Auction 309 – Ancient Greek and Byzantine Coins

Bertolami Fine Art - Máchova 838, Vinohrady 18, 120 00 Prague

Auction 309 – Ancient Greek and Byzantine Coins

giovedì 26 settembre 2024 ore 12:00 (UTC +01:00)
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  • Sicily, Morgantina (c. 339/8-317 BC), Hemilitron; Æ (8,40 g; 20 mm)
    Lotto 370


    Laureate head of Sikelia r.; Rv. Eagle flying l., holding snake in its talons; ΜΟΡΓ – ΑΝ – ΤΙΝ – Ω – Ν around. CNS 4; SNG Lloyd 1128; SNG ANS 468; HGC 2, 905; Buceti 11. Dark patina. Traces of old, delicate cleaning. Fields gently smoothed. Evidence of slight tooling. Partially repatinated, otherwise extremely fine / good extremely fine. Bold style. 

  • Sicily, Morgantina (c. 339/8-317 BC), Hemilitron; Æ (7,77 g; 20 mm)
    Lotto 371

    Laureate head of Sikelia r.; Rv. Eagle flying l., holding snake in its talons; ΜΟΡΓ – ΑΝ – ΤΙΝ – Ω – Ν around. CNS 4; SNG Lloyd 1128; SNG ANS 468; HGC 2, 905; Buceti 11. Dark green patina with lighter hues. Bold style. Traces of old cleaning. Fields gently smoothed. Some tooling following cleaning. Partially repatinated, nonetheless extremely fine / good extremely fine. 

  • Sicily, Motya (405-400 BC), Litra; AR (0,63 g; 11,5 mm)
    Lotto 372

    Facing gorgoneion; Rv. Palm tree; Punic legend across field. Jenkins 4a; Campana 15a; SNG ANS 503-505; SNG Copenhagen 483-484. Good very fine / near extremely fine.

  • Sicily, Nakone (late 5th century BC), Onkia; Æ (1,08 g; 11,2 mm)
    Lotto 373

    [NAKONAI]O-N, Head of nymph to r., her hair bound with a fillet; Rv. Goat standing r.; above, grape bunch and pellet (mark of value); [to right, ivy leaf]. CNS I 2. HGC 2, 957; Calciati 2; SNG Morcom 647. Dark patina. Good extremely fine. Refined style. 

  • Sicily, Naxos (c.ca 430-420 BC), Litra; AR (0,65 g; 11,6 mm)
    Lotto 374

    Wreathed head of Dionysos r. / N-A-X-I, grape cluster on vine. Cahn 70 (V52(?)/R58); SNG ANS 522. Porosity, some roughness, otherwise near extremely fine / good very fine.

  • Sicily, Naxos (c.ca 415-403 BC), Litra; AR (0,78 g; 11,3 mm)
    Lotto 375

    NAΞI, head of Dionysos r., wearing ivy wreath; dotted border; Rv. Bunch of grapes. Cahn, Naxos 144; SNG Copenhagen 490; SNG ANS 530. Dark patina. Good extremely fine.

  • Sicily, Naxos (c.ca 415-403 BC), Litra; AR (0,75 g; 11 mm)
    Lotto 376

    Head of Dionysos l., with ivy wreath; before, NAΞIΩN; Rv. Bunch of grapes on vine with two leaves. HGC 2, 975; Cahn 130 (V79/R107). Very rare. Extremely fine / good extremely fine. Fine style.

  • Sicily, Panormos as Ziz (c. 336-330 BC), Æ (12,64 g; 23,6 mm)
    Lotto 377

    Head of Hera l., wearing polos; Rv. Man-headed bull standing l.; radiate head of Helios above. Calciati I 270, 5. SNG ANS 554. Brown tone with green shades. Very fine.

  • Sicily, Panormos as Ziz (c.ca 405-380 BC), Tetradrachm; AR (17,08 g; 24,7 mm)
    Lotto 378


    𐤑𐤉𐤑 ('ṣyṣ' in Punic), charioteer driving quadriga galloping to left, holding kentron in his right hand and reins in his left; above, Nike flying r., crowning the charioteer with a wreath; Rv. Female head to right, wearing ampyx; around, four dolphins. HGC 2, 1004. Jenkins, Punic, 12 (O3/R11). Good very fine.




