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Leu Numismatik AG (1991-2007), Auction 81, lot 283, 16/05/2001

Asia Minor
Ionia
The Island of Samos
Estimate: CHF 30'000.00
Tridrachm or Double Siglos (Silver, 11.29 g 12), c. 404 or c. 394. The infant Herakles, nude but for a baldric over his left shoulder, kneeling to right on ground line, strangling a serpent with each hand. Rev. Lion's mask facing; below, ; all within circular incuse. Barron 1b (this coin). BMC 129. Jameson 1528 (this coin). Kraay/Hirmer 616. WAW 89 (= Hunt I, 88). Extremely rare. A splendid example, attractively toned. Extremely fine.
From the collections of C. Gillet, 1138, R. Jameson, and the Reverend H.V. Elliott, SWH 4 February 1908, purchased in Asia Minor 1818-1819. This rare coin was struck to celebrate an alliance (syn = synmachikon = a coin of the allies) between a number of cities in western Asia Minor (Byzantion, Ephesos, Iasos, Knidos, Kyzikos, Lampsakos, Rhodes and Samos) which all used the common type of the infant Herakles and the snakes on the obverse coupled with a reverse bearing the normal city badge. It was long thought that this alliance came about in 394 after the defeat of the Spartan fleet, but S. Karweise, Lysander as Herakliskos Drakonopnigon ('Herakles the snake-strangler'), NC 1980, has made a good case for it having taken place 10 years earlier, when the cities involved threw off Athenian domination with the help of the Spartan Lysander. In many ways this seems a better choice, but hoard evidence is inconclusive (and see J. Barron, Two Goddesses in Samos, Studies Price, pp. 23-27). Nevertheless, the historical importance of this coinage is immense.

[King John]

Marudhar Arts > Auction 35	Auction date: 26 February 2022
Lot number: 75 Price realized: 95,000 INR   (Approx. 1,265 USD / 1,125 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Gupta Dynasty, Samudragupta (335-370 CE), Gold Dinar, "Javelin/Standard" type, Obv: the king wearing tunic standing facing left, nimbate, holding the javelin/ royal scepter (Rajadhanda), adorned with a ribbon in his left hand and sacrificing over an altar, a Garuda standard on the left field, the Brahmi legend "Samudra" below the king's arm, a circular Brahmi legend "Samarasativitatavija(yojitari…" around the field, Rev: the goddess Lakshmi, nimbate, seated on a high backed throne whose all legs are clearly visible, with her feet resting on a circular mat below, a diadem and a cornucopia in her hands, a tamgha on the top-left field and a small symbol on the top-right, the Brahmi legend "Parakramah" on the right field, a dotted border around the field, 7.59g, 22.0mm, (Variant of Altekar, Bayana Hoard # Pl. II-2/Variant of TOTGE, S. Kumar # Class II -Var. A), original luster, sharply struck, choice quality, almost uncirculated, Extremely Rare. Note: This is a popular javelin type coin displaying superb quality with infinitesimal details like beads of necklace, armlet, crown visible as struck originally. Starting price: 65000 INR

[King John]

Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG > Auction 367	Auction date: 6 April 2022
Lot number: 7689 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: MÜNZEN DER RÖMISCHEN REPUBLIK. AR-Denar, 108/107 v. Chr., Rom, M. Herennius; 3,93 g. Pietaskopf r.//Amphinomus trägt seinen Vater r. Bab. 1; BMC -; Crawf. 308/1 a; Syd. 567. Vorzüglich Exemplar der Auktion NAC 4, Zürich 1991, Nr. 203; der Auktion NAC 9, Zürich 1996, Nr. 627 und der Auktion Kurpfälzische Münzhandlung 70, Mannheim 2006, Nr. 29. Amphinomus und Anapias waren zwei Brüder aus Katania, die bei einem Aetna-Ausbruch ihre Eltern retteten. Hier sehen wir Pietas (der Vorderseite) in Aktion. Estimate: 250 EUR ILLUSTRAZIONE: Amphinomus et Anapias sauvant leurs parents lors de l'éruption de l'Etna - Louvre Collections

