Le più belle rappresentazioni di guerrieri

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18 ore fa, VALTERI dice:

Tra miriadi di guerrieri, una guerriera, una amazzone con arco e faretra da Soloi di Cilicia .

Uno statere che andrà a giorni in asta Naumann 67 al lotto 253 . 

 

 

[King John]

AUGUSTUS (27 BC-14 AD). Denarius. Emerita. P. Carisius, legatus pro praetore.
Obv: IMP CAESAR AVGVST.
Bare head left.
Rev: P CARISIVS LEG PRO PR.
Celtiberian helmet decorated with face and crest; dagger to left, bipennis to right.
RIC² 7b.
Condition: Very fine.
Weight: 3.73 g.
Diameter: 18 mm.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: GUERRIERI CELTIBERI

[King John]

Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions > E-Auction 60	Auction date: 9 July 2018
Lot number: 73 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction -
Lot description: Sicily, Aitna, c. 211-200 BC. Æ Quadrans (20mm, 5.99g, 12h). Radiate head of Helios r. R/ Warrior standing facing, head r., holding spear and shield; three pellets to l. CNS III, 8; HGC 2, 68. Green patina, some tooling and smoothing, VF Estimate: 10 GBP

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Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions > E-Auction 60	Auction date: 9 July 2018
Lot number: 126 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Sicily, Panormos, c. 2nd-1st century BC. Æ (23mm, 5.93g, 9h). Laureate head of Zeus l. R/ Warrior standing l., r. hand extended, holding spear in l., shield at feet; CATO and monogram before. CNS I, 120; HGC 2, 1071. VF Estimate: 70 GBP

[eracle62]

Il fatto è che qui si rivive la storia è i momenti..

E finché si prova qualcosa e giusto andare...

Andiamo...

[King John]

Greek 
IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (9.5mm, 2.59 g). Head of warrior left, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with vine tendril on the bowl; below, seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 50. Good VF.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: ARYBALLOS IN TERRACOTTA A FORMA DI TESTA DI OPLITA (VI SECOLO A.C.)

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Ascalon, Domitian (AD 81-96), dated civic year 198 (AD 94-95). Male deity with sword and shield.

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 47	Auction date: 28 June 2018
Lot number: 174 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Sicily, Tyndaris Æ Pentachalkon. Circa 210-200 BC. AΓAΘYPNOΣ, laureate head of Apollo left / Warrior standing left, holding spear and resting hand on grounded shield; M to left, AΓAΘYPNOΣ downwards to right. Unpublished in the standard references; cf. CNS I, 5 var. (obv. legend); cf. Campana 17 var. (obv. legend, rev. letter); cf. HGC 2, 1629 var. (same). 6.06g, 21mm, 1h.  Very Fine; pleasing patina. Unpublished in the standard references.  From the collection of a Scientist.  Estimate: 150 GBP

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 4	Auction date: 24 June 2018
Lot number: 31 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: CALABRIA. Tarentum. Circa 240-228 BC. Didrachm or Nomos (Silver, 21 mm, 6.37 g, 6 h), Olympis, magistrate. OΛYMΠIΣ Nude rider on horse galloping to right, brandishing javelin; to upper left, wreath. Rev. TAPAΣ Youthful oikist, nude, riding dolphin to left, holding kantharos in his right hand and cornucopiae with his left; to right, tripod. HN Italy 1055. Vlasto 942. A beautifully toned example of fine style. Good very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting Price: 200 CHF

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Egypt, Alexandria Hadrian, 117-138 Tetradrachm circa 130-131 (year 15), billon 24.5mm., 13.24g. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. Hadrian standing l. receiving grain ears from Alexandria standing r.; in field, L-IE. Geissen 1026. Dattari 1267.

[eracle62]

2 ore fa, King John dice:

Egypt, Alexandria Hadrian, 117-138 Tetradrachm circa 130-131 (year 15), billon 24.5mm., 13.24g. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. Hadrian standing l. receiving grain ears from Alexandria standing r.; in field, L-IE. Geissen 1026. Dattari 1267.

Un basso rilievo che diventa straordinario..dando vita alla terza dimensione...sublime...

