E-SALE 86
Date: 2021-07-08 00:00:00
Lots: 1815
Total starting: £ 0.00
Total realized: £ 380,830.00 (+0.00%)
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Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 86 . 127
Sicily, Panormos (as Ziz) AR Litra. Circa 400-380 BC. Youthful male head to left / Bearded, man-headed bull standing to left; [Punic legend] above. Jenkins, Punic pl. 24, 14; SNG ANS 551; HGC 2, 1047. 0.73g, 10mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From a private European collection.
Very Fine.
From a private European collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 86 . 128
Sicily, Akragas AR Didrachm. Circa 488/85-480/78 BC. Eagle standing to left with folded wings, AKPA upwards behind, CAN downwards before / Crab. Westermark, Coinage 167 (O68/R113); SNG ANS 944; HGC 2, 94. 8.95g, 19mm, 8h.
Very Fine; lightly toned.
Auctioned in association with and on behalf of Numismática Lucernae, Jaén.
Very Fine; lightly toned.
Auctioned in association with and on behalf of Numismática Lucernae, Jaén.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 86 . 129
Sicily, Akragas Æ Hemilitron. Circa 420-406 BC. Eagle flying to right, head raised, holding fish in its talons; [AKPAΓANTINON] around / Crab clutching eel in claw; below, conch and octopus; six pellets (mark of value) around. Westermark, Fifth, Series 2, 635 (06/R14); CNS 40-2; HGC 2, 134. 22.94g, 29mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Auctioned in association with and on behalf of Numismática Lucernae, Jaén.
Near Very Fine.
Auctioned in association with and on behalf of Numismática Lucernae, Jaén.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 86 . 130
Sicily, 'Kainon' Æ 21mm. Circa 360-340 BC. Griffin springing to left; grasshopper to left below / Horse prancing to left, reins loose; star above, KAINON in exergue. Campana 3; CNS 10; HGC 2, 509. 6.09g, 21mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Auctioned in association with and on behalf of Numismática Lucernae, Jaén.
Not identifiable with a known mint in Sicily, the Kainon issues have traditionally been attributed to Alaisa. However, the different fabric of several issues suggests that they were struck at more than one mint, perhaps by mercenaries in the employ of Dione of Leontinoi.
Very Fine.
Auctioned in association with and on behalf of Numismática Lucernae, Jaén.
Not identifiable with a known mint in Sicily, the Kainon issues have traditionally been attributed to Alaisa. However, the different fabric of several issues suggests that they were struck at more than one mint, perhaps by mercenaries in the employ of Dione of Leontinoi.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 86 . 131
Sicily, Kamarina AR Litra. Circa 461-435 BC. Nike flying to left, above swan swimming to left; all within wreath / [K]AMAPINAION, Athena in military attire standing to left, holding spear; shield set on ground at feet. Westermark & Jenkins, Period 2, Series 2c; SNG ANS 1112-1116; SNG Ashmolean 1695; HGC 2, 536. 0.52g, 13mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine; light cabinet tone.
From a private European collection.
Good Very Fine; light cabinet tone.
From a private European collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 86 . 132
Sicily, Kamarina Æ Trias. Circa 339-300 BC. Head of Athena to left, wearing crested Attic helmet, KAMAPINAIΩN before / Horse galloping to left, grain ear to left below. Jenkins 209; BMC 43; HGC 2, 555. 3.40g, 17mm, 3h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Numismatica Varesi, Auction 57, 12 November 2010, lot 7.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Numismatica Varesi, Auction 57, 12 November 2010, lot 7.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 86 . 133
Sicily, Leontinoi AR Obol. Contemporary imitation, circa 476-466 BC. Facing lion's scalp / Barley grain, ΛEON around. Boehringer, Münzgeschichte B; HGC 2, 688. 0.73g, 11mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
From a private European collection.
Very Fine.
From a private European collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 86 . 134
Sicily, Menainon Æ 16mm. Circa 2nd century BC. Laureate and draped bust of Zeus-Serapis to right; [E] behind / Nike driving galloping biga to right; [MENAI]NΩN above and below. HGC 2, 757. 3.73g, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 71, 28 May 2020, lot 276.
Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 71, 28 May 2020, lot 276.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 86 . 135
Sicily, Menainon Æ 15mm. Circa late third - early second century BC. Veiled head of Demeter to right / Crossed torches; MENA-INΩN across fields, Δ below. BAR Issue 5; CNS 5; HGC 2, 760. 3.36g, 15mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
From a private European collection.
