Sicily, Akragas Æ Countermarked Hemilitron. Circa 400 BC. Eagle with spread wings standing to right, tearing at hare in talons / Crab; six pellets (mark of value) around, shrimp to right below; c/m: crab. SNG ANS 1087; for undertype, cf. Westermark, Coinage 722-3. 17.00g, 28mm, 9h.
Sicily, Alaisa Archonidea Æ 19mm. Circa 95-44 BC. Laureate head of Apollo to left / ΑΛΑΙΣΑΣ, Apollo standing facing, holding filleted laurel branch with right hand and leaning on kithara with left; APX monogram to left. Campana 18; BAR Issue 6 (Halaesa); CNS 7; Virzi 742; HGC 2, 199. 5.51g, 19mm, 12h.
Sicily, Eryx AR Litra. Circa 412-400 BC. Hound scenting to right / Aphrodite standing facing, head to left, holding patera over lighted altar. Unpublished; cf. BMC 7-9; HGC 2, 298 var. (volute in rev. field, ethnic). 0.57g, 12mm, 9h.
Extremely Fine; chipped, attractive deep old cabinet tone. Extremely Rare; seemingly unpublished and possibly unique.
From the inventory of a European dealer.
Description
Sicily, Himera AR Litra. Circa 470-450 BC. Forepart of a winged and horned, man-headed monster to left / Nude youth riding goat prancing to left, holding goat's horn with left hand, and whip with right; IMEPAION around. SNG ANS 173; HGC 2, 451. 0.77g, 13mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine; original 'find' patina. Rare.
From the inventory of a European dealer.
Description
Sicily, Himera Æ Hemilitron. Circa 420-407 BC. Head of nymph facing three-quarters to left, wearing broad ampyx, hair flying to sides / Shrimp to right, six pellets (mark of value) above, IME below. Calciati I, 36; SNG Morcom 601; Basel 308; Gabrici pl. ii, 12; HGC 2, 481. 1.90g, 13mm, 3h.
Sicily, Himera Æ Hemilitron. Circa 415-409 BC. Head of nymph to left, with hair in sphendone; six pellets (mark of value) before, IM-E across lower fields / Six pellets (mark of value) within wreath. Kraay, Bronze, Group b, 3; CNS I 35; SNG ANS 186-7; HGC 2, 479. 4.41g, 18mm, 6h.
Sicily, Himera Æ Hemilitron. Circa 415-409 BC. Head of nymph to left, with hair in sphendone; six pellets (mark of value) before, IM-E across lower fields / Six pellets (mark of value) within wreath. Kraay, Bronze, Group b, 3; CNS I 35; SNG ANS 186-7; HGC 2, 479. 4.31g, 17mm, 3h.
Sicily, 'Kainon' Æ 22mm. Circa 360-340 BC. Griffin springing to left / Horse prancing to left, reins loose; [KAINON] in exergue. Campana 1; CNS 1; SNG ANS 1169; AMB 309; HGC 2, 509 (all as Kainon). 10.20g, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a private European collection.
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 Leontini.
Description
Sicily, Kamarina Æ Tetras. 420-405 BC. Head of Athena to left, wearing crested Attic helmet / Owl standing to left, holding lizard by the tail; KAMA (retrograde) to right, three pellets in exergue. Westermark & Jenkins Period 3, 198; CNS 29; HGC 2, 548. 3.53g, 16mm, 6h.
Sicily, Katane AR Litra. Circa 410-405 BC. Bearded head of Silenos to left, wearing ivy wreath / [ΚΑΤΑ]ΝΑΙΩΝ, winged thunderbolt between two shields. Boehringer, Kataneische LI 6-7; Rizzo pl. XIV, 18 var.; SNG ANS 1266; HGC 2, 590. 0.71g, 12mm, 3h.
Sicily, Kimissa Æ 12mm. Circa 317-305 BC. Female head to right / Bull butting to right. Campana 3; CNS III, 1 (Unidentified Mercenaries of Western Sicily); SNG ANS -; HGC 2, 658. 2.22g, 13mm, 9h.
Sicily, Leontinoi AR Tetradrachm. Circa 455-440 BC. Laureate head of Apollo to right / Lion's head to right, with open jaws and tongue protruding; four barley grains and LEONTINON around. Boehringer, Studies Price, 38 (same obv. die); SNG ANS 225-30 (same obv. die); Rizzo pl. XXIII, 2 (same dies); HGC 2, 667. 17.56g, 27mm, 6h.
About Good Very Fine; beautiful old cabinet tone.
From the collection of P.G., United Kingdom;
Ex Dix Noonan Webb, 29 September 2008, lot 5371.
Description
Sicily, Leontini AR Litra. Circa 455-430 BC. Head of roaring lion to right; LEON above / Apollo standing to left, pouring libation over altar from patera, and cradling olive branch; barley grain to right. Boehringer, Münzgeschichte 49-50; HGC 2, 692. 0.76g, 13mm, 9h.
Islands off Sicily, Melita Æ 30mm. Circa 218-175 BC. Veiled and diademed female head to right / Mummy of Osiris facing, head to left, holding flail and sceptre; on left and right, Isis and Nephthys standing, each with wings lowered and crossed in front, wearing solar disk with horns, holding palm branch and offering central figure an uncertain object (sacrificial cake or ritual plate?); Punic legend 'NN above. Perassi 5-13; CNS III, 2; Coleiro 2; SNG Copenhagen (Africa) 458-9. 12.38g, 30mm, 12h.
Islands off Sicily, Melita Æ 29mm. Circa 218-175 BC. Veiled and diademed female head to right / Mummy of Osiris facing, head to left, holding flail and sceptre; on left and right, Isis and Nephthys standing, each with wings lowered and crossed in front, wearing solar disk with horns, holding palm branch and offering central figure an uncertain object (sacrificial cake or ritual plate?); Punic legend 'NN above. Perassi 5-13; CNS III, 2; Coleiro 2; SNG Copenhagen (Africa) 458-9. 11.47g, 29mm, 12h.
Good Fine. Very Rare.
Reportedly from an old French collection.
Description
Sicily, the Mamertinoi Æ Quadruple. Messana, circa 288-278 BC. Laureate head of Ares to right; APEOΣ before, helmet behind / Eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; MAME[P]TINΩN around. SNG ANS 402; Särström Series II, Group A, 17-27; HGC 2, 865. 15.15g, 27mm, 12h.