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Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG > Online Auction 104 | Silver	Auction date: 30 May 2021
Lot number: 162 Price realized: 1,700 EUR   (Approx. 2,074 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Mysia. Pergamon. Septimius Severus, with Julia Domna AD 193-211. Claudius Terpandros, strategos Medallion Æ 46 mm, 45,94 g AVT KAI Λ C[EΠ] CEOVHPO[O]C ΠΕΡ around, IΟΥ ΔΟΜΝΑ CΕΒΑCΤΗ in two lines below, confronted busts of Severus right, laureate, draped, and cuirassed, and Domna left, draped / ΕΠΙ CΤΡΑ [ΚΛ]ΑΥΔΙΑΝΟΥ ΤΕΡΠΑΝ-ΔΡΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ, sacrificial scene in fron of the Neokore-Temple of Pergamon; The statue of the emperor in military dress with sceptre and patera stands on a high, rectangular base, in front of it standing sacrificial priest, who with raised axe is about to slay a bull standing whose head is lowered down. very fine v. Fritze pl. VIII,15; SNG Aulock -. Starting Price: 1500 EUR

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 15	Auction date: 27 February 2021
Lot number: 129 Price realized: 150 CHF   (Approx. 166 USD / 136 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: KINGS OF THRACE. Agathokles, son of Lysimachos, circa 290s-283/2 BC. AE (Bronze, 13 mm, 2.26 g, 11 h), Adramyteion. Laureate head of Apollo to right. Rev. AΓAΘO Double-bodied owl standing facing. HGC 3 -. Terin Series 7, 8. Very rare. Very fine. Tekin has recently reattributed the coins of 'Agathokleia' to Agathokles, the oldest son of Lysimachos, who was his father's right-hand man in the late 290s and 280s BC. Unfortunately for him, Lysimachos' second wife, Arsinoe, plotted against him and he was executed in 283/2 BC on charges of conspiracy against the old king. Agathokles' wife, Lysandra, a daughter of Ptolemy I, escaped the trial and fled to Seleukos, who marched against Lysimachos and killed him in the Battle of Korupedion in 281 BC - the decisive battle between the last of Alexander's surviving generals. Starting Price: 25 CHF

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Nomos AG > Auction 22	Auction date: 22 June 2021
Lot number: 255 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: PHILISTIA (PALESTINE) Gaza. 5th-4th centuries BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 24 mm, 17.49 g, 11 h). Head of Athena to right, wearing a crested Attic helmet, with a palmette and scroll on the bowl and three upright olive leaves above the visor, and a disc earring. Rev. Zayin - 'Ayin Owl standing facing with wings closed, between two olive sprays each with a berry; all within incuse square. BMC pl. XLII, 1. Boston MFA 2203. Gitler & Tal V.5T = HGC 10, 532. P. van Alfen, "Two Unpublished Hoards and Other Owls from Egypt", AJN 14, 2002, pl. 15, 9 (same dies). Svoronos pl. 110, 49. Extremely rare. Very well-struck and well-centered with the crest of Athena's helmet fully visible. A most attractive coin of great interest and importance. Just a touch of wear on the highest points, otherwise, extremely fine. This amazing coin, the finest of only four known examples, was struck at Gaza, probably during the final third of the fifth century (or slightly later), and copies the well-known types of Athens. Athenian coins circulated widely in trade throughout the Mediterranean world, though especially in the Levant. The head of Athena, with her frontal eye and Attic helmet, precisely copies the heads that appeared on the abundant Athenian tetradrachms produced in the third quarter of the 5th century, but the reverse is a surprise. Instead of the usual owl standing to right of the tetradrachms, what we have here is the facing owl found on contemporary Athenian triobols. It would certainly be interesting to know if any of those triobols have been found in the area of ancient Palestine: in any case, they must have been the model used for this coin. The letters on the reverse, reading from right to left 'Ayin Zayin (or 'Z), are the abbreviated form of the city name, Gaza, but which was typically written Aza, and interestingly the letter 'Ayin has an added central pellet assimilating it to the form of the letter È which appears on the genuine Athenian coins of this period. Estimate: 30000 CHF

