52160
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Troas, Kebren, pedigreed to 2000
AR Obol, 0.54g. 8mm. c.500-450 B.C. Ram's head to left. Rv. Incuse. Demeester 94(this coin). Klein 312. Weber 5350. Dark toning. Provenance/Pedigrees
Ex: Hauck & Aufhauser, Munich, Auction 15, March 21-22, 2000, lot 161
Ex: NAC, Zürich, Auction 82, May 20, 2015, lot 160
This coin published: Anne Demeester, Les Animaux Et La Monnaie Grecque,#94.
about Extremely Fine $1,250. |
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