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[King John]

Heritage Auctions, Auction 3061, lot 32090, 7/01/2018

Ancients
Nero (AD 54-68). Orichalcum sestertius (30mm, 25.82 gm, 6h). NGC (photo-certificate) MS★ 5/5 - 4/5, light smoothing. Lugdunum, AD 67. IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR PONT P P, laureate head of Nero left, globe at point of bust / S – C, Nero standing left on low platform, togate, with praetorian prefect at his side, raising right hand in address to three German guardsmen, of whom the two in front carry standards; in the background, the tiled roof and a column of the camp Praetorium (headquarters); ADLOCVT COH in exergue. RIC 565. BMCRE --. Cohen --. WCN 467. Extremely rare and undoubtedly the finest surviving specimen. Superior portrait and a beautifully executed and detailed reverse scene, with a pleasing deep olive-green patina.
Ex Gorny & Mosch 203, (5 March 2012), lot 327 (realized $86,000 hammer). 
The soldiers depicted in this extremely rare "Adlocutio" ("addressing the troops") sestertius of Nero are probably not from the Praetorian Guard, as is often claimed. One of the soldiers is heavily bearded and all are shown without armor, wearing only tunics, cloaks and swords slung at their hips. The standards they carry are quite different from those depicted on Roman coins and sculpture, which bear a multitude of discs, banners and other emblems; these rather spindly standards have several hemispherical and one disc-shaped adornment each. These features indicate the troops Nero addresses are members of the Germani Corpori Custodes, the elite German Bodyguard that served the Julio-Claudian dynasty. German bodyguards were first employed by Julius Caesar and by the end of Augustus's reign they numbered between 500 and 1,000 men. They were briefly disbanded after the battle of the Teutoburg Wild, but were reconstituted by Tiberius and were the last force to remain loyal to Nero when his regime collapsed in AD 68.
ILLUSTRAZIONE: RILIEVO DALL'ARCO DI COSTANTINO

[King John]

Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG, Auction 51, lot 402, 5/03/2009

Auction 51 Part I 
The Roman Empire 
Probus, 276 – 282
Medallion 276-282, debased silver 35.08 g. IMP C PROBVS – INVIC P F AVG Jugate busts l., of Probus, laureate, draped and cuirassed, holding transverse spear and shield decorated with an Adlocutio scene, and Sol, radiate. Rev. MONETA AV – G The three Monetae l., each holding scales and cornucopiae, with a conical heap at her feet. C –. Gnecchi p. 119, cf. 33 (Æ) and pl. 121, 3 (these dies). BM –. Toynbee –. MV–.
Extremely rare. A magnificent medallion with two fantastic and exceptionally detailed
jugate busts in the finest style of the period. Perfectly struck in high relief on a very
broad flan. Virtually as struck and almost Fdc
From the William James Conte collection.
Probus was one of the most successful emperors of the third century, and this medallion betrays all of the confidence the emperor must have gained by this stage of his reign. His image is at once powerful and dignified, accompanied by his comes, or companion, the sun-god Sol. Though the worship of Sol had been promoted heavily under the Severans many decades before, Probus inherited the conspicuous association from his predecessor Aurelian, who was extraordinarily dedicated to that god.
On this medallion Sol and the emperor are shown with perfectly aligned profiles, almost indistinguishable in form, despite the differences in details. By using the inscription, IMP C PROBVS INVIC P F AVG, Probus assumes the epithet invictus, which is appropriate to his divine companion. Little could devout polytheists like Aurelian and Probus have known that their strong promotion of the sun-god would strengthen the case for Christianity by, in essence, promoting the concept of monotheism. For Rome’s first Christian emperor, Constantine I, Sol Invictus was a perfect bridge for religious and social transformation: not only did it appeal to pagans, but it was a step toward the acceptance of monotheism, and, perhaps most importantly, it resonated with the legions.
The reverse type, the Tres Monetae, is the most familiar for Roman medallions of the third century. It perhaps makes its first appearance on a brass medallion of Commodus, after which it became a staple type for medallions. The three figures each hold a cornucopia and set of scales, and stand beside a heap of coins. Invariably the two outer figures hold scales hung at the end of rods or cords of more or less equal length, whereas the central figure suspends her scale from a longer rod or cord. Since the figures represent the three principal coining metals – gold, silver and copper – we may presume the central figure represents gold, and that her different presentation reflects the nobility of her metal and the greater care required in its measurement.
Estimate: 100000 CHF

