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7/01/2004 Ea 80 80, Lot: 25 IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 5th Century BC. AR Hemiobol (5mm, 0.21 gm). Bee with straight wings / Four-part square incuse. Rosen 572. VF 100,00 US$ 0,00 US$
13/01/2004 Ea 80 173 KINGS of THRACE. Lysimachos. 323-281 BC. AV Stater (8.56 gm). Alexandria Troas mint. Circa 297-281 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / BASILEWS LUSIMACOU, Athena Nikephoros seated left, holding Nike in extended right hand, left arm resting on shield, spear behind; AP monogram and bee to inner right, monogram in exergue. Thompson 147; Müller 429. Good VF. ($2000) 2.000,00 US$ 0,00 US$
13/01/2004 Ea 80 230 IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 390-325 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.17 gm). Struck circa 350-340 BC. Magistrate Eoelthon. E-F, bee with straight wings / Forepart of a stag right, palm tree left; EOELQWN to right. Pixodarus (Kinns) Class G (obverse 124); Head -; BMC Ionia -; SNG Coepnhagen -; SNG von Aulock 1829. Toned, good VF. ($1500) 1.500,00 US$ 0,00 US$
13/01/2004 Ea 80 231 IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 325-300 BC. AR Octobol (5.58 gm). Attic standard. Echeanax, magistrate. E-F, bee / Forepart of stag right, head reverted, palm tree behind; EXEANA[X] before. Head pg. 37 var. (magistrate); BMC Ionia -; SNG Kayhan 277 var. (same); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Winterthur 2907 var. (same); SNG Munich 31 var. (same). Good VF. Very rare denomination. ($1000) 1.000,00 US$ 0,00 US$
13/01/2004 Ea 80 232 IONIA, Ephesos. Circa early 3rd century BC. AR Octobol (5.59 gm). Attic standard. Cleole, magistrate. Diademed bust of Artemis right / EFE, bow and quiver; bee right, KLEOLE left. Head pg. 41 var. (magistrate); SNG Kayhan 278 var. (same); BMC Ionia pg. 53, 55 var. (same); SNG Copenhagen 257 var. (same); SNG von Aulock -; SNG Munich 55 var. (same). Good VF. Apparently unpublished magistrate. ($750) In his studies of the Attic weight tetradrachms (in "Pixodarus Hoard," Coin Hoards IX) and drachms (in NumChron 1999), Kinns does not list a single example of either of these magistrates. Head does record Echeanax for the issue of Artemis/Bow and quiver octobols (BMC Ionia pg. 53, 55) 750,00 US$ 0,00 US$
13/01/2004 Ea 80 233 IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 165-133 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.68 gm). Struck circa 150-140 BC. Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / EFE, bow-case with serpents; bee to left, serpent on cista to right. Kleiner & Noe Series 28; BMC Ionia -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock 7837. EF, overstruck on uncertain type. ($300) 300,00 US$ 0,00 US$
13/01/2004 Ea 80 356 PHOENICIA, Arados. 174-110 BC. AR Drachm (4.13 gm). Dated year 99 (161/0 BC). Bee; Q(koppa) left, S (reverted) right / ARADIWN, stag standing right in front of palm tree. BMC Phoenicia pg. 21, 157; SNG Copenhagen 33 corr. (S reverted, not Z). Toned, choice EF. ($500) 500,00 US$ 0,00 US$
13/01/2004 Ea 80 151584 IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 295-288 BC. Æ 18mm (3.96 gm). Magistrate Charminos. E F, bee / Stag standing right; quiver above, XARMINOS to right. Mionnet Supp. VI pg. 123, 301; Head pg. 42. Good VF, glossy green patina. 165,00 US$ 0,00 US$
13/01/2004 Ea 80 151585 IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 202-133 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.12 gm). Magistrate Zoes. E F, bee / Stag standing right before palm tree; XWHS to right. BMC Ionia pg. 61, 130; Head pg. 58. Toned, good VF. 495,00 US$ 0,00 US$
13/01/2004 Ea 80 252937 PHOENICIA, Arados. 174-110 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.18 gm). Dated year 83=171/0 BC. Bee with straight wings; monograms flanking (date) / [A]RADIWN, stag standing right before palm. BMC Phoenicia pg. 20, 148. Toned, good VF. 365,00 US$ 0,00 US$
13/01/2004 Ea 80 187223 PHOENICIA, Arados. 174-110 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.12 gm). Dated year 101=159/8 BC. Bee with straight wings; monograms flanking (date on left) / ARADIWN, stag standing right before palm. Cf. BMC Phoenicia pg. 21, 162 (year 104); cf. SNG Copenhagen 37 (year 95). Toned EF. 650,00 US$ 0,00 US$
