Triton XXVI - Session 1
Date: 2023-01-10 00:00:00
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LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 330-290 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.88 g, 5h). Head of Demeter left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and pearl necklace / Barley ear with leaf to right; ATƎM upward to left; to right, pitchfork above leaf, AΔ below. Johnston Class C, 5.9/5.11 (for same obv./rev. dies); HN Italy 1582; SNG ANS –; SNG Fitzwilliam 506 (same obv. die); SNG Klagenfurt 248 (same rev. die). Lovely cabinet tone, small flan flaw on obverse, minor die wear on reverse. EF. Fine style.
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LUCANIA, Thourioi. Circa 400-350 BC. AR Dinomos – Distater (27mm, 15.74 g, 4h). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated on its bowl with Skylla scanning; Δ behind neck guard / Bull butting right; ΘOYPIΩN above; in exergue, fish right. Noe, Thurian D4 (same dies); HN Italy 1804; SNG ANS 960 (same dies); SNG Lockett 489 (same dies); Nanteuil 182 (same dies). Toned, some old scratches under tone on obverse, minor flan flaw on reverse. Near EF. Ex Leu 38 (13 May 1986), lot 10.
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LUCANIA, Thourioi. Circa 350-300 BC. AR Dinomos – Distater (26.5mm, 15.58 g, 9h). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet, decorated with Skylla holding a stone and scanning, and triple-pendant earring / Bull butting right; above, ΘOYPIΩN above EYΦA; in exergue, two fish right. Noe, Thurian J2–4 (same obv. die); HN Italy 1823; BMC 39 (same obv. die). Deep iridescent tone, a few minor flan flaws, double struck on reverse. Good VF. Very rare with Skylla holding stone while scanning. Ex Mark and Lottie Salton Collection; Salton-Schlessinger FPL 33 (Winter 1961/2) no. 6.
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LUCANIA, Velia. Circa 465-440 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 4.00 g, 4h). Head of nymph right / Owl standing right, head facing, on olive branch; VEΛH to left, Δ to upper right. Williams Period II, 87 (O63/R61); HN Italy 1265; SNG Delepierre 401 (same dies); BMC 9 (same rev. die). Toned, porous, a few minor marks. VF. From the Pythagoras Collection.
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BRUTTIUM, Kaulonia. Circa 525-500 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 8.38 g, 12h). Apollo advancing right, holding branch aloft in right hand, left arm extended, upon which a small daimon, holding branch in each hand, runs right, head reverted; KAVΛ to left; to right, stag standing right, head reverted; dot-and-cable border / Incuse of obverse, but daimon, branch, and stag's antlers in outline and no ethnic; radiate border. Noe, Caulonia, Group A, 5h (this coin); Gorini 3; HN Italy 2035; SNG ANS 142 (same dies); SNG München 1396 (same dies); Gulbenkian 119 (same dies); Hermitage Sale II 163 (same obv. die); Hunterian 2 (same obv. die). Lovely old collection toning. In NGC encapsulation 4284630-001, graded Ch AU★, Strike: 5/5 - Surface: 5/5, Fine Style. Ex Gasvoda Collection (Triton XXII, 8 January 2019), lot 76; Numismatica Genevensis SA 7 (27 November 2012), lot 133; Peter Guber Collection (Manhattan Sale II, 4 January 2011), lot 5; Freeman & Sear FPL 11 (Spring/Summer 2006), no. 11; Münzen und Medaillen AG 52 (19 June, 1975), lot 51; Frank Sherman Benson Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 3 February 1909), lot 99 (lot won by Rollin & Feuardent).
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BRUTTIUM, Kaulonia. Circa 400-389/8 BC. AR Nomos (22mm, 6.55 g, 9h). Apollo advancing right, holding branch in raised right hand, fillet hanging over extended left arm; bird trap to left / Stag standing right; KAYΛΩN-IATAΣ around. Noe, Caulonia, Group J, 176–81; HN Italy 2062; Hermitage Sale II 169 (this coin). Old collection tone, deposits, scratches under tone, minor lamination on obverse. VF. Ex Mark and Lottie Salton Collection; Hermitage Museum Collection (Schlessinger 13, 4 February 1935), lot 169.
