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Dmitry Markov Coins & Medals | M&M Numismatics Ltd | Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles | Sovereign Rarities Ltd > The New York Sale 57	Auction date: 10 January 2023
Lot number: 43 Price realized:
Lot description: Thessaly, Pharsalos. Silver Drachm (5.98 g), ca. 420-390 BC. Signed by the engraver Telephantos and his pupil "Φ". Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet with upturned cheek flaps; TH and IΠ behind neck guard. Reverse; Φ-A-P-(Σ), Thessalian warrior on horseback right. Lavva 132 (this coin). Fine style. Old cabinet tone. A couple of minor flan flaws on check. About Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,500 - UP Ex BCD Collection, Ex GMRH (Ashmolean Museum Duplicates Sale), May 1978 (comes with old Collection tags). Estimate: 1500 USD

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Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung > Auction 293	Auction date: 6 March 2023
Lot number: 58 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: BRUTTIUM. BRETTII. AE Reduzierte Uncia ø 22mm (8,40g). ca. 208 - 205 v.Chr. Vs.: Kopf des Zeus mit Lorbeerkranz n. r., dahinter Blitzbündel. Rs.: Nach rechts ausschreitender nackter Krieger mit Helm, vorgehaltenem Schild und Lanze, umlaufend ΒΡΕΤΤΙΩΝ, unten Eule mit ausgebreiteten Schwingen. SNG München 1331f.; HN Italy 1988; Scheu 44. Herrliche olivgrüne Patina, vz Ex Apollo to Apollo collection! Estimate: 500 EUR

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Da Pelinna di Tessaglia un piccolo triemiobolo ( 425-400 a.C. ) con al diritto guerriero a cavallo armato con 2 lance ed al rovescio guerriero a piedi con scudo e 2 lance .

Esemplare in vendita Hirsch 378 al n. 1082 .

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Il 10/4/2022 alle 14:33, King John dice:

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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Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. > Buy or Bid Sale 222	Auction date: 23 March 2023
Lot number: 322 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: 685 USD

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Ambrakia ca. 350-300 v. Chr. Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz

 

Obv.	A. Pegasos nach r.
Rev.rse	Kopf der Athena mit korinthischem Helm nach r. Das lockige Haar rahmt das Gesicht und quillt unter der Nackenklappe hervor. Im Nacken ein kleiner stehender nackter Zeus nach r., den r. Arm vorgestreckt, mit dem l. ein Blitzbündel schleudernd.

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 25	Auction date: 11 March 2023
Lot number: 69 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: CALABRIA. Tarentum. Punic occupation, circa 212-209 BC. Half Shekel (Silver, 20 mm, 3.85 g, 6 h), Sokannas, magistrate. ΣΩKANNAΣ Warrior on horseback right, holding filleted palm frond in his right hand. Rev. ΤΑΡΑΣ Youthful oikist, nude, riding dolphin to left, holding kantharos in his right hand and trident in his left; to right, eagle with spread wings standing left. HN Italy 1082. Vlasto 984. Lustrous and fresh. A few light marks, otherwise, good extremely fine. From a Swiss collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 200 CHF

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 24	Auction date: 3 December 2022
Lot number: 212 Price realized: 130 CHF   (Approx. 138 USD / 132 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: M. Sergius Silus, 116-115 BC. Denarius (Silver, 17 mm, 3.78 g, 4 h), Rome. ROMA - EX•S•C• Head of Roma to right within laurel wreath, wearing winged helmet and pearl necklace; behind, star (mark of value). Rev. Q / M•SERGI / SILVS Helmeted horseman to left, holding sword and severed head in his left hand. Babelon (Sergia) 1. Crawford 286/1. RBW 1115. Sydenham 544. A beautifully toned example. Two minor scrapes on the obverse, otherwise, very fine. Starting price: 25 CHF

