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Bronzo della nomos 25

SICILY. Syracuse. Hiketas, 287-278 BC. Litra (Bronze, 23 mm, 9.28 g, 3 h). ΔIOΣ EΛΛANIOY Laureate head of Zeus Hellanios to left; behind neck, palladion. Rev. ΣYPAKOΣIΩN Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, star. BAR Issue 39. CNS 157 Ds112 Rs14. HGC 2, 1448. Well struck with fine details and an attractive dark green patina. A few insignificant deposits in Zeus' hair, otherwise, extremely fine.

From the collection "Sans Pareille", acquired in the 1980s.

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CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS. Pantikapaion. Circa 470-460 BC. Tetartemorion (Silver, 5.5 mm, 0.09 g). Ant seen from above. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square, pellet in two opposing quarters angles. Frolova Type XX. HGC 7, 54. MacDonald 6. Very rare. A dramatically attractive coin with a vigorous depiction of an ant. Reverse struck off-center, otherwise, about extremely fine.

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CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS. Pantikapaion. Circa 340-325 BC. Stater (Gold, 19.5 mm, 9.14 g, 11 h). Head of Pan to left, wearing a wreath of ivy. Rev. Π-Α-Ν Griffin standing on grain ear to left, his head facing front, holding a spear in his mouth and with his right forepaw raised. Anokhin 1021. HGC 7, 20. Kraay & Hirmer 440. MacDonald 54. SNG BM Black Sea 867. Virtually as struck.

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Andiamo in Sicilia con questo tetradramma

SICILY, Siculo-Punic. Uncertain military mint. Circa 320-310 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25 mm, 17.37 g, 12 h). Uncertain female head to right (Dido or, more probably, Tanit), wearing a Phrygian cap with stiff, radiating pleats and a helmet-like visor, and a simple earring. Rev. S’MMHNT (= people of the camp) Lion walking to right, head facing front; behind, date palm. De Hirsch 832-3 (same dies). De Luynes 1472 (same dies). Jenkins 272 (O85/R226). Rizzo, pl. LXVI, 8 (same dies). Extremely rare, toned and impressive. Good very fine.

From the Morcote Collection, formed prior to 2005.

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Qui siamo nella regione tracio-macedone

THRACO-MACEDONIAN REGION. Berge (previously identified as either Lete or Siris). Circa 525-480 BC. Stater (Silver, 21 mm, 9.23 g). Nude ithyphallic satyr standing right, with his right hand grasping the right arm of a nymph fleeing away from him to the right; around, three pellets. Rev. Incuse square with uneven surfaces. AMNG pl. XIV, 31. HPM pl. VII, 27 (same dies). Traité I 1566 and pl. L, 5. Very rare, and likely the finest known example. Extremely well struck with fine details and in wonderful Archaic style. Extremely fine.

Ex Numismatic Ars Classica 48, 21 October 2008, 58, and Bank Leu 50, 15 April 1990, 96.

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Bronzo della nomos 25

SICILY. Syracuse. Hiketas, 287-278 BC. Litra (Bronze, 23 mm, 9.28 g, 3 h). ΔIOΣ EΛΛANIOY Laureate head of Zeus Hellanios to left; behind neck, palladion. Rev. ΣYPAKOΣIΩN Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, star. BAR Issue 39. CNS 157 Ds112 Rs14. HGC 2, 1448. Well struck with fine details and an attractive dark green patina. A few insignificant deposits in Zeus' hair, otherwise, extremely fine.

From the collection "Sans Pareille", acquired in the 1980s.

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CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS. Pantikapaion. Circa 470-460 BC. Tetartemorion (Silver, 5.5 mm, 0.09 g). Ant seen from above. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square, pellet in two opposing quarters angles. Frolova Type XX. HGC 7, 54. MacDonald 6. Very rare. A dramatically attractive coin with a vigorous depiction of an ant. Reverse struck off-center, otherwise, about extremely fine.

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CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS. Pantikapaion. Circa 340-325 BC. Stater (Gold, 19.5 mm, 9.14 g, 11 h). Head of Pan to left, wearing a wreath of ivy. Rev. Π-Α-Ν Griffin standing on grain ear to left, his head facing front, holding a spear in his mouth and with his right forepaw raised. Anokhin 1021. HGC 7, 20. Kraay & Hirmer 440. MacDonald 54. SNG BM Black Sea 867. Virtually as struck.

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SICILY, Siculo-Punic. Uncertain military mint. Circa 320-310 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25 mm, 17.37 g, 12 h). Uncertain female head to right (Dido or, more probably, Tanit), wearing a Phrygian cap with stiff, radiating pleats and a helmet-like visor, and a simple earring. Rev. S’MMHNT (= people of the camp) Lion walking to right, head facing front; behind, date palm. De Hirsch 832-3 (same dies). De Luynes 1472 (same dies). Jenkins 272 (O85/R226). Rizzo, pl. LXVI, 8 (same dies). Extremely rare, toned and impressive. Good very fine.

