Le più belle rappresentazioni di guerrieri

[King John]

@apollonia e hai notato la raffigurazione sullo scudo della Nike? Rappresenta sempre Alessandro a cavallo! Sempre più interessante....

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Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte. Circa 521-478 BC. Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue / Incuse head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin headdress; small incuse square behind, incuse club below. Bodenstedt 19.2; BMC -; Boston MFA -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -. 2.52g, 10mm, 6h.
Mint State. Extremely Rare, apparently only the second known after one example recorded by Bodenstedt in the National Museum, Athens.
From the Kleines Meisterwerk Collection.
This exceptionally rare variety with the incuse head of Herakles facing left also displays an intricately detailed gorgon. Aside from the careful attention the engraver has lavished on such details as the gorgon's teeth and serpent heads, we also see the scaly skin the gorgon has been given between her hair and eyebrows. Even on a larger coin this would be impressive - that this fine work has been accomplished on such a small flan is nothing short of astounding.

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Athens AE, Athena reverse, time of Gallienus
Athens , Attica. Pseudo-autonomous AE (20-22 mm, 6.02 g), 264-267 AD. 
Obv. helmeted head of Athena right.
Rev. AΘHNAIΩN, Athena standing left, holding spear in left arm and Nike with wreath in right hand, left hand on shield decorated with facing Gorgoneion.
Svoronos pl. 83, 15. Kroll-Walker p. 147, 294.
Rare. Some smoothing on reverse. Good very fine.

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ISLANDS off CARIA, Kos. Circa 345 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.31 g, 12h). Her-, magistrate. Bearded head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin / Draped bust of female left, wearing triple pendant earring and necklace; KOIΩ[N] below, HP monogram behind. Cf. Pixodarus p. 232, 3 (obv. die A2); SNG Keckman -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -; SNG Kayhan -; Traité II -. EF, toned. Unpublished reverse type for series.
The coins of Kos in the Hekatomnus and Pixodarus Hoards has enabled a nearly complete reconstruction of the emissions of Kos in the early to mid 4th century BC. Four primary phases of coinage have been noted, all of which have an obverse with a bearded head of Herakles wearing a lion skin. The reverses of the first three phases have a crab as reverse type, which was changed to a veiled female bust in the fourth phase. The evidence of the Pixodarus hoard also illuminates the placement of this new coin. Although the bust type on the reverse is unpublished, the obverse die is known from an issue of the fourth phase (fourth phase, die A2). The fact that the obverse has a left-facing Herakles, which was later changed to right-facing, clearly shows that this coin belongs near the beginning of the fourth phase, rather than later. Die links from the hoard also indicate that this obverse die was used at or near the beginning of the phase. Such a novel reverse as this, then, suggests that it was either a trial type or special issue from the beginning of the fourth phase that was discontinued in favor of the veiled female type.

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SICILY, Syracuse. Pyrrhus. 278-276 BC. Æ 24mm (10.82 gm). 
SURAKOSIWN, head of Herakles left, wearing lion's skin headdress
Athena Promachos standing right, holding thunderbolt overhead in right hand, shield on left arm; owl before. 
SNG ANS 850; Calciati II pg. 321, 175 Rs 35; SNG Copenhagen 809 var. (trident); Favorito 66; Laffaille 248 var. 
(symbol); Virzi1808-1810. 
EF, greenish brown patina, a few small rough spots. ($300)

Triton V Sale, 15 Jan 2002, lot 263.
 
 Lot sold for USD 300.

[King John]

RÖMISCHE PROVINZIALPRÄGUNGEN
MAKEDONIEN
KOINON
Objekt-Nr.: 1757
AE Halbstück. (5,78 g.), Zeit des Gordian III. Vs.: ALEXANDROU, Kopf Alexanders mit attischem Helm n. r. Rs.: KOINON MAKEDONWN B NE, Keule, Gorytos und Bogen. AMNG IIII 825. Dunkelgrüne Patina, ss
Estimation: € 150,00

ILLUSTRAZIONE: Veterano di Alessandro nel deserto di Gedrosia , 325-324 aC.

