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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29	Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 889 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: CILICIA. Mallos. Circa 385-375 BC. Stater (Silver, 22 mm, 10.44 g, 3 h). Athena seated left, holding spear with her right hand and arm resting left on shield at side; behind to right, olive tree. Rev. MAΛ Hermes, holding kerykeion, standing facing, and Aphrodite, leaning half-left on pedestal, placing her hand on back of Hermes. Casabonne Type 12. SNG Levante 155. SNG Paris 403-4. Slightly rough and with a few light scratches and some deposits, otherwise, very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 100 CHF

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Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung > Auction 302	Auction date: 4 March 2024
Lot number: 287 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: BAKTRIEN. KÖNIGREICH BAKTRIEN. Antimachos I. Theos, ca. 178 - 170 v. Chr. Tetradrachme ø 31mm (16,71g). Vs.: Drapierte Büste mit Diadem u. Kausia n. r. Rs.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΘΕΟΥ / ΑΝΤΙΜΑΧΟΥ, Poseidon mit Dreizack u. Palmzweig, r. unten im inneren Feld Monogramm. Glenn Group III (O33 R); Bopearachchi 1D; Mitchiner 1, 124b; HGC 12, 106. Meisterhaftes hellenistisches Porträt! vz Ex Sovereign Rarities Auktion 7, London 2022, Los 92; ex Sidney Mygind, erworben im Juni 1998. Antimachos I. ließ sich auf seinen Münzen stets mit einer Kausia abbilden, der traditionellen makedonischen Filzmütze, die neben den Königen auch die Soldaten sowie die einfache Bevölkerung trug. Seine Porträts gehören zu den ausdrucksstärksten der baktrischen Münzprägung und weisen zum Teil ein enigmatisches Lächeln auf, das W. W. Tarn zu Vergleichen mit der Mona Lisa inspirierte. Estimate: 2000 EUR ILLUSTRAZIONE: RITRATTO DI EUTIDEMO DI BATTRIANA CHE INDOSSA IL KAUSIA, UN CAPPELLO DI FELTRO, EX MUSEO  TORLONIA

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Morton & Eden > Auction 124	Auction date: 26 September 2023
Lot number: 236 Price realized: 320,000 GBP   (Approx. 389,389 USD / 367,856 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: ‡ Macedonia, Amphipolis, tetradrachm, c. 362/61 BC, laureate head of Apollo facing three-quarters right, rev., ΑΜΦΙΠΟΛΙΤΕΩΝ arranged around lighted torch; in right field, tripod, 14.24g, die axis 7.00 (Lorber 26a, this piece; Boston 537, same dies), toned, struck in high relief, extremely fine and of superb style, very rare Provenance: Saloniki hoard, 1859 (IGCH 368); Bompois collection, Hoffmann, Paris, 16 January 1882, lot 713; Marc collection, Platt, Paris, 3 April 1933, lot 72; de Nanteuil collection, Paris; Vinchon, Paris, 11 April 1988, lot 342; European Connoisseur collection (formed before 2002). Note: In the turbulent geopolitics of the Greek world, the competition for limited resources dictated a great deal of the strategy of local powers. Athens, in particular, was able to dominate the Aegean in the 5th century B.C. because of the huge amount of resources it could bring to bear, partly as a result of its establishment of colonies in key places. The colony of Amphipolis is an excellent example of this and was fiercely fought over for what it could offer: timber for ship building (Athen's unrivalled naval power held the Delian League together under its control), gold and silver from the local Pangaion Hills, and access to the Scythian grain market. Having been founded in 437 B.C. by the Athenian general Hagnon, it became an important and flourishing city, but the success of colonies was not assured: the Athenians had tried to colonise the site, originally called Ennea-Hodoi ('Nine Ways'), in 465 B.C., but Thucydides tells us that the ten thousand colonists they had sent were massacred by local Thracians (1.100.3). With such riches came the inevitability of violence: the Athenians lost the re-founded city to a Spartan-sponsored rebellion in 424 B.C. and then kept trying to win the city back by force until its semi-independence finally came to an end in 357 B.C. when it was conquered by king Philip II of Macedon. In the face of constant threat, however, Amphipolis was able to turn its wealth into a series of coins that - particularly its tetradrachms with the facing head of Apollo - are widely held to be among the most (if not the most) beautiful, bold and artistic issued in the ancient world. We witness an incredible range of stylistic decisions made in producing these Apollo heads, which can exude power, humanity, energy and sublimity in turn, and which ultimately can rival any ancient portraiture in detail, feeling and craftsmanship. Estimate: 200000 - 250000 GBP

