Very Rare Damastion Tetrobol
313. ILLYRO-PAEONIAN REGION, Damastion (Dardania). Circa 395-385 BC. AR Tetrobol (12mm, 2.26 g, 8h). Herakleidas, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Tripod on base; knife to left, HPAKΛ-EIΔO inscribed on base and to right. May, Damastion p. 103, 8 (this coin, illustrated); SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -; SNG Ashmolean -. Good VF, lovely old cabinet toning with underlying iridescence. Very rare denomination, unique for this issue. ($1500) Ex Prof. Dr. Hagen Tronnier Collection (Künker 94, 27 September 2004), lot 501; Ars Classica XIII (27 June 1928), lot 715.
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314. KORKYRA, Korkyra. Roman rule. Circa 229-48 BC. AR Half Victoriatus (13mm, 1.62 g, 1h). Pegasos flying left; oz below / Head of Aphrodite left; Y behind. SNG Evelpidis 1938-9; SNG Copenhagen 208. Good VF, lightly toned. ($300) 315. THESSALY, Atrax. Circa 400-344 BC. Æ (16mm, 3.76 g, 10h). Head of nymph right / Lion standing right; ATPAΓIΩN around. Unpublished in the standard references. Good VF, dark brown patina. Extremely rare. ($1000) This coin was apparently part of a joint issue with Gonnoi: cf. Rogers 226 and Moustaka 87.
317 316 316. THESSALY, Kierion. Circa 400-350 BC. AR Diobol (14mm, 1.31 g, 1h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Arne kneeling right, head left, playing with astragaloi; Φ to right. Moustaka 16a; SNG Copenhagen 32. VF, lightly toned. Good metal for issue. Very rare. ($300) 317. THESSALY, Kierion. Circa 400-350 BC. Æ (12mm, 1.59 g, 6h). Bearded head right; KIEPI around / Arne kneeling right, head left, playing with astragaloi; [...]IO[...]TIΣ around. Unpublished. Good VF, dark green-brown patina, shallow cut on obverse. Unique. ($300)
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318. THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 479-460 BC. AR Trihemiobol (14mm, 1.34 g, 9h). Horseman, petasos around neck, holding spear, riding right; below, head of lion right / The nymph Larissa seated right within incuse square. Herrmann group IIa, pl. I, 7 (same rev. die); Moustaka 111; SNG Copenhagen 91. Good VF, a little porosity. Well centered. Very rare. ($200) 319. THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 462/1-460 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.87 g, 2h). Bull’s head and neck left, head facing; above, dolphin left / Horse’s head right; Λ-A above; all in incuse square. Liampi, Corpus 16-7 var. (unlisted dies); SNG Copenhagen -. Good VF, minor porosity, small edge split. Rare series with dolphin, this variety unpublished. ($200) 68