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Leu Numismatik AG > Auction 10	Auction date: 24 October 2021
Lot number: 2019 Price realized: 75,000 CHF   (Approx. 81,887 USD / 70,316 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: SICILY. Syracuse. Dionysios I, 405-367 BC. 100 Litrai or Double Dekadrachm (Gold, 14 mm, 5.81 g, 4 h), in the style of Kimon, circa 405-400 or somewhat later. ΣYP[AKOΣIΩN] Female head (of Arethusa?) to left, her hair bound up in a sphendone ornamented with two stars, wearing triple-pendant earring and pearl necklace; behind her neck, star. Rev. Youthful Herakles, nude, kneeling right on rocky ground line, wrestling the Nemean lion. Bérend 41.1 (this coin). Gillet 128 (same dies). SNG ANS 338 (same obverse die). An exceptional example, boldly struck in high relief and undoubtedly among the finest known. A beautiful coin of the finest classical style. The usual small die break on the reverse, otherwise, good extremely fine. Ex Nomos FPL Winter-Spring 2013, 5, Numismatica Genevensis 6, 30 November 2010, 29, Hess-Divo 311, 22 October 2008, 331 (illustrated on the front cover) and Leu 48, 10 May 1989, 68. The magnificent Syracusan 100 litrai or double dekadrachms are among the finest Greek gold coins ever produced. They are associated with the city's wonderful dekadrachms by Kimon and Euainetos, whose signature also appears on the earliest dies of the gold series. Bérend connects the issue with the Greek struggle for independence against the advancing Carthaginians in 406/5-404 BC, but hoard evidence suggests that it was in fact struck over a longer period of time, perhaps by minting the treasures provided to Dionysios' father-in-law Hermokrates by the Persian Satrap Pharnabazos in 409 (Diod. XIII, 63.1) and/or the 300 talents in ransom levied from the Carthaginian general Himilko after his failed siege of Syracuse in 397/6 BC. The magnificent rendering of Herakles' first and most famous Labor, the slaying of the Nemean lion, on the reverse is clearly a reference to the wars Syracuse was waging against its archenemy Carthage: Herakles, the great Doric hero and ancestor of the Doric city of Syracuse, defends the independence of the western Greeks by defeating the lion, the symbol of Africa. Estimate: 30000 CHF

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Splendidi tetradrammi punici coniati in Sicilia.

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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 126	Auction date: 17 November 2021
Lot number: 50 Price realized: 36,000 CHF   (Approx. 38,768 USD / 34,159 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Syracuse 30 litrae circa 345-335, AV 2.13 g. ΣΥΡΑΚ – [Ο] – ΣΙ – ΩΝ Laureate head of Zeus r.; behind, Thessalian helmet. Rev. Pegasus flying r.; below, ΣΩ. Jameson 850 var. (different symbol). SNG Lloyd 1439 var. (different symbol). AMB 497 var. (different symbol). An apparently unrecorded variety of a rare type and in exceptional condition for the issue. A magnificent portrait of superb style struck on a full flan. Unobtrusive edge mark at eleven o’clock on obverse, otherwise good extremely fine Ex Sotheby’s sale 21-22 June 1991, Hunt part II, 275. From the S. Weintraub and Harald Salvesen collections. Graded Ch AU Strike 5/5 Surface 3/5 edge marks, NGC certification number 6157581-007 This rare gold issue was struck in support of the conflicts undertaken by the Corinthian general Timoleon and his army of Peloponnesian mercenaries on behalf of the Syracusans, who had fallen on dark days. In an attempt to expel their tyrant, Dionysius II, in 345 BC, the Syracusans had initially enlisted the aid of Hicetas, the tyrant of Leontini, but his real intention was to take control of Syracuse and become the preeminent power in Greek Sicily. At the same time fear was growing that the Carthaginians would take advantage of the chaos in Syracuse to launch a new offensive and perhaps overwhelm the Greek cities of the island. Faced with all of these problems, the Syracusans begged for aid from Corinth, the mother city of Syracuse. In response, Corinth dispatched Timoleon and a large mercenary force to set things straight. In 344 BC, Timoleon defeated Hicetas at the Battle of Adranon and in the following year he negotiated the surrender of Dionysius II in return for safe passage to Corinth. With the immediate danger to Syracuse now out of the way, Timoleon restored the city's democracy (its third in a series punctuated by tyrannies) and increased the population. However, there still remained the distant clouds of Carthaginian menace while Timoleon was undoing the damage of war and tyranny in Syracuse. In 339/8 BC, the Punic storm broke on Sicily and a Punic army of some 70,000 men was poised to overrun the Greek cities. Timoleon met this army with his much smaller force of mercenaries at the Krimissos River and defeated it. This severe loss forced the Carthaginians to renegotiate the boundaries of Punic and Greek territory on Sicily and subsequently recognized the old division at the Halycus River. Shortly after saving both Syracuse and Greek Sicily, the much-loved Timoleon was forced to retire from his leadership position in 337 BC due to blindness, and he died shortly thereafter. The types of this coin reflect both the influence of Timoleon and of his Peloponnesian mercenaries. The obverse depicts the head of Zeus Eleutherios (\Zeus of Freedom\\), a god who was invoked for obvious reasons in the context of Timoleon's work to rid the Syracusans of their tyrants. The same head of the god also appears with a full Greek label on bronze coins struck at Syracuse under Timoleon. The Pegasus of the reverse type is derived from the coins of Corinth, which regularly employed it as the badge of the city. Estimate: 20000 CHF ILLUSTRAZIONE: PARTICOLARE DEL VISO DI UNO DEI BRONZI DI RIACE

