Electronic Auction 531 - Day 1
Date: 2023-01-25 00:00:00
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EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Philip III of Macedon. Late 4th-3rd centuries BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 2.79 g, 12h). Mint in the lower Danube region. Celticized head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin / Zeus Aetophoros seated left; to left, monogram. OTA 591/3; Lanz 939; CCCBM I S201. Toned, obverse off center but well struck. VF. From the Pythagoras Collection.
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EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Lysimachos of Thrace. Early-mid 3rd Century BC. Æ (19mm, 3.19 g, 1h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Lion advancing left; c/m: Great god of Odessos reclining left, monogram below, all within oval incuse. Cf. Müller 61-2 for prototype. Green patina, pitting. VF. Rare with left facing Athena. From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection.Although coins of this type are fairly common, and are widely thought to be the products of the Gauls who invaded Thrace after the death of Lysimachos, none of the standard Celtic coin references include them.
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EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Roman Republican. Geto-Dacians. After 56 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.37 g, 11h). Imitating Q. Pomponius Musa. Laureate head of Apollo right; flower on stem behind / Erato, the Muse of Erotic Poetry, standing slightly right, head facing, wearing long flowing tunic and peplum, holding lyre in left hand and with right hand striking it with plectrum. Davis –. For prototype: cf. Crawford 410/6. Lightly toned, scratches. Near VF. Extremely rare. Ex Berk BBS 79 (2 November 1993), lot 246.
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EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Roman Republican. Eravisci. After 75 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.29 g, 5h). Imitating C. Naevius Balbus and Cn. Lentulus. Diademed head of Venus right / Scepter with wreath, globe, and rudder. Davis –. For prototype: cf. Crawford 382/1b (obv.) and 393/1b (rev.). Dark toning with blue iridescence. Good VF. Very rare and in unusually high grade.
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GAUL, Northwest. Aulerci Eburovices. Late 3rd-early 2nd century BC. AV Hemistater (16mm, 3.54 g, 9h). Celticized head of Apollo left; below, boar standing inverted right on jaw of Apollo / Celticized biga right, with devolved charioteer above, pellets to right; below, wolf standing right. Scheers, Eburovices Series Ia, 19; Depeyrot, NC V, 133; D&T 2387; Sills 196-198; Scheers, SM 281; de la Tour 7170; Allen & Nash –. In NGC encapsulation 6290543-013, graded Ch VF, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 3/5, edge marks. Rare.
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GAUL, Northwest. Coriosolites. Circa 100-50 BC. BI Stater (21mm, 6.30 g, 1h). Celticized head right, hair in large spiral curls, S-like ear, epsilon-shaped nose / Devolved biga right; quadrilateral banner hanging from lash to right, boar below. Depeyrot, NC VIII, 184; D&T 2339. In NGC encapsulation 6326809-004, graded Ch XF, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 4/5.
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GAUL, Northeast. Bellovaci. Circa 100-50 BC. AR Quarter Stater (14mm, 1.63 g, 9h). Celticized male head right with prominent eye, backwards S symbol, pellet in annulet, and sun below / Horse prancing right, sun above left. Depeyrot, NC V, 236 var. (obv. symbols); D&T cf. 279-81 (same); CCCBM –; OIN XIII.16 (this coin). Iridescent toning, lightly granular surfaces. Good VF. Very rare variety. From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection.
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GAUL, Northeast. Suessiones. 100-50 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 5.88 g, 2h). Wreathed head right with cone-shaped eye / Horse right; pellets around, wheel below. Depeyrot, NC VI, 80; D&T cf. 167-8; Scheers 176; De la Tour 8020; OIN XIII.18 (this coin). Lightly toned. Near VF, area of flat strike. From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 50 (3 June 1999), lot 375.
