THRACO-MACEDONIAN TRIBES, Mygdones or Krestones. Circa 485-480 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 9.16 g). Goat kneeling right, head reverted; dotted rosette above / Quadripartite incuse square. Lorber, Goats, Issue 4; HPM pl. III, 17 var. (solid rosette); AMNG II, p. 20, 14 and pl. V, 30; Asyut 150; Athena Fund I 27 (this coin); Gulbenkian 390 (same obv. die); Kraay & Hirmer 380. EF, lovely iridescent tone. Excellent metal. Ex Star Collection (LHS 102, 29 April 2008), lot 119; Leu 71 (24 October 1997), lot 122; Athena Fund (Sotheby’s Zurich, 26 October 1993), lot 27; Numismatic Fine Arts XXX (8 December 1992), lot 45.Preivously attributed to the Macedonian city of Aigai, this series was re-evaluated by O. Picard ("Les monnaies au bouc attribuées à Aigai," BSFN 50/6, 1995) and C. Lorber (see above), who have convincingly shown that, based on linguistic and iconographic evidence, Aigai cannot possibly be correct. Lorber also re-evaluated the numismatic and historical evidence, and synthesized her findings with metrological, iconographic, and hoard data to conclude that these coins were actually tribal issues emanating from an area west or southwest of Bisaltia, probably inhabited by the Mygdones or Krestones.
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THRACO-MACEDONIAN REGION, Siris. Circa 525-480 BC. AR Stater (18.5mm, 10.03 g). Ithyphallic satyr standing right, hands placed on hips, confronting nymph standing right, raising right hand in protest, her left hand placed forward in a plea-like gesture; three pellets around / Rough incuse square divided diagonally. Smith Group 2 (Lete); Peykov A0070; HPM pl. VII, 4; AMNG III/2, 11 (Lete); SNG ANS –; Traité I 1563 (Lete); Pozzi 686 = Pozzi (Boutin) 1436 (this coin). Superb EF. Very rare variety with satryr’s hands on hips. A masterpiece of late archaic art. Ex Numismatica Genevensis SA 5 (2 December 2008), lot 60 (hammer 130,000 CHF); Leu 36 (7 May 1985), lot 99; Prof. Samuel-Jean Pozzi Collection (Naville I, 14 March 1921), lot 686.The satyr and nymph type is one of the more widely occurring designs in early Thraco-Macedonian coinage. Variations of this type were used at mints from Siris in the northwest to Thasos in the southeast. Similarly, tribes in this region – the Dionysioi, Laiai, Letai, Orreskii, Pernaioi, and Zaielioi – also used this type. They often included their respective ethnic, and some of these tribes replace the satyr with a centaur. Based on the positioning of the figures, there are two major divisions of the satyr-nymph type. The first group, struck primarily at Thasos, shows the nymph held in the arms of the satryr, who carries her off to the right. The other group, struck primarily at Siris, shows the nymph confronted by the satyr. In both cases the appearance of the figures is largely the same: the satyr is presented nude and ithyphallic, while the nymph is dressed in a long chiton with the skirt divided into many long strands. The iconographic difference between the groups is the appearance of the lower body of the satyr. On the first group, the satyr has the normal legs and feet of a man, while on the second group, in addition to a tail, the satyr has the legs and hooves of a goat. Overall, the artistic style of the scene is wonderfully archaic, and evident not only in the posture of the figures, but also in its minute details. While most of the mints ceased production after about 480/470 BC, Thasos continued to use the type for some time, allowing the scene to transition through the archaic phase, finally taking on a lovely early Classical style by the time production of the type ended there circa 404 BC.The satyr/centaur and nymph type represents a common theme in Greek mythology: the juxtaposition of the wildly monstrous and sexually-charged with the civilized. Kraay`s view (ACGC pp. 148-9) that the coins where the satyr and nymph are both standing show the nymph seducing the satyr, while the coins where the nymph is in the satyr`s arms show the nymph is protesting her being carried off, is contradicted by a close inspection of the coins themselves. In similar scenes of this event depicted elsewhere, the satyr clearly manhandles the nymph, forcibly grasping one of her arms, while the nymph appears in a posture of apparent flight (see, e.g., HPM pl. VII-VIII). Clearly, in both scenes the nymph is protesting the actions of the satyr or centaur, who, in the role of the wild, libidinous creature that he is, is seizing the nymph for his own purposes, driven by his sexual arousal.
THRACO-MACEDONIAN REGION, Uncertain. Circa 520-500 BC. AR Tetrobol (11.5mm, 2.47 g). Grape bunch / Quadripartite incuse square. Artemis-Gyselen Class 2, v = Weber 4729 (this coin); SNG Copenhagen 766–7; Boston MFA 1295 = Warren 970; Jameson 1310; Pozzi 2057–60 (all cataloged as Tenos). Good VF, attractively toned. Good metal. From the RAJ Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 72 (14 June 2006), lot 686; Virgil Brand Collection (Part V, Sotheby`s, 1 February 1984), lot 167; Sir Hermann Weber Collection, 4729.This tetrobol is part of a series that was traditionally placed at Cycladic Tenos, based on a stylistic argument by F. Imhoof-Blumer, who compared the grape bunch on these to later Hellenistic issues bearing that city’s ethnic. Sheedy, however, convincingly showed that these coins cannot belong at Tenos. He argued that the style of the grapes was common at a number of mints, even outside the Cyclades, but, moreover, the metrology of these coins did not fit any weight standard used in the islands (cf. Sheedy, pp. 72–4 and HGC 6, p. 178).
MACEDON, Akanthos. Circa 500-480 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.18 g). Attic standard. Lion right, attacking bull crouching left; floral ornament in exergue / Quadripartite incuse square. Desneux 2–8 var. (unlisted dies); AMNG III/2, –; SNG ANS 1–3; SNG Ashmolean 2195–7; Kraay & Hirmer 397; Rosen 83. Near EF, toned, some granularity, a few light marks under tone, minor doubling on obverse. Rare early issue. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Tkalec (23 October 1998), lot 24.The form of the incuse on this coin is quite unlike the windmill pattern found on contemporary issues at Akanthos. Even Desneux’s reverse dies 7 and 8 seem to have slightly canted fields within each of the four incuses. The present piece has rough-hewn squares without any consistent form. It is possible that the die used for this coin was an experimental design that was not adopted by the mint.
