PHOENICIA, Tyre. ‘Ozmilk (Azemilkos). Circa 349-311/0 BC. AR Shekel (19mm, 8.50 g, 12h). Reduced (‘Attic’) standard. Dated RY 13 (340/39 BC). Melkart, holding bow in extended left hand and reins in right, riding hippocamp right; below, waves above dolphin right / Owl standing right, head facing; crook and flail diagonally in background; ‘ and 13 (in Phoenician) to right. E&E-T Group II.2.1.24, 1267 (O69/R106) = Sunrise 136 (this coin); Betlyon 37 and n. 112, h var. (position of date); Rouvier 1814 var. (same); HGC 10, 349 (this coin illustrated); DCA 918. EF, even light gray tone with golden hues. Outstanding strike on excellent metal. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Triton XI (8 January 2008), lot 305; Dix, Noonan, Webb 75 (27 September 2007), lot 2261; Superior (18 October 1972), lot 253; Superior (14 October 1971), lot 435.
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SAMARIA, “Middle Levantine” Series. Circa 375-333 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.51 g, 5h). Persian satrap seated right, inspecting arrow held in both hands; BT (in Aramaic) above, bow to right / Persian king or hero, holding dagger in right hand, sacrificing bull he holds up by its horn with his left hand; BA-G[BA]-TAC around, T in center. Meshorer & Qedar 4; Sofaer 96–7; HGC 10, 398; Sunrise 137 (this coin). Good VF, toned, a little off center. Very rare. From the Sunrise Collection, purchased from Antiqua (Steve Rubinger).
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I. Circa 520-505 BC. AR Siglos (14mm, 5.26 g). Half-length bust of Persian king or hero right, wearing kidaris and kandys, holding bow in left hand, arrows in right / Incuse punch. Carradice Type I (pl. XI, 10); Meadows, Administration 318; BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 25; Sunrise 17 (this coin). Good VF, toned, granular surfaces. Very rare. From the Sunrise Collection.
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes I. Circa 505-480 BC. AV Daric (14mm, 8.35 g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type II (pl. XI, 11); Meadows, Administration 319; BMC Arabia –; Sunrise 19 (this coin). Near EF, underlying luster. Well centered. Rare. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 154201 (January 2005).
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes I. Circa 505-480 BC. AV Twelfth Daric (6mm, 0.72 g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type II; Meadows, Administration –; BMC Arabia p. 173, 184; Sunrise 20 (this coin). EF, lightly toned. Extremely rare denomination for series. From the Sunrise Collection.
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes I. Circa 505-480 BC. AR Siglos (14mm, 5.31 g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type II (pl. XI, 12); Meadows, Administration 320; BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 23; Sunrise 21 (this coin). Near EF, toned, slight granularity. Well centered. From the Sunrise Collection.
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AV Daric (16mm, 8.31 g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XIII, 27); Meadows, Administration 321; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26; Sunrise 24 (this coin). EF, underlying luster. From the Sunrise Collection.
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AR Siglos (14mm, 5.32 g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XII, 17); Meadows, Administration 322; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 17; Sunrise 25 (this coin). Near EF, toned, granular surfaces. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Hauck & Aufhäuser 21 (17 March 2009), lot 216.
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Artaxerxes I to Xerxes II. Circa 455-420 BC. AV Daric (16mm, 8.31 g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group A (pl. XIII, 32); Meadows, Administration –; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 9; Sunrise 27 (this coin). Superb EF, lustrous. Very rare. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Triton VIII (11 January 2005), lot 568.
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II. Circa 420-375 BC. AV Daric (14mm, 8.31 g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group C (pl. XIV, 42); Meadows, Administration 323; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 12; Sunrise 28 (this coin). EF. Well centered and struck. Rare. From the Sunrise Collection.
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II. Circa 420-375 BC. AV Daric (15mm, 8.40 g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group C (pl. XIV, 42); Meadows, Administration 323; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 12; Sunrise –. Near EF, a little die wear on obverse. Well centered. Rare. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Prospero Collection (New York Sale XXVII, 4 January 2012), lot 621, purchased from G. Müller, 5 February 1985.
