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Heritage World Coin Auctions - Showcase Auction 61375, Lot 25095
Ancients
IONIA. Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Ca. mid-2nd century BC. AR tetradrachm (32mm, 16.82 gm, 12h). NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Euphemus, son of Pausanias, magistrate. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, wearing stephane, hair tied in knot at back of head, bow and quiver over left shoulder / ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ / EYΦHMOΣ / ΠΑΥΣΑΝΙΟΥ to left; Apollo standing left on meander pattern, nude, laurel branches in lowered right hand, leaning on tripod with left arm; all within laurel wreath. SNG... | 20 May 2024 | Upcoming
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Heritage World Coin Auctions - CSNS Signature Sale 3115, Lot 32124
Ancients
IONIA. Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Ca. mid-2nd century BC. AR tetradrachm (31mm, 17.06 gm, 11h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 4/5. Euphemos, son of Pausanias, magistrate. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, wearing stephane, hair tied in knot at back of head, bow and quiver over left shoulder / ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ / EPAΣIΠΠOΣ / APIΣTEΟΥ, Apollo, nude, standing left on meander pattern, laurel branches in right hand, leaning on tripod with left arm; all within laurel wreath. SNG von Aulock 2042. Lovely b... | 8 May 2024 | Upcoming
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Numismatica Ars Classica - Auction 146, Lot 2218
Magnesia ad Meandrum.
Tetradrachm, magistrate Euphemos, son of Pausanias circa 150-140, AR 31 mm, 16.87 g. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis r., bow and quiver over l. shoulder. Rev. MAΓNHTΩN – ΠAYΣANIAΣ / EYΦHMOΣ Apollo standing l. on a meander pattern, holding a branch and leaning against a tripod, all within wreath. N. Jones, The Autonomous Wreathed Tetradrachms of Magnesia on Maeander, ANSMN 24, 5a. SNG Berry 1069. de Luynes 1423.
A very rare early issue. Wonderful old cabinet ... | 8 May 2024 | Upcoming
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Classical Numismatic Group - Electronic Auction 561, Lot 416
CORINTHIA, Corinth. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ (23mm, 8.08 g, 3h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front, cuirass decorated with a gorgoneion / Melikertes riding dolphin right; behind, pine tree. BCD Korinth 858 (this coin); NCP –; BMC 649. Brown patina, roughness. Fine.
Ex Naville Numismatics 64 (21 March 2021), lot 180; BCD Collection (Numismatik Lanz 105, 26 November 2001), lot 858.
The Corinthians credited their king Sisyphos with founding of the Isthmian Games at... | 1 May 2024 | Upcoming
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Roma Numismatics Ltd - E-Sale 119, Lot 610
Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum AR Tetartemorion. Contemporary imitation(?). Themistokles, governor. Circa 465-459 BC. Helmeted head to right / ΘE monogram within round incuse square. For prototype cf. Nollé, Themistokles in Magnesia in SNR 75 (1996), 3b. 0.14g, 7mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Themistokles was one of the greatest statesmen and generals of the early Athenian democracy. It was his influence that led Athens to considerably increase its naval power, which would prove decisive in its conflicts ... | 24 Apr 2024 | Upcoming
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Roma Numismatics Ltd - E-Sale 118, Lot 508
Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum Æ 20mm. 2nd-1st centuries BC. Pausanias, son of Euphemos, magistrate. Draped bust of Artemis to right, wearing stephane and with bow and quiver over shoulder / MAΓNHTΩN ΠΑΥΣΑΝΙΑΣ [ΕΥΦΗΜΟΥ], warrior, holding couched lance, on horseback galloping to right. BMC 39. 5.50g, 20mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired from Numisfitz GmbH.
