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Heritage World Coin Auctions > January Signature Sale 3089	Auction date: 20 January 2021
Lot number: 31012 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Ancients SICILY. Syracuse. Pyrrhus (278-276 BC). AV stater (20mm, 8.54 gm, 9h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 3/5, Fine Style, marks. Head of Athena right, hair flowing loose with one tie at neckline and upswept at temple, wearing triple-pendant earring, necklace and crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, the bowl decorated with griffin leaping right; owl standing facing behind with spread wings, A below truncation / BAΣIΛEΩΣ-ΠΥPPOΥ, Nike flying left, wearing long chiton, trophy cradled in left arm, oak wreath in right; bucranium at feet to left. BMC Thessaly (Epirus), 1, pl. XX, 7 (these dies). Jameson 1124 (these dies). Buttrey, op. cit. (no. 516), pl. 2, 42 (these dies). From the Penn Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 13 (8 October 1998), lot 522 Pyrrhus was king of the Molossians in Epirus when he married Lanassa, the daughter of king Agathocles of Syracuse, in 295 BC. Pyrrhus aided Tarentum against the Romans in 281 BC, leading his army of 25,000 men in Italy the next year. Next, the Siceliotes lobbied for his support against Roman ally Carthage in 278 BC, resulting in Pyrrhus taking over the island and being acclaimed 'King of Sicily'. He returned to Italy in 276 BC and eventually to Epirus. Estimate: 20000-30000 USD

ILLUSTRAZIONE: Panoplia in bronzo. VI sec. a.C. Museo Archeologico di Orvieto

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Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 115	Auction date: 16 September 2020
Lot number: 259 Price realized: 2,000 USD   (Approx. 1,688 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: CILICIA, Tarsos. Pharnabazos. Persian military commander, 380-374/3 BC. AR Stater (24mm, 10.73 g, 3h). Struck circa 380-379 BC. Baal of Tarsos seated left, holding lotus-tipped scepter; B'LTRZ in Aramaic to right / Bearded male head (Ares?) left, wearing crested Attic helmet; FRNBZW in Aramaic to left, HLK in Aramaic to right. Casabonne Series 4; Moysey Issue 2, 1-27; SNG BN 251; SNG Levante 72. Toned, some porosity, a little off center on obverse. Good VF. From the Weise Collection. Ex G. Hirsch 338 (09 May 2018), lot 414. Estimate: 1000 USD ILLUSTRAZIONE. Testa di Menelao, particolare del gruppo scultoreo di epoca romana di Menelao che sorregge il corpo di Patroclo, Loggia della Signoria o Loggia dei Lanzi, Piazza della Signoria, Firenze

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Heritage World Coin Auctions > January Signature Sale 3089Auction date: 20 January 2021Lot number: 31048
Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction 
Ancients
Julius Caesar, as Dictator (49-44 BC). AV aureus (20mm, 8.16 gm, 2h). NGC Choice MS 5/5 - 5/5. Rome, 46 BC, Aulus Hirtius, praetor. C•CAESAR-COS•TER, veiled female head (Vesta or Pietas?) right / A•HIRTIVS•P R, lituus, oenochoe, and securis, all turned left (emblems of the augurate and pontificate). Crawford 466/1. Sydenham 1017-1018. Hirtia 1 and Julia 22. Calicó 36. Exceptionally well preserved with bright, flashy surfaces.
Aulus Hirtius was a key supporter of Caesar, who might have ended up as Caesar's successor in power had events taken a different turn. An experienced soldier, he served as one of Caesar's legates in Gaul from about 54 BC and was an envoy to Pompey in 50 BC. He served Caesar loyally during the Civil War against Pompey and his successors in 48-45 BC. Hirtius was appointed as Caesar's mintmaster in Rome in 46 BC, and it was then that he struck the first truly large issue of gold aurei from the spoils of Caesar's campaigns. These aurei, which bear a rather enigmatic veiled female head on the obverse, were used to pay Caesar's soldiers after the great triumphal parade. After Caesar's assassination, Hirtius initially supported Marc Antony but, after taking over as Consul in 43 BC, he raised an army against Antony at the instigation of Cicero and Octavian. His army defeated Antony at Mutina in April of 43 BC, but Hirtius was killed in the fighting; his consular colleague Pansa died days later, leaving Octavian and Antony masters of Rome. Modern historians owe Hirtius a debt of gratitude for preserving and editing Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic and Civil Wars.

