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Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 112	Auction date: 11 September 2019
Lot number: 399 Price realized: 3,500 USD   (Approx. 3,170 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Eukratides I Megas. Circa 170-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.96 g, 12h). Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, wearing crested helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear; all within bead-and-reel border / The Dioskouroi, holding palm fronds and spears, on horses rearing right; monogram in lower right field. Bopearachchi 6X; SNG ANS 472; HGC 12, 131. A hint of deposits, short hairline edge crack. Superb EF. Well centered and boldly struck on a broad flan. By 240 BC, the regions encompassing modern Afghanistan, western Pakistan and northern India had broken from Seleukid rule to become independent under their own line of kings, which were showcased in a series of coin portraits of astonishing power and realism. Greatest of these was Eukratides I, who reigned circa 170-145 BC. His vast realm was larger than any other Greek-ruled kingdom of the time. Indeed he bestowed upon himself the title of Megas ("the Great"), as seen on his coinage. Eukratides struck silver coins in vast numbers and many survive today. This magnificent silver tetradrachm depicts Eucratides as a general wearing a broad-brimmed Baktrian helmet, greatly resembling a modern-day British explorer in a pith helmet. The portrait, rendered in sculptural high relief, is nearly photographic in its realism and exemplifies the virtuosity achieved by the artisans of this far-flung Greek enclave. Estimate: 2500 USD

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SICILY, Solus. After 241 BC.      Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus right.     Reverse: Nude warrior, wearing crested helmet, advancing left, holding shield on left arm, spear in right hand.   SNG ANS 746. Calciati I, 313, 23. SNG München 917     18mm; 6,12g

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Gold Medallion of Philip II of Macedon, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

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Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXIII	Auction date: 14 January 2020
Lot number: 534 Price realized: Unsold
Lot description: KINGS of PERSIS. Ardaxšir (Artaxerxes) I. 3rd century BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.27 g, 7h). Istakhr (Persepolis) mint. Diademed head right, with mustache and earring, wearing kyrbasia / 'rthštr (= "Ardaxšir") in Aramaic down left, prtk' zy (= "fratarakā of") in Aramaic in exergue, fire temple of Ahura-Mazda; to left, Ardaxšir standing right; standard to right. K&M 2/7; Alram 523; De Morgan –; BMC 3; Sunrise 564. Lightly toned, minot die breaks. EF. Fine style. Rare. From the Weise Collection. Ex G. Hirsch 275 (22 September 2011), lot 4060; Gorny & Mosch 104 (9 October 2000), lot 468. Estimate: 1500 USD

ILLUSTRAZIONE: This is the oldest surviving Parsi (Zoroastrian) Fire Temple in Mumbai. It was consecrated in 1733.

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Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger > Auction 355	Auction date: 12 February 2020
Lot number: 2104
RÖMISCHE MÜNZEN, RÖMISCHES KAISERREICH TRAIANUS. 98-117, Sesterz. Belorbeerte und drapierte Büste r. Rs: Kaiser sitzt r. auf Podest mit 2 Beamten. Unten 7 Soldaten und ein Pferd. C. 178 var. R.I.C. 658 var. Schöne dunkle Patina. Vs. Schrötlingsfehler. Felder geglättet. R ss-vz Ex Sammlung M.G. Ex Künker 143, 2008, Los Nr. 542. Mit Unterlagszettel des Sammlers. RIC erwähnt das Pferd nicht. Estimate: 400 EUR

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Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger,   Auction 287, lot 1757, 7/02/2013

THRAKIEN, ABDERA
Stater. 411-385. Greif springt l. Rs: Ithyphallischer Pan steht l. mit geschultertem Lagobolon und beschattet mit der erhobenen Rechten seine Augen. Beamtenname. Alles in Linienquadrat und Quadratum incusum. May 284. 12.86g. Etwas fleckige Tönung. Hohes Relief. RR vz Abdera wurde um die Mitte des 7. Jh. v. Chr. von Kolonisten aus Klazomenai gegründet, bald aber von einheimischen Stämmen zerstört. Kurz nach Mitte des 6. Jh. v. Chr. ließen sich hier Siedler aus Teos auf der Flucht vor der persischen Herrschaft nieder, die auch das Greifenmotiv auf den Münzen aus ihrer Heimatstadt mitbrachten.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: Bronze box mirror (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

Period: Late Classical or Hellenistic

Date: late 4th century B.C.

