Le più belle rappresentazioni di guerrieri

[King John]

Nomos AG > obolos 12	Auction date: 31 March 2019
Lot number: 940 Price realized: 100 CHF   (Approx. 100 USD / 89 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Andreas, Strategos, circa 550-650. Seal (Lead, 21 mm, 8.81 g, 12 h). Rider on horse, advancing to right, wearing hat and mantle; holding scroll in his right hand; star in upper left field. Rev. ANDRE(OY) in cruciform monogram [..]P-A [Τ] Η ΓS across the fields. See Zacos I 1375 for type, cf. Triton XI, (2008) 1117. Particularly artistic early byzantine seal with an unusual depiction. Good very fine. The resemblance of this seal with the Zacos I 1375 of the Cubicularios Andreas, can lead us to the assumption that both seals are from the same person. If this is correct, then the seal in the present auction should be a little later than the one in Triton, after Andreas was promoted from Cubicularios to General.  Starting Price: 100 CHF

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VAuctions > Pegasi Auction 40	Auction date: 28 May 2019
Lot number: 687 Price realized: Unsold
Lot Description: BYZANTINE EMPIRE. Phokas, 602-610 AD. Gold Solidus (4.46 gm) of Constantinople. Crowned bust facing / Angel standing. S.620. Near Mint, flatness in legends. Starting Price: 440 USD illustrazione: l'imperatore romano d'Oriente Foca

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Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Auction 80, lot 3026, 3/06/2014

P. Crepusius. Silver Denarius (4.06 g), 82 BC. Rome. Laureate head of Apollo right, scepter at shoulder. Reverse P CREPVSI in exergue, Soldier on horse rearing right, hurling spear; behind, V. Crawford 361/1a; Sydenham -; Crepusia 1c. Needle sharp, lustrous and delicately toned. A superb example. Nearly Mint State. The moneyer's family is little known, and the moneyer himself is only know from his coins. This issue of denarii was quite massive, however, with controls numbers reaching DXX. According to Crawford, the control numerals on the reverse form a continuous sequence with no control-numeral having more than one die. Crawford 361/1a, the only variety without obverse control, is extremely rare while the rest of P. Crepusius' denarii are all quite common. Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,400 Ex Tkalec (29 February 2008), 114.

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Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG, Auction 84, lot 689, 20/05/2015

Greek Coins 
Seleucid kings of Syria, Seleucus I Nicator 
Stater, Susa circa 287, AV 8.61 g. Laureate head of Apollo r. Rev. [BAΣIΛEΩΣ] Artemis about to shoot arrow in elephant biga r.; above, horizontal anchor and in lower l. field, IΣ / bee. In exergue, [Σ]EΛEYK[OY]. SC 163 var. (this obverse die, but different symbol. For this symbol see 164.2). 
An apparently unrecorded variety of an extremely rare type. An issue of great 
importance and fascination, struck on a full flan and extremely fine
Unlike most Seleucid kings, Seleucus I struck a very large quantity of gold coins. However, the vast majority was issued in the name of Alexander III, and employed his familiar design that paired the helmeted head of Athena with Nike holding a wreath and stylis. To those we may add a significantly smaller group of staters bearing that same design, but issued in the name of Seleucus.Beyond these, there are three extraordinary rarities: distaters of the Alexandrine type bearing the name of Seleucus, darics and double-darics bearing on their obverse a portrait of Alexander III in elephant scalp and on their reverse a standing Nike, and staters with the laureate head of Apollo and a biga of elephants driven by Artemis, who draws an arrow in her bow.The latter type, offered here, is currently known by issues from Susa and from an uncertain mint in Bactria. The Bactrian issue – though fascinating and of historical interest – is of a rustic style in comparison with the Susa issue, which is struck with an obverse die engraved in excellent Greek style.The example offered here shares the obverse die of the other recorded example from Susa, though it was struck with a different reverse die. The previously known example has in its fields the letter K and a spearhead, whereas the present coin has a horizontal anchor, a bee, and the letters IS (all of which are known, separately, from other Seleucus I issues of Susa). When this stater was struck the Apollo die appears to have been in a later state than when it produced the one recorded by Houghton and Lorber, thus assuring it is a subsequent issue.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: ARTEMIDE RAFFIGURATA SU UN CRATERE ATTICO A FIGURE ROSSE DEL V SECOLO A.C.

