Le monete più attraenti di Filippo II di Macedonia

[apollonia]

Nella descrizione di questo esemplare Taf. 46,17 di un’asta Hirsch precedente il segno del colpo di controllo (Prüfhieb) al centro del rovescio è correttamente segnalato.

Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, Auction 287, lot 1818, 07.02.2013

GRIECHISCHE MÜNZEN
GRIECHISCHES MUTTERLAND
KÖNIGREICH MAKEDONIEN
PHILIPPOS II. 359-336
Makedonien, Amphipolis. Tetradrachme. Belorbeerter Zeuskopf r. Rs: Reiter mit Zweig r. Beizeichen Aplustrum. Le Rider Taf. 46,17. 13.64g. Rs. Prüfhieb. gutes ss.

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Uno degli ultimi tetradrammi tipologici di Filippo coniati ad Anfipoli, proveniente dalla Nomos, Auction 7, lotto 48.

GREEK COINS
Kings of Macedon
Philip II. 359-336 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 14.25 g 6), Amphipolis, struck c. 315/4-295/4 BC. Laureate head of Zeus to right. Rev. ΦIΛIΠΠOΥ Young jockey, holding palm branch and reins, riding horse to right; below horse, Λ over torch; below horse’s foreleg, kerykeion. Le Rider pl. 48, 2. SNG ANS 809. A very bold and attractive example. Toned. Extremely fine. From the Mieza collection, acquired privately.
 

This was one of the latest Philip-type tetradrachms struck at Amphipolis. It is very possible that this issue either influenced the first Celtic imitations of this type that were made in the Balkans, or, possibly, the engraver who made this piece later worked for a Celtic mint.

 

[apollonia]

Molto interessante dal punto di vista stilistico e storico questo esemplare della Numismatica Ars Classica, Zurich   |   Auction 78   | Lot. 167.

Celtic Coins 
Eastern Celts in the Danube region and Balkans 
The Odrisay (?). Tetradrachm imitating late Philip II issue, early 3rd century BC, AR 14.00 g. Laureate head of Zeus r., in upper r. field, labrys. Rev. ΦIΛIΠΠ - OΥ Boy riding on horse at pace r., holding long palm branch and reins; below, caduceus and Λ / torch. Le Rider –, cf. pl. 48, 2. OTA –, cf. pl. 4, type 14. Kostial, Lanz –, cf. 365. Dambski –, cf. for reverse 954-957. An apparently unrecorded variety. Struck on a very broad flan and good very fine

The style and fabric of this tetradrachm place it among a great variety of ‘Celtic’ issues from the Danube basin. The earliest imitative coins of the region copy the tetradrachms of the Macedonian King Philip II, especially the variety that was struck in large quantities after his death. They are found in a broad swath of land that includes the ring of the Carpathian mountains in western Romania to central Wallachia and Moldavia, to south of the Danube into the Bulgarian plain. The earliest examples of this type date to the late 4th through the early 3rd Century B.C. This coin is of extraordinary interest due to the labrys (bipennis) before the head of Zeus. This distinctive weapon sometimes was associated with Zeus, and, seemingly, also with Zalmoxis, the supreme (or only) deity of the Getae, a people of the lower Danube. However, its most common use on coinage in northern Greece was by rulers of a Thracian tribe, the Odrysai. The peculiar and prominent location of the labrys on this coin may indicate that it was issued by an Odrysian chieftain whose authority was subject to the oversight of the reigning Macedonian king. One other specimen has been noted in the market; its style and fabric are compatible with the present coin, though it is struck from different dies, with its reverse having a thunderbolt under the horse rather than the torch, lambda and caduceus that mark the reverse of this coin. As a dynastic symbol of the Odrysians, the labrys was a main coin type for the rulers Metokos, Amatokos, and Teres II. One relatively common bronze of Amatokos that uses the labrys as its principal type has above it a caduceus, a symbol that is shown prominently on the reverse of this tetradrachm. Topalov notes that the labrys was an Odrysian royal badge, replete with connotations of political and religious authority. Specifically, the labrys was used by one of the two branches of Odrysian royalty descended from Teres I that issued coins in the period c.444 to c.342/0 B.C. Topalov suggests the labrys was the royal badge of the line comprised of Sitalkes, Satokos(?), Metokos, Amatokos and Teres II. Three other royal Odrysian lines were founded by sons of Teres I, one of which simultaneously issued coins in this period. That line, comprised of Seuthes I, Hebryzelmis, Kotys I and Kersebleptes, used as their royal badge a two-handle vessel, which is the principal design of their coinages. The find-sites for coins produced by the chieftains who identified themselves with the labrys suggest that they ruled part of the upper reaches of the Maritsa and Toundja rivers, principally in the regions of the Bulgarian city of Pazardjik and western part of Plovdiv. Though inland, this area had easy access to the Aegean through Abdera and Maroneia. If this tetradrachm was struck by an Odrysain chief, we might suggest it emanated from the same region in which his ancestors had issued their plentiful coinage.