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Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH > E-Auction 36 Auction date: 19 February 2021 Lot number: 76 Price realized: 26 EUR   (Approx. 32 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.   Lot description: TROAS. Birytis. Bronze (1,25 g), ca. 4.-3. Jhdt. v. Chr. Kopf eines Kabeiros mit Pilos, darüber zwei Sterne / Keule im Lorbeerkranz. Klein 301, SNG Cop 247-248. Winzige Auflagen. s.sch.+ Starting Price: 24 EUR ILLUSTRAZIONE:  A PILOS TYPE BRONZE HELMET 4TH CENTURY B.C. Of conical form with carinated lip above the broad brim, the front with two rearing confronting ibex in relief, remains of riveted attachment plates for crest on the crown's apex, two pierced holes on lower edge at either side, incised lines around the perimeter, minor restoration. 9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm.) high. Text & Provenance: Christie's Live Auction 9482 of 06.11.2002, lot: 78. Estimate: GBP 25,000 - GBP 35,000, Price realized: GBP 32,900.

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 81	Auction date: 25 February 2021
Lot number: 406 Price realized: 460 GBP   (Approx. 650 USD / 532 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte. Circa 375-325 BC. Head of Dioskouros to right, wearing wreathed pilos; two stars flanking / Head of Persephone to right, within linear square frame. Bodenstedt 99; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen 321. 2.52g, 11mm, 6h. Good Very Fine. From the inventory of a UK dealer. Estimate: 350 GBP illustrazione:  A PILOS TYPE BRONZE HELMET CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C. Of conical form with carinated lip above the broad brim, decorated in relief with a finely detailed berried olive wreath, the helmet pierced with holes for attachments. 9½ in. (24.1 cm.) high. Text & Provenance: Christie's Live Auction 9482 of 06.11.2002, lot: 75. Estimate: GBP 25,000 - GBP 35,000, Price realized: GBP 69,750.

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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 125	Auction date: 23 June 2021
Lot number: 689
Lot description: Trajan augustus, 98 – 117. Sestertius circa 114-116, Æ 27.84 g. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P Laureate and draped bust r. Rev. Trajan, in military dress, seated on platform, haranguing soldiers; by his side two officers and in front of him on the ground another officer with four soldiers. In the background, three standards. In exergue, IMPERATOR VIIII / S C. C 178. BMC 1020. RIC 658. CBN 844. Woytek 549 v. Rare. A finely executed reverse composition struck on a full flan. Wonderful brown-green patina somewhat smoothed, otherwise extremely fine Ex NAC 23, 2002,1544 and NAC 101, 2017, Ploil, 254 sales. Estimate: 7500 CHF

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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 124	Auction date: 23 June 2021
Lot number: 198 Price realized: 22,000 CHF   (Approx. 23,900 USD / 20,086 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Lampsacus. Tetradrachm circa 160, AR 16.73 g. Bearded head of Priapos r., wearing ivy wreath, his hair falling in locks over shoulders. Rev. ΛΑΜΨΑ – ΚΗΝΩΝ / [Δ]ΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΤΟΥ [ΔΗΜΗ]ΤΡΙΟΥ ΤΟΥ / [ΜΕΙΚΑΛΟΥ] Apollo Kitharoidos standing r., wearing long robes and holding lyre in his l. hand, his r. at his side; below, in inner l. field, monogram and in inner r., bow and arrow. Baldwin, Lampsakos Pl. VIII, 1. Gaebler, 70 and pl. II, 42. SNG France 1229 (legend misread). Very rare and in exceptional condition for the issue. A very interesting and attractive portrait of late Hellenistic style, wonderful old cabinet tone and extremely fine Ex M&M 47, 1972, 493; Leu 33, 1983, 363; Lanz 102, 2001, 257 and New York XXVII, 2012, Prospero 257 sales. According to Greek mythological tradition, the rustic fertility god Priapos, a son of Dionysus and Aphrodite, was born at the site of Lampsacus in Mysia. His earliest mention is in the fourth century BC as the title character in Priapos, a lost comic play by Xenophanes. He was worshiped as an important deity by the people of Lampsacus and his cult spread to mainland Greece and beyond in the third century BC. However, outside of Lampsacus and Mysia he tended to become somewhat of a joke and was increasingly associated more with ancient pornography than with serious worship. This is perhaps not entirely surprising. It is a little difficult to take seriously a god whose main identifying feature is a gigantic erect phallus. Nevertheless, despite the snickering in other parts of the Greek world, Lampsacus took the cult of Priapos very seriously, even going so far as to feature the god on the city's coinage in the second century BC. The most remarkable of the Priapos coinages of this period is surely the tetradrachm series exemplified by the present specimen. Here, the god is tastefully shown only from the neck up on the obverse and wearing an ivy wreath. This wreath alludes to his father Dionysus and may suggest that Priapos was sometimes equated with Dionysus at Lampsacus, which might account for the somewhat more serious reverence he enjoyed in the city. It is worth noting that Herodotus also equated the ithyphallic Egyptian deity Osiris with Greek Dionysus. The prominence of Apollo on the reverse may be explained by the settlement history of Lampsacus. The city was founded in the seventh century BC as a colony of Ionian Greeks from Phokaia. As Apollo was a favored deity among the Ionians and was generally considered a patron of Greek colonizing efforts, it is not especially surprising to see him here holding his kithara. The added attribute of a bow with arrow nocked and ready to shoot is somewhat unexpected at the god's feet and may possibly represent some connection between Lampsacus and neighboring Alexandria Troas. The nocked bow and arrow were a typical feature of that city's chief deity, Apollo Smintheus, who also appeared on contemporary coins. The exergue inscription naming the magistrate responsible for the Lampsakene issue is notable for the fact that it gives the filiation of the magistrate to two generations. Normally in ancient Greek naming convention it was sufficient to identify ones father, but here the legend names Demetrios, son of Demetrios, son of Meikalos-son, father, and grandfather. Estimate: 25000 CHF ILLUSTRAZIONE: TESTA DI PRIAPO (I-II SEC. D.C.),  National Museums Liverpool, World Museum

