| Nomos AG > Auction 33 | Auction date: 9 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 1195 Price realized: 1,500 CHF (Approx. 1,673 USD / 1,547 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: The Jonathan H. Kagan Collection of Ancient Greek Coins MACEDONIA OR MAINLAND GREECE, Peloponnesos (?). Aigai (?) . Mid 5th century BC. Tetartemorion (Silver, 6.5 mm, 0.20 g, 4 h). He-goat's head facing, with long horns and an abundant 'beard'. Rev. Α (with an angled cross bar) within an incuse square. Apparently unpublished. Of great rarity, unique (?). Well-struck and clear. Rough surfaces and flan crack, otherwise, very fine. From the Collection of Jonathan H. Kagan. This coin was entered into the Kagan Collection as being an unpublished Hemitetartemorion from Antandros in the Troad. Well, it is unpublished, but otherwise, it not only does not look like anything known from Antandros (and it is about a century earlier than anything else from that city), but it also does not look like anything from Troas (or anywhere else in northwestern Asia Minor). But the obverse is immediately, and surprisingly, reminiscent of coins from Delphi! But the prominent alpha, would seem to rule that out. However, the city of Aigai in Achaia, across the gulf of Corinth from Delphi, used the forepart of just such a goat (as BCD 385) on its early, and extremely rare, hemidrachms, which date to c. 460-450. Not only that, the alphas have angled cross bars! Of course, this is not truly conclusive proof, but it is far more likely than Antandros! Starting price: 450 CHF |  |
