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Nomos AG > Auction 23	Auction date: 30 November 2021
Lot number: 307 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: BYZANTINE SEALS. Anonymous, Circa 12th century. Seal or Bulla (Lead, 25 mm, 7.89 g, 12 h). H/ CTA/Y -PΩ/CIC The Staurosis = the Crucifixion: at the center, Christ crucified with at the foot of the cross, the Virgin Mary standing on the left and St. John standing on the right; over the arms of the cross and flanking the head of Christ, two angels. Rev. H ANA/CTA-CIC The Anastasis = the Resurrection: at the center, Christ, nimbate and holding patriarchal cross in his left hand, striding over the broken gates of Hell and, with his right hand, drawing up Adam, kneeling on the left and a draped figure of Eve; on the right, two figures standing facing. DO-. Cotsonis, Narrative Scenes on Byzantine Lead Seals, Gesta 48.1 (2009), p. 70, n. 12 = Sandrovskaja, Sfragistika 780 = Hermitage Μ/4719. Jordanov, Corpus III 2451 = Shumen 175. Zacos -. An impressive and extremely rare iconographic seal, featuring two of the most important moments in Christianity. In addition, as types scenes of the Crucifixion are extremely rare on byzantine seals. Some surface roughness and marks, otherwise, very fine. Estimate: 500 CHF ILLUSTRAZIONE: AFFRESCO RAFFIGURANTE LA CROCEFISSIONE DEL XIII SECOLO, CITTA' DELLA PIEVE

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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 126	Auction date: 17 November 2021
Lot number: 50 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Syracuse 30 litrae circa 345-335, AV 2.13 g. ΣΥΡΑΚ – [Ο] – ΣΙ – ΩΝ Laureate head of Zeus r.; behind, Thessalian helmet. Rev. Pegasus flying r.; below, ΣΩ. Jameson 850 var. (different symbol). SNG Lloyd 1439 var. (different symbol). AMB 497 var. (different symbol). An apparently unrecorded variety of a rare type and in exceptional condition for the issue. A magnificent portrait of superb style struck on a full flan. Unobtrusive edge mark at eleven o’clock on obverse, otherwise good extremely fine Ex Sotheby’s sale 21-22 June 1991, Hunt part II, 275. From the S. Weintraub and Harald Salvesen collections. Graded Ch AU Strike 5/5 Surface 3/5 edge marks, NGC certification number 6157581-007 This rare gold issue was struck in support of the conflicts undertaken by the Corinthian general Timoleon and his army of Peloponnesian mercenaries on behalf of the Syracusans, who had fallen on dark days. In an attempt to expel their tyrant, Dionysius II, in 345 BC, the Syracusans had initially enlisted the aid of Hicetas, the tyrant of Leontini, but his real intention was to take control of Syracuse and become the preeminent power in Greek Sicily. At the same time fear was growing that the Carthaginians would take advantage of the chaos in Syracuse to launch a new offensive and perhaps overwhelm the Greek cities of the island. Faced with all of these problems, the Syracusans begged for aid from Corinth, the mother city of Syracuse. In response, Corinth dispatched Timoleon and a large mercenary force to set things straight. In 344 BC, Timoleon defeated Hicetas at the Battle of Adranon and in the following year he negotiated the surrender of Dionysius II in return for safe passage to Corinth. With the immediate danger to Syracuse now out of the way, Timoleon restored the city's democracy (its third in a series punctuated by tyrannies) and increased the population. However, there still remained the distant clouds of Carthaginian menace while Timoleon was undoing the damage of war and tyranny in Syracuse. In 339/8 BC, the Punic storm broke on Sicily and a Punic army of some 70,000 men was poised to overrun the Greek cities. Timoleon met this army with his much smaller force of mercenaries at the Krimissos River and defeated it. This severe loss forced the Carthaginians to renegotiate the boundaries of Punic and Greek territory on Sicily and subsequently recognized the old division at the Halycus River. Shortly after saving both Syracuse and Greek Sicily, the much-loved Timoleon was forced to retire from his leadership position in 337 BC due to blindness, and he died shortly thereafter. The types of this coin reflect both the influence of Timoleon and of his Peloponnesian mercenaries. The obverse depicts the head of Zeus Eleutherios (\Zeus of Freedom\\), a god who was invoked for obvious reasons in the context of Timoleon's work to rid the Syracusans of their tyrants. The same head of the god also appears with a full Greek label on bronze coins struck at Syracuse under Timoleon. The Pegasus of the reverse type is derived from the coins of Corinth, which regularly employed it as the badge of the city. Estimate: 20000 CHF

