Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4
Date: 2025-01-14 15:00:00 (3 weeks from now)
Lots: 1152
Total starting: $ 3,093,540.00
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Auction Summary
La subasta "Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4", programada para el 14 de enero de 2025, presenta una impresionante colección de 1152 lotes, destacando monedas de diversas épocas y regiones. Entre las piezas más notables se encuentra un estater de plata de Arkadia, datado entre 360-350 a.C., que muestra un magnífico retrato de Deméter y Hermes, con un precio estimado de 180,000 USD. También se destaca un denario de Bruto, famoso por conmemorar el asesinato de Julio César, que se ofrece por 150,000 USD, siendo considerado uno de los más icónicos de la numismática romana. Otro ejemplar notable es un estater de oro de Nektanebo II de Egipto, que representa un caballo y un collar jeroglífico, con un precio de 60,000 USD. Además, se presenta un dekadrachm de Siracusa, que es considerado uno de los más bellos de la antigüedad, con un precio de 60,000 USD. Estas monedas no solo son valiosas por su rareza y belleza, sino que también representan momentos significativos de la historia antigua, lo que las convierte en piezas de gran interés para coleccionistas y estudiosos.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 264 Numistats ref: 672755
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Greek
Category
MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 450-330 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (9.5mm, 2.69 g). Helios, radiate and nude, crouching right, arms spread, holding in his hands the reins of two horse foreparts facing left and right in background / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 148; Greenwell 23; cf. Boston MFA 1515 (stater); cf. SNG BN 297 (stater). Lustrous, slightly compact flan. EF. Extremely rare.
From the Dr. Adrian Carr Collection. Ex Roma XX (29 October 2020), lot 221. Description
From the Dr. Adrian Carr Collection. Ex Roma XX (29 October 2020), lot 221. Description
EF
Grade
4314.38 EUR
Starting
7190.63 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1037 Numistats ref: 673526
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The Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection
Category
ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Hiberno-Norse Northumbria). St. Peter coinage. Circa 921-927. AR Penny (19mm, 1.23 g, 3h). Sword type, heavy issue. York mint. Struck circa 905-circa 910. SIIIE/FIICT (retrograde) in two lines, voided sword and cross between; pellet above, triple pellet below / + IOE ΛRCEI, voided hammer. Stewart & Lyon 35 (this coin); SCBI 29 (Merseyside), 430-1 var. (legends); BMC –; North 556; SCBC 1015. Rich old cabinet toning. VF. Very rare type and an extremely rare variety. The sole example recorded by Stewart & Lyon.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex R. Schraeder (Classical Numismatic Group 78, 14 May 2008), lot 2133; Classical Numismatic Auctions XX (25 March 1992), lot 1200; B. Bird Collection (Glendining, 20 November 1974), lot 81; Lord Grantley Collection (Part III, Glendining, 22 March 1944), lot 965. Description
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex R. Schraeder (Classical Numismatic Group 78, 14 May 2008), lot 2133; Classical Numismatic Auctions XX (25 March 1992), lot 1200; B. Bird Collection (Glendining, 20 November 1974), lot 81; Lord Grantley Collection (Part III, Glendining, 22 March 1944), lot 965. Description
VF
Grade
4314.38 EUR
Starting
7190.63 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 269 Numistats ref: 672760
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Greek
Category
MYSIA, Parion. Circa 130s-50 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29.5mm, 15.77 g, 12h). Polykles, magistrate. Draped bust of Demeter right, veiled, and wearing grain ears in hair / Apollo Aktaios, drapery hanging from waist, standing left, holding patera in extended right hand, left hand placed on top of kithara to right, which is standing on omphalos; lit altar to inner left; AΠOΛΛΩNOΣ AKTAIOY to right and left, ΠAPIANΩN/ΠOΛYKΛH[Σ] in two lines in exergue. Ellis-Evans, Late, Group 2, dies O4/R– (unlisted rev. die); Meadows, Parion 3 = SNG Lewis 829 (same obv. die); Meadows, Parion 3 = SNG BN 1401 (same obv. die). Lightly toned, small scuff on cheek, minor roughness on reverse. Near EF. Extremely rare, the fourth and finest known, the other three in public collections (BM, BN, and Berlin).
