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KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Drachm. Sardes.
Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin. Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ.  Zeus seated left on throne, holding sceptre and eagle. Control: In left field, head left, wearing Phrygian cap. Price 2547. Condition: Good very fine. Weight: 4.26 g. Diameter: 16 mm.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: SOLDATI DI ALESSANDRO IL GRANDE IN AZIONE

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Trajan Æ As. Rome, AD 104/5-107. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate bust right, with drapery on left shoulder / SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI, decorated oval shield set before two spears, sword, vexillum and oblong shield; SC below. C. 569; BMC 951; RIC 584; CBN 532; Woytek 198bB. 11.83g, 27mm, 7h. Extremely Fine. Rare. This simple but very attractive type is part of a series of issues issued to mark Trajan’s victories over the Dacians, who he had vanquished now for a second time (see following lot). The pile of arms displayed on the reverse is clearly identifiable as ‘barbarian’ in origin; comparisons with surviving sculpture such as the friezes on Trajan’s column can attest to this. The Dacians were similarly equipped to contemporary Celtic tribes and Roman auxiliaries, and favoured shields that were flat or only slightly dished, usually oval but sometimes hexagonal in shape, and capable of covering most or all of the body for use in a shieldwall.

illustrazione: guerriero dacico armato con uno scudo molto simile a quello raffigurato sulla moneta di Traiano.

Modificato 28 Marzo, 2018 da King John

[eracle62]

Continui a farmi vivere emozioni, e penso non solo a me..

Interessante sul rovescio della dracma di Alessandro, quella testina di soldato, quasi inconsueta...

Stupendo il sesterzio di Traiano, poi con quel rovescio rarissimo, mi ricordo di un caro amico che non vedo più da tempo, che raccoglieva tondelli classici, solo con rappresentazioni di  scudi e lance, non posso certo biasimarlo..

Eros 

p.s. Le illustrazioni continuano ad esser meritevoli.

[King John]

GRIECHISCHE MÜNZEN, GRIECHISCHES MUTTERLAND, PELOPONNES, ARKADIEN, ORCHOMENOS.
AE-16 mm. 2. Hälfte 4. Jh. v. Chr. Kopf der Nymphe Kallisto r., das Haar in Sphendone. Rs: Krieger r. mit Speer und Schild. SNG COP. -. BCD Coll. 1580. Dunkle Patina. R fast ss
Ex Sammlung R.P. Ex J. Elsen 65, 2001, Los Nr. 331.

Estimate: 150 EUR

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KORKYRA. Circa 4th Century BC. Æ 18mm (5.04 gm). Dionysos, hurling a
  thyrsos, riding a galloping panther right / KOP, satyr standing right,
  emptying a large amphora into a krater. SNG Copenhagen 169; BMC
  Thessaly pg. 125, 182ff; Laffaille -. VF, thick green patina. ($200)
  Ex R.C. Lockett Collection (Glendining's, 12-13 February 1958), lot
  1551 (part of).

Triton V Sale, 15 Jan 2002, lot 343.

[eracle62]

Questo binomio illustrativo e tondello non mi dispiace affatto..

Gli scudi con i simboli straordinari..

[King John]

Calabria, Tarentum AR Nomos. Eu-, magistrate. Circa 281-270 BC. Nude warrior, holding reins and shield, preparing to dismount from horseback to left; YƎ behind / Taras astride dolphin to right, holding trident over shoulder and preparing to strike with spear; TAPAΣ above, hippocamp below to right. Vlasto 698 (same dies); cf. HN Italy 968. 7.82g, 21mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine. Very Rare; only one other example on CoinArchives.
From the V.D.T. Collection.
Estimate: 750 GBP

ILLUSTRAZIONE: LASTRA TOMBALE AFFRESCATA (MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO DI PAESTUM)

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GRIECHISCHE MÜNZEN 
IUDAEA. SAMARIA. AR-Hemiobol, vor 333 v. Chr.; 0,25 g. Satrapenkopf l. mit Tiara//Großkönig geht r. mit Dolch. Meshorer/Qedar Pl. 4, 21 (dies Exemplar); Winzer 22.6 b (dies Exemplar).
Gutes sehr schön   Aus der Sammlung eines Geschichtsfreundes.
Exemplar der Auktion Sotheby's, Zürich 27. Oktober 1993, Nr. 962.
Estimate: 400 EUR

