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Quasi da stampa da esporre o comunque da condividere, bellissimo !

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Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG, Auction 116, lot 186, 1/10/2019

Drachm circa 411-394, AR 6.09 g. Forepart of lion r., with open jaws and tongue protruding. Rev. K – N– I Head of Aphrodite r., hair bound. All within incuse square. SNG Copenhagen 256. SNG Lockett 2888. Cahn, Knidos, 116 (this coin illustrated).
Wonderful old cabinet tone, a small metal flaw and a die break
on obverse, otherwise extremely fine
Ex Naville sale VII, 1924, Bement, 1511. Privately purchased from Vinchon in 2011.
The city of Cnidus was well known in antiquity for its attachment to the goddess Aphrodite. It possessed no less than three important sanctuaries dedicated to the goddess. One was erected to honor Aphrodite Doritis ("the Bountiful"), a second to Aphrodite Akraia ("of the Akra"), and a third to Aphrodite Euploia ("of Fair Sailing"). Of these, the Temple of Aphrodite Euploia enjoyed the widest fame for the cult statue of the goddess that it obtained from the great Athenian sculptor Praxiteles in 365 BC. According to one tradition, Praxiteles had produced two statues of Aphrodite-one draped and another completely nude. The first was purchased by the people of Kos because they felt the nude statue to be indecent, but the Knidians were happy to possess it for their temple. This statue was renowned for its beauty and for the first time established a canon of proportions for the female nude in Greek sculpture. The Knidians were so proud of the statue that they placed it in the center of a circular sanctuary thereby permitting it to be viewed from all angles. Although Praxiteles original statue is now lost, while it still existed it was a great tourist attraction and spawned numerous extant Roman copies. It is unclear whether the head of Aphrodite depicted on this drachm represents the image of Aphrodite Euploia before the introduction of Praxiteles' famous statue or if it was intended to depict one of the other forms of the goddess worshipped at Knidos.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: STATUETTA IN TERRACOTTA RAFFIGURANTE LA NASCITA DI AFRODITE, MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO DI PAESTUM

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A silver tetradrachm minted under King Patraos of Paeonia, circa 335-315 BC. The obverse with the head of a youthful Apollo, wearing a laurel wreath. The reverse with a Paeonian warrior on horseback, wearing full armour and elaborate helmet, trampling a fallen Persian.

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 63	Auction date: 7 November 2019
Lot number: 650 Price realized: 160 GBP   (Approx. 206 USD / 186 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: L. Marcius Philippus AR Denarius. Rome, 56 BC. Head of Ancus Marcius right, wearing diadem; lituus behind, ANCVS below / Aqueduct on which stands equestrian statue, flower at horse's feet; PHILIPPVS to left, AQVA MAR ligate within arches of aqueduct. Crawford 425/1; BMCRR Rome 3890-2; RSC Marcia 28. 3.95g, 18mm, 8h. Good Extremely Fine. From the inventory of a European dealer. Estimate: 200 GBP

 

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Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 431, lot 402, 24/10/2018

Roman Imperial
Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (32.6mm, 22.33 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 111. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / AQVA/ TRAIANA in two lines in exergue, Genius of the Aqua Traiana reclining left under arched and ornamented grotto supported by two columns, holding reed and leaning on urn from which water flows. RIC II 463; Woytek 359d; Banti 15. VF, dark brown surfaces with some earthen highlights/deposits, minor roughness.
Ex Roma E-Sale 43 (3 February 2018), lot 632.
The Aqua Traiana was dedicated in AD 109 and supplied water to the expanding trans-Tiber (west bank) suburbs of Rome. The coin depicts the castellum, or waterworks, associated with the terminal of the aqueduct, and its statue of the river Tiber.

