GC Le monete più attraenti di Alessandro Magno

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Tetradramma Price 589 coniato sotto Antigono II Gonata ( https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/32/58/[32] ).

KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’, 336-323 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 29 mm, 17.16 g, 1 h), Pella, struck under Antigonos II Gonatas, circa 277/6-274. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. AΛEΞANΔPOY Zeus seated left on throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; to left, grape on stem with tendrils. Price 589. Beautifully struck in high relief and of monumental early Hellenistic style. Nearly extremely fine.
Ex Nomos 21, 21 November 2020, 130. Estimate: 1000 CHF. Hammer price: 3000 CHF

I tetradrammi Price 29, 589, 947 e 1325 hanno tutti un grappolo d'uva nel campo a sinistra del rovescio come unico marchio di controllo. Lo stile di questa moneta è sufficientemente simile alla monetazione di Pella da meritare l'attribuzione a questa zecca.

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Imitazione celtica del tetradramma di Antigono II Gonata tipo Alessandro Magno Price 589 (Auctiones GmbH, eAuction #49).

Eastern Celts AR Tetradrachm
Eastern Celts, Northern Greece or Asia Minor (?). Imitating Antigonos II Gonatas (277/6-239 BC), but in the type of Alexander III (336-323 BC). AR Tetradrachm (25 mm, 15.33 g), early to mid 3rd Century BC.
Obv. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress.
Rev. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated left on backless throne, holding long scepter with his left hand and eagle in his right; to left, grape.
Pink -. Lanz -. Cf. Price 589 for prototype.
Very rare, possibly unpublished. Nicely toned and good very fine.
From the D.A.K. Collection.
 

This is a particularly interesting coin: It imitates Price 589, an issue of Antigonos II Gonatas, the Macedonian king who defeated a huge army of Celtic invaders near Lysimacheia in 277 BC and sent the survivors to Asia Minor, where Nikomedes of Bithynia hired them as mercenaries. These Celts were subsequently settled in Central Asia Minor in a region that was later named Galatia after them. Could this coin have been struck by the Celts / Galatians during their migration through Northern Greece and Asia Minor?

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Tetradramma Price 772, tempo di Demetrio I Poliorcete e Antigono II Gonata, in nome e nei tipi di Alessandro Magno (CNG, Electronic Auction 401, lot 24, 12.07.2017).

Estimate: 300 USD. Price realized: 320 USD.

Greek
KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Demetrios I Poliorketes – Antigonos II Gonatas. Circa 300-250 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 16.43 g, 2h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Uncertain mint in the Peloponnese (Megalopolis?). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in wreath in left field. Price 772; Troxell, Peloponnesian, Group II, Issue 1, unlisted dies. Good VF, toned, light scuff and field marks on reverse. Rare.
From the J. Cohen Collection. Ex Group SGF (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 348, 8 April 2015), lot 250.

Although Martin Price did not assign this issue to a particular mint, Hyla Troxell suggested all the coins of her Group II were struck at the mint of Megalopolis, while that city was under the control of a tyrant who was installed by Antigonos II Gonatas. However, the style and fabric of some dies are nearly identical to the issues of Demetrios I Poliorketes that Troxell and Price placed at Corinth around 300 BC.

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Tetradramma Price 759, tempo di Demetrio I Poliorcete e Antigono II Gonata, in nome e nei tipi di Alessandro Magno (CNG, Auction 106, lot 226, 13.09.2017).

CNG 106, Lot: 226. Estimate $750. Sold for $750.

Greek
KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Demetrios I Poliorketes – Antigonos II Gonatas. Circa 300-250 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.22 g, 3h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Uncertain mint in the Peloponnese (Argos?). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left on throne with Nikai on back; in left field, Athena Promachos advancing left; EY below throne. Price 759; Troxell, Peloponnesian Group I, Issue 3, dies A6/P– (unlisted rev. die). EF.
From the WN Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 82 (16 September 2009), lot 435.

Martin Price did not assign this issue to a particular mint, but Hyla Troxell suggested all the coins of her Group I were struck at the mint of Argos, while that city was under the control of a tyrant who was installed by Antigonos II Gonatas. However, the style and fabric of the coins of Group I are nearly identical to the issues of Demetrios I Poliorketes that Troxell and Price placed at Corinth around 300 BC.

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Triskeles Auctions. Sale 17, lot 70, 16.09.2016.

Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III 'the Great'. 336-323 B.C. AR tetradrachm (27 mm, 16.70 g, 1 h). Uncertain Macedonian mint, perhaps Pella, posthumously, perhaps under Antigonos II Gonatas, ca. 280-ca. 275 B.C. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / [ΑΛΕ]ΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; in left field, Triton facing left, blowing horn; below throne, monogram. Mathisen grp. II, 3; Price 526. Rare Triton issue. Very rare issue. Fine.

