Boeotarch’s Collection

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos). 121/0-97/6 BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 1.01 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck 112-111/0 BC. Diademed head right / Grain ear; [control marks to outer left]. Cf. SC 2306; HGC 9, 1211. Rough find patina. Near VF. Very rare.

LESBOS, Methymna. Circa 500/480-460 BC. AR Hemiobol (6.5mm, 0.30 g, 12h). Head of female right, wearing sakkos / Cock standing right in dotted square within incuse square. Franke, Münzprägung –; HGC 6, 893. Lightly toned, porous. VF. Very rare.

CARIA, Bargylia. 2nd-1st centuries BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.82 g, 12h). Cult statue of Artemis Kindyas facing; tree to left / Forepart of stag right. HN Online 60; SNG Kayhan 750–1. Lightly toned. VF. Rare.

CILICIA, Kelenderis. Circa 430-420 BC. AR Third Stater (16mm, 3.44 g, 8h). Nude youth, holding whip, dismounting from horse rearing left / Goat kneeling left, head right; ivy branch above; all within incuse circle. Casabonne Type 2; SNG BN 61. Toned, minor marks on obverse, a little off center. Good VF. Rare denomination.

From the collection of Major Anthony F. Milavic, USMC (Ret.). Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 46 (30 October 1989), lot 443.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. BI Tetradrachm (23mm, 12.73 g, 12h). Dated RY 8 (AD 144/5). Laureate head right / Draped bust of Serapis right, wearing ornate kalathos; L H (date) across field. Köln 1459-60; Dattari (Savio) 2344; K&G 35.232; RPC IV.4 731; Emmett 1426.8. Brown patina with traces of green, reverse a bit off center. VF.

Ex Stein A. Evensen Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 484, 27 January 2021), lot 586, purchased from Wayne G. Sayles. Reportedly ex Col. James W. Curtis Collection, acquired from Fred Knobloch in 1964.

CARTHAGE, Libyan Revolt. Circa 241-238 BC. Æ Shekel (24.5mm, 7.12 g, 10h). Mint on Sardinia. Wreathed head of Tanit left / Three grain ears; inverted crescent and pellet above, traces of Punic letters flanking central ear. Cf. CNP 693; cf. MAA 70; cf. SNG Copenhagen 247–8. Rough dark brown surfaces. VF.

CILICIA, Soloi. Circa 440-410 BC. AR Third Stater (13mm, 3.21 g, 6h). Amazon kneeling left, quiver and bowcase at her side, holding bow; to right, facing head of satyr / Grape bunch on vine; fly to lower right; all in dotted square within incuse square. Casabonne Type 2; SNG BN 129; SNG Levante 41 = SNG von Aulock 5860. Toned, rough surfaces. VF.

CYPRUS, Paphos. Uncertain king. Second half 5th century BC. AR Sixth Stater (13mm, 1.63 g, 2h). Bull standing left; [winged solar disk above] / Eagle, with closed wings, standing left; olive spray to lower left; all within incuse square. Destrooper-Georgiades –; cf. Zapiti & Michaelidou 10 and 12; cf. Tziambazis 72 and 77. Faintly toned, granular surfaces, weakly struck. VF.

SIKYONIA, Sikyon. Circa 370-360/40 BC. AR Stater (21.5mm, 12.05 g, 2h). Chimaera advancing left, forepaw raised; below, laureate head of Apollo left / Dove flying left; A above tail, Γ below; all within wreath. BCD Peloponnesos 214 (same obv. die); HGC 5, 194. Lightly toned, with some iridescence, test cut on obverse, small flan flaw on reverse. VF.

From the Kalevala Collection. Ex Lloyd Taylor Collection; Berk BBS 186 (21 August 2013), lot 117.

CILICIA, Mallos. Circa 440-390 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 10.10 g, 3h). Winged male figure advancing right, holding solar disk in both hands / Swan standing left; fish to left, ankh to right. Casabonne Type 4; SNG BN 378 = de Luynes 2777. Toned, porous, test cut and marks on reverse. Near VF.

CILICIA, Mallos. Tiribazos. Satrap of Lydia, 388-380 BC. AR Stater (20.5mm, 10.54 g, 9h). Struck circa 387/6-381 BC. Baal standing half-left, holding eagle and lotus-tipped scepter / Ahura-Mazda facing, head right, body terminating in solar disk with wings and tail feathers, holding up wreath and lotus blossom; traces of AMI to left (erased in die). Shannahan 17 (O1/R3); Casabonne Series 1; SNG BN 390; SNG von Aulock 5713 (same dies). Lightly toned, minor roughness, struck with worn obverse die. VF.

CILICIA, Mallos. Circa 385-375 BC. AR Stater (21.5mm, 10.42 g, 5h). Bearded head of Kronos right, wearing taenia decorated with lotus flowers; [fish to left] / Demeter walking right, holding [flaming torch] and grain ears. Casabonne Type 9; SNG BN 387–8. Lightly toned, light roughness and porosity, double struck on reverse. Near EF.

