Le più belle rappresentazioni di guerrieri

[King John]

Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.

Auction 99, lot 565, 13/05/2015, Hammer 750 USD

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Late 46-early 45 BC. Æ Dupondius (26mm, 13.83 g, 12h). Rome mint; C. Clovius, prefect. Winged and draped bust of Victory right / Minerva advancing left, holding trophy, spears, and shield; at feet to left, snake gliding left with head erect. Crawford 476/1a; CRI 62; RPC 601; Sydenham 1025. VF, attractive glossy dark green patina.
From the LJH Collection,. Ex CNG Inventory 196040 (August 2004). 

illustrazione: testa dell'Atena-Minerva Giustiniani, una copia romana di epoca antonina di un originale greco raffigurante Pallade Atena eseguito tra la fine del V e l'inizio del IV secolo a.C. Questa testa mostra la dea Atena come un guerriero, con un elmo corinzio decorato con una Sfinge e teste di ariete.

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[King John]

Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 5	Auction date: 23 September 2018
Lot number: 400 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot
Lot description: SYRIA, Seleukis and Pieria. Apameia. AE (Bronze, 16 mm, 4.18 g, 1 h), SE 163 = 150/49. Turreted, veiled and draped bust of the city-goddess to right. Rev. ΑΠAMEΩN - ΓΞP Male figure (Alexander?) advancing left, head to right, wearing elephant skin head dress, raising his right hand and holding spear and shield in his left. BMC 1. HGC 9, 1426. Very fine. Starting Price: 25 CHF ILLUSTRAZIONE: ALESSANDRO IL GRANDE

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5 ore fa, King John dice:

Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.

Auction 99, lot 565, 13/05/2015, Hammer 750 USD

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Late 46-early 45 BC. Æ Dupondius (26mm, 13.83 g, 12h). Rome mint; C. Clovius, prefect. Winged and draped bust of Victory right / Minerva advancing left, holding trophy, spears, and shield; at feet to left, snake gliding left with head erect. Crawford 476/1a; CRI 62; RPC 601; Sydenham 1025. VF, attractive glossy dark green patina.
From the LJH Collection,. Ex CNG Inventory 196040 (August 2004). 

illustrazione: testa dell'Atena-Minerva Giustiniani, una copia romana di epoca antonina di un originale greco raffigurante Pallade Atena eseguito tra la fine del V e l'inizio del IV secolo a.C. Questa testa mostra la dea Atena come un guerriero, con un elmo corinzio decorato con una Sfinge e teste di ariete.

Veramente splendido questo elmo corinzio con la Sfinge, per la serie le monete raccontano la storia, in fondo basta guardarle, osservarle attentamente...

[King John]

Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.

Electronic Auction 177, lot 148, 28/11/2007

KINGS of BOSPORUS. Rhoemetalces. AD 131/2-153/4. Æ 8 Units (23mm, 11.24 g). Struck circa AD 136. Diademed and draped bust right; trident before / Shield and spear; horse’s head and battle axe to left, helmet and sword in sheath to right; M H below. MacDonald 456; Anokhin 523. Near VF, dark brown patina, fields smoothed and design strengthened.

 

ILLUSTRAZIONE: Bassorilievo raffigurante un bottino di armi (balaustra del santuario di Atena a Pergamo).

[King John]

Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.

Electronic Auction 300, lot 77, 10/04/2013

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos III ‘the Great’. 222-187 BC. Æ (22mm, 9.96 g, 12h). Uncertain mint 73 (Military mint associated with Ekbatana). Struck circa 210 BC. Laureate head of Antiochos III as Apollo right / Mahout on elephant right; tripod to left. SC 1273 var. (monogram on rev. to right); HGC 9, 514. Near VF, brown patina, light roughness. Rare.

[dabbene]

Bellissima questa con l’elefante, ma come fai ? ci vuole veramente tanta passione e anche fantasia ...

