Electronic Auction 355
Date: 2015-07-15 00:00:00
Lots: 851
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CAMPANIA, Neapolis. Circa 320-300 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.37 g, 9h). Head of nymph right; pileos behind head, monogram before / Man-headed bull standing right, head facing; above, Nike flying right, crowing bull; monogram below. Sambon 449b; HN Italy 571. VF, toned.
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CAMPANIA, Neapolis. Circa 275-250 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.33 g, 2h). Head of nymph left; behind, heron or swan standing right / Man-headed bull standing right; above, Nike flying right, placing wreath on bull's head; IΣ below. Sambon 507; HN Italy 586. VF, attractive old collection toning.From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection.
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 302-290 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.61 g, 1h). Warror, preparing to throw spear and holding shield and two more spears, on horse rearing right; ΔΛI below / Phalanthos, holding trident over shoulder and shield, astride dolphin left; |-H to left], shell below. Fischer-Bossert Group 77, – (V385/R769 [unlisted die combination]); Vlasto 594–6; HN Italy 935. VF, toned, some roughness and porosity, a couple spots of lacquer.From Group SGF.
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 280 BC. AR Nomos (20.5mm, 7.64 g, 11h). Youth on horseback right, crowning horse; ΣA to left, APE/ΘΩN in two lines below / Phalanthos, holding tripod, astride dolphin left; CAΣ below. Vlasto 666–7; HN Italy 957. VF, struck from worn dies.From Group SGF.
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 280 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.67 g, 10h). Youth on horseback right, crowning horse with wreath; [ΣA to left, ΦIΛI/APXOΣ in two lines below] / Phalanthos, holding grape bunch, astride dolphin left; AΓA below. Vlasto 673; HN Italy 960. VF, struck with worn dies.From Group SGF.
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Punic occupation. Circa 212-209 BC. AR Half Shekel (18mm, 3.48 g, 12h). Nude youth on horseback left, holding filleted palm frond and crowning horse; ZΩ to right, ΣΩΓE/NHΣ below / Phalanthos, holding Nike and trident, on dolphin left. Vlasto 975–7; HN Italy 1079. Good VF, toned, rough surfaces.From Group SGF.
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SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron II. 275-215 BC. Æ Hemilitron (20mm, 6.40 g, 3h). Struck circa 275-269 BC. Wreathed head of Kore left; poppy-head behind / Bull butting left; above, club above M; IE in exergue. BAR Issue 53; CNS 191; HGC 2, 1469. VF, brown patina, area of flat strike.
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CARTHAGE, Second Punic War. Circa 220-215 BC. Æ Trishekel (32mm, 19.70 g, 12h). Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears and single-pendant earring / Horse standing right; palm tree in background to left. MAA 84; Müller, Afrique 147; SNG Copenhagen 344. Good VF, grayish-brown patina.
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CARTHAGE, Second Punic War. Circa 220-215 BC. Æ Trishekel (29mm, 16.53 g, 12h). Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears and single-pendant earring / Horse standing right; palm tree in background to left, Punic B to right. MAA 84a; Müller, Afrique 150; SNG Copenhagen 340. Good VF, grayish-brown patina, areas of roughness.
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MOESIA, Istros. 4th century BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 5.42 g). Two facing male heads, the left inverted / Sea-eagle left, grasping dolphin with talons; ΔT monogram below. AMNG I 421; SNG BM Black Sea 254-5. Near EF, lightly toned.Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 331 (23 July 2014), lot 8.
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MOESIA, Istros. 4th century BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.97 g). Two facing male heads, the left inverted / Sea-eagle left, grasping dolphin with talons; ΔT monogram below. AMNG I 421; SNG BM Black Sea 254-5. VF, lightly toned, light cleaning marks, lamination on reverse.
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THRACE, Abdera. Circa 520/15-500 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.58 g). Griffin seated left, raising paw / Quadripartite incuse square. May, Abdera 26–8; SNG Copenhagen –. VF, find patina.From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection. Ex Triton XIV (4 January 2011), lot 1695 (part of).
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THRACE, Aigospotamoi. Circa 300 BC. Æ (19mm, 8.46 g, 6h). Wreathed head of Demeter left, wearing polos / Goat standing left. SNG Copenhagen 850. Good Fine, brown patina.
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THRACE, Apollonia Pontika. Late 5th-4th centuries BC. AR Drachm (13mm, 2.97 g, 6h). 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.
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THRACE, Byzantion. Circa 100-96 BC. AV Stater (19mm, 8.36 g, 12h). In the name and types of Lysimachos. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, spear in background; ΠAP monogram to inner left, BY on throne, ornate trident in exergue. Callataÿ Group 2B (monogram unlisted); Müller –; CNG E-322, lot 92 (same obv. die); CNG E-312, lots 53–4 (same obv. die). Good VF. Rare.
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THRACE, Chersonesos. Circa 386-338 BC. AR Hemidrachm (11.5mm, 2.40 g). Forepart of lion right, head reverted / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; pellet in one quarter, uncertain control (head of lion left?) in opposite quarter. Cf. McClean 4073–85; cf. SNG Copenhagen 842–3. VF, lightly toned.
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KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 15.95 g, 1h). Amphipolis mint. Struck 288/7-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, resting arm on shield, spear in background; monograms to inner left, outer right, and in exergue. Thompson 208; Müller –. VF, toned, rough surfaces.
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MACEDON, Akanthos. Circa 470-390 BC. AR Tetrobol (14mm, 2.28 g). Forepart of bull left, head reverted; swastika above / Quadripartite incuse square with granulated recesses. SNG ANS 39-41. Good VF, a few light marks on the obverse.
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MACEDON, Uranopolis. Circa 300 BC. Æ (17mm, 3.52 g). Star of eight rays / Aphrodite Urania, holding scepter, seated slightly left on globe. SNG ANS 914-8. VF, dark green patina.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Pausanias. Circa 394/3 BC. Fourrée Stater (21mm, 8.98 g, 1h). Head of Apollo right, with short hair, wearing tainia / Horse standing right within linear square [within shallow incuse square]. Westermark, Remarks, pl. LXIX, 25; SNG ANS 86. Fine, toned, light roughness, a few deposits, small spots of active corrosion.As noted by Westermark (p. 306), the majority of Pausanias' staters are plated, reflecting a possible shortage of silver during his reign.
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KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Philip II – Alexander III. Circa 340/36-328 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.51 g, 9h). In the name and types of Philip II. Pella mint. Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / Charioteer driving biga right; kantharos below. Le Rider 204 (D96/R153'); SNG ANS 138–43. VF, struck from worn dies, a few faint marks.