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Una classica, bella testa di Atena con elmo corinzio : dietro la testa, come simbolo accessorio nel campo, un elmo macedone crestato .

Da uno statere di tipologia corinzia, battuto in Leuca, che passerà a breve in asta Leu 19 al n. 520 . 

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 19	Auction date: 26 February 2022
Lot number: 1469 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: PAMPHYLIA. Aspendos. Circa 420-360 BC. Drachm (Silver, 19 mm, 5.12 g, 11 h). Warrior on horseback to left, holding reins in his left hand and brandishing spear with his right. Rev. EΣT Boar running right. Leu Web Auction 5 (2018), 295. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG Paris -. SNG von Aulock -. A rare variety. Harshly cleaned and scratched, otherwise, very fine. Starting price: 50 CHF ILLUSTRAZIONE: Meleagro e Atlanta e la caccia al cinghiale Calidonio, Peter Paul Rubens 1577-1640, Künsthistorische Museum, Wien.

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 19	Auction date: 26 February 2022
Lot number: 137 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction -
Lot description: TAURIC CHERSONESOS. Karkinitis. Circa 350-340 BC. AE (Bronze, 21 mm, 5.20 g, 12 h), Poly..., magistrate. Head of city-goddess (?) to left, wearing ornamented mural crown. Rev. K-AP Skythian horseman galloping to right, brandishing spear; to left, ΠΟΛ[Υ]. CNG 88 (2011), 273 var. (differing ethnic). HGC 3.2, -. SNG BM Black Sea -. SNG Moskau -. SNG Stancomb -. Extremely rare. Some smoothing and with minor spots of corrosion, otherwise, very fine. From the Pontos Euxeinos Collection, formed in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Starting price: 50 CHF illustrazione: cavalieri Sciti

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Un piacevole, minuscolo emiobolo di incerta attribuzione alla regione della Troade : al diritto bell' elmo corinzio crestato ed al rovescio anfora entro cartiglio rettangolare .

Passerà ad inizio Marzo in asta Naumann 114 al n. 342 .

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Bertolami Fine Arts, Auction 32, lot 565, 11/01/2016

A. Postumius Sp.f. Albinus, Denarius, Rome, 96 BC (?); AR (g 3,96; mm 18; h 1); Draped bust of Diana r., with bow and quiver over shoulder; below, ROMA, Rv. Three horsemen charging l.; before, fallen warrior; in ex. A ALBINVS S F. Crawford 335/9; Postumia 4; Sydenham 613.Good very fine

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 19	Auction date: 26 February 2022
Lot number: 1405 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: PHRYGIA. Akmoneia. 2nd-1st century BC. AE (Orichalcum, 20 mm, 4.99 g, 12 h), Timotheos, son of Menelaos, magistrate. Turreted, veiled and draped bust of the city-goddess to right. Rev. AKMON[E] - TIMOΘE[OY] Artemis advancing right, shooting bow; to right, stag standing right. BMC 13. SNG von Aulock 3367. Very fine. Starting price: 25 CHF

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Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XI, lot 716, 8/01/2008

