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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 53 Auction date: 7 February 2019 Lot number: 26 Price realized: 240 GBP   (Approx. 311 USD / 273 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.   Lot description: Lucania, Velia AR Stater. Circa 334-300 BC. Head of Athena left, wearing Phrygian helmet decorated with centauress; monogram behind / Lion left, tearing at prey; A below, YEΛHTΩN in exergue. BMC 81; HN Italy 1293 var. (reverse control mark). 5.89g, 22mm, 10h. Good Very Fine; test cut to reverse. From a private European collection. Estimate: 175 GBP

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Classical Numismatic Group, Mail Bid Sale 78, lot 472, 14/05/2008

THESSALY, Thessalian League. Circa 196-27 BC. AR Stater (6.15 g, 12h). Pausani- and Arte-, magistrates. Struck circa 100-50 BC. Head of Zeus right, wearing oak wreath / Athena Itonia advancing right; ΠAY-ΣANI above spear, A/P-T/E across in inner fields. McClean -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -; Klose, Chronologie -; CNG 66, lot 349. EF.
From Collection C.P.A.
Beginning about 1000 BC, the two plains of Thessaly, comprising a number of cities led by aristocratic families, were untied in a federation under a single chief, or archon. The Thessalian League (or Confederacy) was created in the late sixth century BC by Aleuas the Red, who reorganized the state into a unity of four tetrads of four cities under the archon (also called tagos). Although the Thessalians were a dominant state in Greek affairs early in its life, the state became increasingly weak following the outbreak of internal rivalries in the fifth century BC. In the aftermath of the Lamian War, and further intrigues in the third century BC, Thessaly was effectively partitioned between Macedon and the Aitolian Confederacy, and was relegated to a setting for competing militaries, including the Romans. After T. Quinctius Flaminius declared Greek freedom in 196 BC, the Thessalian cities were liberated, and this occasioned the inception of the last Thessalian coinage series. This series, comprised solely of silver coinage in three denominations (stater, drachm, and hemidrachm/obol), was the first truly Thessalian League "federal" coinage. All issues bore the ethnic ΘEΣΣAΛIΩN, along with the responsible magistrates' names, and were likely minted at Larissa, the captial of the League. The types employed were few, but all are familiar types appearing on various Thessalian coinages during the previous two hundred years: Zeus, Apollo, Athena Itonia (the "Thessalian Pallas"), and the bridled horse. Unfortunately, this federal coinage also was the last Thessalian coinage to ever be minted. The terminal date of the series is tied to the end of Thessaly proper, when it was incorporated by the Romans into the new province of Macedonia.
Estimate: 300 USD

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Nomos, Auction 9, lot 98, 21/10/2014

GREEK COINS 
Thessaly 
Thessalian League, c. 48/7 BC. Stater (Silver, 21mm, 6.23 g 1), Nikoaos, Ni... and Gorgias. Head of Zeus to right, wearing oak wreath. Rev. ΘEΣΣA / ΛΩN Athena Itonia striding right, hurling spear with her right hand and extending shield in her left; above spear, NIKO -ΛAOΣ; below shield, NI; to left and right, Γ-OΡ/ΓI-A/Σ. CNG 78, 14 May 2008, 485 ( same dies ). Grose 4928 var. Attractive and well struck. Extremely fine. From the Höher collection.

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Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions > E-Auction 64	Auction date: 13 January 2019
Lot number: 1007
Lot description: Magnentius (350-353). Æ Centenionalis (23mm, 6.48g, 6h). Treveri, AD 350. Bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust r.; A behind. R/ Magnentius on horseback r., spearing barbarian kneeling l.; broken spear and shield below; TRS-crescent. RIC VIII 271. VF - Good VF Starting Price: 75 GBP

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Bertolami Fine Arts, Auction 24, lot 49, 22/06/2016

Apulia, Tarentum, Nomos, c. 280-272 BC; AR (g 6,47; mm 20; h 5); Horseman advancing r., holding shield and spear; at l. EY, below ΦINT, Rv. TAPAΣ, oecist riding dolphin l., holding trident and Nike; below, prow l. HNItaly 1002.Cabinet tone, about extremely fine.