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II. Circa 420-375 BC. AR Siglos (14mm, 5.53 g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group C (pl. XIV, 36); Meadows, Administration 324; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 15; Sunrise 29 (this coin). VF, toned, area of flat strike at high point of obverse. High relief. Rare. From the Sunrise Collection.
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II. Circa 420-375 BC. AR Quarter Siglos (8mm, 1.33 g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B; Meadows, Administration –; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 27; Sunrise 30 corr. (not Klein 764; this coin). Near EF, toned, small area of flat strike on obverse. Very rare. From the Sunrise Collection.
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Artaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III. Circa 375-340 BC. AV Daric (15mm, 8.33 g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group C; Meadows, Administration 325; BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 16; Sunrise 32 (this coin). Near EF, a few faint scratches in field on obverse, some earthen encrustation on reverse. Very rare. From the Sunrise Collection.
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Artaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III. Circa 375-340 BC. AR Siglos (15mm, 5.37 g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group C (pl. XIV, 46); Meadows, Administration 326; BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 19; Sunrise 33 (this coin). EF, toned, a hint of porosity, softly struck on obverse. Well centered. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Hauck & Aufhäuser 21 (17 March 2009), lot 217.
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Artaxerxes II to Darios III. Circa 375-336 BC. AV Daric (14mm, 8.30 g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Patterned incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb Late (pl. XV, 50); Meadows, Administration –; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 24; Leu 50, lot 239 (same die and punch); Sunrise 39 corr. (references; this coin). VF. Rare. From the Sunrise Collection.
PERSIA, Alexandrine Empire. temp. Stamenes – Seleukos. Satraps of Babylon, circa 328-311 BC. AV Daric (16mm, 8.33 g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left; satrapal cap to left / Patterned incuse punch. Nicolet-Pierre 12; Sunrise –; Münzen und Medaillen AG XXV, lot 479. Good VF, a few light cleaning marks. Extremely rare. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Triton XVI (8 January 2013), lot 581.
PERSIA, Alexandrine Empire. temp. Stamenes – Seleukos. Satraps of Babylon, circa 328-311 BC. AV Daric (14mm, 8.32 g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left; monogram to left / Patterned incuse punch. Sunrise 160 (this coin), otherwise unpublished. Good VF, lightly toned, a few light scratches under tone, light encrustation on reverse. Apparently unique with this monogram. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 60 (5 October 1992), lot 272; Numismatic Fine Arts XXV (29 November 1990), lot 196.
UNCERTAIN EAST, Achaemenid mint in the Levant or East. Circa early-mid 4th century BC. AR Eighth Siglos (10mm, 0.67 g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left; ‘BRZ (in Aramaic) to left, [?]TYK[?] (in Aramaic) to right / Incuse punch. Sunrise 31 (this coin), otherwise unpublished. VF, toned, minor porosity. Unique. From the Sunrise Collection, purchased from Franz Yavorshek, 1990s.Although placed among the royal Achaemenid issues in Sunrise, the presence of the legend, and the characteristics of the flan--broad and thin--make it more likely a local issue under Achaemenid authority from a mint in the Levant or east.
INDIA, Post-Gupta (Varendra). Kaivartas. Circa AD 640-730s. AV Dinar (20mm, 5.84 g, 2h). "Sankh shell standard" series. Archer standing facing, head left, holding bow in right hand, arrow in left; standard topped by large sankh shell to left / Goddess standing right with flowing drape; pseudo-characters on right. Mitchiner, Land 53; cf. BMC Guptas 621; cf. Altekar pl. XIXB, 2; MACW 4923; Sunrise 556 (this coin). Choice EF. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Al-Sayyed Collection (New York Sale XXV, 5 January 2011), lot 359.
CARIA, Achaemenid Period. Circa 350-334 BC. Æ (13mm, 1.96 g, 12h). Persian king, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Warrior, wearing kyrbasia, on horseback right, thrusting spear he holds aloft in right hand. Konuk, Influences, Group 1, 1 and pl. XXX, 8; Meadows, Administration –; Sunrise 75 (this coin). Good VF, dark green patina with light earthen dusting. Extremely rare. From the Sunrise Collection.
