GC Le monete più attraenti di Alessandro Magno

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Tetradramma Chio 2422 (CNG 108).

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ISLANDS off IONIA, Chios. Circa 190-165 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32.5mm, 16.73 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Kraton, magistrate. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, ΠO above sphinx seated left on amphora; KPATΩN in exergue. Bauslaugh, Posthumous, Series 69, dies 81/206; Price 2422; HGC 6, 1139; SNG Copenhagen 754 (same dies). VF, toned, light marks. Very rare, twelve examples cited by Bauslaugh (including the nine in Pella), none in CoinArchives.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear 10 (11 February 2004), lot 125.

CNG 108, Lot: 217. Estimate $400. Sold for $1255.

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Segnalo questo tetradramma di Chio databile a circa il 375-350 a. C. coniato a cura del monetiere Socrates, battuto alla recente ROMA NUMISMATICS AUCTION XXIII.

Lot 271. Islands off Ionia, Chios AR Tetradrachm. Circa 375-350 BC. Sokrates, magistrate. Sphinx seated to left, standing amphora surmounted by grape-bunch before; all on raised circular disc / Quadripartite incuse square with vertical striations within each quarter; ΣΩKPATHΣ across central horizontal band. Pixodarus Hoard 28-31; Mavrogordato -, cf. Class β, 49 (unlisted magistrate); Baldwin, Chios -, cf. 62-78 (same); BMC -; Spink 4018, 124 = Pixodarus 29; HGC 6, 1116. 15.27g, 23mm, 6h.

Near Extremely Fine; beautiful old cabinet tone. Very Rare; seemingly only the fifth known example bearing this magistrate's name.

Ex Prospero Collection, The New York Sale XXVII, 4 January 2012, lot 528;
Acquired from Spink & Son Ltd., London, 10 March 1987.

Starting price: 4.500 GBP. Estimate: 7.500 GBP. Result: 20.000 GBP

 

In quest’asta sono stati presentati esemplari importanti di monete sia di Alessandro Magno sia coniate in suo nome, che documenterò a seguire.

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Comincio da questo tetradramma del regno di Macedonia, coniato in nome e nei tipi di Alessandro Magno per il suo fratellastro Filippo III Arrideo, negli anni appena successivi alla morte del Grande.

Lot 180. Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Tetradrachm. In the name and types of Alexander III. Uncertain mint in Cilicia, circa 320-318/7 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ above, ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to right, ΦI in left field, Λ below throne. Price 2964 (Side[?]); HGC 3.1, 943b (Alexander IV). 17.17g, 27mm, 9h.

Good Extremely Fine; attractive iridescent tone. Very Rare; only six examples in Pella.

Starting price: 300 GBP. Estimate: 500 GBP. Result: 4.800 GBP.

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Esemplare di un’asta RN precedente per un confronto (E-SALE 42).

Starting price: 240 GBP. Estimate: 300 GBP. Result: 750 GBP

Lot 111. Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great' AR Tetradrachm. Uncertain mint in Cilicia, circa 320-318/7 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre; ΦI in left field, Λ below throne. Price 2964 (Side[?]). 16.88g, 27mm, 10h.

Good Very Fine. Very Rare; only three examples on CoinArchives.

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Statere di Babilonia non riportato dal Price.

Lot 159. Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great' AV Stater. Babylon, circa 317-311 BC. Head of Athena to right, wearing triple crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent / Nike standing to left, holding wreath and stylis; ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to right, XA monogram to left. Price -, cf. 3724; Müller 825. 8.55g, 19mm, 12h.

NGC graded MS★ 5/5 - 5/5 (#4278262-005). Extremely Rare; not recorded by Price, and the only example offered at auction in the past 20 years.

From the GK Collection;
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 64, 17 May 2012, lot 788.

Starting price: 2.400 GBP. Estimate: 4.000 GBP. Result: 17.000 GBP

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Emistatere di Salamina non riportato dal Price.

