Triton XIX Sessions 3 & 4
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XIX Sessions 3 & 4 . 2001
ETRURIA, Populonia. Circa 300-250 BC. AV 50 Asses (15.5mm, 2.80 g). Head of lion right; mark of value below / Blank. EC Series 20, 159 (O1 – this coin, illustrated); HN Italy 127; SNG ANS 1; SNG Copenhagen Supp. 1; SNG Lloyd 9; Jameson 2376; Morgan 1 (all from the same obv. die). Superb EF. Rare. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 771101 (June 2006); Numismatica Ars Classica 33 (6 April 2006), lot 2.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XIX Sessions 3 & 4 . 2002
ETRURIA, Populonia. Circa 300-250 BC. AV 25 Asses (12mm, 1.36 g). Head of lion right; XXV (mark of value) to left and below / Blank. EC Series 21, 229 (O1 – this coin, illustrated); HN Italy 128; SNG ANS 2; SNG Copenhagen 36; SNG Lloyd 10; SNG Lockett 42; Dewing 72; Hunt IV 6; Jameson 17 (all from the same obv. die). EF, toned. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Spink 182 (27 March 1991), lot 377; Santamaria (4 May 1961), lot 2.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XIX Sessions 3 & 4 . 2003
ETRURIA, Populonia. Circa 300-250 BC. AV 25 Asses (10.5mm, 1.44 g). Head of male right, wearing necklace; XXV (mark of value) to left / Blank. EC Series 28, 325 (O1 – this coin, illustrated); HN Italy 132; SNG ANS 4–6; SNG France 33; SNG Lloyd 12–4; SNG Lockett 43; Bement 18 = SNG Lloyd 15; Jameson 2378; Nantueil 27–8; (all from the same obv. die). EF, toned, slight doubling. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Spink 182 (27 March 1991), lot 379.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XIX Sessions 3 & 4 . 2004
CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 320 BC. AV Stater (15.5mm, 8.54 g, 6h). Head of Persephone right, wearing a stephanos ornamented with palmettes, a slight veil, and triple-pendant earring; E to left; [to right, TAPA and small dolphin swimming downward] / Poseidon, seated left on diphros, bow laying in his lap, cradling trident in his left arm and resting his right hand on his knee, looking down upon the child Taras, who stands right, raising both arms toward him; [TAPANTINΩN to left]; to right, star above |-; K below diphros. Fischer-Bossert G5j (V4'/R5) = Basel 89 = Vlasto 1 = Jameson 137 (this coin, illustrated in all); HN Italy 901; SNG France 1777–8; ACGC 685; Holloway, Art 8; Kraay & Hirmer 315 = Berlin 1 (all from the same dies). VF, several scratches and nicks. Fine style. Very rare, only twelve examples noted by Fisher-Bossert, at least five of which are in museums (Berlin, Florence, London, Paris [2]); only two in CoinArchives. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Harlan Berk, April 2002. Ex Athos D. Moretti Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 13, 8 October 1998), lot 89; Michel Pandely Vlasto Collection, 1; Robert Jameson Collection, 137; G. Nervegna Collection (Sambon-Canessa, 18 November 1907), lot 241.This interesting issue of staters offers a wonderful display of the mythological history and significance of the city of Tarentum. The reverse scene shows the great sea-god, Poseidon, seated on a diphros, leaning forward toward his son Taras, who reaches up to him. Interpretations of this scene have varied based on the datings that numismatists have assigned to this issue. It was clear that the issue belonged to the second half of the fourth century BC, and there has been a traditional thought that gold coinage at that time was often struck for payments made during times of crisis. Most numismatists also agreed that the scene depicted an act of appeal by Tarentum, represented by Taras, to a foreign power, represented by Poseidon. M.P. Vlasto, C.M. Kraay, and G.K. Jenkins thought that Poseidon, the father of Taras, was meant to represent Sparta, the parent city of Tarentum, and thus the issue was related to the intervention of the Spartans at the behest of Tarentum circa 344-338 BC. Other numismatists, most notably, N.K. Rutter, thought that the appeal belonged to the intervention of Alexander the Molossian, circa 334-332 BC. In contrast to these traditional