[eracle62]

Apprezzo maggiormente il dritto della Nomos, e il rovescio dell'Ars Classica, stupendo..

Eros 

[apollonia]

“Imitazione di lusso”, considerato il prezzo di partenza  https://www.sixbid.com/browse.html?auction=5391&category=170762&lot=4509205

CELTIC COINAGE IN HELVETIA. IMITATIONS OF COINS OF PHILIP II. Double stater, gold, 3rd c. BC. AV 17.16 g. Laureate head r. of Apollo, below neck truncation, I Rev. ΦIΛIΠΠOY Fast biga r., driver holding reins with his l. hand, kentron in his r. hand; scorpion below forelegs of the horses. Castelin, SLM cf. 1202-1205 (similar obv., other symbols on rev.); N. Breitenstein, Acta Archaeologica 13 (1942),12, b (this specimen).
Extremely rare variety of an extremely rare denomination and issue. Close to extremely fine
Provenance:
Prof. S. Pozzi collection.
Sandars collection.
J.W. Garrett collection.
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore collection.
Auction Naville & Cie, Geneva 1 (Lucerne 1921),29.
Auction Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London 12 February 1923,10. Auction Bank Leu AG, Zurich-Numismatic Fine Arts, Inc., Beverly Hills - The Garrett Collection / Part II Zurich 16-18 October 1984,56

 

Lo stile è quello degli stateri di Filippo, ma ad ogni buon conto questo sovrano non ha emesso distateri, a differenza di suo figlio Alessandro.

 

[apollonia]

Altra imitazione interessante: tetradramma tipo testa doppia (gianiforme) al diritto e cavaliere con elmo su possente cavallo al rovescio. La criniera e la coda del cavallo sono disegnate da due file di punti. Anche la rosetta nel campo a destra è a puntini.

KELTISCHE MÜNZEN 
OSTKELTEN 
Imitationen Philipp II. Tetradrachmon, "Typ Doppelkopf". Bärtiger Doppelkopf. Rv. Helmschweifreiter auf mächtigem Pferd n.r., Mähne und Schwanz als Punktreihen; im Felde r. Punktrosette. 12,26 g. Göbl OTA Tf. 19, 233. 7 (stgl.). Kostial, Slg. Lanz 100, 547. Selten. Getönt. Fast vorzüglich Aus Slg. Th. Voltz und aus Auktion AUCTIONES AG, Basel 25 (1995), 1501.

 

La moneta, stimata 950 €, è stata battuta alla Munzen & Medaillen Auktion 40 a un hammer di 1500 €.

 

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Statere postumo di Filippo II, emesso sotto Filippo III.

MACEDONIAN KINGDOM, PHILIP II
AV Stater (8.57 g) Colophon, posthumous issue under Philip III, 323-317 B.C.

Laureate head of Apollo r. / Biga r.; spearhead in exergue. Thompson, Studia Naster, 8.

Exceptional style.

Superb

 

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Tetradramma di Filippo II, commemorativo della sua vittoria olimpica.

MACEDONIAN KINGDOM, PHILIP II
AR Tetradrachm (14.42 g) 359-336 B.C. Laureate head of Zeus / Philip II riding l. on horseback, wearing kausia and cloak; r. hand raised in gesture of greeting. LeRider 15a.

This coin was struck in commemoration of Philip's victory at the 356 B.C. Olympics.

Rare, lifetime issue.

Extremely Fine

 

[antonio bernardo]

Il 11/4/2014 alle 15:18, apollonia dice:

Un mio bronzo con la lettera A è stato già presentato al post # 108. Questo è un esemplare di grado di conservazione sicuramente migliore.

