E-SALE 87

Date: 2021-07-29 00:00:00

Lots: 1808

Total starting: £ 0.00

Total realized: £ 352,381.00 (+0.00%)

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Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 87 . 1
Spain, Acinipo Æ 29mm. 1st century BC. Grape cluster; four pellets in upper left field / Two wheat stalks to left; AC[INIPO] between. ACIP 2446; CNH 3; SNG BM 1613. 20.06g, 29mm, 7h.

Very Fine. Extremely Rare; rated R7 in ACIP, this example is struck on a unusually large and heavy flan.

From the Antonio Carmona Collection.
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Spain, Corduba Æ Quadrans. Circa 2nd century BC. Head of Venus to right; CN IVLI L F Q before / Eros standing facing, head to left, holding cornucopiae and [torch]; CO[RDVBA] to right. ACIP 2484; CNH 1. 6.03g, 19mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine.

From a private UK collection.
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Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. Alexander III type. Uncertain mint, circa 300-200 BC. Celticised head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Stylised Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛ[EΞANΔPOY] to right, [cornucopiae] in left field, X below throne. Price B4. 15.82g, 25mm, 12h.

Near Extremely Fine.

From the inventory of a UK dealer.
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Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. Alexander III type. Uncertain mint, circa 300-200 BC. Celticised head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Stylised Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, [cornucopiae] in left field, X below throne. Price B4. 14.63g, 25mm, 1h.

Good Very Fine.

From the inventory of a UK dealer.
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Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. Alexander III type. Uncertain mint, circa 300-200 BC. Celticised head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Stylised Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔ[POY] to right, cornucopiae in left field. Price pl. CLI, B4a-b var. (no X under throne). 16.16g, 25mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine.

From the inventory of a UK dealer.
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Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. Alexander III type. Uncertain mint, circa 300-200 BC. Celticised head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Stylised Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; [AΛEΞANΔPOY] to right, lion skin draped over club in left field, X below throne. Cf. Price pl. CLI, B4a-b (cornucopiae in left field); cf. Leu Web 12, lot 159; for prototype, cf. Price 4058 (without X below throne). 16.16g, 29mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine.

From the inventory of a UK dealer.
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Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. Alexander III type. Uncertain mint, circa 300-200 BC. Celticised head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Stylised Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔ[POY] to right, [BAΣ]IΛEΩ[Σ] below, cornucopiae in left field, X below throne. Price pl. CLI, B4a-b. 15.78g, 26mm, 12h.

Very Fine; some corrosion.

From the inventory of a UK dealer.
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Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. Alexander III type. Uncertain mint, circa 300-200 BC. Celticised head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Stylised Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔP[OY] to right, star in left field, X below throne. Price - cf. 31a for barbarous type with star; for possible prototype, cf. Price 2666-2668 (different symbols below throne). 15.33g, 26mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine.

From the inventory of a UK dealer.
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Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. Alexander III type. Uncertain mint, circa 300-200 BC. Celticised head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Stylised Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔ[POY] to right, star in left field, X below throne. Price - cf. 31a for barbarous type with star; for possible prototype, cf. Price 2666-2668 (different symbols below throne). 15.76g, 28mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine.

From the inventory of a UK dealer.
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Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. Alexander III type. Uncertain mint, circa 300-200 BC. Celticised head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Stylised Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; [AΛEΞANΔPOY] to right, M in wreath in left field, [X] below throne. Cf. Price pl. CLII, B16 (A in wreath) & pl. CLIII, B33 (MI in wreath), B35 (no wreath) & B36 (no M); cf. CNG E-416, lot 306. 15.74g, 25mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

From the inventory of a UK dealer.
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Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. Imitating the types of Alexander III and Philip III. Circa 3rd - 2nd century BC. Degraded Celticised head of Herakles to right / Stylised Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left; blundered legend to right. Cf. Lanz 910-932. 13.99g, 28mm, 10h.

Near Very Fine.

From the inventory of a UK dealer.
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Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. Bartkranzavers Type. Circa 2nd - 1st century BC. Heavily stylised head to right / Heavily stylised rider (represented by a rosette-form) on horseback to left. Lanz 573; Göbl, OTA pl. 23, 269/2. 8.41g, 29mm, 12h.