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXIII	Auction date: 24 March 2022
Lot number: 953 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Hadrian AV Aureus. Rome, AD 120-121. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P COS III, Mars standing facing, wearing full armour, holding spear and resting shield on ground. RIC II.3 319; C. 1071; BMCRE 109; Strack 94; Biaggi 634; Calicó 1312. 7.29g, 20mm, 6h. Good Extremely Fine. Scarce. From the Pinewood Collection. The reverse of this coin depicts a highly sculptural image of Mars, the style and composition of which evokes the statuary of Classical Greece, particularly that of renowned sculptors Polykleitos and Lysippos. Mars' contrapposto stance is distinctly reminiscent of Polykleitos' Doryphoros, the spear-bearer, thought to have been cast circa 440 BC and arguably the definitive archetype of the Classical ideal; despite the position of Mars' arms being slightly different, he is otherwise a mirror for Polykleitos' heroic figure. His lean physique, however, is perhaps more comparable to later works by Lysippos, who was working in the early 4th Century BC and has been characterised as producing more slender, elegant figures creating the impression of unnatural height, as exemplified by his Victorious Youth. This image of Mars depicted on the present aureus neatly embodies the paradigms of the male form established 500 years earlier, and it is not hard to imagine that it may represent a now lost statue of the god. Estimate: 15000 GBP ILLUSTRAZIONE: LA COLOSSALE STATUA DI MARTE ULTORE (NOTA ANCHE COME "PIRRO"), I SEC.D.C., MUSEI CAPITOLINI,ROMA

 

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Roma Numismatics Limited, Auction 13, lot 28, 23/03/2017

Lucania, Metapontion AR Stater. Circa 510 BC. Ear of barley with eight grains, META downwards to left, grasshopper to right; raised and braided dotted border around / Incuse ear of barley, dolphin upwards to left in linear relief. Noe 104; HN Italy 1472. 8.05g, 27mm, 12h.

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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 126	Auction date: 17 November 2021
Lot number: 69 Price realized: 500,000 CHF   (Approx. 538,445 USD / 474,424 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Amphipolis Tetradrachm circa 369-368, AR 16.26 g. Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly l. Rev. AMΦ – IΠO – ΛIT – EΩN within raised linear square enclosing race torch. AMNG III pl. VII, 2. Lorber 4b (this coin). Hill, NC 1928, p. 6, 7 and pl. I, 7 (this coin). Gillet 758 (this coin). Weber 1966 (these dies). Jameson 933. BMC p. 44, 6 (these dies). Very rare and among the finest tetradrachms of Amphipolis known. A magnificent portrait of excellent style struck in very high relief on a very broad flan. Superb old cabinet tone and extremely fine Ex Leu-M&M 28 May 1974, Kunstfreud, 138; Leu 38, 1986, 59; Sotheby's 5 July 1995, 47 and Tkalec 19 February 2001, 59 sales. From the Charles Gillet collection. The facing head of the Pythian Apollo and a lit race torch within a raised square inscribed with an ethnic are characteristic of Amphipolitan tetradrachms, one of the most admired series of all Greek coins. Apollo was the patron deity of Amphipolis, and it would seem that the race torch alludes to games, perhaps those held there in honour of its oecist, or perhaps in honour of Apollo, though the evidence for the latter games exists only for a later period. The name of the city, which loosely translates to 'the surrounded city,' is derived from its peculiar geography, for it was hemmed in by Mount Pangaeus and the lower Strymon and its estuary. The advantageous site had long been occupied, but it was not until 437 B.C. that Greeks – principally Athenians – under the leadership of Hagnon, founded a colony, by which they hoped to exploit the gold and silver mines of the adjacent mountain. Because of its strategic location at an ideal crossing of the Strymon, and its proximity to extraordinarily productive mines, the city was a bone of contention for various external powers in the Greek world: Persians, Athenians, Spartans and Macedonians, and finally the Romans, who assumed control in 146 B.C.Amphipolis (literally \the Surrounded City\\) was so named for its strategic location on the lower Strymon River where it was defended on three sides by the river and on the fourth by Mount Pangaeus. The city was located at a junction of nine important roads into Thrace and Macedonia, including a major river crossing, and had been known originally as Ennea Hodoi ("Nine Ways"). This Thracian settlement gained notoriety in 480 BC, when the Persian Great King Xerxes I reportedly sacrificed nine boys and nine girls at the site to gain divine protection for his campaign against the Greeks.As Athenian economic interests in Thrace grew over the course of the fifth century BC, the importance of Ennea Hodoi became obvious. At last, in 437 BC, the site was claimed by Athenian colonists under the leadership of the oecist Hagnon and refounded as Amphipolis. The city prospered from the exploitation of the gold and silver mines of Mount Pangaeus and trade with the peoples of the Thracian and Macedonian interior.The economic and strategic importance of the city made it a frequent bone of contention between states with interests in Thrace. In 424 BC, early in the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC), Amphipolis was captured by the celebrated Spartan general Brasidas despite the presence of an Athenian naval squadron led by Thucydides, the man who later became the historian of the great Greek conflict. In 421 BC, Athenians mounted a counterattack under the leadership of the demagogue Kleon. This was defeated, but both Brasidas and Kleon were killed in the fighting. The terms of the temporary Peace of Nikias made later the same year required the return of Amphipolis to Athens, but the subsequent events of the war prevented the Athenians from reclaiming the city.For much of the fourth century BC, the Amphipolitans were largely consumed with forming alliances with regional powers like the Chalkidian League and the Macedonian kings to prevent their city from returning to Athenian domination. Even the great Athenian generals of the age, Iphikrates and Timotheos were unable to retake the city despite frequent attempts. At last, in 357 BC, the Macedonian king Philip II besieged and captured Amphipolis out of concern that the independent city would constantly draw Athenian military attention and as a steppingstone to his conquest of Thrace. The city remained an important center of the Macedonian kingdom until 167 BC, when the monarchy was abolished and Amphipolis was established as the administrative capital of an autonomous district (meris) under Roman control. Estimate: 250000 CHF