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXVII	Auction date: 22 March 2023
Lot number: 180 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AR Tetradrachm. Amphipolis, circa 355-348 BC. Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, Philip on horseback to left, raising hand; M below raised foreleg, trident head to left below belly. Le Rider Group IB, 37 (D22/R31); SNG ANS 462-6; HGC 3.1, 861. 14.25g, 25mm, 7h. Mint State; virtually as struck, highly lustrous metal. Very Rare; particularly so in such remarkable condition. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XX, 29 October 2020, lot 130. Philip, despite Athenian opposition to his participation in the Olympics on the grounds that he was a non-Greek, went on to become an Olympic victor three times in 356, 352 and 348 BC. On the first occasion, Plutarch reports that upon having conquered Potidaia Philip was informed that his horse had won its race, and that this day he also learned of the victory of his general Parmenion against the Illyrians, and that his wife Myrtale had given birth to a son, Alexander. In commemoration of his Olympic victory, Philip decreed that his wife should henceforth be known as Olympias, and he caused coins such as this to be struck, proudly displaying both he and his horse in victorious stance upon the reverse. The presence of Zeus's head on the obverse of Philip's coinage was a novelty in Macedonian coinage, and its sudden appearance is closely connected with both types of Philip's tetradrachms - both the more mature, cloaked rider (as depicted here), and the younger, nude rider holding a victor's palm - as well as his other denominations. While in his extensive work Le Rider identifies the mature horseman seen on the reverse of this type as the king himself, he makes no attempt to explain the young rider holding the palm branch as seen on lot 185. Caltabiano (the identity of the two horsemen on Philip II's coinage, Ancient Macedonia, Sixth International Symposium, vol. 1, p. 201) however proposes that the use of the heads of Zeus and Apollo on Philip's coinage, as well as the older and younger horsemen, suggest an important father-son relationship: that of Philip and his heir Alexander. Isokrates proposed that Zeus here represents "the conceit of a royal power" whose right to rule, as theorised by Isokrates, comes directly from Zeus, and whose continuity is assured by the hereditary principle. This interpretation is reinforced by the heroon that Philip built in the Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia after his victory at Chaeroneia, in which were contained the statues of Philip and Olympias, his parents Amyntas and Eurydice, and his son Alexander. The latter, whose chryselephantine image stood in an eminent position, had played a glorious and distinguished role in the battle, breaking and routing the Greek right flank with his cavalry. Thus, if we are to see in the cloaked older rider the figure of Philip himself, we must see in the younger rider a representation of his son Alexander. If we may accept Caltabiano's hypothesis as quite likely, then the present coin potentially affords us one of the best-preserved depictions of Philip II of Macedon, who is undeniably one of the most influential figures in all of recorded history around whose life and death and legacy pivoted the fate of the known world. Estimate: 10000 GBP

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 107	Auction date: 16 March 2023
Lot number: 27 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction -
Lot description: Lucania, Metapontion Æ 16mm. Circa 300-250 BC. Veiled and draped bust of Demeter to right, wearing stephanos / Grain ear with leaf to left; monogram above leaf, META downwards to right. Johnston, Bronze 57; HN Italy 1693; HGC 1, 1112. 3.06g, 16mm, 7h. Very Fine. Estimate: 40 GBP

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Nomos AG > Auction 25	Auction date: 20 November 2022
Lot number: 43 Price realized: 38,000 CHF   (Approx. 39,795 USD / 38,525 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: SICILY. Selinos. Circa 455-409 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 28 mm, 17.40 g, 1 h). ΣΕΛΙΝΟΝΤΙΟΣ (retrograde) Apollo and Artemis standing left in a quadriga moving slowly to left; Artemis holding the reins and Apollo drawing his bow. Rev. ΣΕΛΙΝΟΣ The river-god Selinos, horned and nude, holding laurel branch in his left hand and a phiale in his right, from which he pours a libation over a garlanded altar to left; to left, rooster standing left; to right, selinon leaf over a bull standing left on a base. Cf. Rizzo pl. XXXI, 14. Schwabacher 4 (Q1/S4). SNG Ashmolean 1892 (same dies). SNG Lloyd 1222 (same dies). Attractively toned and very well-centered. Somewhat lightly struck and with minor marks, otherwise, extremely fine. From a European collection, ex Giessener Münzhandlung 33, 3 June 1986, 37. The scene on the obverse, with Artemis driving a quadriga moving along at a walking pace and Apollo preparing to fire an arrow from his bow, must show a scene from the gods battle with the giants. This one took place at the very end, with the clean-up operations: presumably the two siblings are moving along, dispatching their wounded enemies! Estimate: 35000 CHF

