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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 116	Auction date: 1 October 2019
Lot number: 219 Price realized: 42,000 CHF   (Approx. 42,109 USD / 38,627 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Cyrene Stater circa 322-314, AV 8.62 g. KYPANAI – ΩN Slow quadriga driven r. by Nike, holding kentron and reins; above, sun. Rev. Zeus-Ammon seated l., holding eagle in extended r. hand; in l. field, thymiaterion, and in r., XAIPIO retrograde. McClean 9941 and pl. 375, 8. Naville 83 (these dies). SNG Copenhagen 1209 (these dies). Very rare and in exceptional condition for the issue. Struck in high relief on a full flan and good extremely fine Ex Hirsch XXI, 1908, Weber, 4641; Hirsch XXXIII, 1913, von Schennis, 976 and Leu 13, 1975, 347 sales. This beautifully preserved stater depicts a quadriga driving under the hot Libyan sun. The driver is commonly described as Nike, but close inspection of the detailed figure in the car shows that it lacks the signature wings of the goddess of victory and that the driver is actually a laureate male. One wonders whether this could be a depiction of Ophellas, the Ptolemaic governor of the Cyrenaica when the coin was struck. Ophellas had been a trierarch under Alexander the Great, but followed Ptolemy I to Egypt after the death of the Macedonian conqueror. In 322 BC, Ophellas conquered the Cyrenaica on behalf of Ptolemy I and became governor of the region. He may have been briefly overthrown by a revolt in Cyrene in 313 BC, but this was soon repressed. Ophellas was certainly back in power in 309/8 BC, when he agreed to a military alliance with Agathokles of Syracuse against the Carthaginians. Unfortunately, after he marshaled the forces of Cyrene, Agathokles decided that he did not wish to share the command and killed Ophellas. The reverse type depicts Zeus Lykaios enthroned and is clearly influenced by the figure of Zeus Aetophoros on the popular and widely circulating tetradrachms of Alexander the Great. Estimate: 35000 CHF

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Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung > Online Auction 267	Auction date: 17 October 2019
Lot number: 3019 Price realized: To Be Posted
Lot description: KALABRIEN. TARENT. Diobol (1,17g). ca. 380 - 325 v. Chr. Vs.: Kopf der Athena mit attischem Helm n. r. Auf dem Helmkessel geflügelter Hippokamp. Rs.: Herakles ringt stehend mit dem nemeischen Löwen, l. Keule und Bogen, umlaufend [ΤΑ]ΡΑΝΤΙΝΩΝ. Zwischen den Beinen K. Vlasto 1281. HN Italy 914. Tönung, gutes ss Estimate: 150 EUR

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Nomos AG > Auction 19	Auction date: 17 November 2019
Lot number: 32
LUCANIA. Metapontum. 325-275 BC. Diobol (Silver, 12 mm, 1.34 g, 6 h), Sa.... Head of Apollo Karneios to left, horn of Ammon around his ear; below chin, [Σ]Α. Rev. ΜΕΤΑ Ear of barley with leaf to right; on leaf, owl standing right with grasshopper; below right, Π. HN Italy 1601. Johnston F7.2 = de Luynes 514 (same dies). A lovely coin of remarkably fine and delicate late Classical, early Hellenistic style. Bright and well-struck. Minor die wear, otherwise, extremely fine. Very interestingly the somewhat oblong shape of this coin's flan, and the way the coin was struck, is almost exactly the same as that of the wonderful coin from the Gasvoda and Falm Collections (see NAC 82, 2015, 73 and Triton XXII, 2019, 50). This means that not only were these two coins struck contemporaneously, but that their flans were made in the same group. In fact, it is very likely that they must have been made within minutes of each other. Estimate: 950 CHF

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Editions V. Gadoury > Auction 2019	Auction date: 15 November 2019
Lot number: 242
Confédération Akarnanienne, 1/4 Stater, Leukas, 250 avant J.-C., AU 2.10 g. Avers : Tête du dieu du fleuve Acheloos à droite, И derrière Revers : Apollon, nu, assis à gauche, tenant son arc dans la main droite tendue; Λ dans le champ à gauche, [A]KAPNANΩN à droite Ref : BCD Akarnania 14 var. (control marks), SNG Copenhagen - , de Luynes 1916 var. (même monnaie) Ex Vente CNG Triton XII, 6 janvier 2009, Lot 223 Conservation : Superbe avec des legères traces de nettoyage. Une des rares pièces d'or de l'Acarnanie et unique avec ces marques de contrôle. Rarissime (Lot extra EU, voir conditions de vente) Starting Price: 15000 EUR

