Auction 126 - Session 1
Date: 2024-05-28 00:00:00
Lots: 328
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LUCANIA, Herakleia. Circa 281-278 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 3.73 g, 4h). Helmeted head of Athena facing slightly right; monogram below left crest, E below right crest / Owl standing right, head facing, on olive branch. Van Keuren 119 (same dies as illustration); HN Italy 1416. Toned, minor porosity, small die break on obverse. Good VF. Ex CNG inventory 920694 (February 2012); Deyo Collection (Triton XV, 3 January 2012), lot 1029; Classical Numismatic Group 60 (22 May 2002), lot 69; Classical Numismatic Group 54 (14 June 2000), lot 161.
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LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 540-510 BC. AR Nomos (28mm, 8.20 g, 12h). Ear of barley with eight grains and bracts at base; MET down left field, concentric dotted and pellet borders / Incuse ear of barley with eight grains; rayed border. Noe Class I, 21; Gorini –; HN Italy 1459. Deeply toned, area of weak strike. VF. Well centered. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex CNG inventory 968524 (December 2013); Roma VI (29 September 2013), lot 312.
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LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 540-510 BC. AR Nomos (28mm, 6.76 g, 12h). Ear of barley with eight grains; METAΠ down left field / Incuse ear of barley with eight grains. Noe Class VII, 136 (same dies); HN Italy 1481. Deep, vibrant iridescent tone, cleaning marks, a few minor scratches under tone. Good VF. Ex Heritage 232226 (29 June 2022), lot 65005.
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LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 470-440 BC. AR Nomos (21.5mm, 8.20 g, 12h). Ear of barley with eight grains; retrograde META upward to left; to right, grasshopper downward / Incuse ear of barley with six grains. Noe 259 (same dies); HN Italy 1486; SNG ANS 257 (same dies); SNG Fitzwilliam 468 (same dies). Slight weakness to strike. VF. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex ArtCoins Roma 19 (11 November 2015), lot 52.
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LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 400-340 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.99 g, 8h). Head of Demeter left, hair bound by net, wearing hoop earring and pearl necklace / Barley ear with leaf to right at base; META up left field, Φ above leaf. Noe 520 (same dies); HN Italy 1546; BMC 130 (same dies); McClean 968 (same dies); Prospero 68 (this coin). Attractive even light gray tone with golden hues around the devices. EF. Fine style. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Gasvoda Collection (Triton XXII, 9 January 2019) lot 37; Triton XIX (5 January 2016), lot 13; Triton XVII (7 January 2014), lot 16; Prospero Collection (New York Sale XXVII, 4 January 2012), lot 68.
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LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 330-290 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.92 g, 4h). Head of Demeter facing slightly right, wearing grain ear wreath, triple-pendant earrings, and necklace; tiny AΠ to lower right / Barley ear with leaf to right; META upward to left, facing bull's head above leaf, AΘA below. Johnston Class C, 2.2 (same dies); HN Italy 1584; SNG ANS 463–4 (same dies); SNG Fitzwilliam 503 (same dies); SNG München 992 (same dies); Dewing 388 (same dies). Attractive even gray tone with light golden hues around the devices, and underlying luster. Choice EF. Excellent metal and well struck from dies by the hand of a master engraver. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex J. L. Gomer Collection (Triton XXI, 9 January 2018), lot 317; Tkalec (28 October 1994), lot 24.
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LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 290-280 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.95 g, 3h). Head of Herakles left, wearing tainia, lion skin around neck; club over far shoulder / Grain ear with leaf to right; META up left field; kantharos above leaf, BI below. Johnston Class D, 4.1 corr. (control letters on rev.; same dies); HN Italy 1621 corr. (same); Leu 61, lot 38 (same obv. die). Deeply toned, minor edge split. EF. Very rare with head left, and among the finest known. From the Wild Rose Collection, purchased from Shanna Schmidt, 20 February 2019. Ex Gasvoda Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 109, 12 September 2018) lot 18; Nomos 13 (7 October 2016), lot 115.
