Catalogue
Celtic, Danube Region Eastern Celts, Imitation of Philip III, (c.2nd - 1st century B.C.), silver tetradrachms (15.16 g), obv. convex field with remains of a crude head of Heracles to right, rev. traces of Zeus seated to left holding eagle and sceptre, to right traces of **FILIPPOU*, another (3) very smooth with no traces of the reverse, (cf.S.210, cf.Sammlung Lanz 912-915, Pink 584-588). Poorly struck as usual, otherwise poor - fair and rare. (4)
Estimate $200
SOLD $150
Spain, Castulo, (late 2nd century B.C.), AE 25, (10.17 g), obv. male head with diadem, hand before, dotted circle, rev. Sphinx to right, star to right, traces of "Kastulo" in exergue, (S.-, SNG BMC 2, 1323-1337, CNH 335/38); others of Castulo, mid 2nd century B.C., AE semis, AE 21-3 (2), (11.90 [illustrated], 5.20 g), obv laureate male head right, rev. bull advancing to right, head facing crescent above, ACIP 2119, SNG BM Spain 1270ff). First coin good fine with heavy soil patination, others nearly very fine, all scarce. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $80
Spain, Ilipense, 2nd century B.C., AE unit, 31mm, (21.94 g) obv. grain ear, rev. fish with crescent above, ILIPINSE between two lines, A below, (S.-, CNH 2, SNG BM Spain 1533-1539, ACIP 2335); Obulco, AE 29 (as), (c.235-201 B.C.), (16.01 g), obv. diademed female head right, OBVLCO to right, rev. L. AMIL M.IVNI (letters confused) in two lines, grain stalk below, plough above, (S.-, CNH 44, ACIP 2222, SNG Cop. 237, SNG Munich 306). Fine - very fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Spain, Hispania, Jalon - Jiloca area, Konterbia Belaiska (Kontebakom), AE unit, AE 24, late 2nd century B.C. (BM), (9.25 g), obv. Male head right with sign 'bel' behind, dolphin in front, dotted border, rev. Horseman galloping right, holding palm branch, beneath Iberian legend 'kontebakom', (SNG BMC 876-878 [Pl.38], SNG Sweden 6, 938-940 [Pl.48], CNH 1 [p.242], SNG Cop. 359); Ulterior Province, Castulo, 150-100 B.C., AE As, AE 27, (15.51 g), obv. beardless male head right, wearing diadem, hand in front. dotted border, rev. Sphinx right with raised paw, in exergue legend 'Ka s ti lo', (SNG BMC 1323-1338 [Pl.57-58] SNG Sweden 6, 382-388 [Pl.20], CNH 30 [p.334]); Hispania, Jaen Province, Obulco, AE as (unit), AE 26, last third of 2nd century B.C., (10.65 g), obv. female head to right, to right OBVLCO downwards, dotted border, rev. plough above to left, corn ear below, between in two lines L.AIMIL A/ M.IVNI, dotted border, (SNG BMC 1451-1461 [Pl.64], SNG Sweden 6, 498-504 [Pl.26], CNH 44 (p.347), SNG Cop. 238-240 [Pl.XI]). Fine or better, all scarce. (3)
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
Gaul, Massalia (as a Colony founded by Phokaia), silver obol, (c121 - 82 BC) (approx 0.5 - 0.6 g), obv. youthful male head of Apollo left, rev., wheel with four spokes, M A in two quarters, (S.72, De La Tour 681, SNG Cop.723ff, Depeyrot, Marseille 18). Fine - very fine. (6)
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
Italy, Apulia, Rubi, 3rd Century B.C., Trihemiobol (1.06 gms), Obverse Head of Athena right wearing Corithian helmet, reverse Ear of Barley, to right cornucopiae (PY); SNG ANS 716; SNG Delepierre 183; Sear 326. Nearly fine.
