GC Le monete più attraenti di Alessandro Magno

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Tetradramma seleucide SC 118; CSE II 57 (this coin); Price P229.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 16.89 g, 10h). In the name and types of Philip III of Macedon. Seleukeia on the Tigris I mint. Struck circa 300-281 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; pentagram in left field. SC 118; CSE II 57 (this coin); Price P229; HGC 9, 11c. EF.

From the MNL Collection. Ex Arthur Houghton Collection.

CNG 519078. Sold For $1250

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Tetradramma seleucide SC 164.8c; Price 3874.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 17.01 g, 3h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Susa mint. Struck circa 298/7-295/4 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; anchor in left field, Σ above strut of throne, AP below. SC 164.8c; Price 3874; HGC 9, 10g. Toned over matte surfaces, minor marks. Near EF. Boldly struck in high relief.

CNG 515847. Sold For $1575

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Tetradramma seleucide SC 204.1c corr. (monogram).

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.10 g, 6h). Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 295-281 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, monogram above horizontal anchor above forepart of horse grazing left, ΣΩ below throne. SC 204.1c corr. (monogram); HGC 9, 12k. Toned, obverse slightly off center. VF.
From the MNL Collection, purchased from Vilmar Numismatics, 11 October 2015. Ex Alexandre Carathéodory Pasha (1833-1906) Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 351, 20 May 2015), lot 357.

CNG Feature Auction 115. Lot: 272. Estimated: $ 750. Sold For $ 1 100.

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Tetradramma di Seleuco I Nicatore, zecca di Ecbatana.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.25 g, 6h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 311-300/295 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, horned horse head right and monogram above forepart of horse grazing left; below throne, sun (or laurel wreath?) within linear square. Unpublished. Lightly toned, obverse a little off center. Good VF.

From the MNL Collection. Ex Triton XIV (4 January 2011), lot 357.

CNG Feature Auction 115, Lot: 273. Estimated: $ 1 000. Sold For $ 1 600. 

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Tetradramma di Seleuco I Nicatore, zecca di Carrhae.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.20 g, 3h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Carrhae mint. Struck circa 310-295 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, MO above fish left; monogram below throne. SC 41.4a; WSM 13, obv. die A12; Price 3822 (same dies as illustration); HGC 9, 10a. Toned. Good VF. Rare.

From the Collection of a Northern California Gentleman, purchased from Frank Kovacs, April 1999.

Triton XXIV Lot: 746. Estimated: $ 500. Sold For $ 1100. 

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Tetradramma di Seleuco I Nicatore, zecca di Karrhai.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 17.28 g, 10h). In the types of Alexander III of Macedon. Karrhai mint. Struck circa 310-290 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, collared head of dog left; HP monogram below throne. SC 42.6; HGC 9, 12a. Superb EF, bright surfaces, light cleaning marks, minor double strike on reverse. Very rare.

CNG 111, Lot: 309. Estimate $500. Sold for $2300. Sold for $2300.

 

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Tetradramma eccezionale di Seleuco I Nicatore, zecca di Babilonia I.

Exceptional Babylon Mint Issue

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.11 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon I mint. Struck circa 311-300 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / BAΣIΛEΩ[Σ] AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in wreath in left field, H below throne. SC Ad57E; Price 3704 var. (monogram); HGC 9, 10f; Triton XVIII, lot 709; CNG 72, lot 881; CNG 64, lot 373. Superb EF, wonderful cabinet tone. High relief dies of fine style, sharp details.

Ex Goldberg 67 (31 January 2012), lot 3122.

Triton XXII, Lot: 283. Estimate $5000. Sold for $6000. 

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Tetradramma di Seleuco I Nicatore, zecca di Susa SC 165.1a

Pedigreed to 1925

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.08 g, 3h). Susa mint. Struck circa 295/4-291 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, facing radiate head of Helios above monogram; below throne, M above strut, AP below. SC 165.1a; ESMS Al.33 (A16/P5) = ESM 299α (this coin, illustrated); HGC 9, 12j. Good VF, deep cabinet tone, slightly off center on reverse.

From the MNL Collection. Ex Shirley Hanbery Collection (Goldberg 96, 14 February 2017), lot 1767; Ars Classica X (15 June 1925), lot 756.

