Heritage World Coin Auctions - Showcase Auction 61365, Lot 22028
Ancients
THRACE. Odessus. ca. 280-200 BC. AR tetradrachm (29mm, 16.31 gm, 11h). NGC Choice VF 4/5 - 3/5, edge marks. Posthumous issue in the name and types of Alexander III the Great of Macedon. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, feet on ground line, eagle in outstretched right hand, grounded scepter in left; ΔO monogram in left field, KA monogram below throne. Price 1148.
Ex Heri... | 10 Mar 2024 | 240 USD | |
Heritage World Coin Auctions - Showcase Auction 61365, Lot 22029
Ancients
THRACE. Odessus. Ca. 125-70 BC. AR tetradrachm (29mm, 12h). NGC Choice VF, scratch. Late posthumous issue in the name and types of Alexander III the Great. Head of Mithradates VI Eupator as Heracles right, wearing lion-skin headdress, paws tied before neck / BAΣIΛEΩΣ /AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, feet on ground line, eagle in out right hand, scepter in left; EΣ in center field, HΔΘ below throne. Price 1204.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/... | 10 Mar 2024 | 180 USD | |
Marti Hervera and Soler & Llach - Auction 1132, Lot 109
ROMAN COINS: ROMAN EMPIRE
Roman Coins
Pentassarion. 238-244 d.C. GORDIANO III y TRANQUILINA. ODESSUS. MOESIA INFERIOR. Anv.: Bustos de Gordiano III y Tranquilina frente a frente. Rev.: Atenea de pie a izquierda sosteniendo buho y lanza. 12,76 grs. AE. Pátina verde. Varbanov-4559. EBC.
Starting price: 100 EUR... | 25 Oct 2023 | 120 EUR | |
Leu Numismatik AG - Web Auction 28, Lot 2172
MOESIA INFERIOR. Odessus. Hadrian, 117-138. Assarion (Bronze, 22 mm, 4.20 g, 12 h). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ Laureate head of Hadrian to right, with slight drapery on his left shoulder. Rev. ΟΔΗϹϹЄΙΤΩΝ Youthful horseman in military attire riding to right, brandishing spear with his right hand. AMNG I 2238. RPC III online 769.6 (this coin). Very rare. Somewhat rough and with light scratches and minor deposits, otherwise, very fine.
From the collection of Eric ten Brink, Leu Web Auction 26, ... | 9 Dec 2023 | 80 CHF | |
Naville Numismatics Ltd. - Auction 85, Lot 63
Thrace, Odessus Tetradrachm in name and types of Alexander III circa 120-90, AR 30.00 mm., 16.29 g.
Head of Heracles r., wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. Zeus Aëtophoros seated l., holding sceptre, ΔH in inner l. field, monogram below throne. SNG Stancomb 267. Price 1179.
Old cabinet tone and About Extremely fine
From the collection of a Mentor.
Starting price: 150 GBP... | 19 Nov 2023 | 280 GBP | |
Numisfitz GmbH - Auction 3, Lot 426
MOESIA INFERIOR. Odessus. Elagabalus (218-222). AE.
Obv: AVT K M AVP ANTΩNEINOC.
Laureate head right.
Rev: OΔHCCEITΩN.
Serapis standing left, holding cornucopia and sacrificing with patera over lighted altar to left.
RPC VI online 1720; AMNG 2294.
Condition: Very fine.
Weight: 9,86 g.
Diameter: 25 mm.
Starting price: 25 EUR... | 3 Dec 2023 | 30 EUR | |
VIA GmbH - E-Auction 14, Lot 264
MOESIA INFERIOR Odessus Gordianus III. (238-244 n. Chr.) Bronze Av.: AUT K M ANT GORDIANOS AUG SE / TRANKUL/LEIN, drapierte, gepanzerte und belorbeerte Büsten des Gordianus und der Tranquillina einander gegenüber. Rv.: ODIS-S-EITON, Tyche steht mit Ruder und Füllhorn nach links, im linken Feld E. Varbanov: 4608 AMNG I: 2402 13.53 g. Gutes sehr schön
Starting price: 40 EUR... | 18 Dec 2023 | Unsold | |
Áureo & Calicó - Auction 423, Lot 1041
Macedonian Empire. Alexander III, the Great (336-323 BC). Odessus. Tetradrachm. (S. 6713 var) (MJP. 1205). Nice. 16,43 g. EBC/EBC+.
Estimate: 350 EUR... | 13 Dec 2023 | 250 EUR | |
Roma Numismatics Ltd - E-Sale 117, Lot 710
Gordian III, with Tranquillina, Æ 27mm of Odessus, Moesia Inferior. AD 238-244. ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ ϹЄ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ, confronted busts of Gordian III, laureated, draped and cuirassed to right, and Tranquillina, diademed and draped to left / ΟΔΗϹϹΕΙΤΩΝ, Nemesis standing to left, holding cubit rule and cornucopiae; E in left field, wheel at feet. RPC VII.2 1597; Varbanov 3490. 13.02g, 27mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired from Bermondsey Coins Ltd;
Previously acquired from Berlin Muenzauktion.
E... | 22 Feb 2024 | 60 GBP | |
Auction World Co., Ltd. - Auction 35, Lot 2028
THRACE,Odessus トラキア,オデッソス / AR Tetradrachm 125~70BC / ヘラクレス右向き頭像/ゼウス座像 アレクサンドロス3世タイプ / NGC-VF"die shift" やや二重打ち -VF
Starting price: 20000 JPY... | 27 Jan 2024 | 22,000 JPY | |
Bruun Rasmussen - Online Auction 2409, Lot 5038
Ancient coins
Roman Empire
Roman Empire, Gordian III, 238-244, Moesia, Odessus, Pentassarion, 12.48, RPC VII.2, 1505, Gordian III and Tranquillina, Thrakien, Anchialus, Pentassarion, 13.34 g, RPC VII.2, 1505. (2)
Starting price: 360 DKK... | 3 Mar 2024 | 360 DKK | |
Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH - E-Auction 43, Lot 202
MOESIA INFERIOR. Odessus. Gordianus III. (238-244).
Lokalbronze (13,85 g), 238-244 n. Chr. Büste des Gordianus III. mit Lorbeerkranz, Drapierung und Kürass sowie Büste des Serapis mit Kalathos und Drapierung, im r. Feld Cornucopiae / Athena mit Phiale und Lanze, zu Füßen Schild. RPC VII.2 1508. Leichter Doppelschlag im Rv.
s.sch.+
(D).
Starting price: 50 EUR... | 3 Apr 2024 | 50 EUR | |
Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH - E-Auction 43, Lot 203
MOESIA INFERIOR. Odessus. Gordianus III. (238-244).
Lokalbronze (14,06 g). Büste des Gordianus III. mit Lorbeerkranz, Drapierung und Kürass sowie Büste der Tranquillina mit Diadem und Drapierung vis-à-vis / Tetrastyle Tempelfront, darin Statue des Großen Gottes von Odessos mit Patera und Cornucopiae vor Altar. Varbanov I 4603. Doppelschlag.
s.sch.
(D).
Starting price: 30 EUR... | 3 Apr 2024 | 30 EUR | |
Aurea Numismatika - E-Auction 49, Lot 289
Traianus, 98 - 117
Moesia Inferior, Odessus, AE 25, Rv: Sedící Apollo zleva drží vavřínový věnec a lyru, Varb.4275
2-2-
Starting price: 400 CZK... | 3 Mar 2024 | 600 CZK | |
Aurea Numismatika - E-Auction 49, Lot 464
Gordianus III., 238 - 244
Antoninian, Antiochia, 242 - 244, Rv: VICTORIA AVG, kráčející Victoria doleva nese věnec a palmu, RIC.217, dále Dupondius, Thrakia, Odessus, AE 27, Perinthus, AE 18_4 ks
Starting price: 500 CZK... | 3 Mar 2024 | 650 CZK | |
Naville Numismatics Ltd. - Auction 88, Lot 160
Thrace, Odessus Gordian III, 238-244 Bronze circa 238-244, Æ 26.10 mm., 11.04 g.
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. Great God standing facing, head l., sacrificing out of patera over lighted altar l., and holding cornucopiae. AMNG 2318. Varbanov 4446.
Nice dark green patina, Very Fine.
Starting price: 30 GBP... | 7 Apr 2024 | 30 GBP | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Electronic Auction 561, Lot 409
THRACE, Hadrianopolis. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Tetrassarion (29mm, 12.60 g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Herakles standing left, grappling with the Lernaean Hydra, which he is about to strike with his club. Jurukova, Hadrianopolis – (V155 [Caracalla]/R414 [Geta]); Varbanov –. Green patina, pitting, scratches and scrape on reverse. Near VF. Very rare.
Ex Roma E-Sale 80 (4 February 2021), lot 792.
Herakles, made temporarily insane by the goddess Hera, m... | 1 May 2024 | Upcoming
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Classical Numismatic Group - Electronic Auction 552, Lot 184
MOESIA INFERIOR, Callatis. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Pentassarion (28mm, 13.04 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Herakles advancing right, carrying the Erymanthian boar over his shoulders; E (mark of value) in right field. RPC VI Online 1741; AMNG I 331; Varbanov 343; Voegtli type 3b. Green patina, slight roughness, minor cleaning marks. Near VF. Very rare.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 54 (14 June 2000), lot 1076 (hammer $1205).
Hercules, made te... | 13 Dec 2023 | 1,700 USD | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Electronic Auction 552, Lot 372
EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (35.5mm, 25.10 g, 11h). Labors of Herakles series. Dated RY 10 (AD 146/7). Laureate head right / Herakles and the Nemean Lion – Herakles standing right, holding the Nemean Lion by its neck and jaws with both hands and raising it up into the air, off of the ground; to left, club; [L] ∆Є KATOV (date) around. Köln 1535; Dattari (Savio) 2593; K&G 35.351; RPC IV.4 993.19 (this coin); Emmett 1555.10; Carlson, "Rarities 4–The Labors of Hercules ... | 13 Dec 2023 | 650 USD | |
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Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII, Lot 870
Maximianus. First reign, AD 286-305. AV Aureus (18mm, 5.52 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 293-294. MAXIMI ANVS P F AVG, laureate head right / HERCVLI D EBELLAT, Hercules, nude, standing left, battling the Lernaean Hydra, holding club overhead in right hand and grasping one of the heads of the Hydra with left; the Hydra coiled around Hercules' right leg to left. RIC VI –; Depeyrot 6/13; Calicó –; Biaggi –. Lightly toned and lustrous, a few faint marks, trace deposits. Near EF. Extremely rar... | 9 Jan 2024 | 11,000 USD | |
Dmitry Markov Coins & Medals | M&M Numismatics Ltd - Auction 60, Lot 101
Crete, Phaistos. Silver Stater (10.61 g), ca. 300-270 BC
Herakles standing left, lion's skin draped over arm, striking at Hydra with club; between feet, crab. Reverse: ΦAIΣTΩN, bull standing right. Svoronos 59; Le Rider pl. XXIII, 22. NGC grade Ch VF; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 2/5. Edge chips (photo certificate). Despite the fact that the Cretan city of Phaistos was far removed from Lerna in the Peloponnesos, the obverse of this coin depicts Herakles engaged in the second of his twelve Labors - ... | 9 Jan 2024 | 5,000 USD | |
Roma Numismatics Ltd - Auction XXX, Lot 501
Maximian AV Aureus. Cyzicus, AD 286-287. IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVTI HERCVLIS, Hercules standing facing, head to right, leaning on club set on rock, lion-skin draped over club; SC* in exergue. RIC VI 605 var. (mintmark); C. -; Depeyrot 6/4 (this coin); Calico 4758a corr. (bust type, same dies). 5.30g, 21mm, 12h.
Good Extremely Fine; a powerful rendering of Hercules. Extremely Rare; the only example on CoinArchives with this mintmark.
This ... | 21 Mar 2024 | 12,000 GBP | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Electronic Auction 550, Lot 376
CILICIA, Tarsus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (33mm, 14.84 g, 12h). Laureate head left / Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra – Hercules standing left, lion skin draped over his left arm and holding bow with his left hand, holding club overhead with his right hand and preparing to strike the Lernaean Hydra before him. SNG BN –; Voegtli Type 2, pl. 2, q = SNG Levante 1051 (same dies); Ziegler, Münzen Kilikiens 694 (same dies). Earthen green patina, light roughness. Fine. Rare.
From the Dr. Michael Sla... | 15 Nov 2023 | 250 USD | |
Leu Numismatik AG - Web Auction 28, Lot 3046
Q. Pomponius Musa, 56 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 4.06 g, 8 h), Rome. Q•POMPON[I] MVSA Head of Apollo to right, wearing taenia. Rev. HERCVLES / MVSARVM Hercules Musagetes standing right, wearing lion's skin and playing lyre. Babelon (Pomponia) 8 var. (club at Hercules' feet). Crawford 410/1 var. (club at Hercules' feet). RBW -. Sydenham 810 var. (club at Hercules' feet). Apparently unpublished without the club in the right field before the feet of Hercules. An attractive coin of fine style. S... | 9 Dec 2023 | 950 CHF | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII, Lot 119
THRACE, Abdera. Circa 395-360 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 12.96 g, 6h). Philados, magistrate. Griffin seated left; cicada to left, ABΔH to right / Herakles seated half-left, his head turned to half-right, on lion skin draped over rock, his right hand holding club set vertically on his knee, his left arm resting on his left thigh; EΠI ΦIΛA-ΔO(Σ retrograde) at sides; all within shallow incuse square. May, Abdera 396 (A277/P322); AMNG II 105.4 = Ars Classica XIII, lot 620 (same dies); SNG Lockett 1132 =... | 9 Jan 2024 | 140,000 USD | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII, Lot 457
THRACE, Anchialus. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (37mm, 35.55 g, 6h). Labor of Herakles type. AYT K M ANT AYΓ ΓOPΔIANOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield decorated with eagle / OYΛΠIANΩN AΓXIAΛEΩN, Herakles and the Cerynean Hind – Herakles standing left, lion's skin draped over his shoulders, grasping the antlers of the Cerynean Hind with both hands and leaning on its back with his right knee; below, club. Tachev, Anchialos 14 (O4/R7) = RPC VII.2.6 (this coin); ... | 9 Jan 2024 | 1,900 USD | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII, Lot 541
EGYPT, Alexandria. Commodus. AD 177-192. BI Tetradrachm (23.7mm, 13.07 g, 12h). Dated RY 33 of Marcus Aurelius (AD 192). Λ AIΛ AVP KOM ЄVCЄ CЄ ЄVTV, laureate head right / [Ρ]ωΜΑΙωΝ ΗΡ Α ΚΛЄΑ, Commodus, as Herakles, seated left on rocks, holding Nike in his extended right hand and club and lion's skin with his left hand and draped over his arm; [L ΛΓ (date) in exergue]. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) –; K&G 41.144; RPC IV.4 Online 3572.2 (this coin); Emmett 2532.33 (R5). Toned, high silver content. Go... | 9 Jan 2024 | 1,100 USD | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII, Lot 542
EGYPT, Alexandria. Commodus. AD 177-192. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 12.29 g, 12h). Dated RY 33 of Marcus Aurelius (AD 192). Λ AIΛ AVP KOM ЄVCЄ CЄ Є[VTV], laureate head right / ΡωΜΑΙƱΝ Η Ρ ΑΚΛЄΑ, Commodus, as Herakles, standing facing, head left, holding the Golden Apples of the Hesperides and leaning on club, lion's skin draped over his right arm; behind him, Nike standing left, crowning him with her right hand, holding palm frond with her left; L ΛΓ (date) in exergue. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) pl. 3... | 9 Jan 2024 | 950 USD | |
Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG - Online Auction 187 | Silver, Lot 55
Ionia. Erythrai circa 400-300 BC. ΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΣ (Kybernis), magistrate
Bronze Æ
11 mm, 1,58 g
Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / EPY ΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΣ, club left above bow in bowcase right.
Very Fine
SNG Copenhagen 612.
Herakles, a prominent figure in Greek mythology, embodies the epitome of strength, courage, and heroic exploits. Born of a union between Zeus and the mortal Alcmena, his divine lineage grants him unparalleled might, but it also becomes a source of strife due to the vengeful He... | 10 Dec 2023 | Unsold | |
Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG - Online Auction 188 | Black, Lot 10
Kings of Macedon. Sardeis. Alexander III "the Great" 336-323 BC.
Tetradrachm AR
26 mm, 17,17 g
Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / AΛEΞANΔPO[Y], Zeus seated left on throne, holding sceptre and eagle; to left, star; below throne, monogram.
good very fine, scuff on reverse
Price 2667.
The mythological tale of Herakles and the Nemean Lion is one of the most renowned episodes in ancient Greek mythology. The Nemean Lion, a ferocious beast with an impervious hide, terrorized... | 17 Dec 2023 | 300 EUR | |
Numismatica Ars Classica - Auction 144 with CNG & NGSA, Lot 1106
The Geoffrey Cope Collection of Ancient Greek and Roman Bronzes. The Roman Empire. Commodus augustus, 177 – 192.
Description
Sestertius, Roma 192, Æ 31 mm, 26.38 g. L AEL AVREL CO-MM AVG P FEL Laureate head r. Rev. HERCVLI ROMANO AVG / S – C Naked Hercules with features of Commodus standing l., placing r. hand on trophy and holding club and lion's skin in l. hand.
Reference
C 203
BMC 715
RIC 640
M.-M. Bendenoun, Coins of the Ancient World, A Portrait of the JDL Collection, Tradart, ... | 8 May 2024 | Upcoming
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Classical Numismatic Group - Electronic Auction 561, Lot 456
CILICIA, Tarsus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (32mm, 15.12 g, 12h). Laureate head left; below, star / Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra – Hercules standing left, lion skin draped over his left arm and holding bow with his left hand, holding club overhead with his right hand and preparing to strike the Lernaean Hydra before him. SNG BN –; Voegtli Type 2, pl. 2, q = SNG Levante 1051 (same dies); Ziegler, Münzen Kilikiens 694 (same dies). Brown surfaces, light porosity. Near Fine.
Ex Savoca 90th Blue... | 1 May 2024 | Upcoming
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Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG - Online Auction 188 | Black, Lot 9
Kings of Macedon. Kolophon. Alexander III "the Great" 336-323 BC.
Drachm AR
17 mm, 4,29 g
Head of young Herakles facing right, wearing a lion's skin / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus enthroned left, holding an eagle and a sceptre, a corn-grain below throne, a spear-head on right.
good very fine
Price 1751; Müller 314.
Herakles, renowned in Roman mythology as Hercules, stands as an iconic figure embodying unparalleled strength, valor, and resourcefulness in ancient Greek lore. Born to Alcmena and Zeus i... | 17 Dec 2023 | 242 EUR | |
Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG - Online Auction 198 | Silver, Lot 72
Lesbos. Mytilene circa 377-326 BC.
Sixth Stater or Hekte EL
11 mm, 2,53 g
Laureate head of Zeus right; to right, serpent coiled right / Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.
Good Very Fine
Bodenstedt 103; HGC 6, 1029.
From a southern German private collection; Ex Leu Auction 5, Lot 129.
Herakles, renowned in Roman mythology as Hercules, stands as an iconic figure embodying unparalleled strength, valor, and resourcefulness in ancient Greek lore. Born to Alcmena and Zeus in Thebes,... | 25 Feb 2024 | 1,700 EUR | |
Roma Numismatics Ltd - E-Sale 118, Lot 1034
Septimius Severus Æ 30mm of Sebastopolis-Heracleopolis, Pontus. Dated CY 208 = AD 205/6. [AY KAI] Λ CЄ[ΠTI C]ЄOVHΡOC A, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ϹЄΒΑϹΤΟΠΟ ΗΡ(ligate)ΑΚΛЄΟΠΟ Π in four lines above Herakles, nude, reclining to left on lion skin, his legs crossed, right hand on his knee; in field to left, horizontal club; ЄΤ ΗϹ (date) below. M. Amandry-B. Rémy, Les monnaies de l'atelier de Sébastopolis du Pont, 18 (D5 R13); Burstein 524; Peus Nachfolger, 366, 524. 11.36g, 30m... | 8 Apr 2024 | Unsold | |
Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG - Online Auction 209 | Silver, Lot 49
Kings of Macedon. Uncertain mint in Asia Minor. Alexander III "the Great" 336-323 BC.
Bronze Æ
19 mm, 5,86 g
Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / BAΣIΛEΩΣ, Bow in bow-case and club; below, torch; c/m.
Very Fine
Price 2800.
Herakles, renowned in Roman mythology as Hercules, stands as an iconic figure embodying unparalleled strength, valor, and resourcefulness in ancient Greek lore. Born to Alcmena and Zeus in Thebes, his narrative pivots around the infamous Twelve Labors... | 28 Apr 2024 | Upcoming
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Classical Numismatic Group - Electronic Auction 561, Lot 658
Commodus. AD 177-192. AR Denarius (16mm, 2.80 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 192. Head right, wearing lion skin headdress / Club facing downward between bow and quiver. RIC III 253; MIR 18, 857-4/72; RSC 195. In NGC encapsulation 6291346-013, graded Ch VF, flan flaw.
From the William B. Porter Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 356 (29 July 2015), lot 513.
