Auction 100
Date: 2015-10-07 00:00:00
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 100 . 1
ETRURIA, Populonia. Circa 300-250 BC. AV 10 Asses (8mm, 0.54 g). Young male head left; X (mark of value) below chin / Blank. EC Series 30, 35 corr. (O1 – this coin [erroneously given to Series 30, 28]); HN Italy 134; SNG ANS 8; SNG France 34; SNG Lockett 44; Dewing 73 (all from the same obv. die). Near EF, toned. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Triton VI (14 January 2003), lot 21; Spink 158 (27 March 2002), lot 4.
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Alexander the Molossian. King of Epeiros, 350-330 BC. AV Hemilitra – Twelfth Stater (8mm, 0.65 g, 10h). Struck circa 333-331/0 BC. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly left / Thunderbolt; AΛ/EΞ in two lines, above and below. Vlasto, Alexander, Type 6A, pl.ix, 10 (same dies); cf. Fischer-Bossert G3; Vlasto 1864–5; cf. HN Italy 906. Near EF. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Superior, March 1994. Ex George & Robert Stevenson Collection (Classical Numismatic Group XXVI, 11 June 1993), lot 7.
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 320-315 BC. AV Diobol – Sixth Stater (10mm, 1.40 g, 3h). Head of Apollo left, with long hair, wearing laurel wreath; ΣA to upper left; to lower left, dolphin downwards; TA[PAΣ] to right / Herakles standing facing, raising club held in his right hand, holding out left arm to ward off the Nemean Lion, which attacks him from right; quiver over bow to left, |-H across lower field. Fischer-Bossert G14 (V11/R14); Vlasto 27; HN Italy 951; SNG ANS 1; BMC 25–6; Boston MFA 73 = Warren 36; Jameson 161; McClean 599 (all from the same dies). VF, small scratch on cheek, minor double strike on reverse. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Peus 380 (3 November 2004), lot 76.
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 276-272 BC. AV Triobol – Quarter Stater (10.5mm, 2.10 g, 11h). Head of Apollo right, with long hair, wearing laurel wreath; NK monogram to left / Eagle standing right, wings spread, on thunderbolt; to inner right, small owl standing right, head facing; [TA]PANTINΩN to outer right, ZA in exergue. Fischer-Bossert G48c (V42/R48) = Basel 99 (this coin, plate coin in F-B); Vlasto 59 (same dies); HN Italy 986; Sternberg XVI, lot 21 = Münzen und Medaillen AG 37, 19 (same dies). Near EF, lightly toned, a couple light marks in field on reverse. Extremely rare variety with these control marks, one of only three noted by Fischer-Bossert, none in CoinArchives. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, April 1999. Ex Athos D. Moretti Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 13, 8 October 1998), lot 288; George & Robert Stevenson Collection (Classical Numismatic Group XXVI, 11 June 1993), lot 13.
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 276-272 BC. AV Triobol – Quarter Stater (11mm, 2.13 g, 3h). Head of Apollo right, with long hair, wearing laurel wreath; AP monogram to left / Eagle standing left, wings spread, on thunderbolt; TAPANTINΩN to left. Fischer-Bossert G61 (V50/R61); Vlasto 50 (same dies); HN Italy 986; BMC 24 (same dies). Good VF, toned, a few light marks. Fine style. Extremely rare variety, only six noted by Fischer-Bossert, none in CoinArchives. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, April 1999.
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LUCANIA, Metapontion. temp. Alexander the Molossian. Circa 334-322 BC. AV Sixth Stater (10mm, 1.30 g, 3h). Achaian standard. Head of Hera right, wearing stephanos and single-pendant earring / Six-grained barley ear with curly leaf to right. Johnston G2 (same dies); HN Italy 1579. VF. Very rare, only one example recorded by Johnston, and one of only three in CoinArchives. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Triton IX (10 January 2006), lot 673; Athos D. Moretti Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica P, 12 May 2005), lot 1059; Numismatica Ars Classica A (27 February 1991), lot 1110.