    Ex Leu Web Auction 25 (11-14 March 2023), lot 162. 

  • Sicily, Panormos as Ziz (c.ca 317-280 BC), Æ (1,63 g; 11 mm)
    Lotto 379

    Horse galloping r.; Rv. Forepart of man-headed bull right. Cf. Jenkins, Punic, p. 75, 19; cf. CNS 10; cf. HGC 2, 1061. Very rare. Lovely green patina. Good very fine.

  • Sicily, Segesta (c.ca 416-415 BC), Trias; Æ (8,15 g; 20,5 mm)
    Lotto 380

    Head of the nymph Aigiste r. ivy leaf behind; Rv. Hound standing r., four annulets; volute to r. CNS I, 31; HGC 2, 1183. Dark green patina. Very fine / good very fine.

  • Sicily, Selinos (c.ca 515-470 BC), Obol; AR (0,52 g; 10 mm)
    Lotto 381

    Selinon leaf; Rv. Selinon leaf, dotted border. SNG Copenhagen 595-6; SNG ANS 687; HGC 2, 1219. Rare. Near extremely fine.

  • Sicily, Selinοs /c.ca 455-409 BC), Litra; AR (0,60 g; 11 mm)
    Lotto 382

    Nymph seated left on rock, touching snake coiled before her with r. hand, l. hand overhead; [selinon leaf above]; Rv. ΣEΛINOEΣ, man-headed bull to r.; [in exergue, fish to right]. HGC 2, 1229; SNG ANS 711-2; SNG Copenhagen 602; Weber 1538; SNG Lloyd 1271. Near extremely fine.

  • Sicily, Selinos (c.ca 415-409 BC), Tetradrachm; AR (16,84 g; 26,5 mm)
    Lotto 383


    Apollo and Artemis standing r. in a quadriga moving slowly to r.; Artemis holding the reins and Apollo drawing his bow; on the upper right field, wreath tied below; above exergue line, shield set on ground (or scallop shell according to Schwabacher); in exergue, barley corn; Rv. ΣΕΛΙΝΟΝΤΙ-ΟΝ The river-god Selinos standing l., holding phiale over garlanded altar in right hand, laurel branch in l.; before altar, a rooster standing l.; to r., selinon leaf over a bull standing left on a base. BMC 12; HGC 2, 1221; Schwabacher 38 (Q12/S29); Imhoof Blumer, Grecques, 49. Very fine.

    Ex Nomos Obolos Webauction 25 (23 October 2022), lot 19. Very rare. Just two examples recorded by Schwabacher.

  • Sicily, Sileraioi (c.ca 340-330 BC), Æ (29,21 g; 29 mm)
    Lotto 384


    Forepart of man-headed bull to left; ΣΙΛΕΡΑΙΩΝ (retrograde) around; Rv. Warrior advancing to right, holding shield and spear; ΛI[Σ] to left. Campana 1; CNS 1; HGC 2, 1242. Dark green patina. Very fine.

    Ex Roma Numismatics The Anders Collection (8 Sep 2022), lot 587.

  • Sicily, Syracuse, Time of Hieron I (478-466 BC), Tetradrachm; AR (17,15 g; 24,5 mm)
    Lotto 385

    Charioteer driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer 169; SNG ANS 52. Near extremely fine. Slight porosity.

  • Sicily, Syracuse, Time of Hieron I (478-466 BC), Tetradrachm; AR (16,93 g; 26 mm)
    Lotto 386


    Charioteer driving quadriga r.; above, crowning Nike flying r.; Rv. ΣVRAKOΣION, diademed head of Arethusa r.; four dolphins around. Boehringer 344 (V169/R242); SNG ANS 107; SNG Lloyd 1297; HGC 2, 1307. Near extremely fine.