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Derogando un poco dall' ambito greco o romano, ma da una terra un tempo comunque di Magna Grecia, l' immagine di un guerriero in veste succinta con elmo piumato e spada, in corsa forse alla battaglia .

Da una rara frazione di follaro in rame, battuto in Salerno per il duca di Puglia Guglielmo .

L' immagine è dal vecchio ( 1992 ) manuale di Biaggi sulle monete medievali .

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXVII	Auction date: 22 March 2023
Lot number: 210 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Kings of Skythia, Ataias AR Siglos or Drachm. Persic Standard. Kallatis(?), circa 345-339 BC. Head of Artemis to right, bow and quiver over shoulder / King charging to left on horseback, shooting bow; ATAIA behind, Θ and [KAΛ] below. Draganov 2010, 6 (D7/R7); HGC 3.2, 1990 var. (control letter); Rauch 109, 70 (hammer: 4,200 EUR). Extremely Fine; beautiful old cabinet tone. Extremely Rare; only one other example on CoinArchives. From a private Australasian Collection. Ataias was a Skythian king in the time of Philip II of Macedonia, who towards the end of his life increasingly penetrated the Greek-Macedonian sphere of influence in the Balkans and in the early summer of 339 BC died in battle against the Macedonian king. Estimate: 3500 GBP

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Un guerriero, inginocchiato o forse in corsa, con elmo crestato, spada ed arco, ed al rovescio una "croce" incusa : dalla esangue descrizione del catalogo forse una dracma, che sarà il 26 Marzo in vendita NBS Auctions 17 al n. 8 .

 

 

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Sicuramente già presentata tra i precedenti 4464 post, può valere comunque un ulteriore sguardo la testa arcaica di guerriero, da Kalymna ( o Aineia ), con lo splendido accostamento della lira al rovescio .

[King John]

Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXVII	Auction date: 22 March 2023
Lot number: 540 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: The Social War, Marsic Confederation AR Denarius. Corfinium, circa 90 BC. Laureate head of Italia to left / Oath-taking scene: eight soldiers, four on each side of a pole with banner, with their swords pointing at a pig held in the arms of kneeling sacerdos faecialis; IɅ in exergue. Campana, Monetazione, Series 3a, 16; Sydenham 629; HN Italy 415b. 3.96g, 18mm, 6h. Mint State. Extremely Rare. From the inventory of a UK dealer. Estimate: 3000 GBP ILLUSTRAZIONE: BATTAGLIA FRA ROMANI E SANNITI

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXVII	Auction date: 22 March 2023
Lot number: 96 Price realized: To Be Posted
Lot description: Sicily, Syracuse AR Drachm. Time of Dionysios I, circa 405-400 BC. Unsigned dies in the style of Eukleidas. Head of Athena facing three-quarters to left, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet; on either side, two dolphins snout to snout; [ΣΥΡΑΚ]ΟΣΙΩ[Ν] around / Naked Leukaspis advancing to right, wearing crested helmet, holding spear in right hand and oval shield in left; sword suspended by strap over right shoulder; square altar ornamented with garland in background left, and to right, forepart of slain ram on its back; ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙ[ΩΝ] around, [ΛΕ]ΥΚΑΣΠ[ΙΣ] in exergue. Boehringer, Essays Thompson pl. 38, 6; SNG ANS 309-10; Boston MFA 420; HGC 2, 1364. 3.83g, 18mm, 3h. Good Extremely Fine; wonderful old cabinet tone with underlying iridescence and lustre, rev. in particularly exceptional condition for the type. From the Arethusa Collection; Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 23, 9 January 2016, lot 53. Estimate: 3000 GBP

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Dal tempo di Tolomeo I satrapo in Egitto, un tetradrammo con al rovescio una notevole raffigurazione di Atena armata ed in atto di combattere, forse un ricordo della imponente statua persa di Fidia, dedicata ad Athena promachos sull' acropoli di Atene .

