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Spain, Turiasu, (c.early 1st century B.C.), silver denarius (3.11 g), obv. bearded male head to right, wearing necklace, Iberian letter KA, S and TU below, rev. horseman with lance right, Iberian legend TURIASU below, (S.-, ACIP 1723). Lightly toned, well centred and struck, very fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $260
Gaul, Massalia (as a Colony founded by Phokaia), silver obol, (c.121 - 82 BC), (0.64 g), obv. youthful male head of Apollo left, rev. wheel with four spokes, M A in two quarters, (S.72, De La Tour 681, F&P OBM-11a, Depeyrot, Marseille 58). Toned, nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $160
Campania, Neapolis, (420-400 BC), silver didrachm, (7.13 g), Campanian standard, obv. female head right (Parthenope?), rev. Man faced bull advacing right, crowned by Nike flying right above, **[NEOPOLITHS]* in exergue (cf. S307, HGC 446, HN Italy 552). Fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Italy, Campania, Neapolis, (c.395-385 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (6.89 g), obv. diademed head of the Nymph Parthenope right, rev. man-headed bull to left, Nike flying above to left (cf. S.299, ANS 292). Good fine/ nearly fine, very scarce die combination.
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Italy, Campania, Neapolis (Naples), (c.340-240 B.C.), silver stater or didrachm, (7.44 g), obv. head of nymph to right, astragalus behind, below **CARILE*, rev. man-headed bull walking to right, crowned by Nike flying right above, below K, below exergue of [**NEO]POLI[TWN*], (cf.S.307, Sambon 469b, SNG ANS 359 [same dies]). Toned, very fine and a scarce symbol.
Estimate $500
SOLD $480
Campania, Neapolis, (320-300 BC), silver didrachm (7.13 g), Campanian standard, obv. female head right (Parthenope?), grape bunch to left, **[DIOFANOYS]* below, obv. Man faced bull advancing right, crowned by Nike flying right above, monogram below bull **[NEOPOLITHS]* in exergue (HGC 451; HN Italy 571). Nearly very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $240
Italy, Lucania, Metapontum, (c.330-290 B.C.), silver nomos, stater or didrachm, (7.84 g), obv. head of Demeter to left, rev. seven grain barley ear, leaf to right with pitchfork and **D*A, META to right, (cf.S.410, Johnston Class C, 5, HN Italy 1582). Toned, very fine and rare.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,200
Metapontum, silver nomos (c300-340 BC) (7.76 g), Head of Demeter right, hair bound with fillet and wearing earring, rev. Ear of barley with leaf (cf. S.404, SNG ANS 367). Steely grey tone on fields, slight wear on high points, good very fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $3,200
Italy, Northern Lucania, Paestum, mid 1st century B.C. - 45 B.C., AE semis, 16mm, (5.43 g), obv. head of Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin headdress, [PAE monogram right], rev. club to right, Q CEP above, DE?III?TOL below, (S.-, Crawford, Paestum 28, HN Italy 1243, Sallusto 172 ff, SNG ANS 783-4. Green patina, toned very fine and very rare.
Estimate $100
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Lucania, Sybaris, (453-448 B.C.), silver twelfth stater or obol, 7mm, (0.48 g), obv. Poseidon advancing right, wearing chlamys, brandishing trident, rev. bull standing right, MVB above, (cf.S.431, cf.SNG ANS 871, cf.HN Italy 1749). Fine and rare.
Estimate $150
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Italy, Lucania, Thurium (Thourioi), (425 - 400 B.C.), silver sixth stater or triobol, (1.15 g), obv. head of Athena to right wearing crested Athenian helmet, rev. bull butting to left, in exergue, **QOURI[WN]* in exergue a tunny fish to right, plain exergual line, (S.438, BMC 21, SNG Munich 1178). Extremely fine and very rare as such.
