Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 602

Price realized: 135 CHF   (Approx. 153 USD / 143 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


SICILY. Alontion. Circa 210-180. AE (Bronze, 18 mm, 3.42 g, 1 h). Male head to left, wearing Phrygian helmet. Rev. ΑΛΟΝΤΙΝΩΝ Man-headed bull standing left, spouting water. CNS I, 2. HGC 2, 214 var. (without crab). Light scratches and with some deposits, otherwise, fine.


Ex Leu Web Auction 26, 8-13 July 2023, 345, Leu Web Auction 25, 11 March 2023, 145 and previously privately acquired from Brüder Egger in the late 19th or early 20th century (with original dealer's ticket).

Starting price: 25 CHF

Match 1:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 676

Price realized: 240 CHF   (Approx. 273 USD / 253 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


SICILY. Unlocated Punic mints. Circa 300-275 BC. AE (Bronze, 17 mm, 2.50 g, 1 h). Male head to left, flanked by grain ears. Rev. Horse galloping to right. CNS III, 22. HGC 2, 1676. SNG Copenhagen (North Africa) 120-123. Edge cracks and with heavy brush marks, otherwise, about very fine.


From the collection of the renowned Swiss architect Max Vogt (1925-2019), privately acquired from Schweizerische Kreditanstalt Monetarium on 8 October 1990.

Starting price: 25 CHF

Match 2:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 1204

Price realized: 140 CHF   (Approx. 159 USD / 148 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS. Pantikapaion. Circa 310-304/3 BC. AE (Bronze, 21 mm, 7.26 g, 11 h). Bearded head of a Satyr to right. Rev. Π-A-N Forepart of a griffin to left; below, sturgeon left. HGC 7, 113. MacDonald 69. SNG BM Black Sea 869-71. SNG Stancomb 541-2. Light deposits, otherwise, good very fine.


Ex Leu Web Auction 26, 8-13 July 2023, 915 and from the Pontos Euxeinos Collection, formed in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Leu Web Auction 20, 16-18 July 2022, 942.

Starting price: 50 CHF

Match 3:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 1200

Price realized: 750 CHF   (Approx. 853 USD / 792 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS. Pantikapaion. Circa 310-304/3 BC. AE (Bronze, 22 mm, 7.04 g, 12 h). Bearded head of a Satyr to right. Rev. Π-A-N Forepart of a griffin to left; below, sturgeon left. HGC 7, 113. MacDonald 69. SNG BM Black Sea 869-71. SNG Stancomb 541-2. Minor pitting and with light deposits on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine.


Ex Leu Web Auction 26, 8-13 July 2023, 916 and from the Pontos Euxeinos Collection, formed in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Leu Web Auction 24, 3-6 December 2022, 1251.

Starting price: 50 CHF

Match 4:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 669

Price realized: 55 CHF   (Approx. 63 USD / 58 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


SICILY. Syracuse. Hieron II, 275-215 BC. AE (Bronze, 28 mm, 16.55 g, 12 h). Diademed head of Hieron II to left. Rev. [Ι]ΕΡΩΝΟ[Σ] Helmeted cavalryman riding horse prancing to right, holding couched lance with his right hand. CNS II, 195. HGC 2, 1548. SNG ANS -. Slightly rough and with a minor flan fault on the obverse, otherwise, good very fine.


From the collection of Mark Gibbons, Newcastle, ex Leu Web Auction 26, 8-13 July 2023, 390 and previously from a European collection, formed before 2005.

Starting price: 25 CHF

Match 5:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 668

Price realized: 280 CHF   (Approx. 318 USD / 296 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


SICILY. Syracuse. Hieron II, 275-215 BC. AE (Bronze, 27 mm, 17.10 g, 12 h). Diademed head of Hieron II to left. Rev. [Ι]ΕΡΩΝΟΣ Helmeted cavalryman riding horse prancing to right, holding couched lance with his right hand; below forelegs, N. CNS II, 195 Rl 22. HGC 2, 1548. SNG ANS 938. An attractive example with a portrait of fine style. Very minor die breaks on the obverse, otherwise, good very fine.


From the collection of Mark Gibbons, Newcastle and from the Sam 'Duck' Reed Collection, Leu Web Auction 26, 8-13 July 2023, privately acquired from Roger Langton at the Santa Clara coin fair on 9 March 1990.

Starting price: 50 CHF