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Nomos AG - obolos 38, Lot 234
ISLANDS OFF MYSIA, Prokonnesos. Circa 450-425 BC. Obol (Silver, 10.5 mm, 0.49 g, 1 h). Forepart of horse to left. Rev. Oinochoe; in right field, E. Cf. SNG Delepierre 2544 = SNG Paris 2431 = Thompson, Coinage, pl. 1, 1 (No symbol on shoulder; E on reverse). Toned. Porous surfaces, otherwise, about very fine.
This type is usually depicted with a Π on the reverse, which Thompson in "The Coinage of Proconnesus" identifies as the mintmark. On this coin, we see an "E" instead, the meaning of thi... | 20 Jul 2025 | Upcoming
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Classical Numismatic Group - Electronic Auction 591, Lot 81
ATTICA, Athens. Circa 340-335 BC. Æ (15mm, 3.29 g, 9h). Triptolemos, holding grain ear, seated right in winged chariot being drawn by two serpents / Pig standing right on mystic staff; [AΘE or EΛEYΣ above], boukranion below. Cf. Kroll 38–40; cf. HGC 4, 1725 and 1764. Red-brown and dark green surfaces. Fine.
The obverse is inspired by a statue of Triptolemos that was presumably still in its temple when Pausanias (I. 38, 6) visited Eleusis in about AD 160: "The Eleusians have a temple to Tript... | 16 Jul 2025 | Upcoming
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Leu Numismatik AG - Web Auction 34, Lot 644
IONIA. Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Circa 130-120 BC. Stater (Gold, 18 mm, 8.38 g, 12 h), Euphemos, son of Pausanias, magistrate. Draped bust of Artemis to right, wearing stephane and pendant earring and with her quiver and bow over her shoulder. Rev. MAΓNHTΩ[N] - EYΦHMOΣ / ΠAYΣANI[OY] Nike driving fast biga to right, holding whip in her right hand and reins in her left. Ellis-Evans, Magnesia, pp. 296-304. Leu 1 (2017), 82 (same dies). Leu Web Auction 18 (2021), 1143 (same dies). Fresh and attractiv... | 5 Jul 2025 | 4,200 CHF | |
Leu Numismatik AG - Web Auction 34, Lot 645
IONIA. Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Circa 130-120 BC. Stater (Gold, 19 mm, 8.44 g, 12 h), Euphemos, son of Pausanias, magistrate. Draped bust of Artemis to right, wearing stephane and pendant earring and with her quiver and bow over her shoulder. Rev. MAΓNHTΩN - EYΦHMOΣ / ΠAYΣANIOY Nike driving fast biga to right, holding whip in her right hand and reins in her left. Ellis-Evans, Magnesia, pp. 296-304 and fig. 2, A (same dies). Leu 1 (2017), 82 (same dies). Leu Web Auction 18 (2021), 1143 (same dies... | 5 Jul 2025 | 2,600 CHF | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Electronic Auction 590, Lot 124
ATTICA, Athens. Circa 340-335 BC. Æ (15mm, 3.38 g, 12h). Eleusis mint. Triptolemos, holding grain ear, seated right in winged chariot being drawn by two serpents / Pig standing right on mystic staff; ΔI below head. Kroll 38q var. (Triptolemos left, Δ on rev.); cf. Svoronos, Monnaies pl. 103, 16 (control mark uncertain); HGC 4, 1766 corr. (ΔI, not Δ; this coin illustrated). Dark green-brown patina, slightly off center. VF.
From the Kelly Ramage Collection. Ex Christopher Morcom Collection (Cl... | 2 Jul 2025 | 1,100 USD | |
VAuctions - NBJ Auction 15, Lot 2
IONIA: Ephesos. Circa 202-150 BC. AR Drachm. Pausanias, magistrate. Bee. Stag standing right; palm tree in background; ΠAYΣANIAΣ to right. (3.84gm, 18mm), Good Very Fine.
Starting price: 200 USD... | 17 Jun 2025 | 400 USD | |
Nomos AG - Auction 35, Lot 414
IONIA. Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Mid-140s BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 31 mm, 16.68 g, 11 h), struck under the magistrate Pausanias, son of Pausanias. Draped bust of Artemis to right, wearing stephane and with bow and quiver over her left shoulder. Rev. ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ / ΠAYΣANIAΣ ΠAYΣANIOY Apollo standing facing, head to left, holding filleted branch with his right hand and resting his left arm on a tall tripod behind; in the exergue, maeander pattern; all within laurel wreath. Ellis-Evans 20/PP14. Jones 1... | 15 Jun 2025 | 2,000 CHF | |
Leu Numismatik AG - Auction 17, Lot 97
THRACE. Abdera. Circa 375/3-365/0 BC. Stater (Silver, 23 mm, 11.38 g, 8 h), Pausanias, magistrate. ΕΠΙ / [Π]ΑΥΣΑΝΙΩ Griffin seated to left, raising his right forepaw. Rev. ΑΒΔΗΡ[Ι]-ΤΕΩΝ Laureate head of Apollo to right within shallow incuse square. AMNG II 139. HGC 3.2, 1210. May, Abdera, 481 var. (A315/P-, unlisted reverse die). SNG Ashmolean 3490. SNG Fitzwilliam 1642. A lovely, beautifully toned example of excellent style. A few light marks, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.
