Electronic Auction 368
Date: 2016-02-10 00:00:00
Lots: 741
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IBERIA, Arse-Saguntum. Circa 200-150 BC. Æ Eighth Unit (13.5mm, 1.89 g, 6h). Shell / Dolphin right; crescent above, A and star below. R&L 219–62; ACIP 1979; SNG BM Spain 1113–5. VF, brown and green patina.
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IBERIA, Arse-Saguntum. Circa 200-150 BC. Æ Eighth Unit (13mm, 1.60 g, 10h). Shell / Dolphin right; crescent above, [A] and star below. R&L 219–62; ACIP 1979; SNG BM Spain 1113–5. VF, dark green patina.
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IBERIA, Gadir. Early 1st century BC. Æ Half (19mm, 4.24 g, 9h). Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin; club to left / Two tunnies left; crescent and Phoenician aleph between. ACIP 689; SNG BM Spain 193. VF, green patina, some roughness. Very rare.
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GAUL, Massalia. Circa 475-465/0 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.89 g, 12h). Archaic head of Apollo left / Crab; M below. Chevillon OBM-1 (fig. 29). Good VF, toned. Nice metal.Ex Poindessault-Vedrines (31 March 1997), lot 339.
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GAUL, Massalia. Circa 130-121 BC. AR Tetrobol (14.5mm, 2.04 g, 11h). Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right / Lion advancing left; Φ to left, Ξ H below. Depeyrot, Marseille 42/2; SNG Copenhagen 781. Good VF, toned, struck with worn dies.Ex Poindessault-Vedrines (31 March 1997), lot 341.
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GAUL, Massalia. Circa 130-121 BC. AR Tetrobol (15mm, 2.61 g, 11h). Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right / Lion advancing left; OA (?) in exergue. Depeyrot, Marseille 43/2 var. (obv. type left); SNG Copenhagen 775 var. (same). EF, attractively toned, a little off center on reverse. Rare variety.
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LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 470-440 BC. AR Nomos (19.5mm, 6.87 g, 12h). Dumpy incuse type. Ear of barley with six grains / Incuse ear of barley with six grains. Noe Class XI, 236 (same dies); HN Italy 1484. Near VF, toned, some die wear, graffito on obverse.Ex Davisson's 6 (29 February 1996), lot 78.
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BRUTTIUM, Rhegion. Circa 445-435 BC. AR Litra (14mm, 0.75 g, 7h). Facing lion's scalp / RECI within wreath. Herzfelder p. 89, B; HN Italy 2485. VF, find patina.
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SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. Æ Trias (22mm, 9.65 g, 8h). Struck circa 304-289 BC. Draped bust of Artemis Soteira right, quiver over shoulder / Winged thunderbolt. CNS 138; BAR Issue 20; HGC 2, 1537. Good VF, encrusted brown patina with green hues.
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CARTHAGE, Second Punic War. Circa 220-215 BC. Æ Trishekel (29mm, 18.98 g, 12h). Head of Tanit left / Horse standing right; palm tree in background to left. MAA 84; Müller, Afrique 147; SNG Copenhagen 344. Good VF, dark green-brown surfaces, minor roughness.
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CARTHAGE, Second Punic War. Circa 220-215 BC. Æ Trishekel (30mm, 17.30 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, brown surfaces, areas of roughness and flat strike.
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CARTHAGE, Second Punic War. Circa 220-215 BC. Æ Trishekel (30mm, 18.09 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, dark brown surfaces, areas of roughness.
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CARTHAGE, Second Punic War. Circa 220-215 BC. Æ Trishekel (30.5mm, 17.35 g, 1h). 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, dark brown surfaces, flan flaw in center of obverse, area of flat strike on reverse.
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SKYTHIA, Olbia. Circa 525-350 BC. Cast Æ (28mm, 1.74 g). Dolphin without inscription. Cf. Anokhin 154; SNG BM Black Sea 361. VF, green patina.
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SKYTHIA, Olbia. Circa 437-410 BC. Cast Æ (27mm, 1.36 g). Dolphin left / ΘY on flat surface. Anokhin 180; SNG BM Black Sea 369–73. VF, brown patina.
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SKYTHIA, Olbia. Circa 310-280 BC. Æ (20.5mm, 7.75 g, 1h). Head of the river god Borysthenes left / [Ax] and bowcase; [control letters to left]. Cf. Anokhin 295–386; cf. SNG BM Black Sea 451–533. VF, green-brown patina.
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MOESIA, Istros. 4th-2nd centuries BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.45 g). Barbarous imitation. Facing male heads, the right inverted / Sea-eagle left, grasping dolphin, below left, with talons. Cf. Dima p. 22, pl. XXXIII, 8–10. VF, toned, granular surfaces. Very rare imitation.
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THRACE, Abdera. Circa 311-280 BC. Æ (15mm, 3.55 g, 12h). Menan–, magistrate. Griffin lying right on club; MENAN below / Laureate head of Apollo right within linear square; ethnic around. C-N Period X, 192–212; SNG Copenhagen 374. VF, black patina, off center, minor roughness.
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THRACE, Apollonia Pontika. Late 5th-4th centuries BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 2.83 g, 9h). Facing gorgoneion / Upright anchor; crayfish to left, A to right. Topalov, Apollonia 45; SNG BM Black Sea 160-1 var. (symbols reversed). 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, Apollonia Pontika. Late 5th-4th centuries BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 2.82 g, 12h). Facing gorgoneion / Upright anchor; A to left, crayfish to right. Topalov, Apollonia 44 corr. (sides revesred); SNG BM Black Sea 162–3. VF, minor edge split.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, Apollonia Pontika. Late 5th-4th centuries BC. AR Drachm (13mm, 2.81 g, 6h). Facing gorgoneion / Upright anchor; A to left, crayfish to right. Topalov, Apollonia 44 corr. (sides revesred); SNG BM Black Sea 162–3. VF, minor roughness on the reverse.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.