[King John]

CGB.fr, Monnaies 57, lot 225, 20/02/2013

POSTUMIA Denier serratus 81 AC. Rome R1 silver (19mm, 3,75g, 3h)
Obverse : HISPAN Tête voilée d’Hispania (l’Espagne) à droite, échevelée
Reverse : A. verticalement// POST. A. F. à l’exergue/ S. N. verticalement/ (AL)BIN/ A. Romain debout à gauche, vêtu de la toge (adlocutio), entre une aigle légionnaire et un faisceau
Ref : RCV.297 (360$) BMC/RR.2839 (pl. 40/16 CRR.746 (2) RRC.372 /2 RSC.8 (Postumia)
Pedigree : Cet exemplaire provient du stock d’Alain Poinsignon (Mulhouse) et de la collection JMB
Grade : EF
Coments on the condition : Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait de l’Espagne échevelée. Joli revers finement détaillé. Belle patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés. Conserve une partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Starting Price : 175.00 Euro
Estimate : 280.00 Euro

[eracle62]

9 ore fa, King John dice:

Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG, Auction 51, lot 402, 5/03/2009

Auction 51 Part I 
The Roman Empire 
Probus, 276 – 282
Medallion 276-282, debased silver 35.08 g. IMP C PROBVS – INVIC P F AVG Jugate busts l., of Probus, laureate, draped and cuirassed, holding transverse spear and shield decorated with an Adlocutio scene, and Sol, radiate. Rev. MONETA AV – G The three Monetae l., each holding scales and cornucopiae, with a conical heap at her feet. C –. Gnecchi p. 119, cf. 33 (Æ) and pl. 121, 3 (these dies). BM –. Toynbee –. MV–.
Extremely rare. A magnificent medallion with two fantastic and exceptionally detailed
jugate busts in the finest style of the period. Perfectly struck in high relief on a very
broad flan. Virtually as struck and almost Fdc
From the William James Conte collection.
Probus was one of the most successful emperors of the third century, and this medallion betrays all of the confidence the emperor must have gained by this stage of his reign. His image is at once powerful and dignified, accompanied by his comes, or companion, the sun-god Sol. Though the worship of Sol had been promoted heavily under the Severans many decades before, Probus inherited the conspicuous association from his predecessor Aurelian, who was extraordinarily dedicated to that god.
On this medallion Sol and the emperor are shown with perfectly aligned profiles, almost indistinguishable in form, despite the differences in details. By using the inscription, IMP C PROBVS INVIC P F AVG, Probus assumes the epithet invictus, which is appropriate to his divine companion. Little could devout polytheists like Aurelian and Probus have known that their strong promotion of the sun-god would strengthen the case for Christianity by, in essence, promoting the concept of monotheism. For Rome’s first Christian emperor, Constantine I, Sol Invictus was a perfect bridge for religious and social transformation: not only did it appeal to pagans, but it was a step toward the acceptance of monotheism, and, perhaps most importantly, it resonated with the legions.
The reverse type, the Tres Monetae, is the most familiar for Roman medallions of the third century. It perhaps makes its first appearance on a brass medallion of Commodus, after which it became a staple type for medallions. The three figures each hold a cornucopia and set of scales, and stand beside a heap of coins. Invariably the two outer figures hold scales hung at the end of rods or cords of more or less equal length, whereas the central figure suspends her scale from a longer rod or cord. Since the figures represent the three principal coining metals – gold, silver and copper – we may presume the central figure represents gold, and that her different presentation reflects the nobility of her metal and the greater care required in its measurement.
Estimate: 100000 CHF

Medaglione medaglione...

Poi con doppio ritratto imbattibile...

[King John]

Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 114	Auction date: 6 May 2019
Lot number: 218 Price realized: 60,000 CHF   (Approx. 58,956 USD / 52,695 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Naxos. Stater circa 520-515-490, AR 12.19 g. Cantharus with ivy leaf finial on lid; grape bunches hanging from handles. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Nicolet-Pierre 1 (this coin). Jameson 1305 (this coin). McClean 7271 (these dies). SNG Lockett 2616 (these dies). Sheedy 4e (this coin). Very rare and in exceptional condition for the issue, undoubtedly among the finest specimens known. Struck in high relief on a full flan and extremely fine Ex Sotheby's 15 June 1896, Bunbury, 1249 and Sotheby's 4 May 1908, O'Hagan, 483; Christie's 11 December 1992, King, 716 sales. Privately purchased from Dr. Jacob Hirsch in 1948. From the Jameson and Vermeule collections. In the eleventh century BC, the Cycladic island of Naxos was colonised by Athenians who founded a city of the same name on the ruins of a Mycenaean settlement they found there. The city grew important through its export of local marble and wine. Naxos competed with the neighbouring island city of Paros for domination of the Cyclades, but by the end of the sixth century BC Naxos had won out, dominating most of the Cycladic islands and commanding a powerful fleet. Unfortunately, Naxos was politically unstable, with frequent conflict between democratic and oligarchic factions. A democratic revolution in the city at the end of the sixth century proved to be a decisive event for Greek history as a whole. The oligarchic leaders driven out by the revolution fled to Miletos where they convinced Aristagoras, the local tyrant, to misuse a Persian fleet to restore them to power. However, when his attempt to restore the Naxian exiles failed, Aristagoras feared that the Great King Darius I would depose him. In a desperate attempt to hold onto power, Aristagoras orchestrated the great Ionian Revolt (499-494 BC). A decade after the revolt was crushed, Naxos was captured and destroyed by the Persians, but by then potent historical forces had been set in motion. The Ionian Revolt sparked by Naxian internal politics brought mainland Greece to the attention of Persia and ultimately led to the failed punitive expedition of Xerxes I against the Greek city-states in 480-479 BC. This expedition created the conditions for Athens to establish a naval empire, which in turn led to the Peloponnesian War in 431-404 BC. Taking a long view, Naxos really was the powder keg of the Greek world. One can only imagine what different course history would have taken if the oligarchs had never been exiled or if Aristagoras had successfully restored them when they were. This stater was struck at Naxos shortly before the pivotal democratic revolution and reflects the place of the island in Greek myth. Theseus escaped to Naxos with Ariadne after she helped him to survive the labyrinth and slay the monstrous Minotaur on Crete. Although Ariadne had been instrumental in orchestrating his escape, Theseus seems not to have been the most grateful of Greek heroes and abandoned her as she slept on the beach. When Ariadne awoke to see Theseus sailing off into the sunset without her she was filled with despair. The wine-god Dionysos, however, saw what had happened and took her to be his wife. Her wedding stephane was subsequently hung in the heavens as the constellation of the Corona Borealis. This attractively toned archaic stater alludes to this mythological tradition by depicting the attributes of Dionysos-the grapes from which wine was made and the kantharos from which wine was drunk. For the sake of completeness, an ivy leaf also appears above the kantharos. Ivy was the plant regularly used for wreaths worn by Dionysos and his human worshippers. Estimate: 35000 CHF

[King John]

The New York Sale, Auction 27, lot 388, 4/01/2012

The Prospero Collection of Ancient Greek Coins. THE PELOPONNESE. Elis , Olympia (c.432 B.C.), Silver Stater, 12.10g,. The 87th Olympiad. Eagle flying to right, with its wings spread above its body, grasping a hare by the back with its talons and tearing at it with its beak. Rev. [F] – A , Nike, wearing a peplos and a chiton, seated facing to left on top of two steps, holding a long palm-branch in her right hand, the frond behind her head, and resting her left hand on the top step, an olive spray below (C.T. Seltman, ‘The Katoché Hoard of Elean Coins’, NC 1951, p. 43, 133, pl. 5 (this coin); Seltman 133 (BK/γε); BMC 52-3; Babelon, Traité, pl. CCXXX, 1; Kraay – Hirmer pl. 156, 498; SNG Delepierre 2093; BCD Olympia, lot 52 (these dies)). Short crack in flan, beautiful old iridescent cabinet tone, very fine, extremely rare, an extremely beautiful coin. This coin published in ‘The Katoché Hoard of Elean Coins’, C.T. Seltman, NC (1951), p. 43, 133, illustrated on pl. V. From The Katoché Hoard (1948) (IGCH 48) Ex ‘Kunstfreund’ Collection, Bank Leu AG & Münzen und Medaillen AG, Zurich, 28 May 1974, lot 152 Ex Monnaies et Médailles SA, Auction 68, Basel, 15 April, 1986, lot 254 The reverse of this issue is widely thought to portray one of the most beautiful representations of Nike of later fifth century Greek coinage. It is likely that the master engraver of this Nike was an assistant of the Athenian sculptor Phidias, working with him on the Parthenon sculptures and then on the chryselephantine statue of Zeus at Olympia. The style employed on the Parthenon pediments can be seen here in the master artist’s rendering of Nike (see Jongkees, RN 1968, pp. 60-61). Seltman (‘The Temple Coins of Olympia’ (1921), pp. 41-42) states that this engraver possessed skill superior to that of all others of the time. The composition of the Nike figure, reclining atop two steps, with wonderful use of perspective and space, is a true masterpiece of late fifth century numismatic art. It has become known as the “Waterloo” Nike due to its inspiration for the medal by Thomas Wyon, Jr. in honour of Wellington’s victory at Waterloo. US$ 10,000