From the Morcote Collection, formed prior to 2005.

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THRACO-MACEDONIAN REGION. Berge (previously identified as either Lete or Siris). Circa 525-480 BC. Stater (Silver, 21 mm, 9.23 g). Nude ithyphallic satyr standing right, with his right hand grasping the right arm of a nymph fleeing away from him to the right; around, three pellets. Rev. Incuse square with uneven surfaces. AMNG pl. XIV, 31. HPM pl. VII, 27 (same dies). Traité I 1566 and pl. L, 5. Very rare, and likely the finest known example. Extremely well struck with fine details and in wonderful Archaic style. Extremely fine.

Ex Numismatic Ars Classica 48, 21 October 2008, 58, and Bank Leu 50, 15 April 1990, 96.

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Didramma o nomos di Tarentum

CALABRIA. Tarentum. Circa 272-240 BC. Didrachm or nomos (Silver, 21 mm, 6.51 g, 12 h), struck under the magistrate Nikylos. [ΝΙ]ΚΥΛΟΣ The Dioscouri, wearing peaked helmets and cloaks, on horses galloping to right. Rev. ΤΑΡΑΣ Phalanthos, nude, riding side-saddle on dolphin to left, holding kantharos in his right hand and trident in his left; to right, ΑΡ. Evans VIII O, 1. HN III, 1046. SNG Paris 2052. Vlasto 935-7. A truly spectacular example: bright, sharply struck from fresh dies and well-centered. Good extremely fine.

From the Morcote Collection, formed before 2005.

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Tetradramma Siculo-Punico

SICILY, Siculo-Punic. Entella. Circa 300-289 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27 mm, 17.09 g, 2 h). Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Rev. 'MHMHNT (in Punic) Horse's head to left; palm tree behind. Gulbenkian 375 = Jameson 916 (same dies). Jenkins, Punic 321 (O104/R263). A stunning masterpiece and apparently among the finest known examples; struck on a broad flan, lustrous and sharp. Good extremely fine.

From the Morcote Collection, formed prior to 2005.

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Emidramma della lega arcadica: Mantinea

ARKADIA, Arkadian League. Mantinea. Circa 465-460 BC. Hemidrachm (Silver, 15 mm, 3.01 g, 6 h). Zeus Lykaios, seated left on low throne with footrest and with swan’s head at the top of the backrest, holding long scepter in his right hand and thunderbolt in his left; to left, eagle with spread wings flying to right. Rev. Head of Kallisto to right, her hair in a sakkos, wearing a simple necklace with a single pendant, and with a beaded neck truncation; all within an incuse square. BCD 1451 = Kunstfreund 29 = Williams, Confederate, Period II, 1, 104d (same dies). BMFA 1242 (same dies). Traeger 50. Very rare. A wonderful little coin, of a perfect late Archaic-early Classical style, with a beguiling head of the nymph. Lightly crystallised surfaces, otherwise, extremely fine.

From a Swiss collection formed in the 1990s.

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Emidramma della stessa zecca

ARKADIA, Arkadian League. Mantinea. Circa 460-450 BC. Hemidrachm (Silver, 16 mm, 3.02 g, 9 h). Zeus Lykaios seated to left, holding scepter in his left hand; to left, eagle flying to left. Rev. A-R-K-A Head of Kallisto to left, hair bound with tainia and wearing necklace; all within incuse square. BCD Peloponnesos (Mantinea) 1457 (same obverse die). BMFA 1252 (same dies). De Nanteuil 956 = Williams, Confederate, Period III, 237e (O159/R148, this coin). Wonderful old collection toning, perfect centering and superb strike, and of beautiful late Archaic style. Extremely fine.

From a Swiss collection and that of H. de Nanteuil 956 and pl. LVIII, 956, Leu 33, 3 May 1983, 334, and from the collection of Sir Hermann Weber, Naville IV, 17 June 1922, 608, ex Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 29 February 1884, 259.

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Bronzo della nomos 25

SICILY. Syracuse. Hiketas, 287-278 BC. Litra (Bronze, 23 mm, 9.28 g, 3 h). ΔIOΣ EΛΛANIOY Laureate head of Zeus Hellanios to left; behind neck, palladion. Rev. ΣYPAKOΣIΩN Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, star. BAR Issue 39. CNS 157 Ds112 Rs14. HGC 2, 1448. Well struck with fine details and an attractive dark green patina. A few insignificant deposits in Zeus' hair, otherwise, extremely fine.

From the collection "Sans Pareille", acquired in the 1980s.

