| Nomos AG > Auction 33 | Auction date: 9 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 1230 Price realized: 3,400 CHF (Approx. 3,792 USD / 3,507 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Jonathan H. Kagan Collection of Ancient Greek Coins NORTHERN GREECE OR WESTERN ASIA MINOR. Uncertain mint. Circa 480 BC. Diobol (?) (Silver, 10 mm, 1.08 g). Forepart of a growling hunting dog crouching to left, wearing a collar. Rev. Irregular incuse square. Apparently unpublished, but for similar, collared hunting dogs see, among others: 1) standing on a didrachm at Segesta, Hurter 70; 2) running under Pegasos on a tetradrachm from Argilos, Svoronos, HPM, pl. XIV, 13 = Traité II, 1, 1816 and pl. LVIII, 6; 3) leaping on a tetradrachm of Alexander I, Jameson 970 = Svoronos, HPM, p. 112, 4 and pl. XIII, 4; 4) seated on a hemiobol from Pherai, BCD 1306; 5) seated on a stater from Corinth, Calciati 135; 6) crouching to left on a stater from Kyzikos, von Fritze 93, BMFA 1469, SNG Paris 230 (in a position very similar to the one of our piece; 7) forepart to left on a Lycian hemiobol of an uncertain dynast, Traité II, 2, 184 and pl. XCIII, 22. Seemingly unique, an impressive coin with a wonderfully powerful looking hunting dog. Some roughness, otherwise, good very fine. From the Collection of Jonathan H. Kagan. Where can this coin be from? Hunting dogs are found on Greek coins from mints ranging geographically from Magna Graecia to Asia, but its style surely rules out a western mint. We can narrow it down further to either northern and central Greece or western Asia Minor; with the reverse incuse doubtless excluding central Greece. Our dog's pose is very close to that of his canine brother on the stater from Kyzikos, but this piece is certainly not from there. Interestingly enough, our dog has many similarities to the wolf gnawing on a bone found on triobols minted by the Macedonian king Archelaos in Aigai (as SNG ANS 72). Starting price: 500 CHF |  |
Match 1:
| Nomos AG > Auction 33 | Auction date: 9 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 1143 Price realized: 4,500 CHF (Approx. 5,019 USD / 4,642 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Jonathan H. Kagan Collection of Ancient Greek Coins MACEDONIA OR THE NORTHERN AEGEAN AREA. Uncertain mint. c. 500 BC. Diobol (Silver, 13 mm, 2.03 g). Bunch of grapes on stem. Rev. Rough incuse square. CNG MBS 60, 2002, 626 (Tenos, hemidrachm, 2.72 g, struck from the same obverse die). Cf. Asyut 608 (Tenos ?, stater, 11.08 g) and Boutin, Monnaies et Médailles 76, 1991, 719 (Ioulis, stater, 10.19 g) (both struck from the same pair of dies). Cf. Sheedy 1 (Tenos? = De Hirsch 1399 (Tenos, stater, 12.05 g). Cf. Sheedy, pl. 20, 3 = Berlin, Traité II, 1, 1885 (Ioulis, stater, 11.09 g). An enigmatic coin of great rarity. Toned as found. Some minor roughness, otherwise, very fine. From the Collection of Jonathan H. Kagan. In earlier times everyone was quite sure where coins like this (in fact, staters like this) were struck: in Tenos. Or, maybe, Ioulis. Or could they be from Peparethos? At least their denomination was clear: they were all staters (the de Hirsch piece weighs 12.05 g so it would be Aeginetan); or, hmm, maybe they were all double-sigloi (weighing from 10.19 to 11.09 g)? It is, in fact, most likely that they all come from an unidentified northern Greek mint. As for the denomination of our coin, it shares its obverse die with the CNG piece, which weighs 2.72 g and was catalogued as being an Aeginetic hemidrachm. But since our coin only weighs 2.03 g (it was originally acquired as a tetrobol), it would have to be, at best, an Aeginetic diobol... Starting price: 850 CHF |  |
Match 2:
