102 103
102
Kingdom of Paeonia, Audoleon (315-286 BC),
Silver Tetradrachm, 12.5g. Astibos or Damastion. Head of
Athena facing slightly right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet. Rev.
ΑΥ∆ΟΛΕΩΝ−ΤΟΣ
, horse walking right,
a monogram below (NBRM Paeonia 82 var (monogram below horse); SNG ANS 1056 var (star below
foreleg)). Toned, choice very fine.
$ 2,000
103
Kingdom of Paeonia, Audoleon (315-286 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, 12.07g, 10h. Astibos or Damastion.
Head of Athena facing, inclined slightly to right, wearing a triple-crested Attic helmet. Rev.
AYΔΩΛEO
[
N-
TOΣ
], horse walking right, a monogram below (SNG Ashmolean 3370; SNG ANS 1054 var, cf 1056 for
obverse; Dewing 1232). Lightly toned, about very fine.
$ 2,000
104
Thessaly, Larissa (c.479-460 BC), Silver Obol, 0.80g, 11h. Head of the nymph Larissa facing right. Rev. Sandal
of the hero Jason, ΛΑ in field, all within an incuse square (BCD 139 (same dies)). Good very fine.
Very
rare
.
$ 1,250
105
Thessaly, Larissa (c.479-460 BC),
Silver Drachm, 6.0g.
ΛΑΡΙΣΑΙΩΝ
, bull charging right. Rev. Thessalian
horseman, wearing petasos, chlamys and tunic, holding goad and reins, on horse galloping right (Lorber,
Thessalian Hoards 101; BCD Thessaly II 186; Herrmann pl. IV, 17). Extremely fine.
$ 1,000
106 107
106
Thessaly, Larissa (c.479-460 BC),
Silver Drachm, 6.05g. Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, hair
bound with ampyx. Rev.
ΛΑΡΙΣ−ΑΙΩΝ
, horse standing right,
preparing to lie down, trace
of trident(?) below
horse (cf Lorber, Thessalian Hoards 115; BCD Thessaly II 323 (this obverse die); Herrmann pl. V, 14).
Delicately toned, superb extremely fine.
$ 2,000
ex Sternberg Auction 24, lot 68
There appears to be traces of the trident head below the horse on this coin, though this is not certain as the symbol is not clear and
the lines on the coin could just be die cracks. The BCD specimen cited, with which this coin shares its obverse die, does indeed have
the trident on the reverse, but it is struck from a different reverse die.
107
Thessaly, Larissa (c.356-342 BC), Silver Drachm, 6.03g, 11h. Head of the nymph Larissa facing, inclined
slightly to left, wearing an ampyx and a pendant earring. Rev.
ΛAPI
Σ / AI
ΩN
, horse to right, preparing to
lie down (Lorber, phase LIII, 38-60; SNG Copenhagen 120; BCD Thessaly 1154-7). Well-centred, light
iridescent tone, about extremely fine and an attractive example.
$ 1,000