[King John]

Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 418	Auction date: 11 April 2018
Lot number: 365 Price realized: 160 USD   (Approx. 130 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II. Circa 420-375 BC. AR Siglos (14.5mm, 5.69 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B (pl. XIV, 43); cf. Meadows, Administration 326 (Type IV, Group C); BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 10. VF, banker's mark and tiny die break on obverse. Estimate: 100 USD ILLUSTRAZIONE: LA BATTAGLIA DI MICALE DEL 27 AGOSTO 479 A.C., CHE INSIEME ALLA BATTAGLIA DI PLATEA, COMBATTUTA NELLO STESSO GIORNO, DETERMINO' LA SCONFITTA DEFINITIVA DEI PERSIANI DA PARTE DEI GRECI

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Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 422	Auction date: 13 June 2018
Lot number: 179 Price realized: 110 USD   (Approx. 93 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: THESSALY, Thessalian League. Circa 170 BC. Æ Chalkous (14mm, 2.80 g). Macedonian shield with star in center / ΘEΣΣA/ΛΩN, dart–sling (κεστροσφενδóνη) with dart inside. Warren, Two, pl. I, 11; Rogers 4 var. (arrangement of ethnic); BCD Thessaly II 24.2; HGC 4, 236. VF, green patina. From the BCD Collection. While Rogers thought that the object on the reverse of this coin was a lyre, Jennifer Warren has argued that it represents a powerful new weapon – the dart sling, or κεστροσφενδόνη – first introduced during the Third Macedonian War between Rome and Perseus of Macedon. The weapon is described by the Achaean Polybius (xxvii, 9), who was taken to Rome as a prisoner following the war: "The form of the dart was as follows. It was two palms long, the tube being of the same length as the point. Into the former was fitted a wooden shaft a span in length a finger's breadth in thickness. Into the middle of this were wedged three quite short wooden wings. The two thongs of the sling were unequal in length, and the missile was so fitted into the center of the sling that it was easily freed. While the thongs were whirled round and taut, it remained fixed there, but when at the moment of the discharge one of the thongs was released, it left the loop and was shot like a leaden bullet from the sling." Livy (xlii, 65, 9-10) adds that: "They (the Roman army) suffered particularly from the dart-slings." The Macedonian shield supports a connection to Perseus, and Warren offers a compelling insight on the reverse design: "On this Thessalian issue the kestrosphendone would be as apposite as the harpa, the special weapon of his hero namesake, on the reverse of Perseus' similar Macedonian copper coins." This type (cf. SNG Alpha Bank 1147–8) also carries a Macedonian shield on the obverse.  Estimate: 75 USD ILLUSTRAZIONE: LA FALANGE MACEDONE IN AZIONE

[VALTERI]

Da un bello statere di Tarso, al rovescio un satrapo seduto in scranno ed armato di arco, ne controlla la freccia

[King John]

Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 423 Auction date: 27 June 2018 Lot number: 238 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction   Lot description: MACEDON, Koinon of Macedon. Pseudo-autonomous issue. temp. Gordian III, AD 238-244. Æ (27mm, 10.16 g, 1h). Beroea mint. Diademed head of Alexander the Great right / Warrior right on horseback (Alexander on Bucephalas?) right, holding spear. Cf. AMNG III 651 (for type). Near VF, rough brown surfaces. From the Belgica Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 158 (14 February 2007), lot 177. Estimate: 100 USD

IMMAGINI: LA BATTAGLIA DI ISSO DEL 333 A.C., IN CUI ALESSANDRO SCONFISSE I PERSIANI DI DARIO III, NEL FAMOSO MOSAICO DI POMPEI ED IN UN'ILLUSTRAZIONE MODERNA BASATA SUL MOSAICO

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[eracle62]

E va beh.. ma la battaglia di Isso e il suo mosaico è un'icona, che ci facevano na capa tanta...in storia dell'arte...

Magnifico il mosaico, atto dovuto alla capa tanta..

Non male neanche il tondello espressivo.

Queste battaglie mi fanno impazzire...

