SYRACUSE. Pyrrhus, 278-275 BC. Bronze. 8.43 g. 21 mm. Wreathed head of Persephone right, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace; ear of grain behind // Demeter seated right, holding sceptre in left arm, stalk of barley in right. SNG Copenhagen 96 var.

Fine - very fine

Provenance: Auction Adolph Hess AG 249, Lucerne (Switzerland), 13 November 1979, lot n°164.

SYRACUSE. Hieron II, 275-216 BC. Bronze Hemilitron circa 230-215 BC. 17.30 g. Diademed head of Hieron II to left // Horseman, holding couched spear in right hand, riding right; below, A. Calciati 195 R1 16; HGC 2, 1548; SNG ANS 923 var.

Good very fine

Provenance: Auction H.J. Knopek, Cologne (Germany), 11 May 1979, lot n°89.

SYRACUSE. Hieronymos. 215-214 BC. 5 Litrai. 4.22 g. Diademed head left // Winged thunderbolt. Holloway 38 (O19/R30); SNG ANS 1034 var. (control letters). Extremely rare issue. Only one example with control letter Phi recorded by Holloway.

Almost extremely fine with nice toning

Provenance: Auction Adolph Hess - Bank Leu AG, Lucerne (Switzerland), 27 March 1956, lot n°223; Auction Schweizerischer Bankverein 23, Zurich (Switzerland), 20 September 1989, lot n°52.

TAUROMENIUM. Bronze circa 300-270 BC. 5.41 g. 19 mm. Head of young Dionysos left, crowned with ivy // Tripod. BMC 37; SNG Cop. 939.

Fine - very fine

Provenance: Auction Adolph Hess AG 249, Lucerne (Switzerland), 13 Novembre 1979, lot n°116.

KINGS OF MACEDON. Philip II, 359-336 BC. Tetradrachm circa 323-315 BC, Amphipolis. 14.37 g. Laureate head of Zeus right // Horseman riding right, wearing causia and holding palm branch; below horse, wreath. Le Rider pl. 46, 14; SNG ANS 747.

Sharp details. Extremely fine

Provenance: Auction Adolph Hess AG 252, Lucerne (Switzerland), 24 May 1982, lot n°42.

KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III The Great, 336-323 BC. Tetradrachm circa 330-320 BC, Byblos mint. 17.16 g. Head of Herakles right, wearing lions skin headdress // Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre; AP monogram in left field. Müller 1375; Price 3426.

Attractive portait. Small scratch on reverse, otherwise Extremely fine

Provenance: privately purchased from SKA-Monetarium in Zurich (Switzerland) on 01 December 1995.

KINGS OF MACEDON. Philip III, 323-316 BC. Tetradrachm 319/318 BC, Tyre. 16.88 g. Struck in the name and types of Alexander III and dated RY 28 of Ozmilk = 319/8 BC. Head of Heracles right, wearing lions skin headdress // Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre; in left field, date in Aramaic characters. DCA 736; Price 3271. Rare dated issue.

Extremely fine with charming light toning

Provenance: Fixed Prices List Adolph Hess AG, Lucerne (Switzerland), February 1979, lot n°20 (not illustrated).

KINGS OF MACEDON. Antigonos III Doson, 229-221. Tetradrachm circa 227-225 BC, uncertain mint. 17.10 g. Head of Poseidon right, hair bound in seaweed // Apollo, holding bow, seated left on prow. Below, monogram. SNG Alpha Bank 1046; SNG Ashmolean 3264; SNG München 1121.

Extremely fine

Provenance: Auction H. D. Rauch 41, Vienna (Austria), 6 June 1988, lot n°146.

KINGS OF MACEDON. Perseus, 179-168 BC. Tetradrachm circa 174-173 BC. 16.89 g. Attic standard. Pella or Amphipolis mint; Zoilos, magistrate. Diademed head right // Eagle, wings spread, standing right on thunderbolt; all within oak wreath; below, plow right. Mamroth, Perseus 8; HGC 3, 1091; SNG Copenhagen 1267; SNG Manchester 745.

Charming portrait in high relief. Extremely fine with beautiful patina

Provenance: Auction Schweizerischer Bankverein 26, Basel (Switzerland) 22 January 1991, lot n°93; Fixed Prices List SKA-Monetarium 57, Zurich (Switzerland), Spring 1992, lot n°61.

THRACIAN KINGS. Lysimachos, 305-281 BC. Tetradrachm circa 287/6-282 BC, Pergamon. 16.06 g. Diademed head of Alexander the Great to right with horn of Ammon over his ear // Athena seated left, holding Nike, crowning the kings name, in her right hand and leaning with her left arm on shield decorated with lions head; behind, transverse spear; to outer left, crescent; in inner left field, cult image. Müller -; Thompson 219.

