Le più belle rappresentazioni di guerrieri

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Salve King John, sono a rubarle ancora un po' di spazio per postare questo denario in bronzo ( limes denarius o anima di un suberato?) con una bella scena di combattimento tra un soldato romano e un "barbaro". Il soldato romano cerca di difendere un compagno ferito che giace a terra...

Rome mint. Q. Minucius Thermus M.f. 103 BC. 

 Head of Mars left, wearing crested helmet ornamented with feather at side and ring and volutes on bowl /

 Roman soldier fighting Celt  with sword and shield, protecting fallen comrade between.
 

Uff.   AG Denarius       Crawford 319/1; Sydenham 592; Minucia 19.

 

Modificato 18 Maggio, 2017 da joannes carolus

[King John]

@joannes carolus grazie per il post: questa discussione non è mia ma del forum e tutti i contributi sono ben accetti. 

P. S: dammi del tu!!! 

[joannes carolus]

@King John OK, l'idea, ottima, è comunque tua...

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Macedonian Kingdom. Anonymous issues. Ca. 323-310 B.C. AE half unit (15.7 mm, 3.97 g, 12 h). Uncertain mint in Western Asia Minor. Head of Herakles facing 3/4 right, wearing lion's skin headdress, forming central boss of Macedonian shield ornamented with five double crescents / B-A, Crested Macedonian helmet with cheek guards; grain ear below right. Price 2805; SNG Alpha Bank 849 var (quarter unit); Müller -. VF.

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MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Demetrius Poliorcetes (305-283 BC). AR tetradrachm (31mm, 16.77 gm, 6h).  Amphipolis, Ca. 291-290 BC. Diademed head of Demetrius right, with bull's horn / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTΡIOΥ, Poseidon seated left on rock, holding aphlaston in extended right hand and trident in left, Phrygian helmet in inner left field. Newell 136, pl. XIV, 3. Excellent portrait struck in high relief on a broad flan. Slight obverse double-striking, otherwise Toned. NGC AU 4/5 - 3/5. From The California Collection. The most dashing of Alexander's successors, Demetrius I Poliorcetes was the son of the great Macedonian general Antigonus Monopthalmus ("one-eyed"), who served both Philip II and Alexander III the Great. After Alexander's death, Demetrius led armies in support of his father's claim to supreme power. He won a signal naval victory in 306 BC at Salamis against the Ptolemaic fleet and, along with his father, accepted the title Basileos ("king"), ending the fiction that the Diadochi were ruling a united government. In 305 BC Demetrius subjected Rhodes to a titanic siege, employing the largest and most elaborate artillery engines and battle towers yet constructed. Ultimately unsuccessful, the siege still won him the epithet Poliorcetes ("besieger"). He had more success ruling Macedon 301-288 BC, but his extravagance and capricious nature eventually proved his undoing and he spent his waning years in comfortable Seleucid captivity. The dynasty he established endured in Macedon until 168 BC. His handsome visage is clearly shown on this striking tetradrachm of Amphipolis; he adopts a bull's horn as a symbol of divinity, counterpoint to the ram's horn seen on the coins struck by his rival Lysimachus. The reverse image of Poseidon recalls the naval victory at Salamis.

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Bruttium, Stater, Kroton, alliance with Temesa, c. 430-420 BC AR (g 8,02 mm 16 h 6) ϘPO and TE, tripod, Rv. ϘPO, Corinthian helmet r. HNItaly 2122 SNG Copenhagen ?? SNG ANS 448.Very rare, cabinet tone, very fine.The production of coins of Kroton is very complex and still under study. Within the general development there are two or three parallel sequences, each based on different reverse type. The different reverse types might indicate different mints within the territory of Kroton: the commonest, the tripod, is for Kroton, the Corinthian helmet for Temesa and the eagle for Hipponion. The reason of these sequences is still uncertain and maybe they were made for a military alliance (symmachia) between the Achean cities.

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The Roman Empire
Commodus Augustus, 177 - 193
No.: 118
Schätzpreis - Estimate CHF 12000.-
Aureus circa 185, 7.22 g. M COMM ANT AVG - P BRIT FEL Laureate and draped bust r. Rev. P M TR P X IMP VII COS IIII P P Commodus in military attire standing l. on platform, holding sceptre and haranguing three soldiers, each with scutum and aquila; in exergue, FID EXERC. RIC 110b. BMC -, cf. 160 (denarius). C 139. Cf. Vagi 1623 (type). Calicó 2250 (this coin illustrated).
Very rare. An appealing reverse composition, extremely fine
Ex NAC and Spink-Taisei, "The Gilbert Steinberg collection", 1994, 505 and NAC 11, 1998, 459 sales. This type, widely employed on all denominations and metals, recalls Commodus' panic-stricken dependence on the army after the sudden execution of Perennis, the Praetorian Prefect.

