Catalog - Auction 69 - Coins, Medals, Unique Collectables

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Bosphorus Kingdom. Spartokos V (200 - 180 B.C.) Didrachme. Mint Pantikapaion
Bosphorus Kingdom. Spartokos V (200 - 180 B.C.) Didrachme. Mint Pantikapaion
Silver, 8,37g., 23 mm., Head of the bearded King ???????? / ?????????, Gorytos, r. Monogramm. SNG BM ; SNG Stancomb ; MacDonald 105 (Var.); HGC 7, 192 (Var.). The ruling house of Spartokos I, was founded by an Odrysian mercenary who usurped the regency from the Archaeanaktids. In total, there appear to have been five rulers with the name Spartokos, although this coinage is attributed to the last ruler of that name. Only a few pieces have been published. For a long time, the only known example was the piece in the State Historical Museum in Moscow (SHM 14153), which is in very poor condition and was first described in 1821. Another example has been known since the 1980s and is part of the collection of the American Numismatic Society. In 2007, V. N. Rosov published a third example. More or less imprecise information is available about several other pieces. Nina Frolova summarized these coins in 2013 (see below). A crucial difference between the Moscow piece and, as far as is known, all other didrachms is the design of the epsilon in the Royal title. In the former, it is semicircular, which only appears in the advanced Hellenistic period, whereas the other pieces have a square epsilon. The present coin is arguably the best surviving portrait of this ruler. For a summary and with older literature, see N. A. Frolova, Catalogue of Coins of the Kings of the Spartocid Dynasty in the 2nd century B.C., in: Ancient Civilisations from Scythia to Siberia 19, 2013, pp. 217-276; esp. pp. 234 ff.; 261 ff.; 266 ff. The best illustration of the Moscow piece is in O. N. Melnikov, K numismatike Bospora Kimmeriyskogo etapa srednego ellinisma, Sugdejskij Sbornik, Kiev - Sudak, 2010, IV, pp. 137-165. VF+ RRRR!

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EASTERN CELTS. Northwest Hungary and Southwest Slovakia. Tetradrachm type "with Triskeles/ Zichyujfalu", Silver (22 mm, 12.9 g)
Stylized head of Zeus with laurel wreath to the right/ Stylized horseman to the right, triskeles below, remains of legends in the fields. Dembski: 1352 Gobl (OTA): 434. XF+

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Macedonia, Akanthos (ca. 424-390 BC.) AR Tetradrachm, light Thraco-Macedonian
Silver, 14 g., 26 mm., Bull crouching to l., attacked by lion leaping on its back to r. In exergue, ? Rev. AKA � N? � ION Quadripartite square with granulated raised fields; all within incuse square. Desneux 122 D117/R-), unlisted reverse die!. Superb well centred coin, in extremely fine condition! From an European collection before 2005. RR!

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Macedonia, Akanthos (ca. 424-390 BC.) AR Tetradrachm, light Thraco-Macedonian
Silver, 14.41 g., 27 mm., Bull crouching to l., attacked by lion leaping on its back to r. In exergue, A?E?IO?. Rev. AKA � N? � ION Quadripartite square with granulated raised fields; all within incuse square. Desneux 141 (D133/R127), HGC 3.1, 391. SNG ANS - Superb coin, in extremely fine condition, nice patina! From an European collection before 2005, ex Leu auction! RR!

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Macedonia, Olynthos, Chalkidian League, 410 - 400 BC., Tetradrachm
Silver, 14.44 g., 25 mm. Laureate head of Apollo left / ?-A-?-KI?-E?N, kithara within incuse square. Robinson & Clement Group H, 22 var. (A-/P19), unlisted obverse die! A superb coin, impressive portrait, dark patina!.From an European collection before 2005. XF RR!

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Kings of Macedon. Mesembria. Alexander III "the Great" (336-323 BC.) Tetradrachm, Silver (29mm. 14,59 G)
Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin / BA?I?E?? A?????????, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre; corinthian helmet above ?? in inner left field, monogram below throne. VF

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THRACE, Mesembria AE (6,4g
Diademed head right / ????? ???????, Athena standing left. SNG Black Sea 284. F/VF�

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Attica Islands of Aegina, (350-338 BC), Obol, Silver, (10 mm, 1.19 g)
"A-I Tortoise/ Incuse square with thin skew device, ?-? in the two upper compartments. HGC 6, 452. R! VF+ "

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BRUTTIUM, Kroton. Circa 425-350 BC., Stater
Silver, 22 mm, 7,60 g. Eagle standing right, head raised, with wings displayed / ?PO, tripod lebes with three handles, legs terminating in lion's feet; vertical bay leaf to left, all in shallow incuse circle. HN Italy 2148. SNG ANS 345. VF+

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BRUTTIUM. Kroton. Circa 480-430 BC. Nomos
Silver, 20 mm, 7,81 g. ??? Tripod with three handles and the legs ending in lion's paws, to right, crane standing left, border of dots / Incuse tripod. HN Italy 2102. SNG ANS 258. XF

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BRUTTIUM. Kroton. Circa 480-430 BC. Nomos
Silver, 21 mm, 8,18 g. ??? Tripod with three handles and the legs ending in lion's paws, to right, crane standing left, border of dots / Incuse tripod. HN Italy 2102. SNG ANS 258. VF+

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BRUTTIUM, Kroton. Circa 370-300 BC., Drachm
Silver, 16 mm, 2,89 g. Head of the yourg river God Aesaros to the right/ KRO, owl standing to the right, head facing, holding an ear of wheat in its talons. SNG ANS.421 v., SNG M�nchen 1464 v. XF-

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BRUTTIUM. The Brettii (Circa 211-208 BC), Half Uncia, Bronze (3.78 g, 16 mm)
Winged and diademed bust of Nike left/ BPETTI?N, Zeus driving biga right, holding thunderbolt and scepter, below horses, racing-torch. HN Italy 1997. Superb patina, XF

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BRUTTIUM. The Brettii (Circa 211-208 BC), AE (2.67 g, 17 mm)
Winged and diademed bust of Nike left, below neck, thunderbolt/ BPETTI?N, Zeus driving biga left, holding thunderbolt and scepter, below horses, racing-torch. HN Italy 1989. HGC 1, 1372. VF+/XF

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BRUTTIUM, Petelia (late 3rd century BC), � (8,43 g, 19 mm)
Veiled head of Demeter to right, wearing wreath of grain ears/ ?????????, Zeus standing facing, head to right, hurling thunderbolt with his right hand and holding sceptre in his left, star to right, H. HGC 1, 1614; HN Italy 2454. Superb patina, XF

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BRUTTIUM, Petelia (216-204 BC), � (5,21 g, 17 mm)
Laureate head of Apollo right/ ?ETH?IN?N, Tripod. HN Italy 2455; SNG ANS 603. XF

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BRUTTIUM, Petelia (216-204 BC), � (4.18 g, 16 mm)
Helmeted head of Ares to right/ Nike standing to left, holding wreath, ?ETH � ?IN?N in two lines to left. SNG ANS 607; HN Italy 2456; HGC 1, 1616. Superb patina, XF

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BRUTTIUM, Petelia (180-216 BC), � (5.18 g, 17 mm)
Laureate head of Apollo right/ ?ETH?IN?N, Tripod. HN Italy 2455; SNG ANS 603. Superb patina, XF

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BRUTTIUM, Vibo Valencia (after 195 BC), � Semis (3.67 g, 16 mm)
Head of Juno right/ Double cornucopiae, carnyx in right field. HN Italy 2263. XF