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Greek Coins. Calabria, Tarentum.
Litra circa 430, AR 0.77g. Cockle-shell. Rev. Female head l., wearing earring. Jameson 100 (this coin). Vlasto 1158. SNG France 1636. Historia Numorum Italy 840.
Old cabinet tone and very fine / good very fine

Ex Gemini sale VII, 2011, 18. From the Jameson and the Rockefeller University/Dr. Alfred E. Mirsky collections.
1 commentsMichael S6
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Antiochos X Eusebus Philopater. First reign. Zeus Nikephoros Tetradrachm of Antioch.Seleukids. Antiochos X Eusebus Philopater. First reign, 94 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.0 gm, 26.7mm, 1h) of Antioch on the Orontes. Diademed head right. / Zeus Nikephoros enthroned left, holding Nike and sceptre. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ | ΕΥΣΕΒΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΟΠ⟑ΤΟΡΟΣ, ΩΣ⟑ to outer left, ⩚ beneath throne. Good VF. Bt. Herakles Numismatics, 2002. SC 2429.1c; HGC 9 #1288; Newell SMA 430; Houghton CSE I #381; SNG Spaer 2790 (same obv die)-2791; ACNAC Dewing 2645; Babelon Rois 1526-1530; BnF Gallica: Babelon 1530bis, De Clercq 253; BMC 2 (plate XXVI #1); Jameson Coll. #1759.Anaximander
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Antiochos X Eusebus Philopater. First reign. Zeus Nikephoros Tetradrachm of Antioch.Seleukids. Antiochos X Eusebus Philopater. First reign, 94 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.68 gm, 29.0mm, 12h) of Antioch on the Orontes. Diademed head right. / Zeus Nikephoros enthroned left, holding Nike and sceptre. Β⟑ΣΙΛΕΩΣ ⟑ΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ | ΕΥΣΕΒΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΟΠ⟑ΤΟΡΟΣ, monograms ΩΣ⟑ to left, ⩚ beneath throne. EF. Ponterio CICF 142 #1659. SC 2429.1c; HGC 9 #1287 corr. (without sideburn)-1288; Newell SMA 430; Houghton CSE I #381; SNG Spaer 2790-2791; ACNAC Dewing 2645; Babelon Rois 1526-1530; BnF Gallica: Babelon 1530bis (same obv. die) Seyrig Coll., De Clercq 253; BMC 2 (plate XXVI #1); Jameson Coll. #1759.Anaximander
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Argolis, Hermione, ca. 360-320/10 BC, AR Triobol Wreathed head of Demeter Chthonia left.
EP monogram within wreath.

HGC 5, 745 (R2); Grandjean, Monnayage group I, emission 1A, D1/R2 (this coin cited = Coll. N. Davis169 (= Coll. Jameson 1259)); BCD Peloponnesos 1288 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 136; Jameson 1259 (this coin); Dewing 1932 (same dies).

(15 mm, 2.84 g, 11h)
Classical Numismatic Group Mail Bid Auction 79, 17 September 2008, 295; ex- BCD Collection (not in LHS sale); ex- 'Continental' collection: Classical Numismatic Group XXIV, 9 December 1992, 255; ex- N. DAvis Collection; ex- Jameson Collection.

This triobol is the coin catalogued by Grandjean as D1/R2 Coll. N. Davis 169 (= Coll. Jameson 1259). It passed into the BCD Collection via CNG XXIV (1992) after the publication of Granjean's work in 1990. The Jameson collection was auctioned in Paris in the years 1913-1932.
1 commentsn.igma
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Argolis, Hermione. Circa 350-300 BC. AR Triobol.
ovv: Wreathed head of Demeter left, in single pendant earring & necklace
rev: EP monogram within grain wreath.
SNG Lockett 2510; Jameson 1259; SNG Cop 136.
2 commentsDino
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CALABRIA, TARAS, AR Obol - 4th century B.C.weight 0,55gr. | silver 10mm.
obv. Female head right, surrounded by serpents
rev. Kantharos, 5 dots arround, TA above
BMC 431var. | SNG.Copenhagen- | Historia Numorum- |
SNG.Paris 2082 | SNG.München- | Jameson 131 | Vlasto 1216 RR
a very rare and intriguing cointype
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2 commentsLeo
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CALABRIA, Taras. Circa 290-281 BC. AR Nomos20 mm, 7.96 g, 3 h
Phi..., Ar... and Philis... Nude rider on horse prancing to right, holding round shield and two lances with his left hand and striking downwards with a spear held in his upraised right; below, ΦI; to right, AP monogram.
Rev. [ΤΑΡΑΣ] Phalanthos seated astride dolphin to left, holding a spindle over his left shoulder with his left hand and resting his right on the dolphin's back; in field to left, ΦIΛIΣ; behind, eagle standing to left; below, waves.
Vlasto 566 | Evans V. type A3 | SNG.Paris 1838 |
Fischer-Bossert 1049c McClean 603 | SNG.Copenhagen 840 |
SNG.Tübingen- | HGC.800 SNG. Delepierre- | SNG.München- |
SNG.Paris 1837 | Jameson 146var. Historia Numorum, Italy 933
Minor traces of oxidation on the obverse,
but reverse of great elegance and beauty.
vf-/xf-
Leo
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CALABRIA, Taras. Circa 320 BC. AV Twelfth Stater – Obol 8.5mm, 0.66 g, 12h.
Head of Hera right, wearing stephanos; |- to left, [M to upper right, Φ to lower right] / Kantharos.
Fischer-Bossert G9 (V8/R9); Vlasto 8–9 (same dies); HN Italy 904; SNG ANS 957; SNG Lloyd 183; Bement 84; Jameson 152; de Luynes 254; Weber 546–7 (all from the same dies).
Scattered nicks and marks, edge marks from prior bezel. VF.
Ex Gorny & Mosch 244 (13 October 2014), lot 20. Reportedly ex inventory of Rinaldi (Verona), 1957.
2 commentsLeo
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CALABRIA, Taras. Circa 320-315 BC. AV Sixth Stater – Diobol9.5mm, 1.41 g, 11h
Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath; [ΣA] and dolphin to left, TAPAΣ to right
Herakles, raising club overhead in right hand, preparing to strike the Nemean lion as it attacks him from the right; bow and quiver to left, |-H below.
Fischer-Bossert G14 (V11/R14); Vlasto 27; HN Italy 951; SNG ANS 1034; SNG BN 1492–3; SNG Copenhagen 834; SNG Lloyd 186; Boston MFA 73 = Warren 36; Hunterian 20; Jameson 161; McClean 599 (all from the same dies). Good VF.

