| Schulman b.v. > Auction 378 | Auction date: 28 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 4 Price realized: 2,100 EUR (Approx. 2,272 USD) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancient - GREEK COINS AR Tetradrachm Ca. 356-335 BC, LYKKEIOS 356–335 BC, KINGDOM OF PAEONIA Laureate head of Zeus right. Rev. Herakles strangling the Nemean lion, bow and quiver behind him ΛYKK–EIOY.Paeonian Hoard 63 (same obverse die); SNG ANS 1019.12.93 g. Sharp details with high relief Extremely fine Estimate: 800 EUR |  |
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| Schulman b.v. > Auction 378 | Auction date: 28 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 38 Price realized: 170 EUR (Approx. 184 USD) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancient - GREEK COINS AR Tetradrachm Ca. 318–315 BC, PHILIP III 323–317 BC, MACEDONIAN KINGDOM Arados. In the name and types of Philip III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding eagle and scepter; monogram in left field and under throne, ΦΙΛΛΙΠΟY to right, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ below.Price P147; Müller P108.This type is now often attributed to Babylon.17.18 g. Dark toning, high relief Very fine Estimate: 150 EUR |  |
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| Schulman b.v. > Auction 378 | Auction date: 28 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 40 Price realized: 340 EUR (Approx. 368 USD) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancient - GREEK COINS AR Tetradrachm Ca. 125–70 BC, MITHRADATES VI EUPATOR 120–63 BC, PONTIC KINGDOM Odessos. Posthumous in the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding eagle and scepter; ΘΕ left field, monogram OΔH under throne, ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to left, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right.Price 1182; Müller –.16.25 g. Attractive grey and golden toning Almost extremely fine Estimate: 300 EUR |  |
Match 3:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXX | Auction date: 21 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 69 Price realized: 20,000 GBP (Approx. 25,336 USD / 23,327 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Sicily, Syracuse AV 100 Litrai - Double Dekadrachm. Dionysios I, circa 405-400 BC. Unsigned dies in the style of Kimon. Head of Arethusa to left, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace, hair in sphendone ornamented with two stars; ΣYPAKO[ΣIΩN] before, A behind / Herakles kneeling to right, strangling the Nemean Lion. Bérend 30; Gulbenkian 324 (same dies); Rizzo pl. L, 12 (same rev. die); SNG ANS 332-333 (same dies); Pozzi 606 (A rather than AK behind); Jameson 1917 var. (A behind); HGC 2, 1275 var. (same). 5.78g, 15mm, 3h. Good Extremely Fine; small edge mark, otherwise a spectacular example with a crisp portrait in high relief. Extremely Rare; a very rare denomination in itself, and furthermore a variety unpublished in a number of the major collections. Ex Jean Vinchon Numismatique, June 2022 Auction, 29 June 2022, lot 24 (hammer: EUR 50,000). This particular issue dates to circa 405 BC, following the election of Dionysios as supreme military commander of Syracuse in recognition of his achievements in the war against Carthage and his subsequent seizure of total power. Syracuse had only recently repelled an Athenian invasion of Sicily that resulted in the complete destruction of Athens' expeditionary force and ultimately contributed significantly to Athens' defeat at the hands of Sparta in the Peloponnesian War. Then under Dionysios in 405 BC, despite the ruin of great cities such as Akragas and Gela, Syracuse overcame a Carthaginian invasion that might have resulted in a comprehensive conquest of the island. Such glory was short-lived, however, as the rule of Dionysios' son and successor was to bring civil strife that would weaken the power of Syracuse. Never again would the city issue coinage on such a grand scale, and this coin represents part of the last great flourishing of classical numismatic art at Syracuse before two centuries of steady decline and eventual conquest at the hands of the Romans. The wonderful Syracusan 100 litrai or double dekadrachms are considered amongst some of the finest gold coinage of the Greek world, and are associated with the magnificent dekadrachms