Triton XXVII - Session 1
Date: 2024-01-09 00:00:00
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 1 . 190
ISLANDS off ATTICA, Aegina. Circa 370 BC. AR Stater (20.5mm, 12.24 g, 3h). Land tortoise with segmented shell / Large square incuse with thin skew pattern. Meadows, Aegina, Group IIIb; Milbank Period IV, pl. II, 12; HGC 6, 437; SNG Copenhagen 517; SNG Delepierre 1535–40; Boston MFA 116; Dewing 1683; Gillet 948; Jameson 1200; Pozzi 1635. Lightly toned, a hint of die wear. Good VF. Ex Waddell 56 (1 July 1992), lot 26; Waddell 54 (1 January 1992), lot 33.
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ISLANDS off ATTICA, Aegina. Circa 350-338 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 12.24 g, 8h). Ni–, magistrate. Tortoise with segmented shell; A–I flanking / "Thin skew" incuse pattern; N-I in upper incuses, dolphin in lower left. Milbank p. 51, a; cf. HGC 6, 445 (drachm); SNG Copenhagen 526; SNG Lockett 1998; BMC 190; Hunt II 433; Pozzi 1639. Attractive cabinet tone, a little die wear. Good VF. Very high relief obverse. Ex H. M. Robinow Collection (Morton & Eden 51, 24 October 2011), lot 111; Sternberg XII (18 November 1982), lot 166.
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ISLANDS off ATTICA, Aegina. Circa 350-338 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 5.49 g, 12h). Land tortoise with segmented shell / Incuse square with thin skew pattern; two pellets in one segment. Milbank Period V, pl. II, 16; HGC 6, 443; SNG Copenhagen 520; SNG Delepierre 1546; BMC 167; Dewing 1690. Toned. Good VF. Ex Stack's Bowers & Ponterio 172 (16 November 2012), lot 11639.
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CORINTHIA, Corinth. Circa 400-350/45 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 8.45 g, 4h). Pegasos flying left; koppa below / Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet with neck guard; palmette to right. Ravel Period IV, 355 (P182/T278); Pegasi 111; BCD Corinth –; HGC 4, 1832. Toned, some die wear on obverse. EF. Well centered on a broad flan.
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CORINTHIA, Corinth. Circa 400-350/45 BC. AR Stater (22.5mm, 8.30 g, 3h). Pegasos flying left; koppa and tiny H bellow belly / Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet with neck guard; to right, forepart of horse right. Ravel Period IV, 423 (P205/T313); Pegasi 141; BCD Corinth 54; HGC 4, 1832; Nanteuil 941 (same obv. die); Weber 3684 (same obv. die). Toned, slight die wear, light cleaning marks on obverse. Near EF.
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CORINTHIA, Corinth. Circa 350/45-285 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 8.64 g, 6h). Pegasos flying left; koppa below / Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet with neck guard and laurel wreath; A P flanking neck truncation; to right, eagle standing left, head right. Ravel Period V, 1008; Pegasi 426; BCD Corinth 101; HGC 4, 1848. Old cabinet tone, light scratches mostly under tone. EF. Ex Mark & Lottie Salton Collection.
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CORINTHIA, Corinth. Circa 350/45-285 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 8.60 g, 5h). Pegasos flying left / Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet with neck guard and laurel wreath; A-P flanking neck truncation, aegis to right. Ravel Period V, 1009; Pegasi 427; BCD Corinth –; HGC 4, 1848. Attractive old collection tone, a few light cleaning marks in fields, trace deposits. Near EF. Lovely style. Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 344 (April 1973), no. 21.
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CORINTHIA, Corinth. Circa 350/45-285 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 8.58 g, 12h). Pegasos flying left; koppa below / Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet with neck guard; Γ below chin, filleted thyrsos to right. Ravel Period V, 1026; Pegasi 417; BCD Corinth 109; HGC 4, 1848; SNG Copenhagen 81–2; Dewing 1758. Lightly toned, underlying luster, traces of find patina and minor doubling on reverse. EF. From the Gil Steinberg Collection, purchased from Superior Stamp & Coin Co. (their ticket included).
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SIKYONIA, Sikyon. Circa 431-400 BC. AR Stater (23.5mm, 12.17 g, 4h). Chimaera standing right; ΣE below / Dove flying right; bow above tail feathers; all within wreath. BCD Peloponnesos 193 (this coin); HGC 5, 188; Traité III 776, pl. CCXX, 14 = Pozzi 1797 (same dies). Deep old collection tone, traces of die rust, a couple of light marks under tone. Near EF. Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8 May 2006), lot 193.