[VALTERI]

Da Antiochia all' Oronte, una rara dracma dei Seleucidi, propone in bello stile ellenistico la testa elmata di Atena con al rovescio una figura completa di Apollo arciere .

Passerà a giorni in asta RomaNum. XXIII al n. 388 .

[King John]

Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 513	Auction date: 6 April 2022
Lot number: 264 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: PONTUS, Uncertain mint. Late 1st century BC. Æ (22mm, 7.30 g, 12h). Bare head right; Q (quaestor) below / Two togate figures standing facing, preparing to sacrifice pig; FETIA below. RPC I 2156 (same obv. die as ilustration); Imhoof-Blumer, GRMK 281; Leypold, "Schwurszene (Fetia) auf einer unbekannten römischen Bronzemünze," MÖNG Vol. XX, no. 10 (1978), pp. 78-79 = SNG Leypold 69 (same obv. die). Brown patina with earthen deposits, pitting on reverse, minor smoothing. Near VF. Ex Peter J. Merani collection. Ex Nomos Obolos 4 (21 February 2016), lot 309. Making sense of this rare issue is plagued with difficulties. Imhoof-Blumer placed it at Amisus, where Leypold acquired his specimen, but while this is not unlikely it is far from secure. In addition, the dating is problematic, with Leypold preferring a date of 100-50 BC, while the authors of RPC placed the issue toward the late 1st century BC, although admitting (p. 361) that there is "no good evidence for its date." These two uncertainties make identifying the individualized portrait on the obverse even more difficult. A client king would seem logical, but the head lacks a diadem. Turning to the reverse, we find an unusual legend in the exergue. It was first read by Imhoof Blumer as ΓETIA. Leypold read it as FETIA, putting forward the argument that the scene refers to a fetial ceremony - the sacrifice of a pig to sanctify a treaty - although what treaty this issue should be associated with is uncertain. Adding to the confusion, the legend on many specimens clearly begin with an "E" rather than an "F". Finally, as the authors of RPC appropriately note (p. 361): "Indeed, the use of Latin might perhaps be a problem for almost any attribution, as the fetial ceremony would not be appropriate in the case of a colony." Estimate: 150 USD