Estimate: 50 GBP... | 8 Apr 2024 | Unsold | |
Roma Numismatics Ltd - E-Sale 118, Lot 1039
Julia Domna (wife of S. Severus) Æ Assarion of Thuria, Messenia. AD 193-217. IOVΛI ΔOMNA CЄBA[CTH AV], draped bust to right / ΘOVPI[ATѠ]N, Tyche, turreted, standing facing, head to left, holding patera and cornucopiae; Λ-Α across fields. BCD Peloponnesos 830.4 var. (S. Severus); BCD Peloponnesos II -; BMC 7 var. (Caracalla); SNG Copenhagen -; Mionnet 66 var. (rudder instead of patera); NCP p. 66 (not for J. Domna). 4.80g, 21mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare; unpublished and possibly un... | 8 Apr 2024 | 190 GBP | |
Roma Numismatics Ltd - E-Sale 118, Lot 1049
Caracalla Æ Diassarion of Thuria, Messenia. AD 198-205. AV K M AV ANѠT[...](sic), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Θ[ΟΥΡΙΑΤѠΝ], Athena standing facing, head to left, holding spear and patera or Nike; Λ-Α across fields. Cf. BCD Peloponnesos 834.3 (patera) & 4 (Nike); cf. BMC 5-6 (patera); NPC p. 65 (patera). 6.02g, 20mm, 9h.
Good Fine.
The inscription Λ-A (ΛΑΚΕΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΩΝ) on reverse is an evidence that in the time of Severus and his family Thuria formed part of Laconia.
Acco... | 8 Apr 2024 | Unsold | |
Roma Numismatics Ltd - E-Sale 118, Lot 1050
Caracalla Æ Assarion of Thuria, Messenia. AD 198-205. [...]M AVPH ANTѠNIN[...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΘΟΥΡΙΑΤѠΝ, Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding patera and cornucopia; Λ-Α across fields. Cf. BCD Peloponnesos 834.6; BMC 7 var. (obv. legend); NPC p. 66. 3.72g, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Apparently unpublished obverse legend.
The inscription Λ-A (ΛΑΚΕΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΩΝ) on reverse is an evidence that in the time of Severus and his family Thuria formed part of Laconia.... | 8 Apr 2024 | Unsold | |
Roma Numismatics Ltd - Auction XXX, Lot 179
Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AV Stater. Byzantion, 305-281 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander to right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated to left, resting left arm on shield, transverse spear in background; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ crowned by Nike to left, monogram in left field, BY below throne, trident in exergue. Price -; Müller -, cf. 231 (tetradrachm with this monogram); Marinescu Issue 135, 453 (O174/R432); A. Zograph, The Tooapse Hoard, NC 1925, illustration on p.... | 21 Mar 2024 | 7,500 GBP | |
Roma Numismatics Ltd - Auction XXX, Lot 232
Islands off Troas, Tenedos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 160-70 BC. Janiform head of a laureate bearded male to left and female to right, wearing stephanos / Labrys; TENEΔIΩN above, handle flanked by monogram and grape bunch to left, small figure of Hermes with kerykeion to right; all within laurel wreath. Callataÿ, Tenedos -, cf. 49-55 (drachms) corr. (monogram); BMC -, cf. 33 (drachm); HGC 6, 390 var. (this control not listed). 16.13g, 31mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine; fine style, well centred with a beau... | 21 Mar 2024 | 15,000 GBP | |
Roma Numismatics Ltd - Auction XXX, Lot 350
Septimius Severus Æ 22mm of Gythium, Laconia. AD 193-211. ΛΟV CЄΠ CЄOVHPOC, laureate head to right / ΓVΘЄΑΤѠΝ, to left, Herakles standing to right, lion skin over left shoulder, club over right shoulder, holding apples(?); to right, Apollo, standing to right, head to left, holding bow. BCD Peloponnesos -; BCD Peloponnesos II -; BMC -; Dura -; cf. NCP p. 60 (interesting note on whether the statues of Apollo and Herakles belong to the same group). 5.88g, 22mm, 4h.
Very Fine. Apparently unique.
... | 21 Mar 2024 | 750 GBP | |
Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG - Auction 402, Lot 695
GRIECHISCHE MÜNZEN. IONIA. MAGNESIA.
AR-Tetradrachme, nach 190 v. Chr., Magistrat Euphemos, (Sohn des) Pausanias; 16,88 g. Artemisbüste r. mit Bogen und Köcher//In Kranz: Nackter Apollo steht l. auf Mäander an Dreifuß gelehnt, auf diesem Köcher. Jones 17.
