Electronic Auction 349
Date: 2015-04-22 00:00:00
Lots: 748
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GAUL, Massalia. Circa 218/5-200 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.80 g, 5h). Bare head of Apollo left / MA within wheel of four spokes. Depeyrot, Marseille 18; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG Leipzig 13. Near EF, lightly toned.
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CAMPANIA, Neapolis. Circa 300 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.02 g, 8h). Diademed head of female right; four dolphins around / Man-headed bull standing right, head facing, crowned by Nike flying right, above; OYIΛ below. Sambon 458; HN Italy 576. VF, toned, overstruck on uncertain type, a little die wear on reverse.Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 30 (4 June 2001), lot 62758.
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 272-240 BC. AR Nomos (18mm, 5.93 g, 7h). Warrior, wearing shield on his back and holding lance, on horseback right; |-HPAK/ΛHTOΣ in two lines below / Phalanthos, holding flower and cornucopia, astride dolphin left; monogram and rudder to right. Vlasto 891–2; HN Italy 1037. VF, toned, some roughness, small lamination on obverse, soft strike on reverse.
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LUCANIA, Thourioi. Circa 280-213 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 6.28 g, 7h). Head of Athena right, wearing helmet decorated with wreath / Bull butting right; in exergue, owl between A and PI. HN Italy 1891; SNG ANS –; McClean 1317. VF, struck with worn dies.
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LUCANIA, Velia. Circa 280 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.45 g, 11h). Helmeted head of Athena left, helmet decorated with griffin; Φ on neck guard, AP monogram behind neck guard / Lion standing right; kerykeion above. Williams 515 (O260/R363); HN Italy 1316. VF, toned, test cut at edge on reverse.Ex Baldwin's 75 (26 September 2012), lot 2263 (part of; reportedly ex-British Museum Collection).
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BRUTTIUM, Kroton. Circa 480-430 BC. AR Nomos (20.5mm, 7.94 g, 11h). Dumpy incuse type. Tripod; heron to right / Incuse tripod. HN Italy 2102; SNG ANS 272. VF, toned.Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 88 (28 April 2004), lot 22; Lakeview Collection (UBS 59, 29 January 2004), lots 5237–41 (part of).
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SICILY, Gela. Circa 430-425 BC. AR Litra (13mm, 0.76 g, 2h). Warrior on horseback left / Forepart of man-headed bull (river god) right. Jenkins, Gela, Group 6, 401–53; HGC 2, 374. VF, toned, edge split.
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SICILY, Messana. 478-476 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 15.82 g, 3h). Charioteer driving slow biga of mules right; laurel leaf in exergue / Hare springing right. Caltabiano Series IIB, 58 (D32/R30); HGC 2, 779. VF, toned, a few minor scratches, double struck on reverse.From the estate of Wayne C. Phillips.
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SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.25 g, 5h). Struck circa 475-470 BC. Charioteer driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with wreath / Diademed head of Arethusa right, wearing single-pendant earring; four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XIIc, 333 (V164/R233); HGC 2, 1307. VF, toned, a couple scratches on reverse.
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ISLANDS off SICILY, Sardinia. Punic occupation. First Punic War, circa 264-241 BC. Æ 2 Shekels (26mm, 13.63 g, 8h). Wreathed head of Tanit left / Head of horse right. MAA 58; Müller, Afrique 272; SNG Copenhagen 192. Fine, dark brown surfaces, a few deposits, struck with worn dies.
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CARTHAGE. Circa 300-264 BC. Æ Shekel(?) (20mm, 5.19 g, 7h). Wreathed head of Tanit left / Head of horse right; globule to right. MAA 57h; Müller, Afrique 276; SNG Copenhagen 164. VF, brown surfaces.
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CARTHAGE. Circa 300-264 BC. Æ Shekel(?) (19mm, 4.71 g, 10h). Wreathed head of Tanit left / Head of horse right; Punic ' to right. MAA 57x; Müller, Afrique 286; SNG Copenhagen 151. VF, dark brown surfaces.
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CARTHAGE, Second Punic War. Circa 220-215 BC. Æ Trishekel (32mm, 19.54 g, 12h). Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears and single-pendant earring / Horse standing right; palm tree in background to left, ligate Punic Ṭ and Š below. MAA 84b; Müller, Afrique 154; SNG Copenhagen 341–3. VF, gray-brown patina, minor roughness, metal flaw on reverse.
