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Date 08.01.2012
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 1 Bruttium. Croton. c. 390/80 BC. Stater, 7.88g. (h). Obv: Head of Hera Lakinia three-quarters facing, turned slightly to the right, wearing low polos ornamented with palmettes. Rx: ΚΡΟΤΩΝΙΑΤΑΝ Youthful Herakles seated left on a rock draped with his lion's skin, holding a one-handled cup in his right hand and resting his left on his club; below, b...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 2 Sicily. Gela. c. 490-475 BC. Didrachm, 8.64g. (h). Obv: Horseman, naked but for the helmet, hurling spear on galloping horse right. Rx: ΓΕΛΑ (retrograde). Protome of bearded man-headed bull right. Jenkins p. 181, pl. 2, 19 (O7/R8). SNG ANS 5 (same dies). This exquisite coin probably comes from the 1950 Gela hoard (mentioned in Jenkin's book on G...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 3 Sicily. Leontini. c. 430-425 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.11g. (h). Obv: Laureate head of Apollo left. Border of small dots in low relief. Rx: ΛΕΟΝΤΙΝΟΝ (retrograde) Lion's head right. Around three barley-corns and a cithara. Cf. SNG ANS 243. Cf. Boehringer, Munzgeschichte 56. Jameson Coll. 631. SNG Delepierre 571 (all from the same obverse die). Accordi...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 4 Sicily. Syracuse. 415-413 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.47g. (h). Obv: Quadriga to right, driven by goddess holding reins and goad, who is crowned by flying Nike. The fourth horse raises its head. In exergue, wheel lying on ground; on ground line, in tiny letters, [EYAINETO], unclear on our specimen. Border of dots. Rx: ΣΥΡΑΚ[ΟΣΙΟΝ] Head of the nymph Aret...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 5 Sicily, Syracuse. c. 400-370 BC. Decadrachm, 43.30g. (h). Obv: Quadriga galloping left, driven by a charioteer holding reins and directing the horses with a goad. Above, Nike flying right to crown the charioteer. In exergue, panoply of arms on two steps: cuirass, two greaves, and a Phrygian helmet. Border of dots. Rx: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ Head of nymph Ar...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 6 Agathocles. 317-289 BC. AE 23, 9.24g. (h). SyracuseObv: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ Unbearded head of Herakles left, wearing diadem with a meniskos at the forehead. Behind, cornucopia (?). Dotted border. Rx: The Nemean lion striding right. Above, club. Calciati I, p. 288, 150, Ds41. SNG ANS 735. SNG Morcom 768. Winterthur I 971. Mahogany-brown patina of extraord...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 7 Sicily. Syracuse. Hieron II. 274-216 BC. AV 60 Litrai (Decadrachm), 4.27g. (h). Sicily, Syracuse, c. 269-263 BC. Obv: Head of Kore left wearing wheat-ear wreath and pearl necklace. In left field, bucranium. Border of dots. Rx: ΙΕΡΩΝΟΣ Biga of galloping horses right. Linear border. SNG ANS 862 var. (different symbol behind head, same reverse die)...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 8 Chalcidian District. Acanthus. c. 480 BC. Hemiobol, 0.36g. (h). Obv: Calf head right. Border of dots. Rx: Four-part incuse square with windmill pattern. Traite II 1, no. 1710, pl. LIV, 18. Weber Coll. 1886. McClean pl. 114, 11. SNG Lockett 1291. Exceptionally well-struck. Perfectly centered. About EF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 9 Chalcidian District. Acanthus. c. 480-450 BC. Obol, 0.51g. (h). Obv: Head of lioness, seen from above. Border of dots. Rx: Four-part incuse square. Traite II 1, no. 1714, pl. LIV, 20. Beautifully centered. Struck in relatively high relief. VF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 10 Chalcidian District. Acanthus. c. 400 BC. Tetradrachm, 14.18g. (h). Obv: Bull kneeling left with raised head, attacked by lion right on his back; EYK above. In exergue, sea monster right. Border of dots. Rx: AKA-NΘ-I-ON around four-part linear square, all within incuse square. Desneux-, but cf. 120. Rare variety with bull's head up. Magistrate n...