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Nomos AG > Auction 30	Auction date: 6 November 2023
Lot number: 1324 Price realized: 6,000 CHF   (Approx. 6,690 USD / 6,225 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: MYSIA. Kyzikos. Circa 450-330 BC. Hekte (Electrum, 11 mm, 2.64 g). Male figure (Odysseus or Phrixus?), wearing pileus and chlamys, kneeling left atop a ram lying to left, preparing to sacrifice it with a dagger held in his right hand while pulling ram's head back with his left. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. BMFA -. Hurter & Liewald -. SNG Paris -. Traité II, 2, 2646 and pl. CCLXXIV, 22. Cf. Von Fritze 156 and pl. V, 4 (stater). Extremely rare and with a remarkably sculptural type, reminiscent of the Nike Parapet in Athens, and of very fine late Classical style. About extremely fine. From a Dutch collection. Unlike most Greek mints which used designs having to do with some aspect of the city's history, mythology, economy, or religion, the mint at Kyzikos employed hundreds of designs with no direct or obvious connection to the city, with the exception of the tunny fish, which represented the wealth of the city and which generally was employed only as one small aspect of the overall design. There have been several suggestions as to why Kyzikos did this, the most likely reason being to facilitate trade with cities along the Black Sea littoral. This wonderful coin depicts probably either Odysseos or Phrixus in the act of sacrificing a ram to the gods. If Odysseos, who is often depicted wearing a pileus as is the case on this coin, the ram was provided by Circe before descending into Hades. If Phrixus, the ram would be the golden ram sent by Zeus and whose golden fleece was pursued by Jason and his Argonauts. Estimate: 2500 CHF ILLUSTRAZIONE: Fragment of a Kylix, c. 490-480 BC. Scenes of sacrifice are rare in Greek art before the late 4th century BC. The warrior may be sacrificing the ram as a magical act before battle to save his own and his company's lives.

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Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII	Auction date: 9 January 2024
Lot number: 460 Price realized: 4,000 USD   (Approx. 3,664 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: ATTICA, Athens. Circa AD 120-140/50. Æ (30mm, 16.31 g, 9h). Helmeted bust of Athena right, wearing necklace and aegis; all within laurel wreath / AΘ H, The naming of Athens: Poseidon, on left, advancing right, brandishing trident; on left, Athena advancing left, raising right hand and holding spear and shield in left; between them, olive tree entwined by serpent, in the branches, owl facing right. Kroll 174; RPC IV.1 8191; Svoronos, Athenes 89.3 (same dies as illustration); BMC 710. Dark green patina with light earthen highlights, minor cleaning marks. Good VF. Well struck on a full flan and in an exceptional state of preservation. According to legend, the city of Athens had been built by the serpent-god Cecrops and named Cecropia. He ruled the prospering city but the Olympian gods became jealous as the city never paid tribute to them. Athena and Poseidon both desired to be the patron deity of the fledgling city and Zeus declared a contest, the people of the city gathered to watch the spectacle. Poseidon moved first and struck the top of the Acropolis with his trident, the earth shook and water poured from the hole like a geyser, this gift meant the citizens would never face drought. But they soon realized that the water was saltwater and became angry as the city had close proximity to the sea. Athena laughed and knelt a few feet away, she planted something in the ground. A few moments later an olive tree grew to full maturity; she demonstrated the fruit it bore could be used as food and oil, and the tree could be used as a source of lumber. The tree had multiple uses. Athena proved that she was the goddess of wisdom, thus, the city was named Athens and the temples of the Parthenon were erected in her honor. Poseidon, in anger, cursed the land to be arid and the lakes dried. There is an alternate story where Poseidon struck the rock and the first horse sprung forth, a scene that was depicted on the west pediment of the Parthenon. An olive tree still stands today at the spot of the battle, the current tree is believed to have been planted around WWII. Estimate: 750 USD ILLUSTRAZIONE: LA GARA TRA POSEIDONE E ATENA PER IL DOMINIO SULL'ATTICA, CAMMEO IN AGATA SARDONICA, GEMME DI LORENZO DE' MEDICI