During the latter part of his reign, Commodus began associating himself with Hercules. While the Antonine empero... | 1 May 2024 | Upcoming
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Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII, Lot 540
EGYPT, Alexandria. Commodus. AD 177-192. BI Tetradrachm (23.5mm, 12.60 g, 1h). Dated RY 33 of Marcus Aurelius (AD 192). Λ AIΛ AVP KOM ЄVCЄ CЄ ЄVTV, laureate head right / [Ρ]ωΜΑΙωΝ Η Ρ Α ΚΛЄΑ, Commodus, as Herakles-Helios, radiate-headed and nude, standing right, head left, raising right hand, chlamys draped over left arm and holding Nike, left foot on prow; L ΛΓ (date) in left field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 3843; K&G 41.142; RPC IV.4 Online 15626; Emmett 2531.33 (R5). Lightly toned, minor poro... | 9 Jan 2024 | 650 USD | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Electronic Auction 555, Lot 452
EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (33mm, 26.48 g, 12h). Dated RY 10 (AD 146/7). Laureate head right / Herakles and the Mares of Diomedes – Herakles standing right, club in raised right hand about to strike Diomedes who he holds by the hair, collapsed on one knee; to either side, foreparts of horses reclining; L ΔЄKATOY (date) around. Köln 1541; Dattari (Savio) 2614 (same rev. die); K&G 35.347; RPC IV.4 987; Emmett 1553.10. Red-brown surfaces, minor deposits. Fine. Rare.
... | 7 Feb 2024 | 650 USD | |
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Leu Numismatik AG - Web Auction 29, Lot 890
CILICIA. Mallos. Circa 385-375 BC. Stater (Silver, 20 mm, 10.22 g, 3 h). Herakles kneeling to left, strangling the Nemean lion; below, club. Rev. MA[Λ] Laureate and bearded head (of Herakles?) to left. Casabonne type 10. SNG Paris -. SNG Levante 154 (same dies). Very rare. Porous, otherwise, very fine.
From an American collection, ex Naumann E-Auction 87, 1 March 2020, 208.
Herakles is not normally associated with Mallos on the city's coins. Usually one sees solar deities and swans, Aphrod... | 24 Feb 2024 | 850 CHF | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Electronic Auction 556, Lot 343
EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (33mm, 14.28 g, 12h). Dated RY 10 (AD 146/7). Laureate head right / Herakles and the Mares of Diomedes – Herakles standing right, club in raised right hand about to strike Diomedes who he holds by the hair, collapsed on one knee; to either side, foreparts of horses reclining; L ΔЄKATOY (date) around. Köln 1541; Dattari (Savio) 2614; K&G 35.347; RPC IV.4 987; Emmett 1553.10. Dark brown surfaces, roughness, porosity, edge splits. Fine. Rare... | 21 Feb 2024 | 375 USD | |
Roma Numismatics Ltd - Auction XXX, Lot 69
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,... | 21 Mar 2024 | 20,000 GBP | |
Bruun Rasmussen - Auction 920, Lot 229
Ancient coins
Roman Empire
Maximian Herculius, First reign, 286-305 AD, Aureus, Nicomedia, c. 294, MAXIMIANVS P F AVG / HERCVLI VICTORI SMN, Hercules standing left holding apples and lion skin, RIC 2, Calicó 4669, 5.40 g, very small scratches on reverse, but otherwise an outstanding specimen with full luster - extremely rare with Hercules standing left.
Unc-EF
Maximian recieved the title 'Herculius' from Diocletian. This extremely rare type with Hercules standing left was struck at the new eas... | 30 Apr 2024 | Upcoming
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Classical Numismatic Group - Electronic Auction 560, Lot 391
PONTUS, Heracleopolis (as Sebastopolis). Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ (27mm, 14.46 g, 12h). Dated CY 266 (AD 263/4). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Herakles and the Cerynean hind: Herakles standing left, lion's skin draped over his shoulders, grasping the antlers of the Cerynean Hind with both hands and leaning on its back with his right knee. Amandry & Rémy, Sebastopolis 71 (D19/R54); RG –; RPC X Online 63695; SNG BN 1919. Earthen brown patina, cleaning marks. VF. ... | 17 Apr 2024 | 800 USD | |
Davissons, Ltd. - Auction 43, Lot 33
BRUTTIUM. Kroton. Circa 400-325 B.C. AR nomos. 7.67 gm. 21 mm. Head of Hera Lakinia facing slightly right, wearing necklace and stephane decorated with central palmette flanked by two griffins / Young Herakles (Herakles Epitrapezios, or 'Herakles at the table'), nude, reclining left on lion skin draped over rock, holding cup; quiver, bow, and club above, ME to left, bucranium below; KPOT-[ON-I-A]-T-A-Σ. HN Italy 2163. SNG Lloyd 615 (same dies). Gulbenkian 130 (same dies). Near Extremely Fine... | 20 Mar 2024 | 3,000 USD | |
Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG - Auction 397, Lot 2890
MÜNZEN DER RÖMISCHEN KAISERZEIT. Maximianus I., 285-305.
AV-Aureus, 293/294, Treveri; 5,11 g. Drapierte Büste r. mit Lorbeerkranz//Hercules sitzt v. v., Kopf r., l. Keule, r. Köcher und Bogen. Calicó 4682 (dies Exemplar); RIC -.
RR Vorzüglich
Exemplar der Auktion Vinchon, Paris 5. Mai 2019, Nr. 287 und der Auktion Vinchon, Paris 24. Mai 2023, Nr. 239.
Der Revers zeigt durch die Darstellung des Hercules die Zugehörigkeit des Maximianus I. zur göttlichen Familie der Herculii. Diocletia... | 14 Nov 2023 | 13,000 EUR | |
Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG - Auction 396, Lot 1006
SICILIA.
Æ, late 1st c. BC, KEPHALOIDION, C. Caninius ..., 22 mm, 7.24 g. [C] CANINIVS [...], bare head of Caninius r., rectangle illegible countermark (Howgego -)//[KЄ-ΦΑ], Hercules standing l., holding club and lion skin. Hoover 648 (this coin); RPC 635.2 (this coin).
RR Very fine
Ex Hess 249, Luzern 1979, lot 74 (with old label); ex Collection Patrick Villemur, CNG Mail Bid Sale 78, Lancaster 2008, lot 1159.
Situated below and on a 270 m high limestone cliff, the ancient Cephaloidi... | 13 Nov 2023 | 1,600 EUR | |
Leu Numismatik AG - Web Auction 28, Lot 1607
CYPRUS. Kition (?). Circa mid to late 5th century BC. Stater (Silver, 21 mm, 10.58 g, 3 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... | 9 Dec 2023 | 19,000 CHF | |
Nomos AG - obolos 30, Lot 319
ARKADIA. Stymphalos. Circa 370-350 BC. Obol (Silver, 11 mm, 0.69 g, 12 h). Head of youthful Herakles to left, wearing lion's skin headdress. Rev. ΣTYMΦA Head and neck of crested water-bird to right. BCD Peloponnesos 1694. BMC 4-5. Porous, otherwise, very fine.