[King John]

Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG

Auction 86, lot 105, 8/10/2015

The Roman Empire 
Gaius, 37 – 41 
Sestertius 39-40, Æ 28.40 g. C CAESAR DIVI AVG PRON AVG P M TR P III P P Pietas, veiled and draped, seated l., holding patera in outstretched r. hand and resting l. arm on statue of Spes; in exergue, PIETAS. Rev. DIVO – AVG / S – C Gaius, veiled and togate, offering from patera above altar before elaborately decorated hexastyle temple of Divus Augustus, garlanded for sacrifice; before and partly behind him, an attendant restrains bull, while a second attendant looking l. holds another patera. C 2. BMC p, 156, *. RIC 44. CBN 100.
Struck on a very broad flan and complete. Pleasant dark
brown-green tone and about extremely fine Ex NAC 18, 2000, 438 and NAC 46, 2008, 502 sales.
In 37 AD the temple of Divus Augustus was completed on the Palatine Hill and its dedication was performed the last two days of August that year – the month renamed in honor of Augustus. Caligula, as Pontifex Maximus, led the sacrificial ceremonies. This coin commemorates that dedication and ceremony. The events coordinated with the dedication were extravagant and the city was brought to a virtual standstill so that everyone would be able to attend.
The temple was destroyed by fire but rebuilt in 89/90 under the rule of Domitian although he added his father and brother to the roster of those being honored, along with Minerva, his favorite deity. The temple was further restored in the 150’s AD under Antoninus Pius. The temple was eventually destroyed and its foundations have not been excavated. MSG.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: MARCO AURELIO E I MEMBRI DELLA FAMIGLIA IMPERIALE OFFRONO UN SACRIFICIO AGLI DEI IN GRATITUDINE PER IL SUCCESSO DELLA CAMPAGNA MILITARE CONTRO ALCUNE TRIBU' GERMANICHE (MUSEI CAPITOLINI, ROMA)

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[King John]

Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.

Electronic Auction 314, lot 25, 6/11/2013, Hammer 190 USD

IBERIA, Ventipo. Mid 2nd century BC. Æ As (30mm, 22.96 g, 7h). Helmeted male head right / Warrior standing left, holding trident and shield. ACIP 2331 var.; CNH 1 var.; SNG BM Spain 1530 var. VF, attractive green patina with earthen highlights. Rare variant. There appears to be some variety in the reverse type for this coin. This coin shows the soldier on the reverse holding a trident. A specimen in CNG 91, lot 27, shows the soldier holding a reversed spear. All of the above cited specimens show the soldier holding a long staff with two pellets on shaft.

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Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG

Auction 86, lot 105, 8/10/2015

The Roman Empire 
Gaius, 37 – 41 
Sestertius 39-40, Æ 28.40 g. C CAESAR DIVI AVG PRON AVG P M TR P III P P Pietas, veiled and draped, seated l., holding patera in outstretched r. hand and resting l. arm on statue of Spes; in exergue, PIETAS. Rev. DIVO – AVG / S – C Gaius, veiled and togate, offering from patera above altar before elaborately decorated hexastyle temple of Divus Augustus, garlanded for sacrifice; before and partly behind him, an attendant restrains bull, while a second attendant looking l. holds another patera. C 2. BMC p, 156, *. RIC 44. CBN 100.
Struck on a very broad flan and complete. Pleasant dark
brown-green tone and about extremely fine Ex NAC 18, 2000, 438 and NAC 46, 2008, 502 sales.
In 37 AD the temple of Divus Augustus was completed on the Palatine Hill and its dedication was performed the last two days of August that year – the month renamed in honor of Augustus. Caligula, as Pontifex Maximus, led the sacrificial ceremonies. This coin commemorates that dedication and ceremony. The events coordinated with the dedication were extravagant and the city was brought to a virtual standstill so that everyone would be able to attend.
The temple was destroyed by fire but rebuilt in 89/90 under the rule of Domitian although he added his father and brother to the roster of those being honored, along with Minerva, his favorite deity. The temple was further restored in the 150’s AD under Antoninus Pius. The temple was eventually destroyed and its foundations have not been excavated. MSG.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: MARCO AURELIO E I MEMBRI DELLA FAMIGLIA IMPERIALE OFFRONO UN SACRIFICIO AGLI DEI IN GRATITUDINE PER IL SUCCESSO DELLA CAMPAGNA MILITARE CONTRO ALCUNE TRIBU' GERMANICHE (MUSEI CAPITOLINI, ROMA)

Guardate come racconta questo sesterzio, se ascoltate attentamente riuscirete a scorgere i brusii del tempio..

