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Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger > Auction 433	Auction date: 1 November 2022
Lot number: 1158 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Hypoknemidische Lokris Opous Stater 370/360 v. Chr. Kopf der Demeter nach links / Nackter Heros Aias mit korinthischem Helm, Kurzschwert und Schlangenschild, im Feld phrygische Mütze. 3h. Humphris / Delbridge 32a (dies Exemplar); Slg. BCD 14; HGC 989. 12.15 g.; 23,1 mm. Feine Tönung - Hohes Relief und prächtige Reversdarstellung Selten Sehr schön - vorzüglich Minimale Kratzer im Avers Aus der Sammlung eines Provenienz-Enthusiasten. Ex Auktion MMAG Basel 25, 1962, 448 sowie Slg. B. Poindessault und Auktion Burgan, 17.11.2017, 46. Estimate: 2500 EUR

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Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 121	Auction date: 6 October 2022
Lot number: 360 Price realized: 1,800 USD   (Approx. 1,829 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 521-478 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10.5mm, 2.54 g). Head of warrior left, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with vine tendril on the bowl; below, seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 50. Toned, trace deposits. Good VF. From the Locksmith Collection. Estimate: 750 USD

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Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 525	Auction date: 19 October 2022
Lot number: 18 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 344-340 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.80 g, 6h). Warrior, nude but for crested helmet, holding shield, on horse galloping left; |- below / Phalanthos, nude, holding kantharos, riding dolphin left; below, I above waves. Fischer-Bossert Group 47, 656 (V252/R508); Vlasto 437 (same obv. die); HN Italy 870; SNG Lloyd 169 = Bement 77 (same dies). Lightly toned, some scratches, a couple flan flaws. VF. From the Weise Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 134 (11 October 2004), lot 1058. Estimate: 300 USD

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Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. > Buy or Bid Sale 221	Auction date: 17 November 2022
Lot number: 129 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Sicily, Hieron II. ; Sicily, Hieron II; c. 240-215 BC, AE 25-25.5, 16.43g. Calciati-193 Ds 19 (not illustrated, citing Gabrici), HGC-1547. Obv: Young laureate head of Hieron l., caduceus behind. Rx: IEPONO

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Harmers of London > Auction 3	Auction date: 26 September 2022
Lot number: 18 Price realized: 3,400 GBP   (Approx. 3,705 USD / 3,818 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Greek Coins-Thessaly Pharsalos - Late 5th-mid 4th century BC - Drachm - Obverse: Helmeted head of Athena right; TΘ to left - Reverse: Thessalian warrior on horseback rearing right, wearing petasos and holding mace - gr. 5,89 - Very rare. Extremely fine style and details - Privately purchased from Stack's in 1990 Lavva cf. 144. BCD 645 Starting price: 2000 GBP

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Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles > Auction 130	Auction date: 27 September 2022
Lot number: 1143 Price realized: 1,350 USD   (Approx. 1,403 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Pisidia, Selge. Silver Stater (10.71 g), ca. 325-250 BC. Two wrestlers grappling; between their legs, AΛI. Reverse: ΣEΛΓEΩN, Herakles, nude, standing facing, head right, holding club overhead and lion' skin over arm; between legs, O. SNG BN 1936. Lightly toned. NGC grade XF; Strike: 4/5, Surface:4 /5. Estimated Value $400 - UP From the property of an East Coast collector, acquired prior to 1990.

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MDC Monnaies de Collection sarl > Auction 10	Auction date: 13 October 2022
Lot number: 75 Price realized: 30,000 EUR   (Approx. 29,146 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: EMPIRE ROMAIN Constantin Ier (307-337). Solidus ND (326), Thessalonique. NGC Ch MS 5/5 4/5 (6290632-008). Av. CONSTAN - TINVS AVG. Tête laurée à droite. Rv. VIRTVS CON - STANTINI AVG / SMTS. L'Empereur, en habits militaires, debout à gauche, tenant un bouclier et un trophée, deux captifs à ses pieds. RIC- - Depeyrot cf. 12/1 (tête diadémée, sans légende) - Bastien, Donativa p.78, a ; Or - 4,47 g - 19 mm - 6 h Émission exceptionnelle de l'atelier de Thessalonique avec des multiples décrits par Alföldi, Die Constantinische Goldprägung, 1963. NGC Ch MS 5/5 4/5 (6290632-008). Quasiment dans son état de frappe avec son brillant d'origine et un bon centrage. Rarissime avec quelques exemplaires connus. Presque Fleur de coin.

