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Zeus su una dramma di Kierion, Tessaglia (Triton XV).

THESSALY, Kierion. Mid 3rd century BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 5.11 g, 12h). Laureate and bearded head of Zeus to r. / [ΚΙ]ΕΡΙΕΙ[ΩΝ] r. down, youthful Asklepios, naked to the waist, seated l. on rocks, holding long sceptre in his l. hand and resting his r. on his upraised r. knee; to l., tree entwined by a serpent. Unpublished, unknown and apparently unique. Near VF, lightly toned but surfaces very crystallized. The dies appear to be from the same hand that crafted the dies for the Nomos 4 didrachm (lot 1071).

Said to have been found on the site of ancient Kierion.

The importance of this coin lies in that we now have confirmation that Kierion issued drachms to match its rare didrachms about which there were doubts in the past that they were minted in Thessaly and not in Asia Minor. These issues, surely struck in very limited quantities, are analogous to the Philippopolis range of staters to obols (see Nomos 4, lots 1040 to 1042 and lot 69 above) but, judging from the style and fabric, should be dated almost a century later. Philippopolis was able to use the services of a master engraver, and a supremely gifted one at that whereas, one hundred years later, the mint-master and the city council of Kierion must have found out that the choices they had were very limited and certainly not up to the artistic standard of the mid 4th century BC. The superbly executed Kierion hemidrachm (see Nomos 4, 1067) was obviously struck several decades earlier and therefore the master engraver who created its dies was in all likelihood not available anymore to offer his services.

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 Zeus e I Dioscuri su un bronzo di Tyndaris (Busso 416).

Sizilien Tyndaris
Bronze 254/214 v. Chr. Kopf des Zeus / Dioskuren mit Phialen und Lanzen. Calciati I, S. 81, Em. 18 3.76 g.; Braungrüne Patina Selten Sehr schön Felder geglättet.

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Zeus/Asclepio su un bronzo di Termessos (Helios 2).

GRIECHISCHE MÜNZEN (GREEK COINS) 
TERMESSOS
TERMESSOS
Bronze, 260 - 261 n. Chr. 24.24 g. @TERMHSSEW - N AUTONO - MWN. Kopf des Zeus mit Lorbeerkranz rechts. Rs: TWN ME - IZONWN. Asklepios mit Schlangenstab en face stehend, den Kopf nach rechts gewandt, auf der rechten Seite Telesphoros en face stehend, darüber Q. Martini/Nollé B 19 (stempelgleich). Slg. Burstein 921 (stempelgleich). Äußerst selten. Braungrüne Patina, sehr schön.
 

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Zeus su un bronzo di Magnetes (Roma Numismatics E-SALE 52).

Greek 
Thessaly, Magnetes Æ22. 2nd century BC. Head of Zeus right / The centaur Chiron right, holding branch over shoulder. Rogers 341a; BCD -. 8.41g, 22mm, 11h.
Dark green patina, Good Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics E-Sale 8, 31 May 2014, lot 91.

Chiron was held to be the superlative centaur amongst his brethren, as he was called as the "wisest and justest of all the centaurs" (Homer, Iliad 11.831). Throughout Greek mythology, there were many heroes who were trained by Chiron, including Achilles, Ajax, Asklepios, Herakles, Jason, Perseus and Theseus.

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Zeus su un bronzo della Messenia (Münzen & Medaillen 21).

GRIECHISCHE MüNZEN
MESSENIEN
No.: 438
Schätzpreis/Estimate: EUR 65
Kleinbronze, 1. Jh. Kopf des bärtigen Zeus mit Lorbeerkranz n. r. Rv. R Schlangenstab des Asklepios, im Felde l. NIAR/COC 2,76 g. SNG Cop. 522. Grandjean 186, 617. Selten. Dunkle, braungrüne Patina.
Schön

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Poseidone su un tetradramma di Demetrio I Poliorcete (CNG Coin Shop).

KINGS of MACEDON. Demetrios I Poliorketes. 306-283 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 17.42 g, 6h). Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 291–290 BC. Diademed and horned head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY, Poseidon Pelagaios seated left on rock, holding aphlaston and trident; monograms to inner left and right. Unpublished in the standard references with this combination of monograms, but for the obverse die see Newell Series IV, Group B, die XCIX. Near EF, toned.

Newell’s Series IV is composed of two groups: Group A with a different monogram of the principal official in the left reverse field and Group B with the monogram as on the current coin in the left reverse field. Although quite different in general form, Newell suspected the left–field monograms of Groups A and B were in fact composed of similar letters and likely represented the same official’s name, which he tentatively suggested may have been Philemon. With great prescience, in 1927 Newell wrote (p. 108) that the combination of monograms found on our coin, bridging his Groups A and B, would eventually turn up.

