Boeotarch’s Collection

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Kleopatra VII Thea Neotera. 51-30 BC. Æ Diobol – 80 Drachmai (26.5mm, 16.93 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, Π (mark of value) to right. Svoronos 1871; SNG Copenhagen 419–21. Rough dark brown surfaces, with green and red-brown encrustation. Fine.

Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Ubaydallah b. Ziyad. AH 54-64 / AD 673-683. AR Drachm (31.6mm, 4.08 g, 3h). BCRA (Basra) mint. Dated AH 56 (AD 675/6). Obverse margin: – / bism Allah / – / –. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 160; SICA 1, 49-51; Album 12. EF.

PAMPHYLIA, Aspendos. Circa 380/75-330/25 BC. AR Stater (21.5mm, 10.87 g, 12h). Two wrestlers, nude, grappling; AΣ between / Slinger in throwing stance right; triskeles to right; all within pelleted square border. Tekin Series 4; SNG BN 86. Softly struck and a little off center on obverse. VF.

KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II ‘the Great’. 95-56 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 15.47 g, 12h). Tigranocerta mint. Struck circa 80-68 BC. Diademed and draped bust right, wearing tiara decorated with star between two eagles / Tyche of Antioch seated right on rock, holding laurel branch; below, river-god Orontes swimming right; monogram to inner right, monogram on rock; all within wreath. SCADA Group 1, obv. die A6; Kovacs 74.1; M&D 2; CAA 17; AC 30. Lightly toned, flan flaws. Good VF.

Diva Mariniana. Died before AD 253. Antoninianus (21mm, 3.74 g, 6h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. 1st emission of Valerian I and Gallienus, AD 253-254. Veiled and draped bust right, wearing stephane, set on crescent / CONSECRATIO, peacock walking right, tail in splendor. RIC V 5; MIR 36, 214b; RSC 11. Toned, obverse struck with a worn die. Near EF.

SICILY, Messana. The Mamertinoi. 264-241 BC. Æ (28mm, 19.24 g, 7h). Laureate head of Ares right; spear to left / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings spread. Särström Series II, Group A, 42; BAR Issue 5; CNS 3 Ds 4; HGC 2, 865. Green-brown surfaces, roughness. VF.

Ex Artemide eLive 9 (6 October 2019), lot 65.

LAKONIA, Lakedaimon (Sparta). Mid 1st century BC. Æ Dichalkon(?) (18.5mm, 4.58 g, 1h). Jugate heads of the Dioskouroi right; pellet border / Two amphorai entwined with serpents; Λ-A flanking; pellet border. CNG E-169, lot 33 (erroneously attributed to king Nabis); otherwise unpublished. Rough dark green-brown patina, some cleaning scratches. Near VF. Very rare.

Ex Leu Numismatik AG Web Auction 10 (7 December 2019), lot 287.

This unpublished bronze issue of Lakedaimon is quite enigmatic. It is most similar to Grunauer’s Group XV dichalkoi, which have the same general types, but lack the serpents, have a chevron-barred A in the ethnic, a wreath surrounding the reverse type, and bear magistrates’ initials. The reverse type, with serpents around the amphorai, is a match with the reverses of Grunauer’s Group X hexachalkoi, but that issue, which also includes the contemporary Group XI tetrachalkoi, has the full ethnic, rather than the abbreviated version here. Nonetheless, the present coin likely belongs to a period relative to these succeeding Grunauer Groups, which places it sometime in the mid 1st century BC.

KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AR Twelfth Stater (8.5mm, 0.82 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Incuse square. Berk 26–7; Kurth S8; SNG Ashmolean 775 (Persian Period). VF. Good metal for issue.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 525 (20 October 2022), lot 339.

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.