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Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG, Auction 106, lot 168, 9/05/2018

Greek Coins
Camarina. Didrachm circa 405, AR 8.67 g. KAMA – P – INAIO – N The nymph Camarina, with head l., dressed in low-necked chiton leaving the breast partly bare and with crossed legs, riding on swan l. over curved waves. She clasps with l. hand the swan’s neck while r. holds billowing chiton; in field, two fishes swimming upwards. Rev. ΙΠΠΑ – PΙ – Σ retrograde. Head of the river-god Hipparis l., flanked by two fishes swimming upwards. Rizzo pl. VII,1 (these dies). de Luynes 878 (these dies). SNG Lloyd 874 (these dies). Westermark-Jenkins 164.
Extremely rare. A very interesting portrait and a fascinating reverse composition, struck
on a very broad flan and complete. Light iridescent tone and good very fine
Ex NFA XVIII, 1987, 30 and Morton & Eden 51, 2011, 29 sales.
Camarina was founded by colonists from Syracuse ca. 598 B.C., but its relationship with the mother city was very strained. Allied with Gela and native Sicel leaders, Kamarina began a disastrous war against Syracuse in the mid-sixth century B.C. and was destroyed. In 492 B.C., Syracuse was compelled to cede the territory of Kamarina to the Geloans, who rebuilt the city. Unfortunately, the restored Kamarina was attacked and destroyed again by Gelon I, the first tyrant of Syracuse, in 484 B.C. The ruins of Kamarina were abandoned until 461 B.C., when the Geloans again rebuilt it. Despite the history of enmity between Syracuse and Kamarina, the latter joined the alliance proffered by Syracuse at the Congress of Gela in 424 B.C. and remained neutral during the Athenian siege of Syracuse in 414-413 B.C. Following this conflict, Kamarina seems to have enjoyed relative peace until 405 B.C., when the city was sacked by the Carthaginians under Himilco and its population removed to the safety of Syracuse. Kamarina was a difficult city to keep standing. This didrachm was struck during the relatively quiet interlude for Kamarina between the Athenian expedition to Sicily and the removal of the population to Syracuse. The obverse type is a masterful depiction of the nymph Kamarina traversing the sea on the back of a swan — a bird that long served as an emblem of the city. Nike flies above a swan on silver litrae struck by Kamarina already in the mid-fifth century B.C. Here, however, the swan has been given the character of a small boat carried across the surface of the water by the wind caught in the sail created by the nymphs billowing sail. It is a brilliant treatment of the subject matter and illustrates the kind of dynamic artistic experimentation that was taking place on many dies cut for Sicilian coins in the second half of the fifth century B.C. The reverse type is a beautifully preserved depiction of the local river-god Hipparis. Even the delicate eyelashes and pupil of the eye are clear, testifying to the artistry of the engraver. The surrounding legend names the deity lest he be confused with the many other similar river-gods who made their appearances on Sicilian coins.

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Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) > January 2022 NYINC Auction	Auction date: 14 January 2022
Lot number: 4113 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: SICILY. Gela. AR Tetradrachm (17.30 gms), ca. 440-430 B.C. NGC VF, Strike: 4/5 Surface: 2/5. Fine Style. HGC-2, 344; Jenkins-371.7 (O74/R150; this coin); SNG ANS-70 (same dies). Obverse: Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving quadriga right; above, crowning Nike flying right; Reverse: Forepart of man-headed bull right; to right, Sosipolis standing left, holding [kerykeion] and placing wreath on bull's head; all within incuse circle. Struck from a fairly weak obverse die, this impressively pedigreed specimen yields great detail on the reverse and features a fantastic scene with Sosiopolis--a protectress of the city of Gela. From the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection. Ex: Robert Jameson Collection, # 587. Ex: Sir Arthur J. Evans Collection. Estimate: $4000 - $8000

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Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) > January 2022 NYINC Auction	Auction date: 14 January 2022
Lot number: 6116 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: CORINTHIA. Corinth. AR Drachm (2.37 gms), ca. 345-307 B.C. NGC Ch VF, Strike: 4/5 Surface: 5/5. Die Shift. HGC-4, 1869; BCD Corinth-173 var. (monogram); Pozzi-1713. Obverse: Pegasos flying left; Reverse: Head of Aphrodite right, with hair in sakkos; monogram to left. This VERY RARE variety is centered beautifully and very well struck. A light irradiant chroma tone is present, and is especially evident in the recessed areas of the design. A stunning piece to behold, and one that is sure to captivate a bidding audience. Ex: Christopher Morcom Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 76 - 9/2007) Lot # 526. Estimate: $200 - $400 illustrazione: particolare di una statua femminile con sakkos che probabilmente raffigura Persefone proveniente da Taranto (480-460 a.C.)