[King John]

la "Waterloo Medal" in onore di Wellington, ispirata alla moneta del post precedente.

 

[dabbene]

Storia e realtà insieme  ...bellissimo ...mi ricorda un po’ i simboli come la civetta che continua anche ora con l’euro ...

[King John]

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: RICOSTRUZIONE DELL'ANTICA CITTA' DI ATENE CON L'ACROPOLI IN PRIMO PIANO

[eracle62]

14 ore fa, King John dice:

The New York Sale, Auction 27, lot 388, 4/01/2012

The Prospero Collection of Ancient Greek Coins. THE PELOPONNESE. Elis , Olympia (c.432 B.C.), Silver Stater, 12.10g,. The 87th Olympiad. Eagle flying to right, with its wings spread above its body, grasping a hare by the back with its talons and tearing at it with its beak. Rev. [F] – A , Nike, wearing a peplos and a chiton, seated facing to left on top of two steps, holding a long palm-branch in her right hand, the frond behind her head, and resting her left hand on the top step, an olive spray below (C.T. Seltman, ‘The Katoché Hoard of Elean Coins’, NC 1951, p. 43, 133, pl. 5 (this coin); Seltman 133 (BK/γε); BMC 52-3; Babelon, Traité, pl. CCXXX, 1; Kraay – Hirmer pl. 156, 498; SNG Delepierre 2093; BCD Olympia, lot 52 (these dies)). Short crack in flan, beautiful old iridescent cabinet tone, very fine, extremely rare, an extremely beautiful coin. This coin published in ‘The Katoché Hoard of Elean Coins’, C.T. Seltman, NC (1951), p. 43, 133, illustrated on pl. V. From The Katoché Hoard (1948) (IGCH 48) Ex ‘Kunstfreund’ Collection, Bank Leu AG & Münzen und Medaillen AG, Zurich, 28 May 1974, lot 152 Ex Monnaies et Médailles SA, Auction 68, Basel, 15 April, 1986, lot 254 The reverse of this issue is widely thought to portray one of the most beautiful representations of Nike of later fifth century Greek coinage. It is likely that the master engraver of this Nike was an assistant of the Athenian sculptor Phidias, working with him on the Parthenon sculptures and then on the chryselephantine statue of Zeus at Olympia. The style employed on the Parthenon pediments can be seen here in the master artist’s rendering of Nike (see Jongkees, RN 1968, pp. 60-61). Seltman (‘The Temple Coins of Olympia’ (1921), pp. 41-42) states that this engraver possessed skill superior to that of all others of the time. The composition of the Nike figure, reclining atop two steps, with wonderful use of perspective and space, is a true masterpiece of late fifth century numismatic art. It has become known as the “Waterloo” Nike due to its inspiration for the medal by Thomas Wyon, Jr. in honour of Wellington’s victory at Waterloo. US$ 10,000

Questo tondello è ammirevole e ispiratore..

L'aquila e la Nike, due simboli emblematici per la numismatica...quanti tondelli con la loro presenza..

Ti seguo Federico...

[King John]

Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 57	Auction date: 30 May 2019
Lot number: 259
Lot description: Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great' AR Tetradrachm. Amphipolis, circa 332-326. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, forepart of Pegasos upwards to left. Price 44. 17.1524mm, 2h.  Extremely Fine, well-centred and struck, and with an attractive old cabinet tone over lustrous metal. Very Rare.  Acquired from Leu Numismatik AG;  Ex European collection, formed before 2005. Estimate: 750 GBP ILLUSTRAZIONE: RICOSTRUZIONE DELLE SCULTURE CHE ADORNAVANO IL FRONTONE PRINCIPALE DEL PARTENONE (MUSEO DELL'ACROPOLI, ATENE)

[King John]

