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Sicily, Akragas, c. 510-472 BC. Stater. Eagle stg r. Rv: Crab. S.709. Rare. aEF $975.00
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Sicily, Messana, c. 476 BC. Tetradrachm. Hare bounding r. Rv: Nike above a biga of mules. S.847. Rare. aEF $1875.00
Ex Paramount, lot 934; Ex Purdy collection.
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Boeotia, Thebes, 426-395 BC. Stater. Boeotian shield. Rv: Amphora, bunch of grapes. BMC 76; s.2384. Good VF $375.00
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Argolis, Argos. C. 330-270 BC. Obol. Wolf’s head r. Rv: ‘A’, P-I. BCD-Pelop1081. Rare. aEF $375.00
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Crete, Phaistos, c. 330-320 BC. Stater. Heracles stg. with club, flanked by Serpent and the Apple Tree of the Hesperides. Rv: Bull in wreath. BMC 8. Very rare. VF+ $2750.00
Leu 61, 202; Refers to the 11th labor of Heracles, getting apples of joy from the garden of the nymphs known as Hesperides.
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Attica, Athens, c. 425 BC. Tetradrachm. Helmeted Athena l. Rv: Owl r., olive sprig. s.2526 Lovely example. example. EF $2250.00
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Elis, Olympia, 336-324 BC. Hemi-Drachm. 111th-114th Olympiad. Head of Hera l., delta signature below. Rv: Eagle r., grapes, dolphin. BCD 194. Very rare. Good VF $1350.00
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Akarnania, Argos Amphilochikon, 345-300 BC. Stater. Pegasus l. Rv: Helmeted Athena l., helmet behind. BMC 12. EF $975.00
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Pisidia, Selge. c. 400 BC. Stater. Wrestlers, knuckle-bone. Rv: Slinger. Triskeles. SNG Cop 234. Rare. EF $1650.00
 
Abydos, c. 480-450 BC. Drachm. Eagle stg. l. Rv: Facing Gorgon head. Rare. aEF $2750.00
Ex Ariadne Galleries 1982, 92; Ex M&M 72, 249; Rosen 527 (this coin)
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Lydia, Croesus, c. 550 BC. Stater, 10.48g. Foreparts of Lion and Bull confronting. Rv: Double incuse punch , one punch larger. Traite 407. Very rare. Good VF $6750.00
The first silver coin. Exceptionally nice example. Electrum and the Invention of Coinage: Ln1179 (this coin)
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Macedon, Olynthus, Chalcidian League, 358 BC. Tetradrachm. Amphipolos mint, 358 BC. Head of Apollo left. Rv: Cithera. S.1430. EF $7500.00
This liberal and learned City was captured by Philip II and destroyed in 348 BC.
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Macedon, Philip II, 359-336 BC. Tetradrachm. Pella mint, 348-343 BC. Head of Zeus r. Rv: Youth on horseback r. SNG ANS 372. Lovely example of a rare lifetime coinage. aEF $2250.00
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Macedon, Alexander III, the Great, 336-323 BC. Tetradrachm. Amphipolis mint. Head of Hercules r. Rv: Zeus enthroned, prow mint mark. Pr.4, s.6730. Lovely example of a rare lifetime coinage. EF $1250.00
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Macedon, Alexander III, the Great, 336-323 BC. Drachm. Lampsakos mint. Head of Hercules r. Rv: Zeus enthroned, club. Pr.1347, s.6730. Lovely rare lifetime issue. EF $750.00
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Thrace, Lysimachos, 305-281 BC. Tetradrachm. Pella Mint, 286-282 BC. Deified Alexander as Zeus Ammon in fine style. Rv: Athena Nikephoros. Th.252. EF $2750.00
Ex CH Wolfe; Ex Cincinnati Art Musuem, #104 (this)
 
Phoenicia, Tyre. c. 33 AD. Shekel. Jerusalem mint. Laureate Mekquarth r. Rv: Eagle stg l., club before. S.5921 var. aEF $2750.00
Of the Thirty pieces of silver paid Judas in the Bible, struck in the year of the Crucifixion.
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