KINGS of MACEDON. Philip II. 359-336 BC. Æ Unit (17mm, 6.64 g, 2h). Uncertain mint in Macedon. Diademed head of Apollo right / Youth on horseback riding right; A below. SNG ANS 894. Good VF, dark brown patina with earthen highlights.

apollonia

buonasera @apollonia , non colleziono le monete di FilippoII, ma sono davvero affascinanti e ogni tanto, come in questo caso, non riesco a resistere. Ecco in allegato un mio esemplare (al momento non ho il peso) con la A sotto il cavallo che ritengo sia della stessa tipologia della moneta citata. Saluti Antonio

[apollonia]

Ciao Antonio. La lettera sotto la pancia del cavallo non è molto evidente, ma credo anch’io che si tratti di una A e quindi che il bronzo sia un esemplare SNG ANS 894. Tieni presente ad ogni buon conto che vi sono bronzi di questa tipologia con monogrammi simili alla lettera A nella stessa posizione, come l’SNG ANS 935 e l’SNG ANS 909.

[antonio bernardo]

1 ora fa, apollonia dice:

Ciao Antonio. La lettera sotto la pancia del cavallo non è molto evidente, ma credo anch’io che si tratti di una A e quindi che il bronzo sia un esemplare SNG ANS 894. Tieni presente ad ogni buon conto che vi sono bronzi di questa tipologia con monogrammi simili alla lettera A nella stessa posizione, come l’SNG ANS 935 e l’SNG ANS 909.

Si lo so seguo le tue discussioni con molto interesse. Grazie e auguri.

Antonio

[apollonia]

Nomos 19: rimarchevole performance di un tetradramma di Filippo II

Starting price: 5.200 CHF

Estimate: 6.500 CHF

Result: 22.000 CHF

 

Lot 78. KINGS OF MACEDON. Philip II, 359-336 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25 mm, 14.47 g, 2 h), Pella, 342/337-6. Laureate head of Zeus to right. Rev. ΦΙΛΙΠ - ΠΟΥ Nude jockey on horse prancing to left, holding the reins with his left hand and a long palm branch in his right; below horse, horizontal thunderbolt. Gulbenkian 816. Le Rider 295. SNG ANS 395. Beautifully toned and with a particularly elegant head of Zeus of the finest late Classical style. A wonderful coin. Extremely fine.
From a Swiss collection, from the collection of a Lusitanian aristocrat, Leu 81, 16 May 2001, 177, and from that of Martine-Marie-Pol de Béhague, Countess of Béarn (1870-1939), Vinchon 14 April 1984, 101..

 

[apollonia]

Un rarissimo 1/10 tetra (v. post # 50) della Leu WEB AUCTION 1

Starting price: 75 CHF - Result: 750 CHF

Lot 271. A very rare 1/10 Tetradrachm of Philip II
KINGS OF MACEDON. Philip II, 359-336 BC. 1/10 Tetradrachm (Silver, 10 mm, 1.29 g, 6 h), struck by Antipater, Polyperchon, or Kassander, Amphipolis, circa 323/2-316/5. Diademed head of Apollo to right. Rev. ΦIΛIΠΠOΥ Forepart of horse to right. Le Rider pl. 46, 34. SNG ANS 735A. A very rare denomination. Minor granularity, otherwise, very fine.

From a German collection, assembled since the 1960s.

 

[apollonia]

Altro esemplare (CNG Electronic Auction 230)

KINGS of MACEDON. Philip II. 359-336 BC. AR 1/10 Tetradrachm (11mm, 1.18 g, 5h). Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antipater, Polyperchon, or Kassander, circa 320-317 BC. Diademed head of Apollo right / Forepart of horse right; grain ear below. Le Rider pl. 46, 34; SNG ANS 735A; Troxell, Studies 386. VF, grainy surfaces. Very rare.

Lot: 17. Estimate $200. Sold for $145.

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Notevole tetradramma battuto alla Nomos 7 (Lot: 44. Estimate. CHF17000. Sold For CHF13600).