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Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG, Auction 116, lot 45, 1/10/2019

Greek Coins
Gela
Tetradrachm circa 415-405, AR 17.22 g. Fast quadriga driven l. by charioteer holding kentron and reins; above, eagle flying l. and, in exergue, ear of barley l. Rev. ΓEΛAΣ Man-headed bull standing l.; to l., long barley-stalk with ear in front of bull's face and another below its beard. In exergue, barley grain. Rizzo pl. XIX, 4 (these dies). Jameson 593 (these dies). SNG Fitzwilliam 1010 (these dies). SNG Copenhagen 279 (these dies). AMB 291 (these dies). Gulbenkian 202 (these dies). Jenkins, Gela 485.10 (this coin).
Very rare and in unusual condition for this difficult and fascinating issue. Struck on a large
flan and exceptionally complete, lovely old cabinet tone and good very fine
Ex Hess-Leu 27 March 1956, 101; Gemini V, 2009, 331and Heritage 3012, 2011, 24389 sales. From the duplicates of the American Numismatic Society (inv. #1997.9.5) and from the estate of John D. Leggett, Jr.
Like the preceding didrachm of Agrigentum, and drachm of Catana, this tetradrachm of Gela was struck in the period of upheaval that engulfed Sicily in the last decades of the fifth century BC. When the Athenians dispatched their naval expedition to Sicily in 415-413 BC in an attempt to conquer Syracuse, the Geloans were among the first cities of Greek Sicily to provide support against the invader. In 406 BC, Gela also contributed to the defense of Agrigentum, but when that city fell to the Carthaginians Gela became a safe haven for Agrigentine refugees. Realizing that their city would be the next Carthaginian target, the Geloans sought aid from Dionysios I of Syracuse. This turned out to be of little use as the tyrant offered no tangible assistance and instead incited a democratic revolution in Gela. Himilco and the Carthaginian army arrived before Gela in 405 BC and lay siege to its walls, just as the Geloans had feared. Dionysios I reconsidered his previous position and marched out with a relieving force, but could not save the city. Gela fell and Himilco ordered its destruction although the peace settlement established later in the year permitted Geloan refugees to rebuild as Punic subjects. The present tetradrachm features the traditional types of Gela-a charioteer driving a quadriga and a man-faced bull. The former is copied from the tetradrachms of Syracuse, an early rival for supremacy in eastern Sicily. The man-faced bull is the common depiction of the river-god Acheloos, but here this creature represents the god of the nearby Gelas River. Since Acheloos was himself thought to be the father of all rivers, it makes perfect sense that Gelas and his other children should take the same peculiar taurine form. The river as a source of fecundity for the land is emphasized by the addition of a barleycorn in the exergue and grain ears before the man-faced bull. This specimen can be counted among the very finest known examples of this rare reverse type.

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Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. > Buy or Bid Sale 209	Auction date: 5 December 2019
Lot number: 472
Maximus as Caesar. Sestertius; Maximus as Caesar; Rome, 236-8 AD, Sestertius, 20.65g. BM-213, C-14 (10 Fr.), RIC-13. Obv: MAXIMVS CAES GERM Bust draped r., head bare. Rx: PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS S - C Prince standing l. by two standards, holding baton and spear.Olive patina. MS Estimate: $1985

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Nomos AG > Auction 19	Auction date: 17 November 2019
Lot number: 184
CILICIA. Uncertain mint. 4th Century BC. Obol (Silver, 10 mm, 0.80 g, 6 h). Youthful male head to left, wearing wreath of grain ears. Rev. Eagle, with spread wings, standing left on the back of lion recumbent left; all within dotted square. Göktürk 43. SNG Levante 230. SNG Paris 474. Well-struck, toned and attractive. An unusually fine example of this enigmatic issue. Extremely fine. The motif of an eagle standing on a bull comes from age-old Eastern iconography. Given that Cilicia was a center of Persian power and influence, such a type would have been particularly suitable here. Estimate: 150 CHF