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IBERIA, Kastilo. Late 2nd century BC. Æ As (26mm, 13.57 g, 3h). Diademed male head right; hand to right / Griffin standing right, paw raised; star to right. ACIP 2145. Brown surfaces, minor roughness, overstruck on uncertain type. Good VF. Rare variety with retrograde ethnic. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 478 (7 October 2020), lot 5; Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 416 (14 March 2018), lot 6.
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IBERIA, Kelse. Late 2nd-early 1st centuries BC. Æ As (27.5mm, 13.13 g, 12h). Bare male head right, drapery at neck; three dolphins around / Rider, holding palm frond, on horseback right. ACIP 1489. Earthen dark green patina. VF. Ex Christian Flesche Collection; Gorny & Mosch 147 (7 March 2006), lot 1002.
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UMBRIA, Tuder. Circa 220-200 BC. Æ Aes Grave Semis (30.5mm, 35.09 g, 9h). Hound sleeping; [crescent to left] / Kithara; [crescent to left]. ICC 223; HN Italy 46. Dark green patina. Fine. From the DMS Collection.
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UMBRIA, Tuder. Circa 220-200 BC. Æ Aes Grave Sextans (23.5mm, 15.34 g, 6h). Cicada; two pellets (mark of value) flanking / Trident; [two pellets (mark of value) in field]. ICC 226; HN Italy 49. Dark green and brown patina, minor roughness. VF. From the DMS Collection, purchased from James E. Beach.
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CAMPANIA, Kupelternum (Compulteria). Circa 268-240 BC. Æ (19mm, 4.58 g, 1h). Laureate head of Apollo left; O to right / Man-headed bull standing right, head facing; above, Nike flying right, crowning him. MSP I 179; Sambon 1072; HN Italy 437. Dark green-brown patina. VF. From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection. Ex Elsen 65 (17 March 2001), lot 184 (erroneously attributed to Teanum Sidicinum).
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CAMPANIA, Neapolis. Circa 300-275 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.23 g, 6h). Diademed head of nymph right; four dolphins around / Man-headed bull walking right; above, Nike flying right, placing wreath on bull's head. Sambon 455b; HN Italy 576; SNG ANS 329–32 (same dies). Toned, off center. Fine. From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins, May 2000.
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CAMPANIA, Neapolis. Circa 300-275 BC. AR Nomos (18.5mm, 6.90 g, 1h). Diademed head of female right, hair in band; [X to left] / Man-headed bull standing right, head facing; above, Nike flying right, crowning bull; EYΞ below. Sambon 477; HN Italy 576. Iridescent tone, deposit (or remnant of old collection number?) on obverse. Fine. From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection. Ex CNG inventory 713022 (May 1999).
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CAMPANIA, Neapolis. Circa 275-250 BC. AR Nomos (19.5mm, 7.07 g, 9h). Head of nymph left, hair in band; to right, radiate head of Helios facing / Man-headed bull standing right; above, Nike flying right, crowning bull; IΣ below. Sambon 513; HN Italy 586. Iridescent tone, scratches, delamination and flan flaws on obverse. VF. From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection. Ex Pegasi BBS 118 (27 March 2000), lot 37.
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APULIA, Luceria. Circa 217-212 BC. Æ Aes Grave As (47mm, 94.16 g, 12h). Head of Hercules right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Horse prancing right; star above, L below. ICC 344; Haeberlin pl. 71, 11; HN Italy 676. Dark green patina with some brown and red, minor casting pit on reverse. Good VF.
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 290-281 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.84 g, 5h). Warrior, holding shield and two spears, preparing to cast a third, on horseback right; AR monogram to left, ΦI below / Phalanthos, holding distaff, riding dolphin left; to left, eagle standing left; below, ΦI above waves. Fischer-Bossert Group 78a, 1055 (V401/R813); Vlasto 568–9 (same dies); HN Italy 933. Lightly toned with golden hues and underlying luster, light scratches. EF.
