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Taras, Calabria 272-240/35 BC
AR Didrachm (21mm, 6.11g)
Philemenos magistrate.
O: Naked boy riding horse right; [ΦI] before, ΦIΛHME-NOΣ (magistrate) below.
R: Taras riding dolphin right, holding tripod in extended right hand, trident upwards in left; filleted bucranium in field to right, [T]APAΣ below.
D'Andrea XLIV, 1391; Vlasto 884-87; SNG ANS 1204; HGC I, 891; HN Italy 1035
Scarce
ex Senatus Consulto
EnodiaMar 12, 2024
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Kroton, Bruttium 300-250 BC
AE13 (13mm, 2.03g)
O: Octopus
R: Scallop shell
Vlasto 1855; SNG Cop 1089; HN Italy 1095 (as Taras); SNG ANS 447 (as Kroton); HN Italy 2240 (as Kroton)
Rare
ex Bertolami Fine Arts
A very rare and enigmatic coin with conflicted attributions.
SNG Copenhagen places this coin at Taras, as does Vlasto, although Vlasto puts it under the heading "Bronze Coins Doubtfully Attributed to Tarentum" and claims Kroton as a probable alternative.
SNG ANS gives it clearly to Kroton, while HN Italy seems to attribute both cities with varying catalog numbers.
I believe this coin is likely from Kroton as this city-state often used the octopus as a common device.EnodiaMar 11, 2024
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Arpi, Apulia 275-250 BC
AE 26 (21x26mm, 6.28g)
O: Horse galloping right; APΠI / NOY above and below.
R: Bull butting right.
SNG ANS 644; SNG Cop 608; HGC I, 535; Sear 570; HN 645
ex Marc Breitsprecher
EnodiaFeb 27, 2024
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Heiropolis, Phrygia 2nd-3rd century BC
Pseudo-autonomous
AE Assarion (19mm, 3.92g)
O: Bust of Hekate/Selene right on cresent.
R: Winged Nemesis standing facing with head left, holding bridle and plucking chiton from breast; IEPAΠOΛITΩN.
Scarce
SNG Cop 419-20; BMC 19
ex GB Collection
"O Selene, driver of the silver car! If thou art Hekate of many names, if in the night thou doest shake thy mystic torch in brandcarrying hand, come nightwanderer."
~ ApuliusEnodiaFeb 23, 2024
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Taras, Calabria 290-281 BC
AR Diobol (12mm, 1.13g)
O: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla.
R: Herakles kneeling right, wrestling the Nemean lion; crab above, club behind.
D'Andrea XL, 956; D'Andrea Diobols F, 154; HN Italy 976; Vlasto ----; Cote ---; SNG France ----; McGill ---
Scarce
ex Pavlos S. Pavlou
A scarce variety with the crab control mark, unlisted in most major references.EnodiaSep 19, 2023
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Taras, Calabria 302--228 BC
AR Hemiobol (7.5mm, 0.24g)
O: Scallop shell with seven teeth, within linear border.
R: Two crescents back to back, with two pellets above and below.
Vlasto 1789-91; SNG France 2258-60; Cote 181; HN Italy 926
Very scarce
From the Anders collection; ex Roma Auctions
EnodiaJun 11, 2023
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Taras, Calabria 425-415 BC
AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.23g)
O: Skyphos with handle to right.
R: Olive wreath, Γ within.
D'Andrea XVII, 248; Vlasto 1743; HN Italy 867; HGC 1, 867
These handle to right types are a bit more common than the handle to left coins like the previous entry. There can be other symbols within the wreath, but in-hand one can definitely see the 'gamma' here.
EnodiaMay 22, 2023
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Taras, Calabria 240/35-212 BC
AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.28g)
O: Scallop shell with five teeth.
R: Winged Eros riding dolphin left, holding kantharos; ΦI(?) below.
Vlasto 1606-07; SNG France 2181
Rare
ex Aphrodite Coins
The appearance of Eros on the coinage of Taras is very unusual, and this coin may be the only such example. However His cult was popular in the polis and Eros' image appears on many vase paintings and votives, often riding a dolphin. These images are known as early as the 5th century BC, but become more common towards the Roman era. The origins of this cult can certainly be traced to the mother city of Sparta, where Aphrodite was venerated.EnodiaMay 22, 2023
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Taras, Calabria 281-276 BC
AR 3/4 Obol (8mm, 0.31g)
O: Head of horse left.