Apollo was worshipped as the patron of colonists at Tarentum, and he was also the patron of the revered Pythagorean religious order at Tarentum, which existed until the late fourth century. The reverse motif of Herakles fighting the Nemean lion was also used on contemporary silver diobols of Tarentum and its colony Herakleia, though the silver issues usually chose the "tondo" scene of a crouched Herakles wrestling the Nemean lion with a stranglehold (a design also used on the Syracusan gold 100 litrae issue of Dionysios I).
1 commentsLeo
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CALABRIA, Taras. Circa 430-425 BC. AR Nomos20.5mm, 7.21 g, 4h
Taras, nude, riding dolphin left, holding akrostolion; below, fish left / Taras, as Oikistes, seated left, holding strigil with lekythos and distaff downward, at which cat, to left, jumps. Fischer-Bossert Group 17, 255h (V120/R191) = Vlasto 233 = Walcher von Molthein 115 (this coin); Vlasto, Taras, Type 47B; HN Italy 844; Jameson 104 (same dies). Old cabinet tone, scattered marks. Near VF. Very rare, only 13 noted by Fischer-Bossert, no additional pieces in CoinArchives.

From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex Michael Pandely Vlasto Collection; Léopold Walcher de Molthein Collection (Cahn 9, 25 February 1901), lot 2598.
1 commentsLeo
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CALABRIA, Taras. Circa 455 BC. AR Nomos20mm, 7.77 g, 5h
Taras, nude, extending hands, riding dolphin right; scallop shell and octopus below.
Taras, as Oikistes, holding spindle and kantharos, seated right on diphros covered with sheepskin.
Fischer-Bossert Group 8, 119j (V64/R81 – this coin); Vlasto, Taras, Type 1; Vlasto 165–6 (same dies); HN Italy 843; SNG Lloyd 130 (same dies); Jameson 2387 = Côte 62 = Weber 531 (same dies).
Toned, some die wear. Near VF.

From the Judy Day Frink Collection, purchased from Empire Coins. Ex Naville V (18 June 1923), lot 238.
2 commentsLeo
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CALABRIA, Taras. Circa 465-455 BC. AR Nomos7,68 g
ΤΑΡΑϞ Phalanthos, nude, riding dolphin to left, both of his arms outstretched to left; below, scallop shell.
Rev. Hippocamp to right.
Fischer-Bossert 108. Jameson 87 (this coin). Vlasto 135.
Nicely toned, and with an excellent reverse. Somewhat rough surfaces, otherwise, good very fine.
Leo
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Calabria, Taras. Half stater circa 333-331/0AV 4.26 g.
TAPANTINΩN Head of Hera r., wearing stephane, triple-pendant earring and necklace; in l. field, E.
Rev. TAPAΣ Dolphin rider l., holding small dolphin on outstretched r. hand and trident in l.; below, T – K.
Vlasto 5. de Luynes 247 These dies). Jameson 149 (these dies). AMB 90 (these dies). Fischer-Bossert G7h (this coin). Historia Numorum Italy 902.
Very rare and possibly the finest specimen in private hands. A portrait of exquisite
style, work of a very talented master engraver. Extremely fine
Ex Sammlung Dr. G.W., erworben bei Crédit Suisse Monetarium Zürich am 14.6.1996.