    Ex Roma Numismatics E-Sale 21 (31 October 2015), lot 96; Ex Numismatik Naumann Aution 113 (6 February 2022), lot 204.

  • Sicily, Syracuse, Time of Hieron I (478-466 BC), Tetradrachm; AR (17,28 g; 25,7 mm)
    Lotto 387

    Slow quadriga driven r. by charioteer, holding reins and kentron; above, Nike alighting r. to crown the horses; Rv. Diademed head of Arethusa r., wearing necklace. Around, four dolphins swimming clockwise. Boehringer 116; SNG ANS 29. Good very fine / near extremely fine.

  • Sicily, Syracuse, Time of Hieron I (478-466 BC), Obol; AR (0,63 g; 8,6 mm)
    Lotto 388

    Diademed head of nymph Arethusa r. dotted border; Rv. Wheel with four spokes. Boehringer 362-368; SNG ANS 116-117. Extremely fine.

  • Sicily, Syracuse, Time of Hieron I (478-470 BC), Obol; AR (0,70 g; 9,2 mm)
    Lotto 389

    Head of Arethusa to r., wearing pearl tainia, single pendant earring and necklace; Rv. Wheel with four spokes. Boehringer Series XI, 279-85 or Series XII, 362-70; SNG ANS 116-8; HGC 2, 1371. Dark patina. Good extremely fine. 

  • Sicily, Syracuse, Time of Hieron I (478-466 BC), Litra; AR (0,76 g; 8,9 mm)
    Lotto 390

    Head of Arethusa r.; Rv. Wheel with four spokes. Boehringer 362-70; SNG ANS 116-118. Porosity. Extremely fine.

  • Sicily, Syracuse, Second Democracy (466-405 BC), Tetradrachm; AR (g 17,16; mm 26)
    Lotto 392

    Charioteer driving a quadriga r., Nike flying above to r. to crown the horses, grasshopper in exergue; Rv. Head of Arethusa facing l., her hair bound with a cord wound around her head, and wearing an earring and necklace, two pairs of dolphins, facing each other, on l. and r.  Boehringer 728; Tudeer p. 99, 1; Buceti 351. R2. Good very fine.

  • Sicily, Syracuse, Second Democracy (466-405 BC), Tetradrachm; AR (17,65 g; 27 mm)
    Lotto 393

    Syracuse, c.ca 430-420 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga walking to right, holding reins in both hands; above, Nike flying left to crown the charioteer; Rv. ΣΥΡ-Α-KΟ-ΣΙ-[ΟΝ], head of Arethusa to right, her hair tied with a ribbon, wearing pendant earring and simple necklace; around, four dolphins swimming right and left. Boehringer 671; HGC 2, 1320. SNG ANS 221. Refined style. Good very fine / near extremely fine.

  • Sicily, Syracuse, Second Democracy (466-405 BC), Tetradrachm; AR (16,80 g; 25,70 g)
    Lotto 394


    Dies signed by Eumenes. Struck circa 415-409 BC. Charioteer driving fast quadriga l.; above, Nike flying r., crowning charioteer; [E]VMHNOV in exergue; Rv. Head of Arethousa l., hair in band; EVMHN-OV behind neck, four dolphins swimming around. Fischer-Bossert, Coins 23 (V9/R16); Tudeer 23; HGC 2, 1328; SNG ANS 258 = Bement 494; SNG Lloyd 1367; SNG Lockett 961; BMC 144; Boston MFA 400 = Warren 370; Dewing 841; Gillet 611; Jameson 792. Some porosity, otherwise about extremely fine.



    Ex Triton I (2-3 December 1997), lot 331. Ex Adolph Hess Auktion (14 April 1954), lot 64; Jameson Collection, no. 792; Sir Arthur J. Evans Collection.