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LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 290-280 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.78 g, 7h). Wreathed head of Demeter right; Δ to left / Barley ear with leaf to right; above leaf, star above two amphoras; ΦI below. Johnston Class D, 4.15 (same dies); HN Italy 1625. Toned, minor die wear, a few tiny flan flaws on obverse. Near EF. From the W. Hansen Collection, purchased from D. F. Grotjohann, 20 October 2011. Ex G. Hirsch 233 (12 February 2004), lot 1237.
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LUCANIA, Metapontion. Punic occupation. Circa 215-207 BC. AR Half Shekel – Drachm (19.5mm, 3.69 g, 10h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Barley ear with leaf to right; above leaf, owl standing right, head facing, with wings spread. Robinson, Second, p. 50, 3; HN Italy 1634. Traces of find patina, hairline flan crack, slight die wear on obverse. EF. From the DFA Collection.
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LUCANIA, Poseidonia. Circa 530-500 BC. AR Half Nomos – Drachm (21.5mm, 3.27 g, 12h). Poseidon, beardless and nude but for chlamys draped over both arms, standing right, preparing to cast trident / Incuse of obverse type, but no trident and ethnic is in relief. Gorini 6 = Basel 160 (this coin); HN Italy 1108. Old collection tone, edge chip, slightly granular surfaces. Near EF. Ex Gemini X (13 January 2013), lot 8 (edge chipped since); A.D. Moretti Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 13, 8 October 1998), lot 160.
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LUCANIA, Sybaris. Circa 550-510 BC. AR Nomos (27mm, 7.13 g, 12h). Bull standing left, head right / Incuse bull standing right, head left. S&S Class B, pl. XLVIII, 4–8; Gorini 2; HN Italy 1729. Deep iridescent tone, minor roughness on obverse, old edge chip and small mark on edge. VF. From the Wild Rose Collection, purchased from Baldwin's, March 2017.
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LUCANIA, Thourioi. Circa 443-400 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.94 g, 6h). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with laurel wreath / Bull butting right on plain ground line; E to right; in exergue, fish right. Jörgensen 18 (same dies as illustration); HN Italy 1761. Iridescent tone, bump on reverse. Good VF. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex ArtCoins Roma 19 (11 November 2015), lot 67.
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LUCANIA, Thourioi. Circa 400-350 BC. AR Dinomos – Distater (24mm, 15.73 g, 1h). Head of Athena right, wearing helmet decorated with Skylla scanning; IΔ behind neck guard / Bull butting right; in exergue, fish right . Noe, Thurian F28 (same dies); HN Italy 1803; SNG Lloyd 486 (same dies); Pozzi 229 (same dies); Jameson 359 (same dies). In NGC encapsulation 6625609-128, graded VF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5.
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LUCANIA, Thourioi. Circa 400-350 BC. AR Dinomos – Distater (25mm, 15.96 g, 8h). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated on its bowl with Skylla scanning; IΔ behind neck guard / Bull butting right; in exergue, fish right. Noe, Thurian F30 (same dies); HN Italy 1803; SNG Lloyd 486 (same obv. die); SNG Lockett 3489 (this coin); BMC 29 (same dies); Dewing 430 (same obv. die); Gillet 230 (same dies). Toned, faint cleaning marks, graffito (AΠ) on bull. Good VF. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Friend of a Scholar Collection (Classical Numismatic Review XLII.1, Winter 2017), no. 410295; Olga H. Knopke Collection (Glendining's, with Baldwin's, 10 December 1986), lot 42; Richard Cyril Lockett Collection (Greek Part I, Glendining, 25 October 1955), lot 373.
