Catalogue
Celtic, Danube Region, Imitation of Macedon coinage of the kingdom of Philip II, (359-336 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (12.316 grams), struck in Danube Region, issued c.3rd - 2nd century B.C., obv. head of Zeus laureate to right, rev. naked youth or small man, on horseback to right, (cf.S.203, Lanz Collection 396-7 [p.78 same dies], Gobl, Ostkeltischer Typenatlas, No.74/2, Pl.9). In high relief on the obverse, weak as usual on the reverse, otherwise round with attractive pale grey tone, very fine/very good and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $180
Italy, Samnium, Aesernia, (after 263 B.C.), AE 19, (6.360 grams), obv. head of Vulcan to left, wearing laureated pilos, tongs behind, traces of VOLCANOM before, rev. Zeus in galloping biga to right hurling thunderbolt, AISERNINO in exergue, (S.536, BMC 4, SNG ANS 118-123). Dark green patina, nearly very fine.
Estimate $90
SOLD $80
Italy, Campania, Cales, (c.268 B.C.), AE 19, (7.788 grams), obv. Corinthian helmeted head of Athena to left, dotted border, rev. cock standing to right, star behind, CALENO downwards to right, (S.548, BMC 26, SNG ANS 188-196). Very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $70
Italy, Campania, Hyria, (c.395-385 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (7.033 grams), obv. head of Hera Lakinia facing three-quarter to right, wearing broad stephanos, rev. man-headed bull to right, above [YI]DIN[A], single exergue line, (cf.S.294 [£350], Rutter 129 [obv. die 47, rev. die 115]). Reverse slightly off centre, otherwise fine/very good and very rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
Italy, Campania, Neapolis (Naples), (c.340-300 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (7.435 grams), obv. head of nymph to right, Thessalian eagle behind, **DI* below, rev. bull walking to right, crowned by Nike flying right above, below a dolphin, to right **LO, below in exergue [NEOPOLITWN] off the flan, (cf.S.307, Sambon 448, SNG ANS 32 [same dies], Weber 328, McLean 252]). Off centred on the reverse, otherwise nearly very fine and a rare symbol.
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
Italy, Campania, Neapolis (Naples), (c.340-240 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (6.93 grams), obv. head of nymph to right, Thessalian helmet behind, **ARTEMI, rev. bull walking to right, crowned by Nike flying right above, below monogram of **QE, below exergue [NEOPOLITWN], (cf.S.307, Sambon -, SNG Cop. 416 [same dies], Weber 334 [p.72, Pl.18]). Off centred on the reverse, otherwise nearly very fine and a rare symbol.
Estimate $220
SOLD $0
Italy, Campania, Neapolis (Naples), (c.340-300 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (7.28 grams), obv. head of nymph to right, club behind, AP monogram before, rev. bull walking to right, crowned by Nike flying right above, below **Q*, below exergue **[NEOPOLITWN]*, (cf.S.300, Sambon 475, SNG Munich 97 [same dies], BMC 59, SNG Cop. 433-4). Small flan and slightly off centred on obverse and reverse, otherwise good very fine, very scarce with attractive grey and blue tone.
Estimate $300
SOLD $360
Italy, Campania, Nola, (c.385-380 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, Group II, (6.84 grams), obv. female head to right, rev. man-headed bull walking to right, Nike crowning it above, legend in exergue off flan, (S.311 [£250], Rutter Group II, No.18 [obv. die 8, reverse die 112, SNG Ash 158 [same dies]). Good fine/fine and very rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
Italy, Campania, Phistelia, (380-350 B.C.), silver obol, (0.632 grams), obv. head of nymph facing, rev. lion to left, serpent in exergue, (cf.S.316, Sambon 844, SNG ANS 584-7, SNG Munich 269-271). Minor porosity, otherwise good fine and scarce.
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
Italy, Campania, Phistelia, (380-350 B.C.), silver obol, (0.485 grams), obv. bust of nymph facing, rev. lion to left, serpent in exergue, (cf.S.316, Sambon 844, SNG ANS 584-7, SNG Munich 269-271). Extensive flan crack though the coin, otherwise very fine/fine and rare.