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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: 187
Lot description: Nero Claudius Drusus. Gold Aureus (7.82 g), died 9 BC. Lugdunum, under Claudius, AD 41/2. NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP, laureate head of Nero Claudius Drusus left. Reverse: DE / GERM above and on architrave, triumphal arch surmounted by equestrian statue between two trophies. RIC 69; BN 95; BMC 95; CNR 2/3 (this coin); Calicó 315. NGC grade Ch XF; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5. Value $20,000 - UP Nero Claudius Drusus was the son of Livia and the senator Tiberius Claudius Nero. Before he was born his parents divorced so that Augustus could marry his mother. Unlike his older brother, the future emperor Tiberius whom Augustus disliked, the emperor doted on his younger stepson. In 13 BC Drusus was sent to govern Gaul, and while there he repelled an attack by a tribe of Germans who had invaded the province. Most of the following years until his death were spent on campaigns in German territory. First, he crossed the Rhine frontier and penetrated as far as the North Sea, subduing the Frisii. The following years saw him engaged against various confederations of the Chatti, Sicambri and Marcomanni. He died tragically in 9 BC from injuries he sustained when he fell from his horse while on campaign fighting the Marcomanni.The Arch of Drusus that appears on the reverse of this coin and which commemorated his campaigns in Germania has not survived. Its precise location is not known, but it was on the Appian way. Ex Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection, pt. IV (Sotheby's, New York, 20 June 1991), 686; Ex J. H. Barnes Collection (Sotheby's, London, 26 June 1974), 5. Starting Price: 16000 USD

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Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG > Online Auction 40 | Silver	Auction date: 26 January 2020
Lot number: 2
Lot description: Sicily. Panormos circa 412-390 BC. Didrachm AR mm., 8,46 g. SYS (Siculo-Punic), hunting dog (Cirneco of Etna) standing right, looking back, murex shell above / Head of nymph right, wearing necklace and earring, hair bound in sphendone ornamented at front. very fine Jenkins Punic Sicily 9; SNG ANS -; SNG Copenhagen -; Pozzi -; BMC -. Ex Lanz NGC 4632815-001 Starting Price: 2000 EUR

ILLUSTRAZIONE: II Cirneco dell'Etna. Questo cane esiste in Sicilia dalle epoche più remote. Dallo studio delle razze mediterranee si deduce che il Cirneco debba trarre le sue origini da antichi cani da caccia allevati in età faraonica nella valle del Nilo e diffusi, in Sicilia dai fenici. Si può anche supporre sulla base di ricerche molto recenti che il Cirneco sia razza autoctona della Sicilia e precisamente della regione Etnea poiché i documentari di monete ed incisioni rivelano come il Cirneco colà esistesse sin da molti secoli prima della venuta di Cristo. 

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Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG > Online Auction 40 | Silver	Auction date: 26 January 2020
Lot number: 2
Lot description: Sicily. Panormos circa 412-390 BC. Didrachm AR mm., 8,46 g. SYS (Siculo-Punic), hunting dog (Cirneco of Etna) standing right, looking back, murex shell above / Head of nymph right, wearing necklace and earring, hair bound in sphendone ornamented at front. very fine Jenkins Punic Sicily 9; SNG ANS -; SNG Copenhagen -; Pozzi -; BMC -. Ex Lanz NGC 4632815-001 Starting Price: 2000 EUR

ILLUSTRAZIONE: II Cirneco dell'Etna. Questo cane esiste in Sicilia dalle epoche più remote. Dallo studio delle razze mediterranee si deduce che il Cirneco debba trarre le sue origini da antichi cani da caccia allevati in età faraonica nella valle del Nilo e diffusi, in Sicilia dai fenici. Si può anche supporre sulla base di ricerche molto recenti che il Cirneco sia razza autoctona della Sicilia e precisamente della regione Etnea poiché i documentari di monete ed incisioni rivelano come il Cirneco colà esistesse sin da molti secoli prima della venuta di Cristo. 

Gran bella moneta, bella la storia, anche il cane sembra corrispondere ? !

