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Auction: 23108 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 31: Ancient Coins from the Kyrios Collection and Other Properties - e-Auction
Lot: 1238

The 'Kyrios' Collection | A Selection of Greek Coins from Kroisos to the Battle of Corinth (8): i) Lydia, time of Kroisos (c. 561-546 BC), AR Twelfth-Stater, Sardis, foreparts of lion and bull confronted, rev. two incuse square punches side-by-side, 0.83g (SNG Turkey 820), Porous, good fine; ii) Lydia, Under Persian Rule, Time of Darius I-Xerxes I, (505-480 BC) AR Third-Siglos, Great King kneeling right with bow and arrow rev. Incuse punch, 1.75g, (Klein 755; Sunrise 22) Porous and soft, fine; iii) Mysia, Kyzikos, AR Trihemiobol, c. 480-450 BC, Forepart of a boar left, to right, tunny upward rev. Head of a lion left within incuse square, 0.78g (SNG Paris 361-6. Von Fritze II, 9) Good very fine, toned; iv) Mysia, Pergamum, AR Diobol, c. 330-284 BC, Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin rev. PERGAM Statue of Pallas Athena facing brandishing spear in left hand and shield in right, 1.29g (SNG Paris 1558) Residually lustrous, detailed strike, very fine; v) Ionia, Ephesos, Arsinoe II (273-268 BC) AE18, Veiled draped bust right rev. ARISTAIOS, stag kneeling left, head right, astragoaos above, ARSI across fields, 3.58g, (BMC 72) good detail, softening at higher points, very fine; vi) Pseudo-Rhodian issue, Mercenaries in Macedonia or Thessaly (c. 200-170 BC), AR Tetrobol, struck under Philip V and Perseus, c. 170 BC, Helios three-quarters head facing right, rev. Rose, HERMIAS above, Z-) by stem, 2.75g (SNG Keckman 793), slightly offstruck, but with attractive cabinet toning in recesses, extremely fine or better; Kingdom of Capadoccia (2): vii) Ariarathes V Eusebes Philopator (163-130 BC) AR Drachm, dated RY 32 = 139 BC Diademed head right rev. BASILEOS ARIARTHIOU EUSEBIOUS Athena Nikephoros standing left with shield and sceptre, monograms to left field, and outer left and right, BL (date) in exergue, 4.17g (Simonetta, Coins (Ariarathes IV) p.23, 12, SNG Copenhagen Suppl. 644) Toned, about good very fine; viii) Ariarathes X Eusebes Philadelphos (42-36 BC) AR Drachm, dated RY 4 = 39/8 BC, As before, but with BASILEOS ARIARTHIOU EUSEBIOUS KAI PHILADELPHOY surrounding on reverse, and trophy to left field, monogram above date (delta) to right, 3.69g (Simonetta, Coins 1; HGC 7, 854) Good fine, toned; A lovely collection from the first coins issued to the last quasi-autonomous issues of the Hellenistic states (8).

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