Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 116Auction date: 18 January 2024
Lot number: 14

Price realized: 24 GBP   (Approx. 30 USD / 28 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Etruria, Vetulonia Æ Sextans. 3rd century BC. Male head to right, wearing ketos headdress; two pellets behind, [Etruscan legend 'vatl'](?) behind; all within dotted border / Ornamental trident between two dolphins; two pellets flanking. Cf. EC I, 13; HN Italy 203; Sambon 121. 10.18g, 23mm, 6h(?).

Fine.

From the Mike Ballerini Collection, collector's ticket included.

Estimate: 40 GBP

Match 1:
Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 116Auction date: 18 January 2024
Lot number: 15

Price realized: 35 GBP   (Approx. 44 USD / 41 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Etruria, Vetulonia Æ Uncia. 3rd century BC. Male head to right, wearing ketos headdress / Ornamental trident between two dolphins. Cf. EC I, 16 corr. (denomination); HN Italy 204; Sambon 125. 5.80g, 19mm, 7h.

Fine.

From the Mike Ballerini Collection, collector's ticket included.

Estimate: 40 GBP

Match 2:
Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXXAuction date: 21 March 2024
Lot number: 27

Price realized: 480 GBP   (Approx. 608 USD / 560 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Etruria, Vetulonia Æ Semuncia. 3rd century BC. Male head to right, wearing pileos; Etruscan legend 'vatl' behind / Steering oar. EC I, 5; HN Italy 199; HGC 1, 202. 5.04g, 28mm.

Near Very Fine. Very Rare.

Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, E-Auction 64, 13 January 2019, lot 10.

Estimate: 75 GBP

Match 3:
Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXXAuction date: 21 March 2024
Lot number: 22

Price realized: 240 GBP   (Approx. 304 USD / 280 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Etruria, Populonia Æ Triens. Circa 215-211 BC. Head of Menvra to right, wearing Corinthian helmet; •••• (mark of value) below / Etruscan legend 'pvplvna', owl facing with wings spread; •••• (mark of value) between, countermarked crescent over line with two pellets. EC I, 133.26 (this coin); HN Italy 184; Sambon 114; HGC 1, 175. 20.14g, 30mm, 11h.

Very Fine, weakly struck. Rare.

This coin published in I. Vecchi, Etruscan Coinage Part 1 (Milan, 2012);
Ex VCV Collection, Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction 10, 27 September 2015, lot 87 (hammer: GBP 700).

The main bronze issues are made up of various denominations tariffed in unciae (represented by pellets) on a weight standard based on a nominal bronze as of 81g which was extant in Rome after the post-semilibral phase of c. 215-212 BC (Crawford 1974, 41).

Estimate: 400 GBP

Match 4:
Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 116Auction date: 18 January 2024
Lot number: 10

Price realized: 96 GBP   (Approx. 122 USD / 112 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Etruria, Populonia Æ Triens. Late 3rd century BC. Head of Menvra to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / Owl standing facing with spread wings; Etruscan legend 'pvplvna' below, four pellets above; c/m: crescent above two pellets. Cf. EC I, 133; HN Italy 184; HGC 1, 175. 22.53g, 31mm, 7h.

Good Fine.

From the Mike Ballerini Collection, collector's ticket included.

Estimate: 160 GBP