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[VALTERI]

Da Amiso sul Ponto, al tempo di Mitridate VI, un bronzo con una particolarissima testa di guerriera al diritto  : la testa di una Amazzone con il capo coperto da una testa di lupo .

Passerà domani in asta Obolos 13 al lotto 285 .

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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 114	Auction date: 6 May 2019
Lot number: 776
The Roman Empire  Geta caesar, 198 – 209. Sestertius 210, Æ 28.12 g. IMP CAES P SEPT – GETA PIVS AVG Laureate head r., wearing slight drapery on l. shoulder. Rev. PONTIF TR P II COS II Septimius Severus, with Caracalla and Geta standing r. on platform; in r. field, officer and two soldiers standing l.; soldiers carry standard and shield and spear, respectively; between them, horse, behind, legionary eagle. C 147 var. (no drapery). BMC 220. RIC 159b. Very rare. A gentle portrait and a very interesting reverse type, brown patina with some minor areas of corrosion on reverse, otherwise about extremely fine / good very fine Ex Glendining 16 November 1950, Platt Hall, 1749 and Glendining-Seaby 11 December 1974, 253 sales. From the George C. Hopkins collection. Estimate: 4000 CHF

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 59	Auction date: 11 July 2019
Lot number: 111
Lot description: Sicily, Syracuse Æ30. Hieron II, circa 230-215 BC. Diademed head left; conch behind / Armoured cavalryman on horseback to right, holding spear; I below, IEPΩNOΣ in exergue. SNG ANS 927. 17.44g, 30mm, 3h.  Good Fine - Very Fine; minor corrosion to obv.  Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 40, 28 October 2017, lot 57. Estimate: 50 GBP

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14 ore fa, King John dice:

Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG, Auction 84, lot 689, 20/05/2015

Greek Coins 
Seleucid kings of Syria, Seleucus I Nicator 
Stater, Susa circa 287, AV 8.61 g. Laureate head of Apollo r. Rev. [BAΣIΛEΩΣ] Artemis about to shoot arrow in elephant biga r.; above, horizontal anchor and in lower l. field, IΣ / bee. In exergue, [Σ]EΛEYK[OY]. SC 163 var. (this obverse die, but different symbol. For this symbol see 164.2). 
An apparently unrecorded variety of an extremely rare type. An issue of great 
importance and fascination, struck on a full flan and extremely fine
Unlike most Seleucid kings, Seleucus I struck a very large quantity of gold coins. However, the vast majority was issued in the name of Alexander III, and employed his familiar design that paired the helmeted head of Athena with Nike holding a wreath and stylis. To those we may add a significantly smaller group of staters bearing that same design, but issued in the name of Seleucus.Beyond these, there are three extraordinary rarities: distaters of the Alexandrine type bearing the name of Seleucus, darics and double-darics bearing on their obverse a portrait of Alexander III in elephant scalp and on their reverse a standing Nike, and staters with the laureate head of Apollo and a biga of elephants driven by Artemis, who draws an arrow in her bow.The latter type, offered here, is currently known by issues from Susa and from an uncertain mint in Bactria. The Bactrian issue – though fascinating and of historical interest – is of a rustic style in comparison with the Susa issue, which is struck with an obverse die engraved in excellent Greek style.The example offered here shares the obverse die of the other recorded example from Susa, though it was struck with a different reverse die. The previously known example has in its fields the letter K and a spearhead, whereas the present coin has a horizontal anchor, a bee, and the letters IS (all of which are known, separately, from other Seleucus I issues of Susa). When this stater was struck the Apollo die appears to have been in a later state than when it produced the one recorded by Houghton and Lorber, thus assuring it is a subsequent issue.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: ARTEMIDE RAFFIGURATA SU UN CRATERE ATTICO A FIGURE ROSSE DEL V SECOLO A.C.

