Macedonia, Philip III

Acarnania, Leucas, 330-300 BC, Stater, 8.21g. Calciati-48 (?). Obv: Pegasus flying l. Λ below. Rx: Helmeted head of Athena l., possibly with [Γ] behind and [ΛΕΥΚΑΔΙΟΝ] before (illegible).

Thrace, Lysimachus 297-282 BC, Tetradrachm, 16.48g. Thompson-not. Obv: Portrait head of Alexander the Great with Ammon horns r. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ. Athena enthroned to l., her l. arm resting on round shield (with lion head in center), holding Nike on outstretched r. hand, Nike crowning the King’s name. In inner l. field, monogram. In exergue, monogram.

Sicily, Himera, c. 420-408 BC, AE Hemilitron, 24.31g. SNG ANS-179, Sear-1195. Obv: Gorgon head facing front with protruding tongue. Rx: Six pellets in two rows of three.

Attica, Athens, Magistrates Chari- and Hera-, Cock with Palm, c. 185/180-145 BC, Tetradrachm, 15.99g. Thompson-133, coupled with a rev. die unknown to her. Obv: Helmeted head of Athena r. Rx: Owl standing r. on amphora, head front; ethnic and magistrates’ names l. and r., cock stepping r. with palm over shoulder in lower r. field; ME in lower l. field, letter on amphora illegible; all within olive wreath. Thompson knew of three reverse dies of this issue with ME below the amphora, but none with ME in lower l. field as on our coin. From the Philip Ashton Collection, acquired in November 1997.

Mysia, Pergamum, c. 76 BC, Cistophoric, 12.46g. Kleiner, Museum Notes 23, 1978, pl. 14, 26; SNG Paris-1728. Obv: Snake emerging l. from half-open Cista Mystica, all within ivy wreath. Rx: Bow in case between two serpents with intertwined tails; ΠΕΡΤ monogram to l., snake-entwined staff to r., ΠΡΥ monogram in wreath between the serpents’ heads, large letters ΑΠ above.