Very Fine.
From a private European collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 86 . 136
Sicily, Menainon Æ 18mm. Circa late third - early second century BC. Veiled head of Demeter to right / Crossed torches; MENA-INΩN across fields, IIII below. BAR Issue 5; CNS 7; HGC 2, 760. 3.39g, 18mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private European collection.
Good Very Fine.
From a private European collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 86 . 137
Sicily, Segesta Æ 24mm. Circa 210-mid 1st century BC. [Turreted and draped bust of Tyche to right] / [Aeneas advancing to right, holding sword and carrying Anchises on his shoulder]; c/m: incuse circle containing hound leaping to right and incuse circle containing coiled serpent, uncertain letters above. CNS I, 56 CM; Bertolami 61, lot 210 cf. HGC 2, 1199 for undertype. 5.69g, 24mm.
Under type worn to blank, c/m's Very Fine. An interesting object showing the countermarking practice at Segesta.
From a private European collection.
Under type worn to blank, c/m's Very Fine. An interesting object showing the countermarking practice at Segesta.
From a private European collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 86 . 138
Sicily, Syracuse AR Litra. Time of the Second Democracy, circa 460-450 BC. Head of Arethusa to right, wearing earring, necklace and pearl-diadem; ΣYRA downwards before / Octopus. Boehringer Series XIIIb, 449-467; HGC 2, 1375. 0.67g, 13mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private European collection.
Near Very Fine.
From a private European collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 86 . 139
Sicily, Syracuse AR Litra. Time of Dionysios I, circa 405-400 BC. Head of Arethusa to left, hair bound up in sakkos, wearing earring and pearl necklace; ΣYPAKOΣIΩN before, dolphin behind / Octopus. SNG ANS 293-4; SNG Copenhagen 675; HGC 2, 1381. 0.76g, 11mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Rare.
From a private European collection.
Very Fine. Rare.
From a private European collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 86 . 140
Sicily, Syracuse Æ 25mm. Time of Timoleon and the Third Democracy, circa 344-338 BC. Laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios to right; ΖΕΥΣ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΟΣ around / Upright thunderbolt; barley grain to right, ΣYRAKOΣION around. CNS II 71; SNG ANS 472-6; HGC 2, 1440. 15.36g, 25mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
From a private European collection.
Very Fine.
From a private European collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 86 . 141
Sicily, Syracuse Æ 26mm. Time of Hiketas, circa 287-278 BC. [ΔIOΣ EΛΛANIOY], laureate head of Apollo left, palladium behind / [ΣYPAK]OΣIΩN, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt, star before. CNS II, 157; SNG ANS 810; HGC 2, 1448. 11.75g, 26mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 71, 28 May 2020, lot 279.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 71, 28 May 2020, lot 279.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 86 . 142
Sicily, Syracuse Æ 24mm. Time of Pyrrhos, 278-276 BC. Head of Herakles to left, wearing lion skin headdress; [ΣYPAKOΣ]IΩN upwards before / Athena Promachos advancing to right, holding thunderbolt and shield; in right field, owl standing to right, head facing. B&S Type 5, pl. 91, 18; CNS 177 Rs 35; BAR Issue 52; HGC 2, 1450. 7.77g, 24mm, 12h.
About Very Fine.
From a private European collection.
About Very Fine.
From a private European collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 86 . 143
Sicily, Syracuse Æ 21mm. Time of Hieron II, circa 275-216 BC. Diademed head of Poseidon to left / Trident flanked by two dolphins swimming downwards; IEP-ΩNOΣ across fields, [control] below. HGC 2, 1550. 9.29g, 21mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
From a private European collection.
Very Fine.
From a private European collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 86 . 144
Illyria, Dyrrhachion Æ 19mm. Circa 3rd-1st century BC. Philota, magistrate. Laureate head of Zeus to right / Tripod; ΦΙΛΩΤΑ ΔΥΡ around; all within wreath. BMC 167-8; SNG Copenhagen 511. 3.81g, 19mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Auctioned in association with and on behalf of Numismática Lucernae, Jaén.
Very Fine.