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SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.09 g, 7h). Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 295 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEY[KOY] in exergue, Alexander the Great, with Dionysiac attributes, wearing helmet adorned with bull’s ear and horns, panther skin on shoulders, riding Boukephalos right; across lower field, from left to right, ΣΩ and two monograms. SC 203 = A. Houghton and A. Stewart, “The equestrian portrait of Alexander the Great on a new tetradrachm of Seleukos I” in SNR 78 (1999), pp. 27–35; Nomos I, lot 119; HGC 9, 24. Good VF, toned, a few light marks under tone. Extremely rare, the 3rd known example.
This extraordinary coin comes from a series that also includes some very rare drachms and hemidrachms of the same type. The identification of the figure on the reverse is controversial: is it Dionysos the Conqueror? Is it Alexander with attributes of Dionysos? Is it Seleukos with attributes of Alexander and Dionysos? Or is it a general hero with attributes of all of them? Houghton and Stewart made a very good case for it being Alexander, based on the Dionysiac symbolism used for the portrait of Alexander on the victory coinage struck in Susa ten years earlier. On this coin we can see that the saddle cloth is an animal skin (the tail can be made out waving behind the rider); presumably that of a panther. The horns of the horse immediately recall Alexander’s mount, the famous Boukephalos, thus, seemingly making the identification of the rider certain. Since the publication of 1999, however, Houghton seems to have had second thoughts, and wonders that the rider may well be Seleukos. This is unlikely. The fact that this issue was so limited in size argues against it being the introduction of a new iconographic representation of Seleukos, rather than a reprise of that of Alexander. After all, if it was meant to be Seleukos, why is it never used again? The suggestion that the horned horse is not Alexander’s mount, but the swift horse that carried Seleukos away from Babylon in 315 BC, is equally unlikely because that horse is never said to have had horns and the fact that horned horse heads are often found on some eastern silver and bronze coins of Seleukos I and a few of his successors does not support that attribution. Those heads are surely of Boukephalos, especially since he died and was buried in the east. Clearly, the horseman on this coin is Alexander, conqueror of the East, in a pose very similar to that found on the so-called Poros Dekadrachms. He appears on this special issue for the same reasons he appeared on the series from Susa: to recall the deeds of Alexander in the past and associate them with those of Seleukos in the present. This is not only one of the most exciting and historically significant coins minted by the Seleukids, but it also a particularly striking depiction of Alexander.

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EGYPT, Persian Administration. Sabakes. Circa 335-333 BC. Æ (10mm, 1.34 g, 12h). Head of Satrap right, wearing Persian headdress / Archer crouching right, drawing bow. Nicolet-Pierre, Monnaies type B, pl. 26 = Alram 374; Winzer 20.1. VF, dark green patina. Very rare.
Sabakes, the penultimate Persian satrap in Egypt, fell in battle against Alexander the Great at Issos. His successor, Mazakes, handed over Egypt to the Macedonians in 332 BC.

illustrazione:  soldati provenienti dalle varie satrapie persiane (quello con lo scudo a torre é un soldato egizio).

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GRIECHISCHE MÜNZEN
SICILIA
MAMERTINOI. 
Æs, nach 288 v. Chr., Messana; 1.67 g. Aphroditekopf r.//Krieger steht l. mit Speer und Schwert, davor Trophäe. Calciati 37. Grüne Patina, sehr schön
Schätzpreis: 50,00 EUR

ILLUSTRAZIONE: TURNO DI GUARDIA SULLE MURA.

