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1 Central Gaul. Bituriges Cubi Circa 200-0 BC. Quinarius AR 15 Mm, 1,91 G Stylized Head Left / Horse Prancing Left, Sword Above 1 Central Gaul. Bituriges Cubi circa 200-0 BC. Quinarius AR 15 mm, 1,91 g Stylized head left / Horse prancing left, sword above. very fine Cf. CCCBM II S412 (pentagram below). Starting price: 50 EUR 2 Central Gaul. Bituriges Cubi circa 200-0 BC. Quinarius AR 17 mm, 1,94 g Laureate head left / Horse leaping left, dagger above, CA-MBOTR-E below. very fine Colbert de Beaulieu, “Notules de numismatique,” Ogam VIII (1956), 421–424; BMC Celtic 511–513; De la Tour 4131. Starting price: 50 EUR 3 Central Europe. Treveri circa 100-30 BC. Potin AE 20 mm, 4,29 g Two goats around pellet; pellet-in-annulet above / Boar and wolf around pellet-in-annulet. very fine De la Tour 7465. Starting price: 50 EUR 4 Gaul. Andecavi circa 100-50 BC. Minim BI 10 mm, 0,38 g Celtic head facing / Boar. very fine D&T 2379. Starting price: 50 EUR 5 Gaul. Carnutes circa 100-50 BC. Bronze AE 15 mm, 3,17 g Male head right / Eagle facing, head right, wings spread; pentagram to upper left. nearly very fine D&T 2577. Starting price: 50 EUR 6 Gaul. Leuci circa 100-50 BC. Potin AE 17 mm, 2,97 g Helmeted head left / Stylized bull right; fleur-de-lis above. good very fine De la Tour 9155. Starting price: 50 EUR 7 Gaul. Lingones circa 100-30 BC. Potin AE 20 mm, 5,41 g Three horn-shaped ornaments revolving around pellet / Three s-shaped ornaments revolving around pellet. very fine De la Tour 8329. Starting price: 50 EUR 8 Gaul. Lingones circa 100-30 BC. Potin AE 19 mm, 2,14 g Vertical bar between two stylized heads / Boar. very fine Cf. De la Tour 3262. Starting price: 50 EUR 9 Gaul. Nervii circa 100-50 BC. Potin AE 20 mm, 4,52 g Stylized laurel wreath / Horse standing right; crescent above and pellets around. very fine De la Tour 8620. Starting price: 50 EUR 10 Gaul. Remi 100-50 BC. Bronze AE 16 mm, 2,57 g Three jugate busts left / Victory driving biga left. very fine D&T 593; De la Tour 8040. Starting price: 50 EUR 11 Gaul. Senones circa 100-30 BC. Bronze AE 14 mm, 3,24 g Stylized head right / Abstract bird left, two pellets within wings; pentagram and cross with pellets behind, two pellet-in-annulets below. very fine De la Tour -; D&T 2635. Starting price: 50 EUR 12 Gaul. Senones circa 100-50 BC. Potin AE 19 mm, 4,72 g Stylized head right / Horse left; pellets before and below. good very fine De la Tour 7417. Starting price: 50 EUR 13 Gaul. Sequani circa 100-60 BC. Potin AE 20 mm, 5,98 g Celticized head left, with band of two lines / "Antelope" prancing l. nearly very fine De la Tour 5368. Starting price: 50 EUR 14 Gaul. Veliocassi circa 100-50 BC. Bronze AE 14 mm, 1,81 g Stylized head right / Boar standing left; wheel below. nearly very fine D&T 660; DLT 7333. Starting price: 50 EUR 15 Central Gaul. Arverni circa 100-50 BC. Obol AR 7 mm, 0,50 g Head left / Horse prancing left. very fine D&T 3389. Starting price: 50 EUR 16 Central Gaul. Sequani circa 100-50 BC. Gallic War issue. Quinarius AR 11 mm, 2,02 g [TOG]IRIX, helmeted head left / TOGIRI, Horse galloping left. good very fine De la Tour 5550. Starting price: 50 EUR 17 Central Gaul. Bituriges Cubi circa 75-50 BC. Quinarius AR 13 mm, 2,01 g Male head left with hair in three large locks / Horse advancing left, branch above, pellet in circle below. nearly very fine Delestrée/Tache 3438. Starting price: 50 EUR 18 Central Gaul. Bituriges Cubi circa 75-50 BC. Quinarius AR 14 mm, 1,89 g Male head left with hair in three large locks / Horse advancing left, branch above, pellet in circle below. very fine Delestrée/Tache 3438. Starting price: 50 EUR 19 Central Gaul. Bituriges Cubi circa 70-50 BC. Quinarius AR 17 mm, 1,92 g Celticized male head with thick locks to left / Celticized horse prancing to left, above, boar, below, X. very fine, double struck De la Tour 4108; Delestrée/Tache 3449; Depeyrot IV -. Starting price: 50 EUR 20 Central Gaul. Bituriges Cubi circa 70-50 BC. Quinarius AR 16 mm, 1,90 g Celticized male head with thick locks to left / Celticized horse prancing to left, above, boar, below, X. very fine De la Tour 4108; Delestrée/Tache 3449; Depeyrot IV -. Starting price: 50 EUR 21 Central Gaul. Bituriges Cubi circa 60-50 BC. Quinarius AR 16 mm, 1,95 g Stylized head left / CA IVR, horse prancing left. very fine DT 3443; BN 4145; RIG 87; Sch/L 614. Starting price: 50 EUR 22 Gaul. Carnutes. ‘Toutobocio-Atepilos’ circa 50-30 