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Peloponnesos, Greece
Sikyon, Peloponnesos, Greece, c. 335 - 330 B.C.

|Peloponnesos|, |Sikyon,| |Peloponnesos,| |Greece,| |c.| |335| |-| |330| |B.C.||stater|
Sikyon was located in the northern Peloponnesos between Corinth and Achaea. Sicyon was known in antiquity for its industries including wood sculpture, bronze work, and pottery. Its central location meant it was frequently involved in the wars of its neighbors, Thebes, Corinth, Athens and Sparta.
SH79677. Silver stater, BCD Peloponnesos 218; SNG Cop 48; Traité III 776; BMC Peloponnesus p. 40, 57; HGC 5 201, gVF, well centered, toned, light marks areas of porosity, weight 12.150 g, maximum diameter 24.7 mm, Sikyon mint, c. 335 - 330 B.C.; obverse chimera advancing left on exergue line, right fore-paw raised, wreath above, ΣΕ below; reverse dove flying left, N left, all within olive wreath tied on right; ex Numismatik Naumann auction 5 (7 Jul 2013), lot 101; SOLD


Sikyon, Peloponnesos, Greece, c. 431 - 400 B.C.

|Peloponnesos|, |Sikyon,| |Peloponnesos,| |Greece,| |c.| |431| |-| |400| |B.C.||hemidrachm|
Sikyon was located in the northern Peloponnesus between Corinth and Achaea. Sicyon was known in antiquity for its industries including wood sculpture, bronze work, and pottery. Its central location meant it was frequently involved in the wars of its neighbors, Thebes, Corinth, Athens and Sparta.
SH21690. Silver hemidrachm, BCD Peloponnesos 205.2 (same dies), gVF, nicely toned, weight 2.824 g, maximum diameter 19.6 mm, die axis 180o, Sikyon mint, c. 431 - 400 B.C.; obverse Chimera advancing left, ΣI below; reverse dove flying left; SOLD


Olympia, Elis, Peloponnesos, Greece, c. 250 - 240 B.C.

|Peloponnesos|, |Olympia,| |Elis,| |Peloponnesos,| |Greece,| |c.| |250| |-| |240| |B.C.||hemidrachm|
Certificate of Authenticity issued by David R. Sear.

These coins were only minted every four years during the Olympic Games, and were minted on the grounds of the games in a sacred ritualistic manner. This type is from the last issue.
SH15309. Silver hemidrachm, BMC Peloponnesus p. 73, 139, attractive VF, weight 2.330 g, maximum diameter 16.0 mm, die axis 90o, Olympia mint, c. 250 - 240 B.C.; obverse laureate head of the Olympian Zeus right; reverse F - A either side of wingless fulmen (thunderbolt), all within olive wreath; ex Leu Numismatik auction 90, lot 228; very scarce; SOLD


Sikyon, Peloponnesos, Greece, c. 334 - 330 B.C.

|Peloponnesos|, |Sikyon,| |Peloponnesos,| |Greece,| |c.| |334| |-| |330| |B.C.||stater|
Sikyon was located in the northern Peloponnesus between Corinth and Achaea. Sicyon was known in antiquity for its industries including wood sculpture, bronze work, and pottery. Its central location meant it was frequently involved in the wars of its neighbors, Thebes, Corinth, Athens and Sparta.
SH50538. Silver stater, BCD Peloponnesos 218 (same dies); Traité 776; BMC Peloponnesus p. 40, 57, VF, weight 11.752 g, maximum diameter 24.1 mm, die axis 270o, c. late 330s B.C.; obverse chimera advancing left, paw raised, wreath above, ΣΕ below; reverse dove flying left, N left, all within olive wreath; beautiful rainbow toning; SOLD


Sikyon, Peloponnesos, Greece, 400 - 300 B.C.

|Peloponnesos|, |Sikyon,| |Peloponnesos,| |Greece,| |400| |-| |300| |B.C.||hemidrachm|
The chimera was a mythological monstrous fire-breathing creature of Lycia composed of the parts of a lion, a snake and a goat. Usually depicted as a lion, with the head of a goat arising from its back, and a tail that ended in a snake's head, the Chimera was one of the offspring of Typhon and Echidna and a sibling of such monsters as Cerberus and the Lernaean Hydra. The term chimaera has come to describe any mythical or fictional animal with parts taken from various animals, or to describe anything perceived as wildly imaginative or implausible.
GS37427. Silver hemidrachm, SNG Cop 59 - 60; BMC Peloponnesus, p. 46, 118; BCD Peloponnesos 301.1, gVF, nicely centered, weight 2.809 g, maximum diameter 15.7 mm, die axis 0o, Sikyon mint, obverse Chimera standing left, ΣI below; reverse dove flying left, No above tail; ex BCD collection; SOLD


Achaean League, Elis, Olympia, Peloponnesos, Greece, c. 50 - 30 B.C.

