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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Byzantine Collection	Auction date: 18 July 2023
Lot number: 29 Price realized: 180 GBP   (Approx. 235 USD / 210 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Justinian I AR Heavy 1/2 Siliqua. Ravenna, AD 540-552. D N IVSTINIANVS PP AV, diademed bust to right, wearing ornamented robe / Large Christogram within wreath. BCI 35; MIBE 77; DOC 338; Sear 319. 1.47g, 13mm, 6h. Good Very Fine. Rare. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction IV, 30 September 2012, lot 2898. Estimate: 150 GBP

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 110	Auction date: 3 August 2023
Lot number: 556 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Pisidia, Isinda Æ 20mm. 2nd-1st centuries BC. Dated year 4. Laureate head of Zeus to right, sceptre behind / Warrior on horse galloping to right, holding couched lance; below, coiled serpent to right and IΣIN, Δ (date) to left. Cf. RPC I 3512d; von Aulock, Pisidien 580-590; SNG BnF -. 7.21g, 20mm, 12h. Good Very Fine. Estimate: 50 GBP

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 26	Auction date: 8 July 2023
Lot number: 2919 Price realized: 850 CHF   (Approx. 955 USD / 872 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: EGYPT. Alexandria. Hadrian, 117-138. Tetradrachm (Billon, 24 mm, 13.53 g, 12 h), RY 19 = 134/5. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ Laureate head of Hadrian to left. Rev. L ЄΝΝЄΑΚΔ Hermanubis standing front, head to right, holding kerykeion in his right hand and palm frond in his left; to left, jackal standing left, head to right. Dattari (Savio) 1387 = RPC III online 5940.14 (this coin). Emmett 858.19. K&G 32.618 (this coin illustrated). Very rare. A beautiful piece of fine style. Slightly rough, otherwise, good very fine. From the collection of Eric ten Brink and that of K. von Koppenfels, Münzen & Medaillen GmbH 46, 15 February 2018, 439, ex Auctiones AG, 16-19 September 1996, 401, and from the collection of G. Dattari (1853-1923). Starting price: 100 CHF ILLUSTTRAZIONE: STATUA DI HERMANUBIS AI MUSEI VATICANI (prima immagine). Hermanubis, come il nome suggerisce, è  una divinità sincretica tra il greco Hermes e l’egizio Anubi, il cui culto si è probabilmente sviluppato tra il quarto e il terzo secolo a. C. (durante il periodo “Tolemaico”) e si è ampiamente diffuso dal primo secolo a. C. e il terzo secolo d. C., dopo la conquista romana dell’Egitto, trasformato in provincia dell’Impero. Hermanubis viene generalmente rappresentato come un uomo con la testa di sciacallo che porta in mano il caduceo, il bastone alato attorno al quale si attorcigliano due serpenti tipico di Hermes/Mercurio. La funzione di psicopompo di entrambe le divinità ha portato alla creazione di questa figura ibrida che racchiude in sé, simbolicamente, molti aspetti interessanti.

 

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXVII	Auction date: 22 March 2023
Lot number: 111 Price realized: 8,500 GBP   (Approx. 10,398 USD / 9,633 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Thessaly, Pharsalos AR Drachm. Late 5th-mid 4th century BC. Dies signed by the engravers Telephantos and Mi -. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet with raised cheek guards, helmet ornamented with two palmettes; TH and MI behind / Thessalian cavalryman riding horse prancing to right, wearing petasos, chlamys and chiton, and holding lagobolon over shoulder; ΦΑΡ(retrograde)[Σ] around, [ΤΗ] below exergual line. Lavva 154 (V72/R90); BCD Thessaly II, 642 (same dies). 6.36g, 19mm, 1h. Extremely Fine; beautiful golden highlights. Acquired from Münzhandlung Ritter (Düsseldorf), 13 September 1996, old collector's tickets included. Estimate: 7500 GBP

