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Click here to subscribeSicily, Syracuse Æ Hemilitron. Time of Agathokles, circa 310-309 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet; ???A?????? around / Cavalryman charging to right on horseback, holding couched lance, monogram below. BAR Issue 15; CNS 116; HGC 2, 1460. 7.63g, 18mm, 12h. Extremely Fine. Rare, and in exceptional condition for the issue. From the Eckenheimer collection.
Thessaly, Pharsalos Æ21. Circa 424-405/404 BC. Three-quarter facing head of Athena turned slightly to left, wearing triple crested helmet / Warrior on horseback right, wearing petasos, holding mace overhead; behind walks a foot soldier holding a mace over shoulder; ?AP? around. Lavva 291-302; SNG Copenhagen 231. 9.03g, 21mm, 6h. Very Fine. Very Rare.
Thessaly, Koinon of Thessaly Æ Assarion. Time of Hadrian, circa AD 117-138. Head of Achilles right, wearing crested Attic helmet; AXI???YC around / Horse trotting right, ??CCA?WN around. Burrer Em. 1, Series 2, Grp. 1, 141 corr. (A35/R116; ? not E); Moustaka pl. 12, 153b; BCD Thessaly II 956.1. 3.24g, 15mm, 5h. Very Fine. Pleasing portrait of Achilles.
Lokris, Lokris Opuntii AR Stater. Circa 369-338 BC. Head of Demeter left, wearing triple pendant earring and necklace / Ajax the Lesser advancing right, nude but for helmet, holding sword and shield, Boeotian helmet below; O?ONTI?N around. BCD Lokris 12; BMC Locris 20. 11.93g, 24mm, 1h. Very Fine.
Lucania, Herakleia AR Stater. Time of Pyrrhos of Epeiros, circa 281-278 BC. Leon-, magistrate. Head of Athena facing slightly right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla throwing a stone; AP to left / |-HPAK?EI?N, Herakles standing facing, holding club in right hand and bow in left, lion skin draped over left arm; ?E?N to right. SNG ANS -; HN Italy 1389; Van Keuren 91. 7.78g, 22mm, 5h. About Good Very Fine. Very Rare.
Lucania, Herakleia AR Stater. Time of Pyrrhos of Epeiros, circa 281-278 BC. Filo-, magistrate. Head of Athena facing slightly right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla throwing a stone; monogram to left / |-HPAK?EI?N, Herakles standing facing, holding club in right hand and bow and arrow in left, lion skin draped over left arm; to left, Nike flying right, crowning him with wreath; HA to lower left, ?I?? to outer right. Van Keuren 92; HN Italy 1390. 7.74g, 23mm, 6h. Near Extremely Fine; some smoothing on obv. fields.
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 490-482 BC. Archaic head of Athena right wearing crested helmet decorated with chevron and dot pattern / Owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig behind, ??? before. Cf. Svoronos Pl. 4, 26. 17.44g, 23mm, 6h. Near Extremely Fine. In unusually good condition for the issue, with a full crest; struck and preserved on sound, lustrous metal. Very Rare. Athens was one of the few Greek cities with significant silver deposits in their immediate territory, a remarkable stroke of fortune upon which Xenophon reflected: 'The Divine Bounty has bestowed upon us inexhaustible mines of silver, and advantages which we enjoy above all our neighbouring cities, who never yet could discover one vein of silver ore in all their dominions.' The mines at Laurion had been worked since the bronze age, but it would be only later in 483 that a massive new vein of ore would be discovered that enabled Athens to finance grand new schemes such as the construction of a fleet of 200 triremes, a fleet that would later prove decisive in defending Greece at the Battle of Salamis. This coin was produced in the period before the discovery of the new deposits at Laurion, around the time of the Ionian Revolt and the subsequent first Persian invasion of Greece. Athens aided the Ionian Greeks in their rebellion against Persian tyranny with both coin and soldiers, participating in the 498 BC march on Sardes which resulted in the capture and sack of that city – the only significant offensive action taken by the Ionians, who were pushed back onto the defensive and eventually subjugated once more. Vowing to punish Athens for their support of the doomed rebellion, the Persian king Darius launched an invasion of Greece, landing at Marathon in 490 BC. Just twenty five miles from Athens, a vastly outnumbered Athenian hoplite army inflicted a crushing defeat on the Persians, who after suffering horrendous casualties turned to their ships and fled.
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 490-482 BC. Archaic head of Athena right wearing crested helmet decorated with chevron and dot pattern / Owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig behind, ??? before. Cf. Svoronos Pl. 5; cf. Asyut pl. XVIII. 17.23g, 20mm, 5h. Extremely Fine, struck on a large flan and displaying a complete helmet crest.
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 490-482 BC. Archaic head of Athena right wearing crested helmet decorated with chevron and dot pattern / Owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig behind, ??? before. Cf. Svoronos Pl. 5; cf. Asyut pl. XVIII. 17.66g, 21mm, 1h. Extremely Fine. From the Eckenheimer collection.
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC. 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 berry in upper left field, A?E to right; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; SNG Copenhagen 31; Dewing 1591-8. 17.10g, 24mm, 4h. Extremely Fine. Struck on a broad flan, displaying a full crest; attractively toned.
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC. 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 berry in upper left field, A?E to right; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; SNG Copenhagen 31; Dewing 1591-8. 17.12g, 24mm, 3h. Extremely Fine.
Attica, Athens AR New Style Drachm. Circa 128/7 BC. Dioge-, Posei-, and Ka-, magistrates. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / ???, Owl standing right on overturned amphora; Dionysos standing facing in left field, ? on amphora; ??-?? - ??? - ?? across, all within olive wreath. Svoronos pl. 46, 12; Thompson 419d; Hunter 105. 3.96g, 17mm, 11h. Very Fine. Very Rare.
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III ‘the Great’ AV Distater. Amphipolis, circa 325-323 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing triple crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent / Nike standing to left, holding wreath in outstretched right hand and stylis over left shoulder; thunderbolt to left, ?????????? to right. Price 163; Müller 1; for the date, see Troxell, p. 128. 17.23g, 22mm, 8h. Good Extremely Fine. Exceptionally well preserved for the issue; one of the very finest surviving distaters. Alexander’s stunning conquest of the Persian Achaemenid Empire delivered into his hands a vast wealth of proportions so incredible that it was scarcely believable. At the time of the death of Alexander’s father Philip II in 336 BC the Macedonian state was indebted to the sum of five hundred talents of silver. Yet less than five years later Alexander was the wealthiest man on the face of the earth and the Macedonian kingdom spanned some three thousand miles at its greatest length. The treasuries of Susa, Babylon and Persepolis rendered a treasure estimated at some one hundred and eighty thousand talents. A significant quanity of the captured gold was sent back to Amphipolis where a part was used for the striking of the Alexandrine distaters, the heaviest gold coins the world had yet known. Valued at forty silver drachms, this new denomination meant that Alexander’s discharged veteran soldiers could be paid out their one talent in 120 distaters. In practice, the relatively low output of gold distaters compared with the staters seems to suggest that perhaps they fulfilled a more ceremonial than practical role.
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great' AV Distater. Amphipolis, circa 336-323 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled snake / Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylus, trident in left field; A?E?AN??O? to right. Price 171; SNG Copenhagen 623. 17.23g, 22mm, 5h. Extremely Fine. A well struck and detailed example with attractive lustre.
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great' AR Tetradrachm. Amphipolis, circa 275-272/1 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left holding lotus-tipped sceptre; A??AN?POY to right, Macedonian helmet in left field, ?E monogram below throne. Price 623; Mathisen, Administrative VI.7. 17.15g, 28mm, 8h. Very Fine.
