Electronic Auction 460
Date: 2020-01-29 00:00:00
Lots: 1067
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IBERIA, Punic Iberia. Circa 237-209 BC. AR Quarter Shekel (14mm, 1.77 g, 12h). Laureate male head left; club over far shoulder / Elephant advancing right. MHC 45–58; ACIP 555. Toned, porous. Near VF.
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IBERIA, Punic Iberia. Circa 237-209 BC. Æ Half Unit (18.5mm, 4.51 g, 12h). Helmeted male head right / Palm tree. MHC 113; ACIP 581. Dark green–black patina. EF. From the Matthew Curtis Collection.The portrait on this Carthaginian bronze of Spain is of exceptional interest because of the direct parallel it offers to the portrait on silver didrachms struck by the Epirote king Pyrrhos during his campaign in southern Italy (K. Rutter, Greek Coinages of Southern Italy and Sicily, no. 98; BMC Thessaly pl. XX, 11). They compare so favorably in both style and content that either one was inspired by the other, or, more likely, they share the same sculptural prototype.
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IBERIA, Punic Iberia. Circa 237-209 BC. Æ Unit (28mm, 10.65 g, 12h). Helmeted head of Athena left; Punic yod below chin / Horse standing right; Punic bet below. MHC 125; ACIP 593. Dark brown-black surfaces, area of weak strike, a few cleaning marks. VF. From the Matthew Curtis Collection.
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IBERIA, Asido. 2nd century BC. Æ Semis (23mm, 6.36 g, 1h). Bull standing right, head facing; star above / Dolphin right; pellet-in-crescent above, kerykeion to lower left. ACIP 914; SNG BM Spain 464-72. Dusty pale green patina. VF. From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex Camerata Romeu Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 379, 27 July 2016), lot 3.
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IBERIA, Kastilo(?). Early 1st century BC. Æ As (28mm, 17.74 g, 7h). Male head left; L. (QVL). F to left, Q. ISC. [F] to right / Europa riding bull right; M. C. F below. ACIP 2174. Dark brown surfaces, some smoothing. VF. From the Matthew Curtis Collection.
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ISLANDS off IBERIA, Ebusus. Late 2nd-early 1st centuries BC. Æ Semis (22mm, 7.50 g, 12h). Bes standing facing, holding mace and serpent; Punic yod and beth flanking / Punic 'YBSM above mark of value and Punic 50. ACIP 765; SNG BM Spain –. Dark brown surfaces with red hues, flan crack. EF. Choice for issue. From the Matthew Curtis Collection.
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GAUL, Massalia. Circa 425-400 BC. AR Obol (9.5mm, 0.76 g). Bare head of Lacydon right / Wheel. F&P OBM-6a. Toned, minor edge flaw. Near EF.
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ETRURIA, Populonia. Circa 300-250 BC. AR 10 Asses (17mm, 4.18 g). Laureate head of Aplu left; X (mark of value) behind / Blank. EC Series 70, 237 (O3 – this coin, illustrated); HN Italy 168; SNG BN 45; SNG Copenhagen 39; SNG Fitzwilliam 64; SNG Lloyd 24; SNG Soutzos 19; Berlin 21; BMC 14; Weber 64 (all from the same obv. die). In NGC encapsulation 4529603-013, graded Ch XF(star), Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5. Light toning with darker recesses making for an attractive example. Perfectly centered. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 84 (21 May 2015), lot 551; Gemini III (9 January 2007), lot 25.
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UMBRIA, Tuder. Circa 220-200 BC. Æ Aes Grave Quadrans (27mm, 18.86 g, 12h). Frog; three pellets (mark of value) in field / Anchor; three pellets (mark of value) in left field. Campana 13; ICC 225; HN Italy 48. Dark green patina with light earthen dusting. VF.
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CAMPANIA, Neapolis. Circa 320-300 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.33 g, 9h). Head of nymph right, wearing thick band in hair; kantharos to left, ΔI below / Man-headed bull walking right; above, Nike flying right, placing wreath on bull's head. Sambon 447; HN Italy 571. Deep cabinet tone, some tooling around hair band. VF. From the Matthew Curtis Collection.
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CAMPANIA, Neapolis. Circa 300 BC. AR Nomos (17.5mm, 7.16 g, 1h). Diademed head of female right; club behind neck / Man-headed bull standing right, head facing; above, Nike flying right, crowning bull; Θ below. Sambon 480; HN Italy 579. Toned, struck on an irregular flan, some roughness and smoothing. VF. From the Matthew Curtis Collection.
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CAMPANIA, Neapolis. Circa 300 BC. Æ (14mm, 2.82 g, 3h). Laureate head of male left; [symbol to right] / Tripod. Taliercio, Monetazione, Group IIb; HN Italy 583; Laffaille 16 (this coin). Superb blue-green patina. Near EF. From the Jack A. Frazer Collection. Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG 90 (14 June 2000), lot 202; Maurice Lafaille Collection (Münzen & Medaillen AG 76, 19 September 1991), lot 16; Y.E. Hindamian Collection (Ciani & Vinchon, 6 February 1956), lot 15; Sambon (26 May 1925), lot 56.
