Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 679

Price realized: 3,000 CHF   (Approx. 3,405 USD / 3,147 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


AEOLIS. Myrina. Circa 160-143 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 33 mm, 16.83 g, 12 h). Laureate head of Apollo to right. Rev. MΥΡINAIΩN Apollo Gryneios standing right, holding laurel branch in his left hand and phiale in his right; at his feet to right, omphalos and amphora; to left, monogram; all within laurel wreath. BMC 13. Sacks Issue 39, 66a (this coin). SNG Copenhagen -. SNG von Aulock -. Beautifully toned and of fine style. A few minor marks, otherwise, about extremely fine.


Ex Leu 13, 29-30 April 1975, 212.

Starting price: 500 CHF

Match 1:
Nomos AG > obolos 30Auction date: 17 December 2023
Lot number: 360

Price realized: 550 CHF   (Approx. 635 USD / 578 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


AEOLIS. Myrina. Circa 155-145 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 31 mm, 15.00 g, 1 h). Laureate head of Apollo to right. Rev. MΥΡINAIΩN Apollo Grynios standing to right, holding laurel branch in his left hand and phiale in his right; omphalos and amphora at his feet; in left field, monogram of ΠЄ. Sacks Issue 46. SNG Stockholm 209. Pleasing head of Apollo. Very fine.
Obolos 21, 2 January 2022, 443.

Starting price: 300 CHF

Match 2:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 619

Price realized: 4,800 CHF   (Approx. 5,456 USD / 5,067 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


SICILY. Leontini. Circa 430-425 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 24 mm, 17.48 g, 12 h). Laureate head of Apollo to left. Rev. ΛEON-TI-NON Head of a lion with open jaws to left; above, to left and below, three barley grains; to right, laurel leaf. Boehringer, Münzgeschichte, 55 (same dies). HGC 2, 671. Rizzo pl. XXIV, 4 (same dies). SNG ANS 257 (same dies). Lustrous, fresh and sharp, a very attractive example. The usual small die break in Apollo's hair and a few light scratches, otherwise, good extremely fine.


Ex Nomisma 67, 13 April 2023, 5.

Starting price: 1000 CHF

Match 3:
Nomos AG > obolos 30Auction date: 17 December 2023
Lot number: 307

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


ACHAIA. Pellene. Circa 325-300 BC. Dichalkon (Bronze, 16 mm, 3.86 g, 12 h). Laureate head of Apollo to right. Rev. Monogram of ΠΕ above head of ram to right; all within olive wreath tied at the top. BCD Peloponnesos 600.3. HGC 5, 126. Surface roughness, otherwise, nearly very fine.


Starting price: 50 CHF

Match 4:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 1334

Price realized: 900 CHF   (Approx. 1,023 USD / 950 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


LESBOS. Mytilene. Circa 377-326 BC. Hekte (Electrum, 10 mm, 2.54 g, 12 h). Laureate head of Apollo to right. Rev. Head of a female to right, her hair bound in sakkos; behind, coiled serpent; all within linear square within incuse square. Bodenstedt 100A. SNG Copenhagen 317 var. (serpent on obverse). SNG von Aulock 1714. Light marks, otherwise, very fine.


From a British collection of electrum coins from Lesbos and Ionia, formed in the early 2000s.

Starting price: 100 CHF

Match 5:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 546

Price realized: 600 CHF   (Approx. 681 USD / 629 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


BOEOTIA, Federal Coinage. Circa 225-171 BC. Drachm (Silver, 19 mm, 4.81 g, 12 h). Laureate head of Poseidon to right. Rev. ΒΟΙΩΤΩΝ Nike standing front, head to left, holding wreath in her right hand and trident in her left; to left, monogram. BCD Boiotia 114. HGC 4, 1175. McClean 5623. Nicely toned. Struck from slightly worn dies and with light scratches, otherwise, good very fine.


Ex Classical Numismatic Review XLVIII.1, Winter 2023, 37.

Starting price: 150 CHF