Catalogue
Spain, Lusitania, Emerita, Augustus, (27 B.C. - A.D. 14), posthumous issue by Tiberius, AE 33, (dupondius), (26.25 grams), obv. radiate head of Augustus to left, around DIVVS AVG[VSTVS PATER] C A E, rev. AVGVSTA EMERITA, above a city gate, (S.-, Burgos 1555, Vives Pl.CXLIII, 8); together with Postumus (259-268), AE antoninianus, (2.836 grams), rev. IMP X, COS V, Victory right, (S.-, RIC 289, RSC 144a); Diocletian, (284-305), AE follis, Alexandria mint, (10.306 grams), issued 295-6, rev. Genius standing left, (S.3534, RIC 18a). First very good, others nearly extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Gaul, Massalia (as a Colony founded by the Phokaians), (c.400-350 B.C.), silver obol, (0.628 grams), obv. youthful male head of Apollo left, rev. wheel with four spokes, M A in two quarters, (S.72, De La Tour 681). Slightly off centred on reverse, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Gaul, Massalia (as a Colony founded by the Phokaians), (c.400-350 B.C.), silver obol, (0.535 grams), obv. youthful male head of Apollo left, rev. wheel with four spokes, M A in two quarters, (S.72, De La Tour 681). Nearly very fine/very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $40
Gaul, Massalia (as a Colony founded by the Phokaians), (c.400-350 B.C.), silver obol, (0.474 grams), obv. youthful male head of Apollo left, rev. wheel with four spokes, M A in two quarters, (S.72, De La Tour 681). Large flan, very fine.
Estimate $90
SOLD $100
Italy, Campania, Hyria, (c.400-395 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (6.891 grams), obv. head of helmeted Athena to right, crested helmet, with owl and wreath on helmet, rev. man-headed bull to left, above [Y]DINA, double exergue line, (cf.S.294 [£200], Rutter 98 [obv. die 35, rev. die 86]). Struck from a worn obverse die, reverse slightly off centre, otherwise nearly fine and very rare.
Estimate $180
SOLD $0
Italy, Campania, Neapolis (Naples), (c.340-300 B.C.), silver nomos, stater or didrachm, (7.40 grams), obv. head of nymph to right, monogram, pileus behind, rev. bull walking to right, crowned by Nike flying right; below TMO monogram, below exergue [NEOP]OLIT[WN], (cf.S.307, Sambon 449b, SNG Fitz 149, SNG ANS 322-3, SNG Milan 106 [same dies]). Lightly toned, good very fine/very fine, scarce.
Estimate $400
SOLD $190
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, Calabria, Taras, (272-235 B.C.), silver stater (6.256 grams), obv. naked boy rider crowning stationary horse to right, below **AGAY A PXO**S, in two lines, rev. Taras astride a dolphin to left, holding a distaff and a kantharos, lighted torch to right, **TAPAS below, (cf.S.374, cf.Vl.852 (similar dies, cf.SNG ANS 1180). Good fine, scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
Italy, Lucania, Metapontum, (c.400-350 B.C.), silver stater, (7.5 grams), obv. head of female to right, the hair is held bound by a net, rev. corn ear, **META[P] to left, stalk to right, pear above stalk, (cf.S.409, Noe [NN&M 47, 1984] 491 [same dies], SNG ANS 370 [same dies]). Off centred on the obverse, otherwise nearly very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $160
SOLD $130
Italy, Lucania, Metapontum, (c.400-350 B.C.), silver nomos, stater or didrachm, (7.5 grams), obv. laureate head of Apollo to right, rev. corn ear, META to left, (cf.S.410 [£550], Noe 461, SNG Lockett 393, SNG ANS 349 (same dies). Good fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
Italy, Lucania, Thurium (Thourioi), (c.350 B.C.), silver stater, (7.8 grams), obv. head of Athena to right wearing crested Athenian helmet, ornamented with figure of Scylla, rev. bull butting to right, **YOURIW[N] and branch above, [tunny fish] in exergue, (cf.S.447; SNG ANS 1039 [same dies]). Off centred obverse, otherwise good fine and scarce.