Estimate: 40000-60000 USD

ILLUSTRAZIONE: A roman republican amethyst intaglio. Oinochoe, lituus and globe. A similar representation is depicted on some silver republican coins, as the C. Cassio Longino and P. Cornelio Lentulo Spinther denarius (cfr. Babelon Cassia 18 and Cornelia 73. C 6. Sydenham 1305. Sear Imperators 223.RBW 1764. Crawford 500/5). Intaglio referred to cults and sacrifices for good auspices (sacerdotal group and college of Augurii). Use of globular elements. Wear marks. Biconvex bezel. Beautiful variety of amethyst, characterized by an attractive intense tone. Rare. 1st century A.D.
13 x 11 x 6 mm

https://auctions.bertolamifinearts.com/en/lot/50855/a-roman-republican-amethyst-intaglio-/

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 14	Auction date: 12 December 2020
Lot number: 450 Price realized: 110 CHF   (Approx. 124 USD / 102 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: PHRYGIA. Kibyra. Circa 166-84 BC. Drachm (Silver, 16 mm, 3.23 g, 12 h). Male head to right, wearing crested helmet. Rev. ΚΙΒΥΡΑΤΩΝ Horseman galloping right, holding spear. SNG Copenhagen 263. SNG von Aulock 3702. Light deposits and somewhat rough, otherwise, very fine. Starting Price: 50 CHF

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 79	Auction date: 14 January 2021
Lot number: 771 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Trajan Ӕ Sestertius. Rome, AD 114-117. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust to right / Trajan seated to right on platform, addressing soldiers accompanied by two officers, all standing to left; IMPERATOR VIIII below, S•C in exergue. RIC II 658; Woytek 549v; Banti 80; BMCRE 1019-20; CBN 844; C. 178. 26.00g, 33mm, 6h. Extremely Fine; excellent detail, attractive patina. Very Rare. Acquired from Nomos AG; Ex American collection; Purchased from Ephesus Numismatics, North Carolina, USA. Estimate: 2000 GBP illuistrazione: notare nel gruppo di soldati raffigurati al rovescio, l'ultima figura a destra, un centurione che ha sotto il braccio il segno di comando del suo grado,  la vitis, detta forse più propriamente bacillus viteus, simbolo dell'autorità, ma soprattutto strumento punitivo, costituito da un bastone di legno di vite, elastico e nodoso per infliggere più sofferenza.

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Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 484	Auction date: 27 January 2021
Lot number: 196 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: LOKRIS, Lokri Opuntii. Circa 360-350 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 12.19 g, 11h). Wreathed head of Persephone left / Ajax, nude but for crested Corinthian helmet, holding sword and shield decorated with lion, advancing right on rocks; helmet and spear below. H&D Group 19, 136 (O13A/R49); BCD Lokris 63 (same dies); HGC 4, 990; BMC 22 (same dies); Boston MFA 957 (same dies); McClean 5429 (same dies). Lightly toned, slightly off center on obverse. Good VF. Ex Pegasi BBS 144 (20 August 2013), lot 81. Estimate: 2000 USD

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cgb.fr > Live Auction December 2020	Auction date: 8 December 2020
Lot number: 7
SICILY - MESSANA Type : Pentonkion Date : c. 230-200 AC. Mint name / Town : Messine, Sicile Metal : copper Diameter : 26,5 mm Orientation dies : 6 h. Weight : 10,86 g. Rarity : R1 Obverse legend : Anépigraphe Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus à droite; grènetis circulaire Reverse description : Hoplite nu (Arès), casqué, tenant une javeline transversale de la main droite et un bouclier de la gauche Reverse legend : MAMERTINWN/ P Reverse translation : (des Mamertains/ Pentonkion) Catalogue references : Laffaille180 - ANS.441 - MIAMG.4479 (R) (325€) - GC.1144 - BMC.25 - Münich732 Grade : AU Inventory number: 626873 Estimate: 500 EUR