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BRUTTIUM, Kroton. Circa 530-500 BC. AR Nomos (29mm, 8.21 g, 12h). Spread incuse type. Tripod, legs surmounted by wreaths and terminating in lion's feet, two serpents rising inward from feet, set on basis of three lines, the center dotted; (koppa)PO to left / Incuse tripod as obverse, but no serpents. Gorini 1; Attianese 4; HN Italy 2075; SNG ANS 238–41; Boston MFA 176; Jameson 417; Kraay & Hirmer 264. Deep iridescent tone. Superb EF. Ex Gasvoda Collection (Triton XXII, 9 September 2019) lot 80; Nomos FPL (Winter-Spring 2013), no. 2; Numismatica Genevensis SA VI (30 November 2010), lot 19.
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BRUTTIUM, Kroton. Circa 530-500 BC. AR Nomos (28.5mm, 7.75 g, 12h). Spread incuse type. Tripod, legs surmounted by wreaths and terminating in lion's feet, two serpents rising inward from feet, set on basis of three lines, the center dotted; (koppa)PO to left / Incuse tripod as obverse, but serpents in relief. Gorini 3 and p. 152–3 = Basel 194; Attianese 5; HN Italy 2075; SNG ANS 229; SNG Lewis 246; de Luynes 701. Lightly toned. EF. Excellent metal for issue. Ex Gorny & Mosch 273 (19 November 2020), lot 42.
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BRUTTIUM, Kroton. Circa 500-480 BC. AR Nomos (23.5mm, 7.38 g, 9h). Medium incuse type. Tripod, legs surmounted by wreaths and terminating in lion's feet; (koppa)PO (retrograde) to right / Incuse eagle flying right, leg in relief. Gorini 6 var. (position of ethnic); Attianese 54; HN Italy 2095; SNG ANS 287. Toned, edge splits, light deposits. Near EF. Ex Heritage 3091 (6 May 2021), lot 32009.
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BRUTTIUM, Kroton. Circa 500-480 BC. AR Nomos (23.5mm, 7.70 g, 9h). Medium incuse type. Tripod, legs surmounted by wreaths and terminating in lion's feet, set on basis of two lines, the upper dotted; (koppa)(retrograde P)O-TO at sides / Incuse eagle flying right, leg in relief. Gorini 8 var. (ethnic); Attianese 9 (same obv. die as illustration); HN Italy 2095; SNG ANS 284 (same dies); SNG Ashmolean 1469 (same obv. die). Old collection tone, some marks, light scrape and small delamination on obverse, some die wear on reverse. Good VF.
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BRUTTIUM, Kroton. Circa 480-430 BC. AR Nomos (19mm, 8.11 g, 6h). Tripod, legs terminating in lion's feet; orJ to right / Incuse eagle flying right, leg in relief. Gorini 27; Attianese 54; HN Italy 2108; Jameson 419a (this coin). Old cabinet tone, a hint of porosity on obverse. Good VF. Attractive specimen with an illustrious pedigree. Ex Peus 428 (28 April 2021), lot 42; Walter Niggeler Collection (Part I, Leu/Munzen und Medallien, 3 December 1965), lot 73; Robert Jameson Collection (publ. 1913); Duruflé Collection (not in Rollin & Feuardent 1910 sale).
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BRUTTIUM, Lokroi Epizephyrioi. Circa 344-318 BC. AR Nomos (22.5mm, 8.69 g, 2h). Time of Timoleon. Pegasos flying left; thunderbolt below / Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet with neck guard; ΛOKPΩN to left. Spinelli Group I, 1b; Pegasi 13; HN Italy 2342; SNG ANS 513 (same dies); SNG Ashmolean 1549 (same rev. die); SNG Lloyd 648; Pozzi 1731. Lustrous. Choice EF. Well centered.
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BRUTTIUM, Medma. 330-317 BC. AR Stater (19.5mm, 8.61 g, 10h). Pegasos flying left / Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet with neck guard; tiny M below neck truncation. Gorini, Die, Group II, 38–40 corr. (O4/R8A [these three coins in Gorini are from a different rev. die]); Pegasi 1/2 (same dies); HN Italy 2425; SNG ANS 590 = SNG Berry 783 (same obv. die). In NGC encapsulation 6290617-007, graded AU★, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5. Ex Mark & Lottie Salton Collection.
