Triton XXVII - Session 1
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KINGS of MACEDON. Perseus. 179-168 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32.5mm, 16.70 g, 12h). Attic standard. Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 174-170 BC. Diademed head right / BAΣI-ΛEΩΣ ΠEP-ΣEΩΣ, eagle, wings spread, standing right on thunderbolt; ZΩ monogram above, EΘ monogram to right, EY monogram between legs; all within oak wreath; below, plow left. De Luca, Tetradrachms, Group II, 71c (O20/R63 – this coin); Mamroth, Perseus 5; HGC 3, 1091; Bement 793 (same obv. die). Lightly toned, traces of find patina. EF. Well centered. Ex Künker 367 (6 April 2022), lot 7154 (hammer €3400); Tradart (8 November 1992), lot 78.
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KINGS of EPEIROS. Pyrrhos. 297-272 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.63 g, 1h). Lokroi Epizephyrioi mint. Struck circa 278-275 BC. Head of Zeus of Dodona left, wearing oak wreath; [A below] / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠYPPOY, Dione, draped and wearing polos, seated left on high backed throne, holding staff in right hand and lifting her veil with her left. Babelon, Roi, Type B/c; HGC 3, 261; Basel 211 (this coin); Bement 972; Boston MFA 944 = Warren 735; Munzen und Medaillen AG 53, lot 70 = Leu 2, lot 181 = G. Hirsch 19, lot 347 (same obv. die); Virzi Sale 476 (same obv. die); Pozzi 1287. Toned, a few light deposits, slight roughness. Good VF. Rare. From the Hydrologist Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 49 (17 March 1999), lot 104; A.D. Moretti Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 13, 8 October 1998), lot 211.A majestic example of early Hellenistic artwork, as noted by G.K. Jenkins: "It is at once apparent that in one important respect Pyrrhos' practice is closely akin to that of the Macedonian kings of this time, in that nowhere does his portrait appear. Much as we may regret this, the splendid and exuberant types of Pyrrhos' Lokrian coins go far to compensate for it. The tetradrachm has for the obverse the head of Dodonean Zeus, whose sanctuary lay in Pyrrhos' homeland; this head, crowned with oak leaves and with restless flowing hair and beard, makes a strong contrast with the restrained and classical head of the same god minted for Alexander of Epeiros at Tarentum, and even with the more concentrated style of Antigonos Doson's Poseidon, but the Pyrrhos coin is masterly in its different way. Its exciting and dynamic quality is well matched by the calm majesty of the reverse type, Dione seated on a high-backed throne and swathed in the complex drapery so typical of Hellenistic sculpture.... The impressive style of these coins is quite different from anything we might have expected at an Italian mint at this time, and it may well be that the artist responsible was not a local one, but may have come from mainland Greece or Macedonia." (G.K. Jenkins, Ancient Greek Coins [New York: Putnam, 1972], pp. 247-8.)
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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 460-450 BC. AR Drachm (22mm, 5.85 g, 3h). The hero Thessalos, petasos hanging from neck, restraining with band he holds in both hands a bull rearing right; lotus flower below / Horse prancing left, trailing rein; Λ-A-RI around; all within incuse square. Lorber, Thessalian 9 var. (no flower); BCD Thessaly II 152 (this coin); Herrmann Group III B, pl. I, 22 (same obv. die); HGC 4, 411 (this coin illustrated); Triton XIII, lot 1127 (same dies). Toned, minor die rust, traces of overstriking and light scrape on reverse. Good VF. Ex Roma XI (7 April 2016), lot 135; BCD Collection (Triton XV, 3 January 2012), lot 152.
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THESSALY, Pherai. Alexander. Tyrant, 369-359 BC. AR Stater (22.5mm, 11.55 g, 5h). Head of Ennodia facing slightly right, wearing pearl diadem, earring in the form of a grape bunch, and linear necklace; torch to left / A-Λ-E-ΞA-N-ΔPOY, Alexander, wearing Thessalian military attire and sheathed sword, brandishing spear he holds aloft in his right hand, on horse, with labrys on it hind quarter, rearing right; labrys below. BCD Thessaly I 1309 (this coin); HGC 4, 576 (this coin illustrated); Traité IV 612 = Jameson 1106 (same dies). Deeply toned, slight roughness and a few tiny delaminations. Near EF. A wonderful example of this very rare issue, struck in high relief from dies of fine style. From the Father & Son Collection. Ex Sheikh Saud Al-Thani Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 116, 1 October 2019), lot 119; BCD Collection (Nomos 4, 10 May 2011), lot 1309.One of the ironies of ancient Greek numismatics is how a cruel, treacherous tyrant like Alexander of Pherai could produce a coin of such surpassing beauty. The son of a previous Thessalian tyrant, Alexander murdered his way into his late father's position of power in 369 BC and immediately embarked on a rule so bloody that much of Thessaly rebelled and invited the armies of Macedon and Thebes to invade and depose him. Nearly a decade of warfare and atrocities followed, until a conspiracy led by his own wife ended his life and tyranny in 359 BC. Alexander's extremely rare silver staters depict Ennodia, a uniquely Thessalian goddess who shared attributes with Artemis, Hecate and Persephone. The reverse depicts Alexander as a mounted officer in full kit, paying tribute to the loyal Thessalian cavalry that helped maintain him in power against superior forces.
