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Masterpieces of Greek coinage
Masterpieces of Greek coinage
Lot 62
Asia Minor. Islands off Caria, Rhodos. Rhodes, Tetradrachm, c. 404 - 385 BC. (Silver, 15.26g., 25.7mm). Head of Helios facing, turned ... - A spectacular coin with magnificent and impressive head of Helios. Good extremely fine.
Lot 63
Asia Minor. Kingdom of Lydia. Kroisos, 560 - 546 BC. Stater, Sardes. (Silver, 10.68g., 14.5 - 21.1mm). On the left, forepart of a lion ... - A sharp, well-centered and sharply struck coin, one of the finest known. Extremely fine.
Lot 64
Asia Minor. Pisidia, Selge. Stater, c. 370 BC. (Silver, 10.80g., 22.6mm). Two nude wrestlers grappling with each other; between them, ... - A magnificent coin, beautifully toned and struck in high relief. The finest coin of Selge known. Good extremely fine.
Lot 65
Asia Minor. Cilicia, Kelenderis. Stater, c. 380 - 350 BC. (Silver, 9.96g., 20.4mm). Youthful nude male rider holding the reins with ... - A wonderful coin, beautifully struck and of the finest classical style. Good extremely fine.
Lot 66
Asia Minor. Cilicia, Tarsos. Pharnabazos 380 - 374/3 BC. Stater. (Silver, 10.87g., 21.9mm). Female head facing, turned slightly to the ... - A very rare, beautifully toned coin of exceptionally fine style. Good extremely fine.
Lot 67
Asia Minor. Kings of Cappadocia. Ariarathes V, c. 163 - 130 BC. Tetradrachm, Eusebeia-Mazaca, 134 BC. (Silver, 16.76g., 33.8mm). ... - A very rare coin, well-centered and well-struck with a fine portrait of the best ruler of Cappadocia. Extremely fine.
Lot 68
Cyprus, Salamis. Pnytagoras, 351/0 - 332/1 BC. Stater. (Gold, 8.30g., 17.3mm). ΒΑ Draped bust of Aphrodite to left, wearing a ... - A splendid example of this rare coin, showing two aspects of the goddess Aphrodite. Extremely fine.
Lot 69
The Seleucid Kingdom, Antiochos I, 280 - 261 BC. Tetradrachm, Seleucia-on-the-Tigris, c. 274 - 270 BC. (Silver, 17.24g., 27.9mm). ... - A magnificent, fresh, beautiful coin struck in high relief with a wonderful portrait of a beleaguered king. Very probably the finest example of this type known. Good extremely fine.
Lot 70
Phoenicia, Byblos. Adramelek. Stater, c. 380 BC. (Silver, 13.31g., 26mm). Galley, with a lion’s head and an apotropaic eye on the prow ... - An attractive and well centered example with striking representations. Extremely fine.
Lot 71
Phoenicia, Tyre. Dishekel, c. 435 - 410 BC. (Silver, 12.74g., 21.7mm). Dolphin leaping to right above waves; below, murex shell; ... - A remarkably pleasant and well-preserved example: one of a very few ancient coins to bear an Egyptian hieroglyphic letter as well as its value. Extremely fine.
Lot 72
The East. The Kingdom of Bactria, Agathokles, c. 185 - 170 BC. Tetradrachm, Merv. (Silver, 17g., 30.5mm). Diademed and draped bust of ... - An especially fine example with an extraordinarily individualistic portrait in high relief. Good extremely fine.
Lot 73
The East. The Kingdom of Bactria, Eukratides, c. 170 - 145 BC. Stater, Merv, later 160s BC. (Gold, 8.47g., 18.9mm). Diademed and ... - Extremely rare, a lightly toned and splendid example. Good extremely fine.
Lot 74
Egypt, Ptolemy II, 285 - 246 BC. Tetradrachm, Alexandria. (Silver, 14.23g., 26.1mm). Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing ... - A lovely, toned example with a very fine head of Ptolemy I. Good extremely fine.
Lot 75
Egypt, Period of Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII, c. 180 - 116 BC. Oktadrachm in the name of Arsinoe, c. 134 BC, Alexandria. (Gold, ... - A wonderful, lustrous, beautifully struck example in high relief. Virtually as struck.
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