In the late fourth century BC, Taras fell under increasing pressure from neighbouring Italic peoples, particularly the Lucanians and the related Brettians. As a means of defending themselves against the growing threat, the Tarentines took to hiring foreign mercenary commanders and their armies. These commanders were often important and powerful figures in mainland Greece. In 340 BC, the Tarentines hired Archidamos III, the Eurypontid Spartan king to wage war against their enemies. When the Lucanian menace was renewed in 334 BC, the Tarentines hired Alexander I of Epeiros, the Molossian king who was not only brother to Olympias and uncle to Alexander the Great, but also father of Pyrrhos, whose own Italian adventures are the subject of legends. Alexander the Molossian was very keen to take up the call for military aid both in an effort to parallel the glory enjoyed by his Macedonian nephew as he began the conquest of the Persian Empire and to cheat an oracle that linked the doom of Alexander I to the river Acheron and the city of Pandosia—both in Epeiros, he assumed. From 333 to 332 BC, Alexander the Molossian was extremely successful, inflicting numerous defeats on the Lucanians, Brettians, and Samnites, recapturing Greek cities, like Herakleia (a colony of Taras) and Metapontion, and even seizing several Brettian settlements. However, by 331 BC his relationship with the Tarentines had begun to fray due to the king’s meddling in the civic politics of the region, and the Lucanians and Brettians were prepared to renew the conflict. Alexander I encamped with his army on three hills on the border between Lucania and Bruttium near a small city, but found himself besieged by the enemy during a heavy rainfall. He attempted to escape the battle by fording a nearby river, but was killed by a Lucanian spear. The name of the river turned out to be the Acheron and that of the nearby city, Pandosia. It was bad luck for Alexander the Molossian that Greek colonists in other lands often had a taste for naming cities and local geographical features after those in their homeland. This beautiful gold hemistater was struck at Taras as part of the financial support for the great army of Epeirote and Italiote Greek mercenaries that Alexander I led. Fending off barbarians was never cheap and one can only imagine how much more expensive it made things to have a king serving as mercenary commander. The obverse depicts Hera, a goddess often favoured by Dorian Greek peoples, like the Tarentines, while the reverse features a dolphin rider—a popular type at Taras. There is disagreement among numismatists as to whether this rider is correctly identified as Taras, the mythological eponymous founder of the city or as Phalanthos, the historical oecist responsible for the foundation of Taras. Both have stories attached to them of being saved by dolphins when they were at risk of drowning. In this particular case since the rider carries a trident, the weapon of Poseidon, and Taras was said to be the son of the same god it may be more likely that we are looking at Taras rather than Phalanthos here.
1 commentsLeo
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Cilicia. Amazon/Grapes Stater of Soloi. Asia Minor. Cilicia. 410-375 B.C. AR stater. (10.67 gm, 19.9mm, 9h) of Soloi. Amazon (Antiope?), wearing pointed headdress, nude to the waist and kneeling l., stringing her bow, with drapery & gorytos (bow-case) at her waist. / Bunch of grapes on vine; ankh to lower right (partially off flan); ΣΟΛΕΩΝ - Θ. EF Davissons Auction 41 #56. "Uncommonly choice example, well centered and well struck." Casabonne Type 3; MFA Boston #2124 (same obv. die); SNG France 2 #135 var. (A-Θ). Jameson III #1608 = Baldwin's Auction 99 #152; SNG Levante - ; SNG von Aulock - .5 commentsAnaximander
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Eion - AR trihemiobolc. 460-400 BC
goose right, head left; above lizard left
H
quadripartite incuse square
AMNG III/2, p. 140, 30 var. (letter on obv.); SNG ANS 287–90; SNG Copenhagen 177; Jameson 945; Pozzi (Boutin) 1428–9
0,8g 10mm
J. B.
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G., Troas, Assos, (c.479-450 B.C.), Jameson 1394var., AR-Obol, AΣΣOON (retrograde), Lion's head right, #1Troas, Assos, (c.479-450 B.C.), Jameson 1394var., AR-Obol, AΣΣOON (retrograde), Lion's head right, #1
avers: No legends, Griffin seated right.
reverse: AΣΣOON (retrograde), Lion's head right within incuse square.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 7,8-9,5mm, weight: 0,52g, axes: 8h,
mint: Troas, Assos, date: c.479-450 B.C.,
ref: Jameson 1394var.(legends retrograde), Weber 2552var.,
Q-001
4 commentsquadrans
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Greek, Catalogue of the Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M. P. Vlasto #233CALABRIA, Taras. Circa 430-425 BC. AR Nomos

20.5mm, 7.21 g, 4h
Taras, nude, riding dolphin left, holding akrostolion; below, fish left / Taras, as Oikistes, seated left, holding strigil with lekythos and distaff downward, at which cat, to left, jumps. Fischer-Bossert Group 17, 255h (V120/R191) = Vlasto 233 = Walcher von Molthein 115 (this coin); Vlasto, Taras, Type 47B; HN Italy 844; Jameson 104 (same dies). Old cabinet tone, scattered marks. Near VF. Very rare, only 13 noted by Fischer-Bossert, no additional pieces in CoinArchives.

From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex Michael Pandely Vlasto Collection; Léopold Walcher de Molthein Collection (Cahn 9, 25 February 1901), lot 2598.
1 commentsLeo
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GREEK, Italy, CALABRIA, Taras. Circa 320-315 BC. AV Sixth Stater – Diobol9.5mm, 1.41 g, 11h
Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath; [ΣA] and dolphin to left, TAPAΣ to right
Herakles, raising club overhead in right hand, preparing to strike the Nemean lion as it attacks him from the right; bow and quiver to left, |-H below.
Fischer-Bossert G14 (V11/R14); Vlasto 27; HN Italy 951; SNG ANS 1034; SNG BN 1492–3; SNG Copenhagen 834; SNG Lloyd 186; Boston MFA 73 = Warren 36; Hunterian 20; Jameson 161; McClean 599 (all from the same dies). Good VF.