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Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 513	Auction date: 6 April 2022
Lot number: 293 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: PHOENICIA, Caesarea ad Libanum. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ (24mm, 10.06 g, 12h). Dated CY 461 (AD 149/50). Laureate head right / Soldier standing facing, head left, holding standard and bow; A/Ξ/Y (date) in left field. RPC IV.3 Online 6777; Rouvier 719. Rough brown surfaces, cleaned. Near VF. Estimate: 150 USD

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXIII	Auction date: 24 March 2022
Lot number: 529 Price realized: 19,000 GBP   (Approx. 25,049 USD / 22,760 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Septimius Severus Medallic Æ 45mm of Saitta, Lydia. AD 193-211. Andronicus, son of Iollas Kratistos Stephanephoros, first Archon. AVT•KAl•Λ•CЄΠ• CЄOVHPOC•ΠЄPTI, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, breastplate decorated with gorgoneion / ЄΠΙ AΝΔΡΟΝЄΙΚΟΥ•Δ•ΙΟΛΛΑ•Κ•CTЄΦΑ, Mên standing to right, wearing Phrygian cap with crescent on shoulders, holding long sceptre and pine-cone, and facing Cybele enthroned to left, holding patera and resting elbow upon tympanum, lion walking to left at her feet; CΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ ΑΡΧ•Α• in two lines in exergue. Imhoof-Blumer, 'Antike griechische Münzen' in RSN, vol. 19 (1913), p. 56, no. 161 corr. (rev. legend); M. Amandry, 'Le monnayage émis à Saittai de Lydie sous Septime Sévère' in SAGVNTVM, Papeles del Laboratorio de Arqueología, vol. 49 (2017), p. 174, III.1; E. Lane, Corpus Monumentorum Religionis Dei Menis II, The Coins and Gems (Leiden, 1975) p. 38, Saitta 10, pl. xv corr. (rev. legend) = Winterthur 3889 = GRPC Lydia 84 (same dies); ANS 1973.191.14 (same dies). 52.84g, 45mm, 6h. Good Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare; the finest of just four known examples. There was a long tradition of syncretism in the Roman Empire, with many instances of the assimilation of local deities into Roman cult religion, from the Egyptian goddess Isis to the Celtic goddess Sulis in Britain. These deities were often amalgamated with Roman divinities, as was the case with Sulis who became for the Romano-British Sulis-Minerva. It has been argued that the Romans' acceptance of the existing cultures of the people they conquered enabled them to effectively establish and maintain control, particularly in regions that were otherwise vastly different from the centre of the empire, creating a sense of integration and unity across their territories. Indeed, some foreign cults spread under the Roman aegis and became popular in their own right even at Rome. The cult of the god Mithras, the origins of which can be traced from a Persian deity, being an obvious example; archaeological remains of temples to Mithras have been found as far apart as Britain and Judaea. The god Mên and the goddess Cybele, like Mithras, were adopted from eastern cult religions and appear to have become particularly popular in 2nd Century AD. There is often notable crossover in the depictions of these eastern deities, especially the male gods. As is the case on this medallion, representations of Mên from the Roman world most often show him wearing a Phrygian cap and a belted tunic, attributes that are also associated with Mithras and another Phrygian deity, Attis. In 'The Metamorphoses' Ovid notes that Attis was transformed into a pine tree (10.86), which may explain why Mên is holding a pine-cone here. Furthermore, the similarities between Mên and Attis appear to be reinforced by the representation of the goddess Cybele alongside Mên on the reverse of the medallion, since she played a prominent role in the origin myth of Attis, which involves his eventually becoming her consort. While Mên, Attis and Mithras remained distinct deities within Greco-Roman cult practices with separate rites associated with them, it seems that there are many parallels in their iconographies in both monumental and numismatic forms, which is perhaps a reflection of the Roman view of these gods as part of a homogenous eastern cult tradition that was subsumed into their own. Estimate: 10000 GBP illustrazione: statuetta di Cibele in trono, Museo Archeologico di Napoli

