Boeotarch’s Collection

boeotia federal

THESSALY. Meliboeia. Circa 350-300 BC. Chalkous (Bronze, 13 mm, 2.06 g, 3 h). Head of the nymph Meliboia to right, wearing single pendant earring, her hair drawn up around and above her head and tied in a bun. Rev. ME-ΛI Grape bunch and two leaves on vine. BCD Thessaly II 456.3. HGC 4, 98. Rogers 392. Slightly rough*, otherwise,* very fine.

THESSALY. Krannon. Circa 400-350 BC. Chalkous (Bronze, 14 mm, 2.11 g, 8 h). Head of the hero Thessalos to right, wearing petasos, and head of horse to right. Rev. KPAN Bull butting right; above, trident left; below, flower. BCD Thessaly II 115.3. HGC 4, 388. Rogers -. Somewhat smoothed and with minor traces of cleaning*, otherwise,* very fine.

CILICIA. Tarsos. Tiribazos, satrap of Lydia, 388-380 BC. Obol (Silver, 9 mm, 0.77 g, 11 h). Baal seated right, holding scepter (?) in his right hand and eagle (?) in his left. Rev. 𐡕𐡓𐡆 ('trz' in Aramaic) Baal (?) standing right, nude but for chlamys, holding scepter in his right hand and eagle in his left. Göktürk 20. SNG Levante 67 var. (monogram on obverse). Traité II 1384 and pl. CXXXVII, 11. Very rare. Slightly granular and with minor marks*, otherwise,* very fine.
Ex Astarte XXIII, 28 October 2024, 40.

SELEUKID KINGS. Antiochos III ‘the Great’, 223-187 BC. Drachm (Silver, 20 mm, 4.24 g, 12 h), Antiochia on the Orontes, circa 204-197. Diademed head of Antiochos III to right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow in his right hand and resting his left on grounded bow; to outer left, monogram. HGC 9, 452d. SC 1047.2a. Nearly extremely fine.

Coin

Tanagra AR Obol
BMC44 p52

Mysia, Parion(?). AR Hemiobol, 0.30 g. - 5.65 mm. 5th century BC.

Obv.: Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue.
Rev.: Stellate pattern within incuse square.
Ref.: Apparently unpublished in the standard references; Cf. Nomos, Obolos Web Auction 22 (2022), lot 287, (450 CHF); Numismatik Naumann, Auction 127 (2023), lot 274, (350€).
Among the finest of a very few known examples.
Extremely Rare!
Fine / VF.

BÖOTIEN. THEBEN. Trihemiobol ø 11mm (0.70g). 425 - 400 v. Chr. Vs.: Böotischer Schild. Rs.: Amphora, r. im Feld Efeublatt, alles im leicht vertieften Feld. BMC - ; BCD Boeotia - (vgl. Stater 391); HGC 4, - . Unpubliziert? Prägeschwach, ss. Provenienz: E

KINGDOM OF PAIONIA. Audoleon, 315–286 BC. Tetrobol ø 13mm (1.84g). Mint: Astibus or Damastion. Obv.: Head of Athena with Attic helmet, slightly turned right. Rev.: ΑΥΔΩΛΕ-ΝΤΟΣ, horse protome right, monogram below. AMNG III/2, 205; SNG ANS 1061; Traité 1276; HGC 3,1, 155. Tint, very fine.

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SICILY, Messana (as Zankle). Circa 500-493 BC. AR Drachm (21mm, 5.19 g). Dolphin left within sickle-shaped harbor / Nine-part incuse square with scallop shell in center. Gielow Group 4, 62 (same obv. die); HGC 2, 766. Iridescent tone, traces of find patina, edge split, granular surfaces. VF.

From the JTB Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 297B (10 October 2023), lot 1213.

The colony of Zankle was founded by Cumaean and Euboean settlers in the eighth century BC on the straits of Messina. Its name, meaning "sickle", was taken from its important sickle-shaped harbor. The colony prospered and even founded its own colonies at Mylae and Himera. Zankle was soon overshadowed by Rhegion, though, whose tyrant, Anaxilas, seized the colony around 488 BC and renamed the city Messana, after Peloponnesian Messenia, whose colonists he settled in Zankle.

Boeotia Koroneia? Fourth Century BC?

AE hemichalkon (9mm 0.70g)
Obv: Boeotian Shield
Rev: Greave, K - O | Branch - P

Extremely rare, one of three known examples, NN auction 62 lot 8 for other example.

This unpublished type, once thought to be a silver obol, has been confirmed via XRF to be a bronze piece, making it the second known bronze type from this scarce mint. Dating of this piece is problematic, and for now the smallest window that can be accurately given is the fourth century BC. This issue is extremely interesting, showing a diagonal legend for a mint that did not use this legend style outside the type. The greave is uncertain in meaning, but likely referring to the military activities of the city. It could have been minted in relation to the third sacred war, in which the city was actively involved in. Another issue from the neighboring region of lorkis is also known with a greave; however, this is a silver denomination, not a bronze one. This example is struck from a middle stage die, signifying that it is part of a larger issue. Whatever the true nature of this denomination is, its currently the smallest known boeotian bronze, and a curious specimen.