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 75	Auction date: 15 October 2020
Lot number: 483 Price realized: 60 GBP   (Approx. 78 USD / 67 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Septimius Severus Æ29 of Rabbathmoba, Arabia. AD 193-211. AVT K Λ C CЄΟΥΗΡΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΡΑΒΑΘΜѠΒA, statue of Ares standing facing, holding sword, spear, and shield; lighted altars flanking base. BMC 2; SNG ANS 1414 var. (bust type). 15.38g, 29mm, 11h. Good Very Fine. Rare. From a private North American collection. Estimate: 75 GBP

ILLUSTRAZIONE: scultura romana raffigurante Marte, British Museum

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Nomos AG > obolos 17	Auction date: 20 December 2020
Lot number: 338 Price realized: 1,601 CHF   (Approx. 1,810 USD / 1,478 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: CILICIA. Tarsos. Circa 440-410 BC. Stater (Silver, 21 mm, 10.80 g, 11 h). Horseman (Syennesis?) riding to left, wearing kyrbasia, holding lotus flower in his right hand and reins in his left, and with a bow in bowcase on the saddle; below horse, key symbol. Rev. Two Persian soldiers, standing vis-a-vis, each holding a vertical spear with both hands, with a bow over his far shoulder and with a bowcase over his shoulder; between them, possible traces of an erased inscription (TRZ), or nothing. Cf. Casabonne Type D1 = Traité II, 2, 526 and Pl. cvi, 6. Extremely rare. Struck from a worn obverse die and with minor scratches on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine. The name Syennesis was apparently a dynastic one used by the native kings of Cilicia, who were vassals of the Persians during the late 6th and 5th centuries BC. Kings with this name are known from the late 7th century onward: one was a commander under both Darius I and Xerxes I, and another was involved in the conflict between Artaxerxes II and Cyrus the Younger as described by Xenophon. Starting Price: 1000 CHF

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Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 224, lot 40, 13/10/2014

GRIECHEN
BRUTTIUM
SKYLLETION
AE (6,19g). 3. Viertel 4. Jh. v. Chr. Vs.: Kopf eines Kabiren mit Pilos n. l. Rs.: Skylla n. l. SNG Cop. 1992; HN Italy 2565; SNG München 1722; CNS III S.319 (unbestimmte sizilische Söldner).
Ex NAC 8, 1995, 442.
R! Grüne Patina, ss
Da ein Ethnikon fehlt, hat dieser Typus verschiedene Zuweisungen erfahren. Die Untergepräge sind meist Bronzelitren von Dionysios I. Skyllaeum, das in der Nähe von Rhegion liegt, und Skylletion, ca. 85km nördlich von Lokroi, wurden vor allem wegen des Vorderseitenmotivs vorgeschlagen. Sowohl in Lokroi als auch am inzwischen lokalisierten Ort von Skylletion wurden derartige Münzen gefunden, so dass die letztere Zuweisung am wahrscheinlichsten ist.

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 80	Auction date: 4 February 2021
Lot number: 101 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Sicily, Syracuse Æ 27mm. Time of Hieron II, circa 230-218/5 BC. Diademed head to left / Warrior, holding couched lance, on horse prancing to right; ΛY below, IEPΩNOΣ in exergue. SNG ANS 946-8; HGC 2, 1548. 17.36g, 27mm, 9h. Good Very Fine. From a private European collection, outside of Italy prior to December 1992; Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 65, 19 December 2019, lot 269. Estimate: 50 GBP

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Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung > Auction 273	Auction date: 19 November 2020
Lot number: 318 Price realized: 880 EUR   (Approx. 1,042 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: BOSPORUS. KÖNIGREICH BOSPORUS. Sauromates II., ca. 174/5 - 210/1 n. Chr. Stater ø 20mm (7,81g). 194/5 n. Chr. Vs.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ, drapierte Büste mit Diadem n. r. Rs.: Kopf des Septimius Severus mit Lorbeerkranz n. r., davor ein Stern, darunter Datierung AqV. MacDonald 502/2. Gold. R! ss-vz Estimate: 1100 EUR Illustrazione: Testa in marmo di uomo non identificato – dal teatro di Dioniso ad Atene – fine II secolo d.C. – Nuovo Museo dell’Acropoli di Atene La testa fu ritrovata nel teatro di Dioniso nel 1870 o 1876. Raffigura un giovane dai lineamenti idealizzati, capelli ricchi e ribelli che cadono sulle spalle e barba corta. La sua testa emerge dal calice di un fiore. Il fiore come simbolo di eternità e rinascita indica che l'uomo era morto nel momento in cui fu realizzato il suo ritratto. L’identità del soggetto rimane sconosciuta. Forse era un sovrano filellenico o il discendente di una famiglia reale che aveva un legame più spirituale che politico con Atene. Alcuni ricercatori lo identificano con Sauromate II, re del Bosforo cimmero, altri studiosi pensano che sia Erode Attico o l'imperatore Gallieno.

