Znaleziono 10000+ pozycji

Lot 71 GAUL. Massalia. Circa 49-25 BC. Small Bronze (Bronze, 11 mm, 1.64 g, 4 h). ΜΑΣ Helmeted and draped bust of Minerva to right, wearing aegis. Rev. Ν-Φ/Α- Winged caduceus. Cf. BN 2025-2018 and F/Py PBM 75-10 ( with C in the obverse legend and differing legend spacing on the reverse ). Clear and well-struck, with a dark patina and green highlights. Good very fine. From the Montecristo Collection, acquired in 1987.

Lot 2 CELTIC BRITAIN, Catuvellauni. Addedomaros, circa 45-25 BC. Stater (Electrum, 19 mm, 5.63 g, 6 h). Spiral of six wreath-arms moving to right, joined by three crescents at the center. Rev. [ADDIIDOM] Celtic horse galloping to right; above, remains of charioteer and fragmentary legend; below, wing-like cornucopia; around, pellets and pellets-in-annulets. ABC 2517. Hobbs 2402. SCBC 201. Van Arsdell 1620-1. Attractively toned and very well struck and centered. Minor die rust on the reverse, otherwise, about extremely fine. From a European collection, ex Elsen 111, 10 December 2011, 48.

Lot 10 GAUL. Massalia. Circa 500-470 BC. Hemiobol (Silver, 7.2 mm, 0.48 g). Female (?) head to right, wearing a simple helmet or cap ornamented with pearls in a wing-shaped (?) outline. Rev. Irregular incuse square of swastika-form. F/Py OBA-O. Nicely toned. Nearly extremely fine. From the Montecristo Collection, acquired from Leu Numismatics, Zürich, in 1996. What is interesting about this coin, and somewhat unusual and unexpected, is the long hair falling down the back of the woman on the obverse. Normally, on coins similar to this one (as F/Py OBA-F) we see a female head wearing a large, circular earring and a close-fitting helmet or bonnet with a line of pearl ornamentation: the back of the neck is free from locks of hair. Here the head has long hair falling down the back of the neck, a helmet or bonnet (cap) with a wing-shaped ornament and no earring. So who is it?

Lot 17 GAUL. Massalia. Circa 470-450 BC. Obol (Silver, 9.3 mm, 0.69 g). Archaic head of Apollo to left, wearing tainia and with an almond-shaped eye. Rev. Swastika-shaped incuse square. F/Py OBB-3. LT II, 504, 508. Boldly struck, well-centered and lightly toned. Good very fine. From the Montecristo Collection, acquired in 1987.

Lot 19 GAUL. Massalia. Circa 460-440 BC. Obol (Silver, 10 mm, 0.94 g, 9 h). Head of Athena to left, wearing crestless Corinthian helmet. Rev. Crab. F/Py OBM-1g. Very rare. Obverse struck off-center (as usual), otherwise, nearly extremely fine. From the Montecristo Collection, acquired in Paris in 1990.

Lot 24 GAUL. Massalia. Circa 440-410 BC. Obol (Silver, 10 mm, 0.98 g). Male head to leftt, wearing a Boeotian-style helmet ornamented with a four-spoked wheel. Rev. Four-spoked wheel with heavy struts. F/Py OBM-2k. Lightly toned and clear. Very fine. From the Montecristo Collection, acquired in 1990.

Lot 33 GAUL. Massalia. Circa 250-225 BC. Large Bronze (Bronze, 27 mm, 15.23 g, 8 h), Heavy Series - 15 g. Laureate head of Apollo to left; behind head, amphora with tall handles. Rev. ΜΑΣΣΑΛΙ[ΗΤΩΝ] Bull butting to right. Apparently unpublished with this symbol, but cf. F/Py-GBM-13-X ( issues with illegible symbols; and see 13-5 for the style of this obverse ). Extremely rare. Even dark patina. Smoothed, otherwise, good fine. From the Montecristo Collection, ex Burgan VSO 30, 3 July 1992, 242. Unlike the silver coinage of Massalia, which are often found with little wear, the bronzes are most commonly found in a condition ranging from worn to fairly dreadful. This is surely because they were in almost constant use in daily life; the fact that they were, in general, fairly rapidly and nonchalantly struck also has to be taken into consideration, since that process clearly affected them (a coin that is both poorly struck and heavily used looks even more worn that it is!). This coin, and the previous piece, are both from the rare first series of heavy bronzes (c. 15 g as compared to the second series, weighing c. 10/12 g).

