GREEK SILVER

Italy, Etruria, Populonia, ex: Ars Classica, 1929
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Italy, Etruria, Populonia, ex: Ars Classica, 1929

AR 10 Asses, 4.17g. 18.5mm. c.300-250 B.C. Laureate male head to left; X behind. Rv. Blank. Vecchi 70.55(this coin illustrated). Rutter, HN 1, 168. Lovely old cabinet toning.

Provenance/Pedigree
Ex: Ars Classica, Lucerne, Auction 14, July 2, 1929, lot 1.
Ex: Auctiones, Basel, Auction 5, December 2, 1975, lot 5.
Ex: Münzen und Medaillen, Basel, Auction 75, December 4, 1989, lot 9.
Ex: Münzen und Medaillen, Basel, List 594, 1996, no. 1.
Ex: Künker, Osnabrück, Auction 168, March 12, 2010, lot 7040.

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about Extremely Fine $6,750.
Italy, Campania, Neapolis, ex: Leu 2009
Italy, Campania, Neapolis, ex: Leu 2009

AR Didrachm,  7.03g.  22mm.    c.300-275 B.C. Head of nymph to right wearing elaborate diadem, triple-pendant earring, and pearl necklace; astragalos behind.   Rev. Man-headed bull standing to right being crowned by flying nike with wreath; monogram below.   HN 1, 579. Sambon 478var(monogram). Fine style, high relief, and attractive old collection toning.

Provenance/Pedigree
Ex: LHS Numismatic, Zurich, Auction 103, May 5, 2009, lot 8. 

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about Extremely Fine/Extremely Fine $8,500.
Italy, Calabria, Tarentum, Pedigreed to 2010
Italy, Calabria, Tarentum, Pedigreed to 2010

AR Stater, 7.81g. 21mm. c.281-272 B.C. Nude youth riding horse to left holding round shield in his left hand. Rv. Taras astride dolphin to left holding nike on outstretched right hand; waves below. Vlasto 686. Lovely old cabinet toning

Provenance/Pedigrees
 
Ex: CNG, Lancaster, Mail Bid Sale: 85, September 15, 2010, lot 160.
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Italy, Lucania, Metapontum
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Italy, Lucania, Metapontum

 AR Didrachm, 7.67g. 24mm. Signed by KPI.. c.400-340 B.C. Head of Demeter to right; minute letters KPI behind neck. Rev. Ear of barley. Noe 502. HN Italy 1528. SNG Lloyd 363. Some slight surface roughness and die breaks on obverse. Fine style and attractive dark toning. 

Provenance/Pedigrees:
Ex: Leu Numismatik, Zurich, Auction 86, 2003, lot 236 with ticket. 

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about Extremely Fine/Extremely Fine $4,500.
Italy, Lucania, Sybaris
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Italy, Lucania, Sybaris

AR Obol, 0.42g. 8mm.  c.510-475 B.C. Bull standing to right with head reverted.  Rev. Acorn within incuse.    HN I, 1742.  SNG Ashmolean 852.  Scarce and of exceptional quality.  

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Münzen und Medaillen, Basel, Auction 88, May 17, 1999, lot 34.
Ex: Dr. Paul Peter Urone collection

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about Extremely Fine $5,500.
Italy, Lucania, Sybaris, ex: Hess/Leu, 1966
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Italy, Lucania, Sybaris, ex: Hess/Leu, 1966

AR Stater, 8.02g.  29.5mm.  c.550-210 B.C.  Bull standing to left with head reverted; abbreviated ethnic inscription in exergue.  Rev. Bull standing to right with head reverted; all incuse. Gorini 2.  DeLuynes 552.  Dewing 406-7.   HN Italy, 1729; typcial irregular but natural flan.     Well struck and toned.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Hess/Leu, Lucerne, Auction 31, Dec. 6-7, 1966, lot  58.
Ex: Leu Numismatics, Zurich, Auction 91, May 10-11, 2004, lot 41.

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Extremely Fine $8,000.
Italy, Lucania, Thurium
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Italy, Lucania, Thurium

AR Stater, 7.93g. 21mm.  c.350-300 B.C.  Head of Athena to right wearing crested helmet decorated with Skylla hurling stone to right.; "sigma"" I on helmet flap. Rev. Bull charging to right; torch in exergue; traces of uncertain undertype in fields.   SNG ANS 1092. Historia Nummorum, Italy 1840.  Fine style and attractive dark toning.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Prospero collection, Baldwins, New York, Jan. 4, 2012, lot 86; acquired from Spink, August 30, 1985.