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AV Aureus (8.04 g, 12h). Pergamum mint. Struck 19 BC. AVGVSTVS, bare head right / ARMENIA above, CAPTA in exergue, Victory, draped, wings spread, kneeling right on the back of a bull, recumbent on ground right, grasping the bull’s head and turning its horns. RIC I 514; Calicó 160 (this coin illustrated); BMCRE 671 = BMCRR East 308; BN 977-8; Biaggi 82 (this coin). Good VF, a few minor field marks. Very rare.
Ex Gilbert Steinberg Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica, 16 November 1994), lot 144; Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection (Part III, Sotheby’s New York, 4 December 1990), lot 68; Biaggi Collection, 82.
The eastern part of the Roman empire had long proved a difficult region to control. In 53 BC, Crassus was killed at Carrhae and his legions destroyed, with their prized legionary standards captured by the Parthians. The limits of Roman might were severely tested. Keeping Armenia free from Parthian domination was of great importance to Augustus. When the Armenians asked for Rome’s help in ridding them of Artaxes in favor of Tigranes, Augustus sent Tiberius to deal with the matter. In the event, the Armenians themselves removed Artaxes, Tiberius arriving late to be of little aid. However, the Romans, always ready to use propaganda to their advantage, treated this ‘victory’ as a monumental diplomatic triumph. Tiberius “put on a lordly air, especially after sacrifices had been offered up to commemorate the event, as though he had accomplished something by martial prowess” (Dio, LIV. 9).Prideaux suggests that the reverse iconography and consequent interpretation should be reexamined. The type is generally described as Victory cutting the throat of a recumbent bull, without any explanation of this weird and unusual scene. However, a close inspection reveals that the scene does not depict an act of throat cutting, nor any knife in Victory’s hand. Instead, Victory is mastering the bull by holding and turning its horns, as some famous wrestler is said to have done in an arena. The significance of this would have been obvious to the soldiers, citizens, or anyone else handling or viewing the coin. The scene should be correctly interpreted as the Romans’ mastering of the Taurus mountain range, the natural and formidable barrier beyond which Armenia was thought to have been out of reach and secure.
Estimate: 15000 USD

ILLUSTRAZIONE: VITTORIA ALATA CHE SACRIFICA UN TORO, SCULTURA ROMANA IN MARMO DEL II SECOLO D.C. AL BRITISH MUSEUM

 

 

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Ancora da Roma repubblicana, un denario con al diritti la testa di Roma elmata ed al rovescio scena di combattimento tra 2 cavalleggeri .

Passerà ad inizio Marzo in asta Kunker 367 al n. 7644 .

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Da Thasos, una dracma con, al rovescio della bella testa di Dioniso, il più grande dei guerrieri del mito, Eracle, in ginocchio in atto di scoccare una freccia, avendo ai suoi piedi un strumento musicale, una lira .

Passerà a metà Marzo in asta Munz-Zenturm 195 al n. 73 . 

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2 ore fa, VALTERI dice:

Da Thasos, una dracma con, al rovescio della bella testa di Dioniso, il più grande dei guerrieri del mito, Eracle, in ginocchio in atto di scoccare una freccia, avendo ai suoi piedi un strumento musicale, una lira .

Passerà a metà Marzo in asta Munz-Zenturm 195 al n. 73 . 

 

Questa bellissima moneta raffigura la statua del 490 a.C. di Eracle come arciere proveniente dal frontone orientale del tempio di Aphaia ad Egina.

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Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 303, lot 197, 28/05/2013

THRACE, Hadrianopolis. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (29mm, 13.84 g, 6h). Laureate head right / Ganymede standing right, wearing Phrygian cap and holding shepherd’s crook over shoulder, beside eagle standing on low column to right. Jurukova, Hadrianopolis 314 (V164/R305); Varbanov 3522. Good VF, green patina. Scarce type. From Group CEM.Ganymede was the son of Tros, founder of Troy. A youth of great beauty, he was abducted by Zeus while the young man was tending his flocks on Mt. Ida. Carried to Olympus either by an eagle, or Zeus himself in aquiline form, Ganymede served as the god’s cupbearer in place of Hebe, as well as his eromenos. To recompense Tros for the loss of his son, Zeus provided him with a pair of horses so swift they could cross over water, which became the ancestors of the horses for which the Trojans were renowned.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: Ganimede che indossa il berretto frigio, accanto a Zeus, trasformato in aquila. Marmo, opera romana del II secolo da un originale greco del tardo IV secolo a.C., Musei vaticani