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Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 192, lot 108, 23/07/2008

MACEDON, Koinon of Macedon. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Mid-3rd century AD. Æ 28mm (12.82 g). Bare-headed and cuirassed bust of Alexander the Great left, holding spear and shield / Horseman galloping right, holding lance. AMNG 405 pl. IV, 18 (same obv. die); SNG Copenagen -. Near EF, brown patina, some minor roughness. Rare obverse type.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: ALLESSANDRO IL GRANDE (IMMAGINE DAL FILM A LUI DEDICATO)

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Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 429	Auction date: 26 September 2018
Lot number: 261 Price realized: 150 USD   (Approx. 127 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: THESSALY, Koinon of Thessaly. temp. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Assarion (17.2mm, 2.99 g, 6h). Nikomachos, strategos. Struck circa AD 123-125. ΑΧΙΛ ΛΕVΣ, helmeted head of Achilles right / ΝΙΚΟΜΑ ΧΟΥ, horse trotting right; monogram below. BCD Thessaly I 1410 (same dies); BCD Thessaly II 956.2 var. (no monogram); Burrer 154 (A41/R128); RPC III 459/28 (this coin). VF, dark brown surfaces with patches of green. From the BCD Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica Auction D (2 March 1994), lot 1406. Estimate: 75 USD illustrazione: ACHILLE ARMATO DA TETI, DECORAZIONE DI UN VASO DEL VI SECOLO A.C.

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Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 97, lot 138, 17/09/2014

ATTICA, Athens. Circa AD 145/55-175. Æ (20mm, 4.31 g, 5h). Helmeted and draped bust of Athena right / View of the Akropolis seen from north and west; on right, steps of the Panathenaic way lead upward to the Propylaia; at summit, large statue of Athena Promachos standing right, Erechtheion to right; in center of rock, niche representing the Cave of Pan with his statue. Kroll 280; Walker, Chronological 111–13a; Svoronos, Monnaies , pl. 98, 21–9. Near VF, rough dark green patina, some smoothing. Very rare.
From the Trinacria Collection.
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 Erechtheion, a temple dedicated to Poseidon and Athena, contained the sacred olive tree and was located near the grave of Erechtheus. The Propylaia, 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 Panathenaia (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.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: IL PARTENONE

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Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG > Online Auction 25 | Silver	Auction date: 16 September 2018
Lot number: 104 Price realized: 400 EUR   (Approx. 467 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Asia Minor. Uncertain mint circa 400-200 BC.  Bronze Æ 9mm., 1,23g.  Corinthian helmet left / Monogram ΘΕ within coiled serpent right.  very fine SNG Kayhan -; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Weber -; McClean -; SNG France -; Traité -; SNG ANS -; Isegrim -; cf. CNG, MBS 66, 651 (Drachm, uncertain); Asia Minor Coins online #12066 (Atarneos). Starting Price: 75 EUR

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Dmitry Markov Coins & Medals | M&M Numismatics Ltd | Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles | Sovereign Rarities Ltd > The New York Sale XLV	Auction date: 8 January 2019
Lot number: 228 Price realized: 2,800 USD   (Approx. 2,447 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Samaria, Nysa-Scythopolis. M. Licinius Crassus. Æ (6.83 g), Proconsul, 54-53 BC. CY 10 (54 BC)(?). Head of the proconsul Crassus right. Rev. ΓAB NY in two lines in left field, Dionysos standing facing, head left, holding kantharos and thyrsus; in right field, date (L H sic (?); in exergue, [Λ]. Cf. Barkay 5 (year 10; same obv. die); cf. Rosenberger 3; cf. RPC 4827. Fantastic portrait! Dark olive-green patina. EF/VF. Estimate Value $1,000 - UP  From the Palm Desert Collection. Purchased from Superior in the 1980s.  This interesting coin was struck shortly before Crassus' fateful campaign against the Parthians where he was killed, losing nearly the entirety of the Roman forces he had taken with him. RPC identifies the portrait of Crassus' predecessor, Gabinius, but Barkay argues for Crassus based on the dissimilarity of the portrait on this coin to that on the coins of Gabinius.The date on the reverse of this coin normally reads year 10 (L I). Here, however, it reads year 8 (L H). Considering that Crassus was still in Rome in 56 BC and that the obverse of this coin shares its die with the issue dated year 10 (see Barkay pl. 1, 5), it seems the date on this coin must be an engraver's error. ILLUSTRAZIONE: LA BATTAGLIA DI CARRE DEL 53 A.C. IN CUI FU SCONFITTO L'ESERCITO DI CRASSO

