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- ΦΙ and reef fish within linear and incuse square. Coin is 8mm in diameter. Wonderful
imagery on such a small flan. Some minor porosity. Good VF.................................425
55. MACEDONIA, ALEXANDER III THE GREAT; 336-323 BC. Amphipolis, c. 325-
323 BC, Tetradrachm, 17.12g. Price-93. Obv: Head of Herakles r. wearing skin of
lion’s head with mane. Rx: BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus enthroned l. holding
eagle and scepter; in l. field, Corinthian helmet r. above ΠA monogram. VF+......650
56. MACEDONIA, ALEXANDER III THE GREAT; 336-323 BC. Macedonia
(‘Amphipolis’), c. 323-320 BC, Tetradrachm, 17.11g. Price-118. Obv: Head of
Herakles r., wearing lion-skin headdress. Rx: Zeus seated l., eagle on outstretched arm;
MT monogram in l. field. EF...................................................................................975
57. MACEDONIA, ALEXANDER III THE GREAT, 336-323 BC; “Amphipolis,”
c. 320-317 BC, Tetradrachm, 17.05g. Price-129. Obv: Head of Herakles r., wearing
lion-skin headdress. Rx: Zeus seated l., eagle on outstretched arm; apluster in l. field,
monogram under throne. Choice EF.......................................................................875
Damascus Mint
58. ALEXANDER III THE GREAT, 336-323 BC; Damascus, c. 330-320 BC,
Tetradrachm, 17.13g. Price-3208. Obv: Head of Herakles r., wearing lion-skin
headdress. Rx: Zeus seated l. ram in l. field, globules between struts, ΔA below throne.
Toned EF.................................................................................................................1600
59. MACEDONIA, ALEXANDER III THE GREAT; Dated 307/6 BC, Ake,
Tetradrachm, 17.03g. Price-3299. Obv: Head of Herakles r. wearing skin of lion’s head
with mane. Rx: [A]ΛEΞANΔ[POY] Zeus seated l. holding eagle and scepter, aplustre
in l. field, Π and pellet under throne. VF.................................................................800
60. MACEDONIA, ALEXANDER III THE GREAT, 336-323 BC; Byblos, c. 330-
320 BC, Tetradrachm, 17.03g. Price-3426. Obv: Head of young Herakles r. wearing
lionskin. Rx: Zeus seated l. holding eagle and scepter, monogram in l. field. aEF.575
61. MACEDONIA, ALEXANDER III THE GREAT; 336-323 BC. Babylon, c. 311-
305 BC, Tetradrachm, 17.02g. Price-3751. Obv: Head of Hercules wearing lion-skin
headdress, Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated holding eagle on outstreched
arm; in l. field, MI; under throne MP in wreath. aEF..............................................775
Memphis Mint
62. MACEDONIA,ALEXANDER III THEGREAT, 336-323 BC; Memphis, c. 332-323
BC, Tetradrachm, 17.22g. Price-3971c (same obverse die). Obv: Head of Alexander r.
in the guise of Herakles wearing lion-skin headdress. Rx: AΛEΞANΔPOY Zeus seated
l. holding eagle and scepter, rose symbol in l. field and ΔΙ - O under and behind throne.
Small contact mark in obverse field, otherwise normal exquisite style which is typical
of this mint but makes these coins highly desirable. Head of Zeus on reverse softly
struck. NGC Graded (not slabbed): AU*, Strike:5 / 5, Surface:5. Choice Toned EF.....
................................................................................................................................6850
63. MACEDONIA, ALEXANDER III; 336-323 BC, Lampsacus, 323-317 BC, Drachm,
4.18g. Price-1429. Obv: Head of Alexander as Heracles r. in lionskin headdress. Rx:
[Α]ΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus enthroned l. holding eagle and scepter; mouse in l. field,
monogram under throne. EF....................................................................................500