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AKARNANIA, Federal Coinage (Akarnanian Confederacy). Circa 250-200 BC. AR Stater (27mm, 9.90 g, 3h). Leukas mint; Lykourgas, magistrate. Head of river god Achelöos right; [ΛY]KOYPΓOΣ upward to left / Apollo Aktios, nude, holding bow in extended right hand, seated left; monogram to left, AKAPNANΩN to right. Imhoof-Blumer, Akarnaniens 23; BCD Akarnania 18 (same dies); HGC 4, 721. Attractive cabinet tone, minor die wear as usual, graffiti on reverse. Near EF. Perfectly centered. Powerful head of Achelöos. Ex New York Sale XX (7 January 2009), lot 30; Waddell 79 (2003), lot 32; Numismatic Fine Arts Winter MBS (15 January 1982), lot 163.Founded in the fifth century BC, the Akarnanian Confederacy was composed from time to time of a varying number of the local towns. In 438 BC, the Confederacy allied itself with Athens, providing it with support during the Peloponnesian War, while at the same time expanding its own control in the region. During this period the Confederacy began to issue coinage, which, like the coins of many of the other Greek confederacies, were struck in the city-states of its leading members. The obverse of this federal coinage depicts the head of the river-god Achelöos, the eponymous patron of the river which formed the natural boundary between Akarnania and Aitolia. The reverse may depict Apollo Aktiakos, whose temple was located on the promontory overlooking the Gulf of Ambrakia and which may have served as the meeting place of the confederacy's members.During the fourth century BC, the Confederacy shifted its alliances between Sparta and Athens as they struggled to control Greece. By the latter part of the century, however, the Akarnanian Confederacy was allied with Macedon. In 314 BC, it sided with Kassander in the Diadoch Wars. Periodic border conflicts with the Aitolians resulted in the loss of Akarnanian border territories and, although an agreement was reached in 263/2 BC, by 250 BC, at about the same time this quarter stater was minted, the Akarnanian Confederacy was divided between the Aitolians and the Molossians in Epeiros. In 230 BC the Akarnanian Confederacy enjoyed a brief revival, but after the Battle of Pydna in 168 BC, information about it disappears from the historical record.
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AKARNANIA, Federal Coinage (Akarnanian Confederacy). Circa 200-180 BC. AR Stater (26mm, 9.58 g, 10h). Leukas mint; [...]hesippos, magistrate. Head of river-god Achelӧos right; [...]HΣIΠΠOΣ to left / Apollo Aktios, nude, holding bow in extended right hand and resting left arm on throne upon which he sits left; to left, head of boar left; [AKA]PNANΩN to right. Cf. Imhoof-Blumer, Akarnaniens 25 (drachm); BCD Akarnania 45 (this coin); HGC 4, 722 (this coin illustrated). Deeply toned, area of flat strike, minor scratches. VF. Very rare. Ex BCD Collection (Münzen & Medaillen GmbH 23, 18 October 2007), lot 45; E. Bourgey (2 April 2001), lot 160.
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AKARNANIA, Argos Amphilochikon. Circa 340-300 BC. AR Stater (19mm, 8.40 g, 2h). Pegasos flying left; below, head of dog left / Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet with neck guard; [AP]ΓEI above, to right, crested Corinthian helmet left. Pegasi 9; Imhoof-Blumer, Akarnaniens 10; BCD Akarnania 135 (this coin); HGC 4, 783; BMC 7 (same dies). Attractive old collection tone. Good VF. Very rare with this symbol. From the Pythagoras Collection. Ex CNG inventory 803297 (December 2007); BCD Collection (Münzen & Medaillen GmbH 23, 18 October 2007), lot 135; Hajo Zwager Collection (Van Zadelhoff, 14 October 1985), lot M102.
