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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 1 Gaul. Morini. c. 55-50 BC. AV Stater, 5.73g. (h). Obv: Blank. Rx: Disjointed horse standing right; shield before; four large pellets and inverted crescent above; S, retrograde S, crescent, and large pellet below. Van Arsdell, p. 75, 87-1. De La Tour 8707. EF. Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 171, 27 October 2010, lot 2 . One...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 2 Campania. Neapolis. c. 300 BC. Triobol, 0.82g. (h). Obv: Apollo head right. Rx: Biga. HN Italy 580. BMC 93. SNG ANS 424. SNG Cop. 471. Winterthur 161. Very rare. Weakly struck reverse. About VF. Ex Superior, 30 May 1995, lot 7018, Lewis Egnew Collection . A very rare issue of Neapolis that was issued after the city had made an alliance wit...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 3 Apulia. Teate. c. 225-200 CB. Nummus, 29.34g. (h). Obv: Head of Zeus Dodona right, wearing oak wreath. Rx: TIATI Eagle, wings raised, standing right on thunderbolt; value mark N to right. HN Italy 703. Weber Coll. 474. SNG Morcom 223. Green patination. VF. Ex Peus 400, 22 April 2010, lot 9 .
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 4 Calabria. Tarentum. c. 480-470 BC. Nomos, 8.02g. (h). Obv: Phalanthos on dolphin, arms outstretched for balance; open mussel shell below. Rx: Four-spoked wheel, dolphin swimming left in one quadrant. Fischer-Bossert 90 (V48/R59). Vlasto 93 (same dies). SNG ANS 1234 (same dies). HN Italy 833.. Good VF. Ex Nomos 5, 25 October 2011, lot 104. Ex ...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 5 Calabria. Tarentum. c. 280-230 BC. Didrachm, 6.90g. (h). Obv: Diademed head of nymph left. Rx: Boy on trotting horse holding palm leaf; horse's front left leg raised and TA symbol below. Dolphin beneath horse, symbol of horse's front leg in upper left field. Apparently unpublished with this symbol. For the Campano-Tarentine series, see HN Italy ...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 6 Lucania. Metapontum. 530-510 BC. Drachm, 2.55g. (h). Obv: Ear of barley. Rx: Ear of barley in incuse. SNG ANS 208. HN Italy 1460. Rare denomination. VF.
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 7 Lucania. Poseidonia. c. 530-500 BC. Stater, 7.25g. (h). Obv: ΠΟΣ (retrograde) Bearded Poseidon striding right, nude except for cloak draped over arms, brandishing trident. Rx: Same type, reversed and incuse, except trident head and ethnic which are in relief. SNG ANS 615 (same dies). AMB 159 (same obverse die). HN Italy 1107. Obverse slightly do...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 8 Lucania. Poseidonia. c. 530-500 BC. Drachm, 3.34g. (h). Obv: Beardless Poseidon, diademed, advancing right with left arm outstretched brandishing trident held high behind head and with mantle falling over both arms. In left field, ΠΟΣ. Border of dots and cable going around at edge. Rx: Incuse of same type. In right field, ΠΟΣ retrograde. Gorini,...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 9 Bruttium. Rhegium. 478-470 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.51g. (h). Obv: Charioteer driving biga of mules right. In exergue, laurel leaf. Dotted border. Rx: ΡΕΓΙΝΟΝ Hare right. Dotted border. Caltabiano Caccamo, pl. 64-65, series IIB. SNG ANS 626. About VF. When the tyrant Anaxilas of Rhegion won the race of the mule chariots at Olympia, he changed the ...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 10 Bruttium. Rhegium. c. 425-420 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.31g. (h). Obv: Lion's scalp facing, two olive leaves with berries in right field. Rx: City founder Iokastos seated left, holding staff and resting left hand on drapery fold by hip, snake below seat, city name retrograde, all within wreath. Herzfelder 59. HN Italy 2491. Toned EF/About EF. This ...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 11 Bruttium. Rhegium. c. 415/10-387 BC. AE 18, 4.55g. (h). Obv: ΡΗΓΙΝΟΝ Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. Rx: Wreath with encircled H in center. HN Italy 2529; Imhoof-Blumer, Monnaies grecques, p. 11, no. 43. This series is exceptionally rare. EF. This coin appears to be the finest known of its type. There is another version of Apollo...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 12 Sicily. Katane. Signed by the artist Euainetos. c. 408/7 BC. Tetradrachm, 14.87g. (h). Obv: Quadriga with driver, in full gallop left. Nike flying overhead holding a tablet with the signature of the artist of the coin Euainetos [EYAIN], the signature not being visible due to corrosion. Below exergual line, crab. Rx: ΚΑΤΑΝΑΙΩΝ Laureate head of Ap...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 13 Sicily. Messana. c. 317-311 BC. Bronze, 10.35g. (h). Obv: ΜΕΣΣΑΝΑ Female head left, the hair tied twice by a long taenia, wearing triple ear pendant and necklace. Beneath the ends of the taenia, shell. Dotted border. Rx: Μ-ΕΣΣΑΝΙΩΝ Mule biga standing right, the charioteer holding three reins and extending goad over the mules with other hand. Lin...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 14 Sicily. Himera. c. 430-409 BC. Hemilitron, 11.05g. (h). Obv: Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue. Rx: Six large pellets. Calciati 24/3. SNG Morcom 597. Brown green patination. Choice EF. Ex Al Zaloom Collection .