Lot 161. Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great' AV Hemistater. Salamis, circa 332-323 BC. Head of Athena to right, wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent / Nike standing to left, holding wreath and stylis; ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to right, O below wing tip; at feet to left, dove standing to right. Price -, cf. 3129 (stater) and 3130 (without O). 4.33g, 15mm, 12h.

NGC graded Ch AU★ 5/5 - 3/5, scratch (#6158066-001). Unique and unpublished.

From the GK Collection;
Ex Leu Numismatik AG, Auction 1, 25 October 2017, lot 57 (hammer: CHF 15,000);
Ex Viennese collection, formed in the 1990s.

Starting price: 6.000 GBP. Estimate: 10.000 GBP. Result: 15.000 GBP

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Bronzo di Alessandro Price 2800 a elevato grado di conservazione.

Lot 171. Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great' Æ 19mm. Uncertain mint in Asia Minor, circa 323-310 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Club and bow in bowcase, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ between; race torch below. Price 2800; HGC 3.1, 951 (Alexander IV) corr. (no monogram, Price ref.). 5.94g, 19mm, 3h.

Mint State; sharply struck. Rare in this high grade.

Acquired from Warden Numismatics LLC (USD 575).

Starting price: 90 GBP. Estimate: 150 GBP. Result: 800 GBP

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Statere di Salamina Price 3128.

Lot 172. Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great' AV Stater. Salamis, circa 332-323 BC. Head of Athena to right, wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent / Nike standing to left, holding wreath and stylis; ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to right, eagle to left. Price 3128; Müller 182; HGC 3.1, 893k. 8.61g, 18mm, 8h.

NGC graded Ch AU 5/5 - 2/5, Fine Style; edge marks, scuff and graffiti (#6158067-006). Extremely Rare; only one other example on CoinArchives.

From the GK Collection;
Ex Sincona AG, Auction 41, 23 October 2017, lot 40;
Ex Frederick S. Knobloch Collection, Stack's, 10 June 1970, lot 675.

Starting price: 2.100 GBP. Estimate: 3.500 GBP. Result: 6.000 GBP.

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Decadramma di Alessandro Magno.

Lot 175. Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III ‘the Great’ AR Dekadrachm. ‘Babylon’, circa 325-323 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, on throne with eagle-tipped finials, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, monogram and M below throne. Price 3600 = Mitchiner, The Early Indo-Greeks and their Antecedents p. 11, illustration 4 = NAC 72, 344 = Price, Mnemata, 6 = Coin Hoard 1975 fig. 6, 2 (same dies); ACR 8, 198 (same dies); HGC 3.1, 909. 41.51g, 35mm, 1h.

Good Extremely Fine. One of very few surviving dekadrachms of Alexander, and among the very finest known, of superior metal quality and preservational state to all those of recent years including the Prospero collection specimen, with the potential exception only of that auctioned at BFA-ACR Auction 8 in 2014.

From the collection of S. Adam (UK), inherited from his father.
 

Starting price: 18.000 GBP. Estimate: 30.000 GBP. Result: 26.000 GBP.

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Statere di Antigono Monoftalmo in nome e nei tipi di Alessandro Magno (Price 3721).

Lot 185. Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AV Stater. In the name and types of Alexander III. Babylon, circa 311-308 BC. Head of Athena to right wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent / Nike standing to left, holding wreath and stylis; BAΣIΛEΩΣ to left, AΛEΞANΔPOY to right; MHP monogram in wreath in lower left field, XA monogram in lower right field. Price 3721. 8.57g, 19mm, 12h.

NGC graded AU 4/5 - 3/5. Fine Style (#6158067-014).

From the GK Collection;
Ex Nomos AG, Auction 13, 7 October 2016, lot 170;
Ex Schweizerische Kreditanstalt Monetarium, List 50, Autumn 1988, no. 38.

Starting price: 1.800 GBP. Estimate: 3.000 GBP. Result: 7.000 GBP.

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Statere di Sinope (Paflagonia) in nome e nei tipi di Alessandro Magno.