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BRUTTIUM, Medma. 330-317 BC. AR Stater (21.5mm, 8.55 g, 3h). Pegasos flying left; ME monogram below / Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet with neck guard. Gorini, Die, Group III, dies O7/R10; Pegasi 5 = SNG Copenhagen 1899 (same dies); HN Italy 2424; SNG Ashmolean 1574 (same obv. die); SNG Fitzwilliam 1838 (same obv. die). Old collection tone, double struck on obverse. EF. Well centered. Ex Mark & Lottie Salton Collection.
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BRUTTIUM, Terina. Circa 400-356 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.71 g, 12h). Head of the nymph Terina right, wearing triple-pendant earring and pearl necklace; TEPINAIΩN to right / Nike seated left on plinth, holding out right hand upon which a small bird alights, left hand resting on plinth. Regling, Terina 81e (dies MM/σσσ) = Jameson 493 (this coin); Holloway & Jenkins 84 (same dies as illustration); HN Italy 2629; SNG Fitzwilliam 869 (same dies); Dewing 541 (same obv. die). Old cabinet tone. Good VF. Well centered. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 120 (6 October 2020), lot 244; Numismatica Genevensis SA VII (27 November 2012), lot 139; Nomos 6 (8 May 2012), lot 11; LHS 95 (25 October 2005), lot 488; (Robert Jameson Collection (publ. 1913); Gustav Philipsen Collection (Part I, J. Hirsch XV, 28 May 1906), lot 887; Late Collector' [Rothschild Collection] (Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 28 May 1900), lot 80; Hyman Montagu Collection (Part I, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 23 March 1896), lot 84.The high artistry evident on Terina's coinage seems out of all proportion to any historical accounts for this city atop the "toe" of Italy, which so thoroughly disappeared from record that no systematic excavations were undertaken on its site until 1997. Its coinage has been known and collected since the Renaissance, where the delicate beauty of its female heads and the graceful seated Nikes were greatly admired. As author R. Holloway noted, "the nymphs of Terina recalled the maidens of the Parthenon frieze and the Victories of the reverses were the numismatic counterparts of the Victories of the Nike Temple balustrade." Kurt Regling's 1906 seminal die study on the city features this lovely specimen, which is pedigreed to 1896 and reposed in several of the most famous European collections of the 20th century.
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BRUTTIUM, Carthaginian occupation. Circa 216-211 BC. AR Half Shekel (19mm, 3.81 g, 3h). Second Punic War issue. Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears, single-pendant earring, and necklace with ten pendants / Horse standing right; ouraios above. Jenkins, Some U1; Robinson, Second 3–4; Jenkins & Lewis pl. 28, 3; CNP 44; HN Italy 2016; SNG Copenhagen (North Africa) 359. Attractive light iridescent tone, minor double strike on reverse. EF. Well centered.
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SICILY, Akragas. Circa 420-415 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.93 g, 6h). Sea eagle, wings raised, standing left on, and tearing at, dead hare, upturned left on rock below; Å˚rÅ˝-Řt5˜-o-˜ around, Crab; scallop shell to left, conch shell to right; below, grouper left. Westermark, Period III, 530.13 (O1/R2) = Schwartz & Mildenberg pp. 57–8, 3 = Kraay & Hirmer 173 = Mionnet 39 (this coin); HGC 2, 81; SNG Lloyd 822; ACGC 793 = Ward 140; Basel 257; BMC 59; Boston MFA 235 = Warren 201; Gulbenkian 164 = Locker Lampson 59; Jameson 508; McClean 2044; Winterthur 577 = Pozzi 390 (all from the same dies). Attractive old cabinet tone, slight die shift and a few light marks under tone on reverse. Good VF. Rare. Ex Max Hirmer Collection, purchased from Bank Leu, 10 March 1961; Münzen und Medaillen AG inventory (1947); deaccessioned from the Départment des Monnaies, Médailles et Antiques, Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Fonds Générale 88; publ. in 1807 by Mionnet).Akragas was founded in about 580 BC and quickly grew into one of the most prosperous Greco-Sicilian cities, with a population in the hundreds of thousands. Its wealth derived from the rich soil fed by the River Hypsas, productive tidepools, and trade. From its earliest coinage, struck circa 510 BC, Akragas featured the eagle, sacred to Olympian Zeus, to whom