Otillia Buerger Collection of Ancient and Byzantine Coins
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Otillia Buerger Collection of Ancient and Byzantine Coins
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Collection Items
Silver Tetradrachm of Naxus (Naxos), Sicily, Italy, 17.49 g.
Obverse: Bearded head of Dionysos facing right, wearing ivy wreath.
Silver Tetradrachm of Catana (Katane), Sicily, Italy, 17.29 g.
Obverse: Facing head of Apollo wearing laurel wreath; to right ΗΡΑΚΛ[ΕΙΔΑΣ]: Herakleidas.
Silver Tetradrachm of Agrigentum (Akragas), Sicily, Italy, 17.42 g.
Obverse: Racing quadriga to left driven by Nike; tablet above inscribed ΑΚΡΑΓΑΝΤΙΝΟΝ: of the Akragantines; club in exergue.
Silver Stater of Croton (Kroton), Bruttium, Italy, 7.62 g.
Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo facing to right; ΚΡΟΤΩΝΙΑΤΑΣ:Krotoniate
Silver Didrachm of Rhodus (Rhodes), Dodecanese, Greece, 6.76 g.
Obverse: Facing radiate head of Helios.
Silver Tetradrachm of Carthage (Siculo-Punic), Zeugitana, Tunisia, 17.08 g.
Obverse: Head of Arethusa facing left, wearing triple-drop earring, necklace, and wreath of reeds, surrounded by four dolphins.
Silver Stater of Olympia, Elis, Greece, 12.01 g.
Obverse: Head of Hera facing right, wearing triple-pendant earring, necklace, stephane inscribed ϝΑΛΕΙΩΝ: archaistic spelling for "of the Eleians."
Silver Stater of Aspendus (Aspendos), Pamphylia, Turkey, 10.85 g.
Obverse: In circle of dots, two wrestlers engaged; Π between them.
Electrum Stater of Carthago (Carthage), Zeugitana, Tunisia, 7.60 g.
Obverse: Head of Tanit/Demeter/Persephone facing left, wearing triple-drop earring, pendant necklace, and wreath of grain.
Gold Tridrachm of Carthago (Carthage), Zeugitana, Tunisia, 12.39 g.
Obverse: Head of Tanit/Demeter/Persephone facing left, wearing triple-drop earring, pendant necklace, and crown of grain.
Silver Tetradrachm of Aenus (Ainos), Thrace, Turkey, 16.44 g.
Obverse: Head of Hermes wearing petasos facing right