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Agora Auctions > Numismatic Auction 70	Auction date: 21 November 2017
Lot number: 220 Price realized: 1,200 USD   (Approx. 1,023 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Hadrian. A.D. 117-138. AR cistophoric tetradrachm (26.95 mm, 10.18 g, 6 h). Nicomedia mint, ca. mid-130's A.D. IMP CAES TRA HADRIANO AVG P P, laureate head right / COM-BIT across field, octastyle temple set on three-tiered podium, pellet within, ROM S P AVG across frieze, four pellets in pediment. Metcalf pp. 130-31, B1 and pl. 29, 9; RIC 461b; Pinder 13 and pl. IV; BMCRE 1099 note; RSC 240b. Choice VF/EF. Includes NGC label graded Ch VF and David Sear Certificate. Rare. From the D. Thomas Collection.  Estimate: 1500 USD

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Antinous Æ34 of Alexandria, Egypt. Year 19, AD 134-5. ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟΥ ΗΡωΟC, draped bust right, wearing hem-hem crown / Antinous on horseback prancing right, holding caduceus; ΙΘ (date) below horse's front leg. Emmett 1346. 23.50g, 34mm, 12h. Very Fine. Attractive 'desert' patina. Ex Roma Numismatics V, 23 March 2013, lot 797. In AD 130 the emperor Hadrian travelled up the River Nile with the imperial entourage, including his companion Antinous, whilst on a tour of the provinces. It was during this trip that the young Antinous tragically drowned. The ancient sources are rife with speculation as to whether this occurance was an accident, a suicide on the part of Antinous or a sacrifice to aid the health of the emperor, but what is clear is the strong bond between the two men (Scriptores Historiae Augustae Hadrian, 14, 5-7), which led to Hadrian's encouragement of a cult in honour of a deified Antinous and his appearance on the coinage, especially in Egypt as with this piece.

ILLUSTRAZIONE:  STATUA DI ANTINOO (SI TRATTA DEL CD. ANTINOO BRASCHI CUSTODITO AI MUSEI VATICANI

Antìnoo (da TRECCANI.IT). - Giovane (110-130 d. C.) favorito dell'imperatore Adriano che lo tenne sempre con sé. Fece parte del corteo imperiale che nel 130 accompagnò l'imperatore in Egitto e durante questo viaggio morì in circostanze misteriose. Adriano, che ricevette in questa circostanza una consolatio dal retore Numenio, volle che se ne festeggiasse il giorno natale (27 novembre), ne ordinò il culto in tutto l'impero e in suo onore fondò una città (Antinoupoli). Il ritratto compare su monete adrianee dei luoghi di culto. Onorato soprattutto in Asia Minore, Alessandria, Mantinea, Lanuvio,  Ostia, Villa Adriana, donde provengono molte statue, busti, rilievi, in cui è anche assimilato a Dioniso, Adone, Vertumno, Silvano, Osiride, Ganimede. Tra le sculture più significative: l'Antinoo Braschi al Vaticano, il Farnese a Napoli e l'Antinoo di Eleusi (in tutte e tre rappresentato come Dioniso), i rilievi di villa Albani e il rilievo di Antoniano di Afrodisia come Silvano, busti del museo di Atene, proveniente da Patrasso, e della Rotonda Vaticana.

