PETER MORRIS Dealer in Coins & Medals
Ancient Greek Coins
(including Sassanian, Parthian & Celtic Coins)
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Asia Minor - Temnos (Alexander III) |
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Tetradrachm |
S.4225 |
BC 3rd Century. Hd of Herakles / Zeus |
VF/+ |
£235 |
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Asia Minor - Nagidos |
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Stater |
S.5585 |
BC 374-356 Aphrodite enthroned / |
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Dionysos standing left. Rev. sl. off-set |
AEF |
£185 |
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Asia Minor - Kalchedon |
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Drachm |
S.3738 |
BC 4th Century. Bull stg l. on ear of corn / |
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rev. "mill-sail" pattern. |
AEF |
£90 |
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Asia Minor - Rhodes |
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Di-drachm |
S.5048 |
Radiate head of Helios / Rose |
GVF |
£165 |
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Macedonian Kingdom - Alexander the Great (III) |
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Tetradrachm |
S.6721 |
BC 336-323 Head of Herakles r. in lion's skin / |
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Zeus seated left. |
GVF/+ |
£150 |
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Tetradrachm |
S.6721 |
BC 336-323 Head of Herakles r. in lion's skin / |
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Zeus seated left. Piece missing at 1 o'c. |
VF |
£95 |
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Drachm |
Mueller 663 |
BC 336-323 Head of Herakles r. in lion's skin / |
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Zeus seated left. Nice old grey tone |
GVF/+ |
£65 |
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Cappadocia - Ariarathes V |
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13 |
Drachm - Eusebes Philopator |
S.7286 |
BC 163-130 Head r./ Athena stg |
GVF |
£45 |
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14 |
Drachm - Eusebes Philopator |
S.7286 |
BC 163-130 Head r./ Athena stg Toned |
GVF |
£40 |
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Ancient Greece - Italy. |
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Hyria - didrachm |
S.294 |
BC 400 - 335. Hd of Athena r. / Man-headed |
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bull standing l. YPINAI above. |
GVF |
£135 |
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Velia - didrachm |
S.456 |
BC 400 - 350. Hd of Athena l. / Lion stg left |
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devouring a piece of meat. Once gilded. |
GVF |
£155 |
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Thourium - stater |
S.447 |
BC 400 - 350. Head of Athena r. / |
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bull butting to the right. |
VF/+ |
£165 |
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The East - Phoenicia. |
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Arados - stater |
S.5971 |
BC 400 - 350. Head of marine deity r. / |
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a galley sailing r. above waves. BMC 4.18 |
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£125 |
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Thrace |
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Thassos - stater |
S.1747 |
BC 500 - 463. Excited satyr with unwilling female, |
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Rev swastika type incuse punches |
VF/+ |
£265 |
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Cherronesos - hemi-drachm |
S.1602 |
BC 400 - 350. Fore-part of lion looking |
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back / 2 pellets in quadripartite pattern |
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£25 |
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Cherronesos - hemi-drachm |
S.1603 |
BC 400 - 350. Fore-part of lion looking |
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back / A and grapes in criss-cross. |
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£30 |
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Seleukid Kingdom |
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Antiochus VI - drachm |
S.7073 |
BC 145-142. Hd of Dionysos r. / Naked |
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Apollo std reclining l. Sm chip at 8 o'c |
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£48 |
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Illyria and Central Greece - Epidamnos. |
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21 |
Dyrrhachium - drachm |
S.1900 |
BC 129 - 88 Cow suckling calf left. |
VF+ |
£25 |
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Dyrrhachium - drachm |
S.1900 |
Another, but cow faces r. |
VF+ |
£25 |
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Peloponnesos |
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Sikyon - hemi-drachm |
S.2767 |
BC 450 - 430. Chimaera stg l. / dove flying l |
VF |
£47 |
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Sassanian kingdom. |
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341 |
Khusro II - dirhem |
Gobl. II/3 |
AD 590 - 628. Hd of the king, regnal yr 38 |
GVF |
£25 |
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Parthian kingdom. |
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337 |
Orodes I - drachm |
Shore 135 |
c. BC 90 - 77. Diademed bust of king l. / |
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archer std r. holding bow -Sellwood 30.16 |
VF/+ |
£45 |
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338 |
Orodes I - drachm |
Shore 122 |
as above, but king wears tiara with star |
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inside. Sellwood 31.5 |
VF/+ |
£45 |
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339 |
Artabanos II - drachm |
Shore 341 |
c. AD 10 - 38. diademed bust of king l. with |
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square-cut beard / archer std l. (S'd 63.6) |
VF/+ |
£45 |
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340 |
Vologases IV - drachm |
Shore 434 |
c. AD 147-191. Diademded bust of king l. |
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rev as before. (Sellwood 84.132) |
VF/+ |
£45 |
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Greek Imperial - Egypt. |
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335 |
Vespasian - billon tetradrachm |
AD 69 - 79 |
Bus of emperor r. / standing figure l. |
VF |
£30 |
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336 |
Hadrian - billon tetradrachm |
AD 117-138 |
Bust of emperor r. / seated reclining figure |
AVF |
£30 |
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Judaea - Widow's mite |
BC10-AD33 |
AE lepton from the time of Christ |
F |
£5 |
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JUST IN. |
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Corinth |
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351 |
Silver stater |
S.2627 |
BC 400-350 Pegasos flying to right; rev |
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Helmeted head of Athena l. 8.6 gms |
GVF |
£185 |
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Macedonian kingdom - Alexander the Great |
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352 |
Silver tetradrachm |
S.6721 |
BC 336-323 Head of Herakles r. wearing a |
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lion's skin, nose & mouth sl. double-struck |
GVF |
£160 |
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353 |
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Another, slightly heavier and sharper |
AEF |
£180 |
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Pamphylia - Aspendos |
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354 |
Silver tetradrachm |
as S.6721 |
BC 3rd/2nd century. Type as above 2 coins, |
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but with Seleukid anchor countermark. |
GVF |
£150 |
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CELTIC COINAGE. |
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342 |
Danubian celts - stater c.BC100 |
Szaivert272 |
Stylized head right / saddled horse left. |
GVF |
£95 |
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343 |
Danubian celts - stater |
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another, as illustrated. |
GVF |
£95 |
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344 |
Danubian celts - stater |
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another, lightly tone |
GVF |
£90 |
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345 |
Danubian celts - stater |
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another, dark tone |
GVF |
£90 |
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346 |
Armorican billon stater |
S.15 |
c. BC75 - 50. (Channel Isles and NW Gaul) |
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class II - obv head right. / rev horse, with |
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boar below, and remains of victory. |
VF |
£108 |
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Armorican billon stater |
S.15 |
another, but much nicer, ie sharp |
EF |
£150 |