The types of this fine coin directly refers to the Sixth Labor of Herakles. The obverse depicts the hero and demigod himself, wearing the pelt of the Nemean lion on his head. The reverse shows the fearsome head of a Stymphalos marsh-b... | 17 Dec 2023 | 800 CHF | |
Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG - eLive Auction 80, Lot 1195
ROMAN COINS
MÜNZEN DER RÖMISCHEN KAISERZEIT
Lucius Verus, 161-169. Æs, Korinth (Corinthia); 13,3 g. Drapierte Büste r. mit Lorbeerkranz//Herakles steht r. und stützt sich mit der Linken auf die mit dem Löwenfell bedeckte, auf einen Felsen gestellte Keule. RPC online 7909 (temporary number); Slg. BCD -. Von allergrößter Seltenheit. Wohl das zweite bekannte Exemplar und das einzige Stück in Privatbesitz. Schön
Der RPC online führt als einziges ihm bekanntes Exemplar jenes in Copenhagen an (SNG ... | 5 Dec 2023 | 75 EUR | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Electronic Auction 552, Lot 202
BITHYNIA, Heraclaea Pontica. temp. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (36.5mm, 24.20 g, 1h). TON KIⳞTAN, bearded bust of Herakles right, lion's skin tied around neck / [HPAKΛ]EΩTA[N ΠONTΩ], Herakles advancing right, head left, holding club and lion's skin, commanding Cerberus on leash to left; to right; statue of Pomona(?) standing left, holding apple and grain ears; to left, tree. Unpublished but cf. RPC 2092 for same reverse type (probably the same reverse die) but different Herakles on the obverse.... | 13 Dec 2023 | 80 USD | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII, Lot 11
LUCANIA, Herakleia. Circa 390-340 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.73 g, 1h). Head of Athena right, wearing triple-pendant earring, pearl necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla hurling a stone; Δ/Κ/Φ to right / Herakles standing facing, upper torso turned right, wrestling with the Nemean Lion; club and ΚΑΛ to left, |-HPA[KΛHIΩN] to right; between Herakles' legs, owl standing right, head facing. Work 39 (same dies); Van Keuren 50; HN Italy 1377; SNG ANS 63 = Sartiges 28 (same obv. die); ... | 9 Jan 2024 | 16,000 USD | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII, Lot 74
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 & Hirme... | 9 Jan 2024 | 100,000 USD | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII, Lot 468
LYDIA, Germe. Septimius Severus, with Caracalla. AD 193-211. Æ Medallion (45mm, 48.30 g, 6h). Glykon II, strategos. Struck AD 202-205. AV KAI Λ CЄΠTI CЄYHPOC Π KAI AY K M AY ANTΩNЄINOC ЄY, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus right, seen from behind vis-à-vis laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla left, seen from behind / ЄΠI CTPA ΓΛYKΩNOC B ΓЄPMHNΩN, at center; Hercules seated left on rock draped with lion's skin, right hand resting on club, holding cantharus in ... | 9 Jan 2024 | 5,500 USD | |
Roma Numismatics Ltd - E-Sale 116, Lot 813
Commodus AR Denarius. Rome, AD 191-192. L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL, bust to right, wearing lion skin headdress / HERCVL ROMAN AVGV, written in three lines across club within wreath. RIC III 251; BMCRE 339. RSC 190. 2.84g, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Commodus is often credited by ancient sources with the near destruction of the Roman Empire, through a combination of disinterest in governance and an all-consuming belief that he was of god-like status. With his accession, says the contemporary his... | 18 Jan 2024 | 80 GBP | |
Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. - Buy or Bid Sale 226, Lot 558
Claudius I As, Hercules Head Countermark. 40-as; Claudius I As, Hercules Head Countermark; 41-54 AD, Rome, 42-54 AD, As, 8.66g. RIC-113. Obv: Head of Claudius bare l., legend ends with P P, Libertas Augusta S C reverse type, Rome-mint style; below Claudius' neck bearded head of Hercules in round countermark. Apparently a rare countermark, known to Howgego-13 = AMNG III-236 only on an AE 30 of the Macedonian Koinon in the Milan collection. The Martini Pangerl Collection-99 contains a sestertius... | 13 Feb 2024 | Unsold | |
Roma Numismatics Ltd - E-Sale 117, Lot 907
Commodus AR Denarius. Rome, AD 191-192. L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL, bust to right in lion's skin headdress / HERCVL ROMAN AVGV, written in three lines across club within wreath. RIC III 251; BMCRE 339. RSC 190. 3.30g, 17mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 1010.
Commodus is often credited by ancient sources with the near destruction of the Roman Empire, through a combination of disinterest in governance and an all-consuming belief that he was of go... | 22 Feb 2024 | 95 GBP | |
Leu Numismatik AG - Web Auction 29, Lot 1529
SYRTICA. Leptis Magna. Pseudo-autonomous issue. As (Bronze, 25 mm, 11.32 g, 1 h), struck under Tiberius, 14-37. LPQY (in Neo-Punic) Head of Dionysos to right. Rev. Bull's hide with transverse club. MAA 19. RPC I 851. SNG Copenhagen 5. Rare and in exceptional condition for the issue. Slightly smoothed and with minor areas of weakness, otherwise, very fine.
From the collection of a Cosmopolitan, acquired before 2005.
While this interesting issue praises both Dionysos and Herakles, the patron... | 24 Feb 2024 | 480 CHF | |
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 | |
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Heritage World Coin Auctions - CSNS Signature Sale 3115, Lot 31091
Ancients
Septimius Severus (AD 193-211). AV aureus (20mm, 7.26 gm, 11h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5. Rome, AD 194. L•SEPT•SEV•PE-RT•AVG IMP III, laureate head of Septimius Severus right / DIS•AVSPI-CIB•T-R-P II, Hercules standing facing (on left), head left, nude, right hand resting on grounded club, lion skin draped over left arm, and Bacchus standing facing (on right), head left, nude, grounded thyrsus in left hand, oenochoe in right hand over panther crouched left in center; COS II P P in exer... | 8 May 2024 | Upcoming
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Heritage World Coin Auctions - CSNS Signature Sale 3115, Lot 32301
Ancients
Gordian III (AD 238-244). AV aureus (19mm, 4.61 gm, 12h). NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5. Rome, AD 240-243. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gordian III right, seen from behind / VIRTVTI AVGVSTI, Hercules, nude, standing facing, head right, resting right hand on hip, left hand placed on club set on rock; lion skin draped on left arm. RIC IV.III 108. Calicó 3242. Well-struck and perfectly centered on a glistening honey flan.
Ex Heritage Auctions, Auction 3094 (20... | 8 May 2024 | Upcoming
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Numismatica Ars Classica - Auction 146, Lot 2389
Maximianus Herculius, 286 – 310.
Aureus 294, AV 18 mm, 5.99 g. MAXIMIA – NVS P F AVG Laureate head r. Rev. HERCVL – I DEBELLAT Hercules standing l., fighting Hydra with club in r. hand; in exergue, PROM. C 255. RIC –. Depeyrot 9/5. Calicó 4660 (this coin illustrated).
Very rare and in exceptional condition for this interesting and
fascinating issue. Virtually as struck and almost Fdc
Ex Triton II, 1998, 1040; Triton V, 2002, 2149 and Gemini XIII, 2017, 224 sales. From the Jürgen K.... | 8 May 2024 | Upcoming
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Classical Numismatic Group - Electronic Auction 561, Lot 439
LYDIA, Sardis. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (24.5mm, 7.86 g, 6h). Radiate head right / Herakles advancing right, leading the Cretan Bull by the horns and holding club. Hochard 2020 (D230/R516) = Kurth 528 = BMC 164. Dark brown patina with earthen deposits, cleaning scratches. Fine. Very rare, the third known example.