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Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger > e-Auction 8	Auction date: 19 January 2019
Lot number: 363 Price realized: 110 EUR   (Approx. 125 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Kilikien Soloi-Pompeiopolis Bronze nach 66 v. Chr. Kopf des Cn. Pompeius Magnus / Nike mit Palmwedel und Kranz. SNG BN 1213-1217 var. (Beizeichen). 7.39 g.; Dunkelgrüne Patina Sehr schön Estimate: 100 EUR ILLUSTRAZIONE: POMPEO MAGNO

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Leipziger Münzhandlung und Auktion Heidrun Höhn, Auction 82, lot 1115, 5/06/2015

China
Tang Dynastie 618 - 907 Amulett undatiert. Pferdegeld "ma qian". zhen guan shi ji (10 edle Pferde von Zhen guan) / Pferd nach links, jue bo (Gewaltige Welle) Hartill - Remmelts - Grundmann 1087 9.98 g. Selten, Sehr schön
Chinesische Münzen, Jetons bzw. Amulette mit Bildern beinhalten oft Pferdedarstellungen. Insbesonders in der Provinz Xinjiang während der Han-Dynastie, sowie danach in der Tang und Song-Dynastie wurden Münzen, Amulette und Anhänger mit Pferdemotiven gewählt. Es ist gerade bei solchen Stücken schwierig die Unterscheidung zwischen Pferde-Jetons "da ma qian" und Pferde-Glücksbringern oder Amuletten "lu ma qian" zu erkennen, deshalb scheint hier eine neutrale Formulierung als Pferdegeld "ma qian" sinnvoll. Der Name Zhen guan bezieht sich auf eine Regierungsperiode des Kaisers Taizong (626-649). Dieses Stück dürfte aber wegen seiner Machart später entstanden sein.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: AMBASCIATORI BIZANTINI ALLA CORTE DELL'IMPERATORE CINESE TAI ZONG DELLA DINASTIA TANG (643 D.C.)

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Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger > e-Auction 8	Auction date: 19 January 2019
Lot number: 363 Price realized: 110 EUR   (Approx. 125 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Kilikien Soloi-Pompeiopolis Bronze nach 66 v. Chr. Kopf des Cn. Pompeius Magnus / Nike mit Palmwedel und Kranz. SNG BN 1213-1217 var. (Beizeichen). 7.39 g.; Dunkelgrüne Patina Sehr schön Estimate: 100 EUR ILLUSTRAZIONE: POMPEO MAGNO

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London Ancient Coins Ltd, Auction 43, lot 181, 21/05/2015

Octavian, 1st century BC. Lead Sling Bullet (43mm, 53.30g). Elliptical sling bullet with OCTAVI. Green patina

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Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG > Auction 318	Auction date: 11 March 2019
Lot number: 587
Lot description: THRACIA. KÖNIGREICH. Lysimachos, 323-281 v. Chr. AR-Tetradrachme, 297/281 v. Chr., Lampsakos; 16,71 g. Alexanderkopf r. mit Diadem und Ammonshorn//Athena Nikephoros sitzt l., davor Monogramm und Herme. Thompson in Essays Robinson 50. Kl. Kratzer, leichte Auflagen auf dem Revers, sehr schön Estimate: 200 EUR illustrazione: ricostruzione delle reali fattezze di Alessandro il Grande

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Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger > Auction 346	Auction date: 13 February 2019
Lot number: 2288 Price realized: 240 EUR   (Approx. 271 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: GRIECHISCHE MÜNZEN, ASIEN, PISIDIEN, ISINDA. AE-21 mm. 1. Jh. v. Chr. Belorbeerter Zeuskopf r. Rs: Krieger reitet r., speert eine Schlange. SNG COP. 159. Dunkle Patina. gutes ss Ex Sammlung D. Freedman (CNG 61, 2002, Los Nr. 302). Ex Sammlung R.P.  Estimate: 175 EUR

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Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG > Auction 318	Auction date: 11 March 2019
Lot number: 267
Lot description: BRUTTIUM. BRETTII. Æ-Drachme, 211/208 v. Chr.; 7,28 g. Zeuskopf r. mit Lorbeerkranz, dahinter Blitz//Krieger geht r. mit Helm, Schild und Speer, davor Fackel. Rutter, Historia Numorum 1988; Scheu 43. Prachtexemplar. Grüne Patina, stellenweise korrodiert, vorzüglich Exemplar der Auktion Rauch 81, Wien 2007, Nr. 31. Estimate: 300 EUR