Feine Tönung, knapp vorzüglich
Exemplar der Sammlung Kleinkunst, Auktion Leu Numismatik 6, Winterthur 2020, Nr. 193.
Möglicherweise waren die auf den magnesischen Münzen genannten Individuen keine Amtsträger, sondern reiche Männer, die e... | 14 Mar 2024 | 1,700 EUR | |
Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG - Online Auction 198 | Silver, Lot 13
Kings of Macedon. Pella. Philip II of Macedon 359-336 BC. Struck under Philip II or Alexander III, circa 340/36-328 BC
Stater AV
18 mm, 8,49 g
Laureate head of Apollo right / [Φ]IΛIΠΠOY, charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving galloping biga to right; trident below horses.
Very Fine
Le Rider -; HGC 3.1, 846.
Philip II of Macedon was a significant figure in ancient history, ruling Macedonia from 359 BC until his assassination in 336 BC. He belonged to the Argead dynasty and was the... | 25 Feb 2024 | 2,400 EUR | |
Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger - Auction 386, Lot 1129
GRIECHISCHE MÜNZEN, ASIEN, IONIEN, MAGNESIA.
Beamter Euphemos, Sohn des Pausanias.Au-Stater. 175-145 oder etwas später. Drapierte Artemisbüste mit Diadem r., Bogen und Köcher geschultert. Rs: MA_NHT EY_HMO_ _AY_ANIOY Nike in Biga r. A. Ellis-Evans, The wreathed teradrachms and gold staters of Magnesia on the Maeander, in: A. Meadows/U. Wartenberg (Hrsg.), Presbeus. Studies in Ancient Coinage presented to Richard Ashton, NY 2021, S. 239-334, Gruppe A. SNG COP. -. SNG v. Aulock -. SNG München -.... | 7 Feb 2024 | Unsold | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII, Lot 8
CALABRIA, Tarentum. temp. Pyrrhos of Epeiros. Circa 276-272 BC. AV Quarter Stater – Triobol (11mm, 2.15 g, 4h). Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath; NK monogram to left / Eagle standing right, wings spread, on thunderbolt; TAPAN[TINΩN] up left field; to right, [ΦI(?) above two stars] above two amphorai; NIKAP in exergue. Fischer-Bossert G58c (V49/R58 – this coin); Vlasto 57 (same dies); HN Italy 986; SNG Copenhagen 837 (same dies); Berlin 28 (same dies). Minor marks, double struck on r... | 9 Jan 2024 | 3,000 USD | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Electronic Auction 552, Lot 61
ATTICA, Athens. Circa 340-335 BC. Æ (16mm, 3.95 g, 8h). Eleusis mint. Triptolemos, holding grain ear, seated right in winged chariot being drawn by two serpents / Pig standing right on mystic staff; boukranion below. Kroll 38h–k; HGC 4, 1764. Brown surfaces. VF.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 222 (11 November 2009), lot 140.
The obverse is inspired by a statue of Triptolemos that was presumably still in its temple when Pausanias (I. 38, 6) visited Eleusis in about AD 160: ... | 13 Dec 2023 | 750 USD | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Electronic Auction 552, Lot 62
ATTICA, Athens. Circa 340-335 BC. Æ (16.5mm, 3.79 g, 2h). Eleusis mint. Triptolemos, holding grain ear, seated right in winged chariot being drawn by two serpents / Pig standing right on mystic staff; pellet(?)-within-wreath below. Kroll 38 var. (unlisted symbol in exergue); HGC 4, 1764. Brown surfaces, off center on obverse, scratches on reverse. Near VF.
