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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XVIII	Auction date: 29 September 2019
Lot number: 378 Price realized: 30,000 GBP   (Approx. 37,000 USD / 33,822 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion AV Stater. Circa 325-310 BC. Bearded head of satyr left, wearing ivy wreath / Π-Α-Ν around griffin standing left, head facing, holding spear in its mouth, forepaw raised, on grain ear. SNG Stancomb 547 (this coin); MacDonald 63; SNG BM Black Sea 878 (same dies); Gulbenkian 590 (same obverse die); Hunt I, 95 (same obverse die); Kraay-Hirmer 440 (same obverse die); HGC 7, 24 (same dies). 8.58g, 21mm, 12h. Extremely Fine; ex mount, lustrous metal. From the William Stancomb Collection; this coin published in Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume XI, The William Stancomb Collection of Coins of the Black Sea Region (Oxford, 2000); Ex Sotheby's (London), 5-6 October 1989, lot 11. Pantikapaion, founded by Milesians in circa 575 BC, was a small hub of trade and crafts until it became the capital of the Kingdom of Bosporos in around 480 BC. The Bosporan Kingdom appears to have coalesced from a defensive league established to counter the threat of Skythian tribes to Greek cities in the area. Pantikapaion seems to have been the obvious choice for a capital due to its favourable geographical features: strategically located on a hill, it also commanded a harbour east of the city which could hold up to 30 ships, thus allowing the city to maintain a naval force. Pantikapaion became both powerful and wealthy under its first dynastic rulers the Archaianaktidai. Dubbed tyrants by Diodorus (Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History, 12.31.1) probably because of their aggressive policy of expansion, the Greek Geographer Strabo disputed this view and described them instead as 'equitable' (Strabo, Geographica , 7.4.4). The Archaianaktid dynasty was in 438 BC usurped by a Hellenised family of Thracians, the Spartokids, and by the time this issue was struck in c. 325-310 King Pairisades I (344-310) ruled over a Bosporan Kingdom that had grown from a local hegemony to a large Hellenistic kingdom, extending from the Tauroi to the Caucasus. Pairisades continued to expand Bosporan influence, eventually expanding the kingdom more than even his father had in the Bosporan Expansion Wars; he became king of the Sindoi through strategic marriage to his cousin Komosarye, annexed the city Tanais, and subdued many tribes around the Maeotic Swamp. Pantikapaion was the only city in the Bosporan Kingdom to strike its own coinage until c. 450-425 BC, after which time mints can be found in other cities including Gorgippa and Phanagoria. Pantikapaion's coinage was initially primarily silver in the fifth century, but as the city's wealth and power grew, so did its coinage and golden staters such as the present example became a widely recognised product of the mint. The obverse figure, here described as a satyr, is identified by Sear (Greek Coins and their values,1978) as the god Pan, the connection being drawn no doubt from the city's name, although it should be noted that the etymology of Pantikapaion is from a proto-Skythian language meaning 'fish-path' and makes no reference to the god. The griffin on the reverse of this coin is notable as it bears the head of a horned lion rather than the typical eagle head. The reason for this seems little discussed in literature and rarely is the distinction even noted. The prevalence of lions on the Pantikapaian coinage is presumably the reason; the facing head of a lion can be seen on much of the silver coinage of this mint and is assumed to be a symbol of Apollo, specifically the Milesian cult of Apollo at the Delphinion and at Didyma (Zograf, Antichnye Monety, Materialy i Issledovania po Arkheologii SSSR 16, 1951). The Milesian connection to the almost mask-like facing lion makes it likely that the die engravers for these distinctive staters syncretised the lion and griffin for their own purpose of developing a unique type that celebrated the city of Pantikapaion and the primary source of its wealth – the grain upon which the griffin stands. Estimate: 15000 GBP

