GC Le monete più attraenti di Alessandro Magno

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Per quanto concerne i tetradrammi con le altre lettere che esprimono le decine (M, N, ecc.) e le successive lettere che esprimono le centinaia (P, Σ, ecc.) faccio riferimento a una serie di tetradrammi di Sidone dove tali lettere non esprimono il numero loro assegnato nella tabella delle 27 lettere al post # 3761, ma il numero corrispondente alla rispettiva posizione che occupano nell’alfabeto greco di 24 lettere. Quindi i valori numerici corrispondenti alle lettere sono in questo caso M =12, N = 13, … Ω = 24).

M = RY 12 of Abdalonymos king of Sidon (322/1 BC) = Price 3498.

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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 16.58 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Sidon mint. Struck under Laomedon. Dated RY 12 of Abdalonymos (322/1 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; M (date) in left field, ΣI below throne. Price 3498; Newell, Dated 36, obv. die XV; DCA 877. VF, some porosity, traces of horn silver.
 

See A. DeShazo, "The Alexander Type Coinage of Sidon" in JONS 233 (forthcoming), for an analysis of this series, proposing a few changes on certain aspects. The article is currently available at https://www.academia.edu/36978032/The_Alexander_Type_Coinage_of_Sidon

 

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N = RY 13 of Abdalonymos (321/0 BC) = Price 3501.

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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.02 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Sidon mint. Struck under Laomedon. Dated RY 13 of Abdalonymos (321/0 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; N (date) in left field, ΣI below throne. Price 3501; Newell, Dated 39, obv. die XV; DCA 877. VF, toned, slight roughness, some smoothing.
 

See A. DeShazo, "The Alexander Type Coinage of Sidon" in JONS 233 (forthcoming), for an analysis of this series, proposing a few changes on certain aspects. The article is currently available at https://www.academia.edu/36978032/The_Alexander_Type_Coinage_of_Sidon

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Ξ = RY 14 of Abdalonymos (320/19 BC) = pentobolo Price P173.

ROYAUME DE MACEDOINE, Philippe III Arrhidée (323-316), AR pentobole, 320-319 av. J.-C. Sidon. Droit : Tête d'Héraclès à droite, coiffé de la dépouille de lion. Revers : ΦΙΛΙΠΠOY Zeus aétophore assis sur un trône à gauche, tenant un long sceptre. Devant, Ξ. Sous le trône, ΣI. Ref.: Price, P173. 2,50g. Très Rare.

 

 

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O = RY 15 of Abdalonymos (319/8 BC) = Price P175.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29.5mm, 16.91 g, 1h). In the name of Philip III of Macedon. Sidon mint. Dated RY 15 of Abdalonymos (319/8 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, legs crossed; O (date) in left field, ΣI below throne. Newell, Dated 45 (dies XXII/ε); Rouvier 1204; Price P175 (same dies as illustrations); DCA 878. Good VF, toned, off center, slight die shift on obverse.

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Π = RY 16 of Abdalonymos (318/7 BC) = Price P177.

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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28.5mm, 16.90 g, 12h). In the name of Philip III of Macedon. Sidon mint. Dated RY 16 of Abdalonymos (318/7 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; Π (date) in left field, ΣI below throne. Price P177 (same dies as illustration); Newell, Dated 47 (dies XXIV/β); HGC 6, 270; DCA 878. VF, toned.
From the George Bernert Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 37 (20 March 1996), lot 231.

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P = RY 17 of Abdalonymos (317/6 BC) = Price 3502.

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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.15 g, 11h). In the name of Alexander III of Macedon. Sidon mint. Dated RY 17 of Abdalonymos (317/6 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; P (date) in left field, ΣI below throne. Price 3502; Newell, Dated 48 (dies XXV/α); DCA 874. Near VF, porous.
From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.

 

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Σ = RY 18 of Abdalonymos (316/5 BC) = Price 3504.

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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.04 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Sidon mint. Dated RY 18 of Abdalonymos, king of Sidon (316/5 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; Σ (date) in left field, ΣI below throne. Price 3504; Newell, Dated 50 (obv. die XXVI); DCA 878. VF, light porosity.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, 18 January 2002.

