Catalogue
Italy, Lucania, Thurium (Thourioi), (350-300 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (7.6 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 1054 [same dies]). Good fine/fine and rare.
Estimate $180
SOLD $110
Italy, Bruttium, Petelia, (280-216 B.C.), AE 20, (7.184 grams), obv. veiled head of Demeter to right, wreathed with barley, dotted border, rev. naked Zeus facing striding to left, hurling thunderbolt and holding sceptre, in two lines **PETH LINWN*, (S.678, cf.SNG Cop. 1907, SNG Munich 1548). Attractive partial green patina, good very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $130
Italy, Bruttium, Petelia, (280-216 B.C.), AE 12, (1.968 grams), obv. bound head of Artemis to right, dotted border, rev. hound running to right, above and below **PETH/LINWN*, (S.-; SNG Cop. 1913; BMC -). Attractive green patina, near extremely fine, rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Italy, Bruttium, Rhegium, (350-270 B.C.), AE 18, (4.272 grams), obv. lion's scalp facing, rev. laureate head of Apollo to right with long hair, behind a caduceus, (S.684; Boutin, Pozzi Collection, 840 [this coin]; BMC 62-3). Attractive green patina, very fine, rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $150
Italy, Bruttium, Brettian League, (215-205 B.C.), AE 27 (reduced sextans), (14.21 grams), obv. helmeted head of bearded Ares to left, rev. **BRETTIWN to left, Hera Hoplosmia armed with spear and shield advancing right, fulmen [thunderbolt] to right, (S.702, SNG ANS 76). Green patina, very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $120
SOLD $70
Sicily, Akragas, (275-240 B.C.), AE 19, (4.582 grams), obv. laureate head of Apollo to right, dotted border, rev. two eagles to left, one with a hare in its talons, (S.-; SNG ANS 1130-1134, BMC 140). Attractive brown patina, nearly extremely fine, rare.
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Sicily, Akragas, (275-240 B.C.), AE 19, (3.918 grams), obv. laureate head of Apollo to right, line border, rev. two eagles to left, one with a hare in its talons, (S.-; SNG ANS 1130-1134, BMC 140). Attractive apple green patina, good very fine, rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Sicily, Catana, (450-420 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.150 grams), obv. slow quadriga driven to right by male charioteer holding goad, rev. laureate head of Apollo to right, hair turned up behind, before off flan [KATANAION], (S.767 [£1500], cf.SNG ANS 1247 [similar dies], BMC 23 [same dies], Rizzo Pl.XI, No.7, [same dies as this example]). Off centred on the obverse, pitting and porosity edge striking split, otherwise good fine/ nearly fine, rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $420
Sicily, Gela, (c.430-425 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.842 grams), obv. slow quadriga driven right by male charioteer holding reins, wreath above rev. forepart of man headed bull to right with long beard, branch behind, above **[GE]LAS, (cf.S.795, Jenkins 396, obv. 82, rev. 165 [same dies, notes only four examples known of these dies], SNG ANS 80 [same dies]). Heavy porosity on the reverse and light pitting on the obverse, otherwise nearly very fine and a rare die combination.
Estimate $500
SOLD $440
Sicily, Himera, (420-408 B.C.), AE 14, (hemilitron), (3.800 grams), obv. head of nymph Himera to left, wearing sphendone, six pellets before, rev. five pellets around central pellet in frame all within laurel wreath, (S.1110; cf.Caciatti III 35A [p.412], cf.Gabrici 36 [p.140, Pl.II, 13]; cf.SNG ANS 186-187, cf.BMC 54). Dark brown and green patina, very fine, very rare reverse variant.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Sicily, Kamarina, (425-405 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.176 grams), obv. galloping quadriga driven to right by Athena who is crowned by Nike flying to left, corn grain in exergue, rev. traces of KAMAPINAION to left upwards, beardless head of young Herakles to left, wearing lion's skin, (cf.S.759 [£1800], Westermark and Jenkins 147 [obv.die 7, rev. die 15, 8 specimens known from this die combination], SNG ANS 1206 [same dies]). With surface pitting and extensive reverse corrosion, reverse double struck, otherwise good fine and a rare die combination.
