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A Metapontine Nomos Depicting LeukipposGreek (Late Classical). Lucania, Metapontion AR Nomos (21mm, 7.79g, 7h), temp. Alexander Molossian, King of Epirus, c. 340-330 BCE.
Obv: Helmeted head of Leukippos right; to left, lion's head; below, monogram (Gamma?).
Rev: META. Grain ear with leaf, club of Hercules above leaf; below, AMI (monogram of Alexander).
Ref: Johnston class B 2.35; HN Italy 1575; F.S. Benson, "Ancient Greek Coins: II. Magana Graecia" (AJN 35.1, 1900) No. 23 & ill. 15 [LINK] = Nanteuil 159 (same dies).
Prov: Ex-VAuctions Triskeles. Ex-JB (Edmonton, d. 2019) Collection (with his original insert)
Notes: Metapontion was one of the Greek colonies on the Italian peninsula known collectively as Magna Graecia, settled by the Achaeans around the turn of the 7th century BCE. Leukippos, who appears in Corinthian helmet on the obverse, was the legendary founder of the city who reputedly led the first settlement. Johnston attributed this scarce pair of "mature dies" to the same artist who engraved the finest Distater dies, or possibly an engraver under his tutelage, very closely approximating his refined style.
[ALT: Stater, Didrachm, Leucippus, Metapontum]Curtis JJ
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Achaea. Arcadia, Thelpusa. Septimius Severus AE17. UnpublishedPeloponnesus. Thelpusa, Arcadia. Septimius Severus bust rt., Θ Ε Λ in wreath. Obverse die and reverse type not listed in BCD. BCD Pelop. I -; BCD Pelop II -; SNG Cop -; BMC -.
Thelpusa or Thelpousa (Greek: Θέλπουσα, also known as Telphusa/Τέλφουσα or Thelphusa/Θέλφουσα) was an ancient city-state in Azania in Arcadia.
The city was built on the left bank of the Ladon and bounded with Kleitor and Psophis. The name comes from the nymph Thelpousa or Thelpusa, daughter of Ladon. The city contained the temple of Eleusinian Demeter, and nearby, a stone statue of the goddess of the daughter and Dionysus and Ongius, chief of Thelpousa and the son of Apollo, Asclepius' children with the memory of Trygon and the temple of the twelve gods. When Pausanias] visited the city, Thelpousa was abandoned and ruined for many years. In 352 BC, its city residents took part with the Lacedaemonians. It was a member of the Achaean League and was cut off from the rights of law. Thelpusa was the patriot of Asclepius and Artion.ancientone
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Achaean league - AR hemidrachmMegalopolis
160-146 BC
laureate head of Zeus right
monogram, thunderbolt below, all within wreath
ΞB
K (AX) A
M
Benner 17; BCD Peloponnesos 1551.1; HGC 5, 953
2,4g 15,5mm
ex Roma numismaticsJ. B.
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Achaean league - AR hemidrachmDyme
c. 86 BC
head of laureate Zeus right
fish under (AX) monogram all within wreath
(APT) left / ΔY up
Clerk 55; BCD Peloponnesos 482
2,20g 15,5mm
ex Forum Ancient Coins
ex Jiří MilitkýJ. B.
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Achaean league - AR hemidrachmAntigoneia (Mantinea)
c. 188-180 BC
head of laureate Zeus right
(AX) monogram all within wreath
A_N
CΩ
Benner 5; BCD Peloponnesos 1492.2; HGC 5, 926
2,4g 17mm
ex LanzJ. B.
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Achaean league - AR hemidrachmMegara
c. 175-168 BC
laureate head of Zeus Amarios right
lyre above (AX) monogram, all within wreath
ΔΩ_PO
BCD Peloponessos 27.1; McClean 6431-2, Benner S. 78, 4; HGC 4, 1805
2,3g 14,5mm
ex LanzJ. B.
