Catalogue
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 $200
SOLD $220
Italy, Lucania, Thurium (Thourioi), (350-300 B.C.), silver stater, (7.55 grams), obv. head of Athena to right wearing crested Athenian helmet, ornamented with figure of Scylla, rev. bull butting to right, **YOURIWN and **NYSI above, tunny fish below in exergue, (cf.S.447; SNG ANS 1055 [same dies]). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $250
Italy, Lucania, Thurium (Thourioi), (350-300 B.C.), silver stater, (7.54 grams), obv. head of Athena to right wearing crested Athenian helmet, ornamented with figure of Scylla, rev. bull butting to right, **YOURIWN and **NYS above, tunny fish below dotted base line in the exergue, (cf.S.447; SNG ANS 1056/1054 [similar dies]). Good fine/nearly very fine and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $110
Italy, Lucania, Thurium (Thourioi), (350 -300 B.C.), silver stater, (7.82 grams), obv. head of Athena to right wearing crested Athenian helmet, ornamented with figure of Scylla, rev. bull butting to right, YOURIW[N] and I above, [tunny fish] below in exergue, plain exergual line, (cf.S.447; SNG ANS 1057 [same dies]). Nearly very fine and scarce.
Estimate $250
SOLD $160
Italy, Lucania, Thurium (Thourioi), (350 -300 B.C.), silver stater, (7.73 grams), obv. head of Athena to right wearing crested Athenian helmet, ornamented with figure of Scylla, rev. bull butting to right, YOURIW[N] and I below bull, [tunny fish] below in exergue, dotted exergual line, (cf.S.447; SNG ANS 1058 [same dies]). Fine and scarce.
Estimate $160
SOLD $0
Italy, Lucania, Thurium (Thourioi), (350 -300 B.C.), silver stater, (7.73 grams), obv. head of Athena to right wearing crested Athenian helmet, ornamented with figure of Scylla, rev. bull butting to right, YOURIWN and I below bull, tunny fish below in exergue, dotted exergual line, (cf.S.447; SNG ANS 1059 [same dies]). Nearly very fine and scarce.
Estimate $250
SOLD $300
Italy, Lucania, Thurium (Thourioi), (350 -300 B.C.), silver stater, (7.61 grams), obv. head of Athena to right wearing crested Athenian helmet, ornamented with figure of Scylla, rev. bull butting to right, **YOURIWN and AP monogram below bull, tunny fish below in exergue, dotted exergual line, (cf.S.447; Not in SNG's or BMC). Fine and rare variant.
Estimate $160
SOLD $0
Italy, Lucania, Thurium (Thourioi), (350 -300 B.C.), silver sixth stater or triobol, (1.22 grams), obv. head of Athena to right wearing crested Athenian helmet, rev. bull butting to right, above **[YOU]RI[WN] and **EU[QN], in exergue [fish], plain exergual line, (cf.S.449; cf.SNG ANS 1156). Fine/good fine and rare.
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
Italy, Lucania, Thurium (Thourioi), (350 -300 B.C.), silver sixth stater or triobol, (1.02 grams), obv. head of Athena to right wearing crested Athenian helmet, rev. bull butting to right, in exergue, **[YO]URIW[N] and Nike flying right above, plain exergual line, (cf.S.449; SNG ANS 1163). Surface porosity, otherwise nearly very fine and scarce.
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
Italy, Lucania, Thurium (Thourioi), (350 -300 B.C.), silver sixth stater or triobol, (1.12 grams), obv. head of Athena to right wearing crested Athenian helmet, rev. bull butting to right, above **YOURIWN, HP and aphlaston in exergue, plain exergual line, (cf.S.449; cf.SNG ANS 1170). Nearly very fine and scarce.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Italy, Lucania, Velia, (c.365-350 B.C.), silver stater or didrachm, (7.27 grams), obv. head of Athena to right, wearing Attic helmet, ornamented with centaur, **Q behind, rev. lion walking to right, **UELHTWN in exergue, X below lion, above traces of flying owl, removed from die, (cf.S.454, Williams 273 [These Dies], SNG Cop. 1548, SNG ANS 1293). Off centred on obverse, otherwise fine, a scarce die combination.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Italy, Lucanaia, Velia, (c. 350-320 B.C.), silver stater or didrachm, (7.425 grams), Period VI, obv. helmeted head of Athena to left, wearing crested Phrygian helmet, ornamented with centaur, reversed K C monogram behind, rev. lion standing to left, devouring piece of meat between fore-paws, **UELHTWN in exergue, A above lion, (cf. S.456, Williams 339 (same dies, O.176/R.248), Hunterian 70). Very fine, and a scarce die combination.
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
Italy, Lucania, Velia, (c.350-320 B.C.), silver stater or didrachm, (7.26 grams), obv. head of Athena to left, wearing Phrygian helmet, ornamented with centaur, rev. lion standing to left, devouring piece of meat held between fore-paws, **UELHTWN in exergue, **F below lion, (cf.S.456, Williams 352 [These Dies], SNG Cop. 1568), another (c.365-350 B.C.), obv. head of Athena in Attic helmet, rev. lion walking to right, (cf.S.454, Williams 262, SNG ANS 1293). First with surface pitting and fine, second very good. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Italy, Lucanaia, Velia, (c. 305/4-293/290 B.C.), silver stater or didrachm, (6.96 grams), Period VII, obv. crested helmeted head of Athena to right ornamented with wing upon a wreath, **F behind, rev. lion walking to right, **F I above bunch of grapes between, [U]ELHTW[N] in exergue, P below lion, (cf. S.460, Williams 495 [same dies]). Nearly very fine, and a rare die combination.