Estimate $500
SOLD $440
Sicily, Leontini, (c.455-430 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (15.844 grams), obv. laureate head of Apollo to right, rev. head of lion to right, around four barley grains, around **LEON[TIN]O[N], (S.832, SNG ANS 249 [same dies]). Heavy surface porosity on the obverse, some surface oxidation, otherwise fine/good fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $420
Sicily, Messana, (445-439 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.486 grams), obv. biga of mules driven to right by seated male charioteer, Nike flying above, in exergue olive leaf, rev. **MESSA NION* (some letters reversed), hare running to right, (cf.S.842 [£500], Caltabiano 369/380 [obv.die 166, rev. die 162, no specimens known from this die combination]). Struck on a small flan, otherwise fine and a very rare die combination.
Estimate $500
SOLD $0
Sicily, Messana, (420-413 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (15.814 grams), obv. biga of mules driven to left by seated male charioteer, two dolphins below in exergue, **[M]ESSAN* above, rev. **MES S AN IO N*, hare running to right, dolphin to right below, (cf.S.842 [£500], Caltabiano 514 [obv.die 205' rev. die 213, 8 specimens known from this die combination]). With original hoard patina, surface scratches and corrosion, otherwise fine and a rare die combination.
Estimate $500
SOLD $420
Sicily, Messana, (445-439 B.C.), silver litra, (0.738 grams), obv. hare running to right, rev. **MES* in wreath, (cf.S.849 [£90], cf.Caltabiano). Very fine, very scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $230
Sicily, Selinus, (520-500 B.C.), silver didrachm, (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 $400
SOLD $0
Sicily, Selinus, (c.445-435 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.02 grams), obv. slow quadriga driven right by Apollo and Artemis standing side by side, holding bow and arrow, rev. Selinus the river god standing facing, head to left, with phiale over altar, sacrificial cock standing before to right, bull to left on pedestal inscribed A incuse, selinon leaf above, traces of **SELINONTION around, (cf.S.907, Schwabacher, [Mitt. der Bayerischen Num. Gesell. Vol. XLIII, 1925] No.20, dies, obv. 5; rev. 17 [notes only five examples known from these dies]). Pitted mostly around the edge on the obverse and reverse, otherwise nearly very fine/very fine and rare.
Estimate $700
SOLD $760
Sicily, Syracuse, (c.485-479 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.190 grams), obv. slow quadriga driven to right by male charioteer, Nike flying right crowning horses, rev. **SU*R**AK OSI O N around to right, head of Artemis-Arethusa to right, diadem of beads, four dolphins around, (cf.S.914, Boehringer 112 same dies [obverse 51/reverse 77 dies], SNG Munich 935 [same dies]). Pitting and porosity on surface particularly near the edge, otherwise fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $0
Sicily, Syracuse, (c.485-479 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.964 grams), obv. slow quadriga driven to right by male charioteer, Nike flying right crowning horses, rev. **SU*R**A K OS IO N around to right, head of Artemis-Arethusa to right, diadem of beads, four dolphins around, (cf.S.914, Boehringer 197 same dies [obverse 88/reverse 136 dies], SNG ANS 63 [same dies]). Light pitting and porosity on surface, otherwise fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $400
Sicily, Syracuse, (c.485-479 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.850 grams), obv. slow quadriga driven to right by male charioteer, Nike flying right crowning horses, rev. **SU*R**AKOSI ON around to right, head of Artemis-Arethusa to right, diadem of beads, four dolphins around, (cf.S.914, Boehringer 274 same dies [obverse 126/reverse 190 dies], SNG ANS -. Light pitting and porosity on surface, otherwise fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $440