KINGS of MACEDON. Philip II. 359-336 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 14.47 g 6), Amphipolis, 355-349/8. Laureate head of Zeus to right. Rev. ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ Philip II, wearing kausia and chlamys, raising his right hand in salute and riding horse walking to left; below horse’s foreleg, bow; below horse, club to left. Le Rider 19a (this coin). SNG ANS Berry 114. SNG Lockett 1411 (this coin). Rare. Beautifully toned and of very fine style. Struck in exceptionally high relief. An insignificant die break on the obverse, otherwise, good extremely fine.

From the Mieza collection, ex Nomos Fixed Price List 2009, 35, LHS 100, 23 April 2007, 216 and from the collection of R. C. Lockett, II, Glendining & Co., 12 February1958, 1324.

This is one of the earliest of Philip’s issues from Amphipolis and the reverse type is surely a representation of the King’s arrival on his accession to the throne. This possibility is supported by the fact that the die engraver produced a particularly well-made horseman on the reverse: he is clearly a representation of the king himself, in traditional Macedonian garb like the horsemen who appear on the oktadrachms of Alexander I and of the Bisaltai.

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Imitazione celtica (negozio online della Gorny & Mosch, 3800,00 EUR)

Tetradrachme 3.-2. Jh.v.Chr. KELTEN BANATER KREIS PHILIPP II. NACHAHMUNGEN KRANZ PFERD ZWEIG - SELTEN! Feine Tönung, vz

Erhaltung: Feine Tönung, vz | Abkürzungen

Material: Silber

Gewicht: 13.75 g

Durchmesser: 25.00 mm

Vs.: Stilisierter Zeus­kopf mit Lorbeerkranz n. r. Rs.: Stilisierter Reiter n. r. Dahinter Kranz, unter dem Pferd Zweig.

Literatur: Göbl, OTA, Taf. 6,42,6 (dieses Exemplar!); Slg. Lanz 378 var.; Dembski 1029.
Provenienz: Ex Münchner Münzhandlung Karl Kreß, Auktion 110, 1958, Nr.105.

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Visto passare all’Agora Auctions, Sale 50, lot 9, 17.02.2016

Macedonian Kingdom. Philip II. 359-336 B.C. AE unit (19.6 mm, 6.39 g, 11 h). Uncertain Macedonian mint. Head of Apollo right, waering tainia / ΦIΛIΠΠOY, youth on horseback riding right; koppa below. SNG Alpha Bank -; SNG ANS 929. VF.

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Dalla nomos 23 del 30 novembre scorso

Starting price: 4.000 CHF. Estimate: 5.000 CHF. Result: 7.000 CHF

Lot 73. KINGS OF MACEDON. Philip II, 359-336 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25 mm, 14.28 g, 8 h), struck under Philip III Arrhidaios, Pella, circa 323/2-315. Laureate head of Zeus to right. Rev. ΦΙΛΙΠ - ΠΟΥ Nude jockey riding horse walking to right, holding long palm branch in his right hand; below horse, coiled serpent; to right, Boeotian shield. Le Rider 525 (D279/R433). SNG ANS 450. Very attractive; well-struck in high relief and lightly toned; among the best examples known. Extremely fine.
From a European collection, ex Helios 5, 25 June 2010, 61.
Struck in high relief and certainly one of the best examples known.

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Dalla stessa asta del precedente tetradramma questo statere di Filippo II.

Starting price: 1.600 CHF. Estimate: 2.000 CHF. Result: 5.500 CHF

Lot 72. KINGS OF MACEDON. Philip II, 359-336 BC. Stater (Gold, 17.5 mm, 8.60 g, 5 h), Pella, circa 345-340 or 342-336. Laureate head of Apollo to right. Rev. ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ Charioteer driving chariot drawn by two rearing horses to right, holding reins in his left hand and goad in his right; below horses, kantharos. Le Rider Pella II B, 141-143 var (D-/R104 an unrecorded obverse die, but very close to D71). SNG ANS 141 (this reverse die). Of very refined Classical style. Traces of mounting on the edge, otherwise, nearly extremely fine. From a private collection in Zug, Switzerland, acquired in the 1990s.