The obverse is inspired by a statue of Triptolemos that was presumably still in its temple when Pausanias (I. 38, 6) visited Eleusis in a... | 13 Dec 2023 | 250 USD | |
Leu Numismatik AG - Web Auction 28, Lot 793
KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander I, 498-454 BC. Oktadrachm (Silver, 33 mm, 28.68 g, 10 h), circa 479-475. Horseman, wearing chlamys and petasos, holding two javelins and walking slowly to right behind bridled horse standing right; to upper left, crescent; on the flank of the horse, kerykeion brand. Rev. AΛE-ΝA-NΔ-PO around quadripartite square in relief; all within rectangular incuse. Asyut 152. Raymond group II, 54. SNG ANS 23. Very rare. An impressive piece of vigorous late Archaic style. Numerou... | 9 Dec 2023 | 6,500 CHF | |
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Leu Numismatik AG - Web Auction 28, Lot 2296
PHRYGIA. Aezanis. Claudius, 41-54. Assarion (Bronze, 19 mm, 5.35 g, 12 h), Pausanias Menandros, magistrate. ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙCΑΡ Laureate head of Claudius to right. Rev. ЄΠΙ - [Π]ΑΥCANIOY / [MЄ]NANΔP[OY] - AIZANIΤⲰΝ Zeus standing front, head to left, holding eagle in his right hand and scepter in his left. BMC 76. RPC I 3095. SNG Copenhagen 89. A beautifully preserved piece with a fine portrait. About extremely fine.
Ex Leu Web Auction 26, 8-13 July 2023, 2245 and previously from a European colle... | 9 Dec 2023 | 140 CHF | |
Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG - eLive Auction 80, Lot 1210
ROMAN COINS
MÜNZEN DER RÖMISCHEN KAISERZEIT
Antoninus III. Caracalla, 198-217 für Plautilla. Æs, 202/205, Hermione (Argolis); 4,47 g. Drapierte Büste r.//Jüngling geht r. mit Kuh am Strick und erhebt Linke zum Gruß. BMC 17; Slg. BCD 1308. R Schön-sehr schön
Alljährlich wurde in Hermione das Chthonia-Fest gefeiert. "Dem Festzug folgen Männer, die eine ausgewachsene Kuh aus der Herde führen, die gefesselt ist und vor Wildheit bockt. Am Tempel angekommen, lösen die einen die Fesseln der Kuh, so ... | 5 Dec 2023 | 50 EUR | |
Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG - Auction 397, Lot 2178
MACEDONIA. KÖNIGREICH.
Pausanias, 395-393 v. Chr.; AR-Didrachme; 10,15 g. Apollokopf r. mit Taenie//Pferd steht r. SNG ANS 85.
RR Vorderseite leicht dezentriert, sehr schön
Exemplar der Sammlung Prof. Dr. Hagen Tronnier, Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 94, Osnabrück 2004, Nr. 643 und der Auktion Giessener Münzhandlung 244, München 2017, Nr. 143.
Estimate: 1000 EUR... | 14 Nov 2023 | 1,100 EUR | |
Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG - Auction 397, Lot 2317
IONIA. MAGNESIA.
AR-Tetradrachme, nach 190 v. Chr., Magistrat Pausanias, (Sohn des) Pausanias; 16,58 g. Artemisbüste r. mit Diadem, über der Schulter Bogen und Köcher//In Kranz: Nackter Apollo steht l. auf Mäander an Dreifuß gelehnt, auf diesem Köcher. SNG v. Aulock 7922.
Leichte Prägeschwächen auf dem Revers, vorzüglich
Exemplar der Auktion Goldberg 55, Los Angeles 2009, Nr. 60 und der Auktion Oslo Myntgalleri 25, Oslo 2021, Nr. 1116.
Möglicherweise waren die auf den magnesischen Mü... | 14 Nov 2023 | 2,200 EUR | |
Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG - Auction 397, Lot 2318
IONIA. MAGNESIA.
AR-Tetradrachme, nach 190 v. Chr., Magistrat Pausanias, (Sohn des) Pausanias; 16,97 g. Artemisbüste r. mit Diadem, über der Schulter Bogen und Köcher//In Kranz: Nackter Apollo steht l. auf Mäander an Dreifuß gelehnt, auf diesem Köcher. SNG v. Aulock 7922.
Feine Tönung, vorzüglich
Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 97, Osnabrück 2013, Nr. 741 und der Sammlung Dieter Grunow, Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 236, Osnabrück 2013, Nr. 92.
Estimate: 600 EUR... | 14 Nov 2023 | 2,000 EUR | |