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Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 507	Auction date: 5 January 2022
Lot number: 449 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. L. Mussidius Longus. 42 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.87 g, 2h). Rome mint. Radiate and draped bust of Sol facing slightly right / Shrine of Venus Cloacina: Circular platform surmounted by two statues of the goddess, each resting right hand on cippus, the platform inscribed CLOACIN and ornamented with trellis-pattern balustrade, flight of steps and portico on left. Crawford 494/43a; CRI 189; Sydenham 1094; Mussidia 7; RBW 1747. Residual luster, a little softly struck. Good VF. From the Collection of a Yorkshire Gentleman. Ex Classical Nuismatic Group 84 (5 May 2010), lot 951. Estimate: 250 USD ILLUSTRAZIONE: BUSTO DI HELIOS DEL I SECOLO A.C. CON CORONA RADIATA E CHLAMYS, LOUVRE

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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 126	Auction date: 17 November 2021
Lot number: 147 Price realized: 1,600 CHF   (Approx. 1,723 USD / 1,518 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Thebai Hemidrachm circa 302-286, AR 2.62 g. Wreathed and veiled head of Demeter r. Rev. ΘΗΒΑΙΩΝ Protesilaos, wearing crested helmet and armour, holding shield in his l. hand and sword in his r., advancing r. over waves; in l. field, prow. BMC 1. Moustaka pl 11, 92 (the coin on the l.). SNG Copenhagen 259. BCD Thessaly 1, 1347 (this coin). Lovely old cabinet tone and good very fine Ex Nomos sale 4, 2011, BCD, 1347. Estimate: 1000 CHF

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Due teste elmate della dea guerriera Atena, da uno statere anepigrafo, di attraente gusto arcaico, probabilmente da Lapethos di Cipro .

Passerà a breve in asta Hirsch 371 al n. 1144 .

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Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXV	Auction date: 11 January 2022
Lot number: 299 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: CILICIA, Tarsos. Circa 410 BC. AR Stater (20.5mm, 10.71 g, 1h). Male figure, wearing satrapal dress, holding rein in left hand, on horse galloping right / Hoplite, nude but for Corinthian helmet, holding spear in right hand and round shield decorated with gorgoneion in left, kneeling left; TRZ (in Aramaic) to right. Casabonne Type F10; Müseler, Tarsos, Group 5, l; SNG BN 226; SNG Levante 61; SNG von Aulock 5913. Lightly toned, die break on obverse, die shift on reverse. Good VF. Estimate: 1000 USD

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Dmitry Markov Coins & Medals | M&M Numismatics Ltd | Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles | Sovereign Rarities Ltd > Auction 54	Auction date: 11 January 2022
Lot number: 258 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Titus, as Caesar. AD 69-79, AE Sestertius (20.93 g). 'Judaea Capta' type. Rome, under Vespasian, AD 72. T CAES VESPASIAN IMP PON TR POT COS II, laureate head of Titus right. Reverse: S C across field, Titus on horseback right, spearing fallen Jewish soldier. RIC 430; BN 622; BMC 634; Hendin 1535. A handsome coin. Very Rare. Glossy brown patina. Fields smoothed. Very Fine. Estimated Value $2,500 - UP Peter Corcoran Collection, Ex iNumis 44 (5 March 2019), 232. Estimate: 2500 USD