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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 140	Auction date: 7 November 2023
Lot number: 161 Price realized: 50,000 CHF   (Approx. 55,754 USD / 51,879 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Rhodes Tetradrachm, reverse die signed by Xe(no)– circa 404-385, AR 22 mm. 15.14 g. Head of Helios facing, slightly r. Rev. POΔION Rose, bud to r.; below, Ξ – E and in l. field, A above lion's head r. All within incuse square. Hecatomnus 50 (A33/P43) = Bérend, Tétradrachmes 33 (this coin). Ashton, CH IX 28 (this coin cited). HN Online 1018 (this coin illustrated). Extremely rare, only six specimens known with the signature by Xeno on the reverse. A portrait of excellent style struck in high relief and a superb old cabinet tone. Extremely fine Ex Leu 77, 2000, 326; Classical Numismatic Review XXV, 2000, 51 (illustrated on cover page); Triton X, 2007, 358 and Triton XIV, 2011, 329 sales. From the Marmaris hoard (IGCH 1209). The coinage of Rhodes has been the subject of intensive study in recent decades, and many aspects of the series are now more clearly defined. Coinage for 'Rhodes' commenced in 408/7 B.C. after the citizens of three major cities on the island largely abandoned their ancestral homes to create a new city, Rhodes, on the northern tip of their island. This bold act was the catalyst by which Rhodes became a powerful maritime state that prospered throughout the political chaos of the Greek world during the forthcoming age of the Hellenistic monarchies. This Chian-weight tetradrachm was struck in the midst of the period of great production at Rhodes, by which time the mint's engravers were routinely producing facing heads of excellent style in high relief. This series covers nearly two decades that span the tail end of the 5th and the early years of the 4th Century B.C.; it includes 41 different symbols and control letters that have thus far been identified, though statistical analysis suggests more are yet to be discovered. Perhaps the most surprising aspect of Rhodian coinage from this period is that it appears to have enjoyed relatively limited circulation. Hoard evidence shows that they are seldom found outside of the island of Rhodes or the nearby regions on the mainland. Considering the formidable reputation of Rhodian sailors and their extensive mercantile contacts, one might presume the larger silver coins would be widely dispersed throughout the Greek world, especially since the Delian inventories indicate Rhodian coinage was commonly used, and coins of the Rhodian type apparently were in demand by Greek mercenaries. A key to this riddle might be the anachronistic weight standard used by Rhodes, which may have assured its coins were not readily exchangeable with those struck to the more popular Attic and Phoenician/Ptolemaic weight standards. Though it is always possible that most of the Rhodian coins exported in trade were melted due to their inconvenient weight, it is just as likely that Rhodian coinage was struck to a local standard with the intention that it would remain local to pay for the extraordinary expenses accrued each year by this powerful state, and that trade was largely conducted in the 'international trade currencies' produced by the major Greek states. Estimate: 40000 CHF

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The Coin Cabinet Ltd. > Ancients Auction 7	Auction date: 23 February 2024
Lot number: 28 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Extremely Fine; boasting a portrait of marvellous style | ANCIENT GREECE. SELEUKID KINGDOM. Seleukos I 'Nikator'. Silver tetradrachm, circa 305/4 BC. Persis(?). Obv: head of hero right (assimilating Seleucus, Alexander, and Dionysus), wearing helmet covered with panther skin and adorned with bull's ear and horns. Rev: ΣΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ, Nike standing right, crowning trophy; D/RY (in Aramaic script) between, H in lower left field. Extremely Fine; boasting a portrait of marvellous style. Reference: SC-195; Kritt, ESMS-p. 126, AH; NAC 74, lot 294 (hammer: CHF 55,000) Rarity: A coin of the highest rarity, seemingly one of just 3 known specimens, one of which is held in Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Die Axis: 9h. Diameter: 27 mm. Weight: 16.74 g. Composition: Silver. Starting price: 6000 GBP

