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ACHAIA, Aigieon. 37-31 BC.AE hexachalkon (5.67 g)
Theoxios and Kletaios, magistrates.
obv: Laureate head of Zeus right
rev: Zeus standing right, holding eagle on outstretched arm and preparing to cast thunderbolt; ΘEOΞIOΣ KΛHTAIOΣ around. Kroll, Bronze 2; BCD Peloponnesos 436.
Located along the northern coast of the Peloponnesos, Achaia was a narrow territory between Sicyon and Elis. One theory suggests that Achaia’s original inhabitants were driven to the area from Achaia Phthoitis, which itself was located across the Gulf of Corinth in southern Thessaly. A number of prehistoric and Mycenaean ruins in the western part of the Achaia indicate that the district was long inhabited, even into remote antiquity. Twelve city-states were located there: Aigai, Aigira, Aigion, Bura, Dyme, Helike, Olenos, Patrai, Pherai, Pelene, Rhypes, and Tritaia. Achaian colonies were established in Magna Graecia at Kroton, Kaulonia, Metapontion, and Sybaris. From the mid-5th century onward, much of the history of Achaia is interconnected with the Achaian League. Dino
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Pherai, region of Thessaly 404 - 369 BC. Pherai, region of Thessaly 404 - 369 BC.
Obv: Head of the nymph Hypereia right.
Rev: FERAI , Lion’s head fountain spouting water right
Diameter: 14 mm. / Weight: 1,92 gms. / Material: Æ Bronze
Refs: Rogers 513; SNG Copenhagen 241.
emporiton
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Pherai, region of Thessaly 404 - 369 BC. Pherai, region of Thessaly 404 - 369 BC.
Obv: Head of the nymph Hypereia right.
Rev: FERAI , Lion’s head fountain spouting water right
Diameter: 11 mm. / Weight: 1,21 gms. / Material: Æ Bronze
Refs: Rogers 513; SNG Copenhagen 241.
emporiton
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Pherai, region of Thessaly 465 - 460 BC. Pherai, region of Thessaly 465 - 460 BC.
Obv: Forepart of horse emerging from rocks right
Rev: Grain ear within incuse square, on both sides ΦE - TA
Diameter: 13 mm. / Weight: 2,49 gms. / Material: Silver
Denomination: AR- Hemidrachm.
Refs: SNG Copenhagen 236 var. (ethnic; Pherai).
emporiton
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Pherai, Thessaly302-286 BC
AR Hemidrachm (14-16mm, 2.44g)
O: Head of Hekate left, wearing laurel wreath, triple-pendant earring and plain necklace; torch over shoulder.
R: The nymph Hypereia standing left, placing right hand on lion-headed fountain from which water pours; [A]Σ/TO in two lines in wreath to left; ΦEPAIOYN to right.
SNG Cop 239; BCD Thessaly 714; Sear 2204; BMC 7, 20-21
From the BCD collection. ex Auctiones GmbH
... Hekate whom Zeus the son of Kronos honored above all. He gave her splendid gifts, to have a share of the earth and the unfruitful sea. She received honor also in starry heaven, and is honored exceedingly by the deathless gods... For as many as were born of Gaia and Ouranos amongst all these she has her due portion. The son of Kronos did her no wrong nor took anything away of all that was her portion among the former Titan gods: but she holds, as the division was at the first from the beginning, privilege both in earth, and in heaven, and in sea. Also, because she is an only child, the goddess receives not less honour, but much more still, for Zeus honors her.
~ Hesiod (Theogony, 404ff)Enodia
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Pherai, Thessaly404-369 BC
AE 13 (13.4mm, 1.85g)
O: Wreathed head of Hekate left, wearing triangular pendant earring.
R: Lion head fountain right, spouting water; ΦEPAIOYN around to right.
Rogers 516; BCD Thessaly II 691.2
ex Savoca Coin
"Tender-hearted Hekate, bright coiffed, the daughter of Persaios."
~ Homeric Hymn to Demeter (2)
Enodia
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Pherai, Thessaly404-339 BC
AE Trichalkon (19.5mm, 6.64g)
O: Head of lion right.
R: Hekate riding side-saddle right with head turned back on horse prancing left, holding torches in both hands;
Rogers 517; Weber 2920; Sear 2206
ex Wayne Phillips; ex Ancient Imports
"... And I, the mistress of your charms,
The close contriver of all harms,
Was never called to bear my part
Or show the glory of our art?"
~ William Shakespeare (MacBeth)
Enodia
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Pherai, Thessalylate 4th century BC
AE14 (14mm, 2.59g)
O: Wreathed head of Hekate right; torch before.
R: Lion's head fountain right, spouting water; fish below, ΦEPAIOYN around to right.
Rogers 514; HGC4, 568; BCD Thessaly II, 691.1
From the BCD collection. ex Ken Dorney
Enodia
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Pherai, Thessaly302-286 BC
AR Hemidrachm (14-16mm, 2.44g)
O: Head of Hekate left, wearing laurel wreath, triple-pendant earring and plain necklace; torch over shoulder.
R: The nymph Hypereia standing left, placing right hand on lion-headed fountain from which water pours; [A]Σ/TO in two lines in wreath to left; ΦEPAIOYN to right.