interpretations, W. Fischer-Bossert's reassessment of the entire coinage at Tarentum has concluded that this lovely issue was struck somewhat later, circa 320 BC, based on his analysis of the hoards containing this type, as well as typological and epigraphical links to various silver issues, whose dates of issue are more certain. While the city lacked a significant crisis during this time, the conditions did not preclude the striking of a gold coinage. We know that Tarentum experienced a time of high prosperity during this period, attested by the colossal statues of Zeus and Herakles that the artist Lysippos of Sikyon made there to symbolize the city's leadership of the local Greek federation. In such a time of tranquility, then, this issue of gold staters may have played a part in the custom of gift-giving between the city's leaders and foreign dignitaries. In this light, the reverse scene symbolizes the mythological origin of the city. The obverse type, Persephone, depicts the city's patron goddess, and also alludes to the source of the city's great wealth, its grain trade. Chronological considerations aside, this issue of gold staters at Tarentum has long been regarded as being among the finest examples of numismatic art. B.V. Head remarked that the type was "one of the most beautiful in the Tarentine series" (PCG p. 44, 7), Kraay noted that it was "remarkable not only for its artistic quality but also for theme of its reverse type" (ACGC p. 191), Jenkins said that "the composition has considerable charm as a genre scene and is brilliantly engraved" (Ancient Greek Coins, p. 118), and Holloway placed the type among "the most majestic examples of Tarentine gold coinage" (Art and Coinage in Magna Graecia, p. 39).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XIX Sessions 3 & 4 . 2005
CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 320 BC. AV Diobol – Sixth Stater (10.5mm, 1.40 g, 11h). Head of Persephone right, wearing a stephanos, ornamented with a palmette, and single-pendant earring; K to left; to right, |- above M above Φ / The infant Taras squatting facing, head right, holding distaff in left hand, wool in right; [TA]PAΣ to left; below, dolphin right. Fischer-Bossert G8j (V7/R8) = Côte 195 = Weber 545 (this coin); Vlasto 7; HN Italy 903; SNG ANS 956; SNG Lloyd 181; Boston MFA 64 = Warren 37; Gulbenkian 30 = Vlasto 8; Jameson 151; de Luynes 252; McClean 598 (all from the same dies). Good VF, a few tiny marks on obverse, slight scratch in field on reverse. Rare. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, August 2007. Ex Spink 96 (31 March 1993), lot 5; Ars Classica XVI (3 July 1933), lot 78; Claudius Côte Collection (R. Ratto, 28 January 1929), lot 195; Sir Hermann Weber Collection, 545, purchased from H. Hoffman, 1889.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XIX Sessions 3 & 4 . 2006
CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 276-272 BC. AV Stater (19mm, 8.54 g, 4h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Male youth (Taras or Phalanthos?), nude but for chlamys draped over arm, holding reins in right hand, trident in left, driving fast biga right; NIKAP above, TAPANTINΩN below. Fischer-Bossert G24f (V20/R24 – this coin, illustrated); Vlasto 23 (same dies); HN Italy 984; SNG ANS 1035; SNG Lloyd –; BMC 12 (same dies); Jameson 158 (same dies). Near EF, lightly toned. Very rare. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Distinguished American Collection (Leu 52, 15 May 1991), lot 2; Vinchon (13 April 1985), lot 27.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XIX Sessions 3 & 4 . 2007
CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 276-272 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.58 g, 5h). Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath; NK monogram to left / Eagle standing left, wings spread, on thunderbolt; TAPANTINΩN up left field, AP monogram to inner left, [ΣΩ]ΣI to right. Fischer-Bossert G38 (V34/R38); Vlasto 36 = Gulbenkian 44; HN Italy 983; SNG Lloyd 200 = Bement 96; Boston MFA 82; Hermitage Sale II 38 (all from the same dies). Good VF, toned, minor doubling on reverse. Rare. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Leu 86 (5 May 2003), lot 215.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XIX Sessions 3 & 4 . 2008
CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 276-272 BC. AV Tetrobol – Third Stater (12.5mm, 2.84 g, 8h). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a coiled serpent / Male youth (Taras or Phalanthos?), nude but for chlamys draped over arm, holding reins in right hand, trident in left, driving fast biga right; star above. Fischer-Bossert G67 (V54/R67); Vlasto 19 (same dies); HN Italy 953 (c. 302 BC); SNG ANS –; SNG Lloyd –; BMC 21; Hermitage Sale II 41; Hirsch 88; Jameson 227 = Warren 47; de Luynes 255; Sartiges 26 (all from the same dies). EF, toned, light scratch in field on reverse. Rare. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Leu 86 (5 May 2003), lot 215.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XIX Sessions 3 & 4 . 2009
LUCANIA, Metapontion. temp. Alexander the Molossian. Circa 334-322 BC. AV Tetrobol – Third Stater (14mm, 2.61 g, 9h). Achaian standard. Head of Hera right, wearing stephanos ornamented with palmettes, and single-pendant earring / Barley ear of six grains, with leaf to right; bird standing right on leaf, METAΠON to left. Johnston G1; HN Italy 1578; SNG ANS 395; SNG Lloyd –; SNG Lockett 406; Dewing 377 (same dies); Gillet 203 (same dies). Near EF, toned, underlying luster. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Leu 81 (16 May 2001), lot 19.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XIX Sessions 3 & 4 . 2010
LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 302 BC. AV Tetrobol – Third Stater (14mm, 2.62 g, 5h). Achaian standard. Head of Nike facing slightly right, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace / Barley ear of six grains with curly leaf to right; METAΠON up left field, krater above leaf. Johnston G4 (same dies); HN Italy 1629; SNG ANS 396; SNG Lloyd –; SNG Lockett 405; Basel 152; Gillet 204 (this coin); Gulbenkian 71 (all from the same dies). Near EF, attractively toned, a little off center. Fine and delicate style. Rare. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Leu 81 (16 May 2001), lot 20; Charles Gillet Collection (1972), 204.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XIX Sessions 3 & 4 . 2011
LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 280-279 BC. AV Tetrobol – Third Stater (12.5mm, 2.81 g, 2h). Attic standard. Bearded head of Leukippos right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with Skylla hurling a stone; ΛEYKIΠΠO[Σ] above / Two six-grained barley ears, each with a curly leaf to outside; M-[E] across outer fields, ΣI between. Johnston G5.1/5.3 (same obv./rev. die); HN Italy 1630; SNG ANS 397–8; SNG Copenhagen Supp. 43; SNG Lloyd –; SNG Lockett 404 (same rev. die); Basel 153 = Gillet 202 (same obv. die); Dewing 378; Jameson 1867; Gulbenkian 72 (same rev. die). Near EF, tiny deposit and small scratch on obverse. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 727378 (August 2001).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XIX Sessions 3 & 4 . 2012
BRUTTIUM, The Brettii. Circa 216-214 BC. AV Hemidrachm (12mm, 2.10 g, 11h). Third coinage. Attic standard. Second Punic War issue. Bearded head of Herakles left, wearing lion's skin; club to right, tiny Γ below / Nike, holding kentron and reins in right hand, driving biga right; below, coiled serpent right; BPETTIΩN in exergue. Arslan dies 5/8; Scheu G.8; HN Italy 1953; SNG ANS 15 corr.; SNG Lloyd 540; SNG Copenhagen 1613; Jameson 404; de Luynes 653 (all from the same dies). Superb EF. Rare. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 75 (23 May 2007), lot 29.The Brettii were an indigenous Italian people who emerged in southern Italy in the mid-fourth century BC. Ancient authors describe them as a group of revolted slaves and miscellaneous fugitives who came together after seeking refuge in the rugged mountains of the area. Nonetheless, it is more likely that most of these people were native Oenotrians or Pelasgians who had escaped from domination by the Greek cities and other native groups to the north. By the mid-third century BC, this disparate congregation of people, now known as the Brettii, had become the predominant power over most of Italy south of the river Laos, including the important mints of Consentia, Medma, Hipponium, Terina, and Thurium (Diod. XVI.15; Strabo VI). Their rising power, however, was eventually checked by the expansion of Roman authority in their region. In the 280s BC, they united with their neighbors, the Lucanians, against Rome, an adventure that proved inconclusive. Soon thereafter, they aided Pyrrhos in his war against Rome, an unsuccessful endeavor that resulted in the Romans carrying on the conflict against the Brettians after defeating the Epiran leader. The Brettians submitted to the Romans, but in the face of Hannibal's successes against Rome, they again allied themselves with Rome's enemy during the Second Punic War (Livy XXII. 61). In this conflict, the Brettians were completely invested in the alliance with Carthage, such that the entire region of Bruttium became a veritable Punic fortress, and it was during this war that the entire series of Brettian coinage was struck. Once again, though, the Brettii had supported the losing side, and this time the Romans were determined to squash any further ability of the Brettians to threaten them. In the aftermath of Hannibal's defeat, the Romans subjugated Bruttium through annual military deployments and the establishment of three colonies, at Tempsa, Kroton, and Vibo Valentia (Livy XXXIV. 45 and XXXV. 40). Unlike other Italian populations that had been conquered by the Romans, the Brettii were also not admitted as Roman allies and could not serve in the Roman military (Appian, Annib. 61). Little is known of the Brettii thereafter, but in the early to mid-first century BC, Bruttium was further laid waste during the revolt of Spartacus and the war between Sextus Pompey and Octavian (Plut. Crass. 10-11; Appian, B.C. IV. 86, V. 19 and 91).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XIX Sessions 3 & 4 . 2013
BRUTTIUM, Lokroi Epizephyrioi. Circa 350-275 BC. AV Tenth Stater (10mm, 0.74 g, 7h). Head of eagle left, holding serpent in its beak; OΛ above / Vertical winged thunderbolt. HN Italy 2346; Pozzi Paolini 2b; SNG ANS 498; SNG Lloyd –; Basel –; Dewing 517; Gillet 308; Gulbenkian –; Jameson 447; de Luynes 760. EF, lustrous, area of weak strike. Rare. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex LHS 103 (5 May 2009), lot 47.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XIX Sessions 3 & 4 . 2014
SICILY, Akragas. Circa 406 BC. AV 2 Litrai – Diobol (10mm, 1.35 g, 11h). Silanos, magistrate. Eagle standing left, snake clasped in its talons, on rock outcropping; AKP[A] above, two pellets (mark of value) on rocks / Crab; below, ΣIΛA/NOΣ in two lines (the lower retrograde). HGC 2, 75; SNG ANS 998–9; Gulbenkian 171; McClean 2039 (same dies); cf. Pozzi 387/385 (same obv. die/rev. type). Near EF, lightly toned, a little die wear. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Superior (20 May 1995), lot 7857.The magistrate's name, Silanos, is found on tetradrachms (SNG ANS 1000) as well as gold diobols with marks of value. As it does so often, gold indicates anticipation of an emergency, and thus this last issue of the city can be dated to the period before its capitulation to the Carthaginians in 406 BC (see C. Boehringer, "Die Finanzpolitik und Münzprägung des Dionysios von Syrakus," Essays Thompson, pp. 15-6). It is thought that this particular gold issue was struck to pay the mercenaries who defended the city against the Punic forces. It is also the only issue of Akragas to feature a magistrate's name.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XIX Sessions 3 & 4 . 2015