MACEDON, Akanthos. Circa 500-480 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.89 g). Attic standard. Lion right, attacking bull crouching left; floral ornament in exergue / Quadripartite incuse square. Desneux 35–40 var. (unlisted dies); cf. AMNG III/2, 11; SNG ANS 8; SNG Ashmolean 2198; Walcher de Molthein 951 (this coin). Good VF, old cabinet toning. Ex Triton XVI (8 January 2013), lot 269; Léopold Walcher de Molthein Collection (Cahn 9, 25 February 1901), lot 951.
MACEDON, Akanthos. Circa 500-480 BC. AR Tetrobol (16.5mm, 2.42 g). Forepart of lion right, head turned as if biting prey; floral ornament above / Quadripartite incuse square. AMNG III/2, 13; SNG ANS 18–21; SNG Ashmolean 2205–6; Dewing 1000; Pozzi 727. Good VF, toned, slight die shift and die break on obverse. Good metal. From the Patrick H. James Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 69 (8 June 2005), lot 124; Historical Coin Review XVI.1 (January/February 1989), no. 18.
MACEDON, Argilos. Circa 495-478/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 13.79 g). Pegasos advancing left; three pellets around / Quadripartite incuse square. Liampi 35a (O30/R32) = Asyut 47 (this coin); AMNG III/2, p. 116, 2 (Therma?); SNG ANS –; SNG Ashmolean 2390 = SNG Lockett 1374 = ACGC 489. Near EF, toned, test cut. Very rare. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Leu 81 (16 May 2001), lot 159; 1968/9 Asyut Hoard (IGCH 1644; CH III 17).
MACEDON, Eion. Circa 460-400 BC. AR Trihemiobol (12mm, 0.90 g). Goose standing right, head left; above, lizard left; H below / Quadripartite incuse square. AMNG III/2, p. 140, 30 var. (letter on obv.); SNG ANS 287–90; SNG Copenhagen 177; Jameson 945 (this coin); Pozzi (Boutin) 1428–9. EF, toned. Excellent metal. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Triton IV (5 December 2000), lot 130; Sternberg XII (18 November 1982), lot 109; Robert Jameson Collection, 945.
DYNASTS of LYCIA. Kherei. Circa 410-390 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 8.46 g, 12h). Uncertain mint. Head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with spiral palmette and three olive leaves / Bearded head right, wearing kyrbasia; KHERÊI (in Lycian) behind; all within incuse square. Mørkholm & Zahle II 55 (same dies); Falghera –; Reuter 82 = Sunrise 80 (this coin); cf. SNG Copenhagen Supp. 452; SNG von Aulock –. EF, toned, softly struck in center, slight granularity, edge splits. Very rare. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Reuter Collection (Peus 360, 27 April 1999), lot 82; Giessener Münzhandlung 52 (6 November 1990), lot 336.
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.
DYNASTS of LYCIA. Kherei. Circa 410-390 BC. AR Quarter Stater – Hemidrachm (12mm, 2.01 g, 10h). Uncertain mint. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Bearded head left, wearing kyrbasia; monogram before; all within circular incuse. Mørkholm & Zahle II –; Falghera –; Reuter –; SNG Copenhagen Supp. –; SNG von Aulock –; Sunrise 81 (this coin). VF, toned, granular surfaces, struck with worn obverse die. Unpublished denomination for issue. From the Sunrise Collection.
KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.58 g, 4h). In the types of Philip II. Abydos mint. Struck under Leonnatos, Arrhidaios, or Antigonos I Monophthalmos. Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / FI?I??OY, charioteer, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left, driving biga right; star and monogram below. Thompson, Philip 25 var. (additional control mark); ADM II Series VII, 96 (same dies; this coin referenced); SNG ANS 299–300 var. (same). Choice EF, underlying luster. Very rare issue with only the monogram without additional control marks. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Leu 65 (21 May 1996), lot 140; Hess-Leu 31 (6 December 1966), lot 247.
KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AV Stater (17.5mm, 8.58 g, 12h). In the types of Philip II. Kolophon mint. Struck under Menander or Kleitos, circa 322-319 BC. Head of Apollo right, with the features of Alexander III, wearing laurel wreath / FI?I??OY, charioteer, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left, driving fast biga right; tripod below. Thompson, Philip 12 = Jameson 978 = Kunstfreund 232 = Gillet 785 (same obv. die); Le Rider pl. 90, 16 and pl. 93, 26; SNG ANS 309; SNG Alpha Bank 260 = Alpha Bank, Hellenic 72 = Alpha Bank, Macedonia 26 = Alpha Bank, Alexander 57 (same dies); SNG Ashmolean 2456; Kampmann 4 = DDTP p. 19 (this coin); Kraay & Hirmer 565. Superb EF, lustrous, small scratch at top edge of obverse. Well struck from fresh dies of the finest style. Featured in the podcast “Kolophon, ca 320 BC” on the MoneyMuseum website. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Superior (December 1996), lot 1433.This beautiful gold stater belongs to the period following the death of Alexander the Great when his half-brother, Philip III Arrhidaios, was the nominal head of state together with the conqueror`s infant son by Roxane, Alexander IV. The gem-like delicacy of the engraving of these extraordinary dies singles this issue out as belonging to one of the mints of the Ionian coastal region of western Asia Minor, an area which, of course, was not controlled by the Macedonian monarchy in the time of Philip II. Kolophon is the city to which it is tentatively attributed, the tripod symbol linking it to an issue in the name of Philip III (cf. Price P41).