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Heritage World Coin Auctions > ANA Signature Sale 3109	Auction date: 17 August 2023
Lot number: 32088 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Ancients CORINTHIA. Corinth. Ca. 4th century BC. AR stater (22mm, 8.61 gm, 9h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 5/5. Ca. 345-307 BC. Pegasus flying left / Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet pushed back on head; N below bowl, bearded herm facing behind. Pegasi I 385. Crisp devices with a well-centered reverse that boasts clear detailing and warm silhouette toning. ILLUSTRAZIONE: erma in bronzo al Meptropolitan Museum of Art di New York

 

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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 138	Auction date: 18 May 2023
Lot number: 680 Price realized: 19,000 CHF   (Approx. 20,988 USD / 19,487 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Trajan, 98 – 117. Aureus 112-114, AV 7.29 g. IMP TRAIANVS AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. Façade of Trajan's forum showing main entrance flanked by a double colonnade; above, sculptured frieze with three facing quadrigae and two standing soldiers. In exergue, BASILICA VLPIA. C 168 var. (not cuirassed). BMC 509. RIC 257. CBN 685. Woytek 409f. Calicó 1031. Very rare and in unusually good condition for this difficult issue. A bold portrait of fine style, two minor edge marks at four and nine o'clock on obverse, otherwise about extremely fine Ex Gorny & Mosch sale 219, 2014, 394. Many Roman emperors were fond of architecture, and consequently of striking coins with architectural types, but in this regard, we must acknowledge that Trajan was the most prolific of them all. On this aureus we have a depiction of his marvellous forum, represented by the façade of its entrance. It appears as a building of six columns with its central entrance flanked by four distyle shrines, each containing a statue and situated beneath a circular shield. The roof supports an array of statues and statuary groups: in the centre is a facing chariot of six horses; the outermost horses are assisted by standing warriors, and the whole scene is flanked by military trophies and figures of Victory. The forum was dedicated in 112 or 113, the coin types presumably were struck in 115, and the final touches seemingly were completed about two years later. Trajan struck a variety of Imperial coins with architectural reverses, including many with identifiable statues and statuary groups, such as Trajan's equestrian statue and the castellum of the Aqua Traiana. Foremost among his other architectural types are his basilica, the Circus Maximus, the 'Danube bridge,' a hexagonal harbour, a triumphal arch, Trajan's Column, a richly ornamented gateway to Area Capitolina, the temple of Jupiter Victor and an octastyle temple which may be that of Honos, or perhaps the one eventually dedicated by Hadrian to Trajan and Plotina that occupied the end of the forum opposite the entrance depicted on this aureus. Estimate: 15000 CHF ILLUSTRAZIONE: RICOSTRUZIONI DEL FORO DI TRAIANO

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 110	Auction date: 3 August 2023
Lot number: 361 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Kings of Armenia, Tigranes II 'the Great' AR Tetradrachm. Tigranokerta, circa 80-68 BC. Diademed and draped bust to right, wearing Armenian tiara with five peaks and emblazoned with star between two eagles; bead and reel border around / Tyche of Artaxata seated to right on rock pile, holding palm branch, river god Araxes swimming to right below; [BA]ΣIΛEΩΣ to right, [TI]ΓPANOY to left, monogram on rock, monogram to body of river god; all within wreath. Kovacs 75.1; SCADA Group 8; CAA -. 15.68g, 27mm, 1h. Extremely Fine; stunning old cabinet tone with iridescence. Rare variant with second monogram on the body of the god. Estimate: 1500 GBP ILLUSTRAZIONE: RICOSTRUZIONE DELLE FATTEZZE DI TIGRANE II IL GRANDE

