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Browse Catalogue of Coin Galleries July 2005 Auction Limited to: Ancient Coins → Ancient Greek Silver Coins Page 1 of 2  •  First  Previous  Next  Last  • Goto Page Categories  •  Coin Galleries July 2005 → Ancient Coins → Ancient Greek Silver Coins → Magna Graecia Print these Realized Prices! You'll need the Adobe PDF Reader to view and/or print the prices realized sheet. Lot # Description Grade Hammer Price 15 TARENTUM. Calabria. 272-235 B.C. VF $140.00 Stater. Youthful rider r. crowning stationary horse, ΧENE-A[Σ] below. Rv. Taras on dolphin l. holding trident, ear of grain behind. 6.74 grams. Vlasto 864. Reverse slightly off center on a short, thick flan. Nevertheless, well struck and Very Fine. (Est. $100-$150) 16 METAPONTION. Lucania. Ca. 380-340 B.C. EF $1,300.00 Stater. Female head r. wearing triple drop earring and necklace. Rv. Barley ear, META to r. 8.01 grams. Noe 517 var. Medium gray, slightly iridescent. Extremely Fine. (Est. $1000-$1250) 17 METAPONTION. Ca. 334-330 B.C. CH VF $575.00 Stater. Bearded and helmeted bust of Leukippos r., symbol lion's head r. to l. Rv. Ear of barley, META to r. 7.73 grams. SNG Dewing 382. Reverse die break to l. Even dark gray toning. Choice Very Fine. (Est. $600-$800) 18 METAPONTION. Ca. 280 B.C. EF $950.00 Stater. Head of Demeter r. wearing earring, necklace and wreath of barley ears. Rv. Ear of barley, leaf to l. with wing above. 7.81 grams. Johnston D3.6. Lovely dark gray tone. Minor flatness in the hair, otherwise Extremely Fine and attractive. (Est. $1000-$1250) 19 THOURIOI. Lucania. 410-330 B.C. VF $400.00 Distater. Head of Athena r. wearing Attic helmet decorated with Skylla, aphlaston to r. and ΣI behind. Rv. Bull butting r., NI above, serpent below. 15.76 grams. SNG ANS 979, Noe K2. Flatness in the center both sides. Even dark gray tone. Well centered. Very Fine. (Est. $500-$700) 20 KAULONIA. Bruttium. 470-440 B.C. GD VF $600.00 Stater. Naked figure of Apollo walking r. holding laurel branch and small running figure on outstretched arm; small stag to r. with head reverted; KAV retrograde to l. Rv. Stag standing r. 7.85 grams. SNG Dewing 487. Well-centered (though very tops of heads off the flan) on a compact flan with numerous die breaks. Medium gray. Good Very Fine. (Est. $500-$700) Categories  •  Coin Galleries July 2005 → Ancient Coins → Ancient Greek Silver Coins → Sicily Lot # Description Grade Hammer Price 21 AKRAGAS. Before 413 B.C. VF $1,200.00 Pentalitrai. Eagle standing l. on a column head, ΠEN. Rv. Crab, AKRA below. 4.20 grams. SNG Cop.46. Very rare with the denomination abbreviated on the obverse of this unusual issue. Medium gray over minor graininess. Very rare. Very Fine. (Est. $1000-$1500) 22 KATANE. 461-450 B.C. VF $3,000.00 Tetradrachm. Man-headed bull kneeling r., tunny below, branch above. Rv. Nike advancing l.; KATANE around. 16.75 grams. BMC 1, Randazzo 55. Gray-silver patina. Some flatness of strike on Nike's head and breast. Very Fine and very rare. (Est. $3700-$4500) 23 SYRACUSE. 480-475 B.C. CH VF $1,200.00 Tetradrachm. Male driver in slow quadriga r., Nike above about to crown horses. Rv. Small head of Artemis-Arethusa r., hair drawn up in diadem of beads; four dolphins around. 