PAMPHYLIA, Side. Circa 360-333 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 10.67 g, 11h). Athena Parthenos standing left, holding Nike, who crowns her with wreath, in her extended right hand, and shield and spear in her left; pomegranate to left, PO (in Pamphylian) to right / Apollo standing left, holding laurel branch in right hand, and phiale in left, from which he is sacrificing over altar to left; uncertain Pamphylian inscription to right. Atlan Group IX, 127–8 var. (unlisted dies); SNG France –; SNG Copenhagen 376; Sunrise 84 corr. (Atlan ref.; this coin). Near EF, some porosity on obverse. Very well struck for issue. From the Sunrise Collection, purchased from Ira and Larry Goldberg.
CILICIA, Holmoi. Circa 380-375 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.59 g, 6h). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with palmette / Head of Apollo Sarpedonios right, wearing tainia and laurel wreath; O?MITI to right. Casabonne p. 118; Göktürk 10; SNG France 121; SNG Levante –; Sunrise 85 (this coin). EF, toned, slight die shift on reverse. From the Sunrise Collection.
KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos II Gonatas. 277/6-239 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 17.07 g, 12h). Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 274/1-260/55 BC. Horned head of Pan left, lagobolon behind, in the center of a Macedonian shield / BASI?EOS ANTIGONOY, Athena Alkidemos, seen from behind, advancing left, shield decorated with aegis on left arm, preparing to cast thunderbolt held aloft in right hand; crested Macedonian helmet to inner left, H? monogram to inner right. Panagopoulou Period I, 95a (O16/R85 – this coin); Touratsoglou 25–40; SNG Copenhagen 1199; Pozzi 2037. EF, toned, a patch of find patina and minor flan flaws on reverse. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Tkalec (19 February 2001), lot 65; Numismatic Fine Arts XVII (31 March 1987), lot 124 (the further pedigree to J. Hirsch 13 noted by Panagopoulou is erroneous).
KINGS of MACEDON. Philip V. 221-179 BC. AR Didrachm (25mm, 8.50 g, 12h). Pella or Amphipolis mint; Zoilos, mintmaster. Struck circa 184-179 BC. Diademed head right / BASI?EOS FI?I??OY, club; mintmaster`s monogram above, two monograms below; all within oak-wreath; trident to outer left. Mamroth, Philip 23; SNG Ashmolean 3269; SNG Saroglos 938; Kampmann 9 (this coin); de Luynes 1704 (same rev. die); McClean 3629. Good VF, toned. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Acquired from Leu, May 1999.
KINGS of MACEDON. Perseus. 179-168 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.65 g, 11h). Attic standard. Pella or Amphipolis mint; Zoilos, mintmaster. Struck circa 179-178 BC. Diademed head right; ZOI?OS below neck / BASI-?EOS ?EP-SEOS, eagle, wings spread, standing right on thunderbolt; two monograms to right; all within oak wreath; star below. Mamroth, Perseus 1.11 = Consul Weber 1275 = de Sartiges 212 = Kunstfreund 238 = Gillet 811 (this coin); AMNG III 1; SNG München 1196 (same dies); Athena Fund II 452 (same obv. die); de Luynes 1712 (same obv. die); GPCG pl. 42, 7 = EHC 588 = Boehringer, Chronologie, pl. 7, 5 (same obv. die). Near EF, attractively toned. Artistic dies. Ex Leu 48 (10 May 1989), lot 202; Kunstfreund [Gillet] (Leu & Münzen und Medaillen, 28 May 1974), lot 238; Vicomte de Sartiges Collection, 218; Consul Eduard Friedrich Weber Collection (Part I, J. Hirsch XXIV, 16 November 1908), lot 1275.
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.
THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 356-342 BC. AR Stater (24mm, 11.89 g, 5h). Late facing head type. Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, hair in ampyx, wearing necklace / Bridled horse prancing right; ?API-S-[AION] around. L-S Type 2, Series A, dies O2/R3, c (this coin); BCD Thessaly II 308 (same dies); Lorber, Hoard 67–8 (same dies); Athena Fund II 505 (same dies); BMC 55 (same rev. die); Bement 919 (same rev. die); Triton VII, lot 187 (same dies). EF, toned, die break on obverse, a few minor flaws and off center on reverse. From the Patrick H. James Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 35 (13 August 2001), lot 63715.
KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.60 g, 12h). Sardes mint. Struck under Menander, circa 330/25-324/3 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent, triple-pendant earring, and necklace / A?E?AN?POY, Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and cradling stylis in left arm; to left, male head left, wearing Phrygian cap. Price 2543; ADM I Series VIII, 45 (same dies); Sunrise 154A corr. (weight; this coin). EF, small, minor mark on obverse. Rare. From the Sunrise Collection.
ISLANDS off THESSALY, Skyros. Circa 485-480 BC. AR Tetrobol (15mm, 2.86 g). Three-lobed fig leaf between two long horned and bearded goats, opposed vertically, back to back, with their heads turned inwards and their legs extended / Stellate design, composed of a large central globule surrounded by four pellets and four rays, two of which are three-lobed fig leaves, within incuse square. Balcer, Archaic 24 (A8/P5) = BCD Thessaly I 1368 (this coin); Joy –; HGC 6, 418; Boston MFA 937; Traité IV 780 = Pozzi 2050 (all from the same dies). Good Fine, toned. Extremely rare, only six examples noted by Balcer, four of which are in museums (Athens, Berlin, Boston, and New York). From the RAJ Collection. Ex BCD Collection (Nomos 4, 10 May 2011), lot 1368; Myers 12 (4 December 1975), lot 177; Hamburger 98 (3 April 1933), lot 807.
AKARNANIA, Leukas. Circa 470-450 BC. AR Stater (18.5mm, 8.10 g, 8h). Pegasos flying right; ? below / Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet and necklace, within incuse square. Pegasi 13/2 and 4 (same dies); BCD Akarnania –; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG Delepierre 1228 (same obv. die); C.M. Kraay, “A Hoard of Corinth and Leucas from N.W. Greece” in CH V, 28–9 (same dies). EF, dark cabinet tone. Well struck for issue. From the Jonathan K. Kern Collection. Ex Coin Galleries Numismatic Review IX/4 (1968), no. D53.