[VALTERI]

Atena guerriera con elmo corinzio,in raffigurazione frontale al diritto : cavalleggero in armi ed in azione al rovescio .

Da un raro, piccolo triemiobolo di Farsalo che sarà il 21 Novembre in vendita NAC 133 al n. 63 .

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On 6/21/2018 at 3:24 PM, King John said:

Mysia, Kyzikos EL Stater. Mid 4th century BC. Large race horse rearing up to right, ridden by Phillip II of Macedon, bearded, wearing kausia, diadem and chlamys; tunny fish to right below / Speckled quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze 168, pl. 5, 16; Greenwell -; SNG France 315; Boston MFA Supp. 151; Lanz 157, lot 137. 16.00g, 19mm.
Near Mint State. A splendid coin, bright and sharply struck. Extremely Rare, and by far the finest known of very few examples.
The early Milesian foundation of Kyzikos on the isthmus of the Arktouros peninsula, protruding from the south-west coast of the Propontis, was ideally sited for its role as commercial intermediary par excellence at the centre of east-west trade. The earliest electrum coinage of Kyzikos with its characteristic ‘tunny fish’ emblem dates from about 550, and was based on the Phokaic weight standard of about 16.1g, the equivalent value to a Persian gold daric of 8.4g. They were contemporarily called Kyzikenes and the distribution of hoard finds makes it clear that it was the acceptable currency for trade between Thrace and the northern coasts of the Black Sea, and from Athens to Ionia, so much so that Kyzikenes are mentioned in Athenian inventories (cf. ACGC p. 261-2). This electrum coinage bears a wide variety of types, many of which are mythological or historical and types copied from contemporary Greek poleis from Magna Graecia to the Levant.
Before one can identify the obverse type of this splendid Kyzikene, it is important to first secure a date for the issue. The celebrated Prinkipo Hoard of over 200 Kyzikenes, 16 Pantikapaion and 4 Lampsakos gold staters (IGCH 1239; Regling ZfN 1931, pp. 1-46) places the burial date to about 335-4 BC, a chronology followed by most modern studies (see Hurter and Liewald SNR 81, 83 and 85). Even if in 1974 the Philip II gold staters were discovered to be a separate hoard (AJA 1974, 308; CH 2, 1976, 41), this low chronology is confirmed by the presence of three specific copied types: the Alexander the Great young Herakles head type derived from his imperial tetradrachms (von Fritze 194; ACGC 964); a young jockey with raised hand on horse derived from Philip II’s later tetradrachms (von Fritze 214; SNG France 344); the present type with a bearded figure wearing kausia and chlamys riding a horse derived from Philip II’s early tetradrachms which celebrate his victory at the Olympic Games in 356 (cf. Le Rider p. 5, 1; Kraay-Hirmer 562), the same year that Alexander was born. Added to these examples are the Philip II bearded portraits types identified by M. R. Kaiser-Raiss (SNR 63, 1983, Philip II. Und Kyzikos, pp. 27-53; von Fritze 197 and 199). Together these types paint a picture of the last issues of Kyzikene electrum, deriving their types directly from the coinage of the liberating Greek forces led by Alexander.
The suggestion that the reverse figure should be identified as Kyzikos, the eponymous founder of the city who was accidentally killed by the Argonauts, lacks any credible supporting arguments, and falls down when the dating of the issue is taken into consideration. With no identifying features besides a kausia, it would be highly illogical to suppose that such an issue, struck at this late period, would represent the mythical founder of the city. Given the evidence presented by the Prinkipo Hoard, and the clear stylistic similarities, an identification of the rider as Philip II of Macedon seems secure.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: MODERNA STATUA RAFFIGURANTE FILIPPO II DI MACEDONIA