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Altro esemplare lettera Sigma (CNG 432).

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.95 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Sidon mint. Dated RY 18 of Abdalonymos, king of Sidon (316/5 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; Σ (date) in left field, ΣI below throne. Price 3504; Newell, Dated 50 (obv. die XXVI); DCA 878. VF, heavily smoothed, cleaning scratches and banker's mark on reverse.

See A. DeShazo, "The Alexander Type Coinage of Sidon" in JONS 233 (forthcoming), for an analysis of this series, proposing a few changes on certain aspects. The article is currently available at https://www.academia.edu/36978032/The_Alexander_Type_Coinage_of_Sidon

 

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T = RY 19 of Abdalonymos (315/4 BC) = Price 3506.

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Kings of Macedon. Sidon. Alexander III "the Great" 336-323 BC. Drachm AR 14mm., 3,99g. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, T: (Phoenician 19-date) in left field, ΣI below throne. nearly very fine Price 3506 var. (Tetradrachm).

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Y = RY 20 of Abdalonymos (314/3 BC) = Price 3508.

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.09 g, 12h). Sidon mint. Civic issue, dated CY 20 (314/3 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; Y (date) in left field, ΣI below throne. Price 3508; Newell, Dated 54 (dies XXVIII/a); Rouvier 1191. Near EF, lightly toned, obverse a little off center.

From Collection C.P.A.

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Φ = RY 21 of Abdalonymos (313/2 BC) = Price 3510.

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KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos I Monophthalmos. As Strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 16.85 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Sidon mint. Dated RY 21 of Abdalonymos (313/2 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; Φ (date) in left field, ΣI below throne. Price 3510; Newell, Dated 56 (obv. die XXIX); DCA 877. VF, toned.
From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 144 (26 July 2006), lot 76.

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X= RY 22 of Abdalonymos (312/1 BC) = Price 3511.

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.70 g, 12h). Sidon mint. Civic issue, dated CY 22 (312/1 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; X (date) in left field, ΣI below throne. Price 3511; Newell, Dated 57 (dies XXX/a); Rouvier -. Good VF, lightly toned, struck from slightly worn dies.

 

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Ψ = RY 23 of Abdalonymos (311/0 BC) = Price 3514.

KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos I Monophthalmos. As Strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 1690 g, 6h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Sidon mint. Dated RY 23 of Abdalonymos (311/0 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; Ψ (date) in left field, ΣI below throne. Price 3514; Newell, Dated 59 (dies XXXI/β); DCA 874. VF, toned, slightly off center, deposits, a couple marks on reverse. Very rare, only three in Pella, four in CoinArchives, all from the same obverse die.

From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.

 

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Ω = RY 24 of Abdalonymos (310/09 BC) = Price 3515.

KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos I Monophthalmos. As Strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 17.12 g, 12h). Sidon mint. Dated RY 24 of Abdalonymos (310/09 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; Ω in left field, ΣI below throne. Price 3515. VF, struck on a broad flan. Fine style. 

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A seguito del tetradramma al post # 3684, dalla Triton XXII.

KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.76 g, 12h). Pergamon mint. Dated SE month 11, year 212 (August 85 BC). Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MIΘPAΔATOY EYΠATOPOΣ, stag grazing left; to left, star-in-crescent above monogram, BIΣ (year) above monogram; IA (month) below; all within Dionysiac wreath of ivy and fruit. Callataÿ dies D3/R1, c (this coin); M.J. Price, “Mithradates VI Eupator, Dionysus, and the Coinages of the Black Sea” in NC 1968, pl. I, 6 = RG 16, pl. suppl. B, 12 = Mionnet II 10 (same dies); HGC 7, 338; DCA 688. Superb EF, toned.

From the Gasvoda Collection. Ex Antiqua FPL XVII (2013), no. 37; Hunter Collection (Goldberg 72, 5 February 2013), lot 4073; Superior Stamp & Coin (2 June 1992), lot 4417; Tkalec (26 March 1991), lot 130.

 

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Dramme di Alessandro Magno con la statua di Artemide Kindyas come simbolo nel campo a sinistra.

