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Questa Litra di Gela è spettacolare sembrano due rovesci...

Guerriero a cavallo e toro androprosopo un'incanto..

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ARKADIA, Tegea. Late 3rd-early 2nd centuries BC. Æ Trichalkon (17mm, 4.97 g, 8h). Helmeted head of Athena Alea right / Kepheos advancing right, holding dagger and shield; monogram between legs. BCD Peloponnesos 1738; HGC 5, 1063. Near VF, dark green-brown patina, some roughness. From the J. Cohen Collection. Ex BCD Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 347, 25 March 2015), lot 196; Essen 44 (December 1982), lot 94.

 

ILLUSTRAZIONE: Olio su tela di Pierre Mignard: "Cefeo, Cassiopea e Perseo". Cèfeo o (Cefèo) era il nome di uno dei figli di Belo e di Anchinoe. Fratello di Egitto, Danao, e forse anche di Fineo, fu re dell'Etiopia, che nella mitologia greca comprendeva i territori dalla Palestina al Mar Rosso.

Sposò Cassiopea che gli generò Andromeda. Nella mitologia greca viene citato solo in quanto padre di Andromeda, morì senza eredi maschi e il suo regno andò al nipote Perse figlio di Perseo e Andromeda.

Da Cefeo prende nome l'omonima costellazione (Cepheus) ; la costellazione è situata tra Cassiopea (la moglie) e Andromeda (la figlia); sulla superficie della Luna  è stato inoltre battezzato il cratere Cefeo.

 

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Orchomenos Dichalkon, Kallisto / Hero, very rare, ex BCD
Orchomenos , Peloponnesos. AE Dichalkon (3.48 g, 17 mm), c. 340s-300 BC.
Obv. Head of Kallisto right, her hair bound in a sphendone.
Rev. E-P, Hero, nude but for helmet, walking right, holding shield and transverse spear.
BMC 5 (same dies); Traité III 945, pl. CCXXVI, 21 (same dies).
Very rare. Dark green patina. Good very fine.
From the BCD collection and ex LHS 96 (2006), 1580; said to be found in Orchomenos.

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GRIECHEN
PELOPONNES
ORCHOMENOS
AE (5,37g). ca. 370 - 340 v. Chr. Vs.: Artemis mit Bogen in der Linken n. r. kniend. Dahinter Hund. Rs.: EΡXOMEN-IΩN, Nymphe Kallisto mit Pfeil in der Brust auf einem Felsen n. l. sitzend. Darunter sitzt ihr kleiner Sohn Arkas. BCD Peloponnesos 1575. RR! Dunkelgrüne Patina, gutes ss

 

ILLUSTRAZIONE: ARTEMIDE TRAFIGGE CALLISTO.  Il nome Callisto significa "la più bella". Era una ninfa al seguito di Artemide e aveva fatto voto di restare vergine, ma Zeus un giorno la vide e s'innamorò di lei. Sotto le spoglie di Apollo o di Artemide (poiché Callisto fuggiva tutti gli uomini) si unì a lei e generò Arcade.
Quando Callisto era incinta, Artemide e le sue compagne decisero di bagnarsi a una fonte. La ninfa dovette svestirsi e la sua colpa fu svelata. Incollerita, Artemide la cacciò e la trasformò in orsa. Altri dicono che Zeus, per farla sfuggire all'ira della moglie, oppure Era, per aver scoperto l'ennesimo tradimento del marito, trasformarono Callisto in orsa. Era vendicò poi l'offesa subita convincendo Artemide a colpire l'orsa con una freccia. Zeus mandò Ermete a salvare il bambino Arcade dal seno di Callisto morente, affidandolo a sua madre Maia sul monte Cillene; secondo un'altra versione Arcade sarebbe stato allevato dal padre di Callisto, Licaone.
Un'altra leggenda ancora narra come Callisto, trasformata in orsa, venne catturata da alcuni pastori e data in dono a Licaone. Un giorno l'orsa entrò nel sacro recinto di Zeus e venne uccisa per il sacrilegio da suo figlio Arcade.
Secondo Ovidio, Zeus trasformò madre e figlio in stelle e li pose nella costellazione dell'Orsa Maggiore e dell'Orsa Minore.

[eracle62]

Cosi rendiamo l'idea...