CARIA, Achaemenid Period. Circa 350-334 BC. AR Tetradrachm (20mm, 15.01 g, 3h). Persian king, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow, quiver over shoulder / Warrior, wearing kyrbasia, on horseback right, thrusting spear he holds aloft in right hand; MO to left. Konuk, Influences, Group 5, 4 and pl. XXX, 18; cf. Meadows, Administration 327; Sunrise 73 (this coin). Good VF, lightly toned. Rare. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Stephen Gerson Collection (Gemini VI, 10 January 2010), lot 379.
CARIA, Achaemenid Period. Circa 350-334 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 15.33 g, 6h). Persian king, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow, quiver over shoulder / Warrior, wearing kyrbasia, on horseback right, thrusting spear he holds aloft in right hand; to left, head of bird right. Konuk, Influences, Group 7, 1 and pl. XXX, 19 (this coin illustrated); cf. Meadows, Administration 327; Sunrise 74 (this coin). EF, lightly toned, a little porosity, slightly weak on high points. Extremely rare, the only published specimen with this bird’s head control mark. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 42 (29 May 1997), lot 512.
KINGS of MACEDON. Philip II. 359-336 BC. AR Didrachm (17.5mm, 7.06 g, 9h). Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 355-349/8 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / FI?I?-?OY, Philip, wearing kausia, chlamys, tunic, and boots, raising right hand and holding rein in left, on horseback left; bow below raised foreleg. Le Rider 174b (D80/R144 – this coin, illustrated); SNG ANS –; SNG Alpha Bank 281 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen Supp. 110 (same dies). Good VF, attractive old collection toning. Extremely rare, one of only three published, only this example in CoinArchives, none in ANS photofile. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Leu 81 (16 May 2001), lot 176; R. Abecassis Collection.
KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Philip II – Alexander III. Circa 340/36-328 BC. AV Quarter Stater (11mm, 2.13 g, 5h). In the name and types of Philip II. Pella mint. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / FI?I??OY, bow and club; trident below. Le Rider 76 (D51/R36`); SNG ANS 224; SNG Alpha Bank 256; NAIM-BAN 61 (same dies); Münzen und Medaillen AG 41, lot 68 (same dies). VF, a few light scratches. From the Patrick H. James Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 61 (25 September 2002), lot 404.
KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AV Quarter Stater (11.5mm, 2.14 g, 1h). Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antipater, circa 325-323/2 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with serpent and two necklaces / A?E?AN-?POY, bow and club; thunderbolt above. Price 165; SNG Alpha Bank 464–6; SNG Saroglos 179. Good VF, some light marks. From the Patrick H. James Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 61 (25 September 2002), lot 424.
KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Alexander III – Philip III. Circa 332/325-319 BC. AV Quarter Stater (10.5mm, 2.26 g, 3h). Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antipater. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent, and pearl necklace / A?E?AN-?P-OY, bow and club; kantharos above. Price 162; cf. Troxell, Studies, p. 100–1; SNG Saroglos –; Triton VIII, lot 162. Near EF. Rare.
MACEDON (Roman Protectorate), Republican period. First Meris. Circa 167-149 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 17.01 g, 9h). Amphipolis mint. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder, in the center of a Macedonian shield / Club; AP monogram and MAKE?ONON above, ?POTHS below; all within oak wreath, thunderbolt to left. Prokopov, Silver 178 (O48/R150); SNG Copenhagen 1310–1; SNG Dreer 646–7 (same obv. die); SNG Manchester 748 (same obv. die); Triton VIII, lot 203 (same dies). EF, beautiful even light gray toning with peripheral iridescence, a couple minor die breaks. From the collection of a Southern Pathologist, purchased from C. H. Wolfe, 3 June 1988.
CILICIA, Issos. Circa 385-380 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 10.45 g, 10h). Baal standing left, holding eagle in extended right hand, scepter in left / Herakles standing facing, head right, holding club in right hand, bow in left, lion skin draped over arm. Casabonne Type 4; SNG France 418; SNG Levante 174; Sunrise 86 (this coin). Good VF, even gray tone with iridescence around the devices, a little die wear on obverse, small mark under tone in field on reverse. Rare. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Peus 401 (3 November 2010), lot 266.