Estimate $40
SOLD $0
Italy, Campania, Teanum Sidicinum, (c.268 B.C.), AE 20, (6.452 grams), obv. Corinthian helmeted head of Athena to left, dotted border, rev. cock standing to right, star behind, TIANO downwards to right, (S.568, BMC 17, SNG ANS 625-629). Very fine/good fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
Italy, Calabria, Tarentum (Taras), (c.480-470 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (7.52 grams), obv. Taras seated to left on dolphin holding cuttlefish, **TARAS* to right above, scallop shell below, obv. hippocamp to left, (cf.S.224, Vl.133, cf.SNG ANS 841/840 same dies]). Obverse porosity, nearly fine/good fine, and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
Italy, Calabria, Tarentum (Taras), (334-330 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (7.82 grams), obv. naked horseman on prancing horse to right holding lance downwards, shield behind, below **SA*, rev. Taras astride a dolphin to left, holding a distaff, below dolphin prow of vessel to left, **TAPAS in small letters on right, (S.347, cf.Vl.586, cf.SNG ANS 985-6). Very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $0
Italy, Calabria, Tarentum (Taras), (334-330 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (7.814 grams), obv. naked horseman at full gallop on horse to right, holding javelins and shield, below **ADI*, rev. Taras astride a dolphin to left, holding a shield with hippocamp and a trident on right shoulder, below a purple shell, to left **FI*, to right **TAPAS, (cf.S.342, cf.Vl.594 [same obverse die], SNG ANS 990 [same obverse die]). Attractive tone, very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $250
Italy, Calabria, Tarentum (Taras), (281-272 B.C.), silver stater or nommos, (6.480 grams), obv. naked horseman at full gallop on horse to right, holding javelins and shield, below **SOS[TP ATOS] in two lines, rev Taras astride a dolphin to left, holding a cornucopiae and a small Nike, to right a thunderbolt, to left **POLU, below **T APAS, (cf.S.378, cf.Vl.717, cf.SNG ANS 1086). Very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $180
Italy, Calabria, Tarentum (Taras), (281-272 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (6.264 grams), obv. naked horseman on prancing horse with lance and javelins, rev. Taras astride a dolphin to left, holding Nike in left hand who holds a wreath towards him, traces of prow below, **[TAPAS] on right, (cf.S.372, cf.Vl.723, SNG ANS 1089-90). Surface porosity, otherwise fine-very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Italy, Calabria, Tarentum (Taras), (272-235 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (6.170 grams), obv. naked boy rider crowning stationary horse to left, below AP **ISTIS, below horse an anchor to right, rev. Taras astride a dolphin to left, holding a distaff in left hand and a small Nike in right hand, **[TA]PAS below, (cf.S.374, cf.Vl.819-821, cf.SNG ANS 1158). Very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
Italy, Calabria, Tarentum (Taras), (4th-3rd century B.C.), silver diobol, (1.220 grams), obv. head of Athena to right wearing crested Corinthian helmet, rev. Herakles to right strangling a lion, behind him a club, above the lion an owl facing body to left, (S.351, Vl.1324, SNG ANS 1414). Off centred on the obverse, otherwise nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Italy, Lucania, Metapontum, (c.400-350 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (7.60 grams), by Aristoxenos, obv. head of female (Kore) to right, the hair falls into thick tresses, wearing ear of barley, barley grain behind, [API] to right of neck, rev. corn ear, META**PO[N] to right, a locust with head upwards to left, (S.409 [£650], Noe [NN&M 47, 1984] 439, Jameson 324, SNG ANS 335, BMC 83 [all three from the same dies]). Off centred on the obverse, otherwise good very fine/very fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $0
Italy, Lucania, Metapontum, (c.400-350 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (7.55 grams), obv. head of female to right, the hair is held bound by a sphendone or sakkos, rev. corn ear, META to left, stalk to right, [K reversed above stalk], (cf.S.409, Noe [NN&M 47, 1984] 514, SNG ANS 384 [same dies]). Very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $220
SOLD $0
Italy, Lucania, Metapontum, (c.335-330 B.C.), silver distater or tetradrachm, (15.25 grams), obv. bearded Corinthian helmeted head of Leukippos to right, behind forepart of lion to right, rev. ear of corn, to right [MET]APONTINWN, to left club erect over leaf, [A]MI below, (S.414, Johnston [NN&M 164] Class B, 1.5, SNG Fitz 492, SNG ANS 430). Worn with light porosity, otherwise fine and rare.
Estimate $240
SOLD $0
Italy, Lucania, Metapontum, (c.320-290 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (7.876 grams), obv. head of Demeter to right wreathed in ears of corn, **[DAI] below chin, rev. corn ear, META to left, leaf of stalk to right, and star above, **LU* below leaf, (cf.S.416, Johnston [NN&M 164] Class C, 8.16 [same dies], SNG Ash 773 [same dies]). Well centred slightly short on flan, otherwise good very fine, and rare in this condition.