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Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG, Auction 96, lot 1055, 6/10/2016   Greek Coins Thrace, Abdera. Stater circa 346/5-336 BC, AR 11.68 g. Description EPI Griffin lying l., raising r. forepaw; in exergue, PAUSANI[W]. Rev. ABDHPI – TEWN Laureate head of Apollo r.; all within shallow incuse square. References AMNG II 139 Weber 2388 (these dies) SNG Ashmolean 3490 (this obverse die) SNG Fitzwilliam 1642 (this obverse die) Chryssantaki-Nagle pl. 8, 11 May, Abdera 467 Condition Struck on a very broad flan and on an unusually fresh metal. Extremely fine Provenance Triton sale XIII, 2010, 84 Heritage sale 3037, 2015, California collection, 30911 In mythology, Abdera was named after Abderus, a beloved companion of Heracles who perished after the hero captured the flesh-eating mares of Diomedes. In the historical record the site on the Thracian coast that would become Abdera was first settled in 654 B.C. by colonists from Clazomenae. That early effort failed, evidently because of conflicts with warlike Thracians. One hundred and ten years later, in 544, a new colonization effort was made by citizens of another Ionian city, Teos, who under the cover of night abandoned their homes rather than live under newly imposed Persian rule. When the Abderites began to produce coins, they chose to portray a griffin, as it was familiar from the coins of their mother-city. No doubt symbolically, the griffin faces left on issues of Abdera and faces right on those of Teos. Silver, fish, wine and grain were among the commodities that allowed Abdera to accumulate its astonishing wealth. The people of Abdera had a longstanding conflict with the Greeks on the nearby island of Thasos, as they competed for control of trade in the Thracian hinterland. It has been suggested that in 491 the Abderites fabricated a rumour that the Thasians were planning a revolt against the authority of Persia. Consequently, Darius forced the Thasians to tear down their walls and to deliver their ships to Abdera. In 463/2 Abdera again was able to profit from the misfortunes of the Thasians when their revolt against Athens was crushed. Abdera’s wealth is evident not only from the large quantity of silver coins it produced and exported – often to the Egyptian delta – but also from the records of the Delian League. During the period 453 to 432 Abdera contributed annually about 15 talents to the league, suggesting its total payments may have been surpassed only by Aegina, Byzantium and Thasos.

 

 

 

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Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 105, lot 202, 10/05/2017

Greek
MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 450-330 BC. EL Stater (15.5mm, 15.97 g). Nude hero (Herakles or Jason?), wearing conical hat, holding club in right hand, animal skin draped over left arm, kneeling right on tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 167; Greenwell 68; Boston MFA –; SNG BN –; BMC 71; Gillet –; Gulbenkian 637; Jameson 2200 = Pozzi 2185; Myrmekion 45–51; Rosen –; Weber –. VF.
The identification of the hero on the obverse of this issue is uncertain. In older references he was identified as Herakles, but this was based on examples on which the conical hat was not visible. The use of this headgear makes it unlikely that it is Herakles that is depicted here. As an alternative, Jameson suggested the hero Jason, in which case the animal skin would be the Golden Fleece. That hero's hat, though, is traditionally depicted as a much more broad-rimmed device (see, e.g., AGCG 374), unlike the narrow hat on this issue. Most modern references simply refer to the figure as a hero.

Illustrazione: Giasone affronta il drago che custodiva il vello d'oro

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Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XV, lot 131, 3/01/2012

THESSALY, Larissa. 479/475 - circa 460 BC. AR Hemidrachm (12.5mm, 1.62 g, 7h). Head of Jason to r., wearing petasos, border of dots / ΛΑΡΙ below double exergue line, sandal of Jason l., above, double axe r., all in incuse square. Traité I, 1414, pl. XLIII, 5 (same style but different dies; weight however is 2.58). Good VF, lightly toned.
This coin is so much lighter than the average weight of the “sandal” triobols that one suspects a plated ancient forgery. However, there is no sign of a bronze core and no coloured leaching is evident at the spot that one would expect, the flan edge split at 7 o’clock on the obverse. Perhaps the mint approved and even encouraged the production of over-lightweight coins as long as they could pass for the denomination they were supposed to be. See SNG Fitzwilliam 2383 for another Jason lightweight (1.90) hemidrachm listed as a “diobol”. On the other hand, SNG Cop. 89 refers to the same type (Jameson 2032) with a weight of 3.23. This is exactly the double of our specimen and makes it difficult to accept such an excessive weight fluctuation amongst coins that are supposed to be the same denomination. Finally, see Kagan so-called , p. 80 for a very rational explanation of the lightweight phenomenon amongst the various types of the “sandal” coinage.