Estimate $120
Passed in
Italy, Lucania, Thurium (Thourioi), (350 -300 B.C.), silver stater, (7.52 grams), obv. head of Athena to right wearing crested Athenian helmet, ornamented with figure of Scylla, rev. bull butting to right, YOURIWN and bird below bull, tunny fish below in exergue, dotted exergual line, (cf.S.447; SNG ANS 1051 [same dies]). Good fine and scarce.
Estimate $400
SOLD $320
Italy, Lucania, Thurium (Thourioi), (400-350 B.C.), silver sixth stater or triobol, (1.12 g), obv. head of Athena to right wearing crested Athenian helmet decorated with Skylla, rev. bull butting to right, above, **QOURIWN* in exergue a tunny fish to right, plain exergual line, (S.438, BMC 21, SNG Munich 1178, HN Italy 1809, SNG ANS 1139-40). Toned, edge split at 3 o'clock, very fine and scarce.
Estimate $140
Passed in
Italy, Lucania, Sybaris, (c.550-510 B.C.), silver nomos, (8.17 g), obv. bull standing left, head right, VM in exergue, rev. incuse bull standing right, head left, (S.245, Fabricius class A, fig. 4, Gorini 6, Basel 169, HN Italy 1729, SNG ANS 828-44.). Attractive old cabinet toning, nearly extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $3,300
Italy, Bruttium, Croton (Kroton), (370-350 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (7.78 g), obv. head of Hera Lacinia to facing slightly to right, wearing necklace and stephane decorated with palmette and two griffin foreparts, around **KROT[O]*, rev. naked Herakles Epitrapezios nude, holding cup in right hand, reclining left on lion's skin draped over rock, bow and club above, (cf.S.474, HN Italy 2160, SNG ANS 379, Boston MFA 186, Gillet 296, Jameson 432 (all from the same dies). Light grey tone with golden highlights, hairline flan crack, slightly off centre, excellent metal, good very fine and rare.
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $2,800
Italy, Bruttium, Croton (Kroton), (430-420 B.C.), silver triobol (1.20 g), (diobol according to Sear), obv. tripod-lebes with three handles to left and terminating in lion's feet, QPO downwards retrograde, dotted border, rev. Pegasos flying to left, (S.468, SNG ANS 323, BMC 52, SNG Lloyd 612, HN Italy 2127). Toned, fine and very scarce. $$ Ex Spink & Son, London, 18 December 1994 with ticket [?85].
Estimate $160
SOLD $90
Italy, Bruttium, Hipponion, (Colony of Corinth), (350-300 B.C.), silver stater, (8.50 g), obv. Pegasos with pointed wing flying to left, caduceus below, rev. head of Athena to right in Corinthian helmet over a leather cap, (S.-, Calciati 1 [p.415-6], SNG ANS 503 [Locri Epizephrii], S N G Delepierre 479, SNG Lloyd 633, HN Italy 2242). Traces of mint bloom, slightly off centred on the obverse, extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $1,500
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Italy, Bruttium, Petelia, (280-216 B.C.), AE 20 a quadrans, (5.16 g), obv. laureated head of Zeus to right, three pellets behind, dotted border, rev. naked Zeus facing striding to right, hurling thunderbolt and holding sceptre, around **[P]ETHLI NWN*, monogram behind, (S. 680, BMC 1, HN Italy 2461, Caltabiano Petelia Pl.IV, 7, SNG ANS 612, SNG Munich -). Attractive dark brown patina, nearly extremely fine and very scarce.