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 10	Auction date: 7 December 2019
Lot number: 1654
Lot description: Constantine I, 307/310-337. Half Follis (Bronze, 19 mm, 2.91 g, 1 h), Rome, 312-313. FL VAL CONSTANTINVS AVG Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Constantine I to right. Rev. VIRT EXERCIT GALL / X - VI / RT Virtus standing front, head to right, holding inverted spear in her right hand and parazonium in her left. RIC 360. Rare. The reverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, very fine. The reverse of this interesting issue honors Constantine's Gallic army, with which he defeated Maxentius in the Battle of the Milvian Bridge. Starting Price: 25 CHF

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Nomos AG > obolos 14	Auction date: 15 December 2019
Lot number: 221
Lot description: CARIA. Knidos (?). Circa 400-350 BC. Hemiobol (Silver, 7 mm, 0.40 g, 12 h). Head of lion to right, with open jaws. Rev. Head of Aphrodite facing, turned slightly to the right. Apparently unpublished. Toned; a wonderful example of die engraving on such a small scale. About extremely fine. Starting Price: 75 CHF ILLUSTRAZIONE: TESTA DELLA VENERE DI MILO

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Nomos AG > obolos 14	Auction date: 15 December 2019
Lot number: 109
THESSALY. Pharkadon. Late 5th - early 4th century BC. Obol (Silver, 12 mm, 0.86 g, 10 h). Horse walking to right. Rev. Φ-Α-Ρ-Κ (partially retrograde) Herakles standing right, nude but for lion's skin wrapped over his left arm, holding bow in his left hand and resting his right on club with its head on the ground; all within shallow incuse square. BCD Thessaly I 1274 (same dies). Of very fine style and with a beautifully made reverse. Scratch on the obverse, otherwise, about extremely fine. The Herakles figure on the reverse of this small coin is masterfully done and beautifully engraved. While it would seem that the later silver fractions of Pharkadon are much rarer than the earlier ones, the engravers who made them were artists of great talent; thus, it is possible that these issues were made as donatives in small numbers. Starting Price: 150 CHF illustrazione: Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)ca. 360–350 B.C. (Metropolitan Musem, New York)

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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 116	Auction date: 1 October 2019
Lot number: 109 Price realized: 26,000 CHF   (Approx. 26,068 USD / 23,912 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: The Oitaioi Didrachm after 167, AR 7.64 g. Lion's head l. with spear in its jaws. Rev. OITAI / ΩN Youthful Heracles standing facing, wearing ivy-wreath, holding club and lion skin. de Nanteuil 850 (this coin). SNG Copenhagen 179. Valassiadis, The Coinage of the Oitaeans, in Obolos 7, 10. BCD Thessaly I, 1217 (this coin). BCD Thessaly II, –. Extremely rare and possibly the finest specimen in private hands. Struck on excellent metal and with a superb old cabinet tone. Minor marks on obverse field, otherwise extremely fine Ex Hess/Leu 31, 1966, 285; McSorley-Adams FPL 2, 1968, 49 and Nomos 4, 2011, BCD, 1217 sales. Privately purchased by BCD S. Boutin in July 1968. From the De Nanteuil collection. The types of this didrachm of the Oitaioi focus on the mythology of Herakles because it was within their territory that the greatest of all Greek heroes met his tragic end and subsequently ascended to the gods. Deianeira, the wife of Herakles, was almost carried off by the Centaur Nessos as she attempted to cross the Euenos River. She was saved by the timely arrival of Herakles, who shot the Centaur with a poisoned arrow. However, as Nessos lay dying, he told Deianeira to make a potion from his blood that he said would ensure the fidelity of her husband-Herakles had the unfortunate habit of fathering children with other women throughout Greece, Italy, the Near East, and North Africa. Deianeira followed his instructions and soaked her husband's shirt in the blood, not realizing that it was contaminated with the poison (the venom of the Lernean Hydra) of the arrow that killed Nessos. When Herakles put on the shirt, the poison immediately began to burn his flesh and realizing that it would ultimately kill him, Herakles ascended Mount Oita, the mountain from which the Oitaioi derived their name, and built his own funeral pyre at the summit. Casting himself onto the flaming pyre, Herakles destroyed his mortal self, but freed his immortal self to rise to join the Olympian gods. Estimate: 25000 CHF