From the Hesiod Collection. Ex N&N Online Auction 7 (14 August 2022), lot 204.
This reverse type has two variations, both extremely rare. One naming the archon Antonius Rufus (Kurt... | 1 May 2024 | Upcoming
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Leu Numismatik AG - Auction 15, Lot 130
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 han... | 1 Jun 2024 | Upcoming
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Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG - Auction 397, Lot 2116
SICILIA. SYRAKUS.
AV-100 Litren, 405/400 v. Chr.; 5,79 g. Arethusakopf l., Haare in Sphendone, davor und dahinter Kugel//Herakles r. erwürgt den nemeischen Löwen. Bérend 14.
RR Geprägt mit leicht verbrauchtem Aversstempel, winz. Kratzer, sonst vorzüglich
Exemplar der Auktion Hirsch XV, München 1957, Nr. 813; der Sammlung Griechischer Münzen, Auktion Hirsch Nachf. 196, Nr. 16 und der Auktion Hirsch Nachf. 198, München 1998, Nr. 84.
Der Typ schließt sich der von Kimon geschaffenen Dars... | 14 Nov 2023 | 20,000 EUR | |
Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG - Auction 397, Lot 2759
MÜNZEN DER RÖMISCHEN KAISERZEIT. Septimius Severus, 193-211.
AV-Aureus, 204, Rom; 7,28 g. Kopf r. mit Lorbeerkranz//Liber Pater steht r. mit Kantharos und Thyrsos, davor steht Hercules l. mit Keule und Löwenfell; im Feld l. Panther. BMC 314; Calicó 2444; Coh. 108; RIC 257.
RR Vorzüglich
Exemplar der Sammlung Maître Robert Schuman (1953-2022).
Exemplar der Auktion Auctiones AG 17, Basel 1988, Nr. 654.
Bei dem Götterpaar Liber Pater und Hercules handelt es sich hier um romanisierte ... | 14 Nov 2023 | 24,000 EUR | |
Roma Numismatics Ltd - E-Sale 114, Lot 99
Sicily, Panormos Æ 20mm. After 241 BC. Youthful head of Herakles to left within wreath / Bearded head of Herakles to right, club over shoulder. CNS 187. 4.21g, 20mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare; seemingly no other examples on CoinArchives.
Ex Anders Collection, collector's tickets included.
Estimate: 50 GBP... | 23 Nov 2023 | 30 GBP | |
Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH - Auction 117, Lot 275
CALABRIA. Tarentum.
Stater (8,62 g), Periode VII, ca. 276-272 v. Chr. Av.: Kopf des Herakles mit Löwenhaube n.l. Rv.: TAPANTINΩN, Jüngling (Taras?) mit Dreizack in Biga n.r., darüber NI, zwischen den Beinen Monogramm (AP). Fischer-Bossert - , Vlasto - , HN Italy - . Kleine Druckstellen. Das erste bekannte Exemplar - Unicum. Attraktives, gut zentriertes Exemplar von feinem Stil.
Gold RRR s.sch.-vzgl./s.sch.
Dieses Exemplar war bisher unbekannt und stellt somit einen neuen Münztyp unter ... | 8 Dec 2023 | 16,000 EUR | |
Leu Numismatik AG - Web Auction 28, Lot 19
KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great', 336-323 BC. Drachm (Silver, 17 mm, 4.32 g, 12 h), Miletos, struck under Philoxenos, circa 325-323. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. AΛEΞANΔPOY Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; to left, thunderbolt; below throne, monogram of ΔΗ. Price 2088. Well centered, and with the head of Herakles sharply struck in high relief. The reverse som... | 9 Dec 2023 | 200 CHF | |
Leu Numismatik AG - Web Auction 28, Lot 836
KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great', 336-323 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25 mm, 17.28 g, 3 h), Pella, struck under Antipater, Polyperchon, or Kassander, circa 325-315. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. AΛEΞANΔPOY Zeus Aëtophoros seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; to left, kerykeion. Price 247. Tiny mark on Herakles' cheek, otherwise, very fine.
Ex Leu Web Auction 26, 8-13 J... | 9 Dec 2023 | 260 CHF | |
Leu Numismatik AG - Web Auction 28, Lot 843
KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great', 336-323 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27 mm, 17.05 g, 2 h), Pella (?), struck under Antigonos II Gonatas, circa 285-275. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. AΛEΞANΔPOY Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; below throne, torch. Price 564. A boldly struck, beautifully toned and well centered piece with a powerful rendering of Herakles. Slight... | 9 Dec 2023 | 2,600 CHF | |
Leu Numismatik AG - Web Auction 28, Lot 943
KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great', 336-323 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27 mm, 17.05 g, 11 h), Tyre, struck under Menes, RY 25 of 'Ozmilk, King of Tyre = 325/4. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. AΛEΞANΔPOY Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; in left field, Phoenician 'K above II III = (date). Price 3262 ('Ake'). Well centered and with a bold eastern head of Herakles. Ligh... | 9 Dec 2023 | 750 CHF | |
Leu Numismatik AG - Web Auction 28, Lot 970
KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great', 336-323 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27 mm, 17.10 g, 6 h), Babylon I, struck under Seleukos I as satrap, circa 311-305. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. ΒAΣIΛEΩΣ - AΛEΞANΔPOY Zeus Aëtophoros seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; to left, monogram within wreath; below throne, MI. Price 3747. SC 82.5b. A beautiful coin with a bold head of Herakl... | 9 Dec 2023 | 1,200 CHF | |
Leu Numismatik AG - Web Auction 28, Lot 1625
SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator (?), 312-281 BC. Obol (Silver, 8 mm, 0.40 g, 1 h), perhaps Seleukeia on the Tigris I, circa 296/5 or later. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. ΣΑ Nike advancing right, holding wreath in her right hand. SC Ad76 var. (A to right). Apparently unpublished. Somewhat porous and with minor deposits, otherwise, very fine.
From a European collection, formed before 2005.
This coin appears to be a new variety of the rare issue tent... | 9 Dec 2023 | 50 CHF | |
Leu Numismatik AG - Web Auction 28, Lot 1663
SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator, 312-281 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 26 mm, 17.11 g, 7 h), Seleukeia on the Tigris, circa 300-296/5. Seleukeia on the Tigris, circa 300-296/5. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ΣEΛEYKOY Zeus Aëtophoros seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; to left, NO. HGC 12i. SC 117.6a. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ΣEΛEYKOY Zeus Aëtophoros seated left on low th... | 9 Dec 2023 | 750 CHF | |
Leu Numismatik AG - Web Auction 28, Lot 1665
SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator, 312-281 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27 mm, 16.93 g, 8 h), Seleukeia on the Tigris, circa 300-296/5. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩ[Σ] - ΣEΛEYKOY Zeus Aëtophoros seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; to left, NO. HGC 12i. SC 117.6a. A wonderful piece with a fine head of Herakles of superb style. Very light porosity on the reverse, ot... | 9 Dec 2023 | 1,400 CHF | |
Leu Numismatik AG - Web Auction 28, Lot 2273
LYDIA. Sardis. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Hemiassarion (Bronze, 21 mm, 4.73 g, 6 h), time of Trajan or Hadrian, circa 98-138. Head of Herakles to left. Rev. CAPΔΙΑNΩN Omphale advancing right, wearing Herakles' lion skin and holding his club over her left shoulder. BMC 79-80. GRPC Lydia 302. RPC IV.2 online 2411. SNG München 495-6. Minor adjustment marks, otherwise, very fine.
