| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 20 Price realized: 5,000 USD (Approx. 4,580 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: LUCANIA, Sybaris. Circa 550-510 BC. AR Nomos (26mm, 8.16 g, 12h). Bull standing left, head right; VM in exergue / Incuse bull standing right, head left. S&S Class B, pl. XLVIII, 4–8; Gorini 2; HN Italy 1729; SNG ANS 828–44; SNG Lloyd 449–50; Basel 168–9; Bement 213; Dewing 406–7; Gillet 215. Attractive old cabinet tone, minor marks and deposits. Superb EF. A beautiful coin in hand. Ex H. M. Collection (Bourgey, 15 December 1909), lot 28. Sybaris, located on the bottom of the Italian boot, was founded circa 720 BC and quickly amassed great wealth due to its fertile fields and active port. Descriptions of the city's sumptuous festivals and luxurious dwellings abound in ancient literature, and "Sybarite" became a synonym for any lover of luxury and pleasure. The silver coinage of Sybaris follows the remarkable relief / incuse pattern employed by other cities of Greek southern Italy in the sixth and early fifth centuries BC, which required careful flan preparation and precise alignment of dies. The bull of Sybaris, with its reverted head, exerted a powerful influence on modern artists, including Picasso. Estimate: 2500 USD |  |
Match 1:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 551 | Auction date: 29 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 10 Price realized: 850 USD (Approx. 777 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: LUCANIA, Sybaris. Circa 550-510 BC. AR Nomos (28mm, 7.30 g, 12h). Bull standing left, head right; VM in exergue / Incuse bull standing right, head left. S&S Class B, pl. XLVIII, 4–8; Gorini 2; HN Italy 1729. Toned, granular surfaces. VF. From the Kallinikos Collection. Estimate: 400 USD |  |
Match 2:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126 | Auction date: 28 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 33 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: LUCANIA, Sybaris. Circa 550-510 BC. AR Nomos (27mm, 7.13 g, 12h). Bull standing left, head right / Incuse bull standing right, head left. S&S Class B, pl. XLVIII, 4–8; Gorini 2; HN Italy 1729. Deep iridescent tone, minor roughness on obverse, old edge chip and small mark on edge. VF. From the Wild Rose Collection, purchased from Baldwin's, March 2017. Estimate: 1500 USD |  |
Match 3:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 21 Price realized: 5,000 USD (Approx. 4,580 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: LUCANIA, Sybaris. Circa 550-510 BC. AR Nomos (29.5mm, 8.02 g, 12h). Bull standing left, head right; VM in exergue / Incuse bull standing right, head left. S&S Class B, pl. XLVIII, 4–8; Gorini 2; HN Italy 1729; SNG ANS 828–44; SNG Lloyd 449–50; Basel 168–9; Bement 213; Dewing 406–7; Gillet 215. Attractively toned, only a hint of the ususal die shift/bounce on obverse. Near EF. Well struck, and exceptional for issue. Ex Leu 91 (10 May 2004), lot 41; Freeman & Sear inventory G4830 (August 2004); Hess-Leu 31 (6 December 1966), lot 58. Estimate: 2000 USD |  |
Match 4:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII Online Sessions | Auction date: 17 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 5026 Price realized: 1,800 USD (Approx. 1,653 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: LUCANIA, Sybaris. Circa 550-510 BC. AR Nomos (27.5mm, 7.88 g, 12h). Bull standing left, head right; VM in exergue / Incuse bull standing right, head left. S&S Class B, pl. XLVIII, 4–8; Gorini 2; HN Italy 1729; SNG ANS 828–44; SNG Lloyd 449–50; Basel 168–9; Bement 213; Dewing 406–7; Gillet 215. Light golden tone, near full border. Good VF. Estimate: 1500 USD |  |
Match 5:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 24 Price realized: 27,500 USD (Approx. 25,187 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: BRUTTIUM, Kaulonia. Circa 525-500 BC. AR Nomos (30mm, 8.13 g, 12h). Apollo advancing right, holding branch aloft in right hand, left arm extended, upon which a small daimon, holding branch in each hand, runs right; KAVΛ to left; to right, stag standing right, head reverted; dot-and-cable border / Incuse of obverse, but daimon in outline and no ethnic; radiate border. Noe, Caulonia, Group A, 2p (this coin); Gorini 3; HN Italy 2035; SNG ANS 141 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 571–2 (same dies); Bement 265 (same dies); Gillet 279 (same dies); Locker-Lampson 43 (same dies); Morgan 92 (same dies); Rhousopoulos 208 (same dies). Beautiful old cabinet tone, with a faint iridescence, usual spot of die rust on obverse (diagnostic for die). EF. A lovely example of this issue, with an outstanding pedigree. From the Father & Son Collection. Ex Sheikh Saud Al-Thani Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 126, 17 November 2021), lot 6 (hammer CHF 34,000); Patrick H.C. Tan Collection (Gemini VII, 9 January 2011), lot 60; Millenia Collection (Goldberg 46B, 26 May 2008), lot 5; de Guermantes Collection (Leu 86, 5 May 2003), lot 255; J. Hirsch XVII [FPL] (February 1907), no. 291; J. Hirsch XVI (5 December 1906), lot 159. Kaulonia was founded in the 7th century BC by Achaean Greeks. The location, on the underside of Italy's "toe," has long since disappeared beneath the waves, but marine archaeologists have located more than 100 fluted columns, likely for a large shrine to Apollo, the deity depicted on the city's beautiful coinage. On this exceptional piece, Apollo's nude body is shown striding right, with a small winged daimon on his left arm; to his right stands a stag, sacred to both Apollo and his sister Artemis. The unusual fabric of this piece follows a style peculiar to Greek southern Italy in the archaic period: a broad, thin flan, obverse depicted in relief, the reverse repeating the obverse motif but incuse, and reversed. The reasons for the popularity of this fabric are poorly understood; some scholars have postulated a connection to the mathematician-philosopher Pythagoras, who was active in Italy during this period. Estimate: 20000 USD |  |