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Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 483	Auction date: 6 January 2021
Lot number: 347 Price realized: 190 USD   (Approx. 155 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: JUDAEA, Ascalon. Domitian. AD 81-96. Æ (20mm, 5.99 g, 12h). Dated CY 198 (AD 94/5). Laureate head right / Phanebal standing facing, raising sword above head and holding shield and palm frond; HЧP (date) to left. Yashin 124; RPC II 2216. Dark green surfaces with light earthen highlights/deposits. VF. Estimate: 100 USD

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Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions > E-Auction 92	Auction date: 2 October 2020
Lot number: 360 Price realized: 75 GBP   (Approx. 97 USD / 83 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Sicily, Sileraioi, ca. 354/3-344 BC. AE (g 8,34; mm 21; h 9). ΣIΛEPAIΩN (retrograde), Forepart of man-headed bull r.; Rv. ΣIΛ (retrograde), Warrior advancing r., holding shield and spear. Campana 2; CNS 2; SNG ANS -; HGC 2, 1243. Rare, green patina, very fine Starting Price: 20 GBP

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Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXIV	Auction date: 19 January 2021
Lot number: 503 Price realized: 1,500 USD   (Approx. 1,237 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 380-365 BC. AR Drachm (19.5mm, 5.92 g, 11h). Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, wearing ampyx ornamented with grain ears, and necklace / Mare standing right; below, in background to right, foal standing right; ΛΑΡΙΣΑΙ-ΩN above and to right. L-S Series VI, Type B, dies O7/R1; BCD Thessaly 292; HGC 4, 445; Dewing 1394 var. (ethnic; same obv. die). Toned, minor porosity, slight doubling on reverse. EF. From the Grand Haven Collection. Estimate: 1000 USD

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Heritage World Coin Auctions > January Signature Sale 3089	Auction date: 21 January 2021
Lot number: 31057 Price realized: 6,500 USD   (Approx. 5,353 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Ancients Civil War (AD 68-69). AR denarius (18mm, 3.33 gm, 7h). NGC AU 4/5 - 3/5, Fine Style. Uncertain mint in Southern Gaul, ca. AD 69. I O M-CAPITOLINVS, diademed, heroic bust of Jupiter Capitolinus left, slight mantle showing on near shoulder, small branch before / VESTA-P-R QVIRITIVM, Vesta seated left, patera in right hand, lit torch cradled in left. RIC I 125a. RSC 432. Exceptional portrait, highlighted by exquisite cabinet toning. The civil wars at the end of Nero's reign began with the revolt of the governor of Gallia Lugdunensis, Gaius Julius Vindex, ca. March AD 68, followed quickly by Lucius Clodius Macer, legate in Roman North Africa. Vindex appealed to Servius Sulpicius Galba, then governor of Hispania Tarraconensis, to lead the revolt. Galba accepted and was elevated to emperor by the Spanish legions at Carthago Nova in April. Although produced in large numbers by regional mints to pay the military forces in play during this tumultuous period, the anonymous Civil War denarii types are relatively rare today in comparison to coinage minted during AD 69 in the names of Galba (8 June AD 68-15 January AD 69), Otho (15 January-16 April), Vitellius (16 April-22 December) and Vespasian (22 December 69-24 June 79). This interesting Civil War type was struck after the elevation of Galba, likely by pro-Vitellian forces who refused to accept Galba as emperor, perhaps by his commander Fabius Valens, in southern Gaul shortly before the First Battle of Bedriacum on 14 April AD 69. The bust of Jupiter Optimus Maximus Capitolinus symbolizes the invincible might of Rome, accompanied by Vesta, promoting the idea of the Empire's permanence. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-imperial/ancients-civil-war-ad-68-69-ar-denarius-18mm-333-gm-7h-ngc-au-4-5-3-5-fine-style/a/3089-31057.s?type=CoinArchives3089 HID02906262019 © 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved Estimate: 6000-8000 USD

