| Numisfitz GmbH > Auction 4 | Auction date: 8 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 888 Price realized: 126 EUR (Approx. 136 USD) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ANONYMOUS. Half litra (circa 234-231 BC). Rome. Obv: Head of Roma right, wearing Phrygian helmet. Rev: ROMA. Dog standing right. Crawford 26/4. A nice example of this difficult issue. From the Collection of Dr.S., with his ticket. Purchased in 1999 from Firma Popp (Frankfurt) at the Munich Coin Fair. Condition: About extremely fine. Weight: 1.27g. Diameter: 10mm. Starting price: 50 EUR |  |
Match 1:
| Numisfitz GmbH > Auction 4 | Auction date: 8 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 887 Price realized: 35 EUR (Approx. 38 USD) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ANONYMOUS. Ae Litra (circa 241-235 BC). Rome. Obv: Helmeted head of Mars right. Rev: ROMA. Head and neck a horse right; in field left, sickle. Crawford 25/3. From the Collection of Dr.S., with his ticket. Purchased in 1999 at the Munich Coin Fair. Condition: About very fine. Weight: 2.85g. Diameter: 15.5mm. Starting price: 25 EUR |  |
Match 2:
| Numisfitz GmbH > Auction 4 | Auction date: 8 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 889 Price realized: 60 EUR (Approx. 65 USD) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ANONYMOUS. Corn-ear (first) series Uncia (circa 214-212). Sicily. Obv: Head of Roma right, wearing Attic helmet; behind, pellet. Rev: ROMA Prow right; above, corn-ear and below, pellet. Crawford 42/4 = 72/9. From the Collection of Dr.S., with his ticket. Purchased from Münzenhandlung Winning, München 1980. Condition: Very fine. Weight: 6,84g. Diameter: 19mm. Starting price: 50 EUR |  |
Match 3:
| Numisfitz GmbH > Auction 4 | Auction date: 8 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 892 Price realized: 140 EUR (Approx. 151 USD) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: L. MARCIUS PHILIPPUS. Denarius (112 or 113 BC). Rome. Obv: Head of Philip V of Macedon right, wearing diademed royal Macedonian helmet with goat horns; Roma monogram to upper left, Φ to lower right. Rev: L PHILIPPVS. Equestrian statue: horseman riding right, holding branch; flower below; mark of value in exergue. Crawford 293/1. From the Collection of Dr.S., with his ticket. Purchased in 1984 at Numismata. Condition: Very fine. Weight: 3.92g. Diameter: 17mm. Starting price: 50 EUR |  |
Match 4:
| The Coin Cabinet Ltd. > Kallista Auction 1 | Auction date: 3 October 2024 |
| Lot number: 102 Price realized: Withdrawn | |
| Lot description: ROMAN REPUBLIC & IMPERATORIAL. Gold 60 Asses, circa 211-207 BC. Rome. Obv: bearded head of Mars right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet; mark of value behind. Rev: eagle standing right on thunderbolt, with wings spread; ROMA below. Extremely Fine; a beautiful example, well struck and lustrous, a gem of early Roman hammered coinage, destined to be the focal point of any Republican collection. This coin was struck during the final years of the Second Punic war, when the economic collapse of the Republic, precipitated by Hannibal's famous invasion of Italy, forced the state to make significant changes to its monetary structure. Previously based solely on bronze, the decision was made to bring silver into the system for conversion from the now token bronze coinage, and then also to bring gold in as well. Gold coins were struck in denominations of 60, 40 and 20 asses. From the Euclidean Collection. Reference: Crawford-44/2; BMCRR Rome-185; RBW-160-1. Die Axis: 1h. Diameter: 14 mm. Weight: 3.22 g. Estimate: 5000 GBP |  |
Match 5:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126 | Auction date: 28 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 105 Price realized: 14,000 USD (Approx. 12,873 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: THRACE, Ainos. Circa 403/2-402/1 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 16.69 g, 6h). Persic standard. Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos with pelleted rim / Goat standing right; grain ear on long stalk to right; AINION above; all within incuse square. Unpublished issue, but struck from May, Ainos, obverse die A151, with a reverse symbol used for May's Group 39; cf. HGC 3, 1269. Toned, a few small test cuts on edge. Near EF. Apparently unique. From the Wild Rose Collection, purchased from Gorny & Mosch, 16 January 2020. Ex Roma XVII (28 March 2019), lot 406. The appearance of this issue requires a revision to the relative chronology of May's Period II. Tetradrachms of this period were struck on the Persic standard, and feature the profile head of Hermes on the obverse. This coin was struck with an obverse die from May's Period II, Group 29, but the reverse suggests that this issue was struck much later. Significantly, the reverse here uses the full ethnic AINION, rather than the usual AIN or AINI that appears on all the other Period II tetradrachms. The full ethnic is canonical for the succeeding period III tetradrachms, which were struck on the Chian standard and feature a facing head of Hermes. Moreover, the symbol here, a grain ear on a long stalk, is the symbol that appears on the first tetradrachms of May's Period III (Group 39). As such, this coin must be from an unpublished final group of May's Period II, and by virtue of the obverse die link, May's Group 29 should immediately precede this issue. Estimate: 4000 USD |  |