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 11 Macedonia. Aegeae. c. 490-470 BC. Light diobol, 0.95g. (h). Obv: Goat running right. Rx: Head of bridled horse right, in incuse square. Traite II 1, no. 1536, pl. XLVIII, 15. Cf. A.P. Tzamalis, Nomismatika Khronika 17 (1998), p. 16, 46. Well-struck. Some granularity which is normal for small Greek coins. About VF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 12 Macedonia. Aegeae. c. 480 BC. Fraction, 1.10g. (h). Obv: Goat kneeling right. Rx: Four-part incuse square with windmill pattern. SNG Cop. 25. SNG ANS 66. Cf. Traite II 1, no. 1550. Beautiful, high-spirited goat. Choice EF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 13 Macedonia. Aegeae. c. 450 BC. Obol, 0.91 g. (h). Obv: Goat kneeling right on ground line. Rx: Four-part incuse square with windmill pattern. Traite II 1, no. 1550. SNG Oxford 2230. Well centered. Good VF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 14 Macedonia. Aegeae. 5th century BC. Hemiobol, 0.34g. (h). Obv: Goat's head right, the truncation dotted. Rx: Four-part incuse square. Not to be found in major references. Tiny bend in flan at 2h. The goat seems to have real personality. Struck in high relief. EF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 15 Macedonia. Amphipolis. c. 400 BC. Obol, 0.42g. (h). Obv: Head of youth right, wearing taenia. Circle of dots. Rx: ΑΜ-ΦΙ. Fish within linear frame. All within incuse square. SNG ANS 83-84. SNG Oxford 2241. Dewing Coll. 1011. Beautifully drawn rockfish on reverse. VF/EF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 16 Macedonia. Argilos. 495-478 BC. Drachm, 2.50g. (h). Obv: Pegasus forepart right. Rx: Four-part incuse square. Liampi, Argilos, p. 148, no. 46, pl. 9 (same dies). Slightly granular surface. VF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 17 Macedonia. Argilos. 478-476 BC. Hemiobol, 0.31g. (h). Obv: Forepart of Pegasus left. Circle of dots. Rx: Four-part incuse square. SNG Cop. 345. Liampi, Argilos, p. 173, no. 95, pl. 13. Perfectly centered. In relatively high relief. Slightly granular reverse. EF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 18 Chalcidian District. Dicaea. 490-475 BC. Trihemiobol, 0.71g. (h). Obv: ΔΙ-ΚΑ. Rooster standing right. Rx: ΔΙ-ΚΑ (bustrophedon) in four-part incuse square. Not to be found in the major references, but cf. Hirsch 267 (2010), 119, and Peus 393 (2007), 155 (both with different reverse). Good VF/EF.
Date 08.01.2012
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 19 Pangaean District. Eion. 5th century BC. Hemiobol, 0.42g. (h). Obv: Two geese standing side by side right. In left field, ivy leaf. Circle of dots. Rx: Square incuse with swastika pattern. Svoronos, Hellenisme, pl. IX, 23. Cf. Traite II 1, no. 1738, pl. LV, 12. BMC p. 74, 15. SNG Cop. 181. Charming. Near Mint State.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 20 Chalcidian District. Mende. c. 480 BC. Trihemitetartemorion, 0.31g. (h). Obv: Head of donkey right. Rx: Incuse square with windmill pattern. Traite II 1, no. 1611, pl. LI, 12. SNG ANS 307. Beautifully detailed. EF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 21 Chalcidian District. Mende. 460-421 BC. Tetartemorion, 0.16g. (h). Obv: Head of donkey left. Circle of dots. Rx: Cantharus within incuse square. SNG ANS 371. Cf. Weber Coll. 1943 (donkey head right). About EF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 22 Pangaean District. Neapolis. 5th century BC. Obol, 0.74g. (h). Obv: Gorgoneion with closed lips. Rx: Four-part incuse square. Traite II 1, no. 1742, pl. LV, 17. BMC p. 84, 13. Cf. A.P. Tzamalis, Nomismatika Khronika 17 (1998), p. 18, 58. VF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 23 Chalcidian District. Potidaea. c. 480 BC. Tetrobol, 2.84g. (h). Obv: Poseidon Hippios carrying trident, on horseback right. On the neck of the horse, dot. Below horse, pellet. Rx: Female head right, wearing dotted, pointed headdress (alopekis) and necklace, in incuse square. Traite II 1, no. 1641, pl. LII, 9. SNG ANS 693 (same reverse die). McCl...