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SIKYONIA, Sikyon. Circa 335-330 BC. AR Stater (24mm, 12.18 g, 3h). Chimaera standing left, raising left forepaw; wreath above, ΣE below / Dove flying left; I to left; all within wreath. BCD Peloponnesos 219; HGC 5, 201; BMC 56. Attractively toned, with some iridescence. Choice EF. Well centered and struck. A wonderful coin in hand. From the Father & Son Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XLVI.1 (Winter 2021), no. 563030; Leu Numismatik 7 (24 October 2020), lot 1200; Triton IX (10 January 2006), lot 887; Leu 83 (6 May 2002), lot 281; Classical Numismatic Group XXX (11 June 1994), lot 144.
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ELIS, Olympia. 93rd Olympiad. 408 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 11.82 g, 3h). Head of eagle left; below, ivy leaf left / Thunderbolt, with wings above and volutes below; F-A flanking; all within olive wreath. Seltman, Temple 155 var. (dies BT²/γχ); BCD Peloponnesos 628 (this coin); HGC 5, 348; Hirsch 1345 (same obv. die); J. Hirsch XXIX (Lambros), lot 543 (same dies). Deeply toned, struck with worn obverse die, a few light cleaning marks under tone. Good Fine. Very rare. Ex Auctiones GmbH E53 (20 November 2016), lot 56; BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8 May 2006), lot 628.
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ELIS, Olympia. 101st Olympiad. 376 BC. AR Stater (21.5mm, 12.04 g, 12h). Hera mint. Head of Hera right, wearing ornamented stephanos and single-pendant earring; F-A flanking neck / Eagle standing right, head left, wings spread, within olive wreath. Seltman, Temple 294 (dies ER/θι); BCD Olympia 110 (same dies); BMC 95 (same dies); Rhousopoulos 2558 (same dies). Lightly toned, minor porosity and flan flaws. VF. From the Columbus Collection. Ex New York Sale IV (17 January 2002), lot 166; Hess-Leu [7] (16 April 1957), lot 230.Located near the northwestern coast of the Peloponnesos, the sacred shrine of Olympia became established as the site of the most important Greek festival of athletics in the eighth century BC. The first Olympic Games were held in 776 BC, consisting solely of a foot race, or stadion, won in that year by Koroibus of Elis. As time went on, more events were added, including wrestling, boxing, long jump, javelin, discus, and chariot races. The contests became so important that Greek cities at war would declare a truce for the duration. Soon a permanent complex was built to house the games, and a magnificent temple of Zeus containing a statue ranked as one of the Seven Wonders of the World was completed in 463 BC. The first coins of Olympia date to the games of 468 BC, and new types were issued at four year intervals (to coincide with the games) thereafter. Three basic types were struck, depicting a head of Zeus, Hera, or an eagle. The finest die engravers were employed in their production and coins of Olympia rank as some of the greatest masterpieces of Greek coinage. This silver stater belongs to the Hera group and was struck at the peak of Elean artistic excellence, for the 101st Olympiad.
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ELIS, Olympia. 111th-114th Olympiad. 336-324 BC. AR Hemidrachm (16mm, 2.92 g, 11h). Head of Hera right, wearing stephanos and single-pendant earring; F-A flanking neck / Eagle, wings spread, standing left, head right, on rock. Seltman, Temple, pl. XII, 26 = BMC 104 (same obv. die); BCD Olympia 201 (same obv. die); HGC 5, 451 (same obv. die as illustration). Old cabinet tone, minor roughness, slightly off center on reverse. VF. From the Pythagoras Collection, purchased from Edward J. Waddell (inventory 49368 [ND]). Ex Robert and Julius Diez Collection (Lanz 151, 30 June 2011), lot 137; J. Hirsch XIV (27 November 1905), lot 452.
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ARGOLIS, Argos. Circa 270-260/50 BC. AR Triobol – Hemidrachm (14mm, 2.59 g, 9h). Forepart of wolf at bay left; Θ above / Large A; monogram to upper right; below, eagle standing right on harpa right; all within incuse square. BCD Peloponnesos 1113; HGC 5, 670; BMC 81. Attractively toned, minor porosity. Near EF. Well centered.
