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Spain, Iberia, Urso, As, early 2nd century BC, helmeted male head right, rev. [marc q] bear squatting right, 14.95g/1h (CNH 368/7; BMC 1528; AB 1979). Very fine, earthy dark patina, rare (£200-250)
Hammer Price: £240
Italy, Northern Italy, The Veneti, Drachm imitating a light Drachm of Massalia, 2nd century BC, head of Artemis (or Reibia) right, rev. lion with long talons right, 2.05g/10h (Pautasso 472-80; BMC 21-2). Fine to very fine (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £80
Etruria, Populonia, 20 Asses, 3rd century BC, head of Metus facing, rev. blank, 8.23g (Vecchi 58, 13-89; HN Italy 152). Good very fine (£800-1,000)
£800–£1,000
Etruria, Populonia, 10 Asses, 3rd century BC, laureate young male head left, rev. blank, 4.09g (Vecchi 70.114, this coin; HN Italy 184). Extremely fine (£600-800)
Hammer Price: £600
Etruria, Populonia, Triens, 3rd century BC, helmeted head of Minerva right, rev. owl facing with open wing, four pellets above, 23.48g/7h (Vecchi 133.15, this coin; HN Italy 184). Very fine, encrusted green-brown patina (£600-800)
£600–£800
Etruria, Populonia, Sextans, 3rd century BC, helmeted head of Minerva right, rev. owl facing with open wing, two pellets below, 14.21g/3h (Vecchi 135.76, this coin; HN Italy 186). Fine to very fine, earthy green-brown patina (£250-300)
£250–£300
Etruria, Vetulonia, Sextans, 3rd century BC, male head right, wearing ketos head-dress, rev. ornamental trident and two dolphins, 8.87g/4h (Vecchi 11.91, this coin; HN Italy 203). Fine to very fine, earthy green-brown patina (£250-300)
Italy, Campania, Neapolis, Didrachm, c. 300, head of nymph right, rev. man-faced bull walking right, crowned by Nike, 7.26g/1h (SNG ANS 321). Very fine (£200-250)
Hammer Price: £200
Italy, Campania, The Phisteli, Obol, c. 405-400, female head facing, rev. man-faced bull left, 0.56g/1h (SNG ANS 584; HN Italy 611). Good very fine (£120-150)
£120–£150
Italy, Calabria, Taras, Nomos, c. 380, naked ephebos holding shield and leaping from galloping horse left, rev. dolphin rider left, holding small dolphin, 7.93g/2h (Vlasto 433). Exquisite classical style, extremely fine and toned (£300-400)
Hammer Price: £260
Italy, Calabria, Taras, Nomos, c. 355–340, horseman left in act of dismounting, holding round shield, rev. dolphin rider left, holding crested Corinthian helmet, line of waves below, 7.43g/12h (Fischer-Bossert Group 47, 656; Vlasto 437; SNG ANS 928–9). EXTREMELY FINE, lightly toned (£250-300)
Hammer Price: £300
Italy, Calabria, Taras, Nomos, c. 334-330, horseman right, crowning himself, Ionic capital below, rev. dolphin rider left, holding watersnake and whip, 7.88g/10h (Vlasto 654, this coin). Fine style, extremely fine and attractively toned (£400-450)
Hammer Price: £330
Italy, Calabria, Taras, Nomos, c. 280-272, warrior, holding shield, on horse prancing left, restrained by Nike standing right, holding rein, rev. dolphin rider left, holding shield inscribed with e, waves below, 7.01g/8h (Vlasto 679, this coin; HN Italy 963). Very fine, rare (£300-400)
Hammer Price: £410
Italy, Calabria, Taras, Nomos, c. 280-272, horseman right, crowning himself, Ionic capital below, rev. dolphin rider left, holding distaff and akrostolion, 6.38g/9h (Vlasto 806, this coin). Good very fine, lightly toned (£200-250)
£200–£250
Italy, Calabria, Taras, Nomos, c. 272-240, naked rider on horse prancing to right, hurling spear with his right hand and holding two spears and a shield with his left, rev. dolphin rider left, holding kantharos and trident, head of nymph at right, 6.30g/3h (Vlasto 877, this coin; HN Italy 1033). Good very fine (£200-250)
Hammer Price: £250
Italy, Calabria, Taras, Nomos, c. 272-240, warrior on galloping horse right, brandishing short javelin, rev. dolphin rider left, holding kantharos and distaff, amphora behind, 6.55g/9h (Vlasto 905; HN Italy 1040). Extremely fine and toned (£300-350)
Italy, Calabria, Taras, Diobol, c. 280-228, head of Athena three-quarters right, rev. Herakles fighting lion, 0.97g/10h (Vlasto 1463; SNG ANS 1476). Very fine (£90-120)
Hammer Price: £75
Italy, Lucania, Copia, As, after c. 193, laureate head of Janus, rev. cl q, cornucopiæ, 6.74g/11h (Caruso pl.3, 27; HN Italy 1935). Very fine, good green patina (£150-200)
£150–£200
Lucania, Copia, Semis, after c. 193, veiled female head right, rev. lq c, cornucopiæ, 5.25g/11h (Caruso pl.3, 27; HN Italy 1936). Very fine, good green patina (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £170
Lucania, Heraklea, Diobol, c. 433-400, head of Herakles right, rev. lion walking left, 1.19g/8h (van Keuren 26; HN Italy 1358; SNG ANS 11). Very fine (£90-120)
Hammer Price: £85