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
Italy, Bruttium, Croton, (420-390 B.C.), silver stater, (7.158 grams), obv. eagle standing to right on Ionic column with closed wings, olive branch to right, rev. tripod-lebes with neck and three handles, in field to right QPO, to left a fillet from the tripod, (cf.S.470, SNG ANS 339). Very fine with attractive grey tone, rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $450
Italy, Bruttium, Kaulonia, (450-380 B.C.), silver stater (7.582 grams), obv. Apollo with laureate head walking to right, holding laurel branch in right hand, stag standing to right before, rev. stag standing right, around **KAULONI ATAM*, (cf.S.463, cf.Noe (NS No.9) 162-4 [new obverse die, same reverse die, SNG Fitz. 730 [same reverse die], McClean 1614 [same reverse die]). Attractive grey patination, nearly very fine, weak in places, rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $250
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 $150
SOLD $170
Sicily, Acragas (Agrigentum), (c.520-472 B.C.), silver didrachm, Jenkins Group I, (8.56 grams), obv. eagle with closed wings standing to left, AKRAC ANTO**S* around, rev. crab on plain broad flan, (cf.S.708, SNG Cop.22-23 [Pl.1 similar dies]. cf.SNG ANS 905-914 [similar dies]). Nearly very fine and rare, the earliest type.
Estimate $700
SOLD $750
Sicily, Acragas (Agrigentum), (c.520-472 B.C.), silver didrachm, Jenkins Group II, (8.315 grams), obv. eagle with closed wings standing to left, AKR[A] behind, rev. crab within circular incuse field, (cf.S.709, SNG Cop.40 [Pl.1 same obverse die]. cf.SNG ANS 951-2 [similar dies]). Uneven flan with striking crack in edge, of good silver, nearly very fine/good very fine and a rare type.
Estimate $700
SOLD $540
Sicily, Acragas (Agrigentum), (c.520-472 B.C.), silver didrachm, Jenkins Group III, (8.29 grams), obv. eagle with closed wings standing to right, A[K] below eagle, [RA] behind eagle, rev. crab within circular incuse field, (cf.S.709, SNG Cop.29 [Pl.1 similar dies]. cf.SNG ANS 933 [similar dies]). Slightly off centred, of good silver with grey patina, fine/very fine and a rare type.
Estimate $700
SOLD $530
Sicily, Acragas (Agrigentum), (c.520-472 B.C.), silver didrachm, Jenkins Group III-IV, (8.37 grams), obv. eagle with closed wings standing to left, AK behind, RA in front, rev. crab within circular incuse field, (cf.S.709, SNG Cop.40 [Pl.1 same obverse die]. cf.SNG ANS 951-2 [similar dies]). Slightly off centred, of good silver with grey patina, nearly very fine and a rare type.
Estimate $700
SOLD $700
Sicily, Acragas (Agrigentum), (c.520-472 B.C.), silver didrachm, Jenkins Group III-IV, (8.13 grams), obv. eagle with closed wings standing to left, AK behind, RA in front, rev. crab within circular incuse field, (cf.S.709, SNG Cop.40 [Pl.1 same obverse die]. cf.SNG ANS 951-2 [similar dies]). Slightly off centred, of good silver with grey patina, very fine and a rare type.
Estimate $700
SOLD $1,050
Sicily, Acragas (Agrigentum), (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 $130
Sicily, Gela, (c.490-480 B.C.), silver didrachm, (8.24 grams), 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, below traces **GELAS, (S.713, Jenkins 59, obv. 18, rev. 24 [same dies, notes 13 examples known of these dies], SNG ANS 10 [same dies], SNG Cop 257-8 [similar dies]). Off centred obverse, nearly fine/good fine and a scarce die combination.
Estimate $500
SOLD $400
Sicily, Gela, (c.490-480 B.C.), silver didrachm, (7.94 grams), 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, below **GELAS, (S.713, Jenkins 81, obv. 25, rev. 40 [same dies, notes only eight examples known of these dies], BMC 955 [same dies], SNG Cop 257-8 [similar dies]). Fine/nearly very fine and a rare die combination.
