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Ilion (AD 166-177) AE 30 - Commodus324 viewsCommodus, as Caesar, 166-177 AD. AE30 (14.37g, 12h). Bareheaded and draped bust right / IΛI–Є/ΩN, Ilus reclining right, looking toward figure of Zeus descending from heavens, holding Palladium in right hand and scepter in left; to right, cow suspended from tree, being sacrificed by a man who clutches its horn with left hand and holds a sacrificial knife in right. VF, dark green patina, slightly double struck. Remarkable mythological scene.
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(BC 340-334) Pixodaros - Trihemiobol724 viewsPixodaros, Satrap, 340-334 BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.78g). Head of Apollo facing, chlamys fastened round neck / ΠΙΞΟΔΑΡΟ between eight rays of an ornament star. aEF. Rare.
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B85 Fourrée412 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.17g, 12h, 10mm). Young male head right, wearing tainia with frontal horn / Female head right, hair in sphendone, within linear square. Good VF. Carr coll.
Fourrées of Mytilene electrum coinage are rare as it appears that the penalty of forgery was death. This is a well preserved fourrée with the plating broken in several places but the overall appearance is still that of an electrum coin. The weight, as well as the broken plating, reveal the coin to be a fourrée.
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Rhodes (BC 166-88) Drachm477 views166-88 BC. AR Drachm (1.74g, 15mm). Radiate head Helios right / Rose with stalk on either side; MAHΣ (magistrate) above; in field P-O; all within incuse square. Nice very fine.
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Alexandreia (BC 300-200) Obol314 viewsca 3rd-2nd century BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.8g). Laureate head of Apollo left / ΑΛΕ, horse grazing left. F.
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Dardanos (BC 350) AE 20616 views4th cent BC. AE20 (7.75g). Horseman galloping right, wearing petasos and chlamys / Cock standing right, facing right; in field to right, Athena Promachos with shield and spear standing right. Dark green patina, thick flan, VF/gVF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.
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Herakleia Pontika (BC 305-281) Didrachm1011 viewsca 305-281 BC. AR Didrachm (9.69g, 23mm, 1h). Head of Herakles right / Dionysos sitting on throne left, holding kantharos and thyrsos; TE monogram under throne, ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤ[ΑΝ] to right. VF/aEF.
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Myra (BC 100-0) AE 19790 views1st century BC. AE19mm (3.70g, 6h). Veiled and draped facing bust of Artemis-Eleuthera wearing single-pendant earrings, and necklace; [M]-Y flanking / Nike advancing right, holding wreath in extended right hand, cradling palm frond in left arm. VF, attractive green patina. Well centered and struck. Extremely rare. Ex Lanz 97 (5/2000), lot 329.
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Phokaia (BC 600-560) EL 1/6 Stater - B -968 viewsca 600-560 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 10mm). Head of female left with a narrow hair band, long flowing hair, and an annular earing; behind, seal swimming downwards / Irregular incuse square. EF. Carr coll.
Unknown to Bodenstedt, this is the 5th example to appear at auction. Same dies as Numismatica Ars Classica 92 part 1, 23 May 2016, Lot 216 and ‘Prospero’, The new York Sale XXVI, 4 January 2012, Lot 520. Others known are: Nomos 15, 22 October 2017, Lot 153; CNG 108, 16 May 2018, Lot 196.Dec 20, 2019
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL Hekte682 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hekte (2.69g, 10.5mm). Head of Perseus to left, wearing winged helmet with hair hanging beneath and represented by dots; behind, tunny swimming downwards / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. A rare type with about 20 known. Carr coll.
William Greenwell, in his 1887 tome entitled: The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, notes that the helmet is the helmet of Hades lent to him by the nymphs. The reference by Greenwell is to the ‘mission’ of Perseus to cut-off the head of Medusa. The next coin in the Greenwell listing notes a type where much of the detail of this slaying is depicted – see Coin ID #14069.Dec 20, 2019
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Kyzikos (BC 390-340) Drachm?554 viewsca 3rd century BC. AR Drachm(?) (5.07g, 20mm). Head of Kore Soteira left, with hair in sphendone; ΣΩTEIPA / Head of lion left; monogram to left; below, tunny left; KYZI.
The weight of this piece is significantly heavier than SNG BN 408-10, which are closer to 3.25g. Additionally, the obverse style is much closer to the following series featuring the seated Apollo reverse type. BN 419 fits the obverse style and weight, but is of the later reverse type, pointing to a possible hybrid or transitional issue. Very rare and interesting. Very fine, some porosity.Nov 29, 2019
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Kyzikos (BC 390-340) Hemidrachm327 viewsca 390-340 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.48g, 12mm). Wreathed head of Kore Soteira left, hair in sakkos / Head of lion left; tunny fish below (off flan), KYZI around. A very rare denomination, one other example is documented as having been sold at auction (CNG E177 lot 93) in 2007, and a third example in poor condition was sold on eBay in 2015.Nov 28, 2019
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) Obol376 viewsca 550-530 BC. AR Obol (0.77g, 9.5mm). Two tunny facing left, one above the other / Quadripartite incuse square. This is the SNG von Aulock plate coin (7327), however the tunnies are oriented facing right in the SNG publication. Nov 27, 2019
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Kebren (BC 480-440) Obol385 viewsca late 6th-early 5th century BC. AR Obol (0.55g, 8mm). Head of a ram to left; below, tunny left. / Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely rare, one of a very few known examples. Very fine.Nov 26, 2019
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Gargara (BC 350) AE 12473 viewsca 400-200 BC. AE12 (1.96g, 12h). Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos / Horse standing right; ΓAP above. Unpublished in the standard references. Very Fine. Extremely rare; possibly the first known example. From the inventory of a German dealer.Nov 25, 2019
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Philomelion (AD 198-217) AE 33 - Caracalla487 viewsCaracalla. 198-217 AD. AE33 (19.87g, 33mm, 6h). Hadrian magistrate. AY MAV ANTΩ NЄINOC AV, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΦIΛOMHΛ ЄΠI AΔPIANOV. Athena standing left, holding Nike and spear; shield at feet to right; serpent at feet to left. VF.Nov 25, 2019
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