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 15 Sicily. Selinus. c. 530 BC. Stater, 7.14g. (h). Obv: Celery leaf. Rx: Ten section incuse alternately raised and incused with raised pellet in center. SNG Lloyd 1208. SNG Fitzwilliam 1154. Very rare reverse incuse for this issue. Good VF. Ex Superior, 30 May 1995, lot 7155, Lewis Egnew Collection . The celery leaf (selinon) is a canting bad...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 16 Sicily. Syracuse. c. 485-480 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.30g. (h). Obv: Quadriga driven right by charioteer, holding reins; above, Nike flying right to crown horses. Rx: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ Head of Arethusa left, wearing necklace, four dolphins around. Boehringer 42. SNG ANS 8. Dewing Coll. 692 (same dies). For the dating, see now C. Arnold-Biucchi, NACQT 36 (20...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 17 Sicily. Syracuse. c. 485-480 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.96g. (h). Obv: Quadriga driven right by charioteer, holding reins; above, Nike flying right to crown horses. Rx: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ Head of Arethusa left, wearing necklace, four dolphins around. Boehringer 48. SNG Munchen 922 (same dies). Nicely centered, very pleasant type, another left facing Arethusa. ...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 18 Sicily. Syracuse. c. 400 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.05g. (h). Obv: Fast quadriga in three-quarter view, driven to left, third horse with head turned back, above Nike flying right to crown the charioteer, in exergue dolphin left. Rx: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ Head of Arethusa facing left, wearing double earring and necklace, hair covered in a sakkos, engraver’s signat...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 19 Sicily. Syracuse. c. 410-400 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.79g. (h). Obv: Prancing quadriga driven right by female charioteer holding reins and kentron; above, Nike flying left to crown her. Rev. ΣΥPAKO[ΣΙΩN] Head of Arethusa left. Around, four dolphins. Unique specimen. Tudeer 109a (this coin). It is quite remarkable that in the 99 years since its public...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 20 Sicily. Syracuse. c. 405-400 BC. Hemidrachm, 2.04g. (h). Obv: Fast quadriga left with Nike crowning driver. Rx:Head of Arethusa left with two dolphins. Thin line border. Jameson 834. SNG Munich 1092. VF. Only the third specimen recorded. Before the tyrant of Syracuse, Dionysios I, switched to large-size bronze issues (notorious for being over...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 21 Sicily. Syracuse. 406/5 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.16g. (h). Obv: Three-quarter facing head of Arethusa, artist's signature ΚΙΜΩΝ on headband. Dotted border. Above, [ΑΡΕΘΟΣΑ]. Rx: Racing quadriga left, Nike flying right above, crowning driver; artist's signature ΚΙΜΩΝ on exergual line. In exergue, wheat ear and ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ. Tudeer 80. Jameson Coll. 1835...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 22 Sicily. Syracuse. c. 400-380 BC. Decadrachm, 43.08g. (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 X, Lot 23 Sicily. Siculo-Punic. c. 410-395 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.17g. (h). Obv: Forepart of bridled horse right, wheat grain in right field, Nike above holding wreath; dotted border. Rx: Palm tree with drooping branches, small date bunches; legend QRTHDST in Punic letters. Jenkins, SNR 53 (1974), p. 37, no. 20 (O6/R20). SNG Copenhagen 71. SNG Delepierre 716...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 24 Sicily. Siculo-Punic. c. 350 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.23g. (h). Obv: Head of Persephone right, dolphins around. Rx: Horse prancing right, date palm behind. Jenkins, SNR 56 (1977), p. 45, no. 131 (5 specimens cited). Gulbenkian Coll. 366, McClean 3043 (both from the same dies). This reverse type is rare and highly desirable. Choice EF. This series ...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 25 Sicily. Siculo-Punic. c. 320-300 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.11g. (h). Obv: Head of Tanit right, dolphins around. Rx: S'MMHNT (People of the Camp) Horse's head right, date palm behind. Jenkins, SNR 56 (1977), p. 51, 176 (10 specimens cited). Choice EF. The horse's head on the reverse was so brilliant that it even attracted the Romans who made it the ...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 26 Sicily. Siculo-Punic. Rsmlqrt. c. 350-300 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.98g. (h). Obv: Charioteer driving fast quadriga left, above Nike flying right to crown driver. Rx: Large head of Arethusa right with flowing wavy hair, wearing triple pendant earring and pearl necklace, three dolphins around. Jenkins SNR 50 (1971), 16 (08/R13) (same dies). EF.