From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex Triton XX (10 January 2017), lot 247. Description
From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex Triton XX (10 January 2017), lot 247. Description
Near EF
Grade
4314.38 EUR
Starting
7190.63 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1056 Numistats ref: 673545
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The Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection
Category
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelstan. 924-939. AR Penny (21mm, 1.22 g, 7h). ‘Church’ type (BMC iv). York mint; Adalbert, moneyer. +AEDELSTAN RX (three triangles), small cross pattée / Steep-roofed building on ground line; MO N flanking, ADELBERT over trefoil in exergue. Blunt, Aethelstan 439 (this coin illustrated); SCBI –; North 683; SCBC 1100 (plate coin in previous editions). Deeply toned. VF. Extremely rare.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex M.A. Sinton Collection (Triton III, 30 November 1999), lot 1477; P. Finn FPL (Winter 1994/95), no. 47; R.C. Lockett Collection (Part IV, Glendining, 26 April 1960), lot 3683; L.E. Bruun Collection (Sotheby & Co., 14 May 1925), lot 93; P.W.P. Carlyon-Britton Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 19 November 1913), lot 377.
The Tower type of Aethelstan is unparalleled in his coinage. Christopher Blunt posited that it may have been an ecclesiastical issue, struck for Hrothweard, Archbishop of York, between Aethelstan's capture of the city in 927 and the Archbishop's death in 931. If this is the case, the tower on the reverse is likely to be a depiction of York Minster. Description
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex M.A. Sinton Collection (Triton III, 30 November 1999), lot 1477; P. Finn FPL (Winter 1994/95), no. 47; R.C. Lockett Collection (Part IV, Glendining, 26 April 1960), lot 3683; L.E. Bruun Collection (Sotheby & Co., 14 May 1925), lot 93; P.W.P. Carlyon-Britton Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 19 November 1913), lot 377.
The Tower type of Aethelstan is unparalleled in his coinage. Christopher Blunt posited that it may have been an ecclesiastical issue, struck for Hrothweard, Archbishop of York, between Aethelstan's capture of the city in 927 and the Archbishop's death in 931. If this is the case, the tower on the reverse is likely to be a depiction of York Minster. Description
VF
Grade
4314.38 EUR
Starting
7190.63 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1070 Numistats ref: 673559
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British
Category
ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Hiberno-Norse Northumbria). Sihtric Caech. 920/1-927. AR Penny (20mm, 1.20 g, 6h). Sword/Hammer type. Uncertain Southumbrian mint, possibly Lincoln; Tidwulf, moneyer. SITR/IC REX in two lines; sword between / + DEDLVF MOT, upright hammer. Cf. Blackburn, Supp. –; SCBI –; North –; SCBC 1013. Toned, deposits. EF. Exceptionally well struck for the series. Extremely rare.
The 910s saw the Anglo-Saxons under Edward the Elder reconquer most of the Danelaw south of the river Humber, with Ragnall, the Danish king of Northumbria, even submitting to the English. After Ragnall’s death, Sihtric Caech, former King of Dublin, arrived in York to take the throne of Northumbria. Sihtric would renege on his predecessor’s agreement, raiding into the southern territories. This coin, struck south of the Humber, possibly at Lincoln, is a numismatic tie to the uncertain period. and the last Viking coin struck in southern England. Description
The 910s saw the Anglo-Saxons under Edward the Elder reconquer most of the Danelaw south of the river Humber, with Ragnall, the Danish king of Northumbria, even submitting to the English. After Ragnall’s death, Sihtric Caech, former King of Dublin, arrived in York to take the throne of Northumbria. Sihtric would renege on his predecessor’s agreement, raiding into the southern territories. This coin, struck south of the Humber, possibly at Lincoln, is a numismatic tie to the uncertain period. and the last Viking coin struck in southern England. Description
EF
Grade
4314.38 EUR
Starting
7190.63 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 815 Numistats ref: 673304
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Byzantine
Category
Michael III "the Drunkard", with Theodora and Thecla. 842-867. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.29 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 842-circa 843. + ΘЄO∂O RA ∂ЄSPVҺA, crowned facing half-length bust of Theodora, wearing loros, holding patriarchal globus cruciger in right hand and cruciform scepter in left / • mIXHL S Θ ЄCLA, crowned facing half-length figures of Michael, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger in right hand, and Thecla, to right, wearing loros, and holding patriarchal cross in right hand and akakia in left. DOC 1b; Füeg 1.D.12 (same rev. die as illustrated example); SB 1686. Toned, minor doubling, overstruck, clipped, minor marks and die marks. Good VF. Very rare. A pleasing and clear example for the type. This reverse die known from only a single example in the Füeg corpus.