Meraviglioso il basso rilievo, e la gente è ancora convinta che tutto sia partito prima da Arnolfo di Cambio, da Della Robbia, e da Donatello...

Del periodo classico se ne parla sempre troppo poco, quasi come una sorta di serie B dell'arte. ciò vale ovviamente anche per la pittura, ma il popolo ahimè e...

Se penso a come ci si perda in cose inutili, Aristippo aiutali tu..grazie..

[dabbene]

Bisogna tornare alla moneta e a quello che rappresenta, alle iconografie, ai messaggi a cosa rappresenta l’oggetto moneta, a raccontarla e divulgarla tento di fare una operazione simile su Milano in sezione moderne, si sta cercando di farla in area euro dove ritrovo la genuinità e freschezza di anni fa, ormai persa, oggi la Numismatica e’ tutt’altro e le energie vanno perse in tutto ma non nella divulgazione che e’ quella che servirà pena lo scomparire in futuro ....

[King John]

Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG

Auction 104, lot 340, 27/09/2005

GRIECHISCHE MÜNZEN (GREEK COINS)
AEGYPTUS
AEGYPTUS
Ptolemaios I., 323-305-283 v. Chr. 
AV-Pentadrachme, 306/281 v. Chr., Alexandria; 17.79 g. Kopf r. mit Diadem//Adler l. auf Blitz. SNG Cop. -; Svoronos 210. Fast vorzüglich/sehr schön
Ptolemaios I. Soter war zunächst einer der bedeutendsten Generale Alexanders des Großen. Nach dem Tode Alexanders stellte sich die Frage der Nachfolge. Alexander hatte lediglich einen noch ungeborenen Sohn und einen halbverrückten Bruder hinterlassen; beide wurden zu Königen erhoben. Sie spielten aber praktisch keine Rolle, selbst ihr eigener General Eumenes sprach ihnen praktisch jede Autorität ab, wie die Errichtung des Throns von Kyinda belegt. Die wirkliche Macht im Reich hatten die Satrapen, also die zu Verwaltern der Provinzen des Reiches aufgestiegenen ehemaligen Generale Alexanders. Diese begannen bald, um die Macht im Reich zu kämpfen. Ptolemaios, der keineswegs die Macht über das Riesenreich Alexanders, sondern "nur" über Ägypten anstrebte, ging äußerst geschickt vor. So ließ er den Leichnam Alexanders, den er den Truppen des Perdikkas geraubt hatte, nicht bei der Oase Siwa, wie von dem toten Herrscher gewünscht, sondern in Memphis, der alten Hauptstadt des ägyptischen Reiches bestatten. 305 vor Chr. hatte Ptolemaios seine Macht soweit gefestigt, daß er den Königstitel annehmen konnte. Er starb im Jahre 283 vor Christus eines natürlichen Todes - er war der einzige der Diadochen, der nicht eines gewaltsamen Todes starb. Die von Ptolemaios I. Soter begründete Dynastie herrschte insgesamt 275 Jahre über Ägypten, bis Kleopatra VII., die Geliebte Caesars und des Marcus Antonius im Jahre 30 v. Chr. den Freitod wählte, um nicht im Triumph Octavians vorgeführt zu werden. Von Ptolemaios I. bis zu Kleopatra VII. war der Revers-Typ unserer Münze - der Adler auf dem Blitz - im Ptolemäerreich gebräuchlich. Goldene Pentadrachmen wurden nur von Ptolemaios I. und seinem Nachfolger Ptolemaios II. geprägt. Die zeitgenössische Bezeichnung Trichryson belegt, daß diese Stücke 60 Silberdrachmen entsprachen, da der Ausdruck Chrysous seit den Zeiten Alexanders des Großen generell ein Goldstück im Wert von 20 Silberdrachmen bezeichnete.
Schätzpreis: 3,000.00 EUR