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Roman Provincial 
LYDIA. Sardis. Antinoüs, died 130. Medallion (Bronze, 34 mm, 21.10 g, 6 h), P. Cornelius Cornutus, strategos, 131. ANTINOOC HPΩC - ЄΠIΦANHC Bare-headed, heroic nude three-quarter bust of Antinoüs to right. Rev. CTP Π KOPNH KOPN-O[T]OY CAPΔIANΩN Dionysos, nude but for chlamys draped over his right shoulder, standing front, head to left, holding kantharos in his right hand and filleted thyrsos with his left; at feet to left, forepart of panther left, raising right forepaw and looking back. Unpublished and unique, an issue of tremendous historical importance and of exceptional beauty. Attractive natural olive-green patina and with an enchanting portrait of magnificent style. An extraordinary piece, undoubtedly among the finest and most interesting medallions of Antinoos known. The reverse struck very slightly off center and with some flatness near the edge, otherwise, good very fine.
The emergence of a new medallion of Antinoüs is, to say the least, very exciting. Hadrian's favorite, a juvenile born in 110-112 near the city of Bithynion-Klaudiopolis, met the emperor in the early 120s and accompanied him on his journey through Greece, Asia and Egypt in 128-130. His early death in the Nile in October 130 is surrounded by legends: although possibly an accident, rumours have it that Antinoüs committed sacrificial suicide, believing that this may help prolonging the life of his patron, or that he was assassinated by Hadrian's jealous wife Sabina. The emperor, grieving over the loss of his beloved companion, ordered the founding of the eponymous city Antinoopolis at the site of his death and had him deified, becoming a hero with his own priesthood. The popularity of this cult, which spread quickly through the Greek East, is attested not only by many statues - more than a hundred have survived - and honorary games, but also by a substantial number of Poleis striking coins in Antinoüs' name. This coinage is of great interest, as it offers evidence of local forms of worship of the new hero. In Kios, Antinoüs' was equated with Pan (ΠANI ANTINOΩ), in Corinth with Hermes and Bellerophon, Ankyra and Nikopolis praise him as the deified Antinoüs (ANTINOOΣ ΘΕΩΣ or ANTINOON ΘΕΩN) while medallions from Bithynion-Klaudiopolis bear the legend ANTINOON ΘΕΩN H ΠATPIC ('the native town honors the deified Antinoüs'), showing the hero as Hermes Nomios, the Hermes of the herdsman. Perhaps most prominent is the association of Antinoüs with Dionysos, attested in many literary sources, inscriptions and coins (for an excellent article on Antinoüs' and Dionysos, see R. Pudill: Antinoos als Dionysos und Neos Iakchos, in: GN 244 (July 2009), p. 205-215. We would also like to thank Dr. H.-C. von Mosch for his valuable contribution in correspondence with this cataloguer). The emergence of this new medallion with Dionysos on the reverse therefore aligns well with what we know of the early worship of the hero. The importance of this piece - other than it being an unpublished large issue of Sardis for Antinoüs' - lies in the remarkable obverse legend of ANTINOOC HPOC ЄΠIΦANHC: this is a new and hitherto unattested epithet, which translates as 'the manifested hero Antinoüs' and is deeply connected to both Hadrian and the worship of Antinoüs and Dionysos. Not only was Dionysos known as a god of epiphany, an 'arriving' foreigner who manifests himself to his worshippers, we also know from two inscriptions that Hadrian himself was called the 'new Dionysos' in Sardis (IsardBR13, 14). The emperor and Antinoüs had visited the city on their way east in 128, and the young Greek therefore literally was a divine hero who had arrived and manifested himself. The exceptional artistic beauty of this medallion shows that the dies were, perhaps not surprisingly for such an important issue, cut by a master engraver. This was undoubtedly the same artist who also proved responsible for a series of other Antinoüs medallions, and whose journey through the East in the entourage of Hadrian in 131-132 H.-C. von Mosch and L.-A. Klostermeyer have recently reconstructed (H.-C. von Mosch and L.-A. Klostermeyer: Ein Stempelschneider auf Reisen, in: KAIPOΣ, p. 285-325. The bust of Antinoüs on the medallion from Hadrianoutherai, Abb. 12, is virtually identical). The itinerary of the emperor thus, through our medallion, has to be expanded to include the city of Sardis. It is likely that the local strategos Publius Cornelius Cornutus, otherwise only attested on a recently published coin of Hadrian (RPC III online 2402A, as 'Cornutus' only), served as a local benefactor (euergetos) of his polis and bore the considerable costs of issuing a medallion struck from dies crafted by an imperial artist - a form of euergetism that is also attested from other Antinoüs-medallions.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: ADRIANO E ANTINOO

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Numismatik Naumann (formerly Gitbud & Naumann) > Auction 64	Auction date: 1 April 2018
Lot number: 330 Price realized: 95 EUR   (Approx. 117 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: PHRYGIA. Traianopolis. Pseudo-autonomous. Time of Hadrian (117-138). Ae.  Obv: Helmeted bust of Athena right, wearing aegis. Rev: ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ.  Facing statue of Artemis Ephesia, with supports. RPC III 2479; Lindgren I 1049.  Condition: Very fine. Weight: 3.11 g. Diameter: 16 mm. Estimate: 50 EUR

[eracle62]

E questi Efebi...