of Euainetos, whose signature also appears on the earlier dies of the gold denomination issue. The serenely graceful head of the sea-nymph Arethusa, rendered in very similar style to the great die-engraver Euainetos, is presented in delightful contrast to the dynamic rendering of the first labour of Hercules, the slaying of the Nemean lion, on the reverse. The die-engraver's masterful composition within the bounds of a circular constraint produces a scene of great power and climax, both Herakles' and the lion's backs arched as the hero bends to tighten his grip around the lion's neck and it strains desperately against him to escape. As a great Doric hero and ancestor of the Doric city of Syracuse, Herakles' defeat of the lion, the symbol of Africa, has powerful connotations for Syracuse's own conflict with the African city of Carthage. Estimate: 30000 GBP |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 74 Price realized: 100,000 USD (Approx. 91,590 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AV 100 Litrai – Double Dekadrachm (14.5mm, 5.77 g, 6h). Obverse die signed by Euainetos. Struck circa 400-370 BC. Head of Arethousa left, hair in sakkos adorned with stars, wearing triple-pendant earring and pearl necklace; [Σ]YPAKOΣION to left, EYAI to right / Herakles kneeling right, strangling the Nemean Lion; rocks below. Bérend Group II, 8.2 (D5/R5 – this coin); HGC 2, 1275; SNG ANS 322–3 (same rev. die); Gulbenkian 322 (same dies); Kraay & Hirmer 128 = Rizzo pl. LIV, 12 = De Ciccio 20 (same dies); de Luynes 1236 (same rev. die). Trace deposits. Choice EF. Full signature visible. From the Hydrologist Collection. Ex Johns Hopkins University Collection [inv. 44.5.143] (Part II, Bank Leu & Numismatic Fine Arts, 16 October 1984), lot 526 (pedigree to Bement is erroneous); John Work Garrett Collection [inv. G 104]; Naville X (15 June 1925), lot 290; Naville IV (17 June 1922), lot 351; 1914 Mammanelli Hoard (IGCH 2122). The remarkable gold issues of Dionysios I, some of them signed by the same elite die engravers who were producing the immense silver dekadrachms, are considered among the most artistic gold pieces ever struck. The distinctive and expressive style of Euainetos is quite evident in his depiction of the nymph Arethousa, her hair enclosed in a sakkos ornamented with stars. The reverse depiction of Herakles wrestling the Nemean Lion is a marvel of compact tension and latent energy. Since Syracuse was engaged in a similar struggle with Carthage for control of Sicily, the imagery presents Dionysios as the new Syracusan Herakles saving Greek cities from the Carthaginian lion. Estimate: 20000 USD |  |
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| Spink > Auction 24121 | Auction date: 9 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 122 Price realized: 520 GBP (Approx. 658 USD / 606 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: a Selection of Hellenistic Tetradrachms (4): i) Kingdom of Paeonia, Audoleon (315-285 BC), AR Tetradrachm, in the name and types of Alexander III, 'the Great', of Macedon, head of young Herakles right, clad in lion skin, rev. ALEXANDROY, Zeus Aetophoros enthroned left, holding vertical sceptre, L above torch to left field, 17.15g (Price 643b), softened but toned, fine; ii) Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos II Gonatas (277-239 BC), AR Tetradrachm, head of Pan left, within Macedonian shield, club behind, rev. BASILEOS ANTIGONOY, Athena Alkidemos left, with spear and shield, Macedonian helmet to lower left, 16.95g (Hoover 1042), considerable environmental wear to reverse, cleaned elsewhere, good to fine; iii) Ptolemaic Kingdon of Egypt, Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos (Auletes) (80-58 BC), dated RY 20 = 62/1 BC, diademed head right, rev. eagle standing left upon thunderbolt, LK-PA across fields, 14.18g (Svoronos 1867), softened to edges, some deposits; iv) Kingdom of Pergamum, Eumenes I (263-241 BC), laureate head of Philetairos right, rev. PHILETAIROY, Athena enthroned left crowning the royal name with a wreath held in her right hand, resting her left arm on shield, ivy leaf in the outer left field, A in the innter left field, bow in the right field, 16.86g (SNG France 1610), considerable wear and porosity to reverse, good to fine; (4). Sold as seen, no returns.. Estimate: £300 - £400 |  |