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Spink > Auction 370	Auction date: 14 July 2021
Lot number: 37 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction -
Lot description: Roman Republic. L. Pomponius Molo. AR Denarius, 97 BC. 4.0 gms. Laureate head of Apollo right, rev. Numa Pompilius standing right, holding lituus before lighted altar about to sacrifice a goat being held by a victimarius. Crawford 334/1, Syd. 607, Pomponia 6. Lovely old cabinet toning. Well-centered reverse with complete scene. Good Very Fine.. Estimate: $150 - $200

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Spink > Auction 370	Auction date: 14 July 2021
Lot number: 56 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Roman Republic. L. Rustius. AR Denarius, 74 BC. Helmeted head of a young Mars right, mark of value below chin, rev. Ram standing right. Crawford 389/1, Syd.782, Rustia 1. Toned. Very Fine.. Estimate: $125 - $175

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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 124	Auction date: 23 June 2021
Lot number: 173 Price realized: 120,000 CHF   (Approx. 130,364 USD / 109,558 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Stymphalos. Stater circa 360-350, AR 11.78 g. Laureate head of Artemis Stymphalia r., wearing necklace and pendant earring. Rev. ΣΤΥΜΦΑΛΙΩΝ Heracles in fighting stance l., preparing to strike with club in raised r. hand, holding bow and lion's skin in l. hand; between legs, ΣΟ. Traité III 884 and pl. CCXXIV, 22. BMC 6 and pl. XXXVII, 4 (this obverse die). Gillet 1006. Jameson 1267. Boston 1269 (these dies). SNG Berry 871 (this obverse die). BCD Peloponnesos I, 1705 (this coin). BCD Peloponnesos II, –. Extremely rare. A portrait of enchanting beauty, work a very talented master engraver, struck in high relief. Wonderful old cabinet tone, weakly struck on reverse, otherwise about extremely fine Ex Leu 28, 1981, 118 and LHS, 96, 2006, BCD, 1705 sales. Privately purchased from NAC in 2011. The Arkadian city of Stymphalos was notorious in Greek mythology for the monstrous birds that inhabited a nearby swamp. The Stymphalian birds had been the pets of Artemis, but fled to the environs of the city in order to escape a pack of wolves. Once ensconced in the marsh they became a serious problem as they devoured all the fruits of the land and developed an unnerving taste for human flesh. Making matters worse was the fact that the birds were virtually unstoppable since they possessed beaks of bronze as well as sharp bronze feathers that they could launch at their enemies like knives. Even their droppings were said to be poisonous. Luckily for Stymphalos, Herakles was tasked with the destruction of the birds as his sixth labor for Eurystheus of Tiryns. Because the loose soil of the marsh would not support the weight of the great hero, he used a rattle fashioned by Hephaistos to frighten the birds into taking flight. Once in the air, Herakles shot them with arrows dipped in the toxic blood of the Lernean Hydra. The types of this stater celebrate both the original keeper of the Stymphalian birds and their slayer. Estimate: 75000 CHF ILLUSTRAZIONE: ANTONIO DEL POLLAIOLO, "ERACLE E L'IDRA", TEMPERA GRASSA SU TAVOLA, 1475