64. MACEDONIA, ALEXANDER III THE GREAT; Drachm, 4.22g. Unpublished.
Obv: Bust of Alexander r. in the guise of Herakles. Rev: Zeus seated l. on throne,
holding eagle and scepter; torch under throne. aEF / VF+......................................300
65. MACEDONIAN KINGDOM, ALEXANDER III THE GREAT; Myrina, c. 215-
190 BC, Tetradrachm, 17.03g. Price-1657. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lion-
skin headdress. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus enthroned left holding eagle and scepter; in
left field, monogram above amphora. Ex Gemini XII, 11 January 2015, lot 66. Zeus’s
left foot a bit flat. VF.................................................................................................700
66. MACEDONIA, ALEXANDER III THE GREAT; 336-323 BC. Magnesia ad
Maeandrum, c. 282-225 BC, Tetradrachm, 17.08g. Price-2004. Obv: Head of Herakles
r. wearing skin of lion’s head with mane. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus enthroned
l. holding eagle and scepter; in l. field, MP monogram above horse prancing r.; in
exergue, Maeander pattern. From the same obverse die as the BM specimen, Price pl.
LX, 2004. Bold VF..................................................................................................500
67. MACEDONIA, ALEXANDER III THE GREAT; 336-323 BC. Chios, c. 270-
220 BC, Tetradrachm, 16.88g. Price-2336; Bauslaugh 1979, Series 12B, new obv.
die similar to his 25; cf. Boehringer, Mittelhellenistische Münzserien, pl. 25.1
(Berlin, same rev. die). Obv: Head of Herakles r. wearing lion-skin headdress. Rx:
ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus enthroned l. holding eagle and scepter; in l. field, sphinx seated
l. and monogram within circle; beneath throne, A. VF...........................................400
68. MACEDONIA, ALEXANDER III THE GREAT; 336-323 BC. Mylasa(?), c. 300-
280 BC, Tetradrachm, 16.80g. Price-2489. Obv: Head of Herakles r. wearing skin
of lion’s head with mane. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus enthroned l. holding eagle and
scepter; in l. field, monogram of M and other letters within large Ω. Choice VF...600
69. MACEDONIA, ALEXANDER III THE GREAT; 336-323 BC. Rhodes, c. 201-190
BC, Tetradrachm, 16.82g. Price-2521; Kleiner, Rhodes, Series X, obv. die T. Obv:
Head of Herakles r. wearing lion-skin headdress. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus enthroned
l. holding eagle and scepter; in l. field, name ΔAMATPIOΣ and rose; beneath throne,
PO. EF.....................................................................................................................500
70. MACEDONIA, ALEXANDER III THE GREAT; 336-323 BC. Phaselis, Year 20=c.
199/8 BC, Tetradrachm, 17.08g. Price-2862. Obv: Head of Herakles r. wearing skin
of lion’s head with mane. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus enthroned l. holding eagle and
scepter; Φ in l. field, date K (with loop at back?) under throne. Good VF.............500
71. MACEDONIA, ALEXANDER III THE GREAT; 336-323 BC. Perga, Year
23=199-198 BC, Tetradrachm, 16.80g. Price-2937. Obv: Head of Herakles r. wearing
skin of lion’s head with mane. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus enthroned l. holding eagle
and scepter; in l. field, date KΓ. From the same obverse die as a specimen in BM, Price
pl. LXXX, 2937a. EF..............................................................................................600
72. MACEDONIA, PHILIP III; 323 BC-317 BC, Babylon, c. 323-317 BC, Tetradrachm,
16.94g. Price-P181. Obv: Head of Herakles r., wearing lion skin. Rx: Zeus enthroned
l. holding eagle and scepter; M in l. field, ΛY beneath throne. VF.........................500
73. MACEDONIA, DEMETRIUS POLIORCETES; 306-283 BC, Pella, c. 290-286
BC, Tetradrachm, 17.06g. Newell-121 pl. XIII 8. Obv: Diademed head of Demetrios
r., with bull’s horn. Rx: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY Poseidon standing l., his r. foot on
rock, resting arm on his thigh and holding trident. Monograms on outer l. and r. VF /
Good Fine..................................................................................................................950
74. MACEDONIA, ANTIGONUS GONATAS; 277-239 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.99g. SNG
Athens (Saroglos)-921. Obv: Macedonian shield; in center, horned head of Pan l. with
pedum behind neck. Rx: BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ANTIΓONOY Athena Alkidemos advancing
l., brandishing thunderbolt and holding shield with facing head of Pan (rather than the
usual Medusa) at its center; to l. of Athena’s legs, crested helmet; to r., HΛ monogram.
