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18 MACEDON. Under Roman Rule. After 168 BC. Tetradrachm. 16.82 gm. At the center of a Macedonian shield:Diademed head of Artemis r., quiver over her shoulder / Herakles club within oak-wreath, monogram above, twobelow, thunderbolt to left. SNG-Ashmolean 3297 About EF 250.

EXTREMELY RARE DERRONES OKTADRACHM

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19 THRACO-MACEDONIAN TRIBES. The Derrones. Ca. 480 BC. Oktodrachm. 31.12 gm. Ox-cart driven r. by amale driver wearing a kausia and holding a goad, crested Corinthian helmet above ox / Triskeles with palmettes inangles. Cf.SNG-ANS 930, Kraay-Hirmer 388. EXTREMELY RARE. Dark areas on edge over deposits and somecorrosion Crude, VF 5,000.

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20 KINGS OF THRACE. Lysimachos, 323-281 BC. GOLD Stater, ca. 297-281 BC. Uncertain Macedonian mint. 8.53gm. Head of deified Alexander r. wearing horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated l., holding Nike, before, bullbutting l. in ex. Mller 358 Choice EF 2,500.

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21 AE 18. Helmeted Athena head r. / Lion springing r., spearhead and monograms below.Attractive bluish-green Choice VF 75.

22 DYNASTS OF THRACE. Koson. Mid-First Century BC. GOLD Stater. 8.7 gm. Roman consul walking l.accompanied by two lictors, monogram before / Eagle standing l. on scepter, holding wreath. RPC 1701, BMC 2 EF 600.

23 THRACIAN CHERSONESOS. Lysimachia. Third Century BC. AE 18. Head of city-goddess r. / Lion seated r.,AV monogram upper left. BMC 9-10var. Olive sea-green. Choice for type ChoiceVF 100.

24 EUBOEAN LEAGUE. Ca. 357-338 BC. Drachm. 3.68 gm. Head of the nymph Euboeia l. / Filleted head of bull r.,small facing head of Silenos at right. SNG-Cop 483.Nice broad flan. Choice EF 2,000.

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A PLEASING TRIO OF KYZIKENES DEPICTING HERAKLES

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31 Kyzikos. Ca. 478-413 BC. Electrum Stater. 16.03 gm. Nude Herakles kneeling l., a club over his shoulder, holding arhyton, tunny upwards behind / Quadripartite incuse square with high-relief borders. Von Fritze 15, 209. VERYRARE.A few edge splits Choice VF 10,000.

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32 Kyzikos. Ca. 478-413 BC. Electrum Stater. 16.01 gm. Herakles (clean-shaven) crouching r. wrestling the Nemeanlion, whose head he holds in a neck hold, tunny below / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze 161, pl. V, 9; BostonMFA 1494.RARE VF 7,500.

Herakles first labor was to slay the Nemean lion, an offspring of Typhon and Echidna.

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33 Kyzikos. Ca. 478-413 BC. Electrum Stater. 16.01 gm. Herakles as a child seated facing, head r., holding a tunny by itstail / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze pl.5, 17; Greenwell pl.IV, 12. VERY RARE. Horizontally oblong VF 7,500.

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34 Kyzikos. Ca. 460-400 BC. Electrum 1/6 Stater. 2.7 gm. Bust of Attis r. / Quadripartite granulated incuse square.Cf.BrettBoston Museum 1523. Obverse scuffed VF 900.

35 Kyzikos. 390-330 BC. Tetradrachm. 14.95 gm. Head of Kore-Soteira l., wreathed with corn and veiled; TEIPA /Head of roaring lion l., tunny below, small onochoe in right field; K-Y-HI (the H sidewise). Cf.SNG-Cop 53. Tonedover a few old faint obv. scratches. Nice style Near EF 1,000.