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Leu Numismatik, Web Auction 8, lot 778, 29/06/2019

Roman Provincial
CILICIA. Tarsus. Caracalla, 198-217. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 33 mm, 18.23 g, 7 h). AYT KAI M AVP CЄOYHPOC ANTΩNЄINOC CЄB / Π - Π Laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right, seen fron behind. Rev. ΑΝΤΩΝΙΑΝΗC CЄYΗ ΑΔΡ ΜΗΤP / TAPCOY / Є - Δ / K Herakles grasping the giant Antaios around the waist and raising him from the ground; to right, club. SNG Levante -, cf. 1057 (Caracalla wearing the crown of the demiurgus). SNG Paris -, cf. 1520 (reverse image mirrored). SNG PFPS -. SNG von Aulock -. Rare. Patina stripped and slightly pitted, otherwise, very fine.

Anteo (gr. ᾿Ανταῖος) Nella mitologia greca, gigante figlio di Poseidone. Ricevendo forza dal contatto con sua madre, la Terra, vinceva facilmente tutti quelli che incontrava e con i crani delle sue vittime decorava il tempio paterno. Fu vinto da Eracle, che lo tenne sospeso dal suolo e lo strozzò.

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Solidus Numismatik, Auction 46, lot 36, 22/09/2019

 

Greek
Sizilien. Mamertinoi.
Bronze (Pentachalkon). 2. Jhdt. v. Chr.
Vs: Kopf des Zeus mit Lorbeerkranz rechts.
Rs: Krieger mit Schild und Speer nach rechts kämpfend; im Feld rechts Pi.
18 mm. 4,36 g.
HGC 2, 858.
Sehr selten. Sehr schön.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: PARTICOLARE DE "IL RATTO DELLE SABINE", DIPINTO DI J.L.DAVID

 

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Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions > Auction 67	Auction date: 11 July 2019
Lot number: 350
L. Flaminius Chilo, Denarius, Rome, 43 BC AR (g 3,81; mm 20; h 6) Laureate head of Caesar r., Rv. Goddess standing l., holding caduceus and sceptre; on r., L FLAMINIVS; on l., IIII VIR. Crawford 485/1; Flaminia 3, Julia 45; Sydenham 1089. Very rare with an amazing portrait of the finest style, struck in high relief on a sound metal. Cabinet tone and good extremely fine. Starting Price: 7000 GBP ILLUSTRAZIONE: RITRATTO DI GIULIO CESARE

 

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 64	Auction date: 28 November 2019
Lot number: 446 Price realized: 150 GBP   (Approx. 193 USD / 176 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy IV Philopator Æ Triobol. Alexandria, circa 219 BC. Diademed and horned head of Zeus-Ammon right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia to left, ΔI between legs. CPE B496; Svoronos 1127; SNG Copenhagen 201-2. 36.42g, 34mm, 11h. Good Very Fine. From the collection of a Photographer. Estimate: 100 GBP

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Leu Numismatik AG > Auction 5	Auction date: 27 October 2019
Lot number: 258 Price realized: 1,400 CHF   (Approx. 1,411 USD / 1,271 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: MYSIA. Cyzicus. Pseudo-autonomous issue. AE (Orichalcum, 17 mm, 2.78 g, 6 h), time of Commodus, circa 180-186. KYZIKOC Diademed head of the eponymous hero Kyzikos to right. Rev. KYZIKH-NΩN Youthful male triton to left on globe, holding fish in his right hand and rudder in his left. RPC IV.2 online 582.1 = SNG Paris 553 (same dies). Very rare. A beautiful coin with a wonderful dark green patina. Minor deposits, otherwise, extremely fine. Estimate: 350 CHF

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Nomos, Obolos WebAuction 13, lot 388, 2/07/2019

Greek
LYCAONIA. Ikonion. 1st century BC. (Bronze, 12 mm, 2.18 g, 6 h). Winged head of Medusa facing. Rev. E-I-K-O Harpa within laurel wreath. Unpublished in the standard references. Cf. G&N 36 (2015) 228. Extremely rare. With types celebrating the deeds of the Hero Perseus. Good very fine.