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Nomos AG > Auction 22	Auction date: 22 June 2021
Lot number: 354 Price realized: 1,400 CHF   (Approx. 1,521 USD / 1,278 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Saloninus, 258-260. Pentassarion (Bronze, 29.5 mm, 12.22 g, 6 h). Tripolis in Lydia. Π Λ Κ CΑ-ΛΩ-ΝΙΝΟC ΟΥΑΛΕ-ΡΙ/ΑΝΟC Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Saloninus to right. Rev. ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕ-ΙΤΩΝ Leto, fully draped and with her veil over her head, hurrying to left, holding, over each arm, the infant twins Artemis and Apollo. GRPC - Lydia 192. SNG Copenhagen 755 (same dies). SNG Hunterian 2022. Very rare and with an unusual reverse type. Bold and attractive. Slightly rough surfaces, otherwise, about extremely fine. Leto was a nymph, the daughter of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe, who was meant to be both beautiful and shy; nevertheless she managed to catch the eye of Zeus (not difficult apparently) and became pregnant. This enraged Hera who banned her from all the lands of the earth: since at that time Delos seems to have been a floating island, it was there that Leto was able to have her twins Artemis and Apollo. In fact, it seems that Leto can be connected with Lycia: she was probably a local mother-goddess and her earliest known sanctuaries are there; the Letoon at Xanthus is pre-Greek in origin. Since the figure of Leto on this coin seems to be fleeing, it probably refers to the part of the myth in which she was attacked by various monsters: later, when they had grown up, Artemis and Apollo (Artemis was 9 days older) set about destroying their mother's attackers. Estimate: 500 CHF Illustrazione: Latona ed i suoi figli, Apollo e Artemide; scultura di Henry Rinehart (1874), Metropolitan Museum, New York

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Nomos AG > obolos 20	Auction date: 3 October 2021
Lot number: 1098 Price realized: 340 CHF   (Approx. 366 USD / 315 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-180. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 32 mm, 23.83 g, 12 h), Rome, 176-177. M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM TR P XXXI Laureate and cuirassed bust of Marcus Aurelius to right. Rev. IMP VIII COS III P P / S - C / DE GERMANIS Pile of arms including a cuirass, shields of several types, a vexillum, spears and dragon-trumpets. BMC 1596 var. (bust not cuirassed) = Cohen 163 var. = RIC 1184 var. Dark green patina. Porous, otherwise, very fine. Marcus Aurelius spent his last years on the frontier, fighting the Germans until, after a series of battles, he finally defeated them decisively on the Danube border in 178. The present coin commemorates these earlier victories and shows the varying kinds of weaponry that the Roman forces captured - the dragon-horns being particularly characteristic. This coin is quite a rare variant due to the obverse portrait: most other known examples with this reverse type have a plain, un-draped laureate head rather than a cuirassed one (the British Museum has five of the usual type and none of this variant). Another example, from the same dies but a bit tooled on the obverse, was in the famous Bally-Herzog collection and was originally acquired in 1907. Starting price: 75 CHF ILLUSTRAZIONE: PIEDISTALLO DELLA COLONNA DI TRAIANO

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Un piccolo quadrante attribuito al periodo tra Domiziano e Antonino Pio ( 81-161 )  :

RIC II , 11  AE  2,73 g / 16,00 mm

Gradevolmente 'guerriero' nell' elmo ( o testa ? ) sul diritto anepigrafe, passerà in asta Artemide 20 al lotto 591 ad inizio Dicembre 