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LOKRIS, Lokri Opuntii. Circa 360-350 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 12.24 g, 11h). Head of Persephone left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and pearl necklace / Ajax, nude but for crested Corinthian helmet, holding sword in right hand, shield decorated with coiled serpent on left arm, advancing right on rocks; ivy leaf and broken spear below, OΠON-TIΩN around. H&D Group 12, 117–22 var. (O–/R37 [unlisted obv. die]); BCD Lokris 44–5 (same rev. die); HGC 4, 989. Lightly toned, with some iridescence and underlying luster, a few minor hairlines. Superb EF. From the James Fox Collection. Ex CNG inventory 701572 (May 1997).
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BOEOTIA, Thebes. Circa 480-460 BC. AR Stater (18mm, 12.26 g). Boeotian shield / Square incuse with clockwise mill-sail pattern; archaic Θ at center. BCD Boiotia 351 (this coin); HGC 4, 1308. Dark gray tone with blue, red, and gold iridescence in and around the devices, slightly off center. Good VF. Well struck. Ex Edward J. Waddell inventory 45051 (his ticket included); Triton IX (10 January 2006), lot 351; Malter 55 (7 November 1993), lot 129 (weight given in error as 12.08 g); J. Hirsch XXXIII (17 November 1913), lot 708.
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BOEOTIA, Thebes. Circa 425-395 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 12.19 g). Later style. Boeotian shield / Bearded head of Dionysos right, wearing wreath of ivy with berries at the crown; Θ-E across lower field; all within incuse square. BCD Boiotia 442–4; Myron Hoard pl. B, 5; HGC 4, 1326. Old cabinet tone, porosity on obverse. Good VF. Though Dionysos was widely worshipped as god of the grape harvest and wine, according to the most widely quoted origin myth, he was only half-divine, being the product of Zeus' dalliance with Semele, a mortal princess of Thebes. Semele was the daughter of Cadmus, founder of Thebes and one of the first Greek heroes. Semele was also a priestess of Zeus with whom the king of the gods became smitten. As was his wont with mortal women, Zeus began visiting her regularly in various guises until she conceived. Hera, getting wind of the affair, tricked Semele into demanding that Zeus reveal himself to her in all his godly glory, causing her to burst into flame. Zeus, however, rescued the fetal Dionysos and sewed him into his thigh. He was "born" a few months later, leading to one of Dionysos' epithets as "twice born."
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 500/490-485/0 BC. AR Tetradrachm (21mm, 17.10 g, 11h). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with small spiral on the bowl, and round earring / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig to left, AΘE to right; all within incuse square. Seltman Group Gi (unlisted dies); Svoronos, Monnaies, pl. 4, 26 = BMC 4 = GPCG pl. 4, 31; Asyut Group IVa; HGC 4, 1590. Toned, a few tiny flan flaws. Good VF. Well centered on a broad flan, showing nearly full crest. From the JTB Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 289 (22 October 2022), lot 199.
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 500/490-485/0 BC. AR Tetradrachm (20mm, 16.56 g, 10h). Head of Athena right, wearing round earring and crested Attic helmet decorated with small spiral on the bowl / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig to left, AΘE to right; all within incuse square. Seltman Group Gii (unlisted dies, possibly rev. die P182 re-engraved); Asyut Group IVg; Svoronos, Monnaies, pl. 4, 6; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG München 28–34. Toned. Good VF. Well centered and struck for issue. From the Columbus Collection. Ex Triton XVII (7 January 2014), lot 211.
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.21 g, 5h). Head of Athena right, with frontal eye, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left, AΘE to right; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; HGC 4, 1597; SNG Copenhagen 31; SNG München 49; Dewing 1591–2 and 1594–8; Gulbenkian 519–21. Lightly toned over lustrous surfaces, trace deposits. Superb EF. Well struck from dies of high relief.
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.08 g, 10h). Head of Athena right, with frontal eye, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left, AΘE to right; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; HGC 4, 1597; SNG Copenhagen 31; SNG München 49; Dewing 1591–2 and 1594–8; Gulbenkian 519–21. Iridescent tone, minor die rust on reverse. EF. Well centered on a broad flan, with a nearly full crest. From the JTB Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 312 (9 October 2013), lot 80.