AITOLIA, Aitolian League. Circa 220-205 BC. AR Didrachm (22.5mm, 10.35 g, 1h). Head of Apollo right, wearing oak wreath / Aitolos standing left, kausia hung around neck and sword slung at waist, holding spear in right hand, right foot set on rock, leaning on raised right knee; GEN S to left, AITO?ON to right. Tsangari 818a (D42/R127) = BCD Akarnania 450 (this coin); SNG Copenhagen –; Pozzi 1329 var. (no S to left). Near EF, toned, a little die wear, small flan flaw on obverse, die shift on reverse. Very rare issue, one of only six noted by Tsangari. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Hess-Divo 309 (28 April 2008), lot 51; BCD Collection (Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 23, 18 October 2007), lot 450; Stack’s (29 November 1990), lot 260; Hess-Leu (2 April 1958), lot 163.
ATTICA, Athens. Circa 475-465 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22.5mm, 17.10 g, 9h). Head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent to left, ATE to right; all within incuse square. Starr Group IV (unlisted dies); Svoronos, Monnaies, pl. 9, 8–12; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG Lockett 1837; Dewing 1589; Gulbenkian 517; Kampmann 2 and front cover = DDTP p. 14 = AdG p. 39 (this coin); Pozzi 1540; Rhousopoulos 1970. Good VF, toned, small die break on obverse. Featured in the podcast “Laurion, ca. 460 BC” on the MoneyMuseum website. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Leu 77 (11 May 2000), lot 207.
CILICIA, Mallos. Tiribazos. Satrap of Lydia, 388-380 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 10.33 g, 12h). Struck circa 384-383 BC. Baal standing half-left, holding eagle in extended right hand, lotus-tipped scepter in left; MAP to left, TRBZW (in Aramaic) to right / Ahura-Mazda facing, head right, body terminating in solar disk with wings and tail feathers, holding up wreath in right hand, lotus blossom in left. Casabonne Series 1; SNG France 389; SNG Levante 147; Sunrise 40 (this coin). EF, attractively toned, typical die wear. Rare. From the Sunrise Collection.
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 465/2-454 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.17 g, 10h). Head of Athena right, wearing earring, [necklace], and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl / Owl standing right, head facing, spread tail feathers; olive sprig and crescent to left, ATE to right; all within incuse square. Starr Group V.B, Series 3, 189 (O162/R178 – this coin); Svoronos, Monnaies, pl. 10, 6–7; SNG Copenhagen –; Boston MFA 1066 = Warren 821; Dewing –; Gillet 942; Rhousopoulos 1973. Near EF, toned, obverse a little off center. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Leu 65 (21 May 1996), lot 167; “Canadian Collection” (per Starr); Hesperia Art Bulletin XL/XLI (undated [1969]), no. 43; Knobloch FPL 35 (April 1969), no. C12; 1967 Jordan Hoard (ICGH 1482).
ISLANDS off ATTICA, Aegina. Circa 525-480 BC. AR Stater (18mm, 11.77 g). Sea turtle, head in profile, with thin collar and row of dots down its back / Incuse square with mill-sail pattern. Meadows, Aegina, Group IIb; Milbank pl I, 11; Asyut Group IVa; HGC 6, 429; SNG Copenhagen 501; Dewing 1657; Rosen 216. VF, toned, minor granularity. From the RAJ Collection, purchased from Pegasi at the 1994 Chicago International Coin Fair.
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.
CORINTHIA, Corinth. Circa 550-500 BC. AR Stater (25mm, 8.60 g). Pegasos flying left; koppa below / Quadripartite incuse square with swastika pattern. Ravel 78 (P61/T57); Pegasi 34 (same obv. die); BCD Corinth 3; BMC 19 (same obv. die); Pozzi 1644; Rhousopoulos 2225 (same obv. die); CH VIII, pl. III, 16 (this coin). Near EF, iridescent tone, die shift and a touch of die rust on obverse. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Leu 71 (24 October 1997), lot 179; 1981/2 Greece Hoard (CH VIII, 17).
CORINTHIA, Corinth. Circa 375-300 BC. AR Stater (21.5mm, 8.51 g, 3h). Pegasos flying left; koppa below / Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet; A below, krotalon (rattle) to right. Ravel 1044b corr. (control letters; same rev. die); Pegasi 406 var. (control letters); BCD Corinth 118 corr. (same; same rev. die). Good VF, toned, die break on obverse, die shift on reverse. Well centered. From the collection of a Southern Pathologist, purchased from Paul Rynearson, 30 September 1991.This coin provides a firm link between Ravel’s V and VI series, as it has the single A control of series V, while the reverse symbol, a rattle, was previously only known on early coins of series VI. Although coins struck from this reverse die were previously known (Ravel 1044b and BCD 118), those coins were slightly off center on the reverse, preventing a correct identification of the controls.
CILICIA, Mallos. Circa 385-375 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 10.60 g, 5h). Herakles kneeling left, strangling the Nemean Lion; club below / Bearded head left, wearing laurel wreath; [MA? to left]. Casabonne Type 10; SNG France –; SNG Levante 154; Sunrise 89 = Athena Fund II 777 (this coin). EF, toned, die wear on obverse, reverse a little off center. Very rare with head left on reverse. Artistic reverse die. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Triton VII (13 January 2004), lot 299; Athena Fund (Sotheby’s Zurich, 27 October 1993), lot 777.
SIKYONIA, Sikyon. Circa 340-335 BC. AR Drachm (19.5mm, 5.83 g, 2h). Dove alighting left; S-I across field / Dove flying left; E above tail; all within olive wreath with ties to right. BCD Peloponnesos 223 (this coin); HGC 5, 208; SNG Copenhagen 55; BMC 107–8; Jameson 1222; Pozzi 4071. VF, toned, a little die wear on obverse. Well centered. From the RH Collection. Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8 May 2006), lot 223.
SIKYONIA, Sikyon. Circa 335-330 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 5.80 g, 11h). Chimaira standing left, raising right forepaw; SI below / Dove flying left; I below neck; all within olive wreath with ties to right. BCD Peloponnesos 232 (this coin); HGC 5, 209; BMC 109–10; Jameson 2301 (same obv. die); McClean 6253 (same dies). VF, toned, die shift and scratches on reverse. Well centered. From the RH Collection. Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8 May 2006), lot 232.