From a European collection, formed before 2005.
Starting price: 25 CHF... | 9 Dec 2023 | 30 CHF | |
Leu Numismatik AG - Web Auction 28, Lot 2416
Uncertain mint in the East, 1st century BC. Bronze (Bronze, 23 mm, 10.86 g, 1 h), RY 1. Bust of Hercules to left, draped with lion's skin (?) and holding club over his left shoulder. Rev. L A / PΩMHΣ Prow to right. Naumann E-Auction 45 (2016), 587 corr. (same dies, but legend misread). RPC -. Of the highest rarity, apparently the second known example, and of great historical interest. Somewhat rough, otherwise, fine.
From a European collection, formed before 2005.
This highly interesting t... | 9 Dec 2023 | 220 CHF | |
Leu Numismatik AG - Web Auction 28, Lot 2469
ASIA MINOR. Uncertain. 2nd-3rd centuries. Tessera (Lead, 12 mm, 0.81 g, 12 h), anonymous. Bust of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin. Rev. Herakles standing left, wresling the Nemean lion. Unpublished in the standard references. A well-designed small eastern tessera of fine style. Very fine.
From a European collection, formed before 2005.
Starting price: 25 CHF... | 9 Dec 2023 | 220 CHF | |
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Leu Numismatik AG - Web Auction 28, Lot 2676
PHOENICIA. Tyre. Caracalla, 198-217. Tetradrachm (Billon, 26 mm, 13.70 g, 6 h), 215-217. AYT KAI ANTWNINOC CЄ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right. Rev. •ΔHMAPX ЄΞ YΠAT •Δ• Laureate bust of Melkart-Herakles to right, wearing lion skin draped around neck. Bellinger -, cf. Pl. XXI, 12 (same obverse die) and 14 (same reverse die). Prieur 1542 (2 examples). Extremely rare, apparently the third known example. Somewhat rough, otherwise, very fine.
Clearly this issue aligns Car... | 9 Dec 2023 | 700 CHF | |
Leu Numismatik AG - Web Auction 28, Lot 3047
Q. Pomponius Musa, 56 BC. Denarius (Silver, 11 mm, 3.44 g, 6 h), Rome. Laureate head of Apollo to right; to left, volumen. Rev. Q•POMPONI / MVSA Clio, the Muse of History, standing front, head to left, wearing long flowing tunic and peplum, reading from an open scroll held in both hands and resting her left elbow on draped column. Babelon (Pomponia) 11. Crawford 410/3. RBW 1485. Sydenham 813. Attractively toned. Lightly porous and the obverse struck somewhat off center, otherwise, very fine.
... | 9 Dec 2023 | 190 CHF | |
Leu Numismatik AG - Web Auction 28, Lot 3048
Q. Pomponius Musa, 56 BC. Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 4.00 g, 6 h), Rome. Laureate head of Apollo to right; behind, star. Rev. [Q•P]OMPONI / [M]VSA Urania, the Muse of Astronomy, standing front, head to left, pointing with a wand held in her right hand at a globe set on base. Babelon (Pomponia) 22. Crawford 410/8. RBW 1488. Sydenham 823. The reverse struck somewhat off center, otherwise, very fine.
Ex Leu Web Auction 18, 19-21 December 2021, 2494, from the Red Ox Collection, the collection of ... | 9 Dec 2023 | 120 CHF | |
Leu Numismatik AG - Web Auction 28, Lot 3049
Q. Pomponius Musa, 56 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 4.15 g, 5 h), Rome. Laureate head of Apollo to right; behind, calceus (sandal). Rev. Q•POMPONI / MVSA Thalia, the Muse of Comedy, standing facing, head to left, holding comic mask in her right hand and leaning with her left elbow on column. Babelon (Pomponia) 21. Crawford 410/9a. RBW -. Sydenham 822. Lightly toned. Struck from worn dies and with some deposits, otherwise, very fine.
From an old Swiss collection, formed in the 19th century.
... | 9 Dec 2023 | 360 CHF | |
Nomos AG - obolos 30, Lot 17
LUCANIA. Herakleia. Circa 330/25-281 BC. Nomos (Silver, 20 mm, 7.70 g, 6 h), signed by the engraver Atha... Head of Athena to right, wearing a crested Corinthian helmet adorned, on the bowl, with Skylla hurling a stone to right, and a triple pendant earring; behind Athena's neck, Κ. Rev. ˫ΗΡΑΚΛΗΙΩΝ Youthful Herakles standing facing, nude but for a strap across his chest and with a lion's skin over his left arm, holding a bow and an arrow in his left hand and a club in his right; above club to ... | 17 Dec 2023 | 420 CHF | |
Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG - eLive Auction 80, Lot 1126
ROMAN COINS
MÜNZEN DER RÖMISCHEN REPUBLIK
AR-Denar, 47 v. Chr., Rom, C. Antius Restio; 3,97 g. Köpfe der Penaten nebeneinander r.//Hercules geht r. mit Keule und Trophäe. Bab. 2; BMC 4032; Crawf. 455/2 a; Syd. 971. R Herrliche Patina, Graffito auf dem Avers, sehr schön
Exemplar der westfälischen Privatsammlung „Mehrfachportraits auf Münzen und Medaillen".
Die Penaten auf dem Avers sind möglicherweise ein Hinweis auf eine Herkunft der Familie des Münzmeisters aus Lavinium. Der Revers zeigt den... | 5 Dec 2023 | 105 EUR | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII, Lot 7
CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 281-276 BC. AV Stater (18.5mm, 8.55 g, 12h). Youthful head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Taras(?), holding reins in right hand, trident in left, driving fast biga right; star above; below horses, KΛH above dolphin downward. Fischer-Bossert G20 (V17/R20); Vlasto, Or Type O 1 [a]; Vlasto 18 (same dies); HN Italy 955; Hirsch 85 (same dies); McClean 600 (same dies). Lustrous. Superb EF. Well centered and struck.
From the Columbus Collection. Ex Triton XXV (11 J... | 9 Jan 2024 | 75,000 USD | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII, Lot 41
SICILY, Kamarina. Circa 425-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.34 g, 1h). Athena, wearing crested Attic helmet and long chiton, holding kentron in right hand and reins in both, driving galloping quadriga right; above, Nike flying left, preparing to crown Athena with wreath held in both hands; retrograde [KAM]APINA[IΩN] on exergue line, two amphorai in exergue / Beardless head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress tied at neck; bow to right. Westermark & Jenkins 157.1 (O13/R21 – this coi... | 9 Jan 2024 | 7,500 USD | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII, Lot 297
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 ... | 9 Jan 2024 | 3,000 USD | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII, Lot 772
Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. Æ Medallion (425mm, 65.70 g, 12h). Rome mint. Stuck under Antoninus Pius, AD 154-155. AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII FIL, bareheaded and draped bust right / TR POT VIIII COS II, Salus, draped at waist, seated right, holding and feeding serpent draped over arms with extended right hand, to right, Hercules, nude but for cloak draped over shoulders, standing left, leaning on club set on ground to left held in right hand; at center, tree. Gnecchi – cf. RIC III p. 1... | 9 Jan 2024 | 6,500 USD | |
Numisfitz GmbH - Auction 3, Lot 198
AKARNANIA. Alyzeia. Obol or Diobol (circa 420-380 BC).
