BRUTTIUM. Kroton. Nomos - Stater (Circa 530-500 BC) - BRUTTIUM. Kroton. Nomos - Stater (Circa 530-500 BC). Obv: ϘΡΟ. Tripod; to right, stork standing left.Rev: ϘΡΟ. Incuse tripod; to right, stork standing left.HN Italy 2081; SNG ANS 248-9; HGC 1, 1444.Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger 84 (1973), lot 7; ex Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 299 (1980), lot 64 Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 7.97 g. Diameter: 24 mm.
BRUTTIUM. Rhegion. Tetradrachm (Circa 445-435 BC) - BRUTTIUM. Rhegion. Tetradrachm (Circa 445-435 BC). Obv: Lion’s head facing; small hare to right.Rev: Iokastos seated left, holding patera and long staff; to lower right, bird standing right; all within wreath.Herzfelder 56 (D32/R46); SNG Lloyd 681 (same dies); HN Italy 2488; HGC 1, 1635. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 16.71 g. Diameter: 27 mm.
SICILY. Entella. Punic issues (Circa 300-289 BC). Tetradrachm - SICILY. Entella. Punic issues (Circa 300-289 BC). Tetradrachm. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: Head of horse left; palm tree to right; Punic legend below.CNP 272; HGC 2, 295.The foundation of Entella is traced back to Acestes, son of the river god Krimisos and a Trojan woman or, according to other sources to Prince Elymus, son of Anchises and brother of Aeneas. The city stood on a summit overlooking the Belice valley. Records are scarce until the arrival of the Campanian mercenaries, recruited in 410 BC by the Carthaginians and discharged after the 405 BC treaty, then passed into the pay of Dionysius I of Syracuse. After liberating Dionysius on the island of Ortigia from the Punic siege, the were discharged with rich gifts and settled in various cities on the island. In 404 a group of these mercenaries seized Entella, exterminating the entire male population, and began to mint their own coinage. From then on they implemented a generally pro-Carthaginian policy and, in 398 B.C., were able to stop Syracusan siege attempts with the help of the Punic. The strategic location of the fortress of Entella was coveted for its control of the valley below, and this led to several siege attempts: in 345 it was attacked by the Carthaginians led by General Annon, then in 342 the city was taken by the Syracusans commanded by Timoleon, but in 338 it fell back under Punic influence. During the First Punic War the city was destroyed by the Carthaginians. The “Decrees of Entella,” which were requests for help engraved on bronze slabs, from the inhabitants to neighboring cities, date from this period. In 263 Entella was conquered by the Romans and enjoyed a new period of prosperity until the second century BC when it was abandoned. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 17.22 g. Diameter: 24 mm.
SICILY. Motya. Litra (Circa 400-397 BC) - SICILY. Motya. Litra (Circa 400-397 BC). Obv: Head of nymph facing slightly right.Rev: Crab; fish between claws.CNP 507a; Campana 24b; HGC 2, 937.Ex Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger 410 (2013), lot 71 Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 0.55 g. Diameter: 11 mm.
SICILY. Syracuse. Timoleon and the Third Democracy (344-317 BC). Ae Hemidrachm - SICILY. Syracuse. Timoleon and the Third Democracy (344-317 BC). Ae Hemidrachm. Obv: ZEYΣ EΛEYΘEPIOΣ. Laureate head of Zeus right.Rev: ΣYPAKOΣIΩN. Thunderbolt; to right, eagle standing right.CNS 72; SNG ANS 477-88; HGC 2, 1440. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 17.83 g. Diameter: 25 mm.
SICILY. Syracuse. Timoleon and the Third Democracy (344-317 BC). Ae Dilitron - SICILY. Syracuse. Timoleon and the Third Democracy (344-317 BC). Ae Dilitron. Obv: ZEYΣ EΛEYΘEPIOΣ. Laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios left.Rev: ΣYPAKOΣIΩN. Horse rearing left.CNS 80; SNG ANS 533-41; HGC 2, 1439. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 19.80 g. Diameter: 27 mm.
SICILY. Syracuse. Hiketas II (287-278 BC). Ae - SICILY. Syracuse. Hiketas II (287-278 BC). Ae. Obv: ΔΙΟΣ ΕΛΛANIOY. Youthful, laureate head of Zeus Hellanios right.Rev: ΣYΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ. Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; A above star to left.CNS II, 168 Rs 96; HGC 2, 1449. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 11.02 g. Diameter: 24 mm.
