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SINCONA AG - Auction 89, Lot 506
THE GARRULUS COLLECTION. SICILY. Leontinoi.
Tetradrachm 450/440 BC. (17.24 g, 7 h) Laureate head of Apollo to left. Rv. L-EO-NTIN-O-N Head of roaring lion to left; around, four barley grains. Rizzo Tf. 23,19 (same dies). SNG ANS 236 (same dies). Prägung auf breitem Schrötling / Struck on broad flan. Vorzüglich / Extremely fine.
(~€ 2'605/USD 2'840)
Halfway between Katane and Syracuse, on a hill south of Symaithos, Naxos founded Leontinoi around 729 BC, after the Sikelian residents had bee... | 13 May 2024 | Upcoming
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SINCONA AG - Auction 89, Lot 508
THE GARRULUS COLLECTION. SICILY. Syracuse.
Tetradrachm c. 485-480 BC. (17.33 g, 8 h) Slow quadriga left, the driver, wearing sleeveless, long chiton, holding the reins with both his hands; above, Nike flying left to crown horses. Rv. SVR-AK-OSI-ON Head of Arethusa right, wearing a necklace, the long hair tied up in the neck into a pearl band; around, four dolphins, all within incuse round. Boehringer cf. 126, 73 (R 48, same die) and 128, 80 (V 37, same die). Feiner Stil und aussergewöhnlic... | 13 May 2024 | Upcoming
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Numismatica Ars Classica - Auction 146, Lot 2073
Catana.
Drachm signed by Euainetos circa 405, AR 18 mm, 4.10 g. KATANAIΩ[N] Fast quadriga driven r. by charioteer, holding kentron and reins; above, Nike flying l. to crown him. Rev. Diademed head l. of river-god Amenanos; at either side, two fish and below chin, crayfish. Above, AMENANOΣ and beneath neck truncation, EYAI. Rizzo pl. 14, 7 (these dies). SNG Lloyd 907 (these dies). AMB 335. Kraay-Hirmer 38. SNG ANS 1263.
Very rare and in exceptional condition for the issue, undoubtedl... | 8 May 2024 | Upcoming
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Numismatica Ars Classica - Auction 146, Lot 2083
Naxos.
Chalcidian drachm circa 500, AR 22 mm, 5.47 g. Ivy-wreathed head of Dionysus l., with pointed beard and hair in form of dots, falling in waves over neck. Rev. NAXION retrograde Bunch of grapes hanging from stalk between two leaves. Rizzo p. 152, 35 (this coin). Schefold 429 (this coin). Cahn, Naxos 4 var. Kunstwerke der Antike F17 (this coin). AMB 382.
Very rare and in exceptional condition for the issue, undoubtedly one of the finest early
drachms of Naxos in existence. A po... | 8 May 2024 | Upcoming
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Numismatica Ars Classica - Auction 146, Lot 2084
Naxos.
Drachm circa 461-430, AR 18 mm, 4.26 g. Bearded and ivy-wreathed head of Dionysus r. Rev. N – A – XI – ON Naked, bearded Silenus, with pointed ears, ruffled hair and long tail, facing squatting, the r. leg folded to the side and l. raised. He turns l. towards cantharus in his raised r. hand, while the l. rests on his l. knee, the tail showing behind his l. leg. SNG ANS 518-519 (these dies). Jameson 676 (these dies). SNG Copenhagen 486 (these dies). Cahn, Naxos 56.12 (this coin... | 8 May 2024 | Upcoming
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Numismatica Ars Classica - Auction 146, Lot 2085
Naxos.
Tetradrachm, circa 415, AR 25 mm, 16.49 g. Bearded head of Dionysus r., hair bound with stephane adorned with ivy-wreath. Rev. NAΞION Bearded, naked Silenus, with pointed ears, ruffled hair and long tail, squatting on rock, facing; r. leg raised and l. folded to the side. He turns l. towards cantharus in his r. hand, while holding thyrsos in his l. In l. field, ivy plant creeps upwards, behind which his long tail is visible. Rizzo pl. XXXVIII, 19 (these dies). SNG Copenhagen 493... | 8 May 2024 | Upcoming
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Numismatica Ars Classica - Auction 146, Lot 2086
Naxos.
Didrachm circa 415-403, AR 21 mm, 7.41 g. NA[ΞIΩN] Laureate head of Apollo r.; behind, laurel leaf with berry. Rev. Naked Silenus squatting, holding cantharus in uplifted r. hand and thyrsus in l.; in l. field, tendril and ivy-leaves; to r., herm. Jameson 681 (these dies). SNG Lockett 844 (these dies). SNG ANS 526 (these dies). Campana CNAI, 20. Cahn, Naxos 110.8 (this coin and this reverse die illustrated).