 

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 19	Auction date: 26 February 2022
Lot number: 3440 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Samuel, patrikios (?), 6th century. Seal (Lead, 18 mm, 7.00 g, 6 h). The Annunciation: on the right, the Mother of God seated left, holding distaff in right hand; on the left, the archangel Gabriel raising his right hand in a gesture of speech; star above. Rev. Block monogram CAMOVHΛ ΠATPIKIOV (?). Apparently unpublished, but cf. Laurent, Vatican 218; Laurent, Corpus V.2 1083 bis; Zacos/Veglery 2951 and J. Cotsonis: Narrative Scenes on Byzantine Lead Seals (Sixth-Twelfth Centuries): Frequency, Iconography, and Clientele, in: Gesta Vol. 48, No. 1 (2009) pp. 55-86 (for other pre-Iconoclastic seals depicting the Annunciation). A very rare narrative scene on a splendid pre-Iconoclastic seal. Extremely fine. In his study of narrative scenes on Byzantine seals, John Cotsonis records 54 seals with the imagery of the Annunciation. Of these, only nine can be dated to pre-Iconoclastic times. The figures on these early Annunciation seals are shown standing, with the angel on the observer's right. Thus, our seal presents a rare iconographic variant in which Mary is seated on the right. Some researchers have suggested that Mary's righthand position reflects a position of higher importance and prestige, and that the reversal of the positions of Mary and Gabriel in early Christian art therefore may reflect her growing prestige within Christian orthodoxy. Indeed, in post-Iconoclastic times, the position of Mary to the right of the observer became the norm. Another prominent feature in early Annunciation scenes is the narrative element that Mary was spinning at the time of her encounter with Gabriel (which is absent in the Canonical gospels but is instead known from the protoevangelion of James). Most early depictions of the Annunciation prominently feature the distaff, thread and a basket of purple yarn. This seal does not show the basket, but Mary indeed appears to be holding a distaff. Starting price: 75 CHF

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Da Ambracia in Epiro, un raro statere nella tipologia 'corinzia' , propone al rovescio la testa della guerriera Atena con il consueto elmo corinzio inconsuetamente ornato con cresta .

Passerà verso fine Marzo in asta RomaNum. XXIII al n. 77 .

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXIII	Auction date: 24 March 2022
Lot number: 10 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Lucania, Herakleia AR Stater. Circa 350 BC. Head of Athena facing three-quarters to right, wearing triple-crested Phrygian helmet and necklace / ՒHPAKΛH[IΩN], Herakles standing facing, head to right, wielding [club] in right hand and wrestling the Nemean lion with left. AMB 107 (this coin); Holloway, Art, p. 17, 2 and pl. 131 (this coin); SNG Lloyd 270 (same dies); BMC 27 (same dies); SNG ANS 56 (same dies); Van Keuren 22 (same dies); ACGC 738 (same dies); Work 23; HN Italy 1375. 7.58g, 22mm, 11h. Extremely Fine; attractive light cabinet tone. Extremely Rare; most likely the finest known example of this wonderfully artistic and highly desirable issue. This coin published in H. A. Cahn et al., Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig: Griechische Münzen aus Grossgriechenland und Sizilien (Basel, 1988); This coin published in R. Ross Holloway, Art and Coinage in Magna Graecia (Bellinzona, 1978); Ex Athos D. Moretti Collection, Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 13, 8 October 1998, lot 107. This coin was part of the renowned Athos D. Moretti Collection, amassed over 50 years from 1940-1993 and exhibited at the Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig during which time it was published in the exhibition catalogue in 1998. The coin also features in an earlier publication by the acclaimed archaeologist R. Ross Holloway celebrating the coinage of Magna Graecia. Herakleia, named after the legendary Greek hero Herakles, was founded in 433/2 BC by Tarentum with colonists from the city and from Siris. (Diod. 12.36.4) It became an important centre in the fourth century as the seat of an alliance of local Greek cities against the native Lucanians and Bruttian, and issued extensive coinage with the characteristic combination of a profile portrait of Athena and its namesake, Herakles, wrestling the Nemean lion. On this extremely rare coin, however, Athena is portrayed three-quarters facing, following the model of Eukleidas' beautiful portrait of Athena on exceedingly rare Syracusan tetradrachms. The die-engraver has rendered with great artistic flair her triple-crested Phrygian helmet and dynamic curls. This frontal portrait is dominated by the searching gaze for which Athena was famous, known throughout antiquity from as early as the time of Homer as 'γλαυκῶπις' or 'bright-eyed', an adjective derived from the word for 'owl', a bird with which she is closely linked. The sensational reverse depicts Herakles as a paragon of physical strength, the scene capturing a split second of dramatic motion which accentuates his muscular legs and torso, while the detail with which his focused, determined expression is accentuated communicates the grave danger of his deadly fight with the Nemean lion. Once it was slain in the first of Herakles' famous twelve labours, the lion's pelt, which myth held was impenetrable by any weapon, became an iconic attribute of the hero and features on coinage throughout the Greek world. Herakles' dynamic contrapposto stance here bears a striking similarity to the splendid contemporary Hermes staters of Pheneos in north-east Arkadia (eg. BCD Peloponnesos 1615). While this archetypal scene with a long history in Greek art had generally by this period evolved into a show of muscular strength influenced by the lithe athleticism of the wrestling ground, our extremely rare coin shows Herakles swinging back from the lion to deliver a blow with his club (Ross Holloway, 1978, p.56). The same type was later adopted by Dionysius of Syracuse for his gold coinage, reinforcing the suggestion that this first and most famous of Herakles' labours may have been chosen to symbolise the struggle of Hellenism against the barbarism of the native Italic tribes. (Kraay, 1976, p.193). Estimate: 25000 GBP IMMAGINE: PARTICOLATRE DELLA STATUA DI ATENA DALLA FONTANA DELLA PALLADE ATENA, VIENNA