Image source: Macedonia Travel Blog

 

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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 135	Auction date: 21 November 2022
Lot number: 286 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: The Roman Empire. Trajan, 98 – 117. Aureus 114, AV 7.14 g. IMP TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. AVGVSTI Trajan on horseback r., holding spear; behind, three soldiers and in front, another soldier with shield and spear. In exergue, PROFECTIO. C 40 var. (not cuirassed). BMC 512. RIC 297. CBN –. Woytek 496f. Calicó 986. Very rare and in exceptional condition for the issue, possibly the finest specimen known. A very attractive portrait of fine style and a very appealing reverse type. Good extremely fine Marcus Ulpius Trajanus was born at Italica in Spain and after several important military victories, he was eventually appointed governor of Upper Germany by Nerva who later adopted him as the heir to the throne. On his succession, Trajan decided that the time was ripe for territorial expansion and he successfully undertook the conquest of Dacia which then became a Roman province. In the latter part of his reign, Trajan turned his attention to the Eastern frontier. Trajan departed from Rome in October, 113, to launch his last great campaign in the East. After rejecting a proposal by a Parthian embassy in Athens, Trajan moved onto Antioch, where he wintered in preparation for the anticipated Armenian campaign of 114. After the successful conclusion of this initial campaign, Trajan once again wintered in Antioch, and in the spring of 115 led his army into northern Mesopotamia and Adiabene; he found success in both places and added the former to the Empire. Trajan's greatest triumph, however, did not come until 116, when he once again left Antioch, initially to revisit Adiabene, and then to march down the Tigris and sack the Parthian capital Ctesiphon. The campaign was an enormous success: the capital was stripped of its legendary wealth and by mid-116 the defeat of Parthia seemed complete. Afterward, Trajan felt sufficiently secure to make a brief excursion to the Persian Gulf. However, he soon realized his gains were ephemeral, and in an effort to preserve some control over the Parthians he installed the pro-Roman king Parthamaspates on the throne, but his puppet-king did not fare well. At the end of Trajan's long and productive life, he witnessed the consequences of his decades of expansionism, as revolts erupted in Armenia, Mesopotamia, Cyprus, Egypt, Cyrene, western North Africa and the Empire's northern borders in Europe. Before Trajan could march westward to address some of these uprisings, he died while encamped in Cilicia. His successor, Hadrian, scaled back Trajan's expanded empire to a more manageable size and as a result enjoyed a relatively peaceful reign. The profectio type illustrated on this aureus refers to the departure of Trajan from Rome, the occasion that marked the opening of the Parthian campaign. An innovative composition is present on the coin: Trajan, in military dress, clasping a spear, rides on horseback surrounded by soldiers. Whereas traditional coin reverse types typically featured two figures, here the emperor is seen accompanied by and interacting directly with his subjects in a much larger compositional scene. Graded AU Strike 5/5 Surface 3/5 Fine Style, NGC certification number 6556714-010 Estimate: 40000 CHF

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Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG > Auction 377	Auction date: 20 October 2022
Lot number: 5703 Price realized: 4,000 EUR   (Approx. 3,915 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: MÜNZEN DER RÖMISCHEN KAISERZEIT. Gaius Caligula, 37-41 Æ-Sesterz, 40/41, Rom; 29,21 g. Kopf l. mit Lorbeerkranz//Kaiser steht l. und grüßt fünf Soldaten. BMC 67; Coh. 3; RIC² 48. R Attraktives Exemplar, braune Patina, sehr schön Exemplar der Auktion Jacob Hirsch XXX, München 1911, Nr. 891. Die Adlocutio ist die feierliche Ansprache des Imperators an das Heer, das zu diesem Zweck in Paradeaufstellung angetreten ist, die Standartenträger in der ersten Reihe, so auch auf unserem Stück. Estimate: 750 EUR