Mathisen dated the rare Triton group of Alexander tetradrachms to 279/8 B.C. at Amphipolis. For stylistic reasons, Price thought they could not be from Amphipolis and instead suggested Pella. The issue, however, was certainly struck at a mint under the control of Antigonos II Gonatas shortly before he assumed the regal title in 277/6 B.C.

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CNG, Triton VII, lot 135, 12.01.2004.

Estimate $500. Sold For $400. 

BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.10 gm). Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antigonos II Gonatas, circa 280-270 BC.
KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.10 gm). Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antigonos II Gonatas, circa 280-270 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / ALEXANDROU, Zeus seated left, holding eagle in right hand, sceptre in left; crescent and two monograms in left field, monogram below throne. Price 613; Matheson pl. XXVIII, 8; Müller 919. EF, light marks on reverse. ($500).

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CNG, Electronic Auction 99, lot 7, 13.10.2004.

Estimate $500. Sold For $460.

KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonas II Gonatas. 277-239 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.50 gm). Alexandrine issue. Pella mint. Struck 272 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre; monogram in left field. R. W. Mathisen, "Antigonos Gonatas and the Silver Coinages of Macedonian circa 280-270 BC," ANSMN 26 (1981), pp. 95-6, pl. 21, 29 (same dies); cf. AMNG III pg. 179, 3 (Antigonos I); cf. SNG Alpha Bank 982 (same obverse die); SNG Ashmolean -. VF, minor roughness. Very rare.

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Altro esemplare dalla Roma Numismatics Limited, Auction 17, lot 399.

Estimate: 7500 GBP. Price realized: 7000 GBP.

Greek
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos II Gonatas AR Tetradrachm. Pella, circa 272 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΟΥ to left, monogram in inner left field. Mathisen pl. 21, 29 = H. Troxell, "The Peloponnesian Alexanders," ANSMN 17 (1971), pl. XIX, 1 (same obv. die); AMNG III p. 179, 3 var. (Antigonos I; position of name); SNG München -; SNG Alpha Bank 982 var. (same); SNG Berry -. 17.11g, 30mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine; beautiful old cabinet tone. Extremely Rare; one of five known examples.
From the collection of Italo Vecchi.
 

Costretto a lasciare la Macedonia da Lisimaco e da Pirro nel 288 a. C., Antigono riuscì a reclamare il trono macedone dal suo nemico sconfitto solo quando Pirro intraprese due disastrose campagne nel Peloponneso nel 272 e fu ucciso nel secondo di questi impegni. Questa rarissima emissione di tipo alessandrino è stata coniata per commemorare la vittoria di Antigono sullo sfidante epirota.

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Terzo esemplare dalla CNG, Triton IX, lot 830, 10.01.2006.

Estimate: $3000. Sold For $3500.

KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos II Gonatas. 277-239 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.03 g, 1h). Pella mint. Struck circa 272 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΟΥ, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field. Mathisen pl. 21, 29 = H. Troxell, "The Peloponnesian Alexanders," ANSMN 17 (1971), pl. XIX, 1 (same obv. die); AMNG III p. 179, 3 var. (Antigonos I; position of name); SNG München -; SNG Alpha Bank 982 var. (same); SNG Berry -. Near EF, toned, die break at top of obverse. Extremely rare, one of four known with the name on the left. ($3000)
From the Robert Weimer Collection. Ex Triton II (1 December 1998), lot 324.

This very rare Alexandrine issue of Antigonos' coinage was struck in commemoration of victory over his arch-rival Pyrrhos in 272 BC.
 

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Tetradramma Price 573 dalla Heritage Auctions, Auction 232002, lot 62017 , 09.01.2020.

Estimate: $200. Sold For: $280.

Ancients Greek
MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Antigonus II Gonatas (277-239 BC). AR tetradrachm (28mm, 11h). NGC AU brushed. Late posthumous issue of Pella or Amphipolis, in the name and type of Alexander III the Great, ca. 275-270 BC. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus enthroned left, right leg drawn back, feet on ground line, eagle in right hand, scepter in left; Ξ in left field, ΠY monogram below throne. Price 573.HID05401242017.

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Tetradramma Price 529 dalla CNG, Electronic Auction 390, lot 60, 01.02.2017.

Estimate: 150 USD. Price realized: 170 USD.

KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Ptolemy Keraunos – Antigonos II Gonatas. Circa 280-275 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.74 g, 5h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Amphipolis mint. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, triton left, blowing trumpet; monogram below throne. Price 529; Mathisen, Administrative, Group II.6. Near VF, lightly toned, die shift on obverse. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.

