Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Lot 5053    Session 16 (9.30am Friday)    Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Estimate $160
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $180

THRACE, Olbia, AE 23, 330-250 B.C., Group II, (10.35 grams), obv. bearded river god Borysthenes to left, rev. axe-sceptre and bow in case, traces of **OLBIA*, (S.1685, SNG Stancomb 370ff); Boiotia, Boiotian League, Federal Coinage, probably struck at Thebes, (395-340 B.C.), silver hemidrachm, (2.39 grams), obv. Boeotian shield, rev. amphora with letter BO I crescent to right, above a club, (cf.S.2396, BCD Triton IX, 40, SNG Fitz. 2966); Corinthia, Corinth, (300-243 B.C.), silver drachm, (2.30 grams), obv. Pegasos flying to left, Q below, rev. head of Persephone wearing ear-ring to left, with hair in sakkos, **S* to left, I to right, (S.2643, SNG Cop. 141); Sikyonia, Sikyon, (330/320 - 280 B.C.), (2.59 grams), silver hemidrachm, obv. chimaera standing left, **SI* below, rev. dove flying to left, one dot above tail, (cf.S.2774, BCD 292, BMC 124); Attica, Aegina, modern copy of silver triobol? (2.20 grams), obv. land tortoise with large square segmented shell, rev. incuse square of large "skew" design, (cf.S.2607). All fine, last bright. (5)