17.38 grams. Boeh.198. Good metal surfaces toned a pleasing medium gray. Choice Very Fine. (Est. $1000-$1250) 24 SICULO-PUNIC. EF $950.00 People of the Camp. Ca. 300-290 B.C. Tetradrachm. Herakles head r. clad in lion's skin. Rv. Horse head l., palm tree behind, Punic legend below. 16.54 grams. Jenkins 314, SNG Cop.89. Light deposits and graininess at the l. reverse edge. Nearly Extremely Fine. (Est. $900-$1200) Categories  •  Coin Galleries July 2005 → Ancient Coins → Ancient Greek Silver Coins → Mainland Greece Lot # Description Grade Hammer Price 25 OLYNTHOS. Chalcidian League. 432-348 B.C. EF $4,500.00 Stater. Laureate head of Apollo r. Rv. Kithera, XAΛKIΔ[E]ΩN around. 13.79 grams. SNG ANS 473 var. Struck on a full flan. Lightly granular surfaces toned a pleasing pale gray. Extremely Fine. (Est. $3500-$4500) 26 KINGS OF MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaeus, 323-317 B.C. EF $90.00 Drachm, 323-319 B.C. 'Colophon.' Herakles head r. clad in lion's skin. Rv. Herakles enthroned l. holding scepter and eagle, ΠA monogram before. 4.26 grams. Price P46. Slight obverse granularity. Nearly Extremely Fine. (Est. $100-$150) 27 KINGS OF PAEONIA. Patraos, ca. 340-315 B.C. CH VF $1,000.00 Tetradrachm. Laureate head of Apollo r. Rv. Warrior on horseback r. spearing fallen enemy. 12.22 grams. Cf. Paeonian Hoard 369. Decently centered on a full flan with the complete reverse scene visible. Pale gray toning. Choice Very Fine. (Est. $1250-$1500) 28 PAEONIA. Patraos CH VF / F $135.00 Tetradrachm. Types as last. 12.59 grams. Cf. Paeonian Hoard 217. Reverse somewhat weak, having been struck from a rotated die or possibly over another coin. Strong obverse portrait. Choice Very Fine/Fine. (Est. $150-$200) 29 PAEONIA. Patraos VF $150.00 Tetradrachm. Types as last, but thunderbolt below horse, grape bunch in l. field. 12.84 grams. BMC 2. Pebbling surfaces. Obverse somewhat off-center. Very Fine. (Est. $150-$250) 30 THASOS. 550-500 B.C. G $2,000.00 Stater. Satyr seizing struggling nymph. Rv. Quadripartite incuse square. 9.75 grams. BMC 216. 1, Pozzi 1108 (these dies). Good early style. Well centered and sharply struck on a small, thick flan. A most attractive example. (Est. $2500-$3000) 31 ABDERA. Thrace. 365-345 B.C. GD VF $950.00 Tetradrachm. Griffin seated l., preparing to spring. Rv. Laureate Apollo head r., magistrate: [O]MHPOY. 10.43 grams. May 545. Sharp strike. Toned Good Very Fine. (Est. $900-$1200) 32 MARONEIA. Thrace. 400-350 B.C. EF $3,500.00 Tetradrachm. Horse prancing l., loose rein above; symbol dog l. to l. below. Rv. Grape vine with four bunches of grapes in linear square, EΠI KAΛΛIKPATEOΣ around. 11.37 grams. SNG Cop.603, West 84b. Excellent, almost prooflike surfaces toned a pleasing iridescent medium gray. Extremely Fine. (Est. $4000-$5000) 33 LARISSA. Thessaly. Ca. 340-320 B.C. EF $175.00 Drachm. Head of nymph Larissa ¾ to l. Rv. Horse grazing r., l. foreleg raised; trident head below. 6.01 grams. Well centered and sharp, the reverse slightly double struck, the obverse slightly pebbly from rusty obverse die. Close to Extremely Fine. (Est. $200-$300) 34 TRIKKA. Thessaly. Ca. 465 B.C. VF / VF $70.00 Hemidrachm. Youth r. restraining forepart of charging bull. Rv. Forepart of horse r. in shallow incuse square. 