Auctioned in association with and on behalf of Numismática Lucernae, Jaén.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 86 . 145
Illyria, Dyrrhachion Fourrée Drachm. Circa 275/210-75 BC. Cow standing to right, looking back at suckling calf standing to left below; [Π]AΓKPAT[HΣ] above / Double stellate pattern in double linear square; ΔYC above, blundered magistrates name (derived from ΛYKHNOΣ?) around. Cf. HGC 3.1, 40; cf. BMC 96. 2.41g, 19mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine; an interesting plated example.
Near Very Fine; an interesting plated example.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 86 . 146
Kings of Paeonia, Patraos AR Tetradrachm. Uncertain Paeonian mint (Astibus or Damastion?), circa 335-315 BC. Laureate head of Apollo to right / Warrior on horse rearing to right, spearing enemy who defends himself with raised shield; bukranion to left, ΠATPAOY (retrograde) around. Paeonian Hoard I, 227 (same dies). 12.46g, 24mm, 1h.
Very Fine; pleasant light cabinet tone.
From a private European collection.
The exact original boundaries of Paeonia, like the early history of its inhabitants, are obscure, but it is known that it was located immediately north of ancient Macedonia; in the Iliad, the Paeonians are reported as allies of the Trojans. During the Persian invasion of Greece the then-powerful Paeonians were conquered by the armies of Darios I and deported from their homelands to Asia.
At some point after the Greco-Persian Wars, the Paeonian princedoms coalesced into a kingdom centred in the central and upper reaches of the Axios and Strymon rivers, corresponding with today's northern part of North Macedonia and western Bulgaria, and joined with the Illyrians in attacking the northern areas of the kingdom of Macedon.
Philip II reformed the Macedonian armies and put a stop to both the Illyrian and Paeonian raids, and campaigned deep into Paeonian territory, reducing their kingdom (then ruled by Agis) to a vassal state, which led to a process of gradual Hellenisation including the striking of coins with Greek legends.
Later, a Paeonian cavalry contingent, led by Ariston (a member of the Paeonian royal house, possibly brother of Patraos and father of the later king Audoleon - see Heckel, W. Prosopography of Alexander's Empire, 2006), was attached to Alexander the Great's army. At the Battle of Gaugamela the Paeonian cavalry were placed with the sarissophoroi on the right flank, the position of honour, and in 331 BC they routed a large force of Persian cavalry near the Tigris; Ariston personally slew the Persian leader Satropates; he then presented Alexander with the Persian's severed head. He asked Alexander for a gold cup as a reward for his feat, and the king publicly saluted him and drank to his health.
Very Fine; pleasant light cabinet tone.
From a private European collection.
The exact original boundaries of Paeonia, like the early history of its inhabitants, are obscure, but it is known that it was located immediately north of ancient Macedonia; in the Iliad, the Paeonians are reported as allies of the Trojans. During the Persian invasion of Greece the then-powerful Paeonians were conquered by the armies of Darios I and deported from their homelands to Asia.
At some point after the Greco-Persian Wars, the Paeonian princedoms coalesced into a kingdom centred in the central and upper reaches of the Axios and Strymon rivers, corresponding with today's northern part of North Macedonia and western Bulgaria, and joined with the Illyrians in attacking the northern areas of the kingdom of Macedon.
Philip II reformed the Macedonian armies and put a stop to both the Illyrian and Paeonian raids, and campaigned deep into Paeonian territory, reducing their kingdom (then ruled by Agis) to a vassal state, which led to a process of gradual Hellenisation including the striking of coins with Greek legends.
Later, a Paeonian cavalry contingent, led by Ariston (a member of the Paeonian royal house, possibly brother of Patraos and father of the later king Audoleon - see Heckel, W. Prosopography of Alexander's Empire, 2006), was attached to Alexander the Great's army. At the Battle of Gaugamela the Paeonian cavalry were placed with the sarissophoroi on the right flank, the position of honour, and in 331 BC they routed a large force of Persian cavalry near the Tigris; Ariston personally slew the Persian leader Satropates; he then presented Alexander with the Persian's severed head. He asked Alexander for a gold cup as a reward for his feat, and the king publicly saluted him and drank to his health.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 86 . 147
Islands off Epeiros, Korkyra Æ 19mm. Circa 229-48 BC. Head of Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath / Kantharos bound with wreath; bunch of grapes above, K-O across fields at base. BMC Thessaly 420; Cf. HGC 6, 83. 7.09g, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Rare.
Auctioned in association with and on behalf of Numismática Lucernae, Jaén.
Very Fine. Rare.
Auctioned in association with and on behalf of Numismática Lucernae, Jaén.