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXX	Auction date: 21 March 2024
Lot number: 60 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Sicily, Siculo-Punic AR Tetradrachm. 'People of the Camp' mint (Entella?), circa 320-315 BC. Female head (Artemis-Tanit or Elissa-Dido?) to right, wearing Phrygian tiara / Lion walking to right; palm tree with three date clusters behind, s'mmhnt ('People of the Camp') in Punic in exergue. Jenkins, Punic, series 4, 272 (O85-R226, these dies); De Luynes 1472 (these dies); Rizzo pl. 68, 8 (these dies); Boston MFA 36 (these dies). 17.31g. NGC graded AU★ 5/5 - 5/5 (#6674505-002). Extremely Rare. Ex 'Exceptional Collection' assembled between the early 70's-late 90's, Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 132, 30 May 2022, lot 233 (hammer: CHF 130,000). Carthage, at the head of considerable commercial empire in the western Mediterranean, like Etruria and Phoenicia, did not adopt the Greek practice of coining until the last decade of the 5th century BC when she came into direct contact with the Greek city states of Sicily such as Naxos, Syracuse and Messana, which had started to produce coins of the highest technical quality in the artistic style of the late archaic Greek school in the last quarter of the 6th century BC. The origin of the so-called Siculo-Punic coinage, often of rather crude style mostly imitating contemporary Syracusan tetradrachms produced at Rash Melkarth (= 'Promontory of Herakles', possibly Kephaloidion), Panormos (Ziz, 'the splendid'), Motya (the 'spinning factory') and the 'people of the camp' and 'pay master' military mint (generally considered that of Entella) for the payment of the army including many Italian and Greek mercenaries, is dated to about 410 BC and the Carthaginian military operations in Sicily. Hannibal, grandson of Hamilcar, taking the opportunity presented by the quarrels of the Greek cities in Sicily and of the mutual exhaustion of Athens and Syracuse, invaded western Sicily with a strong military force and defeated the Greeks at Himera in 409. The obverse female figure is wearing an oriental tiara in the form of a Phrygian cap, which in Greek iconography generally denotes personages of oriental origin, including Amazons, Trojans, Phrygians, Persians and the great Anatolian mother goddess Kybele and her youthful lover Attis, as seen on the coinage of Amastris (cf. SNG BM Black Sea 1304). 19th and 20th century numismatists poetically described this head as that of Dido (Virgil) or historically, Elissa (Timaeus), the sister of Pygmalion, king of Tyre, who fled Phoenicia to found Carthage in 814 BC (cf. Pierre Straus in Münzen und Medaillon sale 43, 1970, 33-4). However, a realistically more convincing interpretation is that it is the portrait of a goddess also represented in certain terracotta figurines of the latter 4th century found at the archaeological sites of Selinos and Gela, both within the Punic sphere of influence by this time. These terracottas depict a female in a Phrygian cap, sometimes accompanied by a lion and a palm tree. This goddess has been called Artemis-Astarte by some authorities and Kybele by others, but the only certainty is that she was one of the great Asian nature-deities, who were subject to syncretic amalgamation in the Hellenistic period (cf. P. Orlandini, 'Typologia e cronologia del Materiale archeologico di Gela della nuova fondazione di Timoleonte all'atà di Ierone II,' in Archeologia Classica 9, 1957, pl. 14, 2). The reverse type combines two of her symbolic attributes. The palm tree is an ancient Semitic fertility symbol, recalling the Carthaginian homeland in Phoenicia. The lion is associated with the Asian mother goddess in her aspect as mistress of wild beasts. The lion is also a solar symbol as is the horse, which appears regularly on Punic coinage. The die engraving of both sides of this coin is of exceptional and restrained classical Greek workmanship. The obverse is graced with a portrait of serene divinity, realistic curly hair below a pleated headdress, reminiscent of the finest 5th century sculpture. The reverse is no less of a masterpiece, depicting a majestic lion with a muscular body, protruding veins, luxuriant mane and emphasis on the power of the animal reminiscent of 4th century funerary lions found in the Kerameikos cemetery in Athens. Estimate: 65000 GBP