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great' AV Stater. Magnesia ad Maeandrum, circa 323-319 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet decorated with serpent / Nike standing left, wings spread, holding laurel-wreath in her right hand and stylis in her left; A?E?AN?POY to right, a filleted thyrsos to left. Price 1943; Thompson / Bellinger, Yale Classical Studies 1955, 10. 8.72g, 19mm, 12h. Extremely Fine. Rare. Wonderful style, struck in high relief and exceptionally well preserved.
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great' AV Stater. Sardes, circa 334-323 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet decorated with griffin / Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis; serpent in left field; ?????????? to right. Price 2532. 8.59g, 17mm, 11h. Good Very Fine.
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great' AV Stater. Side, circa 325-320 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent / Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis; ????????O? to right, BA?I?E?? to left, ?I ?Y under left wing. Price -, cf. 2963. 8.61g, 18mm, 12h. Extremely Fine. Lustrous.
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great' AV Stater. Arados, circa 325-323 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet / Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis; A?E?AN?POY to right, AP monogram in left field. Price 3423 (Byblos). 8.55g, 19mm, 12h. Good Very Fine. From the Mark Gibbons Collection.
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great' AV Stater. Sidon, circa 333-305 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet decorated with griffin / Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis; ????????O? to left, club under right wing. Price 3460. 8.59g, 18mm, 6h. Very Fine.
Kingdom of Macedon. Alexander III 'the Great' AV Stater. Miletos, circa 323-319 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet decorated with griffin, and necklace / Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis; ?????????? to right, monogram to left, double-headed axe below wing. Price 2114. 8.56g, 17mm, 1h. Extremely Fine.
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great' AV Stater. Babylon, circa 311-305 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet decorated with serpent, pendant earring and pearl necklace / BA?I?E?? A?E?AN?POY, Nike standing left, wings spread, holding laurel-wreath in her right hand and stylis in her left, MI in right field, monogram within wreath in left field. Price 3745. 8.55g, 18mm, 6h. Very Fine.
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great' AV Stater. Babylon, circa 311-305 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet decorated with serpent, pendant earring and pearl necklace / BA?I?E?? A?E?AN?POY, Nike standing left, wings spread, holding laurel-wreath in her right hand and stylis in her left, MI in left field, monogram within wreath in right field. Price 3748. 8.54g, 17mm, 3h. Extremely Fine.
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AV Stater. Babylon, circa 323-318/7 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet ornamented with coiled serpent / Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis, BA?I?E?? to left, ???????? to right; ?Y below left wing, M below right wing. Price P178. 8.59g, 18mm, 4h. Near Extremely Fine.
Thraco-Macedonian Tribes, Derrones AR Dodekadrachm. Circa 480-465 BC. Male driver, holding goad in right hand and reins in left, driving ox cart left; above, crested Corinthian helmet to left / Clockwise triskeles of legs; ? between legs; all within incuse square. Svoronos, Hellenisme -, cf. p. 9, 15 and pl. II, 1 (same obverse die); Traité -, cf. 1450 and pl. XLIV, 7; AMNG -, cf. p. 56, 7 and pl. XXV, 18; SNG ANS -. 38.10g, 36mm, 1h. Good Extremely Fine. From the Mark Christenson Collection; Ex Gemini VII, 9 January 2011, lot 219; Ex Helios 1, 17 April 2008, lot 62; Ex Triton VII, 12 January 2004, lot 154.