Michael III was only two years old when his father Theophilus died in 842. His mother Theodora as regent was the effective ruler of the empire, and the first coinage of his reign gives her prominence on the obverse. Michael was generally kept in the background, even overshadowed on the coins by his sister Thecla such as on this early solidus issue. With Michael in isolation, Theodora maintained the empire with the assistance of her brothers, Bardas and Petronas, along with Theoktistos, the logothete of the dromos. During Theodora’s regency, she brought an end to the second iconoclastic controversy and demonstrated herself as an effective and capable ruler. In a typical example of Byzantine family intrigue, Theoktistos moved against Bardas, who in turn conspired with the young emperor in 856 to remove his mother’s regency and eliminate Theoktistos. Theoktistos was ultimately killed and Theodora was removed from power and confined to a convent. The conspiracy continued and Bardas was murdered in 865 by Basil, an ambitious court official who befriended Michael and soon became co-emperor. Basil proceeded to promptly eliminate his benefactor shortly thereafter.
Although Michael was given the unflattering epithet the "Drunkard," this smear on his name was perpetuated by Basil to justify his seizure of power. Michael appears to have been a conscientious ruler and capable military leader, his only fatal failing being that he was too easily swayed by his unscrupulous associates. Description
Michael III was only two years old when his father Theophilus died in 842. His mother Theodora as regent was the effective ruler of the empire, and the first coinage of his reign gives her prominence on the obverse. Michael was generally kept in the background, even overshadowed on the coins by his sister Thecla such as on this early solidus issue. With Michael in isolation, Theodora maintained the empire with the assistance of her brothers, Bardas and Petronas, along with Theoktistos, the logothete of the dromos. During Theodora’s regency, she brought an end to the second iconoclastic controversy and demonstrated herself as an effective and capable ruler. In a typical example of Byzantine family intrigue, Theoktistos moved against Bardas, who in turn conspired with the young emperor in 856 to remove his mother’s regency and eliminate Theoktistos. Theoktistos was ultimately killed and Theodora was removed from power and confined to a convent. The conspiracy continued and Bardas was murdered in 865 by Basil, an ambitious court official who befriended Michael and soon became co-emperor. Basil proceeded to promptly eliminate his benefactor shortly thereafter.
Although Michael was given the unflattering epithet the "Drunkard," this smear on his name was perpetuated by Basil to justify his seizure of power. Michael appears to have been a conscientious ruler and capable military leader, his only fatal failing being that he was too easily swayed by his unscrupulous associates. Description
Good VF
Grade
4314.38 EUR
Starting
7190.63 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 48 Numistats ref: 672539
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Greek
Category
BRUTTIUM, Kroton. Circa 400-325 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.55 g, 2h). Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath; KPOTΩNIA-TAΣ around / The Herakliskos Drakonopnigon: the Infant Herakles, nude, crouching facing on rock, head left, strangling a serpent in each hand. Attianese 163; HN Italy 2157; SNG ANS 384; SNG Lloyd 618 (same obv. die); Gillet 301 (same obv. die); Gulbenkian 133 (same obv. die); Kraay & Hirmer 271. Beautiful cabinet tone, a few light marks, edge marks. Good VF.
From the Columbus Collection. Ex Nomos 9 (20 October 2014), lot 39; Naville X (15 June 1925), lot 141, Clarance S. Bement Collection (Naville VI, 28 January 1923), lot 449; Maxime Collignon Collection (Feuardent Frères, 17 December 1919), lot 62; Maddalena Collection (Sambon & Canessa, 7 May 1903), lot 520.
