Catalogue

Lot 3043 Sale 85 Greek Silver and Bronze Coins

Celtic, Danube Region, reduced weight issue in Oltenia and Bucuresti areas in the territory of the Getae, imitation of Philip II tetradrachm, (late 3rd - 2nd century B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (13.17 grams), obv. crude simplified head of Zeus to right, rev. horse to left with crude lines above as remnants of rider, pellet between fore-legs, (cf.S.211-2, CCCBM Vol.I, type C1 type ix [Branch arm type], No.26 [very similar dies], de la Tour 9817, Pink OK 291-2, Sammlung Lanz 584-585 [similar dies]). Minor flan crack, very fine and rare.

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Lot 3044 Sale 85 Greek Silver and Bronze Coins

Celtic, Lower Danube Region, reduced weight issue in Oltenia and Bucuresti areas in the territory of the Getae, imitation of Philip II tetradrachm, (late 3rd - 2nd century B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (12.46 grams), obv. crude very simplified head of Zeus to right, rev. horse to left with crude lines above as remnants of rider, pellet between fore-legs, (cf.S.211-2, cf.CCCBM Vol.I, type E1 [hair on forehead type], No.68 [similar dies], Pink OK 147-149, Casterlin 1269 [p.205], Sammlung Lanz 433 [similar dies]). Minor flan crack, nearly very fine and very rare.

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Lot 3045 Sale 85 Greek Silver and Bronze Coins

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)

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Lot 3046 Sale 85 Greek Silver and Bronze Coins

Gaul, Massalia (as a Colony founded by the Phokaians), (c.400-350 B.C.), silver obols, (av.0.58 grams, gross weight 3.52 grams), obv. youthful male head of Apollo left, rev. wheel with four spokes, M A in two quarters, (S.72, de la Tour 681, SNG Cop. 723-727). Mostly well centred, good fine - good very fine and a better than average selection. (6)

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Lot 3047 Sale 85 Greek Silver and Bronze Coins

Italy, Campania, The Campani, (c.415-400 B.C.), silver didrachm or nomos, (7.09 grams), obv. head of helmeted Athena to left, crested helmet, with wreath on helmet, rev. man-headed bull to right, with bird beneath belly, above [KA]**PPANO M* (N reversed), double exergue line, (S.-, Rutter Group 2, No.4 as a die variety [Obv.die 4, rev. die -], cf,SNG.ANS 144 [similar dies], BMC 2). Toned, nearly very fine and very rare.

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Lot 3048 Sale 85 Greek Silver and Bronze Coins

Italy, Campania, Neapolis (Naples), (c.340-300 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (7.45 grams), obv. head of nymph to right, dolphins around, rev. bull walking to right, crowned by Nike flying right above, below **OUIL*, below exergue **[NEO]POLIT[WN]*, (cf.S.300, Sambon 458, SNG ANS 337 [same dies]). Weakness on obverse hair and some surface roughness, otherwise very fine/good very fine and very scarce.

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Lot 3049 Sale 85 Greek Silver and Bronze Coins

Italy, Campania, Neapolis (Naples), (c.340-300 B.C.), silver nomos, stater or didrachm, (6.948 grams), obv. head of nymph to right, Artemis with two torches behind neck, APTEM below neck, rev. man-headed bull walking to right, crowned by Nike flying right; below N reversed, below exergue **NEOPOLIT[WN], (cf.S.307, Sambon 460b, SNG ANS 340 [same dies], SNG Milan 108 [similar dies]). Slightly off centred, otherwise, nearly very fine.

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Lot 3050 Sale 85 Greek Silver and Bronze Coins

Italy, Lucania, Metapontum, (c.480 B.C.), silver stater, (7.972 grams), obv. six grain ear of corn ear, [META] to left, rev. six grain ear of corn ear incuse, (cf.S.238 [£200], cf.Noe 249). Fine/very fine, rare.

