| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII Online Sessions | Auction date: 17 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 5332 Price realized: 180 USD (Approx. 165 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ARABIA, Northwestern. Uncertain. 1st century BC - 1st century AD. AR Drachm(?) (10mm, 4.33 g, 12h). Imitating Nabataean types. Crude bust left; pseudo-legend around / Crude jugate busts left; pseudo-legend around. Unpublished in the standard references. Some weakness to strike, scratches on reverse. Near VF. Interesting imitation. Estimate: 150 USD |  |
Match 1:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 553 | Auction date: 3 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 116 Price realized: 225 USD (Approx. 204 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: CILICIA, Uncertain. 4th century BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.68 g, 12h). Helmeted and bearded head (of Ares?) right / Head of female right, wearing sphendone. Roma E-Sale 110, lot 520; otherwise, unpublished in the standard references. Bright surfaces, some weakness to strike, a little off center on obverse. VF. Very rare. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
Match 2:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 293 Price realized: 27,500 USD (Approx. 25,187 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 408/7-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22.5mm, 15.35 g, 12h). Head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose in profile, with bud to right; POΔION above; to left, sphinx seated left; all within incuse square. Hecatomnus 35a (A23/P30) = Bérend, Tétradrachmes 28 (this coin, illustrated in Bérend); Ashton 4; SNG Keckman –; Karl –; SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 11; HGC 6, 1417. Iridescent tone, traces of die rust. Good VF. Well centered and in high relief. Very rare issue, one of only 16 examples noted by Ashton (in Hecatomnus). Ex Peus 401 (3 November 2010), lot 388; Triton VIII (11 January 2005), lot 477; Leu 72 (12 May 1998), lot 275; Numismatica Ars Classica 9 (16 April 1996), lot 344; 1971 Marmaris Hoard (IGCH 1209). The polis of Rhodes was created out of a synoecism of the cities of Ialysos, Kamiros, and Lindos in 408/7 BC, and immediately began to issue a series of coinage that endured until the Roman era. The rose was chosen as the perennial reverse type, a punning allusion to the city's name. The obverse type was usually the head of Helios, the patron deity of the new polis, but occasionally the nymph Rhodos appeared. Until the end of the Rhodian series, these types adorned the coins, with a few exceptional issues that featured novel designs. The Chian standard was employed, although after a reduction in the late 340s, the standard is commonly called 'Rhodian.' The first issue of Rhodian coinage was a brief, yet large issue of tetradrachms, that stand among the finest pieces of Classical Greek art. On the obverse, the head of Helios is displayed in a nearly frontal position. Such facing head coins were not novel by this time, but the boldness of the design and the particularly high relief of the dies sets the Rhodian coinage apart from all others. Moreover, this facing head type was the standard obverse type for most of the Rhodian issues. The tetradrachm was the primary denomination until the later 4th century, when the didrachm became preeminent. Both of these denominations were supplemented by a wide variety of fractions, in both silver and bronze, and the tetradrachm was also issued on occasion after the 4th century. Around 190 BC, the coinage system was completely reorganized, with the primary denomination being the drachm, struck on a standard called 'plinthophoric' for the square incuse around the reverse type (plinthos = brick or ingot). Gold coinage was issued on only very rare occasions, and not until the 2nd century BC. As noted by Ashton, the coinage was issued fairly regularly, with occasional spikes in production that correlate to either construction work (e.g. the building of the Colossus) or military necessity. As a primary trading center in the Mediterranean, it is not surprising that the bulk of the coinage of Rhodes appears to have been used for regular state expenditure, such as maintaining its fleet, paying mercenaries, making contributions to the Nesiotic League (revived by Rhodes circa 200 BC), paying state officials, and maintaining a system that cared for its needy citizens (Ashton, pp. 96-7). The massive amount of coinage struck by Rhodes is evidenced by the adoption of the Rhodian weight standard by many other cities in the Hellenistic period, as well as the large amounts of Rhodian coins found in hoards today. Estimate: 5000 USD |  |
Match 3:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 560 | Auction date: 17 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 261 Price realized: 170 USD (Approx. 160 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ARABIA, Southern. Saba'. 1st century BC - 1st century AD. AR nṣf – Unit (25mm, 4.61 g, 5h). Imitating Athens 'New Style' coinage. Laureate male head right within wreath / Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora; monogram and N (in South Arabian [mark of value]) to left, monogram and curved symbol of Almaqah to right. CAF 1.13i; Huth 283–6. Lightly toned, irregular flan, area of roughness on obverse, minor doubling and some die wear on reverse. VF. From the Mesogeios Collection. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
Match 4:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 562 | Auction date: 15 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 2 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Alexander III of Macedon. 3rd century BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 3.91 g, 12h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; Λ-in-circle in left field. Cf. Lukanc 33 (for simiar style); otherwise, unpublished in the standard references. Lightly toned, some weakness to strike. Near EF. Ex Roma E-Sale 94 (24 February 2022), lot 10; Roma E-Sale 77 (26 November 2020), lot 95. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
