| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 118 | Auction date: 8 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 35 Price realized: 30 GBP (Approx. 38 USD / 35 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Campania, Phistelia AR Obol. Circa 325-275 BC. Male head facing slightly to right / Dolphin to right above barley grain and mussel shell; retrograde Oscan ethnic below. Rutter p. 180, Ia; Sambon 831-8; HN Italy 613; SNG ANS 567-578; SNG Copenhagen 576; SNG BnF 1117-1128; HGC 1, 502. 0.61g, 10mm, 9h. Good Very Fine. Ex Anders Collection, collector's ticket included. Estimate: 40 GBP |  |
Match 1:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Auction 15 | Auction date: 1 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 7 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: CAMPANIA. Neapolis. Circa 300-275 BC. Didrachm or Nomos (Silver, 19 mm, 7.43 g, 1 h), Charileos, magistrate. Diademed head of a nymph to right, wearing triple-pendant earring and pearl necklace; behind, astragalos; below, in tiny letters, ΧΑΡΙΛΕΩ. Rev. NEΟΠΟΛITΩN Man-headed bull walking right, head facing; above, Nike flying right to crown the bull; below, K. HN Italy 579. Sambon 469c. SNG ANS 359 (same dies). SNG Ashmolean 112 (same dies). SNG Copenhagen 423. SNG Paris 796 (same dies). A beautiful piece of lovely style with a wonderful old cabinet tone. Struck slightly off center and with minor marks and flan faults on the obverse, otherwise, about extremely fine. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts X, 17 September 1981, 3 and Vinchon, 30 June 1978, 5. Estimate: 3500 CHF |  |
Match 2:
| Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd > Auction 134 | Auction date: 21 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 3486 Price realized: 190 AUD (Approx. 125 USD / 114 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Italy, Campania, Phistelia, (380-350 B.C.), silver obol, (0.49 g), obv. bust of male head three quarter face to right, rev. Oscan legend, barley corn between mussel-shell and dolphin, (S.316, BMC 4-6, Rutter p. 180, Ia, HN Italy 613, SNG ANS 567-578, SNG Lloyd 87, SNG France 1117-1128). Deeply toned, extremely fine and scarce. Ex Dr Hugh Preston Collection. Estimate: 250 AUD |  |
Match 3:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 48 Price realized: 240 CHF (Approx. 272 USD / 252 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: CAMPANIA. Phistelia. Circa 325-275 BC. Obol (Silver, 10 mm, 0.68 g, 12 h). Young male head facing, turned slightly to right. Rev. 𐌚𐌉𐌔𐌕𐌋𐌖𐌉𐌔 ('fistluis' in Oscan) Dolphin swimming to right above barley grain and mussel shell. Campana, Agg. Fistelia 4a. HN Italy 613. Nicely toned. Light deposits, otherwise, about extremely fine. From the collection of Robert P. Ball, Spink 23105, 30 January 2023, 6005, acquired well before 2011. Starting price: 75 CHF |  |
Match 4:
| 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 5:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126 | Auction date: 28 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 28 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot | |
| Lot description: LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 330-290 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.92 g, 4h). Head of Demeter facing slightly right, wearing grain ear wreath, triple-pendant earrings, and necklace; tiny AΠ to lower right / Barley ear with leaf to right; META upward to left, facing bull's head above leaf, AΘA below. Johnston Class C, 2.2 (same dies); HN Italy 1584; SNG ANS 463–4 (same dies); SNG Fitzwilliam 503 (same dies); SNG München 992 (same dies); Dewing 388 (same dies). Attractive even gray tone with light golden hues around the devices, and underlying luster. Choice EF. Excellent metal and well struck from dies by the hand of a master engraver. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex J. L. Gomer Collection (Triton XXI, 9 January 2018), lot 317; Tkalec (28 October 1994), lot 24. Estimate: 7500 USD |  |