The figure of Herakliskos Drakonopnigon was depicted in Greek art from the first half of the 5th century BC and represents an important event in the early life of the Greek hero. The birth of Herakles, son of Zeus and Alkmene, enraged Zeus’ wife Hera, who tried to kill the infant by sending two serpents to strangle the sleeping baby in his crib. The following morning, the nurse discovered Herakles playing with the serpents’ lifeless bodies: he had strangled one in each hand. Description
From the Columbus Collection. Ex Nomos 9 (20 October 2014), lot 39; Naville X (15 June 1925), lot 141, Clarance S. Bement Collection (Naville VI, 28 January 1923), lot 449; Maxime Collignon Collection (Feuardent Frères, 17 December 1919), lot 62; Maddalena Collection (Sambon & Canessa, 7 May 1903), lot 520.
The figure of Herakliskos Drakonopnigon was depicted in Greek art from the first half of the 5th century BC and represents an important event in the early life of the Greek hero. The birth of Herakles, son of Zeus and Alkmene, enraged Zeus’ wife Hera, who tried to kill the infant by sending two serpents to strangle the sleeping baby in his crib. The following morning, the nurse discovered Herakles playing with the serpents’ lifeless bodies: he had strangled one in each hand. Description
Good VF
Grade
4314.38 EUR
Starting
7190.63 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 307 Numistats ref: 672797
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Greek
Category
ISLANDS off IONIA, Samos. Circa 600-570 BC. EL Stater (21.5mm, 17.27 g). Mosaic of varying bulges / Two parallel incuse rectangles. Konuk, Electrum, Type 1; Barron pl. XXX, 1; Weidauer 196; HGC 6, 1164. Trace deposits. Good VF. Extremely rare.
From the MM Collection. Ex Nomos FPL (Winter/Spring 2016), no. 419160 (priced $17,500); Numismatica Ars Classica 88 (8 October 2015), lot 594. Description
From the MM Collection. Ex Nomos FPL (Winter/Spring 2016), no. 419160 (priced $17,500); Numismatica Ars Classica 88 (8 October 2015), lot 594. Description
Good VF
Grade
4314.38 EUR
Starting
7190.63 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 54 Numistats ref: 672545
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Greek
Category
BRUTTIUM, Terina. Circa 400-380 BC. AR Nomos (19mm, 7.73 g, 1h). Contemporary imitation. Head of the nymph Terina right, hair in sphendone ornamented with maeander pattern; tiny Π behind neck, TE-[...]N[...] around from bottom left / Nike seated left on plinth, holding out right hand [upon which a small bird alights], left hand resting on plinth. Regling, Terina 96; F. Carelli, Nummorum veterum Italiae (1912), pl. 178, 21. Deep old iridescent tone, slightly compact flan. Near EF. Lovely style. Extremely rare, only one example published (in Vienna), none in CoinArchives.
Ex Leu 48 (10 May 1989), lot 34; Hess-Leu 45 (12 May 1970), lot 35 (there noting the coin is from a hoard discovered in 1927).
Regling placed this issue among a group of coins he considered to be imitations, and notes the dies appear to have been copied from his dies CC/γγγ–εεε. Holloway & Jenkins appear to accept Regling’s classification of these coins, and omit them from their survey of the coinage of Terina. Description
Ex Leu 48 (10 May 1989), lot 34; Hess-Leu 45 (12 May 1970), lot 35 (there noting the coin is from a hoard discovered in 1927).
Regling placed this issue among a group of coins he considered to be imitations, and notes the dies appear to have been copied from his dies CC/γγγ–εεε. Holloway & Jenkins appear to accept Regling’s classification of these coins, and omit them from their survey of the coinage of Terina. Description
Near EF
Grade
4314.38 EUR
Starting
7190.63 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 316 Numistats ref: 672806
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Greek
Category
CARIA, Knidos. Circa 350-330/20 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 15.01 g, 12h). Chian standard. Timasiphron, magistrate. Head of Aphrodite right, hair tied in the back, wearing single-pendant earring and pearl necklace / Forepart of lion right; ΤIMAΣIΦPΩN above, KNI below. Unpublished, but cf. Ashton, Late 5–6 (for an issue of similar style). Attractive light iridescent tone over lustrous surfaces, die wear and a couple of minor scratches on obverse. Good VF. Wonderful Hellenistic style.
Ex Künker 236 (7 October 2013), lot 98; Triton X (9 January 2007), lot 340.