ELIS, Olympia. 90th Olympiad. 420 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 12.19 g, 7h). “Hera” mint. Obverse die signed by L–. Head of Hera right, wearing stephanos ornamented with three palmettes connected by tendrils at their base; [HPA above], ? below chin / Vertical flaming thunderbolt; F-A flanking; all within olive wreath. Seltman, Temple 243 (dies EA/?ß); BCD Olympia 63 (this coin); HGC 5, 343; SNG Delepierre 2127 and 2130 (same obv. die); BMC 60 (same dies); Boston MFA 1207 (same obv. die); Dewing 1874 (same obv. die). VF, toned. Rare. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex BCD Collection (Leu 90, 10 May 2004), lot 63; Bourgey (7 November 1983), lot 84.
ELIS, Olympia. 134th-143rd Olympiad. Circa 244-208 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.96 g, 7h). Ka–, magistrate. Eagle flying right, tearing at hare held in its talons / Vertical thunderbolt with volutes above, wings below; F-A/K-A flanking. Elis Hoard Group IV, 45; BCD Olympia 261 (this coin); HGC 5, 510; SNG Copenhagen 427 var. (magistrate); SNG Lockett 2467 (same rev. die); BMC –. Superb EF, deep iridescent tone, obverse a little off center. From the Jonathan K. Kern Collection. Ex BCD Collection (Leu 90, 10 May 2004), lot 261.
ARKADIA, Heraia. Late 5th-early 4th centuries BC. AR Obol (11.5mm, 0.94 g, 6h). Young Pan, nude, standing right, left foot set on [rock], right hand resting on hip, left elbow resting on knee and left hand holding scepter set on ground to right / Head of Artemis left; H-R flanking neck; all within incuse square. BCD Peloponnesos –; HGC 5, –; BMC 16, pl. XXXIV, 12 = Traité III 1011 [1012], pl. CCXXVIII, 13 = MG p. 191, 203 (same dies). VF, toned, edge splits, light porosity. Extremely rare, the finest of two known (the other in the BM). This extremely rare issue was previously only known from an example in the BM. Although the photo of the piece in BMC shows a full coin, the illustration of it in Traité clearly shows that the flan has a large piece broken off. Traces of the edge of the break are visible in the BMC photo, though, so it is likely that the coin was “touched up” for publication (not unusual in the BMC plates). Babelon (in Traité) notes the striking similarity of the obverse type with an issue of obols at Parrhaisia (cf. BCD 1595), which, combined with the similarity of the reverse to the obverse of certain obols of Heraia (cf. BCD 1357–8), suggest the issue was struck in the late 5th or early 4th century BC.
CRETE, Knossos. Circa 360-320 BC. AR Stater (24.5mm, 10.83 g). Head of Demeter right, wearing wreath of grain ears, single-pendant earring, and necklace; KN below neck / Cruciform labyrinth with five pellets in center; circular incuses in outer quarters. Svoronos, Numismatique 46 var. (no incuses on rev. [note: same obv. die as Sv. 43 and 47–8]); Le Rider, Crétoises pl. VII, 4–5 var. (square incuses on rev.; same obv. die); SNG Delepierre 2340 (same obv. die); Rhousopoulos 2922 var. (square incuses on rev.; same obv. die); Weber 4413 var. (no incuses on rev.; same obv. die). Good VF, toned, obverse struck a little softly, die break on reverse. Well struck for issue. Rare and exceptional for series. Ex Hesperia Art Bulletin III (undated [c. 1958]), no. 49; Coin Galleries (9 March 1956,) lot 1594.
CYCLADES, Keos. Karthaia. Circa 510-490/80 BC. AR Stater (19.5mm, 11.92 g). Amphora; to right, dolphin ascending / Incuse square of ‘mill-sail’ design. Sheedy Series III, 19a (O4/R17) = Papageorgiadou-Banis Series II, 14 (this coin, illustrated in Sheedy); HGC 6, 540 (this coin illustrated); BMC 17 (same obv. die); Hermitage Sale II 1084. Good VF, toned, light porosity. Very rare. From the RAJ Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXVII (29 September 1993), lot 598; Coin Galleries (21 February 1990), lot 133.
CYCLADES, Melos. Circa 460-450 BC. AR Stater (18.5mm, 12.43 g). Apple on stem with two leaves / Quadripartite incuse circle, pellets along periphery of quarters. Sheedy Series III, 22a (O18/R17) = Kraay, Melos, p. 19, 3 = Weber 4665 (this coin, illustrated in Sheedy); HGC 6, 789; Jameson 1280 (same rev. die); Hunterian 2. VF, toned, granular surfaces. Very rare. From the RAJ Collection. Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG 76 (19 September 1991), lot 731; Ars Classica XVI (3 July 1933), lot 1307; Naville IV (17 June 1922), lot 648; Photiades Pacha Collection (Hoffmann, 19 May 1890), lot 1387.
CYCLADES, Naxos. Circa 520/15-490/70 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 12.07 g). Kantharos with ivy leaf finial on lid, grape bunches hanging from handles / Quadripartite incuse square. Sheedy Series II, 15c (O9/R14 – this coin); Nicolet-Pierre, Naxos I 16; HGC 6, 624; BMC 4 (same obv. die); Nanteuil 997 = Weber 4860 (same obv. die). Near EF, toned, cleaning marks on obverse. Rare. From the RAJ Collection. Ex LHS 102 (29 April 2008), lot 244; Leu 81 (16 May 2001), lot 227.
CYCLADES, Paros. Circa 500-497/5 BC. AR Drachm (16.5mm, 5.81 g). Goat kneeling right on double exergual line / Quadripartite incuse square. Sheedy Class C, Group 2, 65a (O40/R50 – this coin, illustrated); HGC 6, 653; SNG Delepierre 2443–4; Dewing 1959. EF, a couple of minor edge splits. Recently conserved. Well centered and struck on a broad flan. Exceptional. From the RH Collection. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts XXII (1 June 1989), lot 294; Birkler & Waddell 2 (11 December 1980), lot 160; Numismatic Fine Arts VII (6 December 1979), lot 139; Superior (13 June 1977), lot 2630; J. Schulman FPL 214 (October 1978), no. 168; 1936 Paros Hoard (IGCH 13).This coin was professionally conserved since the NFA XXII sale, a process that removed a considerable amount of encrustation at the bottom of the obverse and across the reverse (visible in all prior photos), resulting in a reduction of the recorded weight from 5.96 to 5.81 grams.