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Coins of the Greeks
Lucania
Herakleia. C. 350-340. Nomos (Silver, 7.54 g). Head of Athena to left, wearing Attic helmet adorned with a figure of Skylla raising her right hand in the gesture of aposkopein ; below neck, A. Rev. - HRAKLHIWN Herakles, nude, standing right and strangling the struggling Nemean lion with both hands; to left, club and bow; above left, A. AMB 108. Kraay-Hirmer 257 ( this coin ). HN III 1376. Van Keuren 42. Work 24 . A superb coin with a magnificent portrayal of Herakles and the lion in the finest late classical style. Some very minor traces of corrosion on the obverse, otherwise , good extremely fine. From the collections of APCW and of A. Moretti, Numismatica Ars Classica 13, 8 October 1998, 108.
This is unquestionably one of the most beautiful coins struck in a century that produced a remarkable number of coins of great beauty. The mannered and serene elegance of the head of Athena and the figure of Herakles is simply stunning.

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CILICIA, Tarsos. Datames, Satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia. 384-362 BC. AR Obol (0.51 gm).
Estimate $150
CILICIA, Tarsos. Datames, Satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia. 384-362 BC. AR Obol (0.51 gm). Persian king right, in kneeling-running stance, holding spear and bow / Head of Satrap right, wearing bashlyk. SNG Levante -; SNG France -; BMC Cilicia pg. 100, 25 (Mallos); Babelon, Perses 191. Good VF, light porosity. ($150)

 

 

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[eracle62]

13 ore fa, King John dice:

Coins of the Greeks
Lucania
Herakleia. C. 350-340. Nomos (Silver, 7.54 g). Head of Athena to left, wearing Attic helmet adorned with a figure of Skylla raising her right hand in the gesture of aposkopein ; below neck, A. Rev. - HRAKLHIWN Herakles, nude, standing right and strangling the struggling Nemean lion with both hands; to left, club and bow; above left, A. AMB 108. Kraay-Hirmer 257 ( this coin ). HN III 1376. Van Keuren 42. Work 24 . A superb coin with a magnificent portrayal of Herakles and the lion in the finest late classical style. Some very minor traces of corrosion on the obverse, otherwise , good extremely fine. From the collections of APCW and of A. Moretti, Numismatica Ars Classica 13, 8 October 1998, 108.
This is unquestionably one of the most beautiful coins struck in a century that produced a remarkable number of coins of great beauty. The mannered and serene elegance of the head of Athena and the figure of Herakles is simply stunning.

Beh, questa merita sicuramente un encomio..fra le iconografie di grandissimo impatto, ci sarebbe da scrivere molto solo su questo.

Mentre mi cimento con il più feroce dei felini..stupenda quest'opera..

Testa di Athena superba, con elmo incantevole..su un tondello degno di nota..

Anche questo didramma niente male...

 

Modificato 5 Aprile, 2018 da eracle62

[King John]

GREEK COINAGE 
Persia 
Achaemenid Empire . Daric, time from Xerxes II to Artaxerses II circa 420-375 BC, AV 8.35 g. Persian hero or king kneeling running r., holding bow and spear. Rev. Incuse punch. Carradice pl. XIV, 42.
About extremely fine 
Ex Peus sale 393, 2007, 305.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: BASSORILIEVO CHE RAFFIGURA IL GRAN RE PERSIANO CHE UCCIDE UN OPLITA GRECO

[eracle62]

E ma non è giusto che il povero Oplita Greco perisca in questo modo..

Eh, mancavo io come al solito..questo è il risultato..

 

[King John]

12 ore fa, eracle62 dice:

E ma non è giusto che il povero Oplita Greco perisca in questo modo..

Eh, mancavo io come al solito..questo è il risultato..

 

Tu te ne stavi beato a bere il vino che ti ha offerto il centauro Folo...