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Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Auction 46, lot 126, 26/05/2008

Rome. Severus Alexander, 222-235 AD. Gold Aureus (6.31 g), Rome mint, struck 223 AD. Laureate and draped bust of Severus right. Reverse: View of the coliseum (the Flavian Amphitheater): the building has four stories, the first three are arcades with each containing a statue, and the top being of solid masonry with windows and supports for the wooden masts that held the great awnings which protected the spectators from Rome's fierce sun; at the left, a shrine with statue within; at right, a section of a building's column and pediment (perhaps the temple of Jupiter Victor); P M TR P II COS P P. BMCRE -- (but see p. 54 and pp. 128-129, 156-158); cf. C. 247 (silver); cf. Foss. 7 var (bronze); cf. RIC 33 (silver); Calicó 3095; Sear II 7825 (= Calicó 3095); Vagi 1976. Finely centered and superbly struck, with all the minute details of the building clear and sharp. Of the highest rarity, this the second of two known specimens, and perhaps the finer. NGC graded About Uncirculated. .
The name Coliseum, for the Amphitheatrum Flavium as it was originally designated, began to be used around 1000 AD. Begun by Vespasian, inaugurated by Titus in 80 AD, and actually completed during the reign of Domitian, the amphitheater was one of the most remarkable Roman structures to survive to this day. Designed to seat 50,000 spectators, it had around eighty entrances to speed the attending crowds through -- whether they were departing or arriving. Its construction is surprisingly "modern" in its utilization of different combinations of types of construction and materials: concrete for the foundations, travertine marble for the piers and arcades, tufa (a soft and easily worked volcanic rock) as infill between piers and walls of the lower two levels, and finally brick-faced concrete being used for the upper levels as well as for most of the vaults.
In 217 AD, early in the reign of Macrinus, the building was struck by lightning and badly damaged (This was seen as a very ill omen for the tenure of the new emperor, who had replaced the recently assassinated Caracalla, and whose death he was intimately involved in.) By 218 the Severan dynasty was once more on the throne, in the guise of Elagabalus, and repairs to the Coliseum were begun. Work continued under Severus Alexander so that by 223 AD the building was sufficiently restored to be used once more be used (work on the structure would continue for well over another decade, to be finished during the reign of Gordian III, who celebrated its completion with a small issue of medallions).
In honor of the Coliseum's reopening, Severus Alexander struck a very small issue of commemorative coins: a number of sestertii and asses are known today, a denarius was recorded by Cohen but is now lost, and of course the two aurei, of which this coin is perhaps the finer.
Estimated Value $150,000 - 175,000.
Provenance: The first example: Biaggi 1323 (=Kent/Hirmer 424 = Steinberg 649 = Hunt III 88 = Bank Leu 79, no. 318 = Hess-Leu 24, no. 333; same dies). These exceptionally important coins came from a small hoard of aurei found in the early 1960s. This other example, ex Hess-Leu 24, now resides in a private Swiss collection (Calicó 3095). Illustrated in Money of the World, coin 51.

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 9	Auction date: 7 September 2019
Lot number: 174 Price realized: 130 CHF   (Approx. 132 USD / 119 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: THESSALY. Larissa. Circa 420-400 BC. Drachm (Silver, 18 mm, 5.69 g, 12 h). Thessalos, with petasos and cloak over his shoulders, striding right, holding a band around the head of a rushing bull. Rev. ΛAP-IΣAIA Bridled horse with trailing rein galloping to right; all within incuse square. BCD Thessaly II 171. Nicely toned. Struck on a slightly irregular flan, otherwise, very fine. From an American collection, formed before 2005. Starting Price: 75 CHF ILLUSTRAZIONE: ‘A Greek hero leading a bull to sacrifice’ (1861) by Alfred Gatley, Salford Museum and Art Gallery

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Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung > Auction 265	Auction date: 14 October 2019
Lot number: 156 Price realized: 4,000 EUR   (Approx. 4,410 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: THRAKIEN. AINOS. Tetradrachme (14,54g). ca. 372/1 - 370/69 v. Chr. Vs.: Kopf des Hermes mit Petasos leicht n. l. gewandt. Rs.: AINION, Ziegenbock n. r., davor korinthischer Helm. AMNG II 1 328; May 401; HGC 3 II, 1278. RR! Rs. Schrötlingsfehler, gutes ss Estimate: 3000 EUR