ILLUSTRAZIONE: Tolomeo I Sotere, successore dei faraoni dell'Egitto indipendente e fondatore della dinastia tolemaica. Tolomeo (n. 366 ca.-m. 283 a.C. ca.) era un nobile macedone, figlio di Lago e di Arsinoe; prese parte alla spedizione di Alessandro Magno in Asia, e si distinse specialmente nella campagna d’India. Alla morte di Alessandro ottenne la satrapia d’Egitto, cui aggiunse, per suo conto, la Cirenaica; presto si liberò di Cleomene di Naucrati che gli stava accanto come ministro delle Finanze e s’impadronì del ricco tesoro da lui custodito. Alla sua tendenza autonomistica si oppose Perdicca, che voleva conservare l’unità dell’impero, ma fu ucciso (321). Tolomeo poi combatté ripetutamente Antigono (315 e 312), vincendone il figlio Demetrio Poliorcete a Gaza e occupando così la Celesiria, che però dovette evacuare l’anno dopo. Si volse allora verso le Cicladi e il Peloponneso; ma battuto (306) da Demetrio a Salamina di Cipro dovette abbandonare anche quell’isola. Assunse, come gli altri diadochi, il titolo di re (305) e partecipò all’ultima coalizione contro Antigono (302-301). Rioccupò la Celesiria, già assegnata a Seleuco e destinata a essere motivo di secolare discordia tra Seleucidi e Lagidi, e Cipro (295); rioccupò infine la Cirenaica, che assegnò al figliastro Maga. Nel 285 associò al regno il figlio Tolomeo detto poi Filadelfo, che aveva avuto da Berenice, diseredando il primogenito Tolomeo Cerauno, figlio di Euridice; morì non molto dopo. Fu valoroso guerriero e saggio politico; a Tolomeo si deve infatti, essenzialmente, l’organizzazione militare, politica e amministrativa dell’Egitto quale si perpetuò sino all’età romana e, in parte, anche oltre. Scrisse anche una storia molto lodata dell’impresa di Alessandro che costituì, con l’opera di Aristobulo di Cassandria, la fonte principale dell’opera di Arriano (da Treccani.it).

[dabbene]

Qui entriamo nella grande storia, altra grande moneta, altro memorabile ritratto e poi il grande simbolo e dite poco ....

[King John]

Thessaly 
Ainianes, c. 400-344 BC. Obol (Silver, 0.88 g 12), Hypata. Laureate and bearded head of Zeus to left. Rev. AINIAN Sword in scabbard and spear point, both upwards. BCD 1014 ( this coin ). Jameson 1080. Traité IV, 453, pl. CCLXXXVII, 16. Very rare. Toned and attractive, one of the finest known examples . Good very fine. From the BCD Collection, Nomos 4, 10 May 2011, 1014, ex Sotheby’s, London, 22 April 1970, 120 (£42) and from the collection of S. Pozzi, Naville I, 4 April 1921, 1190. The weapons on the reverse are those used by Phemios, the local Hero of the Ainianes.

 

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[King John]

Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Live Auction 2	Auction date: 30 August 2018
Lot number: 377
Lot description: Judaea, Herodians. Herod I 'the Great' Æ 4 Prutot. Mint in Samaria (Sebaste?), dated RY 3 = 38/7 BCE. Macedonian shield with decorated edge / BAΣIΛEΩΣ HPOΔOY, crested helmet; LΓ (date) to left, monogram to right. Meshorer 45; Hendin 1170; HGC 10, 652; DCA 805. 5.06g, 21mm.  Good Very Fine. Obv. slightly off-centre. Earthen highlights.  Estimate: 150 GBP

[King John]

Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG

Auction 106, lot 295, 9/05/2018

An Important and Interesting Collection of Cypriot Coins 
Demonikos, 388 – 387. Siglos circa 388-387 BC, AR 10.91 g. Athena standing facing, head l., holding spear in r. hand and shield in l.; in l. field, O (Aramaic ayin). Rev. Dmnks Mlk Lpsh in Aramaic characters Heracles advancing r., wearing lion’s skin and holding club in r. hand and bow in l.; in r. field, ankh. Traité II 1221, pl. CXXXI, 12 (Citium). BMC p. xxxix, a and pl. XIX, 9 (Citium). Tziambazis 32 (Citium). ACGC 1095. SNG Copenhagen 23.
Of the highest rarity, by far the finest specimen of only four or five known. A very
interesting and finely detailed reverse die and with a lovely old cabinet tone,
weakly struck on obverse, otherwise good very fine / extremely fine
Ex Leu sale 13, 1975, 294.
Greek tradition held that the city of Lapethos was founded by Lakonians under the leadership of a certain Praxander, but it actually seems to have been a Phoenician settlement since the eleventh century B.C. The history of the city and its kings in the Classical period is poorly known, but local coinage, which begins the name of King Sidqmelek in ca. 450-435 B.C., provides some names. Demonikos was long believed to have been a Greek king imposed on Phoenician-dominated Citium by Evagoras I of Salamis and the Athenian general, Chabrias, in 388/7 B.C., but recent scholarship now makes him a member of the dynasty of Lapethos. Demonikos has the notable distinction of being the first foreign ruler to whom the Athenian rhetorician Isokrates addressed an oration. In this oration Isokrates advises the young king on the importance of education in becoming a just and good ruler. The types and inscription of this stater give some insight into the reign of Demonikos at Lapethos. The standing figure of Athena seems to advertise his legitimacy in the royal dynasty of the city. The head of the goddess occurs on coins of Lapethos already around 480 B.C. At the same time this type, combined with the king’s Greek name, seems to indicate that his regime was propped up by Chabrias and the Athenians. It has been pointed out that the figure of Athena replicates the Pheidian cult statue of Athena in the Parthenon. The Herakles reverse, however, alludes to the Phoenician, and specifically Tyrian, origin of the dynasty of Lapethos. As at Citium, the Herakles type is intended to represent the Tyrian god, Melqart. The Phoenician background of the city and its kings is further underlined by the use of a Phoenician inscription despite the very Greek quality of Demonikos’ name.

[eracle62]

2 ore fa, King John dice:

Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG

Auction 106, lot 295, 9/05/2018

An Important and Interesting Collection of Cypriot Coins 
Demonikos, 388 – 387. Siglos circa 388-387 BC, AR 10.91 g. Athena standing facing, head l., holding spear in r. hand and shield in l.; in l. field, O (Aramaic ayin). Rev. Dmnks Mlk Lpsh in Aramaic characters Heracles advancing r., wearing lion’s skin and holding club in r. hand and bow in l.; in r. field, ankh. Traité II 1221, pl. CXXXI, 12 (Citium). BMC p. xxxix, a and pl. XIX, 9 (Citium). Tziambazis 32 (Citium). ACGC 1095. SNG Copenhagen 23.
Of the highest rarity, by far the finest specimen of only four or five known. A very
interesting and finely detailed reverse die and with a lovely old cabinet tone,
weakly struck on obverse, otherwise good very fine / extremely fine
Ex Leu sale 13, 1975, 294.
Greek tradition held that the city of Lapethos was founded by Lakonians under the leadership of a certain Praxander, but it actually seems to have been a Phoenician settlement since the eleventh century B.C. The history of the city and its kings in the Classical period is poorly known, but local coinage, which begins the name of King Sidqmelek in ca. 450-435 B.C., provides some names. Demonikos was long believed to have been a Greek king imposed on Phoenician-dominated Citium by Evagoras I of Salamis and the Athenian general, Chabrias, in 388/7 B.C., but recent scholarship now makes him a member of the dynasty of Lapethos. Demonikos has the notable distinction of being the first foreign ruler to whom the Athenian rhetorician Isokrates addressed an oration. In this oration Isokrates advises the young king on the importance of education in becoming a just and good ruler. The types and inscription of this stater give some insight into the reign of Demonikos at Lapethos. The standing figure of Athena seems to advertise his legitimacy in the royal dynasty of the city. The head of the goddess occurs on coins of Lapethos already around 480 B.C. At the same time this type, combined with the king’s Greek name, seems to indicate that his regime was propped up by Chabrias and the Athenians. It has been pointed out that the figure of Athena replicates the Pheidian cult statue of Athena in the Parthenon. The Herakles reverse, however, alludes to the Phoenician, and specifically Tyrian, origin of the dynasty of Lapethos. As at Citium, the Herakles type is intended to represent the Tyrian god, Melqart. The Phoenician background of the city and its kings is further underlined by the use of a Phoenician inscription despite the very Greek quality of Demonikos’ name.

Insomma davanti a un tondello del genere come si fa a rimanere insensibili...

A questo Eracle che icona..

Il tondo di coppa... imbarazzante la sua bellezza..