Biga con gli elefanti, fantastica rappresentazione di quel mondo che fa tanto sognare ...splendida moneta !

[King John]

Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 57	Auction date: 30 May 2019
Lot number: 793 Price realized: 1,300 GBP   (Approx. 1,637 USD / 1,471 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Octavian AR Denarius. Italian mint (Rome?), autumn 32 - summer 31 BC. Bare head left / Venus standing right, seen from back and with drapery covering only her thighs, holding transverse sceptre in left hand, resting left elbow on column, and holding helmet in right hand; on left, shield with star motif set on ground, leaning against column; CAESAR DIVI•F across fields. RIC 250b; CRI 396; RSC 63; BMCRE 601 = BMCRR Rome 4334; BN 24-25. 3.63g, 21mm, 2h. Very Fine. Rare. From a private Polish collection. Estimate: 500 GBP illustrazione: AFFRESCO DA VILLA DEI MISTERI, POMPEI

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 59	Auction date: 11 July 2019
Lot number: 401
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos II Kallinikos AR Tetradrachm. Uncertain mint 40, in Commagene or western Mesopotamia, 246-225 BC. Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, Apollo Delphios, nude, standing left, testing arrow in his right hand, leaning on tripod with left elbow to right; Z to outer right. SC C727.3; WSM -; HGC 9, 303p; CSE 2, 188 (same dies). 16.36g, 31mm, 11h. Very Fine. Very Rare. Estimate: 200 GBP ILLUSTRAZIONE: L'ANTICA CITTA' DI DELFI CON I SUOI TEMPLI

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Apulia, Venusia Æ Uncia. Circa 210-200 BC. Half length bust of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress and holding club over shoulder; pellet before / Lion seated left, breaking spear held in its jaw; VE monogram left. SNG ANS 757; BMC Italy pg. 151, 14; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Munich 549; SNG Morcom 234; Laffaille, Choix de Monnaies Grecques en Bronze, pl. 5 = Weber 482. 5.92g, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Very Rare, and in outstanding condition for the type.
Sold with export licence issued by The Israel Antiquities Authority.
Provenance: Roma Numismatics Limited Auction 16 of 26.09.2018, lot: 110.

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Freeman & Sear, Manhattan Sale II, lot 56, 4/01/2011

KINGDOM OF EPIRUS. Pyrrhus (297–272 BC). Silver tetradrachm (16.56 gm). Head of Zeus of Dodona left, wreathed with oak, Θ and ΣΕ monogram under neck truncation / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΥΡΡΟΥ, Dione seated left on high-backed throne, holding transverse lotus scepter in right hand and lifting diaphanous drapery with her left, A in exergue. Jameson 1127 (same dies). BMC 6 = Jenkins, Ancient Greek Coins 591–592 (same dies). Babelon, Roi, pl. vii, 1 = de Luynes 1898 (same obverse die). Cf. Gulbenkian 914 (same obverse die, no A on reverse). A magnificent specimen of the highest Hellenistic style. Beautifully toned. Extremely fine
Ex Peter Guber Collection.
In the generation after Alexander the Great, Pyrrhus of Epirus was admired as the most chivalrous of the Hellenistic kings. After failing to win a share of Alexander’s dismembered empire, he courted fame by championing the western Greeks against their barbarian enemies. In 281 he took an army of 25,000 men and 20 elephants to Italy to assist the city of Tarentum in its war against Rome. He inflicted two serious defeats on the Romans and marched close to Rome, but did not succeed in imposing peace. In 278 he crossed over into Sicily to confront the Carthaginians. He nearly expelled them from the island, but abandoned his campaign after two years to return to Italy. There he won a last victory over the Romans in 275. But by this time his army had shrunk by two thirds, and he was forced to withdraw to his own kingdom, bequeathing the term Pyrrhic victory to describe a victory rendered hollow by its excessive cost in blood or treasure. After a few further adventures in Greece Pyrrhus perished in a street fight in Argos.
Pyrrhus’ coinage was as exceptional as his career. It was issued on a very limited scale; it was strikingly artistic; and it did not promote Pyrrhus in the way that his contemporaries used their coinage to advertise their own accomplishments and kingship. His tetradrachm honors the principal gods of Epirus, Zeus Naios and his consort Dione. Zeus was worshipped as the god of thunder, to whom the oak tree was sacred; Dione (whose name is simply a feminine form of Zeus) was perhaps an earth goddess or a double of Aphrodite. Their cult center at Dodona was famous for its oracle, and Pyrrhus founded a festival in their honor called the Naia.
The aesthetic qualities and western fabric of Pyrrhus’ silver coinage have led numismatists to posit a western origin, at Locri Epizephyrii in Bruttium. The types of the tetradrachms, however, suggest that they might have been struck in connection with the first celebration of the Naia in Epirus. 
Estimated Value: $ 60,000