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LUCANIA, Velia. Circa 510-465 BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 3.79 g). Forepart of lion right, devouring leg of stag / Quadripartite incuse square. Williams Period I, Section 3, 43a (O31/R25) = Ward 80 (this coin, illustrated in both); HN Italy 1259. Old cabinet tone with some iridescence, some minor scratches on reverse, edge marks. Good VF. Great pedigree. Ex Tradart (16 November 1995), lot 13; Leu 48 (10 May 1989), lot 24; Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection (Part II, Sotheby's Zurich, 4 April 1973), lot 60; John Ward Collection (publ. 1901, donated to the Met by J. P. Morgan in 1905).Velia, situated on the Tyrrhenian coast of southern Italy south of Poseidonia, was founded circa 540 BC by colonists from Phokaia in western Asia Minor who had fled their homeland following the Persian conquest. Its coinage commenced soon after the city's foundation and its types (forepart of lion devouring prey/incuse square) and denomination (Phokaian silver drachm) reflect the Asian origin of the early citizenry of Velia. Later, in the 5th century, the weight standard of the Velian coinage was assimilated to that of the Achaian cities of Magna Graecia producing a nomos of about 8 grams. The type of a lion, or a lion attacking its prey, remained popular at Velia throughout the two and a half centuries of its silver coinage, which ceased just prior to the city's alliance with Rome negotiated circa 275 BC.
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BRUTTIUM, Kaulonia. Circa 525-500 BC. AR Nomos (30.5mm, 8.33 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, 5 (same dies); 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). Deep iridescent tone, trace deposits, minor edge split. EF. Ex Nomos 13 (7 October 2016), lot 116; Monetarium 47 (Spring 1987), no. 5.
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BRUTTIUM, Kaulonia. Circa 525-500 BC. AR Nomos (31mm, 7.91 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; KAVΛ to left; to right, stag standing right, head reverted; dot-and-cable border / Incuse of obverse, but daimon in outline and no ethnic; radiate border. Noe, Caulonia, Group A, 14; Gorini 3; HN Italy 2035; SNG ANS 147 (same obv. die); McClean 1591 (same dies). Wonderful deep old cabinet tone. EF. Ex Mark and Lottie Salton Collection.Kaulonia was founded in the 7th century BC by Achaean Greeks. The location, on the underside of Italy's "toe," has long since disappeared beneath the waves, but underwater archaeologists have located more than 100 fluted columns, likely for a large shrine to Apollo, the deity depicted on the city's beautiful coinage. On this exceptional piece, Apollo's nude body is shown striding to right, with a small winged daimon on his left arm; to his right stands a stag, sacred to both Apollo and his sister Artemis. The unusual fabric of this piece follows a style peculiar to Greek southern Italy in the archaic period: A broad, thin flan, obverse depicted in relief, the reverse repeating the obverse motif but incuse, and reversed. The reasons for the popularity of this fabric are poorly understood; some scholars have postulated a connection to the mathematician-philosopher Pythagoras, who was active in Italy during this period.
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BRUTTIUM, Kaulonia. Circa 475-425 BC. AR Nomos (31mm, 8.03 g, 11h). Apollo advancing right, holding branch; small daimon running right on Apollo's left arm; to right, stag standing right, head reverted / Stag standing right. Noe, Caulonia, Group E, 67 (same dies); HN Italy 2044; De Luynes 688 (same dies). Trace deposits on obverse, minor flan flaws. EF. Well centered. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex ArtCoins Roma 19 (11 November 2015), lot 80.
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BRUTTIUM, Kroton. Circa 530-500 BC. AR Nomos (28.5mm, 8.12 g, 12h). Spread incuse type. Tripod, legs surmounted by wreaths and terminating in lion's feet, two serpents rising from the bowl, set on basis of three lines, the center dotted / Incuse tripod as obverse, but wreaths and serpents in relief. Attianese 5; HN Italy 2075. Toned, some roughness at edge. Near EF. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Künker 295 (25 September 2017), lot 185; Sternberg XV (11 April 1985), lot 94.
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BRUTTIUM, Kroton. Circa 480-430 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 8.15 g, 7h). Tripod with legs terminating in lion's feet; to right, heron standing left / Incuse tripod. Attianese 47; HN Italy 2102. Lightly toned, trace deposits, indications of undertype on obverse, die break on reverse. Good VF.
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BRUTTIUM, Kroton. Circa 480-430 BC. AR Nomos (22mm, 7.99 g, 12h). Dumpy incuse type. Tripod with legs terminating in lion's feet; to right, heron standing left / Incuse tripod. Attianese 60; HN Italy 2102. Lightly toned, small mark at edge on reverse. Near EF. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex ArtCoins Roma 19 (11 November 2015), lot 88.