L' esemplare sarà il 27 Aprile in vendita BussoPeus 434 al n. 307 .

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[King John]

Classical Numismatic Group > Keystone Auction 11	Auction date: 3 March 2023
Lot number: 12 Price realized: 1,700 USD   (Approx. 1,603 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 290-281 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 9h). Warrior, nude but for crested helmet, holding two spears in right hand, shield adorned with dolphin on left arm, on horse rearing left; A-Z-A in upper fields, AΠH below / Phalanthos, nude, right hand resting on dorsal fin, cradling distaff in left arm, riding dolphin left; COI to left, ornate trident head downward to right. Fischer-Bossert Group 81, 1137 (V421/R879); Vlasto 648 (same dies); HN Italy 940. In NGC encapsulation 6625610-036, graded XF(star). Very rare. Estimate: 750 USD

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oma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXVII	Auction date: 22 March 2023
Lot number: 94 Price realized: 44,000 GBP   (Approx. 53,823 USD / 49,867 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Sicily, Syracuse AV 100 Litrai - Double Dekadrachm. Dionysios I, circa 405-400 BC. Unsigned dies in the style of Kimon. Head of Arethusa to left, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace, hair in sphendone ornamented with two stars; ΣYPAKO[ΣIΩN] before, A behind / Herakles kneeling to right, strangling the Nemean Lion. Bérend 30; Gulbenkian 324 (same dies); Rizzo pl. L, 12 (same rev. die); SNG ANS 332-333 (same dies); Pozzi 606 (A rather than AK behind); Jameson 1917 var. (A behind); HGC 2, 1275 var. (same). 5.78g, 15mm, 3h. Good Extremely Fine; small edge mark, otherwise a spectacular example with a crisp portrait in high relief. Extremely Rare; a very rare denomination in itself, and furthermore a variety unpublished in a number of the major collections. Acquired from Jean Vinchon Numismatique (Paris). This particular issue dates to circa 405 BC, following the election of Dionysios as supreme military commander of Syracuse in recognition of his achievements in the war against Carthage and his subsequent seizure of total power. Syracuse had only recently repelled an Athenian invasion of Sicily that resulted in the complete destruction of Athens' expeditionary force and ultimately contributed significantly to Athens' defeat at the hands of Sparta in the Peloponnesian War. Then under Dionysios in 405 BC, despite the ruin of great cities such as Akragas and Gela, Syracuse overcame a Carthaginian invasion that might have resulted in a comprehensive conquest of the island. Such glory was short-lived, however, as the rule of Dionysios' son and successor was to bring civil strife that would weaken the power of Syracuse. Never again would the city issue coinage on such a grand scale, and this coin represents part of the last great flourishing of classical numismatic art at Syracuse before two centuries of steady decline and eventual conquest at the hands of the Romans. The wonderful Syracusan 100 litrai or double dekadrachms are considered amongst some of the finest gold coinage of the Greek world, and are associated with the magnificent dekadrachms of Euainetos, whose signature also appears on the earlier dies of the gold denomination issue. The serenely graceful head of the sea-nymph Arethusa, rendered in very similar style to the great die-engraver Euainetos, is presented in delightful contrast to the dynamic rendering of the first labour of Hercules, the slaying of the Nemean lion, on the reverse. The die-engraver's masterful composition within the bounds of a circular constraint produces a scene of great power and climax, both Herakles' and the lion's backs arched as the hero bends to tighten his grip around the lion's neck and it strains desperately against him to escape. As a great Doric hero and ancestor of the Doric city of Syracuse, Herakles' defeat of the lion, the symbol of Africa, has powerful connotations for Syracuse's own conflict with the African city of Carthage. Estimate: 55000 GBP

