| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 557 | Auction date: 6 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 24 Price realized: 300 USD (Approx. 276 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SICILY, Panormos (as Ziz). Circa 336-330 BC. Æ Litra (20.5mm, 8.10 g, 10h). Head of Hera left, wearing polos / Acheloios Ortheos, as man-headed bull, standing left, head facing; radiate head of Helios above. Jenkins, Punic, pl. 24, 21; MSP 47; CNS (Ziz) 5; HGC 2, 1057 corr. (dates). Green-brown surfaces, minor encrustation. Near VF. Ex Roma E-Sale 78 (17 December 2020), lot 164; Roma E-Sale 70 (7 May 2020), lot 347. Estimate: 150 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 108 Price realized: 6,500 USD (Approx. 5,953 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SICILY, Panormos (as Ziz). Circa 360-340 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.55 g, 6h). Charioteer, holding reins in both hands, driving slow quadriga left; above, Nike flying left, crowning horses with wreath she holds in her extended hands; Punic ṢYṢ in exergue / Head of female right, hair in ampyx, wearing triple-pendant earring and pearl necklace; four dolphins around. Jenkins, Punic 47 (O12/R38); CNP 289 (this coin illustrated); HGC 2, 1016; McClean 3054 (same dies). Deeply toned, minor marks and scrapes, die break on reverse. Good VF. Very rare issue, and only one example from these dies known to Jenkins, with one additional in CoinArchives. From the L.H. Collection. Ex Spink Taisei Numismatics 52 (Part 2, with Numismatica Ars Classica, 26 October 1994), lot 1816. Founded by the Phoenicians in the eighth century BC, Panormos was established along the northern coast of Sicily as a trading post with the indigenous Sicani of the region. The people of Panormos, although active traders like the other Phoenician settlers in Sicily, felt little need for striking their own coinage; instead, they relied upon the regional Greek coinages for their transactions. By the late fifth century, however, as Carthage and its Punic allies were expanding control of the western Mediterranean, it became necessary to begin striking coins in order the pay the mercenaries used to assert Punic power. As a result, cities like Panormos began striking coins which could be integrated into the existing monetary system, and which derived their types for the most part from the Greek city-states in Sicily. This coin copies Syracusan coins of the late Eukleidas style with a Punic twist added to the design. Estimate: 3000 USD |  |
Match 2:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 555 | Auction date: 7 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 26 Price realized: 150 USD (Approx. 140 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SICILY, Agyrion. Circa 420-405 BC. Æ Tetras (14mm, 2.75 g, 5h). Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin / Forepart of man-headed bull left; two olive sprays below. Campana 5, var. a/a; CNS 10; HGC 2, 60. Rough dark green patina. Near VF. Ex Nomos Obolos 21 (2 January 2022), lot 47. Estimate: 150 USD |  |
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| Spink > Auction 24121 | Auction date: 9 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 254 Price realized: 120 GBP (Approx. 152 USD / 140 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: a Selection of Greek and Roman Bronze (10): Apulia, Arpi, AE, c.275-250BC, bull charging right, POILAI below, rev. horse galloping right, ARPA above, NOI below, E in exergue, 12h, 7.83g, (HN Italy 645; SNG ANS 644; SNG Copenhagen -; HGC 1, 535) toned, residually lustrous, details flattened, verdigris and deposits, otherwise fine; Neapolis, Campania, AE, c.250-225BC, Laureate head of Apollo left, rev. Victory crowning man-headed bull right, control below, 12h, 7.17g, (HN Italy, 595) light patina, porosity, flattened but residually lustrous and good to fine; Lucania, Heraclaea, AE, c.276-250, head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet, rev. Heracles