Electronic Auction 539
Date: 2023-05-31 00:00:00
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LUCANIA, Thourioi. Circa 350-300 BC. AR Dinomos – Distater (27mm, 14.83 g, 12h). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla holding trident / Bull butting right; Z above; in exergue, two fish swimming right. Noe, Thurian, Group H, 20 (same dies); HN Italy 1811. Lightly toned, flan crack, struck with worn obverse die, graffito and little off center on reverse. Good Fine.
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BRUTTIUM, Kroton. Circa 350-300 BC. AR Nomos (22mm, 7.68 g, 11h). Eagle standing left on olive branch, with wings displayed and head raised / Tripod with legs terminating in lion's feet; Δ to right. Attianese 118; HN Italy 2172. Light iridescent tone, struck with worn obverse die, small patch on roughness at edge. Near VF. From the Don T. Hayes Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins.
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BRUTTIUM, Kroton. Circa 350-300 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.51 g, 7h). Eagle standing left on olive branch, with wings displayed and head raised / Tripod with legs terminating in lion's feet; Δ to right. Attianese 118; HN Italy 2172. Toned, minor marks, off center on obverse. Near VF. From the Don T. Hayes Collection.
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BRUTTIUM, Terina. Circa 420-400 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.44 g, 5h). Head of the nymph Terina right, hair in sphendone; small Φ behind neck / Nike seated left on stool, holding out hand upon which a small bird alights; small Φ behind stool legs. Regling, Terina 27 (dies R/αα); Holloway & Jenkins 31; HN Italy 2586. Lightly toned, flan flaws, marks and scratches, struck with worn obverse die, off center on reverse. VF.
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SICILY, Akragas. Circa 465/0–445/0 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 15.28 g, 7h). Sea eagle standing left / Crab within incuse circle. Westermark, Coinage, Period II, Group II, – (O11/R53 [unlisted die combination]); HGC 2, 77. Deep iridescent tone, minor scratches, die wear and porosity on obverse, filing along edge. Near VF. From the Don T. Hayes Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins.
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SICILY, Akragas. Circa 450-440 BC. AR Litra (9mm, 0.58 g, 7h). Eagle standing left on Ionic capital / Crab; ΛI (mark of value) below. Westermark, Coinage, Period II, Series B.1 (unlisted dies); HGC 2, 121. Toned, a hint of porosity, slightly off center. Near EF. Ex Kroisos Collection (Stack's, 14 January 2008), lot 2280; Triton VII (13 January 2004), lot 41.
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SICILY, Gela. Circa 420-415 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 16.07 g, 8h). Charioteer driving slow biga right; above, Nike flying left, crowning charioteer; [in exergue, heron standing right] / Forepart of man-headed bull right. Jenkins, Gela, Group VIII, 474 (O92/R180); HGC 2, 356. Toned, rough surfaces, minor die breaks on obverse. VF. Ex Harlan J. Berk inventory cc98747 (noting erroneous die combination).
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SICILY, Gela. Circa 440-430 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 17.13 g, 1h). Charioteer driving slow biga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Forepart of man-headed bull right. Jenkins, Gela, Group V, 373 (O75/R153); HGC 2, 345. Iridescent toned, struck with worn dies, minor doubling on reverse. Near VF.
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SICILY, Gela. Circa 425-420 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 17.13 g, 5h). Charioteer driving slow quadriga left; wreath above / Forepart of man-headed bull right; below, small heron standing right. Jenkins, Gela, Group VII, 459 (O86/R174); HGC 2, 352. Some die wear and marks. Near VF. From the Don T. Hayes Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins.
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SICILY, Gela. Circa 339-310 BC. Æ Tetras(?) (13mm, 2.72 g, 9h). Wreathed head of Demeter facing slightly right / Wreathed head of Gelas left. Jenkins, Gela, Group XII, 549; CNS 59; HGC 2, 388; Lindgren III 23 (this coin). Dark green-brown surfaces, slight roughness. Good VF. Well centered. From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection. Ex Henry Clay Lindgren Collection.
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SICILY, Himera. Circa 455-440 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.34 g, 10h). Charioteer driving quadriga right, holding kentron and reins; above, Nike flying left, crowning charioteer / Himera, standing facing, head left, holding patera over altar to left; barley grain to upper left; to right, satyr bathing in fountain beneath lion-headed spout. Arnold-Biucci, Monetazione, Group II, 17 (Q6/H13); Gutmann & Schwabacher 15; HGC 2, 433. Toned, light marks, minor double strike on reverse. VF. From the Don T. Hayes Collection.