Culture: Greek

Medium: Bronze

Dimensions: diameter 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)
H. of handle 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
H. of Head 5 7/16in. (13.8cm)

Classification: Bronzes

Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1925

Accession Number: 25.78.44a–d

Description: The goat-god Pan is always portrayed with the shaggy legs, ears, and horns of a goat. His face is often given a brutish cast, but here he appears as a beautiful youth whose tousled hair and dreamy expression are the only indications that he is an unpredictable woodland being.

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 67	Auction date: 6 February 2020
Lot number: 91
Sicily, Katane Æ20. Circa 186-170 BC. Ivy-wreathed head of youthful Dionysos to right; ΛAΣIO above, monogram behind / The Katanean brothers, Amphinomos and Anapias, carrying their parents on their shoulders; KATANAIΩN around. BAR Issue 15; Casabona 16; CNS 10; HGC 2, 626; SNG ANS 1285. 4.53g, 20mm, 5h. Good Very Fine. Very Rare; well detailed for the type. Ex Vineyard Collection; Ex Münzhandlung Ritter GmbH, List 45, November 1997, no. 309. Lykurgos of Athens (Leocrates, 9) relates this classic tale of filial piety; though in the ancient version of the legend there was but one pious hero, by later times this had evolved into the more familiar story involving two brothers: "a stream of fire burst forth from Etna. This stream, so the story goes, flowing over the countryside, drew near a certain city of the Sicilians. Most men, thinking of their own safety, took to flight; but one of the youths, seeing that his father, now advanced in years, could not escape and was being overtaken by the fire, lifted him up and carried him. Hindered no doubt by the additional weight of his burden, he too was overtaken. And now let us observe the mercy shown by the Gods towards good men. For we are told that the fire spread round that spot in a ring and only those two men were saved, so that the place is still called the Place of the Pious, while those who had fled in haste, leaving their parents to their fate, were all consumed." Estimate: 500 GBP

illustrazione: Enea in fuga da Troia in fiamme con il padre Anchise sulle spalle, disegno di Raffaelo Sanzio

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Molta suggestiva e simbolica, vedo ripresa la scena anche da grandi artisti 

[King John]

Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 66	Auction date: 9 January 2020
Lot number: 518 Price realized: 320 GBP   (Approx. 418 USD / 376 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Pamphylia, Aspendos AR Stater. Circa 380-325 BC. Two wrestlers grappling; KI between / EΣTFEΔIIYΣ, slinger in throwing stance right; triskeles to right; all within pelleted square border. SNG France 104. 10.90g, 24mm, 12h. Good Very Fine; golden iridescence around devices on obv. From The Michael Higley Collection. Estimate: 75 GBP

