| Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd > Auction 134 | Auction date: 21 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 3487 Price realized: 120 AUD (Approx. 79 USD / 72 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Italy, Campania, Phistelia, (310-300 B.C.), silver obol, (0.47 g), obv. head of female three quarter facing left, wearing necklace, rev. lion at bay to left, star above, serpent below, (S.-, SNG ANS 590, Sambon 845, SNG Munchen 40, HN Italy 619). Lightly toned, mild surface roughness, very fine and rare. Ex Dr Hugh Preston Collection. Estimate: 120 AUD |  |
Match 1:
| Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd > Auction 134 | Auction date: 21 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 3486 Price realized: 190 AUD (Approx. 125 USD / 114 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Italy, Campania, Phistelia, (380-350 B.C.), silver obol, (0.49 g), obv. bust of male head three quarter face to right, rev. Oscan legend, barley corn between mussel-shell and dolphin, (S.316, BMC 4-6, Rutter p. 180, Ia, HN Italy 613, SNG ANS 567-578, SNG Lloyd 87, SNG France 1117-1128). Deeply toned, extremely fine and scarce. Ex Dr Hugh Preston Collection. Estimate: 250 AUD |  |
Match 2:
| Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd > Auction 134 | Auction date: 21 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 3481 Price realized: 130 AUD (Approx. 85 USD / 78 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Italy, Campania, Cales, AE 20, after 268 B.C., (6.55 g), obv. head of Athena to left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, rev. CALENO, cock standing to right, star behind, (S.548, HN Italy 449, BMC 26, SNG Cop. 322-4, HGC 1, 375); Samnium, Compulteria, AE19, (c.265-240 B.C.), (5.95 g), obv. laureate head of Apollo left, rev. man-headed bull standing right, above, Nike flying right, placing wreath on bull's head, (S.552, Sambon 1071). Surface pitting, good fine and scarce. (2) Ex Dr Hugh Preston Collection. First coin purchased privately, July 1995. Estimate: 100 AUD |  |
Match 3:
| Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd > Auction 135 | Auction date: 9 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 4073 Price realized: 750 AUD (Approx. 497 USD / 458 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Italy, Bruttium, Croton (Kroton), (400-325 B.C.), silver stater, (7.53 g), obv. head of Hera Lacinia to facing slightly to right, rev. naked Herakles seated to left on rock, covered with lion skin, holds cup in extended right hand and club in left hand, around KROTW, MD in field, (cf.S.474, SNG ANS 382, SNG ANS 1800). Lightly toned, very fine and rare. Ex Rauch Auction 106, lot 31. Previously Bertolami Fine Arts 36, lot 119. Estimate: 800 AUD |  |
Match 4:
| Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd > Auction 135 | Auction date: 9 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 4127 Price realized: 550 AUD (Approx. 364 USD / 336 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Attica, Athens, silver tetradrachm, (129-128 B.C.) or revised date 97-96 B.C., (16.29 g), obv. head of Athena Parthenos to right, wearing triple crested Athenian helmet, ornamented with Pegasos, dotted border, rev. owl standing right, head facing on prostrate amphora, to right Pegasus to left, A QE across, across and left API-STI-WN, to left FI/LWN, over APO/EMO, below amphora SO, on amphora letter A, all within olive wreath, (cf.S.2555, Thompson 959 [same dies] = Berry Collection, Svoronos Pl.68, 10 = Berlin Collection not in SNG Berry, another in ANS Collection], HGC 4, 1602). Very fine/good very fine, toned, on a small flan as usual, rare. Ex Superior Stamp and Coin auction Sale, May 31, 1999 (lot 919 part). Type represented in Thompson 'The New Style Coinage of Athens' Thompson 959 from same dies. Thompson reports 118 known tetradrachms of these magistrates from 30 obverse and 70 reverse dies. There is a difference of 32 year less between Thompson and the suggested revised chronology. This would make this issue 97-96 B.C. Estimate: 900 AUD |  |
Match 5:
| Spink > Auction 24121 | Auction date: 9 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 17 Price realized: 110 GBP (Approx. 139 USD / 128 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Selection of Magna Graecia (6): i) Apulia, Arpi, AR Obol, c. 215-212 BC, head of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, rev. ear of barley, 0.65g (HN Italy, 648), good fine; ii) Sicily, Kamarina, AE Onkia, c. 420-405 BC, facing gorgoneion, rev. owl standing right, head facing, holding lizard in talon, pellet (mark of value) in exergue, 1.11g (Westermark & Jenkins Period 3, Type C, 183; CNS 13; HGC 2, 552), slightly flat to edge, otherwise nice patina, good fine; iii) Sicily, Syracuse, AE Litra, c. 287-282 BC, laureate head of Zeus Hellanios left, rev. eagle standing left on thunderbolt, 10.56g (CNS 154; BAR Issue 39; HGC 2, 1448), dark red patina, good fine; iv) Sicily Akragas, AE Tetras, late fifth century, [Eagle tearing at hare], countermark of head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin, within circular incuse, rev. Crab; [six pellets around, uncertain symbol(s) below], 16.32g (for undertype: Westermark p. 166; cf. SNG ANS 1077; for countermark: CNS 107 CM), fine; v) Bruttium, the Brettii, AE didrachm, c. 208-203 BC, head of Ares left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with Pegasus, rev. Athena advancing right, holding spear and shield, BPETTION upwards on left, long torch in lower right field, 16.26g, (HN Italy 1987 var. (symbol); SNG ANS 82; Scheu, Bronze 72), nice green patina, near very fine; vi) Zeugitana, Carthage, AE, c. 300-264 BC, wreathed head of Tanit, left, rev. head of horse, right, pellet to right, 4.88g (SNG Copenhagen 170), softened, fine; (6).. Estimate: £150 - £250 |  |