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CALABRIA, Brundisium. 2nd century BC. Æ Triens (18mm, 4.96 g, 5h). Semuncial standard. Laureate head of Neptune right; to left, crowning Nike above trident; four pellets (mark of value) below / Phalanthos, holding crowning Nike and kithara, riding dolphin left; four pellets (mark of value) below. SNG BN 1498; HN Italy 750. Dark green patina, slightly soft strike on obverse. Good VF. From the Jack A. Frazer Collection, purchased from Harlan J. Berk, 28 October 1999.
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 480-470 BC. AR Litra (7mm, 0.74 g). Cockle shell / Wheel. Vlasto 1108–11; HN Italy 835. Toned. Good VF. Excellent metal for issue. From the M.J.W. Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 93 (22 May 2013), lot 11.
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 430-425 BC. AR Nomos (20.5mm, 7.21 g, 4h). Taras, nude, riding dolphin left, holding akrostolion; below, fish left / Taras, as Oikistes, seated left, holding strigil with lekythos and distaff downward, at which cat, to left, jumps. Fischer-Bossert Group 17, 255h (V120/R191) = Vlasto 233 = Walcher von Molthein 115 (this coin); Vlasto, Taras, Type 47B; HN Italy 844; Jameson 104 (same dies). Old cabinet tone, scattered marks. Near VF. Very rare, only 13 noted by Fischer-Bossert, no additional pieces in CoinArchives. From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex Michael Pandely Vlasto Collection; Léopold Walcher de Molthein Collection (Cahn 9, 25 February 1901), lot 2598.
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 430-425 BC. AR Nomos (20.5mm, 7.15 g, 2h). Taras, nude, riding dolphin left, holding akrostolion; below, crawfish left / Taras, as Oikistes, seated left, holding spindle of wool; to left, cat seated left, looking upward at wool. Fischer-Bossert Group 17, 263 (V123/R197); Vlasto, Taras, Type 41; Vlasto 225 (same dies); HN Italy 844; SNG ANS 857 (same dies). Deeply toned, some porosity, scattered marks. Good Fine. Very rare, only 15 noted by Fischer-Bossert, two additional in CoinArchives. From the Matthew Curtis Collection..
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 425-415 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.25 g, 6h). Taras, nude, extending hand and holding shield, riding dolphin left; scallop shell below / Taras, as Oikistes, seated left, balancing spindle on extended hand and holding strigil with lekythos. Fischer-Bossert Group 18, 269 (V125/R202); Vlasto, Taras, Type 53C; Vlasto 244–5 (same dies); HN Italy 844; SNG Ashmolean 233 (same dies). Old cabinet tone, typical die wear on reverse. VF. Very rare, only 7 noted by Fischer-Bossert, no additional pieces in CoinArchives. From the Matthew Curtis Collection.
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 415-405 BC. AR Nomos (21.5mm, 7.73 g, 6h). Taras, nude, extending hand and holding spear, riding dolphin right / Nude youth, holding shield, riding horse left. Fischer-Bossert Group 20, 296 (V133/R228); Vlasto 315 (same dies); HN Italy 847. Old collection tone, with a deep blue iridescence around the devices, light porosity, edge marks from prior bezel. VF. From the Matthew Curtis Collection.
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 390-385 BC. AR Nomos (19.5mm, 7.94 g, 12h). Nude youth, shield on arm, on horse standing left; tiny Λ below / Phalanthos, nude, riding dolphin left; tiny tiny H on dolphin, P below. Fischer-Bossert Group 30, 440 (V194/R335); Vlasto 376 (same dies); HN Italy 869; SNG ANS 899 (same dies); SNG Lockett 156 (same dies). Deeply toned, slightly off center on reverse. VF. From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex Kirk Davis FPL 31 (July 2000), no. 1; Numismatica Ars Classica 18 (29 March 2000), lot 14; Glendining (25 October 1955), lot 126.
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 385-380 BC. AR Nomos (22mm, 7.88 g, 12h). Nude youth on horse leaping right; A to lower left, P to lower right / Phalanthos, nude, holding kantharos, riding dolphin left; X below, Ω above tail. Fischer-Bossert Group 31c, 471b (V199/R356) = Vlasto 475 = M.P. Vlasto, "Monnaies rares ou inédites de Tarente de ma collection" in RBN 1899, p. 150, 7 and pl. VI, 7 (this coin); HN Italy 880; Winterthur 225 (same dies). Old collection tone, minor flan flaws, small die break on reverse. Good VF. From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex Michel Pandely Vlasto Collection, 475.
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 380-375/0 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.77 g, 10h). Nude youth, holding shield, dismounting from horse galloping left; A below / Phalanthos, nude, [holding ball of wool], riding dolphin left; Σ below. Fischer-Bossert Group 33, 525b (V217/R398 – this coin, illustrated); HN Italy 876; Ars Classica XVI, lot 69 (same dies). Toned, edge splits, a touch off center and light graffiti (AΠ) in field on reverse. Good VF. From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex Kirk Davis FPL 39 (July 2002), no. 2; Leu 83 (6 May 2002), lot 9; Münzen und Medaillen AG 79 (28 February 1994), lot 23.