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Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) > January 2020 NYINC Auction	Auction date: 17 January 2020
Lot number: 20008 Price realized: 12,000 USD   (Approx. 10,816 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: SICILY. Syracuse. Second Democracy, 466-406 B.C. AR Tetradrachm (17.32 gms), ca. 415-406 B.C. NGC Ch EF, Strike: 4/5 Surface: 4/5. Fine Style. Tudeer-47 (V15/R29); SNG ANS-274 (same dies); Kraay & Hirmer 107 (same dies); HGC-2, 1344. Obverse die signed by Euth-, reverse die signed by Phrygillos. Obverse: Nike, holding reins, driving quadriga right; above, crowning Nike flying left; in exergue, Skylla swimming right, holding trident over shoulder; to left, dolphin leaping out of the sea; to right, EYΘ and fish swimming right; Reverse: ΣYPAKOΣION, head of Arethusa left, wearing grain wreath; four dolphins around; below neck, [ΦPYΓIΛΛ/OΣ] in two lines. Outside of the signature on the reverse (known from the die), this piece offers great centering with pleasing, fine style detail. A lightly toned example, this specimen exhibits some hints of cobalt around the devices--mostly on the reverse--further accentuating its charm. A resounding and exceptional piece of signed ancient art, with just some light, even wear on the high points. Ex: Stack's (1/2010) Lot # 60. Estimate: $20000.00- $30000.00 ILLUSTRAZIONE: Terracotta oon (egg)ca. 420–410 B.C. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) Youth abducting woman. Eggs are well attested as funerary offerings—real eggs, artistic counterparts in marble and terracotta or, as here, diminutive vases of egg shape. This example was found with another, now in Athens, and both originally had lids. The abduction scene has been interpreted as depicting Paris and Helen. The shape is particularly pertinent to the subject because Helen was hatched from an egg.

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Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung > Auction 265	Auction date: 14 October 2019
Lot number: 446 Price realized: 525 EUR   (Approx. 579 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: KILIKIEN. MALLOS. Tiribazos, ca. 386 - 380 v. Chr. Stater (10,39g). 390 - 385 v. Chr. Vs.: Rechtshin sitzender Satrap in orientalischer Tracht mit Kyrbasia. Rs.: Kopf des Satrapen mit Kyrbasia, um die ein Diadem geschlungen ist. SNG BN ­ ; O.Casabonne, La Cilicie à l´époche achémenide (2004) Gruppe C Taf. 4.5; SNG Levante 66; Sunrise 43. Tönung, Vs. links im Feld Punze, ss Erworben bei Münzenhandlung Wickert, Ulm. Estimate: 500 EUR

ILLUSTRAZIONE: Satrapo assiso in trono, Marble Sarcophagus From Sidon (Lebanon), Royal necropolis About half of 5rd cent. BC. , Istanbul; Archaeological Museum

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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 116	Auction date: 1 October 2019
Lot number: 177 Price realized: 6,500 CHF   (Approx. 6,517 USD / 5,978 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Colophon Drachm circa 500, AR 5.65 g. Pearl-diademed head of Apollo facing. Rev. Square incuse punch. Traitè I, pl. 58, 11. Jameson 1312 (this coin). Weber, NC 1899, pl. 16, 6. Extremely rare. Old cabinet tone and good very fine Ex Leu 28, 1981, 151 and DNW A10, 2011, 1020 sales. From the Jameson collection. Colophon was perhaps the oldest of the Greek cities of Ionia, said to have been founded by sons of Kodros, the semi-mythical king of Athens. In the aftermath of the Greek victory in the Trojan War, Colophon was said to be the scene of a contest between the famous Argive seer Kalchas and the equally renowned seer Mopsos of Klaros. The latter was an oracular cult site sacred to Apollo on the Ionian coast that belonged to the territory of Colophon. According to one tradition, during their meeting at Colophon Kalchas asked Mopsos how many figs hung from a nearby tree. When the figs were all picked it was discovered that Mopsos had correctly answered ten thousand and one. Mopsos then asked Kalchas how many piglets would be borne to a pregnant sow that they came across. Kalchas confessed that he could not answer such a question, to which Mopsos replied that the sow would give birth to ten piglets, only one of which would be male. The sow gave birth the next day and showed Mopsos to have been correct. Mortified by this defeat, Kalchas died of grief on the spot, leaving Mopsos the laurels as the greatest of Greek seers. The present archaic drachm of Colophon features a remarkable facing head of Apollo, the divine father of Mopsos and the ultimate source of his uncanny ability to predict the future and provide answers to seemingly impossible questions. Estimate: 5000 CHF

