Ancient Greek - Silver

Obverse: Head of the nymph, Larissa, facing slightly to left

Reverse: Thessalian soldier on horseback right

Size: 11mm, 0.93g

Grade: VF

Ref: BCD Thessaly II 326-7; Sear SG; BMC 70

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£90 (P&P FREE to all locations)

Obverse: Bull wrestler running right, grasping horns of bull, forepart leaping right

Reverse: Bridled horse running right, TPI K KAI ON (retrograde)

Size: 17mm, 2.44g

Grade: F/AVF

Ref: SNG Oxford 3933

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£110 (P&P FREE to all locations)

Obverse: Diademed head of Nikomedes III Euergetes, right

Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ EΠIΦANOΥΣ NIKOMHΔOΥ, Zeus Stephanophoros standing front, head to left, crowning the king's name with a spray like wreath in his right hand, long sceptre in his left; to left, eagle standing left on thunderbolt above monogram MP and HϘP (date 198 = 103 BC)

Size: 34mm, 16.78g

Grade: VF+

Ref: Var. of BMC 13. 214. 14, SNG von Aulock 6900

£580 (P&P FREE to all locations) #770

Obverse: Diademed head of Dionysos, left

Reverse: Θ A, leaping dolphin with incuse square, left

Size: 8mm, 0.27g

Grade: AF

Ref: SNG Cop 1035

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£30 (P&P FREE to all locations)

Obverse: Head of bald and bearded Satyr, right

Reverse: Θ A Σ I, two dolphins swimming left and right, one above the other

Size: 8mm, 0.38g

Grade: AF

Ref: BMC 60, SNG Cop 1033

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£35 (P&P FREE to all locations)

Obverse: Diademed head of nymph right, wearing pendant earring and pearl necklace, club behind neck, A below chin

Reverse: Man-headed bull, head facing, walking right; above, Nike flying right, placing wreath on bull's head, Θ between legs, NEOΠOΛITΩN in exergue

Size: 19mm, 7.11g

Grade: GVF, wonderful portrait but surfaces a little rough

Ref: SNG ANS 376-378, SNG Cop 433

Pov: Ex Timeline

£460 (P&P FREE to all locations) #1512

Obverse: Persian king or hero in kneeling stance right, three annulets on breast of kandys, holding (arrow) and bow, quiver with arrows over shoulder

Reverse: Incuse punch

Size: 15mm, 5.44g

Grade: AVF

Ref: Sear 4683, BMC 172

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£130 (P&P FREE to all locations)

Obverse: Forepart of Pegasos, right

Reverse: Goat kneeling right, head left, KEΛ

Size: 9mm, 0.81g

Grade: VF+/VF

Ref: SNG Levante 27-8, SNG France 80-92

Prov: Ex Roma Numismatics

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£75 (P&P FREE to all locations) #1449

Balakros was the satrap of Cilicia under Alexander III (the Great). 

10.83g, 25mm

Obverse: Nike flying left above a swan; all in an olive wreath

Reverse: Athena standing on the left, helmeted, holding a long javelin in her right hand; in front of her, at her feet, a shield

Grade: Typically this coin is slightly off centre and rarely in good state, this is a reasonable example of a rare coin.

13mm, 0.67g

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£150 (P&P FREE to UK other locations please ask)

Obverse: Youth seated on horse, walking right, crowning horse; groundline below on which stand two urns

Reverse: Taras seated on dolphin, left, holding kanthros and trident, TARAS below, B to right

Grade: VF+, very scarce variety with urns on groundline, dark toning and well centred, comes with old ticket

19.5mm, 5.67g

Ref: S363var

£400 (P&P FREE to UK other locations please ask first)

Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus, right

Reverse: ΘEΣΣA/ΛΩN - ΦΙΛΩΝstar and IΠΠOΛOXOΣ Athena Itonia striding right, hurling spear with her right hand and holding shield on her left arm (magistrates Philon and Hippolochos)

Ref: BDC Thessaly II 869.2

22mm, 5.10g

Grade: VF

£270 (P&P FREE to UK, other locations please ask)

Obverse: Nude youth, holding whip, dismounting from horse rearing to left, Π below horse

Reverse: Goat kneeling to left, KEΛE, branch with ivy leaves and berries above

Ref: SNG von Aulock 5620

10.8g, 21mm 

Grade: VF, nicely toned, ancient test cut (if only they had had XRF in those days!)

