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Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger > Auction 386	Auction date: 7 February 2024
Lot number: 1161 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: GRIECHISCHE MÜNZEN, ASIEN, PHOINIKIEN, BYBLOS. König Azbaal (ca. 400-376).Stater. Kriegsschiff mit 3 Hopliten nach l., darunter Hippocamp nach l. und Murexmuschel. Rs: Löwe l. reißt Stier. SNG COP. 132. BMC 4 f. 13.20g, Schöne Tönung. Rs. min. Doppelschlag und Druckstelle. R vz/vz-ss Slabbed by NGC (AU Strike 4/5 Surface 4/5, die shift). Byblos wird hier mit seinem phönizischen Namen Gebal genannt, unter dem es schon im Alten Testament im Buch Esekiel als Heimat von Schiffsbauleuten erwähnt wird. Estimate: 1750 EUR

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Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 545	Auction date: 30 August 2023
Lot number: 56 Price realized: 350 USD   (Approx. 323 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Litra (11.5mm, 0.73 g, 2h). Struck circa 415-405 BC. Head of Arethousa right, wearing sphendone; dolphin behind neck / Octopus. HGC 2, 1379; SNG ANS 282–3. Toned, scratches and porosity. Near VF. From the Dr. Charles Schulz Collection. Ex "Numismatic Beastiary" Collection (Owl FPL, 1981), no. 52. Estimate: 200 USD

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Bella

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Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. > Buy or Bid Sale 226	Auction date: 13 February 2024
Lot number: 408 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction -
Lot description: Vespasian, Divus. Denarius; Vespasian, Divus; Died 79 AD, Rome, 80-1 AD, Denarius, 3.17g. RIC-357 (C2), BM-129, Paris-101, C-497. Obv: DIVVS AVGVSTVS VESPASIANVS. Head laureate r. Rx: Two capricorns on globe supporting shield inscribed S C; the globe is between the capricorns and their tails are not shown.. MS Estimate: 875 USD

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Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) > January 2024 NYINC Auction	Auction date: 12 January 2024
Lot number: 50096 Price realized: To Be Posted
Lot description: AUGUSTUS, 27 B.C.- A.D. 14. AV Aureus (7.86 gms), Lugdunum Mint, 15 B.C. NGC EF, Strike: 5/5 Surface: 2/5. Ex Jewelry. RIC-166A; Cal-212. Obverse: Bare head right; Reverse: Bull butting right. Offering a great strike and a stunning portrait of the emperor, this specimen, formerly a jewelry piece on account of the slight marks at the edge, stands as a charming and superior survivor. The brilliance is quite captivating, and the color has acquired a pleasing golden-olive nature throughout. Estimate: $7500 - $15000

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 116	Auction date: 18 January 2024
Lot number: 1305 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction -	S
Lot description: Delmatius (nephew of Constantine I), as Caesar, Æ 17mm. Arelate, AD 336. FL DELMATIVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers, each with spear and shield, standing facing one another, one standard between bearing christogram; PCONST in exergue. RIC VII 398. 1.49g, 17mm, 12h. Good Extremely Fine. Rare; rated R3 in RIC. Estimate: 50 GBP

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28	Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 2965 Price realized: 140 CHF   (Approx. 159 USD / 148 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: A. Postumius A.f. Sp.n. Albinus, 81 BC. Denarius (Silver, 20 mm, 3.89 g, 12 h), Rome. Draped bust of Diana to right, wearing diadem and bow with quiver over her shoulders; above, bucranium. Rev. A•POST•A•F• - S N•(AL)BIN Togate figure standing front over rock, head to left, holding sprinkler over bull standing right; between them, lighted altar. Babelon (Postumia) 7. Crawford 372/1. RBW 1392. Sydenham 745. Well centered. Very fine. Ex Artemide E-Auction 63E, 1 July 2023, 441. Starting price: 50 CHF