ILLUSTRAZIONE: AFRODITE ADAGIATA SUL GREMBO DELLA MADRE DIONE, SCULTURA IN BRONZO OTTOCENTESCA ISPIRATA ALLA SCULTURA DAL FRONTONE ORIENTALE DEL PARTENONE, OPERA DI FIDIA E AIUTI DEL 435 A.C. E CONSERVATA AL BRITISH MUSEUM (IMMAGINE SOTTOSTANTE).

Dione, originariamente compagna di Zeus, come pare indicare il suo stesso nome, e venerata al suo fianco nel santuario di Dodona; più tardi essa si eclissò quasi del tutto, quando il posto di regina del cielo e consorte di Zeus fu preso da Era. Figlia di Dione e di Zeus fu riguardata Afrodite, detta talora Διωναία; e dai mitografi antichi Dione fu fatta ora figlia dell'Oceano e di Tetide, ora di Urano e di Gea, ora ricordata come una delle nutrici di Dioniso, una cioè delle Ninfe Dodonee. Ebbe culto anche in Atene, fin da tempo verosimilmente molto antico; la sua ara sorgeva sull'Acropoli, dinanzi all'Eretteo (Corpus Inscr. Att., I, 324); nel teatro un posto era riservato al suo sacerdote (Corp. Inscr. Att., III,1,333). Si trova rappresentata, oltre che su monete epirotiche, su pitture vascolari (in scene dionisiache) e nella Gigantomachia del grande altare di Pergamo.

 

 

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Numismatica Genevensis SA > Auction 9	Auction date: 14 December 2015
Lot number: 65 Price realized: To Be Posted
Lot description: Asia Minor. Cilicia, Kelenderis. Stater, c. 380 - 350 BC. (Silver, 9.96g., 20.4mm). Youthful nude male rider holding the reins with his left hand and a goad in his right, seated sideways on a horse prancing to right, preparing to jump off and run beside the horse / ΚΕΛ Goat kneeling left, its head turned back to right. Kraay-Hirmer 672 (same dies). SNG Lockett 3035. A wonderful coin, beautifully struck and of the finest classical style. Good extremely fine. Provenance: Acquired privately from Tradart in 2009. Leu 54, 28 April 1992, 159. Kelenderis was a city in Cilicia that was founded by Samians at some point just prior to 700 BC. While there are some archaeological remains, the best known relics of the city are its coinage. Most of the coins of Kelenderis celebrate its horse-riding elite: here they show us the point in the kalpe - a race for mares - when, in the last lap, the horseman would run alongside his horse, leap on to its back and then leap off again, all the while holding on to its reins. This kind of event was particularly popular in areas where horses were raised and where horse owning was an aristocratic pursuit: such scenes are often shown on the coinage of Tarentum, which was famous for its aristocratic cavalry. Starting Price: 20000 CHF

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Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 111. lot 202, 29/05/2019

Greek 
MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Stater (20mm, 16.10 g). Harpy standing left, holding tunny by its tail with its right hand / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 74; Greenwell 97; Boston MFA 1441 = Warren 1518; cf. SNG BN 203–4 (hektes); BMC –; Gillet –; Gulbenkian –; cf. Jameson 1402 (hemihekte); Weber –. Good VF. Well centered and struck. Very rare as a stater, only five in CoinArchives (some offered multiple times).
From the Siren Collection.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: Arpia che allatta (?), pannello in marmo, uno dei rilievi rinvenuti nella Tomba dell'Arpia(forse di Kybernis o Kubernis, un governatore dal 520 al 480 aC sotto Serse I (il re persiano identificato come Assuero nel libro biblico di Ester, KUB sulle sue monete in Licia, chiamato Cyberniscus figlio di Sicas da Erodoto).  Xanthos, capitale dell'antica Licia, regione dell'Anatolia sudoccidentale nell'attuale Turchia circa 480-470 a.C.  (British Museum).