Very rare and in exceptional condition for the issue, possibly the fi... | 8 May 2024 | Upcoming
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Numismatica Ars Classica - Auction 146, Lot 2141
Mende.
Tetradrachm circa 460-425, AR 26 mm, 17.23 g. Elderly Dionysus, wearing ivy wreath and himation, reclining on mule's back l., holding cantharus with r. hand and resting l. on the animal's side. Rev. ΜΕΝ – ΔΑ – ΙΟ – Ν around linear square containing vine with four bunches of grapes; all within incuse square. AMNG pl. I, 16 (this coin). MGK 455 (this coin). SNG ANS 347. Gulbenkian 412. Noe, Mende 81 (this coin).
Rare. A lovely specimen of this desirable issue of excellent style ... | 8 May 2024 | Upcoming
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Roma Numismatics Ltd - E-Sale 119, Lot 435
Cyclades, Naxos (?) Æ 12mm. Circa 4th century BC. Bearded head of Pan to right / Amphora; N above. Nicolet-Pierre, Naxos II pl. IV, 6 (Naxos); SNG von Aulock 5761 (Nagidos); cf. SNG Levante Supp. 9 (Nagidos); Heritage 60, 2733 (Nagidos); Nomos, Obolos 16, 277 = CNG MBS 60, 601 = CNG 35, 241 (Naxos). 1.27g, 12mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
This issue has been attributed to Nagidos in Cilicia (SNG von Aulock) and to Naxos, the largest of the Cyclades island group (Nicolet-Pierre).
Estimate: 50 GBP... | 24 Apr 2024 | Upcoming
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Roma Numismatics Ltd - E-Sale 118, Lot 152
Sicily, Naxos AR Drachm. Circa 550-530 BC. Archaic head of bearded Dionysos to left, wearing ivy wreath / Bunch of grapes; NAXION(retrograde) across lower field. Cf. Cahn 1-11 (unlisted dies); BMC 3. 5.43g, 23mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine; significant flatness to reverse and traces of overstriking(?); minor flan crack at 12h. Very Rare.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 67, 6 February 2020, lot 95 (hammer: GBP 700).
Estimate: 500 GBP... | 8 Apr 2024 | 420 GBP | |
Roma Numismatics Ltd - E-Sale 118, Lot 325
Cyclades, Naxos AR Stater Fragment. Circa 520-490 BC. Kantharos with ivy leaf above and [bunch of grapes hanging from each handle] / Quadripartite incuse square. BMC Crete pg. 110, 1-3; SNG Copenhagen 702; Dewing 1955; Kraay & Hirmer 523; Cf. Sheedy 27-54; Cf. Kunstfreund 18; Cf. Nicolet-Pierre 38. 4.59g, 21mm.
Condition as seen. Very Rare.
Estimate: 100 GBP... | 8 Apr 2024 | 260 GBP | |
Roma Numismatics Ltd - E-Sale 118, Lot 326
Cyclades, Naxos (?) Æ 10mm. 4th century BC. Bearded head of Pan to right / Amphora; N above. Nicolet-Pierre, Naxos II pl. IV, 6 (Naxos); SNG von Aulock 5761 (Nagidos); cf. SNG Levante Supp. 9 (Nagidos); Heritage 60, 2733 (Nagidos); Nomos, Obolos 16, 277 = CNG MBS 60, 601 = CNG 35, 241 (Naxos). 1.29g, 10mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
This issue has been attributed to Nagidos in Cilicia (SNG von Aulock) and to Naxos, the largest of the Cyclades island group (Nicolet-Pierre).
Estimate: 100 GBP... | 8 Apr 2024 | Unsold | |
Roma Numismatics Ltd - E-Sale 118, Lot 327
Cyclades, Naxos (?) Æ 11mm. 4th century BC. Bearded head of Pan to right / Amphora; N above. Nicolet-Pierre, Naxos II pl. IV, 6 (Naxos); SNG von Aulock 5761 (Nagidos); cf. SNG Levante Supp. 9 (Nagidos); Heritage 60, 2733 (Nagidos); Nomos, Obolos 16, 277 = CNG MBS 60, 601 = CNG 35, 241 (Naxos). 1.14g, 11mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
This issue has been attributed to Nagidos in Cilicia (SNG von Aulock) and to Naxos, the largest of the Cyclades island group (Nicolet-Pierre).
Estimate: 50 GBP... | 8 Apr 2024 | Unsold | |
Roma Numismatics Ltd - E-Sale 118, Lot 574
Lydia, uncertain mint (Sardes?) Æ 11mm. 4th century BC. Head of Dionysios to left, wearing ivy wreath / Kantharos; [F] (in Lydian) and S (in Lydian) flanking. Vögtli, Pergamon 524; CNG 100, 1487; CNG E-248, 119 (Syros). 1.46g, 11mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Privately purchased from Forvm Ancient Coins.