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 80	Auction date: 4 February 2021
Lot number: 541 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Pisidia, Isinda Æ 16mm. 2nd-1st centuries BC. Dated year 3. Laureate head of Zeus to right, sceptre behind / Warrior on horse galloping to right, holding couched lance; below, coiled serpent to right and IΣINΔE, Γ (date) to left. Cf. RPC I 3512c (different rev. legend and location of serpent); von Aulock, Pisidien 508-10; SNG BnF -. 4.11g, 16mm, 12h. Good Very Fine. Scarce. From the inventory of a European dealer. Estimate: 50 GBP ILLUSTRAZIONE: GUERRIERO A CAVALLO, OPERA DEL 1540  ATTRIBUITA A DESIDERIO DA FIRENZE (METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF NEW YORK)

 

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Bertolami Fine Arts,Auction 16, lot 142, 17/06/2015

Sicily, The Mamertinoi, Bronze, c. 220-200 BC, Ae (g 5,63 mm 18 h 6), Laureate head of Zeus r., dotted border, Rv. MAMEPTINΩN, Hermes standing l., holding patera, caduceos and chlamys at l., ram. CNS I, n. 36 SNG Copenhagen 457 SNG ANS 437.Very rare, green patina, about extremely fine.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: Relief sculpture of Hermes with a ram sited on the side of the road of the Curetes in the ancient ruined city of Ephesus, Turkey

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Domitian AE Sestertius Rome Mint 95-96 AD Obverse: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XVII CENS PER P P Head of Domitian, laureate, right Reverse: S C Domitian standing left, holding thunderbolt and spear, being crowned by Victory left References: RIC 795 Rare Size: 34mm, 28.22g Professional Numismatic Notes: VF with a beautiful tone

ILLUSTRAZIONE: Relief from the Sebasteion depicting Nero and Agrippina on display in the Aphrodisias Museum. Agrippina crowns her young son Nero with a laurel wreath. The scene refers to Nero’s accession as emperor in 54 CE.

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 78	Auction date: 17 December 2020
Lot number: 961 Price realized: 50 GBP   (Approx. 67 USD / 55 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Gallienus Æ 24mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 253-268. ΑΥ Κ Π ΛΚ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [ϹЄΛЄΥ]ΚЄΩ[Ν] ΚΑΛΥΚ, Athena standing right, holding shield and striking with spear at serpent-legged giant, who hurls stone. SNG France 1064-6; SNG Levante 789; SNG Leypold 2615. 8.16g, 24mm, 6h. Very Fine. From the collection of Z.P., Austria. The reverse of this coin depicts a scene from the Gigantomachy, the great battle fought between the Giants and the Olympian gods for supremacy of the cosmos. The most important divine struggle in Greek mythology, the Gigantomachy was the second major conflict of Zeus' reign. In this scene we see Athena spearing a serpent-legged Giant, perhaps Enkelados. Estimate: 50 GBP

Illustrazione: altare di Pergamo, II secolo a.C., conservato allo Staatliche Museen di Berlino; particolare del fregio Est che raffigura lo scontro fra Atena e il gigante Alcioneo. 

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Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXIV	Auction date: 19 January 2021
Lot number: 638 Price realized: 19,000 USD   (Approx. 15,666 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 450-330 BC. EL Stater (18.5mm, 15.87 g). Kerberos standing left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 103; Greenwell 141; Boston MFA 1538 = Warren 1569; SNG BN –; BMC –; Gulbenkian –; Jameson 2555. Lightly toned. Near EF. Well centered. Extremely rare as a stater, one of only four in CoinArchives. From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Roma XII (29 September 2016), lot 289 (hammer £18,000); David Walsh Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 77, 26 May 2014), lot 55 (hammer 21,000 CHF). This rare style depicts Kerberos, the guardian of the entrance to the Underworld and the monstrous offspring of Echidna, the mother of all monsters, and Typhon, the deadliest monster of Greek mythology. Kerberos is the focus of the last of the Twelve Labors of Herakles and is also central to the story of Orpheus's journey to the Underworld to retrieve his love Eurydike. While a well known part of Greek mythology, depictions of Kerberos in coinage are rare, found only on coins minted in this period by Epeiros, Cumae, and Kyzikos. Due to this rarity, the type serves as an incredibly beautiful example of an important subject of Greek mythology. Estimate: 10000 USD