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CARTHAGE, Second Punic War. Circa 215-201 BC. Æ Shekel (21mm, 7.68 g, 12h). Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse standing right, head left; Punic Ṣ below, Punic ' to right. MAA 88f; Müller, Afrique 211; SNG Copenhagen 309–13. VF, brown surfaces, some roughness, reverse off center.
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CARTHAGE, Second Punic War. Circa 215-201 BC. Æ Half Shekel (15.5mm, 3.50 g, 12h). Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse standing right, head left; Punic B below. MAA 95a; Müller, Afrique 206; SNG Copenhagen 273. VF, brown surfaces, reverse off center.
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CARTHAGE, Second Punic War. Circa 215-201 BC. Æ Half Shekel (15.5mm, 3.06 g, 12h). Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse standing right, head left; Punic B below. MAA 95a; Müller, Afrique 206; SNG Copenhagen 273. VF, dark brown surfaces, minor roughness.
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CARTHAGE, Second Punic War. Circa 215-201 BC. Æ Shekel (21mm, 5.53 g, 1h). Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse walking right, head left; Punic M(?) below. MAA 90 var. (letter not listed); Müller, Afrique 235–41 var. (letter); SNG Copenhagen 305 var. (same). VF, brown surfaces, reverse off center.
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CARTHAGE, Second Punic War. Circa 215-201 BC. Æ Shekel (20mm, 7.15 g, 3h). Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse walking right, head left; uncertain letter below. Cf. MAA 90; cf. Müller, Afrique 235–41; cf. SNG Copenhagen 305. Near VF, dark brown surfaces, overstruck on an uncertain Carthaginian issue.
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CARTHAGE, Second Punic War. Circa 203-201 BC. Æ Half Shekel (15mm, 3.65 g, 12h). Reduced standard. Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse standing right, head left, raising foreleg. MAA 96bis; Müller, Afrique 232; SNG Copenhagen 397–8. VF, dark brown surfaces, reverse a little off center.
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CARTHAGE, Second Punic War. Circa 203-201 BC. Æ Half Shekel (16mm, 2.58 g, 11h). Reduced standard. Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse standing right, head left, raising foreleg. MAA 96bis; Müller, Afrique 232; SNG Copenhagen 397–8. VF, dark brown surfaces.
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THRACE, Apollonia Pontika. Late 5th-4th centuries BC. AR Drachm (13mm, 2.82 g, 1h). Facing gorgoneion / Upright anchor; A to left, crayfish to right. Topalov, Apollonia 45; SNG BM Black Sea 160–1. Good VF.Around 610 BC, Ionian Greeks from Miletos established an important outpost on the western Black Sea coast. Originally called Antheia, and located on a natural peninsula and three nearby islands, the city quickly became a prosperous trading post by exporting copper, honey, grain, and timber, while importing wine, salt, textiles, and pottery for resale to the inland Thracians. The city's key trading partners at the time included fellow-commercial centers Miletos, Athens, Lesbos, Chios, and Rhodes.Prosperity soon enabled Antheia to expand and develop as an important cultural metropolis. An important temple to Apollo was constructed within the city in the late 5th century BC. For 500 talents, it commissioned the Greek sculptor Kalamis (of Boeotia) to cast a 13 ton, 10 meter high, bronze statue of Apollo for the new temple (Strabo VII.6.1). So popular was this temple of Apollo, that the city was now renamed Apollonia in its honor. In 72 BC, during his war against the Thracian Bessi, the proconsul of Macedon, Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus (cos. 73 BC), sacked the city and had the statue transported to Rome, where it was displayed on the Capitol (Pliny, NH XXXIV.18; Strabo VII.6.1).The 5th and 4th century BC coinage of Apollonia Pontika reflects that city's origins: commercial wealth and maritime power. The gorgon was a popular apotropaic device, seen as warding off evil; thus a number of ancient Greek cities adopted it as a coin design. The anchor and the crayfish attest to the city's reliance on maritime commerce for its economy, and the anchor depicted on these coins is actually one of the first anchors of modern design rendered in Greek art.