XXXVI ENIGMA NUMISMATICO DELLA SFINGE

[King John]

[King John]

[ciosky68]

Intrigante....

Cominciamo.

Roberto

[Liamred00]

Sembra che le labbra siano siliconate.....

[King John]

4 minuti fa, Liamred00 dice:

Sembra che le labbra siano siliconate.....

Volendo possono essere un indizio...

[Liamred00]

Potrebbe essere un dio egizio?  o......

[paparoupa]

This is a nymph and some believe it is Europa. It is appearing in an EL hekte from Mytilene but also in the billon(?) coin you posted.

[ciosky68]

10 minuti fa, paparoupa dice:

This is a nymph and some believe it is Europa. It is appearing in an EL hekte from Mytilene but also in the billon(?) coin you posted.

 

[gpittini]

DE GREGE EPICURI

Direi che Paparoupa ha azzeccato, no? Io l'avevo presa per Irene Papas...o forse la Callas (in fondo, in Grecia siamo!)

[King John]

Bravo @paparoupa

si tratta di di un triemiobolo di Mitilene

Numismatik Naumann (formerly Gitbud & Naumann)

Auction 59

115 (« | »)

5. Nov. 2017

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Description

LESBOS. Mytilene. Trihemiobol (Circa 440-400 BC).
Obv: Diademed head of Sappho(?) facing slightly left .
Rev: MVTI. 
Head of roaring lion left in incuse square.
SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; BMC 1-2; HGC 6, 1038.
Very rare
Condition: Good very fine.
Weight: 0.96 g.
Diameter: 10 mm.

Modificato 15 Novembre, 2017 da King John

[King John]

il volto femminile è attribuito alla poetessa Saffo come avviene anche per questo statere coniato sempre a Mitilene

 

CGB.fr

 

Auction	Lot	Date	Start	Hammer
MONNAIES 23	101 (« | »)	27. Nov. 2004	* (premium account)	* (

 EOLIDE - خLE DE LESBOS - MYTILENE(Ve - IVe siècles avant J.-C.) Hecté ou sixième de statère N° v23_0101   
Date : c. 378 AC.
Nom de l'atelier : Mytilène
Métal : électrum
Diamètre : 10,5mm
Axe des coins : 12h.
Poids : 2,49g.
Degré de rareté : R1
Etat de conservation : TTB Prix de départ : 550 €  Estimation : 950 €   
lot invendu

Commentaires sur l'état de conservation : Portrait inhabituel de très belle facture et de joli style. Revers centré, mais carré linéaire pratiquement hors flan. N° dans les ouvrages de référence : Bod.79 /18 (d/f) pl. 56 - B. traité2183 pl. 160/18 - Aulock-  - P.2324  - BMC.64
Titulature avers : Anépigraphe.
Description avers : Tête de Sapho à droite, les cheveux retenus dans un saccos.
Titulature revers : Anépigraphe.
Description revers : Lyre à sept cordes dans un carré linéaire.
 

[King John]

A conferma dell'identificazione di Saffo:

https://books.google.it/books?id=jetFAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA17&lpg=PA17&dq=mitilene+saffo+monete&source=bl&ots=uA-R_PBc5P&sig=wxW3Nsln8QU162Av7Oy6S3OdcmQ&hl=it&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi7sZDmvMHXAhWML1AKHXQcBzMQ6AEIJjAA#v=onepage&q=mitilene saffo monete&f=false

[King John]

@paparoupa your prize:

[King John]

[paparoupa]

We can never know for sure whom the ancients wanted to depict. For the hekte with the lyre you posted (bod 79), most cataloguers describe the female as a muse. For the other female I believe the version of Alan walker see here https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=793118

Apologies for the English... 

 

[King John]

Nymph Europa or poet Sappho always silicon lips are. 

Modificato 15 Novembre, 2017 da King John