Vindelicia. Vindelici. Ingolstadt area. Early 1st century BC. EL Stater (6.92). LT 9441; Zürich 1097. Lightly toned. Extremely fine. Formerly acquired from Anne Demeester
Lot 1
Starting price: 400€
Celtica. Sequani. Besançon area. 100-50 BC. AR Quinarius (1.98g, 3h). Depeyrot (4) 269; DT 3245. Old cabinet tone. Exceptional for issue. Good extremely fine. Formerly acquired from Anne Demeester
Lot 2
Starting price: 200€
Belgica. Nervii. Tournai area. 60-50 BC. AV Stater (5.92g, 4h). DT 177a; Scheers 217. Lightly toned. Perfectly centered and struck. Exceptional for issue. Superb extremely fine. Formerly acquired from Anne Demeester
Lot 3
Starting price: 400€
Britannia. Atrebates. Silchester area. King Verica. AD 25-35. AV Stater (5.28g, 11h). VA 520-1; SCBC 121. Lightly toned. Perfectly centered and struck. Superb extremely fine. Formerly acquired from Anne Demeester; Kricheldorf 1992 (42) lot 3
Lot 4
Starting price: 400€
Britannia. Iceni. Caistor St Edmund area. King Antedios. AD 1-25. AV Stater (5.40g). VA 705-1; SCBC 440. Lightly toned. Exceptional for issue. Superb extremely fine. Formerly acquired from Anne Demeester
Lot 5
Starting price: 400€
Britannia. Corieltauvi. Leicester area. AD 10-43. AV Stater (4.89g). VA 930-1 (obverse) and VA 940-1 (reverse). Lightly toned. Perfectly centered and struck on a broad flan. Good extremely fine. Formerly acquired from Anne Demeester
Lot 6
Starting price: 400€
Britannia. Trinovantes. Colchester area. King Addedomaros. 40-30 BC. AV Stater (5.55g). VA 1605-1; SCBC 200. Lightly toned. Perfectly centered and struck. Good extremely fine. Formerly acquired from Anne Demeester; Leu Numismatics 2000 (79) lot 16
Lot 7
Starting price: 400€
Britannia. Trinovantes. Colchester area. King Dubnovellaunos. 30-25 BC. AV 1/4 Stater (1.29g, 6h). VA 1660-1; SCBC 208. Lightly toned. Exceptional for issue. Choice extremely fine. Formerly acquired from Anne Demeester
Lot 8
Starting price: 200€
Britannia. Trinovantes. Colchester area. King Cunobelinos. AD 20-43. AV Stater (5.47g, 3h). VA 2027-1; SCBC 288. Lightly toned. Perfectly centered and struck on a broad flan. Good extremely fine. Formerly acquired from Anne Demeester
Lot 9
Starting price: 400€
Britannia. Trinovantes. Colchester area. King Cunobelinos. AD 20-43. AR Unit (1.27g, 9h). VA 2047-1; SCBC 304. Old cabinet tone. Perfectly centered and struck. Exceptional for isssue. Choice extremely fine. Formerly acquired from Anne Demeester; Leu Numismatics 2000 (79) lot 29; former Lawrence Stack collection, Sotheby's 1999 (22 April) lot 87; former Commander Richard Parton Mack (1900-1974) collection, Glendining 1975 (18 November) lot 157; former Richard Cyril Lockett (1873-1950) collection, Glendining 1955 (6 June) lot 43; found at Colchester in 1889
Lot 10
Starting price: 200€
Gallia. Massalia. 520-460 BC. AR 1/2 Obol (0.42g). Apparently unpublished. Old cabinet tone. Choice extremely fine. Formerly acquired from Anne Demeester; possibly from the 1867 Auriol hoard
Lot 11
Starting price: 200€
Gallia. Massalia. 520-460 BC. AR 1/4 Obol (0.29g). Apparently unpublished. Old cabinet tone. Choice extremely fine. Formerly acquired from Anne Demeester; possibly from the 1867 Auriol hoard
Lot 12
Starting price: 200€
Lucania. Metapontum. 440-430 BC. AR Nomos (7.99g, 2h). Basel 312; Noe 315. Attractively toned. A remarkable specimen with an exceptionally fine early classical figure of Apollo. Choice extremely fine. Formerly acquired from Anne Demeester; Leu Numismatics 2000 (79) lot 255; Münzen & Medaillen 1970 (41) lot 9
Lot 13
Starting price: 2000€
Lucania. Metapontum. 340-330 BC. AR Nomos (7.86g, 10h). HN 1575; MAST 17 (this coin). Lightly toned. Good very fine. Formerly acquired from Michel-Max Bendenoun; former "H.A." collection, Tradart 1991 (1) lot 16
Lot 14
Starting price: 1000€
Lucania. Thurium. 3th century BC. Æ (1.40, 6h). BMC 140; HN 1934. Beautiful dark green patina. Exceptional for issue. Choice extremely fine. Formerly acquired from Michel-Max Bendenoun
Lot 15
Starting price: 200€
Lucania. Thurium. 3th century BC. Æ (3.53g, 1h). Laffaille 14 = Strauss 62 = MAST 15 (this coin). Exquisite light green patina. Exceptional for issue. Good extremely fine. Formerly acquired from Michel-Max Bendenoun; former Maurice Laffaille (1902-1989) collection, Münzen & Medaillen 1991 (76) lot 62
Lot 16
Starting price: 200€
Lucania. Velia. 465-440 BC. AR Drachm (3.60g, 12h). Williams 92a = Jameson 379 (this coin). Old cabinet tone. Lovely pre-classical style. Good very fine. Formerly acquired from Michel-Max Bendenoun; Tradart 1998 (10) lot 15; Münzen & Medaillen 1949 (8) lot 724; former Frederic Robert Jameson (1861-1942) and Sir Arthur J. Evans (1851-1941) collections