SNG Cop 239; BCD Thessaly 714; Sear 2204; BMC 7, 20-21
From the BCD collection. ex Auctiones GmbH
... Hekate whom Zeus the son of Kronos honored above all. He gave her splendid gifts, to have a share of the earth and the unfruitful sea. She received honor also in starry heaven, and is honored exceedingly by the deathless gods... For as many as were born of Gaia and Ouranos amongst all these she has her due portion. The son of Kronos did her no wrong nor took anything away of all that was her portion among the former Titan gods: but she holds, as the division was at the first from the beginning, privilege both in earth, and in heaven, and in sea. Also, because she is an only child, the goddess receives not less honour, but much more still, for Zeus honors her.
~ Hesiod (Theogony, 404ff)Enodia
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Pherai, ThessalyPherai, Thessaly
404-339 BC
AE Trichalkon (19.5mm, 6.64g)
O: Head of lion right.
R: Hekate riding side-saddle right with head turned back on horse prancing left, holding torches in both hands;
Rogers 517; Weber 2920; Sear 2206
ex Wayne Phillips; ex Ancient Imports
"... And I, the mistress of your charms,
The close contriver of all harms,
Was never called to bear my part
Or show the glory of our art?"
~ William Shakespeare (MacBeth)Enodia
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Pherai, Thessalylate 4th century BC
AE14 (14mm, 2.59g)
O: Wreathed head of Hekate right; torch before.
R: Lion's head fountain right, spouting water; fish below, ΦEPAIOYN around to right.
Rogers 514; HGC4, 568; BCD Thessaly II, 691.1
From the BCD collection. ex Ken Dorney
"... For to this day, whenever any one of men on earth offers rich sacrifices and prays for favour according to custom, he calls upon Hekate."
~ Hesiod (Theogony, 419-424)
Enodia
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Pherai, Thessaly404-369 BC
AE 13 (13.4mm, 1.85g)
O: Wreathed head of Hekate left, wearing triangular pendant earring.
R: Lion head fountain right, spouting water; ΦEPAIOYN around to right.
Rogers 516; BCD Thessaly II 691.2
ex Savoca Coin
"Tender-hearted Hekate, bright coiffed, the daughter of Persaios."
~ Homeric Hymn to Demeter (2)
Enodia
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Thessaly, Pherai, (302 - 286 B.C.)AR Hemidrachm, 15mm, 2.46 grams
Obverse: Wreathed head of Ennodia left, torch to right.
Reverse: AΣTOMEΔON, The nymph Hypereia standing left touching the top of a lions head fountain from which water pours forth, AS TO within wreath to lower left.
2.46g
15mm
BCD Thessaly II, 714 // HGC 4, 553
ex BCD CollectionMat
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Thessaly, Pherai, BCD Thessaly II, 689Thessaly, Pherai, ca. 404-369 BC
AE 18 (dichalcon), 3.76g, 18.28mm, 0°
Obv.: Laureated head of Enodia to the right.
Rev: Fountain in the shape of a lion's head to r.
Ref.: BCD Thessaly II, 689; HGC 4, 577
VF, black patina
Jochen
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Thessaly, Pherai, BMC 22Pherai, 353-352 BC (National Museums in Berlin)
AE 21 (trichalcone), 6.55g, 30°
Obv.: Head of the water nymph Hypereia with wreath of reeds 3/4 n. l.; in left field fish swimming upwards.
Rev.: ΦEPAIΩN
Enodia, in long chiton, seated in lady's seat on horse, riding r.; holding long torch in front of body; in upper left ield, fountain in form of
lion's head with water flowing from its mouth
Ref: BMC 22; SNG Copenhagen 247; BCD Thessaly II, 716; Hoover HGC 4, 565
VF, somewhat rough
Jochen
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Thessaly, Pherai, Tyrant Alexander (369-358 BCE), Poseidon's Taurokathapsia issue (Ex BCD Collection)Greek (Classical). Thessaly, Pherai AE Chalkous (14.5mm, 2.59g, 6h), temp. Alexander (Tyrant), c. 369–358 BCE.
Obverse: Forepart of bull right.
Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Forepart of horse right.
References: Rogers 525; BCD Thessaly I: 1315, II: 708.2; BMC Thessaly (Gardner 1883), pl X: 14.
Provenance: Ex-BCD Collection (his hand-written label; acquired Oct. 1992); CNG e-Auction 455, Lot 89 part (30 Oct 2019).
Notes: Pherai was an important Thessalian city, mentioned in Homer & throughout mythology. Aspiring to regional power, and allied with the Persian Achaemenid Empire (alongside Sparta), Pherai could be a belligerent neighbor. Especially under the Tyrants of Pherai in the 4th century, it became a vicious enemy of Macedonia and Athens.
Bulls and horses were common symbols throughout the Greek world, albeit of variegated meaning. In this case, the imagery celebrates Poseidon – god of horses who also sent forth the Cretan Bull (Hercules’ Seventh Labor).
This coin was struck, according to Barclay Head (Historia Numorum, 1911: p291), “probably on the occasions of the celebration of Τανρεια of Poseidon” – now known as Taurokathapsia, ceremonial games involving both horses and bulls for the festival of Poseidon held at Pherai and other cities of Thessaly.
BCD simply refers to such bull and horse coins as “Taurokathapsia issues” (Thessaly I: CNG Triton XV, 3 Jan 2012).
[ALT: Thessaly, Pherae]Curtis JJ
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