KINGS of PAEONIA. Lykkeios. Circa 358/6-335 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 12.67 g, 7h). Astibos or Damastion mint. Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath / Herakles standing left, right hand raised to strike the Nemean Lion, which he has in a strangle-hold with his left arm; ?YKK-EIOY above, bow and quiver to right. Paeonian Hoard 63 (same obv. die); Peykov E1000; NBRM Paeonia 32 (same dies); SNG ANS 1019; Alpha Bank, Hellenic 82 (same dies); Šeldarov 760 (same dies). EF, toned. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex UBS 49 (11 September 2000), lot 89.
AKARNANIA, Federal Coinage (Akarnanian Confederacy). Circa 250 BC. AV Quarter Stater (12.5mm, 2.10 g, 12h). Attic standard. Leukas mint. Head of the river-god Achelöos right; ? to left / Apollo, nude but for drapery over his right leg, seated left, holding bow in extended right hand, left arm resting on throne; plow to left. BCD Akarnania 14 var. (control marks); SNG Copenhagen –; de Luynes 1916 var. (same); Triton XII, lot 223 var. (control on rev.; same obv. die). EF, slight die shift, a few light marks. Apparently unique with these controls, and arguably the finest of this very rare gold coinage. Ex Mieza Collection (Nomos 7, 15 May 2013), lot 80.
BOEOTIA, Federal Coinage. Circa 395-387 BC. AR Stater (21.5mm, 12.21 g). Boeotian shield / Amphora, fully fluted; bow above, BO-IO across field; all within incuse concave circle. BCD Boiotia 8 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen –; SNG Manchester 938; BMC 48; Myron Hoard pl. S?, 3; Traité III 369. EF, lightly toned. The finest known fully fluted amphora on Boeotian coinage. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 54 (24 March 2010), lot 93.
BOEOTIA, Thebes. Circa 425-400 BC. AR Stater (22.5mm, 12.06 g, 6h). Boeotian shield / Amphora; to left, bow right; T-E across lower field; all within square incuse. BCD Boiotia 403 (same rev. die); SNG Copenhagen –; Myron Hoard pl. B, 32; Traité III 248. Good VF, iridescent toning, a little die wear, minor flan flaws. From the RH Collection.
CILICIA, Mallos. Circa 390-385 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.84 g, 8h). Persian king, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left; barley grain to left / Persian king, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left; barley grain to left. Cf. Casabonne Type 7-8; Göktürk 34; SNG France 401; SNG Levante –; Sunrise 88 (this coin). EF, a couple spots of roughness. Exceptional for issue. From the Sunrise Collection, purchased from Tom Cederlind.
CILICIA, Tarsos. Circa 410 BC. AR Stater (19mm, 10.60 g, 1h). Horseman riding left; to upper right, eagle(?) flying left / Archer kneeling right, drawing bow; TRZ (in Aramaic) to right; in linear square within incuse square. Cf. Casabonne Type D2/G1 (for obv./rev. type); SNG France –; SNG Levante –; SNG von Aulock –; cf. Traité II 521/509 (for obv./rev. type); Sunrise –. Near VF, toned, some porosity. Extremely rare issue, unpublished in the standard references. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Kelly J. Krizan, M.D. Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 93, 22 May 2013), lot 470; Vecchi 8 (4 December 1997), lot 124.This early stater from Tarsos combines elements of Casabonne’s type D2 (obverse with horse in walking stance) and G1 (reverse with archer and city ethnic). Chronologically, these two periods are successive, which makes such a seeming “hybrid” reasonably possible.
IONIA, Achaemenid Period. Uncertain satrap. Circa 350-333 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23.5mm, 15.19 g). Uncertain mint. Pythagores, magistrate. Persian king, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left; [?]YTAG-O-P-H[S] around / Incuse rectangle, containing pattern possibly depicting relief map of the hinterland of Ephesos. Johnston, Earliest 1–4 var. (orientation of legend); Meadows, Administration 328 = BMC Ionia p. 323, 1 var. (same); Mildenberg, Münzwesen, Group 6.2, 111 = Pixodarus 1 = Leu 25, lot 165. Near EF, toned, very slight die shift on obverse. Extremely rare, apparently the seventh and finest known, at least four of which are in museum collections (Berlin, London, Munich, and Paris). Johnston has interpreted this remarkable reverse design as a relief map of the hinterland of Ephesos, which would make it the earliest Greek map and first physical relief map known. On the right (north) are the mountains Tmolos and Messogis between the river valleys of the Caÿster and Maeander, to the left of which are three mountain ridges (Madranbaba Dagi, Karincali Dagi, and Akaba Tepesi). Johnston follows Six in suggesting that the coins were probably struck at Ephesos under the Persian general Memnon of Rhodes, circa 336-334 BC, in order to pay his army after he had captured the city, but before his defeat by Alexander at the Battle of Granicus in 334. Some issues have names on the obverse, which Six and Johnston think were city magistrates who authorized some issues for Memnon. However, the theory of Six and Johnston has been the subject of some doubt, most recently by Leo Mildenberg.