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BRUTTIUM, Carthaginian occupation. Circa 215-205 BC. EL Three-eighths Shekel (15mm, 2.62 g, 12h). Janiform head of Tanit, wearing wreath of grain ears / Zeus, brandishing thunderbolt and holding scepter, in quadriga driven right by Nike. Robinson, Second pl. V, 3 (Capua); Jenkins & Lewis Group XVI, 488 (Capua) = BMCRR 147 (Capua); HN Italy 2013. VF, a few marks and scratches. Rare. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions X (21 March 1990), lot 426.This coinage, previously attributed to Capua in Campania, has been conclusively reattributed to the Carthaginians in Bruttium under Hannibal (see M.H. Crawford, "Provenances, Attributions, and Chronology of Some Early Italian Coinages," CH IX [2002], p. 274, and HN Italy). While it is likely that this issue was minted in Bruttium by the Carthaginians, there is a possibility that these coins were struck in Carthage and transported to South Italy for Hannibal's use (see G.K. Jenkins, "Some coins of Hannibal's time," Studi per Laura Breglia, Parte I, Generalia-Numismatica Greca. Bollettino di Numismatica, Supplemento al No. 4. [Rome, 1987], pp. 223-4).
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SICILY, Panormos. temp. Pyrrhos of Epeiros. Circa 276 BC. AV Sixteenth Stater – Tritetartemorion (7mm, 0.52 g, 2h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing; ΠA monogram to left. HGC 2, 1063 (this coin illustrated); SNG ANS 576; SNG Lloyd 1671; BMC 6; Weber 1736 (Tauromenion). VF, reverse a little off center. Very rare. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Lawrence R. Stack Collection (Stack's, 14 January 2008), lot 2095; James A. Ferrendelli Collection (Triton VII, 13 January 2004), lot 75; Classical Numismatic Group 29 (30 March 1994), lot 32.This small gold tritetartemorion, and its companion hemiobol (see next lot), struck on the Attic standard, probably constituted a donative issue struck after the capture of Panormos by Pyrrhos of Epeiros in 276 BC.
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SICILY, Panormos. temp. Pyrrhos of Epeiros. Circa 276 BC. AV Twenty-fourth Stater – Hemiobol (6.5mm, 0.34 g, 3h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Kithara; ΠA monogram to right. HGC 2, 1064 (this coin illustrated); SNG ANS 577; BMC 7. VF. Very rare. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Lawrence R. Stack Collection (Stack's, 14 January 2008), lot 2096; James A. Ferrendelli Collection (Triton VII, 13 January 2004), lot 76; Classical Numismatic Group 40 (4 December 1996), lot 817.
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SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AV 10 Litrai – Didrachm (9.5mm, 0.65 g, 12h). Struck circa 405 BC. Head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet; ΣVPA (retrograde) to left / Aegis with facing gorgoneion in center. Boehringer, Münzprägungen, pl. 1, 5; HGC 2, 1290 (Second Democracy); SNG ANS 316; SNG Lloyd 1418; Dewing 863; Jameson 817; Rizzo pl. 48, 6. Good VF, light marks on obverse. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Triton XI (8 January 2008), lot 62.
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SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AV 20 Litrai – Tetradrachm (11mm, 1.15 g, 8h). Struck circa 405-400 BC. Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin; ΣYP-A to left / Quadripartite incuse square, Σ-Y-P-A in quarters; in deeper incuse circle in center, small female head (Arethousa?) left, wearing necklace. Bérend pl. XI, 3; Boehringer, Münzprägungen, pl. I, 6; HGC 2, 1289; SNG ANS 351; SNG Lloyd –; Dewing 865; Pozzi 1263; Rizzo pl. XLVIII, 9. EF, toned, a little die wear. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, November 1996.The reverse of this gold coinage is a revival of the reverses used on the earliest tetradrachms of Syracuse (cf. Boehringer Group I). G.K. Jenkins suggested that this revival indicated an equivalence between this gold denomination and a silver tetradrachm (see Jenkins, Gela, p. 99).
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SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. AV Drachm – Hemistater (16mm, 4.30 g, 2h). Struck circa 317-310 BC. Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath; tiny retrograde Σ below / Charioteer, holding kentron in extended right hand, reins in left, driving galloping biga right; triskeles below, ΣYP-AK-OΣ-IΩN around. Bérend, l'or pl. 9, 1; BAR Issue 1; HGC 2, 1276; SNG ANS 550; SNG Lloyd 1472–3 var. (obv. control mark); Basel –; Dewing 934 var. (same); Gulbenkian 327 var. (same). Near EF, toned, light die rust on obverse, slight die shift on reverse. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex George & Robert Stevenson Collection (Classical Numismatic Group XXVI, 11 June 1993), lot 33; Numismatic Fine Arts VI (27 February 1979), lot 82.
