Experts in Coins & Medals

MYSIA. Kyzikos. Circa 450-330 BC. Hekte (Electrum, 11 mm, 2.66 g). The infant Herakles on the left, wrestling with Hera's serpents; on the right, his younger brother Iphikles moving to right and stretching out his left arm and leaning on his right hand; below, tunny fish swimming to left. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. BMFA 1531 (stater). Cf. SNG Paris 341 (stater). Von Fritze I 208. Attractive, sharp and well-centered. Minor traces of die rust, otherwise, about extremely fine.

MACEDON. Thessalonica. Philip I, 244-249. (Bronze, 26 mm, 10.18 g, 1 h), 244/5. ΑΥ Κ Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear. Rev. ΘΕCCΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΠΥΘΙΑ Apollo standing left, holding Kabeiros and laurel branch; in front of him, table with agonistic crown with palm branch on top. BMC 333. RPC VIII, ID 69508 (temporary). Touratsoglou 25, 54-6. Very rare. Rough surfaces, otherwise, nearly very fine.