SICILY, Syracuse. 405-400 BC. AR Tetradrachm
SICILY, Syracuse. 405-400 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Dionysios I. Unsigned dies in the style of Eukleidas. Obv: Charioteer driving fast quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer; in exergue, grain ear left. Rev: Head of Arethousa left, hair in sphendone; four dolphins swimming around. 16.60 g. 22.5 mm. 2h. Tudeer 87 (V32/R59); HGC 2, 1342. […]
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BRUTTIUM, Kaulonia. 475-425 BC. Fourrée Stater
BRUTTIUM, Kaulonia. 475-425 BC. Fourrée Stater. Obv: Nude Apollo advancing to right, holding [branch] in uplifted right hand, small daimon running to right on outstretched left arm; KAVΛ upwards to left, small stag to right in right field, with head reverted to left Rev: Stag standing to right; KAVΛ (retrograde) above, branch in right field. […]
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LYDIA. 550-520 BC. AR Siglos
LYDIA. 550-520 BC. AR Siglos. Struck in Sardes during the reign of either Cyrus or Darios I. Obv: Confronted foreparts of lion to right and bull to left. Rev: Two incuse square punches. 5.21 g. Berk 22; SNG Kayhan 1024-1026. Ex. Denarius
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. 280-272 BC. AR Nomos
CALABRIA, Tarentum. 280-272 BC. AR Nomos. Philocra-, Kn- and Apol-, magistrates. Obv: Youth on horseback advancing to left, crowning horse with wreath; NK monogram above, ΦIΛOKPA below. Rev: Taras astride dolphin to left, holding kantharos and transverse trident; [TAPAΣ] below, AΠOΛ to right. 5.89 g. 21 mm. 5 h. Vlasto 830-3; HN Italy 997; HGC […]
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1907 Norway 2 Kroner
NORWAY. 2 Kroner. 1907. Haakon VII. Norwegian Independence. Obv: Crowned mantled shield. Rev: Inscription and date within tree, wreath of grasped hands surround. KM# 365 In 1905 the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden happened without much drama. King Oscar II was deposed, as he could no longer fulfill the requirements of the […]
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. 398-358 BC. AR Shekel
PHOENICIA, Tyre. 398-358 BC. AR Shekel. Obv: Melqart holding reins and bow, riding hippocamp with curled wing right, waves with dolphin below. Rev: Owl standing right, head facing, crook and flail over shoulder. 21.96 mm. 12.87 g. cf. BNC 14-18. Ex. Marc Breitsprecher
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Corinth. AR Drachm. c. 350-300 BC
CORINTHIA, Corinth. AR Drachm. c. 350-300 BC. Obv: Pegasos flying right, koppa below. Rev: Head of the Nymph Peirene left; L behind. 2.25 g. BCD 150; SNG Lockett 2122. Ex. Bruun Rasmussen This silver drachm was struck in Corinth, c. 350-300 BC. On the obverse we see the flying Pegasus, and on the reverse the […]
