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Greek Coinages, Suessa Aurunca: Didrachm, struck c. 265-240 Obverse: laureate head of Apollo right, stalk of corn behind Reverse: svesano: Dioscurus on horseback left, holding palm and leading a second horse on his right Metal: silver; reduced ‘Tarantine’ standard; 6.52g/5h References: Weber 404, this coin = Bement 6, this coin; Rutter 447; Ashmolean 177-9 var. [control mark] Condition: Very fine, toned £500-£600
Hammer Price: £1,800
Greek Coinages, Arpi: Obol, struck c. 325-275 Obverse: horse prancing right, a above Reverse: fish-hook, λ to right Metal: silver; reduced Achaean standard; 0.61g/8h References: Weber 424; Rutter 635; Ashmolean – Condition: About extremely fine for issue, dark patina £300-£360
Hammer Price: £900
Greek Coinages, Tarentum: Nomos, struck c. 344-40 Obverse: nude rider on horse stepping left, holding reins in one hand, spear and shield in the other; δ below Reverse: ταρασ: Phalanthos astride dolphin leaping left above waves, holding trident over shoulder; k below Metal: silver; Achaean weight standard; 7.79g/12h References: Fischer-Bossert 662a’, this coin [V253/R513]; Rutter 877; Ashmolean 267 Condition: Good very fine and of superb style; dark toned with...
Hammer Price: £3,600
Greek Coinages, Tarentum: Nomos, struck c. 332-02 Obverse: nude rider on horse prancing right, holding a shield and two javelins, and thrusting down with spear in raised right hand Reverse: ταρ[ασ]: Phalanthos astride dolphin left, holding spear and shield in left hand, receiving wreath-bearing Nike to right hand; φι below Metal: silver; Achaean weight standard; 7.85g/12h References: Fischer-Bossert 1140 [V424/R882]; Rutter 936; Ashmolean – Condition: Extremely fine...
Hammer Price: £2,000
Greek Coinages, Tarentum: Diobol, struck c. 325-280 Obverse: head of Athena left, wearing crested helmet adorned with Scylla Reverse: τα: Herakles subduing the Nemean lion, club (and quiver?) to left Metal: silver; Achaean weight standard; 1.18g/9h References: Vlasto 1243, this coin; Rutter 976; Ashmolean 469 Condition: Almost extremely fine, lustrous surfaces with light toning; described by Ravel as ‘F.d.C’ £300-£360
Hammer Price: £1,300
Greek Coinages, Tarentum: Diobol, struck c. 325-280 Obverse: head of Herakles canted three-quarters left, wearing lion’s scalp headdress, club to left Reverse: Herakles subduing the Nemean lion, club on left, φ between legs Metal: silver; Achaean weight standard; 1.23g/3h References: Vlasto 1350, this coin; Rutter 977; Ashmolean 476 Condition: Good very fine, strong portrait; dark patina with some smoothing £300-£360
Hammer Price: £1,100
Greek Coinages, Tarentum: Stater, struck under the Pyrrhic Hegemony, c. 280 Obverse: laureate head of Zeus right; monogram [nk] behind Reverse: ταραντινων σωσι: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt with spread wings; monogram [ar] to inner left Metal: gold; Attic weight standard; 8.47g/6h References: Fischer-Bossert G38j, this coin [V34/R38] = Woodward 9, this coin; Rutter 983; Ashmolean – Condition: Good very fine with reddish toning around devices; edges marks...
Hammer Price: £14,000
Greek Coinages, Tarentum: Quarter-Stater [Triobol], struck under the Pyrrhic Hegemony, c. 280 Obverse: laureate head of Apollo right, monogram [nk] behind, Reverse: ταραντιν[ων]: eagle standing left on thunderbolt; monogram [ar] to inner left Metal: gold; Attic weight standard; 2.15g/11h References: Fischer-Bossert G59 [V50/R59]; Rutter 986; Ashmolean 296 var. [eagle’s position] Condition: Small flaw on obverse, otherwise almost extremely fine, lustrous ...
Hammer Price: £3,000
Greek Coinages, Tarentum: Nomos, struck under the Pyrrhic Hegemony, c. 280-72, by the magistrate Aristippus Obverse: nude rider on horse prancing right, holding a shield and two javelins, thrusting down with spear in raised right hand; γυ behind; αρι/στιπ below horse Reverse: ταρασ: Phalanthos astride dolphin right, holding bow and arrow; δι and elephant below Metal: silver; reduced ‘Tarantine’ standard; 6.51g/9h References: Vlasto 712; Rutter 999; Ashmolean...
Hammer Price: £2,600
Greek Coinages, Tarentum: Nomos, struck under the Pyrrhic hegemony, c. 280-72, by the magistrate Sostratos Obverse: nude rider on horse prancing right, holding a shield and two javelins, thrusting down with spear in raised right hand; γυ behind; σωστρ/ατοσ below Reverse: ταρασ: Phalanthos astride dolphin left, holding wreath-bearing Nike and cornucopia, thunderbolt behind; πολυ below arm Metal: silver; reduced ‘Tarantine’ standard; 6.58g/3h References:...
Greek Coinages, Tarentum: Nomos, struck under the Pyrrhic hegemony, c. 280-72, by the magistrate Lycon Obverse: nude rider on horse prancing right, holding a shield and two javelins, thrusting down with spear in raised right hand, wreath-bearing Nike in field; σι behind; λυκ[–] below Reverse: ταρασ: Phalanthos astride dolphin left, holding trident and kantharos; γυ behind Metal: silver; reduced ‘Tarantine’ standard; 6.47g/2h References: Woodward 10, this coin;...
Hammer Price: £4,200
Greek Coinages, Tarentum: Stater, struck under the alliance with Rome, c. 270-235, by the magistrate Aristos Obverse: nude rider on horse stepping left, holding a shield; ευφ to left; αρ-iστων below Reverse: ταρασ: Phalanthos astride dolphin left, holding trident and small hippocamp; ιων behind Metal: silver; reduced ‘Tarantine’ weight standard; 6.37g/3h References: Vlasto 928, same dies; Rutter 1044; Ashmolean 404-6 Condition: Almost extremely fine, bright...
Hammer Price: £2,800
Greek Coinages, Tarentum: Diobol, struck c. 280-228 Obverse: e-y: draped bust of Athena canted slightly right, wearing triple-crested helmet adorned with Skylla Reverse: Herakles subduing the Nemean lion; club on left over amphora, ευφ below Metal: silver; reduced ‘Tarantine’ standard; 1.09g/3h References: Vlasto 1437; Rutter 1062; Ashmolean 521 var. [reverse] Condition: Extremely fine and dark toned; the portrait well centred and of superb style £400-£500
Hammer Price: £1,700
Greek Coinages, Tarentum: Half-Shekel, struck under the Hannibalic occupation, c. 212-09, by the magistrate Philiarchos Obverse: armoured rider on horse prancing right, preparing to cast dart in raised right hand; φι behind; φιλιαρχοσ below Reverse: ταρασ: Phalanthos astride dolphin right, preparing to cast trident, drapery flowing from outstretched left arm, Metal: silver; Punic weight standard; 3.94g/1h References: Vlasto 981; Rutter 1081; Ashmolean...
Hammer Price: £3,400
Greek Coinages, Velia: Drachm, struck c. 535-510 Obverse: forepart of lion right, devouring stag leg Reverse: quadripartite incuse square Metal: silver; Phokaic weight standard; 3.93g References: Williams 15c, this coin [O10/R6]; Rutter 1259; Ashmolean 1076-77 Condition: Good very fine, beautifully toned with light iridescence £900-£1,200
Greek Coinages, Velia: Stater, struck c. 400-350 Obverse: lion crouching right preparing to pounce, tongue protruding; reversed b above Reverse: υελη: head of nymph right, hair bound by taenia Metal: silver; Achaean weight standard; 7.61g/12h References: Williams 209i, this coin [O129/R162]; Rutter 1275; Ashmolean 1093 Condition: Better than very fine, old grey tone; struck from dies of charming ‘severe’ style £600-£800
Hammer Price: £4,800
Greek Coinages, Velia: Stater, struck c. 334-300, from dies signed by Kleudoros Obverse: head of Athena left, wearing crested Phrygian helmet adorned with a winged centaur; monogram [kle] behind neck-guard Reverse: υελητων: lion left, devouring prey; a below Metal: silver; Achaean weight standard; 7.51g/7h References: Williams 361b, this coin [O185/R256]; Rutter 1296; Ashmolean 1283 Condition: Trifling mark in obverse field, otherwise almost extremely fine, perfectly...
Hammer Price: £6,500
Greek Coinages, Velia: Stater, struck c. 300-280, from dies signed by Philistion Obverse: head of Athena to right, wearing Attic helmet adorned with a griffin; a behind neck-guard, φ under chin Reverse: [υ]ελητων: lion walking right, dolphin swimming above between ι - φ Metal: silver; Achaean weight standard; 7.58g/5h References: Williams 442b, this coin [O220/R311]; Rutter 1307; Ashmolean 1337 Condition: Extremely fine, of superb style and with beautiful old cabinet...
Hammer Price: £7,000
Greek Coinages, Herakleia: Stater, struck c. 350-334, from an obverse die signed by Euthu– Obverse: head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet ornamented with Skylla hurling rock; ευ before face Reverse: ηρακλ-ηιων: Herakles subduing the Nemean lion, oenochoe below Metal: silver; Achaean weight standard; 7.95g/5h References: Work 47f, this coin = Weber 706, this coin = Locker Lampson 16, this coin; Rutter 1378; Ashmolean 615 Condition: Good very fine and dark...
Hammer Price: £3,200
Greek Coinages, Metapontum: Triobol, struck c. 470-440 Obverse: tem-μετα ear of barley Reverse: bucranium in incuse Metal: silver; Achaean weight standard; 1.36g/6h References: Sambon 1889, p.140, this coin; Kagan 1012; Noe –; Rutter 1487; Ashmolean – Condition: Good very fine, dark patina; excessively rare and of great interest with the double-ethnic £100-£120
Hammer Price: £750
Greek Coinages, Metapontum: Stater, struck c. 430-400 Obverse: head of Demeter right, her hair tied up into neat waves with ribbon Reverse: μετα: ear of barley with leaf left Metal: silver; Achaean weight standard; 7.83g/1h References: Noe 370e, this coin; Rutter 1507; Ashmolean 689 Condition: Good very fine, well centred with a delicate grey tone £600-£800
Hammer Price: £4,000
Greek Coinages, Metapontum: Stater, struck c. 410-400 Obverse: head of Apollo Karneios right, with curling ram’s horn and goat’s ear Reverse: μετα: ear of barley with leaf left Metal: silver; Achaean weight standard; 7.63g/1h References: Noe 337m, this coin = Weber 749, this coin; Rutter 1508; Ashmolean 687 Condition: Good very fine, a little surface porosity; the portrait unusual, well struck up and charming £1,200-£1,500
Hammer Price: £17,000
Greek Coinages, Metapontum: Stater, struck c. 400-380 Obverse: head of Demeter right, her hair bound up by band and wearing a pendant earring and plain cord necklace; olive-wreath around Reverse: με: ear of barley with leaf left Metal: silver; Achaean weight standard; 7.82g/5h References: Noe 416j, this coin = Woodward 19, this coin = BM Acquisitions 1896, this coin listed; Rutter 1516; Ashmolean 697 Condition: Good very fine, grey tone with diffused iridescence across the...
Greek Coinages, Metapontum: Nomos, struck c. 400-380 Obverse: head of Demeter right, her hair bound by a sakkos, wearing a small pendant earring and a pearled necklace Reverse: μετα: ear of barley with leaf right, scallop shell above Metal: silver; Achaean weight standard; 7.98g/8h References: Noe 493f, this coin = Woodward 21, this coin; Rutter 1544; Ashmolean – Condition: Good extremely fine, well centred and beautifully toned over excellent metal; with a portrait of...
Hammer Price: £42,000
Greek Coinages, Metapontum: Stater, struck c. 360-340 Obverse: head of Demeter right, her hair bound by a sakkos and wearing a pendant earring; reversed k behind Reverse: μετ[α]: ear of barley with leaf right; reversed κ above Metal: silver; Achaean weight standard; 7.90g/9h References: Noe 514; Rutter 1549; Ashmolean – Condition: Very fine and grey toned; with a few minor scratches and traces of find patina £200-£260
Hammer Price: £4,400
Greek Coinages, Metapontum: Stater, struck c. 340-330, signed work of the artist Kal- Obverse: laureate head of Zeus right, thunderbolt behind Reverse: [μετ]απον: ear of barley with leaf right; poppy head and signature [καλ] above Metal: silver; Achaean weight standard; 7.77g/7h References: Woodward 22, this coin; Johnston A6.2; Rutter 1558; Ashmolean 743 Condition: Almost extremely fine with vivid iridescent toning; the portrait ornately engraved and struck in high...
Greek Coinages, Metapontum: Stater, struck c. 340-330 Obverse: veiled head of Demeter right, wearing crown of barley, pendant earring and pearled necklace Reverse: μετα: ear of barley with leaf left, mouse above and φ below Metal: silver; Achaean weight standard; 7.63g/11h References: Woodward 24, this coin; Johnston A8.8; Rutter 1570; Ashmolean 746 var. [leaf position] Condition: Very fine, with a portrait of elegant style; the surfaces darkly patinated, but the fields a...
Hammer Price: £1,500
Greek Coinages, Metapontum: Distater, struck c. 340-330 Obverse: bearded head of Leukippos right, wearing Corinthian helmet ornamented with Nike in quadriga and hippocamp; forepart of lion and απη behind Reverse: μεταποντινων: ear of barley with leaf left; club above; αμι below Metal: silver; Achaean weight standard; 15.65g/1h References: Johnston B.1.1, this coin = Weber 763, this coin = Burlington 312, this coin; Rutter 1574; Ashmolean 726 Condition: Good...
Hammer Price: £15,000
Greek Coinages, Metapontum: Stater, struck c. 330-290 Obverse: head of Demeter right, wearing crown of barley and triple-pendant earring Reverse: ear of barley with leaf right; plough above; μα[χ] below Metal: silver; Achaean weight standard; 7.89g/3h Reference: Johnston C1.46; Rutter 1581; Ashmolean 766ff Condition: Almost extremely fine, grey toned with golden highlights; peripheral find patina on reverse £300-£360
Hammer Price: £950
Greek Coinages, Metapontum: Stater, struck c. 330-290 Obverse: head of Demeter left, wearing crown of barley, triple-pendant earring and pearled necklace Reverse: μετα: ear of barley with leaf left; tongs above; [α]θα below Metal: silver; Achaean weight standard; 7.87g/5h References: Johnston C4.3; Rutter 1583; Ashmolean 752 Condition: Better than very fine and toned £300-£360
Greek Coinages, Metapontum: Stater, struck c. 330-290, Obverse: head of Demeter left, wearing crown of barley, triple-pendant earring and pearled necklace; εδ below chin Reverse: μετα: ear of barley with leaf left; lighted altar above; υλ right of stalk Metal: silver; Achaean weight standard; 7.91g/9h References: Johnston C10.4; Rutter 1593; Ashmolean – Condition: Extremely fine with pretty golden-blue toning; minute nick on obverse £600-£800
Hammer Price: £5,000
Greek Coinages, Metapontum: Diobol, struck c. 325-275 Obverse: head of Apollo Karneios left, with curling ram’s horn Reverse: μετα: ear of barley, leaf right on which stands owl and grasshopper; π below Metal: silver; Achaean standard; 1.12g/6h References: Johnston F7.2; Rutter 1601; Ashmolean 796 Condition: About very fine, grey toned with a little iridescence £150-£180
Hammer Price: £600