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ATTICA, Athens. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Circa AD 140/50-175. Æ (26mm, 9.76 g, 5h). Draped bust of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet / View of the Acropolis from north and west; on right, steps of the Panathenaic Way lead upward to Propylaea; at summit, Erechtheum and colossal statue of Athena Promachus standing right; mid-summit, niche representing the Cave of Pan. Kroll 280; Svoronos, Monnaies pl. 98, 22 (same obv. die). VF, rough green and brown patina. Very rare. An important architectural piece.
Because of the land’s mountainous terrain and the need of the local populace for defensive sites, most early settlements in ancient Greece were established on high rock outcroppings. Known in Greek as an akropolis (pl. akropoleis ), or citadel, these places were initially palace sites ( megara ) of the Bronze Age kings. During the Greek Dark Ages (circa 1100-800 BC), these akropoleis became refuges for the population of the towns which clustered around them. At the same time, they acted as each city’s cultural center with numerous temples and shrines populating the site.
The most famous Greek akropolis is that of Athens. Like other akropoleis , it has been occupied since the Bronze Age and figured prominently in Athens’ earliest mythology. Here, the contest between Poseidon and Athena for patronage of the city took place and her gift of an olive tree was located. Here too was the palace of Athens’ mythological first king, the chthonian Erectheus. Following the Greco-Persian Wars (490-479 BC), the Athenians attempted to reconstruct the Acropolis, since its temples had been destroyed by the Persians. Under the leadership of Perikles (460-430 BC), during the so-called Golden Age of Athens, an ambitious building program was begun to make the Acropolis the center of the new Athenian hegemony. Financed in large part by the Delian League’s treasury, which had been brought from Delos to Athens for safekeeping, most of the major buildings were constructed of Pentelic marble. In addition to a number of sacred precincts and smaller temples, several new constructions were included. The Erechtheum, a temple dedicated to Poseidon and Athena, contained the sacred olive tree and was located near the grave of Erechtheus. The Propylaea, or monumental gateway, sat at the summit of a long staircase which was the culmination of the Panathenaic Way and provided a grand entranceway to the Acropolis. The Temple of Athena Nike, built between 427 and 424 BC, was the earliest temple constructed in the Ionic Order on the Acropolis. And among the sculpture which decorated the Acropolis was a colossal bronze statue of Athena Promachos, one of the earliest works of the sculptor Pheidias.
The crowning achievement of the Acropolis was the Parthenon. Begun in 447 BC and dedicated to Athena, the Parthenon also acted as the state treasury, since it was here that the tribute of the Delian League was stored for safekeeping. A masterpiece of Greek engineering. it also was one of the most finely decorated of all the buildings of the Acropolis. Within the shrine was a large chryselephantine (gold and ivory) statue of Athena in full armor. Around the entablature of the naos was a frieze, which has been generally interpreted as the performance of the Panathenaea (although this interpretation has been challenged). And the sculpture groups in the Parthenon’s pediments depicted the two events central to Athenian mythology: the eastern depicts the birth of Athena; the western, the contest between Athena and Poseidon. Considered the epitome not only of the Doric Order of architecture and the most important surviving building of the Classical period, the Parthenon (and with it the Acropolis) has become the visible symbol of all that was Classical Greece.

[King John]

ROMAN REPUBLIC 
ROMAN REPUBLIC. P. Crepusius. AR Denarius (3.81 gms), Rome Mint, ca. 82 B.C. NGC Ch MS, Strike: 5/5 Surface: 5/5.
Cr-361/1; S-283; Syd-738. Laureate head of Apollo facing right, scepter over shoulder; Reverse: Horseman galloping right, thrusting with spear, "P CREPVSI" in exergue. Bright white and choice, tremendous eye appeal.
NGC Ch MS, Strike: 5/5 Surface: 5/5.

[eracle62]

E certo è l'unico centauro insieme a Chirone più ospitale..

Gli altri centauri sono tutti ostili con me, ne deriva che...

 

                                                          

[King John]

Auktionshaus Felzmann > Auction 160	Auction date: 7 November 2017
Lot number: 92 Price realized: 80 EUR   (Approx. 93 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Antike Orient Parthia Mithradates II., 123-88 v.u.Z. AR Drachme Av.: drapierte Büste nach links mit Tiara, Rv.: Arsakes sitzt mit Bogen nach rechts, feine irisierende Tönung BMC 117 var. 4.11 g. selten in dieser Erhaltung vz

(800 GBP)

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THESSALY, Pelinna. Late 4th-3rd centuries BC. Æ Dichalkon (17mm, 6.52 g, 12h). Veiled head of Mantho right / ΠΕΛΙΝΝΑΙΩΝ, warrior, holding spear, on horse rearing right. Rogers 432; BCD Thessaly II 534.1; HGC 4, 275. VF, glossy dark brown patina.