Crete, Aptera AR Stater. Signed by Pythodoros. Circa 4th century BC. ?[??A?????] around head of Artemis Aptera to right, with hair elaborately curled upwards around a stephane ornamented with palmettes; she wears an elaborate crescent and solar-disk pendant earring with three drops and a pearl necklace; to right in smaller letters the artist’s signature: ????????? / Warrior hero Apteros, called Ptolioikos, standing facing, his bearded head left, wearing crested helmet and cuirass, holding in his left hand a spear and shield decorated with a sunburst, his right is raised towards a sacred fir tree in left field; ?????????? around. Le Rider, Monnaies crétoises, p. 36, 269-70, pl. 9, 11-12; Svoronos, Crète, p. 15, pl. 1, 10 (same dies); BMC 1, pl. 2, 3 (same dies); BMFA Suppl. 108 (same dies); LIMC VII/1, p. 588, VII/2, sv. Ptolioikos 2 (same rev. die); for the engraver’s signature see L. Forrer, Notes sur les signatures de graveurs sur les monnaies grecques, Bruxelles 1906, pp. 277-284. 11.78g, 24mm, 12h. Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare. Of exceptionally fine style and quality, and among the finest of the very few known examples. From the Eckenheimer Collection. The stunningly beautiful obverse female portrait is that of Artemis Aptera (or Aptara as inscribed on the coins, a local form of the Cretan Artemis Diktynna), the patron goddess of the city. Before her image in small characters proudly appears the name of the artist Pythodoros, a master die-engraver who also worked at Polyrherion on the equally beautifully styled female head which has been defined as that of Britomartis, ‘sweet maiden’ in the Cretan dialect. Also identified as Artemis Diktynna, Britomartis in Cretan myth was caught in a fisherman’s net (diktyon) while trying to escape the advances of Poseidon, and was the subject of several Cretan coin types inspired by a statue then attributed to Daedalos, who was reputed to be the father of Cretan art (cf. Le Rider pp. 114-6, 3-6 pl. 28, 19-38; Svoronos 15-16, pl. 26, 4-5; Traité pl. 261, 25; BMC 1-2). Both images are very much influenced by the Sicilian school of die engraving as epitomised by the celebrated artists such as Kimon, Phrygillos, Eukleidas, Euainetos and Eumenes. The reverse type is of no less mythological and historic interest; the warrior in question is Apteros, called Ptolioikos, a title literally meaning ‘dweller in the city’. He is shown saluting a tree, a scene which can be interpreted as a rendering of what must surely be a now lost myth concerning the oiktistes or founder of the city. The fine remains of the ancient polis of Aptera or Aptara (IACP 947), the modern Palaiokastro, are situated near the Minoan site of Megala Chorapia on the south side of Suda Bay, the safest anchorage in Crete throughout Greek, Venetian and Ottoman times, and which is today an important NATO naval base. Eusebius informs us that the city was founded by an eponymous hero, Apteros in the year 1503 BC (Chronicon 44c). The first historical mention of Aptera dates from the 7th century BC when a contingent of archers is reported to have fought along with Spartans in the war against Messene (Pausanius, Description of Greece IV 20, 8). Various attemps in antiquity were made to explain the city’s name: notably, that it was the site of the song contest of the Muses and Sirens. In this story the latter lost their wings in a fight that ensued after their defeat (Stephen of Byzantium sv. Aptera; ‘aptera’ = ‘wingless’). The city’s name most likely derives from one of the epithets of Artemis, A????? (cf. Inscriptionis Cretae 2), similar to that of the statue in the temple of Athena Nike on the Acropolis at Athens, which later took on the name of Nike Apteros, meaning ‘wingless’ Nike. From the fourth century BC Aptera produced coins on the Aiginetan weight standard, but by later Hellenistic times it gradually declined in favour of its powerful neighbour Kydonia and was finally absorbed by Rome in 67 BC.
Lucania, Thourioi AR Stater. Circa 443-400 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with wreath / Bull standing left, ?OYPI?N above, helmet on ground line; in exergue, fish swimming to left. SNG ANS 937 (same dies); HN Italy 1767. 7.75g, 20mm, 2h. Very Fine. Ex H.D. Rauch 87, 8 December 2010, lot 62.
Lucania, Thourioi AR Stater. Circa 443-400 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with wreath / Bull standing right, ?OYPI?N above; in exergue, fish swimming to right. SNG ANS 903 (same dies); HN Italy 1775. 7.96g, 20mm, 9h. Extremely Fine. Ex Baldwins 68, 28 September 2010, lot 3371; Ex Dr E.O. and Mrs F.M. Halliwell Collection.