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXIX	Auction date: 9 November 2023
Lot number: 430 Price realized: 46,000 GBP   (Approx. 56,518 USD / 52,748 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Antonia (mother of Claudius) AV Aureus. Rome, AD 41-45. ANTONIA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right, wearing wreath of grain ears / CONSTANTIAE AVGVSTI, Antonia standing facing, holding long torch and cornucopiae. RIC I 65 (Claudius); C. 1; BMCRE 109 (Claudius); BN 9 (Claudius); von Kaenel Type 16, 316 (V253/R261); Lyon 30 (unlisted dies); Calicó 318a. 7.77g, 19mm, 12h. NGC graded Ch AU 5/5 - 3/5, light marks (#6674257-001). Rare, and not only the finest known of this important issue (cf. NAC 67, 116 [sold for 40,000 CHF]) but also likely the finest surviving portrait aureus of Antonia (cf. Palombo 17, 44 [sold for 50,000 CHF] and cf. NGSA 12, 127 [sold for 48,000 CHF]). Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Triton IX, 10 January 2006, lot 1386 (hammer: 26,000 USD). This coin bears the posthumous representation of Antonia Minor, and was struck in memory of her by Claudius her son upon his ascension to the throne. This well-liked and respected Roman woman, who was celebrated for her virtue and beauty, was the younger of the two daughters of Marc Antony and Octavia, who, after Antony's death, was allowed by Augustus to benefit from her father's estate. She thus became wealthy and influential, and married Nero Claudius Drusus, general and consul, bearing him several children. Three survived into adulthood: the popular Germanicus, the future emperor Claudius, and a daughter Livilla. Following the death of her husband in AD 9 whilst on campaign in Germania, the rest of Antonia's life was plagued by ill fortune as she outlived her oldest son, her daughter and several of her grandchildren. The legend of this pleasing reverse type refers to perseverance in the face of adversity, which indeed Antonia displayed continually throughout her life, not to a god 'Constantia' to whom no other references may be found besides three coin types issued under Claudius. After the death of her husband, her eldest son Germanicus died in AD 19 in mysterious circumstances in Asia, where he had successfully defeated the kingdoms of Commagene and Cappadocia and turned them into Roman provinces. It is thought that he was perhaps poisoned by his adoptive father Tiberius as his influence and popularity with his troops was becoming too great. Her younger son Claudius, who was born with severe disabilities, was ostracised by his family and excluded from public office until his consulship in AD 37 which he shared with his nephew Caligula. Ironically, this action by his family may have actually saved his life as he was not perceived as a threat to power and therefore survived the purges of Tiberius and Caligula's reigns, going on to prove himself a worthy emperor. Antonia's woes did not stop with her sons, as her daughter Livilla supposedly poisoned her husband Drusus the Younger, son of Tiberius. According to Cassius Dio, Tiberius handed Livilla over to her mother, who locked her up in a room and starved her to death. After the death of Tiberius, her grandson Caligula became emperor, and though Antonia would often offer him advice, he once told her, 'I can treat anyone exactly as I please!' Caligula was rumoured to have had his young cousin Gemellus beheaded, to remove him as a rival to the throne. This act was said to have outraged Antonia, who was grandmother to Gemellus as well as to Caligula. Able to stand no more of Caligula's tyranny, Antonia committed suicide, though Suetonius's 'Caligula' (23), suggests she might also have been poisoned by her grandson: "When his grandmother Antonia asked for a private interview, he refused it except in the presence of the prefect Macro, and by such indignities and annoyances he caused her death; although some think that he also gave her poison. After she was dead, he paid her no honour, but viewed her burning pyre from his dining-room." This reverse design also makes reference to Antonia's abilities and long service as a mother and grandmother. Ceres, whose attributes of the torch and cornucopiae she is shown holding, was the Roman goddess of agriculture, fertility and motherly relationships. As well as her own children, after the death of Germanicus, Antonia became the de facto mother for his children including Caligula, and later Claudius' daughter Claudia Antonia after her mother had been divorced and removed from the Imperial family. With this reverse type Claudius celebrates Antonia's devotion to her family and dedication in ensuring the survival of the Julio-Claudian dynastic line. The figure on the reverse is most likely a magnificent statue of Ceres which may have had a head with the features of Antonia known to have been commissioned by Claudius when he became emperor after his nephew's assassination in AD 41. This identification is supported by the portrayal of Antonia on the obverse wearing a wreath of grain ears, a typical attribute of Ceres. Claudius gave his mother the title of Augusta and her birthday became a public holiday, which had annual games and public sacrifices and her image paraded in a carriage. Estimate: 20000 GBP

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Moneta con un eccezionale ritratto 

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Gemini, Auction IX, lot 46, 8/01/2012

Macedonia. Uncertain Mint. 5th century BC. Trihemiobol, 0.23g. (h). Obv: Monkey squatting right. Rx: Round shield within incuse square. Cf. A. Tzamalis, Nomismatika Khronika 17 (1998), p. 19, no. 67 (monkey left). Furthermore, see Leu 45 (1988), 100 (same dies); Gemini 2 (2006), 46 and CNG 81 (2009), 265 (monkey left); Svoronos, Hellenisme, pl. VII, 13 (obverse type). Beautifully engraved monkey. EF.

