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A sampling from our inventory
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Sicily, Syracuse, Dionysius,
c. 405 BC. HemiDrachm. Head of Arethusa l., dolphin.
Rv: Victory over Quadriga, wheat branch below. ANS 305. Rare.
VF+
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Lucania, Sybaris, c. 530 BC. Obol, 1.06
g. Bull standing, looking back. Rv: Incuse of bull standing,
looking back. Cf NAC 25, 32. Extremely rare. EF
Bruttium, Kroton, c. 400 BC. DiObol, .77
g. Tripod, leaf. Rv: Hare bounding r. ‘kappa’. Dem.16.
Rare. EF
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Attica, Athens, c. 550 BC. Drachm.
Wappenmunzen. Civic mint. Ornate Wheel. Rv: Incuse punch. Sv.
59. Extremely rare. Lovely example. aEF
A nice example from the earliest coinage of
Athens, in an extremely rare high denomination
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Attica, Athens, c. 550 BC. Hemi-obol.
Civic mint. Pomegranate. Rv: Incuse punch. Seltman Group D
pl.4. Extremely rare. Choice. VF+
From the earliest coinage of Athens
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Attica, Athens, c. 506 BC. Group L.
Tetradrachm. Archaic helmeted Athena l. Rv: Owl r., olive
sprig. Seltman 228/291 Extremely rare. Lovely EF
Minted around the reforms of Cleisthenes and the
establishment of Democracy in 506 BC.
Attica, Athens, c. 460 BC. Tetradrachm.
Elegant helmeted Athena l. Rv: Owl r., olive sprig. Sv.
Pl.11, 1. Very rare. Virtually EF
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Attica, Athens, c. 425 BC.
Tetradrachm. Helmeted Athena l. Rv: Owl r., olive sprig.
s.2526 Lovely EF
Euboia, Euboian League, 375-357 BC.
Stater. Head of nymph Euboia r. Rv: Recumbent Bull r., bunch
of grapes above. BCD 5. Rare. Lovely, elegant example. EF
Ex Bunker Hunt collection, 261
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Elis, Olympia, 256-240 BC.
Hemi-Drachm. 131-135th Olympiad. Laur. Zeus r. Rv:
Thunderbolt in wreath. Good VF
Ex Alexander Karatheodory Pasha
collection, a Greek statesman of the Ottoman Empire
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Siris, c. 500 BC. Stater. Satyr accosting
Nymph, arm held, her dress aside. Rv: Shallow quadripartite
incuse square, cross marked. Sv. 7, 20; Rosen 152. Very rare.
Good VF
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Cyclades, Paros, c. 485-480 BC. Drachm.
Goat kneeling r. Rv: Quadripartite incuse. Sheedy F,154. Very
rare. EF
Crete, Gortyna, c. 330-270 BC. Stater.
Europa in tree, ravished by Eagle. Rv: Bull r, looking back.
Sv. 72. Rare. Good VF
Ex Hirsch 135, lot 380
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Lydia, Croesus, 561-546 BC. Sardis mint.
C. 550 BC. Stater. 10.75 g. Foreparts Lion and Bull
confronting. Rv: Double incuse. Berk 20. Very rare. In good
metal.
First silver coinage in its highest
denomination. One of the finest known.
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Ionia, Magnesia as Meandrum, Themistokles
c. 465-459 BC. Trihemiobol, .37 g.
Head of Hephaistos r., ancient god of fire and artisans. Rv:
0E. Cahn & Gerin 8. Extremely rare. VF
Plutarch
regarded him the savior of Greece. Themistokles of Athens was
a general at Marathon, and was later instrumental in the
defeat of Xerxes, having persuaded a fleet of Triremes be
built with the wealth of Laurion silver mines. He directed
the Greek fleet at their great victory at Salamis.
Later
Athenian politics ostracized him and in exile went to
Artaxerxes, who made him governor of Magnesia in Ionia, where
he also had the income of Myos and Lampsacus. On his death
his son succeeded him.
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Macedon, Alexander III, the Great,
336-323 BC. Tetradrachm. Tarsus mint, 325-324 BC. Head of
Hercules r., Rv: Zeus enthroned, plow mint mark before.
Pr.3037. Lovely example of a rare lifetime coinage. Superb
Ex Munzen und Medaillen 1975,
Auction 370, Lot 15
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