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Argos
The silver coinage of Argos in the late 5th – earl
Estimate: CHF 900.00
Diobol (Silver, 1.99 g 2), c. 420/410. Corinthian helmet to right. Rev. Corinthian helmet facing with to right; all within incuse square. BMC 29 = Traité III, 613, pl. CCXV, 9 (same dies). SNG Cop 20 var. Very rare. Beautifully toned. Die break on reverse, otherwise, extremely fine.
From the collection of A. Moretti, Leu 30, 28 April 1982, 139. Babelon (Traité III, 455-456) suggested that this very rare issue of coins was struck in 421 as part of a short-lived alliance with Corinth.

 

 

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68, Lot: 90. PISIDIA, Etenna. Circa 1st Century 
BC. Estimate $100. Sold For $132 

PISIDIA, Etenna. Circa 1st Century BC. 

AE 15mm (4.05 gm). 
Obv: Nymph advancing right, wearing long chiton, entwined by 
serpent. Overturned amphora to left.
Rev: ET-EN to left and right of crooked knife or sickle.

SNG Copenhagen 146; Von Aulock, Pis. II, 78, 489. SNG BN Paris 1536. 

ILLUSTRAZIONE: COLTELLO RICURVO CONSERVATO NEL MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO DI ATENE 

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Coins of Thessaly, the BCD Collection
Oitaioi
Circa 360s-340s BC. Chalkous (Bronze, 15mm, 2.08 g 9), Herakleia Trachinia. Lion’s head to left, with spear in its jaws. Rev. OIT / AWN Curved knife and hunting spear to right. BMC 5 = Rogers 414 = Traité IV, 442, pl. CCLXXXII, 6. SNG Copenhagen 178. Valassiadis 11. Attractive olive-green patina. Extremely fine. Acquired from Münzen und Medaillen in January 1984 for CHF 850 and from an old English collection.
A note from BCD : A very clear and detailed depiction of a strangely fashioned knife, probably a hunting knife but with cutting edges on both sides. It may have combined several different functions like slicing flesh, chopping bones and even removing the skin of animals.

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Etenna, Pisidia AE16
mid 4th century BC. 4.74 g.

Obv: Two male figures standing side by side, naked except for 
mantles over shoulders, one brandishing a bipennis (double 
axe), the other a crooked knife.
Rev: ET-EN, Female figure standing or walking right, looking back, 
holding out a protective hand against a serpent uncoiling 
before her. Overturned urn below. 

Von Aulock, Pisidien II, 425ff.

With permission of Münzen & Medaillen May 2009.

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THESSALY, Ainianes. Circa 350s-340s BC. AR Hemidrachm (16mm, 2.58 g, 12h). Laureate head of Zeus left / AINIANΩN upward to left, the hero Phemios, wearing chlamys draped over left arm and scabbard with sword, standing left, head right, about to hurl spear in right hand, holding two additional spears and petasos as if it were a shield in left. Liampi, Beitrag Group I; BCD Thessaly II 26 var. (lacks two additional spears, sideways Φ on exergual line; same obv. die); BCD Thessaly I 1011 var. (same; same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen 2. Near VF, toned.
From the BCD Collection. Purchased from Seaby, May 1981. 

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Digressione frivola che non c'entra molto con i guerrieri...

RÖMISCHE MÜNZEN, RÖMISCHES KAISERREICH 
PLOTINA. GEMAHLIN DES TRAIANUS. 98-, Phrygien, Ankyra.AE-19 mm. Drapierte Büste mit hohem Diadem r. Rs: Kultbild der Artemis Ephesia zwischen 2 Hirschen. SNG v. Aulock 3431. Schöne dunkelgrüne Patina. RR vz-ss/ss
Ex M&M Deutschland 20, 2006, Los Nr. 214

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GREEK COINS 
Thraco-Macedonian Region 
Macedonia or the Northern Aegean area, uncertain mint. c. 500 BC. Hemidrachm (Silver, 13mm, 2.75 g), Aeginetan standard. Crested Corinthian helmet to right. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square diagonally divided into eight compartments. Apparently unpublished and unknown . Seemingly unique . Rough, crystalized surfaces, especially the obverse, otherwise , very fine. From the Höher collection. This enigmatic coin, which seems to be hitherto unknown, is related to coins securely attributed to both Northern Greece and to the Aegean islands. The crested helmet is found on the reverses of coins of the Derrones (SNG ANS 933 ff.) and to issues of the Orreskioi (as Asyut 93); helmets without crests are more common and come from mints over a wide area. The segmented incuse square on the reverse turns up on early coins from Aegina, Phlious, Kartheia, Thera and Siphnos. This seems to indicate that we should look for our coin somewhere in the northern Aegean area, especially since the weight standard is likely to be Aeginetic.