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Heritage World Coin Auctions > ANA Signature Sale 3109	Auction date: 17 August 2023
Lot number: 31041 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Ancients C. Vibius Varus (42 BC). AV aureus (20mm, 7.87 gm, 11h). NGC Choice Fine 4/5 - 2/5, ex-jewelry. Laureate head of Apollo right, with hair and rolled into chignon at back of head, two loose curls falling behind / C VIBIVS / VARVS, Venus Callipyge standing right, seen from behind, nude but for drapery falling around knees, looking at herself with mirror in left hand, drapery in right; column to left. Calicò 33. Crawford 494/34. Sydenham 1137. A delightful example struck on brilliant, autumnal surfaces. Ex Harlan J. Berk, private sale with old dealer's tag included. The reverse image of Venus is likely modeled after the marble Roman statue - Aphrodite Kallipygos (Callipygian Venus) - from the late 1st century BC, in turn thought to be a copy of an older Greek statue, and literally means "Venus (Aphrodite) of the beautiful buttocks." The Venus depicted on this issue humanizes her as she playfully looks at herself in the mirror. Estimate: 10000-12000 USD ILLUSTRAZIONE: VENERE CALLIPIGIA, STATUA IN MARMO DEL I-II SECOLO D.C. (COPIA DI UN BRONZO ELLENISTICO DEL III SECOLO A.C.) CONSERVATA AL MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO DI NAPOLI.

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Leu Numismatik AG > Auction 13	Auction date: 27 May 2023
Lot number: 225 Price realized: 6,000 CHF   (Approx. 6,623 USD / 6,176 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Octavian, 44-27 BC. Denarius (Silver, 21 mm, 3.73 g, 3 h), uncertain mint in Italy (Rome?), autumn 32-summer 31. Bare head of Octavian to left. Rev. CAESAR - DIVI[•F] Venus Genetrix standing right, nude to below the hips, leaning with her left elbow on column to her left, holding crested helmet in her right hand and long transverse scepter in her left; to lower left, shield with star motif leaning against column. Babelon (Julia) 109. BMC 601. Cohen 63. CRI 396. RIC 250b. A lustrous, beautiful example with a very attractive reverse. The obverse struck somewhat off center and with a minor scratch at 4 o'clock, otherwise, virtually as struck. As the mother of Aeneas, Venus was the mythical ancestress of the Julian family and hence venerated, in the form of Venus Genetrix, by both Julius Caesar and Octavian. The star on her shield is none other than the Sidus Iulium, a comet that appeared during the festivities held by Octavian in honor of Venus Genetrix on 20-23 July 44 BC, and was subsequently connected to Caesar's deification. Estimate: 1500 CHF

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Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) > Collector's Choice May 2023 Auction	Auction date: 16 May 2023
Lot number: 71074 Price realized: 1,300 USD   (Approx. 1,196 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: JULIUS CAESAR. AR Denarius (3.92 gms), Military Mint Traveling with Caesar, 49 B.C. NGC EF, Strike: 4/5 Surface: 2/5. Banker's Mark. Cr-443/1; CRI-9; Syd-1006; RSC-49. Obverse: Elephant advancing right, trampling upon horned serpent; Reverse: Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis, and apex. A stunning example of the ever-popular Caesar "Elephant" Denarius. Struck in the year that Caesar crossed the Rubicon, this type could not come from a more momentous point in Roman history. This piece features a charming pig-like elephant above Caesar's bold and complete name. The reverse is just as well-struck, and both sides are rather nicely centered for the issue. The fields abound with luster that complements the elegant purple-tinted tone. A crescent-shaped banker's mark on the upper obverse field takes nothing away from the piece, and even adds visual interest as it resembles the moon in the background. An enticing example that will undoubtedly appeal to a wide array of collectors. Estimate: $1000 - $1500 ILLUSTRAZIONE: UN FLAMEN DIALIS (SACERDOTE PREPOSTO AL CULTO DI GIOVE CAPITOLINO) RAFFIGURATO SU UN FREGIO DELL'ARA PACIS

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 110	Auction date: 3 August 2023
Lot number: 38 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Bruttium, the Brettii Æ 21mm. Circa 214-211 BC. Laureate head of Zeus to right; thunderbolt behind / Naked warrior advancing to right, holding spear and shield; BPETTIΩΝ upwards to left, owl with spread wings to right. HN Italy 1988; HGC 1, 1367. 6.26g, 21mm, 10h. Near Very Fine; slightly rough surfaces. Estimate: 40 GBP

 

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Leu Numismatik AG > Auction 13         Auction date: 27 May 2023         Lot number: 222
Price realized: 14,000 CHF   (Approx. 15,453 USD / 14,411 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.

