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GREEK <strong>Coins</strong> enlargement 1. CELTIC GAUL. Parisii. Ca. 100–52 BC. Gold stater (7.06 gm). Celticized head right, wearing stylized laurel wreath, vegetative tendrils before face, curving row of wolves’ teeth and dots below neck truncation / Celticized horse left, in field above triangular net with square weave and a dot in each square, under belly dotted rosette rising from stylized plant. Colbert de Beaulieu, Parisii, Class V, fig. 18, 50 (same dies). BN 7777. Scheers, Seine-Maritime, 386. Delestrée Vol. I, pl. v, DT 83 (there dated 2nd century BC). Rare. A beautiful example of this desirable stater. Extremely fine $50,000 enlargement 2. LUCANIA. Heraclea. Ca. 281–278 BC. Silver drachm (3.81 gm). Head of Athena three-quarters right in triplecrested helmet ornamented above visor with double-tailed Scylla throwing rock, HPA monogram between left crest and head / Owl standing three-quarters right on club, olive branch to right, magistrates’ abbreviated names ΑΡΙΣΤΟ on left and HA to left of club. Van Keuren 118. HN Italy 1415. Vlasto 1104 (listed as an issue of Tarentum). With a lovely iridescent tone. Nearly extremely fine $4,250 3. Metapontum. Ca. 350–340 BC. Silver stater (7.90 gm). Head of Demeter right, curly hair rolled, wearing triplependant earring and pearl necklace / META, barley ear with leaf on right, ΖΩ above leaf. AMB 145 (this coin). Noe 507. HN Italy 1538. Displaying a magnificent head of Demeter. Die break affecting lower portion of barley ear. Good very fine $5,500 Ex Ludwig Collection, Antikemuseum Basel (Numismatica Ars Classica 13, 8 October 1998, lot 145). 4 F REEMAN &SEAR F IXED P RICE L IST N O. 13
enlargement enlargement 4. Ca. 332–331 BC. Gold third stater (tetrobol) (2.61 gm). NIKA, head of goddess three-quarters right, wearing ampyx about which her hair is rolled, long locks falling loose around neck / ΜΕΤΑΠΟΝ barley ear with leaf on right. Johnston G3 (same dies). Kraay-Hirmer 245 (same obverse die). HN Italy 1629. Rare. Nearly extremely fine $12,500 Ex David Herman Collection; ex Leu 76, 17 October 1999, lot 9; ex Münzen und Medaillen 32, 20 October 1966, lot 20. In her commentary on this gold issue, Anne Johnston submitted that the obverse inscription does not necessarily identify the female head as that of Nike, as Nika may have been an epithet of Demeter. Johnston felt unable to date the issue precisely, but suggested very tentatively that it might belong to the second phase of the campaign of Alexander the Molossian. The Epirote king went to Sicily in 334 at the request of the Tarentines, who sought protection from the Lucani and other barbarians pressing outward from the interior of Italy. In his initial campaign Alexander had considerable success in pacifying Apulia. Before starting the second phase of his campaign he allied with Metapontum. After this Alexander ceased to behave as a mercenary commander and began to amass conquests for himself as head of a league of Greek cities, following the examples of Philip of Macedon and Alexander the Great. Tarentum, alarmed, withdrew its support, leaving a larger role for Alexander’s other allies. Various coin types, possibly including the present one, suggest that Metapontum felt that its status had reached new heights. But the dreams of glory collapsed when Alexander was killed in 331 at the battle of Pandosia. 5. Velia. Ca. 535–510 BC. Silver drachm (3.90 gm). Forepart of lion right, head facing and viewed from above, tearing at stag’s leg / Incuse square, roughly quartered and partially filled. Williams 14 (O.7/R.6). SNG ANS 1204 (same dies). HN Italy 1259. Very scarce. Lightly toned. Extremely fine $4,500 Ex Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection IV (Sotheby’s, New York, 19–20 June 1991, lot 42) . enlargement F REEMAN &SEAR F IXED P RICE L IST N O. 13 5
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Page 8 and 9: GREEK Coins continued 6. BRUTTIUM.
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Page 12 and 13: GREEK Coins continued 12. MACEDONIA
Page 14 and 15: GREEK Coins continued 16. THESSALY.
Page 16 and 17: GREEK Coins continued 21. ARGOLIS.
Page 18 and 19: GREEK Coins continued 25. PHOENICIA
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Page 24 and 25: ROMAN Coins continued 51. L. Mussid
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Page 30 and 31: ROMAN Coins continued 63. Domitian
Page 32 and 33: ROMAN Coins continued 66. Orichalcu
Page 34 and 35: ROMAN Coins continued 70. Caracalla
Page 36 and 37: ROMAN Coins continued 74. Julian II
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Page 42 and 43: ROMAN Folles continued 99. Billon f
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Page 46 and 47: ANTIQUITIES continued 118. BYZANTIN
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