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Poseidone su un bronzo 'serrate' dei tempi di Filippo V-Perseo (CNG 415).

KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Philip V – Perseus. 187-168 BC. Serrate Æ (24mm, 11.60 g, 6h). Amphipolis mint. Diademed head of Poseidon right; trident head to left / Club; two monograms below; all within wreath. Touratsoglou, Macedonia 12; HGC 3, 331 (after 168 BC). VF, dark gray-green patina.

From the Belgica Collection.

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Zeus sul diritto di un bronzo di Siracusa (CGB.fr, MONNAIES 49).

SICILY - SYRACUSE Drachme, (MB, Æ 27) Timoleon c. 344-336 AC Sicile, Syracuse R2 copper (27mm, 17,25g, 8h)
Obverse : Tête barbue et laurée de Zeus (Jupiter) à gauche ; grènetis circulaire
Reverse : Cheval libre bondissant à gauche ; grènetis circulaire
Ref : Laffaille225 ANS.533 GC.1191 MIAMG.5106 (R2) (800€) Münich1159
Pedigree : Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Vinchon du 22 mai 1995
Grade : VF
Coments on the condition : Exemplaire sur un flan large et épais avec les grènetis visibles des deux côtés. Beau portrait de Zeus de haut relief. Revers de style fin avec un cheval élégant. Magnifique patine vert olive clair avec un petit éclat de patine dans le champ au revers à gauche devant le cheval
Starting Price : 550.00 Euro
Estimate : 850.00 Euro

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Savoca 1ST BLACK AUCTION: Zeus Ammone/Poseidone su un didramma di Tenos molto raro

Lot 20. Cyclades. Tenos circa 250 BC. 
Didrachm AR. Rhodian Standard
22mm., 6,89g.
Laureate head of young Zeus Ammon right, A behind / ΤΗΝΙΩΝ, Poseidon, wearing himation, nude to waist, standing left, holding trident with his left hand, dolphin on his outstretched right hand, in field left, bunch of grapes.
very fine, nicely toned
BMC Crete etc, p.128, 7 var. (no A behind); Mionnet Supp. IV, 312 var. (same); Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Monnaies, médailles et antiques, 452.
In the neighbourhood of the ancient city of Tenos was a celebrated temple of Poseidon situated in a grove, where festivals were celebrated, and which were much frequented by all the neighbouring people.
Very rare didrachm of Tenos

 

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Zeus su un bronzo di Akmoneia (Numismatik Naumann 45).

PHRYGIA. Akmoneia. Ae (1st century BC). Menodotos and Silion, magistrates.
Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right.
Rev: AKMONE / MHNOΔO ΣIΛΛΩN.  Asklepios standing facing, resting hand upon serpent-entwined staff.
BMC 16.
Condition: Good very fine.
Weight: 3.87 g.
Diameter: 19 mm.

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Poseidone su un bronzo di Bisanzio (Emporium Hamburg 72)

Lot 162. GRIECHENLAND, THRAKIEN / Stadt Byzantion, AE 18 (2.Jhd.v.Chr.). Kopf des Poseidon r. im Perlkreis. Rs.Delphin um Dreizack. 4,64g. BMC-, SNG Cop.-, sehr selten, vz

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Poseidone su un bronzo di Bisanzio per l'alleanza con Calcedonia (CNG 75).

Very Rare Alliance Issue

THRACE, Byzantion. Alliance with Kalchedon. 3rd century BC. Æ 23mm (5.51 g, 12h). Diademed head of Poseidon left / Prow left. Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1290-1 var. (V1/R- [unlisted rev. die]); SNG BM Black Sea -; SNG Copenhagen -; McClean 4260; Hunterian 398. Good VF, dark green-black patina, a few minor pits. Very rare, better than the specimens listed in Schönert-Geiss.

From the Alexandre de Barros Collection. Ex Aufhäuser 13 (7 October 1997), lot 24.

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Poseidone sul rovescio di un raro tetradramma di Bisanzio (CNG 308).

THRACE, Byzantion. Circa 240-220 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.60 g, 12h). Meniskos, magistrate. Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter right / Poseidon seated right on rocks, holding trident and aphlaston; monogram to right. Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 987 var. (V4/R– [unlisted rev. die]); SNG BM Black Sea 59. VF, lightly toned, reverse a bit rough. Rare.

From the Demetrios Armounta Collection.

 

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Raro medaglione di piombo con la raffigurazione di Ade accanto a Persefone sul diritto

10367. BITHYNIA, NIKAIA. EXTREMELY RARE GREEK MEDALLION OF PERSEPHONE IN HADES, Asia Minor, c. 2nd century BC. Pb27, 12.52 g. Obverse: Hades seated three quarter facing on his throne in the underworld holding his scepter, the abducted Persephone standing to his right facing left; traces of an unknown legend around. Reverse: NIKAIΩN; Triptolemos naked driving a chariot pulled by two giant winged serpents left. Good F. Extremely rare, possibly unique. Remnants of gold plating. A wonderful depiction of one of the major Greek myths.

