| Nomos AG > Auction 33 | Auction date: 9 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 1127 Price realized: 12,000 CHF (Approx. 13,384 USD / 12,377 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Jonathan H. Kagan Collection of Ancient Greek Coins MACEDON. Potidaia. Circa 432-430 BC. Stater (Silver, 22 mm, 7.98 g, 12 h). Bellerophon, holding a couched spear with his right hand, riding Pegasos galloping to left,. Rev. Π (retrograde) Head of Athena to left, wearing a Corinthian helmet; all within an incuse square. ACGC 249. Calciati II, 1. HGC 3, 1, 651 (but date misprinted). Very rare. Of fine style. Rather porous surfaces, otherwise, very fine. From the Collection of Jonathan H. Kagan, ex Gemini II, 1 January 2006, 88 and Aretusa 2, 13 May 1994, 135. This coin relates to the revolt of Potidaia against Athens, which was, according to Thucydides, one of the causes of the Peloponnesian War. With this issue Potidaia emphasised her relationship to her mother-city, Corinth, in defiance to Athens and the Delian League. Starting price: 5000 CHF |  |
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| Nomos AG > Auction 33 | Auction date: 9 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 1118 Price realized: 15,000 CHF (Approx. 16,730 USD / 15,472 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Jonathan H. Kagan Collection of Ancient Greek Coins MACEDON. Mende. Circa 460-423 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27 mm, 17.29 g, 12 h). Dionysos, bearded, with his head to left, wearing an ivy wreath and a chiton, reclining to right on the back of a donkey walking to right, holding a kantharos with his right hand and resting his left on the donkey's side; to right, crow perched on an ivy plant to right; under the donkey, small dog standing to right. Rev. ΜΕΝ-ΔΑ-Ι-ΟΝ Vine with five bunches of grapes; all within incuse square. Jameson 1956. Kagan, Notes, pl. 2, 8 (this coin). Noe, Mende 78. SNG ANS 342. SNG Spencer Churchill 123 (this coin). A rare variety with attractive dark toning. Minor striking flatness on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine. From the Collection of Jonathan H. Kagan, ex Sternberg & Apparuti XIX, 18 November 1987, 125. This is a rather endearing coin. Not only do both the god and the donkey have pleasant expressions, but the little dog standing below seems to be calmly enjoying everything too. He is clearly an ancient version of the modern-day Pomeranian or Sptiz, but he is probably more than just a simple symbol. As Kagan points out, p. 4 and n. 9, not only does this little dog appear a small number of other dies at Mende (Noe 77-80) but he also turns up on rare contemporary octodrachms of Alexander I (could Prof. J. Kroll's suggestion - see n. 9, cited above - that the dog was the symbol of a travelling die engraver be correct?). Of course a link to Perdikkas II tetrobols (like lot 1142) is certainly preferable and more rational. Starting price: 7500 CHF |  |
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| Nomos AG > Auction 33 | Auction date: 9 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 1202 Price realized: 4,200 CHF (Approx. 4,684 USD / 4,332 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Jonathan H. Kagan Collection of Ancient Greek Coins ELIS. Olympia. Circa 450-430 BC. Stater (Silver, 27 mm, 11.34 g, 10 h). Eagle flying right with his wings above and below his body, grasping coiling serpent in his talons and with his beak; above to right, cointermark of a bird in a circular indent; on the lower right, uncertain countermark in a shaped indent (a bear?, an eagle head?); at the lower center, on the eagle's wing, countermark of a bear walking to left in a shaped indent. Rev. F-A Nike running to left, holding a wreath in her outstretched right hand and, with her left, holding her chlamys at her waist; all within a shallow incuse square. BCD Olympia 37 = Seltman Temple, 77c (AS/βκ) = Weber 4015 = H. Weber, On some Unpublished or Rare Greek Coins, NC, 