Sicily, Syracuse, (c.460-440 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.994 grams), obv. slow quadriga driven to right by male charioteer, Nike flying left crowning charioteer, ketos (sea-serpent) to right in exergue, rev. **SU*R**AKOSION before around, head of Artemis-Arethusa to right, hair bound down back of neck with cord, four dolphins around swimming clockwise, (cf.S.924 [£850], Boehringer 489 [obverse die V258, reverse die R351], SNG ANS 156 [same dies], SNG Lockett 927-8 [same dies], Pozzi 576 [same dies]). Nearly extremely fine, very scarce.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $2,500
Sicily, Syracuse, (c.474-450 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.764 grams), obv. slow quadriga driven to right by male charioteer, Nike flying right crowning horses, rev. **[SU*R**AKOSION] around to right, head of Artemis-Arethusa to right, wearing wide head band, four dolphins around, (cf.S.925, Boehringer 589 same dies [obverse 291/reverse 399 dies], SNG Munich 1028 [same dies]). Pitting and porosity on surface, otherwise fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $0
Sicily, Syracuse, (c.450-439 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.574 grams), obv. slow quadriga driven to right by male charioteer, Nike flying right crowning horses, rev. **SURAKOSION around to right, head of Artemis-Arethusa to right, wearing wide head band, four dolphins around, (cf.S.925, Boehringer 631 same dies [obverse 319/reverse 434 dies], SNG Cop. 656 [same dies]). Light pitting and porosity on surface, otherwise fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $390
Sicily, Syracuse, Kingdom of, Agathocles, (317-289 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.610 grams), obv. head of Artemis-Arethusa to left, surrounded by three dolphins, with dotted border, trace of NK below, rev. galloping quadriga driven left by charioteer holding goad, above trisceles, in exergue **SURAKOSIWN over AN monogram, dotted border, (cf.S.971; BMC 350, SNG Lloyd 1478 (same dies), cf.SNG ANS 637, cf.SNG Lockett 1022). Uneven flan on reverse, light grey tone, otherwise good very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $900
SOLD $1,100
Sicily, Syracuse, Dion, (357-354 B.C.), AE 24, hemilitron, (16.358 grams), obv. Zeus Eleutherios head to right wearing wreath, around **IEU[S ELEU]QERIOS*, rev. thunderbolt, eagle standing right in field, around traces of **SURAKOSIWN* (S.1192, BMC 313, SNG ANS 105). Attractive mottled green and black patina, good very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $90
Sicily, Syracuse, Kingdom of, Hiketas (287-278 B.C.), AE 23 (9.480 grams), obv. youthful laureate head of Zeus Hellanios to left, around **DIOS [ELLANIOU]*, symbol behind, rev. **SURAK OSIWN, eagle standing left on fulmen [thunderbolt] with open wings, (S.1211-2, BMC 468, SNG ANS 782-788). Even brown patina, good very fine, clear ethnic and very scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Sicily, Syracuse, Kingdom of, Hiketas, (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 $60
SOLD $0
Sicily, Siculo-Punic, (c.320-310 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, mint of the camp, (17.122 grams), obv. head of Persephone, wreathed with corn to left, around four dolphins, rev. horse's head to left, palm tree behind, partial Punic legend = MMHNT (Am Machanat) = 'People of the Camp', (S.6434, Jenkins SNR 56, No.183, o53/r161, dies illustrated Pl.13, 183 [notes 7 coins], SNG Lloyd 1633 [same dies], cf.Munz and Med. sale 43 [lot 27, same dies]). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $2,000
Sicily, Siculo-Punic, (c.325-290 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, mint of the camp, (16.486 grams), obv. head of young Melqart or Heracles wearing lion skin to right, rev. horse's head to left, trace of palm tree behind, border of dots, legend below 'the People of the Camp'. (S.6436, Dewing ACNAC 983, Jenkins SNR 1978, Series 5b). Slightly off centred and flat on the obverse, otherwise nearly very fine and scarce.
Estimate $700
SOLD $0
Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, Commodus (A.D. 177-192), AE 24, (7.972 grams), obv. bare headed bust of Commodus to right, around AY KAI **L AURH KOMOD*OC, rev. the Three Graces or (Charites) facing, around, MAPKI**ANOPOLLEITWN*, dotted border, (cf.S.1925, cf.BMC 56, Pick 540 [6 noted]). Attractive green patina, good fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100