Apollo was worshipped as the patron of colonists at Tarentum, and he was also the patron of the revered Pythagorean religious order at Tarentum, which existed until the late fourth century. The reverse motif of Herakles fighting the Nemean lion was also used on contemporary silver diobols of Tarentum and its colony Herakleia, though the silver issues usually chose the "tondo" scene of a crouched Herakles wrestling the Nemean lion with a stranglehold (a design also used on the Syracusan gold 100 litrae issue of Dionysios I).
Leo
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GREEK, ITALY, CALABRIA, Taras. Circa 455 BC. AR Nomos20mm, 7.77 g, 5h
Taras, nude, extending hands, riding dolphin right; scallop shell and octopus below.
Taras, as Oikistes, holding spindle and kantharos, seated right on diphros covered with sheepskin.
Fischer-Bossert Group 8, 119j (V64/R81 – this coin); Vlasto, Taras, Type 1; Vlasto 165–6 (same dies); HN Italy 843; SNG Lloyd 130 (same dies); Jameson 2387 = Côte 62 = Weber 531 (same dies).
Toned, some die wear. Near VF.

From the Judy Day Frink Collection, purchased from Empire Coins. Ex Naville V (18 June 1923), lot 238.
Leo
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Greek, Italy, Calabria, Taras. Half stater circa 333-331/0AV 4.26 g.
TAPANTINΩN Head of Hera r., wearing stephane, triple-pendant earring and necklace; in l. field, E.
Rev. TAPAΣ Dolphin rider l., holding small dolphin on outstretched r. hand and trident in l.; below, T – K.
Vlasto 5. de Luynes 247 These dies). Jameson 149 (these dies). AMB 90 (these dies). Fischer-Bossert G7h (this coin). Historia Numorum Italy 902.
Very rare and possibly the finest specimen in private hands. A portrait of exquisite
style, work of a very talented master engraver. Extremely fine
Ex Sammlung Dr. G.W., erworben bei Crédit Suisse Monetarium Zürich am 14.6.1996.

In the late fourth century BC, Taras fell under increasing pressure from neighbouring Italic peoples, particularly the Lucanians and the related Brettians. As a means of defending themselves against the growing threat, the Tarentines took to hiring foreign mercenary commanders and their armies. These commanders were often important and powerful figures in mainland Greece. In 340 BC, the Tarentines hired Archidamos III, the Eurypontid Spartan king to wage war against their enemies. When the Lucanian menace was renewed in 334 BC, the Tarentines hired Alexander I of Epeiros, the Molossian king who was not only brother to Olympias and uncle to Alexander the Great, but also father of Pyrrhos, whose own Italian adventures are the subject of legends. Alexander the Molossian was very keen to take up the call for military aid both in an effort to parallel the glory enjoyed by his Macedonian nephew as he began the conquest of the Persian Empire and to cheat an oracle that linked the doom of Alexander I to the river Acheron and the city of Pandosia—both in Epeiros, he assumed. From 333 to 332 BC, Alexander the Molossian was extremely successful, inflicting numerous defeats on the Lucanians, Brettians, and Samnites, recapturing Greek cities, like Herakleia (a colony of Taras) and Metapontion, and even seizing several Brettian settlements. However, by 331 BC his relationship with the Tarentines had begun to fray due to the king’s meddling in the civic politics of the region, and the Lucanians and Brettians were prepared to renew the conflict. Alexander I encamped with his army on three hills on the border between Lucania and Bruttium near a small city, but found himself besieged by the enemy during a heavy rainfall. He attempted to escape the battle by fording a nearby river, but was killed by a Lucanian spear. The name of the river turned out to be the Acheron and that of the nearby city, Pandosia. It was bad luck for Alexander the Molossian that Greek colonists in other lands often had a taste for naming cities and local geographical features after those in their homeland. This beautiful gold hemistater was struck at Taras as part of the financial support for the great army of Epeirote and Italiote Greek mercenaries that Alexander I led. Fending off barbarians was never cheap and one can only imagine how much more expensive it made things to have a king serving as mercenary commander. The obverse depicts Hera, a goddess often favoured by Dorian Greek peoples, like the Tarentines, while the reverse features a dolphin rider—a popular type at Taras. There is disagreement among numismatists as to whether this rider is correctly identified as Taras, the mythological eponymous founder of the city or as Phalanthos, the historical oecist responsible for the foundation of Taras. Both have stories attached to them of being saved by dolphins when they were at risk of drowning. In this particular case since the rider carries a trident, the weapon of Poseidon, and Taras was said to be the son of the same god it may be more likely that we are looking at Taras rather than Phalanthos here.
2 commentsLeo
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GREEK, Metapontion, Lucania, Italy, 334 - 330 B.C., Gold 1/3 staterSH86428. Gold 1/3 stater, SNG Lockett 406; SNG ANS 395; HN Italy 1578; Noe-Johnston 3, G1 and pl. 18; SNG Lloyd -; SNG Cop -; Jameson -; Gulbenkian -; Pozzi -; Weber -, aVF+, fine style, marks, reverse double struck, weight 2.574 g, maximum diameter 13.6 mm, die axis 180o, Metapontion mint, c. 334 - 332 B.C.; obverse head of Demeter right, wearing stephane and pendant earring; reverse METAΠON, barley stalk, bird right on leaf to right; ex Forum (2007), ex Christie's Auction (1993) ; very rareJoe Sermarini
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GREEK, Mysia, Kyzikos, Electrum Hemihekte (1/12 Stater) c.550-500 BC.Mysia, Kyzikos EL Hemihekte - 1/12 Stater. Circa 550-500 BC.
Obv: Dolphin left; tunny fish to left below
Rev: Quadripartite incuse square.
Von Fritze I 53; Greenwell 157; SNG von Aulock -; SNG France -; BMC 11-2; Boston MFA -; Jameson -. 1.31g, 7mm.
Roma Numismatics esale 10 lot 359