Dramma Price 2493A (CNG 426).

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CARIA, Bargylia(?). Circa 300-280 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.19 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, statue of Artemis Kindyas facing; monogram below throne. Price 2493A (Mylasa?); Delrieux, Statue, Group A, 20 (D9/R15). EF, lightly toned, a little porosity at edge. Extremely rare with monogram, one noted by Delrieux and Price (Winterthur 1599), one in Pella (BM), one in CoinArchives.

 

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Una possibile zecca della dramma precedente è quella di Bargylia, antica città dell’Asia Minore la cui principale divinità era Artemide Kindya, dal nome del veneratissimo santuario della dea nella vicina città di Kindya.

Bargylia venne utilizzata da Alessandro Magno come base per la conquista della Caria, anche perché la città era dotata di due porti, uno più profondo che poteva ospitare flotte da guerra e uno con un pescaggio minore, per le navi commerciali e da pesca. L’aumentata importanza dei traffici marittimi in età ellenistica spiega il ruolo altrettanto importante assunto da Bargylia rispetto a Kindya in questa epoca.

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Dramma Price 2493A della collezione ANS (American Numismatic Society).

http://numismatics.org/pella/results?q=drachm+2493A

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Un’altra dramma di Alessandro Magno con la statua di Artemide Kindyas come simbolo nel campo a sinistra è la Price 2493.

Esemplare Price 2493 della CNG 434.

CARIA, Bargylia(?). Circa 300-280 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 4.26 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, statue of Artemis Kindyas facing. Price 2493 (Mylasa?); Delrieux, Statue, Group A, 3–19 (unlisted dies). Near EF, struck from worn dies. Rare.

 

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Esemplare Price 2493 della collezione ANS 

http://numismatics.org/collection/1944.100.32210

 

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Esemplari della dramma Price 2493 del British Museum.

British Museum: 2002,0101.561

 

British Museum: EH,p277.98.AleIII

 

Da http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.2493

 

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Esemplare della dramma Price 2493 battuto alla Gorny & Mosch 257.

GRIECHEN 
MAKEDONISCHE KÖNIGE. Alexander III. der Große, 336 - 323 v. Chr. Drachme (4,14g). ca. 300 - 280 v. Chr. Mzst. Mylasa. Vs.: Kopf des Herakles mit Löwenfell n. r. Rs.: ALEXANDROU, Zeus mit Adler n. l. thronend, davor bändergeschmücktes Kultbild der Artemis Knidyas. Price 2493; Müller ­ .
Gut zentriert, vz

 

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Esemplare della dramma Price 2493 battuta alla Künker 94.

GRIECHISCHE MÜNZEN
MACEDONIA
KÖNIGREICH. Alexander III., 336-323 v. Chr. 
AR-Drachme, posthum, 300/280 v. Chr., Mylasa; 4.18 g. Herakleskopf im Löwenfell r.//Zeus Aetophoros sitzt l., davor Kultstatue der Artemis Kindyas. Price 2493. Sehr schön

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L’unico tetradramma di Alessandro Magno con la statua di Artemide Kindyas come simbolo nel campo a sinistra pubblicato dal Price è il n. 2491.

Esemplare Price 2491 della Numismatik Lanz München 132.

GRIECHISCHE MüNZEN
KöNIGREICH MAKEDONIEN
ALEXANDER III. DER GROSSE (336 - 323)
No.: 145
Schätzpreis-Estimate: EUR 400,-
d=28 mm
Tetradrachmon, 300-281, Mylasa (?). Kopf des jugendlichen Herakles im Löwenskalp rechts. Rs: ALEXANDROU. Zeus mit Adler und Szepter auf Thron nach links sitzend, im Feld links Figur der Artemis Kindyas en face. Müller 1256. Price 2491. 16,67g. St. 12. Fast vorzüglich.

 

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Esemplari del tetradramma Price 2491 del Museo di Berlino e del British Museum.

(da http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.2491 )

Museo di Berlino https://ikmk.smb.museum/object?id=18254098

 

British Museum https://collection.britishmuseum.org/resource/?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcollection.britishmuseum.org%2Fid%2Fobject%2FCGR73916

Buon Natale.