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Lot 3051 Sale 85 Greek Silver and Bronze Coins

Italy, Lucania, Metapontum, (c.335-330 B.C.), silver stater, (7.89 grams), obv. bearded Corinthian helmeted head of Leukippos to right, lion head behind, rev. ear of corn, to right META, to left club erect over leaf, [A]MI below, (S.415, Johnston [NN&M 164] Class B.2, SNG ANS 432-440, SNG Ash.728-9). Toned, very fine/good very fine and scarce.

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Lot 3052 Sale 85 Greek Silver and Bronze Coins

Italy, Lucania, Poseidonia, (480-400 B.C.), silver stater or didrachm (8.03 grams), obv. Poseidon naked except for chlamys over shoulder, advancing to right, brandishing trident to right retrograde POME, rev. bull standing to left, within shallow circular incuse retrograde legend above POME, (cf.S.424, SNG ANS 651-2, BMC 33/32). Nearly very fine and rare.

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Lot 3053 Sale 85 Greek Silver and Bronze Coins

Italy, Lucania, Thurium (Thourioi), (c.443-400 B.C.), silver nomos, stater or didrachm, obv. head of Athena to right wearing crested Athenian helmet, ornamented with wreath, rev. bull butting to right, **[QOURIWN]*, plain below, [tunny fish below in exergue], with grass exergual line, (cf.S.436; HN 1775, SNG Cop.1406, SNG ANS 908). Very fine/good fine and rare.

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Lot 3054 Sale 85 Greek Silver and Bronze Coins

Italy, Lucania, Thurium (Thourioi), (c.350 B.C.), silver nomos, stater or didrachm, (7.678 grams), obv. head of Athena to right wearing crested Athenian helmet, ornamented with figure of Scylla, rev. bull butting to right, **QOURIWN*, HP monogram below, tunny fish below in exergue, with dotted exergual line, (cf.S.442; SNG ANS 1041 [same dies]). Lightly toned, very fine and rare.

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Lot 3055 Sale 85 Greek Silver and Bronze Coins

Italy, Lucania, Velia, (c.440/435-400 B.C.), silver nomos, stater or didrachm, Period III (Earliest Athena workshop), obv. head of Athena to left, wearing crested Athenian helmet with griffin and wreath, behind, rev. lion walking to right, **UEL H T EWN* in exergue, **Q* below lion, line border, (cf.S.454, Williams 160 [these dies, Obv.106, rev.123], SNG Ash. 1131 [same dies]). Toned, Slightly off centred obverse, otherwise very fine, good metal and a scarce mint.

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Lot 3056 Sale 85 Greek Silver and Bronze Coins

Italy, Lucania, Velia, (c.365-350/340 B.C.), silver nomos, stater or didrachm, (7.664 grams), Period V, workshop of Theta, obv. head of Athena to left, wearing crested Athenian helmet with griffin, **Q* behind, rev. lion walking to right, **UELHTWN* in exergue, **Q* below lion, line border, (cf.S.454, Williams 257 [these dies, Obv.150, rev.204], SNG ANS 1302 [same dies]). Toned, Slightly off centred, otherwise very fine, good metal and a scarce mint.

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Lot 3057 Sale 85 Greek Silver and Bronze Coins

Italy, Lucania, Velia, Silver Nomos, Stater or Didrachm, 305/304 - 293/290 B.C., Period VII Philiston Group, 7.212 grams, obv. Athena to l., wearing crested Attic helmet, decorated with a dolphin, vizor with dots, [AE] monogram before, **F* on neck-guard, Rev. Lion walking to r., below in exergue traces of **[UEL]HTWN*, above **F*, trident and I, dotted border, (cf.S.454, Williams 501 [p.122, Pl.XXXVIII, notes 1 specimen with this die combination], SNG Ash. 1371 [same dies], de Luynes 639 [same obverse die], BMC 100 [same obverse die], Pozzi 263 [same reverse die], Foggia Hoard 156 [same obverse die], SNG Lockett 561 [same reverse die]), dotted border. Nearly very fine. Very Rare.