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 24 Macedonia. Scione. c. 440 BC. Hemiobol, 0.28g. (h). Obv: Head of youth right, wearing fillet. Rx: Corinthian helmet right, within incuse square. SNG ANS 714-715. SNG Oxford 2376. SNG Delepierre 931. Cf. Pozzi 766. Beautifully sculpted head in high relief, very surprising on a coin this size. About EF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 25 Macedonia. Scione. c. 440 BC. Hemiobol, 0.31g. (h). Obv: Head of youth right, wearing taenia. Rx: Human eye within incuse square. SNG ANS 710. About EF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 26 Macedonia. Scione. c. 424 BC. Tetrobol, 1.83g. (h). Obv: Head of youth right, wearing taenia. Rx: ΣΚΙΩΝΑΙΩΝ. Corinthian helmet right. At left, laurel twig. SNG Lockett 1370 (same obverse die). SNG ANS 712-713. Granular surface, otherwise About EF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 27 Chalcidian District. Terone. 5th century BC. Hemiobol, 0.36g. (h). Obv: Oinochoe. Circle of dots. Rx: Forepart of goat right, in shallow incuse. Traite II 4, no. 1047, pl. CCCXVIII, 14 (but oinochoe the other way round). Cf. BMC p. 108, 10. Granular. VF/Fine+.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 28 Chalcidian District, Terone. 5th century BC. Hemiobol, 0.24g. (h). Obv: Τ-Ε. Oinochoe. Circle of dots. Rx: Four-part incuse square. SNG ANS 755. About EF.
Date 08.01.2012
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 29 Strymonian and Bottiaean Districts. Tragilus. 450-400 BC. Hemiobol, 0.29g. (h). Obv: Wheat ear. Circle of dots. Rx: Four-part incuse square with ethnic ΤRΑΙ inscribed. SNG ANS 903. Weber Coll. 1983. Choice EF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 30 Strymonian and Bottiaean Districts. Tragilus. 5th century BC. Hemiobol, 0.20g. (h). Obv: Bunch of grapes. Circle of dots. Rx: TPAI, beginning at lower left, in four-part incuse square. BMC p. 130, 5. Struck in somewhat high relief. About EF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 31 Strymonian and Bottiaean Districts. Tragilus. 5th century BC. Hemiobol, 0.23g. (h). Obv: Bunch of grapes. Circle of dots. Rx: ΤΡ-ΙΑ in four-part incuse square. BMC p. 130, 4. Struck in high relief. Choice EF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 32 Macedonia. Uncertain Mint. 520-470 BC. Trihemiobol, 0.38g. (h). Obv: Head of Centaur right. In the field, two or three pellets. Rx: Incuse square with X design. Not to be found in major references. This is an extremely rare image on a Greek coin. Pleasant VF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 33 Macedonia. Uncertain Mint. c. 500 BC. Hemiobol or trihemiobol, 0.24g. (h). Obv: Bull's head to front. Circle of dots. Rx: Four-part incuse square. Rosen Coll. 182. SNG Oxford 2398. Cf. SNG ANS 1006. About VF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 34 Macedonia. Uncertain Mint. c. 500-470 BC. Obol, 0.77g. (h). Obv: Bearded centaur, holding cantharus, running right. Rx: Four-part incuse square. Not to be found in major references. Fine.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 35 Macedonia. Uncertain Mint. 500-450 BC. Hemiobol, 0.35g. (h). Obv: Forepart of horse righ, head turned three-quarters to front. Rx: Four-part incuse square. Not to be found in major references. A remarkable obverse type, difficult to render on such a small coin. About EF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 36 Macedonia. Uncertain Mint. 500-450 BC. Hemiobol, 0.24g. (h). Obv: Hippocamp swimming right. Rx: Head of nymph right. Linear border. Not to be found in the major references. VF/Fine.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 37 Macedonia. Uncertain Mint. 500-450 BC. Hemiobol, 0.36g. (h). Obv: Spearhead. Circle of dots. Rx: Four-part incuse square. A.P. Tzamalis, Nomismatika Khronika 17 (1998), p. 15, 37. SNG ANS 1003. SNG Cop. 464. Klein Coll. 119. About EF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 38 Macedonia. Uncertain Mint. 480-440 BC. Diobol, 1.85g. (h). Obv. Forepart of horse right. Rx: Ram reclining right, head reverted, all within incuse square. Svoronos, Hellenisme, pl. III, 25. SNG ANS 995. Weber Coll. 2328. A.P. Tzamalis, Nomismatika Khronika 17 (1998), p. 16, 47. Granular surface. Good Fine.