| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 457 Price realized: 340 CHF (Approx. 386 USD / 359 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ETRURIA. Populonia. Circa 300-250 BC. 10 Asses (Silver, 15 mm, 3.96 g). Laureate and slightly bearded head of Aplu to left; to right, X (mark of value). Rev. Blank. HGC 1, 120. HN Italy 168. Vecchi I, 159-264 (O3). Somewhat rough and struck from the usual worn obverse die, otherwise, very fine. From an American collection, ex Vitangelo Collection, Roma E-Auction 86, 8 July 2021, 60. Starting price: 100 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Auction 15 | Auction date: 1 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 6 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: ETRURIA. Populonia. Circa 300-250 BC. 10 Asses (Silver, 18 mm, 4.22 g). Laureate and slightly bearded head of Aplu to left; to right, X (mark of value). Rev. Blank. EC Group XVI, Series 70.136 (this coin, O1). HGC 1, 120. HN Italy 168. SNG ANS 26 (same dies). SNG Paris 44 (same obverse die). Well centered and with a fine juvenile head of Aplu. The usual minor die wear and with a few faint scratches on the reverse, otherwise, nearly extremely fine. From the Graeculus Collection, Peus 427, 4 November 2020, 24 and ex Sternberg XXXI, 27 October 1996, 11. Estimate: 3500 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Auction 15 | Auction date: 1 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 5 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot | |
| Lot description: ETRURIA. Populonia. Circa 300-250 BC. 20 Asses (Silver, 24 mm, 8.61 g). Diademed facing head of Metus with protruding tongue; below, X:X (mark of value). Rev. Blank. EC Group XII, 58.118 (this coin, O33). HGC 1, 111. HN Italy 152. SNG Ashmolean 5 (same obverse die). SNG Paris 9 (same obverse die). Beautifully toned and perfectly centered on an unusually complete flan, an exceptional example and undoubtedly among the finest known. Very light die wear on the obverse, otherwise, good extremely fine. Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG 75, 4 December 1989, 5. As one of the few Etruscan settlements with access to the sea, Populonia (etr. 𐌐𐌖𐌐𐌋𐌖𐌍𐌀, or Pupluna), located opposite the island of Elba, played an important role early on as a trading city. However, it gained particular significance as the center for smelting the iron ore extracted from Elba. The enormous slag waste generated over almost a millennium of industrial iron smelting was deposited along the entire southern coast of the peninsula and further processed by an Italian smelting company from 1929 to 1969, during which significant Tholoi were uncovered - evidently, during the late period of the city, the slag was haphazardly dumped over some of the city's nekropoleis. Populonia's wealth is evidenced not least by its coinage, which represents by far the most significant among the Etruscan cities. A particularly popular motif is the head of the Medusa with protruding tongue. The Gorgon was known to the Etruscans as Metus, and her name would later enter the Latin language as a loanword for 'fear.' Unfortunately, many of the coins from Populonia are struck from poor dies on small flans, often exhibiting die rust and striking weaknesses. Our specimen, however, depicts the head of Metus in full size on an unusually broad flan and undoubtedly belongs to the finest surviving examples of this impressive coinage. Estimate: 10000 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 2857 Price realized: 75 CHF (Approx. 85 USD / 79 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Q. Minucius Rufus, 122 BC. Denarius (Silver, 17 mm, 3.93 g, 1 h), Rome. RVF Helmeted head of Roma to right; below chin, X (mark of value). Rev. Q•MINV / ROMA The Dioscuri riding on horseback to right. Babelon (Minucia) 1. Crawford 277/1. RBW 1099 Sydenham 421. Lightly toned. Struck from slightly worn dies, otherwise, good very fine. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1531 Price realized: 1,500 CHF (Approx. 1,703 USD / 1,573 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Anonymous, circa 310-300 BC. Didrachm (Silver, 21 mm, 7.16 g, 12 h), Neapolis (?). Bearded head of Mars to left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet; to right, oak spray. Rev. Head of a bridled horse to right on base inscribed [ROMANO]; to left, stalk of grain. Crawford 13/1. HN Italy 266. RBW 3. Sydenham 1. Light scratches and with some doubling on the reverse, otherwise, very fine. From the collection of Dipl.-Ing. Adrian Lang, Leu 12, 15 May 2022, 1001, from the JD Collection, Part II, Numismatica Ars Classica 72, 16 May 2013, 954, ex Münzzentrum Köln 24, 12 May 1976, 256. Starting price: 250 CHF |  |
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| Astarte S.A. > Web Auction 3 | Auction date: 22 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 8 Price realized: 130 CHF (Approx. 148 USD / 137 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: LUCANIA. Metapontum. Circa 340-330 BC. Nomos (Silver, 20.80 mm, 7.91 g), struck under the magistrate Ly... Head of Demeter to left, wearing a barley wreath, a pendant earring and a simple necklace. Rev. Μ-ΕΤΑ Ear of barley with leaf to left; to right, caduceus and ΛΥ. Johnston, Class A, 1.12. HN Italy 1556. HGC-1, 1056 var. (position caduceus and ΛΥ). Struck in high relief. Some areas of weakness and minor die breaks on the obverse, otherwise, Very Fine. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