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IONIA, Kolophon. Circa 50 BC. Æ Hemiobol (18mm, 5.35 g, 12h). Pytheos, magistrate. Homer seated left, holding scroll in left hand, resting chin on right hand / Apollo standing right, holding kithara and phiale. Kinns 177; Milne, Colophon 179; SNG Copenhagen 186-7. Good VF, dark green patina, light earthen deposits. Good for issue.
As the ancient poet Homer was believed to have been from Ionia, he figured quite prominently on the coinage of Smyrna, but is also seen, far less often, on this type from Kolophon. Strabo mentions specifically the issue of bronze coinage from Smyrna when, discussing the city, he says "there is also a library; and the 'Homereum', a quadrangular portico containing a shrine and wooden statue of Homer; for the Smyrnaeans also lay especial claim to the poet and indeed a bronze coin of theirs is called a Homereum " (Strabo, Geographica XIV , I.37, transl. by H.C. Jones, The Geography of Strabo, VI [Loeb, 1960], pp. 245-247).

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Thessaly, Atrax Æ Chalkous. Circa 400-344 BC. Bearded head with long hair right / Bull butting right, ATPA/ΓION below and above. Rogers 161; BCD Thessaly II 56; Weber 2796. 1.20g, 10mm, 5h. 
Good Fine. 
From the Frank James Collection.

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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 100	Auction date: 29 May 2017
Lot number: 1225
Lot description: An Interesting Selection of Roman Provincial Coinage  Lesbos, Mytilene. Caracalla, 198-217. Bronze medallion circa 198-217 Æ 41.82 g. [AVTOKAIMAPAVPH – ANTΩNEINOC] Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r.; in r. field, wreath within circular countermark . Rev. [EΠICTPAΠO] – IOVΛI[OVΛE ONTEΩC] / MVTIΛHNAI / ΩN Caracalla, holding sceptre in l. hand, standing in chariot l., drawn l. by four horses, preceded by Roman soldier who holds vexillum; in background, trophy and two captives raised on pedestal. BMC 212. SNG von Aulock –. SNG Copenhagen –. For countermark, cf. Howgego 480. Very rare. Brown patina, countermark on obverse, otherwise fine / very fine Ex Hirsch 13, 1903, Rhousopoulos, 3622 and M&M 13, 2003, Righetti, 385 sales.

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MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Philip II (359–336 BC). AR tetradrachm (14.41 gm). Pella, ca. 354/3–ca. 349/8 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / ΦΙΛΙΠ—ΠΟΥ, Philip II, diademed and wearing kausia, on horseback left, raising right hand, Δ under horse’s raised foreleg, head of Helios under belly. Le Rider 130 (D76/R103). SNG ANS 362–364. Test cut on horse’s flank. Good very fine
Estimate: $350

ILLUSTRAZIONE: FILIPPO II DI MACEDONIA PERDE UN OCCHIO NELL'ASSEDIO DI METONE (354 A.C.)