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Numismatik Naumann (formerly Gitbud & Naumann), Auction 47, lot 183, 9/10/2016

PISIDIA. Isinda. Ae (2nd century BC-1st century AD). Dated CY 4 (22/1 or 9/8 BC).
Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right.
Rev: ΙΣΙΝ.
Warrior on horse prancing right, preparing to hurl spear at serpent to lower right; Δ to upper left.
SNG France 1574-5.
Condition: Good very fine.
Weight: 6.36 g.
Diameter: 20 mm.

 

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Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, Auction 346, lot 2288, 13/02/2019

GRIECHISCHE MÜNZEN
GRIECHISCHE MÜNZEN, ASIEN, PISIDIEN, ISINDA.
AE-21 mm. 1. Jh. v. Chr. Belorbeerter Zeuskopf r. Rs: Krieger reitet r., speert eine Schlange. SNG COP. 159. Dunkle Patina. gutes ss
Ex Sammlung D. Freedman (CNG 61, 2002, Los Nr. 302). Ex Sammlung R.P.

 

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Münzen & Medaillen GmbH (DE), Auction 46, lot 228, 15/02/2018

GRIECHISCHE MÜNZEN
PISIDIEN. ISINDA. Bronze, 1. Jh. v. Chr. Bärtiger Zeuskopf mit L. n.r. Rv. ΙΣΙΝ Reiter in militärischer Tracht und mit Helm n.r. galoppierend, in der erhobenen Rechten Lanze haltend; unter dem Pferd Schlange n.r., im Felde oben l. Datum ΙЄ (= Jahr 15 der Lokalaera), r. Palmzweig. 7,43 g. Von Aulock, Pis. I, 83,643. Selten. Dunkelgrüne Patina.
Knapp vorzüglich
Aus Slg. R. Müller (erworben 1976) und Auktion Münzen & Medaillen GmbH, Weil/Rh. 30 (Stuttgart 2009),1060.

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Heritage World Coin Auctions > NYINC Signature Sale 3082	Auction date: 21 January 2020
Lot number: 33008
Ancients CALABRIA. Tarentum. Ca. 281-240 BC. AR stater or didrachm (20mm, 6.50 gm, 7h). NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 5/5. Nicocrates and An-, magistrates. Nude horseman galloping right, shield and two spears in left hand, brandishing a third spear with right hand; AN monogram in left field, NIKO/KΡA below horse / TAΡAΣ, Taras, nude, astride dolphin right, crested Phrygian helmet in both hands; Ionic capital below. HN Italy 1034. Vlasto 883. Estimate: 500-800 USD