CNG 109, Lot: 206. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1700. 

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Tetradramma di Seleuco I Nicatore SC 204.3

SC Plate Coin

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 17.14 g, 5h). Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 295-281 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, monogram above horizontal anchor above forepart of horse grazing left, monogram below throne. SC 204.3 (this coin illustrated); HGC 9, 12k. Good VF, toned, a few minor deposits.

From the MNL Collection. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts [XIX] (18 December 1987), lot 410; Münzen und Medaillen AG 54 (26 October 1978), lot 354.

CNG 108, Lot: 286. Estimate $1000. Sold for $4250. 

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Tetradramma di Seleuco I Nicatore Price 3863

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.09 g, 10h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Susa mint. Struck circa 311-305 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, wreath above horned horse’s head left; below throne, ΔI above strut, Z below. SC 164.3; ESMS Al.3 (A2/P– [unlisted rev. die]); Price 3863; HGC 9, 10g. EF, a hint of die wear.

From the MNL Collection. Ex Roma IV (30 September 2012), lot 421.

CNG 108, Lot: 281. Estimate $750. Sold for $1300. 

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Tetradramma di Seleuco I Nicatore: varietà non pubblicata.

Unpublished Variety

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.14 g, 8h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon II mint. Struck circa 311-300 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; anchor and monogram in left field, pellet-within-Π below throne. SC C94.7 var. (unlisted control marks); HGC 9, 10g. Good VF, toned. Unpublished variety.

From the MNL Collection. Ex Steven Battelle Inventory U00838 (October 2011).
There are numerous obverse die links among the varieties of SC C94.7. A review of the published examples did not reveal a link to the present coin, but many of the dies were nearly identical in style to that used here.

CNG 108, Lot: 277. Estimate $750. Sold for $950. 

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Tetradramma di Seleuco I Nicatore Price 3349

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.19 g, 8h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon II mint. Struck circa 311-300 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; anchor and monogram to left; Π below throne. SC C94.7d; Price 3349; HGC 9, 10g. Good VF, darkly toned.

From the Collection of José Miguel Márquez del Prado.

CNG 108, Lot: 276. Estimate $300. Sold for $450.

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Tetradramma di Seleuco I Nicatore Price 3704

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.89 g, 2h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon I mint. Struck circa 311-300 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in wreath in left field, H below throne. SC 82.6; Price 3704; HGC 9, 10f. Good VF, toned, test cut on obverse.

From the MNL Collection. Ex Alexandre Carathéodory Pasha (1833-1906) Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 351, 20 May 2015), lot 354.

CNG 108, Lot: 273. Estimate $300. Sold for $1200. 

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Tetradramma di Seleuco I Nicatore Price 3439

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 17.11 g, 11h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Uncertain mint 6A in Babylonia. Struck circa 308-304 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; anchor and monogram in left field, K below throne. SC C67.5c; Taylor Series II, 150 (A47/P10 – this coin, illustrated); Price 3439; HGC 9, 10d; SNG Spaer 71 (same obv. die). Good VF, lightly toned, test punch on edge.

From the MNL Collection. Ex Heritage 3015 (7 September 2011), lot 25926.

CNG 108, Lot: 268. Estimate $500. Sold for $320.

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Tetradramma di Seleuco I Nicatore SC Ad50

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.14 g, 11h). Uncertain mint 5A. Struck circa 282-281 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; monograms to inner left and right. SC Ad50; HGC 9, 16e. Good VF, toned, slightly off center on reverse. Very rare.

From the MNL Collection. Ex Künker 216 (8 October 2012), lot 487 (hammer €1100); Peus 393 (31 October 2007), lot 287.

CNG 108, Lot: 267. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1400. 

[Aristarco]

che monete incantevoli ! Prediligo sempre, per una ragione storica, quelle coeve ad Alessandro Magno 

[apollonia]

Le monete “lifetime” di Alessandro sono quelle coniate a suo nome dal 336 al 323 a. C., periodo in cui ha governato la Macedonia dalla morte del padre fino alla sua.

Tra le monete di alta qualità coniate poco dopo la sua morte che sono state aggiudicate in aste recenti segnalo il tetradramma Price 2105 di Mileto della Leu AUCTION 10.