Questa sera hai buttato giù i carichi..

I Medaglioni sempre spettacolari..

Però quel Tetra di Adriano con al rovescio il tempio...coinvolgente..

 

[King John]

Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 47	Auction date: 28 June 2018
Lot number: 684 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Diva Faustina I (wife of A. Pius). Rome, AD 141-146. DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right / AVGVSTA, throne, on which is a wreath and a sceptre. RIC 377 (Pius). 3.61g, 18mm, 6h. Good Very Fine. Attractive toning. Estimate: 50 GBP ILLUSTRAZIONE: STATUA DI FAUSTINA

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Mysia, Kyzikos EL Stater. Mid 4th century BC. Large race horse rearing up to right, ridden by Phillip II of Macedon, bearded, wearing kausia, diadem and chlamys; tunny fish to right below / Speckled quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze 168, pl. 5, 16; Greenwell -; SNG France 315; Boston MFA Supp. 151; Lanz 157, lot 137. 16.00g, 19mm.
Near Mint State. A splendid coin, bright and sharply struck. Extremely Rare, and by far the finest known of very few examples.
The early Milesian foundation of Kyzikos on the isthmus of the Arktouros peninsula, protruding from the south-west coast of the Propontis, was ideally sited for its role as commercial intermediary par excellence at the centre of east-west trade. The earliest electrum coinage of Kyzikos with its characteristic ‘tunny fish’ emblem dates from about 550, and was based on the Phokaic weight standard of about 16.1g, the equivalent value to a Persian gold daric of 8.4g. They were contemporarily called Kyzikenes and the distribution of hoard finds makes it clear that it was the acceptable currency for trade between Thrace and the northern coasts of the Black Sea, and from Athens to Ionia, so much so that Kyzikenes are mentioned in Athenian inventories (cf. ACGC p. 261-2). This electrum coinage bears a wide variety of types, many of which are mythological or historical and types copied from contemporary Greek poleis from Magna Graecia to the Levant.
Before one can identify the obverse type of this splendid Kyzikene, it is important to first secure a date for the issue. The celebrated Prinkipo Hoard of over 200 Kyzikenes, 16 Pantikapaion and 4 Lampsakos gold staters (IGCH 1239; Regling ZfN 1931, pp. 1-46) places the burial date to about 335-4 BC, a chronology followed by most modern studies (see Hurter and Liewald SNR 81, 83 and 85). Even if in 1974 the Philip II gold staters were discovered to be a separate hoard (AJA 1974, 308; CH 2, 1976, 41), this low chronology is confirmed by the presence of three specific copied types: the Alexander the Great young Herakles head type derived from his imperial tetradrachms (von Fritze 194; ACGC 964); a young jockey with raised hand on horse derived from Philip II’s later tetradrachms (von Fritze 214; SNG France 344); the present type with a bearded figure wearing kausia and chlamys riding a horse derived from Philip II’s early tetradrachms which celebrate his victory at the Olympic Games in 356 (cf. Le Rider p. 5, 1; Kraay-Hirmer 562), the same year that Alexander was born. Added to these examples are the Philip II bearded portraits types identified by M. R. Kaiser-Raiss (SNR 63, 1983, Philip II. Und Kyzikos, pp. 27-53; von Fritze 197 and 199). Together these types paint a picture of the last issues of Kyzikene electrum, deriving their types directly from the coinage of the liberating Greek forces led by Alexander.
The suggestion that the reverse figure should be identified as Kyzikos, the eponymous founder of the city who was accidentally killed by the Argonauts, lacks any credible supporting arguments, and falls down when the dating of the issue is taken into consideration. With no identifying features besides a kausia, it would be highly illogical to suppose that such an issue, struck at this late period, would represent the mythical founder of the city. Given the evidence presented by the Prinkipo Hoard, and the clear stylistic similarities, an identification of the rider as Philip II of Macedon seems secure.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: MODERNA STATUA RAFFIGURANTE FILIPPO II DI MACEDONIA