2.79 grams. SNG Dewing 1421. Close to Very Fine/Very Fine. (Est. $75-$100) 35 ATHENS. Attica. Ca. 449-420 B.C. VF / F $250.00 Tetradrachm. Helmeted head of Athena r., archaic eye. Rv. Owl, olive-sprig and crescent behind; AΘE. 16.47 grams. SNG Dewing 1595. Obverse cstp. on cheek and test cut on the helmet. Light reverse corrosion. Very Fine/Nice Fine. (Est. $350-$450) 36 ATHENS. CH VF $575.00 New Style Tetradrachm, 113/2 B.C. Helmeted head of Athena r. Rv. Owl standing r. on overturned amphora; magistrates EYMAPEIΔHΣ and KΛEOMEN, symbol Triptolemos to l. in car drawn by winged serpents. 16.41 grams. Th.677. Well centered and nicely struck. Choice Very Fine. (Est. $300-$400) 37 CORINTH. 400-350 B.C. VF / CH VF $220.00 Stater. Pegasos with straight wing flying r. Rv. Helmeted head of Athena r., small dolphin above and to the r. 8.51 grams. Pleasing pale gray. Very Fine/Choice Very Fine. (Est. $150-$200) Categories  •  Coin Galleries July 2005 → Ancient Coins → Ancient Greek Silver Coins → Asia and Africa Lot # Description Grade Hammer Price 38 SINOPE. Paphlagonia. Ca. 370 or later EF $700.00 Drachm. Head of nymph Sinope l. Rv. Eagle on dolphin l., ΣINΩ below, ΦIΓE above. 4.98 grams. As SNG Cop.281. Medium gray. Extremely Fine. (Est. $800-$900) 39 ALABANDA. Caria. Ca. 197-190/188 B.C. CH VF $650.00 Tetradrachm, struck under Antiochos III of Syria. Laureate head of Apollo l. Rv. Horse flying r., magistrate's name XPYΣOΓONOΣ below. 16.78 grams. SNG Berry 1107. Obverse typically soft. Choice Very Fine. (Est. $700-$900) 40 APAMEIA. Phrygia. 166-160 B.C. EF $350.00 Cistophoric Tetradrachm. Cista mystica containing serpent, all within ivy wreath. Rv. Bow in case between two coiled serpents, AΠA monogram to l., lion's head to r. 12.72 grams. Kleiner Series 1. Medium gray tone. Well centered on a broad flan. Extremely Fine. (Est. $400-$500) 41 KIBYRA. Phrygia. 2nd Century B.C. VF $200.00 Drachm. Male head in crested helmet r. Rv. Warrior on horse galloping r., spear lowered; anchor below, monogram behind. 2.43 grams. Cf. SNG Cop.263ff. Two hairline flan cracks. Medium gray. Very Fine. (Est. $250-$300) 42 PHASELIS. Lycia. 6th Century B.C. GD VF $1,200.00 Stater. Prow resembling forepart of boar. Rv. Irregular incuse. 10.93 grams. Cp. Rosen 737 for later type. Good Very Fine with even, medium gray toning. (Est. $1500-$2000) 43 ASPENDOS. Pamphylia. 370-330 B.C. EF $760.00 Stater. Two wrestlers grasping each other by the wrists, ΣA below. Rv. Slinger r., triskeles to r. 10.93 grams. BMC --, von Aulock --. Fine, early style. Minor flatness on the head and torso of one wrestler. Otherwise, Nice Extremely Fine. (Est. $1000-$1250) 44 KINGS OF SYRIA. Demetrios I, 162-150 B.C. GD VF $450.00 Tetradrachm, S.E. 160 (153/2 B.C.). Antioch. Diademed head r. within wreath. Rv. Tyche seated l. holding baton and cornucopiae; throne supported by Nereid, HΔ and HP monograms in l. field, date ΧI in ex. 16.64 grams. SNG Spaer 1275, Newell, SMA 113. Steely gray. Good Very Fine. (Est. $350-$450) Page 1 of 2  •  First  Previous  Next  Last  • Goto Page

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