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Auction 309 – Ancient Greek and Byzantine Coins

Sessioni

  • 26 settembre 2024 ore 12:00 Auction 309 – Session I (1 - 96)
  • 26 settembre 2024 ore 14:30 Auction 309 – Session II (97 - 638)

Esposizione

– 23-24 September 2024 10:00am - 1:00pm and 2:00pm - 6:00pm CEST


– 25 September 2024 10:00am - 1:00pm at:


Bertolami Fine Art S.r.o at Savino & Partners a.s:

18, Máchova 838, Vinohrady

120 00 Prague, Czech Republic

Condizioni di vendita

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Commissioni

The purchaser shall pay Bertolami Fine Art S.r.o. an auction fee equal to 26% of the hammer price of each lot.


Altre Informazioni

 

The auction 309 will be held on 26th September 2024 starting at 12:00 pm CEST for lot 1 - 96 and starting at 2.30 pm CEST for lot 97 - 638 at

Bertolami Fine Art S.r.o at Savino & Partners a.s:

18, Máchova 838, Vinohrady

120 00 Prague, Czech Republic


1. How to participate 

You may participate in the following ways: in person at the premises where the auction will be held; by telephone; online after registering on our website www.bertolamifineart.cz or on our partner portals (see list below); by placing an absentee bid.


a. Attendance in the auction room

Unacquainted customers who have not already registered must provide a valid identity document.


b. Telephone bidding

You can place your bids during the auction by telephone, with the assistance of one of our operators. In order to take part in the telephone bidding, you must make a reservation by 10:00 am CEST of 23th September 2024, specifying the lots you wish to bid for and your telephone number. Customers who have booked this way will be called at the number they have indicated a few lots before those for which they have expressed interest.

A telephone bid reservation has the value of a written absentee bid at the starting price as indicated in the catalogue.

To book your phone bidding: fill out the appropriate form to be sent to info@bertolamifineart.cz


c. Live participation via our website or our partner portals

You can place your bids during the auction by logging on to our website www.bertolamifineart.cz or on the following partner portals:

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Invaluable

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d. Absentee bid

The following methods of participation are available:

- online upon registration on our website www.bertolamifineart.cz until 10:00Am CEST of 26th September 2024

- on our partner portals (BidInside, Sixbid, Numisbids, Biddr and Numis24) until 10:00am CEST of 26th September 2024

- by a written bid to be received by 10:00am CEST on 26th September 2024 to be sent to info@bertolamifineart.cz or must be delivered to our office.

The minimum bid for each lot is the starting price shown in our website.

In the event of:

- One single pre-auction bid on a lot

In the absence of bids during the auction, the lot will be awarded at the starting bid even if the sole bid received is higher (the amount of the pre-auction bid indicates the maximum bid the bidder is willing to place.

Example: Starting bid € 1,000 – Single pre-sale bid € 1,500 – Award at € 1,000

- Multiple pre-auction bids of the same amount on the same lot

If no bids are raised during the auction, the lot will be awarded to the earlier bidder.


- Multiple pre-auction bids of different amounts on the same lot

If there are no bids during the auction, the lot will be awarded to the highest bidder. The hammer price is calculated by adding to the amount of the next lowest bid an increment set out in the chart below.

Example: customer A bid € 1,200 - customer B bid € 1,800. Customer B does not win at the award price of € 1,800 but at € 1,300. In other words, the automatic increase of € 100 provided for in the chart is applied to the amount of the next lowest bid when the bids are within the € 1,000-1,999 bracket.


2. Lots Exhibition

The lots are available for viewing from 23 to 24 September 2024 from 10:00am to 1:00pm and from 2:00pm to 6:00pm CEST and 25 September 2024 from 10:00am to 1:00pm at the following address:

Bertolami Fine Art S.r.o at Savino & Partners a.s:

18, Máchova 838, Vinohrady

120 00 Prague, Czech Republic


3. Payment methods

The purchasers of the winning lots will be able to choose between the following payment options:

- credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express);

- Paypal

- Wire bank transfers may be made to Bertolami Fine Art S.r.o. (please note that, in case of payment by wire transfer received from a non-European country, 10 € will be added to the invoice amount);

- cash (up to legal limit)

- for previous customers only: non-transferable bank cheque or cashier’s check in favour of Bertolami Fine Art S.r.o. (please note that, in case of payment by foreign cheque, 10 € will be added to the invoice amount).