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Heritage World Coin Auctions > NYINC Signature Sale 3081	Auction date: 12 January 2020
Lot number: 32072
Lot description: Ancients Constantine I, as Augustus (AD 307-337). AV medallion of 9 solidi (47mm, 41.88 gm, 5h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 2/5, Fine Style, mount. Constantinople, ca. AD 330. CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG, laurel and rosette diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Constantine I right, seen from front / FELICITA-S PERPETVA AVG E-T CAESS NN, Constantine I, nimbate, enthroned facing, scepter in right hand, mappa in left, flanked by Constantine II and Constantius II, each standing facing in military dress and turned to center, spear in outer hand, inner hand resting on grounded shield; CONS in exergue. RIC VII -. Cohen -. Depeyrot -. cf. Toynbee, p. 198 n. 45; pl. XXXIX, 1 [Constantine II, Constantinople]. cf. Gnecchi p. 16, 11, Nicomedia = Babelon, Revue Numismatique, 1906, "La trouvaille de Helleville (1780)", p. 167, pl. VII, 2 = Babelon, La Trouvaille Monétaire de Helleville (Manche) En 1780, 1910, pp. 16-17, pl. 1, 2 = Toynbee, Roman Medallions, Numismatic Studies 5, p. 62, n. 36, pl. V, 5 = RIC VII Nicomedia 173. An impressive medallion with contemporary intact mount, likely unique. Ex Property of a Private West Coast Collector (Bonhams, 14 September 2015), lot 44. Gold medallions were gifts produced for the emperor to bestow upon high ranking civilian and military individuals, as well as "foreign ambassadors and chieftains whom it was intended to impress." They were "the imperial counterpart of private gifts presented to friends on important occasions." Described by Toynbee as money medallions because they were "true multiples of gold and silver coins" and could therefore legally used as money, they ranged in size from "the 1 ½-solidi pieces first issued by Constantine I to the 72-solidi piece of Valens." The present lot appears to be related by subject to small group of gold medallions and coins that was discovered in the village of Helleville, near Cherbourg in Normandy, France in 1780. "These coins were acquired for the French Collection [Cabinet des Médailles, Bibliothèque Nationale], but at the time of the great robbery in 1831 were melted down by the plunderers, and shared the shocking fate of 2,000 other gold specimens of ancient currency ..." (The Classical Revue, vol. 20, no. 8, Nov. 1906, p.426). Fortunately casts of the related medallions and coins had been taken prior to the theft and Babelon published much of the hoard in 1906. It also appears that a few pieces from the original find may have found their way into trade and were ultimately acquired by the Royal Cabinet in the Hague (Kerkuyt, RN 1906, pp. 490-492). This large medallion may have been issued by Constantine I in connection with the move of the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome and the consecration of Constantinople in AD 330, but as Bruun notes, "The dating of the beautiful 9-solidi pieces FELICITAS PERPETVA AVG ET CAESS NN presents great difficulties." (RIC VII, p. 594). Referring to the examples struck at Nicomedia, Babelon (RN 1906) dates the issue to AD 326, placing it at the later part of the year, after the murder of Crispus (which would make the medallion one of the earliest productions of the Constantinople mint and well out of place from all of the other gold issues from the mint). Toynbee "regards the type as belonging to a series of dynastic types comprising also the SALVS ET SPES REPVBLICAE [reverse] of Constantinople and Heraclea, all of the period of the two Caesars only (326-33)." Based on the portrait style, Toynbee dates those with the short hair at the nape of the neck to AD 326, and those with the longer hair at the back (as here) to the "solemn consecration of Constantinople" in AD 330. The medallions struck at Constantinople from these two series utilized multiple reverse dies; those from the Helleville find have the emperor seated on a more elaborately engraved throne than the present lot, which is more linear and compact. M. Alföldi initially dated the medallions to AD 326-327 (RIC VII, p. 43, footnote 11), but subsequently agreed with Toynbee, dating the group to AD 330 (cf. Die constantinische Goldprägung, p. 165, 112). Bruun disagrees with Toynbee's earlier dating (RIC VII, pp. 563-4), "The type CONSTANTINIANA DAFNE with unusual mintmark B/CONS* may be ascribed to 328 and in point of portraiture the exquisite heavy multiple SALVS ET SPES REIPVBLICAE is closely related to it. We can scarcely avoid dating this remarkable medallion to the dedication of the new capital in May 330." Bruun himself dates the Nicomedia issue with this reverse to AD 335, and the related SALVS ET SPES REIPVBLICAE reverse type struck at Constantinople to the winter of AD 335-336, remarking on Toynbee's dating of AD 326 "the portrait...is, however, smaller and cruder...Thus the portraits with the short hair have to be assigned to 330 and the others to even later dates." (RIC VII, p. 564, footnote 1). Pierre Bastien, ("Monnaie et Donativa au Bas-Empire," p.80, Revue belge de Philologie et d'Histoire, 1991) placed the series after the dedication ceremony of Constantinople on 11 May 330, and this date seems to be supported by the consensus of opinion. Estimate: 100000-150000 USD ILLUSTRAZIONE: RESTI DELLA STATUA COLOSSALE DI COSTANTINO I CONSERVATI AI MUSEI CAPITOLINI

