Mainland Greece

Alexander III Tetradrachm

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

ARKADIA, Tegea. Late 3rd-early 2nd centuries BC. Æ Trichalkon (16.5mm, 5.89 g, 9h). Helmeted head of Athena Alea right / Kepheos advancing right, holding dagger and shield; monogram between legs. BCD Peloponnesos 1738; HGC 5, 1063. Dark brown surfaces, cleaning scratches. VF.

ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 17.05 g, 4h). Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye / Owl standing right, head facing, closed tail feathers; olive spray and crescent to left; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; HGC 4, 1597. Toned, some find patina and horn silver, minor roughness, minor die flaws on obverse. VF.

LOKRIS, Skarpheia. 3rd-2nd centuries BC. Æ (16mm, 3.59 g, 12h). Head of Demeter right / Ajax, nude but for Corinthian helmet, advancing right, holding short sword and shield. BCD Lokris-Phokis 159.2-6; HGC 4, 1017. Dark green patina, light roughness. Good Fine.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 244 (10 November 2010), lot 103 (hammer $330).

MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Perdiccas II (ca. 451-413 BC). AR heavy tetrobol (15mm, 1h). NGC Choice Fine. Aigai, ca. 437/6-432/1 BC. Macedonian hunter on horse charging right, wearing causia and chlamys, two transverse spears in left hand / Forepart of lion right within incuse square. HGC 3.1, 792. SNG ANS 51-53.

THRACE. Madytos. Circa 350 BC. (Bronze, 13 mm, 1.72 g, 9 h). Bull charging to right. Rev. Μ-Α/Δ/Υ Dog seated to right; to left, barley ear. HGC 3.2, 1511. SNG Copenhagen 926. Very rare; green patina. Rough surfaces*, otherwise,* about very fine.

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.

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.