| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 667 Price realized: 100 CHF (Approx. 114 USD / 106 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SICILY. Syracuse. Hieron II, 275-215 BC. AE (Bronze, 26 mm, 18.95 g, 11 h). Diademed head of Hieron II to left. Rev. [ΙΕ]ΡΩΝΟΣ 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. Somewhat smoothed, otherwise, good very fine. Ex Roma, The Anders Collection, 8 September 2022, 780. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
Match 1:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction 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 |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction 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 |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 666 Price realized: 80 CHF (Approx. 91 USD / 84 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SICILY. Syracuse. Hieron II, 275-215 BC. AE (Bronze, 27 mm, 18.01 g, 1 h). Laureate head of Hieron II to left; behind, head of a ram to right. Rev. [Ι]ΕΡΩΝ[ΟΣ] Helmeted cavalryman riding horse prancing to right, holding couched lance with his right hand; below forelegs, N. CNS II, 193. HGC 2, 1547. SNG ANS -. Hard black patina with green highlights and with a strong portrait. Some traces of corrosion and with a few light marks, otherwise, good very fine. From the collection of the renowned Swiss architect Max Vogt (1925-2019), ex Schweizerische Kreditanstalt Monetarium FPL 61, spring 1994, 16. Starting price: 75 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 665 Price realized: 800 CHF (Approx. 909 USD / 845 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SICILY. Syracuse. Hieron II, 275-215 BC. AE (Bronze, 27 mm, 18.17 g, 12 h), circa 230-215. Diademed head of Hieron II to left; to right, thunderbolt. Rev. ΙΕΡΩΝΟΣ Helmeted cavalryman riding horse prancing to right, holding couched lance with his right hand; below forelegs, monogram of AP. CNS II, 195 Ds 59 Rl 8. HGC 2, 1548. SNG Copenhagen 835. Perfectly centered, and with a portrait of fine style and a very old pedigree. Very light deposits, otherwise, good very fine. From the collection of the renowned Swiss architect Max Vogt (1925-2019), privately acquired from Schweizerische Kreditanstalt Monetarium on 7 May 1992, ex Rollin & Feuardent, 22-23 May 1908, 218 and Rollin & Feuardent, 20 June 1906, 569. Starting price: 250 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 663 Price realized: 120 CHF (Approx. 136 USD / 127 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SICILY. Syracuse. Hiketas II, 287-278 BC. AE (Bronze, 20 mm, 8.78 g, 5 h). ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ Head of Kore to left, wearing wreath of grain ears; behind, grain ear. Rev. Charioteer driving fast biga to right, holding goad in his right hand and reins in his left; below, triskeles running right. CNS II, 124 Rs111 ('Agathokles'). HGC 2, 1466. SNG ANS 770-1. A lovely piece of fine style and with an attractive apple green patina. Minor deposits, otherwise, good very fine. From the T. Frisbie Collection, privately acquired from Classical Numismatic Group in August 2001. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