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Italy, Bruttium, Kroton; ex: Naville 1926
Italy, Bruttium, Kroton; ex: Naville 1926

AR Stater, 7.64g. 28mm. c.530-500 B.C. Tripod on ornamented base with feet terminating in lion's feet; three handles; two snakes rising from bowl.  Rev. Incuse tripod with the snakes, handles, and base rendered in relief.   SNG ANS 233.  HN, Italy 2075. Antike Kunst , 1967, pl. 52,450 (this coin).  Fine old collection toning.

Provenance/Pedigrees:
Ex: Naville, Ars Classica, Lucerne, Auction XII, October 18, 1926, lot 560.
Ex: Kricheldorf, Stuttgart, Auction XIII, September 23, 1963, lot 27.

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good Very Fine/Extremely Fine $7,500.
Italy, Bruttium, Kroton
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Italy, Bruttium, Kroton

AR Triobol, 1.08g. 11mm.  c.425-350 B.C.  Tripod; grain ear to right; archaic ethnic inscription to left.  Rev. Octopus.  Attianese 80. SNG ANS 414. Slight metal roughness.   Scarce in this excellent quality and in high relief for the type.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Tkalec, Zurich, Auction March 16, 1991, lot 29.
Ex: Dr. Paul Peter Urone collection

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Extremely Fine/about Extremely Fine $4,000.
Sicily, Himera
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Sicily, Himera

AR Litra, 0.52g. 8mm. c.475-450 B.C. Head of a bearded warrior to right wearing a crested Attic helmet. Rev. Attic helmet. SNG Lloyd 1029. Lovely old toning with luster and a fine archaic head.

Provenance/Pedigrees:
Ex: NAC, Zurich, Auction 21, 2001, lot 79.

 

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Sicily, Himera
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Sicily, Himera

AR Ltra, 0.68g. 11mm.  c.470-450 B.C.  Head of Ares to right wearing attic helmet.  Rev. Anepigraphic. Corinthian helmet to right.  SNG Munich 356var(hemiobol).  HGC 2, 446.  Toned and a scarce variant. 

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Peus, Frankfurt, Auction 336, 1993, lot 16.

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Very Fine/good Very Fine $350.
Sicily, Messana as Zankle ex: Hess/Leu 1964
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Sicily, Messana as Zankle ex: Hess/Leu 1964

AR Drachm, 5.32g. 22mm.  c.515-493 B.C.  Dolphin leaping to left within sickle-shaped harbor; border of dots around; ethnic inscription below.  Rev. Shell within center of incuse.  Gielow, "Die Silberprägung von Dankle-Messana", in MBNG, Group IV.  Rizzo, pl. 25,5.   A worn reverse die as is typical for the issue.   Attractive old collection toning and an exceptionally well detailed dolphin in high relief.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Hess-Leu, Lucerne, Auction 34, 1964, lot 53
Ex: Münzen und Medaillen, Basel, Auction 54, 1978, lot 100.

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Extremely Fine/Fine $15,000.
Sicily, Syracuse
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Sicily, Syracuse

AR  Litra, 0.52g. 9mm. c.485-466 B.C. Head of Arethusa to right wearing olive branch. Rev. Wheel with four spokes. Boehringer 392-407. Fine dark patina.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Giessener Münzhandlung, Munich, Auction 96, June 7, 1999, lot 57.

 

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Extremely Fine $1,500.
Sicily, Syracuse, ex: Leu 1998
Sicily, Syracuse, ex: Leu 1998

AR Hemidrachm, 1.94g. 15mm.  Period of Timoleon, 344-317 B.C. 
Three-quarter head of Athena facing wearing a crested helmet.  Rev. Horseman riding to right; star and grain ear in field to left.  SNG ANS 522.  SNG Lloyd 1450. Toned.

Provenance/Pedigree
Ex: Leu Numismatik, Zurich, Auction 74, 1998, lot 109.

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Very Fine $1,500.
Siculo-Punic, Entella, pedigreed to 2003
Siculo-Punic, Entella, pedigreed to 2003

AR Tetradrachm, 17.40g. 26mm. c.320-300 B.C. Head of Arethusa to left wearing corn wreath, triple-pendant earring, and pearl necklace; dolphins around. Rev. Horse head to left; palm tree behind; Punic inscription below. Jenkins 192. SNG Lockett 1052(dies). Fine style with a particularly well struck horse in high relief; attractive toining

Provenance/Pedigrees:
Ex: Edward J Waddell, Ltd. E Auction 79, December 10, 2003, lot 22 and published in illustrated brochure
Ex: Harlan Berk, Buy/Bid Sale 171, October 27, 2010, lot 77.