Mark Antony, 44-30 BC. Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 3.87 g, 12 h), D. Turullius, moneyer. Military mint moving with Antony (Actium?), summer 31. M•ANTONIVS•AVG•IMP•IIII•COS•TERT•III•VIR-•R•P•C Bare head of Mark Antony to right. Rev. Victory standing front, head to left, holding wreath tied with fillet in her right hand and palm frond over her left shoulder; all within laurel wreath. Babelon (Antonia) 147 and (Turullia) 6. Crawford 545/2. CRI 388. RBW 1851. Sydenham 1211a. Rare and very likely the finest known example. A spectacular, boldly struck and lustrous piece, with an incredibly detailed portrait and a wonderful reverse. Tiny mark on Antony's cheek, otherwise, virtually as struck.
From a European collection, formed before 2005.
Struck right before Mark Antony's and Cleopatra's dreams of world domination would be utterly crushed under the relentless blows delivered to their galleys by Agrippa's rams in the Battle of Actium on 2 September 31 BC, this wonderful coin feigns an optimism which Mark must have long abandoned at that point. Trapped in swampy terrain at the mouth of the Gulf of Ambrakia after a surprise advance by the forces of Octavian, Antony's massive army and fleet suffered from hunger, disease and desertion throughout the summer of 31 BC. The situation eventually became untenable, forcing him and his beloved queen to attempt a breakthrough through Agrippa's fleet. Their plan was for Antony to engage the opponent so that Cleopatra could slip away with her contingent and the war treasury. Antony would subsequently also break away from Agrippa and reassemble his and Cleopatra's naval and land forces further east to continue the struggle on more solid grounds, with the vast resources of the eastern provinces and Ptolemaic Egypt eventually tipping the scales of the war in their favor.
However, Agrippa's superior generalship and his forces' higher morale and tactical flexibility won him a resounding victory over Antony's fleet, and while the latter successfully fled the scene after transferring from his giant flag ship to a smaller vessel, three-quarters of his fleet was either captured or destroyed. Meanwhile, Cleopatra had successfully sailed to Egypt - a planned tactical withdrawal that would lead to numerous misogynistic accusations of cowardice and treason by ancient and modern writers - but her and her lover's fate was sealed when Antony's demoralized land army capitulated to Octavian shortly after the battle, and most of the eastern client rulers forsook their former master before long. In 30 BC, Octavian's forces entered Egypt, and both Mark Antony and Cleopatra famously committed suicide, bringing to an end the fifteen-year epic struggle that saw Octavian's rise to become the most powerful ruler the world had ever known.
Estimate: 7500 CHF

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CLASSICAL NUMISMATIC GROUP, Triton XXI, Lot: 144. Estimate $7500. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (34mm, 32.15 g, 11h). Dated RY 21 (AD 157/158). AV TI AI A∆P ANTωNINOC CЄB, laureate bust right, slight drapery / Isis-Sothis seated facing, head right, holding a cornucopia with her right hand and a long scepter with her left, riding a dog (Sirius or Sothis) right; the dog is looking back at Isis; below, L KA (date). Köln 1804 var. (obv. bust type); Dattari (Savio) 8580 (this coin); K&G 35.752 var. (same); Emmett 1593.21; Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 142 (this coin). Near EF, dark brown surfaces with traces of green and red. Very rare and in exceptional condition for the type. Only one low-grade example sold at auction since 2000 (CNG E-Sale 397, lot 365).