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Morton & Eden > Auction 124	Auction date: 26 September 2023
Lot number: 83 Price realized: 220,000 GBP   (Approx. 267,705 USD / 252,901 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: ‡ Sicily, Kamarina, didrachm, c. 410 BC, signed by HYL..., ΚΑΜΑΡΙΝΑΙΟ-Ν, diademed and horned head of the river-god Hipparis left; below truncation, ΥΛ, rev., ΚΑΜΑΡΙΝΑ-ΙΟΝ inscribed between double linear circles of border; nymph Kamarina wearing billowing veil seated right on swan flying left over waves; below, fish swimming left, 8.33g, die axis 6.00 (Westermark & Jenkins 158, 8 and enlarged on pl. 23 = 'Wealth of the Ancient World' 80, this coin; Rizzo pl. 7, 3 = BMC 18, same dies; Regling, K., Die Antike Münze als Kunstwerk, Berlin, 1924, 541, same obverse die), the only well-centred example struck from the finest dies of the series known, about extremely fine and extremely rare, an exceptional example Exhibited: Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas (1983); Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (1983); Detroit Institute of Arts (1984); Dallas Museum of Art (1984).Provenance: Salman Schocken (1877-1959) collection, Jerusalem; Bank Leu 13, 29 April 1975, lot 46; S. Weintraub collection; Nelson Bunker Hunt collection, part I, Sotheby's, New York, 19 June 1990, lot 80; European Connoisseur collection (formed before 2002).Note: This exceptionally fine and extremely rare didrachm is the finest known and is the only perfectly centred example of one of the stellar masterpieces of Greek coinage. It was struck during the last brilliant phase when Kamarina had no less than three artists signing their output. In this case, 'Hyl', who is otherwise unknown, has created a work of contrasts. The head of the local river-god Hipparis (Kamarina was founded at the mouth of this river) is modelled with a refined purity of line, while for the reverse the engraver has presented us with an elaborate but gracefully rendered scene of the nymph Kamarina, with her veil billowing in the wind, seated upon a swan swimming through roiling waves, presumably those of the river Hipparis. Alternative suggestions to the authorship of this tour de force have been floated (see WAW, p. 185). Based on its remarkably graceful and mature style, and an interpretive reading of the obverse signature, one hypothesis suggests Euainetos (who also worked at Kamarina). Another, much less likely, reads the faintly legible last three letters of the reverse inscription as 'ΕΞΑ' (instead of 'ΙΟΝ'), suggesting Exakestidas. Regardless, both obverse and reverse dies speak of a single artist of genius, who has created a work of 'great beauty and sensuous charm' (Jenkins and Westermark, p. 59). Estimate: 100000 - 150000 GBP