[King John]

Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 25	Auction date: 11 March 2023
Lot number: 3576 Price realized: 4,600 CHF   (Approx. 5,003 USD / 4,680 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Anonymous, second half of the 11th-12th century. Medallion (Bronze, 48 mm, 52.48 g, 12 h). IC - XC - I/Δ/૪ / H - [MHP] / C/૪ - I/Δ/Є / Ⲱ - V/O / C/૪ ('Jesus Christ - Behold, your mother! - Behold, your son!') The Crucifixion: Christ crucified, wearing a cloth around his waist and a large nimbus cruciger; in upper left and right fields, Sun and Moon; to left, Saint John; to right, the Mother of God; both nimbate; all within a pearled border intersected with globules. Rev. + H ANAC/TACHC / IC-XC The Resurrection: Christ advancing to right, raising Adam from Hell, Eve standing behind; between them, lock and key to the gates of Hell; all within a pearled border intersected with globules. Cf. S. Bendall: An Official Byzantine Religious Medallion or Amulet?, in: Numismatic Circular 98 (2010), 5-6 (for three related medaillons). Roma XVIII (2019), 1316 var. An exceptionally impressive medallion of the finest middle-Byzantine style. Good very fine. Ex Leu Web Auction 24, 6 December 2022, 3673 and previously from a European collection, acquired before 2021. This spectacular medallion shows the Crucifixion ('Staurosis' in Greek) on one side in a traditional scene with Saint John and the Mother of God. The legend is taken from the Gospel of John (19:26-27), which describes how Christ beheld his mother and his beloved disciple standing at the Cross, upon which he uttered 'Woman, behold your son!' to Mary, and 'Behold your mother!' to Saint John, after which the latter took Mary into his own home. The other side of the medallion shows the Resurrection ('Anastasis' in Greek), more specifically the Harrowing of Hell, i.e. the period between the Crucifixion and the Resurrection on Easter when Christ triumphantly descended into Hell to free the righteous born before the coming of the Savior, starting with Adam and Eve. Though the event is alluded to in different parts of the New Testament, the most complete version of the story can be found in the apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus. As a whole, the medallion celebrates Christ's triumph over death and suffering, with the promise that the same is possible for the true believer. Starting price: 750 CHF

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXVII	Auction date: 22 March 2023
Lot number: 675 Price realized: 9,500 GBP   (Approx. 11,621 USD / 10,767 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Trajan Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 114-116. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust to right / Emperor seated to right on platform, two officers standing behind to right, addressing group of soldiers standing to left below with horse, three standards in background; IMPERATOR VIII SC in two lines in exergue. RIC II 656; C. 176; Woytek 548v4 (same rev. die); BN 843; Lacourt Ae2; BMCRE 1017 note. 26.08g, 34mm, 7h. Extremely Fine. Privately purchased from Numismatica Ars Classica AG; Ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 224, 13 October 2014, lot 516. Estimate: 7500 GBP

