Le più belle rappresentazioni di guerrieri

[eracle62]

Il cavallo simbolo della città Partenopea...

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Eros

[apollonia]

3 ore fa, apollonia dice:

Alla luce del giorno, il mio dubbio che non provengano dallo stesso conio diviene certezza.

Inoltre, una frattura di conio si manifesta come in questo esemplare battuto alla Gorny & Mosch 253 del 5 marzo scorso.

GRIECHEN 
MAKEDONISCHE KÖNIGE. Demetrios Poliorketes, 306 - 283 v. Chr. Tetradrachme (16,59g). 294 - 292 v. Chr. Mzst. Pella. Vs.: Nike mit Posaune u. Stylis auf Prora n. l. Rs.: ΒΑ-ΣΙΛΕΩ-Σ / ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ, Poseidon Pelagaios mit Dreizack n. l., l. im Feld Monogramm, r. ein Delfin u. Stern. Newell 68; HGC 1012e.
Leichte Korrosion und Schrötlingsriss, Rs. Kratzer, ss-vz.

Demetrio ebbe il soprannome di Poliorcete (assediatore) per l’ingegnosità dimostrata nel progettare nuove macchine d’assedio, tra cui un ariete lungo 55 metri che era azionato da 1000 uomini e una torre d’assedio con ruote alta 38 metri e larga 18, pesante 163.000 chili. (Da Wikipedia).

Un personaggio degno di figurare tra quelli di questa rassegna di King John.

Modificato 19 Marzo, 2018 da apollonia

[King John]

3 ore fa, apollonia dice:

Demetrio ebbe il soprannome di Poliorcete (assediatore) per l’ingegnosità dimostrata nel progettare nuove macchine d’assedio, tra cui un ariete lungo 55 metri che era azionato da 1000 uomini e una torre d’assedio con ruote alta 38 metri e larga 18, pesante 163.000 chili. (Da Wikipedia).

 

 

[King John]

KINGS of MACEDON. Demetrios I Poliorketes. 306-283 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.20 g, 12h). Chalkis mint. Struck circa 290-287 BC. Diademed and horned head right / BASILEWS DHMHTRIOU, Poseidon Pelagaios standing left, right foot on rock, holding trident in left hand; K to outer left, grape bunch to outer right. Newell 150 (obv. die CLVII); SNG München -; SNG Alpha Bank 953. Superb EF, a hint of die rust in hair, die break on reverse. Attractive style.
Struck from the same obverse die as the following lot.
Demetrios I Poliorketes was the son of one of Alexander's greatest generals, Antigonos I Monophthalmos. Antigonos was arguably the strongest of Alexander’s followers, the diadochs, at one time ruling over all of Alexander's eastern territories from Asia Minor to Baktria, except for Egypt. Antigonos’ success led him to be the first diadoch to crown himself king, in 306 BC. By that time, Demetrios was an active participant in his father's wars, and was also crowned king along with his father. Fearing Antigonos’ growing power, other diadochs allied themselves against him, and finally defeated and killed him at the battle of Ipsos in 301 BC. Following Ipsos, Demetrios continued to battle the other diadochs, and although he won numerous victories, he was usually unable to maintain his control over his conquests afterward. His epithet, Poliorketes ('besieger of cities') was earned following his siege of Rhodes. While that siege ultimately failed, it featured a number of elaborate siege engines which had become a hallmark of Demetrios' style of warfare. Demetrios was eventually abandoned by his army, and he subsequently surrendered to Seleukos I of Syria in 288 BC. Demetrios died in captivity five years later.
Estimate: $2000

ILLUSTRAZIONE: L'ESERCITO DI DEMETRIO POLIORCETE ASSEDIA RODI (305 A.C,)

[eracle62]

Mi fai rivivere quei momenti...

Eros 

 

[King John]

SICILY, AKRAGAS, 279-241 BC. AE23, Sear 1034. Laur. hd. Apollo r./Naked warrior advancing r. thrusting with spear held in r. hand. VF. Rare. Provenance: The Thomas Virzi collection.

 

[eracle62]

L'arte merita la sua giusta visione...

[King John]

Claudius II, AE 30 of Prostanna, Pisidia, 19 gr.

AY K WAR AY KLAYDIOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right.
PROCTAN-NEWN, Ares, helmeted, standinging left, naked, 
resting right hand on parazonium in sheath, holding spear 
and shield in left.

v. Aulock, Pisidien II 1842-1845; SNG France 3 1725= Paris 
542. Märkl "Provincial Coinage of Claudius II" 8; v. Aulock, Pisidien 2 1843-1845; BMC 7; Hunter 1.

Courtesy of Hunterian Museum, Glasgow.

[eracle62]

Il grande Marte....Ares...