 

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Nomos AG > Auction 22	Auction date: 22 June 2021
Lot number: 314 Price realized: 14,000 CHF   (Approx. 15,209 USD / 12,782 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Septimius Severus, 193-211. Aureus (Gold, 20 mm, 7.18 g, 6 h), Rome, 197. L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIIII Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus to right. Rev. LIBERO PATRI Liber (Bacchus) standing facing, head on which he places his right hand turned to the left, holding thyrsus in left; at feet to left, panther seated left, forepaw raising, and head turned to look back at Liber. Cf. BMC 222, note = Cohen 303 = RIC 99 (bust). Biaggi 1081 = Calicó 2482 (this coin). Hill 311. A wonderful example with sharp details. Extremely fine. From the Hunter Collection, Goldberg 72, 2013, 41164 and from the collection of Leo Biaggi (1906-1979). Liber Pater or Bacchus, in his original Phoenician form, was a patron deity of Leptis Magna, Severus' birthplace. A temple to god was situated in the heart of Leptis' forum, and his worship appears to have been personally important to the emperor as he featured prominently on Severan coinage. Estimate: 12500 CHF

ILLUSTRAZIONE: Colossal statue of Antinous as Dionysus-Osiris, he holds the thyrsus (a Dionysian attribute) and wears a ivy crown, and a diadem which at the top would originally have held a cobra (uraeus) or a lotus flower, Antinous Braschi, Vatican Museums

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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 125	Auction date: 23 June 2021
Lot number: 334 Price realized: 30,000 CHF   (Approx. 32,723 USD / 27,389 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Phoenicia, Byblos. Shekel third quarter of V century BC, AR 13.42 g. Winged sphynx seated l. Rev. Hawk standing l., wearing the double crown of Egypt, holding crook and flail: in r. corner, olive sprig. All within slight incuse square. Lemaire-Elay, RBN 137, 30 = Elayi-Elayi 67 (1/3 shekel). Apparently unrecorded. An issue of tremendous interest and fascination. Of excellent style, minor areas of weakness, otherwise good very fine / very fine This apparently unrecorded coin of Byblos illustrates the great eclecticism of Phoenician coinage and art in general in the fifth century BC. The obverse depicts a winged male sphinx wearing the pschent crown traditionally worn in Egypt as a sign of a pharaoh's legitimate rule over Upper and Lower Egypt. Sphinxes wearing this crown are known from Egypt and Nubia, and the Great Sphinx at Gizah is thought to have originally sported this royal headdress. However, in all of these cases the sphinxes have no wings. This feature was a Phoenician addition to the essentially Egyptian type under the influence of Near Eastern griffin and winged monster motifs. Winged and pschent-crowned sphinxes are known from sculptural and ivory-work remains from Cyprus, an island with an important Phoenician population. The reverse type depicts a falcon wearing the pschent crown and carrying the crook (heka) and flail (nekhakha) emblems of pharaonic authority. In Egypt these symbols represented the pharaoh's responsibility to shepherd his people and to maintain the fertility of the land. They were also attributes of Osiris and served as emblems of the pharaoh in death. Here they are paired with the crowned falcon, the symbol of Horus, the Egyptian god with whom the pharaoh was associated in life. The iconography of the falcon with crook and flail goes back before the 11th century BC in Egypt and was already internalized in the Near East by the 9th century BC, when it was used as a motif for locally produced scaraboids. Thus, by the time that the image was employed for this Byblian issue, it was already extremely old and had become a staple of Near Eastern iconography and lost much of its explicitly Egyptian quality. A remarkable addition to the reverse type on this coin, however is the olive spray in the upper right corner. This is clearly derived from Athenian tetradrachms circulating in the southern Levant and which are known to have exerted a strong influence on the development of coinage in Philistia, Samaria, and Judaea. The intrusion of the Athenian olive spray onto this otherwise Egypt-derived reverse type now raises questions about the owl with crook and flail that appears on coins of Tyre. Might the expected falcon have turned into an owl at Tyre under the influence of Athenian coinage, which of course employed an owl as its standard reverse type? Estimate: 20000 CHF ILLUSTRAZIONE: PLACCHETTA IN AVORIO DI LAVORAZIONE FENICIA  CON SFINGE ALATA PROVENIENTE DA NIMRUD (SEC. VIII A.C.), BRITISH MUSEUM