Estimate $400
SOLD $500
Italy, Lucania, Poseidonia, (c.480-450 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (7.58 grams), obv. Poseidon, naked but for chlamys over shoulder, advancing brandishing trident, [**POMES], rev. bull walking to left, all within shallow incuse square, above **EMOP (retrograde), (cf. S.424, SNG Cop.1278-9, SNG ANS 652). Fine/very fine, and very scarce.
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Italy, Lucania, Velia, (c.350-325 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (7.24 grams), obv. head of Athena three - quarters face to left, wearing winged and crested Phrygian helmet, rev. lion standing left eating, in exergue **[UELHTWN], (S.454 [£350], Williams 334 [these dies], BMC 71). Die break on reverse as usual for this die, fine and rare.
Estimate $160
SOLD $0
Italy, Lucanaia, Velia, (c. 350-320 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (7.330 grams), Period VI, obv. helmeted head of Athena to left, wearing crested Phrygian helmet, ornamented with centaur, reversed K C monogram behind, die crack on mouth, rev. lion standing to left, devouring piece of meat between fore-paws, **UELHTWN in exergue, A above lion, KE monogram below lion, (cf.S.456 [£250], Williams 369 [same dies, O.187/R.259], SNG Ash 1273). Very fine, and a scarce die combination.
Estimate $300
SOLD $270
Italy, Lucania, Sybaris, (c.530-510 B.C.), silver third stater, (2.154 grams), obv. bull standing to left, looking back, VM in exergue, rev. bull standing to right, looking back, but incuse, and no legend, (S.246, BMC 9, SNG ANS 847-852, SNG Lockett 460, SNG Cop. 1392). Good fine and scarce.
Estimate $350
SOLD $250
Italy, Lucania, Thurium (Thourioi), (c.350-281 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (7.856 grams), obv. head of Athena to right wearing crested Athenian helmet, ornamented with figure of Scylla, shield object before, rev. bull butting to right, **YOU[RIWN] and **SW* above, **FI* to left, two dolphins below in exergue, dotted exergual line, (cf.S.447; SNG ANS 1067-8 [same dies]). Off centred on obverse and reverse, otherwise extremely fine and a rare type.
Estimate $500
SOLD $0
Italy, Bruttium, Rhegion, (c.450 B.C. [Arnold-Biucchi chronology]), silver tetradrachm, (16.944 grams), obv. lion's head facing, within dotted border, rev. Iokastos the traditional founder of the city naked to waist and seated to left, holding staff and resting left hand on hip, all within laurel wreath, legend around anti-clockwise, [R]ECI NOS, (S.498 [£1250], Herzfelder, H., 'Catalogue des Tetradrachmes et Drachmes de Rhegion' No.1i [This Coin], [obv.D1, rev.R1 same dies], Pl.XX 1q for reverse die break illustration, [Revue Numismatique (RN) 1956], Munzhundlung Basel Sale 4 (390) [this Coin], cf.Arnold Biucchi 7-10 [Same Dies], SNG ANS 635). Some light scratches in the region of the interesting die crack on the reverse, original obverse die somewhat rusted, otherwise good very fine/very fine and very rare.
Estimate $3,500
SOLD $3,000
Italy, assorted silver and bronze issues from various cities mostly 4th - 2nd century B.C., Apulia, Arpi, AE 24, obv. Zeus to left, rev. boar to right, (SNG Cop. 603); Lucania, Heracleia, silver diobol, (1.00 grams), obv. head of young Herakles to right, rev. lion running right, HE above, (S.386, SNG ANS 8); Paestrum, AE 17, obv. Athena right, rev. clasped hands, (SNG ANS 788, SNG Cop. 1361); Velia, AE 15, obv. Herakles bust right, rev. owl standing right, (SNG ANS 1413, SNG Cop. 1597); Calabria, Tarentum, silver stater, obv. horseman to right, rev. Taras on dolphin, (Vl.713); another diobol, (1.12 grams), obv. Athena head right, rev. Herakles fighting lion, K between legs, (Vl.1254, SNG ANS 1368); Bruttium, The Brutti, AE 23, obv. Zeus head right, rev. eagle left, (SNG ANS 50). Good - good fine, stater damaged, all in packets described with references. (7)
Estimate $150
SOLD $220
Sicily, Acragas, (early 5th century B.C.), AE tetras, (9.21 grams), obv. eagle to right, rev. crab, underside four dots, (cf.S.1020, SNG Cop. 61, SNG ANS 1017). Green patina, nearly very fine and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $160