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Sale 96
February 12-15 2017 Pre-Long Beach Auction
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Lot 1489 |
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Iberia, Ilipense. Æ (30.08 g), 2nd century BC. Grain ear. Reverse: ILIΠENSE between two lines, fish right; above, crescent. ACIP 2335; SNG BM 1541-8. Uniform green patina. Very Fine. Estimate Value $250 - 300
The Hanbery Collection.
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$282 |
Lot 1490 |
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Northeast Gaul, Ambiani. Gold Stater (6.22 g), ca. 65 BC. Gallic War issue. Typeless bulge. Reverse: Disjointed horse right; around, various crescents and pellets. Delestrée & Tache 241; Scheers 154; SCBC 11. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $400 - 500
The Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from CNG in 1993.
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$588 |
Lot 1491 |
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Campania, Neapolis. (Fourrée?) Nomos (5.96 g), ca. 350-325 BC. Head of the Siren Parthenope right, wearing broad headband. Reverse: [NEO]ΠOΛI[THΣ] in exergue, man-headed bull standing right, head facing; above, Nike flying right, crowning bull with wreath. SNG BN 685; cf. SNG ANS 302; cf. Sambon 366; HN Italy 565. Fine style and full expression on the man-headed bull. Old cabinet tone. Very Fine. Estimate Value $250 - 300
The Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from Economopoulos Enterprises in the late 1980s or early 1990s.
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$317 |
Lot 1492 |
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Campania, Neapolis. Silver Nomos (7.34 g), ca. 320-280 BC. Head of nymph right, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace; around, four dolphins. Reverse: [NE]OPOΛITΩ[N], man-faced bull walking right; above, Nike flying right, crowning him with wreath; below, ΘE. Sambon 457; SNG ANS 336; HN Italy 576. Signs of old cleaning but now nicely toned. Very Fine. Estimate Value $400 - 500
From The Herbert & Aphrodite Rubin Collection; Ex NFA IX (10 December 1980), 6.
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$341 |
Lot 1493 |
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Apulia, Teate (Teanum Apulum). Æ Quadrunx (12.28 g), ca. 225-200 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Reverse: TIATI, lion standing right; above, clube; below, star; in exergue, four pellets. SNG ANS (vol. V) 1230; cf. HN Italy 704 (no star). Scarce. Uniform greenish-brown patina. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $300 - 400
The Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from F. Kovacs in 1984. Ex Thomas Virzi Collection.
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$776 |
Lot 1494 |
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Calabria, Taras. Silver Diobol (1.11 g), ca. 380-325 BC. Head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla. Reverse: TAPAN, Herakles kneeling left on the back of a crouching lion, raising club to strike and holding lion's tail; in right field, K. Vlasto 1239; HN Italy 913. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $400 - 500
From the Hanbery Collection; Ex CNR XVII/4 (Winter 1992), 13.
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$494 |
Lot 1495 |
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Calabria, Taras. Silver Nomos (7.12 g), ca. 344-340 BC. Helmeted warrior standing facing, head right, holding spear and shield, behind horse standing right; before horse's forelegs, |-. Reverse: TAPAΣ, Phalanthos riding dolphin left, holding trident and shield; below, A above waves. Fischer-Bossert group 48, 680 (V259/R527); Vlasto 518 (same obv. die); SNG ANS 964 (same dies); SNG Ashmolean 277 (same dies);; Dewing 154 (same dies); HN Italy 889. Lightly toned and fine artistic style. Nearly Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $600 - 700
The Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from F. Kovacs in 1990.
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$705 |
Lot 1496 |
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Calabria, Taras. Silver Nomos (7.85 g), ca. 315-302 BC. Ari., X., and Kl., magistrates. Nude warrior, on horseback right, holding shield and two spears, thrusting with third spear downward; below horse, API; in right field, Ξ. Reverse: T-APAΣ, Phalanthos riding dolphin left, holding kantharos and rudder; in left field, KΛ. Fischer-Bossert grp. 74a, 925 (V360/R717); Vlasto -; Jameson 153 (same dies); HN Italy 939. Beautifully toned. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $2,000 - 2,500
From the Herbert & Aphrodite Rubin Collection; Purchased privately from CNG in the early 1990s. Ex Cahn 60 (2 July 1928), 57.
The obverse of this nomos depicts an example of the mercenary cavalrymen for which Taras became famous in the Hellenistic period. The Tarentine cavalryman is believed to have been the first mounted warrior of the Greek world to carry a shield. This novelty made him popular in the armies of Hellenistic kings and led to the training of cavalrymen in the Tarentine style.
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$4,700 |
Lot 1497 |
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Calabria, Taras. Silver Nomos (7.81 g), ca. 302-280 BC. Sa…, Arethon, and Cas…, magistrates. Youth on horseback right, crowning horse with wreath; behind and in two lines below, magistrates' names: ΣA and APE/ΘΩN. Reverse: Phalanthos riding dolphin left, holding tripod; below, magistrate's name: CAΣ. Vlasto 666-7; HN Italy 957. Lovely antique iridescent tone. About Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $500 - 600
The Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from Spink in the 1980s-1990s.
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$734 |
Lot 1498 |
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Calabria, Taras. Silver Nomos (6.47 g), ca. 280-272 BC. Zo…, Neyme…, and Poly…, magistrates. Nude youth on horseback right crowning with wreath; in fields, magistrates' names ZΩ and NEY/MH. Reverse: TAPAΣ, Phalanthos, holding helmet, riding dolphin left; in fields flanking, stars; behind, magistrate's name: ΠOΛY. Vlasto 739-49; HN Italy 1006. Lovely old cabinet toning with hints of iridescence. Well centered with an expressive artistic portrait of Phalanthos. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $1,000 - UP
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$705 |
Lot 1499 |
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Calabria, Taras. Silver Drachm (3.15 g), ca. 280-272 BC. Helmeted head of Athena left; below, EY. Reverse: [TAPANTINΩN], owl standing right, head facing, on thunderbolt; in right field, [ΣΩΣ]; in exergue, [ΔI]. Vlasto 1077; HN Italy 1018. Beautiful light iridescent toning. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $250 - 300
The Hanbery Collection;.
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$200 |
Lot 1500 |
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Calabria, Taras. Gold Stater (8.55 g), ca. 276-272 BC. Nikar…, magistrate. Laureate head of Zeus left; behind, NK monogram. Reverse: BAΣIΛIΣΣHΣ KΛEOΠATPAΣ ΘEAΣ KAI BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOΧOY, eagle with wings displayed standing right on thunderbolt; in right field, two amphorae; ti upp left, magistrate's name: [NI]KAP. Fischer-Bossert G42c (V37/R42; this coin); Vlasto 40; SNG ANS 1039 (same dies); Gulbenkian 41 (same dies); BMC 3 (same dies); HN Italy 983. Very Rare. Boldly struck and perfectly centered. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $15,000 - UP
From the Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from F. Kovacs in 1991. Ex Peus 332 (23 October 1991), 12; Leu 52 (15 May 1991), 3; Superior (10 December 1988), 1703.
This stater is part of a larger gold series that includes halves, thirds, quarters, eighths, tenths, twelfths, and sixteenths, featuring the heads of Zeus, Herakles, Apollo, or Athena on the obverse, and their respective associated animals (eagle or owl) or Taras/Phalanthos, the mythological/historical founder of Tarentum on the reverse. The double-amphora symbol associated with the eagle on this coin alludes to Tarentum's origin as a colony of the half-Spartan Parthenians. In Lakedaimon (Sparta), the Dioskouroi were worshipped in this peculiar aniconic form, which also occurs on some Lakedaimonian coins of the late Hellenistic period.The series to which this stater belongs was struck essentially as a result of Roman expansion in the early third century BC and the somewhat ill-conceived response of the Tarentines. When the Romans broke a treaty with the Tarentines in order to subdue the Lucanian city of Thurium, the Tarentines intervened and forcibly expelled the Roman garrison from Thurium. While it no doubt felt good to the Greek Tarentines kick the barbarian Romans out of a fellow Greek city, the euphoria soon evaporated and they realized that the Romans would be back in great force to seek revenge.Knowing that a great and terrible Roman storm would soon rise upon them, the Tarentines sought the help of mercenaries from mainland Greece and a great military leader in the person of the Epeirote king Pyrrhos. Luckily for the Tarentines, Pyrrhos had just been driven out of the Macedonian part of his kingdom and happened to be in search of new adventure. Thus he led his forces to Tarentum and embarked upon the great Pyrrhic War (280-275 BC) against the Romans. He defeated the Romans in two battles, but because of their network of subject-allies they continued to command vast resources of manpower. Frustrated at his ability to defeat, but not actually crush the Romans, Pyrrhos famously remarked, "[if] we are victorious in one more battle with the Romans, we shall be utterly ruined" (Plut. Pyrrh. 21.9). This statement gave rise to the expression "Pyrrhic victory," meaning a victory in which the cost is so high that it negates any sense of triumph.The cost of Pyrrhos victories also weighed heavily on the Tarentines, who needed their gold and silver coinages in large quantities in order to meet the demands of the king and his mercenary army. The cost ultimately proved to be all for nothing since Pyrrhos abandoned the Tarentine project in 278 BC to seek his fortune in Sicily. When he returned in 275 BC, he was defeated by the Romans at Beneventum and withdrew to Epeiros with most of his army. Three years later, Tarentum was besieged and captured by the Romans.
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$21,738 |
Lot 1501 |
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Calabria, Taras. Gold Hemistater (4.17 g), ca. 276-272 BC. Nikar., magistrate. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Reverse: TAPANTINΩN, Taras or Phalanthos, holding reins and trident, driving galloping biga right; above, magistrate's name: NIKAP; below, two amphorae. Fischer-Bossert G31 (V27/R31); Vlasto 32 (same dies); SNG ANS 1038 (same dies); BMC 14 (same dies); HN Italy 984. Very Rare. Very Fine. Estimate Value $1,000 - 1,300
From the Hanbery Collection.
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$2,938 |
Lot 1502 |
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Calabria, Taras. Silver Nomos (6.64 g), ca. 272-240 BC. Sy… and Lykinos, magistrates. Youth on horseback left, crowning horse with wreath; behind and below in two lines, magistrate's names: ΣY and ΛYKI/NOΣ. Reverse: TA-PAΣ, Phalanthos riding dolphin left, hurling trident; behind, owl standing left, head facing. Vlasto 836; HN Italy 1025. Gorgeous iridescent toning. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $1,000 - 1,200
From The Herbert & Aphrodite Rubin Collection; Ex Coin Galleries (16 November 1983), 155.
The reverse type refers to the miraculous salvation of Phalanthos, the Parthenian founder of Taras, who was said to have fallen overboard as he made the crossing from Greece to Southern Italy. He would have drowned if not for a dolphin that swam to his aid and carried him to safety on the Italian shore. He founded Taras not far from the site where he was brought to land.
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$1,528 |
Lot 1503 |
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Calabria, Taras. Silver Nomos (5.92 g), ca. 240-228 BC. Xenokrates, magistrate. Dioskouros on horseback left, head facing, raising hand and holding rein; in right field, TP monogram and pileos; in two lines below, magistrate's name: [Ξ]E-NOKPA/T-HΣ. Reverse: TAPAΣ, Phalanthos riding dolphin left, head and torso facing, holding trident and lifting drapery; in right field, monogram; below, waves and cuttlefish. Vlasto 955-7; HN Italy 1058. Toned. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $250 - 300
The Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from F. Kovacs in the 1980s.
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$400 |
Lot 1504 |
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Lucania, Herakleia. Silver Nomos (7.80 g), ca. 281-278 BC. Aris, magistrate. |- HEPAKΛEIΩ-N, head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with Skylla hurling a stone; between crest and hair, E. Reverse: Herakles standing facing slightly left, head turned to front, holding club and bow, lion's skin draped over arm; to upper left, owl standing right; in left field, magistrate's name: APIΣ. Van Keuren 87; SNG ANS 77-79; HN Italy 1385. Beautiful old cabinet tone. Unusually well centered. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $2,500 - UP
The Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from F. Kovacs in 1985.
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$1,645 |
Lot 1505 |
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Lucania, Metapontion. Silver Triobol (1.19 g), ca. 470-440 BC. MET-A, ear of barley. Reverse: Incuse bucranium. Noe 294; SNG ANS 272; HN Italy 1487. Well struck. Toned. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $300 - 350
From the Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from Thomas D. Walker in the 1980s.
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$317 |
Lot 1506 |
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Lucania, Metapontion. Æ Obol (10.21 g), ca. 425-350 BC. Hermes standing left, holding patera and caduceus; in left field, thymiaterion; in right field, EY and O right. Reverse: ME, grain-ear; leaf to right. Johnston 3; SNG ANS 552; HN Italy 1639. Scarce. Brown surfaces. Very Fine. Estimate Value $250 - 300
The Hanbery Collection.
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$153 |
Lot 1507 |
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Lucania, Poseidonia. Silver Nomos (7.63 g), ca. 470-445 BC. ΠOMEIΔA, Poseidon advancing right, wielding trident; triple circular border. Reverse: ΠOMES, bull standing left within circular incuse. SNG ANS 652; HN Italy 1114. Scarce variety with the triple obverse border. Lightly toned. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $300 - 350
The Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from F. Kovacs in 1985.
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$494 |
Lot 1508 |
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Lucania, Sybaris. Silver Nomos (7.81 g), ca. 550-510 BC. VM (=ΣY) in exergue, bull standing left, head turned to look back. Reverse: Incuse of obverse. Gorini 5; SNG ANS 828-44; HN Italy 1729. Well struck on a nice clean flan free from the cracks that are usually seen on this rare incuse issue. Uniform light grey tone. About Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $2,500 - 3,000
The reverse depiction of Athena is a wonderful example of the intricate - almost bordering on baroque- detail of which Archaic die-engravers were capable. The almond-shaped facing eye is clear and a primary indicator of the Archaic style, while the scrollwork on the bowl of the helmet seems to prefigure the palmette used on the goddess' helmet on Athenian tetradrachms in the fifth century BC. The Methymnian helmet is distinct in its use of a Pegasos decoration on the forehead. The winged horse may allude to Athena's use of the aegis - a goatskin shield adorned with the head of Medusa. The stare of Medusa was able to turn men into stone, but when she was killed and her head taken by the hero Perseus, she is said to have given birth to Pegasos and the hero Chrysaor in her death throes.
The obverse features a wild boar - a popular image for coins struck on Lesbos - with his head lowered and about to charge. It is an attractive illustration that reflects the engraver's close attention to the natural world as well as his artistic stylization. The animal's crest is especially well executed and is reminiscent of the crests on contemporary hoplite helmets.
The Hanbery Collection; Ex CNA II (7 November 1987), 19.
This nomos of Sybaris belongs to a larger group of Archaic coins struck by the Greek colonies of Southern Italy that feature thin fabric and raised obverse and matching incuse reverse designs. The process for producing such coins was highly technical, requiring the creation of reverse dies that would properly match the obverse dies, but it remains unclear as to why this unusual coinage was struck by cities like Sybaris, Metapontion, Kroton, Kaulonia, Poseidonia, and Taras. Various speculative explanations have included the desire to produce coins that could be stacked easily, the desire to create a regional currency, protection against counterfeiting, and the need to obliterate the types of imported foreign coin. Perhaps the least problematic of the suggestions to date is that the coinage evolved out of a local tradition of repousse metalwork.
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$3,643 |
Lot 1509 |
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Lucania, Thourion. Silver Nomos (7.82 g), ca. 443-400 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet decorated with laurel wreath. Reverse: ΘOYPIΩN, bull butting left; below, E; in exergue, fish right. SNG ANS 943 (same dies); HN Italy 1761. Old cabinet toning. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $2,000 - 2,500
From the Herbert & Aphrodite Rubin Collection; Ex Stack's (14 September 1983), 21.
Thourion was a colony of panhellenic settlers under Athenian leadership founded near the site of the destroyed city of Sybaris in southern Italy in 446/3 BC. It took its name from a local spring called Thouria and included both the famous historian Herodotos and the orator Lysias among its early colonists. The depiction of Athena on this coin alludes to the Athenian impetus for the colony while the bull serves to personify the rushing waters of Thouria.
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$1,998 |
Lot 1510 |
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Lucania, Thourion. Silver Nomos (6.67 g), ca. 443-400 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet decorated with laurel wreath. Reverse: ΘOYPIΩ[N], bull walking left, head lowered; below, Δ; in exergue, fish left. SNG ANS 885-9; HN Italy 1760. Uniform old cabinet toning. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $500 - 600
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Lot 1511 |
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Lucania, Thourion. Silver Double Nomos (15.23 g), ca. 400-350 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet decorated with Skylla; behind neckguard, ΔI. Reverse: ΘOYPIΩN, bull butting right; in exergue, fish right. Noe F30c (this coin); SNG Lockett 373 (same dies); HN Italy 1805. Toned. Very Fine. Estimate Value $1,500 - 2,000
The Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from F. Kovacs in 1995. Ex Dr. Frank J. Novak Collection (CNG XXXII, 7 December 1994), 85; Otto Collection (Hess 207, 1931), 77; Seaby (1927), 540; Ratto (1926), 548.
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$1,058 |
Lot 1512 |
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Lucania, Thourion. Silver Nomos (7.56 g), ca. 400-350 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla holding trident. Reverse: ΘOYPIΩN, bull butting right; in exergue, fish right. SNG ANS 1002-3; HN Italy 1801. Some graffiti ('TΔI') noted above bull. Lightly toned. Very Fine. Estimate Value $300 - 350
The Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from Frank Kovacs in the 1970s.
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$376 |
Lot 1513 |
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Lucania, Thourion. Silver Nomos (7.80 g), ca. 350-300 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla. Reverse: ΘOYPIΩN, bull butting right; above, Ξ; in exergue, fish right. SNG ANS 1056-7 (same obv. die); HN Italy 1813. Wonderful light toning. Well struck on good metal and excellent style. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $1,250 - 1,500
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$1,351 |
Lot 1514 |
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Lucania, Velia. Silver Nomos (6.35 g), 440/35-ca. 400 BC. Head of Athena left, wearing crested and wreathed Attic helmet decorated with a griffin; behind neck guard, Φ. Reverse: KE-HT-EΩ-N (sic), lion attacking stag right. Williams +169.3a (this coin); SNG ANS 1261; HN Italy 1270. Well toned with excellent detail. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $400 - 500
From the Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from F. Kovacs. Ex Hirsch XXXIII (17 November 1913), 215. Also comes with an old dealer ticket dated September 1920 and priced £12.
Due to the crude engraving style of the reverse and the missing Λ in the ethnic, the coin is probably an ancient imitation. Williams suspected that it is fourrée due to the low weight, but their is no visible evidence of this on the coin.
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$529 |
Lot 1515 |
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Lucania, Velia. Silver Nomos (6.99 g), ca. 334-300 BC. Obverse and reverse dies signed by Kleudoros. Head of Athena facing slightly left, wearing winged and crested Phrygian helmet; on front of bowl, artist's signature: KΛEYΔΩPOY. Reverse: YEΛHTΩN, lion left devouring prey; below, Φ; between hind legs, monogram of Kleudoros. Williams 336 (obv. die O175); SNG ANS 1333 (same obv. die); HN Italy 1295. Rare. Fine style with old cabinet tone. Fine. Estimate Value $300 - 350
The Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from F. Kovacs in 1986.
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$2,938 |
Lot 1516 |
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Bruttium, Carthaginian occupation. Electrum 3/8 Shekel (2.69 g), ca. 216-211 BC. Janiform female heads, wreathed with grain ears. Reverse: Zeus, holding thunderbolt and scepter, standing in quadriga driven by Nike right. Jenkins & Lewis 487-93 (Capua); SNG ANS 146 (Capua); HN Italy 2013. Very Rare. Nice and yellow. Pleasing. Very Fine. Estimate Value $4,000 - 5,000
From the Hanbery Collection; Purchased from Frank Kovacs 1980s.
This attractive electrum fraction from Bruttium seems a little confused about its identity. It was struck during Hannibal's occupation of the region in the Second Punic War (218-201 BC). The use of an electrum alloy and the shekel weight standard is typical of Carthaginian coinage of the period, but the types are closely modeled on the silver quadrigati (didrachms) struck by the Roman Republic before the introduction of the denarius ca. 211 BC. The reverse depicting Jupiter in a four-horse chariot driven by Victory is directly copied from the quadrigati while the obverse has been modified to better fit the Carthaginian context. While the Roman quadrigati depict a laureate male janiform head - presumably Janus himself, the god of beginnings and endings (especially in relation to war) - on this electrum piece the janiform head is female and wears a grain wreath to indicate that a form of the Punic goddess Tanit was intended.
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$14,688 |
Lot 1517 |
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Bruttium, The Bretti. Silver Drachm (4.75 g), 216-214 BC. Second Punic War issue. Diademed and draped bust of Nike right, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace; behind, pentagram. Reverse: BPETTIΩN, River god standing facing, crowning himself with wreath and holding scepter; in right field, thymiaterion and H; between feet, [Γ]. Arslan dies 61/85’; Scheu 34; SNG ANS -; HN Italy 1959. Lovely old cabinet tone with hints of iridescence. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $400 - 500
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$617 |
Lot 1518 |
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Bruttium, The Bretti. Silver Drachm (4.25 g), 216-214 BC. Second Punic War issue. Diademed and draped bust of Nike right, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace; behind, eagle standing right, head turned to look back. Reverse: BPETTIΩN, River-god standing facing, crowning himself with wreath and holding scepter; in right field, ΠA monogram. Scheu S83; HN Italy 1970. Toned. Very Fine. Estimate Value $250 - 300
The Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from A.H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd.
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$153 |
Lot 1519 |
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Bruttium, Kroton. Silver Nomos (7.99 g), ca. 480-430 BC. QPO, tripod with legs terminating in lion's feet; to left, heron standing right. Reverse: Incuse tripod. Gorini 20; SNG AN 259; HN Italy 2102. Well toned. Very Fine. Estimate Value $350 - 400
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$223 |
Lot 1520 |
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Bruttium, Kroton. Silver Nomos (6.85 g), ca. 480-430 BC. QPO (retrograde), tripod, legs terminating in lion's feet. Reverse: Incuse eagle flying right. Attianese 53; cf. SNG ANS 295; HN Italy 2108. Well toned. Very Fine. Estimate Value $250 - 300
The Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from F. Kovacs in 1972.
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$270 |
Lot 1521 |
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Bruttium, Kroton. Silver Nomos (7.32 g), ca. 425-350 BC. Eagle standing left, head right, on ram's head. Reverse: QPO, tripod with legs terminating in lion's feet; in left field, olive sprig. SNG ANS 342 (same dies); HN Italy 2145. A few scattered scratches on both sides. Lightly toned. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $700 - 800
The Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from F. Kovacs in 1993.
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$1,028 |
Lot 1522 |
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Bruttium, Kroton. Silver Nomos (7.58 g), ca. 350-330 BC. Eagle, with wings displayed and head raised, standing left on olive branch. Reverse: KPO, tripod; in right field, Δ. SNG ANS 361; HN Italy 2172. Lovely style. Attractive old cabinet tone. Very Fine. Estimate Value $300 - 400
The Hanbery Collection; Ex John Work Garrett Collection, pt. III (Numismatic Fine Arts/Bank Leu, 29 March 1985), 54.
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$423 |
Lot 1523 |
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Bruttium, Kroton. Silver Drachm (3.14 g), ca. 300-250 BC. Male head right, hair tied with taenia. Reverse: owl standing left, head facing; in lower left field, grain ear. Attianese 151; HN Italy 2195. Rare. Very Fine. Estimate Value $250 - 300
The Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from F. Kovacs in 1979.
This style was clearly influenced by the circulating coinage of Philip II of Macedon.
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$411 |
Lot 1524 |
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Bruttium, Hipponium (as Vibo Valentia). Æ as (10.42 g), ca. 193-150 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right; behind, I. Reverse: VALENTIA, winged thunderbolt; in left field, Nike right, holding wreath, above I. SNG ANS 472-3; HN Italy 2262. Pleasing glossy dark green patina. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $250 - 300
From The Herbert & Aphrodite Rubin Collection; Ex NFA IX (10 December 1980), 40.
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$353 |
Lot 1525 |
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Bruttium, Lokris. Silver Nomos (7.83 g), ca. 300-280 BC. Eagle standing left, grasping dead hare in talons. Reverse: ΛOKPΩN, winged thunderbolt; in left field, caduceus. SNG ANS 529; HN Italy 2313. Very Rare. Attractively toned. Fine to Very Fine. Estimate Value $300 - 350
The Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from Frank Kovacs in the 1980s.
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$3,055 |
Lot 1526 |
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Bruttium, Rhegion. Anaxilas. Silver Tetradrachm (16.59 g), Tyrant, ca. 494/3-462/1 BC. Ca. 475/4 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving slow biga of mules right; in exergue, leaf. Reverse: RECI-NON, hare springing right. Caltabiano series III, 104 (D53/R61); SNG Monaco 1567 (same dies); HN Italy 2472. Rare. Even wear with old cabinet tone. Fine. Estimate Value $250 - 300
The Hanbery Collection.
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$940 |
Lot 1527 |
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Bruttium, Rhegion. Æ (8.34 g), ca. 351-280 BC. Facing lion's mask with pointed ears. Reverse: PHΓINΩN, laureate head of Apollo right; behind, M. Cf. SNG ANS 689-92; cf. HN Italy 2534b. Rare this choice. Lovely dark olive-green patina. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $250 - 300
The Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from F. Arnold in the 1980s.
HN Italy describes several varieties of the lion's mask / Apollo bronzes, but does not seem to have this particular variety with the M behind the head of Apollo.
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Lot 1528 |
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Bruttium, Terina. Silver Nomos (7.05 g), ca. 440-425 BC. Head of the nymph Terina left, hair bound with ampyx and wearing necklace; all within olive wreath. Reverse: T[EPIN]AION, Nike seated left on overturned hydria, holding wreath and caduceus. Regling 7, 9 (obv. die) and 6 (rev. die); cf. Holloway & Jenkins 12/11 (obv./rev. dies); SNG ANS 801 (same obv. die); HN Italy 2575. Well struck on a porous flan and lightly toned. A fine style example for this artistic period. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $600 - 700
From the Hanbery Collection.
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Lot 1529 |
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Bruttium, Terina. Silver Nomos (7.26 g), ca. 400-356 BC. TEPINAIΩN, Head of the nymph Terina right, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace. Reverse: Nike seated left on cippus, extending hand from which dove alights. Holloway & Jenkins 84; SNG ANS 852; SNG Lloyd 761-2; Gulbenkian 154 (all from the same obv. die); HN Italy 2629. Scarce. Cleaned long ago, now a pleasant a light iridescent tone. About Very Fine. Estimate Value $500 - 600
The Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from F. Kovacs in 1986.
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$2,585 |
Lot 1530 |
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Sicily, Aitna. Æ Trias (5.92 g), early-mid 4th century BC. [AITN]A, head of female right, wreathed with grain ears and wearing triple-pendant earring. Reverse: Horse galloping right, rein trailing; above, [M]. CNS 3; SNG ANS 1158. Glossy reddish-brown patina. A beautiful coin. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $800 - 900
From The Herbert & Aphrodite Rubin Collection; Ex Birkler & Waddell II (11 December 1980), 39.
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Lot 1531 |
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Sicily, Akragas. Silver Didrachm (8.66 g), ca. 510-480 BC. AKRA-CAN, eagle standing left. Reverse: Crab. Jenkins grp. III; SNG ANS 937 (same obv. die). Uniform antique cabinet toning. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $500 - 600
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Lot 1532 |
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Sicily, Akragas. Silver Didrachm (8.78 g), ca. 510-500 BC. AKRAΓ-ANTOΣ (retrograde and partially inverted), sea eagle standing left. Reverse: Crab. Jenkins grp. Ia, pl. 37, 1 (same obv. die); cf. SNG ANS 906-7 (ethnic); SNG Lloyd 786 (same obv. die). Rare archaic type. Toned. Very Fine. Estimate Value $500 - 600
The Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from E. Waddell in 1987.
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Lot 1533 |
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Sicily, Akragas. Silver Didrachm (8.20 g), ca. 480/78-470 BC. AK-RA, sea eagle with folded folded standing left. Reverse: Crab within circular incuse. Jenkins grp. IV; SNG ANS 950-3. Lovely old cabinet tone. Very Fine. Estimate Value $300 - 350
The Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from F. Kovacs in the 1980s.
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Lot 1534 |
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Sicily, Akragas. Punic Occupation. Silver Drachm (3.16 g), 213-211 BC. Second Punic War issue. Laureate head of Zeus right. Reverse: AKPAΓAN-TINΩN, eagle standing right, wings displayed; in right field, Γ. Enna Hoard 7; SNG Copenhagen 107. Very Rare. Superb. Nearly Mint State. Estimate Value $400 - 500
The Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from F. Kovacs in the 1980s.