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SICILY, Katane. Circa 415/3-403/2 BC. Æ Tetras or Trionkion (14.5mm, 2.22 g, 6h). Horned head of Amenanos left / Winged thunderbolt; three pellets (mark of value) around. CNS 1; HGC 2, 607. Earthen green-brown patina, some smoothing in fields. Good VF. Katane (modern Catania) was founded circa 730 BC by Chalcidian Greeks on the eastern coast of Sicily, near the base of the active volcano Mount Etna. It soon became a center of learning, home to philosophers, poets and statesmen. Its relations with nearby Syracuse were frequently hostile. In 415 BC, Katane allied itself with Athens during the ill-fated Athenian expedition against Syracuse, the failure of which brought about the city's plunder by Dionysius I of Syracuse in 403 BC. Carthage captured Katane in 397 BC, but it managed to regain its independence later in the century. It became subject to Rome in 263 BC and grew in prosperity during the later Republic and Empire. The head of the god Amenanos on this coin represents an unusual river that largely runs underground beneath the city.
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SICILY, Lilybaion (as 'Cape of Melkart'). Circa 350-310 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23.5mm, 16.27 g, 1h). Charioteer driving fast quadriga right; above, Nike flying left, crowning charioteer; Punic RŠMLQRT in exergue / Wreathed head of Kore-Persephone right; four dolphins around. Jenkins, Punic 63 (O21/R48); CNP 312; HGC 2, 741; BMC 13 (same dies); Bement 365 (same dies). Roughness, traces of find patina. Near VF. From the Don T. Hayes Collection.
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SICILY, Messana. 438-434 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.19 g, 4h). Charioteer driving biga of mules right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses; olive leaf and berry in exergue / Hare springing right. Caltabiano Series X, 422 (D182/R173); HGC 2, 784. Toned, struck with worn dies. scratch and a little off center on reverse. Near VF. From the Don T. Hayes Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins.
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SICILY, Piakos. Circa 420-400 BC. Æ Tetras or Trionkion (15mm, 1.97 g, 9h). Dies by the Maestro della Foglia (Master of the Leaf). Horned and wreathed head of river-god left; three pellets (mark of value) to left / Hound attacking stag right; barley grain to left. Boehringer, Frühen, p. 165, 1–2 (V1/R1); Campana 2; CNS 2; HGC 2, 1101. Rough green patina. VF. Rare. From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection.The similarity and refinement of style with the celebrated maestro della foglia Apollo-head issues of Katane (cf. SNG ANS 1254-6), which depict the Olympian as a mature young man with a sullen expression, led to the speculation by Rizzo, with which Jenkins concurred, that the same 'artist of the leaf' was responsible for both issues. This stylistic link provides the only chronological evidence for this issue.
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SICILY, Selinos. Circa 540-515 BC. AR Didrachm (21.5mm, 8.59 g). Selinon leaf; pellets flanking stem / Incuse square divided into twelve sections. Arnold-Biucchi Group I; cf. HGC 2, 1211. Lightly toned, area of flat strike. VF. From the W. Hansen Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk inventory cc16524 (February 2001).
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SICILY, Selinos. Circa 515-480/70 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.61 g, 6h). Selinon leaf / Selinon leaf within beaded circular border. Lazzarini, Primi, pl. 4, 5; Arnold-Biucchi 13; HGC 2, 1217 (Trihemiobol). Toned. Good VF.
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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Litra (12.5mm, 0.70 g, 4h). Struck circa 466-460 BC. Head of Arethousa right, wearing pearl tainia / Octopus. Boehringer Series XIII, 453 var. (V240/R– [unlisted rev. die]); HGC 2, 1375; SNG ANS 138 (same obv. die). Toned, slight die shift on reverse. Good VF. Ex MoneyMuseum, Zurich Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 342, 14 January 2015), lot 58; Tkalec (19 February 2001), lot 39; Schweizerische Kreditanstalt 2 (27 April 1984), lot 104.
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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 17.14 g, 10h). Struck circa 450 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses; in exergue, ketos right / Head of Arethousa right, wearing tainia; four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XV, 545 (V276/R373); HGC 2, 1316; Walcher von Molthein 585 (same dies). Lightly toned, slightly off center, some horn silver, struck with clashed obverse die (outline of the head of Arethousa and one dolphin visible in the field). VF. From the Don T. Hayes Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins.This obverse die was apparently clashed early in it's life, as the effect is visible on nearly all illustrated examples using this die.
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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (21.5mm, 16.98 g, 7h). Struck circa 430-420 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Head of Arethousa right, hair in thin bands; four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XXII, 686 (V340/R467); HGC 2, 1320. Toned, compact flan, off center on reverse. VF. From the Don T. Hayes Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins. Ex Coin Galleries (9 November 1982), lot 75.
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SICILY, Syracuse. Pyrrhos. 278-276 BC. Æ (22mm, 11.32 g, 6h). Head of Herakles left, wearing lion-skin; [symbol to left] / Athena Promachos advancing right, holding thunderbolt and shield; trident to left. B&S Type 5, pl. 91, 15; CNS 177 Ds [48 or 69] Rs 107; BAR Issue 52; HGC 2, 1450. Brown surfaces. EF. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions XI (3 May 1990), lot 172.