335. KINGS of PAEONIA. Audoleon. Circa 315/0-286 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.24 g, 7h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Astibos or Damastion mint. Struck circa 300-286 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; XA monogram in left field. Price 646; Waggoner, Reflections, Issue IV, dies 22/b = H. Seyrig, “Monnaies hellénistiques II. Royaume de Péonie,” RN 1963, 5 = SNG München 371 (Alexander III; same dies). EF, slight die shift on obverse. Very rare. ($750) From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection. Ex Triton IX (10 January 2006), lot 844; Seleucus I Hoard (CH X [forthcoming]).
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336. ILLYRIA, Apollonia. Mid-late 1st century BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.70 g, 10h). Archen- and Nikanor, magistrates. Laureate head of Apollo left; APXHN to left / Three nymphs (the Three Graces), hand in hand, dancing around a fire; NIKANΩP in exergue. Maier 135; SNG Copenhagen -. Good VF, small crimp at edge. ($200) From the Mark Staal Collection.
337. ILLYRIA, Apollonia. Mid-late 1st century BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.57 g, 2h). Parmenos and Zoilos, magistrates. Laureate head of Apollo left; ΠAPMHNOΣ to left / Three nymphs (the Three Graces), hand in hand, dancing around a fire; ZΩIΛOΣ in exergue. Maier 138 var. (BIΩNOΣ on obv.); SNG Copenhagen -. VF, slight wave in flan, hairline flan crack. Rare. ($150) From the Mark Staal Collection. Ex Pegasi XV (24 October 2006), lot 83.
338. ILLYRIA, Apollonia. Mid-late 1st century BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.66 g, 6h). Dorionos and Deinon, magistrates. Laureate head of Apollo left; ΔΩPIΩNOΣ to left / Three nymphs (the Three Graces), hand in hand, dancing around a fire; ΔEINO[N] in exergue. Maier 145; SNG Copenhagen 406. VF, toned. ($200) From the Mark Staal Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 122 (10 March 2003), lot 1297; Münzen und Medaillen Deutschland 11 (7 November 2002), lot 638.
339. THESSALY, Kierion. Circa 400-350 BC. AR Diobol (13mm, 1.29 g, 3h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Arne kneeling right, head left, playing with astragaloi. Moustaka 16a; SNG Copenhagen 32. VF, lightly toned, a hint of porosity. Well centered and struck. ($500)
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340. THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 460-420 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 5.93 g, 11h). Nude youth, [petasos] and cloak tied at neck, wrestling bull left / Horse running right, trailing reins, within incuse square. Lorber, Thessalian pl. 43, 52; SNG Copenhagen 110. VF, lightly toned, light porosity, die shift and minor scratch on reverse. ($300) 341. THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 405/0-370 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 6.11 g, 3h). Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly right, hair in ampyx / Horse grazing right. L-S Group 3, Head Type 8, dies O19/R3; SNG Copenhagen -; Traité IV pl. 713a-b and 718 (same obv. die). VF, toned, a couple minor pits. ($300) 64