LOT 2935
Ionia, uncertain mint EL 1/48 Stater. Circa 600-550 BC.
Lydo-Milesian standard. Crab(?) / Incuse square with irregular lines within. Weidauer -; Elektron -; cf. Rosen 81 and 346-7 (1/6 and 1/96); cf. Traité I 114 = BMC 26 (1/96); SNG Kayhan -; SNG von Aulock -; Weber -. Near Very Fine.(0.35gr, 5mm).
ProvenanceFrom a Swiss private collection, before 2005.
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Boeotia, Thebes AR Quarter Stater or Hemidrachm. Circa 458-456 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Struck after the battle of Oenophyta 457 BC. Aeginetic Standard. Volute krater decorated with parallel circle lines, Ǝ-Θ flanking / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished in the most references; for a similar specimen see Traité III, p.220, 205 / pl.CXCIX, 1 (diobol). 3.09gr, 14mm
Very Fine. Toned. The only known issue of this short period of Theban coinage and possibly unique.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
This very special coin struck during the short period after the end of the Persian Wars (478 BC) and up to the Battle of Oenophyta (457 BC), when after the conflict between the Thebans and the Athenians, the latter managed to regain control of Boeotia and Phocis. This was the period of transition of Theban coinage from the early period, when the multiple variations of the incuse on the reverse were replaced by the krater depiction, characteristic for all the denominations. Abandoned is the local use of the initial Theta ⴲ in its classical form ϴ. The only known similar example of Traité depicts a krater with the leaf of an ivy, a symbol of Dionysian worship, hanging from its left handle. Its incuse in the form of a swastika reminds those of the archaic coinage of Corinth and probably dates earlier than our example. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Time of Alexander III - Philip III Arrhidaios AR Tetradrachm. Circa 324-320 BC.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Tyre mint. Uncertain RY of 'Ozmilk. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; -|O (Phoenician 'K = 'Ozmilk [king of Tyre]) and uncertain date in Phoenician in left field. Cf. Price 3279 (Ake; RY 30). 16.93gr, 27mm, 12h
Very Fine.
From a UK private collection. -
Macedon under Roman Rule AR Tetradrachm. Circa 95-70 BC.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £94
Uncertain mint. Aesillas, quaestor. Head of the deified Alexander III 'the Great' to right; Θ behind neck, MAKEΔONΩN around / AESILLAS Q, money chest, club, and chair; pellet beneath chair; all within laurel wreath. SNG Copenhagen 1330 var. (no pellet); HGC 3.1, 1110. 15.18gr, 30mm, 6h
Very Fine.
Ex Numismatik Naumann, Auction 71, 4 November 2018, lot 97.