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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 133	Auction date: 21 November 2022
Lot number: 59 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Greek Coins. Pelinna. Obol mid V-early IV century BC, AR 0.82 g. Horse advancing l. Rev. Π – E – ΛI Warrior advancing l., holding shield and spear; all within an incuse square. Pozzi 1236 (this coin). BCD Thessaly 1433.7 (this coin). Rare. Old cabinet tone, surface somewhat porous, otherwise very fine Ex Naville 1, 1921, Pozzi, 1236 and Nomos 4, 2011, BCD, 1433 (part of) sales. Estimate: 500 CHF

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Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG > Auction 376	Auction date: 18 October 2022
Lot number: 4029 Price realized: 70,000 EUR   (Approx. 68,952 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: GRIECHISCHE MÜNZEN. LYCIA Perikle. AR-Stater, 380/360 v. Chr., Phellos; 9,90 g. Kopf fast v. v. mit Lorbeerkranz, r. Delphin// Nackter Krieger mit Helm, Schild und Speer r., unten Murex. Mildenberg in Vestigia Leonis Tf. XXXV, 21; Müseler VIII, 35 (dies Exemplar); Olcay/Morkholm, Podalia 397 ff. Kabinettstück. Wohl das besterhaltene Exemplar. Prächtiges Porträt. Herrliche Patina, kl. Druckstelle auf dem Revers, vorzüglich Exemplar der Auktion Peus Nachf. 386, Frankfurt am Main 2006, Nr. 246 und der Auktion Peus Nachf. 401, Frankfurt am Main 2010, Nr. 400. Perikle wurde vermutlich um 435 v. Chr. geboren. Seine Familie hatte wohl gute Beziehungen zu Athen. Perikle regierte Limyra und versuchte zwischen 380 und 362 v. Chr., ganz Lykien unter seine Kontrolle zu bringen. Bis zum Satrapenaufstand ab 362 v. Chr. war er offenbar loyal gegenüber den Achämeniden. In Limyra wurde ihm ein monumentales Grabmal, das sogenannte Heroon des Perikle errichtet. Das wundervolle Porträt auf dem vorliegenden, beeindruckenden Kleinkunstwerk steht, wie Leo Mildenberg schreibt "unter dem starken Einfluß von Kimons Meisterwerk, der Syrakusaner Arethusa en face". Estimate: 20000 EUR

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Nomos AG > Auction 25	Auction date: 20 November 2022
Lot number: 14 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: CALABRIA. Tarentum. Circa 272-240 BC. Didrachm or nomos (Silver, 21 mm, 6.51 g, 12 h), struck under the magistrate Nikylos. [ΝΙ]ΚΥΛΟΣ The Dioscouri, wearing peaked helmets and cloaks, on horses galloping to right. Rev. ΤΑΡΑΣ Phalanthos, nude, riding side-saddle on dolphin to left, holding kantharos in his right hand and trident in his left; to right, ΑΡ. Evans VIII O, 1. HN III, 1046. SNG Paris 2052. Vlasto 935-7. A truly spectacular example: bright, sharply struck from fresh dies and well-centered. Good extremely fine. From the Morcote Collection, formed before 2005. The Dioscouri's galloping horses are quite reminiscent of the late 5th century horses pulling the quadrigas on Sicilian tetradrachms! As scenes go, this is one of the liveliest ever to appear on the coinage of Tarentum. Estimate: 3500 CHF

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Nomos AG > Auction 25	Auction date: 20 November 2022
Lot number: 184 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: MYSIA. Kyzikos. 5th-4th century BC. Stater (Electrum, 18.5 mm, 15.99 g). Ephebe, nude but for his laurel wreath, riding a horse walking to left; crowning his horse with a wreath held in his left hand and holding the reins in his right; below, tunny swimming to left. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. BMFA -. Greenwell 10. SNG Paris 344. Von Fritze 214, and pl. VI, 26 (same dies). Extremely rare. Lightly toned and well centered on a large flan. Good very fine. When this type first appeared it was dated to c. 450-400 and its cataloguer suggested that the obverse type was derived from the coinage of Tarentum. In fact, that date is probably a bit early; as for the idea that the Kyzikenes were copying nomoi from Tarentum - that is surely going too far! What we do have here is a typical scene from the aristocratic world of ancient horse racing; events, which commonly took place as part of religious festivals all over the Greek world, not just at horse-mad Tarentum where they were so commonly commemorated. Thus the victorious jockey, who has already been crowned the winner with one wreath, crowns his horse with a second. Estimate: 15000 CHF

