| Naville Numismatics Ltd. > Auction 87 | Auction date: 11 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 106 Price realized: 38 GBP (Approx. 48 USD / 45 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Sicily, Gela Uncia circa 420-405, Æ 10.00 mm., 1.11 g. Bull walking slowly l.; above, barley grain and in exergue, one pellet. Rev. Head of the youthful river god (Gelas), with small horn on his forehead r., his hair streaming upwards; behind, barley grain. Calciati 32. Jenkins 500. SNG ANS 108. Rare. About Extremely fine Starting price: 35 GBP |  |
Match 1:
| Naville Numismatics Ltd. > Auction 87 | Auction date: 11 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 105 Price realized: 25 GBP (Approx. 32 USD / 29 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Sicily, Gela Bronze circa 420-405, Æ 16.00 mm., 3.19 g. Bull butting l., in exergue, three pellets. Rev. Head of young river-god r.; barley grain behind. Jenkins 499. Good Very fine Starting price: 25 GBP |  |
Match 2:
| Nomos AG > obolos 30 | Auction date: 17 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 88 Price realized: 50 CHF (Approx. 58 USD / 53 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SICILY. Gela. Circa 420-405 BC (Æ - Jenkins Group 8/9. Onkia (Bronze, 11 mm, 1.18 g, 1 h). ΓEΛΑΣ Bull walking slowly to the left; above, barley grain; in exergue, one pellet. Rev. Head of the youthful river god (Gelas), with small horn on his forehead to right, his hair streaming upwards; behind, barley grain. CNS 32. HGC 2, 282. Jenkins 500. SNG ANS 108. Brown patina. Minor roughness and with flan faults on the obverse, otherwise, very fine. From the Dr. Paul Peter Urone Collection, acquired from Freeman & Sear, ex Sternberg XXXI, October 28 1996, 456. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
Match 3:
| Nomos AG > obolos 30 | Auction date: 17 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 87 Price realized: 1,400 CHF (Approx. 1,616 USD / 1,470 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SICILY. Gela. Circa 420-405 BC (Æ - Jenkins Group 8/9. Tetras (Bronze, 18 mm, 4.67 g, 12 h). ΓΕΛΑΣ Bull walking slowly to the left; above, olive leaf; in exergue, three pellets (= denomination). Rev. Head of youthful male river god to right (Gelas), his hair streaming upwards; behind, barley grain. CNS 32. Jenkins, Gela 516. SNG ANS 117. Sharply struck and with an attractive chocolate brown patina. Struck slightly off center, otherwise, extremely fine. From the Dr. Paul Peter Urone Collection, acquired from Münzen und Medaillen, 4 September 1994. Starting price: 150 CHF |  |
Match 4:
| Hess-Divo AG > Auction 341 | Auction date: 13 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 6 Price realized: 5,000 CHF (Approx. 5,706 USD / 5,291 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SICILY. GELA. Tetradrachm, about 415-405 BC. AR 16.84 g. ΓE - ΛΩ - IΩ - N Nike, wearing sleeveless long chiton and with open wings, driving fast quadriga r., holding the reins with her l. hand, kentron in her r. hand; above, eagle flying l.; in exergue, large pellet. Rev. ΓEΛAΣ (retrograde). Forepart of man-headed, bearded river god Gelas r., above, barley-grain; all within incuse round. Jenkins, Gela 264, 483 (same dies); SNG ANS 99 (same dies); SNG Oxford 1740 (same dies). Rare. Of best classical style. Obv. from worn die. Rough surfaces. Obv. Very fine. Rev. Good very fine. Estimate: 3500 CHF |  |
Match 5:
| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 146 | Auction date: 8 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 2110 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: Syracuse. Decadrachm signed by Kimon circa 405-400, AR 36 mm, 43.34 g. Fast quadriga driven l. by charioteer, holding reins and kentron; in field above, Nike flying r. to crown him. In exergue, display of military harness set on two steps and below, ΑΘΛΑ. Rev. ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩN Head of nymph Arethusa l., wearing earring with pendant and beaded necklace; wavy hair bound in front with ampyx and caught up behind by net. Around three dolphins, while a fourth makes dorsal contact with neck truncation, on which the signature ΚΙΜΩN. Rizzo pl. 50, 2 and 52, 2. Jameson 1922 (this coin). Gillet 645 (this coin). de Luynes 1242 (these dies). Regling 2. SNG Fitzwilliam 1271 (these dies). Very rare and in exceptional condition for this important and celebrated issue, possibly the finest specimen known. A portrait of enchanting beauty perfectly struck in high relief on very fresh metal. Virtually as struck and almost Fdc Ex Leu-M&M 28 May 1974, Kunstfreund, 126 and Leu 33, 1983, 239 sales. From the Jameson and Gillet collections. As part of the late phase of the ongoing Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC), in 415 BC the Athenians made the ill-fated decision to strike at the Peloponnesian grain supply and hopefully expand their empire by dispatching a naval expedition to Sicily. The primary target of the expedition was the conquest of Syracuse, the preeminent Dorian Greek city of the grain-producing island. Following an initial battle, the Syracusans endured a protracted siege that involved the construction of extensive wall networks by both besiegers and besieged. At last, after a series of Athenian tactical blunders, in September 413 BC, a Syracusan breakout resulted in the destruction and capture of the Athenian ships and the slaughter of much of the expeditionary force at the Assinarus River. In the aftermath, Syracuse was flooded with silver from the sale of plunder taken from the Athenians and from the sale of captured Athenians and their allies into slavery. It is believed that the outpouring of new Syracusan silver coinage in the last decade of the fifth century BC were struck from this silver that came unexpectedly to Syracuse. At the same time that Syracusan victory and the silver plunder provided the means and opportunity for a new coinage, it also seems to have sparked a great outpouring of artistic genius and a clear pride in the expression of that genius. In this period, commonly known as the age of the signing artists, Syracusan engravers experimented and reached the pinnacle of their art, frequently signing their dies with their names. The present coin is the much sought after and fabulously desirable decadrachm of Syracuse with types engraved by the Syracusan master engraver known only by the name Kimon. His signature KIMΩN is clearly visible on the dolphin swimming below the neck truncation of the exquisite representation of Arethusa. Taking a large flan as his canvas, Kimon here reimagines the standard obverse type of Syracusan silver coinage in classical style. The old slow quadriga of the preceding coinage-inherited from the days of the Deinomenid tyranny-now appears hurtling towards the finish line (presumably at the Olympic games), as the charioteer goads the horses to their limits and Nike appears to crown him with the laurels of victory. A panoply of armour is depicted in the exergue. Although not labelled here, on other obverse dies the armour is accompanied by the Greek legend athla to indicate that it is the victory prize. While such prizes might be appropriate for the winner of a chariot race, one wonders whether there is not a touch of allegory intended in the type, considering the probable source of the silver. The chariot and charioteer may represent Syracuse as the victor in its recent contest with Athens while the prize panoply represents the spoils taken in that contest and used to finance the coinage. Kimon's head of Arethusa on the reverse is universally applauded as a masterpiece of Greek numismatic art. The face is a paradigm of classical perfection framed by incredibly detailed treatment of the hair and the net that holds her hair in place. Estimate: 350000 CHF |  |
