Catalog - Auction 309

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Athena Promachos advancing to l., brandishing spear and shield; Rv. Owl standing on grain ear to r., head facing; META upwards to l. Johnston Bronze 68; HN Italy 1704. Dark patina with green spots. High relief. Exceptional condition. Good extremely fine / near FDC.

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Athena Promachos advancing to left, carrying shield and brandishing spear; Rv. Owl standing to left, wings closed and head facing, on stalk of barley; META downwards behind. Johnston, Bronze 68c; HN Italy 1704; HGC 1, 1113. Green patina with brownish hues. Good extremely fine.

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Athena Promachos advancing to right, brandishing spear and shield; Rv. Owl standing on grain ear to right, head facing; META upwards to left. Johnston, Bronze 68a; SNG Copenhagen 1254; HN Italy 1704; HGC 1, 1113. Dark green patina. Good extremely fine.

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Athena Promachos advancing to right, brandishing spear and shield; Rv. Owl standing on grain ear to right, head facing; META upwards to left. Johnston, Bronze 68a; SNG Copenhagen 1254; HN Italy 1704; HGC 1, 1113. Lovely green patina. Good extremely fine.

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Head of Artemis to r., bow and quiver over shoulder; Rv. Kantharos; META upwards to l.; to r., grain ear. Johnston Bronze 70; HN Italy 1706. Dark brown patina. Extremely fine.

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Head of Athena to right wearing crested Corinthian helmet, Rv. Ear of barley with leaf to right; owl in flight above leaf, META to left. HN Italy 1634; Robinson, Punic p. 50, 3; SNG ANS 549-50; Jameson 329. Near extremely fine / extremely fine.

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Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, Rv. ΜΕΤΑ, ear of barley with leaf to right; above leaf, owl standing facing with wings spread. HGC 1, 1092; HN Italy 1634. Good extremely fine / near FDC.

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Wreathed head of Demeter r.; Rv. Two barley ears with leaves to right; META upwards to left, crossed torch above leaf to right. Robinson, Second, pl. VI, 9; SNG ANS 551; SNG Lloyd 405-6; HN Italy 1636. Minor cracks, otherwise near extremely fine / good extremely fine.

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Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, Rv. META, ear of barley with leaf to right. HN Italy 1632; Robinson, Second, p. 50, 1 and pl. VI, 4; SNG ANS 549; SNG Lloyd 403. Reverse slightly off-centred, otherwise good extremely fine.

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Female head r.; two pellets to l.; Rv. Forepart of boar r.; two pellets below. Crawford, Paestum 12/1; HN Italy 1218. Green patina. Near extremely fine.

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Semuncial standard. Anchor; PAE (AE ligate) to l., L•VEИE (VE and ИE ligate) to r.; Rudder; [...]AD to r., EPVI [...] to l. Crawford, Paestum 35/1; HN Italy 1254. Good very fine.

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Bull standing l., head r.; VM above; Rv. Incuse bull standing r., head l. S&S Class A, pl. XLVIII, 1–3; Gorini 3; HN Italy 1729; SNG ANS 817–27; Basel 167; Dewing 405; Kraay & Hirmer 212. Near extremely fine.

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Bull advancing l., head turned back; in ex., MV (retrograde); Rv. Same type incuse. HN Italy 1729; SNG ANS 828-844. Slightly irregular flan, otherwise extremely fine.

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Bull advancing l., head turned back; in ex., MV (retrograde); Rv. Same type incuse. HN Italy 1729; SNG ANS 828-844. Struck on a broad flan. Attractive old cabinet tone. Light evidence of old cleaning. Extremely fine.

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Bull standing l., head r.; VM in exergue; Rv. Incuse amphora. HN Italy 1741; SNG ANS 857. Dark patina. High relief. Traces of oxides; possible flan crack at 11 o'clock, otherwise good extremely fine. From a private European collection assembled in the 1980s.

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Helmeted head of Athena r.; Rv. ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ, bull standing r., with head lowered; in exergue, tunny fish. SNG ANS 1125-34; HN Italy 1777.  Pleasant green patina with darker spots. Some encrustations, otherwise extremely fine. Fine style. From a private European collection assembled in the 1980s.

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Head of Athena to r., wearing crested Attic helmet, ornamented on the bowl with Skylla scanning to r. and with a griffin to right on the neck guard; Rv. ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ, bull butting to right, monogram on his hindquarter; in exergue, fish swimming to r. HGC 1, 1255; HN Italy 1781 and SNG ANS 957 (but with Φ above visor). Traces of mechanical removal of oxides. Aggressive cleaning resulting in old tooling in some of the details on both obverse and reverse, otherwise good extremely fine.

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Head of Athena to r., wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla; Rv. [ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ], bull butting r. HN Italy 1799. Some scratches in field due to old cleaning, otherwise good very fine.

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Head of Athena r., helmet decorated with Scylla hurling rock; behind neck-guard, [A]; Rv. ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ, bull charging r.; above, ΣΙ; torch between hind legs. In exergue, tripod between dolphins. HN Italy 1839. About extremely fine.