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Achaean league - AR hemidrachmPallantion
100-80 BC
Peloponnesos
laureate head of Zeus right
(AX) monogram, trident below, all within wreath
A
Π_Λ
(YE)
BCD Peloponnesos 1593.2; Benner 4; HGC 5, 969
2,0g 14mm
ex RauchJ. B.
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Achaean League - Sparta (Laconia) 192/146 BCSparta (Laconia) Hemidrachm - Achaean League 192/146 BC. Ae 14, Weight 2.48g. Obv: Head of Zeus / monograms, Dioscuri caps all within wreath. Clerk, Achaean League pl. XIII, 6 http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=166481
Also listed an almost identical coin by Forum Member (Lloyd T) as:
Lakonia, Lakedaimon (Sparta), ca. 85 BC, AR Hemidrachm: in the style of the Achaean League
Laureate and bearded head of Zeus right . / Central AX monogram, pilei of the Dioskouri flanking, ΛAI monogram above and ΩΠMY monogram below, all within laurel wreath.
HGC 5, 643 (S); Clerk 319; BCD Peloponnesos 865.4; SNG Copenhagen 320.
(13 mm, 2.36 g, 6h)
ex-BCD Collection; ex- Johan Chr. Holm (Denmark) 1976.ddwau
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Achaean League HemidrachmAchaean League Hemidrachm. Elis. Mid First Century BC.
Obv: Laureate Zeus to Right.
Rx: Achaean League Monogram with FA to left, Monogram above, Monogram to right, thunderbolt below, all within laurel wreath. Clerk 256 var. BCD 684. Weight: 2.30 gm. Diameter: 17 mm.
Philoromaos
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Achaean League Paterae Silver Hemidrachm Achaean League Paterae Peloponnesus after 150 BC Silver hemidrachm 2.1 gram
Obverse: Head of Zeus Right
Reverse: Ax monogram Dolphin below _10000
Antonivs Protti
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Achaean League, Antigoneia, CΩ, Triobol.Greece. Achaian League. 188-180 BC. AR Triobol, Hemidrachm (2.27 gm, 14.7mm, 6h) of Antigoneia, Arkadia (f/k/a Mantineia). Laureate head of Zeus Amarios right. / Large AX league monogram. A - N across fields, CΩ (magistrate) below, all in laurel wreath, tied at bottom. aVF. Bt. Ancient Imports, 2002. Benner p.47 #5; BCD Pelop. 1492.2; BMC #107-108; Clerk #197 pl. VIII #6; HGC 5 #926; MacDonald Hunterian #23; SNG Cop 3 #283-284; Thompson Agrinion #370-392; Weil ZfN 9 #4. cf CNG EA 394 #203 (same rev. die).Anaximander
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Achaean League, Antigoneia.Greece. Achaian League. 188-180 BC. AR Triobol or Hemidrachm (2.37 gm, 14.1mm, 11h) of Antigoneia in Arkadia. Laureate head of Zeus Amarios, right. / Large AX league monogram. Α-N across fields, ΕΥ (magistrate) below, all in laurel wreath, tied at bottom. VF. Bt. Treasure Coins of Puerto Rico, 2003. Mantineia was renamed Antigoneia in 222 BC in honor of Antigonos Doson. Benner p.48 #9; BCD Pelop. 1492.3; BMC 100-101; Clerk #192 (pl.VIII #1); Hunterian II p.131 #20; HGC 5 #926; SNG Cop 3 #280; SNG Delepierre 1973; Weil ZfN 9 (Antigoneia) #1.Anaximander
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Achaean League, Arcadia, Mantineia AR HemidrachmObv: Head of Zeus right.
Rev: AX monogram, M-A-N, CW below, all within laurel wreath.
c. 188-180 BC.
Agrinion-370-92, BMC 107.
ancientone
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Achaean League, Elis.Sear 2993 var., BMC Peloponnesus p. 4.