the city dedicated an immense temple, backed with an overhead view of a crab, harvested from the as a delicacy in the region. As the city's wealth and influence increased, the basic design was augmented and improved, with artistic achievement reaching its zenith in the period 420-406 BC, when this rare and remarkable piece was struck. Here the eagle has just snatched up its prey, a hare (symbol of the Sicilian city of Messana -- perhaps a sly allusion to civic rivalry?), and slammed it back onto a tidepool rock to which a scallop shell has attached itself, a scene of "nature red in tooth and claw" captured with a keen eye for detail and rendered with astonishing skill. On the reverse, the crab is joined on the sea bottom by a large, wide-mouthed fish with a spiny dorsal fin and fan-like tail, a rendering lifelike enough to identify the species as the stone grouper (polyprion cernium). To the left and right are another scallop and a sea snail, further symbols of aquatic bounty. The superb artistry of this particular piece was celebrated by its inclusion in Kraay & Hirmer's Greek Coins (Thames & Hudson, 1966), a magnificent "coffee table book" of the finest in Greek numismatics that has achieved legendary status.
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SICILY, Entella. Punic issues. Circa 345/38-320/15 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.81 g, 3h). Head of Arethousa left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and necklace; four dolphins around / Horse standing right; palm tree in background, crescent to upper left, poppy head below. Jenkins, Punic, Series 2c, 119 (O39/R108); CNP 176b; HGC 2, 277; SNG Lloyd 1618 (same dies); McClean 3039 (same dies). Attractive cabinet tone with golden iridescence around the devices, a hint of die rust and a little off center on obverse. EF. An attractive specimen. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 120 (6 October 2020), lot 328; 51 Gallery (9 December 2013), lot 118. Reportedly ex Blayaert Collection, purchased from Tradart in the 1980s.While many tetradrachms of Punic Entella are patterned on coins of Syracuse, none are as closely patterned as this type, the obverse of which uncannily resembles a dekadrachm of the Euainetos type. The head of Arethousa and the dolphins frolicking around her are more faithfully copied than even the engravers of Syracuse itself could achieve under Agathokles a few decades after this issue was struck.
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SICILY, Entella. Punic issues. Circa 320/15-300 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.05 g, 7h). Head of Arethousa left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and pearl necklace; four dolphins around / Head of horse left; palm tree to right, Punic 'MMḤNT below. Jenkins, Punic, Series 3a, 148 (O47/R133); CNP 267; BAR Issue 4; HGC 2, 284; SNG Lloyd 1631 (same dies); de Luynes 1458 (same dies). Lightly toned, a few hairlines. Good VF.
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SICILY, Entella. Punic issues. Circa 320/15-300 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.10 g, 6h). Head of Arethousa left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and pearl necklace; four dolphins around / Head of horse left; palm tree to right, Punic 'MMḤNT below. Jenkins, Punic, Series 3a, 150 (O47/R135); CNP 267; BAR Issue 4; HGC 2, 284; SNG Fitzwilliam 1487 (same obv. die); SNG Lloyd 1631 (same obv. die); de Luynes 1458 (same obv. die). In NGC encapsulation 6290603-008, graded AU★, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5, Fine Style. Exceptional horse head, with fully struck eye. Ex Mark & Lottie Salton Collection. Reportedly ex 1957 Pachino Hoard.
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SICILY, Entella. Punic issues. Circa 320/15-300 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 16.48 g, 1h). Head of Arethousa right, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and pearl necklace; four dolphins around / Head of horse left; palm tree to right, Punic 'MMḤNT below. Jenkins, Punic, Series 3a, 180 (O51/R160); CNP 268; BAR Issue 4; HGC 2, 286; Ars Classica XV, lot 430 (same dies). Toned, thin die breaks on reverse. Good VF. From the GTP Collection. Ex CNG inventory 926175 (May 2012); Mayflower (Sukenik) Collection (Heritage 3019, 25 April 2012), lot 23052; Superior (9 December 1994), lot 663.