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXIII	Auction date: 24 March 2022
Lot number: 82 Price realized: 1,800 GBP   (Approx. 2,373 USD / 2,156 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Thessaly, Krannon Æ Dichalkon. Circa 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Poseidon (or Zeus) to right / KPANO[NIΩN], warrior on horse rearing to right. Rogers 185 var. (legend); BCD Thessaly II 117.9 (same dies); HGC 4, 384. 4.48g, 19mm, 6h. Near Mint State; the finest example of the type to appear at auction in at least 20 years. Acquired from Leu Numismatik AG; Ex BCD Collection. Estimate: 750 GBP

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Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 120	Auction date: 11 May 2022
Lot number: 629 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: PHRYGIA, Laodicea ad Lycum. Time of Philip I, AD 244-249. Æ Diassarion (25.5mm, 8.31 g, 6h). Sardis workshop. Draped bust of the Senate right / The rivers Kapros, as a boar, and Lykos, as a wolf, seated facing each other. SNG von Aulock 3832 var. (boar and wolf seated back to back); RPC VIII Online 71427 (this coin). Brown patina, light porosity, some scratches. VF. Extremely rare, only this coin known to RPC, and the only example in CoinArchives. From the Roy Iwata Collection, purchased from Shanna Schmidt, September 2020. Ex Nomos Obolos 15 (24 May 2020), lot 639. It is interesting to note that most river gods are depicted as themselves, often reclining in the exergue, below the primary scene on the reverse of the coin, other times, as the primary focus of the reverse. But it is rare to see them anthropomorphized as we do here. The two rivers which flow through this city are the Lykos, or Wolf River, and the Kapros, or Wild Boar River, and our river gods are depicted as these two animals, attributes the local inhabitants and travelers would have understood well. Estimate: 300 USD

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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 2) Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXIII Auction date: 24 March 2022 Lot number: 335 Price realized: 950 GBP   (Approx. 1,252 USD / 1,138 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.   Lot description: Cilicia, Tarsos AR Stater. Circa 410-385 BC. Persian satrap on horseback to right, wearing kyrbasia; fly behind / Hoplite kneeling to right, holding shield and spear; grain ear to right, Aramaic script 'TRW' (= Tarsos) above, all within dotted border within incuse square. Casabonne type F6; SNG BnF 221 var. (location of ethnic); Traité II 510, pl. CV, 7 var. (same); SNG Levante 60 var. (symbol on obv.). 10.64g, 23mm, 4h. Good Very Fine. Very Rare. From the inventory of a UK dealer. Estimate: 750 GBP

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Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger > Auction 431	Auction date: 27 April 2022
Lot number: 3200 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Troas Gergis Bronze 350/250 v. Chr. Büste der Sibylle Herophile mit Lorbeerkranz und Halsschmuck in leichter Wendung nach rechts von vorn. Rev. Sphinx nach rechts sitzend, rechts daneben [G]EP (abwärts). 4h. SNG Cop. Troas, Tf. 8,339; BMC Troas, p. 55,7; SNG v. Aulock Troas etc., Tf. 47,1514. 4.11 g.; 16,7 mm. Schwarzbraune Patina Sehr schön Erworben von Münzhandlung Ritter, Düsseldorf, 8.4.1987. Estimate: 50 EUR

 

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 18	Auction date: 18 December 2021
Lot number: 2516 Price realized: 400 CHF   (Approx. 434 USD / 385 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: T. Carisius, 46 BC. Denarius (Silver, 17 mm, 4.10 g, 1 h), Rome. Head of the Sibyl Herophile to right, hair elaborately decorated with jewels and enclosed in a sling and tied with bands. Rev. T•CARISIVS / III•VIR Sphinx seated to right. Babelon (Carisia) 11. Crawford 464/1. RBW 1613. Sydenham 983a. Very fine. From the Red Ox Collection and the collection of the Czech musician Adolf Picek (circa 1885-1978), and formerly in the possession of an Italian banker, whose life was saved by Mr. Picek in the Battles of the Piave River on the Italian Front in 1917-1918 and who presented his savior with 'four socks of old coins' in reward. Starting price: 50 CHF

[VALTERI]

Da un dinasta di Licia, un raro statere propone al rovescio una raffigurazione della dea guerriera Atena seduta con lunga veste ed armata con elmo, lancia e scudo : sul dorso della mano sinistra la civetta a Lei sacra .