The use of Lydian letters has led to the attribution to a mint in Lydia, rather that Cycladic Naxos or Syros which also used similar types. It is likely to be the mint of Sardes as the Lydi... | 8 Apr 2024 | 55 GBP | |
Roma Numismatics Ltd - Auction XXX, Lot 60
Sicily, Siculo-Punic AR Tetradrachm. 'People of the Camp' mint (Entella?), circa 320-315 BC. Female head (Artemis-Tanit or Elissa-Dido?) to right, wearing Phrygian tiara / Lion walking to right; palm tree with three date clusters behind, s'mmhnt ('People of the Camp') in Punic in exergue. Jenkins, Punic, series 4, 272 (O85-R226, these dies); De Luynes 1472 (these dies); Rizzo pl. 68, 8 (these dies); Boston MFA 36 (these dies). 17.31g.
NGC graded AU★ 5/5 - 5/5 (#6674505-002). Extremely Rare.
... | 21 Mar 2024 | 80,000 GBP | |
Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG - Auction 402, Lot 576
GRIECHISCHE MÜNZEN. SICILIA. NAXOS.
AR-Didrachme, 420/403 v. Chr.; 7,01 g. Apollokopf r. mit Lorbeerkranz, dahinter Lorbeerblatt mit Frucht//Silenos sitzt fast v. v. mit Kantharos, l. Herme, r. Efeustock. Cahn 112; Hoover vergl. 987.
RR Subaerat, feine Tönung, min. geglättet, schön-sehr schön/sehr schön
Exemplar der Auktion CGB Mail Bid Sale 18, Paris 2003, Nr. 26.
Bei der Münze handelt es sich um ein subaerates Stück mit dicker Silberschicht (Dichte: 9,5 g/cm3) und Kupferkern (RFA-Messun... | 14 Mar 2024 | Unsold | |
Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung - Auction 302, Lot 70
SIZILIEN. NAXOS.
Litra ø 11mm (0,56g). 530 - 510 v. Chr. Vs.: Kopf des bärtigen Dionysos mit Efeukranz n. l. Rs.: NAXION, Weintraube. Cahn, Naxos S. 106 und Taf. I,17 (V 10/R 16); HGC 2, 967.
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Ex Paolo Leitão Collection.
Estimate: 400 EUR... | 4 Mar 2024 | 600 EUR | |
Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung - Online Auction 301, Lot 11
SIZILIEN. NAXOS.
Litra ø 10mm (0,96g). 530 - 510 v. Chr. Vs.: Kopf des bärtigen Dionysos mit Efeukranz n. l. Rs.: NAXION, Weintraube. Cahn, Naxos Taf. II 29 (V 20 / R 27); HGC 2, 967. Subaerat! Schöne Tönung, Vs. Kratzer, fast vz
Estimate: 200 EUR... | 21 Feb 2024 | 200 EUR | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII, Lot 37
SICILY, Himera. Circa 530-520/15 BC. AR Drachm (22mm, 5.30 g). Cock standing right / Incuse square with mill-sail pattern enclosed within segmented linear border. Kraay Group Ia, 1–4 var. (O1/R– [unlisted rev. die]); HGC 2, 420. Lightly toned, flan crack, porosity. EF. Well struck for issue.
Ex M.J.W. Collection; Berk BBS 172 (20 November 2010), lot 53.
