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52436
New Add to Cart Lesbos, Mytilene
EL Hekte, 2.53 g. 10.5mm. c. 439 B.C. Female head (Persephone ?) to right with hair in rolls behind neck. Rv. Head and neck of a roaring lion to right. Bodenstedt 49a and plate 20,5 = Traite II. 2169 and pl. 160,3 (same obverse die, but this coin before the heavy die rust and breaks on the Paris example). Boston _. SNG von Aulock 7724. Wonderful Classical style and a rare type. Provenance/Pedigree: Ex: Roma. London, Auction 10, 2015, lot 445 See more detailed imageExtremely Fine/about Extremely Fine $8,500.00 |
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56075
New Add to Cart Thessaly, Herakleia Trachinia, ex: Weber
AR Obol, 0.95g. 10mm. c.370 B.C. Lion's head to right. Rev. Club; ivy leaf below. BMC 1. Traite IV, 447. Rare and the best quality example from the BCD collection. Herakleia was founded by Sparta in 426 and passed in and out of Spartan control until it was ceded by Jason of Pherai to the Oitaians during a conflict. The nearby town of Trachis was re-named Herakleia and probably absorbed by Herakleia around the time of the foundation of that city by the Spartans. Provenance/Pedigree: Ex: Sir Hermann Weber collection, # 2812 and noted as purchased from Jean P, Lambros in 1887. about Extremely Fine $2,500.00 |
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56278
New Add to Cart Black Sea, Pantikapaion
AR Hemidrachm, 2.62g. 14mm. c.370-355 B.C. Bearded head of Pan facing slightly to left wearing ivy wreath. Rev. Lion attacking stag to right with the the lion biting the stag's head. SNG BM Black Sea 860. SNG Stancomb 536. MacDonald 42. Cf. Gorny & Mosch, Munich, Auktion 133, 2004, Los 96 (same obv. die). Very rare, excellent style, and among the finest known examples. Toned. See more detailed imagegood Very Fine $20,000.00 |
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56279
New Add to Cart 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 $6,750.00 |
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56392
New Add to Cart Black Sea, Pantikapaion
AR Diobol, 1.35g. 14mm. c.400-375 B.C. Lion head facing. Rev. Abbreviated ethnic within qudripartite incuse square. SNG BM Black Sea 844. SNG Stancomb 524. MacDonald 21/1. Toned. See more detailed imagegood Very Fine $475.00 |
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56026
New Add to Cart Ionian Island, Samos
AR Diobol, 1.12g. 10mm. c.398-365 B.C. Facing lion's scalp. Rev. Prow of ship (Samaina) to right. Barron, pl. XXII, 1. Weber 6307. The Samaina is a bireme ship designed and employed by Samos that is distinguished by an upturned ram in the shape of a boar's head, abbreviated here. Rare with lovely toning and among the best known examples.
Provenance/Pedigree: Ex: Gorny and Mosch, Munich, Auction 196, 2011, lot 1717. See more detailed imageExtremely Fine $2,750.00 |
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55067
Add to Cart Lydia, Sardes, Kroisos, c.564-539 B.C.
AR Stater, 10.60g. 20x15mm. Foreparts of a lion and a bull confronting. Rev. Two incuse punches. SNG von Aulock 2873. Rosen 662. Lightly toned and well struck Provenance/Pedigrees: Ex: NAC, Zürich, Auction 114, May 6, 2019, lot 1208 See more detailed image Very Fine $5,500.00 |
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55068
Add to Cart Lydia, Sardes, Kroisos, c.564-539 B.C.
AR Half Stater, 5.00g. 14x13mm. Foreparts of a lion and a bull confronting. Rev. Incuse punch. SNG von Aulock 2877. Toned; some light porosity. Provenance/Pedigrees: Ex: NAC, Zürich, Auction 114, May 6, 2019, lot 1210 See more detailed imageabout Extremely Fine $1,600.00 |
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55836
Add to Cart Northwest Gaul, Suessiones
AE 27, 2.27g. c.60-25 B.C. Head of Janus; volutes below; annulets to left and right. Rev. Lion standing to left; annulets above and below. DT 563. De La Tour 8106. Fine green patina. Provenance/Pedigrees Ex: T, Voltz collection, Auctiones, Basel, Auction 25, June 19, 1995, lot 1400. See more detailed imageVery Fine $435.00 |
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55549
Add to Cart Kings of Bosporus, Polemon I, Eusebes c.38-37 B.C.
AE 18, 4.65g. Lion leaping to right; star above. Rev. Monogram. MacDonald 230. Brown patina. Provenance/Pedigrees Ex: CNG, Auction 299, March 27, 2013, lot 82. See more detailed imageVery Fine $350.00 |
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56332
New Add to Cart Cilicia, Anemurium, Maximinus I, 235-238 A.D.
AE 32, 16.23g. Dated year 1= 235/6 A.D. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Maximinus to right. Rev. Lion leaping to right with head reverted; star and crescent in field to left. RPC online, VI, 7011, this coin illustrated. SNG France 711(dies). BMC 6(reverse only illustrated; same dies). SNG Levante_. Ziegler 74. Attractive brown patina; spectacular qualtiy and among the finest known. Provenance/Pedigree: See more detailed image Extremely Fine $3,200.00 |
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55175
Add to Cart Divus Maximianus under Constantine I, 317-318 A.D.
AE 1/4 Follis, 2.26g. 15mm. DIVO MAXIMIANO SEN FORT IMP. Rome mint. Laureate, and veiled head of Maximianus to right. Rev. MEMORIAE AETERNAE; R T in exergue. Lion walking to right; club above. RIC 120. Scarce and unusually nice for the type; glossy brown patina. See more detailed image about Extremely Fine $400.00 |
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