Lot 49 GAUL. Massalia. Circa 150-125 BC. Drachm (Silver, 17 mm, 2.76 g, 6 h), Light Standard. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis to right, wearing earring, pearl necklace, and with her bow and quiver over her shoulder; in field to right, monogram of ΗΕ. Rev. MAΣΣA / ΛIHTΩN Lion prowling to right; in the field to right, monogram of ΗΕ. BN 1040-1043. F/Py DRM 38-3. Sharply struck, well-centered and lightly toned. Some earthen deposits, otherwise, extremely fine. From the Montecristo Collection, acquired privately in 1992.

Lot 54 GAUL. Massalia. Circa 150-100 BC. Small Bronze (Bronze, 13.5 mm, 2.12 g, 7 h). Laureate head of Apollo to right. Rev. ΜΑΣΣΑ Bull butting to right; in exergue, ΞΤ. F/Py PBM 45 - ( these reverse letters unrecorded ). Extremely rare. Well-centered and with a green patina. Good very fine. From the Montecristo Collection, acquired in 1992.

Lot 51 GAUL. Massalia. Circa 150-125 BC. Diobol (Silver, 12 mm, 0.90 g, 5 h). Head of Athena to right, wearing a crested Corinthian helmet and a pendant earring; behind her neck, Α ( with broken bar ). Rev. ΜΑΣΣΑ Eagle with spread wings standing to right; in the lower right field, seven-pointed star. BN 1462-1466. F/Py DOM-56 ( but star on reverse with eight points - in error? ). Rare. Attractive and bold. Minor die fault on the obverse and reverse struck slightly off-center, otherwise, about extremely fine. From the Montecristo Collection, acquired privately in 1990.

Lot 67 GAUL. Massalia. Circa 70-50 BC. Small Bronze (Bronze, 14 mm, 1.89 g, 5 h). Laureate head of Apollo to right; before neck to right, uncertain monogram (Π ?). Rev. ΜΑΣΣΑ Bull butting to right; in exergue, ΖΔΕ. F/Py PBM 65-5 ( with Π, but possibly as this but misread ). Well-centered and with a green patina. Good very fine. From the Montecristo Collection, acquired in 1991.

Lot 64 C. Valerius Flaccus, 82 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.81 g, 6 h), Massalia. Draped and winged bust of Victory to right, wearing earring and necklace; her hair braided and drawn back into a knot; to left, D. Rev. C᛫VAL᛫FLA - IMPERAT / EX᛫ - S᛫ C Aquila between two signa, one inscribed H ( Hastati ), the other P ( Principes ). Babelon (Valeria) 12. BMC p. 390, 16. Crawford 365/1b. Sydenham 747b. Nicely toned and pleasing. Good very fine. From the Montecristo Collection, acquired in Switzerland in 1995.

Lot 73 GAUL. Massalia. Circa 49-25 BC. Small Bronze (Bronze, 12 mm, 1.41 g, 10 h). Helmeted head of Minerva to right. Rev. ΜΑΣ Lion standing to right; in exergue, ΖΟΖ. Cf. F/Py PBM 82-1 ( but with Α on the obverse and only ΖΟ on the reverse ). A possibly unpublished variant. With a lively lion on the reverse. Struck from a broken obverse die, otherwise, very fine. From the Montecristo Collection, acquired in March 1990.

Lot 76 CAMPANIA. Neapolis. 350-325 BC. Didrachm (Silver, 22 mm, 7.46 g, 1 h). Head of the nymph Parthenope to right, wearing ampyx, triple pendant earring, and pearl necklace; in the field behind her neck, E. Rev. ΝΕΟΠΟΛΙΤΗΣ Man-headed bull (Acheloös) standing to right, his head turned to face the viewer; above, Nike flying to right, holding, with both hands, a palm branch to crown him. HN III 565. Sambon 365. SNG Paris 680 ( same obverse die ). Rare. A coin of the very finest late Classical style, with a particularly beautiful head of Parthenope and an emotional head of Acheloös. Very sharply struck from fresh dies and attractively toned. Minor marks; reverse very slightly double struck, otherwise, extremely fine. From a European Collection, ex Numismatica Ars Classica 18, 29 March 2000, 7.