1892, 14 (this coin). HGC 5, 307. Very rare, with very well designed types, toned, and with a storied provenance going back to the thrilling days of yesteryear. Somewhat porous, otherwise, good fine. From the Collections of Jonathan H. Kagan and that of BCD, Leu Numismatics 90, 10 May 2004, 37, ex Bourgey, 2 July 1964, 74, and from the collections of Comte Chandon de Briailles, Bourgey, 17 June 1959, 378 and Sir Herman Weber, Naville IV, 17 June 1922, 580, originally acquired from Spink in 1891. As with so many coins from Olympia, this coin was used over quite a long period of time. It only had its full value in Olympia, but since coins like this were taken home as a form of monetary souvenir they had to be validated for continued circulation by countermarks. While two of the countermarks here are of uncertain origin, the third, with a prowling bear, is the badge of the Arkadian city of Mantineia. Starting price: 1500 CHF |  |
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| Nomos AG > Auction 33 | Auction date: 9 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 1418 Price realized: 340 CHF (Approx. 379 USD / 351 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Jonathan H. Kagan Collection of Ancient Greek Coins CILICIA. Mallos. Circa 440-390 BC. Stater (Silver, 19 mm, 11.34 g, 12 h). Winged male figure kneeling-running left, holding disk with both hands. Rev. M-APL-O-T-A-N (retrograde) Swan with open wings walking to right; to right, floral ornament. SNG Levante 149 (this coin). SNG Paris 377 (same dies). Rare. Lightly toned toned. Struck from a very worn obverse die and a rusty reverse die as usual, otherwise, very fine. From the Collection of Jonathan H. Kagan, ex Noble 126, 23 March 2021, 2704 and from the collection of E. Levante, Classical Numismatic Group MBS 66, 19 May 2004, 559. Starting price: 300 CHF |  |
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| Nomos AG > Auction 33 | Auction date: 9 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 1449 Price realized: 2,000 CHF (Approx. 2,231 USD / 2,063 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Jonathan H. Kagan Collection of Ancient Greek Coins CYPRUS. Uncertain mint. Circa 480 BC. Stater (Silver, 22 mm, 11.04 g, 12 h). 'go' or 'ko' (in Cypriot script) Lion at bay right. Rev. 'go' or 'ko' (in Cypriot script) Bull standing left; all within dotted border in shallow incuse square. BMC p. xlv, §25b = p. 69, 2 and pl. XIII, 6 and pl. XXV, 9 same dies. BMFA 2145 (same reverse die). Traité II, 2, 1355 and pl. CXXXVI, 8 (Golgi). Jameson 2331. SNG Copenhagen 65 (Soli or Golgi). Spink 17004, 2017, 53 (same dies). Tziambazis -. Weber 7740 (same reverse die). Extremely rare. Clear. Slightly flat struck from worn dies. Very fine. From the Collection of Jonathan H. Kagan, acquired from Harlan J. Berk. This issue was often attributed to the obscure city of Golgi in the past, based entirely on the Cypriot syllabic letter 'go' or 'ko', which was thought to represent the initial of the city's name. More recent work has pretty much disproved this assumption, but, as usual, hasn't replaced it with anything better! Starting price: 1500 CHF |  |
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| Nomos AG > Auction 33 | Auction date: 9 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 1013 Price realized: 750 CHF (Approx. 836 USD / 774 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Jonathan H. Kagan Collection of Ancient Greek Coins LUCANIA. Sybaris. Circa 550-510 BC. Nomos (Silver, 29 mm, 7.05 g, 12 h). VM (in the exergue) Bull standing to left, its head turned back to look to the right; border of dots. Rev. Bull standing to right, its head turned back to left; border of dots; all incuse. Dewing 406. HN III 1729. SNG ANS 834. Well-struck and toned. Edge rather ragged, otherwise, good very fine. From the Collection of Jonathan H. Kagan and that of R. P. Ball, Spink USA 382, 15 January 2023, 470, originally acquired in 1968 from Bank Leu. Starting price: 750 CHF |  |