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Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG > Auction 318	Auction date: 11 March 2019
Lot number: 66
Lot description: IMITATIONEN THRAKISCHER UND MAKEDONISCHER KÖNIGE. Alexandreier. AR-Tetradrachme, 2./1. Jahrhundert v. Chr., Münzstätte des Prototyps: Arados (Avers), westl. Kleinasien (Revers); 16,72 g. Kopf des Herakles im Löwenfell r.//Zeus Aëtophoros l. sitzend, im l. Feld Krieger in Rüstung l. marschierend mit Speer und Schild. Zum Prototyp: Duyrat pp. 39-43 (Avers), Price 2829 (Revers). Fehlt in allen Zitierwerken und Sammlungen. Von größter Seltenheit. Getönt, leichter Belag, fast vorzüglich Exemplar der Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, CNG Electronic Auction 420, Lancaster 2018, Nr. 277. Estimate: 200 EUR

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Roma Numismatics Limited, E-Sale 13, lot 56, 29/11/2014

Thessaly, Pelinna Æ Chalkous. First quarter of the 4th century BC. Helmeted horseman right, wearing chlamys and short tunic, striking at enemy who covers himself with his shield; border of dots / ???INNAI l. up, warrior in short tunic, stepping up and advancing l., his head turned back; he is armed with a sword in a scabbard held by a baldric, holds spear with his r. and shield with his l. Cf. Classical Numismatic Group Triton XV (3 January 2012), lot 530. 2.73g, 14mm, 10h. Very Fine. A pleasant example of this desirable type.

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Emporium Hamburg > Auction 84 Auction date: 2 March 2019 Lot number: 351   Lot description: BYZANTINISCHES REICH, Justinian I., 527-565, AV Solidus, Konstantinopel, Off.I. Behelmte Büste mit Kreuz u. Schild v.vorn. Rs.Victoria frontal stehend. 4,39g. Sommer 4.3 GOLD, f.vz Estimate: 380 EUR

Modificato 20 Febbraio, 2019 da King John

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Numismatik Naumann (formerly Gitbud & Naumann), Auction 4, lot 251, 2/06/2013

M. SERGIUS SILUS (116-115 BC). Denarius. Rome.
Obv: ROMA EX S C.
Helmeted head of Roma right; X (mark of value) behind.
Rev: M SERGI SILVS.
Horseman riding right, holding sword, shield, and severed head; Q below horse.
Crawford 286/1.
Condition: Good very fine.
Weight: 4.0 g.
Diameter: 20 mm.

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Di un incerto dinasta della Licia,  uno statere (480-440 A.C.) con al rovescio, in quadrato incuso con contorno perlinato, una attraente testa di guerriero con elmo corinzio appoggiato al capo .

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VAuctions > Auction 333	Auction date: 13 November 2018
Lot number: 717 Price realized: 395 USD   (Approx. 350 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: BYZANTINE EMPIRE. John II Comnenos, 1118-1143 AD. Gold Hyperpyron (4.25 gm) of Thessaloniki. Christ enthroned facing / John standing, crowned by the Virgin. S.1949. aXF, graffito x in margin. Estimate: $650 ILLUSTRAZIONE: L'IMPERATORE BIZANTINO GIOVANNI II COMNENO E LAMOGLIE IRENE D'UNGHERIA

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Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 225, lot 272, 13/01/2010

CILICIA, Tarsus. Maximinus I. AD 235-238. Æ 36mm (24.90 g, 6h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / The Three Graces, arm in arm: the first with head left, holding flower, the second with head right, and the third with head right, holding flower. Cf. SNG France 1606; SNG Levante 1096; SNG von Aulock -; Staal color plate 6 and back cover (rev. illustrated). Fine, rough black-brown surfaces.
From the Mark Staal Collection of the Three Graces. 

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Classical Numismatic Group, Mail Bid Sale 61, lot 25/09/2002

 

THESSALY, Lamia.
Estimate $300
THESSALY, Lamia. Circa 400-344 BC. Æ 14mm (2.55 gm). Helmeted head of Athena right / Philoctetes standing right and shooting arrows at birds; one bird falling before, quiver on ground right. SNG Copenhagen 87; BMC Thessaly -. EF, dark brown patina. Very nice. ($300)From the David Freedman Collection.