Extremely Rare

Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum AR Tetradrachm. Circa 155-145 BC. Attic standard, Stephanophoric type. Antigenes, son of Anaxikrates, magistrate. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis to right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Apollo Delphios standing to left, resting on tall tripod behind and holding in branch tied with fillet; ANTIΓENHΣ ANAΞIKPATOY to left, MAΓNHTΩN to right, meander pattern below, all within laurel wreath. Jones obv. die 34 (for Erasippos, son of Aristeos, [this magistrate unlisted]); SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -; cf. R. Ashton and P. Kinns, Opuscula Anatolica II in NC Vol. 164 (2004), p. 73, footnote 11; NFA XIX, 326. 16.43g, 33mm, 12h.

Good Extremely Fine. Extremely rare with this magistrate; seemingly no other examples offered at auction in over twenty years, likely the first to be offered since the specimen sold by NFA in 1987.

From a private UK collection.

Ionia, Phokaia(?) EL 1/24 Stater. Circa 650-550 BC. Head of goat to left / Irregular square incuse punch. Apparently Unpublished, cf. Rosen Sale 113 = Rosen 343 (1/48 stater). 0.68g, 7mm.

Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare.

Privately purchased from Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, inventory #115293.

Ionia, Phokaia EL 1/24 Stater. Circa 625/0-522 BC. Head of seal(?) to left, pellets at neck truncation / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 2.2; Traité 1, 131; Rosen 334. 0.69g, 7mm.

Extremely Fine.

From a private European collection.

Ionia, Phokaia EL Hekte. Circa 387-326 BC. Head of Artemis to left; quiver over shoulder, small seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt 99; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; Roma XXV, 358 (hammer: 1,500 GBP). 2.54g, 11mm.

Extremely Fine.

From a private European collection.

248. 450

249.

Ionia, Phokaia EL Hekte. Circa 387-326 BC. Head of Artemis to left; quiver over shoulder, small seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt 99; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; Roma XXV, 358 (hammer: 1,500 GBP). 2.54g, 11mm.

Extremely Fine.

From a private European collection.

Ionia under Achaemenid Persian Rule, uncertain satrap AR Tetradrachm. Circa 350-333 BC. Persian king, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneelingrunning stance to right, holding spear in right hand and bow in left / Incuse rectangle, containing pattern possibly depicting relief map of the hinterland of Ephesos. Johnston, Earliest 26; Mildenberg, Münzwesen pp. 25–6 and pl. XII, 110; BMC Ionia p. 324, 3 and 6; Jameson 1787; Pozzi 3138. 14.34g, 21mm.

Very Fine; deep cabinet tone. Very Rare.

From a private European collection.

Troas

600

250.

Troas, Abydos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 80-70 BC. Iphiados, magistrate. Draped bust of Artemis to right, wearing stephanos; bow and quiver over shoulder / Eagle with wings spread standing to right, ΑΒΥΔΗΝΩΝ above, ΙΦΙΑΔΟΥ below, star above radiate head of Helios to right in right field; all within wreath. Callataÿ, Abydos, D34/R?; BMC -; SNG von Aulock 1453 (same obv. die); SNG München 32. 15.91g, 31mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine; pleasant light cabinet tone.

Acquired from Morton and Eden Ltd; Ex European Ambassador Collection, formed in the 1950s and 1960s.

1,200

251.

Troas, Abydos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 80-70 BC. Iphiados, magistrate. Draped bust of Artemis to right, wearing stephanos; bow and quiver over shoulder / Eagle, with wings spread, standing to right; ABYΔHNΩN above, IΦIAΔOY below, radiate head of Helios to right with star above in right field; all within laurel wreath. Callataÿ, Abydos, D32/R11; SNG München 32; SNG von Aulock 1453; Roma XXI, 192 (hammer: 6,000 GBP). 16.07g, 31mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine; attractive old cabinet tone. Extremely Rare.

From a private European collection.

900

Troas, Abydos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 80-70 BC. Iphiados, magistrate. Draped bust of Artemis to right, wearing stephanos, bow and quiver over shoulder / Eagle, with wings spread, standing to right; ABYΔHNΩN above, IΦIAΔOY below, radiate head of Helios to right with star above in right field; all within laurel wreath. Callataÿ, Abydos, D34/R- (unlisted rev. die); SNG Fitzwilliam 4250 (same obv. die). 15.61g, 31mm, 12h.

Near Extremely Fine; highly attractive old cabinet tone. Extremely Rare.

From a private European collection.

900

Troas, Abydos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 80-70 BC. Eukratos, magistrate. Draped bust of Artemis to right, wearing stephanos; bow and quiver over shoulder / Eagle, with wings spread, standing to right; ABYΔHNΩN to left, EYKPATOY below, torch in right field; all within laurel wreath with Σ above. Callataÿ, Abydos, D21/R1; SNG von Aulock -; BMC -; Roma XIX, 452. 16.83g, 31mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine. Extremely rare with this magistrate and symbol; seemingly just the second specimen to come to auction in the past two decades.

From a private European collection.

600

255.

Troas, Alexandreia AR Tetradrachm. Dated CY 233 = 68/7 BC. Peisistratos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo to left / Apollo Smintheus standing to right, quiver over shoulder, holding bow and arrow; ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ to right, ΞΜΙΘΕΩΣ to left, ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔPEΩ[N] below; monogram in inner left field, ΣΛΓ (date) in inner right field, [ΠE]IΣIΣTP[ATOY] in exergue. Bellinger A167 (same dies); DCA 365. 16.24g, 31mm, 12h.

Very Fine; attractive cabinet tone. Extremely Rare.

From a private European collection.

A Previously Unpublished Dated Tetradrachm

256.

Troas, Alexandreia AR Tetradrachm. Dated CY 234 = 67/6 BC. Archagoras, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo to left / Apollo Smintheus standing to right, quiver over shoulder, holding bow and arrow; ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ to right, ΞΜΙΘΕΩΣ to left, ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔPEΩN below; monogram in inner left field, ΣΛΔ (date) in inner right field, APXAΓOPOY in exergue. Bellinger -, cf. A167 (same obv. die) & A168, dates which flank the present example; DCA 365 (unlisted date); Roma E-106, 266 (same obv. die & year, diff. magistrate). 16.50g, 30mm, 12h.

Near Extremely Fine; attractive cabinet tone. Unpublished with this magistrate, the third known example with this date.

From a private European collection.

The present tetradrachm of Alexandreia is the second known example dated year 234 from Alexandreia, and completes the sequence of dated tetradrachms from this city. This coin was struck with the obverse die of the previous years’ issue, a feature of this mint that has been noted before (cf. Bellinger’s note regarding the obv. die of A156 & A157 on p.99), as was the other known coin from year 234 (Roma E-106, 266). The magistrate Archagoras is new to the series, however it is not unusual to have two magistrates striking in the same year (cf. Bellinger A169 & A170, both of year 236).

Troas, Alexandreia AR Tetradrachm. Dated CY 236 = 65/4 BC. Antiphanos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo to left / Apollo Smintheus standing to right, quiver over shoulder, holding bow and arrow; ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ to right, ΞΜΙΘΕΩΣ to left, ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔPEΩN below; monogram in inner left field, ΣΛ[ (date) in inner right field, ANTIΦANOY in exergue. Bellinger A170 (same dies); DCA 365. 16.37g, 27mm, 1h.

Near Extremely Fine; worn obv. die, attractive cabinet tone. Extremely Rare.

From a private European collection.