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 21	Auction date: 19 July 2022
Lot number: 4066 Price realized: 3,400 CHF   (Approx. 3,491 USD / 3,424 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Nero, 54-68. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 34 mm, 24.61 g, 7 h), Lugdunum, circa 66. IMP NERO CAESAR AVG PONT MAX TR P P P Laureate head of Nero to right, small globe at the point of bust. Rev. S - C Triumphal arch, showing the front, with a wreath hung across it, surmounted by the emperor in facing quadriga accompanied by Pax and Victory, flanked by two soldiers; statue of Mars in side niche; the faces and plinths of the arch are ornamented with elaborate reliefs showing battle scenes. BMC 329. Cohen -. RIC 498. Very rare. A well struck example with an excellent portrait. Slightly rough and with a minor edge crack, otherwise, good very fine. From the collection of Dipl.-Ing. Adrian Lang and the Rainer Wilschke Collection, Numismatica Ars Classica 84, 20-21 May 2015, 1796 and Peus 349, 30 October-1 November 1996, 321. Starting price: 500 CHF

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Jean Elsen & ses Fils S.A. > Auction 153	Auction date: 9 December 2022
Lot number: 134 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: GAULE CELTIQUE, Aedui, AR quinaire, avant 52 av. J.-C. D/ T. fém. diad. à g. R/ Guerrier deb. de f., ten. une lance et un sanglier-enseigne de la d. et un bouclier ovale de la g. A d., VIIPOTA. DT 3215; Allen, BMC, 489-492; Scheers, Lyon, 858-860; L.T. 4484. 1,90 g. Patine légèrement colorée. Très Beau à Superbe Very Fine - Extremely Fine Estimate: 150 EUR

[VALTERI]

Una bella Giunone guerriera, a figura intera, con lunga veste, scudo e lancia brandita : dal rovescio di un denaro repubblicano di L. Procilius che sarà il 4 Dicembre in vendita Num.Naumann 123 al n. 477 .

 

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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 135	Auction date: 21 November 2022
Lot number: 312 Price realized: 19,000 CHF   (Approx. 19,971 USD / 19,276 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: The Roman Empire. Commodus augustus, 177 – 192. Aureus 178, AV 7.25 g. L AVREL COM – MODVS AVG Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. TR P III IM – P II COS P P Castor standing l., holding horse by bridle in r. hand and spear in l. hand. C 760. BMC M. Aurelius 774. RIC M. Aurelius 648. Calicó 2337b. Struck on very large flan and from fresh dies. Virtually as struck and almost Fdc The reverse of this lovely aureus shows one of the Dioscuri, Castor, holding a spear in one hand and a horse by the bridle in the other. In mythology, the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux, were the twin sons of Zeus and Leda, the wife of King Tyndareus of Sparta. Their cult first appears at Rome in 484 B.C. after the battle of Lake Regillus against the Etruscans, when it was said that they appeared on the battlefield to lead the Romans to victory and simultaneously at the Forum in Rome to announce to the worried families of the soldiers their victory. A temple to them both, but usually referred to simply as the Temple of Castor, was built there in their honour. While they play prominently on the coinage struck during Republican times, their appearance on Imperial coins is actually quite rare. Castor had special relevance as the patron of the equites, the Roman social order of knights, and his depiction here symbolizes Commodus as the Prince of Youth (princeps iuventutis), in which role he presided over the Trojan Games where youths from Rome's most noble patrician families competed against each other in horse races in the circus. The obverse is a wonderfully centred and particularly fine-style portrait of the young emperor. Graded MS Strike 5/5 Surface 4/5, NGC certification number 6556713-023 Estimate: 18000 CHF