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Dmitry Markov Coins & Medals | M&M Numismatics Ltd | Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles | Sovereign Rarities Ltd > Auction 54 Auction date: 11 January 2022 Lot number: 402 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction    Lot description: Valerian I. Æ Medallion 46 mm (42.11 g), AD 253-260. Sardes in Lydia. Domitius Rufus, asiarch and son of the second asiarch. AYT K Π ΛIK OYAΛEPIANOC CE, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian I right. Reverse: [EΠ]I ΔOM POYΦOY ACIARX (KE) YIOY B ACIARX around, CAPΔIANΩN TRIC / NEΩKOP/ΩN in exergue, Demeter, with billowing veil and holding torch in each hand, standing in biga drawn right by two winged serpents. GRPC - Lydia 713 (this coin illus.); BMC 206; Waddington 7059. Reddish-brown patina. Very large and impressive. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $6,500 - UP The die engraver has taken full advantage of the large diameter of the coin to depict the grain goddess Demeter in wonderful detail on the reverse. She is shown holding two torches in reference to her cult title Phosphoros ("Light-Bearer"). After the abduction of her daughter Persephone by Hades, Demeter searched for her everywhere, carrying torches so that she could look into the dark places of the world in the hope of finding her daughter. At the same time, the coin shows her riding a fantastic and fast (indicated by the veil that blows up behind the goddess's head) chariot of winged serpents This vehicle was normally associated with the demigod Triptolemos, who was nursed by Demeter and taught the secrets of agriculture so that he could pass them on to mankind. Together, Demeter and Triptolemos were worshipped in the Eleusinian mysteries - one of the most prestigious mystery cults of the Greco-Roman world. Indeed, even emperors desired induction into the cult. As such, one wonders whether this coin might have been struck to commemorate the induction of Valerian I and his son Gallienus into the mysteries during their fortification of Athens (including Eleusis) against the Gothic and Herulian menace. On the other hand, it is also possible that the type alludes to the temple of Demeter and Kore (Persephone) at Sardis and its cult. However, since the coin is signed by Domitius Rufus in his role as Asiarch - the chief priest and organizer of the imperial cult in the province of Asia - it seems somewhat more likely that the type should be connected to the emperor and therefore makes induction into the Eleusinian mysteries a preferable interpretation of the Demeter type.Unfortunately, whatever secrets of the goddess Valerian I may have been privy to, they did him very little good. Not long after his visit to Athens and his entry into Asia, he embarked on an incredibly disastrous campaign against the Sasanian Persians. It was so bad that in AD 260, not only were his Roman legions annihilated by the Persians, but Valerian himself was captured alive and held hostage at the court of Shapur I. There he was said to have been kept in a cage and was brought out to serve as a footstool whenever Shapur mounted his horse. After years of such abuse Valerian died and faced his final ignominy: his body was stuffed so that the Sasanian shahanshah could always mount his horse from the back of an emperor. Ex CNG 79 (17 September 2008), 606. Estimate: 6500 USD ILLUSTRAZIONE: TRITTOLEMO E DEMETRA SU UNA BIGA TRAINATA DA SERPENTI, CAMMEO DEL I SECOLO D.C., HERMITAGE, SAN PIETROBURGO

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 18	Auction date: 18 December 2021
Lot number: 2017 Price realized: 180 CHF   (Approx. 195 USD / 173 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: PHRYGIA. Apameia. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Hemiassarion (Bronze, 15 mm, 2.40 g, 7 h), time of the Severans, 193-235. AΠAMЄIA Turreted and draped bust of the city-goddess to right. Rev. CΩTЄIPA Hekate Triformis: the left and right one holding torches in each hand; the middle one a phiale in her right hand. BMC 110-3. SNG München 131. SNG von Aulock 3475. Minor deposits, otherwise, good very fine. Starting price: 50 CHF ILLUSTRAZIONE: ECATE TRIFORME Opera di Stéphane Mallarmé in Les Dieux Antiques: Nouvelle Mythologie Illustrée in Paris, 1880.

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Savoca Numismatik, 21st Silver Auction, lot 64, 11/03/2018

Greek
Macedon. Mende circa 460-423 BC. Tetrobol AR 13mm., 2,41g. Silenos standing right, restraining ass standing right / ΜΕΝΔΑΙOΝ clockwise, crow standing on perch to right, all within incuse square. very fine SNG ANS 352.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: IL DIRITTO DI UNA MONETA DELLO STESSO TIPO DI CONSERVAZIONE SUPERIORE E IL PARTICOLARE DI UN MOSAICO DA POMPEI RAFFIGURANTE UN SILENO SUL DORSO DI UN ASINO