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29	Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 1568 Price realized: 700 CHF   (Approx. 795 USD / 734 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: C. Malleolus C.f, 118 BC. Denarius (Silver, 20 mm, 3.88 g, 5 h), Narbo. C•MALLE•C•F• Head of Roma to right, wearing winged helmet and pearl necklace; to right, X (mark of value). Rev. L•LIC•C•N•DOM Gallic warrior (Bituitus?), hurling spear and holding shield and carnyx, driving fast biga to right. Babelon (Poblicia) 1, (Licinia) 13 and (Domitia), 17. Crawford 282/3. RBW 1108. Sydenham 524. A lightly toned and well struck example. Extremely fine. From the collection of a Swiss scholar and previously from an old Swiss collection, formed in the 1970s and 1980s. Starting price: 50 CHF

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Heritage World Coin Auctions > NYINC Signature Sale 3114	Auction date: 16 January 2024
Lot number: 33087 Price realized: 3,000 USD   (Approx. 2,756 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Ancients PERGAMENE KINGDOM. Philetaerus (284-263 BC). AR tetradrachm (29mm, 16.78 gm, 12h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 2/5, Fine Style, brushed. Posthumous issue of Seleucus I, ca. 269-268 BC. Diademed head of Seleucus I right; dotted border / ΦIΛETAIPOY, Athena enthroned left, resting left elbow on small sphinx seated right, right hand resting on grounded shield at left with gorgoneion boss, transverse spear beyond; ivy leaf above right arm, bow in outer right field. SC 309.5a. Artistic and Fine Style designs retain a great deal of dimension with lovely silhouette toning. As a trusted general to Lysimachus, Philetaerus was made commander of Pergamum, and its treasury, in 301 BC. However, within a few years, he changed allegiance to a different Macedonian general, and former ally of Lysimachus, Seleucus I. As ruler of this Greek state, Philetaerus faced minimal oversight from the Seleucid Empire, especially after the assassination of Seleucus I, and gradually he began minting coins with his own name. The type featured here is an intriguing example of this transitionary period, when Pergamum was still technically loyal to the Seleucid Empire, but beginning to exercise more of its autonomy. The posthumous portrait of Seleucus I is a nod to this tenuous loyalty, but features Philetaerus' personal reverse type with his name and Athena Nicephorus, the kingdom's patron goddess. Eventually, the tetradrachms of this Athena series would use the bust of Philetaerus himself, distinguishing a clearer shift in sovereignty for the kingdom and Attalid dynasty.

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Morton & Eden > Auction 124	Auction date: 26 September 2023
Lot number: 328 Price realized: 6,000 GBP   (Approx. 7,301 USD / 6,897 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: ‡ Locris, Locris Opuntii, stater, c. 369-338 BC, head of Persephone left, her hair wreathed with corn and wearing triple-drop earring and pearl necklace, rev., ΟΠΟΝΤΙΩΝ, nude figure of Ajax in fighting attitude right, wearing helmet and with dagger and shield within which, griffin; at his feet, a lance and laurel branch, 12.21g, die axis 12.00 (Morineau-Humphris & Delbridge 124i, this piece; BMC 30, same dies; SNG Berry 573, same dies), toned and almost extremely fine Provenance: Viscount Wimborne collection; Sotheby's, 4 April 1991, lot 50; Bank Leu 71, Zurich, 24 October 1997, lot 167; European Connoisseur collection (formed before 2002). Estimate: 4000 - 5000 GBP