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 104	Auction date: 15 December 2022
Lot number: 729 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Severus Alexander Æ 32mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 222-235. AY K M ΑΥΡ ϹЄΟΥΗΡ ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CЄΛЄYKЄΩN TΩ ΠPOC KAΛYKA, Athena advancing to right, brandishing spear and holding shield, attacking serpent-footed giant hurling a stone. RPC VI Online 7038 (temporary); Ziegler 465-8; SNG BnF 999-1003; BMC 33. 18.55g, 32mm, 6h. Good Very Fine. Acquired from Aquila Numismatics. The reverse type features Athena fighting the giant named Enceladus during the Gigantomachy, the war between the Giants and the gods. This scene appeared in art as early as the sixth century BC on an Attic black-figure pot, and is referenced in Euripides' Ion. Ancient poets located the burial spot of Enceladus under Mount Etna in Sicily, and the volcano's eruptions were said to be the breath of the giant, and the tremors caused by him rolling over under the mountain. (Virgil, Aeneid 3.570-587) Estimate: 100 GBP

Illustrazione: The struggle of Athena and the Gigantes. A part of frieze from the agora gate of the nymphaeum in Aphrodisias.
Marble. Rome, 2nd cent. CE. Inv. No. 1613 a.Istanbul, Archaeological Museum.

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Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVI	Auction date: 10 January 2023
Lot number: 38 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: SICILY, Akragas. Circa 420-415 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.93 g, 6h). Sea eagle, wings raised, standing left on, and tearing at, dead hare, upturned left on rock below; Å˚rÅ˝-Řt5˜-o-˜ around, Crab; scallop shell to left, conch shell to right; below, grouper left. Westermark, Period III, 530.13 (O1/R2) = Schwartz & Mildenberg pp. 57–8, 3 = Kraay & Hirmer 173 = Mionnet 39 (this coin); HGC 2, 81; SNG Lloyd 822; ACGC 793 = Ward 140; Basel 257; BMC 59; Boston MFA 235 = Warren 201; Gulbenkian 164 = Locker Lampson 59; Jameson 508; McClean 2044; Winterthur 577 = Pozzi 390 (all from the same dies). Attractive old cabinet tone, slight die shift and a few light marks under tone on reverse. Good VF. Rare. Ex Max Hirmer Collection, purchased from Bank Leu, 10 March 1961; Münzen und Medaillen AG inventory (1947); deaccessioned from the Départment des Monnaies, Médailles et Antiques, Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Fonds Générale 88; publ. in 1807 by Mionnet). Akragas was founded in about 580 BC and quickly grew into one of the most prosperous Greco-Sicilian cities, with a population in the hundreds of thousands. Its wealth derived from the rich soil fed by the River Hypsas, productive tidepools, and trade. From its earliest coinage, struck circa 510 BC, Akragas featured the eagle, sacred to Olympian Zeus, to whom the city dedicated an immense temple, backed with an overhead view of a crab, harvested from the as a delicacy in the region. As the city's wealth and influence increased, the basic design was augmented and improved, with artistic achievement reaching its zenith in the period 420-406 BC, when this rare and remarkable piece was struck. Here the eagle has just snatched up its prey, a hare (symbol of the Sicilian city of Messana -- perhaps a sly allusion to civic rivalry?), and slammed it back onto a tidepool rock to which a scallop shell has attached itself, a scene of "nature red in tooth and claw" captured with a keen eye for detail and rendered with astonishing skill. On the reverse, the crab is joined on the sea bottom by a large, wide-mouthed fish with a spiny dorsal fin and fan-like tail, a rendering lifelike enough to identify the species as the stone grouper (polyprion cernium). To the left and right are another scallop and a sea snail, further symbols of aquatic bounty. The superb artistry of this particular piece was celebrated by its inclusion in Kraay & Hirmer's Greek Coins (Thames & Hudson, 1966), a magnificent "coffee table book" of the finest in Greek numismatics that has achieved legendary status. Estimate: 50000 USD

