Nomos AG > obolos 35Auction date: 15 December 2024
Lot number: 1268

Price realized: 340 CHF   (Approx. 383 USD / 365 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


AKARNANIA. Leukas. Circa 470-450 BC. Hemidrachm (Silver, 13 mm, 1.32 g, 7 h). Λ Forepart of Pegasos flying to right. Rev. Head of Aphrodite to right, with bound hair and wearing pearl necklace; all within incuse square. BCD Akarnania 179 (this coin) = HGC 4, 838 (this coin illustrated). A very rare fraction. Attractively toned. Somewhat porous and with a few light marks on the obverse, otherwise, very fine.
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, and from the BCD Collection, Münzen und Medaillen (DE) 23, 18 October 2007, 179, ex Lanz 30, 1984, 218.

Starting price: 200 CHF

Match 1:
Nomos AG > obolos 35Auction date: 15 December 2024
Lot number: 1534

Price realized: 2,200 CHF   (Approx. 2,475 USD / 2,363 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


CARIA. Uncertain mint. Circa 500-450 BC. Obol (Silver, 10 mm, 0.65 g, 7 h). Forepart of a winged bull flying right. Rev. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress; all within incuse square. HN Online 1384. SNG Ashmolean 328. Very rare and nicely toned. Slightly porous surfaces, otherwise, good very fine.
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, acquired in 1979.

Starting price: 75 CHF

Match 2:
Nomos AG > obolos 33Auction date: 8 September 2024
Lot number: 288

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


CORINTHIA. Corinth. Circa 500-450 BC. Stater (Silver, 19 mm, 8.14 g, 7 h). Ϙ Pegasos with curved wing flying left. Rev. Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet; all within shallow incuse square. BCD Corinth 21 (same dies). Calciati 53. Ravel 130 (P84/T97). Lightly toned. Struck from somewhat worn dies, otherwise, about very fine.


Starting price: 200 CHF

Match 3:
Nomos AG > obolos 35Auction date: 15 December 2024
Lot number: 1554

Price realized: 200 CHF   (Approx. 225 USD / 215 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


CARIA. Knidos. Circa 411-405/4 BC. Obol (Silver, 9 mm, 0.71 g, 1 h). Forepart of a roaring lion to right. Rev. Head of Athena to right, with rolled hair; all within incuse square. Cahn, Serie VI, 125. HN Online 691. SNG Ashmolean 94-95. SNG Keckman 157-160. Deeply toned. Scrape on the obverse beneath toning, otherwise, very fine.
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, ex Monnaies et Médailles 66, 22 October 1984, 259.

Starting price: 200 CHF

Match 4:
Nomos AG > obolos 34Auction date: 10 November 2024
Lot number: 421

Price realized: 500 CHF   (Approx. 574 USD / 531 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


ISLANDS OFF CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 305-275 BC. Hemidrachm (Silver, 12 mm, 1.65 g, 12 h). Head of Helios facing slightly to right. Rev. Rose with bud to right; ivy-lead and E to left; all within shallow circular incuse. HGC 6, 1446. Karl -. SNG Keckman 464-6. Perfectly centered on both sides and oddly among the best examples known; fine style. Good very fine.


Starting price: 75 CHF

Match 5:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 31Auction date: 7 September 2024
Lot number: 776

Price realized: 130 CHF   (Approx. 154 USD / 139 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


EARLY SKYTHIANS, Uncertain. 3rd-mid 2nd century BC. Hemidrachm (Silver, 16 mm, 2.47 g, 1 h). Diademed head of Antiochos I to right. Rev. Head of a horse with reins to right within shallow incuse. Mitchiner, Ancient & Classical World, 352 var. (with symbol beneath the head of the horse). Morton & Eden 59 (2012), 789 var. (with imitative legend). Very rare and nicely toned. Struck from a worn obverse die and with some minor nicks, otherwise, very fine.


From the L.I.M.B. Collection, formed over the past two decades.

This type imitates the drachms of Antiochos I from Ai Khanoum (SC 431f). As viceroy of the Upper Satrapies, Antiochos I was responsible for the Seleukid East under his father. He was the driving force behind the second Hellenistic urbanization of Baktria, after a significant portion of the first generation of settlers, established under Alexander, revolted shortly after the king's death and were destroyed by Perdikkas. Although Seleukid control over Baktria could not be secured in the long term, Antiochos' efforts laid the foundation for Hellenistic Baktria, and his coins continued to circulate for a long time in and around the Baktrian heartland and in Sogdiana. Thus, it is not surprising that his horse-head drachms were imitated by local tribes.

Starting price: 50 CHF