IONIA, Achaemenid Period. Uncertain satrap. Circa 350-333 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 15.24 g). Uncertain mint. Persian king, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse rectangle, containing pattern possibly depicting relief map of the hinterland of Ephesos. Johnston, Earliest 5–17; Meadows, Administration 328 var. (legend on obv.); Mildenberg, Münzwesen, Group 6.2; SNG von Aulock 7809; BMC Ionia p. 324, 3 and 6; Hirsch 1528; de Luynes 2902. Near EF, toned, a few light scratches under tone on obverse. Johnston has interpreted this remarkable reverse design as a relief map of the hinterland of Ephesos, which would make it the earliest Greek map and first physical relief map known. On the right (north) are the mountains Tmolos and Messogis between the river valleys of the Caÿster and Maeander, to the left of which are three mountain ridges (Madranbaba Dagi, Karincali Dagi, and Akaba Tepesi). Johnston follows Six in suggesting that the coins were probably struck at Ephesos under the Persian general Memnon of Rhodes, circa 336-334 BC, in order to pay his army after he had captured the city, but before his defeat by Alexander at the Battle of Granicus in 334. Some issues have names on the obverse, which Six and Johnston think were city magistrates who authorized some issues for Memnon. However, the theory of Six and Johnston has been the subject of some doubt, most recently by Leo Mildenberg.
IONIA, Achaemenid Period. Uncertain satrap. Circa 350-333 BC. AR Tetradrachm (21.5mm, 14.75 g). Uncertain mint; De–, magistrate. Persian king, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left; ?H to left, grain ear to lower right / Incuse rectangle, containing pattern possibly depicting relief map of the hinterland of Ephesos. Johnston, Earliest 30 (same obv. die); Meadows, Administration 328 var. (legend); Mildenberg, Münzwesen, Group 6.2; Traité II 75 (Memnon of Rhodes); BMC Ionia p. 323, 2; Sunrise 71. Good VF, toned, some roughness. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Leu 76 [Exceptional Private Collection] (27 October 1999), lot 188; Münzen und Medaillen AG 47 (30 November 1972), lot 536.Johnston has interpreted this remarkable reverse design as a relief map of the hinterland of Ephesos, which would make it the earliest Greek map and first physical relief map known. On the right (north) are the mountains Tmolos and Messogis between the river valleys of the Caÿster and Maeander, to the left of which are three mountain ridges (Madranbaba Dagi, Karincali Dagi, and Akaba Tepesi). Johnston follows Six in suggesting that the coins were probably struck at Ephesos under the Persian general Memnon of Rhodes, circa 336-334 BC, in order to pay his army after he had captured the city, but before his defeat by Alexander at the Battle of Granicus in 334. Some issues have names on the obverse, which Six and Johnston think were city magistrates who authorized some issues for Memnon. However, the theory of Six and Johnston has been the subject of some doubt, most recently by Leo Mildenberg.
IONIA, Achaemenid Period. Uncertain satrap. Circa 350-333 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 3.69 g). Uncertain mint. Persian king, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse rectangle, containing pattern possibly depicting relief map of the hinterland of Ephesos. Unpublished. Near EF, light cleaning marks on reverse. Unique. Johnston has interpreted this remarkable reverse design as a relief map of the hinterland of Ephesos, which would make it the earliest Greek map and first physical relief map known. On the right (north) are the mountains Tmolos and Messogis between the river valleys of the Caÿster and Maeander, to the left of which are three mountain ridges (Madranbaba Dagi, Karincali Dagi, and Akaba Tepesi). Johnston follows Six in suggesting that the coins were probably struck at Ephesos under the Persian general Memnon of Rhodes, circa 336-334 BC, in order to pay his army after he had captured the city, but before his defeat by Alexander at the Battle of Granicus in 334. Some issues have names on the obverse, which Six and Johnston think were city magistrates who authorized some issues for Memnon. However, the theory of Six and Johnston has been the subject of some doubt, most recently by Leo Mildenberg.