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Heritage World Coin Auctions > Hong Kong Signature Sale 3074	Auction date: 27 June 2019
Lot number: 30003 Price realized: 2,200 USD   (Approx. 1,935 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Ancients MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Philip II (359-336 BC). AR tetradrachm (23mm, 14.07 gm, 10h). NGC Choice XF★ 5/5 - 4/5. Posthumous issue of Amphipolis, ca. 310-307 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY, youth on horseback to right, holding palm; Λ above bucranium below, E below raised front leg. Le Rider 47, 1. SNG ANS 759-762. Bold portrait with rainbow toning along profile and in recessed areas in the hair. Estimate: 1000-1500 USD

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Melita, Islands of Sicily, Melita. AE 30. Late 3rd Century BC. 
Veiled female head right, wearing stephane
Mummy of Osiris, holding flail and sceptre, between Isis 
and Nephthys, each with wings crossed in front of them. 
Calciati 2; Sear 6584. 10.9g. 

 

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[King John]

Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) > August 2018 ANA Auction, 16 August 2018
Lot number: 22101
Lot description: HADRIAN, A.D. 117-138. AE Sestertius (27.83 gms), Rome Mint, ca. A.D. 124-128. RIC-645. "HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS." His laureate bust right, with drapery on left shoulder; Reverse: "COS. III. S. C. EXPED. AVG." Hadrian on horseback, left, raising right arm. Dark brown patina, minor corrosion. Some smoothing in fields. NGC Ch EF, Strike: 4/5 Surface: 3/5. Smoothing. From the Paisley Acres Collection. Ex: Robert O. Ebert Collection. Sold by Stack's Bowers and Ponterio sale #174 01/13, Lot #5198. Estimate: $500.00- $700.00

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 54	Auction date: 28 February 2019
Lot number: 260 Price realized: 40 GBP   (Approx. 53 USD / 47 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Pontos, Amisos Æ23. Time of Mithradates VI, circa 85-65 BC. Head of Perseus right, wearing Phrygian cap and chin strap / AMIΣOY, Pegasos standing left, with head lowered; two monograms in exergue. BMC 60; SNG BM Black Sea 1213. 13.38g, 24mm, 12h. Good Very Fine. From the inventory of a UK dealer. Estimate: 50 GBP ILLUSTRAZIONE: GUERRIERO SCITA

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Ho sempre pensato che questa discussione possa portare al collezionismo e a valutare meglio il documento moneta nel tempo.

E’ sicuramente un bello spot per la numismatica, non sarebbe male anche “ un il meglio di ...’” con gli esempi più rappresentativi o riferiti a un solo periodo storico da mettere su un Gazzettino e fare altra divulgazione ?, secondo me una decina di monete ben scelte e pubblicate  possono portare altre passioni e interesse ...la butto li’ 

 

[King John]

Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions > Auction 67 Auction date: 11 July 2019 Lot number: 343 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction    Lot description: C. Julius Caesar and P. Sepullius Macer, Denarius, Rome, February 44 BC AR (g 4,05; mm 17; h 2) Laureate head of Caesar r.; before, CAESAR; behind, DICT PERPETVO, Rv. Venus standing l., holding Victory and sceptre; at bottom of sceptre, shield; behind, P SEPVLLIVS; before, MACER. Crawford 480/10; Julia 48, Sepullia 3; Sydenham 1073. Rare. Lightly toned and extremely fine - good extremely fine. Starting Price: 1700 GBP ILLUSTRAZIONE: GIULIO CESARE AL RUBICONE