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Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG > Online Auction 118 | Silver	Auction date: 21 November 2021
Lot number: 318 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Pisidia. Isinda 100-0 BC. Dated CY 1 (19/18 or 6/5 BC) Bronze Æ 15 mm, 3,54 g Laureate head of Zeus right / A/ IΣIN, warrior with spear on horse riding to right; serpent below.  very fine . RPC I 3512a.     Starting price: 50 EUR

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Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions > E-Auction 105	Auction date: 21 October 2021
Lot number: 597 Price realized: 60 EUR   (Approx. 70 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Bruttium, The Brettii, 211-208 BC. Æ Half Unit (18mm, 4.39g, 1h). Laureate head of Zeus r. R/ Warrior advancing r., nude but for helmet, holding shield and spear. HNItaly -. Extremely rare and apparently unpublished. Green patina, EF Starting price: 40 EUR

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Solidus Numismatik > Auction 87	Auction date: 26 October 2021
Lot number: 125 Price realized: 320 EUR   (Approx. 371 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Pamphylien. Aspendos. Stater (Silber). Ca. 465 - 430 v. Chr. Vs: Krieger mit Lanze und Schild nach rechts schreitend. Rs: Triskeles in vertieftem Quadrat, Ethnikon. 18 mm. 10,40 g. SNG Paris 6 var.; SNG von Aulock 4477 var. Fast vorzüglich. Starting price: 120 EUR ILLUSTRAZIONE: Statua di guerriero troiano (o Priamo). Marmo, 485-480 a.C. ca. dal frontone ovest del Tempio di Aphaia (Egina). München, Glyptothek.

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Nomos AG > Auction 23	Auction date: 30 November 2021
Lot number: 153 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: PISIDIA. Termessus Major. time of the Antonines, 138-192. (Bronze, 24 mm, 8.89 g, 12 h), circa 138-150. TEP.Γ.ΜΕΙ-ΖΩ Bearded and cuirassed bust of the hero Solymos to left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, aegis on breastplate. Rev. CΟΛΥ-ΜΟC The hero Solymos, helmeted and in military dress, seated on high throne to left, raising his right hand before his face. Kosmetatou 41 (O20/R36). RPC IV.3, 8647 (temporary). SNG Paris 2159-60. A lovely and attractive piece of remarkably fine Hadrianic/Antonine style, with a dark patina. Good very fine. From a European collection, formed prior to 2020. Estimate: 400 CHF

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Chaponnière & Firmenich SA > Auction 13	Auction date: 16 May 2021
Lot number: 319 Price realized: 15,000 CHF   (Approx. 16,617 USD / 13,694 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: ROMAN EMPIRE. Trajan, 98-117. Aureus 113, Rome. Obv. IMP TRAIANVS AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P. Draped, cuirassed and laureate three-quarter bust of Trajan right. Rev. FORVM TRAIAN in exergue. Trajan's forum main entrance, with two columns under the pediment and two on each side. A gate at the center, and statues between the other columns, a shield over the gate and each statue. Over the edifice, a chariot drawn by six horses driven by Trajan crowned by the Victory and holding a branch. On each side, a soldier guiding the chariot, a trophy and a Victory. RIC 257; Calicó 1031; Woytek 409f. AU. 7.27 g. AU Very rare. The Forum of Trajan is one of the most impressive architectural complexes left to us from Roman Antiquity. Built in the heart of the Eternal City, it extends to those of Caesar and Augustus. Located at the foot of the Quirinal, it exposes to visitors the splendor and prowess of Roman architecture at its peak. In 106, when Trajan finally defeated the Dacians and seized their fabulous treasure, he desired to remind the people of Rome of his feat. He decided to build his own forum and wanted it to surpass those of his illustrious predecessors. To achieve such a feat, Trajan must spend lavishly. The war he has just won will easily allow him to do so. The loot is colossal: 500,000 prisoners, 162 tons of gold and twice as much in silver. The gold of our commemorative coin certainly comes from this fabulous treasure. Unlike Trajan's Column, which can still be admired on his forum, the arch of the main entrance, celebrating the triumph over the Dacians, has all but disappeared. These historical representations are extremely rare witnesses of its splendor, of which our example offers a particularly well-preserved view. Such a representation has obviously caught the attention of numismatists. Some authors, such as Georges Depeyrot, hypothesize that these aurei then served as models throughout the Empire. Without going that far, it is clear that this spectacular coin is amazing with its realism, precision and the quality of its execution. Starting Price: 15000 CHF ILLUSTRAZIONE: Ricostruzione generale della piazza del Foro di Traiano come era anticamente, vista da sud-ovest.