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Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles > Auction 137	Auction date: 29 January 2024
Lot number: 1055 Price realized: 41,000 USD   (Approx. 37,974 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Licinius II. Gold Aureus (5.31 g), Caesar, AD 317-324. Nicomedia, AD 320. D N VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Licinius II facing. Reverse: IOVI CONSER-VATORI CAES, Jupiter seated facing on platform inscribed SIC V / SIC X, holding Victory on globe and scepter; at feet to left, eagle standing left, head turned right and holding wreath in beak; SMNΓ. RIC 42; Depeyrot 31/2; Calicó 5152a. Perfectly centered with a crisp strike. Fully lustrous. A spectacular rarity! NGC grade MS; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5. Estimated Value $50,000 - UP Struck to celebrate Licinius Caesar's quinquennalia or 5th year on the throne as his father's heir, when he was only eight years old, this magnificent aureus with a fully frontal facing portrait is one of the earliest facing portraits on Roman coinage. Prior to this issue, which also includes a nearly identical aureus of Licinius I but with a bearded portrait, there were only two other Roman gold coins with portraits depicting the ruler in a facing pose: an aureus of Maxentius struck in ca. 310-312, also shown bearded, and a solidus of Constantine the Great struck in 316, but showing him clean shaven and nimbate. Frontal poses would soon become the norm however: Constantius II utilized a facing helmeted portrait at his eastern mints, and this would become the standard expression of the ruler on gold coinage throughout the subsequent late Roman and Byzantine periods.The facing portrait solidi of the Licinii, as mentioned above, were struck to celebrate the imperial vows taken to mark the conclusion of five successful years on the throne and the hope for a further half decade of rule. The normal expression for this was VOT V MVLT X, but here it takes the unusual form SIC V SIC X, which is inscribed on the base upon which Jupiter's throne sits. The type depicting the head of the Graeco-Roman pantheon, Jupiter, seated on a high-backed throne in a frontal pose, holding a globe supporting the goddess Victory who crowns him with a wreath and holding his scepter, is also a full of meaning. It is derived from the famous statue of Zeus said to have been made by the artist Phidias for the temple of Zeus at Olympia in Greece - home to the Olympic Games - and was said to have been cast in gold and ivory. The corresponding legend, IOVI CONSERVATORI, claims the god's divine protection for the father and son.While Licinius and Constantine jointly ruled the vast Roman Empire, they did not do so in harmony. They were, in fact, adversaries, with both aspiring to sole rule. Constantine was a monotheist, probably at the time this coin was struck strongly Christian, while Licinius worshipped the traditional Roman gods. The depiction of Jupiter on these Licinian aurei, with the corresponding legend describing Jupiter as their protector, served as an expression of Licinius' discontent with joint rule. It would not be long until the final clash between the two emperors in 324, with Constantine being victorious. At first, at the pleading of his sister, the wife and mother of the Licinii, Constantine spared them. However, it was not long before he succumbed to expedience and changed his mind, having both father and son executed. The boy Licinius, Constantine's nephew, was just thirteen years old when his uncle had him murdered. Ex Millennia Collection (Goldberg 46, 26 May 2008), lot 143. Illustrazione: La statua di Zeus Olimpio a Olimpia, scultura crisoelefantina alta circa dodici metri, realizzata dallo scultore ateniese Fidia nel 432 a.C. e collocata nella navata centrale del Tempio di Zeus a Olimpia.

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29, 24/02/2024

Lot number: 1602 Price realized: 850 CHF   (Approx. 965 USD / 892 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.

Lot description: C. Censorinus, 88 BC. As (Bronze, 28 mm, 11.00 g, 1 h), Rome. NVMA POMPILI / [ANCVS MARCI] Jugate heads of Numa Pompilius, bearded, and Ancus Marcius to right. Rev. C•CENSO / ROMA Two ships crossing; behind, spiral column bearing statue of Victory. Crawford 346/4a. BMCRR 2415. RBW 1321. Sydenham 715. An exceptional example of this very difficult issue. The reverse struck somewhat off center, otherwise, good very fine. C. Censorinus hailed from the gens Marcia, and thus could claim descent from both the early Roman Sabine kings Numa Pompilius, and his grandson, Ancus Marcius, whose names and heads appear on the obverse. Crawford refers to Censorinus' family history on this coin as a stretch of 'geneological fiction', which was not unheard of during this period of Republican history. However, the reverse is important in its own right regardless of the historical accuracy of Censorinus' alleged connection to Rome's kings, as it is the first numismatic depiction of Ostia, Rome's port on the Tyrrhenian Sea, which was said to have been founded by Ancus Marcius. The ship and the column surmounted by Victory identifies the type as a representation of the port, with the column commemorating the victory of C. Marcius Rutilus, Censorinus' most illustrious historical ancestor, who was elected consul four times, and became the first plebeian dictator in 356. This is a highly desirable example of this popular type, which is usually only found in rough condition, often quite porous or corroded. Starting price: 250 CHF

