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Sicily, Syracuse, Time of Agathokles, (317-289 B.C.), electrum fifty (50) litrai, (3.64 g), obv. laureate head of Apollo left with long flowing hair, altar behind, all within dotted border, rev. **[SUR]AK OSION around, tripod lebes with legs ending in lion's feet, (S.957, Jenkins 'Electrum Coinage of Syracuse' Essays Robinson, p.156 (Pl.14, obv. die 6, rev. die 4, same dies), BMC 255 (same obverse die), SNG ANS 622 (same obverse die). Attractive light tone, nearly extremely fine, rare.
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $4,000
Mysia, Kyzikos, (c.500-475 B.C.), electrum hekte or sixth stater (2.67 g), obv. nude youth kneeling left, holding a tunny fish, rev. quadripartite incuse square, (cf.S.3816, Von Fritze I 112, Greenwell 86, Boston, Brett MFA 1488 [Pl.73]). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $800
SOLD $700
Mysia, Kyzikos, (C.500-450 B.C.), electrum hekte or sixth stater, (2.67 g), obv. head of lion left with pearled neck, to right a tunny fish, rev. quadripartite incuse square, (S.-; Von Fritze I 39, Boston MFA 1415, SNG Paris 179-80). Good very fine - nearly extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $800
SOLD $550
Mysia, Kyzikos, (Kyzikos), (c.500-475 B.C.), electrum one twelfth stater, (1.34 g), obv. pecten shell over a tunny fish, rev. quadripartite incuse square, (S.3470, Von Fritze I 33 [Pl.I, 33], BMC 8 [p.19], Greenwell 160). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $500
SOLD $600
Lesbos, Mytilene, c. 521-478 B.C., electrum hekte (2.54 g), Bodenstedt dates 497 B.C., obv. head of roaring lion to right, rev. incuse head of calf to right, (S.4240, Bodenstedt 13 [noted as unlisted dies], SNG Cop. 301, Boston 1679ff., BMC 17ff., Weber 5603-4, SNG Fitz 4335). Extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $1,400
SOLD $2,400
Lesbos, Mytilene, c. 521-478 B.C., electrum hekte, (2.52 g), obv. head of ram left, wearing beaded collar, cock feeding right below, rev. incuse head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress and beaded collar, rectangular punch behind, (S.-, Bodenstedt 21, Boston MFA -, SNG von Aulock 1690, HGC 6 947). Good very fine, attractive and rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,800
Lesbos, Mytilene, (454-427 B.C.), electrum hekte (2.51 g), obv. laureate head of Apollo to right, rev. confronted rams heads, palmette above, all within incuse square, (S.-, Bodenstedt 57, BMC 44, Boston MFA 1703, HGC 6, 983). Nearly extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $900
SOLD $1,800
Lesbos, Mytilene, c.430 B.C., electrum hekte (2.53 g), Bodenstedt dates 454-428/7 B.C., obv. head of Aktaion with stag's ear and small horn to right, his hair falling on his shoulders in coarse locks, rev. Gorgon head facing within linear square, (cf.S.4246, Bodenstedt 54, SNG Von Aulock 1697, SNG Lockett 2760, SNG Fitz. 4348). Of the finest early Classical style, good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $3,000
Lesbos, Mytilene, c.377-328 B.C., electrum hekte, (2.55 g), Bodenstedt dates 428 B.C., obv. laureate head of Apollo to right, rev. head of female right, hair in sakkos, small coiled serpent behind, (cf.S.4250, Bodenstedt Em. 100A [dies d/n {unlisted combination}], SNG von Aulock 1714 [same rev. die], Boston MFA 1719 [same rev. die], Jameson 1487 [same obv. die]). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $800
SOLD $2,000
Ionia, uncertain (Phokaia?), (c.625-600 B.C.), electrum twenty-fourth stater (0.66 g) of the Milesian standard, geometric type, obv. raised counterclockwise swastika pattern, rev. quadripartite square punch, (cf.S.3465, Traite I 237, SNG Kayhan 702, SNG von Aulock 1778-9, Boston MFA 1782, Rosen 365). Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $600
Ionia, Phokaia, (c.521-478 B.C.), electrum hekte or sixth stater, (2.59 g), obv. archaic helmeted head of Athena to left, seal behind, rev. quadripartite incuse punch, (cf.S.4530, Bodenstedt 41, Pozzi 2506). Struck off centre on obverse, otherwise very fine and rare.