Lucania, Thourioi AR Distater. Circa 400-350 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right, helmet decorated with Skylla scanning and griffin on neck-guard, ? above / Bull butting right, ?OYPION above; fish to right in exergue. SNG ANS 957; Noe 39, B2 (same dies). 17.14g, 18mm, 10h. Good Extremely Fine. Lightly toned. From a North American collection; Ex Münzen und Medaillen 10, 22 March 2002, lot 147.
Lucania, Thourioi AR Stater. Circa 350-300 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right, helmet decorated with Skylla throwing stone / Bull butting right; above, Nike flying right, crowning bull, ?-I-M between legs; ?OYPI... in exergue. HN Italy 1845; SNG ANS -; cf. SNG Copenhagen 1463 (same obv. die). 7.88g, 23mm, 1h. Very Fine. Very Rare.
Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte. Circa 412-378 BC. Head of Ares right, wearing crested helmet decorated with forepart of griffin / Head of Amazon right, wearing ornate helmet, in linear border within incuse square. Bodenstedt 65; HGC 6, 991; SNG von Aulock –; Boston MFA 1711; BMC 95–7; Gulbenkian 888; Pozzi 2330. 2.54g, 11mm, 5h. Good Very Fine.
Mysia, Kyzikos EL Stater. Circa 550-500 BC. Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet; tunny fish behind / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze 63; Boston 1432. Gulbenkian II, 608. 16.14g, 19mm. Extremely Fine. Very Rare, and among the finest known of the type. Two unobtrusive control marks on obverse.
Mysia, Kyzikos EL Stater. Circa 500-450 BC. Head of Athena to left, wearing crested Attic helmet, base of crest decorated with zig-zag and pellet pattern; below, tunny fish to left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 76; Greenwell 25; SNG France –; SNG von Aulock –; Boston MFA 1446; Dewing –; Gillet 1053 = Kunstfreund 3 = Jameson 2171 = Weber 4971; Gulbenkian 609 (all from the same obv. die). 16.08g, 20mm. Extremely Fine. Very Rare.
Lucania, Thourioi AR Distater. Circa 350-300 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing helmet decorated with Skylla preparing to throw stone / Bull butting right; ??????? HPA in two lines above, two fish in exergue. Noe, Thurian N10-16/N6 (for obv./rev.); cf. HN Italy 1859/1858 (for obv./rev.). Unpublished obverse/reverse combination for distaters (see HN Italy for stater with these types); CNG 87, 18 May 2011, 177 (same dies). 15.74g, 27mm, 5h. Extremely Fine. Superbly well rendered bull; a reverse dies of excellent style. Ex Roma Numismatics II, 2 October 2011, lot 25; Privately purchased from Pars Coins, 5 January 2011.
Lucania, Velia AR Didrachm. Circa 290-275 BC. Head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with a griffin, A above, [? before]; IE on outlined tablet behind neck guard / Lion attacking stag to left. HN Italy 1317; William 575; SNG ANS 1403. 7.47g, 21mm, 12h. Good Very Fine. Beautiful tone and lustre.
Dynasts of Lycia, Artumpara AR Stater. Circa 410-400 BC. Head of Athena left, wearing plain Attic crested helmet / ARTUMI-[RA?] (in Lycian), Athena seated left, holding lance in left hand and shield with extended left hand, above which owl to left and large A; diskeles in left field. Unpublished in the standard references, for types cf. Mørkholm/Zahle, 36; Hurter, Tissaphernes-Fund, pl. 8, 1; Traité 2 pl. 99, 1 (all dynast Kherei). 8.07g, 22mm, 9h. Very Fine, weakly struck. Apparently unique and unpublished.