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 39 Macedonia. Uncertain Mint. c. 460 BC. Hemiobol, 0.38g. (h). Obv: Head of horse right. Circle of dots. Rx: Four-part incuse square. Traite II 1, no. 1782, pl. LVII, 6 (Maroneia). Not in Schonert-Gei?, Maroneia. Choice EF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 40 Macedonia. Uncertain Mint. c. 460-420 BC. Obol, 0.67g. (h). Obv: Bridled horse's head right, rearing up. Rx: Dolphin diagonally left within incuse square. Cf. A.P. Tzamalis, Nomismatika Khronika 18 (1999), p. 13, 87 (dolphin diagonally right). Cf. Triton 14 (2011), lot 57. The horse on obverse seems to be in a state of high alert. EF/VF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 41 Macedonia. Uncertain Mint. c. 450 BC. Hemiobol, 0.46g. (h). Obv: Head of youth right. Rx: Bunch of grapes and two vine leaves, all in incuse square. Not to be found in the major references. Good VF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 42 Macedonia. Uncertain Mint. 5th century BC. Tetartemorion, 0.13g. (h). Obv: Four-spoked wheel. Rx: Incuse square with irregular surface. Cf. Svoronos, Hellenisme, pl. IV, 7. A. Tzamalis, Nomismatika Khronika 17 (1998), p. 20, 77-78. EF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 43 Macedonia. Uncertain Mint. 5th century BC. Hemiobol, 0.25g. (h). Obv: Panther head facing. Rx: Four-part incuse square. A.P. Tzamalis, Nomismatika Khronika 17 (1998), p. 17, 55. Very sensitively engraved panther head in high relief. Nearly EF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 44 Macedonia. Uncertain Mint. 5th century BC. Hemiobol, 0.50g. (h). Obv: Claw of crab. Rx: Four-part incuse square. Not to be found in major references. VF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 45 Macedonia. Uncertain Mint. 5th century BC. Hemiobol, 0.24g. (h). Obv: Bunch of grapes. Circle of dots. Rx: Four-part incuse square, each compartment with a pellet. Cf. BMC p. 130, 4-5 (Tragilos). EF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 46 Macedonia. Uncertain Mint. 5th century BC. Trihemiobol, 0.23g. (h). Obv: Monkey squatting right. Rx: Round shield within incuse square. Cf. A. Tzamalis, Nomismatika Khronika 17 (1998), p. 19, no. 67 (monkey left). Furthermore, see Leu 45 (1988), 100 (same dies); Gemini 2 (2006), 46 and CNG 81 (2009), 265 (monkey left); Svoronos, Hellenisme, pl. ...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 47 Macedonia. Uncertain Mint. 5th century BC. Obol, 0.56g. (h). Obv: Kangaroo mouse. Rx: Four-part incuse square. Not to be found in major references. This coin has normally been misinterpreted as one of the monkey obols, but this sharply struck example proves otherwise. EF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 48 Macedonia. Uncertain Mint. 5th century BC. Hemiobol, 0.36g. (h). Obv: Crescent moon. Rx: Four-part incuse square. Cf. A.P. Tzamalis, Nomismatika Khronika 17 (1998), p. 17, 51. Not to be found in major references. Some surface hairlines. EF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 49 Macedonia. Uncertain Mint. 5th century BC. Hemiobol, 0.45g. (h). Obv: Eagle standing right. Rx: Lyre within incuse square. A.P. Tzamalis, Nomismatika Khronika 17 (1998), p. 19, 68. SNG Cop. 145 (Delphi). Otherwise not to be found in major references. Bold VF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 50 Macedonia. Uncertain Mint. c. 400 BC. Obol, 0.46g. (h). Obv: Head of young Hermes, wearing petasos, right. Rx: Four-part incuse, X design in the four quarters. A.P. Tzamalis, Nomismatika Khronika 16 (1997), p. 14, 10. Cf. SNG ANS 905-906. Traite II 1, no. 1512, pl. XLVII, 14. For the reverse, cf. SNG ANS 1007. VF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 51 Macedonia. Uncertain Mint. c. 400 BC. Obol, 0.46g. (h). Obv: Head of young Hermes right, wearing petasos. Circle of dots. Rx: Wreath within shallow incuse. Cf. SNG ANS 906; see also Raymond, pl. IX, d (different reverse). VF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 52 Macedonia. Uncertain Mint. Late 5th/early 4th century BC. Hemiobol, 0.30g. (h). Obv: Lion's head right. Circle of dots. Rx: Eight-rayed star in shallow incuse. A.P. Tzamalis, Nomismatika Khronika 17 (998), p. 17, 53. Otherwise not to be found in major references. Exquisite head of lion. Choice EF. The eight-rayed star is well known from a gol...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 53 Macedonia. Uncertain Mint. late 5th/early 4th century BC. Hemiobol, 0.24g. (h). Obv: Lion's head right. Circle of dots. Rx: Eight-rayed star in shallow incuse. A.P. Tzamalis, Nomismatika Khronika 17 (1998), p. 17, 53. Otherwise not to be found in major references. Beautifully centered and drawn. Flan slightly rippled. EF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 54 Macedonia. Uncertain Mint. c. 350-250 BC. Diobol, 0.96g. (h). Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet. Rx: ΛΑ[ΘΠ?...]. Owl standing on amphora. At left, coiled snake. Not to be found in major references. Fair/Fine. Although the temptation to read ΑΛ[..] is great, we must say that the rest of the fairly weak legend does not read Α...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 55 Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander I. 498-454 BC. Trihemiobol, 0.65 g. (h). , 476/5-460 BC. Obv: Horse standing right. Rx: Four-part incuse square. Raymond, pl. IX, c. SNG Alpha Bank 70. VF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 56 Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander I. 498-454 BC. Hemiobol, 0.36g. (h). , c. 480-476 BC. Obv: Horse's head right. Rx: Four-part incuse square. SNG Alpha Bank 36. A.P. Tzamalis, Nomismatika Khronika 18 (1999), p. 13, 93. Struck in somewhat high relief. EF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 57 Macedonian Kingdom. Philip II. 359-336 BC. Stater, 8.58g. (h). Amphipolis III A, c. 323-315 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right. Rx: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ Galloping biga driven right by charioteer holding goad; below front legs of horses, tripod and K. Le Rider p. 226, 241, pl. 81 (D101/R190). SNG Lewis 498 (same dies). Mint State.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 58 Macedonian Kingdom. Philip II. 359-336 BC. Stater, 8.59g. (h). Pella III A, c. 323-315 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right. Rx: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ Galloping biga driven right by charioteer holding g whip; thunderbolt symbol below horses. Le Rider p. 174, 427, pl. 66 (D193/R316). SNG Oxford 2444 (same obverse die). Beautifully detailed reverse. Mint State.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 59 Macedonian Kingdom. Philip II. 357-336 BC. Eighth Stater, 1.06g. (h). Pella, 336-323 BC. Obv: Head of Herakles wearing lion-skin headdress right. Border of dots. Rx: ΦΙΛΙΠ-ΠΟΥ Cantharus. Le Rider, pl. 84, 93-101. SNG ANS 230. VF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 60 Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III The Great. 336-323 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.18g. (h). Amphipolis, c. 336-323 BC. Obv: Alexander the Great in the guise of Herakles wearing lion-skin headdress right. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left holding eagle and scepter; bucranium symbol in left field below eagle. Price 93. SNG Cop. 675. SNG Oxford 2570. Near Min...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 61 Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III The Great. 336-323 BC. Quarter-stater, 2.15g. (h). Amphipolis, c. 330-320 BC. Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝ / ΔΡΟΥ with thunderbolt above and strung bow and club between. Price 165b (same dies). McClean 3410, pl. 125, 7 (same dies). SNG Alpha Bank 465. In 47 years we have never handled a quarter...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 62 Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III The Great. 336-323 BC. Stater, 8.58g. (h). Macedonia, c. 330-320 BC. Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right with four long curls of hair going down her neck, and a fifth on her cheek. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Nike with open wings standing left, holding wreath and ship's mast; trident head and monogram in left field. Price 179...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 63 Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III The Great. 336-323 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.21g. (h). Pella, c. 325-315 BC. Obv: Bust of Alexander III left, wearing a lion-skin headdress. Dotted border. Rx: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left holding eagle and scepter; Θ in left field. Dotted border. Price 213A. Cf. SNG Lockett 1439. An Alexander tetradrachm of this quali...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 64 Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III The Great. 