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Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG > Online Auction 36 | Silver	Auction date: 31 August 2019
Lot number: 280 Price realized: 75 EUR   (Approx. 83 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Elagabalus AD 218-222. Rome Denarius AR 20 mm., 3,52 g. IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right / FIDES MILITVM, three standards with Aquila (legionary eagle) on top of the middle one, shields at the base. very fine RIC 78; RSC 44; BMC 201. Starting Price: 75 EUR

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Jean Elsen & ses Fils S.A. > Auction 143	Auction date: 7 December 2019
Lot number: 608
MAXIMIEN HERCULE (286-305), AE médaillon. D/ VIRTVS MAXIMIANI AVG B. l. à g., ten. un cheval par la bride de la main d. et un bouclier de la main g. Sa cuirasse est ornée de la tête de Méduse, et sur le bouclier est représentée la louve allaitant Romulus et Rémus. R/ MONETA AVGG Les trois Monetae, ten. chacune une balance et une corne d''abondance. Gnecchi 129, 18. 28,07g Patine noire. Superbe/Très Beau Extremely Fine/Very Fine Estimate: 100 EUR

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 65	Auction date: 19 December 2019
Lot number: 620
Elagabalus Æ22 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 218-222. M AVP ANTΩNINOC, laureate head right / Hexastyle temple, star within pediment; NIKAIEΩN around. RG 566 var. (pellet in pediment); SNG von Aulock -. 5.32g, 22mm, 7h. Very Fine; minor flan crack at 5h. From the collection of Johannes Stelzhammer; Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 332, 6 August 2014, lot 180. Estimate: 50 GBP

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Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 246, lot 52, 15/12/2010

THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 479-460 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 1.04 g, 12h). Head of nymph left / Sandal of Jason right within incuse square. Herrmann Group I, pl. I, 5 var. (direction of sandal); SNG Copenhagen 90 var. (legend). VF, light porosity.

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Nomos, Auction 19, lot 155, 17/11/2019

Greek
SATRAPS OF CARIA. Maussolos, circa 377/6-353/2 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 24 mm, 14.71 g, 12 h), Halikarnassos, after c. 367. Laureate head of Apollo, three-quarters facing, turned slightly to the right, and with his cloak fastened beneath his chin. Rev. ΜΑΥΣΣΩΛΛΟ Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding labrys in his right hand and long reversed spear with his left. Babelon, Perses 397. BMC 1-2. Karl 18-19. SNG Copenhagen 590. SNG Kayhan 872. SNG von Aulock 2359. Traité II 91. With a dramatic head of Apollo, of a powerful, almost brutalist style, seemingly indicating how dangerous the god could be, if angered. Attractive dark toning. Weakly struck on the reverse, otherwise, extremely fine / very fine.
From the Trausnitz Collection, ex Giessener Münzhandlung 101, 6 March 2000, 291.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: Charioteer of Delphi~Delphi Archaeological Museum(478 b,C)

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Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 452	Auction date: 18 September 2019
Lot number: 725 Price realized: 1,500 USD   (Approx. 1,358 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Autumn 32-spring 31 BC. AR Denarius (16mm, 3.83 g, 6h). Legionary issue. Patrae(?) mint. Praetorian galley right / Aquila between two signa; LEG IX across field. Crawford 544/23; CRI 359; Sydenham 1227; RSC 37; RBW –. Toned. Good VF. From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 78, Part II (27 May 2014), lot 2044. Estimate: 500 USD

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Roma Numismatics Limited, E-Sale 63, lot 691, 7/11/2019

