Astarte S.A. > Web Auction 4Auction date: 7 April 2024
Lot number: 18

Price realized: 700 CHF   (Approx. 774 USD / 712 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


LUCANIA. Metapontion. Hannibalic occupation, circa 215-207 BC. Half Shekel (Silver, 17.51 mm, 3.94 g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet. Rev. Barley ear with leaf to right; META downward to left. HN Italy 1632. SNG ANS 549. HGC 1, 1092. Robinson NC, 50, pl. VI.4. Attractive deep gray tone, sharply struck example, stunning details. Good Extremely Fine.

Starting price: 100 CHF

Match 1:
Astarte S.A. > Web Auction 2Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 13

Price realized: 600 CHF   (Approx. 682 USD / 633 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


LUCANIA, Metapontum. Hannibalic occupation. Circa 215-207 BC. Half Shekel (Silver, 18.94 mm, 4.09 g) Helmeted head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet. Rev. Ear of barley with leaf to right; META to left. HN Italy 1632. SNG Lloyd 403. SNG Lockett 437. E. G. Robinson, "Coinage of the Second Punic War", in NC 1964, p. 50, 1 and pl. VI, 4. HGC 1092. A splendid, fresh and sharply struck example. Virtually as struck.
From a Swiss collection, formed before 2005.

Starting price: 500 CHF

Match 2:
Astarte S.A. > Web Auction 5Auction date: 12 May 2024
Lot number: 9

Price realized: 850 CHF   (Approx. 937 USD / 870 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


LUCANIA. Metapontion. Punic occupation, circa 215-207 BC. Half Shekel (Silver, 18.20 mm, 3.77 g) Head of Athena right wearing long crested corinthian helmet. Rev. META vertical to left. Grain ear with leaf to right on which owl standing facing, slightly turned to right, with open wings. SNG ANS 550. HN Italy 1634. SNG Copenhagen 1239. SNG Munchen - . HGC 1092. Lustrous. Virtually as struck.

Starting price: 350 CHF

Match 3:
Astarte S.A. > Web Auction 3Auction date: 22 February 2024
Lot number: 10

Price realized: 460 CHF   (Approx. 522 USD / 483 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


LUCANIA. Metapontum. Punic occupation, circa 215-207 BC. Half Shekel (Silver, 18.6 mm, 3.82 g). Helmeted head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet. Rev. Ear of barley with leaf to right; META to left. HN Italy 1632. SNG Lloyd 403; SNG Lockett 437. E. G. Robinson, "Coinage of the Second Punic War", in NC 1964, p. 50, 1 and pl. VI, 4. HGC 1092. Lustrous and fresh. Virtually as struck.

Starting price: 150 CHF

Match 4:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 556

Price realized: 700 CHF   (Approx. 796 USD / 739 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


LUCANIA. Metapontion. Punic occupation, circa 215-207 BC. Half Shekel (Silver, 17 mm, 3.73 g, 3 h). Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet. Rev. META Ear of barley with leaf to right. HN Italy 1632. Robinson, Second, p. 50, 1 and pl. VI, 4. SNG ANS 549. SNG Lloyd 403. Lustrous and fresh. The obverse struck slighly off center, otherwise, virtually as struck.


Ex Astarte E-Auction 1, 31 July 2023, 11.

Starting price: 150 CHF

Match 5:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 557

Price realized: 1,000 CHF   (Approx. 1,137 USD / 1,056 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


LUCANIA. Metapontion. Punic occupation, circa 215-207 BC. Half Shekel (Silver, 19 mm, 3.71 g, 4 h). Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet. Rev. META Ear of barley with leaf to right. HN Italy 1632. Robinson, Second, p. 50, 1 and pl. VI, 4. SNG ANS 549. SNG Lloyd 403. Sharply struck and lustrous. Virtually as struck.


From a Swiss collection, formed before 2005.

Starting price: 200 CHF