336-323 BC. Stater, 8.56g. (h). Miletus, c. 323-319 BC. Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right with four long curls of hair going down her neck, and a short fifth one before her ear. On bowl of the helmet, snake. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Nike with open wings standing left, holding wreath and aphlaston; KH monogram ...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 65 Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III The Great. 336-323 BC. Stater, 8.55g. (h). Sardes, c. 323-319 BC. Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right with long flowing hair going down her neck. On bowl of helmet, griffin running right. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Nike with open wings standing left, holding wreath and aphlaston; TI encircled and torch in left field. Price 2...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 66 Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III The Great. 336-323 BC. Stater, 8.56g. (h). Babylon, c. 317-311 BC. Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right with long flowing hair going down her neck. On bowl of helmet, snake. Rx: ΒΑΣ-ΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟ-Υ Nike with open wings standing left holding wreath and aphlaston. H below right wing and monogram within wreath belo...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 67 Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III The Great. 336-323 BC. Stater, 8.52g. (h). Memphis, c. 332-323 BC. Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right with long flowing hair going down her neck. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Nike with open wings standing left holding [wreath] and aphlaston; EY below right wing and rose below left wing. Price 3966. Tiny planchet defect in hel...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 68 Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander III The Great. 336-323 BC. Drachm, 4.18g. (h). , 336-323 BC. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion-skin headdress. Border of dots. Rx: ΦΙΛΙΠ-ΠΟΥ Naked boy on horseback right, holding palm branch in right hand. Beneath horse, plant. Below horse’s foreleg, Π. Border of dots. Price -, cf. 1414 (obverse). Le Rider -...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 69 Macedonian Kingdom, Philip V. 221-179 BC. Didrachm, 8.30g. (h). Obv: Diademed head of king right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ Club right. Above and beneath, monograms. All within oak wreath. In outer left field, thunderbolt. In outer right field, M. SNG Oxford 3269. SNG Alpha Bank 1053. SNG Lockett 1530 (all with different set of monograms). Cf. A. ...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 70 Thrace. Abdera. 321 BC. Tetradrachm, 10.67g. (h). Obv: ΑΒΔΗ-ΡΙΤΕΩΝ Griffin seated left. Rx: ΕΠΙ ΙΠΠΩ-ΝΑΚΤΟΣ Laureate head of Apollo right. Below, scallop shell. May 543. SNG Oxford 3506-7. Beautifully centered. Near Mint State with lustrous obverse. For the date of issue, see Chryssanthaki-Nagle, Abdera, pp. 134-139, especially p. 137, and pp...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 71 Thrace. Chersonesos. c. 515-500 BC. Stater, 10.79g. (h). Obv: Horseman or Amazon (the rider appears to have breasts) with spear right. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square, one section divided by a diagonal line. Seltman, Athens, no. 486 (A330/P416). Jameson Coll. 1649. Boston 847. C.M. Kraay and P.R.S. Moorey, NC 141 (1981), p. 3, 4, pl. 1. Extremel...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 72 Thrace. Trierus. c. 400 BC. Hemiobol, 0.39g. (h). Obv: Laureate head of Apollo left. Border of dots. Rx: ΤΡ-Ι[Η] Laurel branch in linear square, all within incuse square. Weber Coll. 2399. Pozzi 758. Klein Coll. 99. Cf. BMC p. 181, 4 ff., and SNG Fitzwilliam 1792. Excellent surfaces. Good VF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 73 Thrace. Samothrace. c. 520-475 BC. Trihemiobol, 1.08g. (h). Obv: Sphinx seated left, raising paw. Rx: Four-part incuse square with windmill pattern. SNG Cop. Suppl. 101 (slightly different reverse pattern). About VF. The sphinx might be adopted from the coinage of the island of Samothrace .