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Tetradramma mancante nel Price dalla Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 163, lot 54, 07.12.2016.

GRIECHISCHE MÜNZEN
KÖNIGREICH MAKEDONIEN
ALEXANDER III. DER GROSSE (336 - 323)
Tetradrachm, Uncertain mint in Greece (?), probably under Antigonos II Gonatas, 280-260. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headress. Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left, hol­ding eagle and scepter; in left field, AI monogram. Price -; Hersh -. 16,72g. Very rare. Extremely fine.

The engraving style of this coin suggests that it comes from an uncertain mint in Greece as it is similar to certain dies used there (cf. Price 796-881). The full legend with ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ and its placement on this coin is not common for Alexandrine tetradrachms struck in Greece, but it is known. The other possibility for mint attribution is to an uncertain mint in southern Asia Minor, cf. Price 3064-84, but stylistically it is quite different from those issues.

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Tetradramma Price 557 dalla CNG, Electronic Auction 390, lot 61, 01.02.2017.

Estimate: 150 USD. Price realized: 90 USD.

KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos II Gonatas. 277/6-239 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 16.27 g, 9h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Pella mint. Struck circa 276-274 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monograms in left field and below throne, club on exergue line. Price 557 (same dies as illustration). Near VF, toned, some roughness, slight bend at edge.

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Tetradramma Price 872 dalla CNG, Electronic Auction 391, lot 107, 15.02.2017.

Estimate: 200 USD. Price realized: 340 USD.

KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Kassander – Antigonos II Gonatas. Circa 310-275 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.01 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Uncertain mint in Greece or Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left on throne; in left field, Phrygian helmet with griffin crest right. Price 872. VF, toned, slightly off center on reverse. Very rare, two in Pella database, none in CoinArchives. Ex Pegasi BBS 100 (17 February 1997), lot 83.

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Tetradramma Price 564 dalla Leu Numismatik, Web Auction 1, lot 301, 25.06.2017.

Estimate: 150 CHF. Price realized: 150 CHF.

Greek
KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great', 336-323 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 28 mm, 16.90 g, 12 h), Pella (?), under Antigonos II Gonatas, circa 285-275. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. AΛEΞANΔPOY Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; below throne, torch. Price 564. The obverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, good very fine.
From a European collection, formed before 2005.

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Tetradramma Price 874 dalla CNG, LLC, Electronic Auction 418  11 Apr 2018.

418, Lot: 137. Estimate $200. Sold for $260. 

KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Kassander – Antigonos II Gonatas. Circa 310-275 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.80 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Uncertain mint in Greece or Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, head of bull left. Price 874. VF, lightly toned, hairline die break and graffito (Σ) in field on reverse. Very rare, eight in Pella, three in CoinArchives (including the present coin).

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 362 (28 October 2015), lot 42; Pecunem/Gitbud & Naumann 11 (29 December 2013), lot 101.

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Dramma in nome e nei tipi di Alessandro Magno, tempo di Cassandro – Antigono II Gonata, Price 862.

Starting price: 50 GBP. Price realized: 70 GBP.

ANCIENT GREECE. KINGDOM OF MACEDON. temp. Kassander - Antigonos II 'Gonatas'.
Silver Drachm, circa 310-275 BC. Uncertain Greek or Macedonian mint.
In the name and types of Alexander III. Obv: head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev: Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, aphlaston in left field.
Good Very Fine; boasting a bold portrait.
Acquired from Morton & Eden.
Reference: Price-862; Müller-283.
Die Axis: 12h. Diameter: 18 mm. Weight: 4.00 g.

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Altro esemplare della dramma Price 862 (CNG, Electronic Auction 391, lot 105, 15.02.2017).

Estimate: 100 USD. Price realized: 120 USD.

KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Kassander – Antigonos II Gonatas. Circa 310-275 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.27 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Uncertain mint in Greece of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left on throne without back; aphlaston in left field. Price 862. VF, lightly toned.

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Da qui

Il simbolo nel campo a sinistra del rovescio della dramma precedente, l’aphlaston (chiamato anche aplustre) è la poppa ricurva verso l’alto di un’antica nave da guerra greca e romana che ne costituiva un ornamento. Era di legno, si allargava in genere come un ventaglio ed era curvato in modo simile alle penne di un uccello.