KINGS of BOSPOROS. Pharnakes II. Circa 63-46 BC. AV Stater (21mm, 8.23 g, 12h). Pantikapaion mint. Dated BE 243 (52/1 BC). Diademed head right / BASI?EOS BASI?EON MEGA?OY FAPNAKOY, Apollo seated left, holding laurel branch in extended right hand, left arm resting on kithara to right; tripod to left, GMS (date) to right. Frolova & Ireland § 5, dies A/a = G&K 1 = de Luynes 2396 (same dies); Anokhin 1301; MacDonald 182; HGC 7, 198; DCA 446; Triton XII, lot 266 (same dies). EF, a few light marks. Extremely rare first issue of staters, one of only three known, the other two being the de Luynes (BN) and Triton XII pieces. At the time of Frolova & Ireland’s publication (2002), there were 16 known specimens of Pharnakes’ gold staters (plus three forgeries). Twelve specimens have since appeared at auction, bringing the known population of these very rare pieces to 28, of which about 10 are in museums. The present coin is one of only two examples of the first year of issue available in the marketplace.Pharnakes was awarded the Bosporan Kingdom by Pompey for the betrayal of Pharnakes’ father Mithradates VI, King of Pontos. Little is known of Pharnakes’ sixteen-year reign except for its ending. During the Civil War between Pompey and Julius Caesar, Pharnakes tried to recapture his father`s former territories in Pontos. He won a victory over Caesar`s general, Domitius Calvinus, and ordered Romans in the region castrated or put to the sword. In response, Caesar launched a rapid five day war against Pharnakes in 47 BC, culminating in the battle of Zela. Caesar emerged victorious, prompting him to report back to the Senate with the now famous dictum, "Veni, Vidi, Vici" (I came, I saw, I conquered).
CILICIA, Soloi. Tiribazos. Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 10.76 g, 4h). Struck circa 390/87-387/6 BC. Bearded head of Herakles right, lion skin tied around neck / Bearded head right, wearing bashlyk; [S]O?EON to right. Casabonne Series 2, Group B; SNG France 159; SNG Levante 50 = SNG von Aulock 5863 var. (ethnic); Sunrise 41 (this coin). Near EF, toned, a little die wear. Rare. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 35 (20 September 1995), lot 331.
KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33.5mm, 16.70 g, 11h). Pergamon mint. Dated month 11, year 212 BE (August 85 BC). Diademed head right / BASI?EOS MITPA?ATOY EY?ATOPOS, stag grazing left; to left, star-in-crescent above monogram, BIS (year) above monogram; IA (month) below; all within Dionysiac wreath of ivy and fruit. Callataÿ dies D3/R1, b (this coin); M.J. Price, “Mithradates VI Eupator, Dionysus, and the Coinages of the Black Sea” in NC 1968, pl. I, 6 = RG 16, pl. suppl. B, 12 = Mionnet II 10 (same dies); HGC 7, 338; DCA 688. EF, lightly toned, small area of flat strike. From the RAJ Collection. Ex Sotheby’s (4 October 1990), lot 102.
MYSIA, Kyzikos. 5th-4th centuries BC. EL Stater (15.5mm, 15.97 g). Young Dionysos, diademed and wearing himation draped from his waist, holding [kantharos] in extended right hand, reclining left on panther skin draped over rock; thyrsos to left; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 155; Greenwell 38; SNG France 302 (this coin); SNG von Aulock 7307; Boston MFA 1541; Dewing 2184; Gillet 1072; Gulbenkian –; Jameson 1425; Pozzi –; Rosen –. VF, toned. From the Edoardo Levante Collection. Deaccessioned from the Départment des Monnaies, Médailles et Antiques, Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
MYSIA, Kyzikos. 5th-4th centuries BC. EL Stater (17mm, 16.02 g). Herakles kneeling right, strangling the Nemean Lion; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 161; Greenwell 69; SNG France 308 (this coin); SNG von Aulock –; Boston MFA 1493–4; Dewing –; Gillet –; Gulbenkian 628; Jameson 2197 (same obv. die); Pozzi –; Rosen –. Good VF, toned. High relief. From the Edoardo Levante Collection. Deaccessioned from the Départment des Monnaies, Médailles et Antiques, Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
MYSIA, Kyzikos. Early–mid 4th centuries BC. EL Stater (17mm, 15.71 g). Bearded head right, wearing laurel wreath; below, tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 197; Greenwell 81; SNG France 337 (this coin); SNG von Aulock –; ACGC 965; Boston MFA 1561; Dewing –; Gillet –; Gulbenkian –; Jameson 2207 = Pozzi 2177; Kraay & Hirmer 721; Rosen –. VF, lightly toned. From the Edoardo Levante Collection. Deaccessioned from the Départment des Monnaies, Médailles et Antiques, Bibliothèque Nationale de France.J.P. Six (NC 1898, pp. 197-198) first suggested that the bearded male portrait on this stater was that of the Athenian general Timotheos (d. 354 BC), who had raised the siege of Kyzikos in 363 BC (Diod. Sic. 15.81.6), noting a similarity between the coins and a marble portrait in the Capitoline Museum (no. 46). Other authors subsequently took different views. However, in "The Cyzicenes: A Reappraisal," AJN 5-6 [1993-1994], pp. 9-11, Mildenberg defended Six`s hypothesis. He noted that Kyzikos was under Persian control from 540 BC until 445 BC, and then from 387 BC until the end of the Achaemenid Empire. During the almost sixty year interval, Kyzikos was allied with Athens as a member of the Delian League. Kyzikos, however, was not banned from continuing to strike electrum staters (per League rules), because Athens saw the coinage as a valuable means of payment and in its best interest. Thus, when Athenian forces under the command of Timotheos successfully raised the Persian siege of Kyzikos in 363 BC (Diod. Sic. 15.81.6), the citizens placed the portrait of the victorious general, complete with laurel wreath, on this issue of staters to show their