SICILY, Gela. Circa 415-405 BC. AV Litra (9mm, 0.86 g, 1h). Forepart of bridled horse right / Head of female left, hair in ampyx, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace; ΣΩΣΙΠΟΛΙΣ to left. Jenkins, Gela, Group IX, 491.1 (O102/R198) = Jameson 590 (this coin); HGC 2, 336 (same dies as illustration); SNG ANS –; SNG Lloyd 980 (same dies); Basel –; Gulbenkian –; Rizzo pl. XIX, 9. Near EF, tiny nick at edge on reverse. Extremely rare, one of only four examples noted by Jenkins, with only two new pieces in CoinArchives (though one may be Jenkins 491.4). From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex James A. Ferrendelli Collection (Triton VII, 13 January 2004), lot 46; Numismatica Ars Classica 9 (16 April 1996), lot 156; Robert Jameson Collection, 590; Sir Arthur J. Evans Collection (before 1913).Sosipolis appears as a male name in Greek texts, but the figure that appears named as such on Geloan coins is clearly female. She has been variously identified with a water nymph, a Tyche (patron goddess of a city), a Nike (goddess of Victory), and Demeter. Likely regarded as a multi-faceted goddess combining many attributes, she was protectress of the city of Gela. Her first appearance is in the 440s, crowning the bull of Gela with a wreath, signaling a victory over the native Sikels by a combined Greek army in which Gela played a significant role. Her second, and last, mention is a more somber occasion, a plea for divine intervention on an emergency coinage struck as Gela and many other Greek cities in the west and south of Sicily fell to the Carthaginians at the end of the 5th century BC. For a discussion of the dating of this issue, see C. Boehringer, "Die Finanzpolitik und Münzprägung des Dionysios von Syrakus" in Essays Thompson, pp. 15-17 and C. Boehringer, "Ehrenrettung einer syrakusanischen Goldmünze" in FlorNum, pp. 73-79.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XIX Sessions 3 & 4 . 2016
SICILY, Kamarina. Circa 405 BC. AV Diobol (11mm, 1.14 g, 5h). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with hippocamp / KA within olive spray tying to left. Westermark & Jenkins 206; HGC 2, 518; SNG ANS 1209; SNG Lloyd 905; Hirsch 325; Jameson 528; Kraay & Hirmer 153; Rizzo pl. VI, 17; Weber 1248. EF, lustrous, minor scuff and a few tiny nicks on obverse. Rare. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 847169 (April 2009).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XIX Sessions 3 & 4 . 2017
SICILY, Messana. 455-451 BC. AV Dilitron (10mm, 1.43 g, 5h). The nymph Messana, holding kentron in left hand, reins in both, driving slow biga of mules right; in exergue, leaf right / Hare springing right; MESSENIO-N (Ss retrograde) around. Caltabiano 321.3 (D140/R132 – this coin); SNG ANS –; SNG Lloyd –; Rizzo pl. XXVI, 9 (same dies). Good VF, minor flat strike at high points. Extremely rare, one of three listed by Caltabiano, and the only example in CoinArchives. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Triton XIII (5 January 2010), lot 41; Münzen und Medaillen AG 76 (19 September 1991), lot 674; Sternberg XVII (9 May 1986), lot 56.This coin is a true enigma, since it is difficult to connect its issue to any specific historical event. The similar use of the curved retrograde sigmas in the ethnic as well as the style of the leaf in the exergue of the obverse links this coin to Caltabiano Series VII tetradrachms whose production ended in 450 BC. Carmen Arnold-Biucchi dated the beginning of this tetradrachm series (and consequently this gold issue) to 461 BC, a date which Caltabiano reduced by a decade.As such rare gold issues of Magna Graecia and Sicily tend to be struck only as a military necessity, the purpose of this extremely rare dilitron issue must be some war in which Messana was involved. One intriguing possibility involves Douketios, a local Sicel leader who, according to Diodoros Siculus (11.76.3, 78.5, 88.6, 91.1), took advantage of the political vacuum caused by the creation of the Fifth Democracy in Syracuse to establish a state on the eastern portion of the island. Beginning in 461 BC and continuing until his death in 440 BC, Douketios expanded his influence from his base of operations in the rugged hill country northwest of Syracuse by taking advantage of the numerous inter city rivalries. In 461 BC, he sided with Syracuse against Katane, helping to capture the city and absorbing half of its territory. By 453/2 BC, he had not only united