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Lot 3240 Sale 72 Greek Silver & Bronze

Gaul, Massalia (as a Colony founded by the Phokaians), (c.400-350 B.C.), silver obol, (0.434 grams), obv. youthful male head of Apollo left, rev. wheel with four spokes, M A in two quarters, (S.72, De La Tour 681). Off centred, nearly extremely fine.

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Lot 3241 Sale 72 Greek Silver & Bronze

Gaul, Massalia (as a Colony founded by the Phokaians), (c.400-350 B.C.), silver obols, obv. youthful male head of Apollo left, rev. wheel with four spokes, M A in two quarters, (S.72, De La Tour 681). Generally fine - good very fine. (10)

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Lot 3242 Sale 72 Greek Silver & Bronze

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). An interesting collectable group, one with porosity, very good - fine. (4)

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Lot 3243 Sale 72 Greek Silver & Bronze

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.

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Lot 3244 Sale 72 Greek Silver & Bronze

Italy, Campania, Neapolis (Naples), (c.340-300 B.C.), silver nomos, stater or didrachm, (7.296 grams), obv. head of nymph to right, Artemis running with torch behind, rev. man-headed bull walking to right, crowned by Nike flying right; exergue traces of **[NEOPOLITWN]*, (cf.S.308, cf.Sambon 466, SNG ANS 353 [same dies]). Bright, large flan and slightly off centred on reverse, otherwise good very fine and very scarce in this condition.

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Lot 3245 Sale 72 Greek Silver & Bronze

Italy, Campania, Neapolis (Naples), (c.340-240 B.C.), silver stater or didrachm, (7.444 grams), obv. head of nymph to right, Artemis holding long torches behind, APT[EMI] before, rev. man-headed bull walking to right, crowned by Nike flying right above, below monogram of MT, below exergue **NEOPOLITW[N], (cf.S.307, Sambon 462, SNG ANS 344 [same dies], SNG Ash. 108 [same dies]). Toned, off centred on the reverse, otherwise very fine and a scarce symbol.

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Lot 3246 Sale 72 Greek Silver & Bronze

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.

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Lot 3247 Sale 72 Greek Silver & Bronze

Italy, Calabria, Tarentum (Taras), (4th century B.C.), silver diobol, (1.212 grams), obv. Athena head to right, wearing crested helmet, rev. Herakles kneeling to right wrestling and strangling a lion, [T]APA**[S]* above, K between legs, (S.352, Vl.1297 [This Coin]). Toned, off centred on the obverse, extremely fine.

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Lot 3248 Sale 72 Greek Silver & Bronze

Italy, Calabria, Tarentum (Taras), (3rd century B.C.), silver drachm, (3.058 grams), obv. head of Athena wearing crested helmet ornamented with Skylla to right, rev. owl with closed wings standing to right, TAP on left, spray of leaves on right, (cf.S.377, Vl.1052). Damage by pitting on cheek, otherwise fine/very fine and rare.

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Lot 3249 Sale 72 Greek Silver & Bronze

Italy, Lucania, Metapontum, (c.400-350 B.C.), silver stater, (7.592 grams), obv. head of female to left, the hair tied into a sphendone, rev. corn ear, META to right, stalk to right, (cf.S.407, Noe [NN&M 47, 1984] 431 [same dies]). Good fine and rare.

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Lot 3250 Sale 72 Greek Silver & Bronze

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.

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Lot 3251 Sale 72 Greek Silver & Bronze

Italy, Lucania, Metapontum, (c.400-350 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (7.72 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]). Good very fine and very scarce.

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Lot 3252 Sale 72 Greek Silver & Bronze

Italy, Lucanaia, Poseidonia, (c.480-450 B.C.), silver stater or didrachm, (7.796 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. $$ The use of reversed legends appears on a number of these coins from this city.