AR hemidrachm, 13-13.5 mm, circa 196 - 146 B.C.
Obv: laureate head of Zeus facing right.
Rev: AX monogram in laurel wreath, F - A at sides, CΩ/CIAC below.
The period of mintage begins with the Roman general, T. Quinctius Flamininus' proclamation of the "Freedom of Greece" in 196 B.C. and ends with the destruction of the League and the sack of Corinth by the Romans in 146 B.C. During this short period the league was the dominant state in Greece.Stkp
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Achaean League, Elis.Greece. Achaian League. 175-168 BC. AR Triobol, Hemidrachm (2.41 gm, 15.2mm, 8h) of Elis. Laureate head of Zeus Amarios, right. / Large AX league monogram, with magistrate A - N across fields, FA above, all within wreath, tied at bottom. VF. Elis was the last of league cities in the Peloponessos to join. Benner #11; BCD Peloponessos 665.2; Clerk #290 (pl. XI #58); HGC 5 #536; SNG Cop - ; Weil ZfN 9 (Elis) #2.Anaximander
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Achaean League, Megalopolis.Greece. Achaian League. 160-145 BC. AR Triobol or Hemidrachm (2.34 gm, 15.2mm, 12h) of Megalopolis in Arkadia. Laureate head of Zeus Amarios, right / Large AX league monogram, with Ξ above, magistrate K - I across fields, and syrinx (pan pipes) below, all within wreath, tied at bottom. VF. Megalopolis is one of about 43 towns believed to have minted league coinage. Benner 15; BCD Peloponessos 1550; HGC 5 #953; Clerk 212 (pl. VIII #8); SNG Cop 3 (Phliasia-Laconia) #285.Anaximander
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Achaean League, Messene.Greece. Achaian League. 175-168 BC. AR Triobol, Hemidrachm (2.40 gm, 15.1mm, 12h) of Messene, Symmachic standard. Laureate head of Zeus Amarios right in dotted border. / Large AX league monogram, with ᴀΧᴾ monogram above and M below, all within wreath, tied at bottom. VF. Benner 14; BCD Peloponessos 722.8; BMC #116; Clerk #297 (plate XII #4); HGC 5 #596; SNG Cop 3 (Phliasia-Laconia) #317; Thompson 328 (pl.48). cf. CNG EA 467 #129 (same obv. die).Anaximander
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Achaean League, Pallantion.Greece. Achaian League. 90-80 BC. AR Triobol or Hemidrachm (2.15 gm, 16.3mm, 4h) of Pallantion in Arkadia. Laureate head of Zeus Amarios, right, dotted border. / Large AX league monogram. Π - Λ across fields, Α above & Ě monogram w/ trident below, all in laurel wreath, tied at bottom. EF. Bt. 2001. Benner 4; BCD Peloponessos 1593.2; BMC Peloponessus 124-126 (pl.II #11); HGC 5 #969; Clerk #219 (plate IX #3); MacDonald Huntington 26; SNG Cop 3 (Phliasia-Laconia) #290; SNG Delepierre 2007-2008; Weil ZfN 9 (Pallantium) #9.Anaximander
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Achaean League, Patrai.Greece. Achaian League. c. 86 BC. AR Triobol or Hemidrachm (2.32 gm, 15.1mm, 11h) of Patrai in Achaia, Symmachic standard. Laureate head of Zeus Amarios, right, dotted border. / Large AX league monogram, magistrate mongrams ΦI above and ΞE to left, ethnic ΠA to right, and dolphin below, all in laurel wreath, tied at bottom. nEF. Bt. Ponterio, 2002. Benner 49; BCD Peloponessos 508.4-5; BMC 43; Clerk #73 (pl.IV #10); HGC 5 #55; MacDonald Hunterian II #12; SNG Cop 3 (Phliasia-Laconia) #253, Weil ZfN 9 (Patrai) #4.Anaximander