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Ritratti monetali di Costantino I

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Heritage World Coin Auctions > NYINC Signature Sale 3081	Auction date: 12 January 2020
Lot number: 32072
Lot description: Ancients Constantine I, as Augustus (AD 307-337). AV medallion of 9 solidi (47mm, 41.88 gm, 5h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 2/5, Fine Style, mount. Constantinople, ca. AD 330. CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG, laurel and rosette diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Constantine I right, seen from front / FELICITA-S PERPETVA AVG E-T CAESS NN, Constantine I, nimbate, enthroned facing, scepter in right hand, mappa in left, flanked by Constantine II and Constantius II, each standing facing in military dress and turned to center, spear in outer hand, inner hand resting on grounded shield; CONS in exergue. RIC VII -. Cohen -. Depeyrot -. cf. Toynbee, p. 198 n. 45; pl. XXXIX, 1 [Constantine II, Constantinople]. cf. Gnecchi p. 16, 11, Nicomedia = Babelon, Revue Numismatique, 1906, "La trouvaille de Helleville (1780)", p. 167, pl. VII, 2 = Babelon, La Trouvaille Monétaire de Helleville (Manche) En 1780, 1910, pp. 16-17, pl. 1, 2 = Toynbee, Roman Medallions, Numismatic Studies 5, p. 62, n. 36, pl. V, 5 = RIC VII Nicomedia 173. An impressive medallion with contemporary intact mount, likely unique. Ex Property of a Private West Coast Collector (Bonhams, 14 September 2015), lot 44. Gold medallions were gifts produced for the emperor to bestow upon high ranking civilian and military individuals, as well as "foreign ambassadors and chieftains whom it was intended to impress." They were "the imperial counterpart of private gifts presented to friends on important occasions." Described by Toynbee as money medallions because they were "true multiples of gold and silver coins" and could therefore legally used as money, they ranged in size from "the 1 ½-solidi pieces first issued by Constantine I to the 72-solidi piece of Valens." The present lot appears to be related by subject to small group of gold medallions and coins that was discovered in the village of Helleville, near Cherbourg in Normandy, France in 1780. "These coins were acquired for the French Collection [Cabinet des Médailles, Bibliothèque Nationale], but at the time of the great robbery in 1831 were melted down by the plunderers, and shared the shocking fate of 2,000 other gold specimens of ancient currency ..." (The Classical Revue, vol. 20, no. 8, Nov. 1906, p.426). Fortunately casts of the related medallions and coins had been taken prior to the theft and Babelon published much of the hoard in 1906. It also appears that a few pieces from the original find may have found their way into trade and were ultimately acquired by the Royal Cabinet in the Hague (Kerkuyt, RN 1906, pp. 490-492). This large medallion may have been issued by Constantine I in connection with the move of the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome and the consecration of Constantinople in AD 330, but as Bruun notes, "The dating of the beautiful 9-solidi pieces FELICITAS PERPETVA AVG ET CAESS NN presents great difficulties." (RIC VII, p. 594). Referring to the examples struck at Nicomedia, Babelon (RN 1906) dates the issue to AD 326, placing it at the later part of the year, after the murder of Crispus (which would make the medallion one of the earliest productions of the Constantinople mint and well out of place from all of the other gold issues from the mint). Toynbee "regards the type as belonging to a series of dynastic types comprising also the SALVS ET SPES REPVBLICAE [reverse] of Constantinople and Heraclea, all of the period of the two Caesars only (326-33)." Based on the portrait style, Toynbee dates those with the short hair at the nape of the neck to AD 326, and those with the longer hair at the back (as here) to the "solemn consecration of Constantinople" in AD 330. The medallions struck at Constantinople from these two series utilized multiple reverse dies; those from the Helleville find have the emperor seated on a more elaborately engraved throne than the present lot, which is more linear and compact. M. Alföldi initially dated the medallions to AD 326-327 (RIC VII, p. 43, footnote 11), but subsequently agreed with Toynbee, dating the group to AD 330 (cf. Die constantinische Goldprägung, p. 165, 112). Bruun disagrees with Toynbee's earlier dating (RIC VII, pp. 563-4), "The type CONSTANTINIANA DAFNE with unusual mintmark B/CONS* may be ascribed to 328 and in point of portraiture the exquisite heavy multiple SALVS ET SPES REIPVBLICAE is closely related to it. We can scarcely avoid dating this remarkable medallion to the dedication of the new capital in May 330." Bruun himself dates the Nicomedia issue with this reverse to AD 335, and the related SALVS ET SPES REIPVBLICAE reverse type struck at Constantinople to the winter of AD 335-336, remarking on Toynbee's dating of AD 326 "the portrait...is, however, smaller and cruder...Thus the portraits with the short hair have to be assigned to 330 and the others to even later dates." (RIC VII, p. 564, footnote 1). Pierre Bastien, ("Monnaie et Donativa au Bas-Empire," p.80, Revue belge de Philologie et d'Histoire, 1991) placed the series after the dedication ceremony of Constantinople on 11 May 330, and this date seems to be supported by the consensus of opinion. Estimate: 100000-150000 USD ILLUSTRAZIONE: RESTI DELLA STATUA COLOSSALE DI COSTANTINO I CONSERVATI AI MUSEI CAPITOLINI