A very rare type only known as hektes and hemihektes, of which two denominations the hemihekte is the more difficult to find. None of this denomination on cng archives and the only hekte of this type sold on cng went for $3500 in 2011!
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GREEK, SICILY, Gela. Tetradrachm.Sicilia, Gela. Tetradrachm.
Ca. 415-405 BC.
Ca. 22 mm.
Jenkins group IX, 483 (O96/R192);SNG ANS 99;BMC 72; Jameson 191; SNG Lockett 777; Weber 1332 (All from same dies)
The obverse is the same dies as the Gulbenkian specimen.
EX: Gorny & Moch 2004.

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GREEK, Sicily, Syracuse, Deinomenid Tyranny, Hieron, c. 478 - 466 B.C.SH86308. Silver tetradrachm, Boehringer Series X, 229 (V102/R155); HGC 2, 1306; Bement 451; Jameson 744; McClean 2611 (all from the same dies)., gVF, well centered, toned, obverse struck with a worn die, some marks and scratches, weight 17.105 g, maximum diameter 24.4 mm, die axis 270o, Syracuse mint, c. 478 - 475 B.C.; obverse slow quadriga driven right by male charioteer holding goad, Nike above flying right crowning horses; reverse ΣYP-AKO-ΣI-ON (beginning 3:30, 1st Σ reversed), head of Arethusa right, hair turned up behind under diadem of beads, wearing bead necklace, surrounded by four dolphins swimming clockwise; ex Numismatica Ars Classica auction 59 (4 Apr 2011), lot 1571Joe Sermarini
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GREEK, Sicily, Syracuse, Second Democracy, 466 - 405 B.C.SH85694. Silver tetradrachm, Boehringer Series XXII, 672 (V338/R459); SNG ANS 222 (same dies); BMC Sicily, p. 162, 123 (same); Jameson 778 (same); Pozzi 586 (same); HGC 2 1320, VF, fine classical style, obverse die wear, bumps and scratches, somewhat ragged tight flan, weight 16.769 g, maximum diameter 26.7 mm, die axis 90o, Syracuse mint, c. 430 - 420 B.C.; obverse slow quadriga driven right by male charioteer holding kentron and reins, Nike above flying right crowning horses; reverse ΣYPAKOΣION, head of Arethusa right, earring, necklace, hair bound with taenia and wound four times around; four dolphins swimming aroundJoe Sermarini
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Islands off Attica, Aegina Transitional Issue Land Tortoise Islands off Attica, Aegina. Circa 456/45-431 BC. AR Stater 12.40g, 22mm
O: Land tortoise, head in profile, with segmented shell
R: Large square incuse with heavy skew pattern.

- Meadows, Aegina, Group IIIb; Milbank pl. II, 13; HGC 6, 437 var. (head not in profile); SNG Copenhagen 517 var. (same); Dewing 1683 var. (same); Gillet 948 var. (same); Jameson 1200 var. (same); Pozzi 1635 var. (same).

Struck on a broad flan. Very rare with head in profile.

The head of the land tortoise on this massive coinage is typically engraved shown from above, with the tortoise looking forward. Very rarely are they encountered with the head shown in profile. The profile head was canonical on the earlier, sea turtle coinage, thus the land tortoise coins of this variety may represent a short transitional issue at the beginning of this period.