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 27 Zeugitana. Carthage. 200-146 BC. Serrated Double Shekel, 12.62g. (h). Zeugitana, Carthage, c. 149-146 BC, last issue of Carthage. Obv: Head of Tanit left. Rx: Horse prancing right; caduceus above. Visona, SNR 86 (2007), p. 44, no. 28 (this coin). Only 6 recorded, two from this die combination, the others being three in BM, Parma, and another one...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 28 Thraco-Macedonian. Uncertain Mint. c. 5th century BC. Obol, 0.68g. (h). Obv: Horse standing right with head turned back. Rx: Four-part incuse square. Apparently unpublished. Slightly crystallized. VF. A calm composition that is one of the most attractive among the many depictions of horses on North Greek and Thessalian coins .
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 29 Macedonia. Uncertain. c. 480-460 BC. Hemiobol, 0.40g. (h). Obv: Horse trotting right. Rx: Helmet. Apparently unpublished. For the presumptive Royal Macedonian model, see Raymond, pp. 84 f., pl. V, 35 ff. (tetrobols). Crystallized. VF/Fine.
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 30 Bisaltian District. Bisaltae. c. 500-460 BC. Obol, 0.30g. (h). Obv: Forepart of horse right. Rx: Four-part incuse square. Cf. SNG ANS 922 and Svoronos, Hellenisme, pl. XII, 21. VF. Another possibly unique fraction from the North Greek region that varies the image of a wild horse found on the coinage of Maroneia, Selymbria, and other North Gre...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 31 Chalcidian District. Dicaea. c. 510-470 BC. Trihemiobol, 0.44g. (h). Obv: Rooster standing right. Rx: ΔΙΚΑ clockwise within four-part incuse square. AMNG III, p. 58, 6, pl. XIII, 21. Fine.
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 32 Chalcidian District. Mende. c. 510-500 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.88g. (h). Obv: ΜΙΝΔ-ΑΙΟΝ Ithyphallic ass walking right, crow perched on rump pecking tail; plant below. Rx: "Mill Sail" incuse. Noe, The Mende (Kaliandra) Hoard, NNM 27 (1926), p. 8, 8. SNG ANS 294, both from the same obverse die. Toned EF. Ex Superior, 30 May 1995, lot 7254, Lewis Eg...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 33 Chalcidian District. Mende. c. 520-480 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.31g. (h). Obv: Donkey standing right, holding bunch of grapes in mouth. Above, ΜΙΝΔΑΙ retrograde. Dotted border. Rx: Four-part incuse square, diagonally divided. Noe, The Mende (Kaliandra) Hoard, NNM 27,17. Pozzi 772. SNG Oxford 2280. EF. Ex Gorny 67, 2 May 1994, lot 85 . The donke...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 34 Chalcidian District. Mende. c. 425 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.91g. (h). Obv: Dionysus holding kantharos reclining on ass. Rx: ΜΕΝΔΑΙΟΝ Grape vine with four bunches of grapes within square. Noe, The Mende (Kaliandra) Hoard, NNM 27 (1926), p. 36, 93. Jameson 1965. SNG ANS 350 (same obverse die). Artistically this is one of the finest dies of the Mende se...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 35 Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander I. 498-454 BC. Octodrachm, 28.78g. (h). , c. 492-480/79 BC. Obv: Horseman wearing chlamys and petasos, holding two spears and leading horse. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Raymond pl. II, 6. SNG ANS 1. EF. Ex Triton VIII, 11 January 2005, lot 129. Plate coin in Harlan J. Berk, 100 Greatest Ancient Coins, p. 15 ...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 36 Macedonian Kingdom. Philip II. 357-336 BC. Tetradrachm, 14.44g. (h). Amphipolis, c. 348-342 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right, the laurel wreath including berries; dotted border. Rx: ΦΙΛΙΠ - ΠΟΥ Boy riding horse right, holding palm branch in right hand and reins in left; beneath raised foreleg of horse, grasshopper. Le Rider p. 92, 203 (D94/R...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 37 Macedonian Kingdom. Philip II. 357-336 BC. Tetradrachm, 14.26g. (h). Pella, c. 323-315 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right. Dotted border. Rx: ΦΙΛΙΠ-ΠΟΥ Boy rider on horseback right, holding palm branch in right hand. Beneath horse, coiled snake. In exergue, Boeotian shield. Dotted border. Le Rider p. 68, 530, pl. 22. SNG Lockett 1414. Mint State.