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Classical Numismatic Group, Triton VI, lot 777, 14/01/2003

L. Valerius Asisculus. Circa 45 BC. AR Denarius (3.27 gm).
Estimate $4000 
L. Valerius Asisculus. Circa 45 BC. AR Denarius (3.27 gm). Laureate head of Zeus right, pickax (acisculus) and ACISCVLVS behind, all in laurel-wreath / Anguipede Giant facing, grasping Jupiter's thunderbolt which has struck his flank, and raising hand in agony, L VALERIVS in exergue. Crawford 474/4 (same dies); CRI 93; Sydenham 1003; Valeria 21. VF, scattered porosity, recently cleaned. Nonetheless, one of the rarest of Roman Republican denarii, valued at £1300 in Roman Silver Coins. ($4000)
The head of Zeus within laurel wreath and the vanquished Giant are clear references to a glorious victory, which can only be that of Caesar over his enemies. Sear suggests this association of Caesar with godhead was another irritant to those factions opposing him, and may have lead to the quick demise of this coin type.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: Le Moire,  il gigante anguiforme Agrio e Toante, dettaglio dell’Altare di Pergamon, Agrio fu uno dei combattenti durante la guerra fra i giganti e gli dei dell'Olimpo,  nella quale i giganti cercarono di rubare il potere alle varie divinità. Egli fu affrontato dalle Moire che con i loro proiettili infuocati riuscirono ad abbatterlo ed in seguito, insieme agli altri, venne fatto precipitare nel Tartaro.

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXI	Auction date: 24 March 2021
Lot number: 217 Price realized: 4,000 GBP   (Approx. 5,488 USD / 4,639 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Mysia, Kyzikos EL Hekte. Circa 450-350 BC. Lion to right, gnawing on the leg of a prey animal (or weapon?), its hoof held in his right paw and the upper part held in his mouth; below, tunny fish swimming to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze 177 var. (stater); Greenwell 108 var. (same, weapon); Boston MFA 1502 (same); SNG BnF 322 (same); Gulbenkian 621 (same, weapon); Jameson 2204 (same); Hurter & Liewald II, 177; Callataÿ, F. 'Prolegomen to a Die Study of Electrum Coinage of Cyzicus' in 'White Gold, Studies in Early Electrum Coinage' 2020, p. 658. 2.69g, 11mm. Extremely Fine. Very Rare. From the inventory of a UK dealer. Estimate: 1000 GBP

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Tauler & Fau > Auction 80	Auction date: 6 April 2021
Lot number: 263 price realized: 180 EUR   (Approx. 213 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Anonymous. Denarius. 143 BC. Rome. (Ffc-82). (Craw-222/1). (Cal-57). Anv.: Head of Roma right, X behind. Rev.: Diana holding whip in biga of stags right, crescent below their forelegs, ROMA in exergue. Ag. 3,91 g. Choice VF. Est...160,00. SPANISH DESCRIPTION: Anónimo. Denario. 143 a.C. Roma. (Ffc-82). (Craw-222/1). (Cal-57). Anv.: Cabeza de Roma a derecha, detrás: X. Rev.: Diana en biga arrastrada por ciervos, a derecha con látigo en la mano, debajo: creciente, en el exergo: ROMA. Ag. 3,91 g. MBC+. Est...160,00. To see the Special Pictures and Videos of the lots go to www.tauleryfau.com ILLUSTRAZIONE: Etruscan red-figure stamnos by the Volterra Caeretan painter, ca. 350-325 BC. A seated Artemis (the Etruscan Artumes) in a biga drawn by stags, a hare in front.