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Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVI	Auction date: 10 January 2023
Lot number: 174 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: ARKADIA, Stymphalos. Circa 350 BC. AR Stater (26mm, 11.67 g, 2h). Head of Artemis right, hair tied in bun behind her head, wearing laurel wreath, ornate earring with rosette, crescent, and five pendants, and pearl necklace / Nude Herakles striding left, lion skin around left arm, holding bow in left hand, preparing to strike with club held aloft in his right hand; ΣΤYMΦAΛIΩN to left, ΣΟ between legs. Traeger, Arkadien 599; BCD Peloponnesos 1704–5; HGC 5, 1022; SNG Copenhagen 287 (same obv. die); SNG Spencer-Churchill 168 = Gillet 1005 (this coin); Kraay & Hirmer 514 (same obv. die); Traité III 884, pl. CCXXIV, 22 (same obv. die). Toned, holed in field in antiquity, a few cleaning scratches under tone, die breaks and minor double strike on obverse. VF. A masterwork of ancient art. Very rare, approximately 25 known, of which 15 are in museums. From the Pythagoras Collection. Ex Leu 77 (11 May 2000), lot 226; Charles Gillet Collection; Capt. C. E. Spencer-Churchill Collection; Ars Classica XVI (3 July 1933), lot 1301. The reverse design of this stater suggests that the artist had in mind a different approach to the myth of the Sixth Labor of Herakles when he engraved the die. According to the traditional rendering of the myth, Herakles, with the assistance of the gods Athena and Hephaistos, destroyed the Stymphalian Birds by shooting them down with his arrows once they took flight. Generally, this is the rendering of the event depicted on most coins – Herakles drawing his bow to take aim at the birds in flight. Such an active scene, however, when depicted on the coinage, results in a compact and often dense image. The engravers at Stymphalos, however, chose to employ a more novel and somewhat subtler design. Rather than adopting a literal interpretation, they chose to depict the hero in a more vigorous pose. Here, Herakles strides forth to do battle, lion skin flowing over his left arm behind him, while he holds his bow in his left hand (the only overt reference to the myth). His club, held in his raised right hand, is poised to strike. What he is about to strike, however, is the ethnic which curves upward in flight before him and serves as surrogate birds. Estimate: 20000 USD

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Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVI	Auction date: 10 January 2023
Lot number: 315 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: CILICIA, Tarsos. Circa 440-420 BC. AR Third Stater (14mm, 3.42 g, 9h). Warrior advancing left, raising left hand, holding spear in right; ankh-like symbol to left / Forepart of Pegasos flying right; TRZ (in Aramaic) to right; all in dotted square within incuse square. Cf. CNG E-342, lot 327 (for stater of this issue), otherwise, unpublished. Lightly toned, granular surfaces, a few marks. VF. Apparently unique. Estimate: 500 USD

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La testa del più forte guerriero tra le fiere e la testa con elmo corinzio della dea guerriera Atena, illustrano un piccolo raro obolo ( 9 mm / 0,74 g ) da Side di Pamphilia che sarà il 18 Dicembre in vendita Auctiones 78 al n. 14 .

[Oppiano]

Il 28/10/2015 alle 22:19, King John dice:

Oncia ridotta in bronzo (9,42 g) coniata dai bruzi nel 208-205 a.C. D.: testa di laureata di Zeus a destra. R.: guerriero nudo armato di lancia e scudo verso destra; legenda BRETTIWN, “(moneta) dei bruzi”. Gorny & Mosch Münzhandlung, asta n.156 del 6/03/2007, lotto n.1087

 

Contribuisco con un esemplare simile di recente acquisizione:

Greek Italy.  Bruttium, Brettii.  AE Unit-Drachm, c. 211-208 BC.  Obv.  Laureate head of Zeus right; behind thunderbolt.  Rev.  BPETTIΩN. Naked warrior advancing right, holding spear and shield; to lower right, racing-torch.  HN Italy 1988; SNG ANS 104.  AE.  6.70 g.  21.00 mm.  Lovely style. Superb glossy deep green patina.  Good VF.