[King John]

Lokris
Lokris Opuntii. Earlier 350s BC. Stater (Silver, 12.01 g 5). Head of Persephone to left, wearing wreath of grain leaves and triple-pendant earring. Rev. OΠON - TIΩN Ajax, nude but for helmet, moving right, holding short sword in his right hand and, in his left, shield adorned with a serpent on the inside; below, on ground, crested helmet to left over two spears with points to left and right. BCD Lokris 43 ( same dies ). BMC 18. McClean 5428. Lustrous and attractive with beautifully detailed types. Some striking flatness, otherwise , extremely fine. From the Mieza collection, ex Nomos 1, 6 May 2009, 58.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: IL RIPOSO DOPO UNA BATTAGLIA

[eracle62]

Ma sono magnifiche queste illustrazioni, danno il senso dell'avvenimento, e poi questi affascinanti  tondelli che continui a postare..

Omaggiamo Persephone...

Eros

 

                                                                              

 

Modificato 23 Marzo, 2018 da eracle62

[King John]

Sizilien Solous
Bronze nach 241 v. Chr. Kopf des Poseidon / Nackter Krieger mit Schild und Speer. Calciati I, S. 313, Em. 23 4.97 g.; Braungrüne Patina Selten Sehr schön Raue Oberflächen
Ex Auktion Rauch 86, 2010, 241.

[eracle62]

Bene, bel bronzo e bella patina patina.

Diamo lode a Zeus...

 

                                           

 

[King John]

CILICIA, Tarsos. Mazaios. Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC. AR Obol (10.5mm, 0.73 g, 5h). Crowned figure of Artaxerxes III in the guise of Baaltars seated right on throne with back terminating in swan's head, holding lotus flower in right hand, lotus-tipped scepter in left / Lion attacking bull right. Casabonne Series 6; SNG BN 426–7 (Myriandros). VF, lightly toned, slight porosity.

[King John]

JUDAEA. The Jewish War (AD 66-70). AR shekel (23mm, 13.92 gm, 10h). Jerusalem or Masada, dated Year 5 (AD 70). Paleo-Hebrew Shekel of Israel around Year 5 above ritual chalice with pearled rim, the base raised by projections on ends / Paleo-Hebrew Jerusalem the Holy around staff with three pomegranate buds, round base. Hendin 1370. TJC 215. AJC 263, 31. Samuels 94 (this coin) MCP dies 03/R9 (one example cited). Very rare! NGC Choice VF★ 3/5 - 4/5. Ex Shoshana Collection (Heritage 3003, 3 March 2012), lot 20220 (realized $262,900); Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection (Sotheby's New York, 19 June 1990), lot 116. Found at Masada, 1970s. The year 5 shekel ranks as likely the most storied coin in the Judaean series. Silver shekels dated to the fifth year were struck in the months just before Titus and his troops captured Jerusalem and burned the Temple in July of AD 70. It is probable that large numbers of these just-struck coins were melted down and the bullion carried back to Rome as part of the booty, which would eventually finance the Colosseum as well as other building projects. There were several year 5 shekels among the coins excavated at Masada, raising the possibility that the dies formally employed at the Great Temple may have been smuggled out of the city and that at least some of the coins might have been struck at that remote mountain-top fortress. These coins continued in use until Masada fell to the Roman legions in AD 73 and the last defenders committed ritual suicide, an act of defiance that is still celebrated in Israel today.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: ESPUGNAZIONE DELLA FORTEZZA DI MASADA, EPISODIO CHE POSE FINE ALLA PRIMA GUERRA GIUDAICA (67-73 D.C.)

[eracle62]

Due tondelli che ci parlano attraverso la loro rappresentazione iconografica e simbolica, ti seguo..

[King John]

KINGS of BITHYNIA. Ziailas. Circa 250-230 BC. Æ (17mm, 4.92 g, 12h). Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ZIΛHΛA, trophy. RG 8 = T. Reinach, “Essai sur la numismatique des rois de Bithynie,” RN 1887, pl. V, 4; EHC 416; SNG von Aulock 243; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -. Near VF, dark green patina, soft strike on obverse. Extremely rare, possibly the fourth known, with two in museum collections (Berlin and Vienna).
Ziailas is the third king of Bithynia, successor to Nicomedes I, and the second king to strike coinage. Unlike Nicomedes before him, who produced coinage in both silver and bronze in multiple denominations, Ziailas is only known from a handful of bronze coins, all of the same denomination and types as the present coin. Almost nothing is known of his reign, and his specific dates of rule are uncertain.

[eracle62]

Andiamo andiamo... con queste stupende rappresentazioni figurative del mondo antico...