Estimate $250
SOLD $240
Lucania, Thurium, (c.350 BC), silver stater (7.16 g), obv. helmeted head of Athena right, rev. bull charging right, I below, **QOYRIWN* above (cf HGC 1 1260, cf S.442, SNG ANS 1058). Porous obverse, very good/ fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Italy, Lucania, Velia, (c.280 B.C.), silver nomos or stater, (7.36 g), Caduceus-Fulmen group, obv. helmeted head of Athena left, helmet decorated with griffin,**F* on neck guard, AP monogram behind neck guard, rev. lion standing right, kerykeion with fillet above, (cf.S.460, Williams 532 (O267/R372), HN Italy 1316). Extremely fine, attractively toned, with underlying lustre.
Estimate $1,800
SOLD $2,000
Italy, Calabria, Tarentum, (c.470-450 B.C.), silver litra (0.66 g), obv. cockle shell within linear circle, rev. female head left, (S.332, cf.Vlasto 1158, HN Italy 840). Nearly very fine, rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $220
Calabria, Tarentum, (c.450-380 B.C.), silver hemiobol (7.5mm, 0.28 g), obv. skyphos with handle to right, rev. wreath, S.-, Vlasto 1747, cf.HN Italy 867/866). Toned, areas of roughness, nearly very fine and very rare.
Estimate $350
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Calabria, Taras, (4th century BC), silver diobol, (1.04 g), obv. helmeted head of Athena right, rev. Herakles grappling the Nemean Lion (S352, HGC 1 830, BMC 371, HN Italy 911). Toned, nearly very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Italy, Calabria, Tarentum (Taras), (315-302 B.C.), silver nomos, **S*A and A**P* magistrates, (7.66 g), obv. naked horseman at full gallop on horse to right, holding javelins and shield, below **S*A, rev. Phalanthos riding dolphin left, holding kantharos and trident, A**P* to left, dolphin below, to right **TAPAS, (cf.S.342, Fischer-Bossert Group 70, 846 (V336/R657), Vlasto 601 (same obv. die), HN Italy 937, Gulbenkian 35 (same dies), Jameson 156 [same dies]). Attractively toned, minor areas of roughness, good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $600
SOLD $550
Italy, Calabria, Tarentum (Taras), (c.302-280 B.C.), silver nomos or didrachm, (7.81 g), Arethon, Sa-, and Cas-, magistrates, obv. youth on horseback to right, placing wreath on horse's head; **SA* to left, **ARE/QWN* in two lines below, rev. [**TARAS*] upper right, Phalanthos astride dolphin left, holding tripod, CA**S* below, (cf.S.363, cf.Vlasto 666, SNG ANS 1046, HN Italy 957). Toned, very fine, scarce.
Estimate $500
SOLD $440
Italy, Calabria, Tarentum (Taras), (c.280 B.C.), silver nomos, (7.68 g), obv. naked horseman dismounting left, holding shield, E[Y] behind, [NIKWN] below, rev. Phalanthos astride dolphin left, holding grain ear [A]**P*I to left, spearhead below, (cf.S.337, Vlasto 703, HN Italy 969). Attractively toned, good very fine, scarce.
Estimate $800
SOLD $900
Italy, Calabria, Tarentum (Taras), (c.280 B.C.), silver nomos, (7.78 g), obv. naked horseman dismounting left, holding shield, E[Y] behind, rev. Phalanthos astride dolphin left, holding grain ear, [A]**R*I to left, spearhead below, (cf.S.347, Vlasto 703, HN Italy 969). Lightly toned, good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,600
Italy, Calabria, Tarentum (Taras), silver nomos, (c.280 B.C.), (7.86 g), obv. naked horseman on horseback prancing to left, holding small shield behind him, to right **SI*, below horse **FILOKLHS*, rev. Taras to left, riding on dolphin's back with arm extended holding out wreath, below dolphin **LU*, ethnic to right **[TA]RAS*, **L*Y below, (cf.S.363, Vlasto 688-90, HN Italy 965). Toned, some light scratches, struck from good metal, very fine and scarce.
Estimate $600
SOLD $460
Calabria, Tarentum, (c. 272-240 BC) silver nomos (6.59 g), obv. nude youth riding horse walking to left, raising his right hand to crown the horse's head, rev. Taras riding dolphin facing left, preparing to throw trident, chlamys on left hand, owl standing left, head facing to right (cf. S,374, HN Italy 1025, Vl. 839). Attractive cabinet tone with golden hues in recesses, extremely fine.