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Lot 3058 Sale 85 Greek Silver and Bronze Coins

Italy, Calabria, Tarentum, (500-473 B.C., 465-455 B.C. F-B chronology), silver nomos or stater, (7.675 grams), obv. Taras to left riding on dolphin's back with both arms extended, scallop shell below, to right TAPA**[S]*, rev. Sea horse (Hippocamp), to left with curled wing, (S.224, Vl.133 (p.8, Pl.V, these dies), HN 827 [p.93], Evans 2nd Group Hippocamp, F-B Group 7, No. 109 (p.70, obv. die V56, rev. die R71), SNG Cop.776 (Pl.18 same dies), Cote 32). Fine/good fine and rare.

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Lot 3059 Sale 85 Greek Silver and Bronze Coins

Italy, Calabria, Tarentum (Taras), (3rd century B.C., 302-281 Ravel), silver drachm, (3.11 grams), obv. head of Athena wearing crested helmet ornamented with Skylla to right, rev. owl with closed wings standing to right, TAP on left, club and IOP on right, (cf.S.367, Vl.1057). Bright, good fine.

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Lot 3060 Sale 85 Greek Silver and Bronze Coins

Italy, Bruttium, Caulonia, silver third stater, 460-450 B.C. (Kraay chronology), (2.176 grams), obv. Apollo naked walking to right, before him a stag standing to right, looking back, KAV behind, rev. stag standing to right, before a sapling growing, KAV retrograde above, (S.464 [same dies], SNG Lloyd 588 [same dies], SNG Lockett 590 [same dies], SNG ANS 216-7 [same dies], Noe 212 [same dies]). Fine and rare.

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Lot 3061 Sale 85 Greek Silver and Bronze Coins

Italy, Bruttium, Croton (Kroton), (500-460 B.C.), silver stater or nomos (8.02 grams), obv. tripod, crane to left, QPO to right, rev. tripod, incuse, (S.256, SNG Cop. 1759-1760, SNG Munich 1428, Gale 15, SNG ANS 267). Nearly extremely fine and rare in this condition.

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Lot 3062 Sale 85 Greek Silver and Bronze Coins

Italy, Bruttium, Croton, (299-281 B.C.), silver sixth stater or diobol, (0.93 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). Toned, nearly very fine/very fine and a rare obverse legend reading for this type.

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Lot 3063 Sale 85 Greek Silver and Bronze Coins

Sicily, Akragas (Agrigentum), (c.520-472 B.C.), silver didrachm, Jenkins Group I, (8.528 grams), obv. eagle with closed wings standing to right, [AKRAC ANTO**S*] around, rev. crab on plain broad flan, (cf.S.708, SNG ANS 916 [same dies], SNG Cop.-, SNG Ash.-). Some surface marks, otherwise nearly very fine and a very rare eagle to right for this the earliest type.

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Lot 3064 Sale 85 Greek Silver and Bronze Coins

Sicily, Akragas (Agrigentum), (c.520-500 B.C.), silver didrachm, Jenkins Group I, (8.874 grams), obv. eagle with closed wings standing to left, AKR AGVS (retrograde letters) around, rev. crab on plain broad flan, (cf.S.708, Jenkins variety not listed, cf.SNG Cop.27 [Pl.1]. SNG ANS 936 [same obverse die]). Nearly extremely fine and rare, an unusual obverse reading.

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Lot 3065 Sale 85 Greek Silver and Bronze Coins

Sicily, Akragas (Agrigentum), (c.500-480 B.C.), silver didrachm, Jenkins Group IV, (7.43 grams), obv. eagle with closed wings standing to right, AK behind, RA in front reversed, rev. crab within circular incuse field, (cf.S.709A, cf.Jenkins Pl.37, 9, SNG Cop.29 [Pl.1]. SNG ANS 955 [similar dies]). Good silver with dark grey patina, very fine/good very fine and a rare variety.

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Lot 3066 Sale 85 Greek Silver and Bronze Coins

Sicily, Alaisa, AE 22, c.340 B.C., obv. Griffin springing to left, rev. horse prancing to l., (S.1048, BMC 6, SNG ANS 1169-1174). Very fine with dark patination.

