ancient gold/silver coins Start Price USD 35,000.00 Current Price USD 35,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, August 19, 2008 End Time Tuesday, August 26, 2008 Location corte Madera, CA See more about 'ancient gold/silver coins' Description COLLECTION OF ANCIENT GREEK GOLD AND SILVER COINS These lovely Greek coins of the period of Alexander the Great and his successors were purchased at auction from Numismatics Fine Art, Beverly Hills, and Munzen und Medaillen of Switzerland in the 70ies and early 80ies. 1.Alexander III - gold stater (8.60 gm.) Amphipolis mint. 336-323 B.C. VFP - Head of Athena with crested Corinthian helmet, Nike standing. 2.Alexander III - gold stater (8.56 gm) Alexandria mint. SUPERBE (MuM) - Helmeted head of Athena with serpent figure; Nike holding pen and crown with rose in left lower section. 3.TARENTUM - Time of Alexander the Molossian, 334-330 B.C. - silver stater (7.97 gm.) VF/EF - Taras astride a dolphin: nude ephebe astride crowning himself. 4.Phillip III Arrhidaeus - silver drachm (4.31 gm.) Sardes mint struct 320 B.C. (323-316 B.C.), FDC - Head of Heracles in lion skin headdress; Zeus enthroned. 5.Lysimachus - silver tetradrachm (17.12 gm), Amphipolis mint struck 288/287-282/281 B.C. (288-281 B.C.) FS/VF - Diamemed head of Alexander III with horn of Ammon; Athena Nicephorus enthroned. 6.Lysimachus - gold stater (8.51 gm.), Pella mint FDC. Struck after 286/285 B.C. - Head of deified Alexander with diadem and horn of Ammon; Athena in crested helmet with Nike in hand. 7.Ptolemy I Soter - AR tetradrachm, (14.33 gm.) 305-283 B.C. EF - Diademed head of Ptolemy I; eagle standing on thunderbolt. 8.Demetrius Poliorcetes - silver tetradrachm (16.90 gm.), Amphipolis mint struck 289/288 B.C. VPF - self portrait; standing Poseidon with trident. 9.Seleukos lere - silver tetradrachm (16.79 gm.), Seleucia on the Tigris struck 283/282 B.C.. Tres beau. Unedited variant.(MUM) - Head of Zeus crowned with laurel; quartet of tusked elephants driven by Athena Promachos. 10.Antiochus I Soter - silver tetradrachm (16.90 gm.) Seleucia on the Tigris struck 274-270 B.C. EF - Diademed head of Antiochus; Apollo nude except for drapery on thigh seated on omphalos. 11.Agathocles of Syracusa - silver tetradrachm (17.08 gm.) 317-289 B.C. FDC - Head of Persephone crowned by ‘ble en herbe’ with three dolphins along the border; quartet of horses at a gallop, triskele above. 12.SELINUS - c. 467-445 B.C. silver tetradrachm (16.93 gm.) very rare, vary fine - Apollo drawing bow with Artemis in slow quadriga; nude river god Selinus sacrificing from phiale over small altar ith pedaments and volutes with cock below - selinon leaf and voltive bull statue along borders. Place a Bid!