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Spink > Auction 23007	Auction date: 3 October 2023
Lot number: 43 Price realized: 28,000 GBP   (Approx. 33,944 USD / 32,338 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: The 'Kyrios' Collection | Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III, 'the Great' (336-323 BC), AV Distater, Aegaea, head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent, hair flowing, with pendant earring, rev. ALEXANDROY Nike standing left, holding a wreath in right hand on ship's mast, vertical fulmen in her left, young athlete/pankratiast left to left field with both arms raised, L-O monogram to lower left, 3h, 17.19g (Price 196; Mueller 639; Noe, Sicyon 9; Lacroix [Revue Belge, 1964], pp. 52, Pl. II, no. 5), beautifully struck and well-centred, lustrous and detailed, some slight deposits but otherwise good very fine or better, extremely rare and a wonderful depiction of one of the more famous and celebrated sporting competitions in the Greek world. PROVENANCE, Spink 200, 1 October 2009 lot 838, 'very fine and extremely rare' - £11,000, Belgravia Auction Gallery, Malta, 1 July 2009, lot 1133 [unsold], purchased by private treaty, 2 July 2009 - £2,240, From the collection of a Scottish sea captain, , , In an oft-quoted discussion on the sport, Philostratus the Younger describes the Pankration (lit. 'all power') as the 'most noble' of all contests in the Olympic repertoire. It is quite illustrative of the Greek conception of 'nobility' that this vicious combination of boxing and wrestling was considered so. However, this ancient 'Mixed Martial Arts' competition was indeed as sophisticated and tactical as it was brutish and violent., , The Pankration was a hybrid sport, first contested at the 33rd Olympiad (c. 648 BC), with wrestling and boxing having been inaugurated at the 18th and 23rd games, respectively. Contestants would compete in two phases of a bout: 'high Pankration', which involved striking and clinching, and 'low Pankration', which would involve floor wrestling, holds and grappling. There was much overlap between these two phases of the fight, with 'Pankratiasts' often throwing strikes while grappling, and attempting to lock an opponent while standing upright. Involving a complicated set of specialist fighting styles, counter-manoeuvres and situational adaptations, the Pankratiast was required to combine endurance, versatility and cunning to win their bout. The fight was concluded only once a combatant was killed, or if they yielded to their opponent. Conceptualised at the time as having its origin in Theseus's conquest of the Minotaur, and Herakles' brutal dispatching of the Nemean Lion, the Pankration was considered the very apex of the tactical guile and physical endurance typical of the Olympiad. Each tournament, Olympic or otherwise, would open with a ritual described by the Roman author Lucan:, , "A sacred silver urn is brought, in which they have put bean-size lots. On two lots an alpha is inscribed, on two a beta, and on another two a gamma, and so on. If there are more athletes, two lots always have the same letter. Each athlete comes forth, prays to Zeus, puts his hand into the urn and draws out a lot. Following him, the other athletes do the same. Whip bearers are standing next to the athletes, holding their hands and not allowing them to read the letter they have drawn. When everyone has drawn a lot, the alytarch, or one of the Hellanodikai walks around and looks at the lots of the athletes as they stand in a circle. He then joins the athlete holding the alpha to the other who has drawn the alpha for wrestling or pankration, the one who has the beta to the other with the beta, and the other matching inscribed lots in the same manner.", , Outside of Sparta, where no techniques were barred, eye-gouging and biting were the only techniques forbidden to the pankrataist, and indeed this appears to have provided little deterrence: a wonderful fourth-century BC amphora from Capua illustrates one belligerent attempting to gouge the eyes of his opponent, with a referee preparing to reprimand him. Somewhat understandably, the referee would be armed with a stiff rod in order to enforce his authority, which included being able to stop the fight and to declare a winner or a tied bout. Contestants could also surrender by raising a right index finger, bringing the fight to an end, however this was not always such a