Roman Imperial
Augustus AR Denarius. L. Vinicius, moneyer. Rome, 16 BC. Equestrian statue of Augustus right, on low pedestal inscribed SPQR IMP CAES in three lines; arched gateway of city wall to right / L•VINICIVS L•F•III•VIR, cippus inscribed SPQR IMP CAE QVOD V M S EX EA P Q IS AD A DE in six lines. RIC 362; BMCRE 82; RSC 543. 3.86g, 18mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine.
Acquired from Heritage World Coin Auctions.
Senatus Populusque Romanus, Imperatori Caesari, quod viae munitae sunt ex ea pecunia quam is ad aerarium detulit - This piece relates to the improvement and administration of the public roads made by Augustus, who contributed towards them from his own private funds. The statue may represent one of those erected to Augustus by the senate outside the city near the Porta Flaminia.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: Fragment of equestrian statue of Augustus. Ist century AD, National Archaeological Museum in Athens

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 10	Auction date: 7 December 2019
Lot number: 1102
Domitian, 81-96. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 34 mm, 26.20 g, 6 h), Rome, 95-96. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XVII CENS PER P P Laureate head of Domitian to right. Rev. S C Domitian, in military attire, standing front, head to left, holding thunderbolt in his right hand and long scepter in his left, being crowned by Victory standing behind him and holding palm over her left shoulder. BMC 476. Cohen 515. RIC 795. A very attractive example with beautiful green patina and splendid portrait. Traces of removed encrustations on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine. Starting Price: 250 CHF ILLUSTRAZIONE: BUSTO DI DOMIZIANO

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 65	Auction date: 19 December 2019
Lot number: 417
Pamphylia, Aspendos AR Stater. Circa 465-430 BC. Warrior advancing right, holding shield and spear / Triskeles within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references; Roma XVII, 523. 10.43g, 21mm. Near Extremely Fine; test cut, struck in high relief and of good style. From the inventory of a German dealer. Estimate: 200 GBP

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Dmitry Markov Coins & Medals | M&M Numismatics Ltd | Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles | Sovereign Rarities Ltd > Auction 48	Auction date: 14 January 2020
Lot number: 190
Claudius. Gold Aureus (7.77 g), AD 41-54. Rome, AD 50/1. TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P X IMP P P, laureate head of Claudius right. Reverse: PACI AVGVSTAE, Pax-Nemesis advancing right, pointing winged caduceus at serpent before, and holding out fold of drapery at neck. RIC 51; BMC 61; Calicó 383. NGC grade VF; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5. Marks. Value $5,000 - UP This fine aureus of Claudius minted in AD 50/1 features on the reverse the figure of the winged goddess Nemesis with a serpent at her feet. Nemesis was associated with the concept of righteous retribution. As the type occurs regularly on the precious metal coinage of this reign, it was clearly intended to symbolize a fundamental aspect of the emperor's personal policy. Doubtless, it was this idea that was invoked as a justification for the invasion and conquest of Britain commencing in AD 43 and perhaps also for the execution of his wife Messalina half a decade later. Starting Price: 4000 USD illustrazione: statua greca della dea Nemesi

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Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH > Auction 109	Auction date: 11 November 2019
Lot number: 9 Price realized: 280 EUR   (Approx. 309 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
CALABRIA. Tarentum. (D) Nomos/Didrachme (7,82 g), ca. 380-340 v. Chr. Av.: Reiter mit Schild n.l., unter dem Pferd Δ. Rv.: TAPAΣ, Taras mit Kantharos auf Delphin über Wellen n.l., unter dem Delphin E über Beizeichen Delphin. Vlasto 387, HN Italy 870. Kleine Randkerbe, stellenweise geringe Korrosionsspuren am Rd. s.sch. Starting Price: 160 EUR

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Il 27/11/2019 alle 15:49, King John dice:

Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 457	Auction date: 4 December 2019
Lot number: 119
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Artaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III. Circa 375-340 BC. AR Siglos (15mm, 5.48 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IV C (pl. XIV, 46); Meadows, Administration 326; BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 19; Sunrise 33–6. Toned, compact flan. VF. From the Nomisma Collection. Estimate: 150 USD