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Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH > Auction 113	Auction date: 17 January 2022
Lot number: 67 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: MACEDONIA. Mende. Tetradrachme (17,36 g), um 430 v. Chr. Av.: Dionysos mit Kantharos lagert auf schreitendem Esel n.r., zwischen den Beinen des Esels Beizeichen (Weintraube mit Ranke). Rv.: ΜΕΝ-ΔΑ-Ι-Ο-Ν, Weinstock mit vier Reben, alles im Quadratum incusum. Noe (Mende) - (cf. 83 für Av. und 84/90 für Rv.), SNG ANS - (cf. 339), HGC 3, - (cf. 547). Vgl. Frank Sternberg 35 (2000), 227. RR s.sch.-vzgl./s.sch. Ex Peus 382 (2005), 119. Starting price: 1800 EUR

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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 126	Auction date: 17 November 2021
Lot number: 87 Price realized: 34,000 CHF   (Approx. 36,614 USD / 32,261 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Thrace, Abdera Stater circa 411-385, AR 12.91g. Griffin springing l. Rev. EΠ API – ΣTA – ΓOPE – Ω Dionysus seated l. on the back of a panther advancing r., holding a cantharus and a thyrsus. All within a shallow incuse square. Gillet 837 (this obverse die). Chryssantaki-Nagle p. 123 (dating circa 361 BC). May, Abdera 398 var. (different reverse die). Extremely rare. A very interesting and appealing reverse composition, lovely light iridescent tone and about extremely fine Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 44, 1989, 155 and New York XXVII, 2012, Prospero, 228 sales. In 544 BC, a group of Teans fleeing the Persian conquest of Ionia arrived at the site of an old failed colony of Clazomenae on the southern coast of Thrace. Despite the failure of the original settlement, the Teans believed that the site still had merit and used it to found their own city, which they named Abdera. The city grew so wealthy from trade with the Thracian peoples of the interior that when Xerxes I mounted his invasion of mainland Greece in 480 BC, Abdera was given the dubious honour of hosting the Persian king and his vast army as it passed through the region. Xerxes reportedly acknowledged the hospitality of Abdera by presenting the city with a golden tiara and scimitar. Through much of the fifth and early fourth century BC, the prosperity of Abdera continued to grow although the city was frequently under Athenian influence. However, calamity struck in 376/5 BC when Abdera's jealous neighbour Maroneia assisted the Thracian Triballi in attacking the city. Abdera was only saved by the timely arrival of the Athenian general Chabrias, but the destruction wrought by the Triballi was so great that the city never fully recovered. By the mid-fourth century BC, the city had fallen into the hands of Philip II and many of the Abderites fled to Athens to avoid living under Macedonian rule. Abdera was one of the earliest Greek mints to strike coins in Thrace, beginning around 520/515 BC. The obverse of the city's coinage regularly featured an eagle-griffin derived from the civic badge of Teos, the mother city of Abdera. On issues of the late sixth and early fifth century BC, the reverse usually carried a quadripartite incuse square, but in the late fifth and early fourth centuries BC the reverse type was frequently (perhaps on an annual basis) changed along with the name of the magistrate who signed there. The legend on the present coin indicates that it was struck while a certain Aristagoreus was in office, probably as the city's eponymous priest of Dionysus or Apollo. The remarkable type depicts Dionysus riding on the back of a giant panther in a manner reminiscent of later fifth-century depictions of the god riding on an ass found on the coins of Mende in Macedonia. Estimate: 15000 CHF

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Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) > January 2022 NYINC Auction	Auction date: 14 January 2022
Lot number: 3138 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: GETA AS CAESAR, WITH CARACALLA, A.D. 198-209. AV Aureus (7.26 gms), Rome Mint, A.D. 200-202. NGC Ch AU★, Strike: 5/5 Surface: 5/5. cf. RIC-21 (obv. bust seen from behind in plate); Calico-2930b (same obv. die as illustration; R5). Obverse: P SEPT GETA CAES PONT, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust of Geta right, seen from the front; Reverse: SEVERI INVICTI AVG PII FIL, radiate and cuirassed half-length bust of Caracalla left, raising hand and wearing aegis on breastplate. For the collector who demands nothing but the best, this breathtaking, RARE dynastic Aureus undoubtedly impresses, as it presents a strike that verges upon being medallic in nature on each side. The busts of the two princes offer exceptional detail and are assuredly the product of skilled rendering. The younger Geta graces the obverse, still brimming with youthful charm, while the elder Caracalla demands attention on the reverse, his hand raised in salutation while donning a radiate crown and suited for the battlefield. Each side is endowed with captivating brilliance and a golden-orange hue that delights, with great centering also augmenting its appeal. The nearly-serene nature put forth by this choice specimen would not last, however, as an act of fratricide would see the younger killed under the command of the elder just a mere decade later--a blow to the emerging Severan dynasty. Compare to a similar example from the Huntington Collection, though not quite as transfixing, which realized a hammer of over $160,000 in October 2012, showing just how far an incredible piece such as this stunner can soar. To view all items from the Dr. Michael Rogers Collection, Part II, click here. From the Dr. Michael Rogers Collection, Part II. Ex: Collection of a European Scholar lately Deceased (LHS 97 - 5/2006) Lot # 50. Ex: de Guermantes Collection (Leu 86 - 5/2003) Lot # 913. Ex: Karnak Hoard, 1901 Estimate: $75000 - $150000