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Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG > Online Auction 118 | Silver	Auction date: 21 November 2021
Lot number: 421 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Mesopotamia. Edessa. Gordian III with Abgar X Phraates AD 238-244. Bronze Æ  32 mm, 20,68 g ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ, draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right / ΑΥΤΟΚ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΒ[ΓΑΡΟϹ ΒΑ]ϹΙΛƐΥϹ, Gordian III, laureate, seated right on platform, holding arrow and sceptre, facing Abgar X standing left, wearing tiara, holding Nike and sword. very fine   RPC VII.2, - (unassigned; ID 2828). Starting price: 50 EUR ILLUSTRAZIONE: RE ABGAR V DI EDESSA RAFFIGURATO SU UNA BANCONOTA ARMENA

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Questa volta dalla repubblica di Roma, un cavalleggero in atto di scagliare un giavellotto .

Un denaro al nome di P. CREPUSIUS che passerà a giorni in asta ARCASNum. 1 al lotto 45 .

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXII	Auction date: 7 October 2021
Lot number: 424 Price realized: 26,000 GBP   (Approx. 35,418 USD / 30,636 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Seleukid Empire, Antiochos I Soter AV Stater. Aï Khanoum, circa 266-261 BC. Diademed head to right, with rejuvenated and idealised features / Apollo Delphios seated to left on omphalos, testing arrow in his right hand, left hand holding tip of bow set on ground to right; [BA]ΣIΛEΩΣ to right, ANTIOXOY to left, ∆ to inner left, uncertain symbol in outer left field. SC 436.6; SMAK A1SA-16-20, 22-26; ESM 704; HGC 9, 122. 8.45g, 20mm, 6h. Mint State; a magnificent Hellenistic portrait of the first rank, struck on an extraordinarily broad planchet, likely the finest and most complete surviving example. Extremely Rare. Excavations at Aï Khanoum revealed many coins there of the type previously assigned by Newell (The Coinage of the Eastern Seleucid Mints from Seleucus I to Antiochus III) to Baktra, the capital of Baktria. The excavations further confirmed the likelihood of Aï Khanoum as a location of an active mint due to the discovery of a large palace complex including a treasury, gymnasium, administrative offices and un-struck bronze flans. This led to a reassignment of the entire series to the mint at Aï Khanoum (see Kritt, Seleucid Coins of Bactria, pp. 27-30). The importance of the mint is emphasised by Houghton and Lorber (Seleucid Coins, p. 151) who note that this city's monetary output grew in importance during Antiochos' sole reign, producing distinctive new types during the early reign and then adopting the Apollo on omphalos type most likely at a later date than other major mints. It is also likely that Antiochos I himself was in residence at Aï Khanoum during the last years of the co-regency. The Apollo on omphalos type added to the Apolline imagery already introduced on the coinage of Seleukos I, tapping into the myth that Apollo was the ancestor of the Seleukid line (see The Cult of Helios in the Seleucid East by Catharine Lorber and Panagiotis Iossif (2009), p. 31). This claim was possibly established at this early point of the Seleukids, perhaps with Seleukos I (cf. OGIS 212) or possibly with Antiochos I (cf. OGIS 219), unfortunately the identity of the rulers in these inscriptions is not definite. Antiochos I's most significant innovation was the introduction of his own portrait to his precious metal coinage, establishing a tradition followed by all his successors. Coins from Baktria which are suggested to be his earliest portraits depict an elderly man, perhaps attempting to reflect the king's actual appearance, although since he was forty-four at his father's death, they perhaps exaggerate his features. The portrait of Antiochos was taken up at other major mints across the empire, however there does not appear to be a consensus in how they chose to represent him. For example, Antioch and Tarsos display Antiochos as a man of middle-age with a full head of hair, very different to both the elderly man at Baktria and to the portrait used at the mint of Aï Khanoum. At this mint Antiochos is rejuvenated and idealised, as demonstrated on this excellent example, perhaps attempting to present him in the style of the divine. It has been argued that the numismatic history of the region ruled by the Seleukids was part of the inspiration for the choice of Apollo with a bow and arrow as the characteristic iconography of their precious metal coinage. Panagiotis Iossif in his article "Apollo Toxotes And the Seleukids: Comme Un Air De Famille" (More than Men, Less than Gods, 2007) examines the Mesopotamian–Iranian origin of the archer type in art and concludes that "in a Near Eastern context the figure of the archer is closely related to the figure of the king (Arkadian, Assyrian and Achaemenid) or, more precisely, to a form of divine kingship." With this tradition in mind, it is not unrealistic to consider that Antiochos would be aware of this type's powerful connotations. Estimate: 20000 GBP ILLUSTRAZIONE: RILIEVO DEL IV SECOLO A.C. RAFFIGURANTE APOLLO SEDUTO SU OMPHALOS, DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS

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Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 118	Auction date: 13 September 2021
Lot number: 38 Price realized: 5,000 USD   (Approx. 4,234 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: BRUTTIUM, Kroton. Circa 400-325 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.63 g, 8h). Head of Hera Lakinia facing slightly right, wearing [necklace] and stephanos decorated with two annulets between three palmettes / Herakles Epitrapezios: young Herakles, nude, holding cup in extended right hand and club in left, reclining left on lion skin draped over rock; KPO-TΩNI-ATAN around, [bow below]. Attianese 135 corr. (no signature, same dies as illustration); HN Italy 2167; SNG ANS 371 = Locker Lampson 47 (same obv. die); SNG Ashmolean 1521 = ACGC 636 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 616 (same dies); Basel 198. Toned, a little off center, minor die break on obverse (typical for die), a trace of find patina at edge on reverse. VF. Fine style. From the Father & Son Collection. Ex Gasvoda Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 111, 29 May 2019), lot 49; Classical Numismatic Group 97 (17 September 2014), lot 14. Estimate: 3000 USD

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L' eroe guerriero Eracle, reso con una immagine del viso particolarmente arcaica .

Da un Hekte in elettro di Eritra che sarà in asta RomaNum. 91 al n. 414 ad inizio Dicembre .

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Da Byblos di Fenicia, su uno shekel in argento del 365-350 a.C.,  abbiamo una nave da battaglia con i marines in armi pronti allo sbarco .

L' esemplare, di grande conservazione, passerà ad inizio Dicembre  in asta Rauch 113 al n. 119 .

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Stupenda moneta quella del post precedente.

 

 

 

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Nomos 2, 18/05/2010, lot 67

THESSALY, Perrhaiboi. Circa 440 BC. Drachm (Silver, 6.44 g 6), Oloossson. The Hero Thessalos, wearing long cloak and petasos, hanging behind him from a cord around his neck, struggling to left with a bull, which is attempting to escape; the Hero is grasping the bull around its neck and holds a short club in his right hand. Rev. ΠΕ Bridled horse galloping to right, with its reins trailing behind; all within incuse square. McClean 4660 (same dies). Traité II, IV, 571 var. (obverse to right and reverse to left). Extremely rare, perhaps the best known example. Lightly toned and most attractive, good extremely fine.
From the Z collection, Switzerland.
The coinage of the Perrhaiboi, whose capital and mint was Oloosson, is primarily one of small silver and bronze - hemidrachms are rare and drachms are extremely rare. At least two types of drachms were produced, an earlier one, as the one illustrated in Traité and in CNG 57 (2001) as lot 294, which has the hero striding to the right while restraining the bull, and this one, which is clearly stylistically later. Here we see Thessalos shown realistically digging in his heels in his attempt to stop the raging bull, we know, of course, that he was successful!