From a Europ... | 31 May 2025 | 3,600 CHF | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Electronic Auction 587, Lot 468
CARIA, Mylasa. Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Cistophorus (28mm, 9.96 g, 6h). Bare head right / Zeus Osogoa standing facing, head right, holding trident set on crab and eagle. Metcalf, Cistophori, Type 41, 188-90 var. (O–/R– [both dies unlisted]); Akarça 19; RPC III 1379; Pinder 55; RSC 303. Lightly toned, minor marks, scratches, overstruck on an uncertain undertype. Near VF. Rare.
According to the first century Greek geographer Strabo (Geography 14. 2. 23), the Mylasians had three temples of Zeus ... | 21 May 2025 | 350 USD | |
Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG - eLive Auction 87, Lot 6094
IONIA
MAGNESIA. AR-Tetradrachme, nach 190 v. Chr., Magistrat Pausanias, (Sohn des) Pausanias; 16,74 g. Artemisbüste r. mit Diadem, über der Schulter Bogen und Köcher//In Kranz: Nackter Apollo steht l. auf Mäander an Dreifuß gelehnt, auf diesem Köcher. Jones 8
Feine Tönung, min. Prägeschwäche und winz. Kratzer auf dem Avers, vorzüglich
Exemplar der Liste Monetarium 34, Zürich 1981, Nr. 48.
Möglicherweise waren die auf den magnesischen Münzen genannten Individuen keine Amtsträger, sondern ... | 20 May 2025 | 2,000 EUR | |
Numismatica Ars Classica - Auction 154, Lot 1137
Greek Coins
Kingdom of Macedonia, Pausanias,394–393
Stater, Aegae or Pella circa 394-393, AR 23 mm, 10.71 g. Head of Apollo r., with short hair, wearing tainia. Rev. ΠAYΣ – A – NI – [A] Horse advancing r., trailing rein; all in linear square within incuse square. Westermark, Remarks, pl. LXIX, 24. AMNG III/2, 1, pl. XXIX, 31. SNG ANS 85. SNG Alpha Bank 182.
Very rare and in fine condition for the issue. Wonderful old cabinet tone and good very fine / about extremely fine
Ex Hess-Leu ... | 19 May 2025 | 8,500 CHF | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Auction 129, Lot 98
KINGS of MACEDON. Philip II. 359-336 BC. AV Twelfth Stater (7.5mm, 0.71 g, 1h). Pella mint. Struck circa 345/2-340/36 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Thunderbolt; head of lion facing below. Le Rider Group I, 12 (D9'/R9); SNG ANS 209–15. Minor die wear, a little off center on reverse. Near EF.
The youngest son of King Amyntas III, Philip II was as a youth held hostage in Thebes, then the leading city of Greece. While there, he was taught by its famous leader, Epaminondas, in military tact... | 13 May 2025 | 1,150 USD | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Auction 129, Lot 243
IONIA, Lebedos. Circa 140-135 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30.5mm, 16.34 g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Anaxipolis, magistrate. Helemted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing, on club between two filleted cornucopias; all within wreath. Amandry, Tétradrachmes, Group III, – (D3/R9 [unlisted die combination]); Kinns 32; SNG Copenhagen –. Toned, much find patina, some light roughness, nick on edge. Good VF.
Lebedos was located on the central coast of Ionia, to the north of Ephesos. Very ... | 13 May 2025 | 3,750 USD | |
Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger - Auction 397, Lot 49
GRIECHISCHE MÜNZEN, GRIECHISCHES MUTTERLAND, THRAKIEN, ABDERA.
Magistrat Pausanias.Drachme. 346-335. Greif lagert l. mit erhobener Vordertatze. Rs. Belorbeerter Apollokopf r. in Linienquadrat. May 482 ff. HGCS 1226. 2.79g, Schöne Tönung. Rs. Doppelschlag. RR ss-vz/ss
Seit den 1990er Jahren in süddeutscher Sammlung.
Estimate: 250 EUR... | 6 May 2025 | Unsold | |
Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger - Auction 442, Lot 159
Ionien Magnesia am Maeander
Gold-Stater 130/120 v. Chr., Magistrat Euphemos, Sohn des Pausanias. Büste der Artemis mit Stephane / Nike in schneller Biga. 12h. Ellis-Evans in FS Ashton (2021), Gruppe A. 8.43 g.; 19,6 mm. Bestens zentriert Gutes Sehr schön Stempelrost im Avers
Estimate: 3500 EUR... | 28 Apr 2025 | 3,200 EUR | |
The Coin Cabinet Ltd. - Kallista Auction 2, Lot 47
ANCIENT GREECE. IONIA, MAGNESIA AD MAEANDRUM.
