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GREEK SILVER COINS

 

 

 

Attica.

 

 

 

 

1

Athens - tetradrachm

S.2526

BC 449-413 Head of Athena with crested

 

 

 

 

 

helmet / Owl standing r. AOE.

VF/+

£235

 

Macedonian Kingdom - Alexander the Great (III).

 

 

 

 

2

Tetradrachm

S.1386 var

Amphipolis 158-149 BC Bust of Artemis /

 

 

 

 

 

Club with legend

GVF

£225

3

Drachm

S.6730

BC 336-323 Head of Herakles r. in lion's skin /

 

 

 

 

 

Zeus seated left.

VF

£57

4

Bronze AE 18 (Philip II)

S.6696

BC 359-336. Head of Apollo / youth on horse

GVF

£30

5

Bronze AE 18 (Philip II)

S.6696

Another, as above

F/+

£14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The East - Phoenicia.

 

 

 

 

6

Arados - stater

S.5971

BC 400 - 350. Head of marine deity r. /

 

 

 

 

 

a galley sailing r. above waves. BMC 4.18

VF/+

£105

7

Arados - drachm

S.5989

2nd Cent. BC Bee / Stag r., palm tree

 

 

 

 

 

behind. Attractive blueing tone

VF

£112

 

Thrace.

 

 

 

 

8

Thasos - tetradrachm.

S.1759

After 148 BC. Head of Dionysos / Herakles

 

 

 

 

 

with club and lion's skin.

VF

£145

9

Thasos - tetradrachm.

S.1759

Another, similar,

GF+

£95

10

Maroneia - tetradrachm

S.1635

After 148 BC. Head of Dionysos / Dionysos,

 

 

 

 

 

stg l., holding grapes. Attractive

GVF

£240

11

Byzantion - hemi-drachm

S.1583

BC 416-357 Cow stdg left on dolphin /

 

 

 

 

 

mill-sail incuse square (swastika style)

VF

£60

12

Cherronesos - hemi-drachm

S.1602

BC 400 - 350. Fore-part of lion looking

 

 

 

 

 

back / 2 pellets in quadripartite pattern

VF/+

£18

 

Asia Minor.

 

 

 

 

13

Pergamon - cistophoric tet.

S.3944

BC 190-133. Tetradrachm; cista mystica /

 

 

 

 

 

bow in case with 2 serpents. Edges faint

AVF

£67

14

Side - teradrachm

S.5433

Late 3rd C. to 2nd C. BC Head of Athena /

 

 

 

 

 

Nike with wreath stg l.

VF/AVF

£165

15

Mysia / Lampsakos Drachm

S.3876

BC 480-450 Janiform female head r. /

 

 

 

 

 

Head of Athena l. in incuse square

GF+

£185

16

Mysia / Parion - hemi-drachm

S.3918

c. BC 480 Head of Gorgon / Incuse square

 

 

 

 

 

with cruciform pattern

GF+

£52

17

Rhodos - drachm

S.5050

BC 408-394 Head of Helios r. / Rose with

 

 

 

 

 

bud, EPASIKAHS above.

VF+

£180

 

Kaulonia.

 

 

 

 

18

Bruttium stater

S.462 var.

BC 480-388 Apollo stdg r., / stag stdg r.

VF

£147

 

Syria, Kings of.

 

 

 

 

19

Demetrios I - tetradrachm

S.7014

BC 162-150 His diademed hd r., within laurel

 

 

 

 

 

wreath / Tyche seated l. Pleasing

EF

£400

20

Antiochos VII - tetradrachm

S.7091

BC 138-129 Euergetes (Sidetes) Diademed

 

 

 

 

 

hd of King r. / Athena stdg l. with Nike

GVF+

£125

21

Antiochos VII - drachm

S.7096

BC 138-129 Euergetes (Sidetes) Bust of

 

 

 

 

 

Antiochos r. / Nike holding a wreath

VF+

£57

22

Bronze AE 19

S.7154

Seleukid - Antiochus VIII. Radiate head r.,

 

 

 

 

 

eagle stg l., sceptre in background

VF

£17

 

Akarnania - Thyrrheion.

 

 

 

 

23

Silver stater

S.2301

BC 350-250 Pegasos flying l. / Athena

 

 

 

 

 

wearing Corinthian helmet.

GVF+

£265

24

Silver stater - Leukas

S.2301

BC 350-250 Pegasos flying left / Athena

 

 

 

 

 

wearing Corinthian helmet, hd l. With circle

 

 

 

 

 

Odd shape flan.

VF

£165

 

Illyria and Central Greece.

