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Auction: 24121 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 34: Ancient Coins, featuring the Collection of Dr Hugh Shire - e-Auction
Lot: 254

a Selection of Greek and Roman Bronze (10): Apulia, Arpi, AE, c.275-250BC, bull charging right, POILAI below, rev. horse galloping right, ARPA above, NOI below, E in exergue, 12h, 7.83g, (HN Italy 645; SNG ANS 644; SNG Copenhagen -; HGC 1, 535) toned, residually lustrous, details flattened, verdigris and deposits, otherwise fine; Neapolis, Campania, AE, c.250-225BC, Laureate head of Apollo left, rev. Victory crowning man-headed bull right, control below, 12h, 7.17g, (HN Italy, 595) light patina, porosity, flattened but residually lustrous and good to fine; Lucania, Heraclaea, AE, c.276-250, head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet, rev. Heracles standing left with philale, club and cornucopiae, 12h, 4.64g, (Van Keuren, 168; HN Italy, 1448b) darkly toned but flattened, fine; Sicily, Syracuse, Time of Hieron II (285-246BC) Imitative issue in the types of Ptolemy II Philadelphos of Egypt, AE Obol, laureate head of Zeus right, rev. eagle standing left on thunderbolt with wings spread, Galatian shield to left, 5h, 17.18g, (CPE, B289; Svoronos, 610; Wolf & Lorber, 'Alexandrian' Style, P57–71; SNG Copenhagen, 114) flattened but lustrous, good; Sicily, Syracuse, Hieron II, (275-215BC) AE Hemilitron, c.230-213BC, diademed head left, rev. horseman wearing helmet and cloak charging right with spear, IERON in exergue, 11h, 16.76g, (CNS II S, 381 Ser., 195, Rl22; HGC 2, 1548) toned and lustrous, some details flattened but otherwise very fine; Sicily, Syracuse, Hieron II, (275-215BC) AE Tetras, Diademed head of Poseidon left, rev. [IER]ONOS ornamental trident flanked by dolphins, datemark LY to lower right, 11h, 6.90g, (CNS, 197 R1 17; BAR, Issue 60; HGC 2, 1550) toned and lustrous, slightly off-centre but well-struck, flattened at high points but otherwise very fine; Sicilian Bronze, (3): Syracuse, (2), AE Hemidrachm, c.306-289BC, head of Zeus right, rev. thunderbolt, barley grain to right, 3h, 13.87g,(CNS, 71; SNG ANS, 472-6; HGC 2, 1440) light patina, flattened but nicely-struck, fine; Agathokles, (317-289BC), AE, c.304-289BC, head of Artemis right, rev. [AG]ATHOKLES/[BA]SILEOS alongside winged thunderbolt, 12h, 8.41g, (CNS, 138; HGC 2, 1537) toned, lustrous, scratched but otherwise good fine; Akragas, under Roman rule, AE, after 210BC, head of Persephone right, rev. Asklepios standing facing, head left, AKRAGAN, 12h, 7.16g, (SNG Copenhagen, 123; SNG München, 205; SNG ANS, 1143) green toning, deposits, porous, good to fine (3); Roman Republic, possibly T. Carisius Moneyer, c.46BC, AE, winged and draped bust of Victory, right, rev. biga of horses right, 12h, 3.08g, (cf. Crawford, 464/4) flattened but well-struck, good fine; xi) Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II (359-336BC), AR 1/5 Tetradrachm, struck posthumously under Philip III, c.320BC, Amphipolis mint, laureate head of Apollo right, rev. ILIGO, boy riding horse, right, pellet below, 9h, 2.55g, (SNG ANS, 725-730), pierced at eleven o'clock, characterful strike, slightly flattened but some nice toning on reverse, good fine to very fine example of a rare denomination; xii) Caria, Rhodos, AR Hemidrachm, 205-195BC, head of Helios facing slightly left, rev. AINITOR, rose with bud, caduceus on left, P-O in fields to left and right, 1h, 1.84g, (Ashton, 282), some flattening but residually lustrous, characterful and rare, fine (12). Sold as described, no returns.

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