Lot 17
Starting price: 400€
Lucania. Velia. 290-280 BC. AR Nomos (7.38g, 9h). HN 1318; Williams 577. Old cabinet tone. Broad flan. Choice extremely fine. Formerly acquired from Anne Demeester
Lot 18
Starting price: 400€
Sicily. Himera. 530-520 BC. AR Drachm (5.59g). ANS 138; Kraay 34. Lightly toned. Perfectly centered and struck in high relief. Exceptional for issue. Superb extremely fine. Formerly acquired from Anne Demeester
Lot 19
Starting price: 6000€
Sicily. Leontini. 430 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.42g, 1h). ANS 243; Gemini 2012 (9) lot 3. Lightly toned. Apparently overstruck on a Selinos tetradrachm. Minor scratches. Good very fine. Formerly acquired from Jean Elsen
Lot 20
Starting price: 1000€
Sicily. Messana. 338-331 BC. Æ Dilitron (14.76g, 9h). Caltabiano 710; MAST 42 (this coin). Lovely green patina. Perfectly centered and struck. Choice extremely fine. Formerly acquired from Michel-Max Bendenoun; Münzen & Medaillen 1997 (85) lot 26
Lot 21
Starting price: 1000€
Sicily. Syracuse. 485 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.08g, 3h). Boehringer 57; Randazzo 239. Lightly toned. Broad flan. Magnificent late archaic head of Arethusa of particularly fine style. Extremely fine. Formerly acquired from Anne Demeester
Lot 22
Starting price: 2000€
Sicily. Syracuse. 400 BC. Æ (6.35g, 9h). ANS 434; CNS 45. Superb dark green patina. Good very fine. Formerly acquired from Michel-Max Bendenoun; Tradart 1994 (4) lot 24; The Numismatic Auction 1982 (1) lot 30
Lot 23
Starting price: 200€
Sicily. Syracuse. King Agathokles. 306-305 BC. EL 50 Litrae (3.71g, 3h). ANS -; Robinson O18. Old cabinet tone. Wonderful early Hellenistic style. Extremely fine. Formerly acquired from Anne Demeester; former James Velkov (1920-2008) collection, Jean Vinchon 1994 (24 November) lot 19
Lot 24
Starting price: 1000€
Sicily. Syracuse. King Hiero II. 240-215 BC. Æ Hemilitron (17.79g, 5h). ANS 927; CNS 195. Splendid dark green patina. Artistic portrait. Good very fine. Formerly acquired from Michel-Max Bendenoun; Tradart 1994 (4) lot 30; The Numismatic Auction 1982 (1) lot 40
Lot 25
Starting price: 400€
Sicily. Syracuse. 5th Republic. 215-212 BC. AR 12 Litrae (10.18g, 6h). Burnett D33; Jameson 892. Lightly toned. Perfectly centered and struck. Superb extremely fine. Formerly acquired from Anne Demeester
Lot 26
Starting price: 400€
Zeugitania. Carthage. Entella. 350-320 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17,02g, 1h). Jenkins 134; Nanteuil 411. Old cabinet tone. Perfectly centered and struck. A charming coin, a work of a very talented master engraver. Good extremely fine. Formerly acquired from Anne Demeester
Lot 27
Starting price: 2000€
Zeugitania. Carthage. 350-320 BC. AV Stater (9.32g, 9h). Basel 557; Jenkins-Lewis 109. Lightly toned. A lovely example of fine style. Choice extremely fine. Formerly acquired from Anne Demeester; former Alan Irvin Casden collection, Bank Leu 1991 (52) lot 33; Frank Sternberg 1988 (20) lot 503
Lot 28
Starting price: 2000€
Thracia. King Lysimachos. Kolophon. 299-297 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.14g, 1h). Gillet 864; Thompson 123. Old cabinet tone. Perfectly centered on a broad flan. Extremely fine. Formerly acquired from Michel-Max Bendenoun; Tradart 1993 (3) lot 49; Bank Leu 1987 (42) lot 158
Lot 29
Starting price: 1000€
Macedonia. King Philip II. Pella. 348-342 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.31g, 12h). Le Rider 165; MAST 96 (this coin). Old cabinet tone. With a particularly artistic head of Zeus of the finest late classical style. Choice extremely fine. Formerly acquired from Michel-Max Bendenoun; Frank Sternberg 1988 (21) lot 73
Lot 30
Starting price: 2000€
Macedonia. King Alexander III. Miletos. 325 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.20g, 12h). Müller 9; Price 2087. Old cabinet tone. Perfectly centered and struck. A lovely coin of enchanting beauty. Superb extremely fine. Formerly acquired from Michel-Max Bendenoun; Tradart 1994 (4) lot 47
Lot 31
Starting price: 400€
Macedonia. King Alexander III. Babylon. 323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.07g, 12h). Müller 749; Price 3767. Lightly toned. Perfectly centered and struck. Extremely fine. Formerly acquired from Anne Demeester
Lot 32
Starting price: 200€
Thracia. Thasos. 490-480 BC. AR Stater (9.57g). Franke-Marathaki 126; Hirmer 435. Old cabinet tone. Perfectly centered and struck on a broad flan. Lovely archaic style. Choice extremely fine. Formerly acquired from Michel-Max Bendenoun; The Numismatic Auction 1983 (2) lot 71