 

 

 

 

25

Corinth - stater

S.2629a

BC 350-306 Pegasos flying l. / Athena

 

 

 

 

 

wearing Corinthian helmet, with olive-branch

 

 

 

 

 

on the helmet. Wheel behind. Dark

AVF

£157

26

Boeotia / Thebes - stater

S.2400 var

BC 371-338 Boeotian shield / Amphora

 

 

 

 

 

with letters YA - RO on side. Nice tone

GVF+

£275

27

Thessaly - hemi-drachm

S.2108

BC 460-400 Youth with bull / fore-part of

 

 

 

 

 

horse prancing r. (Larissa town issue)

GVF

£165

28

Thessaly - hemi-drachm

S.2056 var

BC 400-344 Head of Zeus l. / Warrior with

 

 

 

 

 

javelin. (The Ainianes). Darkish

F/+

£50

29

Corcyra - tetrobol

S.2031

After 229BC Head of Aphrodite l. /

 

 

 

 

 

Pegasos flying l. (rev weak at exergue)

VF

£40

 

Italy - Campania.

 

 

 

 

30

Hyria - silver di-drachm

S.295

BC 400-335 Head of Hera facing /

 

 

 

 

 

man-headed bull walking r. Lower face flat

VF

£140

 

Italy - Velia.

 

 

 

 

31

Silver drachm

S.454

BC 400-350 Head of Athena r. / Lion

 

 

 

 

 

walking r. YEAHTON below. Sl grubby

AVF

£96

 

Pamphylia.

 

 

 

 

32

Aspendos - stater

S.5396

BC 370-333 Two wrestlers / man with sling,

 

 

 

 

 

triskelis in front. Some pitting, otw

VF

£100

 

Parthian Kingdom.

 

 

 

 

33

Silver drachm

S.7389

BC 90-80 Orodes I. Ecbatana mint /

 

 

 

 

 

Bearded bust l.

AVF

£30

 

Illyria and Central Greece - Epidamnos.

 

 

 

 

34

Dyrrhachium - drachm

S.1900

BC 129 - 88 Cow suckling calf left.

VF+

£21

35

Dyrrhachium - drachm

S.1900

Another, but cow faces right.

VF+

£21

 

Byzantine.

 

 

 

 

36

Half-follis

S.686

Phocas (AD602-610) Carthage. Large XX

F/+

£15

 

Greek Imperial - Egypt.

 

 

 

 

37

TRAJAN - AE 21

S.1083

AD 106/7. Sm bust of Astarte by head of

 

 

 

 

 

Trajan / bull galloping l. Obv wkr

AVF

£35

38

VESPASIAN - hemi-drachm

S.735

AD 69-79 Silver Laureate hd r. / Nike r.

VF+

£40

39

HADRIAN - hemi-drachm

S. ---

AD 117-138 Silver Bust r. / Club

GF/+

£25

40

NERO - billon tetradrachm

BMC124

AD 54-68 Egypt Alexandria : bust of Nero / bust

 

 

 

 

AD 64/5)

of Poppaea (his 2nd wife). Regnal year 11

VF+

£145

41

ELAGABALUS - AE 22

S.3036

Macedon, Thessalonica. Brass. Nike

AVF

£18

 

Billon tetradrachm -

 

 

 

 

42

Probus

S.4772

Alexandria - obv r. / eagle looking back

VF/+

£18

43

Probus

S.2772/3

Another, as above. LS in rev fields

VF/+

£18

44

Probus

Milne 4611

Another, as above. LE in rev fields

VF/+

£16

45

Numerian

S.4781

Aequitas stg l., with scales & cornucopia

AVF

£20

46

Diocletian

S.4787

Vesta stg l., holding child in outstretched arm

VF

£15

 

Baktria & Indo-Greek.

 

 

 

 

47

Silver drachm

S.7600-4

BC 160-145. Menander. His diademed &

 

 

 

 

 

draped bust l. / Athena l.

AVF

£45

48

Silver drachm

S.7658

BC 130-110. Strato I - his bust r / Athena

 

 

 

 

 

advancing l, with thunderbolt &shield.

 

 

 

 

 

Karosthi legends. (Mitchiner 331a)

AVF

£42

49

Silver unit

c. AD 1000

Western satraps; head r., / legends

GF

£12

50

EGYPT - Ptolemy II

S.7788

Bronze AE 16 (BC 285-246) Head of Zeus

 

 

 

 

 

Ammon r., / Eagle stg r..

GF

£12

 

Palestine - Roman Procurators.

 

 

 

 

51

Antoninus Felix

R.134

AE 16 of year 14 (54 AD) legend of Agrippina

 

 

 

 

 

within wreath. / crossed palm branches

VF/+

£20

 

CELTIC COINAGE.

 

 

 

 

52

Armorican billon stater

S.15

Head of Apollo r. / horse, boar below

VF

£80

53

Iceni tribe silver unit

S.444a

Two crescents back to back / horse

VF/+

£75