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Extremely Fine $9,000.
Macedon, Eion
Macedon, Eion

AR Diobol, 0.98g. 9mm. c.480-470 B.C. Goose standing to right with head reverted.  Rev. Incuse.  SNG ANS 272. Demeester 47var. Lovely iridescent toning and struck in high relief.

Provenance/Pedigree
Ex: Brian Kritt, Maryland, private sale, January, 14, 2006.

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good Very Fine $450.
Thraco-Madedonian Tribes, The  Derrones
Thraco-Madedonian Tribes, The Derrones

AR Tetrobol, 1.82g.  16mm.  c.480 B.C.  Bull standing to right with head reverted; floral ornament above.   Rev. Corinthian helmet to left.   Svoronos, plate II, 15.  SNG ANS 932. A few light scratches in reverse fields.   Toned and scarce.

Provenance/Pedigree:

Ex: Künker, Osnabruck, Auction 182, March 14, 2011, lot 159.

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good Very Fine/good Fine $2,500.
Macedon, Neapolis, ex: Sotheby 1914
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Macedon, Neapolis, ex: Sotheby 1914

AR Drachm, 3.76g. 15.5mm.  c.375-350 B.C.  Gorgon.  Rev. Laureate head of nymph to right.  SNG ANS 429. Kunstfreunde 192.  Fine style and lovely toning. This larger denomination is much rarer than the more commonly seen hemidrachm. 

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: L. D. Schlessinger Y. Guzman collection, Sotheby's, London, Auction July 20, 1914, lot 79 and illustrated on plate IV(purchased by Feuardent of Paris for £4/10.)

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Macedon, Skione, pedigreed to 1990
Macedon, Skione, pedigreed to 1990

AR Tetrobol, 2.28g. 11mm. c.480-470 B.C. Male head to right. Rev. Eye within shallow incuse.  AMNG III/1,2.  SNG ANS 708.  Ophthalmologia XIII.8({this coin).  

Provenance/Pedigree
Ex: Dr. Jay Gaulst collection, Harlan Berk, BBS 63, August 29, 1990, lot 59.

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Very Fine $750.
Macedon, Roman Period
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Macedon, Roman Period

AR Tetradrachm, 16.95g. 33mm.  1st Meris, c.167-149 B.C. Head of Artemis to right  in center of a Macedonian shield; bow and quiver on her shoulder.   Rev.  Club sourrounded by oak wreath.  Fine style and toned on a large flan. 

Proveneance/Pedigree:
Ex: Brian Kritt, Maryland, Jan. 8, 2014 

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Thrace, Maroneia, pedigreed to 2001
Thrace, Maroneia, pedigreed to 2001

AR Tribol, 2.92g. 14mm.  c.398-385 B.C.  Forepart of horse to left.  Rev. Bunch of grapes.  Schönert-Geiss 189.  Attractive old cabinet toning; early issue without magistrate's initials.  

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: EJW, Ltd, E Auction, April 30, 2001, lot 12 and inventory # 36948.

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Lysimachos, 305-281 B.C.  pedigreed to 1995
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Lysimachos, 305-281 B.C. pedigreed to 1995

AR Tetradrachm, 16.89g. 28.5mm. Lysimachia, c.297-281 B.C. Deified head of Alexander the Great to right wearing diadem and horn of Ammon. Rev. Athena seated to left holding scepter and wreath-bearing nike on outstretched hand; monograms in field to left and in exergue; minute edge scrape at 7:00 rev.   Thompson 14var( monogram in exergue which could be missing on the coin quoted by Thompson). Expressive portrait in high relief.  Attractive collection toning.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: EJW Ltd, List 66, 1995, no. 44.

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about Extremely Fine $6,500.
Thessaly, Larissa, ex: BCD
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Thessaly, Larissa, ex: BCD

AR Obol, 0.99g. 11mm.  c.462-460 B.C.  Head and neck of bull facing to left.  Rev.  Head of horse to right within shallow incuse. Hermann Group III. 

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: BCD collection, Nomos, Zurich, Auction 4, May 10, 2011, lot 1105.

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good Very Fine $1,500.
Thessaly, Phalanna, ex: BCD, 2011
Thessaly, Phalanna, ex: BCD, 2011

AR Drachm, 5.60g. 19mm. c.360-340 B.C.  Youthful male head(Ares?) to right.  Rev. Bridled horse trotting to right with free rein and curled tail.   BMC 1. BCD 1250(obv. die).  Lovely style head in high relief; attractive light toning.

Provenance/Pedigree:

Ex: BCD collection, Nomos, Zurich, Auction 4, May10, 2011, lot 1428.9

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about Extremely Fine $8,000.
 

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