Boeotarch’s Collection

KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (12.5mm, 4.69 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right; sun with multiple rays on forehead / Two incuse squares. Weidauer Group XVI, 86–7; Kurth G24–5; cf. SNG Ashmolean 749–53. Minor scuffs and marks. Near VF.

The Achaemenid Kings of Persia. Time of Xerxes II to Artaxerxes. Daric circa 420-375, BC 15 mm, 8.39 g. The Great King advancing r., holding bow and spear. Rev. Irregular incuse punch. Carradice 42. BMC 58. Dewing 2711.

Philip II, 359-336 BC. AV stater, 340/328 BC, Pella; 8.61 g. Apollo's head right with laurel wreath // Biga right, trident below. Hoover 846; Le Rider 333.

PTOLEMAIC EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphus (285/4-246 BC), with Arsinöe II, Ptolemy I, and Berenice I. AV tetradrachm (half-mnaieion) or pentekontadrachmon (50 drachm) (21mm, 13.81 gm, 12h). NGC Choice Fine 5/5 - 2/5, edge marks, marks. Alexandria, before August 272 BC. AΔEΛΦΩN, jugate busts right of Ptolemy II, diademed and draped, and Arsinöe II, diademed and veiled; Galatian shield decorated with thunderbolt behind, dotted border / ΘEΩN, jugate busts right of Ptolemy I, diademed and draped, and Berenice II, diademed and veiled; dotted border. CPE 314. Svoronos 604. A bright example of the iconic dynastic issue.

Mithridates VI Eupator 67-66 BC tetradrachm

THESSALY, Thessalian League. second half 2nd century BC. Stater (Silver, 22 mm, 6.35 g, 9 h), Metrodoros and Pis..., magistrates. ΜΗΤΡΟΔΩΡΟΥ Head of Zeus to right, wearing oak wreath. Rev. ΘEΣΣA/ΛΩN - Π-ΙΣ Athena Itonia striding right, hurling spear with her right hand and holding shield on her left arm. BCD Thessaly II 856.5. HGC 4, 208. Light marks and the obverse struck somewhat off center*, otherwise,* very fine.

Kroton Nomos alliance issue with Temesa

SICILY. Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny, 485-466 BC. Drachm (Silver, 16 mm, 4.22 g, 6 h), circa 480-470. Nude horseman riding to right. Rev. ΣYRAKOΣION Diademed head of Arethusa to right, her hair drawn up at the back and wearing pearl necklace. Boehringer 283 (O132/R194). HGC 2, 1360. SNG ANS 95. Rare. Struck from somewhat worn dies and with minor deposits and light scratches*, otherwise,* good fine.

From the collection of Judge Hans-Joachim Specht (1935-2024), started in 1963.

Thasos Stater

Lampsacus
Memnon of Rhodes, mid IV century BC. Drachm, Pseudo-Rhodian type, circa 356-354, AR 15 mm, 3.21 g. Youthful head of Helios l. on radiate solar disk. Rev. M – E Rose with buds to either side. Ashton, Memnon, pl. 4, 13-15. SNG Copenhagen 913 ('Rhodes'). SNG von Aulock 2769 ('Megiste').
Old cabinet tone and good very fine
Ex Gorny & Mosch sale 195, 2011, 256.

GREEK COINS Macedonian Empire

Demetrios Poliorcetes, 306-283 BC. Tetradrachm, undisclosed mint in Macedonia. Horned head with diadem / Poseidon with trident on rock, left Prora, right F. 4h. Newell, Demetrios 138; HGC 1014c. 16.72 g.; 29.1 mm. Very fine. Minimal mintage.

Epirus. Ambrakia. Stater. Circa 380-360 BC (Silver, 20.67 mm, 8.24 g). Pegasus flying left. Rev. APAΘΘOΣ, Helmeted head of Athena right, A on bowl; behind, Aracthos seated right on bucranium. Calciati, Pegasi 80. Ravel 126. SNG Copenhagen 12. HGC 3, 205. Attractive toning. Very Fine. Rare.

Thermai
Hemiobol, circa 500-480, AR 7 mm, 0.43 g. Forepart of winged Pegasus r. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. SNG ANS 763. SNG Copenhagen –.
Very fine
Ex CNG e-sale 254, 2011, 33.

Hadrian. Rome. AD 118. Silver Quinarius ( 14 mm, 1.34 g.). IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate bust of Hadrian to right, slight drapery on left shoulder. Rev. AVG P M TR P COS II, Victory walking right, holding wreath and palm branch. RIC II 54; RIC II-3, 147. About very fine.

IONIA. Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Tetartemorion (circa 400-350 BC).
Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right.
Rev: MAH.
Bull butting right; maeander pattern below.
SNG Kayhan 399 var. (reverse legend).
Condition: Very fine.
Weight: 0.27 g.
Diameter: 6 mm.

CILICIA. Tarsos. Stater or Shekel (circa 410-385 BC).
Obv: Warrior on horse rearing right.
Rev: Hoplite kneeling right, holding shield and spear; all within dotted linear border within incuse square.
Casabonne Group F1; SNG BN 215-6; SNG Levante -.
Condition: Very fine.
Weight: 10,21 g.
Diameter: 22 mm.

THESSALY. Lamia. Hemidrachm (circa 350-300 BC).
Obv: Head of Dionysos left, wearing ivy wreath.
Rev: ΛΑΜΙΕΩΝ.
Amphora; ivy leaf above, prochous with handle to right; all within incuse circle.
BCD Thessaly II 123; HGC 4, 120.
Condition: Very fine.
Weight: 2,48 g.
Diameter: 15 mm.

THESSALY. Larissa. Obol (circa 479-460 BC).
Obv: Head of the nymph Larissa left.
Rev: ΛARI.
Sandal of Jason left within incuse square.
BCD Thessaly II 349.2; HGC 4, 403; BMC 3.
Condition: Near very fine.
Weight: 0.69 g.
Diameter: 12 mm.

ROMAN IMPERIAL
Hadrian (117-138), AE quadrans , Rome, 121/122. Obv: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN - HADRIANVS AVG, eagle standing right, wings spread and head to left. Rev: P - M TR P COS - III, thunderbolt, below S C.
Condition : Fine
Weight : 3,35 gr
Diameter : 18,16 mm

EPEIROS. The Thesproti. Ae (circa 335-330/25 BC). Ephyra.
Obv: Head of Persephone facing slightly to right, wearing wreath of grain ears.
Rev: Three-headed Kerberos standing to right.
HGC 3.1, 194.
Extremely rare and with all three heads of Kerberos on flan.
Condition: Good fine.
Weight: 3,07 g.
Diameter: 15 mm.

MACEDON. Koinon of Macedon. Hadrian (117-138). Ae.
Obv: ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС ΚΑΙСΑΡ.
Laureate head right.
Rev: ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ.
Winged thunderbolt.
RPC III 632; SNG Copenhagen 1338.
Condition: Very fine.
Weight: 14,93 g.
Diameter: 27 mm.

Sicily, Syracuse Tetras circa 435-415, Æ 17.00 mm., 3.95 g.
Head of nymph Arethusa r.; in l. field, dolphin. Rev. Octopus; around, three pellets. SNG ANS 376. SNG Morcom 675. Calciati 1.
Brown tone and About Very fine
Privately purchased from Baldwin's.