much of the Sicilian interior under his rule, but he had also founded an important new Sicel city, Palike, in the vicinity of Mt. Aitna. Douketios' expansionist policies, however, began to cause alarm and uneasiness among the other city-states, chief among them Akragas and Syracuse, which allied against him in 451 BC, and it is possible that this coin was struck in order to pay for Messana's part in supporting that alliance. When Douketios subsequently took refuge in Syracuse, thereby precipitating a diplomatic conundrum for the Democracy, Syracuse cannily sent him to Corinth, their mother city. In 448/7 BC, however, Douketios escaped and returned to Sicily where he again rose to power, directing his attention to the northern part of the island. There he founded a city, Kale Akte, or "Fair Promontory", made up of not only Sicel settlers, but also Corinthians. While expanding his power in the area, he died in 440 BC.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XIX Sessions 3 & 4 . 2018
SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AV 100 Litrai – Double Dekadrachm (13.5mm, 5.78 g, 3h). Struck circa 400-370 BC. Head of Arethousa left, hair in sakkos adorned with a star, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace; [ΣYPAKOΣI]ON to left, pellet flanking neck / Herakles kneeling right, strangling the Nemean Lion; rocks below. Bérend Group III, 15.10 (D11/R8 – this coin); HGC 2, 1275; SNG ANS 329 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 1421 (same obv. die); SNG Lockett 985 (same dies); Hunt IV 115 (same obv. die); Jameson 814 (same obv. die); Pozzi 605 (same dies). Good VF, minor die rust on obverse, small die break on reverse. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Triton VI (14 January 2003), lot 110; Spink 32 (30 November 1983), lot 11; Ars Classica XV (2 July 1930), lot 375.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XIX Sessions 3 & 4 . 2019
SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AV 50 Litrai – Dekadrachm (12.5mm, 2.88 g, 10h). Struck circa 400-370 BC. Head of young male (Anapos?) left; ΣYPAKO-ΣIΩN around / Horse prancing right on exergue line inscribed [ΣY]PAKOΣIΩ[N]; all within shallow incuse square. Bérend 1.11 (D1/R1) = Hunt IV 118 (this coin); HGC 2, 1281; SNG ANS 340; SNG Fitzwilliam 1268; Hirsch 590; de Luynes 1240; McClean 2731; Morgan 13; Rizzo pl. L, 13 = Hunt II 274 (all from the same dies). EF, toned, a few marks, a little die wear on obverse. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 38 (6 June 1996), lot 137; Sternberg XXV (25 November 1991), lot 71; Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection (Part IV, Sotheby's, 19 June 1991), lot 118; Hess-Leu 49 (27 April 1971), lot 68.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XIX Sessions 3 & 4 . 2020
SICILY, Syracuse. Timoleon and the Third Democracy. 344-317 BC. AV 30 Litrai – Quarter Stater (11mm, 2.12 g, 1h). Struck under Timoleon, 344-339/8 BC. Head of Zeus Eleutherios left, wearing laurel wreath; [ZEYΣ E]ΛEY-[ΘEPIOΣ] around / Pegasos flying left; ΣYP-[A-KOΣIΩN] around, AP monogram to left, three pellets below. HGC 2, 1284; SNG ANS 493; SNG Lloyd 1440; Basel –; Dewing –; Gillet –; Gulbenkian –; Jameson 851; Rizzo pl. LVIII, 1. Choice EF. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from David Vagi, January 1997.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XIX Sessions 3 & 4 . 2021
SICILY, Syracuse. Timoleon and the Third Democracy. 344-317 BC. AV 10 Litrai – Didrachm (8.5mm, 0.70 g, 2h). Forepart of bull butting left / Grain ear; ΣYPAK-OΣIΩN around. HGC 2, 1291 (Agathokles); SNG ANS 1393 (Agathokles); SNG Lloyd –; Basel 504 = Triton VII, lot 98; Dewing –; Giesecke p. 77, 15; Gulbenkian –; Jameson –. EF, toned. Extremely rare, only the Moretti (Basel) coin in CoinArchives. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Tkalec (19 February 2001), lot 45.Although the cataloger of the ANS specimen (followed by HGC) places this issue under Agathokles, Bérend did not include it in her study of the gold of Agathokles, and none of the authors of BAR considered it as such, either.