Bella moneta indubbiamente, anche il ritratto mi sembra abbastanza veritiero

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Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXIII	Auction date: 14 January 2020
Lot number: 818
Lot description: Gordian III. AD 238-244. Bimetallic Medallion (37mm, 52.24 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 243-244. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FELIX AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, with both pteryges visible / ADLOCVTIO AVGVS TI, Adlocutio scene: Gordian, assisted by soldier behind him, standing right on low daïs, addressing four soldiers, two of whom hold spears and shields, standing left; vexillum, signum and aquila behind. Gnecchi II, 4 (pl. 103, 3); Grueber 9; Froehner p. 185; Cohen 6; Banti 4; Firenze 83 [same obv. die]); Bardin Group 6, 24. Wonderful dark green patina with traces of red, a few very minor scratches. EF. Magnificent high-relief portrait. Spectacular in hand. Gordian III is not usually thought of as a military leader, but a Roman army under his nominal command achieved a signal victory on the Eastern front in AD 243, an event commemorated on this impressive medallion. In AD 241, the 16-year-old Gordian appointed as Praetorian Prefect the capable Gaius Furius Sabinus Aquila Timesitheus, whose daughter Tranquillina became his bride. Timesitheus proved a beneficent mentor who kept Gordian's weak government on an even keel. But in the same year, the Sasanian Persians, under Shapur I, crossed Rome's desert frontier, occupied several Roman border cities, and threatened the great metropolis of Antioch, forcing young Gordian to take up arms. En route to the east, Gordian and Timesitheus successfully repelled an an invasion by the Carpi in Moesia. Gordian's army finally engaged Shapur at Rhesaena in Syria early in AD 243 and inflicted a severe defeat on the Persians, forcing their retreat. The Romans were able to reoccupy the cities of Carrhae, Nisibis, and Singara, and relieve beleaguered Edessa. This superb medallion, depicting Gordian in general's garb addressing his legions (the soldier behind him is likely Timesitheus), was likely struck at this flood tide of success. It was not to last. The Romans next marched toward the Persian capital of Ctesiphon, but the death of Timesitheus in the winter of a sudden illness brought their progress to a grinding halt. What happened next is unclear: Persian sources claim Gordian was defeated and died in combat, while Roman historians maintain he was murdered by his own disaffected army at the behest of Philip, the new Praetorian Prefect and Gordian's successor as emperor. Estimate: 30000 USD