 

                

 

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Maurice Tiberius. As Caesar, 582, or Augustus 582-602. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.46 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 3rd officina. Struck 5-31 August 582. D [N Nb] TIbЄ RI P P AVG, cuirassed bust facing, wearing crown with cross and pendilia, holding globus cruciger and shield with horseman motif / VICTORI A AVGG, angel standing facing, holding long staff terminating in staurogram and globus cruciger; Γ//CONOB. P.D. Whitting, “A new transitional Byzantine issue of A.D. 582,” NC 1960, pp. 133-5; DOC -; MIBE 3 (same obv. die); SB 475. EF, areas of flat strike. Extremely rare first issue without the double name.
Whitting proposed that the two successive “N”s in the obverse legend point to this being a joint issue of Tiberius II and Maurice Tiberius, dating to the period of only nine days between the time when Maurice was declared Caesar and adopted the name Tiberius on 5 August, and 14 August when Tiberius II died. Hahn (MIBE) disagrees with Whitting’s interpretation of the legend, more logically reading the “Nb” as nobilissimus , “...a title connected with the Caesarship which Maurice had held for a week until his coronation as co-Augustus” on 13 August, although noting that it may have been used afterwards (p. 45). If not a joint issue fitting into this narrow time frame of nine days, the emission must date to the earliest days of Maurice’s reign as Augustus, seemingly before deciding to include “Maurice” in his official imperial name, and almost certainly before 31 August, when a new indiction began.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: L'IMPERATORE MAURIZIO

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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 106	Auction date: 9 May 2018
Lot number: 1064 Price realized: 24,000 CHF   (Approx. 23,902 USD / 20,161 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. Constans caesar, 337 – 350. Solidus, Siscia 337-340, AV 4.51 g. FL IVL CONS – TANS P F AVG Laureate and rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. FELICI – TAS – PE – RPETVA Constantine II nimbate and enthroned facing raising r. hand in benediction; inscribed on his footstool, VOT V. Facing him at his sides, Constantius II and Constans; both enthroned, diademed and holding mappa. In exergue, SIS*. C 27. RIC 18a. Depeyrot 4/1. Extremely rare and a very interesting reverse composition. A graffito on obverse field and an almost invisible nick on neck, otherwise good extremely fine Ex NAC sale 75, 2013, 325. Estimate: 20000 CHF illustrazione: il trono dell'imperatore bizantino

[eracle62]

Continua ti seguo piacevolmente...

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Thessaly, Krannon Æ Dichalkon. Circa 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Zeus or Poseidon right / KP–A, rider, wearing petasos, on horseback right. Rogers 182; BCD Thessaly II 117.7 var. (A below horse; same obv. die). 5.13g, 18mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From the Mark Gibbons Collection; Ex BCD Collection, CNG e311, 25 September 2013, lot 74.

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GREEK COINS FROM OTHER PROPERTIES 
PHOENICIA 
SIDON
Abdashtart I (Straton), king 372-359 B.C. Bronze, 367-366. AE 3.01 g. War galley l. over waves, above, date III (= year 3 of the reign). Rev. King of Persia running r., wearing crown and holding bow and spearhead-shaped scepter. BMC 148, 53. Lindgren III, 77, 1416. J. W. Betlyon, A new Chronology for the Pre-Alexandrine Coinage of Sidon, ANS MN 21 (1976), 26, 29. Rare. Green patina with light reddish incrustations. Obv. Slightly off-center.
Almost ex­tremely fine
Estimate: 150 USD

 

[dabbene]

Grandi pagine divulgative, interessantissime, complimenti veramente !

Mario

[eracle62]

Le iconografie equestri sono quelle che mi hanno sempre più affascinato....

Di seguito un grandissimo il Bernini, e la sua magnificenza rappresentativa.

 

                         

Rappresentazione di Costantino con  il cavallo che s’impenna, come effetto dell’abbagliante apparizione della Croce. Questo celebre episodio, a seguito del quale Costantino autorizza il culto cristiano, giustificava in Bernini l’invenzione di un’iconografia originale, che si discostava da quella tradizionale.

Ecco un chiaro esempio di come possa prediligere certe iconografie...

Certo ho scelto il massimo forse...