Lot 262. Paphlagonia, Sinope AV Stater. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Circa 230-200 BC. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet ornamented with serpent / Nike standing to left, holding wreath and stylis; ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to right, kantharos over monogram to left. Price 1218; HGC 7, 383. 8.49g, 19mm, 12h.
NGC graded AU★ 5/5 - 4/5, flan flaw (#6158068-002). Struck from dies of beautiful style. Extremely Rare.
From the GK Collection; Ex Nomos AG, Auction 13, 7 October 2016, lot 174 (hammer: CHF 8,000); Ex European collection formed in the earlier 1980s.

Starting price: 3.000 GBP. Estimate: 5.000 GBP. Result: 11.000 GBP.

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Statere in nome in nome e nei tipi di Lisimaco: Bisanzio (Tracia).

Lot 196. Thrace, Byzantion AV Stater. In the name and types of Lysimachos, circa 190-175 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander to right, wearing horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros enthroned to left, resting elbow on grounded shield, transverse spear behind; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ crowned by Nike to left, MHN monogram to inner left, BY on throne, ornate trident to left in exergue. Marinescu Issue 99, 238 var. (O92/R- [unlisted rev. die]); Müller -; Seyrig Monnaies -; HGC 3.2, 1381. 8.53g, 19mm, 12h.

NGC graded Ch VF 5/5 - 1/5, brushed, scratches, edge filing (#6158069-012). Extremely Rare; only three examples known to Marinescu, the first to come to auction since 1990.

From the GK Collection.

Starting price: 900 GBP. Estimate: 1.500 GBP. Result: 7.000 GBP.

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Statere in nome in nome e nei tipi di Lisimaco: Calcedonia (Bitinia).

 

Lot 264. Bithynia, Kalchedon AV Stater. In the name and types of Lysimachos of Thrace. Circa mid 220s BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander to right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated to left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΛΥΣΙMΑXOY to left, monogram below right arm, K on throne, bull butting to left and AP monogram to right in exergue. Unpublished in the standard references: Marinescu, Issue 48 var. (no monogram below arm); for general type, cf. Seyrig, 'Monnaies Hellénistiques de Byzance et de Calcédoine,' in Essays to Robinson, pl. 25, 24-28. (different monogram) and Müller 358. 8.48g, 23mm, 12h.

Near Extremely Fine. Apparently unique and unpublished.

From the GK Collection; Ex Numismatik Naumann, Auction 54, 4 June 2017, lot 69.

 

Starting price: 1.500 GBP. Estimate: 2.500 GBP. Result: 9.500 GBP.

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Proseguo con alcuni esemplari importanti di Alessandro Magno o in suo nome presentati alla Gorny & Mosch 284-285.

Statere di Alessandro Magno, Salamina, Price 3125.

Lot 212. MAKEDONISCHE KÖNIGE.  
Alexander III. der Große, 336 - 323 v. Chr. Stater ø 18mm (8,54g). ca. 332 - 323 v. Chr. Mzst. Salamis. Geprägt unter Nikokreon, König von Salamis. Vs.: Kopf der Athena mit korinthischem Helm u. Korkenzieherlocken n. r. Rs.: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Nike mit Stylis u. Kranz, l. Adler. Price 3125; HGC 3, 893k.
Gold. vz-st.

Starting price: 2.000 EUR. Estimate: 2.500 EUR. Result: 9.000 EUR

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Alessandro Magno, dracma dell’Aquila (Anfipoli), Price 96 (Gorny & Mosch 284-285).

Lot 225. MAKEDONISCHE KÖNIGE.  
Alexander III. der Große, 336 - 323 v. Chr. Drachme ø 17mm (4,15g). Circa 325 - 323/322 v. Chr. Mzst. Amphipolis. Vs.: Kopf des vergöttlichten Alexanders als Herakles im Löwenskalp n. r. Rs.: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Adler mit geschlossenen Schwingen auf Blitzbündel n. r. stehend, Kopf n. l. zurückgewendet, l. kleines, horizontal liegendes Bukranion. Price 96; Troxell, Studies Gruppe E8, 160.
Ex CNG, Auktion 69, 8. Juni 2005, Nr. 154.
RRR! Leicht getönt, gut zentriert, Kratzer, gutes ss

Troxell notiert nur 4 Exemplare aus Pella!