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Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG > Auction 367	Auction date: 6 April 2022
Lot number: 7240 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: CARIA. KALYMNA. AR-Didrachme, 260/202 v. Chr.; 6,22 g. Kopf eines Kriegers r. mit attischem Helm//In Perlquadrat: Kithara. Höghammar Typ 2, Nr. 57 (dies Exemplar). R Sehr schön Exemplar der Auktion Argenor, Paris 24. April 2001, Nr. 47; der Auktion Auctiones AG 29, Basel 2003, Nr. 700 und der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 97, Osnabrück 2005, Nr. 795. Estimate: 500 EUR

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXIII	Auction date: 24 March 2022
Lot number: 398 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Parthia, Andragoras AV Stater. Circa 246/5-239/8 BC. Diademed and draped bust of Zeus to right; monogram of Andragoras behind / Fast quadriga driven by Nike to right, holding kentron and reins, accompanied by a warrior, holding uncertain object in raised right hand; three pellets below, [Α]ΝΔΡΑΓΟΡΟΥ in exergue. BMC Arabia, North East Persia p. 193, 2 (same dies) = Mitchiner 19 (illustrated on the left); CNG Triton XX, lot 341 (same dies). NGC graded Ch AU★ 5/5 - 4/5, die shift (#6156784-001). Extremely Rare; one of nine known examples, of which only six are in private hands. From a private European collection. It has been suggested that the Andragoras of Parthia whom Alexander the Great supposedly conferred local authority upon (Justin, xii. 4), never existed at all and is only mentioned by Justin by mistake. Andragoras was in fact not included in the partition of power at the Treaty of Triparadisus in 321 BC, when instead Philip was named as the ruler of Parthia, and in other classical sources Phrataphernes is usually mentioned as the satrap of Parthia until Philip replaced him. Philip in turn was satrap until 318 BC, when Peithon, who was then seeking to establish his power over all the Eastern provinces, made himself master of Parthia, and put Philip to death. Andragoras therefore has no secure place in the immediate chronology of post-Alexandrine Parthia. It is of course possible that Justin was mistaken about his satrapy (numerous other small satrapies existed in the area), or had his dating confused - the existence of an Andragoras who was Satrap of Parthia under Seleukos I, is uncontested. This Andragoras appears to have taken advantage of what appeared to be the imminent collapse of the Seleukid Empire in the Third Syrian War, when - following the death of Antiochus II - Ptolemy III seized control of the Seleucid capital at Antioch, to secede from the empire and make his satrapy into an independent kingdom. Following the secession of Parthia from the Empire and the resultant loss of military support, Andragoras had difficulty in maintaining his borders, and in about 238 BC the Parni invaded under the command of Arsaces and his brother Tiridates and seized control of the northern region of the Parthian territory. Andragoras appears to have been killed either attempting to retake this territory, or while resisting the Parni conquest of the remainder of Parthia. Given the numismatic evidence presented by the important Andragoras-Sophytes Group, the silver coinage of Andragoras and Sophytes should be considered roughly contemporary, but it seems apparent that Andragoras' Tyche-Athena tetradrachms slightly pre-dated the helmeted head series of Sophytes. Earlier scholarship has often tended to date the coinage of both Andragoras and Sophytes much too early, occasionally to the period immediately following the death of Alexander. Further considerations on the identical monograms found on the gold and silver coinage of Andragoras (see lot 329), and a thorough review of the political history of the eastern satrapies of the Seleukid empire from 321-250 BC have led us to conclude that there can have been only one Andragoras, and that both the silver and gold coinage must date to the time of his rebellion and secession from the Empire. The types employed on this ruler's coinage therefore make perfect sense given their context. Andragoras faced a belligerent tribe - the Parni - on his border, and with Seleukos II preoccupied with fighting an increasingly desperate war against Ptolemy III, no assistance would be forthcoming. Thus we find the types of Tyche, wearing her mural crown, who on the obverse is invoked as the goddess governing the fortune and prosperity of the city, and Athena as military protectress on the reverse. The gold staters depicting Zeus, the supreme Greek deity, and a war-chariot guided by Nike the goddess of Victory, likewise hint at production in a war-time setting. Estimate: 35000 GBP