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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 116	Auction date: 1 October 2019
Lot number: 100 Price realized: 4,750 CHF   (Approx. 4,762 USD / 4,369 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Larissa Triobol circa 479-465, AR 2.59 g. Head of Jason l., wearing petasus. Rev. ΛAR – IΣA retrograde within incuse square. Herrmann Group I, b1 (wrong weight listed). De Luynes 1831 (these dies). BCD Thessaly I –. BCD Thessaly II, –. Extremely rare and in exceptional condition for the issue. Struck in high relief and with a lovely iridescent tone, flan crack at three o'clock on obverse, otherwise extremely fine Ex Triton sale XIV, 2011, 102. Jason, the leader of the Argonauts on their quest for the Golden Fleece, was a Thessalian hero hailing from the city of Iolchos. One mythological tradition elevated him from the status of a local hero to progenitor of the entire Thessalian people as the father of Thessalos, the eponymous hero from which the Thessalians derived their name. Jason almost certainly appears here in his role as the ancestor of all Thessalians since he is not known to have had specific mythological or cult connections to Larissa. He is an interesting choice for the coinage of Larissa, for just as he was the ancestral head of the Thessalians as a whole, Larissa desired to be the head of the Thessalian cities and peoples through the domination of the Thessalian League. Estimate: 5000 CHF

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Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. > Buy or Bid Sale 209	Auction date: 5 December 2019
Lot number: 405
Lot description: Constantine I. AE 3, Reduced Follis; Constantine I; 307-337 AD, Lugdunum, 320 AD, Reduced Follis, 3.12g. RIC-79 (c1), Bastien-19 (49 spec.). Obv: CONS - TANTINVS MAX AVG Cuirassed bust r., seen from front, wearing high-crested helmet. Rx: VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP Two Victories standing on either side of an altar, the one on right holding a shield above the altar, the one on left inscribing VOT / P R on the shield; in exergue two seated and bound captives between the letters P - L. A combination of two scarce and interesting features: the high-crested helmet on the obverse and the captives in exergue on the reverse. Ex Cederlind 169, 31 May 2013, lot 333.Dark brown patina. EF Estimate: $150

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Roma Numismatics Limited, E-sale 58, lot 992, 20/06/2019

Roman Republic
Numerius Fabius Pictor AR Denarius. Rome, 126 BC. Helmeted head of Roma right; K below chin, mark of value behind / The Flamen Quirinalis, Q. Fabius Pictor, seated left, holding apex and spear, with shield at side inscribed QVI-RIN in two lines; N•FABI to right, PICTOR to left. Crawford 268/1b; RSC Fabia 11. 3.92g, 19mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine; an excellent example of a type that is quite difficult to obtain in good condition.
Ex Andrew McCabe Collection, collector's ticket included;
Ex Numismatica Varesi, "Cesare" Auction,7 April 2018, lot 187.

Illustrazione: l'apex, il copricapo dei Flamini Quirinali, sacerdoti dell'antica Roma preposti al culto di Quirino e alla celebrazione delle festività dei Quirinalia, dei Consualia, dei Robigalia e dei Larentalia.

 

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Claudius II, Potin Tetradrachm (21mm, 8.37 gm). Year 2 (268/9 AD). Alexandria.

AYT K KLAYDIOC CEB, Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
L-B, Ares, helmeted, in military dress, standing facing, 
head left, holding vertical spear in right hand and 
parazonium in left arm.

Kampmann 104.20; Milne 4226; Emmett 3871; Curtis 1661; BMC 2311.

Contributed by Jochen of the Forum Ancient Coins, Jan, 2012

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Bel lavoro @King John. 