Please note: Invoices paid by cheque, cash or bank transfer are exempt from the 3.5% of administration fees.

Payment of purchased items must be made within 7 days from receipt of the invoice. If the invoice hasn’t been paid within 30 days following adjudication, will be charged a penalty of 1%/month on the amount of the unpaid invoice.


4. Buyer’s premium

The purchaser shall pay Bertolami Fine Art S.r.o. an auction fee equal to 26% of the hammer price of each lot.


5. Additional costs

Shipping costs and additional customs duties are to be borne by the buyer. In the event that, due to unjustified complaints, the goods should be returned to Bertolami Fine Art S.r.o., the customs duties and shipping costs shall be incurred by the customer.

6. Description of lots

Bertolami Fine Art S.r.o. is exempt from any liability with regard to descriptions and evaluations of lots in the catalogue, condition reports or any other illustrative material. Such descriptions are purely indicative and only represent a personal opinion provided by our experts.

7. Authenticity

In keeping with Bertolami Fine Art's well-established tradition, all coins offered for sale are guaranteed authentic without time limits. The risk of possible misjudgements is covered by Lloyd's Error & Omissions Insurance Policy.

 

Bertolami Fine Art provides, if requested, certificates of authenticity on the coins put up for sale in its auctions.

 

Disputes concerning the authenticity of coins must be supported by a certificate drawn up by an expert of recognised scientific authority. The certificate must detail the grounds on which the opinion of non-authenticity is based and attach the results of any diagnostic investigations carried out on the coin. 

 

Opinions issued by grading companies have no value as valid certificates. 

8. Cleaning and restoration

As is well known, it was common practice, especially in ancient times, to have classical coins (as well as ceramics and sculptures) thoroughly cleaned, the surfaces integrated and the missing parts reconstructed. In accordance with a policy of absolute transparency towards the customer, Bertolami Fine Art's experts indicate the presence and extent of any ancient or modern conservation and/or restoration work in the description of the coins offered for sale.

We will not accept any claims concerning restorations, repatination or similar interventions already indicated in the catalogue.

Clients who purchase coins with the intention of having them encapsulated at a later date are reminded that grading companies do not encapsulate significantly restored, tooled or heavily repatinated coins.

See Chart B (below) for further details on the nomenclature used to describe possible conservative and/or restorative interventions.

9. Conditions of Sale

The conditions of sale that govern the relationship between Bertolami Fine Art S.r.o. and the customers taking part in our auctions are displayed in each catalogue. As these conditions are automatically accepted from the moment you participate in the auction, please read them carefully.

In the event of a discrepancy between the conditions of sale published in the printed or pdf catalogue and the version that appears in the online catalogue, the online version shall prevail. 


10. Publication of auction results

The winning bids will be published by Bertolami Fine Art S.r.o. on the website www.bertolamifineart.cz, for information purposes only, within 10 days of the closing date.


CHART A

AUTOMATIC INCREMENTS

Amount bid €

Predetermined increase €

0-99

5

100-199

10

200-499

20

500-999

50

1.000-1.999

100

2.000-4.999

200

5.000-9.999

500

10.000-19.999

1.000

20.000-49.999

2.000

50.000+

5.000        

 

CHART B

NOMENCLATURE ADOPTED FOR THE DESCRIPTION OF CONSERVATIVE AND/OR RESTORATIVE INTERVENTIONS ON COINS

 

 

 Untouched:

Coin that has never undergone either cleaning or restoration.

 

Cleaned:

Coin that has undergone operations to remove earthy parts, oxides, encrustations and other deposits without the original patina and/or metal surface being affected.

 

Smoothed:

Coin that has had impurities and minor encrustations in the fields removed.

 

Tooled:

Coin that has undergone conservative restoration work (e.g. removal of bronze cancer) and/or reconstructive work, also following particularly aggressive ancient cleaning.

 

Tone:

Modern artificial toning.

 

Patina:

Original patina.

 

 

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