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Lot 1535 |
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Sicily, Entella. Silver Tetradrachm (17.59 g), ca. 407-398 BC. Siculo-Punic issue. 'QRTHDST' (Neo-Punic) below, forepart of horse right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horse with wreath and holding caduceus; before, barleycorn. Reverse: 'MHNT' (Neo-Punic) across field, palm tree with two bunches of date. Jenkins 14 (O3'/R14; this coin cited). Well struck of fine style and attractive old cabinet toning. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $5,000 - UP
The Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from CNG in 1991. Ex MMAG 43 (12 November 1970), 12; Ex R. Carfrae Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 23 May 1894), 7.
This tetradrachm belongs to a much larger series struck by the Punic Carthaginians during their great campaigns to dominate Sicily at the expense of the Greek cities in the last decade of the fifth century BC. Money was needed to finance the mercenary armies that made Punic expansion possible and to retain its possessions on the western half of the island. While several mints existed, this coin was struck from the primary mint, which has been identified recently as Entella by I. Lee ("Entella: The Silver Coinage of the Campanian Mercenaries and the First Carthaginian Mint 410-409 BC," NC 160 [2000], 1-66).The Nike, barleycorn, and lion head elements of the reverse type are derived from the coinages of Greek Sicily, but the horse seems to allude to the Campanian origin of many of the mercenaries who fought for the Punic cause in Sicily. Indeed, Entella was itself a settlement of Campanian mercenaries usually serving Carthaginian interests. The palm tree reverse is a punning reference to the ultimate Phoenician origins of Carthage and the Punic colonies of North Africa, Sicily, and Spain. The Greek word for palm is phoenix, which is also the root of Phoenicia, the Greek name for the Punic homeland. It is very interesting and a little peculiar that the pun is aimed at a Greek audience, or at least an audience familiar with the Greek language. The Semitic name for the original homeland of the Carthaginians was Canaan.
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Lot 1536 |
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Sicily, Entella. Punic Occupation. Silver Tetradrachm (16.05 g), ca. 345/38-320/15 BC. Wreathed head of Arethusa right, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace; in right field, thymiaterion. Reverse: Horse standing right before palm tree; to right, Nike flying left above caduceus, crowning horse; below, Punic HB. Jenkins 97 (O33/R88); SNG Lockett 1041 (same obv. die); SNG Lloyd 1622 (same obv. die). Extremely Rare - only one specimen from these dies cited by Jenkins. Porosity on the reverse. Extremely Fine / Fine. Estimate Value $800 - 900
From The Herbert & Aphrodite Rubin Collection; Ex Coin Galleries (16 November 1983), 171.
During the fourth century BC Entella was a settlement of Campanian mercenaries formerly employed by the Carthaginians, but they were turned against their old paymasters by Dionysios I of Syracuse in 368/7 BC. The city remained opposed to the Carthaginians until 345/4 when it was reclaimed by the Carthaginians. This coin was struck by the Carthaginian forces that briefly occupied the city after 345. The Carthaginians were driven out of Entella for good by the Corinthian general Timoleon in 342/1.
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Lot 1537 |
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Sicily, Entella. Silver Tetradrachm (16.32 g), ca. 300-289 BC. Siculo-Punic issue. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Reverse: 'MHMHNT below, horse's head left; before, three pellets; behind, palm tree with fruits. Jenkins series 5a, 283 (O90/R232). Well struck on a rough flan. Lightly toned. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $1,500 - 2,000
The Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from F. Kovacs in 1980.
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Lot 1538 |
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Sicily, Gela. Silver Didrachm (8.33 g), ca. 490/85-480/75 BC. Nude warrior on horseback galloping right, preparing to hurl javelin. Reverse: CEΛAΣ, forepart of man-headed bull right, within circular incuse. Jenkins grp. Ie, 99 (O30/R54); SNG Lockett 756 (same obv. die). Uniform old cabinet tone. Very Fine / Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $500 - 600
The reverse of this coin depicts the river-god Gelas in the form of a bearded man-faced bull. This peculiar form is derived from that of Acheloös, the great river of Arkadia that was said to be the father of all rivers and who once fought Herakles. Recent study of the man-faced bull on Greek coinage by N. Molinari and N. Sisci has led to the suggestion that the iconography was ultimately derived from Near Eastern deities and carried west by mercenaries, many of whom returned to homes in Sicily and Italy after service in the East. This theory would explain the popularity of the type in the region in the Archaic and Classical periods.
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