Estimate $600
Passed in
Ionia, Phokaia, (c.400-330 B.C.), electrum hekte or sixth stater, (c.335 B.C.), (2.54 g), obv. head of Omphale to left in lion skin, club at shoulder and seal below, rev. quadripartite incuse square, (cf.S.4533, Bodenstedt 107, SNG Cop. 1029, Boston 1917, BMC 55, Traite 2,11,2123). Good very fine, very rare.
Estimate $1,000
Passed in
Ionia, Phokaia, (c.387-326 B.C.), electrum hekte or sixth stater, (2.52 g), obv. head of nymph to left, hair tightly bound around head, rev. quadripartite incuse square, (S.-, Bodenstedt 110, SNG Von Aulock 2120,). Very fine and a very rare type.
Estimate $800
Passed in
Ionia, Phokaia, (c.387-322 B.C.), electrum hekte or sixth stater, (2.39 g), issued in 327 B.C. [Bodenstedt dating], obv. head of nymph to left, with wreath, rev. quadripartite incuse punch, (cf.S.4530, Bodenstedt 94, Boston 1931-2, McClean 8258, BMC 68-70, SNG Berry 1083). Very fine, and rare.
Estimate $600
SOLD $500
Ionia, Phokaia, (c.387-322 B.C.), electrum hekte or sixth stater, (2.51 g), obv. helmeted head of Athena to left, with serpent emblazoned on helmet, rev. quadripartite incuse punch, (cf.S.4530, Bodenstedt 111, Boston 1913, SNG Cop. 1030, SNG Berry 1086). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $600
SOLD $850
Macedon, Kingdom of Philip II, (359-336 B.C.), gold stater, (8.57 g), Pella Mint, issued c.340-328 B.C., obv. head of Apollo to right with laureate wreath, rev. galloping biga driven by charioteer holding goad to right, trident below, in exergue **FILIPPOV*, (cf.S.6663, cf.Le Rider 227 SNG Cop 525). Extremely fine and lustrous with traces of mint bloom, rare.
Estimate $6,000
SOLD $9,500
Macedon, Kingdom of, Alexander III, gold quarter stater, (2.12 g), Macedonian mint, probably Amphipolis, (c.330-320 B.C.), obv. head of Athena to right, wearing necklace and triple crested Corinthian helmet, decorated with a coiled serpent, dotted border, rev. kantharos above bow and club, **ALEXAN* below, **DR OY* above, (S.6710, Price 169, SNG BMC 169a-c). Well centred, very fine and a rare variety.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,700
Macedon, Kingdom of, Alexander III, (336-323 B.C.), gold stater, (8.54 g), Lampsacus Mint, issued 328-323 B.C., obv. head of Athena to right in crested Corinthian helmet, ornamented with serpent, rev. Nike standing to left, holding wreath in outstretched hand, two horse foreparts conjoined (one horse only visible) in left field, D over [O] monogram under wing, around to right **ALEXANDROU*, (cf.S.6702, Price 1358, M.395, BMC 1358a-e). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $8,000
Macedon, Kingdom of, Alexander III, (336-323 B.C.), gold stater, (8.57 g), Sidon Mint, issued c.333-305 B.C., obv. head of Athena to right in crested Corinthian helmet with Pegasos motif, rev. Nike standing to left, holding wreath and ship's mast, in lower right field a caduceus, to left **[A]LEXANDROU*, (cf.S.6702, Price 3458, M 205, SNG Berry 176). Well centred, extremely fine with traces of mint bloom and a scarce variety.
Estimate $4,000
SOLD $10,500
Zeugitana, Carthage, (c.310-290 B.C.), electrum stater, (7.66 g), obv. head of Tanit to left, wreathed with corn, wearing necklace, rev. horse standing to right, single exergue line below, dot below line, dotted border, (S.6459, Jenkins 257). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $1,800
SOLD $3,800
Italy, Campania, Neapolis (Naples), (c.320-300 B.C.), silver stater or didrachm, (7.39 g), obv. head of nymph to right, kantharos behind, **DI* below, rev. man-headed bull walking to right, crowned by Nike flying right above, below bull K, in exergue **[N]EOPOLITHS*, (cf.S.307, Sambon 447, SNG ANS 320, SNG Munich 244). Attractive patina, nearly extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $1,800
SOLD $2,600
Italy, Lucania, Metapontum, (c.520 B.C.), silver stater, (8.03 g) on broad thin flan, obv. ear of barley in high relief, to right METAP retrograde, circled border with dots, rev. ear of corn incuse, lined incused border, (cf.S.235, Noe [NN&M 32] Class V, No.142, HN 1481, SNG Ashmolean 653). Lightly toned, good very fine and rare.