standing left with philale, club and cornucopiae, 12h, 4.64g, (Van Keuren, 168; HN Italy, 1448b) darkly toned but flattened, fine; Sicily, Syracuse, Time of Hieron II (285-246BC) Imitative issue in the types of Ptolemy II Philadelphos of Egypt, AE Obol, laureate head of Zeus right, rev. eagle standing left on thunderbolt with wings spread, Galatian shield to left, 5h, 17.18g, (CPE, B289; Svoronos, 610; Wolf & Lorber, 'Alexandrian' Style, P57–71; SNG Copenhagen, 114) flattened but lustrous, good; Sicily, Syracuse, Hieron II, (275-215BC) AE Hemilitron, c.230-213BC, diademed head left, rev. horseman wearing helmet and cloak charging right with spear, IERON in exergue, 11h, 16.76g, (CNS II S, 381 Ser., 195, Rl22; HGC 2, 1548) toned and lustrous, some details flattened but otherwise very fine; Sicily, Syracuse, Hieron II, (275-215BC) AE Tetras, Diademed head of Poseidon left, rev. [IER]ONOS ornamental trident flanked by dolphins, datemark LY to lower right, 11h, 6.90g, (CNS, 197 R1 17; BAR, Issue 60; HGC 2, 1550) toned and lustrous, slightly off-centre but well-struck, flattened at high points but otherwise very fine; Sicilian Bronze, (3): Syracuse, (2), AE Hemidrachm, c.306-289BC, head of Zeus right, rev. thunderbolt, barley grain to right, 3h, 13.87g,(CNS, 71; SNG ANS, 472-6; HGC 2, 1440) light patina, flattened but nicely-struck, fine; Agathokles, (317-289BC), AE, c.304-289BC, head of Artemis right, rev. [AG]ATHOKLES/[BA]SILEOS alongside winged thunderbolt, 12h, 8.41g, (CNS, 138; HGC 2, 1537) toned, lustrous, scratched but otherwise good fine; Akragas, under Roman rule, AE, after 210BC, head of Persephone right, rev. Asklepios standing facing, head left, AKRAGAN, 12h, 7.16g, (SNG Copenhagen, 123; SNG München, 205; SNG ANS, 1143) green toning, deposits, porous, good to fine (3); Roman Republic, possibly T. Carisius Moneyer, c.46BC, AE, winged and draped bust of Victory, right, rev. biga of horses right, 12h, 3.08g, (cf. Crawford, 464/4) flattened but well-struck, good fine; xi) Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II (359-336BC), AR 1/5 Tetradrachm, struck posthumously under Philip III, c.320BC, Amphipolis mint, laureate head of Apollo right, rev. ILIGO, boy riding horse, right, pellet below, 9h, 2.55g, (SNG ANS, 725-730), pierced at eleven o'clock, characterful strike, slightly flattened but some nice toning on reverse, good fine to very fine example of a rare denomination; xii) Caria, Rhodos, AR Hemidrachm, 205-195BC, head of Helios facing slightly left, rev. AINITOR, rose with bud, caduceus on left, P-O in fields to left and right, 1h, 1.84g, (Ashton, 282), some flattening but residually lustrous, characterful and rare, fine (12). Sold as described, no returns.. Estimate: £200 - £300 |  |
Match 4:
| Dmitry Markov Coins & Medals | M&M Numismatics Ltd > Auction 60 | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 26 Price realized: 800 USD (Approx. 733 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Sicily, Alontion. Æ (5.83 g), ca. 210-180 BC Male head (or possibly the head of Roma) to left, wearing Phrygian helmet. Reverse: ΑΛΟΝΤΙΝΩΝ, Man-headed bull standing left, spouting water; in exergue, crab. CNS I 2. HGC 2, 214. Very Rare, especially in this condition. Sharply struck and quite lovely. Extremely Fine. A native Sikel city, Alontion claimed a Greek origin, assigning the city's foundation to Patron of Akarnania, the man who guided Aeneas and the Trojans on their tour of Sicily. The head on the obverse, sporting a Phrygian helmet, is usually identified as male, although it may instead be the Roman goddess Roma, and copied from Roman didrachms of the mid third century. If so, then this coin should probably be seen as an issue struck late in the First Punic War (264-241 BC) or shortly thereafter. Estimate: 1000 USD |  |
Match 5:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 557 | Auction 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 |  |