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 38 Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III The Great. 336-323 BC. Stater, 8.52g. (h). Asia Minor, uncertain mint, c. 320 BC. Obv: Head of Athena right wearing pearl necklace and crested Corinthian helmet ornamented with serpent. Rx: AΛEΞANΔPOY Nike advancing left holding wreath and ship's mast, lion's head and hook in left field, pentagram in right field...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 39 Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III The Great. 336-323 BC. Stater, 8.52g. (h). Miletus, c. 300-295 BC. Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Nike standing left holding wreath, helmet crest and double ax in middle and lower left field. Price 2135. Extremely beautiful head of Athena. EF. Struck in the name of Alexander the Great afte...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 40 Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III The Great. 336-323 BC. Stater, 8.64g. (h). Citium, c. 325-300 BC. Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. On bowl of helmet, ketos right. Rx: ΑΛΞΑΝΔΡΟ[Υ] Nike standing left holding wreath, monogram below wing. Price 3104. SNG Berry 170. Near Mint State. Ex Christian Pepper Collection, St. Louis. Purchased from Bu...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 41 Macedonian Kingdom. Philip III. 323-317 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.20g. (h). Susa, c. 320-317 BC. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin. Dotted border. Rx: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ Zeus seated left holding eagle and scepter, Ξ under throne. Price P216 var. (Ξ beneath strut). VF. A rare variant from the coinage issued in the name of the poor king Philip III,...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 42 Danubian District. Istrus. 4th century. Drachm, 6.17g. (h). Obv: Two frontal male heads, one inverted. Rx: ΙΣΤΡΙΗ Sea eagle perched left on dolphin, ΦΥ in ligature below. SNG Stancomb 148. SNG Black Sea -. EF with luster. Ex Al Zaloom Collection .
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 43 Danubian District. Istrus. 4th century BC. Drachm, 4.88g. (h). Obv: Two frontal male heads, one inverted. Rx: Sea eagle standing left on dolphin, monogram below. SNG Black Sea 254. SNG Stancomb 149.. Toned EF. Ex Coin Galleries, February 2005, lot 63 .
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 44 Thrace. Uncertain Mint. c. 500-450 BC. Hemiobol, 0.34g. (h). Obv: Head of bridled horse. Rx: Ram's head left. Beneath, ivy leaf. All in shallow incuse. Apparently unpublished. Good VF. An attractive but enigmatic addition to the early North Greek coinage. The types are reminiscent of Maroneia, but the coin does not entirely fit that series .
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 45 Thrace. Byzantium. c. 420-390 BC. Drachm, 3.32g. (h). Obv: Cow left. Symbol above. Rx: Square incuse partitioned by two diagonal lines. This variant apparently unpublished. VF. With its reverse punch reminiscent of Thracian issues of the first half of the fifth century, this specimen appears to be one of the earliest coins of Byzantium .
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 46 Kingdom of Thrace. Rhaescuporis I and Cotys II. c. 43-42 BC. AE 17, 4.19g. (h). Obv: Diademed, draped bust right, seen from front; BAΣIΛEYΣ KOTYΣ around. Rx: Trophy consisting of cuirass on stake, helmet, crossed shields, and figure-of-eight shield; BAΣIΛEΩΣ -[PAIΣKO]YΠOPIΔOΣ around. RPC I 1703 (three specimens cited). Sear, Imperators 683. Flat...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 47 Kingdom of Thrace. Lysimachus. 323-281 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.07g. (h). Lampsacus, c. 297/6-282/1 BC. Obv: Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing diadem and horn of Ammon. Thin dotted border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ Athena seated left holding Nike crowning legend on outstretched arm. Her other arm rests on a shield behind her. Monogram below out...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 48 Thessaly. Thessalian League. c. 196-146 BC. Double victoriatus, 6.30g. (h). Obv: Head of Zeus right wearing laurel wreath. Rx: ΘΕΣΣΑ ΛΩΝ Athena Itonia advancing right about to hurl spear and protecting herself with shield. Magistrate's name ΦΙ ΛΟΚ ΕΠΙΚΡΑ above Athena and below exergual line. Monograms to left and right. BMC 31. Toned EF.
