Nomos AG > obolos 30Auction date: 17 December 2023
Lot number: 124

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


SICILY. Syracuse. Hieron II, 275-215 BC. Trias (?) (Bronze, 19.5 mm, 5.82 g, 9 h), circa 275-269. ΣΥPAKOΣIΩN Head of Kore to left, wearing wreath of grain, single-pendant earring and pearl necklace. Rev. Bull butting to left; above club and M; in exergue, IE. BAR issue 53. CNS 192. SNG ANS 580-3 (Agathokles). Green patina. Rough areas on the reverse, otherwise, very fine.
Ex Obolos 23, 12 June 2022, 177.

Starting price: 25 CHF

Match 1:
Nomos AG > obolos 30Auction date: 17 December 2023
Lot number: 122

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


SICILY. Syracuse. Hieron II, 275-215 BC. Unit (Bronze, 26.5 mm, 16.90 g, 10 h), circa 230-218/5. Diademed head of Hieron II to left. Rev. ΙΕΡΩΝΟΣ Helmeted cavalryman riding horse prancing to right, holding couched lance with his right hand; below right, monogram of ΑΡ. BAR Issue 62. CNS 195. HGC 2, 1548. Dark brown patina. Surfaces slightly rough, otherwise, very fine.
Ex Obolos 21, 2 January 2022, 76.

Starting price: 50 CHF

Match 2:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 557Auction date: 6 March 2024
Lot number: 32

Price realized: 425 USD   (Approx. 391 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron II. 275-215 BC. Æ Eighth Chalkon (19.5mm, 5.96 g, 5h). Struck circa 263-215 BC. Head of Persephone left, wearing wreath of grain ears; poppy head to right / Bull charging left; club and M above, IE in exergue. CNS 191 Ds89 R1 12; BAR Issue 53; HGC 2, 1469; Virzi 1910 (this coin). Green-brown surfaces. VF.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 510 (23 February 2022), lot 24; Edgar L. Owen Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 367, 27 January 2016), lot 98; Thomas Virzi Collection, 1910.


Estimate: 200 USD

Match 3:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction 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

Match 4:
Astarte S.A. > Web Auction 4Auction date: 7 April 2024
Lot number: 31

Price realized: 32 CHF   (Approx. 35 USD / 33 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


THE CARTHAGINIANS IN SICILY AND NORTH AFRICA. Circa 310-280 BC. (Bronze, 15.89 mm, 2.83 g). Mint of Carthage or Sicily. Head of Tanit to left, wearing wreath of grain ears, stylized triple pendant earring and linear necklace. Rev. Horse standing to right on exergue line; in the background, palm tree. Viola, CNP 194. Calciati, CNS III, 388-93, 20. MAA 18. HGC 2, 1675. Dark green patina. Deposits and corrosion, otherwise, Very Fine.

Starting price: 20 CHF

Match 5:
Astarte S.A. > Web Auction 3Auction date: 22 February 2024
Lot number: 7

Price realized: 1,400 CHF   (Approx. 1,589 USD / 1,471 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


LUCANIA. Metapontum. Circa 340-330 BC. Nomos (Silver, 20.78 mm, 8.81 g), struck under the magistrate Archip... ΔAMATHP Head of Demeter to left, wearing wreath of grain ears, a triple-pendant earring and a pearl necklace; in left field, [cross-torch]; behind head, K. Rev. ΜΕΤΑ Ear of barley with leaf to left; above leaf, crab; below, APXIΠ. Johnston, Class A, 6.12. HN Italy 1564. SNG Lloyd 390. SNG ANS 411. HGC 1, 1062. Lightly toned. Some areas of weakness, otherwise, Good Very Fine. Very rare and of particularly fine style.

Starting price: 500 CHF