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Wednesday November 13, 2019 Illyria and Central Greece 117 kavel TRUE Inzet Boeotia 2958 Thebe - AR Stater (Circa 390-382 BC, 11.98 g) - Boeotian shield / Amphora, above, barley grain to left, FA-ΣT in fields (BCD Boio- tia 494) - good VF, nicely centered 100 2959 Thebe - AR Drachm (5.03 g) - Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΒΟΙΩΤΩΝ Victoria standing left, holding trident, monogram to left (SNG Cop. 388 / BMC 99) - VF/XF 100 2960 Tanagra - AR Obol (early-mid 4th century BC, 0.84 g) - Boeotian shield / Prow to right, TA above; all within incusum (BCD Boiotia 302) - a.XF, very rare, nice grade for type 150 Corinthia 2961 Corinth - AR Stater (ca. 375-300 BC, 8.00 g) - Pegasos flying left / Helmeted head of Athena left - F/VF 50 2962 2963 Euboia 2962 Chalkis - AR Drachm (ca. 338-308 BC, 3.56 g) - Head of the nymph Chalkis right, wearing single-pendant earring / Eagle grappling with serpent (BCD Euboia 132 / HGC 4, 1463) - a.XF, some toning 50 Thessaly 2963 Larissa - AR Drachm (356-346 BC, 6.06 g) - Head of Nymph facing, slightly left / Horse grazing right, plant below (Lorber in SNR 79 Phase LIII) - VF/X F-a.XF 150 2964 2965 Crete 2964 Gortyna - AR Drachm (ca. 98-94 BC, 3.83 g) - Diademed head of Minos left / Warrior standing left, holding shield and spear (thun- derbolt below, all in radiate border) (Price, Gortyn, Class D, 129-48 / cf. SNG Cop. 448 / BMC 54) - VF/XF 75 2965 Gortyna - AR Drachm (ca. 98-94 BC, 3.73 g) - Diademed head of Zeus right / Nude male seated right on rock, holding bow and quiver (B in right field) (cf. SNG Cop. 449 (no B) / BMC 49) - a.XF, nice grade for type 75 2967 2968 2969 Asia Minor Islands off Caria 2966 Rhodos - AR Drachm (ca. 205-190 BC, 1.92 g) - Ainetor, magistrate - Head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud to right, AINHTΩP above, club to left, PO across lower fields (SNG Keckman 587 / HGC 6, 1453) - VF 20 Kingdom of Lydia 2967 Kroisos - AR Stater / Double Siglos (Sardes ca. 564-539 BC, 10.83 g) - Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Two incuse squares of unequal size (SNG von Aulock 2874 / SNG Cop. 455 / SNG Ashmolean 760) - F/VF 200 Mysia 2968 Pergamon - AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (ca 85-76 BC, 12.10 g) - Cista mystica with serpent within ivy wreath / Bow-case with serpents, ΔΙ and monogram above and thyrsos to right (SNG France 1734 / Kleiner, hoard 12) - a good VF 50 2969 Pergamon - AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (ca. 133-67 BC, 12.54 g) - Cista mystica with serpent, ivy-wreath around / Two snakes entwined around bow, MA above, monogram to left and serpent-entwined staff to right (BMC 114) - a.XF 120 2970 Adramytteion - AE11/12 (ca. 350 BC, 1.50 gm.) - Head of Zeus three-quarter face to right / AΔPA above eagle standing left on altar, wings closed (S. 3803 / Babelon, pl. 170,15 / cf. v. Fritze in Nomisma V, 4) - VF / rare 15 2958 2959 2960 2961