Starting price: 600 CHF - Estimate: 750 CHF - Result: 4.600 CHF

Lot 2058. KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’, 336-323 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25 mm, 17.07 g, 1 h), Miletos, struck under Asandros, circa 323-319. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. AΛEΞANΔPOY Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; below throne, monogram. Price 2105. A beautiful piece of exceptionally fine style, with a magnificent head of Herakles and a splendid rendering of Zeus. Slightly overcleaned, otherwise, good extremely fine.

Modificato 28 Ottobre, 2021 da apollonia

[apollonia]

Il tetradramma di Mileto che ho in collezione (Price 2150) è databile a circa il 295-297 a. C., quindi coniato una trentina d’anni dopo la morte del Grande. Le gambe incrociate di Zeus sono generalmente una caratteristica dei tetradrammi postumi.

Alexander III, 336 – 323 and posthumous issues
Tetradrachm, Miletus circa 295-275 a. C., AR 16.97 g. Head of Heracles r., wearing lion’s skin. Rev. ALEXANDROY Zeus seated on throne l., holding sceptre in his l. hand and eagle on the outsretched r.; in field l., monogram MY ligate. Price 2150.

La moneta proviene dalla 66a Asta Varesi, 29 aprile 2015, lotto n. 31.

[apollonia]

Un esemplare della dramma Price 2151 corrispondente al mio tetradramma del post precedente ha raggiunto una quotazione di tutto rispetto alla Leu AUCTION 10.

Starting price: 280 CHF - Estimate: 350 CHF - Result: 1.200 CHF

Lot 2060. KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’, 336-323 BC. Drachm (Silver, 20 mm, 4.29 g, 1 h), Miletos, circa 295-275. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. AΛEΞANΔPOY Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; to left, monogram of MI. Price 2151. A lightly toned, sharply struck and lustrous example. Very light die rust on the obverse, otherwise, virtually as struck.

From the Jolimont Collection, ex Gorny & Mosch 244, 6 March 2017, 184.

[apollonia]

Ma anche monete coniate un secolo dopo la morte Grande che imitano la tipologia classica Eracle/Zeus sono molto ambite dai collezionisti, come questo tetradramma di imitazione dell’Arabia orientale (Gerrha) della serie Shams sempre proveniente dalla Leu 10.

Starting price: 16.000 CHF - Estimate: 20.000 CHF - Result: 48.000 CHF

Lot 2223. ARABIA, Eastern. Gerrha/Thaj (?). Series with the name of Shams, circa 230-220 BCE. Tetradrachm (Silver, 28 mm, 16.78 g, 11 h), imitating Alexander 'the Great' (336-323 BCE). Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. ΛΛEΞΛИΔPOY Shams, beardless, seated left on low throne with back, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; to left, ??? ('s²ms¹' in South Arabian). Arnold-Biucchi 3. CCK 106 (this coin). Of the highest rarity, one of only eight known examples, the second of this variety, of which this is the only one in private hands (the other is in Vienna). A spectacular coin of great historical importance, the earliest and most beautiful of all Alexander-type coins from Eastern Arabia, struck from masterly engraved dies. Tiny flan fault on the obverse, otherwise, good extremely fine.

From the collection of Ambassador Martin Huth, ex Numismatic Fine Arts XXXII, 10 June 1993, 126.

[apollonia]

Per non dire delle quotazioni considerevoli raggiunte anche dai bronzi coniati dopo cinque secoli e mezzo dalla morte di Alessandro Magno con il suo volto sul diritto, come questo dei tempi di Alessandro Severo (Leu 10).

