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Spain, Sekobirikes, (early 1st century B.C.), silver denarius or drachm, (3.762 grams), obv. Male head to right with extensive curls, to left a crescent, M below, dotted border, rev. horseman carrying spear to right, linear circular border, below 'sekobirikes' in Iberian, (S.38, SNG BMC 1049-1060). Slightly off centred, good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $160
SOLD $200
Spain, Sevilla Province, Ilipense, (Ilipa), (second half second century B.C.), AE 30 (15.664 grams), obv. ear of corn, rev. fish to right, crescent above, in exergue ILIPENSE, (S.-, BMC 1541-1548, SNG Cop.147). Good fine and very scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Gaul, Massalia (as a Colony founded by the Phokaians), (c.400-350 B.C.), silver obol, (0.708 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, very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $100
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). Off centred on the obverse, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
Gaul, Massalia (as a Colony founded by the Phokaians), (c.400-350 B.C.), silver obols, (0.564, 0.544 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 - good very fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
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. (7)
Estimate $500
SOLD $0
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 $750
SOLD $0
Danube Region, Celtic issue, imitating issue of Philip III, (c.2nd - 1st century B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (15.388 grams), obv. convex field with remains of a crude head of Heracles to right, rev. plain reverse once to represent Zeus seated to left holding eagle and sceptre, to right **[FILIPPOU], below vertical lines, monograms to left, I below throne, (cf.S.210, Sammlung Lanz 912-915 [same dies]). Very fine for issue and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Italy, Campania, Hyria, (c.400-395 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (6.838 grams), obv. head of helmeted Athena to right, crested helmet, with owl and wreath on helmet, rev. man-headed bull to left, above [Y]DINAI, single exergue line, (cf.S.294 [£200], Rutter 85 [obv. die 35, rev. die 79]). Struck from a worn obverse die, otherwise fine and very rare.
Estimate $180
SOLD $0
Italy, Campania, Hyria, (c.395-385 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (7.214 grams), obv. head of helmeted Athena to left, crested helmet, with owl and wreath on helmet, **G* behind neck, obv. man-headed bull to right, above [YD]INAI**S*, single exergue line, (cf.S.294 [£200], Rutter 122 [obv. die 46, rev. die 108], BMC 12 [same dies], Weber 318 [same dies]). Struck from a worn obverse die, otherwise good fine and very rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $0
Italy, Campania, Neapolis (Naples), (c.340-240 B.C.), silver stater or didrachm, (6.834 grams), obv. head of nymph to right, club behind, rev. man-headed bull walking to right, crowned by Nike flying right above, below **Q*, in exergue **[NEOPOLITWN], (cf.S.307, Sambon 480, cf.SNG ANS 375-378). Toned, off centred on the reverse, otherwise good fine and a scarce symbol.
Estimate $350
SOLD $0
Italy, Campania, Nola, (c.400-390 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (7.132 grams), obv. crested helmeted head of Athena to right, ornamented with an owl and wreath, rev. man-headed bull walking to left, above **[NIW]IALWN*, below bull reversed **LE* monogram, double exergue line, (S.312 [£275], Rutter 11 [obv. die 3, reverse die 8], BMC 9). Nearly very fine/good and very rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $0
Italy, Lucania, Herakleia, (433-380 B.C.), silver diobol, (1.224 grams), obv. head of young Herakles to right, wearing lion skin, rev. lion running right, H E above (E reversed), (S.386 [£90], cf.SNG ANS 8-9, cf.SNG Cop. 1099-1100). Good fine and very rare variant, apparently unlisted.
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
Italy, Lucania, Herakleia, (330-280 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (7.650 grams), obv. head of Athena to right wearing laureate crested Attic helmet, ornamented with Scylla, E to right, above [I-HP]AK**LHIW N*, rev. Heracles standing facing, club in hand, holding lion's skin and owl, (cf.S.391; SNG Cop. 1108). Weak in places, toned, otherwise very fine and a rare type.
Estimate $500
SOLD $0
Italy, Lucania, Velia, (c.400-365 B.C.), silver nomos, stater or didrachm, (7.646 grams), Period IV, workshop of T, obv. head of Athena to left, wearing crested Athenian helmet with griffin, rev. lion walking to right, **UELHTWN* in exergue, owl above lion with open wings, (cf.S.454, Williams 248 [these dies, Obv.147, rev.194]). Toned, interesting obverse flaw on helmet noted by Williams, otherwise very fine, good metal and a scarce mint.
Estimate $400
SOLD $300
Italy, Lucania, Velia, (c.305/4-293/290 B.C.), silver nomos, stater or didrachm, (7.380 grams), Period VII, workshop of Philiston, obv. head of Athena to left, wearing crested Athenian helmet with winged hippocamp, monogram before head, rev. lion walking to right, **UELHTWN* in exergue, trident above lion **F* I either side, (cf.S.454, Williams 512 [these dies, Obv.257, rev.360], SNG Munich 889 [same dies], SNG Ash. 1375-6 [same dies], SNG ANS 1389 [same dies]). Toned, graffiti scratch on reverse, otherwise very fine or better and a scarce mint.