[King John]

CELTIC, Britain. Catuvellauni & Trinovantes. Cunobelin. Circa 10-41 AD. AR Unit (1.23 gm). Two Leaves Type.
Estimate $500
CELTIC, Britain. Catuvellauni & Trinovantes. Cunobelin. Circa 10-41 AD. AR Unit (1.23 gm). Two Leaves Type. Two leaves with two back-to-back crescents, CV N[O] across, beaded border / Celtic warrior on horse rearing right, sword in right hand, CAM on exergual line, beaded border. Hobbs 1866-67; Van Arsdell 2047; SCBC 304. Good VF, toned, small edge chip, clear leaves, sharp warrior, well ornamented. Very rare. ($500)
From the Matthew Rich Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 43 (24 September 1999), lot 2967.
John Evans says the obverse ‘seems to be formed of two ivy(?) leaves with berries on either side’ (Coins of the Ancient Britons, pg. 567). Quite possibly. The evergreen ivy plant is famously long-lived. Maybe this coin, which Dr. P. de Jersey suggests is a late issue, celebrates the long life and/or long reign of Cunobelin. On the other hand, the leaves could be vine leaves (cf. Verica’s Vine Leaf staters).

[King John]

Spain, Denarius,Bascunes, c. 120-20 BC, AR, (g 3,95, mm 17, h 7). Male head r., Rv. Warrior on horse-back r., holding short sword. Villaronga 10.
Old cabinet tone. good very fine/about extremely fine.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: CAVALIERE CELTIBERO

[eracle62]

Il tempo alla fine è solo relativo, io osservo i tondelli da te postati e attraverso le illustrazioni divento un cavaliere celtibero, e nessuno osa fermarmi...

Eros

[King John]

5 ore fa, eracle62 dice:

Il tempo alla fine è solo relativo, io osservo i tondelli da te postati e attraverso le illustrazioni divento un cavaliere celtibero, e nessuno osa fermarmi...

Eros

In fondo si colleziona per sognare ad occhi aperti e per rivivere epoche lontane....Grazie per i tuoi feedbacks, Eros.

[King John]

 

Ballata degli impiccati

Fratelli umani, voi ancora vivi,

non siate duri di cuore con noi!

Se di noi miseri avrete pietà

più presto l’avrà Dio anche di voi.

Qui ci vedete in cinque o in sei appesi:

la nostra carne anche troppo nutrita

da un pezzo è divorata e imputridita,

e cenere noi, le ossa, siamo e polvere.

Del nostro male non rida nessuno,

ma Dio pregate che ci voglia assolvere!

 

Non vi rincresca il nome di fratelli

che, benché giustiziati, noi vi diamo…

Sapete bene, tuttavia, che a posto

non hanno tutti gli uomini la testa.

Per noi che siamo morti intercedete

col figlio della Vergine Maria!

La sua grazia per noi non sia estinta

e ci salvi dai fulmini infernali.

Noi siamo morti, non ci sbeffeggiate,

ma Dio pregate che ci voglia assolvere!

 

La pioggia ci ha lavati e ripuliti

e il sole ci ha seccati ed anneriti.

Gazza e cornacchie ci han cavato gli occhi

e strappata la barba e i sopraccigli.

Non stiamo fermi mai, neanche un attimo,

di qui, di là, il vento appena varia

dondolare ci fa come a lui piace,

butterati a ditale dagli uccelli.

Non siate della nostra compagnia,

ma Dio pregate che ci voglia assolvere!

 

O Gesù, che su tutti hai signoria,

salva l’anima nostra dall’inferno,

con cui niente vogliamo spartire.

Qui non c’è niente da scherzare, Umani,

ma Dio pregate che ci voglia assolvere!

 

François Villon (1461)

 

ILLUSTRAZIONE: IMPICCAGIONE DI NEMICI DA UN BASSORILIEVO ASSIRO

 

 

 

[King John]

Carausius. Romano-British Emperor, AD 286-293. Antoninianus (3.60 g, 7h). Londinium (London) mint. Radiate and draped bust right / LEG II PARTH, Centaur advancing right, holding rudder and raising hand; ML. RIC V 62 var. (rev. type left). VF, mottled green and brown patina. Rare.
From the Ross Schraeder Collection. Ex Gilbert Steinberg Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica, 16 November 1994), lot 739.
Severus raised the Legio II Parthica in AD 197. The reverse depicts a centaur, the unit’s emblem of recognition, holding a rudder, symbolizing a vexillatio, or unit detachment, which served as marines.
Estimate: 1000 USD

ILLUSTRAZIONE: UOMINI DELLA LEGIO II PARTHICA

[eracle62]

Colui che si proclamò imperatore della Britannia e della Gallia...grande comandante..

Bellissima l'icinografia del centauro, stupenda la lode degli impiccati...

Eros 

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