Founded circa 649 BC by settlers from Zankle, Himera was the only Greek colony on the north coast of the island. On evidence of its late 6t... | 9 Jan 2024 | 1,050 USD | |
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Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII, Lot 54
SICILY, Naxos. Circa 461-430 BC. AR Drachm (18.5mm, 4.25 g, 5h). Bearded head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / Silenos, nude and ithyphallic, squatting half-left, holding kylix in right hand and supporting himself with his left, tail behind; N-A-XI-ON around; all within shallow concave circular incuse. Cahn 55 (V41/R46); Campana 8 var. A/a; HGC 2, 990; SNG Lloyd 1151 = Weber 1467 (same dies); SNG Lockett 841 = Pozzi 508 (same dies); Basel 385 (same dies); Gillet 484 = Sartiges 110 (same... | 9 Jan 2024 | 62,500 USD | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII, Lot 55
SICILY, Naxos. Circa 430/20-415 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 16.49 g, 2h). Bearded head of Dionysos right, wearing tainia decorated with an ivy branch / Silenos, nude and bearded, squatting half-left, holding up kantharos in right hand and resting his left hand on his knee, tail hanging to left below; large ivy vine with leaves to left, NAΞIO[N] to right; all within shallow concave circular incuse. Cahn 103 (V66/R85); Campana 15; HGC 2, 984; BMC 18 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 493 (same dies); S... | 9 Jan 2024 | 75,000 USD | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII, Lot 56
SICILY, Naxos. Circa 415-403 BC. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 1.54 g, 12h). Horned head of river god Assinos left, wearing ivy wreath; AΣΣINO-Σ around / Silenos, nude and ithyphallic, squatting facing half-right, head left, on rocks, holding kantharos over shoulder in right hand and two pipes in extended left; NAΞI-Ω around. Cahn 115 (V73A/R93); Campana 23; SNG ANS 528; SNG Lloyd 1160; SNG München 764; SNG Delepierre 595; BMC 23; Basel 387 = Rizzo pl. XXVIII, 22; Boston MFA 310 = Warren 278; Jameson 6... | 9 Jan 2024 | 850 USD | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII, Lot 207
CYCLADES, Naxos. 4th century BC. Æ (11mm, 1.81 g, 6h). Bearded head of Dionysos left, wearing wreath of ivy with berries at the tip / Kantharos; grape bunch above, ivy leaves at sides, N-A flanking base. Nicolet-Pierre, Naxos II, Canthare 1a, 1–6; HGC 6, 641; SNG Copenhagen 709. Light brown patina. Good VF. Fine depiction of Dionysos.
From the St. George Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 91 (19 September 2012), lot 213; Classical Numismatic Group 50 (23 June 1999), lot 784.
Estima... | 9 Jan 2024 | 750 USD | |
Dmitry Markov Coins & Medals | M&M Numismatics Ltd - Auction 60, Lot 31
Sicily, Naxos. Silver Litra (0.85 g), ca. 530-510 BC
Head of bearded Dionysos left. Reverse: ΝΑΞ-ΙΟΝ (retrograde), grape bunch. Cf. Cahn pl. I, 13 (different dies); HGC 2, 967. Deeply toned. Choice Very Fine. Ex M&M Deutschland 40 (4 June 2014), 92
Estimate: 500 USD... | 9 Jan 2024 | 600 USD | |
Dmitry Markov Coins & Medals | M&M Numismatics Ltd - Auction 60, Lot 88
Cyclades, Naxos. Silver Trihemiobol (0.91 g), ca. 520-490 BC
Kantharos. Reverse: Quadiparite incuse square. Cf. Sheedy 63; HGC 6, 626. Toned. Very Fine.
Estimate: 800 USD... | 9 Jan 2024 | Unsold | |
Roma Numismatics Ltd - E-Sale 115, Lot 87
Sicily, Naxos Æ Onkia. Circa 461-430 BC. Head of Apollo to right, wearing tainia / Vine leaf; N-A and pellet (mark of value) above. CNS III, 2; SNG ANS -; HGC 2, 996 (R2). 1.27g, 12mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Scarce.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 8, 31 May 2014, lot 49.
Estimate: 100 GBP... | 21 Dec 2023 | 90 GBP | |
Bolaffi Spa - Auction 44, Lot 321
Monete Greche
Sicilia
Naxos - Litra databile al periodo 415-403 a.C. - Diritto: testa coronata di Dioniso a sinistra - Rovescio: grappolo d'uva con viticci e foglie - gr. 0,52 - Molto rara - Gradevole patina scura, q.SPL (SNG Ans. n. 1539)
Starting price: 250 EUR... | 6 Dec 2023 | 350 EUR | |
Auktionen Münzhandlung Sonntag - Auction 40, Lot 25
Kykladen. Naxos.
AE-11 mm um 350 v. Chr. Kopf des bärtigen Dionysos mit Efeukranz nach links / Kantharos, oben Traube, links und rechts Efeublatt. HGC 6, 641. 1,51 g
sehr schön
Estimate: 75 EUR... | 6 Dec 2023 | 250 EUR | |
Roma Numismatics Ltd - E-Sale 114, Lot 97
Sicily, Naxos AR Litra. Circa 461-430 BC. Head of Dionysos to left, wearing ivy wreath; NAXI before / Grape bunch on vine. Cahn 92-6 var. (V63/R- [unlisted rev. die]); Campana 11; Rizzo pl. XXVIII, 11; SNG ANS 1359 (same obv. die); SNG Lloyd -; SNG München -; Hunterian 9 (same obv. die); HGC 2, 972. 0.44g, 12mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Rare.
Ex Mark Christenson Collection, Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 18, 27 June 2015, lot 86;
Previously purchased from Trusted Coins, ticket included.
Estimate: 10... | 23 Nov 2023 | 100 GBP | |