CILICIA, Tarsos. Circa 410-385 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 10.75 g, 11h). Male figure, wearing satrapal dress, holding rein, on horse galloping right / Hoplite kneeling left, holding spear and round shield decorated with gorgoneion. Casabonne Type F10; Müseler, Tarsos, Group 5l; SNG BN 226. Lightly toned, underlying luster, weakly struck in center, off center on obverse. VF.

BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Eukratides I Megas. Circa 170-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (34mm, 16.86 g, 12h). Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / The Dioskouroi on horses rearing right, holding palms and spears; monogram to lower right. Bopearachchi 1D; SNG ANS 432; HGC 12, 130. Toned, porosity, obverse delamination. Good VF. Struck on a broad flan.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 489 (7 April 2021), lot 256.

KINGS of THRACE. Rhoemetalces I, with Pythodoris, Augustus, and Livia. Circa 11 BC-AD 12. Æ (27mm, 12.60 g, 6h). Diademed head of Rhoemetalces I and draped bust of Pythodoris, conjoined right / Heads of Augustus, laureate, and Livia, conjoined right; to right, capricorn right, holding globe. Yurukova 182-4, 186; RPC I 1708. Yellow-brown surfaces, minor scuffs and porosity, edge marks. VF.

Ex Waddell 1 (9 December 1982), lot 45.

MACEDON, Roman Republican period. Aesillas. Quaestor, circa 95-70 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.23 g, 12h). Uncertain mint. Head of the deified Alexander the Great right; Θ to left / Money chest, club, and chair; all within wreath. Bauslaugh Group VI, obv. die 42A; HGC 3, 1110. Toned with iridescence and luster. Near EF.

From the Kalevala Collection. Ex Künker 333 (16 March 2020), lot 746.

Q. Titius. 90 BC. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.91 g, 9h). Rome mint. Wreathed head of young Bacchus (or Liber) right / Pegasus springing right on tablet inscribed Q•TITI. Crawford 341/2; Sydenham 692; Titia 2; RBW 1275. Light cabinet toning with some iridescence, faint collector’s inventory number 970 on upper reverse. VF.

From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan.

The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey. 37/6 BC. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 3.72 g, 7h). Uncertain Sicilian mint. Bare head of Pompey the Great right; capis to left, lituus to right / Neptune standing left, holding apluster and resting foot on prow between the Catanaean brothers Anapias and Amphinomus running in opposite directions, bearing their parents on their shoulders. Crawford 511/3a; CRI 334; Sydenham 1344; RSC 17 (Pompey the Great); RBW 1785. Deep old cabinet toning with iridescence, collector’s inventory number 846a in red on obverse. Near VF.

From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan.

John III Ducas (Vatatzes). Emperor of Nicaea, 1222-1254. BI Trachy (25mm, 1.23 g, 6h). Magnesia mint. Facing bust of Christ Emmanuel / Facing figures of John, wearing crown and loros, resting hand on chest, and the Theotokos, holding large retrograde B between them; star above. DOC –; LBC 274; SB –. Dark green-brown patina, a couple flan cracks, tiny pinhole. Good VF. Extremely rare. One of three presently known.

From the Iconodule Collection. Ex Numismatik Naumann 129 (4 June 2023), lot 746.

AXUM. Ouazebas. Later 4th century. CU Lepton-Multiplum (16mm, 1.28 g, 12h). Draped bust right, wearing headcloth, flanked by two grain ears / Draped bust right, wearing headcloth within annulet. H&K 37; Hahn, Aksumite 26; Munro-Hay type 54-58; cf. BMC Axum 259; SACAM 210. Green patina, rough, area of gilding on reverse. Fine.

PONTOS, Amisos. Circa 90-85 BC. Æ (25mm, 15.39 g, 12h). Time of Mithradates VI Eupator. Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet / Perseus standing facing, holding harpa and Medusa’s head; Medusa’s body at his feet, monogram to left. Malloy 16p; HGC 7, 238. Dark green patina, light earthen dusting, flan preparation marks, slight die shift on reverse. VF.

CILICIA, Nagidos. Circa 400-385/4 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 10.73 g, 4h). Aphrodite seated left, holding phiale; to left, small Eros flying right, crowning her; monogram to right / Dionysos standing left, holding grape bunches and thyrsos. Casabonne Type 1; Lederer Group I1, 12 (same dies); SNG BN 4 (same dies). Slightly irregular flan, struck with somewhat worn dies, a little off center. VF.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 16.99 g, 9h). Susa mint. Struck circa 300-295 BC. Head of hero (Alexander or Seleukos?) right, wearing helmet covered with panther skin and adorned with the ear and horns of a bull / Nike standing right, placing wreath on trophy; M to lower left, AX in lower middle field. SC 173.14; ESMS Tr.101 (A59/P9); HGC 9, 20. Slight die shift, struck with worn obverse die. VF.

INDO-SKYTHIANS. Maues. Circa 125-85 BC. CU (28mm, 10.76 g, 12h). Elephant's head right, wearing bell around neck / Kerykeion (caduceus); monogram to left. Senior 5.1; HGC 12, 531. Earthen green patina, roughness. VF.