R: Head of horse left; ΦI before.
D'Andrea XLI, 1122; Vlasto 1704; HN Italy981
Very scarce
ex London Ancient Coins
EnodiaMay 08, 2023
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Metapontum, Lucania 225-200 BC
AE17 (17.5mm, 6.13g)
O: Head of Leukippos right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with running wolf.
R: Demeter standing facing, holding long crossed torch in right hand, left hand on hip; META to right.
Johnson Bronze 66; SNG ANS 561; SNG Cop 2249; HGC I, 1099; HN Italy 1702
ex Pavlos Palou
EnodiaApr 11, 2023
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Heiropolis, Phrygia2nd-3rd century BC
Pseudo-autonomous
AE Assarion (19mm, 3.92g)
O: Bust of Hekate/Selene right on cresent.
R: Winged Nemesis standing facing with head left, holding bridle and plucking chiton from breast; IEPAΠOΛITΩN.
Scarce
SNG Cop 419-20; BMC 19
ex GB Collection
"O Selene, driver of the silver car! If thou art Hekate of many names, if in the night thou doest shake thy mystic torch in brandcarrying hand, come nightwanderer."
~ ApuliusEnodiaMar 14, 2023
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Taras, Calabria 272 - 240/35 BC (Period VIII - The Roman Alliance I)
AR Didrachm (20mm, 6.42g)
Tippoda magistrate.
O: Warrior in close-fitting thorax riding horse galloping right, holding javelin overhead in right hand, reigns in left; |-IΠΠOΔA (magistrate) below.
R: Phalanthos riding dolphin left, holding kantharos in extended left hand and distaff in right; ΔI and amphora behind, [Τ]ΑΡΑΣ below.
D'Andrea XLIV, 1402; Vlasto 904: SNG France 2042; McGill II, 112; HN Italy 1040; Evans VIII, K-1 (cornucopia); SNG ANS 1220-24; SNG Cop 930; HGC I, 894 (cornucopia)
ex Ken Dorney
An unremarkable coin, with the hobby-horse style obverse typical of the artistic degradation of the period (which would revive some in the following period).
This coin is also an early armored warrior type, although his breastplate is difficult to see here. Previous issues typically depicted the horseman wearing little more than a helmet and shield, whereas later designs carried fully armored warriors.
But what really caught my attention is the distaff carried by Phalanthos. Evans (no plate) lists only one example, but this with a cornucopia instead. The HGC specimen is the same, and the plate clearly shows a cornucopia with no reference to any other variety.
However Vlasto lists 4 die combinations, all of which carry the distaff, and again no cross-reference to a cornucopia type. SNG France and McGill are the same. I find this somewhat unusual.
EnodiaMar 08, 2023
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Velia, Lucania465-440 BC (Period II: Pre-Athena Group)
AR Drachm (15mm, 3.52g)
O: Head of nymph with frontal eye right, wearing beaded necklace.
R: Owl with closed wing perched right on olive branch, head facing; YEΛH behind.
Williams 78; HGC I, 1328; Hands Class VI; HN Italy 1265; Sear 251
ex Munzen & Medaillen GmbH
The first coins minted at Velia in the late 6th century BC were archaic drachms featuring a feeding lion on the obverse and a simple incuse square on the reverse.
The nymph head drachms such as this example, which Williams designates as ‘pre-Athena types‘, can be dated fairly accurately to the period immediately following the Battle of Cumae in 474 BC.
The combined fleet of Cyme and Syracuse defeated the Etruscans in a great naval battle off the coast of southern Italy, greatly weakening Etruscan influence in the region and thereby empowering Rome. The resulting economic boost allowed Poseidonia to begin coining again circa 470, followed by Terina in Bruttium and finally Velia. It was also around this time that Velia’s famous lion series of didrachms first appeared, and would continue for the next two centuries.Enodia
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Roman Arrowheads1st century BC - 3rd century AD
Two bronze tri-lobe arrowheads, 20mm and 33mm.Enodia
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Commodus / Providentia 181-182 AD
AR Denarius (17mm, 2.47g)
O: Laureate head right; M COMMODV[S A]NTONINVS AVG.
R: Providentia standing left, holding wand over globe and sceptre; [TR P] VI IMP IIII COS III P P.
RIC 19l RSC 804; Cohen 804; Sear 1632; BMC 66
ex Jack H. BeymerEnodia
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