| Nomos AG > Auction 33 | Auction date: 9 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 1250 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 UNCERTAIN EAST, PERHAPS MYSIA OR PHILISTO-ARABIAN. Mid 5th century BC. Drachm (Silver, 15 mm, 3.89 g, 4 h). Forepart of Pegasus to right. Rev. Male head to right, fiercely grimacing with his open mouth, bearded, wearing a taenia and with a bearded neck truncation; all in a bearded square frame within an incuse square. SNG Paris 1132 (as Lampsakos) = Traité II, 1, 640 and pl. XVI, 17 (as Lampsakos) = Traité II, 2, 1069 and pl. CXXIV, 18 (reattributed to an uncertain Philisto-Arabian mint) = Waddington 873 (same dies). Triton V, 2002, 1411 (same dies, but as a tetrobol 3.38 g, from Dardanos). An extraordinary coin, very rare, and with a male head that is iconographically unique. Clear and well-centered. Very fine. From the Collection of Jonathan H. Kagan, ex Classical Numismatic Group MBS 72, 14 June 2006, 700 (but as Philisto-Arabian). This coin type is known from a small number of pieces, and has been ascribed to Lampsakos, as well as to an uncertain mint either in Cilicia or in the Philisto-Arabian area. One distinguished scholar has identified the head as being that of a "crazy satyr", but, if it is from the southern area he could be a demon or, perhaps, Bes. Could he be encouraging or cheering on someone or something? He has a remarkably close resemblance to a modern sports fan disagreeing with a referee's call. The possibility that it may, in fact be Philisto-Arabian is supported by the fact that one specimen of the type has actually been found in Israel (our thanks go to W.Fischer-Bossert and H. Gitler for this information). Starting price: 1250 CHF |  |
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| Nomos AG > Auction 33 | Auction date: 9 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 1406 Price realized: 3,200 CHF (Approx. 3,569 USD / 3,301 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Jonathan H. Kagan Collection of Ancient Greek Coins DYNASTS OF LYCIA. Ãru or Urã, circa 480/460 BC. Stater (Silver, 19.5 mm, 9.63 g). Forepart of roaring lion to left. Rev. ÃRU or ARŨ (in Lycian) Triskeles, with a central annulet, running clockwise. Müseler III, 15 (this coin). Extremely rare, very probably unique. Attractively toned and with a very bold lion's head. Reverse struck slightly off-center. Good very fine. From the Collection of Jonathan H. Kagan, ex Triton III, 30 November 1999, 571 and from the collection of T. Reuter, Peus 360, 27 April 1999, 23. Starting price: 2000 CHF |  |
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| Nomos AG > Auction 33 | Auction date: 9 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 1226 Price realized: 2,200 CHF (Approx. 2,454 USD / 2,269 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Jonathan H. Kagan Collection of Ancient Greek Coins CYCLADES, Siphnos. Circa 475-460 BC (AR - divided incuse rev.. Drachm (Silver, 14 mm, 3.60 g). Head of Apollo to right, wearing taenia. Rev. Σ-[I]-Φ Eagle flying to right; above head, barely grain; all within incuse square. BMC 5. Sheedy 27b (O19/R17, this coin). SNG Copenhagen 745. Very rare. Toned. Porous, otherwise, fine. From the Collection of Jonathan H. Kagan, ex Classical Numismatic Group MBS 60, 22 May 2002, 622, and from the collection of S. Boutin, Monnaies et Médailles 76, 19 September 1991, 796. Starting price: 600 CHF |  |
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| Nomos AG > Auction 33 | Auction date: 9 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 1424 Price realized: 220 CHF (Approx. 245 USD / 227 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Jonathan H. Kagan Collection of Ancient Greek Coins CILICIA. Tarsos. Time of Pharnabazos and Datames, circa 380-370 BC. Tetartemorion (Silver, 6 mm, 0.19 g, 6 h). Bearded male head (Ares?) to left, wearing a crested Attic helmet. Rev. Head of a lion to right. Troxell & Kagan 15a (this coin). Very rare. Toned. Areas of minor roughness and with uncleaned deposits on the reverse, otherwise, very fine. From the Collection of Jonathan H. Kagan. Starting price: 100 CHF |  |
