IBERIA, Bolskan. Circa 80-72 BC. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.76 g, 1h). Bare male head right / Warrior on horse rearing right, holding spear. ACIP 1423. EF, toned.
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IBERIA, Emporion. Second Punic War. Circa 218-206 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 4.74 g, 11h). Wreathed head of Arethousa right; three dolphins around / Pegasos, with Chrysaor head, flying right; below, dolphin right. ACIP 193. Good VF, toned, flan flaws, struck with worn obverse die.
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IBERIA, Kastilo. Mid 2nd century BC. Æ Semis (23.5mm, 7.64 g, 10h). Laureate male head right / Bull standing right; crescent above. ACIP 2119. Good VF, attractive green patina, cleaning marks.From the MM Collection..
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GAUL, Massalia. Circa 475-450 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.81 g, 6h). Archaic head of Apollo left / Crab; M below. F&P OBM-1c; Brenot Period 2, 1; Furtwängler, Massalia, Em. VI, pl. III, 4. Good VF, lightly toned. Well centered.Ex CNG Inventory 85601 (March 1995).
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CAMPANIA, Cumae. Circa 470-460/55 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.73 g, 7h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Mussel shell. Rutter Period II, 45 (O38/R42); HN Italy 527. VF, toned, some roughness and porosity. Rare.Ex Triton III (30 November 1999), lot 25.
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APULIA, Arpi. Circa 275-250 BC. Æ (20mm, 5.25 g, 1h). Bull butting right / Horse prancing right. Siciliano, Arpi, A, 1–10; HN Italy 645. VF, green and brown patina, irregular flan, some roughness.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Tony Hardy Collection (Triton VIII, 12 January 2005), lot 1833 (part of).
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 325-280 BC. AR Diobol (11.5mm, 1.20 g, 9h). Helmeted head of Athena right, with wreath on the bowl / Herakles, holding club, strangling the Nemean Lion. Vlasto 1339–43; HN Italy 976. VF, toned, porous. Well centered.From the MM Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 224 (13 October 2014), lot 24.
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 302-280 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 3.26 g, 1h). Helmeted head of Athena right, helmet decorated with Skylla throwing stone / Owl standing right, head facing; ZOP and olive branch to right. Vlasto 1047; HN Italy 975. VF, toned, die break on obverse.
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 302-280 BC. AR Drachm (16.5mm, 3.24 g, 3h). Helmeted head of Athena right, helmet decorated with Skylla throwing stone / Owl standing right, head facing; ZOP and olive branch to right. Vlasto 1047; HN Italy 975. VF, toned, struck with worn obverse die.
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 302-280 BC. AR Drachm (15.5mm, 3.19 g, 9h). Helmeted head of Athena right, helmet decorated with Skylla throwing stone / Owl standing right, head facing; to right, club above ZO[P]. Vlasto 1054–7; HN Italy 975. VF, toned.
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 280 BC. AR Nomos (20.5mm, 7.73 g, 1h). 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, toned, test cut and small flan flaw on reverse.
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LUCANIA, Herakleia. Circa 281-278 BC. AR Diobol (11mm, 0.78 g, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Infant Herakles, kneeling right, head left, strangling two serpents; club below. Van Keuren 125; HN Italy 1422. VF, toned, double struck on obverse.Herakles was the son of Zeus and Alkmene. This union and the child it produced enraged Zeus' wife, Hera, who tried to kill Herakles. Shortly after his birth, she sent two serpents one night to strangle the infant as he lay sleeping in his crib. The following morning, the nurse discovered Herakles playing with their lifeless bodies: during the night he had strangled one in each hand. This early example of his renowned strength earned him the name Herakliskos Drakonopnigon, or "the serpent-slaying infant Herakles."
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LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 340-330 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.76 g, 3h). Helmeted head of Leukippos right; to left, lion head right; [monogram below chin] / Grain ear with leaf to left; club above leaf, AMI below. Johnston Class B, 2; HN Italy 1575. VF, toned, horn silver, flan flaw on obverse.
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LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 330-290 BC. AR Nomos (20.5mm, 7.59 g, 6h). Wreathed head of Demeter left / Barley ear with leaf to left; to left, pitchfork above leaf, [ΔA below]. Johnston Class C, 5; HN Italy 1582. VF, toned, roughness on obverse.
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BRUTTIUM, Kroton. Circa 480-430 BC. AR Nomos (23mm, 6.92 g, 3h). Tripod, legs terminating in lion's feet / Incuse eagle flying right. Gorini 27; HN Italy 2108; SNG ANS 287. VF, toned, some find patina, minor roughness.From the Hanbery Collection, purchased from Frank Kovacs, with his old inventory ticket.
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