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Testa di Zeus su un tricalkon della Tessaglia (nomos 4)

Lot 1008. Coins of Thessaly, the BCD Collection 
Thessalian League 
Circa 361-360 BC. Trichalkon (Bronze, 18mm, 5.67 g 9). Head of Zeus to right, wearing oak wreath. Rev. PETQ - ALWN Forepart of prancing horse to right, emerging from a rock; below, trident head to right. Franke 1970, fig. 20 var. Rogers 2 = Traité IV 598, pl. CCXCIII, 20. Extremely rare, probably the finest known example. A coin of splendid Classical style, with a fine, glossy black patina. Some minor marks and pits on the obverse, otherwise, extremely fine. This is surely the rarest bronze coin issued by the Thessalian League: it was issued at a time when coinage was being produced all over Greece, often in rather small numbers purely as a way of proclaiming the issuing state’s independence. This was certainly true for many cities in the Peloponnesos beginning in the later 360s: they not only produced bronzes and small silver fractions, often beautifully designed out of civic pride, but also some exceptional staters. It would not at all be surprising if one day some League silver dating to this period would appear: as with the contemporary issues of the Achaian League, it would have been produced in extremely small numbers.

A note from BCD: The reverse of this coin, practically impossible to find in this state, could not be more eloquent.Skyphios is seen bursting wildly from the rock with his head tossed up high, an image that does justice to the legend that he was the father of all horses. Below, Poseidon’s elaborate trident alludes to the creation of Thessaly when the god struck with it the land between the mountains of Olympos and Ossa and created a channel so that the waters that were inundating the plain could escape.

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Zeus su un rarissimo tetradramma di Antiochia sul Meandro (Leu Numismatik WEB AUCTION 8 – PART 1)

Lot 412. CARIA. Antioch ad Maeandrum. Circa 85-65/60 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27 mm, 16.16 g, 1 h), Hermogenes, magistrate. Laureate head of Zeus to right. Rev. EPMOΓENHΣ - ANTIOXEΩN Eagle, wings closed, standing left on a thunderbolt, being crowned by a small Nike flying left; all within maeander pattern. BMC -. Leschhorn, Lexicon of Greek Coin Inscriptions -. Leu 2 (2018), 108 (same obverse die). McClean -. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG Lockett -. SNG von Aulock -. Thonemann (forthcoming) prov. Group C, 13.d (O15/R27, this coin). Weber -. Winterthur -. Extremely rare, apparently the third known example. The reverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, very fine.
Extremely rare, apparently the third known example.

[YV_ laMoneta]

Il 19/4/2017 alle 20:26, apollonia dice:

Salve

Mi riferisco a Zeus, Poseidone e Ade, rispettivamente il dio della terra, il dio del mare e il dio dell’oltretomba.

Zeus è senza dubbio quello dei tre raffigurato con maggior frequenza e uno dei ritratti più suggestivi si trova su questo rarissimo statere di Alessandro il Molosso, lo zio materno di Alessandro Magno.

Triton XIX, Lot: 110. Estimate $100000. Sold for $95000.

KINGS of EPEIROS. Alexander. 350-330 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.53 g, 2h). Tarentum mint. Struck circa 334-332 BC. Bearded head of Zeus Dodonaios right, wearing wreath of oak leaves / AΛEΞANΔPO[Y] [T]OY NEOΠTOΛEMO[Y], horizontal thunderbolt; above, spearhead right. Vlasto, Alexander, Group C, Type 4; R. R. Holloway, “Alexander the Molossian and the Attic Standard in Magna Graecia,” in La circulazione della moneta ateniese in sicilia e in magna grecia. Atti del I convegno del centro internazionale di studi numismatici, Napoli 5-8 Aprile 1967 (Rome, 1969), pl. XI, 7 = Vlasto, Or, pl. IE, 16 = ACGC 686 = Traité IV 329 = BMC 1; Hunterian 1. Good VF, light marks in fields, a few edge bumps. Extremely rare, one of four known, and the only piece not in a public collection.

Ex J. William Middendorf II Collection (Christie’s New York, 30 November 1990), lot 42; Classical Numismatic Auctions 1 (1 May 1987), lot 46.
 

This coin is the only genuine stater of Alexander the Molossian to have been offered for sale over the past 75 years; the Leu 52 piece was withdrawn as a modern forgery.
 