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Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXV	Auction date: 11 January 2022
Lot number: 5092 Price realized: 1,500 USD   (Approx. 1,323 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: CILICIA, Tarsos. Circa 410-385 BC. AR Stater (21.5mm, 10.56 g, 4h). Horseman riding right; fly to left / Hoplite crouching right, holding shield and spear; TRZ (in Aramaic) and grain ear to right; all in dotted square within incuse square. Casabonne Type F6; cf. SNG BN 222/221 (for obv./rev. type); SNG Levante 60 var. (obv. control mark). Stuck with worn reverse die. Good VF. Estimate: 500 USD

ILLUSTRAZIONE: KILIX ATENIESE DEL 490 A.C. CIRCA,  Basel, Antikenmuseum und Sammlung Ludwig

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Sovereign Rarities Ltd > Auction 5	Auction date: 15 March 2022
Lot number: 8 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos (305-281 BC), silver Tetradrachm, Ainos, after 281 BC, diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon, rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena seated left, holding Nike, left arm resting on shield, spear behind, thyrsos in left field, enthroned cult statue to inner left, 17.07g, 2h (Meydancikkale 2690 var. [same obverse die, monogram in exergue]; Müller 122). In NGC holder graded Ch AU, Strike 5/5, Surface 5/5 "fine style". Provenance: Ex CNG 67, 22 September 2004, lot 503 (£1,500-£1,800)

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXIII	Auction date: 24 March 2022
Lot number: 52 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction -
Lot description: Sicily, Akragas AR Tetradrachm. Circa 410-406 BC. Reverse die signed by Silanos. Nike, holding kentron and reins, driving fast quadriga to left; tablet inscribed ΑΚΡΑΓИOИITИA (ON off tablet) above, club in exergue / Two eagles grasping hare turned to right, head reverted, the nearest with closed wings and head raised, the furthest with open wings and head lowered; ΣIΛANOΣ to left. Westermark, Coinage 595 (O7/R11); Seltman, Engravers 16 (same dies); SNG ANS 1000 (same dies); Gulbenkian 170 (same dies); HGC 2, 86. 17.00g, 26mm, 12h. Good Very Fine. Very Rare. From the collection of C.S., Germany, purchased prior to 1991. The coinage of Akragas consistently depicted the crab and eagle since its earliest issue of the sixth century BC, and the best engravers were recruited to render these symbols of the city in the finest possible style. Late in the fifth century the coinage of the city underwent a remarkable transformation; like many of the cities of Sicily such as Messana and Syracuse, a renaissance began that saw numismatic art reach new heights of intricacy and magnificence. The traditional types were transformed, and the metamorphosis could not have been more pronounced - the previously static types are replaced by dynamic scenes full of activity and energy. This particular design of the two eagles may have been inspired by the omen received by Agamemnon and Menelaos in Aeschylos' Agamemnon, where two eagles, representing the two kings, devoured a pregnant hare, an allusion to the forthcoming destruction of city of Troy. Such was the fate of Troy, and also of Akragas which was sacked and razed by the Carthaginians in 406 BC. Thus was this brief flourishing of vibrant art in Akragas brutally put to a premature end. Estimate: 7500 GBP