straightforward endeavour. A particularly menacing competitor named Sostratos, 'the fingerman', gained a gruesome reputation for snapping the fingers of his opponents, which would push most of his opponents to surrender - indeed he is one of only three entrants to win three successive Pankration competitions (in 364, 360 and 356 BC) - but would naturally make it difficult for them to signal their submission. , ,Decisions made by the referee were of major significance, as the fighting was taken immensely seriously by the Pankratiasts. In the deciding match of the 54th Olympiad (564 BC), a combatant died midway through a fight, but was still declared the winner: Arrhachion, a two-time defending champion from Phigalia in the Peloponnese, was suffocated to death, but in a celebrated incident, managed to break his opponent's toe and thereby forced him to submit as he himself expired, as Pausanias tells us:, , 'For when he was contending for the wild olive with the last remaining competitor, whoever he was, the latter got a grip first, and held Arrhachion, hugging him with his legs, and at the same time he squeezed his neck with his hands. Arrhachion dislocated his opponent's toe, but expired owing to suffocation; but he who suffocated Arrhachion was forced to give in at the same time because of the pain in his toe. The Eleans crowned and proclaimed victor the corpse of Arrhachion'., , Philostratus of Athens gives us an even more graphic and, frankly, impressive description, noting that Arrhachion managed to lock his opponent's leg, which was vulnerable due to the stance we was taking, in such a way that in the throes of death, he was able to hurl himself onto a pressure point and dislocate his challenger's ankle: "throwing his weight down toward the left while he locks the latter's foot tightly inside his own knee, by this violent outward thrust he wrenches the ankle from its socket". Arrachaion's marvellous victory was celebrated for centuries thereafter, with a statue of the two-time champion being erected in his hometown, which is now believed to be on display at the Museum of Olympia. In a scene almost too ridiculous for Hollywood, Philostratus also claims that Arrachaion's perseverance toward victory was prompted by his trainer Eryxias shouting "What a noble epitaph, 'He was never defeated at Olympia.'" - Indeed, Philostratus himself was writing in the third century AD, some 750 years after Arrachaion's triumph., , Regarding the coin itself, this wonderful example pays tribute to the Pankratiast and its reverence in Greek culture. Alexander's distater coinage also provides lasting testament to the sheer volume of gold plundered during his Persian campaigns. Utilised to pay veteran soldiers following a long deployment, the exceptional weight of the distater allowed Alexander to pay a full talent to his troops with 120 distaters. Due to the relatively scant research done in the minting of Alexander's distaters, chronology and location are difficult to determine, and this is particularly so in the case of our example, with its jumping figure in the left field. Even the identification of this device has proved controversial. Sydney P. Noe refers to the figure as a 'youthful figure' , while Martin J. Price referred to one example as 'either an orator or actor', though Milavic (2001) notes that this could not possibly be true, given that the figure is nude, and Greek poets did not perform nude. , ,Noe and Milavic believe that the location of the mint was almost certainly in Sikyon, owing to his identification of the jumping figure to the aforementioned Sostratos, who was from there, and something of a local hero. Without meaning to wade into controversy, this seems to be a stretch, given that the Pankration was a revered aspect of pan-hellenic culture, and could not necessarily be limited to a famous Olympian of one polity. Aegeae in addition has a long pedigree of gold mints, from Philip II and beyond, making it the most likely, though by no means certain, point of origin. Estimate: £11000 - £13000 ILLUSTRAZIONE: "APOXYOMENOS", COPIA ROMANA IN MARMO DEL I SECOLO D.C. DI UN ORIGINALE IN BRONZO DI LISIPPO DEL 320 A.C. (MUSEI VATICANI), RAFFIGURATO SU QUESTO DISTATERE D'ORO. AL RIGUARDO VEDI: https://www.academia.edu/28023815/F_De_Luca_E_spuntò_lApoxiòmenos_Il_famoso_capolavoro_di_Lisippo_raffigurato_su_alcuni_tetradrammi_e_stateri_alessandrini_Monete_Antiche_Gennaio_Febbraio_2016