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 49 Attica. Athens. c. 430 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.19g. (h). Obv: Head of Athena right with small upright olive leaves on front edge of Attic helmet; beaded necklace. Rx: ΑΘΕ Owl standing right, head facing. In upper left field, olive twig with two leaves and crescent moon beneath. All in square incuse. Svoronos, pl. 14. SNG Munich 52. Struck in high re...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 50 Attica. Athens. c. 353-294 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.20g. (h). Obv: Helmeted head of Athena wearing circular earring. Rx: ΑΘΕ Shaggy Owl standing right, head facing, the first letter of the ethnic partially behind the head. In upper left field, olive twig and crescent moon. All in square incuse. Bingen group II. For the dating of the pi-style group, s...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 51 Attica. Athens. 132/1 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.02g. (h). Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. Dotted border. Rx: ΑΘΕ Owl standing on Panathenaic amphora. ΔΩΡ/ΟΘΕ ΔΙΟΦ Forepart of lion in inner right field, A on amphora, below ΔΙ. All within olive wreath. Thompson 383c. Lightly toned. Mint State. Ex Al Zaloom Collection .
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 52 Attica. Athens. 131/0 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.89g. (h). Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. Dotted border. Rx: AΘΕ Owl standing on Panathenaic amphora. ΑΝΤI-ΟΧΟ ΚΑΡΑ-ΙΧΟΣ ΜΕΝ-ΑΝ. Elephant symbol in right field. On Amphora, Ι; below, ΜΕ. All within olive wreath. Thompson 399. SNG Copenhagen 213. Toned Mint State. From the Redpath Collection, purch...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 53 Attica. New Style Athens. c. 128/7 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.98g. (h). Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. Dotted border. Rx: ΑΘΕ Owl standing on Panathenaic amphora. ΑΧΑ-ΙΟΣ ΗΛΙ ΠΥΘΟ-ΚΛΗΣ. In the left field, cornucopia with grain symbol. On the amphora, Ι; below, ΣΦ. All within olive wreath. Thompson 425, reverse as 426c. Toned EF. Purchased from ...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 54 Acarnania. Echinus. c. 350-300 BC. Stater, 8.34g. (h). Obv: Pegasus flying right. Rx: Head of Athena right in Corinthian helmet. Behind head, Ε, sword in a scabbard, and a mysterious symbol (horse's leg?) with fillet. Not listed in Calciati, nor in any of the major references (cf. SNG Cop. 324). The attribution rests on the letter E on the rever...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 55 Acarnania. Stratos (?). c. 350-300 BC. Stater, 8.03g. (h). Obv. Pegasos flying left. Beneath, Σ and monogram ΡΗΟ. Rx. Helmeted head of Athena left. Behind, cithara. Not found in the major references. A kindred type, but without Σ, was attributed to Rhegion by Calciati II, p. 589; cf. SNG Oxford 1596. Choice EF. The coinage of Stratos has not ...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 56 Arcadia. Pheneus. c. 350 BC. Stater, 11.27g. (h). Obv: Head of a local nymph (Maia?) right with wheat wreath. Rx: ΦΕ-ΝΕ-ΩΝ Hermes advancing left, holding caduceus in right hand, looking back at infant Arkas held on left arm. To right, ΑΡΚΑΣ. S. Schultz, SNR 71 (1992), p. 53, no. 6.12, pl. 9 (this coin). SNG Berry 867, SNG Fitzwilliam 3897 (same ...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 57 Messene. Struck by the magistrate Apollonidas. c. 50-30 BC. Hemidrachm, 2.16g. (h). Rx: Diademed head of Zeus right. Rx: Tripod; ME-Σ across upper field; Magistrate's name in three lines across central and lower fields; all within wreath. BCD Peloponnesos 747 (this coin). BMC 17. Grandjean 201 (same dies). Very rare. About EF/VF. Ex Randy Hav...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 58 Elis under the Achaean League. 30s BC. Hemidrachm, 2.25g. (h). Rx: Laureate head of Zeus right. Behind, ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΣ. Dotted border. Rx: Large X surrounded by monograms; thunderbolt below. BCD Peloponnesos 694 (this coin). Clerk 264. Areas of flat striking, otherwise EF with luster. Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 153, 13 March ...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 59 Achaia, Patrae. Struck by the magistrate Damasias, son of Agesilaus. mid 30s BC. Hemidrachm, 2.31g. (h). Rx: Head of Aphrodite right, wearing stephanos. Rx: ΔA/MACIAC above Patrai monogram; all within wreath. BCD Peloponnesos 525-8. McClean 6325. SNG Lockett 2348. Toned VF. Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 81, 20 May 2009, lot 2194. Ex BC...