Per le immagini e il significato di questo ornamento v. l’articolo di Timothy M. Ryan “The Aphlaston: The Heart and Soul of an Ancient Warship” in https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=aphlaston

Qualche esempio del simbolo sulle monete di Alessandro Magno è discusso in https://www.lamoneta.it/topic/114618-tetra-alessandro-iii-il-grande/#comment-1301487

 

Elenco delle monete di Alessandro Magno pubblicate dal Price con questo simbolo:

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L’unico bronzo pubblicato dal Price con l’aphlaston come simbolo è il 346

Un esemplare è passato alla Heritage Auctions, Auction 231746, lot 63026, 16.12.2017.

   

Ancients Greek
MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AE half unit. NGC Choice VF. Late lifetime issue of uncertain mint in Macedon, ca. 326-323 BC. Head of Apollo right wearing taenia / AΛEΞANΔPOY, horse rearing right; aplustre below. Price 346. HID05401242017

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Un’altra dramma coniata sotto Antigono II Gonata è la Price 564A, collocata dall’autore tra le ultime emissioni macedoni, probabilmente a Pella nel 285-275 a. C. circa.

 

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Dramma di Alessandro Price 564A dalla CNG, Electronic Auction 196, lot 8, 01.10.2008.

196, Lot: 8. Estimate $150. Sold for $261. 

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 4.26 g, 12h). Pella mint. Struck under Antigonos II Gonatas, circa 279-277/6 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; torch below throne. Price 564A. Good VF, attractively toned. Well centered and struck.

Un'analisi di questa interessante emissione è stata condotta nell'articolo di M. Thompson sull'hoard di Armenak. L'hoard comprendeva sia un tetradramma (moneta 96) che una dramma (moneta 611) di questa emissione (sebbene Thompson non abbia identificato la dramma come tale). Mentre le prove precedenti del ritrovamento collocavano l'emissione in una zecca macedone del 280-270 a. C. circa, Thompson ha riconosciuto una stretta associazione nell'incisione del conio di questa emissione (e di alcune altre) con quella delle rarissime emissioni alessandrine a nome di Antigono II Gonata. Sebbene R. Mathisen abbia collocato l'emissione di Antogonide intorno al 272 a. C., praticamente tutta la monetazione dell'Armenak hoard risaliva a prima del 280 a. C., per cui Thompson ha suggerito che queste emissioni potrebbero essere precedenti al 272 a. C. - le emissioni a nome di Alessandro furono battute durante l'anarchia in Macedonia tra la morte di Tolomeo Keraunos nel 279 a. C. e la conquista finale del Paese da parte di Antigono nel 277/6 a. C. L'emissione Antigonide sarebbe quindi seguita come emissione iniziale per celebrare la messa in sicurezza del Paese sotto il suo dominio (con il simbolismo della continuazione della dinastia di Alessandro). Se la datazione di Mathisen è corretta, tuttavia, queste emissioni alessandrine sarebbero state probabilmente battute dopo la riconquista del paese da parte di Pirro, nel 273/2 a. C. circa. In ogni caso, questa emissione deve essere stata battuta sotto Antigono. Un'emissione civica (non reale) battuta a Pella durante il periodo anarchico è improbabile, e anche lo stretto legame tra le emissioni a nome di Alessandro e Antigono mette in dubbio che si tratti di un'emissione sotto Pirro durante il suo periodo in Macedonia (circa 274-272 a. C.).

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Dramma di Antigono II Gonata tipo Poseidone/Atena Alkidemos (CNG, Electronic Auction 376, lot 61, 15.06.2016).

Estimate: 200 USD. Price realized: 320 USD.

KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos II Gonatas. 277/6-239 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 3.88 g, 12h). Amphipolis mint. Struck 271-239 BC. Wreathed head of Poseidon right / Athena Alkidemos advancing left, shield decorated with aegis on left arm, preparing to cast thunderbolt; crested Macedonian helmet to inner left, TI to inner right. SNG München 1079; SNG Alpha Bank 984. VF, toned. Rare.

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Mio bronzo di Antigono II Gonata dalla Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 181, lot 1332, 13.10.2009.

GRIECHEN
MAKEDONISCHE KÖNIGE
Antigonos II. Gonatas, 283 - 239 v. Chr. AE (5,14g) Vs.: Kopf der Athena mit korinthischen Helm n. r. Rs.: B-A, Pan errichtet ein Tropaion, l. makedonischer Helm, darunter Monogramm. SNG Cop. 1205ff. Dunkelgrüne Patina, ss

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Mie scansioni del bronzo precedente

GRECHE

RE MACEDONI

Antigono II Gonata, 283 - 239 a. C. AE (5,14g) D/ Testa di Atena con elmo corinzio a dx. R/ B-A, Pan che erge un trofeo, a sinistra elmo macedone, monogramma in basso. SNG Cop. 1205ss. Patina verde scuro, BB.

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