Numismatica Genevensis SA, Auction 7, lot 242, 27/11/2012

Lycie
Nagidos. Statère vers 360-333 av. J.-C. 10,07g. Aphrodite trônant à gauche et tenant une phiale; devant elle, un Eros en vol qui la couronne; sous le trône, une souris / Dionysos debout à gauche tenant un thyrse et une grappe de raisin; dans le champ gauche, en haut, monogramme et tête de lion. SNG France 2 361 var.; SNG Switzerland I 11 (cet exemplaire).
D’une élégance particulière. Très bel exemplaire.
Exemplaire provenant de la collection E. Levante et de la vente Triton VII (2004), 306.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: AFRODITE ED EROTI, KYLIX ATENIESE A FIGURE ROSSE DEL V SECOLO A.C.

Modificato 12 Maggio, 2019 da King John

[King John]

The New York Sale, Auction 27, lot 357, 4/01/2012

The Prospero Collection of Ancient Greek Coins. PHOKIS. Delphi (336-335 B.C.), Silver Stater, 12.28g,. Amphiktionic issue. Head of Demeter facing to left, wearing a wreath of grain-leaves and a veil. Rev. AMΦI-KTIO-NΩN (the Ω inverted), Apollo Pythios, wearing a laurel-wreath and a chiton, seated left on omphalos draped with a himation, resting his right elbow on a kithara and resting his head on his right hand, he has a long laurel-branch resting diagonally across him, a tripod on left (P. Kinns, ‘The Amphictionic Coinage Reconsidered’, NC 1983, 11-13 (O.2/R.7); BCD Lokris-Phokis, lot 387 (this obverse die); Svoronos, Delphi 32; Gulbenkian 487-8; BMC 22; Boston 977-8). Of exceptional style, toned, nearly extremely fine and very rare. Ex Numismatik Lanz, Auction 46, Munich, 28 November 1988, lor 234 (illustrated on the front and back covers of the catalogue) The Temple of Apollo at Delphi was destroyed by an earthquake in 373/2 B.C. After a period of Phokian occupation of the site during the Sacred War, full-scale reconstruction of the site began in 338/6 B.C., and the Amphiktionic League minted a new series of coinage to finance the project. The above stater, among the most elegant of fourth century Greek coins, reflects the two sanctuaries controlled by the Delphic amphictiony, that of the Temple of Demeter at Anthela and of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. US$ 65,000

ILLUSTRAZIONE: I VARI MODELLI DI ABITI MASCHILI (QUELLO INDOSSATO DA APOLLO SULLA MONETA E' UN CHITONE DALLE MANICHE LUNGHE)

[eracle62]

5 ore fa, King John dice:

The New York Sale, Auction 27, lot 357, 4/01/2012

The Prospero Collection of Ancient Greek Coins. PHOKIS. Delphi (336-335 B.C.), Silver Stater, 12.28g,. Amphiktionic issue. Head of Demeter facing to left, wearing a wreath of grain-leaves and a veil. Rev. AMΦI-KTIO-NΩN (the Ω inverted), Apollo Pythios, wearing a laurel-wreath and a chiton, seated left on omphalos draped with a himation, resting his right elbow on a kithara and resting his head on his right hand, he has a long laurel-branch resting diagonally across him, a tripod on left (P. Kinns, ‘The Amphictionic Coinage Reconsidered’, NC 1983, 11-13 (O.2/R.7); BCD Lokris-Phokis, lot 387 (this obverse die); Svoronos, Delphi 32; Gulbenkian 487-8; BMC 22; Boston 977-8). Of exceptional style, toned, nearly extremely fine and very rare. Ex Numismatik Lanz, Auction 46, Munich, 28 November 1988, lor 234 (illustrated on the front and back covers of the catalogue) The Temple of Apollo at Delphi was destroyed by an earthquake in 373/2 B.C. After a period of Phokian occupation of the site during the Sacred War, full-scale reconstruction of the site began in 338/6 B.C., and the Amphiktionic League minted a new series of coinage to finance the project. The above stater, among the most elegant of fourth century Greek coins, reflects the two sanctuaries controlled by the Delphic amphictiony, that of the Temple of Demeter at Anthela and of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. US$ 65,000

ILLUSTRAZIONE: I VARI MODELLI DI ABITI MASCHILI (QUELLO INDOSSATO DA APOLLO SULLA MONETA E' UN CHITONE DALLE MANICHE LUNGHE)

Questo statere sarebbe da utilizzare come supporto didattico per l'esame di storia del costume nel corso di Scenografia nelle Accademie di Belle Arti...