Estimate $700
SOLD $700
Sicily, Leontini, (475-466 B.C.), silver didrachm, (8.20 grams), obv. naked horseman cantering right holding whip and bridle, line border, rev. lion's head to right, with open jaws, around four corn ears, around partial **L*EONTINON retrograde legend, (S.826, BMC 13, SNG ANS 207-210 [similar dies], SNG Cop 338-340 [similar dies]). Good metal, very fine and rare.
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $1,400
Sicily, Segesta, (480-461 B.C.), silver didrachm, (8.155 grams), obv. hound standing to left, rev. head of nymph Segesta to right of archaic style, circular border with traces of legend around, (cf.S.895-6, SNG ANS 634 [similar dies], cf.SNG Cop 575 [similar dies]). Good metal, good fine/fine and rare.
Estimate $600
SOLD $700
Sicily, Selinus, (466-415 B.C.), silver didrachm, (8.34 grams), obv. **S*ELINOTION (partly retrograde around), naked Hercules, jumping right seizing by its horn the Cretan bull which gallops right, wields a club held high in raised hand, rev. river god Hypsas naked standing facing head left, traces of HY**YAS* around, holding phiale over altar around which a snake is twined, holds laurel branch, to right crane running right, selinon leaf above, (S.908 [£900], BMC 34, SNG ANS 705 [same dies], SNG Cop 601 [similar dies]). Good fine and rare.
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $1,300
Sicily, Siculo-Punic, mint of the camp, (c.320-310 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.906 grams), obv. wreathed head of Persephone to left, wearing triple pendant earring and necklace, four dolphins swimming around, rev. horse's head to left, palm tree behind, Punic legend, 'MMHNT' below, border of dots, (S.6434, SNG Lloyd 1641 [same obverse die], Hunter 7 [same dies], Jenkins SNR 56, [Series 3d] 263 [same dies, O81/R219). Dark grey attractive tone, with nearly full reverse flan, nearly extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $2,600
Sicily, Siculo-Punic, mint of the camp, (c.300-290 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.736 grams), obv. head of young Melqart or Heracles wearing lion skin to right, rev. horse's head to left, palm tree behind, traces of Punic legend below, border of dots, (S.6436, SNG Fitz. 1494, Jenkins SNR 57, [Series 5a] 300 [same dies, O96/R248). Worn on top of head, with old hoard patina, otherwise very fine and scarce.
Estimate $400
SOLD $500
Sicily, Syracuse, (c.485-479 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.434 grams), obv. slow quadriga driven to right by male charioteer, Nike flying right crowning horses, rev. **SUPA KO S I O N* around to right, head of Artemis-Arethusa to right, diadem of beads, four dolphins around, (cf.S.913, Boehringer 146 same dies [obverse 65/reverse 100 dies], Jameson Collection (No.1908 same dies]). Well centred, bright, good very fine/very fine with excellent metal, a very rare die combination.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,500
Sicily, Syracuse, (c.486-479 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.942 grams), obv. fast walking quadriga driven to right by bearded male charioteer, Nike flying right crowning horses, line border, rev. **SUPAKOSIO N around to right, head of Artemis-Arethusa to right, hair slightly waved and turned up behind under diadem of beads, four dolphins around, (cf.S.914, Boehringer 180 [same dies No.V80/R124], Weber 1560 same dies]). Attractive toned, slightly porous, very fine and very rare.
Estimate $1,400
SOLD $1,400
Sicily, Syracuse, (480-475 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.428 grams), obv. slow quadriga driven to right by male charioteer, Nike flying right crowning horses, rev. **SUPA KOS*I ON around to right, head of Artemis-Arethusa to right, hair waved and turned up behind under diadem of beads, four dolphins around, (cf.S.913, cf.Boehringer 233-4 [obv.-/rev.-, only examples from these dies from Randazzo Hoard], Randazzo Hoard No.395 [This Coin]). Attractive even gold and grey tone, nearly extremely fine and a rare combination of dies.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $2,000