An important city which comprised settlements on both the mainland and an adjoining island that was bridged by a causeway, Knidos was a partner in the Dorian Hexapolis, a federation of six regional cities of Doric colonization, which included Kos, Halikarnassos, Lindos, Ialysos, and Kamiros. Because of its connection with the trading routes along the Ionian coast, Knidos became an important and affluent trading center, and the city was adorned with numerous impressive public buildings, both within the city itself and in the surrounding countryside. Among these buildings were the Temple of the Triopian Apollo, where the members of the Hexapolis met and whose symbol was the lion; hence, the use of the lion as one of the civic badges on the coinage.
Because Knidos had been originally settled by Phoenicians prior to its Doric colonization, it also possessed a large temple dedicated to Aphrodite Euploia – the Phoenician Asherar-yam. As a result of the godessess’s importance to the city, the head of Aphrodite was included on the coinage. Because of the city’s connection with Aphrodite, in the fourth century BC, Knidos acquired a cult-statue of the goddess by the sculptor Praxitiles. After it was rejected by the citizens of Kos – for whom it had been commissioned – because it showed Aphrodite nude for the first time, Knidos purchased the statue, erecting it in an open air temple so that it could be viewed from all angles. As a result, it became a popular tourist attraction and the subject of numerous tales of all types. Description
Ex Künker 236 (7 October 2013), lot 98; Triton X (9 January 2007), lot 340.
An important city which comprised settlements on both the mainland and an adjoining island that was bridged by a causeway, Knidos was a partner in the Dorian Hexapolis, a federation of six regional cities of Doric colonization, which included Kos, Halikarnassos, Lindos, Ialysos, and Kamiros. Because of its connection with the trading routes along the Ionian coast, Knidos became an important and affluent trading center, and the city was adorned with numerous impressive public buildings, both within the city itself and in the surrounding countryside. Among these buildings were the Temple of the Triopian Apollo, where the members of the Hexapolis met and whose symbol was the lion; hence, the use of the lion as one of the civic badges on the coinage.
Because Knidos had been originally settled by Phoenicians prior to its Doric colonization, it also possessed a large temple dedicated to Aphrodite Euploia – the Phoenician Asherar-yam. As a result of the godessess’s importance to the city, the head of Aphrodite was included on the coinage. Because of the city’s connection with Aphrodite, in the fourth century BC, Knidos acquired a cult-statue of the goddess by the sculptor Praxitiles. After it was rejected by the citizens of Kos – for whom it had been commissioned – because it showed Aphrodite nude for the first time, Knidos purchased the statue, erecting it in an open air temple so that it could be viewed from all angles. As a result, it became a popular tourist attraction and the subject of numerous tales of all types. Description
Good VF
Grade
4314.38 EUR
Starting
7190.63 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 830 Numistats ref: 673319
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World
Category
ALBANIA, Kingdom. Zog I. 1928-1939/1946. AV 100 Franga Ari Prova (34mm, 32.28 g, 6h). Rome mint. Dated 1929 R. ZOG · I · MBRET · I · SHQIPTARVE, bare head left within wreath / · ALBANIA ·, crowned double-headed eagle facing with wings spread; FR A 100 flanking; PROVA 1929 R below. Montenegro 16; KM Pr39; Friedberg 10. In NGC encapsulation 6891676-006, graded MS 62.
From the Alexander Christopher Collection. Description
From the Alexander Christopher Collection. Description
-
Grade
4314.38 EUR
Starting
7190.63 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1087 Numistats ref: 673576
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British
Category
STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Pound (49mm, 120.5 g, 10h). Declaration type. Shrewsbury mint. Dated 1642. Charles on horseback left, holding sword and reins, trampling pile of arms on ground; plume to right / RELIG : PROT : LEG/ANGL : LIBER : PAR; above, three plumes over ·XX· (mark of value), 1642 below. Morrieson, Shrewsbury B/3; Brooker 797 (same dies); North 2362; SCBC 2918. Toned, edge bumps, scratches and marks. VF.
Description
VF
Grade
4314.38 EUR
Starting
7190.63 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 69 Numistats ref: 672560
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Greek
Category
SICILY, Messana (as Zankle). Circa 500-493 BC. AR Drachm (23.5mm, 5.64 g). Dolphin left; DANKLE below; all within sickle-shaped harbor / Nine-part incuse square with scallop shell in center. Gielow Group 4, 40 (same obv. die); HGC 2, 766; SNG ANS 302; SNG Lloyd 1076; Basel 359; Boston MFA 285; Kraay & Hirmer 49; Rizzo pl. XXV, 4-5. Lovely old collection tone, a few tiny deposits, some cleaning marks under tone. EF. Great metal and strike.
From the Columbus Collection. Ex Friend of a Scholar Collection (Triton XIX, 5 January 2016), lot 40, purchased from Maison Platt, June 1987.
The colony of Zankle was founded by Cumaean and Euboean settlers in the eighth century BC on the straits of Messina. Its name, meaning "sickle", was taken from its important sickle-shaped harbor. The colony prospered and even founded its own colonies at Mylae and Himera. Zankle was soon overshadowed by Rhegion, though, whose tyrant, Anaxilas, seized the colony around 488 BC and renamed the city Messana, after Peloponnesian Messenia, whose colonists he settled in Zankle. Description
From the Columbus Collection. Ex Friend of a Scholar Collection (Triton XIX, 5 January 2016), lot 40, purchased from Maison Platt, June 1987.
The colony of Zankle was founded by Cumaean and Euboean settlers in the eighth century BC on the straits of Messina. Its name, meaning "sickle", was taken from its important sickle-shaped harbor. The colony prospered and even founded its own colonies at Mylae and Himera. Zankle was soon overshadowed by Rhegion, though, whose tyrant, Anaxilas, seized the colony around 488 BC and renamed the city Messana, after Peloponnesian Messenia, whose colonists he settled in Zankle. Description
EF
Grade
4314.38 EUR
Starting
7190.63 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1096 Numistats ref: 673585
No match
British
Category
STUART. Charles II. 1660-1685. AV Broad (30mm, 8.92 g, 6h). Tower (London) mint. Dated 1662. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left / Crowned coat-of-arms. Lessen, Simon’s G.3/3; Bull, Gold 166; SCBC 3337A. In NGC encapsulation 690359-009, graded AU 58. Rare.
From the Drewry Family Collection. Ex Davissons FPL 1994-2 (September 1994), no. 9; Strauss Collection (Sotheby’s, 26 May 1994), lot 168; Lady & Sir G.E. Duveen Collection (Glendining, 29 September 1964), lot 56. Description
From the Drewry Family Collection. Ex Davissons FPL 1994-2 (September 1994), no. 9; Strauss Collection (Sotheby’s, 26 May 1994), lot 168; Lady & Sir G.E. Duveen Collection (Glendining, 29 September 1964), lot 56. Description
-
Grade
4314.38 EUR
Starting
7190.63 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 72 Numistats ref: 672563
No match
Greek
Category
SICILY, Messana. 420-413 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.11 g, 6h). The nymph Messana, wearing long chiton, holding kentron in right hand and reins in both, driving slow biga of mules right; MEΣΣ-ANA above and before / Hare springing right; below, dolphin right; MEΣΣ-A-NI-O-N around. Caltabiano Series XIV, 518 (D206/R215); HGC 2, 792; SNG ANS 356 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen 399 (same obv. die); SNG Lloyd 1097 (same obv. die); McClean 2394 (same dies). Light golden toning, underlying luster, minor edge split. Near EF. Well centered. A wonderful coin in hand.
Description
Near EF
Grade
4314.38 EUR
Starting
7190.63 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1098 Numistats ref: 673587
No match
British
Category
STUART. James II. 1685-1688. AV Guinea. Dated 1688. Second bust. Bull, Gold 332; SCBC 3403. In NGC encapsulation 6945759-002, graded MS 61.
Description
-
Grade
4314.38 EUR
Starting
7190.63 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 74 Numistats ref: 672565
No match
Greek
Category
SICILY, Segesta. Circa 405/2-400 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.62 g, 4h). The hero Egestes, nude, standing right, cap slung over shoulder and chlamys over left arm, resting left foot on rock; EΓEΣ[TAI]ΩN to left; below, two hounds standing right at his feet, one sniffing the ground; small ithyphallic herm to lower right / Head of the nymph Segesta right, hair bound in sakkos decorated with stars. Hurter, Didrachmenprägung T9k (V4/R8) = Basel 403 (this coin); Lederer 7; HGC 2, 1108; SNG ANS 646 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 1198 (same dies); Dewing 674 (same dies); Gulbenkian 241 = BMC 31 (same dies); Hunt IV 84 (same dies); Jameson 709 (same dies); de Luynes 1120 (same dies); Rizzo pl. LXII, 15 (same dies). Attractively toned, trace deposits, faint scratches, small area of weak strike, a little off center on reverse. VF. Rare.