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TEMNOS. 
Æs, 2./1. Jahrhundert v. Chr.; 2,63 g. Athenakopf r. mit korinthischem Helm//Krieger steht r. mit Helm, Schild und Lanze. SNG Cop. 261; SNG v. Aulock 1675. Grüne Patina, sehr schön +

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GREEK COINS 
Sicily 

Aitna. After 210 BC. Trias (Bronze, 21mm, 5.17 g 11). Radiate head of Apollo to right. Rev. AITNAIΩN Warrior standing facing, his head turned to right, holding shield in his left hand and spear in his right. CNS 8. SN ANS 1160-1. Nearly very fine.

From a collection in Ticino, formed over 20 years ago. 


 

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Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 397	Auction date: 17 May 2017
Lot number: 92 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction -
Lot description: THESSALY, Larissa. 3rd century BC. Æ Dichalkon (16mm, 6.42 g, 6h). Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left / [Λ]ΑΡ-Ι-Σ-ΑΙΩ-[Ν] (partially retrograde), warrior, holding spear, on horse rearing right. BCD Thessaly I 1171.1 var. (monogram on rev.); BCD Thessaly II 393.1; HGC 4, 531. VF, black patina. From the BCD Collection. Estimate: 75 USD

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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 100	Auction date: 29 May 2017
Lot number: 54
Lot description: Greek Coins  Calabria, Tarentum. Nomos circa 344-340, AR 7.92 g. Horse r.; behind, helmeted warrior holding spear and shield. In r. field, close to the horse's breast, T. Rev. ΤΑΡΑΣ Dolphin rider l., dismounting with trident and shield; beneath dolphin A and waves. Vlasto 518 (this obverse die). McClean 591 (this obverse die). Fischer-Bossert 683 (this coin illustrated). Historia Numorum Italy 889. Rare and in exceptional condition for the issue. Of lovely style and with a superb iridescent tone, almost invisible traces of overstriking, otherwise extremely fine Ex NAC sale 6, 1993, 25.

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Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC > Treasure Auction 21	Auction date: 3 May 2017
Lot number: 1266
Lot description: Calabria, Tarentum, AR nomos, ca. 280 BC, "boy on dolphin." Vlasto 700; HN Italy 968. 7.77 grams. Warrior, holding shield and rein, on horseback left; EY behind / Phalanthos, holding trident, on dolphin right; ZOP to left; below, hippocamp right. Well centered with good detail on dolphin side and natural laminations on both sides; VF. (Esti

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KINGS OF MACEDON. Kassander (305-298 BC). Ae. Uncertain Macedonian mint.
Obv: Helmet left.
Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ / KAΣΣANΔΡOΥ. 
Spear head.
SNG München 1035.
Condition: Very fine.
Weight: 3.82 g.
Diameter: 18 mm.

 

 

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Macedonia, Orthagoreia. Silver Stater (10.32 g), ca. 350-330 BC. Draped bust of Artemis right, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace, quiver at shoulder. Reverse: OPΘAΓO-PEΩN, Chalkidian helmet facing; above, star; below, monogram. SNG ANS 562; AMNG III/2 2. Rare. Uniform antique grey tone. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $700 - 800 
The Hanbery Collection; Purchased from A.H. Baldwin & Sons. 
This issue of Orthagoreia is remarkable for its attractive depiction of Artemis wearing the distinctive "melon" hairstyle that became fashionable for mortal (and some deified) women in the late fourth and third centuries BC. The hairstyle is so called by modern scholars because the braids tightly pulled back give the impression of the striated rind of a watermelon. The reverse type is a little more enigmatic in its depiction of a facing Macedonian helmet surmounted by a star. To date no convincing explanation of the star crest has been offered. Does it indicate an association with the Dioscuri, whose piloi (not helmets) were regularly depicted with a star above? Or could it be an allusion to the Argead dynasty of Macedonia, which claimed that Perdikkas I, its dynastic founder, once received a bizarre payment of golden sunlight before setting out to claim his kingdom? The question remains an open one.