CILICIA, Tarsos. Tiribazos. Satrap of Lydia, 388-380 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 10.12 g, 3h). Struck circa 390/87-387/6 BC. Figure seated right, wearing satrapal headdress, raising right hand, left hand placed on bow set on ground to right / Bearded head right, wearing satrapal headdress; to right. Casabonne Series 2, Group C; SNG France –; SNG Levante 66; Sunrise 43 (this coin). VF, lightly toned, test cuts, light scratches. Rare. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 185 (8 March 2010), lot 174.
IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 180-67 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.62 g, 12h). Cistophoric type. Dated CY 1 (139/8 BC). Cista mystica within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; A (date) to upper right, bee above, EFE to left, filleted double cornucopia to right. Kleiner & Noe Series 35, dies 48/b; SNG von Aulock 7841; SNG Copenhagen –; Kress 130, lot 286 (same dies). EF, lightly toned. Well centered and struck from fresh dies. Rare in this condition. From the RH Collection.
IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Circa 150-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.42 g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Erasippos, son of Aristeos, “magistrate”. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Apollo Delphios standing left, left elbow resting on tall tripod behind, holding in right hand a branch tied with fillet; EPASI??OS APISTEOY to left, MAGNHTON to right, meander pattern below; all within laurel wreath. Jones dies 27/e; SNG von Aulock 2042; SNG Berry 1067 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 37; Hermitage Sale II 1271 (same obv. die); McClean 8181; Pozzi 2461. EF, toned, a few light marks under tone in field on obverse. From the Patrick H. James Collection. Ex Collection C.P.A. (Classical Numismatic Group 78, 14 May 2008), lot 787; Künker 77 (1 October 2002), lot 172.
IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Circa 150-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33.5mm, 16.96 g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Erasippos, son of Aristeos, “magistrate”. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Apollo Delphios standing left, left elbow resting on tall tripod behind, holding in right hand a branch tied with fillet; EPASI??OS APISTEOY to left, MAGNHTON to right, meander pattern below; all within laurel wreath. Jones dies 30/c; SNG von Aulock 2042 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 37; McClean 8181 (same obv. die); Pozzi 2461. EF, beautifully toned. Well centered and struck. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Star Collection (LHS 102, 29 April 2008), lot 277.
IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Circa 150-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28.5mm, 17.05 g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Erasippos, son of Aristeos, “magistrate”. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Apollo Delphios standing left, left elbow resting on tall tripod behind, holding in right hand a branch tied with fillet; EPASI??OS APISTEOY to left, MAGNHTON to right, meander pattern below; all within laurel wreath. Jones dies 31/– (unlisted rev. die); SNG von Aulock 2042; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 37; McClean 8181; Pozzi 2461. EF, a hint of toning around the devices, flan a little compact.
CILICIA, Mallos. Circa 390-385 BC. AR Stater (21.5mm, 10.41 g, 9h). Persian king, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left; barley grain to left / Herakles wrestling with the Nemean Lion; MA? and club to left. Casabonne Type 7; SNG France 398; SNG Levante Supp. 24 = Waddington 4358 (this coin, illustrated); SNG von Aulock 5718 (same rev. die); Sunrise 87 (same rev. die); Weber 7566 (same rev. die). Near EF, darkly toned, a little off center. Very rare, only three in CoinArchives. From the Edoardo Levante Collection. Deaccessioned from the Départment des Monnaies, Médailles et Antiques, Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Ex William-Henri Waddington Collection.