appreciation of his services and subtly honor him in an already-accepted Athenian associated context.Timotheos was the son of Konon and a Thracian mother (Ath. 13.577a). A prominent citizen, Timotheos was an associate of both the philosopher Plato and the Athenian orator Isokrates. Between 378 BC and 356 BC he frequently served as strategos, in which capacity he was able to secure an Athenian alliance with Kephallenia, and friendship with the Akarnanians and the Molossians. In 373 BC he was assigned command of a fleet to relieve Korkyra from Spartan control. Because the expedition was underfunded, the relief was delayed, prompting Timotheos to be brought to trial. Through the intervention of his allies, including Jason, the ruler of Pherai and the tagos (ta???) of the Thessalian League, Timotheos was acquitted. Following his acquittal, and with the assistance of Amyntas III of Macedon, Timotheos took Korkyra (Diod. Sic. 15.47). For this, a statue was raised in his honor in Athens (Aeschin. In Ctes. 243). In 363 BC, Timotheos raised the siege of Kyzikos, for which these staters may have been issued (Diod. Sic. 15.81.6). In 366 BC, Timotheos was sent to aid Ariobarzanes, the satrap of Phrygia, but when he discovered that the satrap was in revolt against the Great King, Timotheos turned his attention to the northern Aegean. There, he captured Samos after a siege of 10 months, followed by similar conquests along the Thraco-Macedonian coast. A legal action brought against him by Apollodoros (the speech of which is attributed to Demosthenes), is noteworthy for illustrating the reversal of fortune of the once-great and honored general. Timotheos was once again in command during the Social War (357-355 BC), but competing personalities among the leadership again brought Timotheos to trial. Found guilty and unable to pay the heavy fine imposed on him, Timotheos retreated to Chalkis in Euboia, where he died. In remorse for their treatment of the once-favored general, the Athenians forgave a greater part of the debt that had passed on to his son, Konon. They also brought his ashes back to Athens, burying them in the Keramikos a
MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 390-341/0 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22.5mm, 14.90 g, 12h). Head of Kore Soteira left, wearing single-pendant earring, hair in sphendone covered with a veil, two grain ears in hair; [SOTEIPA above] / Head of lion left, mouth open with tongue protruding; below, tunny left; KY-ZI around, hydria behind. Pixodarus Type 2, Group C; von Fritze II 23, pl. V, 32; SNG France 400-1; SNG von Aulock 7339; SNG Copenhagen 53; SNG Fitzwilliam 4151; Kraay & Hirmer 719 (this coin). Near EF, toned, a couple light marks under tone on obverse. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Leu 76 [Exceptional Private Collection] (27 October 1999), lot 151.
CILICIA, Soloi. Balakros. Satrap of Cilicia, 333-323 BC. AR Stater (24mm, 10.86 g, 8h). Baaltars seated left, holding lotus-tipped scepter; grain ear and grapes to left; below throne, S-O below and above strut, respectively / Draped bust of Athena facing slightly left, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet. Casabonne Series 2 (D-/R1 [unlisted obv. die]); SNG France –; SNG Levante 52 (same rev. die [listed as obv.]); Sunrise 145 (this coin). Superb EF, lightly toned, a couple tiny marks in field on obverse. Well centered, struck from fresh dies. From the Sunrise Collection.
MYSIA, Kyzikos. 3rd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 13.29 g, 12h). Head of Kore Soteira left, wearing single-pendant earring and pearl necklace, hair in sphendone covered with a veil, two grain ears in hair; [SOTEIPA above] / Apollo, nude but for chlamys draped from his waist, seated left on omphalos, holding phiale in extended right hand, left arm resting on kithara seated on ground to right; KY-ZI across upper fields; to left, monogram above prow left. Von Fritze II 31, pl. VI, 9; SNG France 417 = Traité II 2819 (this coin, illustrated); SNG von Aulock –; SNG Ashmolean 549; SNG Delepierre 2519 = Weber 5039 (same dies); Boston MFA 1580 (same obv. die). Good VF, attractive cabinet tone, some die wear on obverse. High relief. From the Edoardo Levante Collection. Deaccessioned from the Départment des Monnaies, Médailles et Antiques, Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
MYSIA, Lampsakos. Circa 394-350 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.45 g, 4h). Head of the hunter Aktaion left, with stag’s horn above forehead / Forepart of Pegasos right within shallow incuse square. Baldwin, Lampsakos 33 (dies I/– [unlisted rev. die]); SNG France 1145; Boston MFA 1597 = Warren 1018 (same obv. die); Gulbenkian 964; Jameson 1434; Pozzi 2230 (same obv. die); Warren 1019 (same obv. die). Superb EF, minor marks on reverse. Extremely rare, and a spectacular coin of great beauty. Ex Mieza Collection (Nomos 7, 15 May 2013), lot 121; Nomos 3 (10 May 2011), lot 110; Gemini IV (8 January 2008), lot 149.Aktaion was a famous hunter who learnt his skills from the centaur Chiron. It seems that one day he accidentally came upon Artemis bathing: she was so angered by him seeing her naked that she transformed him into a stag and he was set upon and torn to pieces by his own hunting dogs. Her we see the start of the transformation process, with the horn just coming out of his head. This later became a favorite scene for a variety of Renaissance and Baroque painters since it allowed the depiction of an often considerable number of nude bathing women (more serious paintings of this event had appeared on Attic black and red figured pottery of the 6th and 5th cenuries BC).