Eros 

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11 ore fa, eracle62 dice:

Le iconografie equestri sono quelle che mi hanno sempre più affascinato....

Di seguito un grandissimo il Bernini, e la sua magnificenza rappresentativa.

 

                         

Rappresentazione di Costantino con  il cavallo che s’impenna, come effetto dell’abbagliante apparizione della Croce. Questo celebre episodio, a seguito del quale Costantino autorizza il culto cristiano, giustificava in Bernini l’invenzione di un’iconografia originale, che si discostava da quella tradizionale.

Ecco un chiaro esempio di come possa prediligere certe iconografie...

Certo ho scelto il massimo forse...

Eros 

I remember...

 

 

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Roman Provincial 
PAMPHYLIA. Side. Gallienus, 253-268. 10 Assaria (Bronze, 30 mm, 17.54 g, 2 h). AYT•KAI•ΠOY•ΛI•ЄΓN•ΓAΛΛIHNOC CЄBA Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus to right, seen from behind; before, I (value mark). Rev. CIΔHTΩN•NЄΩKOPΩN•NAYAPXIC• / AЄ Bird's-eye view of the harbor of Side in the shape of a horse-shoe with entrance to left; within, a galley with five oarsmen rowing left, military standard on stern; below the galley, a fish swimming right. BMC 112 and pl. XXVIII, 19 (same reverse die). SNG Copenhagen -. SNG Paris -. SNG PFPS -. SNG von Aulock -. Extremely rare. An important architectural type and in exceptional condition for the issue. Well struck and with an attractive green patina. Extremely fine.
Situated on a projecting peninsula, Side had always been orientated towards the sea and it was an infamous pirates' nest in the 1st century BC. Under Roman rule, the city became the dominant trading center of the fertile Pamphylian plain and exported large quantities of agricultural products to other parts of the Empire through its sizable harbor, shown here from a bird's eye view. The fact that the reverse of this remarkable issue proudly boasts Side as NAYAPXIC A (= ΠPΩTH) E(NΔOΞOΣ), the 'mistress of the sea, the first and famous', and considering that the ship about to leave the harbor is clearly of military nature, it is likely that the Sidetans were assisting the Roman authorities in the fight against Gothic invaders and pirates that were plaguing the eastern Mediterranean at the time.

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MANUEL I, Comenus.
Estimate $1500
MANUEL I, Comenus. 1143-1180 AD. AV Hyperpyron (4.13 gm). Thessalonica mint. Nimbate facing bust of Christ / Manuel standing facing, holding labarum and globus cruciger. DOC IV 1f; Hendy pl. 12,12; SB 1971. EF, scratch on reverse. Extremely rare. ($1500)
The Thessalonica hyperpyra of Manuel, the last gold coins struck at that provincial mint, can be distinguished from the issues of Constantinople by the use of a single barred cross on the globus held by the emperor.

