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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Meander, post: 5289762, member: 81943&quot;]2020 has been a good to me numismatically despite the pandemics and increased competition for pedigreed coins. I could still find decent coins for fair prices, especially when a deeper provenance was not uncovered by the seller or auction house (I must admit being a provenance-freak). There must have been coins that I failed to win throughout the year but I have quickly forgotten about them, so they were probably not that special after all <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I wish everyone good health in the coming year 2021 and I hope we will get to enjoy our common hobby in much better circumstances.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. BAKTRIA, Agathokles Dikaios. Circa 185-175 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.70 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right / Zeus standing facing, holding scepter and figure of Hekate, who holds torch in each hand; monogram to inner left. Bopearachchi 1D; HGC 12, 81.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1221956[/ATTACH] </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>2. BAKTRIA, Euthydemos II AR Tetradrachm. Circa 185-180 BC. Diademed bust right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ EYΘYΔHMOY, Herakles standing facing, crowned with leaves, holding wreath in right hand and carrying club and lion&#039;s skin with left; monogram in left field. Bopearachchi Série 1d; SNG ANS 217-8; HGC 12, 72</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1221957[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>3. SICILY, Syracuse AR 8 Litrai. Fifth Democracy, circa 214-212 BC. Head of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / Winged thunderbolt, ΣYPAKOΣIΩN above, ΞA below. Burnett, Enna hoard in SNR 62, 1983, pl. 9, D 25; SNG ANS 1045. 6.69g, 23mm, 1h.</p><p><br /></p><p>Roma Numismatics E-sale 69, 16 April 2020, lot 332, ex Virzi collection, Jacob Hirsch XXXII, 14 November 1912, lot 402</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1221958[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>4. KARIA, Knidos AR Drachm. Circa 465-449 BC. Lion&#039;s protome with open jaws to right / Head of Aphrodite to right, wearing decorated tainia and necklace, her hair falling down the back of her neck, tied at the end; all within incuse square. Cahn, Knidos 72; SNG Keckman 129 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 234.</p><p><br /></p><p>Roma Numismatics XIX, 26 March 2020, lot 535, Munzen &amp; Medaillen AG FPL 598, July 1996, lot 30.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1221959[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>5. Cyrene didrachm circa 308-277, AR 22 mm, 7.50 g. Head of Apollo Carneius l. Rev. KY – PA Silphium plant with four leaves; to l., monogram and to r., star. SNG Copenhagen 1238. SNG Lockett 3475.</p><p><br /></p><p>Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Spring sale 2020, 25 May 2020, lot 306, ex Maxime Collignon collection, Feuardent freres, 17 December 1919, lot 445.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1221960[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>6. Selinos (c.466-435 BC), Silver Didrachm, ΣEΛINONTIOΣ, Herakles standing right, raising club above his head, preparing to strike the Cretan bull, which he grasps by a horn , rev HY-ΨAΣ, river-god Hypsas standing left, holding branch and sacrificing from Philae over serpent-entwined altar to left, Selinon-leaf and heron on right (SNG Lloyd 1249; SNG ANS 707</p><p><br /></p><p>Munzen und Medaillen GmbH 49, 20 November 2020, lot 79, Numismatik Lanz 64, 7 June 1993, lot 71, Galerie des Monnaies of Geneva Ltd, 25 June 1976, lot 692</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1221961[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>7. ETRURIA, Populonia. Circa 300-250 BC. AR 20 Asses (20.5mm, 8.27 g). Diademed facing head of Metus; X : X (mark of value) below / Crude inscription (possibly reading poplv in Etruscan). EC Group XII, Series 37, 149 (this coin); Vecchi, Rasna 12 &amp; 13.11 (this coin), HN Italy 142; SNG ANS 79</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex Auctiones 27, Basel 1996, lot 2; ex Kurpfälzische Münzhandlung (KPM) 50, 1990, lot 16; ex Schulmann 262, 1975, lot 1009; ex Jakob Hirsch 24, 1914, lot 9; ex Jakob Hirsch 30, 1911, lot 15 (Barron Collection); ex Strozzi Collection = Sangiorgi 15.4.1907, lot 569</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1221971[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>8. LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 340-330 BC. AR Nomos (18.5mm, 7.65 g, 5h). Wreathed head of Demeter right, wearing veil / Barley ear with leaf to right; to right, oinochoe above leaf. Johnston Class A, 8.3 = SNG ANS 417 (same obv. die); HN Italy 1568. </p><p><br /></p><p>CNG 114, 13 May 2020, lot 11, ex Golden Gate collection, Coin Galleries MBS, 14 April 1993, lot 108</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1221974[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>9. EUBOIA, Chalkis. Circa 290-273/1 BC. AR drachm, Head of the nymph Chalkis right / Eagle with spread wings, grappling with serpent; crescent-handled kerykeion to right. Picard Em. 30; BCD Euboia 180 (this coin); HGC 4, 1464. </p><p><br /></p><p>ex BCD collection, Numismatik Lanz 111, 25 November 2002, lot 180</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1221975[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>10. Kalymna. AR Didrachm (18-19 mm, 6.54 g), c. 260/50-205 BC. Male head to right, wearing crested Attic helmet/KAΛYMNION, Kithara with six strings and tiny I within top inner curves. Boston 2009; Höghammar 1, dies 1/1; SNG Cop. 602; SNG von Aulock 2741.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex Numismatica Genevensis SA 8, 2014, lot 51, Victor Gadoury 1980</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1221977[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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