Estimate $450
SOLD $400
Italy, Lucania, Sybaris, (c.530-510 B.C.), silver third stater, (2.232 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). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $400
SOLD $500
Italy, Lucania, Sybaris, (c.530-510 B.C.), silver sixth stater, (0.984 grams), obv. bull standing to right looking back, rev. amphora incuse, (S.247, BMC 15, SNG ANS 856). Fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
Italy, Bruttium, Kaulonia, (450-380 B.C.), silver stater (7.750 grams), obv. Apollo with laureate head walking to right, holding fillet hanging from extended left hand, in field to left a fibula, rev. stag standing right, inscription around off flan **[KAULONIATAM]*, (cf.S.463, Noe (NS No.9) 176 [same dies], SNG Lockett 593 [same dies], Weber 988 [same dies]). Some hoard patina, nearly very fine, weak in places, rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $0
Italy, Bruttium, Croton (Kroton), (500-460 B.C.), silver stater or nomos (7.164 grams), obv. tripod, crane to right, QPO upwards to left, rev. tripod, incuse, (S.256, SNG ANS 261, SNG Munich 1426). Slightly of centred on obverse, weak in places, otherwise nearly very fine/good good fine and scarce.
Estimate $400
SOLD $0
Italy, Bruttium, Croton, (299-281 B.C.), silver sixth stater or diobol, (0.938 grams), obv. Athena head to right wearing crested Corinthian helmet KROT**W*NIATAN around, rev. Herakles standing to right, lion skin over shoulder, club in right hand, to right **OIKISTAS*, (cf.S.480, cf.SNG ANS 425-7, cf.Gale 63). Nearly very fine/very fine and a rare obverse legend reading for this type.
Estimate $350
SOLD $0
Italy, Bruttium, Rhegion, (c.450 B.C. [Arnold-Biucchi chronology]), silver tetradrachm, (14.214 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 (most letters are reversed), (S.498 [£1250], Herzfelder, H., 'Catalogue des Tetradrachmes et Drachmes de Rhegion' 6, [obv.D3, rev.R5 same dies], [Revue Numismatique (RN) 1956], Paris de Luynes 791 = Num. Chron, Pl.VIII, 2; Berlin example of similar weight). Interesting die break on the reverse, slightly off centred on the reverse otherwise good very fine/very fine, and very rare.
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $0
Italy, Calabria, Tarentum (Taras), (4th century B.C.), silver obol, (0.344 grams), obv. kantharos five pellets around, uncertain symbol to left, rev. kantharos two pellets, (cf.S.357 [£30], cf.SNG ANS 1553). Good fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
Italy, Calabria, Tarentum (Taras), (272-235 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (6.310 grams), obv. naked boy rider crowning walking horse to left, below **FILW*/TAC, to right of horse **DI*, rev. Taras astride a dolphin to left, holding a distaff in left hand and a kantharos in right hand, **TAPAS* below, (cf.S.374, cf.Vl.846-851, SNG ANS 1173-1177). Good very fine.
Estimate $450
SOLD $0
Sicily, Acragas (Agrigentum), (c.500-480 B.C.), silver didrachm, Jenkins Group IIa, (8.248 grams), obv. eagle with closed wings standing to left, traces of AKRA behind, CA**S* in front, rev. broad crab within circular incuse field, (cf.S.709, BMC 21, SNG ANS 930 [same dies]). Good silver with grey patina on reverse, good fine/ very fine and a very rare type, known by only one die.
Estimate $600
SOLD $0
Sicily, Acragas (Agrigentum), (c.500-480 B.C.), silver didrachm, Jenkins Group IV, (7.292 grams), obv. eagle with closed wings standing to left, AKR[A] behind, rev. crab with large legs on flat field, (cf.S.709, SNG Cop.40 [Pl.1]. SNG ANS 922 [same dies]). Worn and somewhat light in weight, good silver, fine/nearly very fine and a rare type.
Estimate $450
SOLD $0
Sicily, Entella, (before 404 B.C.), AE 17, (2.806 grams), obv. female head to left, wearing ampyx and sphendone, rev. bearded male head to right, (S.-, Calciati 1 [Vol.I, p.317] SNG Morcom 580). Dark green patina, flan a little ragged, extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
Sicily, Gela, (c.440-430 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.512 grams), obv. slow quadriga driven right by male charioteer holding reins, Nike above crowning horses, dotted border, rev. forepart of man headed bull to right with long beard, weakly above **GELAS, (cf.S.795, Jenkins 379, obv. 77, rev. 156 [notes fourteen examples known of these dies], SNG ANS 72). Has porosity in fields, but a distinctive pair of dies, very fine/nearly very fine and a scarce die combination.
Estimate $750
SOLD $0
Sicily, Gela, (c.430-425 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.960 grams), obv. slow quadriga driven left by male charioteer holding reins, wreath above, rev. forepart of man headed bull to right with long beard, goose below off flan, above traces of C**ELAS*, (S.796 [£500], Jenkins 398, obv. 82, rev. 167 [notes 17 examples known of these dies], SNG Ash 1737 [same dies]). Off centred obverse, worn reverse die as usual, otherwise fine and a scarce die combination.
Estimate $600
SOLD $0
Sicily, Leontini, (c.425 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (14.540 grams), obv. laureate head of Apollo to right, dotted border, rev. head of lion to right, around four barley grains, around LE O N T IN ON, (cf.S.833, SNG ANS 244 [Pl.9, Same obverse die], Boehringer [Essays Price] No.47 [Pl.12 Same Dies], Ars Classica Sale XV (1930) [lot 294 [Same Dies]). Smoothed, otherwise very fine and a very rare.
Estimate $700
SOLD $500