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Dalla NAC AUCTION 125, 23-24 Jun 2021

Starting price: 4.800 CHF. Estimate: 6.000 CHF. Result: 5.500 CHF

Lot 303. Philip II, 359 – 336 and posthumous issues.  
Tetradrachm, Pella circa 342/1-337/6, AR 14.48 g. Laureate head of Zeus r. Rev. ΦIΛIΠ – ΠOY Horseman riding r., holding palm branch and bridle; below, thunderbolt and in exergue, N. de Nanteuil 796 (this coin). Le Rider 276a (this coin illustrated).
A superb portrait struck in very high relief and a beautiful old cabinet tone.
About extremely fine / extremely fine

Ex Jean Vinchon sale April 1988, 345. Privately purchased from Tradart. From the Henry de Nanteuil de la Norville collection.

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LEU NUMISMATIK, WEB AUCTION 18, 18 - 21 Dec 2021

An attractive 1/12 stater of Philip II

 Lot 314

KINGS OF MACEDON. Philip II, 359-336 BC. 1/12 Stater (Gold, 7 mm, 0.69 g, 9 h), Pella, circa 345/2-328. Laureate head of Apollo to right. Rev. ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ Thunderbolt; below, facing head of a lion. Le Rider 6-35. SNG ANS 209-15. Struck from somewhat worn dies, otherwise, good very fine.

Starting price: 100 CHF - Hammer price: 850 CHF

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LEU NUMISMATIK, WEB AUCTION 18, 18 - 21 Dec 2021

Un quinto di tetradramma coniato su un tondello largo.

 Lot 315

KINGS OF MACEDON. Philip II, 359-336 BC. 1/5 Tetradrachm (Silver, 15 mm, 2.55 g, 3 h), Pella, 342/1-337/6. Head of Apollo right, wearing taenia. Rev. ΦIΛIΠΠOΥ Youth on horseback to right; below, thunderbolt. Le Rider pl 13, 316-7. Very rare. Light flan crack on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine.
 

From the collection of Dr. A. Drakul, ex Gitbud-Naumann E-Auction 4, 2 July 2013, 55 and Lanz 150, 13 December 2010, 112.

Starting price: 25 CHF - Hammer price: 380 CHF

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Tetradramma di Anfipoli (ROMA NUMISMATICS AUCTION XXIII)

Lot 146. Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AR Tetradrachm. Amphipolis, circa 355-348 BC. Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, Philip on horseback to left, raising hand; M below. Le Rider Group IB, 67 (D32/R58); SNG ANS 467; HGC 3.1, 861. 14.42g, 24mm, 1h.
Fleur De Coin; highly lustrous metal, an excellent example of the early lifetime coinage of Philip. Very Rare in such exceptional condition, among the finest to come to auction in the past decade.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XX, 29 October 2020, lot 129.

Starting price: 6.000 GBP. Estimate: 10.000 GBP. Result: 11.000 GBP.

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Tetradramma di Pella (ROMA NUMISMATICS AUCTION XXIII)

Lot 150. Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AR Tetradrachm. Pella, circa 342-336 BC. Laureate head of Zeus to right / Nude youth on horseback to right, holding reins and long palm branch; ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ around, thunderbolt below horse, N in exergue. Le Rider 276a (D152/R219 - this coin) = de Nanteuil 796 (this coin); HGC 3.1, 864. 14.50g, 17mm, 1h.

Good Extremely Fine; a truly spectacular example, featuring a magnificent portrait of Zeus struck in high relief and a stunning old cabinet tone.

This coin published in G. Le Rider, Le monnayage d'argent et d'or de Philippe II (Paris, 1977);
This coin published in H. de Nanteuil, Collection de monnaies grecques (Paris, 1925);
Ex Jean Vinchon Numismatique, April 1988, lot 345;
Ex H. de Nanteuil de la Norville (1876-1941) Collection.

Starting price: 4.500 GBP. Estimate: 7.500 GBP. Result: 6.500 GBP.

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1/5 Tetradramma di Pella (ROMA NUMISMATICS AUCTION XXIII)

Lot 151. Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AR 1/5 Tetradrachm. Pella, circa 342-336 BC. Head of Apollo to right, wearing tainia / Youth on horseback to right; ΦΙΛΙΠΠ[ΟΥ] above, N above thunderbolt below. Le Rider 315 (D173/R252); SNG ANS 398; HGC 3.1, 876. 2.91g, 14mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine; struck from dies of beautifully refined style.
From a private European collection.

Starting price: 600 GBP. Estimate: 1.000 GBP. Result: 1.100 GBP.

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