CILICIA, Tarsos. Circa 410 BC. AR Stater (19.5mm, 10.67 g, 7h). Horseman riding left; to upper right, eagle(?) flying left / Archer kneeling right, drawing bow; TRZ (in Aramaic) to right; in linear square within incuse square. Cf. Casabonne Type D2/G1 (for obv./rev. type); SNG France –; SNG Levante –; SNG von Aulock –; cf. Traité II 521/509 (for obv./rev. type); CNG 93, lot 470 = Vecchi 8, lot 124 (same dies). Good VF, toned, light porosity. Extremely rare issue, the second known, unpublished in the standard references. This early stater from Tarsos combines elements of Casabonne’s type D2 (obverse with horse in walking stance) and G1 (reverse with archer and city ethnic). Chronologically, these two periods are successive, linked by this extremely rare hybrid.
CILICIA, Tarsos. Tarkumuwa (Datames). Satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia, 384-361/0 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 10.52 g, 9h). Struck circa 375 BC. Baaltars seated right, torso facing, holding grain ear and grape bunch in extended right hand, cradling eagle-tipped scepter in left arm; B’LTRZ (in Aramaic) to left, thymiaterion in background; all within crenellated wall / Satrap seated right, wearing Persian dress, testing arrow held in both hands; TRKMW (in Aramaic) to left, winged solar disk with volutes to upper right, bow to lower right. Casabonne Series 2; Moysey Issue 6, dies 1/– (unlisted rev. die); SNG France –; SNG Levante 86; Sunrise 52 (this coin). Superb EF, toned, usual minor die wear on obverse. From the Sunrise Collection, purchased from Frank Sternberg, 10 November 1997.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos I Soter. 281-261 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 17.17 g, 7h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Diademed head right / BASI?EOS ANTI-OXOY, Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, testing arrow in his right hand, left hand on bow set on ground to right; AT monogram to outer left, ?OP monogram to outer right. SC 379.3d; ESM 157; HGC 9, 128g; Babelon, Rois 118; McClean 9249. Near EF, lightly toned. High relief obverse. Ex Manhattan Sale I (5 January 2010), lot 89.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos V Eupator. 164-162 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.18 g, 1h). Ptolemaïs (Ake) mint. Struck 164 BC. Diademed head of Antiochos V as a young child right; AY monogram to left / BASI?EOS ANTIOXOY, Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, testing arrow in his right hand, left hand on bow set on ground to right; AY monogram to outer left, NE monogram to outer right, ?B and HP monograms in exergue. SC 1581a = Houghton & Le Rider II 1 (D1/R1) = CSE 772 (this coin); HGC 9, 751b. Superb EF, toned, hairline flan crack. Very rare, and among the finest known. Ex Numismatica Genevensis SA V (2 December 2008), lot 139; Arthur Houghton Collection (Numismatic Fine Arts XVIII, 31 March 1987), lot 335.The unusually youthful portrait on this very rare issue of Ptolemaïs led Houghton and Le Rider to speculate that these tetradrachms may belong to a coregency of Antiochos IV and V during the former`s eastern campaign. The absense of the title Eypator from this issue, which would have been assumed by Antiochos V at the time of his father`s death, suggests this issue was struck when Antiochos IV was still living. While Antiochos IV was in the east, Lycias, the Seleukid vice regent, was campaigning in Judaea to put down the revolt of the Maccabees, and it is possible that he required coinage to be produced at the mint of Ptolemaïs for this purpose. Interestingly, the monogram on the obverse of this issue, which is different from all other obverse controls at Ptolemaïs, could be resolved as the first letters of Lysias`s name.
PHOENICIA, Tyre. Uncertain king. Circa 425-394 BC. AR Quarter Shekel (14.5mm, 3.00 g, 1h). Melkart, holding bow in extended left hand and reins in right, riding hippocamp right; below, waves above dolphin right / Owl standing right, head facing; crook and flail diagonally in background. E&E-T Group II.1.1.2, 408 (O3/R5 – this coin, illustrated); Betlyon –; Rouvier 1789; HGC 10, 324; SNG Copenhagen 302–4; BMC pl. 44, 3 = Ward 817; McClean 9519 (same obv. die); Sunrise 134. VF, toned, light porosity, off center on obverse. Very rare. From the collection of a Southern Pathologist. Ex Superior (31 May 1989), lot 6105; Superior Money Talks FPL 24/5 (Winter 1988/1989), no. C44; G. Hirsch 159 (21 September 1988), lot 461.