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Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61347	Auction date: 14 November 2023
Lot number: 22061 Price realized: 2,100 USD   (Approx. 1,965 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Ancients PAMPHYLIA. Aspendus. Ca. mid-5th century BC. AR stater (19mm, 10.84 gm). NGC Choice VF★ 5/5 - 4/5. Helmeted nude hoplite warrior advancing right, shield in left hand, spear forward in right / Triskeles clockwise; all within incuse square. SNG France 3, 1. Attractive well-defined and centered example of the type. ILLUSTRAZIONE: OPLITA CHE ATTACCA, METOPA DEL TEMPIO DI HERA ARGIVA  A PAESTUM DEL VI SECOLO A.C., MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE DI PAESTUM

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29	Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 1359 Price realized: 51 CHF   (Approx. 58 USD / 53 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: CAPPADOCIA. Caesaraea-Eusebia. time of Trajan, AD 98-117. 1/4 Assarion (Bronze, 15 mm, 2.60 g), M. Junius Homullus, legatus Augusti pro praetore, RY 16 = 113/4. Turreted and draped bust of the city-goddess to right. Rev. ЄΠΙ / ΟΜΟΥ-ΛΟ[Y] / ЄΤ Ιζ Pyramid. Ganschow 153. RPC III 3144. Sydenham, Caesarea, 238. Rare. Traces of cleaning, otherwise, about very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 25 CHF

 

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Nomos AG > Auction 30	Auction date: 6 November 2023
Lot number: 1142 Price realized: 1,900 CHF   (Approx. 2,119 USD / 1,971 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: THESSALY. Perrhaiboi. Circa 460-440 BC. Tetrachalkon (Bronze, 20 mm, 7.79 g, 12 h). Head of Hera facing, turned slightly to left, wearing a veil and a pearl necklace. Rev. ΠΕΡΡΑΙ/Β[ΩΝ] Zeus, nude, standing facing, head turned to left, holding his thunderbolt in his right hand and a long scepter in his left. BCD Thessaly I 1244. BCD Thessaly II 556 (same dies). HGC 4, 156. Rogers 438. An exceptionally attractive example of this type; very well centered and with a lovely chocolate-brown patina. Some flat striking on the reverse, otherwise, about extremely fine. From the Dr. Paul Peter Urone Collection, and from the BCD Collection, Classical Numismatic Group e345, 25 February 2015, 210. Estimate: 750 CHF

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28	Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 1610 Price realized: 750 CHF   (Approx. 853 USD / 792 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: CYPRUS. Kition. Melekiathon, circa 392/1-362 BC. Chalkous (Bronze, 14 mm, 1.78 g, 6 h). Head of Aphrodite to left, wearing polos. Rev. Herakles in fighting stance right, holding club over his head and bow in his left, lion skin draped over arm; to left, 𐡌 ('m' in Aramaic). BMC 72-73. SNG Copenhagen 20. Tziambazis 31. Zapiti & Michaelidou -. Well struck and very well preserved for this difficult issue, with a lovely olive green patina. Very minor breaks in patina on the edge, otherwise, extremely fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 75 CHF ILLUSTRAZIONE: STATUETTA DI HERA PROVENIENTE DALL'HERAION ALLA FOCE DEL SELE, MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE DI PAESTUM (SA)

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Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 558	Auction date: 20 March 2024
Lot number: 513 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: EGYPT, Alexandria. Julia Mamaea. Augusta, AD 222-235. Potin Tetradrachm (22mm, 12.38 g, 12h). Dated RY 11 of Severus Alexander (AD 231/2). Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Draped bust of Serapis right, wearing ornate calathus, palm frond to right; L IA (date) to left. Köln 2526; Dattari (Savio) 10071-2; K&G 64.73; RPC VI Online 10546; Emmett 3224.11. Red-brown patina, light porosity. VF. From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions VIII (27 September 1989), lot 275. Estimate: 200 USD ILLUSTRAZIONE: BUSTO DI SERAPIDE, BRITISH MUSEUM

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quasi certamente le statue erano " fonte di ispirazione "

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Numismatik Lanz München Auktion 100 von 20.11.2000, lot: 185.