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Lot 3253 Sale 72 Greek Silver & Bronze

Italy, Lucania, Thurium (Thourioi), (c.400-350 B.C.), plated silver stater, (5.606 grams), obv. crested helmeted head of Athena to right ornamented with figure of Scylla, rev. bull butting to right, **[QOURIWN] / SIM* above, trident in exergue, (cf.S.447, SNG Cop. -, cf.SNG ANS 1090, HN 1843). Some plating removed exposing the copper core, otherwise good fine, and a rare variant.

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Lot 3254 Sale 72 Greek Silver & Bronze

Italy, Bruttium, The Brettian League, (215-205 B.C.), AE 22, (8.100 grams), obv. laureate head of Zeus to right, dagger behind, rev. eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head reverted, plough to left, around BPET TI**W*N, (cf.S.704, SNG ANS 233, Scheu Num.Chron. (1961) No.121). Attractive black patina, nearly extremely fine and a very scarce symbol.

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Lot 3255 Sale 72 Greek Silver & Bronze

Italy, Bruttium, Brettian League, (215-205 B.C.), AE 22 (reduced unciae), (6.986 grams), obv. helmeted head of Zeus to right, sceptre behind, rev. **BRE[T] TIWN around, eagle standing left, head reverted, to left a plough, (S.704, SNG ANS 134). Brown patina, nearly very fine and scarce.

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Lot 3256 Sale 72 Greek Silver & Bronze

Sicily, Akragas (Agrigentum), (c.500-480 B.C.), silver didrachm, Jenkins Group IV, (8.286 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]. cf.SNG ANS 951-2 [similar dies]). Slightly off centred, of good silver with grey patina, nearly very fine and a rare type.

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Lot 3257 Sale 72 Greek Silver & Bronze

Sicily, Akragas (Agrigentum), (c.472-420 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.258 grams), obv. eagle with closed wings standing to left, AKRAC ANTO**S* around, rev. crab on plain broad flan, (S.741, BMC 59, SNG ANS 964-980 [similar dies]). Die flaw on eagle on obverse, otherwise very fine/good very fine and rare.

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Lot 3258 Sale 72 Greek Silver & Bronze

Sicily, Akragas (Agrigentum), (c.413-406 B.C.), silver hemidrachm, (1.752 grams), obv. eagle with spread wings standing right, on dead hare, rev. crab, tunny fish below, (S.751 [£350], SNG ANS 1011). Fine and rare.

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Lot 3259 Sale 72 Greek Silver & Bronze

Sicily, Akragas, (472-420 B.C.), silver litra, (0.580 grams, obv. eagle with closed wings to left, AK RA, rev crab, (S.746, BMC 50); Gela, (480-470 B.C.), silver obol, (0.476 grams), obv. forepart of man-headed bull to right, CELA above, rev. wheel with four spokes, (S.787 [£100], Jenkins 190, BMC 34). First dark tone both with porosity on surface, otherwise nearly fine - nearly very fine and rare. (2)

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Lot 3260 Sale 72 Greek Silver & Bronze

Sicily, Messana, (470-466 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.136 grams), obv. biga of mules driven to right by seated male charioteer, Nike flying above, in exergue bay leaf with fruit, rev. MESSANION (some letters reversed), hare running to right, olive spray below, (cf.S.843 [£650], Caltabiano 357 [obv.die 162, rev. die 152, 7 specimens known]). Struck from rusty and worn dies as are all known examples, otherwise very fine and rare.

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Lot 3261 Sale 72 Greek Silver & Bronze

Sicily, Messana, (420-413 B.C.), silver litra, (0.578 grams), obv. hare running to right, shell below, rev. **MES* in wreath, (cf.S.849 [£90], cf.Caltabiano 574). Weak in places, otherwise fine, very scarce.

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Lot 3262 Sale 72 Greek Silver & Bronze

Sicily, Selinus, (c.445-435 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.024 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.