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 17.16 g, 4h). Head of Athena right, with frontal eye, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left, AΘE to right; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; HGC 4, 1597; SNG Copenhagen 31; SNG München 49; Dewing 1591–2 and 1594–8; Gulbenkian 519–21. Faintly toned, with traces of underlying luster. Near EF. Well centered, compact head, showing nearly full crest.
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.18 g, 7h). Head of Athena right, with frontal eye, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left, AΘE to right; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; HGC 4, 1597; SNG Copenhagen 31; SNG München 49; Dewing 1591–2 and 1594–8; Gulbenkian 519–21. Lightly toned, a hint of porosity, minor flan flaw in field on reverse. Near EF. Well struck. Ex Freeman & Sear inventory G3468 (ND).
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.11 g, 1h). Head of Athena right, with frontal eye, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left, AΘE to right; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; HGC 4, 1597; SNG Copenhagen 31; SNG München 49; Dewing 1591–2 and 1594–8; Gulbenkian 519–21. Lightly toned, typical edge splits, spot of die rust on obverse, minor doubling on reverse. Near EF. Ex Heritage 3021 (6 January 2013), lot 21197 (hammer $4000).
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 4.27 g, 4h). Head of Athena right, with frontal eye, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a palmette on the bowl / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray to left, AΘE to right; all within incuse square. Kroll 10; HGC 4, 1631; SNG Copenhagen 41–3; SNG München 60–4; Dewing 1599-602; Athena Fund II 539 = Pozzi 1558 (this coin). Old cabinet tone. Good VF. Exceptional for denomination; well centered and showing full crest of Athena. Ex Harald Salvesen Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 133, 21 November 2022), lot 85; Athena Fund (Part II, Sotheby's Zurich, 27 October 1993), lot 539; Prof. S. Pozzi Collection (Naville I, 14 March 1921), lot 1558.
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ISLANDS off ATTICA, Aegina. Circa 525/0-500 BC. AR Stater (18mm, 12.16 g). Sea turtle, head in profile, with thin collar and row of dots down its back / Incuse square with "Union Jack" pattern. Selinus Hoard 120 (this coin); Asyut Group II; Meadows, Aegina, Group IIa; Milbank Period I, pl. I, 3; HGC 6, 428; SNG Copenhagen 502; SNG Delepierre 1501–3; Boston MFA 1106; Dewing 1656; Rosen 212. Toned, slight granularity, minor scratches, some deposits on obverse. Good VF. Ex Harlan J. Berk inventory cc97327 (ND); Selinute, 1985 Hoard (CH VIII, 35).
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ISLANDS off ATTICA, Aegina. Circa 480-457 BC. AR Stater (20.5mm, 12.24 g, 1h). Sea turtle, head in profile, with 'T-back' design on shell / Large square incuse with skew pattern. Meadows, Aegina, Group IIIa; Milbank Period III, pl. I, 15; HGC 6, 435; SNG Copenhagen 507; SNG Delepierre 1522–6; ACGC 123; Boston MFA 1111–2; Dewing 1674–8; Gillet 947; Gulbenkian 523; Jameson 1199; Rosen 219. Toned, light granularity, minor obverse die break in right field, light graffito on reverse. Good VF. The first coins produced on the island of Aegina depicted a sea turtle (emblematic of the marine interests of the Aeginetans) on the obverse, while bearing on the reverse the imprint of the punch used to force metal into the obverse die. The reverse punch originally consisted of an eight-pronged design that produced eight triangles; with use the prongs broke and clogged, producing filled and absent incuses. This led to the adoption first of a "mill sail" pattern, followed by the development of a "skew" pattern. The obverse design was also modified by the addition of a row of dots added at the collar from the earlier collared turtle design with a single row of dots down its shell, hence the name "T-back," circa 480 BC (the present example). The production of turtles decreased over the next twenty years as silver from the island of Siphnos was no longer available and Mediterranean trade was now dominated by Athens, the new mistress of the Aegean. In 457 BC, Athens conquered Aegina and stripped her of her maritime powers. Following the loss of her naval autonomy, Aegina produced staters with a land tortoise on the obverse in lieu of her former emblematic sea turtle.
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ISLANDS off ATTICA, Aegina. Circa 480-457 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 12.04 g, 1h). Sea turtle, head in profile, with 'T-back' design on shell / Large square incuse with skew pattern. Meadows, Aegina, Group IIIa; Milbank Period III; HGC 6, 448; SNG Copenhagen 510; SNG Delepierre 1528–9; Boston MFA –; Dewing 1679; Rosen 221. Toned, light granularity, two small test punches on reverse. Near EF.