I tondelli quanto potrebbero servire nelle scuole...

La numismatica quanto potrebbe servire alla società..

I divulgatori della stessa, che contributo enorme potrebbero dare all'intero sistema scolastico..

[King John]

Leu Numismatik AG - Web Auction 6, Lot 705

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Laodicea ad Mare. Elagabalus, 218-222. Assarion (Bronze, 19 mm, 5.72 g, 1 h). IMP C M AVR ANTONIN Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus to right, seen from behind. Rev. LAVDICEON / ΔЄ Two wrestlers grappling. SNG Hunterian 3224. An attractive piece with a lovely patina. Good very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting Price: 50 CHF

[King John]

cgb.fr > e-Monnaies July 2018	Auction date: 31 July 2018
Lot number: 112 Price realized: 280 EUR   (Approx. 328 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: CARACALLA Denier    Type : Denier   Date: 208   Mint name / Town : Roma   Metal : silver   Diameter : 19 mm   Orientation dies : 6 h.   Weight : 3,32 g.   Rarity : R1  Comments on the condition: Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle sur un flan irrégulier et échancré avec les grènetis visibles. Tête de Caracalla de toute beauté. Revers de haut relief. Belle patine grise avec des reflets dorés. Conserve l'intégralité de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d'origine  Catalogue references :  ROME 8/302 - C.447 - RIC.100 - BMC/RE.569 - H.2/982 - RCV.6867  Obverse Obverse legend : ANTONINVS - PIVS AVG.  Obverse description : Tête de Caracalla laurée à droite (O*).  Obverse translation : "Antoninus Pius Augustus" (Antonin pieux auguste). Reverse  Reverse legend : PONTIF TR P - XI - COS III.  Reverse description : Mars debout à droite, en posture de combattant, tenant une haste de la main droite et un bouclier de la main gauche.  Reverse translation : "Pontifex Tribunicia Potestate undecimum Consul tertium" (Pontife,revêtu de la onzième puissance tribunitienne consul pour la troisième fois).

[VALTERI]

Un ennesimo elmo corinzio da un piuttosto raro statere arcaico di incerta attribuzione all'area macedone .

La moneta, più che per l'elmo al rovescio, è interessante nel complesso, con la figurazione del Centauro con Menade (?), di gradevolissimo gusto arcaico .

Passerà in asta Munzen&Medaillen 48 al lotto 1112 il prossimo 24 Maggio .

[King John]

Leu Numismatik AG (1991-2007), Auction 93, lot 128, 10/05/2005

Roman Gold Coins
Maxentius, 307-312
Estimate: CHF 160'000.00
Aureus (Gold, 5.51 g 12), Ostia, 310-312.Obverse: MAXENTIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Maxentius facing.Reverse: VICTORIA AETERNA AVG N / POST Victory walking right, presenting globe to Maxentius, seated left in military dress on pile of arms.Rarity: Of the highest rarity and importance, one of only two examples known.References: A. Baldwin Brett, The Aurei and Solidi of the Arras Hoard, NC 1933, 139 (1) and Pl. XXVI, 7 (this coin). Bastien, Donativa p. 72, h. Beaurains 191 (this coin). Biaggi 1918 (=Beaurains 192 = Hunt III, 103 = Calicó 5080). C. –. Depeyrot 1/10. Jameson 476 (this coin). Kent / Hirmer 615 (this coin). RIC 10. Vagi 2969 var. Condition: A remarkable coin with a magnificent facing portrait. Lightly toned and beautifully struck. Good extremely fine.Estimate:140,000 – Provenance: From the collections of E. von Schulthess (ESR), Hess-Leu 17, 23 March 1961, 406, and Robert Jameson, ex R. Ratto, FPL, April 1923, 440 and from the Beaurains/Arras Hoard of 1922.Note: This astonishingly rare and beautiful coin was struck as a donative to celebrate Maxentius’ quinquennalia and to commemorate the death of his son Romulus on 28 October 310. Maxentius was one of the more exciting and tragic figures of the Tetrarchic period. Son of Maximian and son-in-law of Galerius one would have thought, and he certainly did think, that he was destined for the purple. However, when Diocletian and Maximian abdicated in 305 he was given no position and simply retired to his villa outside Rome. The people of Rome had never previously been subject to tax, so when Galerius decided to impose taxes on them, and remove the praetorian guards from the city, the people rose in revolt and chose Maxentius as their leader. He first took the titles of Caesar, and then Princeps Invictus, in an attempt to placate Galerius, but he was unsuccessful and Galerius ordered Severus II to destroy him. In need of aid Maxentius convinced his father Maximian to come out of retirement as Augustus, with the result that Severus II was defeated and captured. By this point Maxentius had also taken the title of Augustus, and for the next five years there were non-stop intrigues and wars between the various contenders for power in the West. While Maxentius was successful in crushing a revolt in Carthage by the usurper Alexander, thus ensuring the food supply, he was attacked by Constantine (his brother-in-law) in 312 and defeated and killed at the famous battle of the Milvian Bridge, where Constantine’s troops had inscribed the Chi-Rho monogram of Christ on their shields.The facing bust of Maxentius on this coin is not only the finest portrait of the Tetrarchic period, it is also one of the most dramatic of all portraits on Roman coinage. Maxentius is shown in the typical stylized way that began in the early Tetrarchy, but his intense and determined gaze shows individuality and power, and is indisputably a true portrait of the emperor himself.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: TESTA MARMOREA DI MASSENZIO

