AG030 Thessaly (c. 175-170 B.C.), Pseudo-Rhodian Silver Drachm. Head of Helios facing, slightly inclined to right, rev EPIMAΣ, rose, with a bud on right, Z-Ω either side of stem, 2.75g, 6h (SNG Keckman 793-5 (attributed to Thessaly); Price, Kraay-Mørkholm Essays, pp. 241-2 (attributed to Northern Greece); SNG Copenhagen Suppl. 358 (attributed to Rhodian Peraia)). Attractive iridescent tone, extremely fine. £280 Although the attribution of this issue has been a matter for debate, it seems likely that it was struck by Perseus to pay Cretan mercenaries, who would have been familiar with Rhodian issues, during the Third Macedonian War against the Romans (see R. Ashton, NC 1988, pp. 29-30).
AG031 Akarnania, Leukas (c. 320-280 B.C.), Silver Stater. Pegasos flying left, Λ below, rev head of Athena facing right, wearing a Corinthian helmet, figure of Hermes behind, wearing chlamys and petasos, and holding a kerykeion, crouching and raising his left leg in order to tie his sandal, Λ behind neck of Athena, 8.31g, 3h (Calciati, Pegasi II, 99/5; BMC 61). Broad flan, attractive old cabinet tone with some blue iridescence, very fine. £700
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AG032 Boiotia, Orchomenos (c. 500-480 B.C.), Silver Obol. Wheat grain, rev incuse square, irregularly divided into raised and sunken triangular sections, 0.93g (BCD Boiotia 194; SNG Lockett 1726). Light porosity on reverse, good very fine. £220 AG033 Boiotia, Thebes (c. 480-460 B.C.), Silver Drachm. Boiotian shield, rev incuse square of mill-sail pattern, theta at centre, 6.05g (BCD Boiotia 345; SNG Copenhagen 250). Small metal-flaw on reverse, attractively toned, nearly extremely fine, and rarer than the corresponding staters. £1,650 ex Nomos 5, Zürich, 25 October 2011, lot 157
AG034 Boiotia, Thebes (c. 425-395 B.C.), Silver Stater. Boiotian shield, rev Θ-E, bearded head of Dionysos facing right, wearing an ivy-wreath; all within a concave incuse, 12.12g (Head, Boeotia, p. 36, class β, pl. III, 5; BMC 58; BCD Boiotia 443; SNG Copenhagen 284). Iridescent tone, nearly extremely fine and attractive. £3,300 ex Numismatic Fine Arts, Auction XVIII, Part I, Hollywood, 31 March 1987, lot 145 Prospero Collection, The New York Sale XXVII, 4 January 2012, lot 360
AG035 Attica, Athens (c. 449-415 B.C.), Silver Tetradrachm. Head of Athena facing right, wearing a crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive-leaves and a palmette, and wearing an earring and a necklace, rev AΘE, owl standing right, its head facing, an olive-sprig and a crescent behind; all within an incuse square, 17.17g, 1h (Kroll 8; SNG Copenhagen 31). Struck on good metal, attractive style, extremely fine. £2,750 Tel: +44 (0)20 7930 6879
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