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 19	Auction date: 26 February 2022
Lot number: 2041 Price realized: 1,200 CHF   (Approx. 1,293 USD / 1,163 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: THRACE. Byzantium. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Diassarion (Orichalcum, 22 mm, 6.41 g, 4 h), Demeter, honorary magistrate for the second time. Time of Hadrian, circa 128-137. BYZAΣ Bearded head of the eponymous hero Byzas to right, wearing crested Attic helmet. Rev. ЄΠΙ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΟϹ ΤΟ Β Prow to right. RPC III 1088. Schönert-Geiss 2033 (V1/R2). Rare. An unusually attractive example of this interesting issue. Very fine. Ex Leu Web Auction 16, 23 May 2021, 2723. This pseudo-autonomous issue from Byzantium is interesting in two ways. Firstly, it shows Byzas, one of the sons of King Nisos of Megara, on the obverse. Legend has it that Nisos asked the Pythia in Delphi where to have his son found a new city, to which the oracle replied: 'in the land opposite to the city of the blind'. Arriving at the Dardanelles, Byzas realized that the Pythia must have referred to the Golden Horn, an easily defendable peninsula with a perfect natural harbor opposite of the already established city of Kalchedon, whose inhabitants had failed to take advantage of this ideal site when arriving in the region. Secondly, a common misconception is to read the name on the reverse as that of an actual magistrate ('Demetros'). This is, instead, the name of the goddess Demeter, who was, thus, at least twice appointed as an honorary official of the city of Byzantium. Starting price: 50 CHF

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Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions > E-Auction 113	Auction date: 13 March 2022
Lot number: 162 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Bruttium, The Brettii, c. 211-208 BC. Æ Uncia (22mm, 7.12g, 11h). Laureate head of Zeus r.; thunderbolt behind. R/ Naked warrior advancing r., holding shield and spear; grape bunch below shield. Scheu 38; HNItaly 1988. Green patina, near VF Starting price: 10 EUR MONETA N.2: Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions > E-Auction 113 Auction date: 13 March 2022 Lot number: 163 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction   Lot description: Bruttium, The Brettii, c. 211-208 BC. Æ Uncia (22.5mm, 7.87g). Laureate head of Zeus r.; thunderbolt behind. R/ Naked warrior advancing r., holding shield and spear. HNItaly 1988. Green patina, near VF Starting price: 10 EUR

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Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung > Online Auction 286	Auction date: 29 March 2022
Lot number: 4141 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: THRAKIEN. DENTELETEN. AE ø 22mm (7,99g). ca. 340 Jh. v. Chr. Mzst. Pistrios? Vs.: Kopf des jugendlichen Dionysos mit Efeukranz n. l. Rs.: ΔΑΝΤ-Η-ΛΗΤΩΝ, Krieger mit Schild u. Schwert n. r. HGC 3/2, 1666 (doppeltes Nominal). In diesem Nominal unpubliziert! Schwarzgrüne Patina, fast ss Die Danthaleten oder Dentheleten waren ein thrakischer Stamm, der das obere Strymontal beherrschte (Strabo VII 5,12). Im 3. und 1. Jh. v. Chr. befinden sie sich in Auseinandersetzungen mit Makedonen und Römern. Ihre Hauptstadt Denthelitica lag vermutlich an der Stelle des späteren Pautalia. Ihre Bronzemünzen sind wohl erst in die frühhellenistische Zeit zu datieren und ein früher Beleg für die Hellenisierung der thrakischen Stämme, die auf ihren Münzen dem heimatlichen Dionysoskult in griechischer Manier huldigten. Siehe zur Münzprägung der Dentheleten Y. Stoyas, Two peculiar Thracian Coin issues ΔΑΝΤΗΛΗΤΩΝ and ΜΕΛΣΑ, in: Studia in honorem Iliae Prokopov, Turnovo 2012, 143-173, bes. 144 ff. und Taf. 1 Nr. 5. Das doppelte Nominal von unserer Münze weiterhin publiziert bei A. Topalov, Urban Bronze Coins of small Denomination from the Propontis Area (2005) Nr. 59; Roma Numismatics e-auction 31, 2016, Los 78; Gorny & Mosch, München Auktion 232, 2015, Los 97. Estimate: 300 EUR