Charming piece with beautiful portrait and nice toning. Extremely fine

Provenance: privetely purchased from Adolph Hess AG in Lucerne (Switzerland) on 21 November 1979.

INLAND CITIES OFF THRACE. Thasos. Stater circa 435-411 BC. 8.54 g. Naked ithyphallic satyr supporting nymph under thighs with right arm, the left hand under her back // Quadripartite incuse square. Le Rider (Thasos) 5; SNG Copenhagen 1010.

Very fine - extremely fine

Provenance: Auction Numismatik Lanz 36, Munich (Germany), 21 April 1986, lot n°139; Fixed Prices List SKA-Monetarium 51, Zurich (Switzerland), Spring 1989, lot n°35.

KINGS OF THE SCYTHIANS. Koson circa 50 BC, Olbia. 8.44 g. Roman consul accompanied by two lictors advancing left; before, monogram // Eagle standing left on scepter, holding wreath in its right talon. Fr. 124; RPC I 1701A. GOLD.

Extremely fine

Provenance: privately purchased from Philswiss in the 1990s.

BEOTIA. THEBES. Stater circa 395-338 BC. 11.99 g. Boeotian shield // Amphora; above, grain. All within incuse concave circle. BCD Boiotia 494; Hepworth 36.

Very fine

Provenance: Auction Adolph Hess AG 253, Lucerne (Switzerland), 8 March 1983, lot n°179.

ATTICA. ATHENS. Tetradrachm circa 449-440 BC. 17.18 g. Head of Athena, wearing crested helmet decorated with olive leaves and spiral palmette // Owl, with closed wings, standing r. with head facing; in upper field l., olive twig and crescent moon; all within incuse square. Svoronos pl. X, 15; Dewing 1593.

Charming style. Extremely fine

Provenance: Auction Naville Numismatics 57, London (UK), 26 April 2020, lot n°114.

ATTICA. ATHENS. Tetradrachm circa 431 BC. 16.97 g. Head of Athena, wearing crested helmet decorated with olive leaves and spiral palmette // Owl, with closed wings, standing right with head facing; in upper field left, olive twig and crescent moon; all within incuse square. Dewing 1591; Svoronos pl. XIV.

Extremely fine

Provenance: Fixed Prices List Adolph Hess AG, Lucerne (Switzerland), September 1982, lot n°8.

ATTICA. ATHENS. Drachm circa 460-455 BC. 4.17 g. Head of Athena, wearing crested helmet decorated with olive leaves and spiral palmette // Owl, with closed wings, standing right with head facing; in upper field left, olive twig and crescent moon; all within incuse square. SNG Berry 676.

Very fine - extremely fine with charming toning

Provenance: Auction Jean Vinchon, Paris (France), 25 February 1980, lot n°43; Fixed Prices List Adolph Hess AG, Lucerne (Switzerland), September 1982, lot n°10.

ATTICA. ATHENS. Tetradrachm 160-159 BC. 16.78 g. New style coinage. ATE / AXA / IOS / ELI / APOLLONO. Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet decorated with aphlaston, Pegasus above undecorated upturned cheek flap, protomes of four horses above visor // Owl standing facing on overturned amphora. Thompson 426 f.

Very fine

Provenance: Auction Adolph Hess AG 247, Lucerne (Switzerland), 29 June 1978, lot n°132.

ATTICA. ATHENS. Drachm 170-169 BC. 4.17 g. New style coinage. Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet decorated with aphlaston, Pegasus above undecorated upturned cheek flap, protomes of four horses above visor // Owl standing facing on overturned amphora. BMC 43, 354 var. Rare.

Extremely fine

Provenance: privately purchased in from Marcus Höllersberger at Gorny & Mosch in Munich (Germany) on 18 August 1983.

AEGINA. Stater circa 480 BC. 12.35 g. Sea turtle seen from above // Large skew pattern. Boston 1111; Traité 1036 and pl. XXX, 18; Dewing 1674; Millbank 15.

High relief. Extremely fine

Provenance: Fixed Prices List SKA-Monetarium 40, Zurich (Switzerland), Autumn 1983, lot n°46.

AEGINA. Drachm circa 350-338 BC. 5.56 g. Tortoise // Thin skew pattern incuse; two pellets in lower left incuse. Dewing 1690; Milbank pl. II, 16. Rare.

Almost extremely fine with charming patina

Provenance: Maxime Collignon Collection, Auction Feuardent Frères, Paris (France), 17 December 1919, lot n°263; Auction Adolph Hess AG, Lucerne (Switzerland), 8 March 1983, lot n°193.