VF..............................................................................................................................450
75. MACEDONIA, ANTIGONUS GONATAS; 277-239 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.90g.
SNG Alpha Bank-983. Obv: Macedonian shield; in center, horned head of Pan l. with
pedum behind neck. Rx: BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ANTIΓONOY Athena Alkidemos advancing
l., brandishing thunderbolt and holding shield with facing head of Pan (rather than the
usual Medusa) at its center; to l. of Athena’s legs, crested helmet; to r., letters TI. VF
..................................................................................................................................500
76. THESSALONICA, AESILLAS, QUAESTOR; c. 95-75 BC, Tetradrachm, 16.52g.
SNG Ashmolean-3303. Obv: Deified head of Alexander the Great r., with horn of
Ammon and flowing hair; Θ behind, MAKEΔONΩN below. Rx: AESILLAS / Q in
upper field, Club between money chest and quaestor’s chair, all within laurel wreath.
From Bauslaugh’s Group V, dies 29-132. Struck on a somewhat small flan, but
otherwise extremely nice. Pleasant toning. EF.........................................................800
77. DANUBIAN DISTRICT, APOLLONIA PONTICA; Later 5th-4th cent. BC,
Drachm, 3.56g. SNG BM-148, Sear-1654. Obv: Anchor upright with flukes at top;
below r. fluke, crayfish. Rx: Swastika pattern, partly incuse. Good VF..................325
78. DANUBIAN DISTRICT, APOLLONIA PONTICA; Later 5th-4th cent. BC,
Drachm, 3.74g. SNG BM-148, Sear-1654. Obv: Anchor upright with flukes at top;
below r. fluke, crayfish. Rx: Swastika pattern, partly incuse. Good VF..................325
79. DANUBIAN DISTRICT, APOLLONIA PONTICA; Later 5th-4th cent. BC,
Drachm, 3.17g. SNG BM-153, Sear-1655. Obv: Anchor upright with flukes at top;
below flukes, crayfish on l. and A on r. Rx: Facing head of Medusa with tongue
protruding and snakes as hair. EF............................................................................140
80. DANUBIAN DISTRICT, APOLLONIA PONTICA; Later 5th-4th cent. BC,
Drachm, 3.33g. SNG BM-153, Sear-1655. Obv: Anchor upright with flukes at top;
below flukes, crayfish on l. and A on r. Rx: Facing head of Medusa with tongue
protruding and snakes as hair. Unsually complete reverse. VF / EF.........................200
81. DANUBIAN DISTRICT, APOLLONIA PONTICA; Later 5th-4th cent. BC,
Drachm, 3.28g. SNG BM-153, Sear-1655. Obv: Anchor upright with flukes at top;
below flukes, crayfish on l. and A on r. Rx: Facing head of Medusa with tongue
protruding and snakes as hair. EF............................................................................200
82. DANUBIAN DISTRICT, APOLLONIA PONTICA; Later 5th-4th cent. BC,
Drachm, 3.27g. SNG BM-153, Sear-1655. Obv: Anchor upright with flukes at top;
below flukes, crayfish on l. and A on r. Rx: Facing head of Medusa with tongue
protruding and snakes as hair. Unusually nice stylized reverse. EF.........................275
83. DANUBIAN DISTRICT, APOLLONIA PONTICA; Later 5th-4th cent. BC,
Drachm, 3.34g. SNG BM-158, Sear-1655 var. Obv: Anchor upright with flukes at
top; below flukes, A on l. and crayfish on r. Rx: Facing head of Medusa with tongue
protruding and snakes as hair. Good VF.................................................................150
84. THRACE, LYSIMACHUS; 297-282 BC, Tetradrachm, 16.81g. Thompson-234.
Uncertain mint in Thrace, Obv: Head of Alexander the Great with Ammon horns r.
Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥAthena enthroned l., her l. arm resting on round shield
(with lion’s head in center), holding Nike on outstretched r. hand, Nike crowning the
king’s name. In inner r. field, monogram. See W. Fischer-Bossert, RBN 151 (2005), pl.