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 61	Auction date: 22 August 2019
Lot number: 134 Price realized: 2,000 GBP   (Approx. 2,426 USD / 2,187 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Sicily, Kamarina AV Diobol. Emergency issue, circa 406/5 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet decorated with winged hippocamp / KA surrounded by olive sprig with two berries. Westermark & Jenkins 206; HGC 2, 518; SNG ANS 1209; Rizzo VII, 17; Weber 1248. 1.07g, 10mm, 9h. Extremely Fine. Very Rare. From a private European collection. This coin, like the contemporary issues at Gela, Stiela, Akragas and Syracuse (see lot 114), was struck to finance a defence against the great Carthaginian expedition which was at that time ravaging the Greek cities of Sicily. Akragas had been sacked and razed in 406, Gela in 405. Having suffered a defeat against the Carthaginian army at Gela, the Syracusan tyrant Dionysios chose not to offer battle again, but rather to evacuate the population. Retreating to Kamarina, it appears that Dionysios immediately ordered the complete evacuation of the city, and so Kamarina in its turn was also left to the advancing Carthaginians. The people fled toward Syracuse, chased by the fear of the Carthaginians, though not by the Carthaginians themselves; the rumour among the Greeks was that Dionysios had betrayed their cause and made a deal with the enemy to cement his power over Syracuse. With this issue, the high period of coinage at Kamarina came to an abrupt end. Estimate: 2250 GBP

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Numismatik Naumann (formerly Gitbud & Naumann) > Auction 82	Auction date: 6 October 2019
Lot number: 231 Price realized: 180 EUR   (Approx. 198 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: MYSIA. Adramyteum. Augustus (27 BC-14 AD). Ae. Gessios Charidemou, magistrate. Obv: ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ. Laureate head right. Rev: ΓΕΣΣΙΟΥ. Warrior, raising hand, on horse rearing right; monogram to lower right. RPC I 2331; SNG Copenhagen 11. Condition: Very fine. Weight: 3.87 g. Diameter: 12 mm. Estimate: 40 EUR

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Nomos AG > Auction 19	Auction date: 17 November 2019
Lot number: 36
LUCANIA. Metapontum. Time of Kleonymos, circa 302 BC. Third stater (Gold, 15 mm, 2.62 g, 8 h), Achaian standard. NIKA Head of Nike facing slightly to the right, her hair in an ampyx, wearing a single-pendant earring and a pearl necklace. Rev. METAΠON Barley ear with six grains and leaf to right. Gulbenkian 71 (same dies). HN III 1629. Johnston G3 (from the same dies as the example illustrated). Kraay & Hirmer 243 (same dies). Very rare. Clearly struck on a broad flan. Nearly extremely fine. From the Trausnitz Collection, ex Hirsch 187, 19 September 1995, 77, Bank Leu 61, 17 May 1995, 37 and Monnaies et Médailles 32, 20 October 1966, 20. Kleonymos was the adventurer second son of Kleomenes II of Sparta, and was excluded from succession to the throne, replaced by Areus I, because of his vicious character. He then became a mercenary leader helping the Tarentines in their wars against their neighbors until they expelled him. He returned to Sparta and remained a pest to almost everyone until his death sometime after c. 272. Estimate: 6500 CHF

ILLUSTRAZIONE: Head of Victory from the Ancient Agora Museum in Athens. 2nd century CE, copy of the Nike by Paionios of the 5th century BCE.

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Larissa, Dracma, 370-360 a.C.

 Illustrazione: Pelike ateneiese a figure rosse del 430 a. C., Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

 

[lenor]

Il 2/6/2017 alle 22:27, apollonia dice:

Ma allora Alessandro ci è andato per mare???

https://www.academia.edu/35498091/Naval_and_Maritime_Activities_of_Alexander_the_Great_in_South_Mesopotamia_and_the_Gulf

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Sincona AG, Auction 10, lot 165, 27/05/2013

COINS OF THE GREEK WORLD
LESBOS
Mytilene
Electrum hecte c. 377/326. Bust of a dancing Maenade to r., head thrown back, draped but leaving r. breast free. Rev. Torch in linear square. 2.54 g. Bodenstedt 92. BMC 122. Babelon pl. 161, 34. SNG v. Aul. 1723. Exquisite piece of miniature art. Extremely fine.. Ex Coll. James et Sneja Velkov, Auction Jean Vinchon, Paris. 24. November 1994, lot 143.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: MENADE DANZANTE, RILIEVO ROMANO AL MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID 

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Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 456	Auction date: 13 November 2019
Lot number: 314
C. Servilius Vatia. 127 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.88 g, 6h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right, star on neckpiece of helmet; lituus to left, mark of value to right / Horseman (M. Servilius Pulex Geminus) galloping left, holding shield inscribed M (Marcus), piercing with spear another horseman, who fights back armed with shield and sword. Crawford 264/1; Sydenham 483; Servilia 6; RBW 1069. Toned, a few light cleaning scratches. Near EF. From the Jack A. Frazer Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 21 (17 May 2001), lot 164. Estimate: 300 USD