The New York Sale 2026 Ancient & World

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1001 Celtic. Northeast Gaul. Ambiani. Gold Stater (5.85 g), ca. 100-50 BC. Gallic Wars issue. Gallo Belgic E. Plain bulge. Reverse: Large Celticized disjointed horse right; crescent and pellet ornaments around. Depeyrot, NC VI, 161; D&T 238; Van Arsdell 54-1; SCBC 11. Choice Extremely Fine.

$900

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1002 Calabria. Tarentum. Gold Sixth Stater - Diobol (1.40 g; 10mm), ca. 320-315 BC. Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath, ΣY and dolphin before, TAP(AΣ) behind. Reverse: Herakles, raising club overhead, preparing to strike the attacking Nemean lion, bow and quiver at left. Fischer Bossert G14, Vlasto 27; HN Italy 951; SNG ANS 1034; SNG Copenhagen 834; SNG Lloyd 186; Boston MFA 73 = Warren 36; Jameson 161; McClean 599. In NGC holder graded Ch F ; Strike 4/5; Surface 3/5, die shift.

$2,000

NGC Certification Number 2176680-001

Ex Galerie des Monnaies C.O.I.N. Auction, Los Angeles, CA, June 9, 1978, Lot 1211 Ex ‘The George & Robert Stevenson Collection’, CNG Sale 26, New York, NY, June 11, 1993, lot 11, with tag

Apollo was worshipped both as the patron of the colonists at Tarentum, and as the patron of the Pythagorean religious order there, which saw a resurgence of influence in the Fourth Century BC largely thanks to Archytas. The reverse motif of Herakles fighting the Nemean lion was used on contemporary silver Diobols of the Tarentum and its colony Herakleia; although on the silver issues it is presented in the ‘tondo’ scene where a crouched Herakles wrestles the lion by placing it in a stranglehold.

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1003 Calabria. Tarentum. Silver Didrachm (6.44 g), ca 272-240 BC. Di... and Apollonios: magistrates. Warrior on horseback right, holding spear and shield; ΔI behind, AΠOΛ/Λ(ΩNIOΣ) in two lines below. Reverse: Taras on dolphin left, holding trident, being crowned by Nike. Vlasto 894; HN Italy 1038. In NGC holder graded AU ; Strike 5/5; Surface 4/5.

$1,500

NGC Certification Number 8557752-012

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