Estimate $100
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Sicily, Akragas (Agrigentum), (c.472-420 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.91 g), obv. eagle with closed wings standing to left, AKRAC downwards behind eagle ANTO**S* upwards before eagle, rev. crab on plain broad flan, (S.741, BMC 59, SNG ANS 969 [same obverse die], SNG Lockett 690). Grey patination flan flaw on obverse, otherwise good very fine/nearly extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $2,200
SOLD $1,400
Sicily, Galaria, (c.460-450 B.C.), electrotype of the silver litra, (0.61 g), obv. Zeus Soter seated to left, holding sceptre upon which sits and eagle left around **S OTE R*, rev. Dionysos standing to left holding a kantharos and grapes **GA LA* around, (S.784 [This coin illustrated], BMC 1, HGC 2, 331, SNG ANS 1). Nearly extremely fine, rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Sicily, Gela, (c.425-420 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.18 g), obv. charioteer driving slow quadriga right, holding reins, Nike above flying right crowning horses with wreath, rev. forepart of man-headed bull to right, above **[G]ELAS*,(cf.S.799, Jenkins, Gela 172 [obv.46, rev.101], SNG ANS 38 (same dies), SNG Lockett 749 (same dies); Nanteuil 279 (same dies). Attractively toned, good very fine or better and rare.
Estimate $4,000
SOLD $7,000
Sicily, Katane, (c.450-405 B.C.), silver tetradrachm (16.01 g), obv. Charioteer driving slow quadriga to right, rev. laureate head of Apollo to right, around [KATANA]ION, (S.767, SNG ANS 1241-2 [same obverse dies], Dewing 584 [same dies], SNG Lloyd 893 [same obverse die], Rizzo pl.X,17 [same dies], HGC 2, 566 [R]). Very fine, weak reverse legend, rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $850
Sicily, Katane, (c.430-415 B.C.), silver litra (0.89 g), obv. head of Selinos to left in dotted border, rev. KATAN AI**W*N, upright winged thunderbolt with two shields flanking the thunderbolt, (S.774, C. Boehringer, "Kataneische Probleme: silberne Kleinstm?nzen," Proceedings of the 9th International Numismatic Congress, Series III, Li 6; Mirone 82, BMC 40, SNG ANS 1265, HGC 2, 590). Toned, of finest classical style, extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $800
SOLD $550
Sicily, Syracuse, Deinomenid Tyranny, (c.485-466 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.49 g), struck under Gelon, c.480-478 B.C., obv. quadriga driven to right by bearded male charioteer, Nike flying right crowning horses, rev. **SUPAKOSION* around, head of Arethusa to right, hair slightly waved and turned up behind under diadem of beads, four dolphins around, (cf.S.913, Boehringer series VIb, 80 [V37/R52], SNG ANS 20, SNG Copenhagen 204 (same dies). Silver and blue toning, well centred early die, very fine and rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,600
Sicily, Syracuse, period of Dionysios I, (405-367 B.C.), AE drachma, AE 29, (28.21 g), obv. head of Athena wearing Corinthian helmet to left bound with olive wreath, to left of **[S*YR]A, rev. starfish between two dolphins with central pellet, (S.1189, BMC 287, SNG ANS 454-469, Weber 1630). Dark green patina, Nearly very fine/very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
Sicily, Syracuse, time of Timoleon (B.C. 345-306), silver 2 litrai (dilitron), (1.61 g), struck 344-339/8 B.C., obv. youthful Janiform head, laureate, **SURAKOS IWN* around, dolphin downwards to right, rev. free horse prancing left, star of fourteen rays above, (S.964, BMC 285, SNG Cop.719, SNG ANS 517, Pozzi 1302 (same dies), SNG Lloyd 1451 (same dies), HGC 2, 1374). Toned, extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $800
SOLD $1,600
Sicily, Syracuse, period of Timoleon, (344-336 B.C.), AE litra, AE 26, (21.02 g), obv. head of Zeus Eleutherios laureate to left, around traces of **IEUS ELEUQERIOS*, rev. free horse prancing to left, around traces of **SURAKOSIWN*, (S.1191, BMC 311-312, SNG ANS 533-541, Weber 1651). Brown patina, good very fine with corrosion area to left of portrait, very scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
Sicily, Syracuse, reign of Hieron II (275-215 B.C.), AE 26, (17.71 g), obv. diademed head of Hieron beardless to left, rev. horseman prancing to right, holding spear couched, beneth **F*, in exergue IEP**WNOS*, (S.1221, BMC Sicily 595, SNG Cop.842, SNG ANS 825-6). HGC 2, 1548). Very fine, scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Sicily, Syracuse, Fifth democracy, (214-212 B.C.), silver eight litrai, (7.10 g), obv. head of Athena to left wearing single pendant earring, necklace, aegis and crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a griffin flying on the bowl, rev. winged thunderbolt, **SURAKOSION* above, YA / **S* in two lines below, (S.1000, Burnett The Enna Hoard in SNR 62 [1983] 28 (dies 10/D); SNG Lockett 1023, BMC 656. SNG Cop. 880, HGC 2, 1414). Minor die rust on obverse, lightly toned, otherwise extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $2,000
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Sicily, Zankle-Messana, (520-500 B.C.), silver drachm, (5.15 g), obv. dolphin swimming left within sickle-shaped harbour of Zankle, DANKLE below dolphin, rev. scallop shell within incuse pattern, (S.722, Gielow 34, Rizzo Pl.25, 4; SNG ANS 298-303, SNG Lloyd 1076, Kraay-Hirmer 49). Toned, chipped resulting in uneven flan, hoard encrustation on reverse, superb dolphin and ethnic, otherwise nearly extremely fine, rare.