MYSIA, Lampsakos. Artabazos. Satrap of Daskylion, circa 356 BC. AV Stater (16mm, 8.44 g, 4h). Head left, wearing a Persian tiara tied with a diadem / Forepart of Pegasos right within shallow incuse square. Baldwin, Lampsakos 21 (unlisted dies); Troxell, Orontes, pp. 35-37 and pl. 4, B; SNG France 1159–60; SNG von Aulock 7395 = Kraay & Hirmer 735; Boston MFA 1593; Gulbenkian 689; Jameson 1443a; Traité pl. CLXXII, 7 = Hunterian p. 271, 2. Good VF. Very rare. Ex Numismatica Genevensis SA V (2 December 2008), lot 109.Traditionally, these staters have been assigned to the satrap Orontes. Although Orontes did control portions of Mysia, he was in fact subordinate to his kinsman Artabazos who was the true satrap of the entire region of Daskylion, which encompassed Lampsakos at the time this coin was struck. When both Orontes and Artabazos rebelled against the Persian king Artaxerxes III in 357 BC, Artabazos secured Lampsakos through the agency of the hired Athenian mercenary, Chares. When Chares accomplished his mission, Artabazos richly rewarded him in coin, the likely occasion for striking this issue.
TROAS, Assos. Circa 188-160 BC. AR Tetradrachm (34mm, 16.76 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / A?E?AN?POY, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, monogram above griffin seated left on base. Unpublished. EF, toned. Extremely rare. Ex Ponterio 157 (7 January 2011), lot 2040.Although this coin is unpublished, the obverse die was likely engraved by the same hand as Tell Kochek 2 (Price 1602).
AEOLIS, Kyme. Circa 155-143 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.70 g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Seuthes, magistrate. Head of the Amazon Kyme right, wearing taenia / Horse prancing right; one-handled cup below raised foreleg; KYMAION to right, SEYTHS below; all within laurel wreath. Cf. Oakley obv. die 62; SNG von Aulock 1640; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 79. EF, toned, a little die wear. Fine style. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 70 (21 September 2005), lot 212.Although the dies of this coin are not recorded by Oakley, they are very similar to Oakley`s dies 62/a.
AEOLIS, Temnos. Circa 188-170 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33.5mm, 16.62 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Echenikos and Geitas, magistrates. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / A?E?AN?POY, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, EXENI/KOS in two lines above oinochoe within vine tendril; GEI/TAS in two lines below throne. Price 1690; SNG Saroglos 431; Gaziantep 1058 (this coin). Choice EF, toned. Rare. Ex Tuck Pittman Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 84, 5 May 2010), lot 246; Collection C.P.A (Classical Numismatic Group 78, 14 May 2008), lot 377; Leu 83 (6 May 2002), lot 196; Classical Numismatic Group XXXI (9 September 1994), lot 127; 1994 Gaziantep Hoard (CH IX, 527 and CH X, 308).
KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.07 g, 3h). Babylon mint. Struck under Stamenes or Archon, circa 324/3 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / A?E?AN?POY, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, hoe right above M, monogram below throne. Price 3666; Sunrise 155 (this coin). Superb EF, toned. Well centered and struck from fresh amd artistic dies. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Goldberg 59 (1 June 2010), lot 2076; Gorny & Mosch 155 (5 March 2007), lot 75.
CILICIA, Tarsos. Circa 389-375 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.66 g, 6h). Female head facing slightly left, wearing single-pendant earrings / Head of Aphrodite left, wearing ornate stephanos, single-pendant earring, and necklace. Casabonne Type J2; Göktürk –; SNG France 236; SNG Levante –; Sunrise 90 (this coin). EF, slight roughness, some light cleaning marks on reverse. From the Sunrise Collection.
IONIA, Achaemenid Period. Tiribazos. Satrap of Lydia, 388-380 BC. Æ (11.5mm, 1.73 g, 12h). Klazomenai mint. Head right, wearing kyrbasia / Tripod; K?A to right. Unpublished. VF, dark brown patina. Apparently unique. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 278 (25 April 2012), lot 102.While the satrapal portrait on this coin cannot be identified as an exact representation of Tiribazos, the extreme stylistic similarity between satrapal issues of Cilicia struck during the time of Tiribazos’ rule there (cf. Casabonne pl. 4, 4–6), a contemporary bronze issue from Sardis (cf. Klein 254), and the portrait here suggests that this coin was an issue struck under Tiribazos.Initially the satrap of Western Armenia, which was one of the main Persian satrapies, the Persian general, Tiribazos, was a highly regarded ally of Artaxerxes II, who granted him a number of additional satrapies during the course of his career. During the civil war with Cyrus the Younger, as related in The Anabasis of Xenophon, Tiribazos sided with Artaxerxes II, a move for which he was richly rewarded. When the vassal-king of Cilicia sided with Cyrus the Younger and was thereby dethroned because of it, the territory became an ordinary satrapy under the sphere of influence of the satrap of Western Armenia. Shortly thereafter, Tiribazos was appointed satrap of Western Asia (with its capital at Sardis), which was another of the main satrapies of the Persian Empire. It too counted a number of smaller regional districts under its sphere of influence. Among these smaller districts were the cities of Ionia, including Klazomenai. The influence of this satrapy and of Tiribazos in particular was such that he personally brokered negotiations between the the belligerent Greek states during the Corinthian War (395-387 BC). Although Tiribazos was briefly replaced by the satrap Struthas in punishment for his actions, Artaxerxes soon returned the ex-satrap to his post in 387/6 BC. This time, he was granted command of the Persian fleet against Evagoras of Salamis. Again, Tiribazos was punished for his actions, and again restored to favor. The subsequent reneging by Artaxerxes of favors on Tiribazos turned the satrap against his king. In the end, Artaxerxes caught wind of a plot by Tirbazos and had his once-esteemed courtier slain.
IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 390-325 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23.5mm, 15.24 g, 12h). Eoelthon, magistrate. Bee with straight wings; E-F flanking head / Forepart of stag right, head left; palm tree to left, EOE?TO[N] to right. Pixodarus obv. die 90; SNG von Aulock 1829; SNG Copenhagen 233 var. (magistrate; same obv. die); Elsen FPL 75, no. 21 = Elsen FPL 69, no. 17 (same dies); McClean 8071. Near EF, attractive cabinet tone. From the collection of a Southern Pathologist, purchased from Superior Stamp & Coin, 28 December 1989.
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