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 60 Crete. Praesus. c. 420-380 BC. Drachm, 4.99g. (h). Obv: Herakles kneeling right, shooting arrow; lionskin over shoulders. Rx: Bird (eagle?) flying right within incuse square. Very rare as stater; perhaps unpublished in this smaller denomination. Cf. Svoronos 5; Traite II 3, 1444-5; BMC p. 70, 2; De Luynes Coll. 2370 (staters). Fine/VG. Ex Lew...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 61 Crete. Cydonia. c. 320-270 BC. Stater, 11.21g. (h). Obv: Head of Maenad left, wearing wreath of ivy. Rx: ΚΥΔΩΝ Hero Kydon standing left, stringing bow. Svoronos 23. SNG Delepierre 2350. From sharper dies and less worn than usual for Cretan coins. VF. Ex Lewis Egnew Collection . The ancestor of the Cydonians, Kydon, is said to have been a s...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 62 Crete. Gortyna. c. 310 BC. Stater, 11.24g. (h). Obv: Europa seated three-quarters right in tree, resting head on left hand. Rx: Bull standing right, head reverted. Overstruck on tetradrachm of Cyrene. The undertype is clearly visible at 3h on the reverse. Svoronos 58. SNG Delepierre 2373. For similar overstrikes in this series, see Le Rider, pl....
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 63 Crete. Itanus. c. 320-270 BC. Drachm, 5.30g. (h). Obv: Head of Athena left. Rx: [Ι]ΤΑΝΙΩΝ Eagle standing left, head turned back; Triton behind; all in incuse square. SNG Copenhagen 475. SNG Delepierre 2398. BMC p. 52, 13m, pl. XIII, 6. Well centered. Toned VF. Ex Superior, 30 May 1995, lot 7475, Lewis Egnew Collection . Itanus, a coastal c...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 64 Bithynia. Heracleia Pontica. c. 305-284 BC. Didrachm, 9.70g. (h). Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion’s skin headdress, tied at his neck. Rx: [H]PAKΛEΩTAN Dionysos enthroned to left, holding a kantharos and a thyrsos. SNG Aulock 366. SNG Black Sea 1618. BMC 32. SNG Stancomb 823 var. (monogram). Obverse weakly struck. Near Mint State. Ex...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 65 Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 600-550 BC. EL Stater, 16.30g. (h). Obv: Head of tunny fish left, jaws closed, backbone protruding from truncation at right. Below, tail of tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Apparently unpublished denomination with this type. Fritze 6, pl. I, 5 (sixth and twelfth), cf. Hurter & Liewald, SNR 85 (2006), p. 10, no. 12....
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 66 Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 600-550 BC. EL Hecte, 2.65g. (h). Obv: Head of tunny fish right, jaws slightly open. backbone protruding from truncation at left. Both above and below, a tail of tunny fish to left. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze -, cf. 1-2 (opposite direction). Hurter & Liewald, SNR 85 (2006), p. 10, 14 (twelfth). Possibly unlisted d...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 67 Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 600-550 BC. EL Hemihecton (1/12 stater), 1.36g. (h). Obv: Head of tunny fish right, jaws open. At truncation, one dot. Rx: Incuse square. Fritze -, but cf. 9, pl. I, 8. SNG Tubingen 2206. Furthermore, cf. Rosen Coll. 418, and Hurter & Liewald, SNR 85 (2006), p. 9, 3.. EF.
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 68 Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 600-550 BC. EL Hemihecton (1/12 stater), 1.30g. (h). Obv: Fish swimming right. Above, fish tail to left. Below, fish head to left. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze -, cf. 12, pl. I, 12. Hurter & Liewald, SNR 85 (2006), p. 12, 32. Boston 1403.. VF. Ex Jonathan Rosen Collection .
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 69 Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 530-480 BC. EL Hecte, 2.66g. (h). Obv: Bearded head with long hair facing left. Below, tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 66, pl. II,19. SNG Paris 194. Rosen Coll. 447. Exquisite archaic male head. Extremely rare and desirable. About EF. One of the most charming types of the late archaic Cyzicene coinage. T...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 70 Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 550-500 BC. EL Hemihecton (1/12 stater), 1.36g. (h). Obv: Winged, nude man standing left, holding tunny fish by tail in each hand. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 27, pl. I, 28 (stater). Hurter & Liewald, SNR 83 (2004), p. 32, 27. VF. Possibly only the third specimen known of this denomination. The other two are Lan...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 71 Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 550-500 BC. EL Hecte, 2.69g. (h). Obv: Head of lioness left, growling, truncation dotted. Behind, tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 39, pl. I, 40. Boston 1415. SNG Paris 179. SNG Aulock 7273. EF.