Estimate $800
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Siculo-Punic, (c.410-395 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.96 g), obv. forepart of a horse to right, grain ear before, Nike flying and holding wreath and caduceus over horse's head, [lion's head to right behind and Punic legend 'QRTHDST' below], rev. palm tree with two date clusters, (S.6426 [p.594], Jenkins, SNR 53, 17 - example 4 [this coin, dies 04/R17], Ratto Sale April 4, 1927 [lot 445, this coin], Naville Sale 12 (lot 1058 same dies), Cahn Sale 35 (lot 223, same dies] = ANS example. Attractive grey tone, almost free of any imperfections, slightly off centred on obverse, otherwise good very fine/nearly extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $5,400
SOLD $7,500
Siculo-Punic, (c.350-320/315 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.070 grams), obv. wreathed head of Persephone to right wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace, thymiaterion before, dotted border, rev. horse standing right before a palm tree, Nike before placing wreath on horse's head, caduceus before horse, Punic 'HB' below, (S.6430 [p.595], Jenkins, SNR 56, 96 - 4 [this coin, dies 033/R87], Gulbenkian 367 [same obverse die], SNG Lockett 1041 [this coin], SNG Lloyd 1622 [same obverse die], Paris, De Luynes 1444 [same obverse die]. Lightly toned, nearly extremely fine, attractive, and rare.
Estimate $8,000
SOLD $16,000
Siculo-Punic, mint of the camp, (c.320-310 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.16 g), obv. wreathed head of Persephone to left, wearing triple pendant earring and necklace, four dolphins swimming around, rev. horse's head to left, palm tree behind, Punic legend, "MMHNT" below, (S.6434, SNG Lloyd 1633 [same dies], Jenkins SNR 56 [Series 3a] 171 [dies, O53/R161], Hunter 7 [same dies]). Attractive old light cabinet irridescent toning, extremely fine, of fine artistic style, very scarce.
Estimate $4,500
SOLD $4,200
Siculo-Punic, mint of the camp, (c.320-310 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.126 grams), obv. wreathed head of Persephone to left, wearing triple pendant earring and necklace, four dolphins swimming around (three visible), rev. horse's head to left, palm tree behind, Punic legend, "MMHNT" below, border of dots, (S.6434, SNG Lloyd 1633 [same dies], Hunter 7 [same dies], Jenkins SNR 56, [Series 3a] 183 [same dies, O53/R161). Light tone, with nearly full flan, good very fine or better and scarce.
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $2,800
Thrace, Black Sea Area, bronze proto-currency, AE arrowhead coinage, (6th century B.C.), from from region of Istros in Moesia, as arrowheads (2) length of 30-33mm, (2.43 [illustrated], 3.95 g), (S.-, SNG Black Sea 218). Has been cleaned and very fine and scarce, one illustrated. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70