GREEK COINS - IONIA
Magnesia ad Maeandrum
(D) Tetartemorion (0.21g), under Archepolis, son of Themistocles, minted shortly after 459 BC. Obv.: Male head with Tainia to the right. Rev.: Eagle in flight to the right, monogram AP below, all within a line square. Wenninger/Nollé - (cf. A2a, Trihemiobol). See CNG 99 (2015), 216. Surfaces slightly rough. A fine example of this very rare and historically significant issue.
RR very fine-very fine/very fine

idk what happend to the coin, but it looks a bit different in its recent sale

KINGS OF THRACE. Rhoemetalkes I, circa 11 BC-AD 12. (Bronze, 23 mm, 8.61 g, 7 h). ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΡΟΙΜΗΤΑΛΚΟΥ Jugate heads of Rhoemetalkes and his queen Pythodoris to right. Rev. ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ Head of Augustus to right; before, long-necked vase. RPC I, 1712. Youroukova 177-181. Green patina. very fine.
From an American Collection.

THESSALY. Magnetes. Mid 2nd-mid 1st centuries BC. Trichalkon (Bronze, 19 mm, 7.34 g, 11 h). Laureate and bearded head of Zeus to right. Rev. ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ The centaur Chiron advancing to right, holding branch over his left shoulder, and with his right arm raised, thunderbolt between his forelegs. BCD Thessaly II 419.7. HGC 4, 64. Some roughness*, otherwise,* nearly very fine.
From the collection of John Aiello and that of BCD, acquired in January 1993.

THESSALY. Perrhaiboi. late 4th-early 3rd centuy BC. Trichalkon (Bronze, 20.5 mm, 6.98 g, 1 h). Veiled head of Hera facing slightly to left. Rev. ΠΕΡΡΑΙ-ΒΩ-Ν Zeus, naked, standing facing, head turned to left, holding scepter in left hand and a thunderbolt in his right hand. BCD Thessaly II 557. HGC 4, 156. Nearly very fine.
From the collection of John Aiello and that of BCD.

LOKRIS. Lokris Opuntii. Time of Augustus. (Bronze, 20 mm, 5.96 g, 12 h). Quadriga driven to right by a helmeted figure wearing long chiton. Rev. Ο-ΠΟΥΝ-ΤΙΩΝ Athena standing to right with spear and shield. BCD Lokris 151.4 (this coin). Corpus group 35, 2c. Extremely rare. Poppy countermark on the reverse*, otherwise,* fine.
From the collection of John Aiello and that of BCD, Numismatica Ars Classica 55, 8 October 2010, 151, acquired from Colosseum Coin Exchange 92, 21 November 1996, 244.

BOEOTIA, Federal Coinage. 338-Circa 300 BC. (Bronze, 14 mm, 1.85 g, 5 h), Haliartos (?). Boiotian shield. Rev. ΒΟΙΩΤΩΝ Ornamented trident upward, with curved crossbar; in the filed to right, dolphin swimming upwards; on the lower right, acorn (?). BCD Boiotia 57. HGC 4, 1183. Dark patina. Microscopic spot of bronze disease on the reverse at 7 o'clock*, otherwise,* about very fine.
From the collection of John Aiello and that of BCD, acquired in 1998.

BOEOTIA, Federal Coinage. Circa 287-244 BC. (Bronze, 19 mm, 7.10 g, 12 h). Head of young Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. ΒΟΙΩΤΩΝ Nike standing to right, wielding thunderbolt and aegis, monogram to lower left and a Boiotian shield to the outer right field. BCD Boiotia 83. HGC 4, 1179. SNG Copenhagen 377. Some roughness*, otherwise,* good fine.
From the collection of John Aiello and that of BCD, acquired in February 1991.

BOEOTIA. Orchomenos. Circa 370-364 BC. (Bronze, 13 mm, 3.3 g, 3 h). Boiotian shield. Rev. E-P-X-O Eight-rayed star. BCD Boiotia 225. HGC 4, 1260. SNG Copenhagen 206-207. Rare. Some roughness*, otherwise,* fine.
From the collection of John Aiello and that of BCD.

BOEOTIA. Thebes. 379-368 BC. (Bronze, 14 mm, 1.93 g, 5 h), Onas- magistrate. Head of young Herakles to right, wearing lionskin headdress. Rev. ΟΝΑ-Σ-Ι Club to right, grape bunch below. BCD Boiotia 521a. HGC 4, 1385. SNG Copenhagen 371. Dark-brown patina. Reverse weakly struck; slight die shift*, otherwise,* nearly extremely fine.
From the collection of John Aiello and that of BCD, ex Berk 62, 13 June 1990, 566.