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 57	Auction date: 30 May 2019
Lot number: 1159 Price realized: 320 GBP   (Approx. 403 USD / 362 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Justinian I Æ Nummus. Theoupolis (Antioch), AD 529-533. D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Large M; cross above, B below, stars flanking; +THEЧP+ in exergue. Sear 216; DOC 210b; MIB 126. 14.93g, 32mm, 5h. Good Very Fine; an attractive portrait. Estimate: 50 GBP illustrazione: RICOSTRUZIONE VIRTUALE DELLA STATUA EQUESTRE DI GIUSTINIANO CHE ERA COLLOCATA ALLA SOMMITA' DI UNA GRANDE COLONNA SITUATA IN PROSSIMITA' DELLA CHIESA DI SANTA SOFIA A COSTANTINOPOLI SULLA COLONNA DI GIUSTINIANO VEDI:  http://wwwbisanzioit.blogspot.com/2011/10/la-colonna-di-giustiniano.html

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Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung > Auction 261	Auction date: 4 March 2019
Lot number: 397 Price realized: 15,000 EUR   (Approx. 16,986 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: PALÄSTINA. SAMARIA. Drachme (3,67g). 5. / 4. Jh. v. Chr. Vs.: Kopf des persischen Großkönigs mit Krone n. r. Rs.: 'sn', geflügelter Löwe in Perlrahmen n. r. Unten rechts Kopf des Bes. HGC 393; Meshorer - Qedar 41. Ex Shlomo Moussaieff Collection London, 1948 - 2000. RR! Herrliche Tönung, Vs. Schrötlingsfehler, sonst vz Estimate: 5000 EUR ILLUSTRAZIONE: IL RE PERSIANO SERSE

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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3003, lot 20060, 9/03/2012

Samaria (late 4th century BC). AR ma'ah obol (10mm, 0.74 gm, 11h). Two soldiers standing with spears and shields confronting each other, within square border / Two figures standing confronting each other the l. figure holds a long scepter or spear and the r. figure, in incuse, holds a shield and long scepter or spear. M-Q CS 90. MQ SC 50. Samuels 25 (this coin). Extremely rare. Good Very Fine/Extremely Fine.

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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 114	Auction date: 6 May 2019
Lot number: 416 Price realized: 3,000 CHF   (Approx. 2,948 USD / 2,635 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: The Roman Republic  C. Vibius C.f. Pansa. Denarius 90, AR 3.18 g. PANSA Mask of Pan r. Rev. [C·VIBIVS·C·F] Mask of bearded Silenus r. Babelon Vibia 9. Sydenham 688. RBW 1281. Crawford 342/2. Very rare. Struck on a very broad flan and unusually well-centred, lovely iridescent tone and about extremely fine Estimate: 1500 CHF

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Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 448	Auction date: 17 July 2019
Lot number: 120
Lot description: TROAS, Achaiion. Late 4th-early 3rd centuries BC. Æ (9mm, 1.10 g, 12h). Crested helmet left / Civic monogram. Ellis-Evans, Coinage, Issue 1; SNG Ashmolean –; SNG Copenhagen 64 (Achilleion). Earthen dark green patina. VF. See A. Ellis-Evans, "The Coinage and History of Achaiion in the Troad" in REA 119 (2017), for a comprehensive reassessment of the attribution of this coin, which had previously been attributed to Achilleion. Ellis-Evans's multidisciplinary approach, strongly supported by recent archaeological evidence, persuasively argues that Herodotos' identification of Achilleion as a polis was incorrectly interpreted by later authors; in fact, the site was little more than a fort used by Mytilene to challenge the Athenians at Sigeion, and was only occupied periodically. Also, in contrast to earlier scholars' views that Achaiion was under constant domination by Tenedos, thus preventing an issue of coinage by the city, Ellis-Evans shows that the history of Achaiion mirrors that of other settlements in the Troad that were able to produce coinage on occasions when the power of Tenedos was diminished when it was challenged by its rivals in the region.  Estimate: 100 USD ILLUSTRAZIONE: Elmo a protome di ariete da Metaponto, bronzo, VI sec. a.C. Saint Louis Art Museum.