Lucania, Heraklea, Stater, c. 330-325, helmeted head of Athena right, rev. Herakles standing left, holding lion-skin, bow and club, 7.88g/8h (van Keuren 85; HN Italy 1384). Very fine, toned (£200-250)
Lucania, Heraklea, Æ, 2nd century BC, head of Athena right, rev. marine deity right, 2.34g/8h (van Keuren 144; HN Italy 1437). Very fine, green patina (£100-150)
Hammer Price: £70
Lucania, Kaulonia, Stater, c. 500-480, Apollo walking right, holding laurel branch, small figure running right on outstretched arm, holding long branch, stag to right, rev. same type incuse, 7.60g (Noe 50; HN Italy 2038). Crude style, good very fine, toned (£350-400)
Hammer Price: £280
Lucania, Kaulonia, Stater, c. 475-425, nude Apollo walking right, holding laurel branch in upright right hand, small figure running right on outstretched arm, holding long branch to right, rev. stag standing right, branch in front, 8.19g/6h (Noe 93; HN Italy 2046). Good very fine (£350-400)
£350–£400
Lucania, Metapontum, Stater, c. 510, barley-ear, meta on right, rev. same type incuse, 7.99g (Noe 126; SNG ANS 214; HN Italy 1479). Good very fine (£400-450)
Lucania, Metapontum, Stater, c. 510-470, barley-ear, meta at left, lizard at right, rev. same type incuse, 7.95g (Noe 211; SNG ANS 241; HN Italy 1479). Good very fine £400-450)
Lucania, Velia, Stater, c. 300-280, head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet decorated with a griffin, rev. lion walking right, vine-leaf in exergue, 7.48g/9h (Williams 398; HN Italy 1302). Very fine, toned (£200-250)
Bruttium, Kroton, Stater, c. 280, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head turned right, rev. tripod, kerykeion in field, 6.73g/4h (SNG ANS 411; HN Italy 2179). Extremely fine, toned (£400-450)
Bruttium, Kroton, Third-Stater, 4th century, head of river-god Æsarus right, rev. owl standing left on ear of wheat, 3.03g/1h (SNG ANS 421; SNG Copenhagen 1309). Good very fine, rare (£450-500)
Hammer Price: £440
Bruttium, Kroton, Obol, c. 460-440, tripod, legs terminating in lion's feet, heron at right, rev. octopus, 0.37g/3h (cf. Attianese 84 [Diobol] and HN Italy 2128 [Triobol]). Very fine and very rare (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £120
Bruttium, Rhegion, Æ, c. 260-240, head of Apollo right, rev. Asklepios standing left, holding bird and staff, 7.41g/7h (SNG ANS 737; HN Italy 2547). Good very fine, green-brown patina (£90-120)
£90–£150
Bruttium, The Brettii, Æ Unit, c. 211-208, head of Zeus right, rev. naked warrior right, owl in infield, 9.71g/7h (Scheu 44; SNG ANS 106; HN Italy 1988). Very fine, green patina (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £55
Sicily, Sicily, Aitna, Trias, c. 405-401, female head right, wearing wreath and ear-ring, rev. horse prancing right, m above, 5.42g/2h (CNS III p.145, 3; SNG ANS 1158). On an unusually broad flan, good very fine, dark greenish-brown patina, well-centred with a complete ethnic (£150-200)
Hammer Price: £110
Sicily, Sicily, Akragas, Didrachm, c. 480, eagle standing left, rev. crab, 8.47g/9h (SNG ANS 909). Very fine (£150-200)
Hammer Price: £160
Sicily, Sicily, Gela, Didrachm, c. 490-475, horseman galloping right, brandishing spear, rev. forepart of man-headed bull right, 7.62g/4h (Jenkins 15 [O906/R08]). Very fine to good very fine, toned (£500-600)
Hammer Price: £360
Sicily, Sicily, Gela, Tetradrachm, c. 465-450, charioteer driving quadriga right, passing column with Ionic capital behind, rev. forepart of large man-headed bull right, 15.54g/2h (Jenkins 243 [O65/R130]; SNG ANS 53). Harshly cleaned, otherwise very fine, rare (£400-500)
Hammer Price: £350
Sicily, Sicily, Gela, Tetradrachm, c. 450-440, similar, 16.43g/1h (Jenkins 339/340 [O65/R131]; SNG ANS 62). Fine to very fine, toned (£400-500)
£400–£500
Sicily, Sicily, Gela, Tetradrachm, c. 450-440, charioteer driving quadriga right, Nike above crowning horses, rev. forepart of man-headed bull right, 16.63g/11h (Jenkins 359 [O69/R143]; SNG ANS 66). Fine to very fine (£400-500)
Sicily, Sicily, Gela, Tetras, c. 420-405, bull with lowered head standing left, rev. head of river-god Gelas right, 3.23g/3h (Jenkins 504; CNS III p.11, 14). Very fine, dark green patina (£120-150)
Sicily, Sicily, Himera, Tetradrachm, c. 450-420, charioteer driving quadriga right, holding kentron and reins, Nike flying left above, crowning charioteer, rev. Himera, standing front, head turned left, holding patera over altar, left hand raised, satyr bathing in fountain beneath lion-headed spout at right, barley-grain in upper left field, 16.91g/7h (Arnold-Biucchi, La Monetazione D'Argento Di Himera, QT 17 [1988], 17; Gutmann & Schwabacher 14; SNG ANS 165, same dies). Fine to very fine...
Hammer Price: £520
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