Ex Peus 382 (26 April 2005), lot 73; A. D. Moretti Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 13, 8 October 1998), lot 403. Description
Ex Peus 382 (26 April 2005), lot 73; A. D. Moretti Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 13, 8 October 1998), lot 403. Description
VF
Grade
4314.38 EUR
Starting
7190.63 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 75 Numistats ref: 672566
No match
Greek
Category
SICILY, Syracuse. The Gamoroi. Circa 500-490/86 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 16.57 g, 6h). Charioteer, holding reins in both hands, driving slow quadriga right; SVRA(koppa)O/SION in two lines above / Head of Arethousa left in incuse circle in center of quadripartite incuse square. Boehringer Series I, 13 (V9/R7); HGC 2, 1301; SNG ANS 3 (same obv. die); Bement 443 (same dies); Hunterian 2 (same dies); Gillet 523 (same obv. die); Kraay & Hirmer 72 (same obv. die); Rizzo pl. XXXIV, 4 (same dies). Old collection tone, a few scrapes and scratches under tone on reverse. Good VF.
From the Gerald F. Borrmann (Northern California Gentleman) Collection, purchased from Frank Kovacs, 1 November 1991.
The magnificent artistic flowering in Sicily in the 5th century BC, exemplified by the matchless coinage of Syracuse, originated in times of great strife. When the first colonists from Greece arrived on the fertile island in the 8th century BC, they found competitors in both the aboriginal inhabitants, the Sicels, Sicani, and Elymi, and the Phoenician colonists who established Carthage at about the same time. The social stresses set up by these conflicts prepared the way for the establishment of various tyrannies. Hippokrates of Gela was the first of the well known tyrants, and his son Gelon founded the greatest of the Sicilian courts at Syracuse in 485 BC. By the middle of the century, the situation began to resemble that of Renaissance Italy, where the princes engaged in continual warfare between themselves, while engaging the services of the finest artists and craftsmen of their time. Such fighting required significant amounts of money to hire mercenaries, and the increasing cultural sophistication of the courts encouraged experimentation in all of the arts, including the minor ones – the result was the patronizing of some of the most talented coin engravers in history.
In Syracuse and surrounding cities, the anonymous “Damareteion Master” and the “Maestro della foglia” were followed by their students and successors who proudly signed their work, such artists as Choirion, Euainetos, Eumenos, Exakestidas, Herakleidas, and others. These masters developed new ways of viewing the world through art, breaking the static forms of Classic art and developing new methods of portraying motion and life in miniature. The silver tetradrachm was the prefered mode of expression, being large enough for the expression of free-ranging talents and also being minted in vast quantities to finance the expensive operations of the Greek hegemons. Even more remarkable were the large silver dekadrachms of Syracuse, which have become universal symbols of Greek numismatic art. Despite the emphasis on the great masterpieces, even the smallest of the silver fractions received the attentions of the masters, and the infrequent issues of gold likewise.
Syracuse commenced its silver coinage at the end of the sixth century BC with an issue of tetradrachms on the Attic standard of about 17.2 grams. These coins are attributed to the Gamoroi, an oligarchic body of aristocrats who battled outsiders, and each other, for control of civic and financial affairs. The obverse features a charioteer driving a walking quadriga while the reverse originally bore an incuse square divided into four compartments, which quickly gave way to the design seen below on lot 75, a swastika-pattern incuse with a circle at its center bearing a female head to left. This is certainly the nymph Arethousa, sacred to the spring of Ortygia which provided Syracuse its pure water. These designs set the paradigm for a century of Syracusan coinage, although the head of Arethousa would soon outgrow the confines of the small incuse circle to occupy most of the reverse, surrounded by frolicking dolphins. Description
From the Gerald F. Borrmann (Northern California Gentleman) Collection, purchased from Frank Kovacs, 1 November 1991.