Gold Stater, Circa 155-140 BC.
Euphemos, son of Pausanias, magistrate. Obv: draped bust of Artemis right, wearing stephane, with bow and quiver over shoulder. Rev: Nike driving fast biga to right; MAΓNHTΩN above, EYΦHMOΣ ΠAYΣANIOY below.
Good Very Fine; attractive ochre tones, very subtle underlying lustre, perfectly aligned.
Property of a London academic; acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.
Reference: Unpublished in the standard re... | 27 Mar 2025 | Withdrawn | |
Spink - Auction 24125, Lot 1163
Thessaly, Thessalian League, AR Stater (2): i) Thrasylos, Hera and Pausanias, magistrates, struck c. 196-146 BC, laureate head of Zeus right, rev. THESSA-LON/PAUS-ANIAS/N-I, Athena Itonia advancing right, hurling spear, holding shield, 6.22g (McClean 4778; cf. BMC Thessaly pg. 1, 9; SNG Copenhagen 275; BCD Thessaly II, 837), slight crack to edge of flan, otherwise residually lustrous, great portrait, about extremely fine; ii) another, Sosipatros, Gorgopas and Ni..., magistrates, obverse as bef... | 26 Mar 2025 | 300 GBP | |
Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd - Auction 138, Lot 2872
Peloponnesos, Argolis, Epidauros, (Circa 290/280-260 B.C.), silver hemidrachm or Attic tetrobol, (2.20 g), obv.laureate head of Asklepios to left, Q behind, rev. E P monogram within laurel wreath, (S.2810, HGC 729, SNR Vol.72 Requier, Monnayage, series 4 [2], 199 (D1/R3 - same dies), BCD Peloponnesos 1243 (same dies), ACNAC Dewing 1931 [same dies], Winterthur 2225, cf.SNG Copenhagen 115-6. Toned, nearly extremely fine and very rare.
Ex BCD Collection (not in LHS sale); coming from CNG Triton... | 18 Mar 2025 | 1,400 AUD | |
Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG - Auction 419, Lot 212
TROAS
TENEDOS. AR-Drachme, 450/387 v. Chr.; 3,38 g Janusförmiger Kopf (Frauenkopf mit Stephane l., bärtiger Männerkopf mit Lorbeerkranz r.)//Doppelaxt, l. Weintraube, r. Chelys. SNG Cop. 513; Hoover 386
Gutes sehr schön
Exemplar der Online Auction Savoca 25 Silver, München 2018, Nr. 179; der Auktion Giessener Münzhandlung 261, München 2019, Nr. 306; der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 326, Osnabrück 2019, Nr. 820 und der Sammlung "Alexander der Große", Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 376, Osnabrüc... | 17 Mar 2025 | 320 EUR | |
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Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG - Auction 419, Lot 213
TROAS
TENEDOS. AR-Tetradrachme, 200/160 v. Chr..; 15,14 g Janusförmiger Kopf (Frauenkopf mit Stephane r., bärtiger Männerkopf mit Lorbeerkranz l.)//Doppelaxt, l. Monogramm und Weintraube, r. Eule l. de Callatay 105 a (dies Exemplar); Hoover 390
RR Feine Tönung, kl. Kratzer, knapp vorzüglich
Exemplar der Auktion Sternberg XXIV, Zürich 1996, Nr. 96.
Tenedos soll seinen Namen von Tenes haben, der in Tenedos göttliche Verehrung genoß (Cicero, De natura deorum III, 15, 39). So stellt der Dop... | 17 Mar 2025 | 3,200 EUR | |
Leu Numismatik AG - Web Auction 33, Lot 1131
IONIA. Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Circa 155-145 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 33 mm, 16.85 g, 12 h), Attic standard. Euphemos, son of Pausanias, magistrate. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis to right, with bow and quiver over her shoulder. Rev. MAΓNHTΩN - EYΦHMOΣ / ΠAYΣANIOY Apollo standing left on maeander pattern, holding filleted laurel branch in his lowered right hand and leaning his left elbow on a tall tripod behind him; all within laurel wreath. Ellis-Evans 56 (O.9/R.EP14). Jones obv. die 8. B... | 15 Mar 2025 | 1,624 CHF | |
cgb.fr - Live Auction March 2025, Lot 37
IONIA - MAGNESIA AD MEANDRUM
Type : Tétradrachme stéphanophore
Date : c. 150-140 AC.
Mint name / Town : Magnésie du Méandre, Ionie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 33 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,94 g.
Rarity : R1
Obverse legend : Anépigraphe
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé d'Artémis à droite avec le carquois et l'arc sur l'épaule
Reverse description : Apollon nu debout à gauche sur la représentation symbolique du Méandre, appuyé sur un trépied, tenant de la main dro... | 4 Mar 2025 | 1,700 EUR | |