Very Fine. Rare.

From the inventory of a UK dealer.
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Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. In imitation of the types of Alexander III from the Odessos mint in Thrace, circa 125-170 BC. Celticised head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Stylised Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; BAΣIΛЭΩ[Σ] to left, ΛΛCIΛHΔIV (sic) in right field; ΘE in left field, monogram below throne. Cf. Lanz 871 (original legend intact); Price 1181 for prototype. 16.21g, 31mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine.

From the inventory of a UK dealer.
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Gaul, Massalia AR Obol. Circa 500-475 BC. Head of ram to right / Rough incuse square. LT 356; Maurel 45. 0.77g, 11mm.

Near Extremely Fine; minor flan crack. Very Rare.
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Gaul, Massalia AR Drachm. Circa 125-90 BC. Laureate head of Artemis to right, wearing pendant earring and pearl necklace, bow and quiver over shoulder / Lion advancing to right; MAΣΣA above, ΟΑ in exergue. Depeyrot -; LT -, cf. 1064 (Artemis and lion to left); cgb.fr, Mail Bid Sale 23, lot 709. 2.54g, 15mm, 7h.

Good Very Fine. Unpublished and apparently the second known example.

From The Vitangelo Collection, collector's ticket included.
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Central Italy, uncertain mint Æ Aes Rude. Circa 6th - 3rd centuries BC. Amorphous bronze lump. Cf. ICC 1; Garrucci pp. 1-5; Haeberlin pp. 1-10. 544.00g, 116 x 56mm.

As cast.

From a private European collection;
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 71, 28 May 2020, lot 224;
Ex private European collection, outside of Italy prior to December 1992.
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Calabria, Tarentum AR Nomos. Aristokles, magistrate. Circa 272-235 BC. Nude, helmeted warrior on horseback to right, holding spear in right hand and shield and two more spears in left hand; ΔI behind, ΑΡΙΣΤΟΚΗΛΣ in two lines below / Taras astride dolphin to left, holding kantharos and trident; head of nymph to left in right field, TAPA[Σ] below. Vlasto 880; SNG ANS 1200; HN Italy 1033. 6.28g, 20mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine.

From a private Belgian collection.
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Bruttium, Kroton AR Stater. Circa 530-500 BC. Tripod-lebes, legs terminating in lion's paws, with ornaments on and serpents rising from the bowl; QPO to left / Incuse tripod, legs terminating in lion's paws, ornaments and serpents in relief. SNG ANS 227-234; SNG Lockett 597; HN Italy 2075. 7.86g, 30mm, 12h.

Near Extremely Fine.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-LIVE Auction 1, 27 July 2018, lot 34;
From a private North American collection.
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Bruttium, Kroton AR Stater. Circa 530-500 BC. Tripod-lebes, legs terminating in lion's paws, with ornaments on and serpents rising from the bowl; QPO to left / Incuse tripod, legs terminating in lion's paws, ornaments and serpents in relief. SNG ANS 227-234; SNG Lockett 597; HN Italy 2075. 7.12g, 29mm, 12h.

Near Extremely Fine. Flan bent, edges chipped.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-LIVE Auction 1, 27 July 2018, lot 33;
From a private North American collection.
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Bruttium, Kroton AR Stater. Circa 530-500 BC. Tripod-lebes, legs terminating in lion's paws, with ornaments on and serpents rising from the bowl; QPO to left / Incuse tripod, legs terminating in lion's paws, ornaments and serpents in relief. SNG ANS 227-234; SNG Lockett 597; HN Italy 2075. 8.24g, 30mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine; some corrosion/encrustation.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-LIVE Auction 1, 27 July 2018, lot 38
From a private North American collection.
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Bruttium, Rhegion Æ Onkia. Circa 450-425 BC. Facing lion's mask / RE; pellet within circle between. HN Italy 2516; SNG ANS -; SNG Copenhagen 1940. 1.00g, 14mm, 3h.

Very Fine.

From a private European collection.