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Leu Numismatik AG > Auction 8	Auction date: 23 October 2021
Lot number: 60 Price realized: 8,500 CHF   (Approx. 9,280 USD / 7,969 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: LOKRIS. Lokris Opuntii. Circa 370-360 BC. Stater (Silver, 23 mm, 12.28 g, 1 h). Head of Demeter to left, wearing wreath of wheat leaves, pendant earring and simple pearl necklace. Rev. OΠONTIΩN Ajax advancing to right, nude but for his helmet, holding sword in his right hand and shield ornamented with a coiled serpent on the inside in his left; between his legs, round shield. BCD Lokris 15. Humphris & Delbridge Group 4, 56a (this coin, O7/R14). A very attractive piece with beautiful iridescent toning and a magnificent reverse. Struck from a somewhat worn obverse die and with some doubling before Demeter's head, otherwise, extremely fine. From the collection of Regierungsrat Dr. iur. Hans Krähenbühl, ex Münzen & Medaillen AG FPL 235, August 1963, 10. Estimate: 3500 CHF

[VALTERI]

Dalla repubblica di Roma, una piacevole testa, forse di Roma, in foggia guerriera con elmo con cresta rigida .

Passerà a breve in asta Hirsch 371 al n. 1196 .

 

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Nomos AG > obolos 21	Auction date: 2 January 2022
Lot number: 444 Price realized: To Be Posted
Lot description: LESBOS. Methymna. Circa 500/480-460 BC. Tetrobol (Silver, 14 mm, 2.40 g, 10 h). Hoplite running left, wearing a crested Corinthian helmet, holding a round shield on left arm and a spear spear in right hand. Rev. Rider on forepart of horse galloping right; all in dotted square within incuse square. Franke, Münzprägung 4. HGC 6, 887. SNG von Aulock 1738. Nicely centered and toned. Very fine. Starting price: 100 CHF

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXII	Auction date: 7 October 2021
Lot number: 487 Price realized: 14,000 GBP   (Approx. 19,071 USD / 16,496 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Greco-Baktrian Kingdom, Eukratides I Megas AR Tetradrachm. Circa 170-145 BC. Diademed heroic bust to left, seen from behind, wearing crested helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear, brandishing spear in right hand / The Dioskouroi on horses rearing to right, each holding spear and palm over shoulder; BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY above, EYKPATIΔOY below, monogram in lower right field. Bopearachchi 8B; Bopearachchi & Rahman 255; SNG ANS 485; Mitchiner 179a; HGC 12, 132. 16.97g, 33mm, 12h. Good Extremely Fine; attractive light cabinet tone. From the Oxus Collection (Denmark). The Greco-Baktrian Kingdom is seldom mentioned in classical texts, in fact, much of what we know about the territory has been learnt from coins and their inscriptions. Notably, it is these very coins that have also granted Baktria a position in the history of Hellenistic art (J.J. Pollitt, Art in the Hellenistic Age, p.285), for, they present some of the finest examples of numismatic design and portraiture. Not only remarkable for its artistic merit however, a coin such as this is further significant for what it reveals about the self-perception of a Baktrian King. Eukratides, an usurper, proclaimed himself King following a revolt (recorded by Justin (XLI, 6)) against Demetrios and the elimination of the entire former dynasty. The reverse of this coin reflects the warring prowess of the King in an intricate depiction of cavalrymen, the Dioskouroi, rushing into battle with their lances set and palm branches trailing behind them. The inscription surrounding the image reads 'of the great King, Eukratides' implying that, like the Persians and Alexander before him, Eukratides had come to dominate all the local rulers of the region. In a numismatically unprecedented mode of depiction, Eukratides I appears on the obverse of this coin as a heroic nude bust. Seen from behind with a side-profile of his verisimilar portrait, Eukratides, spear in hand, is poised ready to strike. His muscles are tense, ready for action, but Eukratides' face conveys the calm composure of a true leader, he gazes straight ahead and his expression is of utmost concentration. Eukratides wears a crested helmet decorated with a bull's horn and ear, possibly an allusion to his Seleukid blood as we also find them on coins of Seleukos, who, according to Appian (Syr. 57) 'was of such a large and powerful frame that once when a wild bull was brought for sacrifice to Alexander and broke loose from his ropes, Seleukos held him alone, with nothing but his hands, for which reason his statues are ornamented with horns'. The artistry of this image tempts a comparison with earlier heroic nude sculpture of Olympian deities, for example, the Artemision Bronze. More generally, there is reason to suppose that the Greek kings of Baktria would have considered their coinage a symbol of and a link with their Hellenic cultural heritage and therefore went to some expense to ensure that their coins were designed by the very best artists (J.J. Pollitt, Art in the Hellenistic Age, p.285). Kings such as Eukratides considered their Hellenic roots made them both distinct and civilized, a notion further evidenced by the fact that this portrait type went on to be copied by successive eastern kings and was later adopted by several Roman emperors from the time of Septimius Severus onward. Estimate: 7500 GBP