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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 100	Auction date: 29 May 2017
Lot number: 487 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: The Roman Empire  Hadrian, 117 – 138. Sestertius 134-138, Æ 26.66 g. HADRIANVS – AVG COS III P P Bareheaded and draped bust r. Rev. EXERCITVS Hadrian on horseback r., haranguing three soldiers, of which the first holds an aquila and the other two, standards. In exergue, DACICVS / S C. C 571. BMC p. 499, 1675 note. RIC 915. Very rare and in exceptional condition for the issue. An historically and important issue, a bold portrait and a superb reverse composition. Wonderful and almost intact green patina. Extremely fine / good extremely fine Ex Sternberg XIV, 1984, 326; NAC 9, 1996, 867 and NAC 18, 2000, 528 sales. This reverse of this sestertius depicts the emperor addressing the troops (adlocutio in Latin), which he did on important occasions and which finds it numismatic expression since the time of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. While on early adlocutio scenes the troops in question are often the Praetorian Guard whose support was necessary for the stable reign of an emperor, here Hadrian is shown speaking to the Dacian Army, as is indicated by the legend the exercitus dacicus and represented by three standard bearers. The one closest to the emperor is the aquilifer who carries the legionary eagle (aquila), followed by the vexillarius who carries a standard topped with a banner (vexillum), and behind him a signifer who carries a standard adorned with metal disks (the signum). While aquilifers and vexillarii marched as the focal point for entire legions, the signifer marched before the individual cohorts that composed the legion. Dated to the period AD 134-138, the adlocutio represented on this coin must indicate an otherwise undocumented visit to the Dacian limes (frontier forts) or, at the least, an intended visit at this time. As such, it may be included as an adjunct to Hadrian's much-beloved travel series of coins depicting the provinces and cities he visited on his several tours throughout the empire. Earlier in his reign, Hadrian had reorganized the Dacian territories so recently conquered by his predecessor, Trajan, giving up to the Roxolani Sarmatians to rule as a client kingdom on behalf of Rome much of the Dacian territory that had been added to Moesia Inferior. Trajan's sweeping conquests along the Danube frontier as well as in the East had greatly extended Rome's borders, but Hadrian correctly saw the impractical nature of the additional strain this imposed on the Empire and quickly shored them.

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Honorius
Honorius, 393 - 423 n. Chr. Solidus ca. 395 - 423 n. Chr. Mediolanum. 4.47 g. Vs.: D N HONORI-VS P F AVG, drapierte Panzerbüste mit Perlendiadem n. r. Rs.: VICTORI-A AVGGG / M-D / COMOB, Kaiser mit Labarum u. Viktoriola setzt n. r. einen Fuß auf einen Gefangenen. RIC 1350; C. 44; Depeyrot 16/2. ss-vz

ILLUSTRAZIONE: The Favorites of the Emperor Honorius, olio su tela di John William Waterhouse,  1883

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Vespasianus AR Denarius, RIC 42
Vespasianus (69-79 AD). AR Denarius (17 mm, 3.38 g), Roma (Rome), 72-3.
Obv. IMP CAES VESP AVG P M, laureate head to right.
Rev. AVGVR / TRI POT, Priestly implements: simpulum, sprinkler, ewer and ituus.
RIC 43.
Minor deposits, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.
From the D.A.K. Collection.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: IL TRIONFO DI TITO, olio su tela di  Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836 – 1912)

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Claudius (AD 41-54). AV aureus (20mm, 7.77 gm, 2h).  Rome, AD 46-47. TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG ∙ P ∙ M ∙ TR ∙ P ∙ VI ∙ IMP ∙ XI, laureate head of Claudius right / IMPER RECEPT along top of circular wall enclosing the Praetorian camp composed of tall brick battlements around a central shrine, within which stands a soldier standing left, holding spear and gesturing toward a legionary eagle (aquila) atop a standard affixed with three crescents. RIC 36 (R4). BMCRE 37. Calicó 362. Extremely rare and seldom offered! A few scratches in fields. NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 2/5, scratches. Claudius owed his elevation to the Praetorian Guard and was not ashamed to promote this fact on his coinage. The reverse of this interesting aureus type depicts the Praetorian camp and the legend "IMPER RECEPT" -- "The Emperor Received," a direct reference to the chaotic aftermath of Caligula's assassination in January of AD 41, when a platoon of Praetorians found Claudius hiding in the imperial palace and quickly hustled him behind the walls of the fortress. He obliged them with a donative of 3,750 silver denarii per head, nearly quadruple the previous highest amount (1,000, by Tiberius). The Praetorians remained fiercely loyal throughout his reign and, faced with this reality, the Senate was loath to challenge him. This variety of aureus, with a legend running counterclockwise and the Tribunican year of VI, is the rarest of this reverse type (rated as R4 by RIC) and has previously been offered only thrice in the last 10 years.