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VAuctions > NBJ Auction 2	Auction date: 23 April 2021
Lot number: 15 Price realized: 4,000 USD   (Approx. 3,320 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Seleucid kings, Seleucus I Nicator, 312-280 AR Tetradrachm, Susa circa 305-304. Bust of Alexander the Great r., wearing helmet covered with panthers skin and adorned with a bull's horn and ear, and with a panthers skin tied over his shoulder. Rev. S??????S – ??S???OS Nike standing r., placing a wreath on trophy; in lower I H, field, monogram; in lower central field, monogram. Aramaic inscriptio. 13.66gm, 27mm. Extremely Rare and about extremely fine. With some light patina on obverse. Among the most intriguing of early Seleucid coins is this 'trophy' tetradrachm with an Aramaic inscription in the reverse field in place of the usual Greek monogram or control letters. Houghton and Lorber describe the two known examples as having been struck from different sets of dies, indicating it was not merely a unique production.Its design composition is identical to the standard 'trophy' coins of Susa, and the skill of the die engraver is laudable. Yet, peculiar details of the design and inscription, and the use of Aramaic, mark it as an irregular issue of some kind. Kritt suggests it was struck at a mint "not under the direct administrative control of the Seleucid authorities"". It may have been an unofficial issue or an official issue produced at a temporary or branch mint at which dies were cut by a local engraver copying the work of the engravers at Susa. The 'trophy' coinage is now typically dated to c.305/4-295 BC, following Seleucus' Indian campaign. The helmeted, horned portrait has excited much comment. It remains uncertain whether it represents Seleucus I or Alexander III, or if it is a heroic figure who assimilates those two kings with Dionysus, a god famed for his conquest of the East. The trophy scene is a clear allusion to victory, and would have been an appropriate choice in the wake of a major campaign. In addition to the rather substantial 'trophy' issues of Susa (H&L I, 173-176), some irregular or outright imitative issues (H&L I, 196- 197, 199) appear to be roughly contemporary with the originals. Of barbarous style and manufacture are 'trophy' drachms and fractions naming Antiochus I (H&L I, 198, 226-228). They have been seen as official issues of a mint in Drangiana produced during Antiochus' coregency with his father, which would place them after the main issue at Susa had ended." Starting Price: 4000 USD ILLUSTRAZIONE: BERTOLAMI FINE ARTS, AUCTION 66, PART 2, 10/07/2019,  Lot 369. A roman carnelian intaglio. Trophy of arms. A roman carnelian intaglio. Trophy of arms. 8 x 11 x 3 mm In the center, an armor is hung from a pole with a flat base, with two shields and two crossed lances on the back of the composition. Below: a helmet and greaves. Allegorical representation referring to military value. 2nd-3rd century AD.

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Roma Numismatics Ltd
E-Sale 30  29 October 2016

Octavian AR Denarius. Rome, 29-27 BC. Bare head right / IMP CAESAR on architrave of arch surmounted by facing quadriga bearing Octavian. RIC 267; BMC 624. 3.56g, 20mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine. Cleaning marks on obv., dark grey and blue iridescent tone. Rare.
From the S.C. Collection;
Purchased from Spink & Son Ltd., London, 2010;
Ex Spink Numismatic Circular, October 2008, vol. CXVI, no. 3876.

Price realized: 400 GBP

ILLUSTRAZIONE: RICOSTRUZIONE DELL'ARCO PARTICO DI AUGUSTO

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 84	Auction date: 16 June 2021
Lot number: 1335 Price realized: 900 GBP   (Approx. 1,269 USD / 1,048 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Q. Servilius Caepio (M. Junius) Brutus AR Denarius. Rome, 54 BC. Bust of Libertas right; LIBERTAS downward behind / Consul L. Junius Brutus, between two lictors, preceded by accensus, all walking to left; BRVTVS in exergue. Crawford 433/1; BMCRR Rome 3862; RSC Junia 31. 3.59g, 21mm, 12h. NGC graded VF 4/5 - 4/5 (#4241555-015). Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 36, 27 May 2017, lot 496. Struck a decade before the assassination of Julius Caesar and recalling the legendary expulsion of the Tarquins from Rome in 509 BC by L. Junius Brutus, his ancestor and the consul of that year, Brutus here uses the reverse type to illustrate his strong republican views, while the presence of the goddess Libertas on the obverse was particularly prescient of his participation in the events of 44 BC, the word 'libertas' reportedly being the watchword with which Brutus signalled the all-clear to his fellow conspirators. When he became consul in 54, Brutus' full name was Quintus Servilius Caepio Brutus, on account of his having been adopted by his uncle, Quintus Servilius Caepio. Having reverted to his birth name for a time, following Caesar's assassination Brutus revived his adoptive name in order to illustrate his links to another famous tyrannicide, Gaius Servilius Ahala, from whom he was also descended. Estimate: 150 GBP

ILLUSTRAZIONE: Bronze figure of a lictor (magistrate's attendant) wearing a toga and a wreath on his head. He carries laurel leaves in his right hand and in his left hand he carries the fasces, an axe bound to a bundle of rods, British Museum

