| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 1294 Price realized: 35 CHF (Approx. 40 USD / 37 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: TROAS. Neandria (?). Late 6th to early 5th century BC. Hemiobol (Silver, 6 mm, 0.23 g, 11 h). Crestless Corinthian helmet to left. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Nomos 26 (2023), 410. Rosen -, cf. 109 (obol and 'Skione in Macedonia'). SNG ANS 7 -, cf. 703-5 (obol and 'Skione in Macedonia'). SNG Arıkantürk -, cf. 664-665 (obol). SNG Kayhan -, cf. 743 (obol and 'uncertain mint in Ionia or Caria'). Very rare in this denomination. Struck slightly off center and somewhat porous, otherwise, good very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
Match 1:
| Nomos AG > obolos 31 | Auction date: 21 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 256 Price realized: 160 CHF (Approx. 175 USD / 165 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: TROAS. Neandria (?). Late 6th to early 5th century. Hemiobol (Silver, 7 mm, 0.35 g). Crestless Corinthian helmet to left. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. CsP I, 410. Rosen 109 (but an obol and as Skione in Macedonia). SNG Arıkantürk 664-665 (obols of the same type). SNG Kayhan 743 (but as an obol and as an uncertain mint in Ionia or Caria). Extremely rare. Good very fine. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
Match 2:
| Nomos AG > Auction 33 | Auction date: 9 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 1259 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: The Jonathan H. Kagan Collection of Ancient Greek Coins TROAS. Neandria (?). Late 6th to early 5th century. Obol (Silver, 9 mm, 0.65 g). Crestless Corinthian helmet to left. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square with two raised compartments. Rosen 109 (but as Skione in Macedonia). SNG Arıkantürk 664-665 (Neandria). SNG Kayhan 743 (uncertain Ionia or Caria). Nicely centered. Slightly rough surfaces and uncleaned as found, otherwise, very fine. From the Collection of Jonathan H. Kagan. Starting price: 150 CHF |  |
Match 3:
| Nomos AG > obolos 31 | Auction date: 21 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 245 Price realized: 150 CHF (Approx. 164 USD / 154 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: MYSIA. Uncertain city in the neighborhood of Parion. Late 6th or early 5th century BC. Drachm (Silver, 14 mm, 3.85 g). Facing head of a lioness (or a lion?). Rev. Variegated quadripartite incuse square with, at the center, a small relief square surmounted by a pellet. Apparently unpublished, save for auction appearances, e.g. CNG 94, 692. Extremely rare. A clear and fascinating example, lightly toned. Good very fine. From the collection of a scholar. This extraordinary coin, which is so similar in fabric to the early drachms of Parion that it must have been struck near that city, finds its closest parallels with the extensive obol coinage of Akanthos: (as SNG ANS 27-29, etc.). Starting price: 150 CHF |  |
Match 4:
| Nomos AG > Auction 33 | Auction date: 9 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 1439 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot | |
| Lot description: The Jonathan H. Kagan Collection of Ancient Greek Coins ASIA MINOR. Uncertain mint. 5th century BC. Hemidrachm (Silver, 10.5 mm, 2.12 g). Hippocamp with curved wing swimming left. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Klein -. Papillon 4, 2020, 187 (same dies). Cf. Pecunem 25, 2014, 70. Rosen -. SNG Kayhan -. SNG Keckman -. Very rare, well-struck and intriguing. Somewhat porous, otherwise, about extremely fine. From the Collection of Jonathan H. Kagan, acquired from the Lennox Gallery in June 1995. Very rare issues of hemidrachms and obols with this hippocamp obverse type have been variously attributed to both western Asia Minor and the Thraco-Macedonian region. Starting price: 750 CHF |  |
Match 5:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Auction 15 | Auction date: 1 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 130 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot | |
| Lot description: CYPRUS. Kition (?). Circa mid to late 5th century BC. Stater (Silver, 22 mm, 10.32 g, 12 h). Male figure seated to left on throne, holding scepter surmounted by a bird in his right hand and placing his left on seat; behind, female figure standing left. Rev. Herakles advancing to right, wearing lion's skin on his head, its back blowing behind him in the wind, wielding club with his right hand above his head to strike a lion seated to left before him, which he grabs by the mane with his left hand; in field to right, uncertain Cypriot letter (?). Baldwin's 34 (2003), 488 corr. (same dies, but female figure on the obverse not noted due to poor condition). Leu Web Auction 28 (2023), 1607 (same dies). Traité II, 1, 1021 and pl. CXXIII, 4 corr. (same dies, but female figure on the obverse not noted due to poor condition). Zapiti & Michaelidou -. Of the highest rarity, the fourth known example. A beautiful coin with highly interesting iconography. Struck from somewhat worn dies, otherwise, very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Unfortunately, this highly interesting coin does not carry any legible legend, but there are stylistic links to Kition, where Herakles was prominently featured on the early coinage. The obverse, on the other hand, is likely derived from renderings of Baaltars from nearby Cilicia, an observation that is further confirmed by Traité pl. CXXIII, 3, a closely related Cypriote stater showing Herakles also wielding a club above his head on the reverse but shooting a bow. The obverse of this piece copies the well-known youthful horse-rider from Kelenderis, emphasizing the influence of Cilician coinage on the early output from Cyprus. Babelon did not notice the female figure standing to left behind the seated figure on the obverse on our type due to the poor condition of his example. Unfortunately, the details are not clear enough to identify her. However, it is worth noting that similar figures (Nike and cupids) appear in the same position on 4th century Cilician staters, particularly in Nagidos, once again underlining the close connection between the island and the nearby mainland. Estimate: 2500 CHF |  |
