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Danubian Celts, Transylvania, (c.2nd - 1st century B.C.), (12.452 grams), obv. laureate head of Zeus to right, rev. rider on horseback to left holding branch, wheel with central dot before, (cf.S.204, Gobl OTA 291, Lanz colln. No.584-6 [Same Dies]). Nearly very fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $400
Danube Region, Celtic issue, imitating issue of Philip III, (3rd century B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.668 grams), obv. head of Herakles to right wearing lion skin with dotted border, rev. Zeus seated on throne to left, eagle in outstretched hand, to right traces of **FILIPPOU* to right, (cf.S.210-212, Gobl pl.44, 579/3 [same dies], cf.Sammlung Lanz 899-904). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $800
SOLD $0
Celtic, Danube Region, reduced weight issue in Oltenia and Bucuresti areas, imitation of Philip II tetradrachm, (late 3rd - 2nd century B.C.), silver tetradrachm (sic), (7.985 grams), obv. crude head of Zeus to right, rev. horse to left with remanants of rider, (cf.S.211-2, CCCBM Vol.I, type C2 group c [Saddle-head with first stage of deterioration], No.30 [same dies], Forrer 546, De la Tour 9874). Weak in places, otherwise nearly very fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
Gaul, Massalia (as a Colony founded by the Phokaians), (c.400-350 B.C.), silver obol, (0.598 grams), obv. youthful male head of Apollo left, rev. wheel with four spokes, M A in two quarters, (S.72, De La Tour 681). Well centred, good fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
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 well centred and good fine - good very fine. (11)
Estimate $800
SOLD $520
Gaul, Massalia (as a Colony founded by the Phokaians), (2nd-1st century B.C.), AE 14, (2.202 grams), obv. head of Apollo to left, rev. bull standing to right, above **MASS[A], D* to right, trace of letter in exergue, (S.-, De La Tour 1673, SNG Cop. 822-824, cf.Vecchi Sale 13 lot 67 VF, sold £77). Attractive distinctive style, very fine, rare.
Estimate $80
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/good very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $0
Italy, Calabria, Taras, (272-235 B.C.), silver nomos, stater or didrachm, (6.356 grams), obv. naked rider crowning stationary horse to right, below PhILICKOC, rev. Taras astride a dolphin to left, holding kantharos and trident, below dolphin, tripod, TARAS to right, (cf.S.374, cf.Vl.888, cf.SNG ANS 1206-7). Dark tone, slightly off centred on obverse, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $0
Italy, Lucania, Heraclea, (330-280 B.C.), silver nomos, stater or didrachm, (7.816 grams), obv. head of Athena to right wearing crested Corinthian helmet adorned with a Scylla, K behind helmet, I-HPAK**LHIWN* to right, rev. Heracles standing facing, in left field above club a one-handled pot, holding club in right hand and lion's skin over left arm, to left A**QE*, to right I-HPAK**LHIWN*, (S.391; Work 83, Van Keuren 85, SNG Ash. 630 [same dies]). Toned, extremely fine and a very rare type.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,200
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.350-340 B.C.), silver nomos, stater or didrachm, (7.528 grams), obv. female head to right with diadem and leaves attached, rev. corn ear, [M]ETA to left, pomegranate to right, (cf.S.410 [£550], Noe 490 [same dies], McClean 991 [same dies]). Minor edge porosity, slightly off centred on the obverse, otherwise nearly very fine and very rare type.
Estimate $240
SOLD $0
Italy, Lucania, Metapontum, (c.400-350 B.C.), silver stater, (7.524 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 left, conical helmet above stalk, (cf.S.409, Noe [NN&M 47, 1984] 513, SNG ANS 383 [same dies]). Good fine and very scarce.
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
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 $150
SOLD $170
Italy, Lucania, Sybaris, (530-510 B.C.), silver obol, (0.342 grams), obv. bull standing left, looking back, dotted border, rev. large M as **S* (but no V), (cf.S.248, cf.SNG ANS 854, variant apparently unpublished); Thurium (Thourioi), (425-400 B.C.), silver sixth stater, (0.926 grams), obv. head of Athena to right wearing crested Athenian helmet, ornamented with olive wreath, rev. bull butting to right, **QOURIW[N] above, (cf.S.438; SNG ANS 1030-1 [similar dies]). Both light in weight from chips out of edges of each coin, otherwise fine - nearly very fine, the first very rare and apparently unlisted. (2)
Estimate $180
SOLD $0
Italy, Lucania, Sybaris (new Sybaris later called Thurium), (443-425 B.C.), silver triobol, (1.055 grams), obv. head of Athena to right, wearing crested Athenian helmet, rev. bull standing to right, looking back, **S*YBA in exergue, (S.433 [£150], SNG ANS 862-8, SNG Cop.1403-4, BMC 33). Good fine and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
Italy, Lucania, Thurium (Thourioi), (400-350 B.C.), silver distater or tetradrachm, (15.374 grams), obv. head of Athena to right wearing crested Athenian helmet, ornamented with figure of Scylla, die crack across eye, rev. bull butting to right, ThOUR[ION] above, large tunny fish below exergual line, (S.440, Noe F44 [p.51, Pl.IV], two known from these dies], SNG ANS 971 [same dies]). Curious die break on eye and face, otherwise good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $1,250
SOLD $0
Italy, Lucania, Thurium (Thourioi), (350-300 B.C.), silver stater, (7.596 grams), obv. head of Athena to right wearing crested Athenian helmet, ornamented with figure of Scylla, rev. bull butting to right, **UOURIWN* and **D above, dolphin below base line in the exergue, (cf.S.447; SNG ANS 1046-7 [similar dies], SNG Cop.-, BMC -). Extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,400
Italy, Lucania, Thurium (Thourioi), (c.350 B.C.), silver nomos, stater or didrachm, (7.406 grams), obv. head of Athena to right wearing crested Athenian helmet, ornamented with figure of Scylla, rev. bull butting to right, **YOURIWN, tunny fish below in exergue, with exergual line, (cf.S.442; SNG ANS 1011 [same dies]). Good fine/nearly very fine and a scarce type.