Estimate $750
SOLD $550
Calabria, Taras (Tarentum), (c.272-35 BC), silver nomos (6.35g), obv. naked rider crowning a horse, prancing left, **LUKI NOS* in two lined between legs, **SU* above, rev. Taras riding a dolphin to left, preparing to throw a trident over head, chlamys over left hand, owl in right field, **TARA* below (cf S.374 Vl.839, HN Italy 1025, cf SNG ANS 1168-9). Attractuve cabinet tone, light golden hues in devices, good extremely fine.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $800
Italy, Calabria, Tarentum, (c.240-228 B.C.), silver nomos [stater], (6.20 g), Olympis, magistrate, obv. Hippokontist on horseback right, hurling javelin, wreath to left, **OLUMRIS* below, rev. Phalanthos riding dolphin left, holding kantharos and cornucopia, tripod to right, T A**RAS* below, (S.378, Vlasto 942, HN Italy 1055, BMC 274-5). Good very fine with attractive light grey toning with irridescent hues.
Estimate $700
SOLD $460
Italy, Bruttium, Kaulonia, silver stater, 460-450 B.C. (Kraay chronology), (7.02 g), obv. Apollo naked walking to right, before him a small stag standing to right, looking back, KAV**L* behind downwards reversed, rev. stag standing to right, before, a sapling, KAV retrograde above, (S.462, SNG ANS 181 [same dies], Naville Sale V [British Museum duplicates, sold June 1923 (lot 656 same dies], Noe 96 [same dies]). Odd shape, very fine and rare.
Estimate $700
SOLD $420
Italy, Bruttium, Kroton, (c.425-350 B.C.), silver triobol, 12mm, (1.15 g), obv. QPO to left upwards, tripod with a grain ear to right, rev. Octopus, (S.-, Attianese 80. HN Italy 2154. SNG ANS 414). Well struck on a full flan, slightly rough surfaces, otherwise, extremely fine, rare.
Estimate $800
SOLD $1,500
Italy, Bruttium, Rhegion, Second Punic War, (c.211-201 B.C.), AE trias (2.61 g), obv. Jugate busts of Asklepios and Hygeia to right, rev. Hermes standing left, holding kerykeion, IIII to left, over a cornucopiae, most of inscription **RHGINWN* to right downwards, (S.693, HN Italy 2558, SNG ANS 768, HGC 1, 1718 [R1]). Green-brown surfaces, weak in places otherwise extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
Sicily, Akragas, (c.460-450/46 B.C.), silver tetradrachm 23mm, (17.41 g), obv. sea eagle standing left, to left upwards AKRAC on right ANTO**S*, rev. a crab, floral ornament below, all within shallow incuse circle, (S.741 var., Lee Group II [ Lee. "The Flower of Adonis at Eryx" in NC 1999], SNG ANS 983 [same obv. die], HGC 2, 79). Nearly extremely fine, toned, a scarce variety.
Estimate $6,000
SOLD $6,500
Sicily, Gela, (c.490/85-480/75 B.C.), silver didrachm, (8.62 g), obv. naked horseman to right wearing crested helmet, galloping right brandishing spear held high in his hand, rev. man headed bull to right with long beard, to right and below **C E L A*, (S.713, Jenkins Group Ib, 7 (O 4, R 4), HGC 2, 362, SNG ANS 4, SNG Lloyd 956, SNG Newham Davis 50 (same dies), Basel 279, Kraay & Hirmer 155 (same rev. die), Rizzo pl. XVII, 6). Attractively toned, well centred and struck, superb extremely fine and very rare in this condition.
Estimate $25,000
SOLD $23,000
Sicily, Gela, (c.480/475-475/470 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.14 g), Jenknins Group IIc, obv. slow quadriga driven left by male charioteer holding reins, Nike flying to right crowning horses, dotted border, rev. forepart of man headed bull to right with long beard, around legend **G E L AS*, (cf.S.785, cf.Jenkins 149, obv. 40 [this die], cf.rev. 92 [similar]). Toned, good very fine and very rare, unlisted die combination.
Estimate $3,000
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