Lot 105 LUCANIA. Velia. Circa 340-334 BC. Nomos (Silver, 22 mm, 7.61 g, 6 h), from the "Θ" group. Head of Athena to right, wearing a crested Attic helmet with a griffin moving right on the bowl; behind neck, Θ. Rev. YEΛHTΩN Lion walking to right; below, Θ. HN III 1284. SNG Copenhagen 1549 ( same dies ). Williams 270, stage II (O155/R211). A very attractive coin, well-struck from finely engraved dies, and nicely toned. Obverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, nearly extremely fine. From the Collection of Prof. James M. Collier, acquired from Mieke Zilverberg in Amsterdam, on 17 March 2007. This lot is sold to benefit the Collier Prize in Ancient Numismatics offered by the American Numismatic Society.

Lot 111 BRUTTIUM. Kaulonia. Circa 525-500 BC. Nomos (Silver, 31 mm, 8.00 g, 12 h). KAVΛ Apollo, nude, advancing to right, brandishing a laurel branch held in his upraised right hand and with small daimon running to right along his extended left arm; to right, stag standing right, his head turned back to left; all within a guilloche border. Rev. Apollo, nude, advancing to left, brandishing a laurel branch in his upraised right hand and with small daimon running right along his extended left arm; to right, stag standing to left, his head turned back to right; all within a rayed border; all incuse but for relief details. HGC 1, 1416. HN III 2035. Noe, Caulonia, 8. A delightful Archaic piece with attractive toning. Good very fine. From the Collection of Prof. James M. Collier, ex Gemini VI, 10 January 2010, 10. This lot is sold to benefit the Collier Prize in Ancient Numismatics offered by the American Numismatic Society.

Lot 112 BRUTTIUM. Kaulonia. Circa 525-500 BC. Nomos (Silver, 29 mm, 7.32 g, 12 h). KAVΛ Apollo, nude, advancing to right, brandishing a laurel branch held in his upraised right hand and with a small daimon running right along his extended left arm; to right, O above stag standing to right with head turned back to left; all within a guilloche border. Rev. As the obverse, but incuse and to left and with the laurel branch and the daimon lacking; rayed border. HN III 2036. Noe, Caulonia Group B, 27 ( same obverse die ). Boldy struck, attractively toned and of an endearingly coarse, local Italic style. Areas of minor roughness, otherwise, about extremely fine. From an American collection, ex Astarte XIX, 6-7 June 2006, 746 and Sternberg XXXV, 28 October 2000, 176.

Lot 113 BRUTTIUM. Kaulonia. Circa 475-425 BC. Nomos (Silver, 22 mm, 8.16 g, 1 h). KAVΛ Apollo, nude, advancing to right, holding laurel branch with his upraised right hand and with a daimon running to left on his outstretched left arm; in the field to right, stag standing to right, head turned back to left. Rev. KAVΛ ( retrograde ) Stag standing to right; to right, laurel branch. HN III 2046. Noe, Caulonia, 93 ( same dies ). SNG ANS 180 ( same dies ). Deeply toned and well-struck. Slightly porous and with some edge faults, otherwise, nearly extremely fine. From a European collection, ex Elsen 48, 22 February 1997, 57, Numismatica Ars Classica 8, 3 April 1995, 89 and Spink & Galerie des Monnaies, 15 February 1977, 10.

Lot 117 BRUTTIUM. Petelia. Late 3rd century BC. (Bronze, 17 mm, 3.47 g, 1 h). Helmeted and bearded head of Ares to right. Rev. ΠETHΛ-INΩN Nike standing left, holding wreath in her extended right hand and grasping the hem of her robes with her left. Caltabiano, Petelia Gruppo I, 3. HGC 1, 1616. HN III 2456. SNG ANS 607. Very attractive specimen for this issue and with a dark green patina. Extremely fine. From a European collection, acquired privately from Tradart in 1997. Caltabiano sees a clear link between the Ares/Nike issues of Petelia and those of the Brettii featuring the same gods (HGC 1, 1361), and dates the Petelian coins to shortly after the city's capture by Carthaginian forces in circa 216/5 BC.

Lot 125 ★ Published in Westermark and a plate coin in Virzi ★ SICILY. Akragas. Circa 420-406 BC. Hexas (Bronze, 20 mm, 7.29 g, 12 h). Eagle standing to right on a serpent that he tears with his beak. Rev. Crab; to left and right, pellet ( value mark ); below, grouper swimming to right. Buceti 126. Calciati 65. SNG ANS 1056. Virzi, Private Plates, pl. 20, 618 ( this coin ). Westermark 987.1 ( this coin ). Attractive dark-green patina. Obverse struck from a worn die. Very fine. From the collections of Gary Davies, H. H. Gutknecht, Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 17, 4 October 2005, 167, and T. Virzi (1881-1974).