Passerà verso fine mese  in asta BussoPeus 431 al n. 3263 .

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXIII	Auction date: 24 March 2022
Lot number: 139 Price realized: 7,000 GBP   (Approx. 9,229 USD / 8,385 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Crete, Polyrhenion AR Stater. 4th century BC. Charisthe, magistrate. Laureate head of Zeus to right / Head of sacrificial bull facing, with pendant fillets hanging from horns; ΧΑΡΙΣΘΕ above, ΠΟΛΥΡΗΝΙΟΝ around. Svoronos (1972) 6, pl. XXV, 29 (same dies); Le Rider (1966) pl. XXXIII, 19 (same dies). 11.43g, 25mm, 1h. Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare, and among the finest known examples. Ex Long Valley River Collection, Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XX, 29 October 2020, lot 117; Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction X, 27 September 2015, lot 383 (hammer: £8,000). Polyrhenion, whose etymology is 'rich in lambs', was one the oldest Dorian settlements of Crete. According to Strabo it was settled in archaic times by Achaian and Lakonian immigrants who gathered into one city the existing population, who had lived in villages, some 7 km inland from the Bay of Kissamos. Excavations from 1938 have exposed several building foundations which defy identification, but it may safely be presumed that one of these was a temple dedicated to Zeus. The bull sacrifice was a universal and key element of Greek religion, and it held particular significance in Crete which was rich in mythological traditions relating to the bull as a divine animal, being either divinely directed or itself a theriomorphic god in bull form. Indeed, the central importance of the bull in Cretan culture was an ancient one predating even the arrival of the Mycenaean Greeks in the fourteenth century BC; twentieth century archaeological excavations begun by Arthur Evans in 1900 dramatically 'resurrected' the lost Minoan civilisation and uncovered a wealth of artefacts which, among other things, portray the bull as a major religious symbol. The mythical origin of the idea of bull or ox sacrifice was believed to be from the story of Prometheos in Hesiod's Theogamy (521-616). At Mekone, in a sacrificial meal marking the 'settling of accounts' between mortals and immortals, Prometheos purposely deceives Zeus by assigning to him a good-looking portion 'wrapped in glistening fat' that consists of nothing but bones, thus ensuring humans would keep the meat for themselves and burn the bones wrapped in fat as an offering to the gods. Estimate: 4000 GBP

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Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger > Auction 431	Auction date: 27 April 2022
Lot number: 3321 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Phoenikien Sidon Abd' Ashtart I., 372-352 v. Chr. Kleinbronze 354/353 v. Chr. Bärtiger Kopf eines Königs oder einer Gottheit nach rechts; der Kopf bedeckt mit einer oben flach abschließenden, nach unten durch eine Perlenkette abgegrenzten Tiara; lang herabhängende, gewellte Haare, das Ohr dadurch verdeckt; dahinter 2 miteinander verflochtene, von der Tiara herabhängende Bänder. Rev. Kriegsgaleere nach links, im Bug Galionsfigur (stehender Krieger?); nach oben zurückgekrümmtes aphlaston (Schiffsheck) mit vertikaler stylis (Stange); dazwischen eine Reihe von 8 Schilden; die Ruder senkrecht nach unten. Im Feld über der Galeere Datierung II (= Jahr 12 des Herrschers 'Abd'ashtart I.). 12h. BMC Phoenicia, p. 149, 60 var. (Av. flachere Tiara und Rev. andere Datierung); Elayi & Elayi, Sidon Vol. 1, p. 223-226 und 534-536; Vol. 2, Tf. 44, 1482-1492; Collection Laffaille p. 142,587 var. (Av. andere Frisur u. Rev. andere Datierung); HGC 252. 2.91 g.; 14,7 mm. Dunkelgrüne Patina Selten Vorzüglich Erworben von Münzhandlung Ritter, Düsseldorf, 31.10.1997. Estimate: 100 EUR