Starting price: 1.200 EUR. Estimate: 1.500 EUR. Result: 2.600 EUR.

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Bronzo di Filippo III Arrideo, Price 3158 (Gorny & Mosch 284-285).

Lot 227. MAKEDONISCHE KÖNIGE.  
Philipp III. Arrhidaios, 323 - 317 v. Chr. AE ø 17mm (3,71g). ca. 323 - ca. 315 v. Chr. Mzst. Salamis. Vs.: Makedonischer Schild mit Gorgoneion. Rs.: B - A, frontaler makedonischer Helm, l. unten Kerykeion. Price 3158. Müller ­ ;
Mit Ticket der Münzhandlung Funk! Dunkelgrüne Patina, vz.

Starting price: 120 EUR. Estimate: 150 EUR. Result: 325 EUR.

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Questo è il mio esemplare (Gorny & Mosch).

Macedonia, Anonymous AE22 unit, 5.19 g, after 311 BC. Macedonian shield with Gorgoneion in centre surrounded by double crescents with five dots between them / B-A across fields, Macedonian helmet with ear-flaps, caduceus at lower left. Liampi 170-192; Paris 1607-1609; Bern 657; Gaebler 4; SNG Cop 1124-1125; SNG Tübingen 1149; Price 3158.

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Tetradramma di Antigono II Gonata (Gorny & Mosch 284-285).

Lot 229. MAKEDONISCHE KÖNIGE.  
Antigonos II. Gonatas, 283 - 239 v. Chr. Tetradrachme ø 31mm (17,07g). Mzst. Amphipolis. Vs.: Kopf des Pan mit Pedum in makedonischem Schild. Rs.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΟΥ, Athena mit Blitzbündel u. erhobenem Schild n. l. stürmend, im Feld unten l. Monogramm. AMNG III 2 S. 186/3 Var. (Monogramm); SNG Cop. 1198ff. Var. (Monogramm);
RRR! Mit Ticket der Münzhandlung Funk! Fein getönt, vz

Mit diesem Monogramm nicht in den einschlägigen Nachschlagewerken! Parallelstück in Dorotheum Auktion von Mai 2014, Lot 62. Die Münze bei Dorotheum ist allerdings stark korrodiert, so dass das komplizierte Monogramm nur in der Grundstuktur erfaßt wurde.

Starting price: 800 EUR. Estimate: 1.000 EUR. Result: 3.800 EUR

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Mio esemplare proveniente dalla Gorny & Mosch 181, ottobre 2009.

GRIECHEN 
MAKEDONISCHE KÖNIGE
Antigonos II. Gonatas, 283 - 239 v. Chr. Tetradrachme (17,01 g, 31,5 mm) Vs.: Makedonischer Schild, als Mittelemblem Kopf des Pan mit Lagobolon n. l. Rs.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ − ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΟΥ, Athena Alkidemos mit Schild und Blitzbündel nach l., davor makedonischer Helm, dahinter TI. AMNG III 2 S. 186 Nr.3; SNG Cop. 1202. Ss.

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Il dritto del tetradramma precedente commemora la battaglia di Lisimachia del 277 a. C. nella quale Antigono Gonata sconfisse i Galati, fino allora imbattuti. Per la fama acquisita con questa vittoria Antigono Gonata fu eletto re di Macedonia e con lui ebbe inizio l’era degli Antigonidi.

Il volto del dio Pan con il retrostante lagobolon (bastone ricurvo per la caccia alla lepre) come emblema centrale dello scudo macedone fa riferimento all’aiuto che il dio diede ad Antigono causando terrore panico fra i Galati nella suddetta battaglia.

Al rovescio è raffigurata Atena Alchidemos (salvatrice del popolo) in armi con scudo e fulmine (veramente la dea qui ha più di una pin-up che di una donna in armi); elmo macedone nel campo a sinistra, monogrammi nel campo a destra; ai lati la scritta ANTIGONOU left, BASILEWS right (del re Antigono, sottinteso moneta).