Dynasts of Lycia, Artumpara AR Stater. Tlos, circa 400-370 BC. TL…A..E (in Lycian), bearded head of Satrap right, wearing Persian kyrbasia / A-RRTUMP-AR (in Lycian), head of Athena right, wearing decorated Attic crested helmet. Unpublished in the standard references, but see Nomos 5, 2011, 198 (same dies) and for legend cf. BMC 111. 8.11g, 23mm, 10h. Good Very Fine, weakly struck in parts. The second recorded example, and one of only a very few coins of this dynast known. Artumpara was a late satrap or dynast of Lycia who was involved in putting down the revolt of Datames; he himself seems to have been defeated by Perikles, who at one point seems to have ruled over most of Lycia. The appearance of the satrap’s head on the obverse is quite unexpected so early - this may have been a sign of a growing independence that did not go over well with his Persian overlords.
Dynasts of Lycia, Vekhssere II and Ddimi AR Stater. Patara, circa 400-390 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing decorated Attic crested helmet / UKHSSER DDIMI PTTR-RA (in Lycian), head of Hermes right, wearing winged petasos. Müseler/Nollé VII, 1; Peus 407, 2012, 768. 8.37g, 24mm, 4h. Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare.
Lycia, uncertain dynast and mint AR Stater. Circa 400-390 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing decorated Attic crested helmet of Athenian style / Head of Athena right, wearing plain crested helmet right, diskeles behind. Unpublished in the standard references, for similar obverse and reverse types cf. Traité 396 (Xanthos, obol). 8.34g, 23mm, 12h. Very Fine. Apparently unique and unpublished.
Lycia, uncertain dynast and mint AR Stater. Circa 400-390 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing decorated Attic crested helmet / Garbled legend, Female head right, wearing ampyx and sphendone. Unpublished in the standard references, for similar reverse type cf. Traité 392-3, pl. 100, 18-19 (Xanthos). 8.24g, 19mm, 10h. Very Fine. Apparently unique and unpublished.
Lycia, uncertain dynast and mint AR Stater. Circa 400-390 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing decorated Attic crested helmet of Athenian style / Head of Hermes or Kabeiros left, wearing winged Pilos, diskeles behind. Unpublished in the standard references, for similar obverse and reverse types cf. Peus sale 407, 2012, 770 (Xanthos). 8.29g, 22mm, 4h. Good Very Fine. Apparently unique and unpublished.
Lycia, uncertain dynast and mint AR Stater. Circa 400-370 BC. Head and forepaw of roaring lion right / Head of Athena left, wearing plain Attic crested helmet, diskeles beneath. Unpublished in the standard references, for obverse and reverse types cf. Traité 501 pl. 104, 21 (Xanthos). 7.63g, 20mm, 3h. Good Very Fine. Apparently unique and unpublished.
Lycia, Patara AR Stater. Circa 400-390 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing decorated Attic crested helmet / PT-T (in Lycian), head of Hermes right, wearing winged petasos. Unpublished in the standard references, for types and legend cf. BMC 120 and Traité 417-8 pl. 101, 13-14. 8.28g, 22mm, 10h. Near Extremely Fine. Apparently unique and unpublished.
Lycia, Patara AR Stater. Circa 400-390 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing plain Attic crested helmet with raised cheek guard / PTTR-RZ-Ã (in Lycian), Head of Hermes left, wearing winged petasos, kerykeion behind. Unpublished in the standard references, for types and legend cf. BMC 120 and Traité 417-8 pl. 101, 11. 8.56g, 24mm, 10h. Near Extremely Fine. Apparently unique and unpublished.
Lycia, Tlos AR Drachm. Circa 400-390 BC. Bearded head of Satrap right, wearing Persian kyrbasia / TLAHW (in Lycian), head of Athena right, wearing plain Attic crested helmet, diskeles below. Unpublished in the standard references, for types cf. Hurter, Tissaphernes-Fund, pl. 8, 9-13 and SNG Copenhagen Suppl. 461 (Dynast ddenewele). 4.20g, 18mm, 7h. Very Fine. Apparently unique and unpublished.
Calabria, Tarentum AR Drachm. Circa 281-276 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet adorned with Skylla / Owl standing right on olive branch, head facing; TAP to right, ZOP upwards to left. Evans VI; HN III 975; Vlasto 1052. 3.20g, 17mm, 3h. Good Very Fine. Ex Hesperia (Clain, Stefanelli & Hecht) List 1, Spring 1951, lot 143.