Alexander the Molossian, in 334 BC, was invited by Tarentum to defend the city against the Samnites, Brettii, and Lucani of central Italy. While Alexander accepted their appeal, the true purpose for his intervention was to extend his dominion in the West just as his namesake, the king of Macedon, was establishing a great empire in the East. After initial successes, his career was abruptly terminated in 330 BC beneath the walls of Pandosia where he perished in battle against the Bruttians, much to the relief of the Tarentine Republic. Alexander honored Zeus of Dodona, the central deity of the Molossians, on his coins. The sanctuary of Zeus Naïos at Dodona was reputed to be the oldest Greek oracle, and was known to Homer.

 

excess metal, in the form of convex drop-like nodules, at the ends of the green arrows, how did it appear here (see picture below)?

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Zeus su un obolo di una zecca incerta della Cilicia (NUMISMATIK NAUMANN AUKTION 79)

Lot 215. CILICIA. Uncertain. Obol (4th century BC).
CILICIA. Uncertain. Obol (4th century BC). 
Obv: Laureate head of Zeus left
Rev: Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin.
Göktürk -; SNG BN -; SNG Levante 198-9. 
Condition: Good very fine.
Weight: 0.75 g.
Diameter: 11 mm.
 

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Poseidone o Zeus su questo bronzo della DR. BUSSO PEUS NACHF. E-AUKTION 9?

Vabbè che erano fratelli...

Lot 178. Thrakien Byzantion
Pseudo-autonome Prägung Bronze 2. Jhdt. Kopf des Poseidon (?) / Delphin nach rechts. Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1978; SNG Cop. 494 var. 5.44 g.; Grünbraune Patina Vorzüglich
Ex Auktion GM 225, 2014, 1781.

 

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Poseidone e consorte su un bronzo di Arados (Münzen & Medaillen 17)

GRIECHISCHE BRONZEMüNZEN
PHOINIKIEN
ARADOS
No.: 1052
Schätzpreis/Estimate: EUR 80
d=17 mm
Kleinbronze, 135-134. Kopf des bärtigen Poseidon und der Amphitrite mit Stephane nebeneinander n. r. Rv. Prora n. l., auf dem Deck Athena Promachos im Helm, mit Lanze und Schild n. l.; oben die phönizischen Buchstaben Ajin und Nun, unten Datum: Jahr 125. 3,80 g. SNG Cop. 68. BMC 35, 292. Selten. Guter Stil. Schwarze Patina.
Vorzüglich
Erworben 1998 von Leu Numismatik AG, Zürich

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Zeus e consorte su un bronzo di Capua (NAC 64).

Lot 614. Greek Coins 
Capua 
As 216-211, Æ 40.85 g. Jugate busts r. of Juno, diademed and with sceptre, and Jupiter, laureate. Rev. Prancing quadriga r., driven by Jupiter hurling thunderbolt and holding sceptre; in exergue, [kapu] retrograde in Oscan characters. Sambon 1022. Giard Capue 2. SNG München 159. SNG France 477. Historia Numorum Italy 481. Extremely rare. Surface somewhat smoothed, otherwise good very fine Ex Artemide sale XVIII, 2007, 6. From the Giancarlo Silingardi collection.This coin is sold with an export licence issued by the Republic of Italy.

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Zeus su un bronzo di Capua (NAC 64).

Lot 615. Greek Coins 
Capua 
Uncia 216-211, Æ 8.14 g. Laureate head of Jupiter r.; behind, star. Rev. Victory standing r., crowning trophy; at r., star and in exergue, kapu retrograde in Oscan characters. Sambon 1037. Giard Capue 16. SNG France 509. Historia Numorum Italy 493. Green patina and about extremely fine From the Giancarlo Silingardi collection. This coin is sold with an export licence issued by the Republic of Italy.

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Zeus su un bronzo di Termessos (Numismatik Naumann AUKTION 80).

PISIDIA. Termessos. Ae (1st century BC). Dated CY 10. 
Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right.
Rev: TEP. 
Horse rearing left; I (date) to upper right.
cf. SNG BN 2106ff (different years). 
Condition: Very fine.
Weight: 4.77 g.
Diameter: 18 mm.

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Poseidone su un bronzo di Brundisium (Roma Num. E-SALE 60).

Calabria, Brundisium Æ Uncia. Circa 215 BC. Laureate head of Poseidon to right; behind, trident and Nike flying upwards with wreath in outstretched hands, pellet below / Nude youth astride dolphin to left, holding Nike and cornucopiae; club to right, BRVN and pellet below. SNG ANS 780; SNG France 1480; HN Italy 738. 8.51g, 23mm, 11h.

Extremely Fine; an exceptionally beautiful and well-preserved example of the type. Very Rare.  

Ex Giancarlo Silingardi Collection, Numismatics Ars Classica, Auction 64, 17 May 2012, lot 2002 (then sold with an export licence issued by the Republic of Italy).