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Base d’asta: 200 CHF. Risultato: 340 CHF.

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CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS. Pantikapaion. Circa 470-460 BC. Tetartemorion (Silver, 5.5 mm, 0.09 g). Ant seen from above. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square, pellet in two opposing quarters angles. Frolova Type XX. HGC 7, 54. MacDonald 6. Very rare. A dramatically attractive coin with a vigorous depiction of an ant. Reverse struck off-center, otherwise, about extremely fine.

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Base d’asta: 800 CHF. Risultato: 2.800 CHF.

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CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS. Pantikapaion. Circa 340-325 BC. Stater (Gold, 19.5 mm, 9.14 g, 11 h). Head of Pan to left, wearing a wreath of ivy. Rev. Π-Α-Ν Griffin standing on grain ear to left, his head facing front, holding a spear in his mouth and with his right forepaw raised. Anokhin 1021. HGC 7, 20. Kraay & Hirmer 440. MacDonald 54. SNG BM Black Sea 867. Virtually as struck.

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Base d’asta: 60.000 CHF. Risultato: 90.000 CHF.

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Base d’asta: 60.000 CHF. Risultato: 65.000 CHF.

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Base d’asta: 60.000 CHF. Risultato: 140.000 CHF.

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Didramma o nomos di Tarentum

CALABRIA. Tarentum. Circa 272-240 BC. Didrachm or nomos (Silver, 21 mm, 6.51 g, 12 h), struck under the magistrate Nikylos. [ΝΙ]ΚΥΛΟΣ The Dioscouri, wearing peaked helmets and cloaks, on horses galloping to right. Rev. ΤΑΡΑΣ Phalanthos, nude, riding side-saddle on dolphin to left, holding kantharos in his right hand and trident in his left; to right, ΑΡ. Evans VIII O, 1. HN III, 1046. SNG Paris 2052. Vlasto 935-7. A truly spectacular example: bright, sharply struck from fresh dies and well-centered. Good extremely fine.

From the Morcote Collection, formed before 2005.

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Base d’asta: 2.800 CHF. Risultato: 5.500 CHF.

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Tetradramma Siculo-Punico

SICILY, Siculo-Punic. Entella. Circa 300-289 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27 mm, 17.09 g, 2 h). Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Rev. 'MHMHNT (in Punic) Horse's head to left; palm tree behind. Gulbenkian 375 = Jameson 916 (same dies). Jenkins, Punic 321 (O104/R263). A stunning masterpiece and apparently among the finest known examples; struck on a broad flan, lustrous and sharp. Good extremely fine.

From the Morcote Collection, formed prior to 2005.

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Base d’asta: 8.000 CHF. Risultato: 8.000 CHF.

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Emidramma della lega arcadica: Mantinea

ARKADIA, Arkadian League. Mantinea. Circa 465-460 BC. Hemidrachm (Silver, 15 mm, 3.01 g, 6 h). Zeus Lykaios, seated left on low throne with footrest and with swan’s head at the top of the backrest, holding long scepter in his right hand and thunderbolt in his left; to left, eagle with spread wings flying to right. Rev. Head of Kallisto to right, her hair in a sakkos, wearing a simple necklace with a single pendant, and with a beaded neck truncation; all within an incuse square. BCD 1451 = Kunstfreund 29 = Williams, Confederate, Period II, 1, 104d (same dies). BMFA 1242 (same dies). Traeger 50. Very rare. A wonderful little coin, of a perfect late Archaic-early Classical style, with a beguiling head of the nymph. Lightly crystallised surfaces, otherwise, extremely fine.

From a Swiss collection formed in the 1990s.

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Base d’asta: 6.000 CHF. Risultato: 7.500 CHF.

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Emidramma della stessa zecca

ARKADIA, Arkadian League. Mantinea. Circa 460-450 BC. Hemidrachm (Silver, 16 mm, 3.02 g, 9 h). Zeus Lykaios seated to left, holding scepter in his left hand; to left, eagle flying to left. Rev. A-R-K-A Head of Kallisto to left, hair bound with tainia and wearing necklace; all within incuse square. BCD Peloponnesos (Mantinea) 1457 (same obverse die). BMFA 1252 (same dies). De Nanteuil 956 = Williams, Confederate, Period III, 237e (O159/R148, this coin). Wonderful old collection toning, perfect centering and superb strike, and of beautiful late Archaic style. Extremely fine.

From a Swiss collection and that of H. de Nanteuil 956 and pl. LVIII, 956, Leu 33, 3 May 1983, 334, and from the collection of Sir Hermann Weber, Naville IV, 17 June 1922, 608, ex Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 29 February 1884, 259.

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Base d’asta: 20.000 CHF. Risultato: 40.000 CHF.

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