| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 32 | Auction date: 7 December 2024 |
| Lot number: 155 Price realized: 340 CHF (Approx. 388 USD / 367 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: MOESIA. Istros. Circa 313-280 BC. Drachm (Silver, 19 mm, 5.00 g). Two facing male heads side by side, one upright and the other inverted. Rev. IΣTPIH Sea eagle standing left on dolphin; below dolphin, monogram of AΠ. AMNG I 417. Dima Group IV, Subgroup IV, 4. HGC 3.2, 1802. Struck slightly off center and with a thin flan crack, otherwise, good very fine. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 33 | Auction date: 15 March 2025 |
| Lot number: 790 Price realized: To Be Posted | |
| Lot description: MOESIA. Istros. Circa 313-280 BC. Drachm (Silver, 19 mm, 5.37 g). Two facing male heads side by side, one upright and the other inverted. Rev. IΣTPIH Sea eagle standing left on dolphin; below dolphin, monogram of pellet-in-Δ and I. AMNG I -. Dima Group IV, Subgroup IV, 5. HGC 3.2, 1802. Struck from slightly worn dies and with light scratches, otherwise, very fine. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
Match 2:
| Nomos AG > obolos 36 | Auction date: 23 February 2025 |
| Lot number: 70 Price realized: 550 CHF (Approx. 611 USD / 584 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: MOESIA. Istros. Circa 313-280 BC. Drachm (Silver, 19 mm, 5.09 g, 11 h). Two facing youthful male heads facing, the left inverted. Rev. ΙΣΤΡΙH Sea-eagle standing to left, grasping dolphin with its talons; below, A. AMNG I 416. HGC 3.2, 1801. SNG BM Black Sea 237-238. Sharply struck. Attractive iridescent toning. Hairline surface crack on obverse, otherwise, about extremely fine. From a German collection assembled during the second half of the 20th century, ex Lanz 102, 28 May 2001, 75. Starting price: 150 CHF |  |
Match 3:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 33 | Auction date: 15 March 2025 |
| Lot number: 789 Price realized: To Be Posted | |
| Lot description: MOESIA. Istros. Circa 313-280 BC. Drachm (Subaeratus, 18 mm, 4.47 g), a contemporary plated imitation. Two facing male heads side by side, one upright and the other inverted. Rev. IΣTPIH Sea eagle standing left on dolphin; below dolphin, monogram of ΔΙ. Cf. AMNG I 421, Dima Subgroup IV, 9 and SNG BM Black Sea 253 (for prototype). Nicely toned. Very minor traces of corrosion and with tiny breaks in plating, otherwise, about extremely fine. Starting price: 75 CHF |  |
Match 4:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 576 | Auction date: 4 December 2024 |
| Lot number: 32 Price realized: 550 USD (Approx. 525 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: MOESIA, Istros. Circa 313-280 BC. AR Drachm (16.5mm, 4.84 g, 5h). Facing male heads, the left inverted / Sea-eagle left, grasping dolphin with talons; monogram below. Dima Group IV, Subgroup IV, 4; AMNG I 417; HGC 3, 1802. Lightly toned, traces of find patina, a little porosity, light scrape on obverse. Good VF. Estimate: 150 USD |  |
Match 5:
| Nomos AG > Auction 35 | Auction date: 5 April 2025 |
| Lot number: 31 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: GAUL. Massalia. Circa 275-225 BC. Drachm (Silver, 19 mm, 3.65 g, 2 h), Heavy Standard. Head of Artemis to right, wearing a wreath of olive branches, a triple-pendant earring and a pearl necklace. Rev. ΜΑΣΣΑ Lion walking to left on a double ground line, his tail curling over his left hind leg; below the lion, Ο. F/Py DRM-11-2. LT III, 788. Very rare, attractive and sharply struck; nicely toned and of fine style. Reverse struck slightly off-center, otherwise, extremely fine. From the Montecristo Collection, acquired from Credit de la bourse on 3 November 1990 and apparently from the stock of Jakob Hirsch, Hess-Leu [7], 16 April 1957, 6. The first drachms of Massalia, struck on the heavy standard, can be divided into two major groups: the rarer consists of pieces of fine style like this one, which are clearly copied from the heads of Arethusa by Euainetos and date to c. 275 BC. The second and larger group is composed of similar pieces with often unattractive heads of Artemis engraved by much less skilled workers (as DLT 794 ff.). While most of the fine style issues have a symbol in either the obverse of reverse field, this piece lacks one and is, thus, from the very first - prototype - issue of heavy drachms. Estimate: 3500 CHF |  |