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 72 Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 550-500 BC. EL Hemihecton (1/12 stater), 1.31g. (h). Obv: Head of lioness left, growling, truncation dotted. Behind, tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 39, pl. I, 40 (staters and hectae). Rosen Coll. 433. EF.
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 73 Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 530-500 BC. EL Hecte, 2.64g. (h). Obv: Bearded, helmeted head of a Herakles left, the truncation dotted. Below, tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze -, but see Hurter & Liewald, SNR 81 (2002), p. 28, no. 17. SNG Aulock 7291. With his determined expression, this is one of the most impressive depictions of Herakle...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 74 Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 550-500 BC. EL Stater, 16.20g. (h). Obv: Winged Siren standing left, holding tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 74, pl. II, 29. Boston 1441. SNG Copenhagen Suppl. 299. Very rare. VF. Ex Jonathan Rosen Collection . The Sirens are known from Homer’s Odyssey (12, 39 ff.), where they are demons ensnaring sea...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 75 Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 550-500 BC. EL Hecte, 2.63g. (h). Obv: Winged Siren standing left, holding tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 74, pl. II, 29. SNG Paris 203. SNG Aulock 7278. EF.
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 76 Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 530-480 BC. EL Hecte, 2.66g. (h). Obv: Winged forepart of boar left. Below, tunny fish downwards left. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 61, pl. II, 12. This denomination does not appear in the major references. Countermark on obverse. Good VF.
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 77 Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 520-450 BC. EL Stater, 16.19g. (h). Obv: Gorgoneion facing, mouth open, tongue protruding. Below, tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 129, pl. IV, 15. Boston 1445. It is very rare to find an electrum stater of Medusa let alone one of this spectacular quality. EF. Ex Jonathan Rosen Collection .
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 78 Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 520-450 BC. EL Hecte, 2.66g. (h). Obv: Gorgoneion facing, mouth open, tongue protruding. Below, tunny fish. At left, banker’s mark. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 129, pl. IV, 15. Cf. SNG Aulock 7295 (twelfth). EF.
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 79 Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 500-460 BC. EL Hecte, 2.68g. (h). Obv: Helmeted head of Athena left. Below, tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 67, pl. II, 20. Boston 1447. SNG Aulock 1184. Extremely beautiful head of Athena. EF. An elegant type from the time of the transition between late archaic and early classical style. Athena wears an...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 80 Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 500-460 BC. EL Stater, 16.07g. (h). Obv: Dog standing left, forepaw raised. Below, tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 93, pl. III, 12. Boston 1469. SNG Aulock 1192. SNG Paris 230. The type is rendered with far more detail than usual. About EF. Ex Jonathan Rosen Collection .
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 81 Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 500-460 BC. EL Hecte, 2.71g. (h). Obv: Dog standing left, forepaw raised. Below, tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 93, pl. III, 12. Boston 1470. SNG Aulock 1193. SNG Paris 231. Exceptionally nice. EF.
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 82 Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 550-500 BC. EL Hemihecton (1/12 stater), 1.30g. (h). Obv: Siren flying left between two tunny fishes. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 25, pl. I, 26. Boston 1400. A rare and highly unusual type, boldly combining the spheres of air and sea. VF. Ex Jonathan Rosen Collection .
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 83 Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 520-490 BC. EL Stater, 15.92g. (h). Obv: Winged sphinx crouching left. Below, tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 72, pl. II, 25. Boston 1450. SNG Paris 200. Exceptionally nice. Some areas of flat striking otherwise about EF. Ex Jonathan Rosen Collection . The sphinx has a distinctly archaic head type, so...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 84 Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 500-470 BC. EL Stater, 16.12g. (h). Obv: Upper body of winged woman (Harpy?) left, holding tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 75, pl. II, 30. Boston 1448. SNG Paris 205. Rosen Coll. 454. Doublestruck. VF. Ex Jonathan Rosen Collection .
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 85 Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 500-470 BC. EL Hecte, 2.71g. (h). Obv: Upper body of winged woman (Harpy?) left, holding tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 75, pl. II, 30. SNG Aulock 7280. SNG Paris 206. EF.