[King John]

Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 47	Auction date: 28 June 2018
Lot number: 347 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. In the name of Alexander III of Macedon. Uncertain mint 6A (in Babylonia), circa 311-305 BC. Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre; BAΣIΛEΩΣ below, AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, anchor in left field, monogram below throne. SC 67.1; Price 3434. 17.05g, 27mm, 8h. Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare; only one other example on CoinArchives.  Estimate: 500 GBP

 

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[dabbene]

59 minuti fa, King John dice:

Mysia, Kyzikos EL Stater. Mid 4th century BC. Large race horse rearing up to right, ridden by Phillip II of Macedon, bearded, wearing kausia, diadem and chlamys; tunny fish to right below / Speckled quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze 168, pl. 5, 16; Greenwell -; SNG France 315; Boston MFA Supp. 151; Lanz 157, lot 137. 16.00g, 19mm.
Near Mint State. A splendid coin, bright and sharply struck. Extremely Rare, and by far the finest known of very few examples.
The early Milesian foundation of Kyzikos on the isthmus of the Arktouros peninsula, protruding from the south-west coast of the Propontis, was ideally sited for its role as commercial intermediary par excellence at the centre of east-west trade. The earliest electrum coinage of Kyzikos with its characteristic ‘tunny fish’ emblem dates from about 550, and was based on the Phokaic weight standard of about 16.1g, the equivalent value to a Persian gold daric of 8.4g. They were contemporarily called Kyzikenes and the distribution of hoard finds makes it clear that it was the acceptable currency for trade between Thrace and the northern coasts of the Black Sea, and from Athens to Ionia, so much so that Kyzikenes are mentioned in Athenian inventories (cf. ACGC p. 261-2). This electrum coinage bears a wide variety of types, many of which are mythological or historical and types copied from contemporary Greek poleis from Magna Graecia to the Levant.
Before one can identify the obverse type of this splendid Kyzikene, it is important to first secure a date for the issue. The celebrated Prinkipo Hoard of over 200 Kyzikenes, 16 Pantikapaion and 4 Lampsakos gold staters (IGCH 1239; Regling ZfN 1931, pp. 1-46) places the burial date to about 335-4 BC, a chronology followed by most modern studies (see Hurter and Liewald SNR 81, 83 and 85). Even if in 1974 the Philip II gold staters were discovered to be a separate hoard (AJA 1974, 308; CH 2, 1976, 41), this low chronology is confirmed by the presence of three specific copied types: the Alexander the Great young Herakles head type derived from his imperial tetradrachms (von Fritze 194; ACGC 964); a young jockey with raised hand on horse derived from Philip II’s later tetradrachms (von Fritze 214; SNG France 344); the present type with a bearded figure wearing kausia and chlamys riding a horse derived from Philip II’s early tetradrachms which celebrate his victory at the Olympic Games in 356 (cf. Le Rider p. 5, 1; Kraay-Hirmer 562), the same year that Alexander was born. Added to these examples are the Philip II bearded portraits types identified by M. R. Kaiser-Raiss (SNR 63, 1983, Philip II. Und Kyzikos, pp. 27-53; von Fritze 197 and 199). Together these types paint a picture of the last issues of Kyzikene electrum, deriving their types directly from the coinage of the liberating Greek forces led by Alexander.
The suggestion that the reverse figure should be identified as Kyzikos, the eponymous founder of the city who was accidentally killed by the Argonauts, lacks any credible supporting arguments, and falls down when the dating of the issue is taken into consideration. With no identifying features besides a kausia, it would be highly illogical to suppose that such an issue, struck at this late period, would represent the mythical founder of the city. Given the evidence presented by the Prinkipo Hoard, and the clear stylistic similarities, an identification of the rider as Philip II of Macedon seems secure.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: MODERNA STATUA RAFFIGURANTE FILIPPO II DI MACEDONIA

Grande occasione per tutti per vedere Monete che sono affaniscanti e storiche oltreche’ rare come questa, mi domandavo dove era questa statua sul fiume ?