The island of Aegina, about 25 miles southeast of Athens, is a rocky and mountainous outcrop, with limited arable land. Thus from an early period the sea had to serve as the livelihood for the inhabitants. The Aeginetans ranged far and wide over the Mediterranean, becoming exceptional merchants and carriers. In the early 6th century BC. they had a near monopoly on the transshipping of grain out from the Back Sea region to the Peloponnesos. Within fifty years they were holding significant grain concessions at the Egyptian port of Naukratis. During this heyday period the Aeginetans held an enviable reputation as general traders and transporters.
In their travels, the Aeginetan merchants encountered the early forms of money developing in Asia Minor. The concept was obviously seen as advantageous in terms of commerce and trade. Another incentive could very well be that proposed by Kraay, in Archaic and Classical Greek Coins: that the Aeginetans quickly realized that surplus wealth, which their commercial ventures were producing at the time, could also be stored indefinitely in the form of silver coin. And so the island began coining money sometime near the mid-6th century BC. Of thick, chunky fabric for the larger staters, all denominations bear the image of a sea turtle in high relief, with compartmented incuse on the reverse. The choice of turtle (chelones) no doubt alluded to their marine interests. Traditionally these are placed as being the first coins struck in Europe -- and nothing to date has emerged to challenge this view.
The coins of the earliest period, struck up to about 480 BC, are found in hoards of circulated coins dating well into the 4th century BC; this extreme length of use of the coin suggests a remarkable abundance, and thus evidence for a prolific output by her mint. Also, well-worn specimens have been found included among hoard coinage in such diverse spots as Egypt, Tarentum in southern Italy, at Persepolis in Iran, and as far east as Kabul, in Afghanistan. Interestingly, however, in hoards where the dominant coin is that of Aegina, the find spots suggest that her immediate monetary influence was more limited -- the area of the Cyclades islands and Crete was where the bulk of the island's monies were utilized.
Aside from silver and bullion accumulated in trade, Aegina's primary source of silver for her earliest coins seems to have been the mines on the island of Syphnos. Again, hoard evidence suggests how huge the output was for this early trade coin, and likewise indicates that these mines were at the peak of their production in the 6th century. After 480 BC, production of Aegina's "turtles" began decreasing over the next twenty years -- thus either mining activities on Syphnos declined seriously or ceased altogether.
Another hindering factor to the island's coinage during this period would be the rise and dominance of Athens as Mistress of the Aegean. Attic influence went beyond mere commerce, her empire-building included political meddling and the securing of resources. In fact, Athens conquered Aegina in 457 BC and stripped her of her maritime powers. This loss of Aegina's sea-borne livelihood may well have been the reason for the change of design on her coin's obverse. The sea turtle then became a land tortoise, as seen by the pronounced segmented pattern on the creature's shell-covered back. Athens again showed her might by expelling the Aeginetans from their island in 431 BC. It was only after the conclusion of the Peloponnesian War in 404 BC, with Athens' power broken, that the island's inhabitants returned home to resume their activities and their coinage. The final phase of the venerable "turtles" saw them become a reduced coinage, increasingly for local use only. The tortoise motif disappears some time during the 3rd century BC. And by the 2nd century BC, what had been Europe's first and most important precious metal trade coinage was now only small, inconsequential coppers.
6 commentsNemonater
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Knidos DrachmDrachm of Knidos, Caria
330-250 BC
OBV: Head of Aphrodite, right, wearing stephane, earring and necklace: border of dots.
REV: AYTOKΡΑΤΗΣ, Forepart of Lion, right. KNI mintmark below.
BMI Caria, Cnidus 40, p. 90; SNG Keckman 174-5. BMC 40.
XF, 2.74g 16mm

Ex: Consul Weber Collection (Hirsch XXI, 1908, #3134 p.216);
Ex: Jameson Collection #1537;
Ex: von Aulock Collection #2607;
Ex: Kirk Davis #F98;
Revue Numismatique, 6e se'rie - Tome 154, 1999, #112, p.71, plate VIII;
NFA XXIX (1992), 145;
MMAG, FPL 383, (1976), 12
2 commentsDanny S. Jones
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Lucania, Herakleia. Athena and Herakles holding lionskin Didrachm.Greek Italy. Lucania, Herakleia. 281-278 BC. AR Didrachm (6.16 gm). Head of Athena r., wearing unadorned crested Corinthian helmet. / Herakles stdg., facing, wearing lionskin and holding club, crowning himself. Asplustre, ͰΑ, and ͰHPAKΛHIΩN to l., ΦΙΛΩ to r. VF. Time of Pyrrhos ⚔ 280. "One more such victory and I must return to Epeiros alone!" SNG ANS 2 #85; HN Italy 1398; HGC 1 #995; Jameson 252 (same dies); SNG Cop 1 (Italy) #1107; cf Van Keuren 100-101; CNG 81 #103 (same dies).Anaximander
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Lucania, Herakleia. Athena with Scylla-crested helmet and Herakles wrestling the Nimean Lion. Nomos.Greek Italy. Lucania, Herakleia. 420-390 BC AR Nomos (7.34 gm). Head of Athena r., wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with Scylla, A behind. APIΣΤΟΞΕNOΣ in minute letters at base of crest. Light circular bankers mark to r. / Herakles strangling the Nemean lion, club to l. A and minute sideways Σ at ankle, HPAKΛEIΩN to r., APIΣΤΟΞΕ on exergue line (remnant visible). VF. Pegasi 136 #17. SNG ANS 2 #55 (same dies); HN Italy 1374; HGC 1 #977; Jameson 234; SNG Lloyd 271; E.Work 20d/Rᵪ15 with die link to obv.19; Van Kearen 10. SNG Cop - . cf. NAC Auction O #1088 (same dies).Anaximander
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Lucania, Metapontom staterHead of Demeter right hair bound with fillet, wearing earring. Punch mark on ear.

METAΠON (retrograde) Ear of barely with leaf to right; on which palmette.

circa 400-340

6.09g

Noe 485b. Jameson 287. SNG Lloyd 365. SNG ANS 367. Historia Numorum Italy 1540.

