LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 340-330 BC. AR Nomos (17.5mm, 7.57 g, 3h). Helmeted head of Leukippos right; AMI to left / Ear of barley with leaf to right; [thunderbolt above leaf]. Johnston Class B, 4; HN Italy 1577. Underlying luster, compact flan. Good VF.
LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 300-250 BC. Æ (15mm, 3.33 g, 5h). Laureate head of Apollo left / Ear of barley with leaf to left; tripod to right. Johnston Bronze 40; HN Italy 1675. Brown surfaces, hairline flan crack, some encrustation and flan flaws. VF. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions IV (21 September 1988), lot 171.
LUCANIA, Velia. Circa 280 BC. AR Nomos (22mm, 7.45 g, 1h). Lion-and-Stag Group. Head of Athena left, wearing a crested helmet decorated with a griffin, branch on neck guard; A above visor, Φ before neck, IE in incuse square behind neck guard / Lion attacking stag left. Williams Period IX, 564 (O282/R395); HN Italy 1318; Dewing 474 (same dies); Gulbenkian 117 (same dies). Lightly toned, scratches/smoothing on obverse. VF. Not suitable for encapsulation. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica Spring Sale 2020 (25 May 2020), lot 95.
SICILY, Akragas. Circa 495-485 BC. AR Didrachm (18mm, 8.50 g, 6h). Sea eagle standing left / Crab within incuse circle. Westermark, Coinage, Period I, Group II, 141 (O57/R87); HGC 2, 93; SNG ANS 926 (same obv. die); SNG Delepierre 520 (same dies); BMC 12 (same obv. die). Find patina, minor marks. VF. Ex Nomos Obolos 15 (24 May 2020), lot 53.
SICILY, Henna. Circa 339/8-335 BC. Æ Hemilitron (21mm, 11.91 g, 6h). Wreathed head of Demeter right / Head of bull facing slightly right, fillets hanging from horns; barley grain above. Castrizio Series III, 1; Campana 4; HGC 2, 394. Dark green-brown patina, smoothing. Near VF.
SICILY, Himera. Circa 415-409 BC. Æ Hemilitron (17.5mm, 4.41 g, 8h). Head of nymph left; six pellets (mark of value) to left / Six pellets (mark of value) within wreath. Kraay, Bronze, Group b, 3; CNS 35; HGC 2, 479. Earthen green-brown patina, some smoothing. Good VF. Ex Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 78 (9 February 2020), lot 21.
SICILY, Kamarina. Circa 420-405 BC. Æ Tetras – Trionkion (16mm, 3.43 g, 1h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Owl standing left, head facing, grasping lizard; ••• (mark of value) in exergue. Westermark & Jenkins Period 3, 200; CNS 28; HGC 2, 548. Dark green patina. VF. Ex Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 78 (9 February 2020), lot 31.
SICILY, Katane. Circa 216/5-206 BC. Æ Dichalkon (17mm, 3.53 g, 6h). Wreathed head of Poseidon right; trident to left / Dolphin right; XII (mark of value) above. Casabona 3; BAR Issue 3; CNS 4; HGC 2, 611. Dark green-brown patina, tooled and smoothed. VF. Ex Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 78 (9 February 2020), lot 37.
SICILY, Motya. Circa 400-397 BC. Æ (10mm, 1.47 g, 1h). Bare head of male right / Crab. Jenkins, Punic 13; Campana 30a; CNS 9; CNP 521; cf. HGC 2, 946. Dark green patina. VF.
SICILY, Panormos (as Ziz). Circa 336-330 BC. Æ Litra (21.5mm, 8.70 g, 2h). Head of Hera left, wearing polos / Acheloios Ortheos, as man-headed bull, standing left, head facing; radiate head of Helios above. Jenkins, Punic, pl. 24, 21; MSP 47; CNS (Ziz) 5; HGC 2, 1057 corr. (dates). Dark green-brown patina, smoothed, some roughness. VF. Ex Anders Collection (Roma, 8 September 2022), lot 44.
SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Litra (12mm, 0.62 g, 10h). Struck circa 460-450 BC. Head of Arethousa right, wearing pearl tainia / Octopus. Boehringer Series XIIIa, 415–422 var. (unlisted dies); HGC 2, 1375. Old cabinet tone. VF. Ex Stack's (5 August 2020), lot 22017, hammer $440; Spink 325 (21 June 2016), lot 84.
SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. Æ Litra (20.5mm, 9.55 g, 2h). Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet with neck guard / Hippocamp left. Holloway, Further, Series 4, fig. 9; CNS 34; HGC 2, 1456. Dark green patina, some earthen deposits, edge splits, a little off center. VF. Ex Tauler & Fau 80 (6 April 2021), lot 38.
SICILY, Syracuse. Timoleon and the Third Democracy. 344-317 BC. Æ Dilitron (28mm, 20.18 g, 11h). Timoleontic Symmachy coinage. 2nd series, circa 339/8-334 BC. Laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios left / Horse rearing left. Castrizio Series II, 1; CNS 80; HGC 6, 1439. Green-brown surfaces, minor marks, a little off center on reverse. VF. Ex Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 78 (9 February 2020), lot 79.
SICILY, Syracuse. Timoleon and the Third Democracy. 344-317 BC. Æ Hemilitron (26mm, 20.07 g, 11h). Timoleontic Symmachy coinage. 3rd series, circa 334-317 BC. Helmeted and bearded head left / Pegasos flying left above dolphin left; Σ between. Castrizio Series III, 1; CNS 77; HGC 2, 1438. Dark green patina, roughness and smoothing. VF. Ex Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 78 (9 February 2020), lot 74.
SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 16.97 g, 11h). Struck circa 310-306/5 BC. Wreathed head of Kore right / Nike standing right, erecting trophy to right; triskeles to lower left. Ierardi 233 (O66/R158); BAR Issue 23; HGC 2, 1536. Iridescent tone, struck from worn dies. VF. Ex Noonans 253 (13 April 2022), lot 1182.
SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron II. 275-215 BC. Æ Tetras (19.5mm, 6.60 g, 6h). Struck circa 217-215 BC. Diademed head of Poseidon left / Ornamented trident head flanked by two dolphins; ΣΩ to right of base. CNS 197 R1 21/1; BAR Issue 60; HGC 2, 1550. Dark brown surfaces. Near VF. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XX.3 (Fall 1995), no. SP3000-950365.
SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron II. 275-215 BC. Æ Tetras (19mm, 6.25 g, 12h). Struck circa 217-215 BC. Diademed head of Poseidon left / Ornamented trident head flanked by two dolphins; [control mark(s) flanking shaft]. Cf. CNS 197; BAR Issue 60; HGC 2, 1550. Dark brown surfaces, some roughness. VF.
SICILY, Uncertain mint. Late 5th century BC. AR Hemilitron – Hexonkion (9mm, 0.34 g, 12h). Head of river god facing slightly left / Aphlaston; six pellets and retrograde A-K-I-N(?) around. D. Salzmann, "AKIΣ – Flussgott Statt Stempelschneider" in SM 158 (May 1990), p. 36 (uncertain mint near the Akis river); Manganaro pl. 24, 36A = Manganaro, mikrà pl. V, 78 (the Sichaninoi or Ichaninoi); C. Boehringer, "Der sizilische Stempelschneider SIKA-" in QT XIV (1985), pl. 1, 1 (Kamarina). Toned, light roughness. Good VF. Ex Roma E-Sale 101 (13 October 2022), lot 50; Gorny & Mosch 211 (4 March 2013), lot 58; Gorny & Mosch 203 (5 March 2012), lot 39.