[VALTERI]

Da Lampsaco un piccolo obolo arcaico : al rovescio la guerriera Atena indossa un elmo corinzio con la calotta lateralmente, e curiosamente, decorata con una ruota .

Passerà a breve in asta Naumann 113 al n. 368 .

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Nomos AG > Auction 23	Auction date: 30 November 2021
Lot number: 206 Price realized: 5,000 CHF   (Approx. 5,406 USD / 4,801 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Sextus Pompey, 37-36 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.81 g, 2 h), military mint in Sicily. MAG · PIVS · IMP · ITER Bare head of Pompeius Magnus to right; behind, jug; before, lituus. Rev. PRAEF / CLAS · ET · ORÆ / (MAR)IT · EX · S · C Neptune standing left, holding aplustre in his right hand and with his right foot on a prow; to left and right, one of the Catanaean brothers bearing his parent on his shoulders. Babelon (Pompeia) 27. Crawford 511/3a. CRI 334. Sydenham 1344. Very well-centered, attractively toned and with a splendid portrait of Pompey. Nearly extremely fine. From a Swiss collection, and from the collection of G. Schlüter, Berlin, Chairman of the German Numismatic Society (1975-1977), who acquired it in 1999; previously this piece was in another German collection and was originally bought from W. Wruck in 1960. The brothers Amphinomus and Anapius from Catania in Sicily are said to have carried their aging parents upon their shoulders during an eruption of Mt. Etna. The familial devotion in doing this at the sacrifice of all their worldly possessions delighted the gods, who caused the fires around them to be parted, thus allowing the family to escape unharmed. Familial piety was most sacred to the Romans, a people who worshipped their ancestors (the familial lares) and who considered themselves the descendants of Aeneas who likewise carried his family to safety from the devastation of Troy during its sack by the Greeks. Here Sextus Pompey's use of the type, in conjunction with the portrait of his deceased father on the obverse, plays to this highly regarded Roman virtue of strict pietas to one's family. Estimate: 4000 CHF

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Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXV	Auction date: 11 January 2022
Lot number: 617 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: INDIA, Kushan Empire. Circa 2nd to 3rd centuries AD. AV Repoussé Medallion (27mm, 4.30 g). Diademed and draped facing bust of Ardoxsho, wearing mural crown with ribbon to left [and right], holding lotus in right hand and cornucopia in left / Blank disk. C. Sachs, "Joaillerie kouchane" section of G. Fussman, "L'empire kouchan," in O. Bopearachchi, ed. De l'Indus à l'Oxus: Archéologie de l'Asie centrale (2003), 181 (this medallion). Light toning in devices, modest wear on high points, minor separation and traces of earthen deposits at border, reverse punctured in antiquity, otherwise as made. Set in bezel with ornate suspension loop. A stunning example of Kushan jewelry. From the Archytas Collection. Ex Triton XXII (8 January 2019), lot 474. Estimate: 5000 USD

ILLUSTRAZIONE: Ardoksho, romanizzata anche come Ardochsho, Ardokhsho e Ardoxsho, la dea della ricchezza dell'Impero Kushan, nell'Asia centrale e meridionale durante la prima parte del I millennio d.C. È considerata una dea iraniana orientale e aveva il nome alternativo di Lakshmi.