VIII, C2 (same obverse die). VF / Fine+.................................................................700
85. THESSALY, LARISSA ; 479/475-460 BC, Obol, 0.67g. Weber-2826, BCD-349. Obv:
Head of Larissa l., hair bound with band, double-ax blade before. Rx: Jason’s foot l.,
ΛAR[I] beneath, all in incuse square. Ex CNG E92, 5 December 2012, lot 6. Very
desirable issue. aEF / Good Fine...............................................................................875
86. THESSALY, LARISSA; c. 350-325 BC, Drachm, 6.06g. BM-63. Obv: Head of
nymph Larissa facing, turned slightly left. Rx: Horse grazing right, left foreleg raised,
mint name [Λ]ΑΡΙΣ above, ΑΙΩΝ in exergue. Ex Freeman & Sear MBS 16, 5 June
2009, lot 93. Extremely beautiful example of this very popular issue. The beauty is the
reason for its popularity. EF....................................................................................1100
87. ISLANDS OF ILLYRICUM, CORCYRA; c. 4th century BC, Triobol, 2.41g. SNG
Cop-158 var. (no P in legend). Obv: Amphora with grapes hanging from each handle.
Rx: Eight-rayed star with K - O in between rays. EF.............................................700
Special Civic Mint
88. ATTICA, ATHENS; c. 505-500/490 BC, Tetradrachm, 16.85g. Asyut-Group III, cf.
Seltman-328, pl. XV (unique in Berlin, from same rev. die P273, but slightly different
obv. die A214, apparently by the same engraver). cf. Svoronos pl. 6.7 (the same Berlin
coin). Obv: Helmeted head of Athena r. Rx: Owl standing r., head front; AΘE upwards
on l., olive sprig upwards in lower r. field. In Seltman’s Group L (Civic Mint) this is
the only die with ethnic on left and olive sprig on right, rather than vice versa as usual.
Our coin has, like the previously unique Berlin example from the same reverse die, a
die break above the owl’s head and three thin die breaks pointing upward on the right
leg of the A of the ethnic. Ex Heinz Kowalski collection, Brussels, 1970s.Seltman’s
“Civic Mint” issue, though misnamed by him and dated too late, contained some very
interesting coins, including the earliest to bear the famous Athena/owl types at Athens
in our opinion. According to Seltman, the tetradrachms of this group were “superior in
technique and style” and “the finest medallic coins ever produced in Athens”; Athena’s
features and helmet on the obverse were “carefully and effectively treated”, while the
owls on the reverse were “of special merit”, “reminiscent of the style of the vase-
painters of the period”. This class, in our view, was a trial or experimental group like
the earliest Croesus coins. The present coin in particular supports that idea, for its
reverse type, struck in extremely high relief, places the olive branch at the lower right
of the design rather than the upper left as usual, forcing the ethnic to be placed to the
left rather that the right of the owl. This variant type occurs only on this one reverse
die, otherwise known only from a coin in Berlin published by Seltman and Svoronos,
which was struck from a similar but not the same obverse die . EF.....................60000
89. ATTICA, ATHENS; c. 480 BC, Tetradrachm, 17.36g. Asyut Group VI, pl. XXXII,
K. Obv: Helmeted head of Athena r. Rx: [A]ΘE Owl standing r., head front, in upper
l. field olive sprig (off flan). Ex Frank Kovacs; ex Grantland Collection, Norflan, CA.
Beautifully centered and well struck. This is an example of what Seltman thought was
the first issue of Athens. Actually, it turned out to be an extensive issue struck to pay
for the war against the Persians. For that reason, many of the coins are struck with
extremely worn dies and miserable centering. EF..................................................7750
90. ATTIC, ATHENS; 435 BC, Tetradrachm, 17.25g. Obv: Helmeted head of Athena r.
Rx: Owl standing r., head front. Mint State..........................................................2200
91. ATTIC, ATHENS; Tetradrachm, Attic, Athens, 430 BC, 17.03g. Obv: Head of Athena
r.; three small upright olive leaves on front edge of Attic helmet; beaded necklace.
Rx: Owl standing r., head front; to l., olive twig with two leaves and crescent moon
beneath; ethnic in r. field. EF.................................................................................1800
92. ATHENS; Tetradrachm, Attica, Athens, c. 430 BC, 17.15g. Obv: Head of Athena
r.; three small upright olive leaves on front edge of Attic helmet; beaded necklace.
Rx: Owl standing r., head front; to l., olive twig with two leaves and crescent moon