Starting price: 400 CHF - Estimate: 500 CHF - Result: 1.100 CHF

Lot 2268. MACEDON. Koinon of Macedon. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 27 mm, 12.08 g, 6 h), Beroea, time of Severus Alexander, circa 231-235. AΛЄΞANΔPOY Head of Alexander 'the Great' to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚЄΔΟΝΩΝ NΕ Alexander, nude to the waist, seated right on low throne ending in lion feet, resting his right hand on the throne and his left in his lap; before him, on the right, Nike standing front, head to left, presenting crested Attic helmet to the king with her right hand and placing her left on a shield set on ground; shield boss decorated with Achilles slaying Penthesilea. AMNG III -. Dahmen, Alexander -. Nomos 16 (2019), 79 corr. (same dies, but reverse legend misdescribed). RPC -, cf. VII.2 online ID 71626 = Winterthur I, 1670 (differing obverse and with Β ΝЄ on the reverse). Of the highest rarity, apparently the second known example and only the third known coin with this reverse type. A highly interesting issue with a lovely reverse scene. Somewhat rough, otherwise, good very fine.

La bella scena del rovescio raffigurata su questa moneta è direttamente derivata da uno dei famosi medaglioni di Aboukir (Berlin 18200021 = Dahmen pl. 27.7), che molto probabilmente proveniva anche dal Koinon macedone. Vediamo Alessandro, il più grande di tutti i Macedoni, in una postura rilassante seduto a destra su un trono di leone (senza dubbio un'allusione alla proclamata discendenza degli Argeadi da Herakles), mentre riceve un'armatura riccamente decorata da Nike per prepararlo alla sua conquista del mondo.

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[apollonia]

Un mio tetradramma contemporaneo di Alessandro Magno (66a Asta Varesi).

RE DI MACEDONIA. Alessandro III “il Grande” (336 - 323 a. C.). Tetradramma (Ag, 17,3 g), zecca di Anfipoli (336 - c. 323 a. C.). D/ Testa di Eracle con copricapo in pelle di leone. R/ ΛEΞANΔΡOΥ Zeus in trono con aquila e scettro; nel campo a s. un caduceo e un monogramma. Price 67.

[Hoeg78]

Ciao,
regalata a mia moglie (non collezionista ma orgogliosamente macedone) per il suo compleanno questa dracma coeva. Rispetto ai diversi esemplari visionati, spesso molto meglio conservati, di questo mi ha molto affascinato la doppia battitura sul volto di Eracle, mi ci sono fatto un film, ma in fin dei conti io colleziono storie, non monete 

Regno di Macedonia
Lampsakos (Lampsaco, Misia, Asia minore)
Alessandro III, Il Grande
336-323 a.C.

Dracma AR

[Aristarco]

Il 31/10/2021 alle 02:15, apollonia dice:

Ma anche monete coniate un secolo dopo la morte Grande che imitano la tipologia classica Eracle/Zeus sono molto ambite dai collezionisti, come questo tetradramma di imitazione dell’Arabia orientale (Gerrha) della serie Shams sempre proveniente dalla Leu 10.

Starting price: 16.000 CHF - Estimate: 20.000 CHF - Result: 48.000 CHF

Lot 2223. ARABIA, Eastern. Gerrha/Thaj (?). Series with the name of Shams, circa 230-220 BCE. Tetradrachm (Silver, 28 mm, 16.78 g, 11 h), imitating Alexander 'the Great' (336-323 BCE). Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. ΛΛEΞΛИΔPOY Shams, beardless, seated left on low throne with back, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; to left, ??? ('s²ms¹' in South Arabian). Arnold-Biucchi 3. CCK 106 (this coin). Of the highest rarity, one of only eight known examples, the second of this variety, of which this is the only one in private hands (the other is in Vienna). A spectacular coin of great historical importance, the earliest and most beautiful of all Alexander-type coins from Eastern Arabia, struck from masterly engraved dies. Tiny flan fault on the obverse, otherwise, good extremely fine.

From the collection of Ambassador Martin Huth, ex Numismatic Fine Arts XXXII, 10 June 1993, 126.

che splendore !

[apollonia]

Ciao Hoeg78,

Il tuo approccio da collezionista di storia in primis (HUMANA PER NUMMOS PERQUIRO è il motto dell’Accademia Italiana di Studi Numismatici), dal mio punto di vista è veramente encomiabile.

Riguardo al grado di conservazione della tua moneta, qui è in buona compagnia (CNG 260)

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 4.14 g, 7h). Lampsakos mint. Struck under Kalas or Demarchos, circa 328/5-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; Demeter standing facing, holding torches in each handin left field, Δ below throne. Price 1354. VF, lightly toned, slightly grainy surfaces.

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