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. Ptolemy I Soter AV Stater. In the names and types of Alexander III. Sidon, circa 316-315 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with serpent / Nike standing left, holding laurel wreath and stylis; ? to left, A?E?AN?POY to right. Price 3503; Muller 1321. 8.63g, 17mm, 12h. Good Very Fine.
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy I, as satrap, AR Tetradrachm. Alexandria, circa 309-305 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant skin headdress / Athena Alkidemos advancing right, brandishing spear and holding shield; helmet, monogram, and eagle on thunderbolt to right, A?E?AN?POY to left. Svoronos 164; SNG Lockett 3393; SNG Copenhagen -. 15.72g, 28mm, 12h. Extremely Fine. Attractively toned.
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy I Soter AR Tetradrachm. Alexandria, circa 309-305 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant skin headdress / Athena Alkidemos advancing right, brandishing spear and holding shield; helmet, monogram, and eagle on thunderbolt to right, A?E?AN?POY to left. Svoronos 168; Jenkins, Early, group a; SNG Copenhagen 19. 15.46g, 27mm, 12h. Extremely Fine. From the Mark Christenson Collection.
Seleukid Kings of Syria, Seleukos I Nikator AV Stater. Babylon, circa 311-300 BC. In the name of Alexander III. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a coiled serpent / Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis; H below left wing, monogram in wreath below right wing; BA?I?E?? to left, A?E?AN?POY to right. Price 3707. 8.54g, 18mm, 12h. Good Very Fine.
Seleukid Kings of Syria, Seleukos I Nikator AV Stater. Babylon, circa 311-300 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing single pendant earring, necklace, and triple-crested Corinthian helmet adorned with a serpent / BA?I?E?? A?E?AN?POY, Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand, cradling stylis in left arm; monogram in wreath in left field, H below left wing. SC 81.10 corr. (griffin on helmet); Price 3717 corr. (same); HGC 9, 3a; SNG Saroglos –. 8.53g, 19mm, 3h. Very Fine.
Seleukid Kings of Syria, Seleukos I Nikator AV Distater. Cappadocian, Syrian, or Mesopotamian mint after 305 BC. Attic standard. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet ornamented with serpent on bowl / Nike standing left, holding wreath in right hand and stylis in left, monogram in lower left field; ???????? to left, ?E?EYKOY to right. BMC -, cf. 4, 37; SC 195 (same dies); Kritt, The Early Seleucid Mint at Susa, p. 126, AH (same dies); Newell, The Coinage of the Eastern Seleucid Mints from Seleucus I to Antiochus III, NS 1, 1938, - cf. 417. 17.13g, 23mm, 4h. Extremely Fine, minor marks and die-shift on reverse. Of the highest rarity, apparently one of only three specimens known. It seems highly probable that the exceedingly rare distaters of Seleukos I were struck for some ceremonial or commemorative purpose rather than for circulation alongside the regular Alexandrine staters - the paucity of surviving specimens would seem to rule this out. Possible events that would have warranted the striking of such a grand type are the foundation of Seleukeia on the Tigris in 305/4, at which time Seluekos also claimed the title Basileos, or the defeat of Antigonos at the Battle of Ipsos in 301, a victory which seems to have been celebreated on the Seleukid coinage with the tetradrachms of Nike erecting a trophy of Macedonian arms. A later date also remains possible, since Alexandrine type staters continued to be struck into the 280s, and the defeat of Lysimachos at Corupedion in 281 also represents a momentous event for Seleukos’ empire. This last battle of the diadochi gave Seleukos control of nearly every part of Alexander’s former realm except for Ptolemaic Egypt. This reunification of the Macedonian empire was to be short lived however; not long after the battle, after crossing the Hellespont to take control of Lysimachos’ European territories, Seleukos was assassinated by Ptolemy Keraunos.
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