From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection, purchased from Renzo Canavesi, Sagno, 1996. Ex Renzo Canavesi Collection (Sagno); Dr. Piero Beretta Collection (Milan); Giovanni Dattari Collection, no. 8580.
This type appears to be rarer than indicated in Emmett, where it is given an “R1” rating. With CoinArchives listing only the specimen we sold in our Electronic Auction 397 (17 May 2017), lot 365, it is a rare type in the Alexandrian series, which is skewed by the number in institutional collections, hence Emmett’s rating. Of those in private hands, this is certainly one of the finest known.

A fascinating type related to the Great Sothic Cycle that Giovanni discussed in a 1998 article (G. M. Staffieri, “Isis-Demetra-Sothis nella monetazione alessandrina” in Annotazioni Numismatiche, Series II, no. 30 [1998], pp. 693-697).

illustrazione:  figurine, Isis-Sothis on a dog. The sculpture is made of pale brown clay with white slip. Isis is looking forward, riding on a dog, seemingly of malteser breed. She is wearing a long garment, on her chest the Isis knot. The left hand resting on her lap, the right hand resting on a curved horn. On her head is a horned crown with sun disc. Her face is detailed, especially the eyes. The dog has its forelegs raised as for a leap, the face turned to the right, wearing a necklace.

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Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG > eLive Auction 78	Auction date: 17 July 2023
Lot number: 5077 Price realized: 135 EUR   (Approx. 152 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: GREEK COINS AEGYPTUS Ptolemaios V., 204-180 v. Chr. Æ-Tetrobol, 197/182 v. Chr., Alexandria; 17,58 g. Drapierte Büste der Isis r. mit Ährenkranz//Adler steht l. auf Blitz. SNG Cop. 247; Svoronos 1234; Weiser 130. Grün-braune Patina, kl. Kratzer auf dem Avers, sehr schön Exemplar der Slg. Mag. pharm. Werner Auner *03.06.1919 ✝10.09.2010 und der Fritz Rudolf Künker elive Auction 77, Osnabrück 2023, Nr. 2104. Estimate: 50 EUR ILLUSTRAZIONE: STATUA DI ISIDE

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 110	Auction date: 3 August 2023
Lot number: 1466 Price realized: To Be Posted
Lot description: Anonymous Æ Nummus. Alexandria, time of Maximinus II, AD 310-313. DEO SANCTO SARAPIDI, draped bust of Serapis to right, wearing modius / DEO SANCTO NILO, Nilus reclining to left, holding reed and cornucopiae; behind, hippopotamus; A in left field, ALE in exergue. van Heesch 6b (unlisted with this officina); Vagi 3384; CNG E-468, 577 (hammer: USD 600); Leu 10, 2371 (hammer: CHF 800). 1.31g, 16mm, 12h. Good Very Fine; excellent for the type. Very Rare. This type has often been attributed to the Festival of Isis coinage struck during the fourth century. While András Alföldi did not include this type in his catalogue of the Festival of Isis coinage (1937), it was included in the plates. It has been convincingly argued by J. van Heesch (The Last Civic Coinages and the Religious Policy of Maximinus Daza, The Numismatic Chronicle 153, 1993) that this coin belongs to a group of small bronze denomination coins struck at Alexandria from the end of 311 until the end of 312. The coins were issued under civic authority and depicted deities specific to the area on the obverse and reverse, such as Nilus depicted here. Contemporary civic coins issued at the mints of Nicomedia and Antioch were of the same size and weight, and typologically consistent. That civic coinage was issued by three separate mints contemporaneously is particularly significant for the last civic issue had been that of Perga in AD 275. The revival was to be temporary and can be understood within the context of the renewed period of persecution of the Christians under Maximinus Daza. Following the death of Galerius in 311, the dioceses of Asiana, Pontica and Oriens came under the control of Maximinus. Eusebius records that embassies approached Maximinus from both Nicomedia and Antioch to request that Christians should not be allowed to live in their cities (Hist. Eccles. IX). Similar requests from other cities in the eastern dioceses followed. Maximinus, sympathetic to anti-Christian measures, gave support for the closing of Churches and confiscation of property belonging to Christians, who were also expelled from cities in the region. The revival and circulation of civic coinages depicting ancient gods during this period of persecution reflects the actions of those eastern cities and might be seen as anti-Christian propaganda. The persecutions ended in 313, following an imperial edict restoring the privileges and property of the Christians. This sudden change in religious policy possibly resulted from the fear of reprisals from Constantine and Licinius in the west. Estimate: 200 GBP ILLUSTRAZIONE: STATUA DEL DIO NILO AI MUSEI VATICANI

