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Session Five - Tuesday, January 15, 2015 1:00 pm
3004
Calabria, Taras. Campano-Tarantine series. Silver
Nomos (7.0 g), ca. 281-272 BC
. Diademed head of Satyra
left, wearing triple-pendant earring.
Reverse:
TA above, youth
on horseback right, crowning horse with wreath; below, dol-
phin. Vlasto 1012; HN Italy 1098.
Very Fine
.
Estimated Value ................................................... $250 - 300
3005
Calabria, Taras. Silver Nomos (7.9 g), ca. 280 BC
. Ar…,
Sokrates and Zor…, magistrates. Youth on horseback right,
crowning horse with wreath; in left field,
monogram; in two
lines below,
KP/ATH
.
Reverse:
, Phalanthos, holding
branch, riding dolphin left; below,
. Cf. Vlasto 669; HN Italy
961. The head of Phalanthos softly struck. Untoned.
Extremely Fine
.
Estimated Value ................................................... $700 - 800
3006
Bruttium, The Bretti. Æ Didrachm (13.65 g), ca. 208-
203 BC
. Helmeted head of Ares left within wreath.
Reverse:
, Athena advancing right, head facing, holding
shield, spear leaning against her; in right field, lyre. Scheu 59;
HN Italy 2000. Pleasing dark green patina.
NGC grade XF;
Strike: 4/5, Surface: 5/5.
Estimated Value ................................................... $200 - 250
3007
Sicily, Akragas. Silver Tetradrachm (16.8 g), ca. 465/4-
446 BC
. AKRA[C]-ANTO
, eagle standing left.
Reverse:
Crab.
Lee grp. I; SNG ANS 964-80. Struck on a huge flan in high relief.
Cleaned and struck from worn dies. The reverse is marvelous
and quite impressive.
Very Fine to Extremely Fine
.
Estimated Value ..............................................$3,000 - 4,000
3008
Sicily, Gela. Silver Tetradrachm (17.1 g), ca. 480/75-
475/0 BC
. Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving slow
quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with
wreath held.
Reverse:
C-E-
-[
] (retrograde), forepart of
bearded man-headed bull right. Jenkins grp. Iib, 124 (O36/
R75); SNG ANS 29 (same dies). Struck from a broken reverse
die resulting in a flow of metal (cud) over the head on the man-
headed bull. Nicely toned.
Very Fine
.
Estimated Value ................................................... $800 - 900