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SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. EL 50 Litrai – Hemistater (15mm, 3.63 g, 7h). Struck circa 310-306/5 BC. Laureate head of Apollo left; long torch behind / Tripod. Jenkins, Electrum Group C, dies O31/R34 (unlisted combination); BAR Issue 10; HGC 2, 1294. EF, lustrous, minor die break on obverse. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 81 (20 May 2009), lot 183.
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SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. EL 25 Litrai – Quarter Stater (11.5mm, 1.88 g, 9h). Struck circa 310-306/5 BC. Head of Apollo left, with long hair, wearing laurel wreath / Kithara; ΣYPAKO-ΣIΩN at sides. Jenkins, Electrum, Group A, dies a/a; BAR Issue 11; HGC 2, 1295; SNG Fitzwilliam 1295–6 (same dies); BMC 268 (same dies); Dewing 937–9. EF, lustrous. Rare. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, November 1996.
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SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. EL 10 Litrai – Twelfth Stater (8.5mm, 0.75 g, 6h). Struck circa 310-306/5 BC. Head of nymph right, wearing single-pendent earring and necklace / Octopus. Jenkins, Electrum, Group A, dies a/a; BAR issue 12; SNG ANS 620 (same dies); BMC 270 (same dies). VF, toned, light marks, die break below neck, tiny deposits on reverse. Very rare. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 864094 (February 2010); Heritage (3 January 2010), lot 21234.
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SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. AV Diobol – Sixth Stater (10mm, 1.40 g, 10h). Struck circa 304-289 BC. Wreathed head of Persephone left / Bull advancing left. Bérend, l'or, pl. 9, 14; BAR Issue 31; HGC 2, 1288; SNG ANS 707; SNG Lloyd 1475; Dewing 936. VF. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, December 1995.
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CARTHAGE. Circa 350-320 BC. AV Quarter Stater (11mm, 2.34 g, 12h). Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears and single-pendant earring / Palm tree with two date-clusters. Jenkins & Lewis Group III, 116.1 (this coin); MAA 6; SNG Copenhagen 130. VF, a few marks on reverse and edge. Very rare. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex George & Robert Stevenson Collection (Classical Numismatic Group XXVI, 11 June 1993), lot 44; Birkler & Waddell I (7 December 1979), lot 184; R. B. Lewis Collection.By the third century BC, the Punic goddess Tanit and the horse had become the standard types of Carthaginian coinage and remained so for the balance of the city's existence. Tanit was the primary deity of Carthage. A celestial divinity with some fertility aspects, she was the North African equivalent of Astarte. She is always depicted on the coinage wearing a wreath of grain, which may have been borrowed from Demeter and Persephone as the Carthaginians assimilated the Sicilian culture into their own during the various Punic excursions to the island. The use of the horse on the reverse is usually considered part of the foundation myth of Carthage. According to Virgil's Aeneid, the Phoenician colonists who founded Carthage were told by Juno (or Tanit) to establish the new colony at the place where they discovered a horse's head in the ground. Another theory is that the obverse head is actually Demeter or Persephone, whose worship was introduced to Carthage in 396 BC to make amends for the destruction of the goddesses' temples outside Syracuse by the Carthaginian army.
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CARTHAGE. Circa 350-320 BC. AV Fifth Stater (11mm, 1.84 g, 12h). Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears and single-pendant earring / Horse standing right, head left. Jenkins & Lewis Group III, 120–35; MAA 7; SNG Copenhagen 131. VF, minor die flaw in field on reverse. Rare. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Victor England Ltd., May 1988.
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CARTHAGE. Circa 350-320 BC. AV Tenth Stater (8mm, 0.87 g, 1h). Palm tree with two date-clusters / Head of horse right. Jenkins & Lewis Group III, 136–55; MAA 8; SNG Copenhagen 133. Good VF, slightly irregular flan. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Victor England Ltd., July 1988.
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CARTHAGE. Circa 320-310 BC. EL Stater (18mm, 7.54 g, 12h). Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and necklace / Horse standing right. Jenkins & Lewis Group IVc, 207 (same rev. die); MAA 9; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG Lockett 1057. Good VF, lightly toned, a few minor marks. Fine style. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Heritage (6 January 2014), lot 23709.
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CARTHAGE. Circa 320-310 BC. EL Stater (20mm, 7.72 g, 12h). Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and necklace with nine pendants / Horse standing right. Jenkins & Lewis Group IVc, 211; MAA 9; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG Lockett 1057. EF, lightly toned. Fine style. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 9 (16 April 1996), lot 281.