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $1,300
Italy, Lucania, Metapontum, (c.330-290 B.C.), silver nomos (7.56 g), obv. wreathed head of Demeter right, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace, below chin **DAI*, rev. barley ear with leaf to right, plough above leaf, META to left, (S.416, Johnston Class C, 1.34, HN 1581, SNG ANS 481). Toned, nearly extremely fine with traces of mint bloom, scarce.
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $1,000
Italy, Lucania, Sybaris, (c.550-510 B.C.), silver nomos 29mm, (7.97 g), obv. Bull standing left, head right, VM in exergue, rev. incuse bull standing right, head left, (S.245, S&S (A.Stazio & E.Spagnoli. "La moneta" in Sibari e la Sibaritide. Atti del trentaduesimo convegno di studi sulla magna graecia, Taranto-Sibari, 7-12 Ottobre 1992 [Taranto, 1993]), Class B, [Pl. 48, 4-8], Gorini 2, HN Italy 1729). Very fine, toned, rare.
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $3,000
Italy, Calabria, Tarentum (Taras), (272-235 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (7.14 g), obv. diademed head of nymph left rev. youth on horseback right, crowning horse with wreath, dolphin and TA below (cf.S.340, Vl.1000, SNG ANS 1280, HN Italy 1098). Attractively toned, nearly extremely fine and very rare in this condition.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $1,800
Italy, Bruttium, Kaulonia, (c.475-425 B.C.), silver nomos 20mm, (8.12 g), obv. Apollo advancing right, holding branch aloft in right hand, small daimon running right on extended left arm, retrograde KAV**L* to left, to right, stag standing right, head reverted, rev. stag standing right, retrograde KAV above, laurel branch to right, (S.462, Noe, Caulonia, Group F, 83 [same dies], HN Italy 2046, SNG ANS 176, SNG Lloyd 575, Dewing 489, Hermitage Sale II 166 [same dies]. Extremely fine, lightly toned, exceptional for issue.
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $5,500
Sicily, Himera, (c.530-520 B.C.), silver drachm, (5.44 g), obv. cock with closed wings strutting to left with claw raised, border of dots around, rev. windmill sail pattern of four raised and four sunken triangles within segmented linear border, (S.715, Kraay Hirmer 67, BMC 3 var). Attractively toned, well struck, extremely fine and rare in this condition.
Estimate $5,000
SOLD $7,500
Sicily, Himera, (c.409-407 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, obverse die signed by the artist Mai-, (17.50 g), obv. the nymph Himera, holding reins in both hands, driving quadriga right, above, Nike flying left, crowning her with wreath held in extended right hand, left hand holding plaque inscribed MAI, in exergue, ketos left, rev. Himera standing facing, head left, holding in right hand a patera over altar to left, to right, satyr bathing in fountain with lion-headed spout, **HI-[ME-PAI]O[N] (retrograde) around from exergue, (S.818, Arnold-Biucci, Monetazione, Group IV, 22 (Q8/H17), Gutmann & Schwabacher 20, HGC 2, 436, SNG Lloyd 1022 (same dies), Basel 306 (same dies), Gillet 434 (same dies), Kraay & Hirmer 71 (same dies), Rizzo pl. XXI, 23 = de Luynes 977 (same dies). Superb fields, well struck, good extremely fine and rare in this condition.
Estimate $8,000
SOLD $17,500
Sicily, Leontini, (c.455-430 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.95 g), obv. laureate head of Apollo to right, dotted border, rev. head of lion to right, around four barley grains, around **LEO NT I NON, (S.832, SNG ANS 228 [same dies], Boehringer 38 [same obverse die], Rizzo pl. 23, 2 [same obverse die]). Scrape on obverse across cheek, very dark tone, otherwise good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $2,000
Sicily, Messana, (425-421 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.24 g), obv. biga of mules driven to right by standing female charioteer, above Nike standing to right on reins, in exergue olive leaf with fruit, rev. **MESS A N I ON around, below hare bounding to right a dolphin to right, (S.851, Caltabiano 488, Rizzo pl. XXVI, 5, SNG Hunterian 10, SNG Munich 650). Lightly toned, well centred, nearly extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $6,000
SOLD $8,500