[King John]

ROMAN GOLD COINS FROM THE COLLECTION OF A PERFECTIONIST
Marcus Aurelius, 161-180
Estimate: CHF 7'500.00
Aureus (Gold, 7.26 g 5), Rome, 172.
Obverse: M ANTONIVS AVG TR P XXVI Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Marcus Aurelius to right.
Reverse: IMP VI COS III On left, Marcus Aurelius, in military dress, standing left, holding thunderbolt in his right hand and reversed spear in his left; behind him on the right, Victory standing left, crowning him with wreath held in her right hand and holding palm with her left; between them, pellet. 
Rarity: Rare.
References: Biaggi 856. BMC 566. C. 308. Foss 46. RIC 264. Sear II 4860.
Condition: Minor flan fault on the obverse, otherwise, virtually as struck.
Estimate: 6500 – 7500.–
Provenance: Ex Monnaies et Médailles 37, 5 December 1968, 326.
Note: Emperors were often depicted being crowned by Victory, but the scene here is unusual in that Marcus Aurelius holds a thunderbolt, the attribute of Jupiter. This was done deliberately to recall the divine aid given the Roman army in its campaigns across the Danube (as depicted on the Column of Marcus Aurelius in Rome, lightning struck the enemy camp and an unexpected rain storm dispersed the enemy troo1). The noble portrait on the obverse shows Marcus Aurelius at 50, with a much longer beard than he had ten years previously, perha1 as an outward sign of his philosophical leanings. The strains of the campaigns and the constant crises, which assailed his reign, took their toll: by the end of the reign eight years later his portraits show us a prematurely aged man worn down by care, a far cry from the confident, radiant young man we saw when he first became Caesar, forty-two years before.

[VALTERI]

Dopo 867 post di ampio ,  vario  ventaglio , una digressione per  una piccola moneta , in fondo anch'essa  collocabile tra le rappresentazioni guerriere sulle monete greche .

Una didramma della prima metà del XX sec. con al diritto , anepigrafe , una testa di Atena con elmo corinzio ,  di chiara derivazione classica .

 

[King John]

42 minuti fa, VALTERI dice:

Dopo 867 post di ampio ,  vario  ventaglio , una digressione per  una piccola moneta , in fondo anch'essa  collocabile tra le rappresentazioni guerriere sulle monete greche .

Una didramma della prima metà del XX sec. con al diritto , anepigrafe , una testa di Atena con elmo corinzio ,  di chiara derivazione classica .

 

Non ci crederai ma ce l'ho: mi piace tantissimo! 

[VALTERI]

Incuriosisce la piccolissima iscrizione verso il   bordo a destra del diritto " GILLIERON FILS " : forse una famiglia di incisori ?

[King John]

Questa moneta fu coniata a Vienna e l'incisore fu E. Gillieron

 

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6246.html

[King John]

Apprendo adesso che questo E. Gillieron era figlio di un artista omonimo che aveva lavorato al restauro del palazzo di Knosso....

http://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/now-at-the-met/features/2011/historic-images-of-the-greek-bronze-age

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[King John]

Comunque per me la moneta più bella coniata nella Grecia moderna rimane il pezzo da 20 dracme del 1973.

Modificato 4 Maggio, 2017 da King John

[King John]

RÖMER
RÖMISCHE KAISERZEIT
Objekt-Nr.: 671
Maximianus Herculius, 285 - 310 n. Chr.
Argenteus, (2,99 g.), 294 - 95 n.Chr. Mzst. Siscia. Vs.: MAXIMIANVS AVG, Kopf mit Lorbeerkranz n. r. Rs.: VICTORIA SARMAT, die Tetrarchen opfern vor einem Castrum mit acht Türmen. RIC 34b. R! Fast vz
Estimation: € 650,00

[VALTERI]

Quasi una vita fa , ho avuto una moneta in bronzo al nome di Giovanni Kapodistrias , primo capo di governo della Grecia appena indipendente ( 1831 ) .

Ricordo che aveva anche quella l'immagine dell'Araba Fenice .