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Lot 3067 Sale 85 Greek Silver and Bronze Coins

Sicily, Camarina, silver tetradrachm, c.410 B.C., (16.73 grams), (p.79, £1800), Obv. Fast quadriga driven right by Athena, Nike flying left to crown her, in exergue two amphorae and **[KAM]AR IN AIW[N]*, Rev. Head of young Herakles to right, in lion skin headress, to right a bow, (cf.S.759 [p.79, £1800], Westermak & Jenkins 15.1 [This Coin, Obv.11, Rev. 20], SNG Lloyd 870 [same obverse die], Ward Colln. [Greek Coins & Their Parent Cities, 1902, 170] and Sotheby Sale 4.4.1973 (lot 122 same dies) = Hunt Sale I Sotheby, New York, 19 June 1990 [lot 79, realised $44,000], SNG ANS 1207 same reverse die). Flan splits in edge from coin striking, otherwise very fine and very rare, being one of only three known.

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Lot 3068 Sale 85 Greek Silver and Bronze Coins

Sicily, Katana (Catana), (c.465 B.C.), silver tetradrachm (17.31 gm), Obv. Man-faced bull (river god Amenanos) running or swimming to right, tunny to right below, branch above, dotted border, Rev. KAT ANE around below, Nike running to left, holding fillet in extended right hand, (S.766 [£7500], Carmen Arnold-Biucchi "The Randazzo Hoard 1980.. No.53 [This Coin, p.51, Pl.3]. SNG Cop. 175 [same dies]. SNG ANS 1235 [same dies]), Jameson 1891 [same dies], BMC 1, De Luynes 887). Slight obverse die rust, lightly toned, good very fine and very rare.

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Lot 3069 Sale 85 Greek Silver and Bronze Coins

Sicily, Katana (Catana), (430-420 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.21 grams), obv. slow quadriga driven to right by male charioteer holding goad, Nike flying to right above, rev. laureate head of Apollo to right, hair turned up behind, before mostly off the flan [KATAN]AION, (S.767 [£1500], SNG ANS 1248 [same dies], Rizzo Pl.XI, No.8, [same dies as this example] = Naville Sale XV, [1930], lot No.279 [same dies], ACNAC Dewing 585 [same reverse die], not present in any other SNG's etc). Well centred for issue only a few known, a larger flan example described by Rizzo, very fine, light tone and very rare.

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Lot 3070 Sale 85 Greek Silver and Bronze Coins

Sicily, Segesta, (480-461 B.C.), plated didrachm, (6.46 grams), obv. hound standing to left, rev. head of nymph Segesta to right of archaic style, (cf.S.896-7); Cilicia, Soloi, in name of Pharnabazos, (379-374 B.C.), silver stater, (9.19 grams) obv. Baal of Tarsos enthroned left, rev. male head left, (S.5641); Phoenicia, Tyre, Trajan, (A.D. 98-117), silver tetradrachm (13.82 grams), issued 110-111, obv. Trajan laureate head to right, supported by eagle standing right, club before, around [AYTOKP KA]IC NEP TPAIANOC [CEB **GERM DAK]*, rev. laureate bust of Melqarth to right, lion skin knotted at neck, around **DHMAPC [EX I]E UPATE*, (cf.S.1088, Wruck 159). Last fine with uneven tone, second with test cuts, otherwise Good - fine. (3)

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Lot 3071 Sale 85 Greek Silver and Bronze Coins

Sicily, Syracuse, (c.485-478 B.C. revised date 467-461), silver tetradrachm, (17.070 grams), obv. fast walking quadriga driven to right by bearded male charioteer, Nike flying right crowning horses, rev. **SUPAKO SIO 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 247 variant, mule of dies (obverse 111/reverse 174 dies), Randazzo -, SNG ANS -). Tight flan, unpublished die combination, nearly very fine and very rare.

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Lot 3072 Sale 85 Greek Silver and Bronze Coins

Sicily, Syracuse, (344-317 B.C.), silver stater, (8.336 grams), obv. Pegasos flying to left, nothing below, rev. head of Athena to right, wearing plain Corinthian helmet, around **SURAKOSIWN*, (S.961; Calciati 2, SNG Lloyd 1437, BMC 3, Plate XXV,3). Minor surface porosity with dark patination, otherwise extremely fine and rare.

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