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57034
New Add to Cart Achaean League, Epidauros
AR Hemidrachm, 2.38g. 14mm. late 2nd-early 1st cents. B.C. Laureate head of Zeus to right. Monogram and coiled snake within wreath. BMC 1268var. Clerk 162. BCD_ Nice dark toning and high relief.
Provenance/Pedigree:
See more detailed imageEx: LHS, Zurich, Auction 102, 2008, lot 240. Extremely Fine $1,500. |
56786
New Add to Cart Bithynian Kings, Nikomedes III, ex: Glen, 1957
AR Tetradrachm, 16.42g. 35mm. Dated year 205=94-93 B.C. Diademed head of Nikomedes to right. Rev. Zeus standing to left holdiing wreath and scepter; eagle on thunderbolt in field to left. Recueil II, 591. de Callatay, Guerres, pl. 56 D60/R2(this coin). Exceptional high relief portrait and attractive old collection toning. Provenance/Pedigree: Extremely Fine $6,500. |
56227
New Add to Cart Seleukos I, 312-281 B.C.
AR Tetradrachm, 17.08g. 28mm. Seleukia in Pieria mint, c.300 B.C. Head of Herakles to right wearing lion's skin. Rev. Zeus enthroned to left holding scepter and wreath-bearing nike; K P below; monogram in field to left; Greek inscription, "King Seleukos" SC 29.1b. WSM 893. Houghton 401. Fine style and struck in high relief. Toned. Seleukos founded the port city of Seleukia in Pieria on April 23, 300 according to a 6th century chronicle by Jophn Malalas. The city was later the site of Seleukos' tomb and posthumous cult ( See SC, vol. 1, p. 23). Provenance/Pedigree Extremely Fine $4,500. |
56229
Add to Cart Seleukid Kings, Antiochos VIII, Pedigreed to 2003
AR Tetradrachm, 16.71g. 30mm. Damaskos mint, dated year 195= 118/117 B.C. Diademed head of Antiochos VIII to right. Rev. Zeus Ouranios standing to left holding scepter and star; lunar crescent above. SC 2322.5; die break on reverse. Toned. Provenance/Pedigrees Extremely Fine/about Extremely Fine $1,750. |
51610
Add to Cart Thrace, Deultum, Caracalla, 198-217 A.D. pedigree
AE 25, 10.54g. Laureate and cuirassed bust of the mature Caracalla to right. Rv. Zeus standing to right holding scepter and thunderbolt.. Jurukova 7. Die break on obverse; green and brown patina. Exceptional quality and virtually as struck. Provenance/Pedigrees Ex: Aufhauser, Munich, Auction 16, October 16, 2001, lot 375. See more detailed imageExtremely Fine $1,000. |
55960
Add to Cart Karia, Stratonikeia, Septimius Severus, 193-211
AE 37.5mm, 23.83g. Facing busts of Septimius and Julia Domna; counterstamp with head of Caracalla below. Rev. Zeus Panamaros holding scepter and riding to right. BMC 55. SNG von Aulock 2668. Hoegego 84 for counterstamp. Brown patina. Provenance/Pedigree: Ex: Münzen Auktion Essen, 1994, lot 317. Panamara was a dependecy of Stratonikeia and contained an important temple to Zeus. Labienus and the Parthians in 40/39 B.C. unsuccesfully attempted to capture both Stratonikeia and Panamara. They were foiled at Panamara by an intervention of Zeus. (See: Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, 1976.). This manifestation of Zeus is depicted on the reverse of the coin. A dedicatory inscription probabably for a sculptural group was found at Panamara and relates the details of Zeus' aid during the siege. The Parthians fist attempted a surprise attack at night but Zeus illuminated the sky with lightining to alert the Panamarian defenders. During a subsequesnt attack, Zeus enveloped the attackers in fog and a severe storm which caused great confusion within their ranks but allowed the defenders to be hidden in the fog with a resulstant slaughter of the attackers. (See: Georgia Petridou, "Crossing Physical and Cultural Borders in the Battlefield: Amorphous Epiphanies and Divine Bilingualism" pp. 155ff. in Borders, Terminologies, Idiologies, and Performances, Annette Weissenrieder(ed), 2016. See more detailed imagegood Very Fine/Very Fine $3,500. |
51565
Add to Cart Lydia, Uncertain satrap, Gamerses, c.400-350 B.C.
AE 14, 1.69g. Head of Gamerses(?) to right wearing short hair with long braid, earring, and necklace. Rv. Zeus standing to left; star in field to left. Klein 563. Excellent portrait and fine green patina. Gamerses is otherwise unknown except for his coinage. His name appears on the reverse of this coin and it is likely that it is his portrait on the obverse. Provenance/Pedigrees: Ex: Künker, Osnabruck, Auction 257, October 10, 2014, lot 8234 See more detailed imageExtremely Fine/good Very Fine $750. |
55761
Add to Cart Cappadocia, Tyana, Time of Trajan, 98-117 A.D.
AE 15mm, 2.26g. Humped bull standing to right. Rev. Zeus seated to left. Lindgren I, 1733. Lovely green patina. Provenance/Pedigrees: Ex: Numismatik Naumann 48, Munich, November 20, 2016, lot 292 See more detailed imageExtremely Fine/good Very Fine $475. |
56048
New Add to Cart Egypt, Ptolemy III, 246-222 B.C.
AE Drachm, 72.15g. 42.5mm. Alexandria mint. Diademed head of Zeus Ammon to right. Rev. Eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; cornucopia in field to left. Svoronos 964. SNG COP 171-2. Reddish-brown patina with some areas of encrustation. Provenance/Pedigree: Ex: Freeman and Sear, Los Angeles, Mail Bid Sale 15, June 27, 2008, lot 224. See more detailed imageabout Extremely Fine $1,700. |
55932
Add to Cart Alexandria, Marcus Aurelius, ex: Niggeler
AE Drachm, 23.13g. 34.5mm. Dated year 14= 150/151 A.D. and struck as Caesar under Antoninus Pius. Bare head, draped, and cuirassed bust of Aurelius to right. Rev. Zeus seated to left holding scepter; eagle below. Dattari 3212. Geissen_. Brown patina. Scarce. Provenance/Pedigree: Ex: Walter Niggeler collection, Bank Leu and Münzen und Medaillen, Auction, Basel, October 21, 1966, lot 29. See more detailed imagegood Very Fine $1,500. |
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