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Davissons, Ltd. > Auction 38	Auction date: 27 February 2019
Lot number: 61 Price realized: Unsold
MACEDON. Koinon of Macedon. Pseudo-autonomous issue, temp. Severus Alexander. A.D. 222-235. Æ. 12.27 gm. 27 mm. Beroea mint. Diademed head of Alexander the Great right; ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ / Macedonia seated left on throne with back, holding Kabeiros; ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙ-Α around. AMNG III 333 var. (helmeted head on obverse). Very Fine; fine green patina; attractive, with a great portrait of Alexander. Rare variation, unpublished in Gaebler. The Koinon of the Macedonians was a confederation of Macedonian cities under a central government or king (or, under Roman rule, the Roman emperor). Rooted in the Hellenistic period, this central administration handled diplomatic issues both between member city-states and with foreign bodies. Coins issued in the name of the 'Macedonians' first appear during the reigns of Philip V and Perseus, and continued to appear under Roman rule. The Romans reorganized the Koinon around the imperial cult and put members of the local elite in charge. They organized and financed festivals and games, and were awarded Roman citizenship in return. The iconography of the Koinon issues (Alexander the Great, the Macedonian shield, and so on) reflect a powerful ethnic and civic identity that, as it was no longer a threat to Roman control, was allowed to flourish. (Howgego, Christopher; Heuchert, Volker; Burnett, Andrew, Coinage and Identity in the Roman Provinces. 2005.) Estimate: 250 USD ILLUSTRAZIONE: UN GENERALE A RAPPORTO DA ALESSANDRO IL GRANDE

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Il 9/5/2019 alle 16:15, King John dice:

Heritage Auctions, Auction 3061, lot 32090, 7/01/2018

Ancients
Nero (AD 54-68). Orichalcum sestertius (30mm, 25.82 gm, 6h). NGC (photo-certificate) MS★ 5/5 - 4/5, light smoothing. Lugdunum, AD 67. IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR PONT P P, laureate head of Nero left, globe at point of bust / S – C, Nero standing left on low platform, togate, with praetorian prefect at his side, raising right hand in address to three German guardsmen, of whom the two in front carry standards; in the background, the tiled roof and a column of the camp Praetorium (headquarters); ADLOCVT COH in exergue. RIC 565. BMCRE --. Cohen --. WCN 467. Extremely rare and undoubtedly the finest surviving specimen. Superior portrait and a beautifully executed and detailed reverse scene, with a pleasing deep olive-green patina.
Ex Gorny & Mosch 203, (5 March 2012), lot 327 (realized $86,000 hammer). 
The soldiers depicted in this extremely rare "Adlocutio" ("addressing the troops") sestertius of Nero are probably not from the Praetorian Guard, as is often claimed. One of the soldiers is heavily bearded and all are shown without armor, wearing only tunics, cloaks and swords slung at their hips. The standards they carry are quite different from those depicted on Roman coins and sculpture, which bear a multitude of discs, banners and other emblems; these rather spindly standards have several hemispherical and one disc-shaped adornment each. These features indicate the troops Nero addresses are members of the Germani Corpori Custodes, the elite German Bodyguard that served the Julio-Claudian dynasty. German bodyguards were first employed by Julius Caesar and by the end of Augustus's reign they numbered between 500 and 1,000 men. They were briefly disbanded after the battle of the Teutoburg Wild, but were reconstituted by Tiberius and were the last force to remain loyal to Nero when his regime collapsed in AD 68.
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Il 11/5/2019 alle 14:18, King John dice:

Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 57	Auction date: 30 May 2019
Lot number: 259
Lot description: Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great' AR Tetradrachm. Amphipolis, circa 332-326. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, forepart of Pegasos upwards to left. Price 44. 17.1524mm, 2h.  Extremely Fine, well-centred and struck, and with an attractive old cabinet tone over lustrous metal. Very Rare.  Acquired from Leu Numismatik AG;  Ex European collection, formed before 2005. Estimate: 750 GBP ILLUSTRAZIONE: RICOSTRUZIONE DELLE SCULTURE CHE ADORNAVANO IL FRONTONE PRINCIPALE DEL PARTENONE (MUSEO DELL'ACROPOLI, ATENE)

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3 ore fa, King John dice:

Davissons, Ltd. > Auction 38	Auction date: 27 February 2019
Lot number: 61 Price realized: Unsold
MACEDON. Koinon of Macedon. Pseudo-autonomous issue, temp. Severus Alexander. A.D. 222-235. Æ. 12.27 gm. 27 mm. Beroea mint. Diademed head of Alexander the Great right; ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ / Macedonia seated left on throne with back, holding Kabeiros; ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙ-Α around. AMNG III 333 var. (helmeted head on obverse). Very Fine; fine green patina; attractive, with a great portrait of Alexander. Rare variation, unpublished in Gaebler. The Koinon of the Macedonians was a confederation of Macedonian cities under a central government or king (or, under Roman rule, the Roman emperor). Rooted in the Hellenistic period, this central administration handled diplomatic issues both between member city-states and with foreign bodies. Coins issued in the name of the 'Macedonians' first appear during the reigns of Philip V and Perseus, and continued to appear under Roman rule. The Romans reorganized the Koinon around the imperial cult and put members of the local elite in charge. They organized and financed festivals and games, and were awarded Roman citizenship in return. The iconography of the Koinon issues (Alexander the Great, the Macedonian shield, and so on) reflect a powerful ethnic and civic identity that, as it was no longer a threat to Roman control, was allowed to flourish. (Howgego, Christopher; Heuchert, Volker; Burnett, Andrew, Coinage and Identity in the Roman Provinces. 2005.) Estimate: 250 USD ILLUSTRAZIONE: UN GENERALE A RAPPORTO DA ALESSANDRO IL GRANDE

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[King John]

Classical Numismatic Group, Trtiton XVI, lot 200, 8/01/2013

BRUTTIUM, Terina. Circa 400-356 BC. AR Nomos (19mm, 7.66 g, 1h). Head of the nymph Terina right, wearing triple-pendant earring and beaded necklace; TEPIN[AIΩN] to right / Nike seated left on plinth, holding out right hand upon which a small bird alights, left hand resting on plinth. Regling, Terina 80 (dies MM/ρρρ); Holloway & Jenkins 84 (same obv. die); HN Italy 2629; SNG ANS 852 (same obv. die); SNG Lloyd 761-2 (same obv. die); BMC 41 = GPCG p. 46, 25 (same dies); Basel 242; Gulbenkian 154 (same obv. die). Good VF, toned, edge scuffs and a few scratches on reverse.
From the RCM Collection. Ex Sternberg XVI (16 November 1985), lot 45.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: TEMPIO DI ATENA NIKE SULL'ACROPOLI DI ATENE (STATO ATTUALE E RICOSTRUZIONE)

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Roma Numismatics Limited, E-Sale 32, lot 166, 7/01/2017

Sicily, Syracuse Æ21. Fifth Democracy, circa 214-212 BC. Helmeted head of Ares right / Nike standing facing, kneeling on ram. CNS II, 430, 233; SNG ANS 1087. 8.83g, 23mm, 1h.
Very Fine.

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Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 434	Auction date: 12 December 2018
Lot number: 166 Price realized: 130 USD   (Approx. 115 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: GAUL, Southern. Allobroges. AR Quinarius (13mm, 2.18 g, 6h). Helmeted head of Roma right / Horseman galloping right, holding spear. Van der Wielen p. 86; Depeyrot, NC I, 89; CCCBM II 241. VF, toned, light encrustation, worn obverse die. Estimate: 100 USD