 

Omaggiamoli entrambi...visto che sono rappresentati sul maestoso tondello..

 

                                                 

[King John]

Sincona AG

Auction 17, lot 353, 21/05/2014

BYZANTINE EMPIRE 
Theodora, 1055-1056. Histamenon nomisma (solidus) 1055/1056, Constantinopolis. Christ standing facing on footstool, with crossed nimbus, wearing pallium and colobium and holding Book of Gospels with both hands. Rev. Empress, crowned, and Virgin, nimbate, standing facing holding between them labarum. 4.10 g. DOC 1b. Sear 1837. Rare. Broad flan. Almost extremely fine.

Illustrazione: Teodora, moglie dell'imperatore Giustiniano. Nata intorno al 500 d. C. figlia d'un orsaro dell'Ippodromo di Costantinopoli, fin da bambina entrò a far parte dell'ambiente del circo, esibendosi come ballerina e mima (il che le procurò presso i suoi detrattori fama di licenziosità). Incontrò Giustiniano intorno al 520, che la sposò dopo il 524. Imperatrice dal 527. Temperamento politicante, ebbe un'influenza dominante sul suo consorte e sugli affari dello Stato. Morì di cancro nel 548 e fu sepolta nel Mausoleo Imperiale (chiesa dei SS. Apostoli) di Costantinopoli. Della sua bellezza parlano tanto i suoi panegiristi, quanto gli avversari. 

 

 

[King John]

Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.

Triton XV, lot 523, 3/01/2012

THESSALY, Pelinna. Mid 4th century BC. Æ Dichalkon (18.5mm, 4.57 g, 6h). Helmeted and cuirassed Thessalian rider, wearing short tunic and chiton, charging with couched lance on prancing horse to left; border of dots / [Π]EΛΙИИAEIΩИ from top, r. and down centrally, Mantho, veiled and draped, standing facing, head turned to her r., holding her open box with her l., and gesturing with her lowered r. to the half image of her blind father Tiresias who emerges from the underworld holding a dagger with his r. Rogers 428a, fig. 232 corr. [the coin’s poor quality allowed Rogers to see only Mantho’s figure]. Near VF, dark brown patina and quite clear; a fascinating coin, eloquently portraying the myth of the seer Tiresias; probably the best known of the few in existence and the only one in private hands.
The interpretation of this type was the subject of a captivating lecture by Professor Aliki Moustaka in the 1997 Berlin Numismatic Congress, which received a standing ovation. Professor Herbert Cahn who was sitting in the row in front of the writer was beaming; when he was congratulated for the superb lecture of his student he replied that it was especially meaningful to him as this was probably the last Congress he would attend. Cahn died in 2002, one year before the Madrid Congress. The several coins that illustrated Prof. Moustaka’s presentation were subsequently donated to the Athens Cabinet.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: L'INDOVINO TIRESIA

L’indovino Tiresia era figlio di Evereo, della stirpe degli Sparti, e della ninfa Cariclo. Tiresia ebbe una figlia, Manto, anche lei indovina.
I miti su Tiresia sono molti. Uno dei più diffusi racconta che, passeggiando sul monte Cillene (o secondo un'altra versione Citerone), vide due serpenti che copulavano, ne uccise la femmina perché quella scena lo infastidì. Nello stesso momento Tiresia fu tramutato da uomo a donna. Visse in questa condizione per sette anni provando tutti i piaceri che una donna potesse provare. Passato questo periodo venne a trovarsi di fronte alla stessa scena dei serpenti. Questa volta uccise il serpente maschio e nello stesso istante ritornò uomo.
Un giorno Zeus ed Era si trovarono divisi da una controversia: chi potesse provare in amore più piacere: l'uomo o la donna. Non riuscendo a giungere a una conclusione, poiché Zeus sosteneva che fosse la donna mentre Era sosteneva che fosse l'uomo, decisero di chiamare in causa Tiresia, considerato l'unico che avrebbe potuto risolvere la disputa essendo stato sia uomo sia donna. Interpellato dagli dei, rispose che il piacere sessuale si compone di dieci parti: l'uomo ne prova solo una e la donna nove, quindi una donna prova un piacere nove volte più grande di quello di un uomo. La dea Era, infuriata perché l'indovino aveva svelato un tale segreto, lo fece diventare cieco, ma Zeus, per ricompensarlo del danno subito, gli diede la facoltà di prevedere il futuro e il dono di vivere per sette generazioni: gli dei greci, infatti, non possono cancellare ciò che han fatto o deciso altri dei.
In altre versioni del mito fu la stessa madre a chiedere il dono della profezia, dopo che la dea Atena lo aveva accecato per punirlo di averla vista nuda mentre faceva il bagno.
Nel corso dell'attacco degli Epigoni contro Tebe, Tiresia fuggì dalla città insieme ai tebani; sfiancato si riposò nei pressi della fonte Telfussa dalla quale bevve dell'acqua gelata e morì. In un'altra versione l'indovino, rimasto a Tebe con la figlia Manto, venne fatto prigioniero e mandato a Delfi con la figlia, dove sarebbero stati consacrati al dio Apollo. Tiresia morì per la fatica durante il cammino.
L'anima di Tiresia, una volta entrata nell'Ade, conservò i poteri divinatori, come constatato da Ulisse in occasione dell'evocazione dei morti secondo quanto riferito da Omero nell'Odissea.