SICILY. Syracuse. Philistis, wife of Hieron II (275-215 BC). 16 Litrai - SICILY. Syracuse. Philistis, wife of Hieron II (275-215 BC). 16 Litrai. Obv: Diademed and veiled head left; star to right.Rev: BAΣIΛIΣΣAΣ ΦIΛIΣTIΔOΣ. Nike driving slow quadriga right; star above, K to right.SNG ANS 879-80; SNG Copenhagen 825; BMC 555; HGC 2, 1556. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 13.02 g. Diameter: 28 mm.
SICILY. Syracuse. Hieron II (275-215 BC). Ae - SICILY. Syracuse. Hieron II (275-215 BC). Ae. Obv: Head of Poseidon left, wearing tainia.Rev: ΙΕΡΩ - ΝΟΣ. Ornamented trident head flanked by two dolphins; AΠ to lower right.CNS 194 R1 2; HGC 2, 1550. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 6.68 g. Diameter: 20 mm.
SICILY. Syracuse. Hieron II (275-215 BC). Ae - SICILY. Syracuse. Hieron II (275-215 BC). Ae. Obv: Head of Poseidon left, wearing tainia.Rev: ΙΕΡΩ - ΝΟΣ. Ornamented trident head flanked by two dolphins.CNS 197; HGC 2, 1550. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 8.68 g. Diameter: 23 mm.
SKYTHIA. Olbia. Ae (Circa 310-280 BC) - SKYTHIA. Olbia. Ae (Circa 310-280 BC). Obv: Horned head of Borysthenes left.Rev: OΛBIO. Axe and bow in quiver; ΠO to left.Anokhin 316; HGC 3, 1887. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 10.71 g. Diameter: 21 mm.
SKYTHIA. Olbia. Ae (Circa 300-275 BC) - SKYTHIA. Olbia. Ae (Circa 300-275 BC). Obv: Horned head of Borysthenes left.Rev: OΛBIO. Axe and bow in quiver; ΔΙ to left.SNG BM Black Sea 481; SNG Stancomb 382-3; HGC 3.2, 1887. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 9.53 g. Diameter: 21 mm.
SKYTHIA. Olbia. Ae (Circa 100-90 BC) - SKYTHIA. Olbia. Ae (Circa 100-90 BC). Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right; two c/ms: eight-pointed star and branch within incuse circle.Rev: OΛBIOΠOΛITEΩN. Thyrsos.SNG Stancomb 447; HGC 3.2, 1895. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 5.80 g. Diameter: 19 mm.
CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS. Pantikapaion. Drachm (Circa 120-109/5 BC) - CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS. Pantikapaion. Drachm (Circa 120-109/5 BC). Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right.Rev: ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN. Bow-in-bowcase; sword to left.MacDonald 152/16; HGC 7, 99. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 3.45 g. Diameter: 18 mm.
MOESIA. Istros. Drachm (4th century BC) - MOESIA. Istros. Drachm (4th century BC). Obv: Facing male heads, the left inverted.Rev: ΙΣΤΡΙΗ. Sea eagle right, grasping dolphin with talons; ΔI below dolphin.AMNG I 440; HGC 3.2, 1801. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 5.56 g. Diameter: 18 mm.
MOESIA. Istros. Drachm (4th century BC) - MOESIA. Istros. Drachm (4th century BC). Obv: Facing male heads, the left inverted.Rev: ΙΣΤΡΙΗ. Sea eagle right, grasping dolphin with talons; monogram below dolphin.SNG BM Black Sea 254-5; HGC 3.2, 1802. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.72 g. Diameter: 18 mm.
MOESIA. Istros. Drachm (4th century BC) - MOESIA. Istros. Drachm (4th century BC). Obv: Facing male heads, the left inverted.Rev: Sea eagle left, grasping dolphin with talons; ΦY below.SNG BM Black Sea 256 var. (right head inverted); AMNG I 425; HGC 3.2, 1803. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 5.13 g. Diameter: 18 mm.
THRACE. Apollonia Pontika. Tetradrachm (Late 5th-4th century BC). Kleokrates, magistrate - THRACE. Apollonia Pontika. Tetradrachm (Late 5th-4th century BC). Kleokrates, magistrate. Obv: Laureate head of Apollo left.Rev: KΛEOKPATHΣ. Anchor; A to left, crayfish to right.SNG Bulgaria 264-8; HGC 3.2, 1312. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 17.25 g. Diameter: 24 mm.
THRACE. Apollonia Pontika. Tetrobol (425-375 BC) - THRACE. Apollonia Pontika. Tetrobol (425-375 BC). Obv: Facing gorgoneion.Rev: Anchor; A to left, crayfish to right.SNG Bulgaria 300ff.; SNG BM Black Sea 160-1. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 2.78 g. Diameter: 14 mm.