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 74 Thrace. Thasos. c. 460 BC. Trihemiobol, 0.42g. (h). Obv: Dolphin left. Below, three pellets. Rx: Incuse square with rough surface. Cf. CNG 73, 2006, 107. For a slightly later type, see Traite II 1, no. 1751, pl. LV, 23. Dolphin struck in high relief. Near Mint State. This coin has three pellets instead of just two as on the cited CNG specimen...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 75 Thrace. Thasos. 435-411 BC. Obol, 0.58g. (h). Obv: Dolphin right over dolphin left. In the field, two pellets. Rx: Four-part incuse square with irregular surfaces. Svoronos, Hellenisme, pl. X, 25. Guide de Thasos, pl. I, 9 (dolphins the other way round). Traite II 1, no. 1750, pl. LV, 22. Rosen Coll. 146. SNG Lockett 1224. SNG Fitzwilliam 1811. ...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 76 Thrace. Thasos. c. 400 BC. Hemiobol, 0.28g. (h). Obv: Head of nymph left. Rx: ΘΑ-Σ Dolphin left, all in incuse square. BMC p. 222, 63. SNG Lockett 1239. Exquisite head of nymph. Somewhat reminiscent of fine Sicilian style. About EF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 77 Thrace. Thasos. c. 400 BC. Hemiobol, 0.28g. (h). Obv: Head of nymph left. Rx: ΘΑ-Σ Dolphin left, all in incuse square. BMC p. 222, 63. SNG Lockett 1239. Guide de Thasos, pl. I, 13. Lovely head of nymph. EF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 78 Thrace. Thasos. c. 400 BC. Hemiobol, 0.27g. (h). Obv: Head of nymph left. Rx: ΘΑ-Σ Dolphin left, all in incuse square. BMC p. 222, 63. SNG Lockett 1239. Guide de Thasos, pl. I, 13. Wonderfully detailed head of nymph. EF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 79 Thrace. Thasos. c. 400 BC. Hemiobol, 0.37g. (h). Obv: Head of Silenus right. Rx: Θ-Α-Σ-Ι Dolphin left over dolphin right, within incuse square. SNG Lockett 1238. Guide de Thasos, pl. I, 12. Absolutely wonderful head of Selinus with detail that is unexpectedly fine for such a small coin. EF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 80 Celtic Imitation. Thasos. c. 400-350 BC. Trihemiobol, 0.82g. (h). Obv: Satyr running right, holding cantharus. Rx: ΔΟ-ΩΩ Crater. Not to be found in the major references. Slightly granular surface in isolated areas. Near EF. The crude style and blundered ethnic point to an irregular, barbaric mint. While the Celtic imitations of late Hellenist...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 81 Thrace. Koson. c. 50 BC. Drachm, 4.14g. (h). Obv: Draped bust of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder, on Macedonian shield. Rx: KOΣΩN / ΔPOYEIΣ above and below club, all within oak wreath, thunderbolt to left. Triton XI, 2008, lot 84 (same dies). About EF. A recently discovered second type of silver drachm of Koson, copying Macedonian tetradr...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 82 Thrace. Koson. c. 50 BC. Drachm, 4.33g. (h). Obv: KOΣΩN in exergue, Consul stepping left preceded and followed by lictors holding fasces, monogram to left. Rx: Eagle with wings spread standing left on scepter with left leg, holding wreath with right leg. Triton XI, 2008, lot 83 (same dies). EF. The recently discovered silver counterpart to th...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 83 Bisaltian District. Bisaltae. c. 500-480 BC. Obol, 0.39g. (h). Obv: Forepart of horse galloping right. Rx: Four-part incuse square. Svoronos, Hellenisme, pl. XII, 21. Cf. SNG ANS 922. EF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 84 Bisaltian District. Bisaltae. c. 480 BC. Diobol, 1.13g. (h). Obv: Forepart of horse right, the truncation dotted. Rx: Incuse square with windmill pattern. Cf. SNG ANS 922 (different incuse pattern). About EF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 85 Aetolia. Aetolian League. c. 239-229. Half Stater, 4.30g. (h). Obv: Head of young Herakles right, wearing knotted lion-skin headdress. Border of dots. Rx: AITΩΛΩΝ Aetolia, personified, seated right on a pile of Celtic shields, wearing causia, short chiton, chlamys and endromides, with sword slung around waist; holding spear and wreath-bearing Ni...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 86 Locris Opuntii. c. 360-350 BC. Stater, 12.10g. (h). Obv: Head of Demeter left. Rx: ΟΠΟΝ-ΤΙΩΝ Ajax advancing right with spear and shield; broken spear on ground and ivy leaf between legs. BCD 44 = SNG Lockett 1695. Incredibly sharp hair detail on head of Demeter. Choice EF/About EF. Ex Stack's, The Kroisos Collection, 14 January 2008, lot 2303...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 87 Attica. Athens. c. 520 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.32g. (h). Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. Rx: Owl standing right, head front; to left olive spray with four large leaves, one small one, and berries; AΘ[E] to right. Similar to Asyut 265. Seltman -, cf. 344 ( P289). One of the earliest owl tetradrachms of Athens, and very rare. VF/EF. This is an ...