| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 564 | Auction date: 19 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 86 Price realized: 80 USD (Approx. 74 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Pantikapaion. Circa 90-79 BC. Æ (32.5mm, 18.27 g, 12h). Struck under Mithradates VI of Pontos. Head of Mên right, wearing laureate Phrygian cap [ornamented with star-in-crescent] / Dionysos standing left, holding grape bunch and thyrsos; to lower left, panther seated left, raising forepaw; monogram to right. Frolova & Ireland p. 19; Anokhin 1119; MacDonald 170; HGC 7, 109. Brown surfaces, flan preparation marks, flan flaws, overstruck on Pontic issue of Helmeted head of Athena / Perseus standing type (cf. HGC 7, 238 [Amisos], 260 [Chabakta], 269 [Kabeira], 279 [Komana], 286 [Laodikeia], 292 [Pharnakeia], 299 [Sarbanisa], or 302 [Taulara]). VF. From the CJR Collection. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 566 | Auction date: 17 July 2024 |
| Lot number: 118 Price realized: 375 USD (Approx. 345 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Gorgippa. Circa 90-79 BC. Æ Obol (32.5mm, 16.65 g, 12h). Struck under Mithradates VI of Pontos. Head of Mên right, wearing Phrygian cap / Dionysos standing left, holding grape bunch and thyrsos; to left, panther standing left, head facing, raising forepaw; [monogram to right]. Frolova & Ireland p. 20; Anokhin 1206; MacDonald 178; HGC 7, 10. Dark green patina, flan preparation marks, rotated double strike, some scratches. VF. From the Skillman Collection. Ex Leu Numismatik Web Auction 13 (15 August 2020), lot 258; Leu Numismatik Web Auction 4 (24 June 2018), lot 218. Estimate: 150 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126 | Auction date: 28 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 201 Price realized: 70,000 USD (Approx. 64,365 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Pantikapaion. Circa 340-325 BC. AV Stater (19mm, 9.13 g, 12h). Bearded head of Pan left, wearing ivy wreath / Griffin, holding spear in its mouth, standing left, head facing, forepaw raised, on grain ear; Π-A-N around. Frolova, Catalogue, Group III, dies unlisted; Anokhin 1021; MacDonald 54; HGC 7, 20; SNG BM Black Sea 864; Gulbenkian 588–90; Jameson 1361; Pozzi 1150; Sartiges 1580; CNG 111, lot 178 (same dies); Triton XXIII, lot 282 (same obv. die). Lustrous. NGC photo certification 6828214-001, graded MS, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5, Fine Style. Struck from fresh dies, showing excellent detail. Pantikapaion was founded by Greek colonists from Miletos in the late seventh century BC. Situated on the west side of the Cimmerian Bosporos, in what is now called the Crimea, it achieved great prosperity through its exploitation of the abundant fisheries of the straits and the export of wheat from the Crimea. This wealth is attested by its splendid gold coinage, which commenced in the mid-4th century BC, and by the magnificently furnished rock tombs of its principal citizens in the same period. Later, it was to become a regional capital of the kingdom of Mithradates VI of Pontos (120-63 BC) and later still the seat of the kings of Bosporos (first century BC – fourth century AD). The coinage of Pantikapaion seems to have commenced with silver issues in the latter part of the fifth century BC, but it is for its beautiful gold staters that the mint is chiefly noted. They depict the head of the god Pan (a pun on the name of the city) and on the reverse, the griffin that Herodotos describes as being the guardian of the remote sources of gold. Estimate: 75000 USD |  |
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| Nomos AG > Auction 32 | Auction date: 8 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 375 Price realized: 60,000 CHF (Approx. 66,919 USD / 61,887 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Greek CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS. Pantikapaion. Circa 340-325 BC. Stater (Gold, 20.5 mm, 9.11 g, 11 h). Head of Pan to left, wearing a wreath of ivy. Rev. Π-Α-Ν Griffin standing on grain ear to left, his head facing front, holding a spear in his mouth and with his right forepaw raised. Anokhin 1021. HGC 7, 20. Kraay & Hirmer 440. MacDonald 54. SNG BM Black Sea 867. A superb piece, beautifully centered and perfectly preserved. Struck from the same dies as lot 165 of CNG 117, in May 19, 2021. Very tiny edge bang. Virtually as struck. Pantikapaion was founded by Milesian colonists c. 575 BC on the western shore of the Cimmerian Bosporos. It prospered greatly from its involvement in the Euxine grain trade, where it served as a collection and dispersal center for Crimean grain as it made its way to markets in the Aegean. Because of this, the community grew very wealthy, enabling it to support both an extensive and highly varied silver coinage as well as beautiful gold issues, struck on the Bosporan standard of c. 9.1 g, of which this splendid coin is a wonderful example. The head of bearded Pan on the obverse, crowned with a wreath of ivy, is a punning allusion to the city's name, while the fearsome horned griffin on the reverse was the protector of its wealth. Starting price: 75000 CHF |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 571 | Auction date: 25 September 2024 |
| Lot number: 224 Price realized: 1,200 USD (Approx. 1,074 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great'. 95-56 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32.5mm, 16.01 g, 12h). Tigranocerta mint. Struck circa 80-68 BC. Draped bust right, wearing tiara with star and eagles / Tyche of Antioch seated right on rock, holding laurel branch; below, river-god Orontes swimming right; star to upper inner left, M to low inner left; Δ-H across field; all within wreath. SCADA Group 11, obv. die A65; Kovacs 76.3; M&D 31; CAA –; AC 36. Lightly toned, flan crack, minor doubling on reverse. Good VF. Estimate: 400 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 127 | Auction date: 17 September 2024 |
| Lot number: 178 Price realized: 7,500 USD (Approx. 6,742 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLANDS off TROAS, Tenedos. Circa 100-70 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 15.86 g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Janiform head of a male left, laureate, and female right, wearing stephane / Labrys; TENEΔIΩN above, monogram and grape bunch to left of handle; to right, Hermes standing left, holding kerykeion; all within wreath. Cf. Callataÿ, Tenedos 49–55 (drachms); cf. HGC 6, 390 (unlisted controls); Roma XXVII, lot 257 (same rev. die). Attractively toned, minor doubling. Good VF. Extremely rare denomination for issue. Estimate: 5000 USD |  |