THRACE. Byzantion. Countermarked on a Kolophon Drachm in the name and types of Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC) - THRACE. Byzantion. Countermarked on a Kolophon Drachm in the name and types of Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin; c/m: prow of galley right, ΠY above, within circular incuse.Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: Monogram in left field; below throne, Φ below strut.Price 1823 (for undertype); Numismatik Naumann 149, lot 99 (for c/m). Condition: Good fine.Weight: 3.80 g. Diameter: 18 mm.
THRACE. Byzantion. Countermarked on a Drachm in the name and types of Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC) - THRACE. Byzantion. Countermarked on a Drachm in the name and types of Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin; c/m: prow of galley right, ΠY above, within circular incuse.Rev: Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre.Numismatik Naumann 151, lot 42 (for c/m). Condition: C/m very fine.Weight: 3.97 g. Diameter: 17 mm.
THRACE. Byzantion. Tetradrachm (Circa 240-220 BC). Sphodrias, magistrate - THRACE. Byzantion. Tetradrachm (Circa 240-220 BC). Sphodrias, magistrate. Obv: Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter right.Rev: EΠI ΣΦOΔPIAΣ. Poseidon seated right on rocks, holding trident and aphlaston; ΣI to left, monogram to right.Schönert-Geiss 1012; SNG BM Black Sea 61; HGC 3.2, 1408.Rare Condition: Very fine.Weight: 13.84 g. Diameter: 27 mm.
THRACE. Chersonesos. Hemidrachm (Circa 386-338 BC) - THRACE. Chersonesos. Hemidrachm (Circa 386-338 BC). Obv: Forepart of lion right, head left.Rev: Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; monogram with pellet and kerykeion in sunken quarters.Weber 2421; CN online 53783; HGC 3.2, 1437. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 2.36 g. Diameter: 13 mm.
THRACE. Chersonesos. Hemidrachm (Circa 386-338 BC) - THRACE. Chersonesos. Hemidrachm (Circa 386-338 BC). Obv: Forepart of lion right, head left.Rev: Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; pellet and monogram VE in one quarter, pentagram and pellet in opposite quarter.Cf. McClean 4071; HGC 3.2, 1437. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 2.41 g. Diameter: 14 mm.
THRACE. Chersonesos. Hemidrachm (Circa 386-338 BC) - THRACE. Chersonesos. Hemidrachm (Circa 386-338 BC). Obv: Forepart of lion right, head left.Rev: Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; pellet and monogram in one sunken quarter, amphora in other sunken quarter.McClean 4111-2; CN online 6386; HGC 3.2, 1437. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 2.38 g. Diameter: 14 mm.
THRACE. Chersonesos. Hemidrachm (Circa 386-338 BC) - THRACE. Chersonesos. Hemidrachm (Circa 386-338 BC). Obv: Forepart of lion right, head left.Rev: Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; uncertain control in one sunken quarter, amphora in other sunken quarter.HGC 3.2, 1437. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 2.18 g. Diameter: 13 mm.
THRACE. Chersonesos. Hemidrachm (Circa 386-338 BC) - THRACE. Chersonesos. Hemidrachm (Circa 386-338 BC). Obv: Forepart of lion right, head left.Rev: Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; pellet and monogram VE in one quarter, pentagram and pellet in opposite quarter.McClean 4071; HGC 3.2, 1437. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 2.27 g. Diameter: 12 mm.
THRACE. Chersonesos. Hemidrachm (Circa 386-338 BC) - THRACE. Chersonesos. Hemidrachm (Circa 386-338 BC). Obv: Forepart of lion right, head left.Rev: Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; A and pellet in one sunken quarter, Athena Promachos in the other.CN online 21530; HGC 3.2, 1437. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 2.44 g. Diameter: 13 mm.
THRACE. Chersonesos. Hemidrachm (Circa 386-338 BC) - THRACE. Chersonesos. Hemidrachm (Circa 386-338 BC). Obv: Forepart of lion right, head reverted.Rev: Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; A (?) in one quarter, head of ram in opposite quarter.McClean -; HGC 3.2, 1437. Condition: Fine.Weight: 2.06 g. Diameter: 13 mm.
THRACE. Mesambria. Drachm (Circa 420-320 BC) - THRACE. Mesambria. Drachm (Circa 420-320 BC). Obv: Facing helmet.Rev: M - E - T. Four-spoked wheel; head left within one spoke.SNG BM Black Sea 266; HGC 3.2, 1559.Extremely rareExtremely rare Condition: Very fine.Weight: 3.03 g. Diameter: 15 mm.