| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 299 Price realized: 6,000 USD (Approx. 5,495 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: DYNASTS of LYCIA. Perikles. Circa 380-360 BC. AR Stater (25mm, 9.77 g, 12h). Struck circa 380-375 BC. Head of Perikles facing slightly left, wearing laurel wreath, drapery around neck / Warrior, nude but for crested Corinthian helmet, in fighting attitude right, holding sword aloft in right hand, shield on left arm; triskeles to lower right, PERI-KLE (in Lycian) around; all within shallow incuse square. Mildenberg, Mithrapata 25 (dies 15/20); Podalia 419–25 (A2/P6); Müseler VII 36 (same obv. die); Falghera –; SNG Copenhagen Supp. 478 (same obv. die); SNG von Aulock 4253 (same obv. die). Toned, typical die wear on obverse. Good VF. Well centered. Ex Dr. G. W. Collection (Gorny & Mosch 269, 9 March 2020), lot 476 (hammer €4600); Classical Numismatic Group 54 (14 June 2000), lot 740. The portraits on coins in the later Lycian series are among the finest of the Classical period. Among the earliest to attempt depictions of their rulers on coinage, the Lycians' first portraits in the later 5th century BC were innovative, but static, idealized forms lacking individual characterization. Over the next half-century, however, the style progressed significantly toward realism, culminating in the issues of the dynasts Mithrapata and Perikles in the early-mid 4th century BC. The coins of Mithrapata came first, depicting on their reverse the profile portrait of a man with distinctive elderly features. Through the relative chronology established in L. Mildenberg's die study, one can even see the portrait become more aged as time progressed, reflecting the realism that had been captured in these issues. The coins of Perikles, Mithrapata's successor, continue this trend, but also have two innovations that set them at the pinnacle of classical portraiture. First, the portrait is moved to the obverse of the coin, emphasizing the importance of the individual. Second, and most prominently, the portrait is not in the traditional profile, but in a dramatic facing state. Obviously influenced by Kimon's facing Arethusa-head coinage at Syracuse, these depict Perikles looking out from the surface of the coin with a serene countenance and his hair flowing around him as if blown by the wind. This depiction captures the essence of the earlier idealized portraits, conveying to the viewer a sense that Perikles was more than a mere man, but retaining the realism in its individualized features. Interestingly, both Mithrapata and Perikles are depicted without any sort of satrapal headgear, which was always included in earlier Lycian portraits, perhaps indicating that they had declared their independence from the Persian king. Unfortunately, these astonishing developments in portraiture came to an abrupt end in Lycia when Maussollos of Caria invaded the region circa 360 BC. Estimate: 3000 USD |  |
Match 1:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 297 Price realized: 3,000 USD (Approx. 2,748 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: DYNASTS of LYCIA. Kheriga. Circa 440-410 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 7.93 g, 9h). Telmessos mint. Head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet / Herakles, nude but for lion skin draped over his head and arm, advancing left, holding bow in extended left hand and club over shoulder in his right; KhERIGA (in Lycian) to right; all in dotted circle within incuse circle. Unpublished. Toned, deposits, struck with worn dies. VF. Apparently unique in the name of Kheriga. This Athena / Herakles type is known in this exact form on staters in the name of Erbbina (cf. Mørkholm & Zahle II 72 and Falghera 185), but is otherwise unknown in the name of Kheriga. Estimate: 1500 USD |  |
Match 2:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 289 Price realized: 4,000 USD (Approx. 3,664 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SATRAPS of CARIA. Pixodaros. Circa 341/0-336/5 BC. AR Didrachm (19.5mm, 7.02 g, 11h). Halikarnassos mint. Head of Apollo facing slightly right, wearing laurel wreath, drapery at neck / Zeus Labraundos standing right, wearing chiton and himation at his waist and wrapped around his left arm, holding labrys and inverted spear; ΠIΞOΔAPOY to right. Konuk, Identities 30; Babelon, Perses 414–21; HN Online 241; SNG Keckman 280; SNG von Aulock 2375–6; Pixodarus Hoard 12 (A1/P2). Light iridescent tone over lustrous surfaces, small flan flaw in field on reverse. EF. Struck from fresh dies, with exceptional detail showing all the veins each of the laurel leaves. From the Gil Steinberg Collection, purchased from Numismatic Fine Arts, 13 December 1980 (their stock ticket included). Estimate: 1500 USD |  |
Match 3:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 291 Price realized: 700 USD (Approx. 641 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SATRAPS of CARIA. Pixodaros. Circa 341/0-336/5 BC. AR Didrachm (20.5mm, 6.92 g, 12h). Halikarnassos mint. Head of Apollo facing slightly right, wearing laurel wreath, drapery at neck / Zeus Labraundos standing right, wearing chiton and himation at his waist and wrapped around his left arm, holding labrys and inverted spear; ΠIΞOΔAPOY to right. Konuk, Identities 30; Babelon, Perses 414–21; HN Online 241; SNG Keckman 280; SNG von Aulock 2375–6. Minor die wear on obverse. Good VF. Well centered on a broad flan. Estimate: 1000 USD |  |
Match 4:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 292 Price realized: 600 USD (Approx. 550 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SATRAPS of CARIA. Pixodaros. Circa 341/0-336/5 BC. AR Didrachm (19.5mm, 6.98 g, 1h). Halikarnassos mint. Head of Apollo facing slightly right, wearing laurel wreath, drapery at neck / Zeus Labraundos standing right, wearing chiton and himation at his waist and wrapped around his left arm, holding labrys and inverted spear; ΠIΞOΔAPOY to right. Konuk, Identities 30; Babelon, Perses 414–21; HN Online 241; SNG Keckman 280; SNG von Aulock 2375–6. A few tiny flan flaws, die break and a little die rust on obverse. Good VF. Well centered. Estimate: 1000 USD |  |
Match 5:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126 | Auction date: 28 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 169 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: LOKRIS, Lokri Opuntii. Circa 370-360 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 12.24 g, 12h). 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 2, 9a (O1/R3) = BCD Lokris 13 (this coin); HGC 4, 989. Attractive iridescent tone over, underlying luster, some light scratches and scuffs on obverse. Good VF. Rare. From the Wild Rose Collection, purchased from Numismatica Ars Classica, January 2019. Ex BCD Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 55, 8 October 2010), lot 13 (hammer CHF 10,000). Estimate: 5000 USD |  |