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XVIII, 29 september 2019

Lot number: 1049 Price realized: 50,000 GBP   (Approx. 61,667 USD / 56,370 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. Octavian as Augustus, 27 BC – 14 AD. Mescinius Rufus. Denarius 16 BC, AR 3.90 g. [S CO]B R P CVM SALVT IMP CAESAR AVG[VS CONS] Facing head, slightly turned to r. on roundel within laurel wreath (imago clipeata). Rev. L MESCINIVS R[VFVS III VIR] Mars, naked but for helmet, holding spear and parazonium. standing on pedestal inscribed S P Q R V P / S PR S ET / RED AVG. C 465. BMC 90. Kent-Hirmer pl. 38, 134. RIC 356. CBN 341.Extremely rare. Attractive old cabinet tone, two counter marks on obverse and an almost invisible one on reverse, otherwise good very fine. Ex Sotheby’s 1895, Bunbury, 334; Leu 33, 1983, 13 and Leu 71, 1997, 284 sales. ILLUSTRAZIONE: Shield portrait of Roman Emperor Augustus. Sheet silver worked in repoussé to form the high relief portrait , engraved, partly gilded. About 15-30 A.D. Weight: 220 grams. The Toledo Museum of Art- USA.

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Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 460	Auction date: 29 January 2020
Lot number: 38 Price realized: 4,500 USD   (Approx. 4,086 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 280 BC. AR Nomos (20.5mm, 7.25 g, 1h). Warrior, nude but for crested helmet, holding shield, dismounting from horse rearing left; YƎ to right / Phalanthos, nude, holding trident, riding dolphin right; below, hippocamp right. Vlasto 698 (this coin); cf. HN Italy 968. Deep old cabinet tone, some light scratches under tone, small edge cut. VF. From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex Michel Pandely Vlasto Collection; Edward Herbert Bunbury Collection; Tobin Bush Collection. This coin was likely sold in the first part of his collection offered by Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge on 15 June 1896, but his silver coins of Tarentum were mostly sold in large lots that were not illustrated. The identity of Mr. Tobin Bush is uncertain, but is recorded by Vlasto as having owned the coin at some time, likely before Bunbury. Estimate: 400 USD

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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 ILLUSTRAZIONE: SPECCHIO IN BRONZO DECORATO CON LA FIGURA DI GIASONE E IL VELLO D'ORO, SECONDA META' DEL IV SECOLO (METROPLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK)

 

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Depicting a youth at an altar and an approaching armed warrior; perhaps Orestes at Delphi or Paris threated by Deiphobos. Hammered bronze with repoussé and chasing. From Tuscania. Etruscan, ca. 250-150 BCE. British Museum, London Camapanari Collection GR 1847.11-1.12 (Bronze 730)

 

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Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 461	Auction date: 12 February 2020
Lot number: 12
KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great'. 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 4.29 g, 6h). Lampsakos mint. Struck under Kalas or Demarchos, circa 328/5-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; sheathed sword in left field. Price 1349 var. (sword in sheath); ADM II Series III. Lustrous. EF. Well centered. Rare. Estimate: 200 USD

ILLUSTRAZIONE: Alabaster cinerary urn of Vel Umrana, son of Arnth. From Chiusi. Etruscan, 2nd c. BCE The relief perhaps represents the death of Eteokles and Polyneikes. British Museum, London

 

[King John]

Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 460	Auction date: 29 January 2020
Lot number: 223 Price realized: 80 USD   (Approx. 73 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: TROAS, Gergis. 4th century BC. Æ (11.5mm, 1.71 g, 11h). Laureate head of the sibyl Herophile facing slightly right, wearing necklace / Sphinx seated right. SNG Arikantürk 545–54; SNG Copenhagen 338. Dark brown patina, minor green deposits. EF. From the Jack A. Frazer Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear 2 (31 January 1996), lot 307. Estimate: 100 USD

 