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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 134	Auction date: 21 November 2022
Lot number: 187 Price realized: 80,000 CHF   (Approx. 84,087 USD / 81,160 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Greek Coins. Naxos. Didrachm circa 430-415, AR 8.67 g. NAΞIΩN Laureate head of Apollo r.; behind, laurel leaf with berry. Rev. Squatting naked Silenus, holding cantharus in uplifted r. hand and thyrsus in l.; in field r., tendril and ivy-leaves; to l., herm. Jameson 679 (these dies). de Luynes 1069 (these dies). SNG ANS 525 (these dies). Rizzo pl. 28, 25 (these dies). Cahn 108. Extremely rare and in exceptional condition for the issue, undoubtedly among the finest specimens known. Perfectly centred on a full flan and with a light tone. Extremely fine From a private British collection assembled prior to 2007. Although the city of Naxos was founded in Sicily by colonists from Euboean Chalcis in 735 BC, it appears to have been named after the homonymous island in the Cyclades. The Chalcidian Greek origin of the Naxians frequently led to conflict with the rival Dorian Greek settlers of cities like Gela and Syracuse in the early fifth century BC. Naxos was conquered by Hippocrates, the tyrant of Gela, in 493 BC, and in 476 BC the Syracusan tyrant Hiero I captured the city and forced the inhabitants to relocate to Leontini so that he could give their old homes over to Dorian settlers. The Naxians, however, returned to their city after the death of Hiero I. It is not surprising that when Leontini later came into conflict with Syracuse in 427 BC, Naxos and other Chalcidian cities of Sicily formed an alliance to help defend it against their collective Dorian enemy. The present didrachm may have been struck in the context of the Naxian struggle against Syracuse that dragged on until the last years of the fifth century BC. During the Athenian expedition to Sicily in 415-413 BC, the Naxians had frequently aided the Athenians against Syracuse, and in 404 BC, Dionysius I, the new tyrant of Syracuse, took revenge by destroying the city and giving its territory to the surrounding native Sicel population. The obverse type depicts the head of Apollo, the divine ancestor of the Chalcidian and Ionian Greeks and the god who was largely responsible for sanctifying the dispatch of colonists to Sicily and elsewhere. The reverse features a highly artistic rendering of Selinus, a popular boon companion of the wine-god Dionysus. The use of foreshortening and the three-quarter facing treatment of the head together reveal the great skill of the engraver. The Dionysiac associations of the reverse may have been intended to allude to the name of the issuing city, since the homonymous island of Naxos is where Dionysus was said to have found Ariadne after she was abandoned by Theseus and took her for his own wife. Estimate: 40000 CHF

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Nomos AG > Auction 28	Auction date: 22 May 2023
Lot number: 1223 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: CARIA. Uncertain mint. Circa 341-334 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 23 mm, 15.30 g, 4 h), Chian standard, struck during the period from late in the reign of Artaxerxes III, through that of Arses and early under Darios III. Persian king, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance to right, drawing his bow. Rev. Warrior, wearing kyrbasia and Persian dress, riding a horse galloping to right, thrusting a spear downwards, with his upraised right hand. Konuk, Influences Group 1, 1 and pl. XXX, 8. Cf. Meadows, Administration, 327. Mildenberg, Münzwesen, pp. 26–7 and pl. XIII, 117. Sunrise 73-4 var. (but with control marks). Triton XXI, 2018, 531 (from the same obverse die). Very well-struck, nicely centered and unusually attractive. Reverse struck from a slightly worn die, otherwise, extremely fine. From a European collection. Estimate: 5000 CHF

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Nomos AG > Auction 27	Auction date: 22 May 2023
Lot number: 1076 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: KINGS OF MACEDON. Philip V, 221-179 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 32 mm, 17.07 g, 12 h), Amphipolis, c. 188-183. Head of Philip V left, as the hero Perseus, lightly bearded and with a harpa over his right shoulder, wearing a winged helmet adorned with a griffin as a crest; all within the tondo of a Macedonia shield ornamented with seven stars of eight rays, each within a double crescent, around the edge. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ Club to right; above, monogram of ΑΡ; below, monograms of ΣΙ and ΤΗ; all within oak wreath tied at the left; to left of the ties, small club upwards. Mamroth, Philip -. SNG ABC 1052. Tkalec, 1994, 83 (same dies). Rare. A spectacular example, with a superb Hellenistic portrait of the highest quality, very well- and sharply-struck. Good extremely fine. Bought privately from a European collector who had acquired it in the early 1990s. The portrait of Philip V on this coin is of outstanding elegance and force. One could not imagine it being any better! Depicting the king wearing the helmet of Perseus, topped by its fierce griffin, and with the hero's sword - the harpa - over his shoulder, placed him in the same class: Perseus slew Medusa and Philip was a bulwark against the Romans (even though he was defeated by them). It is well worth noting that this helmet was also worn by Roma on many of the Republic's roughly contemporary denarii. Estimate: 20000 CHF