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 65	Auction date: 19 December 2019
Lot number: 688 Price realized: 180 GBP   (Approx. 235 USD / 212 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: C. Servilius C. f. AR Denarius. Rome, 57 BC. Head of Flora right, lituus behind, FLORAL•PRIMVS, downwards to right / Two soldiers facing each other, presenting swords; C•SERVEIL in exergue, C•F upwards to right. Crawford 423/1; RSC 15; BMCRR 3816. 3.80g, 18mm, 4h. Good Very Fine; old cabinet tone. Acquired from Naville Numismatics Ltd. Estimate: 200 GBP

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XVIII	Auction date: 29 September 2019
Lot number: 637 Price realized: 22,000 GBP   (Approx. 27,134 USD / 24,803 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Karia, Kos AR Triple Siglos. Circa 480-470 BC. Diskobolos, nude, hurling diskos right; tripod to left, KΩΣ to right / Crab within incuse square, diagonally divided. Barron, Diskoboloi in Essays Robinson, group A, 8d (same dies); BMC 8, pl. XXX, 4 (same dies); cf. Boston MFA 2013 (O instead of Ω); Traité 1738, pl. 1486, 11. 16.57g, 25mm, 5h. Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare; one of the most sought-after of Greek coin types and of great artistic fascination. From the collection of an antiquarian, Bavaria c. 1960s-1990s. Of a style akin to the archaised figural representations on pottery (such as can be seen on a kylix in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts 01.8020), this depiction of a diskobolos exemplifies the skill of numismatic imagery at Kos towards the end of the Archaic and the beginning of the Classical period, as it points to a desire on the part of the die-engraver to attempt a novel and challenging type which required an understanding of movement and symmetria but was limited to the surface of a coin. The success of the die-engraver to capture the moment at which the athlete is about to turn about and release the discus is perhaps not recognised by modern viewers (in the eighteenth century the type was interpreted as Apollo dancing with a tambourine), but it is likely that the die engraver chose this particular pose having been inspired by a statue of a diskobolos made in the early fifth century possibly by Pythagoras of Rhegion, a precursor to Myron's famed Diskobolos. Known as the Ludovisi Diskobolos, two Roman copies of this statue have been discovered which portray the exact same moment as depicted on this coin: one is a herm in the Ludovisi Collection in the Museum Nazionale Romano in Rome, the other is a torso in the Archaeological Museum at Side. These incomplete copies demonstrate an outstanding naturalism of the stretch of the torso muscles as the diskobolos lifts the discus above his head, paused forever in a remarkable moment of athletic tension and fate, an effect that is also achieved on this obverse type, which has the same sense of captivated momentum and includes in the background the prize for which this athlete is competing, a tripod. Discussion about the origin of this type has centred on whether or not it commemorates the athletic contests held for the festival of Apollo at Triopion on the Knidian peninsula (see Herodotus, Histories 1.114) during which athletes would compete for bronze tripods and then dedicate them to the temple of Apollo at the site. The possibility that the coin was struck in direct association with the games, in a similar way to the coinage of Elis struck only for the Olympic games, is unlikely, however; it must be noted that Kos chose to produce this type as a triple siglos rather than a smaller denomination suggesting that it carried significant connotations with the city. Since none of the other Doric cities minted any coins for this festival, a more likely suggestion is that the coin could therefore relate to prestigious local games at Kos which are unattested elsewhere. During this period, a great emphasis on individual athletes winning glory for themselves and their cities was apparent in the development of a new form of poetry called epinikion (literally meaning 'on victory'). This style of poetry highlights the attitude of the spectators and the civic importance of athletic contests. It shows that the games were more than just for sport, they tied in with the identity of the community and what it meant to be the best among others: "In such a way, amid the vast circling crowd of the Greeks, did he display his marvellous body, hurling the wheel-shaped discus, and raise a shout from the people as he flung the shaft of the dark-leaved elder-tree from his hand into the steep sky. He executed the flashing movement of wrestling, and brought strong-limbed bodies down to the earth with such high-spirited strength, then returned to the dark-whirling waters of the Asopus, whose fame has reached every land, even the farthest reaches of the Nile." (Bacchylides, Ode 9.30-41) Regarding the dating of this coin, an Athenian decree prohibiting allied minting would certainly have provided an end to coinage at Kos however, since the dating of this decree itself has been subject to debate, an exact date for this coin is difficult. As Barron notes, we are further restricted by the lack of hoard and overstrike evidence (see The Fifth-Century Diskoboloi of Kos in Kraay-Mørkholm Essays). Further, the similarity of this coin to the Ludovisi Diskobolos is similarly unreliable for dating the coin since we cannot be certain that the similarity between the poses points precisely to one appearing before the other. Therefore, the diskobolos triple-sigloi are not only among the rarest but are also some of the most exceptional Greek coins produced in the early fifth century due to their attempt to depict on a coin a challenging and novel subject in a style not seen on earlier coinage. They are also fascinating as the precise details of their purpose and date remain unanswered. Estimate: 15000 GBP