ILLUSTRAZIONI: L'IMPERATORE BIZANTINO MANUELE I COMNENO

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Nomos AG > Auction 16	Auction date: 10 May 2018
Lot number: 50 Price realized: 520 CHF   (Approx. 518 USD / 436 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Sicily. Syracuse. Gelon, son of Hieron II, 275-215 BC. 8 Litrai (Silver, 22 mm, 7.00 g, 2 h), c. 240. Diademed head of Gelon to left; behind, race torch. Rev. ΣΥΡAKOΣIΟ / ΓEΛΩNOΣ Nike driving biga galloping to right; holding a kentron in her right hand, and the reins in her left; below horses' legs to right, Ε. SNG ANS 896 var. Very rare. Toned. Minor dig on the reverse, otherwise, very fine. Ex Nomos 14, 17 May 2017, 74 and from the collection of W. F. Stoecklin, Amriswil, Switzerland, acquired prior to 1975. Gelon was the eldest son of Hieron II and was about 50 when he died, approximately a year before his father. Gelon seems to have hitherto always supported his father and was, of course, his heir; however, after Hannibal's invasions during the Second Punic War, Gelon seems to have wanted to break Syracuse's alliance with the Romans and switch to the Carthaginians. This attempt failed and, very possibly, led to the crown prince's execution; in any event, Gelon died shortly after he made his proposals. This did not save Syracuse since Hiero died little more than a year later; the city passed on to Gelon's stupid and unpopular son Hieronymos who, following his father's plans, switched the city's allegiance to Carthage. As a result, Hieronymos was assassinated and the city became a democracy once again. In the end Rome besieged the city; despite the invention of powerful defensive military machines designed by Archimedes, the city was overrun by the legions and partially destroyed. --------------------------------  Archimede aveva assunto la direzione delle operazioni di difesa di Siracusa dai Romani. Non appena le navi di Marcello si avvicinavano, venivano colpite da massi di varie dimensioni scagliati da catapulte con varia portata di tiro. Come se non bastasse, Archimede aveva fatto costruire gru girevoli, che lasciavano cadere enormi massi sulle navi che si avvicinavano, e la manus ferrea, una sorta di artiglio di ferro che afferrava le navi per la prua facendole poi ricadere di colpo in acqua. Nel 212, però Marcello seppe cogliere un'occasione favorevole e le truppe romane dilagarono in città. Marcello aveva però impartito ordini precisi: Archimede doveva essere risparmiato. Si racconta, tuttavia, che un soldato romano, durante il saccheggio, s'imbatté in Archimede, così concentrato nello studio di alcune figure geometriche da non accorgersi nemmeno di quello che stava accadendo. Il soldato gli ordinò di seguirlo e quando Archimede gli disse di aspettare perché doveva prima risolvere un problema, il legionario, infuriato, l'uccise.

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 3	Auction date: 25 February 2018
Lot number: 391 Price realized: 40 CHF   (Approx. 43 USD / 35 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: CILICIA. Tarsos. Balakros, satrap of Cilicia, 333-323 BC. Obol (Silver, 10 mm, 0.67 g, 10 h). Draped bust of Athena facing slightly to left, wearing triple-crested helmet and pearl necklace. Rev. Boeotian shield embossed with thunderbolt. Göktürk -. SNG Paris 476. Nicely toned. Very fine. Starting Price: 25 CHF

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Continuo a divertirmi carissimo...

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Leu Numismatik AG > Auction 2Auction date: 11 May 2018Lot number: 2

CELTIC, Southern Gaul. Allobroges. Circa 61-40 BC. Quinarius (Silver, 15 mm, 1.96 g, 6 h), Durnacos. [DV]RNACOS Head ot Athena to right, wearing winged helmet. Rev. Warrior on horseback to right, holding spear. DT 3161 var. and LT 5762 var. (both with AVSCRO on the reverse). A beautifully toned example struck in excellent metal. Extremely fine.

From the Helvetii Collection, formed in the 1970s and 1980s.

This type usually carries the name AVSCRO on the reverse, but there are no visible traces of letters on this example.

Estimate: 200 CHF

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Roman Republican 
Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. L. Hostilius Saserna. 48 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.69 g, 5h). Rome mint. Head of Gallic captive (Vercingetorix?) right, wearing hair flowing back and long, pointed beard, and a chain around his neck; Gallic shield to left / Two warriors in galloping biga right: one driving, holding whip in right hand and reins in left, and the other, facing backward, holding shield in left hand and brandishing spear in right. Crawford 448/2a; CRI 18; Sydenham 952; Hostilia 2. VF, deep cabinet toning, some minor porosity.
From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.24825.
The obverse portrait has sometimes been identified as the famous chief of the Arverni, Vercingetorix, whom Julius Caesar captured in 52 BC in Alesia. It is difficult to imagine anyone placing such a dramatic portrait of a defeated foe on their coinage, but it is clear from surviving sources of the period that the Romans had a good deal of respect for the Gauls as honorable warriors. Crawford and Sear believe this identification is unlikely, but the large, distinctive, and carefully engraved head suggests the die cutter worked with an eye toward creating an individualized portrait, rather than a stylized personification of a Gaul. The reverse is also of particular historical interest, in that it depicts the manner in which chariots were used in Celtic Gaul, and perhaps in Britain as well.

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a volte una parola buona ha un peso ben più grande di quanto si possa immaginare. Grazie. 