SEVERUS ALEXANDER und IULIA MAMAEA. Bimetallisches Bronze - und Messingmedaillon, 231. IMP SEV ALEXANDER AVG IVLIA MAMAEA AVG / MATER AVG. Büste des Severus Alexander mit Lorbeerkranz, Paludament und Panzer und drapierte Büste der Iulia Mamaea mit Diadem einander gegenüber. Rs: FIDES MILI - TVM. Severus Alexander in Feldtracht nach rechts stehend, aus Patera in seiner Rechten über brennendem Dreifuß opfernd und in der Linken Szepter haltend; er wird von behelmtem Mars in Feldtracht bekränzt, der mit einem Schild an seiner Seite hinter dem Kaiser steht; beiden gegenüber steht Jupiter, nackt bis auf einen um die Schultern gelegten Mantel, en face, in der erhobenen Rechten Blitzbündel und in der Linken Szepter haltend; zu seinen Füßen ein zu ihm aufblickender Adler links, im Hintergrund zwei Standarten. C. 9 var. (Severus Alexander und Mamaea). BMC 734 corr. (Severus Alexander). Gnecchi II, S. 84, 4 und Taf. 101, 3. 56,45g. d=38 mm. äußerst selten.

Ausgezeichnete Portraits, feine grüne Patina mit rotbraunen Einschlüssen, vorzüglich.

Aus D. Thirion, Verkaufsliste Juli-September 1986 (Brüssel), Nr. 34.Die erste militärische Auseinandersetzung zwischen dem Imperium Romanum und dem neupersischen Reich unter Ardashir I. begann ca. 230 n. Chr. mit einem Angriff der Sasaniden auf die römischen Ostprovinzen, in dessen Verlauf die Truppen des Großkönigs nicht nur nach Mesopotamien, dessen Hauptstadt Nisibis eingeschlossen und belagert wurde, sondern auch in Gebiete jenseits des Euphrats wie Syrien und Kappadokien vorstießen. Obwohl sich laut Cassius Dio (LXXX 3, 1-2) eine Konfrontation der beiden Großmächte bereits in den Jahren zuvor immer deutlicher abzuzeichnen begann, scheinen die römischen Einheiten in den gefährdeten Grenzregionen dennoch von der sasanidischen Offensive überrascht worden zu sein. Die kritische Situation im Osten erforderte daher sofortige und umfassende Maßnahmen seitens der Zentralgewalt in Rom, die allem Anschein nach auch sofort in die Wege geleitet wurden. Der bevorstehende Zusammenstoß mit dem Sasanidenreich wurde jedoch nicht nur logistisch (Zusammenziehen von Truppen, Sicherung der Verpflegung, Instand-setzung der Verbindungsstrassen in den Aufmarschgebieten), sondern auch propagandistisch vorbereitet, indem man Soldaten und Bevölkerung durch entsprechende Parolen und Bilder, die ab 230 n. Chr. auf den Rückseiten der in Rom geprägten Münzen erscheinen und einen ungewohnt kriegerischen Ton anschlagen, auf diebewaffnete Auseinandersetzung mit dem persischen Erzfeind einstimmte. Dabei wurden in den stadtrömischen Münzemissionen und insbesondere auf den Medaillonen der Jahre 230/231 n. Chr. - wie auf dem vorliegenden, prachtvoll erhaltenen Exemplar - zum einen die Sieghaftigkeit und die militärischen Fähigkeiten des Severus Alexander, zum anderen die unverbrüchliche Treue der Armee (FIDES MILITVM) beschworen, während man die geplante Unternehmung unter den besonderen Schutz Jupiters stellte und selbst die Mutter des Severus Alexander, Iulia Mamaea, die ihren Sohn auf dem Feldzug begleitete, als ,mater castrorum" (,Mutter der Feldlager") in die Kriegspropaganda miteinbezog.

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