Selection of Magna Graecia (6): i) Apulia, Arpi, AR Obol, c. 215-212 BC, head of Athena left, w...

Selection of Magna Graecia (6): i) Apulia, Arpi, AR Obol, c. 215-212 BC, head of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, rev. ear of barley, 0.65g (HN Italy, 648), good fine; ii) Sicily, Kamarina, AE Onkia, c. 420-405 BC, facing gorgoneion, rev. owl standing right, head facing, holding lizard in talon, pellet (mark of value) in exergue, 1.11g (Westermark & Jenkins Period 3, Type C, 183; CNS 13; HGC 2, 552), slightly flat to edge, otherwise nice patina, good fine; iii) Sicily, Syracuse, AE Litra, c. 287-282 BC, laureate head of Zeus Hellanios left, rev. eagle standing left on thunderbolt, 10.56g (CNS 154; BAR Issue 39; HGC 2, 1448), dark red patina, good fine; iv) Sicily Akragas, AE Tetras, late fifth century, [Eagle tearing at hare], countermark of head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin, within circular incuse, rev. Crab; [six pellets around, uncertain symbol(s) below], 16.32g (for undertype: Westermark p. 166; cf. SNG ANS 1077; for countermark: CNS 107 CM), fine; v) Bruttium, the Brettii, AE didrachm, c. 208-203 BC, head of Ares left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with Pegasus, rev. Athena advancing right, holding spear and shield, BPETTION upwards on left, long torch in lower right field, 16.26g, (HN Italy 1987 var. (symbol); SNG ANS 82; Scheu, Bronze 72), nice green patina, near very fine; vi) Zeugitana, Carthage, AE, c. 300-264 BC, wreathed head of Tanit, left, rev. head of horse, right, pellet to right, 4.88g (SNG Copenhagen 170), softened, fine; (6).

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