Estimate $300
SOLD $0
Italy, Lucania, Thurium (Thourioi), (350 -300 B.C.), silver nomos, stater or didrachm, (7.428 grams), obv. head of Athena to right wearing crested Athenian helmet, ornamented with figure of Scylla, rev. bull butting to right, **[UOURIWN] and I below bull, tunny fish below in exergue, dotted exergual line, (cf.S.447; SNG ANS 1058/9 [similar dies]). Porosity on edge of reverse, otherwise very fine and scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
Italy, Lucania, Velia, (c.305/4-293/290 B.C.), silver nomos, stater or didrachm, (6.972 grams), Period VII, obv. head of Athena to right, wearing Attic helmet, AH behind, rev. lion walking to right, **[U]ELHTON* in exergue, **P* below lion, corn ear above, (cf.S.454, Williams 474 [these dies], SNG Hungary 425 (same dies), SNG ANS 1292). Fine, good metal and a scarce mint.
Estimate $200
SOLD $140
Italy, Bruttium, Croton (Kroton), (299-281 B.C.), silver diobol (1.14 grams), obv. Athena head right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, traces of KPOTR above, rev. Herakles standing to left, with lion skin and leaning on club, to right, OIK**ISTAS, D* behind, (cf.S.480, SNG Lockett 634, SNG ANS 425, BMC 107, McClean 1724). Some surface roughness, otherwise fine/very fine and scarce.
Estimate $120
SOLD $90
Italy, Bruttium, Rhegion, (c.450 B.C. [Arnold-Biucchi chronology]), silver tetradrachm, (17.26 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, RECI NOS, (S.498 [£1250], Herzfelder, H., 'Catalogue des Tetradrachmes et Drachmes de Rhegion' 1, [obv.D1, rev.R1 same dies], [Revue Numismatique (RN) 1956], Randazzo, (Arnold Biucchi) 9 [This Coin, p.48 and illustrated Plate 1,9], SNG ANS 635). Some flatness on the high surface of the facing lion, also with and an interesting die crack on the reverse, original obverse die somewhat rusted, otherwise good very fine, and very rare.
Estimate $4,000
SOLD $3,600
Sicily, Abacainon, silver litra, (450-400 B.C.), (0.62 grams), obv. Zeus laureate head to right, rev. boar standing to right, acorn in field below chin, ABAK above, (S.739, SNG ANS 897 same dies). Some toning, surface porosity, otherwise very fine and rare.
Estimate $120
SOLD $70
Sicily, Acragas (Agrigentum), (c.500-480 B.C.), silver didrachm, Jenkins Group IV, (8.384 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.
Estimate $750
SOLD $0
Sicily, Gela, (c.465-450 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.92 grams), obv. slow quadriga driven right by male charioteer holding reins, column behind, dotted border, rev. forepart of man headed bull to right with long beard, above **[GE]LAS, (cf.S.795, Jenkins 233, obv. 62, rev. 123 [notes only six examples known of these dies]). Has been cleaned and with a diamond punch chop in centre of obverse field, otherwise very fine and a rare die combination.
Estimate $750
SOLD $0
Sicily, Gela, (465-450 B.C.), silver litra, (0.488 grams), obv. horse standing to right, rein trailing from mouth, wreath above, dotted border, rev. forepart of man-headed bull to right, (cf.S.791 [£125], Jenkins 261 [same dies], SNG Cop. 272-3]). Some porosity on surface, otherwise nearly very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Sicily, Gela, (430-425 B.C.), silver litra, (0.468 grams), obv. horseman carrying spear and shield to left, rev. forepart of man-headed bull to right, **GELAS* above, (S.797 [£150], Jenkins 401ff, SNG Lloyd 977). Fine/very fine and rare.
Estimate $180
SOLD $150
Sicily, Himera, (410-400 B.C.), Copper hemilitron, (16.166 grams), obv. facing Gorgon head, rev. six pellets, (S.1105, Weber 1356, SNG Cop. 313, McClean 2305). Dark brown patina, nearly very fine/very fine and rare.
Estimate $180
SOLD $0
Sicily, Leontini, (c.425 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.122 grams), obv. laureate head of Apollo to left, dotted border, rev. head of lion to left, around three barley grains and olive leaf behind, around **LEONTINON, (cf.S.833, SNG ANS 256-7 same dies). Light obverse porosity in right field, otherwise very fine and rare.
Estimate $1,400
SOLD $900
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.
Estimate $700
SOLD $500