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Auction: 24125 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 39: Ancient Coins, featuring the Little Busby Hoard of Roman Denarii - e-Auction
Lot: 1109

A Quartet of Greek Bronze (4): i) Campania, Neapolis, AE, struck c. 275-250 BC, NEAPOLITON, laureate head of Apollo left, rev. Nike flying right, crowning man-headed bull walking right, SI below, 5.78g (BMC 211; Sambon 682; HN Italy 589), fine; ii) Bruttium, The Brettii, AE Drachm, c. 211-208 BC, laureate head of Zeus right, thunderbolt behind, rev. BRETTION, warrior advancing right, holding spear and shield, owl flying right to lower right, 8.85g (Scheu, Bronze 44; HN Italy 1988), lovely green patina, great portrait, good very fine;Sicily, Akragas, Phintias (287-279 BC), AE, wreathed head of Artemis left, rev. wild boar standing left, 6.71g (Calciati CNS I, 117; SNG ANS 1122; HGC 2, 170), detailed and toned, good very fine; iv) Kingdom of Bithynia, Prusias II Cynegos (182-149 BC), AE unit, Nikomedeia, ivy-wreathed head of Dionysos right, rev. BASILEOS PROYSIOY, centaur advancing right, playing lyre, LPH monogram to lower right, 5.91g (HGC 7, 629; RG 26; SNG Copenhagen 640), slight verdigris, residual lustre, very fine; (4)

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The "Veitchii" Collection of Ancient Coins

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