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Campano-Tarentine series. Circa 281-272 BC. AR Didrachm (19.5mm, 6.58 g, 5h). Philiskos, magistrate. Youth on horseback right, raising hand; magistrate's name below / Phalanthos on dolphin left, holding kantharos and trident; tripod below. Vlasto 888; HN Italy 1036. Beautiful toning. In NGC encapsulation 6061346-004, graded Ch AU, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 5/5.
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 280 BC. AR Nomos (20.5mm, 7.79 g, 1h). Youth on horseback right, crowning horse; ΣA to left, APE/ΘΩN in two lines below / Phalanthos, holding tripod, riding dolphin left; CAΣ below. Vlasto 666–7; HN Italy 957. Lightly toned, minor porosity. Good VF. From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection.
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. temp. Pyrrhos of Epeiros. Circa 276-272 BC. AV Tenth Stater – Obol (9.5mm, 0.84 g, 8h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Phalanthos, nude, holding kantharos and cradling trident in arm, riding dolphin left. Fischer-Bossert G34i' (V30/R34) = Vlasto 43 (this coin); HN Italy 992; SNG ANS 1041; SNG BN 1850 and 1852–4; SNG Copenhagen 836; SNG Lloyd 187; BMC 27; Jameson 162; Pozzi 119 (all from the same dies). Trace deposits, some marks and scratches. VF. Ex Chrysos Collection (Obolos 6, 20 November 2016), lot 47; Münzen und Medaillen AG 66 (23 October 1984), lot 13; Michael Pandely Vlasto Collection; Hyman Montagu Collection (Greek Part I, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 23 March 1896), lot 24.This gold issue from Tarentum was struck during the time of Pyrrhos of Epiros's campaigns in Italy. In the early 3rd Century BC, the Tarentines were at war with the Romans. To defeat their superior enemies, they decided that they needed the help of a powerful ally (Pausanias 1.12.1). So they sought the help of Pyrrhos, who crossed the Adriatic Sea in 280 BC. According to Pausanias, his reasons for joining the war were threefold. For one, the Tarentines had assisted him in his war with Korkyra, sending their fleet to augment Pyrrhos' forces. Secondly, Pyrrhos was enticed by the assertion of the Tarentine envoys that the land of Italy was prosperous and bountiful. The final, and perhaps most important, reason was that Pyrrhos "remembered the capture of Troy, which he took to be an omen of his success in the war, as he was a descendant of Achilles making war upon a colony of Trojans" (Pausanias 1.12.1).Plutarch relates a wonderful anecdote that as Pyrrhos was deciding whether or not to help the Tarentines, he was counseled by his advisor Kineas (Plutarch, Pyrrhus, 14.2-7). Kineas asked his ruler what they should do if they succeed in conquering the Romans, and Pyrrhos replied that they would then conquer all of Italy. When asked by Kineas, "What then?", Pyrrhos replied that he would then move on to capture Sicily. The conversation proceeded in this way, until Pyrrhos said that they would eventually conquer the entire world. Kineas then asked what they should do once all of their foes were vanquished, to which Pyrrhos said, "We shall be much at ease, and we'll drink bumpers, my good man, every day, and we'll gladden one another's hearts with confidential talks" (14.6). Finally Kineas's point became clear when he said, "Then what stands in our way now if we want to drink bumpers and while away the time with one another? Surely this privilege is ours already, and we have at hand, without taking any trouble, those things to which we hope to attain by bloodshed and great toils and perils, after doing much harm to others and suffering much ourselves" (14.7). Though this logic made him uneasy, Pyrrhos continued with his expedition to Italy.Though Pyrrhos was successful in his battles against Rome, the losses he sustained diminished his forces to the extent that he could not capitalize on his victories, so he was eventually forced to retreat back to Greece. This situation of tactical victory at a crippling cost is to what the expression "Pyrrhic victory" refers. Appropriately, after his victory over Rome at the battle of Asculum in 279 BC, Pyrrhos remarked, "If we are victorious in one more battle with the Romans, we shall be utterly ruined" (Plutarch, Pyrrhus, 21.9).