Current Status

Online bidding closes:

18 May 2010 09:00:00 CEST

Current Date & Time:

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Hammer Price:

18000 CHF

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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 126	Auction date: 17 November 2021
Lot number: 160 Price realized: 22,000 CHF   (Approx. 23,692 USD / 20,875 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Locris, Locris Opuntii Stater circa 420-380, AR 12.25 g. Head of Demeter l., wearing wreath of barley and reeds, triple-pendant earring and pearl necklace. Rev. ΟΠΟΝ – ΤΙΩΝ Ajax the Lesser, nude but for crested Corinthian helmet, striding r. on rocky ground, holding short sword in his r. hand, and round shield decorated with coiled serpent in his l. hand; between his legs, laurel twig with berry and two leaves. Weber 3140. SNG Fitzwilliam 2801 (this reverse die). Delbridge, Corpus group 5, 64e (this coin). BCD Lokris-Phokis 16 (this coin). A rare variety. Well struck in high relief and with a lovely light iridescent tone. Extremely fine / good extremely fine Ex Glendining's 10 December 1986, Knoepke 196; NAC 55, 2010, BCD 16 and Roma Numismatics II, 2011, 176. View a video of this lot Estimate: 10000 CHF

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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 126	Auction date: 17 November 2021
Lot number: 190 Price realized: 70,000 CHF   (Approx. 75,382 USD / 66,419 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Phaestus Stater circa 300-270, AR 11.78 g. Heracles advancing r., raising club and fighting Hydra. Rev. ΦAIΣTIΩ[N] retrograde Cretan bull advancing r. Svoronos, Crète 54 and pl. 24, 17 var. (legend not retrograde, but this obverse die). SNG Lockett 2591 (legend not retrograde, but this obverse die). Le Rider, Monnaies Crètoises 60 and pl. XXIII, 23 (these dies). Very rare and in exceptional condition for the issue, undoubtedly among the finest specimens known. Struck on an exceptionally, and unusually, fresh metal for the issue. Superb light iridescent tone, two hairline flan-cracks and an invisible die shift on obverse, otherwise good extremely fine Ex Morton & Eden sale 51, 2011, Exceptional Greek Coins, 127. Privately purchased from Spink in June 1965. In the early history of the Greeks the island of Crete was of great importance: not only did tradition identify it as the birthplace of Zeus, but the island's Minoan culture was one of the earliest literate civilizations of Greece. Unfortunately, the early Minoan culture had suffered nearly complete destruction by 1200 B.C. and the island never recovered its former Bronze Age glory. Even after Greece emerged from its Dark Age, Crete was underdeveloped. Indeed, the Cretans did not strike their first coins until at least a century after their trading partners in Central Greece. With a distinctive culture and relative isolation, however, it was certain that when the Cretans began to produce coinage, something intriguing would result. Probably the main reason the Cretans had not issued coins earlier in their history was because they had no indigenous sources of gold and silver so they had to rely entirely on external sources. Before the time of Alexander III the main supply of coin silver was the 'turtles' of Aegina, the powerful maritime state which had established a colony on Crete at Cydonia. Most early Cretan coins are overstruck on Aegina 'turtles' and then later Cretan coins often are overstruck on the earlier Cretan coins, thus producing a third generation of coinage from one planchet. In this respect Crete was truly an island economy, as there was intensive recycling of coinage and little evidence for the export of its own coin types. With the decline of Aegina, and the rise of the Macedonian Kingdom under Philip II and Alexander III, many new coin types were imported to Crete. Fuelled by a need to replace the dwindling supply of 'turtles', and inspired by the return of Cretan mercenaries from abroad with pay in hand, Crete was poised for a quantum leap in its coinage. The most prolific Cretan issues were struck at 28 mints in the period 330-280/70 B.C., made possible by the campaigns of Alexander and the wars of his successors, all of which provided wealth and opportunity for Cretan mercenaries. Many Cretan issues are either remarkably original or blatantly imitative of other Greek coins. The level of artistry employed varied so greatly as to contain true masterpieces and barbaric atrocities with inscriptions that often are retrograde. This is equalled in no other area of Greek numismatics and is one of the most engaging aspects of the island's coinage. The most remarkable engraving on Crete was done for the city of Phaestus, which produced a series of tetradrachms of great artistry and typology during the first 50 years of the Hellenistic period. The reverses – as here – usually show a bull, but the obverses depict a variety of subjects, including the local hero Velchanus, a naked, winged male figure (Talus) holding two round stones and Heracles seated or attacking, as here, the Lernean Hydra. Estimate: 45000 CHF ILLUSTRAZIONE: ERACLE UCCIDE L'IDRA, PITTURA MORALE DALLA CATACOMBA DELLA VIA LATINA, ROMA (350-360 D.C.)