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
Italy, Bruttium, Croton, (510-480 B.C.), silver stater or didrachm, (6.92 grams), obv. Delphic tripod between stork on left to right and legend qPO, rev. incuse Delphic tripod, within incuse circular die, (cf.S.256, SNG Cop.1759, cf.Gale 15, SNG ANS 264). Needs cleaning, nearly fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Italy, Bruttium, Croton, (370-350 B.C.), silver stater, (7.62 grams), obv. head of Hera Lacinia to facing slightly to right, wearing stephanos, rev. naked Heracles seated to left on rock, covered with lion skin, holds cup in extended right hand and club in left hand, around **[KR]O TWNI ATAN, (cf.S.474; SNG ANS 371 [same dies], Gale 56 [same dies], SNG Lloyd 616 [same dies]). Light edge porosity, flan and edge defects, nearly very fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $240
Italy, Bruttium, Croton, (360-340 B.C.), silver stater, (7.51 grams), obv. laureate head of Apollo to right with long hair, around **[KROTWNIA]TAS, rev. infant Heracles seated facing on bed, head to left strangling snakes, (cf.S.475; cf.SNG ANS 388 [similar dies], Gale 64 [samilar dies]). Good fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $290
Italy, Bruttium, Locroi Epizephyrioi, (326-300 B.C.), silver stater, obv. head of Zeus to right, rev. eagle flying left attacking hare held in its talons, **[LOKRWN] around, (S.487, BMC 10, SNG Cop.519). With porosity, nearly very fine and scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
Italy, small silver sixth staters or triobols, (5-4th century B.C.) from, Lucania, Metapontum, (S.421); Lucania, Thurium, (S.438); Bruttium, Terina, (S.509); Calabria, Tarentum, (S.351). Very good - fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Sicily, Centoripai, (after 241 B.C.), AE 15 or dekonkion, (9.93 grams), obv. laureate head of Zeus to right, rev. **KENTO RIPINWN in two lines separated by thunderbolt, (cf.S.1081, SNG ANS 1307-1310). Nearly very fine and scarce.
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
Sicily, Selinus, silver didrachm, 520-500 B.C., 8.95 grans, obv. selinon leaf, rev. incuse square divided into ten triangles (S.730, ANS MN 33, Pl. 1 No.13 this coin). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $0
Sicily, Selinus, silver didrachm, (520-500 B.C.), (7.95 grams), obv. selinon leaf, rev. incuse square divided into triangles, (S.730, ANS MN 33, Pl. 3, No.37, [This Coin]). Some surface roughness and porosity, otherwise fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $0
Sicily, Syracuse, (c.460 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.41 grams), obv. slow quadriga driven to right by male charioteer, Nike flying left crowning charioteer, rev. **SUPAKOSION around to right, head of Artemis-Arethusa to right, hair twisted and bound by cord, four dolphins around, (cf.S.924, Boehringer 489 same dies, Pozzi sale No.576, SNG Fitz. 1210 [same dies]). Flan elongated horizontally and weak on edge of obverse, reverse with attractive full portrait of Artemis-Arethusa with mint bloom, otherwise extremely fine and very scarce.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,050
Sicily, Syracuse, (c.435 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.845 grams), obv. slow quadriga driven to right by male charioteer, Nike flying right crowning horses, rev. **SUPAKOSION around, head of Artemis-Arethusa to right, hair tied up behind, four dolphins around, (cf.S.933 [£1000], Boehringer 727 (same dies), SNG Ash.1991 (same dies), SNG Munich 1045 (same dies). Porous flan, otherwise nearly very fine, scarce.
Estimate $700
SOLD $0
Sicily, Syracuse, (344-317 B.C.), silver stater, (8.55 grams), obv. Pegasos flying to left, nothing below, rev. head of Athena to right, wearing plain Corinthian helmet, around **SURAKOS[IWN], (S.961; SNG Lloyd 1437, BMC 3, Plate XXV,3). Obverse struck from rusted dies, a few minor surface bumps, otherwise nearly extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $500
SOLD $400
Sicily, Syracuse, Timoleon, (344-336 B.C.), AE litra, (32.30 grams), obv. **[SU]RA above, head of Athena to left wearing Corinthian helmet bound with olive wreath, rev. starfish between two dolphins, (S.1189, BMC 287, SNG ANS 454-469). Attractive very fine and a scarce variant.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Sicily, Syracuse, (287-279 B.C.), AE 21-24, obv. Zeus Hellanios laureate head to right, around on right **DIOS ELLANIOU, rev. eagle standing left on thunderbolt with open wings, around **SUR[AK]OSIWN, (cf.S.1212, BMC 482, SNG Cop. 793). Nearly very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
Sicily, Syracuse, Hiero II (275-215 B.C.), silver sixteen litrai, (13.05 grams), obv. diademed and veiled head of Philistis to left, behind star, rev. quadriga to right driven by Nike with horses walking, above **BASILISSAS, below **[FI]LISTIDOS, star above, K to right, (S.989, SNG ANS 877). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $600
Thraco-Macedon, uncertain area, silver hemiobol, (6th-early 5th century B.C.), (0.34 grams), obv. boar's head to left, rev. four part incuse square of very archaic form, (S.-, ACNAC Rosen 168 [Pl.10 same dies]). Porous surface, very fine and very rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Thraco-Macedon, uncertain area, silver hemiobol, (500-480 B.C.), (0.36 grams), obv. horse's head and neck to right, rev. four part incuse square of archaic form, (S.-, SNG ANS 997, Gaebler [Pl.XXVI, 38 var.], Berk sale 53, 51). Fine and very rare.
Estimate $70
SOLD $0