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struck owl adorns the reverse. Normally Starr group coins are not struck on planchets with such excellent surfaces as this. Strong hints of luster in fields. Near Mint State.11000 ATTIC, ATHENS; 460-454 BC, Tetradrachm, 16.82g. Starr-Gp. V. A. 166c (same reverse die). Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right, Rx: Owl standing right, facing. Struck in high relief. Exceptionally beautiful detail. EF.........9000 ATTIC, ATHENS; 435 BC, Tetradrachm, 17.08g. Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. Rx: ΑΘΕ Owl standing right, head facing forward with olive sprig and crescent behind. EF...................................................................2250 ATTIC, ATHENS; 435 BC, Tetradrachm, 17.08g. Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. Rx: ΑΘΕ Owl standing right, head facing forward with olive sprig and crescent behind. Mint State......................................................2850 ATTIC, ATHENS; 430 BC, Tetradrachm, 16.96g. Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. Rx: ΑΘΕ Owl standing right, head facing forward with olive sprig and crescent behind. Mint State......................................................2550 ATTIC, ATHENS; 425 BC, Tetradrachm, 17.38g. Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. Rx: ΑΘΕ Owl standing right, head facing forward with olive sprig and crescent behind. Mint State......................................................2500 CORINTHIA, CORINTH; 330-300 BC, Stater, 8.76g. Calciati-424. Obv: Pegasus flying l. Rx: Head of Athena l.; behind head, quiver symbol. VF / aEF.........................350 ACARNANIA, ANACTORIUM; 350-330 BC, Stater, 8.08g. Calciati-36. Obv: Pegasus flying l., AN monogram below. Rx: Head of Athena l.; behind head, AN monogram and omphalos. VF.........................................................300 ACARNANIA, LEUCAS; c. 350-330 BC, Stater, 8.32g. BM-51, Calciati-84. Obv: Pegasos flying left; Rx:Λ Helmeted head of Athena left. Behind, Kerykeion. Choice EF....750 Four Legged Stool with Cushion ACARNANIA, LEUCAS; 330-300 BC, Stater, 8.46g. Calciati-123. Obv: Pegasus flying l., Λ below. Rx: Head of Athena l.; behind head, four-legged stool with cushion. This type is one that we have never encountered showing a piece of everyday furniture as a symbol. The reverse is near proof-like and perfectly struck. Near Mint State / Mint State.......1500 PELOPONNESUS, SICYON; c. 360-330/20 BC, Stater, 12.20g. BCD-211 (same dies), SNG Norman Davis-207, Traité-776. Very rare issue. First of 4th century staters. Obv: Chimaera with ΣΕ below, Rx: Dove flying l. within olive wreath. Two tiny planchet defects on obverse. Otherwise an excellent example of this highly desirable issue. Some golden toning. Near Mint State................3950 PELOPONNESUS, SICYON; 360-340/30 BC, Obol, 0.84g. BCD-243. Obv: Dove alighting with fillet in beak, Rx: Dove flying right. This is a rare variety where the dove has a fillet in his beak. Toned aEF..................................500 PELOPONNESUS, SICYON; 360-340/30 BC, Obol, 0.83g. BCD-246. Obv: Dove alighting right. Rx: Dove flying right; above tail, Σ. Some microscopic granularity. EF..350 PELOPONNESUS, SICYON; 360-340/30 BC, Obol, 0.84g. BCD-246. Obv: Dove alighting right, Rx: Dove flying right; above tail, Σ. Microscopic granularity. Good VF.350 ARCADIA, CLEITOR; 375-350 BC, Obol, 0.83g. Boston-1258, Weber-4273, LHS-96 #1423. Obv: Head of Athena wearing close fitting helmet with crest, Rx: Horse
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with loose bridle prancing. Nicely centered on a large flan. Microscopic granularity. Toned EF................................500 ARCADIA, PHENEUS; 350 BC, Stater, 11.27g. Obv: Head of Demeter r. with wreath of wheat ears, Rx: Hermes advancing l., holding caduceus in r. hand, looking back at infant Arkas held on l. arm. Literature: S. Schultz, SNR 71 (1992), p. 53 #6.12, pl. 9 (this coin). Pedigree: Ex Egger 10 (1906) #399. Ex Egger 40 (1912, Prowe) #1162. Ex Leu-NFA Oct. 1984 (Garrett II) #229. Ex NFA Journal 38 (1190) #39. Ex NFA 28, 23 April 1992, lot 676. Ex Superior 30 May 1995, lot 7463, Lewis Egnew Collection. Head of Hermes flatly struck and partially off flan on reverse, a few old light scratches and a scrape on obverse. A slightly better coin was estimated at 275,000 Swiss francs in a recent sale. The rare coins of Pheneus were minted in the short period of freedom and prosperity for the city after the wars between the Boeotians (led by the general Epaminondas) and the Spartans, and before the conquest of mainland Greece by Philip II and Alexander the Great. While the obverse type harks back to the popular Arethusa head of the Syracusan decadrachms, the reverse is original: the local hero Arkas, ancestor of the Arkadians, being rescued as a young child by the god Hermes. Being the son of Zeus and the nymph Kallisote, Arkas was in danger of falling victim, as his mother did, to the jealous rage of Zeus’ wife Hera. Therefore Hermes brought the child to his own mother, the nymph Maia, who lived in the mountains near Pheneus, where Arkas then grew up. Even today, the Pheneus valley remains a place to escape to and relax, especially for hasseled contemporary Athenians. Toned EF.............22500 CAPPADOCIA, ARIARATHES V; 163-130 BC. Uncertain mint, Mazaka Eusebeia or Tyana. Drachm, 4.06g. BM-33, SNG von Aulock-6269, SNG Cop-Suppl. 697, SNG Ashmolean-1965. Obv: Diademed head right, Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ ΕΥΣΕΒΟΥΣ Athena Nikephoros standing left. In inner left and outer right field, monograms. In exergue, ΓΛ. High relief. Mint State.....350 PONTUS, AMISUS; 350 BC, Reduced Siglos, 3.80g. SNG BM Black Sea-1110. Obv: Hera with stephane, Rx: Facing owl with wings open. Somewhat unusual and entertaining owl on reverse. aEF / EF................................................425 BITHYNIA, APAMEIA; 150-140 BC, Tetradrachm, 12.70g. S-5110. Obv: Cista-mystica with serpent, Rx: Bow in case between two serpents. Mint State.....................500 MYSIA, PERGAMUM; c. 85-76 BC, Cistophoric Tetradrachm, 11.78g. Kleiner (Mus. Notes 23)-41. Rx: To l. of serpents, monogram ΠEP (mintmark); to r., serpententwined thyrsus; above bowcase, MH above ΠPY monogram. aVF............................................................175 IONIA, CLAZOMENAE; c. 5th century BC, Diobol, 1.10g. Traité I, 489, pl. XII, 16, BM-11, Klein-391. Obv: Forepart of winged boar flying r.; Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. VF.....................................................................500 IONIA, EPHESUS; c. 500-420 BC, Tetartemorion, 0.16g. SNG Kayan-126, Klein-370. Obv: Bee. Rx: Eagle’s head r. VF...................................................................................250 IONIA, ERYTHRAE; c. later 4th century BC, Tetradrachm, 12.88g. SNG Cop-570, SNG von Aulock-1950 var., BM-41. Obv: Head of young Herakles in lion-skin. Rx: EPY Club and bow in case. Magistrate’s