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Lucania, Poseidonia AR Stater. Circa 445-420 BC.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Poseidon advancing right, nude but for chlamys draped over arms, wielding trident overhead / Bull standing left on dotted line. Cf. HN Italy 1116; HGC 1, 1152. 7.95gr,19mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine. Seemingly suspension loop attached.
Acquired on the European art market. -
Lucania, Thourioi AR Triobol. Circa 350-300 BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Helmeted head of Athena to right, no symbol on bowl / ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ, bull butting to right; in exergue, [grape bunch(?) between inscription]. Cf. HN Italy 1855; cf. BMC 117. 1.09gr, 12mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Lucania, Thourioi AR Pentetetartemorion or 5 Tetartemoria. Circa 300-280 BC.
Estimate: £100 - 150 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / [Θ]ΟΥ, T-in-Π (mark of value). HGC 1, 1272 (R3). 0.46gr, 8mm, 8h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped. Exceedingly rare denomination.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lucania, Thourioi AE 23mm. Circa 350-325 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Bull butting to right; ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ above, fish to right below. HN Italy 1918; HGC 1, 1279. 13.67gr, 23mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Lucania, Thourioi AE 13mm. Circa 280-270 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Apollo to right / ΘΟΥ, horse galloping to right; below, monogram of ΑΣ. Historia Numorum Italy 1928 var. (monogram); HGC 1, 1288. 2.38gr, 13mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Sicily, Akragas AR Hemidrachm. Circa 420-410 BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Eagle to left, clutching dead hare in its talons / Crab; fish to right below. SNG ANS 1003. 1.93gr, 15mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Sicily, Gela AE Tetras or Trionkion. Circa 420-405 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΓΕΛΑΣ, head of the river-god Gelas to right; [barley grain behind neck] / Bull standing to left, head lowered, as if to charge; three pellets (mark of value) in exergue. Jenkins, Gela, Group VIII-IX, 499; CNS 9; HGC 2, 379. 4.64gr, 19mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Sicily, Himera. AR Hemidrachm. Circa 450-420 BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Nude rider, holding conch shell and caduceus, on goat running to left / Nike flying to left, holding filleted aphlaston and holding up skirt. SNG ANS 170; Rizzo pl. 21, 19. 1.89gr, 15mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Sicily, Kamarina AE Tetras or Trionkion. Circa 420-405 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Athena to left, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with wing / [KAMA], owl standing to left, head facing, clutching lizard in talons; in exergue, three pellets (mark of value). CNS 33; SNG ANS 1229; HGC 2, 548. 3.17gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Sicily, Morgantina(?) AE 19mm. Carthaginian occupation, circa 212-211 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / Horse galloping to right. Cf. HGC 2, 175 (Akragas). 6.29gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Sicily, Syracuse AE Tetras(?) Time of Dionysios II, 367-357 BC. 'Kainon' issue.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Griffin springing to left / [KAINON], horse galloping to left, with trailing rein. Campana 1 ('Kainon'); CNS I, p. 249, 1 ('Kainon'); HGC 2, 509 ('Kainon'). 10.15gr, 22mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Sicily, Syracuse AE 26mm. Time of Timoleon and the Third Democracy, circa 344-339/8 BC.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios to right; ZEΥ[Σ ΕΛΕΘΥΕPΙΟΣ] around / Upright thunderbolt, to right, eagle standing to right; ΣY[PAKOΣIΩN] around. CNS II, 72; SNG ANS 477-88; HGC 2, 1440. 15.91gr, 26mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 92, 16 December 2021, lot 146. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