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Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 461	Auction date: 12 February 2020
Lot number: 157
IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 387-326 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10.5mm, 2.53 g). Head of Omphale left, wearing lion skin; club behind neck; below, small seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 107. VF. In expiation for his murder of Iphitos at Tiryns, Herakles was ordered by the Delphic oracle to serve Omphale, the queen of Lydia, for one year. During this time, he performed a number of labors, similar to those which he undertook while serving Eurystheus, including the capture of the Kerkopes, the killing of the Syleus, and the conquest of the city of the Itones. At the same time, he was forced to wear women's clothing and spin wool and, according to the poet Ovid (Fasti 2.305), at one point during this time Omphale even wore Herakles' lion skin and carried his club while ordering him about. However, these actions seemed to have little ill-effect on the hero; after his year's service was completed, Herakles married Omphale. Estimate: 300 USD

ILLUSTRAZIONE: STATUA DI ONFALE CON LA PELLE DEL LEONE NEMEO E LA CLAVA DI ERACLE, HERMITAGE MUSEUM, SAN PIETROBURGO

Onfale è una mitica regina della Lidia che ebbe per un anno Eracle come suo schiavo ed in quel periodo  indossò la sua pelle leonina e usò la sua clava mentre, al contrario, Eracle indossava abiti femminili e filava la lana ai piedi della regina.

 

 

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Heritage World Coin Auctions > NYINC Signature Sale 3081	Auction date: 12 January 2020
Lot number: 30078 Price realized: 3,600 USD   (Approx. 3,239 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Ancients MYSIA. Cyzicus. Ca. 450-350 BC. EL sixth-stater or hecte (11mm, 2.68 gm). NGC Choice VF 4/5 - 4/5. Eros seated right on back of bull he is subduing by the horns kneeling right with head raised; tunny left below / Quadripartite mill-sail incuse square pattern. Greenwell -. SNG France 5 -. SNG von Aulock 1212. This type may be related to the Labors of Hercules, with Eros representing the child Hercules and taming the Cretan Bull. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-mysia-cyzicus-ca-450-350-bc-el-sixth-stater-or-hecte-11mm-268-gm-ngc-choice-vf-4-5-4-5/a/3081-30078.s?type=CoinArchives3081 Estimate: 1000-1500 USD

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 11	Auction date: 22 February 2020
Lot number: 1255
THRACE. Augusta Traiana. Geta, 209-211. Assarion (Bronze, 20 mm, 3.85 g, 7 h). AVT K Π CEΠTI ΓETAC Laureate and cuirassed bust of Geta to right, seen from behind; cuirass decorated with gorgoneion. Rev. AYΓOYCTH TPAIANH Eros, with crossed legs, resting on inverted torch set on altar. Schönert-Geiss 501. Varbanov 1276. A beautiful and attractive coin. Good very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting Price: 100 CHF ILLUSTRAZIONE: EROS CHE DORME APPOGGIATO AD UNA TORCIA ROVESCIATA SIMBOLEGGIAVA LA MORTE NEI MONUMENTI FUNEBRI DEL I-II SECOLO D.C.

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 62	Auction date: 17 October 2019
Lot number: 1123 Price realized: 550 GBP   (Approx. 704 USD / 637 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Maxentius Æ Nummus. Ostia, AD 308/9. IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed head left, holding spear over right shoulder, and shield on left / AETERNITAS AVG N, the Dioscuri standing facing, heads turned toward one another, each holding bridle of horse and sceptre; between them, she-wolf standing to left, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus; MOSTA in exergue. RIC 18. 6.75g, 25mm, 6h. About Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare; no examples on CoinArchives. Estimate: 100 GBP illustrazione: statuette di Castore e Polluce, III secolo d.C., Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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VAuctions > Pars Coins Sale 4	Auction date: 23 December 2019
Lot number: 43 Price realized: Unsold
Lot description: BRUTTIUM, Rhegion. 215-150 BC. Æ (3.20 gm; 16 mm). Jugate heads of the Dioscuri right wearing laureate pilei; above, two stars / Hermes standing left wearing petasus and holding branch, caduceus and cloak; to left IIII. SNG ANS 768. Nice original brown-reddish and green patina. Choice EF. Estimate: 250 USD