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 26	Auction date: 8 July 2023
Lot number: 1329 Price realized: 50 CHF   (Approx. 56 USD / 51 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: CILICIA. Hierapolis. 2nd-1st century BC. AE (Bronze, 21.4 mm, 6.75 g, 12 h). Turreted, veiled and draped bust of the city-goddess to right. Rev. ΙЄΡΟ/ΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ - ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ / ΠΥΡΑ[ΜΩ] The river-god Pyramos swimming right, raising his left arm; to left, bird. SNG Levante 1569. SNG Paris 2212-2213. Struck on a somewhat short flan and with minor deposits, otherwise, very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 25 CHF ILLUSTRAZIONE: Women, probably intended as Amazons, swimming and diving on an Athenian vase attributed to the Andokides Painter (ca. 520 BC),  Louvre Museum

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ean Elsen & ses Fils S.A. > Auction 156	Auction date: 15 September 2023
Lot number: 219 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Cn. Gellius, AR denier, 138 av. J.-C., Rome. D/ T. casquée de Roma à d. Derrière, . Le tout dans une couronne de laurier. R/ Un guerrier deb. dans un quadrige, ten. un bouclier et un captif. Sous les chevaux, CN·GEL. A l'ex., ROMA. Cr. 232/1; Syd. 434. 3,84 g. Petit coup à l'ex. au revers. Patiné. Très Beau Very Fine Estimate: 75 EUR

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 26	Auction date: 8 July 2023
Lot number: 2335 Price realized: 160 CHF   (Approx. 180 USD / 164 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: CILICIA. Tarsus. Hadrian, 117-138. Tridrachm (Silver, 22 mm, 10.59 g, 1 h). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΘΕ ΤΡA ΠΑΡ ΥΙ ΘΕ ΝΕΡ ΥΙ ΤΡΑI ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹEB Laureate head of Hadrian to right. Rev. TΑΡϹΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ City-goddess, turreted and veiled, seated left, holding palm in her right hand and cornucopiae in her left; at feet to left, river-god Kydnos, crowned with wreath of sedge, swimming left. Prieur 761. RPC III 3262. Graffito of 'AXI' on the obverse and with a scratch on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine. Starting price: 50 CHF ILLUSTRAZIONE: LA TICHE DI ANTIOCHIA, COPIA MARMOREA DI UN ORIGINALE GRECO IN BRONZO DEL III SECOLO A.C. OPERA TI EUTICHIDE, MUSEI VATICANI

