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Magna Graecia

Magna Graecia

Collection by Boeotarch • Created 3 days ago • 8 items • 3 views

Coinage of Southern Italy and Sicily
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QPO TE (Both retrograde) Tripod.

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Corinthian Helmet left, QPO retrograde

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Kroton Nomos alliance issue with Temesa

Obverse QPO TE (Both retrograde) Tripod.
Reverse Corinthian Helmet left, QPO retrograde
ID(s) SNG ANS 448, HN Italy 2122
Weight 7.78g
Diameter 19.00mm
Grade Very Fine/VF
Year(s) Minted Struck: 430 BC - 417 BC
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Nude horseman riding to right.

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ΣYRAKOΣION Diademed head of Arethusa to right, her hair drawn up at the back and wearing pearl necklace.

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SICILY. Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny, 485-466 BC. Drachm (Silver, 16 mm, 4.22 g, 6 h), circa 480-470. Nude horseman riding to right. Rev. ΣYRAKOΣION Diademed head of Arethusa to right, her hair drawn up at the back and wearing pearl necklace. Boehringer 283 (O132/R194). HGC 2, 1360. SNG ANS 95. Rare. Struck from somewhat worn dies and with minor deposits and light scratches*, otherwise,* good fine.

From the collection of Judge Hans-Joachim Specht (1935-2024), started in 1963.

Obverse Nude horseman riding to right.
Reverse ΣYRAKOΣION Diademed head of Arethusa to right, her hair drawn up at the back and wearing pearl necklace.
ID(s) Boehringer 283 (O132/R194). HGC 2, 1360. SNG ANS 95.
Weight 4.22g
Diameter 16.00mm
Grade About Very Fine/aVF
Year(s) Minted Struck: 480 BC - 470 BC
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Head of nymph Arethusa r.; in l. field, dolphin

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Octopus; around, three pellets

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Sicily, Syracuse Tetras circa 435-415, Æ 17.00 mm., 3.95 g.
Head of nymph Arethusa r.; in l. field, dolphin. Rev. Octopus; around, three pellets. SNG ANS 376. SNG Morcom 675. Calciati 1.
Brown tone and About Very fine
Privately purchased from Baldwin's.

Obverse Head of nymph Arethusa r.; in l. field, dolphin
Reverse Octopus; around, three pellets
ID(s) SNG ANS 376. SNG Morcom 675. Calciati 1
Weight 3.95g
Diameter 17.00mm
Grade Fine/F
Year(s) Minted Struck: 435 BC - 413 BC
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CALABRIA. Tarentum. Circa 325-280 BC. Hemilitron (Silver, 8 mm, 0.38 g, 9 h). Cockle shell within linear circle. Rev. Dolphin to right within linear circle. HN III 980. Vlasto 1549. Toned. Nearly very fine.
From a Swiss collection, acquired from Artemide Aste .

Die Axis 9h
Weight 0.38g
Diameter 8.00mm
Grade About Very Fine/aVF
Year(s) Minted Struck: 325 BC - 280 BC
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AR-Didrachme, 540/515 v. Chr.; 8,34 g. Eppichblatt//Vielfach geteiltes Quadratum Incusum. Arnold- Biucchi, C., The Beginnings of Coinage in the West: Archaic Selinus, S. 16, 6; Hoover 1211; SNG ANS vergl. 672.

Herrliche Patina, sehr schön
Exemplar der Sammlung Karl Diener, Auktion Hess Nachf. 224, Frankfurt am Main 1936, Nr. 409.

Weight 8.34g
Diameter 22.00mm
Grade About Very Fine/aVF
Year(s) Minted Struck: 540 BC - 515 BC
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Provenance History

1936-02-18

Hess Nachf. 224, Lot 409.

30. RM

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SICILY, Messana. The Mamertinoi. 264-241 BC. Æ (28mm, 19.24 g, 7h). Laureate head of Ares right; spear to left / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings spread. Särström Series II, Group A, 42; BAR Issue 5; CNS 3 Ds 4; HGC 2, 865. Green-brown surfaces, roughness. VF.

Ex Artemide eLive 9 (6 October 2019), lot 65.

Die Axis 7h
Weight 19.24g
Diameter 28.00mm
Grade Good Very Fine/gVF
Year(s) Minted Struck: 264 BC - 241 BC
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CARTHAGE, Libyan Revolt. Circa 241-238 BC. Æ Shekel (24.5mm, 7.12 g, 10h). Mint on Sardinia. Wreathed head of Tanit left / Three grain ears; inverted crescent and pellet above, traces of Punic letters flanking central ear. Cf. CNP 693; cf. MAA 70; cf. SNG Copenhagen 247–8. Rough dark brown surfaces. VF.

Die Axis 10h
Weight 7.12g
Diameter 24.50mm
Grade Very Fine/VF
Year(s) Minted Struck: 241 BC - 238 BC
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LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 340-330 BC. AR Nomos (20.5mm, 7.90 g, 8h). Wreathed head of Persephone right; ΔI to left / Ear of barley with seven grains and leaf to right; ant to left of stem; to right, above leaf, cornucopia surmounted by two ears of barley, ΦI below. Johnston Class D, 4.12 (same dies); HN Italy 1577; SNG ANS 516 (same dies). Lightly toned, some doubling on obverse, areas of light roughness, small area of weak strike. EF.

From the Michael Anderson Collection, purchased from Mike Vosper, August 2015.

Die Axis 8h
Weight 7.90g
Diameter 20.50mm
Grade Extremely Fine/EF
Year(s) Minted Struck: 340 BC - 330 BC
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