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TROAS. Ophrynion. Ae (Circa 350-300 BC). Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right. Rev: OΦΡΥ. Warrior, wearing crested helmet, crouching left, holding shield and spear. BMC 8-9. Condition: Very fine. Weight: 1.4 g. Diameter: 8 mm.

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Gordian III. 238-244 AD. Æ "Medallion" (38mm, 48.02 g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left, holding spear over right shoulder / View of the interior of the Circus Maximus, obelisk in the center, three metae to either side, two chariots racing around spina; in the foreground, from left to right, wounded gladiator being led away by an attendant, two boxers boxing, a pair of pancratiastae, two wrestlers, two gladiators; in the background, Gordian in a chariot drawn by six horses, Victory standing alongside placing wreath on Gordian's head, the chariot being preceded by three soldiers carrying palms. Gnecchi 27, pl. 104, 10 ("same dies"); Grueber p. 46, 5 ("this coin"). VF, dark greenish-brown patina, edge stamped RR (Robert Ready). This is an electrotype of a bimetallic medallion in the British Museum.

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RÖMISCHE MÜNZEN 
MÜNZEN DER RÖMISCHEN KAISERZEIT 
Antoninus I. Pius, 138-161 
Æs, 144/146, Magnesia ad Maeandrum (Ionia), Grammateus Diophantos; 23,94 g. Drapierte Büste r. mit Lorbeerkranz//Krieger mit Speer und Schild geht l., Kopf r., r. liegender Krieger. RPC Online 1021 (temporary number); Schultz 102 A.
Von allergrößter Seltenheit. Wohl das zweite bekannte und besterhaltene Exemplar. 
Grüne Patina, fast sehr schön
Exemplar der Sammlung Dr. Rainer Pudill.
Erworben am 16. Juni 2010 bei T. Vossen, Kerkrade.

[eracle62]

11 ore fa, King John dice:

Gordian III. 238-244 AD. Æ "Medallion" (38mm, 48.02 g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left, holding spear over right shoulder / View of the interior of the Circus Maximus, obelisk in the center, three metae to either side, two chariots racing around spina; in the foreground, from left to right, wounded gladiator being led away by an attendant, two boxers boxing, a pair of pancratiastae, two wrestlers, two gladiators; in the background, Gordian in a chariot drawn by six horses, Victory standing alongside placing wreath on Gordian's head, the chariot being preceded by three soldiers carrying palms. Gnecchi 27, pl. 104, 10 ("same dies"); Grueber p. 46, 5 ("this coin"). VF, dark greenish-brown patina, edge stamped RR (Robert Ready). This is an electrotype of a bimetallic medallion in the British Museum.

E va beh...

Davanti ad un medaglione....

Eppure con i gladiatori nel Circo Massimo...

Cosa volere di più...

 

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Roman Republic 
C. Numonius Vaala AR Denarius. Rome, 41 BC. Bare head of Numonius Vaala right; C•NVMONIVS downwards before, VAALA upwards behind / Soldier advancing left, holding sword and shield, attacking a vallum defended by two soldiers; VAALA in exergue. Crawford 514/2; RSC Numonia 2. 3.93g, 19mm, 10h.
Good Extremely Fine. Well centred and struck. Old collection tone. Rare.
The Corona Vallaris was a Roman military award given to the first soldier to breach the enemy rampart (vallum), and was awarded regardless of rank. That the reverse type chosen by Numonius Vaala for his denarii depicts the deeds of an ancestor which resulted in the cognomen Vaala is a distinct possibility, though the details of the relative in question, or the particular instance at which such an award might have been won, are not known to history.

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Valens, 364-378. Miliarense (Silver, 21mm, 4.32 g 12), Antioch, 364-367. D N VALENS - PER F AVG Draped and cuirassed bust of Valens to right, wearing diadem of pearls and rosettes. Rev. GLORIA ROMANORVM / ANTS Valens, in military dress, standing facing, but turned slightly to the right, holding a spear in his right hand and a globus in his left. RIC 4b ( this officina unnoted ). Very rare. Attractive and clear. A few minor marks, otherwise , about extremely fine.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: L'ANNIENTAMENTO DELL'ESERCITO ROMANO GUIDATO DALL'IMPERATORE D'ORIENTE VALENTE AD ADRIANOPOLI IL 9 AGOSTO DEL 378 DA PARTE DEI VISIGOTI

Modificato 12 Aprile, 2018 da King John