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Nomos AG > Auction 23	Auction date: 30 November 2021
Lot number: 217 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Titus, as Caesar, 69-79. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 33 mm, 26.66 g, 6 h), celebrating the conquest of Judaea, Rome, 72-73. T CAESAR VESPASIAN IMP IIII PON TR POT II COS II Laureate head of Titus to right. Rev. S C Titus standing in slow quadriga to right, holding scepter with his left hand and the reins and a laurel branch with his right; on the side of the chariot, Victory advancing to right, holding wreath with her extended right hand and palm branch over her left shoulder with her left, placed over her far shoulder. BMC -. BN -. Cohen -. Hendin 1536. RIC² (Vespasian) 498. An extraordinary example in superb condition, very rare thus. Very well-struck and with a lovely green patina. Extremely fine. This outstanding sestertius of Titus shows us Titus taking part in the great triumph held in Rome at the end of the Jewish War. He is riding in a quadriga - alone and without a driver - showing the importance that the victory had for him. The type also appears on gold, silver and other AE of Titus, as well as on comparable coins of Vespasian, all dating to 72 or 73. This is certainly one of the finest of all existing examples: it was lacking in Bromberg and was only present in an inferior variant in the great Shoshana Collection. Normally in a Roman Triumph the victorious general - or as it came to be, the Emperor, had a driver and, often, an attendant who was meant to whisper in his ear that he was only a man. Obviously, any such modesty was unwanted here. The fact was that the Jewish War came at just the right time, since the final victors in the Civil Wars of 68/69 could not legitimately celebrate a triumph over Roman citizens, thus all the celebrations could be combined into one giant victory party over the Jews. Estimate: 50000 CHF ILLUSTRAZIONE: L'IMPERATORE TITO IN TRIONFO IN QUADRIGA, PANNELLO DELL'ARCO DI TITO

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Numismatica Ars Classica, auctionj 125. lot 664  Price realized: 950 CHF

Lot description: Titus. Denarius. 79 AD. Rome. (Ric-34). (C-268). (Bmc-9). Anv.: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, Laureate head right. Rev.: TR P VII[II I]MP XIIII COS VII P P, Venus, nude to waist, standing right leaning against column, holding helmet and transverse spear . Ag. 3,40 g. Almost XF.  illustrazione: La Venere Callipigia, uno dei capolavori più famosi del museo Archeologico nazionale di Napoli.

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 18	Auction date: 18 December 2021
Lot number: 3972 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: ROMAN. 2nd-3rd centuries. Seal (Lead, 12 mm, 1.35 g). Two gladiators in combat: on the left, a scutor wearing a helmet and an arm guard and holding a gladius in his right hand, reaching towards his opponent, a raetarius falling forwards to the left, wearing an arm guard and holding a net (?), his trident behind him. Unpublished in the standard references. A very attractive small seal with an interesting gladiatorial scene. Good very fine. Starting price: 50 CHF

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 18	Auction date: 18 December 2021
Lot number: 3362 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Constantine I, 307/310-337. Follis (Bronze, 20 mm, 2.68 g, 5 h), Rome, 318-319. CONSTA-NTINVS AVG Laureate, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Constantine I to left, holding spear over his right shoulder and shield on his left. Rev. SAECVLI FELICITAS / P - R / RT Shield inscribed AVG set on garlanded cippus. RIC -. Of the highest rarity, apparently the second known example. Slightly rough, otherwise, very fine. Starting price: 75 CHF ILLUSTRAZIONE: CONTROLLI SUL LIMES GERMANICO AL TEMPO DI COSTANTINO

 

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