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Leu Numismatik AG > Auction 5Auction date: 27 October 2019 Lot number: 253
Price realized: 14,000 CHF (Approx. 14,111 USD / 12,709 EUR)
ARCADIA. Mantinea. Antinoüs, died 130. Medallion (Bronze, 39 mm, 40.82 g, 1 h), Veturios, late 131 or early 132. BЄTOYPIOC Bare-headed, heroic nude three-quarter bust of Antinoüs to left. Rev. TOIC APKACI Horse walking right. BCD 1498 (same dies). Blum -, cf. 7 (smaller denomination). KAIPOΣ, p. 302-303. Pudill p. 34-37. Extremely rare and very probably the finest known. A bold and impressive medallion of the finest style and with an exceptionally beautiful, almost sculptural portrait of Antinoüs. The obverse with the usual die break and the reverse somewhat weakly struck and with smoothed surfaces, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.
Ex Leu 2, 11 May 2018, 171 and previously from a European collection, formed before 2005.
The Mantinean coinage in the name of Antinoüs was financed by an otherwise unattested Veturios, whose name appears alongside with the hero's image on the obverses, whereas the reverses specify 'the Arkadians' as the recipients of the benefaction. Pausanias tells us that 'Antinoüs was by birth from Bithynium beyond the river Sangarius, and the Bithynians are by descent Arcadians of Mantinea' (Paus. 8.9.7). This explains the ostentatious worship of the hero by this polis, which had changed its name from Antigonea back to Mantinea during Hadrian's visit in 125 and thus also had a personal relationship with the grieving emperor. The Mantineans dedicated a new temple to Antinoüs, which Pausanias saw first hand and whose high priest Veturios may have been. We don't know anything about Veturios, however, who could have been any sort of local benefactor financing a coin emission as a form of euergetism to his hometown. The Mantinean coins honoring Antinoüs were, as H.-C. von Mosch and L.-A. Klostermeyer have recently shown, likely struck on the occasion of Hadrian's visit to the region in late 131 or early 132, and their dies were almost certainly crafted by the same brilliant 'imperial' artist who was responsible for many of the other Antinoüs medallions struck along the emperor's route. Our piece is not only the largest in the Mantinean commemorative series, which included five 'denominations' struck in two separate groups with right- and left-facing busts each, but it is also most probably the finest known. The exceptionally artistic rendering of Antinoüs and the sheer size of the medallion give his portrait a sculptural appearance that truly is a joy to behold.

Estimate: 15000 CHF

ILLUSTRAZIONE: STATUA DI ANTINOO, IL FAVORITO DELL'IMPERATORE ADRIANO. Antinoo fece parte del corteo imperiale che nel 130 accompagnò l'imperatore in Egitto e durante questo viaggio morì in circostanze misteriose. Adriano, che ricevette in questa circostanza una consolatio dal retore Numenio, volle che se ne festeggiasse il giorno natale (27 novembre), ne ordinò il culto in tutto l'impero e in suo onore fondò una città (Antinoupoli). Il ritratto compare su monete adrianee dei luoghi di culto. Onorato soprattutto in Asia Minore, Alessandria, Mantinea, Lanuvio, Ostia, Villa Adriana, donde provengono molte statue, busti, rilievi, in cui è anche assimilato a Dioniso, Adone, Vertumno, Silvano, Osiride, Ganimede.

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Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd > Auction 122	Auction date: 19 November 2019
Lot number: 3168 Price realized: 170 AUD   (Approx. 116 USD / 105 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: L. RUBRIUS DOSSENUS, (87 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome mint, (3.48 g), obv. Jupiter laureate head to right, sceptre and DOSSEN behind, rev. triumphal chariot to right with small Victory standing on it, L RVBRI in exergue, (S.258, Cr.348/1, Syd.705). Even grey patina, good very fine. Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 62 (lot 2373) and previously from Christie's, London, May 9, 1978 (lot 12 part). Estimate: 100 AUD