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Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG > Online Auction 124 | Silver	Auction date: 23 January 2022
Lot number: 164 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Phrygia. Kibyra circa 166-84 BC. Drachm AR    17 mm, 3,05 g Helmeted male head right / ΟΓWΛΛΙC/ KIBYPAT[Ω], warrior, holding spear, on horse rearing right, star to upper left. very fine      cf. HGC 7, 706. Starting price: 50 EUR

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Spink > Auction 374	Auction date: 16 January 2022
Lot number: 391 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Sicily, Syracuse, Second Democracy (466-405 BC), AR Drachm, c. 410-405 BC, reverse die signed by Eumenes, Leukaspis as a warrior walking right, holding shield and sword, rev. head of Arethusa right, dolphins around swimming clockwise, EYMENOY below bust, 4.05g, 4h (SNG ANS 304 same dies; Jameson 798 this coin), striking splits and surface scratches, otherwise toned, good fine, extremely rare Provenance James Fox, CNG-NAC Sale 40, 4 December 1996, lot 873 - $825 Frédéric Robert Jameson (1861-1942), collection bought en bloc by Jacob Hirsch This coin published in Monnaies Grecques Antiques, Paris, 1913 Brüder Egger Auction (Vienna), 26-28 November 1909, lot 235 Estimate: 800 USD

[King John]

Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. > Buy or Bid Sale 218	Auction date: 10 February 2022
Lot number: 318 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Tranquillina. AE 29; Tranquillina; Cyane, Lycia, AE 29, 18.61g. Weber-7267 (same dies). Obv: Draped bust of empress r., wearing stephane, set on crescent. Rx: Warrior on horseback r., about to hurl spear. Rare. Ex CNG 57, 28 March 2001, lot 821.Countermark on forehead. EF Estimate: 1100 USD

[King John]

Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXV	Auction date: 11 January 2022
Lot number: 185 Price realized: 66,000 USD   (Approx. 58,199 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: PHOKIS, Delphi. Circa 338/6-334/3 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 12.20 g, 7h). Amphiktionic issue. Head of Demeter left, wearing veil and wreath of grain ears / Apollo seated left on omphalos, right elbow resting on top of large kithara to left, left hand holding long laurel branch that rests on his left shoulder; tripod to left, AMФI-KTIO-NΩN around. Kinns, Amphictionic 7 (O1/R5 – this coin); BCD Lokris 388; Svoronos, Delphi 32; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 22; Boston MFA 977–8 (same obv. die); Gulbenkian 487; Pozzi 1368; Rhousopoulos 1665 (same dies); Kraay & Hirmer 462. Toned. Near EF. Fine style. Rare. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 100 (7 October 2015), lot 1358; Superior (1 December 1990), lot 2018; Numismatica Ars Classica 1 (29 March 1989), lot 165; Hess-Leu (24 March 1959), lot 199. In 373/2 BC, an earthquake destroyed the great Temple of Apollo at Delphi. Although reconstruction on the site commenced, the Phokian occupation of the sanctuary during the Sacred War of 355-346 BC prevented any full-scale work from occurring. In 338/6 BC, the Amphiktionic League decided to melt down the coinage comprising the temple treasury and mint a new series of coinage that would be used to finance a full reconstruction project. This new series comprised staters, drachms, and hemidrachms, whose types reflected the two sanctuaries controlled by the Amphiktionic League: the Temple of Apollo at Delphi and the Temple of Demeter at Anthela (near Thermopylai). The obverse of the staters depicts a left-facing head of Demeter, wearing a veil and grain-ear wreath in her traditional guise as the goddess of grain and fertility. On the reverse, Apollo is seated in a contemplative manner on an omphalos, holding a laurel branch and resting his elbow on a kithara. The omphalos, kithara, and laurel branch each recall a significant aspect of Apollo's mythology, with the omphalos signifying his oracular seat at Delphi, the kithara his dominion over music, and the laurel (ἡ δάφνη) his personal badge, the result of his unrequited love for the nymph Daphne. Estimate: 50000 USD ILLUSTRAZIONE: Apollo vicino all'Omphalos, cratere attico a figure rosse del 425-410 a.C., British Museum