Nerva, 96 
Aureus 97, AV 7.52 g. IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P Laureate head r. Rev. CONCORDIA – EXERCITVVM Clasped hands holding legionary eagle set upon prow l. C 28. BMC 27. RIC 15. CBN 16. Biaggi 453 (this coin). Calicó 958.
Very rare. A very attractive portrait, an almost invisible edge nick at four o’clock on
obverse, otherwise good very fine / about extremely fine
Ex M&M 6, 1945, 806; M&M 12, 1953, 807 and NAC 49, 2008, Biaggi de Blasys, 174 sales.
The reign of Nerva was quite different than that of his predecessor: not only was Domitian militant in character, but he spoiled his army by increasing their salaries from 225 denarii per year (which had been the standard since the time of Julius Caesar) to 300 per year, and paid them in coins of increased weight and purity. This was a difficult act for an elderly senator to follow, especially since for at least six decades now the army had been instrumental in making and maintaining emperors. Money was key to Nerva’s success: he maintained Domitian’s standards of heavy, pure aurei and he devoted reverse types to the army. This is an example of Nerva’s appeal to the army for concord. Although a general symbol of concordia, the clasped hands may also represent Nerva’s hope that the army and the senate could work together. On this piece clasped hands support a legionary eagle set upon a prow, representing the army and the navy. However, even with Nerva’s fiscal and numismatic overtures, his relationship with the army was strained at best. In the very year these aurei were struck there were two failed plots against the new emperor: one by troops stationed on the Danube, and another by praetorian guardsmen in Rome, who principally were seeking revenge on those who had murdered Domitian. Aware of his peril, Nerva wisely adopted as his successor the commander Trajan, then governor of Upper Germany, in September or October of the year these aurei were struck. Within four months Nerva had died of what we presume were natural causes, and he was lawfully succeeded by Trajan.

 

 

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RöMISCHE KAISERZEIT
MACRINVS und DIADVMENIANVS
No.: 326
Rufpreis-Opening bid: CHF 12000,-
AE – 61,32g Kibyra (Phrygien) 217 – 218
Av: AVTO KAI M OPeL. eB. MAKPeINOC K M OPeL ANTOWNINOC KAICAP, Lorbeerbekränzte Büste des Macrinus nach rechts und Büste des Diadumenianus nach links, beide mit Paludamentum über Küraß.
Rv: KAICAPeWN KIBVPATWN // G R O, Amazone stehend von vorne. Sie trägt Mauerkrone und Chlamys über Chiton, der die rechte Brust freiläßt, sowie stiefelähnliche Fußbekleidung; über der rechten Schulter: Bogen und Köcher; in der Rechten hält sie die Opferschale; in der Linken: Lanze, Doppelaxt und Pelta; zu den Füßen der Amazone links: Sphinx auf Dreifuß; auf dem Kopf der Sphinx: kleines Opfer(?)- Behältnis; im Feld links oben: Korb (?).
SNG v. Aulock 3738. LIMC I 1 S. 630 Nr. 706. Nomisma II. (1908): F.
Imhoof – Blumer, Die Amazonen auf griechischen Münzen, S. 14 Nr. 4, [Tf. II Nr. 11 (Rv.)].
Sehr selten, schönstes Exemplar, braune Patina.
Ex Tkalec 1996.
Vorzüglich

[dabbene]

Anche tre di parole buone in questi casi ?, io credo che questa sia una delle discussioni più divulgative e affascinanti di tutta Lamoneta, poi le Monete, le storie, le rappresentazioni....credo che per chi inizia ad appassionarsi , per i giovani, per tutti questa sia una grande pagina da leggere e a cui abbeverarsi !

E ricordate , lo dico per esperienza, che scrivere e divulgare richiede tempo, idee, passione , energie senza avere nulla in cambio,  Lamoneta e la numismatica ringraziano ....

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Ecco è quello che volevo Federico, io ti ho conosciuto in una delle mia tanti notti di solitudine in giro per il forum, mi chiedevo sempre come una discussione come questa potesse essere snobbata...

Iniziai ad interagire con essa, poi ci fu Milano e la tua conferenza e il resto è storia.

Storia numismatica e di grande passione..

Andiamo.....

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Roman Imperial 
Domitian, as Caesar, AR Denarius. Rome, AD 77-78. CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS, laureate head right / Soldier on horse, riding right, raising right hand; COS V below. RIC 57 (Vespasian); RSC 49a. 3.54g, 19mm, 4h.
Extremely Fine.