| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 118 | Auction date: 8 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 36 Price realized: 15 GBP (Approx. 19 USD / 17 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Lucania, Herakleia Æ 19mm. Circa 280-150 BC. Two figures of Herakles standing facing, each holding patera, club, and lion skin; [Ͱ]HPAKΛΕΙΩΝ in exergue / Athena standing facing, head to left, holding spear and patera over altar; to right, crossed torches above shield. HN Italy 1447; HGC 1, 1011. 6.87g, 19mm, 12h. Very Fine. Very Rare. Ex Anders Collection, collector's tickets included. Estimate: 5 GBP |  |
Match 1:
| Spink > Auction 24121 | Auction date: 9 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 37 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Thrace (2) i) Thasos, AR Tetradrachm, c. after 148 BC, head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath rev. HERAKLEOS/SOTIROS/THASION, Herakles standing facing, head left, holding club and skin of Nemean lion, 16.39g (HGC 6, 359 var. (no monogram on reverse); Le Rider, Thasiennes 52), toned, softening to details, but struck upon lovely silver, good fine to very fine; ii) Maroneia AE, obverse as before, rev. Dionysos standing facing, head left, holding grapes in his right hand and narthex stalks in his left, monogram to inner left, 15.61g (SNG Copenhagen 644; Schönert-Geiss 1434-1503), slightly porous but about very fine. Estimate: £200 - £300 |  |
Match 2:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 119 | Auction date: 24 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 69 Price realized: 110 GBP (Approx. 137 USD / 128 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Lucania, Herakleia AR Nomos. Circa 330-325 BC. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with Skylla; [HPAKΛHIΩN] above, K behind / Herakles standing facing, holding club, bow, and arrow, lion skin draped over left arm; skyphos above club; ΑΘA on left. Van Keuren 83-6; HN Italy 1384; HGC 1, 981. 7.95g, 21mm, 9h. Very Fine; graffito in rev. field, horn silver. Estimate: 75 GBP |  |
Match 3:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 117 | Auction date: 22 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 25 Price realized: 240 GBP (Approx. 303 USD / 280 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Lucania, Metapontion Æ 16mm. Circa 300-250 BC. Athena Alkidemos advancing to left, carrying shield and brandishing spear / Owl standing to left, wings closed and head facing, on stalk of barley; META downwards behind. Johnston, Bronze 68c; SNG ANS 565-6; HN Italy 1704; HGC 1, 1113. 3.12g, 16mm, 8h. Extremely Fine. Estimate: 250 GBP |  |
Match 4:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 119 | Auction date: 24 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 125 Price realized: 55 GBP (Approx. 68 USD / 64 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Calabria, Uxentum Æ 14mm. Circa 150-125 BC. Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet / Herakles standing facing, head to left, holding club and cornucopiae; AO in upper left field. HN Italy 1100; SNG ANS 1616-7; HGC 1, 953. 2.16g, 14mm, 1h. Very Fine. From the Vitangelo Collection. Estimate: 40 GBP |  |
Match 5:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Auction 15 | Auction date: 1 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 15 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: BRUTTIUM. The Brettii. Circa 216-214 BC. Hemidrachm (Gold, 14 mm, 2.10 g, 5 h), Second Punic War issue. Third coinage, Attic standard. Bearded head of Herakles to left, wearing lion skin headdress; behind, club; below, small Γ. Rev. BPETTIΩN Nike driving fast biga to right, holding kentron and reins in her left hand; below, small serpent coiling to right. Arslan 5/8. HN Italy 1953. Jameson 404 (same dies). Scheu G.8 (same dies). SNG Copenhagen 1613 (same dies). SNG Lloyd 540 (same dies). Very rare. A lovely example of this interesting late Italic gold issue struck on an exceptionally broad flan. Light die wear, otherwise, extremely fine. Ex Lanz 145, 5 January 2009, 7. The Brettii (or Bruttii), an Italian tribe of Lucanian descent, settled at the southern tip of Italy, in present-day southern Calabria. Strabo reports that their name in the Lucanian language meant 'rebels' or 'slaves', and that it was given to them by the Lucanians when they rebelled and stole their herds (Strab. 6.1.4). However, it is possible that we are dealing here with one of the typical tropes regarding wild mountain tribes, and that the name has in fact pre-Lucanian origins. Subdued by the Romans in the 270s BC, the Brettii staged a rebellion in 216, forging an alliance with Hannibal to restore their autonomy. It was during this time that coinage of the Brettii in gold, silver, and bronze was issued. The rugged terrain of Bruttium served as an impregnable refuge for the increasingly isolated Hannibal in his final years in Italy. After the withdrawal of the Carthaginian army in 204, the League of the Brettii was subjugated and dissolved by the Romans, with punitive measures including the establishment of various Roman colonies that permanently brought the rebellious south under control. Estimate: 5000 CHF |  |