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Auktionshaus Felzmann > Auction 171	Auction date: 16 March 2021
Lot number: 555 Price realized: 1,700 EUR   (Approx. 2,022 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Antike Griechen Phoenicia Sidon AR Doppelschekel Jahr 3 = 370-369 v.u.Z. Betylon Abt' Ashtart I., 372-358 v.u.Z., Av.: Galeere auf vier gezackten Wellenlinien nach links, darüber Jahr III, Rv.: Großkönig und Wagenlenker in Triga nach links, dahinter folgt Abt' Ashtart III. in ägyptischen bzw. syrischer Tracht mit kultischem Zepter und Votiv-Vase, die Reversseite zeigt, dass Sidon zum Achämenidenreich gehörte und der König von Sidon dem Großkönig untertan war, mit Fotogutachten Kaiser von 2012 Betylon, Museum Note 21 (1976), S. 24, 21 ex Felzmann-Auktion 139, Los 94 26.46 g. sehr selten, vor allem in dieser Erhaltung vz Starting Price: 1500 EUR

illustrazione: modello di carro dal tesoro di Oxus (British Museum),  una collezione di circa 180 pezzi di oro e argento risalenti al V e al VI secolo avanti Cristo. Gli oggetti furono realizzati nel contesto dell’impero Achemenide persiano, e vennero ritrovati fra il 1877 e il 1880 nel sito di Takht-i-Kuwad, nell’odierno Tajikistan. Il luogo e la data del ritrovamento sono sconosciuti, anche se sicuramente fu nei pressi del fiume Oxus, che da il nome all’intero tesoro. Poco distante dai ritrovamenti, all’inizio del ‘900, gli archeologi russi scavarono un tempio risalente al III secolo avanti Cristo, il quale viene identificato come il luogo originale di conservazione del tesoro.

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Avete notato cosa c'è raffigurato sulla coppa Delaunay dei campionati europei?

Un giovane che gioca con la palla a Episkyros. Un gioco con la palla era praticato nell'antica Grecia, come testimonia questa stele funeraria rinvenuta ad Atene, databile al 400-375 a.C.

Modificato 13 Luglio, 2021 da King John

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Numismatica Ars Classica > Spring Sale 2021	Auction date: 10 May 2021
Lot number: 1326 Price realized: 1,800 CHF   (Approx. 2,001 USD / 1,646 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Roman Empire. Hadrian augustus, 117 – 138. Sestertius 130-133, Æ 26.66 g. HADRIANVS – AVG COS III P P Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. EXERC DACICVS / S C Hadrian on horseback r., haranguing three soldiers, of which the first holds an aquila and the other two, standards. C 557. BMC 1675. RIC 915f = RIC II.3, 1924. Very rare. Dark brown tone somewhat smoothed and areas of corrosion, otherwise good very fine This reverse of this sestertius depicts the emperor addressing the troops (adlocutio in Latin), which he did on important occasions and which has found its numismatic expression since the time of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. While on early adlocutio scenes the troops in question are often the Praetorian Guard whose support was necessary for the stable reign of an emperor, here Hadrian is shown speaking to the Dacian Army, as is indicated by the legend exercitus dacicus and represented by three standard bearers. The one closest to the emperor is the aquilifer who carries the legionary eagle (aquila), followed by the vexillarius who carries a standard topped with a banner (vexillum), and behind him a signifer who carries a standard adorned with metal disks (the signum). While aquilifers and vexillarii marched as the focal point for entire legions, the signifer marched before the individual cohorts that composed the legion. Dated to the period AD 130-133, the adlocutio represented on this coin must indicate an otherwise undocumented visit to the Dacian limes (frontier forts) or, at the least, an intended visit at this time. As such, it may be included as an adjunct to Hadrian's much-beloved travel series of coins depicting the provinces and cities he visited on his several tours throughout the empire. Earlier in his reign, Hadrian had reorganized the Dacian territories so recently conquered by his predecessor, Trajan, giving up to the Roxolani Sarmatians to rule as a client kingdom on behalf of Rome much of the Dacian territory that had been added to Moesia Inferior. Trajan's sweeping conquests along the Danube frontier as well as in the East had greatly extended Rome's borders, but Hadrian correctly saw the impractical nature of the additional strain this imposed on the Empire and quickly shored them. Estimate: 750 CHF

