IBERIA, Kastilo. Late 2nd century BC. Æ As (30mm, 10.71 g, 10h). Diademed male head right; hand to right / Griffin standing right, paw raised; star to right. ACIP 2143; SNG BM Spain 1323. Good VF, brown surfaces, some earthen deposits. Well struck.From the WRG Collection, purchased from William B. Porter, June 1994.
IBERIA, Gaulish-Iberian Imitations. Late 3rd-1st centuries BC. AR Tetartemorion (7.5mm, 0.14 g, 10h). Imitating Emporion. Bare head right / Pegasos flying right; two circles below. ACIP 526. Near VF, toned, some porosity.
CAMPANIA, Neapolis. Circa 275-250 BC. Æ (17mm, 2.95 g, 7h). Laureate head of Apollo left; [letter to right] / Man-headed bull standing right, head facing; above, Nike flying right, crowning bull; IΣ below. Taliercio, Monetazione, Group IIIa; HN Italy 589. VF, dark green patina.From the WRG Collection.
CAMPANIA, Neapolis. Circa 300 BC. Æ (15mm, 2.50 g, 8h). Laureate head of male left; [symbol to right] / Tripod. Taliercio, Monetazione, Group IIb; HN Italy 583. VF, earthen green patina, slight roughness.From the WRG Collection.
APULIA, Luceria. Circa 211-200 BC. Æ Quincunx (24mm, 9.92 g). Helmeted head of Athena right; five pellets (mark of value) above / Wheel with eight spokes. HN Italy 678; SNG ANS 699–703. VF, dark green-brown patina, flan flaw on obverse.From the WRG Collection.
CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 280-272 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 3.22 g, 10h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Owl standing right, head facing, on thunderbolt; [ΣΩ upward to right, ΔI in exergue]. Vlasto 1068; HN Italy 1018. In NGC encapsulation, 4280133-001, graded AU, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 4/5.
LUCANIA, Herakleia. Circa 281-278 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.65 g, 8h). Helmeted head of Athena right; E behind neck / Herakles standing left, holding club and bow, lion skin draped over arm; to upper left, owl standing right; APIΣ to left. Van Keuren 87; HN Italy 1385. VF, toned, slightly off center and minor flan flaws on obverse, graffiti in fields on reverse.
LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 340-330 BC. AR Nomos (22mm, 7.81 g, 11h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Barley ear with leaf to left; crouching Silenos above leaf, Δ below. Johnson Class A, 2; HN Italy 1557. Near VF, toned, area of flat strike.
LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 330-290 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.97 g, 12h). Wreathed head of Demeter left / Barley ear with leaf to left; above leaf, griffin springing right; [ΛY below leaf]. Johnston Class C, 6; HN Italy 1589. VF, toned, underlying luster, reverse off center.
LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 300-250 BC. Æ (14mm, 2.77 g, 6h). Wreathed head of Demeter right / Grain ear with leaf to left. Johnston Bronze 59; HN Italy 1695. Good VF, dark brown patina, minor porosity.Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 217 (26 August 2009), lot 6.
LUCANIA, Paestum (Poseidonia). Second Punic War. 218-201 BC. Æ Sextans (16.5mm, 2.86 g, 3h). Female head right; two pellets (mark of value) to left / Forepart of boar right; two pellets (mark of value) below. Crawford, Paestum 12/1; HN Italy 1218. VF, dark green patina.From the WRG Collection.
SICILY, Gela. Circa 420-405 BC. Æ Tetras or Trionkion (18mm, 3.81 g, 6h). Bull standing right, head lowered; three pellets (mark of value) in exergue / Head of young river god right. Jenkins, Gela, Group IX, 497 (same dies as illustration); CNS 17; HGC 2, 379 corr. (some without grain ear). VF, dark green-brown patina, slightly off center on reverse.
SICILY, Katane. Circa 415/3-404 BC. AR Litra (12mm, 0.66 g, 3h). Bearded head of Silenos left, wearing ivy wreath / Winged thunderbolt flanked by shields. Boehringer, Kataneische Li 6; Mirone 82; HGC 2, 590. Near VF, find patina, some roughness.
SICILY, Katane. Circa 211-206/4 BC. Æ Dichalkon (15.5mm, 2.44 g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo left; monogram to right / Aphrodite standing right, holding dove; II (mark of value) to right. Casabona Period I, Phase III, 8; BAR Issue 6; CNS 26; HGC 2, 613. Near VF, forest green patina, slight roughness.From the WRG Collection.
SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.22 g, 6h). Struck circa 478-475 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethousa right, surrounded by four dolphins. Boehringer Series VIIIb, 157 (V70/R109); HGC 2, 1306. VF, toned, scrape on obverse.From the WRG Collection, purchased from William Porter, 1996.
SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. Æ Trias (15.5mm, 3.10 g, 6h). Struck circa 415-410 BC. Head of Arethusa right; dolphins flanking / Octopus; three pellets (mark of value) around. Holloway, Further, Series 1, fig. 1; CNS 1; HGC 2, 1428. VF, dark green patina, slight roughness.From the WRG Collection, purchased from William Porter, September 1990.
SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. Æ Litra (19mm, 6.93 g, 9h). Struck circa 405-367 BC. Helmeted head of Athena left / Hippocamp left. CNS 34; HGC 2, 1456. VF, hard dark green patina, edge split.Ex Dr. Walter Stoecklin Collection, purchased from Münzen und Medaillen AG.
SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. Æ Litra (17mm, 5.52 g, 6h). Struck circa 405-367 BC. Helmeted head of Athena left / Hippocamp left. CNS 34; HGC 2, 1456. VF, hard dark forest green patina.Ex Dr. Walter Stoecklin Collection, acquired from the estate of Dr. L. Naegli (Zürich, †1951).
SICILY, Syracuse. Timoleon and the Third Democracy. 344-317 BC. Æ Hemidrachm (24mm, 14.23 g, 1h). Timoleontic Symmachy coinage. 1st series, circa 344-339/8 BC. Laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios right / Upright thunderbolt; to right, eagle standing right. Castrizio series I, 1γ; CNS 72; HGC 2, 1440. Near VF, brown surfaces, some roughness.From the WRG Collection, purchased from William Porter, July 1985.