| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 118 | Auction date: 8 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 25 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Etruria, Vetulonia Æ Uncia. 3rd century BC. Female head to right / Blank. EC I, 1 (O1); HN Italy 198; SNG ANS 98. 8.29g, 20mm. Fine. Very Rare. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 74, 20 August 2020, lot 230; Ex collection of a Swiss Etruscologist, and outside of Italy prior to December 1992, Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XVI, 26 September 2018, lot 82. Estimate: 75 GBP |  |
Match 1:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 119 | Auction date: 24 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 65 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Etruria, Vetulonia Æ Uncia. 3rd century BC. Female head to right / Blank. EC I, 1 (O1); HN Italy 198; SNG ANS 98. 8.29g, 20mm. Fine. Very Rare. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 74, 20 August 2020, lot 230; Ex collection of a Swiss Etruscologist, and outside of Italy prior to December 1992, Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XVI, 26 September 2018, lot 82. Estimate: 50 GBP |  |
Match 2:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 116 | Auction date: 18 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 16 Price realized: 24 GBP (Approx. 30 USD / 28 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Etruria, Vetulonia Æ Uncia. 3rd century BC. Female head to right; [Etruscan script] behind(?) / Blank. EC I, 1 (O1); HN Italy 198; Sambon -. 7.59g, 18mm. Fine. From the Mike Ballerini Collection, collector's ticket included. Estimate: 40 GBP |  |
Match 3:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 13 Price realized: 15,000 USD (Approx. 13,739 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 540-510 BC. AR Nomos (27mm, 8.20 g, 12h). Ear of barley with eight grains and bracts at base; MET down left field, pellet border / Incuse ear of barley with eight grains; rayed border. Noe Class I, 1; Gorini –; HN Italy 1459; SNG ANS 166; Kraay & Hirmer 228; Prospero 51 (this coin). Attractively toned, a few minor edge marks. Superb EF. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XLIII.2 (Summer, 2018), no. 489937; Prospero Collection (New York Sale XXVII, 4 January 2012), lot 51, purchased from Spink, 22 April 1986. Metapontion was founded by residents of Kroton and Sybaris around 700 BC. Located on the sea coast on the arch of the Italian "boot," adjoining vast fertile plains, Metapontion grew in importance as a major grain exporter. By the time the Greek world started coining silver, Metapontion was already a significant city in Magna Graecia. Like its Italian neighbors, the city took to coinage early with the first issues commencing circa 540 BC. Like several nearby cities, Metapontion's first coins used an unusual fabric – an obverse design in relief combined with a reverse depicting the same design incuse. Metapontion chose an ear of barley as its emblem, reflecting the importance of its agricultural bounty. This incuse coinage remains mysterious. We do not know which city commenced it, or who conceived it (the Greek polymath Pythagoras or one of his disciples have been suggested, but with no evidence aside from his reputed presence in Italy in the later sixth century BC). Despite much speculation and experimentation, we do not know for sure how coins were struck, so the raised and incuse designs remained aligned (theories include notched, socketed or hinged dies). We do know celators throughout southern Italy quickly adopted this minting technology as many incuse coins survived to the present day. The present coin is an incredibly rare example Noe 1, the very first emission from Metapontion. Perhaps even more remarkable than its rarity is the state of preservation: we have graded this coin Superb EF, and it is probably the finest known from this initial die pair. One must wonder if, at the time of striking, this coin could have been set aside like a modern "First Strike" issue. Whichever way it arrived in the present day, this is a rare opportunity to own a superb example of the inception coinage from this important Greek city. Estimate: 15000 USD |  |
Match 4:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXX | Auction date: 21 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 19 Price realized: 440 GBP (Approx. 557 USD / 513 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Etruria, Populonia AR 10 Asses. Circa 300-250 BC. Female head to right, wearing broad hair band and triple-pendant earring; + (mark of value) behind / Blank. EC I, 75.41-63 (O12); HN Italy 165; HGC 1, 123. 3.99g, 18mm. Very Fine; pleasant old cabinet tone. Ex Collection of a Swiss Etruscologist, Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XVI, 26 September 2018, lot 55 (hammer: GBP 1,000). Estimate: 500 GBP |  |
Match 5:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 115 | Auction date: 21 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 83 Price realized: 18 GBP (Approx. 23 USD / 21 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Sicily, Kimissa Æ 12mm. Circa 317-305 BC. Female head to right / Bull butting to right. Campana 3; CNS III, 1 (Unidentified Mercenaries of Western Sicily); SNG ANS -; HGC 2, 658. 2.22g, 12mm, 9h. Near Very Fine. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 103, 24 November 2022, lot 52; Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 84, 16 June 2021, lot 95. Estimate: 30 GBP |  |