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Nomos AG > Auction 22	Auction date: 22 June 2021
Lot number: 284 Price realized: 12,000 CHF   (Approx. 13,036 USD / 10,956 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Gaius (Caligula), 37-41. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 37 mm, 26.73 g, 5 h), Rome, 40-41. C CAESAR DIVI AVG PRON AVG P M TR P IIII P P Laureate head of Caligula to left. Rev. ADLOCVT / COH Bareheaded and togate figure of Caligula standing left before a sella castrensis on a platform, his right hand outstretched towards five legionaries standing to right and facing him; the first bears a shield and the other four hold legionary eagles. BMC 68. Cohen 3. RIC 48. With a fine portrait, a detailed reverse and a reddish-brown/ olive-green patina. Traces of smoothing on the obverse and with a flan fault on the reverse, otherwise, nearly extremely fine. Estimate: 5000 CHF

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Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. > Buy or Bid Sale 216	Auction date: 27 July 2021
Lot number: 521 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Tranquillina. AE 29; Tranquillina; Cyane, Lycia, AE 29, 18.61g. Weber-7267 (same dies). Obv: Draped bust of empress r., wearing stephane, set on crescent. Rx: Warrior on horseback r., about to hurl spear. Rare. Ex CNG 57, 28 March 2001, lot 821.Countermark on forehead. EF Estimate: 1100 USD

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Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions > E-Auction 101	Auction date: 17 July 2021
Lot number: 486 Price realized: To Be Posted
Lot description: Sicily, Soloi, late 4th century BC. Æ Tetras (13mm, 2.39g, 6h). Head of Athena facing slightly r., wearing Corinthian helmet. R/ Warrior kneeling r., drawing bow. Campana 12a; CNS I, 5; SNG ANS 740-2; HGC 2, 1254. Green patina, VF - Good VF Starting Price: 30 GBP

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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 124	Auction date: 23 June 2021
Lot number: 135 Price realized: 100,000 CHF   (Approx. 108,637 USD / 91,298 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Pherai, Alexander tyrant, 369 – 358 BC. Hemidrachm circa 369-358, AR 2.94 g. Head of youthful Jason l., wearing petasos. Rev. ΑΛΕΞΑ – ΝΔΡΕΙΟΝ Horse's lower leg with hoof r. Traité IV, 617 and pl. CCXCIV, 18 (these dies?). BCD Thessaly 1, 1312 (this coin). Extremely rare and undoubtedly the finest of very few specimens known. A spectacular portrait of excellent style struck in high relief and a very interesting reverse type. Light iridescent tone and good extremely fine Ex Nomos sale 4, 2011, BCD, 1312. In 370/69 BC, Jason, the powerful tyrant of Pherai and tagos of the Thessalian League was assassinated. Upon his death, Jason's ambitious brothers Polydoros and Polyphron immediately assumed power jointly as his successor, thereby setting aside Alexander, Jason's son and rightful heir. By 369 BC, the obstacles between Alexander and power were reduced by half after Polyphron poisoned his brother. They were completely removed late in the same year after Alexander took up a spear and killed his uncle. Thereafter he is said to have worshipped the spear that killed Polyphron as a god. With his uncles out of the way, Alexander at last assumed tyranny at Pherai and the leadership of the Thessalian League, but the evil character of his rule was already established. This bloody succession created deep division among the cities of Thessaly and ultimately caused the Thessalian League to break into two opposing leagues, one led by Alexander as tagos and another, led by the Aleuadai family of Larisa, that refused to recognise the legitimacy of Alexander. This development led to a conflict between Alexander and his opponents that dragged on through most of his rule in Thessaly. The instability caused by Alexander in Thessaly frequently caused Alexander II of Macedon and the Boiotian League to intervene on behalf of Larisa. Although the tyrant of Pherai managed to arrest and hold hostage the famous Boiotarch Pelopidas in 368/7 BC and encompassed his death in battle in 364 BC, he was ultimately defeated and forced to give up his claim to lead the Thessalian League. In 362 BC, having lost much of his power in Thessaly, Alexander of Pherai took up a life of piracy, leading a fleet of ships to plunder the island and coastal cities of the Aegean Sea. He is known to have terrorized the Cycladic Islands and even plundered the port of Athens, before he was driven from the sea by the Athenian fleet. At last, even his family tired of Alexander's violence and began to plot his death. In 358 BC, a conspiracy involving his wife (who was also his half-sister) and three brothers was hatched and the tyrant was murdered in his own bed. Alexander's corpse was thrown into the street and his brothers assumed power in Pherai. In little more than a decade Alexander had squandered all of the gains that his father, Jason, had made, taking Pherai from the pinnacle of power as one of the leading cities of mainland to that of a secondary regional challenger for influence in Thessaly. Estimate: 60000 CHF