BC. Bronze AE 15 mm, 3,09 g Bare head left; [TOVT]OBO-CIO around / Lion standing r.; ATE-PIL-OS around. nearly extremely fine D&T 2596. Starting price: 50 EUR 23 Central Gaul. Pictones circa 50-30 BC. Bronze AE 12 mm, 1,53 g ATECTORI, draped male bust right / Bull advancing right; pellet-in-circle above, floral ornament in exergue. very fine De la Tour 4349. Starting price: 50 EUR 24 Gaul. Uncertain tribe circa 40-30 BC. Bronze AE 15 mm, 3,87 g Diademed head right / CABALLOS, horse walking left. good very fine De la Tour 5958. Starting price: 50 EUR 25 Calabria. Tarentum circa 281-228 BC. "Campano-Tarentine" coinage Stater AR 19 mm, 7,36 g Female head left, wearing taenia / TA, youth in horse riding right, crowning horse; dolphin below. very fine HGC 1, 951. Starting price: 50 EUR 26 Lucania. Paestum (Poseidonia) circa 218-201 BC. Bronze Æ 15 mm, 3,76 g Laureate head of Poseidon right / ΠΑΙS, dolphin right; caduceus above. very fine HN Italy 1202; SNG ANS 742. Starting price: 50 EUR 27 Bruttium. Carthaginian occupation circa 215-205 BC. Bronze Æ 21 mm, 6,63 g Head of Tanit- Demeter left, wearing wreath of grain ears / Head of horse right very fine HNItaly 2022. Starting price: 50 EUR 28 Sicily. Aitna circa 354-344 BC. Tetras Æ 23 mm, 17,89 g [ΑΙΤΝΑΙΩΝ], head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet / Horse prancing right, [M above]. nearly very fine Calciati III pg. 141, 1; SNG ANS (Volume 5) 1301; SNG Copenhagen Supp. 60. Starting price: 50 EUR 29 Sicily. "Kainon" circa 360-340 BC. Bronze Æ 20 mm, 8,60 g KAINON, horse prancing left, trailing rein / Griffin springing left. very fine Campana 1; CNS I, 1; SNG ANS 1169-74 (Alaesa); HGC 2, 509. Starting price: 50 EUR 30 Sicily. Messana. The Mamertini circa 220-200 BC. Pentonkion Æ 27 mm, 9,74 g Laureate head of Apollo right, lyre behind head / MAMEΡTINΩN, naked warrior, holding spear and shield, sitting left on rocks which are covered with a chlamys, crowning himself, Π in left field. very fine BMC 39; HGC 1, 852; SNG Copenhagen 454. Starting price: 50 EUR 31 Sicily. Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. Obol AR 8 mm, 0,65 g Diademed head of Arethusa right / Wheel of four spokes. very fine SNG ANS 116; HGC 2, 1371. Starting price: 50 EUR 32 Sicily. Syracuse circa 435-415 BC. Tetras Æ 16 mm, 3,39 g Head of Arethusa right; dolphin behind / Octopus; three pellets around. very fine CNS II, 1; SNG ANS 376-81; HGC 2, 1428. Starting price: 50 EUR 33 Sicily. Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. Hemilitron Æ 20 mm, 7,74 g [ΣYPΑ], helmeted and laureate head of Athena left / Bridled hippocamp left. very fine CNS II 35; HGC 2, 1456. Starting price: 50 EUR 34 Sicily. Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. Hemilitron Æ 18 mm, 5,76 g [ΣYPΑ], helmeted and laureate head of Athena left / Bridled hippocamp left. very fine CNS II, 41; HGC 2, 1456. Starting price: 50 EUR 35 Sicily. Syracuse circa 305-295 BC. Trias Æ 14 mm, 2,12 g Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet / ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ, winged thunderbolt. nearly very fine CNS II, 118; SNG ANS 752; HGC 2, 1509. Starting price: 50 EUR 36 Sicily. Syracuse. Hieron II 275-215 BC. Bronze Æ 17 mm, 5,36 g Wreathed head of Kore left / Bull butting left; above, club above Σ; IE in exergue. very fine CNS II, 192; SNG ANS 598 (Agathokles); HGC 2, 1469. Starting price: 50 EUR 37 Sicily. The Mamertinoi circa 220-200 BC. Pentonkion Æ 26 mm, 11,71 g Laureate head of Ares left; sword in scabbard behind / ΜΑΜΕΡΤΙΝΩΝ, warrior, horse behind, standing left, spear in left, right holding head of horse. very fine CNS 25; HGC 2, 849. Starting price: 50 EUR 38 Islands off Sicily. The Carthaginians in Sicily. Sardinia circa 216 BC. Bronze Æ 21 mm, 6,16 g Wreathed head of Kore-Tanit left / Bull standing right; star above. very fine Piras 186; cf. SNG Copenhagen (Africa) 387-8. Starting price: 50 EUR 39 Macedon. Under Roman Protectorate circa 167-165 BC. Bronze Æ 24 mm, 8,67 g Facing mask of Silenos, wearing ivy wreath / MAKEΔONΩN in two lines; all within oak wreath. nearly very fine Touratsoglou, Macedonia 25; SNG Copenhagen 1324-6. Starting price: 50 EUR 40 Kings of Macedon. Uncertain mint. Philip II of Macedon 359-336 BC. Bronze Æ 18 mm, 7,10 g Head of male right, wearing tainia / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, horseman riding right; spearhead below. good very fine SNG ANS 850–1.
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