Greek Coinages, Metapontum: Third-Stater [Tetrobol], struck during the Pyrrhic Hegemony, c. 280-79 Obverse: head of Leukippos right, wearing crested helmet ornamented with Skylla hurling rock Reverse: μ-ε: two ears of barley, each with leaf; σι between them Metal: gold; Attic wieght standard; 2.85g/12h References: Johnston G5.1; Rutter 1630; Ashmolean 725 Condition: About extremely fine, lustrous, minute edge nick £2,000-£2,600
Hammer Price: £6,000
Greek Coinages, Thurium: Stater, struck c. 443-400 Obverse: head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet ornamented with laurel wreath, hair escaping below neck guard Reverse: θουριων: bull butting right; e in upper right field (partially off-flan), trace of a on rump; fish swimming left in exergue Metal: silver; Achaean weight standard; 7.90g/10h References: McClean 1214; Rutter 1761; Ashmolean 878 Condition: Good very fine, well centred and lightly toned £600-£800
Hammer Price: £1,900
Greek Coinages, Thurium: Stater, struck c. 400-350 Obverse: head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet ornamented with Skylla brandishing trident, small signature [δ] on monster’s tail Reverse: θουριων: bull butting right, fish swimming below moulded exergue line Metal: silver; Achaean weight standard; 7.94g/9h References: Woodward 34, this coin; Rutter 1787; Ashmolean – Condition: Almost extremely fine and beautifully toned, particularly so on the reverse;...
Hammer Price: £9,500
Greek Coinages, Thurium: Distater, struck c. 350-300 Obverse: head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet ornamented with Skylla holding trident Reverse: θουριων: bull butting right; x above, pair of fish swimming below exergue line Metal: silver; Achaean weight standard; 15.96g/3h References: Noe H20; Rutter 1811; Ashmolean 926 Condition: Good very fine and toned, the bull well-centred and of vigourous style; small patch of smoothing in obverse field £900-£1,200
Hammer Price: £2,400
Greek Coinages, Brettii: Didrachm, struck during the Second Punic War, c. 215-05 Obverse: jugate busts of Castor and Pollux right, each wearing chlamys and pileus ornamented with laurel-wreath, two stars above; cornucopia and minute γ behind Reverse: βρεττιων: the Dioscuri now galloping right, both with raised right arm and holding palm-branches, star above each, sceptre below horses Metal: silver; local weight standard; 5.76g/6h References: Arslan AR2-1Bis’, this coin...
Hammer Price: £40,000
Greek Coinages, Kaulonia: Stater, struck c. 525-500 Obverse: καυγ: nude Apollo walking right, holding laurel branch in raised right hand, extending his left arm on which runs a small daimon holding two branches; to right stands stag looking back Reverse: incuse of obverse [reverted] Metal: silver; Achaean weight standard; 8.06g/12h References: Noe A21d, this coin = Weber 980, this coin = Burlington 317, this coin = Spencer-Churchill 18, this coin; Rutter 2035; Ashmolean...
Hammer Price: £22,000
Greek Coinages, Kroton: Stater, struck c. 379-367 Obverse: head of Hera Lakinia canted slightly right, wearing pearled necklace and stephane with palmettes; b to right Reverse: κροτωναιτασ: Herakles reclining left on rock draped with lion’s skin, holding cup and resting club on ground beside bow Metal: silver; Achaean weight standard; 7.90g/7h References: Woodward 40, this coin; Rutter 2169; Ashmolean 1521 Condition: Extremely fine, beautifully toned and of the...
Hammer Price: £65,000
Greek Coinages, Kroton: Stater, struck c. 330-300 Obverse: laureate head of Apollo right Reverse: κρο: tripod, filleted laurel-branch on left Metal: silver; Achaean weight standard; 7.62g/10h References: Lockett 633; Rutter 2177; Ashmolean 1526 Condition: Good very fine with a portrait of delicate style struck in high relief, pretty golden-grey toning £1,200-£1,500
Hammer Price: £4,600
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