An extremely rare variety, only two specimens cited by Noe

This example has the reverse ethnic in retrograde and low weight. Ancient counterfeit?

Ex-Calgary coin.
6 commentsJay GT4
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Lucania, Velia AR Stater. Circa 400-340 BC.7.44g, 21mm, 2h.
Lion crouching to right; owl standing to right in exergue.
Head of nymph to right, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace; Φ below chin, grape-vine before, YEΛH above.
HN Italy 1276; SNG ANS 1229; Jameson 387; HGC 1, 1306.
Very Fine. Rare.
Leo
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Metapontion, Lucania Phoenicia, AR Plated (fourreé) Stater, c. 400 - 350 BCESilver plated (fourreé) stater of Metapontion, Lucania (Phoenicia / Italy), c. 400 - 350 BCE, 5.32 grams, 18 mm

Obverse: Head of young female, left.
Reverse: Barley ear with murex shell in left field.

Reference: SNG ANS-334, Noe-437, Jameson 289; HN Italy 1521, cf S 404.

Added to collection: January 1, 2006
Daniel F
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Naxos. Archaic Dionysios and Grapes Litra.Greek Sicily. Naxos. 530-510 BC. AR Litra (0.73 gm, 10.4mm, 12h). Archaic, bearded head of Dionysios left. / Bunch of grapes with tendril, ͶΟΙΧΑͶ (ΝΑΧΙΟΝ in retrograde), all in both a linear and a dotted border. VF. Bt. Coral Gables, 2000. SNG ANS 4 #513; HGC 2 #967; Cahn Naxos p.106 #21 (V14/R20); Campana CNAI Naxos #2; Jameson 671; Pozzi 504-505; SNG Lockett 839; Rizzo pl. XXVIII #5; SNG Cop - ; SNG Lloyd 1149; SNG Lockett 839. cf. CNG 93 #62 (same dies).1 commentsAnaximander
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Perdikkas II. Heavy Tetrobol of Aigai.Kings of Macedon. Perdikkas II. 451-413 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.38 gm, 15mm, 7h) of Aigai? 432-422 BC, heavy Thraco-Macedonian standard. Mounted horseman wearing petasos, with two spears on horse walking r. / Forepart of lion in incuse square. VF. CNG EA 519 #57. HGC 3.1 #790; Pozzi 827; Raymond Group IV, Series 1 #181 (A17/P14) pl.XIII #181a = Jameson 972 (same dies); SNG Alpha Bank 107 (same dies); SNG ANS 8 #47-51; SNG Cop 2 (Macedonia) #498-499; SNG Ashmolean III #2419-2420; Babylon de Luynes II (Alexandre I) #1579 (pl.LIX).2 commentsAnaximander
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Perseus. 178-168 BC. AR Tetradrachm Macedon, Perseus. 178-168 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.80 gm, 31mm, 12h) of Pella or Amphipolis 179-172 BC. Diademed head of Perseus right. / ΒΑΣΙ-ΛΕΩΣ ΠΕΡ-ΣΕΩΣ, eagle standing right on thunderbolt; AY monogram above, HP to right, AN between legs; all within laurel wreath; plow below wreath. gVF. Triton V #1313. Ex Robert Schonwalter Coll. Same dies: De Luca 132d (this coin cited) O32/R119; McClean II #3675; SNG Delepierre 1066; Triton XXV #171. Same obv die: Jameson 1013; Weber 2220. Mamroth ZfN 38 (1928) #15 (plate II #2); AMNG III/2 p.196 #3; Rhousopoulos 1203; HGC 3.1 #1091; SNG Cop - . Anaximander
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Seleukid Kingdom, Seleukos I Nikator, 312-281 BC, AR Drachm - Susa Helmeted head of Seleukos right.
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY Nike standing right, holding in both hands a wreath that she places on trophy to right; H to lower left, AX in lower middle field.

Marest-Caffety AJN 28, Victory Coinage 2.5, 209 (this coin), dies A10/P11, Pl. 15, 209 (this coin); SC 174.5; HGC 9, 34; BMC 39; CSE 1024; Jameson 1656.

Susa mint 300-295 BC.

(15.5 mm, 4.09 g, 12h).

Triton XVIII, 6 January 2015, 713; ex- Cederlind 106, 17 December 1996, 814; Peus 340, 2 Nov. 1994, Lot 476..

Referred to as the Susa Trophy Series, this coin type has a number of unique and enigmatic attributes. It was only stuck at Susa for a period of about five years between 300-295 BC. The type is rarely found west of the Tigris River and appears to have been largely confined to circulation in Susiana and Persis.

Recent work by Marest-Caffey (AJN 28, 2016) placed this enigmatic issue in its true context. The obverse image is polysemous, incorporating elements of Persian iconography of power into a portrait of Greek style and format. This deliberate ambiguity played to the belief systems of different components of Seleukos’s domain. A Macedonian audience could see this as an image of Alexander the Great, while the Persians could see in the taurine imagery as a reflection of Seleukos himself.

The reverse iconography of Nike erecting a trophy is specifically Greek while the trophy itself bears Greek armour including a shield that prominently bears the Macedonian starburt. The latter fixes the issue after the Battle of Ipsos in 301 BC in which Seleukos played a prominent role in the defeat of Antigonos Monopthalmos.