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CRETE, Knossos. Mid 2nd-early 1st centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 15.67 g, 12h). Diademed and bearded head (of Minos?) right / Labyrinth; KNΩ/Σ-I/ΩN in three lines across field. Cf. Svoronos, Numismatique 98–101 and 177–8 (for type). Some cleaning marks and pitting. EF. An unpublished issue, struck between Svoronos types 98 and 177. The ancient city of Knossos, the remains of which were excavated by Sir Arthur Evans, beginning in 1900, was founded in the Minoan Period (circa 1700-1400 BC) as a large and complex palace-city. Although the exact origin of the word labyrinth, as well as its location, remains open to scholarly conjecture, the intricate maze of rooms and interior courtyards of this palace-city contributed to the later Greek use of the word to describe a maze and the source of the events connected with it to Crete.According to the Greek myth, Minos was the first king of Crete. Although he gave the island its first constitution, ordered the construction of the palace at Knossos, and was the first to build a navy, he was a cruel tyrant and imperialist. One of his subject cities was Athens. He demanded from its citizens as payment every nine years seven youths and seven virgins. Minos would feed them then to the Minotaur, a half-man, half-bull who was held in the Labyrinth, a large walled maze. To stop this brutal tribute, the Athenian hero Theseus had himself sent as part of the required tribute. With the assistance of Ariadne, the daughter of Minos, Theseus was able to navigate the Labyrinth successfully and kill the Minotaur.
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CYCLADES, Ios. 3rd-2nd centuries BC. Æ (13.5mm, 3.74 g, 9h). Bearded head of Homer right; OM[HPOY] to right / Palm tree; I-H across field. SNG Copenhagen 675 var. (form of ethnic); HGC 6, 780 var. (same); BMC var. (same). Attractive dark green patina, with light earthen dusting. Good VF. Extremely rare and exceptional issue of Ios, apparently unpublished with this form of the ethnic. From the Tiny Art Collection.
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CYCLADES, Keos. Ioulis. Late 4th-early 3rd centuries BC. Æ (15mm, 4.90 g, 11h). Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / Bee; IOY-[ΛI] around. Papageorgiadou-Banis Group VII, Issue 2, 34 (O24/R33); Joy 515; HGC 6, 520 (this coin illustrated); SNG Copenhagen 657; Pozzi (Boutin) 4512 (this coin). Even brown surfaces. VF. From the St. George Collection. Ex Christopher Morcom Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 76, 12 September 2007), lot 640; Prof. S. Pozzi Collection (not in Ars Classica sale).
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CYCLADES, Naxos. 4th century BC. Æ (11mm, 1.81 g, 6h). Bearded head of Dionysos left, wearing wreath of ivy with berries at the tip / Kantharos; grape bunch above, ivy leaves at sides, N-A flanking base. Nicolet-Pierre, Naxos II, Canthare 1a, 1–6; HGC 6, 641; SNG Copenhagen 709. Light brown patina. Good VF. Fine depiction of Dionysos. From the St. George Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 91 (19 September 2012), lot 213; Classical Numismatic Group 50 (23 June 1999), lot 784.
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CYCLADES, Paros. Early 490s-early 480s BC. AR Drachm (15.5mm, 6.01 g). Goat kneeling right / Quadripartite incuse square. Sheedy Class D, Group 2, unlisted dies (but cf. 110 for similar); HGC 6, 655. Lightly toned with slight iridescence, traces of find patina. Good VF. Ex Alde (19 October 2016), lot 88.
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CYCLADES, Siphnos. 4th century BC. Æ (16mm, 4.90 g, 6h). Diademed head of female right / Eagle flying right; Σ-IΦ flanking tail feathers. Joy 563; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC –; Weber 4715 (this coin). Brown surfaces. VF. Very rare. From the St. George Collection. Ex Christopher Morcom Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 76, 12 September 2007), lot 658; Sir Hermann Weber Collection (publ. 1922), 4715.
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CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Pantikapaion. Circa 340-325 BC. AV Stater (21mm, 9.12 g, 10h). Bearded head of Pan left, wearing ivy wreath / Griffin, holding spear in its mouth, standing left, head facing, forepaw raised, on grain ear; Π-A-N around. Anokhin 1021; MacDonald 54; HGC 7, 20; SNG BM Black Sea 864; Gulbenkian 588–90; Jameson 1361; Pozzi 1150; Sartiges 1580. NGC photo certification 6828475-001, graded MS, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5, Fine Style. Well centered on a broad flan, with significant mint luster. Pantikapaion was founded by Greek colonists from Miletos in the late seventh century BC. Situated on the west side of the Cimmerian Bosporos, in what is now called the Crimea, it achieved great prosperity through its exploitation of the abundant fisheries of the straits and the export of wheat from the Crimea. This wealth is attested by its splendid gold coinage, which commenced in the mid-4th century BC, and by the magnificently furnished rock tombs of its principal citizens in the same period. Later, it was to become a regional capital of the kingdom of Mithradates VI of Pontos (120-63 BC) and later still the seat of the kings of Bosporos (first century BC – fourth century AD). The coinage of Pantikapaion seems to have commenced with silver issues in the latter part of the fifth century BC, but it is for its beautiful gold staters that the mint is chiefly noted. They depict the head of the god Pan (a pun on the name of the city) and on the reverse, the griffin that Herodotos describes as being the guardian of the remote sources of gold.