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Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger > Auction 431	Auction date: 27 April 2022
Lot number: 3120 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Thessalien Pelinna Trihemiobol 425/350 v. Chr. Reiter mit auf Rücken hängendem Petasos, zwei Speere haltend, nach links galoppierend. Perlkreis; Rev. PE LI N Krieger nach links stürmend, in der erhobenen Rechten Speer schleudernd, in der Linken einen weiteren Speer und Rundschild haltend. 12h. Slg. BCD (2) 514; HGC 466. 1.33 g.; 15,0 mm. Feine Tönung Selten Vorzüglich Erworben von Dr. Dieterle. Estimate: 500 EUR

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Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 120	Auction date: 11 May 2022
Lot number: 304 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Stater (18mm, 16.15 g). Eagle, wings spread, tearing at and standing left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 94; Greenwell 151; Boston MFA 1454 = Warren 1576; SNG BN –; BMC –; FSD –; Gillet –; Gulbenkian –; Jameson –; Rosen –; Weber –. VF. Well centered. Extremely rare, only four in CoinArchives, and only the Boston piece noted in the standard references. From the Siren Collection. Estimate: 5000 USD

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 19	Auction date: 26 February 2022
Lot number: 3440 Price realized: 360 CHF   (Approx. 388 USD / 349 EUR)
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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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXIII	Auction date: 24 March 2022
Lot number: 287 Price realized: 6,000 GBP   (Approx. 7,910 USD / 7,187 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Mysia, Kyzikos EL Stater. Circa 500-450 BC. Forepart of winged lioness to left; tunny fish behind / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze 96; SNG BnF 237; Boston MFA -. 16.09g, 19mm. Near Mint State. Very Rare; one of the finest and most complete specimens offered to the market in the past 20 years. Ex Long Valley River Collection, Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XX, 29 October 2020, lot 213; Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction IX, 22 March 2015, lot 322. Kyzikos, purportedly the first Milesian colony, was located on the southwest shore of the Propontis in ancient Mysia next to the river Aisepos. Its prosperity was due principally to its two fine harbours, which made the city a convenient stopping point for merchant ships trading between the Aegean and Black Seas. Its principal export was the tunny, of which its waters had abundant stock. The prevalence of winged beings in Kyzikene coinage is a reflection of archaic mythological convention that assigned wings to most divine or sacred entities as an immediately visible and understandable symbol of their nature, and in the case of gods, of their power to move at will across great distances. In the case of the winged animals, we should probably understand these to be attributes of or animals sacred to a particular Olympian god. Estimate: 8500 GBP

[VALTERI]

Dalla Gallia ( valle del Rodano ) un piccolo quinario in argento  con al rovescio un guerriero con elmo, armatura e lancia, su cavallo al galoppo .

Passerà ad inizio Giugno in asta MDCMonaco 9 al n. 70 .

[King John]

Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 514	Auction date: 20 April 2022
Lot number: 232 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction -
Lot description: PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Artaxerxes III. Circa 340 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.58 g, 11h). Uncertain mint in Cilicia. Forepart of lion left, head facing / Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, bow in case on back, standing right, fighting griffin standing left on hind legs; all within shallow incuse square. Mildenberg, Kleingeld 37; Göktürk 39; SNG Levante 215. Light porosity, a little die wear. VF. Rare. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 368 (10 February 2016), lot 154. Estimate: 100 USD

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Nomos AG > obolos 22	Auction date: 6 March 2022
Lot number: 286 Price realized: 300 CHF   (Approx. 326 USD / 299 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: MYSIA. Parion. 5th century BC. Drachm (Silver, 15 mm, 3.94 g). Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue. Rev. Rough, quadripartite incuse square. SNG BN 1351-2. A wonderful example. About extremely fine. The gorgoneion was an apotropaic artistic device used throughout the Greek world that was thought to ward off evil. Thus it is often found in mosaics near the front door of houses, on the exteriors of buildings, on amulets and weapons, and especially on coins were it served as a protector of the city issuing the coin. In fact, one of the earliest representations of a gorgoneion comes from an electrum stater discovered during excavations at Parion (see A. A. Potts, The World's Eye, 1982, pp. 26-8). Gorgoneia became so ubiquitous on coinage that they appear as the principal type on coins from no less than thirty-seven cities across the Greek world, from Etruria to the Black Sea region and beyond. Starting price: 100 CHF