The ‘trophy’ coinage appears was struck in the period 300-295 BC.
2 commentsn.igma
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Sicily, Segesta, SNG ANS 646 (Electrotype)Sicily, Segesta, c.400 BC
AR - Tetradrachm, 12.61g, 26.78mm, 135°
Electrotype from the British Museum, end of 19th cent.
obv. SEGESTAXIA (from 2h downwards)
Head of nymph Segesta r., with triple earring and necklace with pendants, hair
bound in ampyx and star embroidered sakkos, behind ear of barley
rev. EGESTAIWN (from 20h upwards)
Hero Egestes, nude, std. r. on rock, cap slung over shoulder and chlamys over l. arm, l. foot set on rock, l. ellbow rested on knee, holding in l. hand 2 spears over l.
shoulder; at his feet 2 dogs, one of them sniffing at the ground, small ithyphallic statue (herm) before
ref (for the original): Lederer 6; Rizzo pl. lxii, 14; Mildenberg,"Kimon in der Art
von Segesta", in Proceedings of the 8th International Congress of Numismatics,
Taf. 11, 21; McClean 2555; Kraay-Hirmer pl. 71, 203; SNG ANS 646; BMC 30-31; Jameson 709; Pozzi 531
Very rare, an original coin was sold at the 2002 Triton V Sale for $44000.
Jochen
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Syracuse, Deinomenid Tyranny, Hieron I. Quadriga and Arethusa Tetradrachm.Greek Sicily. Syracuse, Deinomenid Tyranny, Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.26 gm, 23.0mm, 3h) c. 478-475 BC. Charioteer driving slow quadriga right, Nike above, flying right, crowning horses. / Head of Arethusa right, hair in krobylos bound by taenia of pearls and wearing pearl necklace, four dolphins around, ΣVRΑΚΟΣ-ΙΟ-Ν (inward). gVF. Bt. Den of Antiquity, London Coin Fair, Bloomsbury, 2014. Boehringer Syrakus gp.3 series VIIIb #146. (V65/R100); Randazzo 310 var. (-N); SNG ANS 5 #41-42 (same obv. die); HGC 2 #1307 (same). Same dies: Jameson 1908; Cosimo 209; Norman Davis Coll #49 = CNG 94 #106; CNG EA 455 #23.1 commentsAnaximander
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Taras, Calabria390,-385 BC (Period III - The Age of Archytas)
AR Didrachm (20mm, 7.83g)
O: Naked boy (Taras?) with radiate hair riding galloping horse right, all within linear border.
R: Taras astride dolphin left, holding akrostolian in extended right hand, left hand on dolphins back; H (signature) on dolphins flank, ΤΑΡΑΣ below, all within linear border.
D'Andrea XXI, 328; Vlasto 362; Fischer- Bossert 381 (V168/R296); SNG France 1712; McGill II, 19; Jameson 110; HN Italy 870
Rare
ex Roma Numismatics; ex Forvm Ancient Coins

Once again we see the 'H' signature on the side of the dolphin, although here we have a much less static horseman.
H only appears for a brief moment in Period III, and while Evans has an essay specifically dedicated to artist signatures he makes no mention of the enigmatic H or his galloping horse obverse.
On the engraver's few known specimens the signatures are all uniquely placed on the dolphin's flank.



4 commentsEnodia
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THESSALY, Demetrias. Circa 290 BC.THESSALY, Demetrias. Circa 290 BC. AR Hemidrachm (14.5mm, 2.11 g, 5h). Draped bust of Artemis right, with bow and quiver over shoulder / Prow right; monogram to left. BCD Thessaly II 62 corr. (monogram); HGC 4, 79; Jameson 2466 (same dies). Toned, cleaning scratches. VF.

From the collection of a Well-Known Author. Ex BCD Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 413, 31 January 2018), lot 13.
6 commentsMark R1
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Thessaly, Herakleia-Trachinia AR Obol, Lion & Club (Ex BCD, Jameson, Lambros, Gilman)Photo Source: CNG (edited)
Greek (Classical). Thessaly, Herakleia Trachineia AR Obol (10mm, 0.81g, 7h), early to mid 4th cent. BCE.
Obverse: Head of lion left; below, Ǝ.
Reverse: HPA. Club; two ivy leaves to left.
Reference: Jameson 1081a (this coin); BCD Thessaly 1062; BCD Thess II 87.1; BMC 8; HGC 4, 107.
Provenance: Jean P. Lambros (1843-1909) Collection; Jacob Hirsch Auction XXIX (Munich, 9 Nov 1910), Lot 316; F. R. Jameson (1861-1942) Collection No. 1081a (p. 245 & pl. XCIV, published 1913); Numismatica Ars Classica Auction D (2 Mar 1994), lot 1397; BCD Collection (w/ his tag & photos); CNG e-Auction 290 (7 Nov 2012), lot 20; Jim Gilman Collection (w/ his envelope; acq. from Kirk Davis, Feb 2014); Kirk Davis FPL 78, No. 25; CNG Auction 120 (11 May 2022), 191.
Coin-in-hand video: https://i.imgur.com/SbYFtoy.mp4
Curtis JJ
 
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