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 88 Attica. Athens. c. 490 BC. Obol, 0.55g. (h). Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet. Rx: ΑΘΕ Owl standing right, head facing. In the upper left corner, olive twig. All within incuse square. Svoronos pl. 7, 46. Obverse partly off flan. Extremely rare. Good VF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 89 Attica. Athens. c. 480 BC. Obol, 0.50g. (h). Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet, adorned with three olive leaves. Rx: ΑΘΕ Owl standing right, head facing. All within incuse square. Seltman pl. XXII, ι. Fine+.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 90 Attica. Athens. c. 450 BC. Obol, 0.65g. (h). Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet, adorned with three olive leaves. Rx: ΑΘΕ Owl standing right, head facing. In the upper left corner, olive twig. All within incuse square. Svoronos pl. 10, 46. Excellent head of Athena with much of the crest of the helmet. VF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 91 Attica. Athens. c. 450 BC. Obol, 0.64g. (h). Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet, adorned with three olive leaves. Rx: ΑΘΕ Owl standing right, head facing. All within incuse square. SNG Munchen 40-41. Svoronos pl. 11, 43-44. Beautifully centered with the full crest of the helmet which is unheard of for an obol. Excellent surfaces. Ne...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 92 Attica. Athens. c. 440 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.07g. (h). Obv: Head of Athena right with four small upright olive leaves on front edge of Attic helmet; beaded necklace. Rx: AΘΕ Owl leaning right; to left, olive twig with two leaves and crescent moon. Nearly EF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 93 Attica. Athens. c. 440 BC. Obol, 0.68g. (h). Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet, adorned with three olive leaves. Rx: ΑΘΕ Owl standing right, head facing. In the upper left corner, olive twig. All within incuse square. Svoronos pl. 10, 40. VF.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 94 Attica. Athens. c. 430 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.17g. (h). Obv: Head of Athena right with four small upright olive leaves on front edge of Attic helmet; beaded necklace. Rx: AΘΕ Owl leaning right; to left, olive twig with two leaves and crescent moon. Berk, 100 Greatest Ancient Coins, p. 7 (plate coin). Struck in high relief. Absolutely Mint State.
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 95 Corinthia. Corinth. c. 550-540 BC. Stater, 8.24g. (h). Obv: Q Winged Pegasos departing left. Rx: Incuse punch consisting of six triangles. Apparently unrecorded reverse incuse punch. Only the third recorded coin of the type of Ravel 11-12, the two previously known specimens being in Berlin and in private hands, later passing through the Kunstfre...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 96 Corinthia. Corinth. c. 490/75 BC. Stater, 8.60g. (h). Obv: Q Winged Pegasos flying right. Rx: Head of Athena right wearing Corinthian helmet, in linear square within incuse square. Ravel 124. Cf. Asyut Hoard 571. This is the last reverse die where there is a raised square border within the incuse framing the head of Athena. The head of Athena it...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 97 Peloponnesus. Arcadian League. c. 477-468 BC. Triobol, 2.81g. (h). Obv: Zeus seated left on throne with low back, holding eagle and scepter. Rx: Female head left, wearing sakkos. Williams 111 (O76/R67). Extremely rare. VF. It was proverbial among the Greeks that the Arcadians were oafish and unsophisticated. While it is true that rural Arcadi...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 98 Peloponnesus. Arcadian League. c. 440-430 BC. Triobol, 2.80g. (h). Obv: Zeus seated left holding eagle and scepter. Rx: [A]PK[A] Female head left, the hair combed forward and tied in a bow at the forehead. Williams 282. SNG Tubingen 1975 (same dies). The head of the nymph on this coin has exquisite detail and is beautifully drawn and extremely r...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 99 Troas. Gargara. c. 400 BC. Trihemiobol (?), 1.99g. (h). Obv: Head of youth right. Rx: ΓΑΡ Horse galloping right, all in incuse square. BMC p. 52, 2, pl. X, 4. SNG Oxford 1130. Head, HN, p. 545. Cf. Traite II 2, 2287, pl. 163, 13. Some porosity, otherwise EF. The small town of Gargara was situated on the northern coast of the gulf of Adramytti...
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Gemini, Auction IX, Lot 100 Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 550-475 BC. Hecte, 2.69g. (h). Obv: Forepart of winged lioness left; at right, tunny fish. Rx: Four-part incuse square. von Fritze 96. SNG von Aulock 1179. Extremely sharp and unusual type. EF. Although few wild lions still lived in classical Greece, the Greeks were deeply fascinated by the lion as a symbol of royal power a...
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