|Peloponnesos|, |Achaean| |League,| |Elis,| |Olympia,| |Peloponnesos,| |Greece,| |c.| |50| |-| |30| |B.C.||triobol| |or| |hemidrachm|
SH20831. Silver triobol or hemidrachm, BCD Peloponnesos (LHS 96) p. 176, 688 (this coin); Benner p. 65, 63; Clerk 272; BMC Peloponesus p. 66, 70; SNG Cop 301; McClean 6561; HGC 5 541 (R1), EF, weight 2.181 g, maximum diameter 17.3 mm, die axis 180o, Olympia mint, c. 50 - 30 B.C.; obverse ΘPAKYΛEΩN (behind), laureate head of Zeus right; reverse large Achaian League (AX) monogram, NAT monogram above, FA ligate left, XE ligate right, thunderbolt below, all within laurel wreath; attractive depiction of Zeus, mint luster, ex BCD Collection, ex Harlan Berk; rare; SOLD


Olympia, Elis, Greece, 235 - 191 B.C.

|Peloponnesos|, |Olympia,| |Elis,| |Greece,| |235| |-| |191| |B.C.||drachm|
Elis is in southern Greece on the Peloponnese, bounded on the north by Achaea, east by Arcadia, south by Messenia, and west by the Ionian Sea. Over the course of the archaic and classical periods, the polis "city-state" of Elis controlled much of the region of Elis, most probably through unequal treaties with other cities; many inhabitants of Elis were Perioeci—autonomous free non-citizens. Perioeci, unlike other Spartans, could travel freely between cities. Thus the polis of Elis was formed. According to Strabo, the first settlement was created by Oxylus the Aetolian who invaded there and subjugated the residents. The city of Elis underwent synoecism—as Strabo notes—in 471 B.C. Elis held authority over the site of Olympia and the Olympic games. The spirit of the games had influenced the formation of the market: apart from the bouleuterion, the place the boule "citizen's council" met, which was in one of the gymnasia, most of the other buildings were related to the games, including two gymnasia, a palaestra, and the House of the Hellanodikai.
SH08308. Silver drachm, Seltman Olympia, group L, 35; BMC Peloponnesus 134; SGCV I 2899 var, toned gVF, weight 4.65 g, maximum diameter 18.4 mm, die axis 90o, Olympia mint, 235 - 191 B.C.; obverse eagle flying right, grasping hare in talons; reverse F - A, thunderbolt; beautiful old cabinet toning, ex B.A. Seaby (London); SOLD


Argos, Argolis, Peloponnesos, Greece, c. 330 - 270 B.C.

|Peloponnesos|, |Argos,| |Argolis,| |Peloponnesos,| |Greece,| |c.| |330| |-| |270| |B.C.||triobol| |or| |hemidrachm|
Argos is located in the eastern Peloponnese, very near the Aegean Sea. Inhabitants worshiped Hera. Sparta was a close neighbor to the south but the city was a nominal ally of Athens in the continuous conflict between Athens and Sparta in 5th century B.C.
GS95949. Silver triobol or hemidrachm, BCD Peloponnesos I (LHS 96) 1092 (same dies); BMC Peloponnesus p. 141, 57; HGC 5 668 (S) corr., SNG Cop -, Choice VF, old cabinet toning, light marks, weight 2.704 g, maximum diameter 14.9 mm, die axis 90o, Argos mint, c. 330 - 270 B.C.; obverse forepart of wolf at bay left; reverse large A, club below, A - P flanking above, all within an incuse square; from the Errett Bishop Collection; scarce; SOLD


Septimius Severus, 9 April 193 - 4 February 211 A.D., Methana, Pelopennesus, Greece

|Septimius| |Severus|, |Septimius| |Severus,| |9| |April| |193| |-| |4| |February| |211| |A.D.,| |Methana,| |Pelopennesus,| |Greece||AE| |21|
All coinage of Methana is rare. This coin is known to us only from the referenced LHS Numismatik AG auction, which references an example in Numismatic Commentary on Pausanias (1887) by F. Imhoof-Blumer and P. Gardner

Methana was an obscure town a few miles north of Troezen. Pausanias (ii. 34) mentions hot the springs which burst forth near this city in the time of Antigonus Gonatas. The region still bears evidences of violent volcanic action.
RP12669. Bronze AE 21, Gill Methana 3.2.D. NCP p. 50, 1332.3 (from LHS Numismatik AG Auction 96); BMC Peloponnesus -; Lindgren -, VF, weight 3.516 g, maximum diameter 21.2 mm, die axis 135o, Pelopennesus, Methana mint, obverse [...] - CEVHPOC[Π?], laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder; reverse ME[ΘA]-NAIΩN, Neptune standing facing, head left, dolphin in extended right hand, vertical trident in left; extremely rare; SOLD


Olympia, Elis, Peloponnesos, Greece, c. 330 - 324 B.C.

|Peloponnesos|, |Olympia,| |Elis,| |Peloponnesos,| |Greece,| |c.| |330| |-| |324| |B.C.||hemidrachm|
SH57844. Silver hemidrachm, BCD Olympia 336.11 (this coin); Seltman Olympia p. 104; BMC Peloponnesus L #35 p. 71, 114, VF, toned, weight 2.871 g, maximum diameter 16.3 mm, die axis 270o, Hera mint, c. 330 - 324 B.C.; obverse head of nymph Olympia right; reverse eagle standing left, head right, wings spread, F left, Γ below; ex CNG, ex BCD Collection (Leu Numismatiks, auction 90, 10 May 2004); very rare; SOLD




  




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