Prov: from the Michael Higley Collection

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£350 (P&P FREEto UK, other locations please ask)

Obverse: Naked wrestlers, monogram below

Reverse: EΣTFEΔIIYΣ, slinger standing right, loosing shot, triskeles to right, all within dotted square

Ref: BMC 26, Sear 5396 var

22mm, 10.27g

Grade: AVF

£300 (P&P FREE to UK, other locations please ask)

Obverse: Serpent emerging from cista mystica; all within an ivy wreath

Reverse: Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; monogram within wreath and AP above, civic monogram to left, serpent-entwined thyrsos to right

Grade: Nearly extremely fine, obverse off-centre which is often the case with these coins

12.54g, 27 x 2.5mm

Ref: SNG Copenhagen 427, Sear 3947-3950 var

£240 (P&P FREE to UK, other locations please ask first)

Obverse: Two male heads facing, side by side, the right inverted

Reverse: IΣTΡIH above sea-eagle, left, on dolphin, AΠ monogram below

10mm, 0.87g

Grade: VF for type

Ref: S1670

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£120 (P&P FREE to UK, other locations please ask)

Obverse: Head of Athena, right, wearing creasted Attic helmet (visible) older version oval eyes 

Reverse: Owl standing, right, olive sprig and crescent behind with AOE all in an incuse square.

24mm, 17.06g

Grade: VF for type, contemporary graffiti to right of field possibly a Greek letter?   

Prov: Ex British private collection

Ref: S2526

£900   (P&P FREE to UK, other locations please ask first)

Obv: Head of Alexander the Great, right, with horn of Ammon and flowing hair, MAKEΔ[ONΩN] beneath, Θ behind

Rev: Money-chest (cista or fiscus), club and chair, AESILLAS and Q  above, within olive-wreath

14.083g, 28mm

Ref: SNG Cop 1330

Grade: VF, slight weakness to lower edge

Note: A remarkable coin produced by the Romans to appeal to the Macedonians. Both Greek and Latin are displayed, and the power of Rome is also demonstrated with the tax collectors name and tools of his trade on the reverse! This coin could be equally shown on the Roman or Alexander pages!

£370  (P&P FREE to UK, other locations please ask)

Obverse: Bee with outstretched wings, ? Π to left, ζ to right (= year 86 or 41-40BC)

Note: Before this date, Phoenician years were read right to left, from 86 they were ready left to right.

Reverse: Stag standing right, palm tree in background, ARADION (in Greek) to right

Grade: VF/VF+ a little porous 

18mm, 3.93

Ref: S5989

Prov: Ex Dix Noonan Web (now Noonans)

£400 (P&P FREE to UK other locations ask)

Obverse: Diademed and draped bust of Artemis, right, bow and quiver over shoulder

Reverse: Club to right; above monogram, below two monograms; around oak wreath; thunderbolt to left, legend in Greek above and below 

34mm, 16.74g

Ref: SNG Cop 1314-5

Grade: VF, slightly double struck

Prov: Ex Leu Numismatics, Switzerland

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£650 (P&P FREE to all locations) #1178 

Obverse: Orodes' profiled, diademed head, left

Reverse: King enthroned, left, holding Nike, several lines of legend in Greek each side of Orodes

Grade: AVF

Ref: Sellwood 48.1, Shore 212

28mm, 13.25g

£280  (P&P FREE to UK other locations ask)

Obverse: His diademed head, left, with pointed beard; eagle behind with wreath in beak

Reverse: Central archer enthroned, right, holding bow, beneath monogram, several lines of legend in Greek each side of archer

Grade: VF/F

Ref: S7472

19mm, 3.34g

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£55 (P&P FREE to UK other locations ask)