Obv: Bearded head of Herakles in lion skin headdress left.
Rev: ΔΙΟ (counterclockwise) around Kantharos.
BCD Akarnania 410 var. (Head of Herakles right, legend clockwise); HGC 4, 747 var. (same).
An unknown variety; no auction records.
Condition: Very fine.
Weight: 0,63 g.
Diameter: 9 mm.
Starting price: 25 EUR... | 3 Dec 2023 | 80 EUR | |
Numisfitz GmbH - Auction 3, Lot 853
GORDIAN III (238-244). Antoninianus. Rome.
Obv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG.
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: VIRTVTI AVGVSTI.
The Farnese Hercules: statue of Hercules right, with Apples of the Hesperides and lion skin, and leaning upon club.
RIC 95.
Condition: Extremely fine.
Weight: 4,36 g.
Diameter: 22 mm.
Starting price: 25 EUR... | 3 Dec 2023 | 30 EUR | |
Tauler & Fau - Auction 136, Lot 13
Arse-Saguntum. Drachm. 300-200 BC. Sagunto (Valencia). (Abh-2034). (Acip-1967). Anv.: Laureate head of Hercules right, club behind. Rev.: Bull charging right, star above, iberian legend ARSKITAR below. Ag. 2,38 g. Beautiful patina. Very rare. Almost XF/Choice VF. Est...1500,00.
Spanish Description: Arse-Saguntum. Dracma. 300-200 a.C. Sagunto (Valencia). (Abh-2034). (Acip-1967). Anv.: Cabeza de Hércules laureado a derecha, detrás clava. Rev.: Toro embistiendo a derecha, encima estrella, debaj... | 29 Nov 2023 | 700 EUR | |
Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) - January 2024 NYINC Auction, Lot 50013
MACEDON. Kingdom of Macedon. Time of Philip II to Alexander III, ca. 340/36-328 B.C. AV 1/4 Stater (2.14 gms), Pella Mint. NGC Ch VF, Strike: 5/5 Surface: 3/5.
cf. Le Rider-54-67; cf. SNG ANS-221-3. In the name and types of Philip II. Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin; Reverse: Bow and club; kantharos above, uncertain letter or symbol below. A charming type that presents the iconic head of Herakles so associated with the Alexander III-style tetradrachms, yet here is a fraction... | 12 Jan 2024 | 1,350 USD | |
Roma Numismatics Ltd - E-Sale 116, Lot 203
Ionia, Erythrai Æ 20mm. Circa 200-133 BC. Zopyros, son of Pythodoros, magistrate. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Bow in case and club; ZΩΠYPOΣ ΠYΘOΔΩPOY between in two lines, EPY below; to lower right, head of Herakles facing slightly to right, wearing lion skin headdress. HNO -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Kayhan -; BMC 176 = BM 1849,1107.28. 4.93g, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine; attractive brown patina. Very Rare.
Estimate: 150 GBP... | 18 Jan 2024 | 220 GBP | |
Roma Numismatics Ltd - E-Sale 116, Lot 204
Ionia, Erythrai Æ 22mm. Circa 200-133 BC. Herakleotes, son of Herakleotos, magistrate. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Bow in case and club; HΡAKΛEΩTHΣ HΡAKΛEΩTOY between in two lines, EPY to lower right; below, head of Herakles facing slightly to right, wearing lion skin headdress. HNO -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Kayhan -; BMC 178 = BM 1849,1107.29. 4.24g, 23mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine; attractive brown patina. Very Rare.
Estimate: 150 GBP... | 18 Jan 2024 | 90 GBP | |
Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger - Auction 386, Lot 1410
RÖMISCHE MÜNZEN, RÖMISCHES KAISERREICH
GORDIANUS III. 238-244, Denar. Belorbeerte, drapierte und gepanzerte Büste r. Rs: Hercules steht r., hält die Keule, die auf einem Felsen aufliegt. C. 403. R.I.C. 116. 3.24g, Schöne Tönung. R St
Ex GM 249, 2017, Los Nr. 873. Dargestellt ist wohl eine Statue des Typus, der in der modernen Kunstgeschichte als Hercules Farnese bezeichnet wird und der auf ein Meisterwerk des Bildhauers Lysippos aus dem 4. Jh. v. Chr. zurückgehen soll.
Estimate: 225 EUR... | 7 Feb 2024 | 200 EUR | |
Stephen Album Rare Coins - Auction 48, Lot 32
ROMAN EMPIRE: Commodus, 177-192 AD, AR denarius (2.80g), Rome, 191-192 AD, RIC-251, Cohen-190, head right, wearing lion skin headdress, L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL // HER-CVL / RO-MAN / AV-GV in three lines divided by club of Hercules, all within wreath, F-VF. This extraordinary type was adopted near the end of the ruinous reign of Commodus. Much to the chagrin of Roman society, the mad emperor had come to view himself as the living embodiment of Hercules, who was often depicted wearing the ski... | 18 Jan 2024 | 180 USD | |
Tauler & Fau - Auction 137, Lot 2052
Celtas del Danubio. Uncertain tribe. Tetradrachm. 2nd Century BC. Imitating Philip III of Macedon. (OTA-579). (KMW-1470/5). Anv.: Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev.: (¿BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΦIΛIΠΠΟΥ?) Celticized Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; to left, two monograms. Ag. 14,56 g. Almost F. Est...100,00.
Spanish Description: Celtas del Danubio. Tribu incierta. Tetradracma. Siglo II a.C. Imita... | 18 Dec 2023 | Unsold | |
Tauler & Fau - Auction 137, Lot 2082
Kingdom of Macedon. Lysimachos. Drachm. 305-297 a.C. Magnesia ad Maeandrum. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. (Price-1996). Anv.: Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev.: Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to right, monogram above N/E in left field, monogram below throne. Ag. 4,27 g. VF. Est...100,00.
Spanish Description: Reino de Macedonia. Lysimachos. Dracma. 305-297 a.C. Magnesia ad Maeandrum. En nombre y tipo de Alejandro III... | 18 Dec 2023 | 50 EUR | |
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Tauler & Fau - Auction 137, Lot 2125
Pamphylia. Perge. Tetradrachm. CY 24 = 198/7 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. (Price-2938). (DCA-314). Anv.: Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev.: Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, KΔ (date) in left field. Ag. 16,25 g. Countermark seleukid anchor within incuse rectangular. Slight deposits. Choice VF/VF. Est...230,00.
Spanish Description: Pamphylia. Perge. Tetradracma. CY 24 = 198/7 a.C. Acuñación en nombre y ti... | 18 Dec 2023 | 180 EUR | |
