Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG > Online Auction 118 | Silver | Auction date: 21 November 2021 |
Lot number: 270 | |
Lot description: Ionia. Klazomenai. Pseudo-autonomous issue AD 253-268. Bronze Æ 17 mm, 3,12 g ΚΛΑΖΟΜΕΝH, draped and turreted bust of Tyche right / ΚΛΑΖΟΜΕΝΙΩΝ, the philosopher Anaxagoras standing right; left feet set on rock, holding globe and scroll. very fine SNG Copenhagen 113. The rock, on which Anaxagaros sets the foot, is the meteor stone, at which he is to have recognized that stars are also from earth, which however already Anaximenes maintained, who is considered as his teacher (even if perhaps not directly because 60 years older). Starting price: 50 EUR |