 

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Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 106, lot 57, 19/01/2005

LESBOS, Methymna. Circa 500-450 BC. AR Tetrobol (12mm, 2.71 gm). Hoplite running left, holding spear and shield / Youth on forepart of horse right, within dotted square. SNG von Aulock 1737. VF, toned.

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Ottima raffigurazione del guerriero

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Gemini, Auction VII, lot 553, 9/01/2011

Cilicia. Mallus. c. 340-332 BC. Stater, 10.32g. (h). Obv: Persian Great King running to right, holding spear and bow. In left field, grain of wheat. Rx: ΜΑΛ Herakles strangling the Nemean lion. To left, club. Border of dots. SNG von Aulock 5718. SNG Paris 398. Kraay, ACGC, p. 285, pl. 59, 1026. Some encrustation. Excellent style. VF.   The Rockefeller University/Dr. Alfred E. Mirsky .
The reverse image is borrowed from contemporary coins of Lucanian Heraclea, cf. Kraay, ACGC, pl. 42, 737 .

ILLUSTRAZIONE: ARCIERE PERSIANO

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Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles > Auction 137	Auction date: 29 January 2024
Lot number: 1036 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Islands off Thrace, Thasos. Silver Stater (8.80 g), ca. 412-404 BC. Nude ithyphallic satyr advancing right, carrying protesting nymph; in righ field, dolphin swimming downwards. Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square. Le Rider, Thasiennes 6; HGC 6, 334. Fantastic expressions on the satyr and on the smiling nymph! Incredibly fine style. NGC grade AU*; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5. Fine style. Estimated Value $4,000 - UP The staters of Thasos underwent a century of stylistic change, from about 500-404 BC. They begin in an Archaic style depicting the satyr and nymph with a severe poise and with sharp lines, the satyr often enormously endowed, but throughout the century the style softens into a the Classical with its gentle and harmonius flowing designs. Here, on this beautiful stater struck at the very end of the period, we see a scene that is most impressive, exceptionally rendered in the finest Classical style by an artist of truly incredible talent. Both the satyr and the nymph exhibit a gracefulness more often seen in other art forms such as sculptures than is common on coins. This lovely example should see strong competition from collectors with discerning eyes! Ex Millennia Collection, Goldberg Auction 46, 31 May 2006, Lot 26. ILLUSTRAZIONE: DIVERSE RAPPRESENTAZIONI DI COLLUTTAZIONI TRA UN SATIRO ED UNA NINFA

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Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII Online Sessions	Auction date: 17 January 2024
Lot number: 5402 Price realized: 2,250 USD   (Approx. 2,067 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: SASANIAN KINGS. Ohrmazd (Hormizd) I. AD 272-273. AR Drachm (24mm, 3.48 g, 3h). Style A. Mint A ("Ctesiphon"). Bust right, wearing diadem and crown with korymbos / Fire altar flanked by attendants, the left, masculine, wearing crown with korymbos, the right, female wearing mural crown. SNS type Ia(1)/1(1); cf. SNS Schaaf 88 (for type); Sunrise – . Iridescent toning, traces of find patina, cleaning marks, smoothing, porosity and surface crystallization, edge marks, evidence of having been placed in a bezel. VF. Estimate: 500 USD ILLUSTRAZIONE: IL RE SASANIDE HORMIZD I

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Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger > Auction 386	Auction date: 7 February 2024
Lot number: 1426 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: RÖMISCHE MÜNZEN, RÖMISCHES KAISERREICH GALLIENUS. 253-268, Mediolanum.Antoninian. Gepanzerte Büste l. mit Strahlenkrone, Speer und Schild. Rs: Storch r. (LEG III Italica) C. 489. R.I.C. 339. Toffanin 92/8. 4.16g, Schöne Tönung. Guthaltige Legierung. RRRR ss Estimate: 500 EUR

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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 140	Auction date: 7 November 2023
Lot number: 177 Price realized: 65,000 CHF   (Approx. 72,480 USD / 67,443 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Phoenicia, Tyre Dishekel circa 430, AR 21 mm, 13.34 g. Dolphin r. over waves; above, Phoenician legend reading: "one thirtieth" (of a mina). In exergue, murex. Rev. Owl standing r. with cloak and tail behind, outlined in incuse frame. All within incuse square. Traité pl. 122, 1. BMC 1. Kraay-Hirmer 681. Gillet 1184 (this coin). ACGC 1048. Rare and in exceptional condition for the issue, possibly the finest specimen in private hands. Struck on excellent metal and with a superb old cabinet tone. Extremely fine Ex Leu-M&M 28 May 1974, Kunstfreund, 170 and Morton & Eden 51, 2011, Exceptional Ancient Greek Coins, 166 sales. The obverse of this double shekel serves to advertise the importance of Tyre as a centre of maritime trade. The leaping dolphin is an obvious allusion to the sea upon which the ships of Tyre sailed to trade their goods with other Mediterranean peoples. It may perhaps also be an oblique reference to Melqart (literally "King of the City") the chief god of the Tyrians. He was sometime understood as the sea deity Palaemon by the Greeks, although more frequently, Melqart was syncretised with Greek Heracles. The murex shell in the exergue refers to the source of the expensive and rare purple dye for which the Phoenicians were famous. Fabrics dyed with the purple of the murex shell were much desired by kings and other elites and formed a very profitable item in the arsenal of Tyrian trade goods. The reverse type depicts an owl carrying the crook (heka) and flail (nekhakha) emblems of pharaonic authority. In Egypt these symbols represented the pharaoh's responsibility to shepherd his people and to maintain the fertility of the land. They were also attributes of the god Osiris and served as emblems of the pharaoh in death. The crook and flail were often shown carried by a falcon, representing Horus, the Egyptian god with whom the pharaoh was associated in life. The iconography of the falcon with crook and flail goes back before the 11th century BC in Egypt and was already internalised in Phoenicia by the ninth century BC, when it was used as a motif for locally produced scaraboids. On the present coin, the traditional falcon has been replaced by an owl, apparently as an allusion to the bird commonly found on Athenian tetradrachms which began to flood Near Eastern markets in the fifth century BC. As an intermingling of Egyptian and Athenian elements, the reverse serves to epitomise Phoenicia as a true crossroads of ancient cultures where the people of Tyre were exposed to foreign iconography to be reshaped for their own purposes. Estimate: 25000 CHF