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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 138	Auction date: 18 May 2023
Lot number: 36 Price realized: 50,000 CHF   (Approx. 55,230 USD / 51,281 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Croton. Stater circa 400-325, AR 7.75 g. Head of Hera Lakinia facing, three-quarter r., wearing stephane; in r. field, B. Rev. KPO – TΩNI – ATAΣ Heracles seated l. on lion skin, holding club and cup; below, bow. McClean 1713 and pl. 54, 17 (these dies). SNG ANS 376 (these dies). Boston, MFA 187 (these dies). Gulbenkian 131. Historia Numorum Italy 2169. Very rare and in exceptional condition for the issue, undoubtedly among the finest specimens known. A magnificent portrait of superb style perfectly centred on a very broad flan. Light tone and extremely fine / good extremely fine Ex Leu sale 25, 1980, 41. From an Exceptional Collection assembled between the early 70s and late 90s. The designs on this masterful nomos are boastful celebrations of the issuing city, as Croton controlled the famous sanctuary of Hera Lacinia on the nearby Lacinian promontory, and it counted Heracles as its founder. As tranquil as the images of Hera and Heracles appear, this coin would seem to have been struck in a particularly troublesome era. Jenkins associates it with the period in which the Syracusan tyrant Dionysius I meddled in the affairs of South Italy, and ruled over Croton for a dozen years. It is generally believed that this majestic portrait of Hera Lacinia is derived from Cimon's immensely influential facing Arethusa at Syracuse. Katherine Erhart, in her 1978 doctoral thesis on the facing head motif on Greek coins, notes that this image of Hera Lacinia was copied on coinages of other cities in South Italy, including Pandosia, Fenseria, Hyria, Phistelia, Neapolis, Poseidonia, Thurium and Nola, though in each case with lesser degrees of success than seen on the present coin. The depiction of Heracles Epitrapezeus ("Heracles at the table") lounging as he holds aloft a cup of wine bears all the hallmarks of statuary captured on a miniature scale. The observations of Phyllis Lehman in her 1946 study of statuary on Greek coins are of great interest. She notes (p.40): "The highly plastic quality of the reverse type, the rendering of the vigorous body, suggests the likelihood that this numismatic image reflects a statuary prototype. Such details as the inclination of the head, the lowering of the extended arm until it almost rests upon the right thigh, and the foreshortened left leg appear to be concessions made by a skilled die- cutter in adapting a three-dimensional plastic type to a flat, circular field. This hypothesis is strongly reinforced by the analogy between the numismatic type and a group of statues commonly considered to be replicas of the Herakles Epitrapezios of Lyssipos. The relationship is so striking that one is forced to conclude that Lyssipos either based his work upon an earlier numismatic type whose plastic potentialities he divined or, what is far more probable, that he derived his conception from an older statuary type which is also reflected on the coinage of Croton." Estimate: 15000 CHF

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Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG > Auction 389 eLive	Auction date: 23 June 2023
Lot number: 2025 Price realized: 525 EUR   (Approx. 575 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: ROMAN COINS MÜNZEN DER RÖMISCHEN KAISERZEIT Traianus, 98-117. Æ-Drachme, Jahr 12 (= 108/109), Alexandria (Aegyptus); 20,49 g. Drapierte Büste r. mit Lorbeerkranz//Triptolemos in Schlangenbiga r. Dattari 1041 var.; Geissen 512 f.; Kampmann/Ganschow 27.198; RPC 4336.2. Sehr schön Exemplar der Auktion Kreß 163, München 1975, Nr. 826. Estimate: 150 EUR ILLUSTRAZIONE: TRITTOLEMO RAFFIGURATO SU UN SARCOFAGO ROMANO DELL II SECOLO D.C., LOUVRE Trittolemo, eroe greco legato al mito eleusino di Demetra. Dapprima considerato semplicemente re di Eleusi, fu poi detto figlio di Celeo e di Metanira e fratello di Demofonte. Per l’ospitalità ricevuta a Eleusi Demetra gli diede un carro tirato da draghi alati, con cui doveva percorrere il mondo seminando il grano.

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Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger > Auction 383	Auction date: 21 September 2023
Lot number: 2084 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction -
Lot description: GRIECHISCHE MÜNZEN, GRIECHISCHES MUTTERLAND, THESSALIEN, PELINNA. Trihemiobol. Ca. 425-400. Thessalischer Reiter mit Petasos und 2 Speeren nach l. Rs: Krieger mit 2 Speeren und Schild in Angriffsstellung l. SNG COP. 185. BCD Coll. II 514. Schöne Tönung. L. korrodiert. fast vz Ex GM 236, 2016, Los Nr. 177B. Estimate: 1400 EUR

 

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