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Bertolami Fine Arts, E-Live Auction 49, lotto 190

Sicily, Akragas, c. 338-317/287 BC. Æ (19mm, 5.70g, 3h). Laureate head of Zeus l. R/ Eagle standing l. on hare; Δ below wings. CNS I, 116 R1 2; HGC 2, 164. Green patina, Good VF

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Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXIV	Auction date: 19 January 2021
Lot number: 646 Price realized: 36,000 USD   (Approx. 29,682 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 450-330 BC. EL Stater (17mm, 16.02 g). Bearded male, nude but for petasos and cloak tied at neck, crouching left on the back of a sacrificial ram lying left, holding its head up with his left hand, exposing its neck that he prepares to strike with a knife held above in his right hand / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 156; Greenwell 71; Boston MFA –; SNG BN –; BMC –; FSD –; Gillet 1604; Gulbenkian –; Jameson –; Myrmekion –; Prospero 451; Regling, Kunstwerk 623; Traité II 2645. Lightly toned. Near EF. Very rare, and better condition than the Prospero example which hammered at $40,000 on a $20,000 estimate. From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Roma XI (7 April 2016), lot 421 (hammer £26,000). The identification of the male on the obverse has long been debated. M. F. Lenormant first suggested Phrixos sacrificing the ram with the golden fleece, but Greenwell preferred Odysseus slaying the animal Circe provided him before his descent into Hades, in part due to the figure being bearded, which indicated an older individual, which contrasts with the youthful portraits traditionally given to Phrixos. Estimate: 15000 USD

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Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions > Auction 87	Auction date: 14 December 2020
Lot number: 495 Price realized: 650 GBP   (Approx. 866 USD / 714 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Agrippa, As struck under Caligula, Rome, AD 37-41; AE (g 13,28; mm 29; h 6); M AGRIPPA L - F - COS III, head l., wearing rostral crown, Rv. Neptune cloaked standing l., holding small dolphin and trident; in field, S - C. RIC 58; C 3. Strong portrait, amazing riverine patina, good extremely fine. Starting Price: 300 GBP ILLUSTRAZIONE: Statua di Poseidone del  Laterano, copia romana di una statua in bronzo di Lisippo del IV  secolo a.C.

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Auctiones GmbH > eAuction 50 Auction date: 11 September 2016 Lot number: 24 Price realized: 12,000 CHF   (Approx. 12,288 USD / 10,960 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.

Lot description: Thraco-macedonian tribes. The Letaioi. AR Stater (22 mm, 9.36 g), c. 500-480 BC. Obv. ΛETAI, bearded Centaur carrying off protesting Maenade; below, dotted ground line. Rev. Crested Corinthian helmet right within incuse square. Svoronos, Hell. 38, 4 and pl. VI, 2. St. Topalov, Ancient Thrace. Contributions to the Study of the early Thracian Tribal Coinage and it's Relations to the Coinage of the Odrysians and the Odrysian Kingdom during 6th - 4th c. B.C. (2003), 222, 30.Traité I 153 ('Lete'). Extremely rare and of the highest interest. A beautiful coin of powerful archaic style. Scuff in the incuse field on the reverse, otherwise nearly extremely fine / very fine. This coin is part of a series of Staters issued by Thraco-macedonian tribes in the early 5th Century. Its motif is an adaptation of the silver coinage of the island of Thasos that had become the predominant trade currency in the region. The tribes, however, replaced the Thasian Satyr with a wild Centaur more appropriate for the wild lands they were living in. The vast majority of these coins carry no ethnic and therefore make it impossible to ascribe them to specific tribes, but a few exceptional issues - such as ours - come with the ethnic spelled out. We therefore know that our coin was struck by the Letaioi, an obscure tribe in the mountainous region of the borderland between Thrace and Macedon that was famous for its rich silver deposits. The exceptionally well crafted obverse die in its utterly powerful archaic style makes it possible, if not likely, that the tribe was rich enough to hire a Greek master die cutter for this special issue. Whoever the artist was, he beautifully captured the motion and energy of his dramatic coin design while rendering the Centaur and the Maenade's faces in a most amazingly calm and noble Archaic style. Estimate: 12000 CH ILLUSTRAZIONE: "CENTAURO E MENADE", OLIO SU TELA DI ETTORE FORTI (1880-1920)

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