Boeotarch’s Collection

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.13 g, 12h). Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antipater, circa 325-323/2 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; boukranion in left field. Price 93; Troxell, Studies, Issue E8. Underlying luster, minor flan flaws, a couple marks on reverse. Good VF. Well centered.

SIKYONIA, Sikyon. Circa 330/20-280 BC. AR Triobol – Hemidrachm (15mm, 2.86 g, 4h). Chimaera standing left, raising forepaw; ΣI below / Dove flying left; pellet above tail. BCD Peloponnesos 292; HGC 5, 213. Bright surfaces, some die wear. VF.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. April-August 49 BC. Fourrée Denarius (16.5mm, 3.31 g, 9h). Military mint traveling with Caesar. Elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent / Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis, and apex. Cf. Crawford 443/1 (all references for official issue); cf. CRI 9; cf. Sydenham 1006; cf. RSC 49; cf. RBW 1557. Toned, porosity, breaks in plating and deposits. VF.

Justinian I. 527-565. AV Tremissis (15.5mm, 1.25 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Victory advancing right, head left, holding wreath and globus cruciger; star to right; CONOB. DOC 19; MIBE 19; SB 145. Wavy flan, clipped, scratch, light hairlines. VF.

Justinian I. 527-565. AV Solidus (20.5mm, 4.39 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 4th officina. Struck 542-565. Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield / Angel standing facing, holding long staff surmounted by staurogram and globus cruciger; star to right; Δ//CONOB. DOC 9d; MIBE 7; SB 140. Lightly toned, lightly clipped, minor marks. Good VF.

KINGS of MACEDON. Demetrios I Poliorketes. 306-283 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.21 g, 9h). Pella mint. Struck circa 289-288 BC. Diademed and horned head right / Poseidon Pelagaios, nude, standing left, foot propped on rock, holding trident; monograms to outer left and right. Newell 90, unlisted obv. die; HGC 3, 1014a. Lightly toned, softly struck. Good VF.

Ex Harlan J. Berk inventory cc51369; Bob Guynn Collection.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 340-330 BC. AR Nomos (20.5mm, 7.90 g, 8h). Wreathed head of Persephone right; ΔI to left / Ear of barley with seven grains and leaf to right; ant to left of stem; to right, above leaf, cornucopia surmounted by two ears of barley, ΦI below. Johnston Class D, 4.12 (same dies); HN Italy 1577; SNG ANS 516 (same dies). Lightly toned, some doubling on obverse, areas of light roughness, small area of weak strike. EF.

From the Michael Anderson Collection, purchased from Mike Vosper, August 2015.

THESSALY, Lamia. Circa 400-350 BC. AR Hemidrachm (16mm, 2.51 g, 11h). Group 2. Wreathed head of Dionysos left / Amphora; ivy leaf above; to right, prochous with handle to right. Georgiou, Mint 8; BCD Thessaly 123; HGC 4, 120. Toned, porous, some scratches. Near VF.

From the Michael Anderson Collection.

CORINTHIA, Corinth. Circa 350/45-285 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 8.41 g, 10h). Pegasos flying left / Helmeted head of Athena left; cuirass to right, AΛ below. Ravel Period V, 1047b (same dies); Pegasi 402; BCD Corinth 120; HGC 4, 1832. Deep iridescent tone, underlying luster, a little off center on obverse. Good VF.

From the Michael Anderson Collection, purchased from Spink, 16 May 2002.

IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 180-67 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 12.40 g, 12h). Cistophoric standard. Dated CY 64 (71/0 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Bowcase with serpents; krater above, ΞΔ (date) to left, torch to right. Kleiner, Dated 62; Pinder 47; DCA2 572. Toned, scratches, struck with worn obverse die. Good VF.

From the Michael Anderson Collection.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos I Soter. 281-261 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.80 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Diademed head right / Apollo, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; monograms to outer left and outer right. SC 379.5a; HGC 9, 128g. Horn silver deposits, roughness. Good VF.

MACEDON, Akanthos. Circa 430-390 BC. AR Tetrobol (14.5mm, 2.50 g). Forepart of bull left, head right / Quadripartite incuse square with stippled quarters. AMNG III/2, 33–5 var. (symbol); HGC 3, 392. Lightly toned, trace deposits. Near EF.

From the David Welsh Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear inventory G6013 (ND).

KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Drachm (17.5mm, 4.22 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Magnesia ad Maeandrum mint. Struck circa 323-319 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; thyrsos in inner right field. Price 1946 corr. (location of thyrsos). Lightly toned. EF.

KINGS of MACEDON. Demetrios I Poliorketes. 306-283 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.41 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Salamis mint. Struck circa 306-300 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field. Cf. Newell 19 (stater with this monogram); cf. Price 3189 (same); CNG E-487, lot 112 (same rev. die). Faintly toned, some horn silver, light roughness. VF. Extremely rare, only the second known.

CYPRUS, Salamis. Nikokreon. Circa 331-310 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 17.08 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Struck circa 332/1-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; bow in left field. Zapiti & Michaelidou 5–6; Price 3139; Newell, Some 7; Tziambazis 14. Toned, some roughness and minor die shift on obverse, a little off center on reverse. VF.

KYRENAICA, Kyrene. temp. Magas. Circa 294-275 BC. AR Didrachm (19.5mm, 7.63 g, 12h). Head of Zeus Karneios left / Silphion plant; monogram to upper left, star to upper right. BMC 238–41; SNG Copenhagen 1238 corr. (monogram). Slight roughness, a few minor scratches on obverse. VF.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 510-470 BC. AR Nomos (24mm, 12h). Ear of barley with six grains; MET up left field, lizard up right field, seen from above / Incuse ear of barley with six grains. Noe Class X, 209–13; HN Italy 1482. In NGC encapsulation 6327610-235, graded Ch VF.

Ex Heritage 232332 (10 August 2023), lot 62006.

Leo I. AD 457-474. AV Solidus (20.5mm, 4.37 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 1st officina. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield / Victory standing left, holding long jeweled cross; star to right; A//CONOB. RIC X 605; Depeyrot 93/1. Toned, trace obverse die rust, minor marks, edge mark. VF.

CYCLADES, Keos. Keian Koinon. Late 3rd-early 2nd century BC. Æ (15.5mm, 3.65 g, 1h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Radiate forepart of Sirius left. Papageorgiadou-Banis Series II, Issue 3, 33–41 (obv. die O18); HGC 6, 592. Dark brown patina, some red deposits. Near VF.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 548 (18 October 2023), lot 98.

IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Archepolis. Circa 459 BC. AR Tetartemorion (5.5mm, 0.20 g, 3h). Head of Zeus right, wearing tainia / Eagle flying right; AP monogram below; all in linear square within incuse square. Sheedy, Themistocles, Issue Ar.M, 27 (O24/R26); Nollé & Wenninger –. Faintly toned, tiny die break on reverse. VF. Rare.

Archepolis was the son of the Athenian Themistokles, who was perhaps the most important, and certainly one of the most powerful political figures in early fifth century Athens. He persuaded the Athenians to use the newly found wealth from the silver mines of Laurion to build a navy, essential to their defeat of the Persians a short time later. Sometime in the early 460s BC, Themistokles was ostracized. He fled to Asia Minor, where he was well received by the Persian king, who made him the governor of Magnesia on the Maeander and granted him the income of three cities – Lampsakos, Magnesia, and Myos. Themistokles struck a small series of silver fractions at Magnesia, some of which bear a male head that has sometimes been identified as his portrait. After Themistokles’ death, Archepolis succeeded his father as governor, and he issued a similar series of silver fractions. These coins constitute part of the primary evidence of his otherwise little-known reign.

KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AR Sixth Stater (11mm, 1.66 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 25; Kurth S6–7; SNG Ashmolean 773 (Persian period). Toned, granular surfaces, flan flaw on obverse. VF.

KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AR Twelfth Stater (8mm, 0.86 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Incuse square. Berk 26–7; Kurth S8; SNG Ashmolean 775 (Persian Period). Lightly toned, granular surfaces. VF.

CILICIA, Tarsos. Mazaios. Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 10.28 g, 8h). Baal of Tarsos seated left, his torso facing, holding lotus-tipped scepter; thymiaterion to left, rose below throne / Lion walking left on ground. Casabonne Series 5, Group B; Newell, Myriandros 8; SNG BN 431 var. (no symbol below throne; Myriandros); SNG Levante 188 var. (same; Myriandros). Lightly toned, flan flaws and porosity, light scratches, test cut and struck with worn die on obverse. VF. Rare with rose symbol.