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On 2/9/2017 at 4:24 PM, King John said:

GRIECHEN
INSELN BEI SIZILIEN. GAULOS (Gozo). AE (3,23g). Vs.: Behelmter Kopf auf Mondsichel, davor V. Rs.: GAULITWN, angreifender Krieger n. r. RR! Schöne dunkelgrüne Patina, ss

 

 

Questa moneta e per caso in vendita ? 

[King John]

53 minuti fa, xmunglu dice:

Questa moneta e per caso in vendita ? 

Purtroppo è stata già venduta nel 2011....

[King John]

Leu Numismatik AG > Auction 5	Auction date: 27 October 2019
Lot number: 2 Price realized: 1,600 CHF   (Approx. 1,613 USD / 1,452 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: CELTIC, Britain. Trinovantes & Catuvellauni. Tasciovanus, circa 25-10 BC. Stater (Gold, 17 mm, 5.45 g). Crossed vertical and curved wreaths with opposed crescents at center; annulets and sprays forming hidden faces in quarters. Rev. [T]-AS-C Warrior on horseback to right, holding carnyx; four-spoked wheels above, [to left], and in exergue. ABC 2565. SCBC 217. Van Arsdell 1732-1735. A toned, sharp and unusually complete example. Extremely fine. Ex Hess-Divo 332, 31 May 2017, 70. Estimate: 1000 CHF illustrazione: guerrieri celti

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Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG > eLive Auction 57	Auction date: 3 December 2019
Lot number: 43 Price realized: 400 EUR   (Approx. 443 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: GREEK COINS IONIA ERYTHRAI. AR-Drachme, 480/450 v. Chr.; 4,46 g. Jüngling führt Pferd an den Zügeln l.//In Incusum: Rosette. SNG v. Aulock 1944. RR Fast sehr schön Aus der Sammlung eines Geschichtsfreundes. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 236, Osnabrück 2013, Nr. 585. Die Zuweisung ist nicht gesichert. Estimate: 150 EUR

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Jean Elsen & ses Fils S.A. > Auction 143	Auction date: 7 December 2019
Lot number: 15 Price realized: 220 EUR   (Approx. 243 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: CALABRE, TARENTE, AR nomos, vers 280-272 av. J.-C. D/ Cavalier casqué au galop à g., ten. un bouclier rond et deux lances. A d., Ω. En dessous, AΠΟΛΛΩ. R/ Taras chevauchant un dauphin à g., ten. une grappe de raisin et une quenouille. A d., ANΘ. Dessous, TAPAΣ. Vlasto 789-795; SNG ANS 1131-1133. 6,35g Fourré. Très Beau Very Fine Provient de Tinchant, Bruxelles, février 1950. Estimate: 100 EUR