Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 563Auction date: 5 June 2024
Lot number: 249

Price realized: 950 USD   (Approx. 873 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


PISIDIA, Termessos. Circa 205-203 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.94 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, forepart of horse left above TE (civic) monogram. McIntyre, Termessos 7b (A1/P7) = R. Ashton, "The Coinage of Oinoanda" in NC 2005, n. 40, pl. 5, C (this coin); Price 2986a (same dies). Lightly toned, underlying luster, slight die shift, light scrape at edge on obverse, some flatness to strike on reverse. Near EF. Rare.

From the Richard Ashton Collection, purchased online, November 2004.


Estimate: 200 USD

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Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 564Auction date: 19 June 2024
Lot number: 154

Price realized: 325 USD   (Approx. 303 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


PISIDIA, Termessos. Circa 205-203 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.56 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, forepart of horse left above TE; X below throne. McIntyre, Termessos 9 (A1/P9) = R. Ashton, "The Coinage of Oinoanda" in NC 2005, n. 40, pl. 5, D (this coin, illustrated by McIntyre); Price 2986 var. (no X). Light iridescent tone, graffito (M) in field on reverse. Good VF.

From the Richard Ashton Collection, purchased from Sidney Mygind, 23 June 2001.


Estimate: 300 USD

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Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 570Auction date: 11 September 2024
Lot number: 82

Price realized: 1,700 USD   (Approx. 1,540 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Circa 280-270 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.98 g, 11h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field, maeander pattern in exergue. Vădan Group 1, dies 10/36; Price 2028; Meydancikkale 1455 (same dies). Bright surfaces, traces of find patina and horn silver, light roughness, a few minor marks. Good VF. Extremely rare issue, only the Meydancikkale coin published, none in Pella, nor CoinArchives (each site has one example, but they are both misidentified).


Estimate: 200 USD

Match 3:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 562Auction date: 15 May 2024
Lot number: 106

Price realized: 950 USD   (Approx. 879 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


LESBOS, Methymna. Circa 188-180 BC. AR Tetradrachm (39mm, 16.36 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Arion, holding kithara, on dolphin right above prow left; star below throne, two monograms in exergue. Price 1695 var. (control marks); HGC 6, 910; BN Fonds général 761 var. (same; same obv. die); Demetrius I Hoard 264 (this coin, illustrated). Toned, porosity and light scratches. Good VF. Unique.

From the Richard Ashton Collection, purchased from Samuel Cason, 7 November 2010. Ex Demetrius I Hoard (CH X, 301).


Estimate: 200 USD

Match 4:
Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126Auction date: 28 May 2024
Lot number: 108

Price realized: 500 USD   (Approx. 460 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


THRACE, Odessos. Circa 90-80 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.64 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; ΘE in left field, OΔH (civic) monogram below throne. Callataÿ Group 1, dies D9/R- (unlisted rev. die); Topalov, Odesos 69; Price 1181; HGC 3, 1587. Toned. EF.

From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Toliver Besson Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 473, 29 July 2020), lot 14 (hammer $1100) Heritage 3042 (20 September 2015), lot 32040; Classical Numismatic Group 99 (13 May 2015), lot 49; Classical Numismatic Group 91 (19 September 2012), lot 93; Dr. Patrick H.C. Tan Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 84, 5 May 2010), lot 151; Classical Numismatic Group 42 (29 May 1997), lot 249.


Estimate: 500 USD

Match 5:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 569Auction date: 28 August 2024
Lot number: 23

Price realized: 350 USD   (Approx. 313 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


THRACE, Odessos. Circa 120-90 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.20 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; ΘE in inner left field, OΔH (civic) monogram below throne. Callataÿ Group 1, dies D12/R32; Topalov, Odesos, Series 31, Issue 69; AMNG I 2164; Price 1181; HGC 3, 1587. Toned, minor marks, die break and dig on reverse. Good VF.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 525 (20 October 2022), lot 114; Kirk Davis FPL 70 (Fall 2017), no. 14.


Estimate: 200 USD