PHOENICIA, Tyre. ‘Ozmilk (Azemilkos). Circa 349-311/0 BC. AR Shekel (22.5mm, 8.28 g, 11h). Dated RY 16 (334/3 BC). Melkart, holding bow in extended left hand and reins in right, riding hippocamp right; below, waves above dolphin right / Owl standing right, head facing; crook and flail diagonally in background; a and 16 (date, in Phoenician in two lines) to right. E&E-T Group II.2.1.27, 1516 (O100/R168); Betlyon 37 and n. 112 var. (date unlisted); Rouvier –; HGC 10, 349; DCA 918; G. Hirsch 170, lot 698 (same dies); Triton II, lot 1370. Near EF, toned. Well struck. Very rare date for series. From the RH Collection.
CILICIA, Tarsos. Mazaios. Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 10.62 g, 5h). Baaltars seated left, his torso facing, holding lotus-tipped scepter in extended right hand, left hand holding chlamys at his waist; bow(?) below throne, B’LTRZ (in Aramaic) to right / Lion attacking stag left; MZDY (in Aramaic) above, retrograde D to lower right; all within incuse square. Casabonne Series 1, Group A; SNG France 318; SNG Levante –; Sunrise –. Superb EF, light golden hues around the devices. Rare with this symbol below throne. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Prospero Collection (New York Sale XXVII, 4 January 2012), lot 587, purchased from Spink & Son, 12 December 1990.
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I. Circa 520-505 BC. AR Siglos (11mm, 5.31 g). Half-length bust of Persian king or hero right, wearing kidaris and kandys, holding bow in left hand, arrows in right / Incuse punch. Carradice Type I (pl. XI, 10); Meadows, Administration 318; BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 25; Sunrise 17. VF, toned. Excellent metal. Very rare. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich.
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes I. Circa 505-480 BC. AV Daric (13.5mm, 8.31 g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type II (pl. XI, 11); Meadows, Administration 319; BMC Arabia –; Sunrise 19. Choice EF, lustrous. Well struck. Rare.
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes I. Circa 505-480 BC. AV Daric (14mm, 8.33 g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type II (pl. XI, 11); Meadows, Administration 319; BMC Arabia –; Sunrise 19; AdG p. 38 (this coin). VF. Rare. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich.
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AR Siglos (14mm, 5.28 g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XII, 17); Meadows, Administration 322; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 17; Sunrise 25; Kampmann p. 27 = AdG p. 42 (this coin). Near EF, toned. Well centered and struck. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Sotheby’s (7 March 1996), lot 119.
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II. Circa 420-375 BC. AV Daric (15mm, 8.36 g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group C (pl. XIV, 42); Meadows, Administration 323; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 12; Sunrise 28. EF, underlying luster.
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II. Circa 420-375 BC. AV Daric (14mm, 8.36 g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group C (pl. XIV, 42); Meadows, Administration 323; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 12; Sunrise 28. Good VF, small delamination on obverse. Rare. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich.
PERSIA, Alexandrine Empire. temp. Stamenes – Seleukos. Satraps of Babylon, circa 328-311 BC. AV Double Daric (17mm, 16.63 g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left; to left, F above ? / Patterned incuse punch. Nicolet-Pierre 7 (same obv. die as illustration); BMC 3 (same obv. die); Dewing 2676; Traité II 761 = de Luynes 2817. Near EF, lustrous. Exceptional. Nicolet-Pierre notes that the letters on the obverse are in monogram form, but some examples, as this one, clearly have a separation between the letters.
EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Macedonian 1st Meris / Philip II. 1st century BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 11.19 g, 5h). Artemiskopf type. Mint in the Transylvanian plain. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Celticized horseman riding left; labrys(?) below. Prokopov, Silver 805 var. corr. (O3/R– [unlisted rev. die]; symbol on rev. not noted); OTA 281; Flesche –; cf. Lanz 579; CCCBM I 59 and S71 (same obv. die); KMW 1203 var. (no symbol on rev.; same obv. die); Zürich –. VF, toned. Exceptional, possibly the finest known of this extremely rare issue (Prokopov notes only four examples). From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 7 (12 October 2000), lot 359.
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