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Lot 3263 Sale 72 Greek Silver & Bronze

Sicily, Syracuse, (c.474-450 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.216 grams), obv. slow quadriga driven to right by male charioteer holding kentron in right hand and reins in both hands, Nike flying right crowning horses, ketos in exergue, rev. **SU*R**AKOSI ON* around to right, head of Artemis-Arethusa to right, hair rolled and tucked under diadem, wearing necklace, four dolphins clockwise around, (cf.S.914, Boehringer 509 same dies [obverse 268/reverse 362 these dies], BMC 98 [same dies], SNG ANS 162 [same dies], ACNAC Dewing 796 [same dies]). Lightly toned, off centred on the obverse, otherwise nearly extremely fine and rare.

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Lot 3264 Sale 72 Greek Silver & Bronze

Sicily, Syracuse, (c.450-439 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.346 grams), obv. slow quadriga driven to right by male charioteer, Nike flying left crowning charioteer, rev. **SURA KO SI O N* around to right, head of Artemis-Arethusa to right, wearing diadem. four dolphins around, (cf.S.932 [£900], Boehringer 683 [same dies obverse 339/reverse 464 dies], Naville 5, 1069 [same dies]). Short on flan, attractive good metal, good fine/good very fine and rare.

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Lot 3265 Sale 72 Greek Silver & Bronze

Sicily, Syracuse, (c.439-435 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.194 grams), obv. slow quadriga driven to right by male charioteer, Nike flying left crowning charioteer, rev. traces of **SUPAKOSION around, head of Artemis-Arethusa to right, hair tied up behind, traces of four dolphins around, (cf.S.933 [£1000], Boehringer 722 (same dies), Jameson 779 [same dies], BMC 109 [same dies]). Small flan, otherwise nearly very fine, scarce.

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Lot 3266 Sale 72 Greek Silver & Bronze

Thraco-Macedonian, The Bisalti tribe, (c.470 B.C.), silver octodrachm, (27.93 grams), obv. BIS A **LT IK O, around nude warrior (or herdsman) wearing petasus, standing to right next to his bridled horse and carrying two parallel spears, winged eagle flying to right and with two exergual line, rev. quadripartite incuse square, (S.1318, cf.Raymond [NN&M 126] Pl.II, 1-2; SNG Ash. 2242, Sv. 16, Pl.XI, 1-6, BMC 2 [p.140]). Test cut on obverse, a new obverse die, previously not noted, otherwise good very fine and extremely rare.

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Lot 3267 Sale 72 Greek Silver & Bronze

Macedon, Kingdom of Philip II, (359-336 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (14.304 grams), Amphipolis mint, issued c. 342/1-329/8 B.C., obv. head of Zeus laureate to right, dotted border, rev. naked youth or small man (Philip II), on horseback to right, Janus head below to right, above **FILIP POU*, (cf.S.6683, cf.Le Rider Group IIB 278-9, [Pl.34, p.66 same dies as D132/R-], SNG ANS 510-520). Attractive round, light tone, nearly extremely fine and rare symbol, small cut on reverse.

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Lot 3268 Sale 72 Greek Silver & Bronze

Macedon, Kingdom of, Alexander III, (336-323 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.006 grams), Macedon 'Amphipolis' mint, issued c.323-320 B.C., obv. head of Herakles to right wearing lion skin with dotted border, rev. Zeus seated on throne to left, eagle in outstretched hand, cornucopia to left, ALEXANDROU* to right, (cf.S.6713, Price 104, BMC 104a-f, M.368, Demanhur Hoard 909-966, SNG Cop. 678). Banker's mark under throne, otherwise very fine and scarce.

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Lot 3269 Sale 72 Greek Silver & Bronze

Macedon, Kingdom of, Alexander III (336-323 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.344 grams), Mesembria mint, issued c.175-125 B.C., obv. head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin, rev. Zeus seated on throne to left, eagle in outstretched hand, **[B]ASILEW[S]* to right, **[A]LEXANDROU* to left, Corinthian helmet to right above **DA* in left field, monogram **PUR* under throne, (cf.S.6713, Price 1051, BMC 1051, M.473, Karayotov type 50 No.364-367). Large flan and weak in places, otherwise good very fine/very fine and scarce.

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