The magnificent artistic flowering in Sicily in the 5th century BC, exemplified by the matchless coinage of Syracuse, originated in times of great strife. When the first colonists from Greece arrived on the fertile island in the 8th century BC, they found competitors in both the aboriginal inhabitants, the Sicels, Sicani, and Elymi, and the Phoenician colonists who established Carthage at about the same time. The social stresses set up by these conflicts prepared the way for the establishment of various tyrannies. Hippokrates of Gela was the first of the well known tyrants, and his son Gelon founded the greatest of the Sicilian courts at Syracuse in 485 BC. By the middle of the century, the situation began to resemble that of Renaissance Italy, where the princes engaged in continual warfare between themselves, while engaging the services of the finest artists and craftsmen of their time. Such fighting required significant amounts of money to hire mercenaries, and the increasing cultural sophistication of the courts encouraged experimentation in all of the arts, including the minor ones – the result was the patronizing of some of the most talented coin engravers in history.
In Syracuse and surrounding cities, the anonymous “Damareteion Master” and the “Maestro della foglia” were followed by their students and successors who proudly signed their work, such artists as Choirion, Euainetos, Eumenos, Exakestidas, Herakleidas, and others. These masters developed new ways of viewing the world through art, breaking the static forms of Classic art and developing new methods of portraying motion and life in miniature. The silver tetradrachm was the prefered mode of expression, being large enough for the expression of free-ranging talents and also being minted in vast quantities to finance the expensive operations of the Greek hegemons. Even more remarkable were the large silver dekadrachms of Syracuse, which have become universal symbols of Greek numismatic art. Despite the emphasis on the great masterpieces, even the smallest of the silver fractions received the attentions of the masters, and the infrequent issues of gold likewise.
Syracuse commenced its silver coinage at the end of the sixth century BC with an issue of tetradrachms on the Attic standard of about 17.2 grams. These coins are attributed to the Gamoroi, an oligarchic body of aristocrats who battled outsiders, and each other, for control of civic and financial affairs. The obverse features a charioteer driving a walking quadriga while the reverse originally bore an incuse square divided into four compartments, which quickly gave way to the design seen below on lot 75, a swastika-pattern incuse with a circle at its center bearing a female head to left. This is certainly the nymph Arethousa, sacred to the spring of Ortygia which provided Syracuse its pure water. These designs set the paradigm for a century of Syracusan coinage, although the head of Arethousa would soon outgrow the confines of the small incuse circle to occupy most of the reverse, surrounded by frolicking dolphins. Description
Good VF
Grade
4314.38 EUR
Starting
7190.63 EUR
Estimate
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Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 76 Numistats ref: 672567
No match
Greek
Category
SICILY, Syracuse. Gelon I. 485-478 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 17.46 g, 6h). Struck circa 480 BC. Charioteer, wearing long chiton, holding kentron in right hand and reins in both, driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike, wearing long chiton, walking right, holding wreath in right hand and placing left hand on rearmost horse’s head / Head of Arethousa left, wearing pearl tainia and linear and pearl necklaces; four dolphins and ΣV-RA-KO-ΣION around. Boehringer Series IV, 48 (V27/R31); HGC 2, 1305; SNG München 922 (same dies); Jameson 1905 (same dies); Nanteuil 320 (same dies); Rizzo pl. XXXIV, 14 (same dies). Lightly toned, a little die rust on obverse. Near EF. Well centered and struck on a broad flan. Lovely archaic style.
From the Columbus Collection. Ex Triton VI (14 January 2003), lot 105. Description
From the Columbus Collection. Ex Triton VI (14 January 2003), lot 105. Description
Near EF
Grade
4314.38 EUR
Starting
7190.63 EUR
Estimate
-
Realized
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1113 Numistats ref: 673602
No match
British
Category
HANOVER. Victoria. 1837-1901. Proof AR Crown. Dated 1847 and RY UNDECIMO. Gothic type. Edge lettering, struck en medaille. Bull 2571; ESC 288; SCBC 3883. Toned. In NGC encapsulation 6928237-002, graded PF 61.
Description
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Grade
4314.38 EUR
Starting
7190.63 EUR
Estimate
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Realized