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Nomos AG > Auction 29	Auction date: 5 November 2023
Lot number: 834 Price realized: 800 CHF   (Approx. 890 USD / 830 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: ISLANDS OFF IONIA, Samos. Circa 459/8-454/3 BC. Diobol (Silver, 9 mm, 1.04 g, 6 h). Head of a panther (or a lioness?) to left. Rev. ΣΑ Head of a ram to right; below, olive sprig; all within an incuse square. Barron 16. HGC 6, 1206. SNG von Aulock 8025 (this coin). Very rare. Clear and attractive. Nearly very fine. From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, and from the collections of L. Mildenberg and H.S von Aulock. Estimate: 350 CHF

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Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) > January 2024 NYINC Auction	Auction date: 12 January 2024
Lot number: 50049 Price realized: 1,700 USD   (Approx. 1,550 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: CILICIA. Tarsos. ca. 420-410 B.C. AR Stater (10.62 gms). NGC Ch EF, Strike: 4/5 Surface: 4/5. SNG BN-Unlisted; SNG Levante-Unlisted; CNG E-429, lot 180. Obverse: Satrap on horseback riding left holding flower; behind, eagle perched left on branch; monogram below; Reverse: Archer kneeling right, drawing bow; monogram to left; all in dotted square within incuse square. A fairly RARE type, this example presents great centering and enticing brilliance. Estimate: $700 - $1000

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Lampsaco (390-380 a.C.), statere in oro, 14-17 mm, 8.42 g. Diritto: arciere persiano con copricapo frigio inginocchiato a destra. Rovescio: protome di Pegaso terminante in un’ala. Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen, Altes Museum, Berlino

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 117	Auction date: 22 February 2024
Lot number: 250 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Pontos, Amisos Æ 27mm. Time of Mithradates VI Eupator, circa 120-111 or 100-95 BC. Male head to right, wearing bashlyk / Quiver and unstrung bow; AMI-ΣΟΥ across fields. SNG Stancomb 669; RG 13; SNG Copenhagen 131; SNG von Aulock 57-58; SNG BM Black Sea 1135-8; HGC 7, 236. 20.87g, 27mm, 12h. Good Very Fine; beautiful light brown patina. Acquired from Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG. Estimate: 250 GBP

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Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XVIII, lot 583, 6/01/2015

MYSIA, Lampsakos. Artabazos. Satrap of Daskylion, circa 356 BC. AV Stater (16mm, 8.44 g, 4h). Head left, wearing a Persian tiara tied with a diadem / Forepart of Pegasos right within shallow incuse square. Baldwin, Lampsakos 21 (unlisted dies); Troxell, Orontes , pp. 35-37 and pl. 4, B; SNG France 1159–60; SNG von Aulock 7395 = Kraay & Hirmer 735; Boston MFA 1593; Gulbenkian 689; Jameson 1443a; Traité pl. CLXXII, 7 = Hunterian p. 271, 2. Good VF. Very rare.
Ex Numismatica Genevensis SA V (2 December 2008), lot 109.
Traditionally, these staters have been assigned to the satrap Orontes. Although Orontes did control portions of Mysia, he was in fact subordinate to his kinsman Artabazos who was the true satrap of the entire region of Daskylion, which encompassed Lampsakos at the time this coin was struck. When both Orontes and Artabazos rebelled against the Persian king Artaxerxes III in 357 BC, Artabazos secured Lampsakos through the agency of the hired Athenian mercenary, Chares. When Chares accomplished his mission, Artabazos richly rewarded him in coin, the likely occasion for striking this issue.

 

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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3016, lot 23100, 03/01/2012

PARTHIAN KINGDOM. Arsaces II (ca. 211-191 BC). AR drachm (4.10 gm). Beardless bust left, wearing bashlik / APΣAKOY, archer seated right on throne, holding bow; in lower right field, eagle standing right, head turned to left. Sellwood 6.1. Shore 4. Rare. High relief and of excellent style. Extremely fine.