Nell'Eneide (X 198-200) è rapidamente ricordato Ocno, figlio del Tevere e di Manto (figlia di Tiresia), il quale per ricordo della madre volle appellare Mantova la città da lui fondata.

 

[King John]

Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.

Auction 96, lot 220, 14/05/2014

THESSALY, Larissa. 3rd century BC. Æ Dichalkon (13mm, 3.42 g, 12h). Head of the nymph Larissa right; monogram behind neck / Thessalian cavalryman, holding couched lance, on horse charging right. Rogers 293a; BCD Thessaly II 345. VF, dark green-brown patina, minor flan flaw near edge on reverse.
From the BCD Collection. 

[eracle62]

Ah..la mitologia.. imbattibile come i suoi tondelli che la decantano..

Vai Federico..

[dabbene]

Cavallo, lancia, elmo...forza Federico che vai sui record lamonetiani qui ?

[King John]

Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XI	Auction date: 8 January 2008
Lot number: 478 Price realized: 7,000 USD   (Approx. 4,757 EUR / 3,547 GBP / 7,806 CHF)
Lot description: TROAS, Antandrus. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Medallion (38mm, 35.17 g, 6h). AVTOKPA KAI M AVP CЄOVHPOC AΛЄΞANΔPOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / EPI TRA AVP[...], ANTANΔPIΩN in exergue, Aeneas advancing right, head left, leading Ascanius by the hand, and holding Anchises on his shoulder; stern of galley to right. Cf. C. Fontana, “Note su alcune monete inedite o poco conosciute della serie urbica greca coniate durante l’Impero Romano,” RIN 1967, 18 (for similar issue of Caracalla). Good VF, dark brown patina, some roughness, slight doubling on reverse. Unpublished and unique.  According to Vergil (Aeneid, Book 2), Aeneas, the son of the goddess Venus and the Trojan Anchises, fled with some remnants of the inhabitants of Troy as it fell to the Greeks, taking with him his son, Ascanius, his elderly father, Anchises, and the Palladium, or ancient sacred statue of Athena. The Trojans eventually made their way west to resettle in Italy. There they intermarried with the local inhabitants and founded the town of Lavinium, and thereby became the nucleus of the future Roman people. One of the descendants of Aeneas’ son Ascanius (known now as Iulus) was Rhea Silvia. Impregnated by the god Mars, she gave birth to the twins, Romulus and Remus. Exposed by their great-uncle, Amulius, the twins were suckled by a she-wolf, but they were eventually rescued. Romulus later founded the city of Rome, and consequently the image of the she-wolf and the twins became the symbol of that city. The mythological depictions on this coin reinforce the importance of Ilium, not only as the seedbed of the future Roman people, but also as the mother city of the future caput mundi.  Estimate: 5000 USD ILLUSTRAZIONE: Enea, Ascanio e Anchise in fuga da Troia in fiamme , Olio su tela di  Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (1748).

[King John]

Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.