13/01/2004 Ea 80 151088 KINGS of THRACE. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 17.09 gm). Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 288-281 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / BASILEWS LUSIMACOU, Athena Nikephoros seated left, holding Nike in extended right hand, left elbow resting on shield, spear behind; caduceus to inner left, bee to outer right. Thompson 190; Müller 112. Lightly toned, good VF. 975,00 US$ 0,00 US$
22/09/2004 PA67 602 CRETE, Elyros. Circa 4th century BC. AR Drachm (5.29 gm). Goat head right; below, arrowhead left / Bee. Svoronos, Crète 1; BMC Crete pg. 36, 2; SNG Copenhagen 437. VF, lightly toned, obverse die rust, good metal. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. 300,00 US$ 290,00 US$
22/09/2004 PA67 674 IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 405-390 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.19 gm). Pythagoras, magistrate. Bee with curved wings / Forepart of stag right; palm tree left, PEIQAGORH[S] to right. Hecatomnus (Kinns) 16 (03/R13); BMC Ionia -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Waddington 1540 corr. (magistrate listed as TEIMAGORHS). Good VF, toned. From the Tony Hardy Collection. 750,00 US$ 825,00 US$
22/09/2004 PA67 675 IONIA, Ephesos (as Arsinoeia). Circa 288-280 BC. AR Octobol (5.51 gm). Bloson, magistrate. Veiled head of Arsinoë right / ARSI, bow and quiver; monogram and BLOSWN to left, bee to right. SNG Kayhan 279; BMC Ionia -; SNG Copenhagen -; Head -. Good VF, toned, struck with a worn obverse die, several small corrosion spots on obverse. Very rare. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 55 (13 September 2000), lot 492 (magistrate incorrect). Lysimachos made himself master of Ephesos in 295 BC and shortly thereafter changed the city's name to Arsinoeia in honor of his wife, the daughter of Ptolemy I Soter. After the death of Lysimachos in 280 BC, Arsinoë married her half brother Ptolemy Keraunos and finally her full brother Ptolemy II Philadelphos. She became the first Ptolemaic ruler to enter the Egyptian temples as "temple-sharing goddess," and was revered by the later Ptolemies. This magistrate's name on this and the Kayhan example have the first letter partially obscured. Nevertheless, this name is recorded as a magistrate on the forepart of stag-palm tree coinage of Ephesos in the mid-late 4th century BC (see Waddington 1527 and Pixodarus pg. 204), so the reading here is almost certainly correct and probably names a descendent or other family member of the earlier Bloson. 1.000,00 US$ 975,00 US$
22/09/2004 PA67 678 IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 166-67 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.73 gm). Dated RY 21 (of Attalos II of Pergamon=139/8 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Bow case with serpents; A-(bee)-K (date) above, double cornucopiae to right. Kleiner & Noe Series 34b (dies 47/a); BMC Ionia -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock 7841 (same dies). EF. Rare issue. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection 200,00 US$ 165,00 US$
22/09/2004 PA67 907 PHOENICIA, Arados. 174-110 BC. AR Drachm (4.12 gm). Dated CY 97 (163/2 BC). Bee with straight wings; date to left, monogram to right / Stag standing right before palm. BMC Phoenicia pg. 21, 155. EF, toned, minor porosity. 300,00 US$ 385,00 US$
22/09/2004 PA67 908 PHOENICIA, Arados. 174-110 BC. AR Drachm (4.10 gm). Dated CY 100 (160/159 BC). Bee with straight wings; date to left, monogram to right / Stag standing right before palm. BMC Phoenicia pg. 21, 158. EF, minor porosity. 300,00 US$ 260,00 US$
22/09/2004 PA67 909 PHOENICIA, Arados. 174-110 BC. AR Drachm (4.14 gm). Dated CY 102 (158/7 BC). Bee with straight wings; date to left, monogram to right / Stag standing right before palm. BMC Phoenicia pg. 21, 159. EF, hairline flan crack, very minor porosity. 300,00 US$ 260,00 US$
22/09/2004 PA67 934 PERSIA, Alexandrine Empire. Circa 322-312 BC. AR Double Shekel (16.53 gm). Babylon mint. Baal seated left, holding sceptre; bee before / Lion walking left; G above. Nicolet-Pierre pg. 291, 8.4; Traité pl. CXV, 21; SNG Copenhagen -. Good VF, recently cleaned. 500,00 US$ 500,00 US$

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