ILLUSTRAZIONE:  CLAUDIO TROVATO NASCOSTO DIETRO UNA TENDA E SALUTATO IMPERATORE DA UN PRETORIANO, OLIO SU TELA DI SIR LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA, 1871

SULLE CIRCOSTANZE CHE PORTARONO ALLA PROCLAMAZIONE DI CLAUDIO AD IMPERATORE VEDI: 

https://www.academia.edu/24763819/Laureo_della_tribolazione_coniato_dallimperatore_Claudio_nel_44-45_d.C

 

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Néron, sesterce, Lyon, 66
A/IMP NERO CAESAR AVG PONT MAX TR POT P P. Tête laurée à gauche, le globe à la pointe du cou.
R/S/ C. Arc de triomphe décoré, surmonté par l'Empereur dans un quadrige de face, accosté de la Victoire debout à droite, tenant une couronne et une palme, et de la Paix debout à gauche, tenant un caducée et une corne d'abondance ; en dessous du quadrige, à droite et à gauche, en guise d'acrotères, se trouve une statuette de soldat ; dans la partie gauche de l'arche, une statue de Mars debout de face, tenant une lance et un bouclier.
TTB+ / TTB
Bronze, 34,0 mm, 24,16 g, 6 h.
C.12, RIC.500, BMC.333.
Un très bel exemplaire de ce type avec son usure régulière, revêtu d'une agréable patine marron.
Starting price: 1200 €
Estimation: 2000 €

 

ILLUSTARZIONE: "SCULTORI NELL'ANTICA ROMA", OLIO SU TELA DI SIR LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA, 1877

 

 

 

 

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HONORIUS (22/01/393-15/08/423)
Flavius Honorius
Nummus, (PBQ, ئ 4) 408-423 N° brm_199144 
Date : 408-423
Nom de l'atelier : Cyzique
Métal : cuivre
Diamètre : 15mm
Axe des coins : 12h.
Poids : 2,15g.
Degré de rareté : R1
  
Etat de conservation : TTB
Commentaires sur l'état de conservation : Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Revers inhabituel. Patine marron.    Prix :  95,00 € N° dans les ouvrages de référence : C.26 - RIC.414 - LRBC.-
Titulature avers : DN HONORI-VS P F AVG/ *|-.
Description avers : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé d'Honorius à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a) ; diadème perlé.
Traduction avers : “Dominus Noster Honorius Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre Seigneur Honorius Pieux Heureux Auguste).
Titulature revers : GLORI-A ROMA-NORVM// SMK[A].
Description revers : Deux empereurs (Honorius et Théodose II) debout face à face vêtus militairement ; ils tiennent chacun une haste de la main droite et sont appuyés de la gauche sur un bouclier ; Théodose II est plus petit qu'Honorius.
Traduction revers : “Gloria Romanorum”, (La Gloire des Romains).

illustrazione: Onorio, proclamato imperatore a soli 12 anni.

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Bruttium, Kroton AR Stater. Circa 530-500 BC. Tripod, legs terminating in lion’s feet, two serpents at base; QPO to left / Incuse tripod. Attianese 4; SNG ANS 239-241; HN Italy 2075. 8.21g, 28mm, 12h.
Fleur De Coin.
From the B.R.H. Collection, privately purchased c.1980s in Munich.
In terms of quality, this coin is easily the best preserved of its series that has been seen at auction in a great many years. Certainly its sharpness far exceeds that of any example listed on CoinArchives, and represents one of the very finest surviving incuse staters of Kroton - it must have been virtually fresh from the die when lost or deposited over two and a half millennia ago.
The importance of the Delphic oracle to the founding of Kroton was celebrated on its coinage from the earliest days. Despite later myths ascribing the founding of Kroton to Herakles, the city's historical oikist is recorded as Myskellos of Rhypai who, on consulting the Delphic oracle about his lack of children was given the response that Apollo would grant children, but that first Myskellos should found the city of Kroton 'among fair fields'. After being given directions on how to locate the site, Myskellos travelled to southern Italy to explore the land that he had been assigned, but seeing the territory of the Sybarites and thinking it superior, he returned once more to the oracle to ask whether he would be allowed to change. The answer came back that he should accept the gifts that the god gave him. A further element of the story is that Myskellos was accompanied on his expedition by Archias of Corinth; the Delphic oracle gave the pair the choice between health and wealth. Archias elected wealth, and was assigned the site of Syracuse, while Myskellos chose health: the favourable climate of Kroton, the eminent skill of its physicians and the prowess of its athletes later earned its citizens this reputation for good health.

 

ILLUSTRAZIONE: L'oracolo di Apollo a Delfi ordina a Miscello di Ripe  di fondare una nuova città nel territorio compreso fra Capo Lacinio e Punta Alice. Dopo aver attraversato il mare ed esplorato quelle terre, Myskellos pensò che sarebbe stato meglio fermarsi a Sibari, già florida e accogliente anziché affrontare i pericoli e le difficoltà nella fondazione di una nuova città. Il dio adirato gli ordinò di rispettare il responso dell'oracolo e fu così che venne fondata Crotone.