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L’elmo macedone come simbolo in basso a sinistra del rovescio è presente anche in questo mio tetradramma in nome di Alessandro per Antigono II Gonata proveniente da un’asta della Gorny & Mosch, che fa parte della serie catalogata dal Price ‘Pella 621-632’.

KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos II Gonatas. 277/6-239 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.56 g, 28 mm). In the name of Alexander III. Pella(?) mint. Struck circa 275-270 BC, or later. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; Macedonian crested helmet in left field, monogram below throne. Price 621; Müller 230; Meydancikkale 401-2; SNG Cop 713; Mathisen, ‘Antigonous’, pl. xviii.14 & xix. 15; Mathisen, ‘Amphipolis’ (2), 26.6. Good VF.

Il tetradramma è una delle emissioni macedoni (probabilmente Pella) più tarde, ca. 275-ca. 270 a. C., sotto Antigono Gonata, il figlio di Demetrio Poliorcete che regnò sulla Macedonia dal 276 a. C. alla morte con una breve interruzione nel 274-273 a. C. Per questo l’elmo crestato che caratterizza il gruppo 621-32 del Price appare regolarmente sulle emissioni di questo sovrano con i nuovi tipi della testa di Pan sullo scudo al dritto e Atena Alchidemos al rovescio, come la moneta vista in precedenza.

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Tetradrammi 621 e 622 dal testo del Price.

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Tetradramma Price 622 (Gorny & Mosch 284).

Lot 215. MAKEDONISCHE KÖNIGE.  
Alexander III. der Große, 336 - 323 v. Chr. Tetradrachme ø 26mm (17,02g). Posthum, 323 - 317 v. Chr. Mzst. Pella. Vs.: Kopf des vergöttlichten Alexanders als Herakles im Löwenskalp n. r. Rs.: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus mit Adler und Zepter n. l. thronend, unter dem Thron CK, i. A. Monogramm KE, l. im Feld Beizeichen makedonischer Helm. Price 622 (corr., Monogramm in der Liste falsch angegeben); Müller 229;
Schöne Patina, fast vz.

Starting price: 400 EUR. Estimate: 500 EUR. Result: 950 EUR.

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Tetradramma Eracle/Zeus coniato a Pergamo sotto Filetero, in nome di Seleuco I (Gorny & Mosch 284-285).

Lot 304. MYSIEN. PERGAMON.  
Philetairos, 282 - 263 v. Chr. Tetradrachme ø 31mm (17,22g). Mzst. ca. 282 - 275 v. Chr. Vs.: Kopf des Herakles mit Löwenskalp n. r. Rs.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ, linkshin thronender Zeus mit Lotosblütenzepter in der Linken und Adler in der Rechten. Links im Feld Büste der Athena, unter dem Thron Mondsichel. SC 308b; HGC 125.
Attraktive Tönung, gut zentriert, fast vz
Ex Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland Auktion 1, Stuttgart 1997, 269.

Das Stück entstammt der entscheidenden Phase der Entstehung des pergamenischen Königreiches. Philetairos, der den Schatz des Lysimachos auf dem Burgberg Pergamons verwahrte, ging mitsamt dessen 9000 Talenten im Jahr 282 v. Chr. zu Seleukos über. Der endgültige Fall des Lysimachos in der Schlacht von Kouropedion 281 v. Chr. und der Tod des Seleukos I. im folgenden Jahr brachten eine Zeit der Unsicherheit, die sich auch in einer unbestimmten, auf Neutralität bedachten Münzprägung des Philetairos ausdrückt. So greift der Dynastiegründer zunächst auf die politisch unbedenklichen Alexandertypen zurück, um etwas später seine Loyalität zu dem zu diesen Zeitpunkt wohl bereits verstorbenen Seleukos I. zu bekunden.

Starting price: 400 EUR. Estimate: 500 EUR. Result: 4.700 EUR.

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