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 86 Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 460-450 BC. EL Hecte, 2.75g. (h). Obv: Head of young woman facing left, hair covered by sakkos, truncation dotted. Below, tunny fish left. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 106, pl. III, 25. Cf. Roma Num. 3, 31 March 2012, lot 263. Extremely beautiful archaic female head. Good VF. This is a very rare issue whose beaut...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 87 Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 500-480 BC. EL Stater, 16.07g. (h). Obv: Nude man kneeling left, holding tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 112, pl. III, 31. Boston 1487. SNG Paris 253. About EF.
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 88 Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 500-480 BC. EL Stater, 16.46g. (h). Obv: Nude man kneeling left, holding tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 112, pl. III, 31. Boston 1487. SNG Paris 253. About EF. Ex Jonathan Rosen Collection .
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 89 Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 500-430 BC. EL Hecte, 2.63g. (h). Obv: Forepart of ram left, truncation dotted. Behind, tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 46, pl. I, 47 (staters). SNG Aulock 1175. VF.
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 90 Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 500-430 BC. EL Hecte, 2.69g. (h). Obv: Sow standing left. Below, tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 45, pl. I, 46. SNG Paris 184. Rosen Coll. 437. Dewing Coll. 2170. About EF.
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 91 Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 500-430 BC. EL Stater, 16.15g. (h). Obv: Sow standing left. Below, tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 45, pl. I, 46. SNG Aulock 7275 = Jameson Coll. 2164. Sow's head off flan, otherwise About EF. Ex Jonathan Rosen Collection .
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 92 Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 550-500 BC. EL Stater, 16.17g. (h). Obv: Ram kneeling left, head reverted. Below, tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 47, pl. I, 48. Boston 1419. SNG Aulock 1190. SNG Tubingen 2213. Fine. Ex Jonathan Rosen Collection .
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 93 Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 500-460 BC. EL Hecte, 2.68g. (h). Obv: Sphinx consisting of two bodies but one head facing. Below, tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze 128, pl. IV, 14. SNG Paris 280. Spectacular centering on an immense flan. EF. Compare the owl with two bodies on Athenian diobols, where the doubling indicates the denomi...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 94 Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 380-360 BC. EL Hemihecton (1/12 stater), 1.32g. (h). Obv: Draped head right of beardless youth with long, curly hair, wearing Persian headdress. Below, tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 142, pl. IV, 28-29 (staters and hectae), but see Hurter & Liewald, SNR 83 (2004), p. 34,142 (citing another 1/12 stater: Vin...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 95 Ionia. Uncertain Mint. c. 560-500 BC. EL Hecte, 2.36g. (h). Obv: Forepart of ram right. Rx: Irregular incuse square. The type with a ram facing left is well known, cf. Weidauer 49-51. Apparently an unparalleled variant of Weidauer 48. Beautifully drawn forepart of ram. EF. Ex Jonathan Rosen Collection .
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 96 Uncertain mint in Ionia. c. 550-530 BC. EL Hecte, 2.29g. (h). Obv: Horsefly. Rx: Incuse square with rough surface. Traite? II 2, 1870, pl. 152, 16 (same obverse die, but struck in silver, attributed to Ephesus), cf. Hauck & Aufhauser 19 (2006), lot 108, and Tkalec (29 Feb. 2000), lot 118). The hemihecte Triton VIII (2005), lot 407 could be part ...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 97 Uncertain Ionia. c. 550-480 BC. EL Hemihecton (1/12 stater) on Phocaean standard, 1.28g. (h). Obv: Beetle. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Not found in the major references, but cf. Helios 8 (2012), lot 276. This spectacular little coin has a decidedly Egpytian flavor and is completely unprecedented. Struck in extremely high relief. About EF. ...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 98 Kingdom of Lydia. Ardys II. 671-624 BC (traditional), formerly uncertain Ionia. EL Hemihecton (1/12 stater), 1.18g. (h). Lydia, Sardes, c. 640-620 BC. Obv: Lion's head right. To right, Lydian inscription [WALWET]. Rx: Incuse square punch. Weidauer 112 (from the Artemision deposit). SNG Kayhan 1015. Cf. Gorny & Mosch 199 (2011), lot 498, and Trit...
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 99 Ionia. Uncertain mint. 6th century BC. EL Hecte, 2.35g. (h). Obv: Lion's head right, jaws open, tongue protruding. Rx: Square incuse with rough cross pattern. Weidauer 119. SNG Berry 1029. EF.
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Gemini, Auction X, Lot 100 Ionia. Uncertain mint. 6th century BC. EL Hecte, 2.35g. (h). Obv: Lion's head right, jaws open, tongue protruding. Rx: Two incuse squares side by side. Weidauer -. Not found in any of the major references. EF. Ex Gorny & Mosch 199, 10 October 2011, lot 398 .
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