Electronic Auction 170, lot 165, 8/08/2007

TROAS, Ilium. Autonomous Issue. Circa 2nd Century AD. Æ 21mm (3.88 g). Helmeted bust of Athena left / Aeneas walking right carrying Anchises, leading Ascanius by the hand. Bellinger T129; SNG von Aulock 1524; SNG Copenhagen 368. VF, brown and red patina, rough spot on reverse.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 51 (15 September 1999), lot 873.
Founded in the seventh century BC by Aeolians on the site of ancient Troy, Ilion prospered and ultimately developed into a successful Hellenistic and Roman city. It possessed a famous temple of Athena (‘Ilias’) which was visited by King Xerxes of Persia and later by Alexander the Great. The Romans always had a high regard for Ilion because of the legend of Aeneas and the tradition that Rome's founders were of Trojan origin. His son Ascanius became king of Alba Longa, from which the first kings of Rome claimed descent. Ascanius was also known as Iulus, and the Julian gens claimed primacy of place as his direct heirs.

[King John]

Hess Divo AG

Auction 332, lot 57, 31/05/2017

CLASSICAL COINS 
CILICIA. TARSUS. Stater, about 370 BC. AR 10.19 g. Athena, wearing peplos, himation and triple crested helmet, seated l. on rock, l. arm resting on large shield at side, holding spear in her r. hand; behind, olive tree. Rev. ΤΕΡΣΙΚΟΝ Girl, wearing chiton, hair in krobylos, kneeling l. and tossing astragaloi; behind her, lotus plant. SNG BN Paris 238. SNG von Aulock 5915.
Very rare issue with a charming rev.-subject. Corroded surfaces. Very fine-extremely fine
1.500,-
Provenance:
De La Tour collection (acquired Febr. 1984 from B. Vigne, Paris)
Auction Hess-Divo AG, Zurich 314 (2009), 1205.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: scultura in terracotta, proveniente da Capua e datata al 340-330 avanti Cristo, che raffigura due ragazze accovacciate che giocano con gli astragali.

 

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[King John]

Roma Numismatics Limited

Auction 7, lot 483, 22/03/2014

Islands off Thrace, Thasos AR Stater. Circa 412-404 BC. Bald headed and nude Satyr in kneeling-running stance to right, carrying off a protesting nymph; Α in right field / Quadripartite incuse square. Kraay-Hirmer 437; Gulbenkian 464; Le Rider, Thasiennes, 6; SNG Copenhagen Suppl. 103. 8.50g, 21mm. Good Extremely Fine, excellent high classical style. Ex A. Tkalec, 7 May 2009, lot 29. Thasos, a large island off the western coastal region of Thrace, gained its enormous wealth by virtue of its local silver mines as well as mines it controlled on the Thracian mainland opposite the island city-state. According to Herodotos (VI, 46), the city derived 200-300 talents annually from her exploitation of this mineral wealth. Additionally, Thasos gained much material wealth as a producer and exporter of high quality wines, which was tightly regulated by the government, and it was perhaps due to this trade in wine that her coinage spread throughout the Aegean making it a widely recognized and accepted coinage in distant lands. The artistry of this coin is exceptional, and belongs to the very end of the 5th century BC before the end of the Peloponnesian War. Earlier didrachm staters struck to a local Thracian standard originally of 9.8 g and subsequently to 8.7 g are quite crude in style, portraying a vigorous and beastly satyr forcibly abducting a very unwilling nymph. By contrast the nymph on this coin seems to barely protest the abduction, and the satyr is imbued with almost wholly human qualities. The engraving is by a superior artist and is in a very lovely style, the head of the satyr reminding us of the miniature masterpieces from Katane in Sicily depicting a satyr's head facing, while the head of the nymph here is strongly reminiscent of the head of the nymph found on the coins of nearby Neapolis in Macedon. There is no explanation in the relevant literature of the letters A, Σ, or Φ which sometimes appear in the obverse field of these later staters (they never appear on the earlier staters). They cannot be the signatures of the artists as the staters with the same letter often show a markedly different hand at work, so they most probably simply identify the magistrate responsible for the issue, a commonplace feature on other coinages from a number of mints during this and subsequent times.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: BASSORILIEVO DEL I SECOLO D.C. DA ERCOLANO RAFFIGURANTE UNA NINFA CHE SI SOTTRAE ALLE ATTENZIONI DI UN SATIRO.

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