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Achaean League, Sparta.Greece. Achaian League. 85 BC. AR Triobol or Hemidrachm (1.80 gm, 15.0mm, 12h) of Sparta in Laconia. Laureate head of Zeus Amarios, right, dotted border. / Large AX league monogram, with AI monogram above, pilei of Dioscuri to l. & r., with stars, and ⳦ monogram below, all with in laurel wreath, tied on the bottom. VF. Bt. Coral Gables, 2000. Benner 6; BCD Peloponessos 865.4; BMC 81-82; Clerk 319 (pl.XIII #6); HGC 5 #643; MacDonald Huntington II #49; SNG Cop 3 (Phliasia-Laconia) #320; Weil ZfN 9 (Lakedaemon) #5.Anaximander
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Achaean League, Teaga.Greece. Achaian League. c. 90-85 BC. AR Triobol or Hemidrachm (2.38 gm, 16.4mm, 8h) of Tegea in Arkadia. Laureate head of Zeus Amarios, right. / Large AX league monogram, T - E across fields, ΘΗ monogram above, all within laurel wreath, tied at the bottom. gVF. Pegasi Numismatics Auction 22 #136. Benner 5; BCD Peloponessos 1746; HGC 5 #1075; BMC Peloponessus 130-131; Clerk #226 (pl.IX #4); SNG Cop 3 (Phliasia-Laconia) #295; Weil ZfN 9 (Tegea) #3.Anaximander
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ACHAIA, ACHAEAN LEAGUE, a, (Anonymous) Mid III Century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.63 gm).
Obv: Head of Zeus of fine style
Rev: Monogram within wreath.
Toned aVF, some porosity.
BCD.374. ex BCD Collection.
Rare.Dino
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Aigeira. c. 167-146 BCAR Hemidrachm, Obv: Laureate head of Zeus r. Rx: Forepart of goat r. over monograms Achaean League AX monogram with AL to left, KI to right; all within laurel wreath, tied below. Rare. Ex John Twente Animal Collection; ex Craig Whitford NBD Bank Money Museum Collection Part II, lot 87. VF/EF, 2.49g. BCD-399 (same rev. die), Agrinion-571a, Clerk-16, Benner-Aigeira-5. HJBerk BBS 159, lot 166.Dino
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Aigieon. ca. 88-30 BC.AR Hemidrachm (2.17 g.).
obv: Laureate head of Zeus right. AIGIEWN.
rev: Achaian League monogram;CTO to left, API above, DA right, MOC below;all within laurel-wreath, tied below.
Sear-2973;BMC 24f.; SNG Cop. 235; BCD 430; Benner-Aigion-20.
Gorny & MoschDino
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Aigieon. ca. 88-30 BC.AR Hemidrachm 15mm (2.2 g.).
obv: Laureate head of Zeus right. AIGIEWN.
rev: Achaian League monogram;CTO to left, API above, DA right, MOC below;all within laurel-wreath, tied below.
Sear-2973;BMC 24f.; SNG Cop. 235; BCD 430; Benner-Aigion-20.Dino
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Antigoneia (Mantineia). Circa 188-180 BCAR Hemidrachm (13mm, 2.43 g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Monogram; A-N across field, monogram below; all within wreath tied at the bottom. Clerk 195; BCD Peloponnesos 1491; SNG Copenhagen 281. VF, toned. ex BCD Collection (not in LHS sale); Benner-Antigoneia-2. CNG auction 179 lot 40.Dino
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Antigoneia (Mantineia). Circa 188-180 BC.AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 2.32 g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Monogram; A-N across field, monogram below; all within wreath tied at the bottom. Clerk 195; BCD Peloponnesos 1491; SNG Copenhagen 281; Benner-Antigoneia-2. Toned. Dino
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Argos. 175-168BC AR Hemidrachm (15mm, 2.4g). Laureate head of Zeus left / AX Monogram: Harpa above; Monogram below; all within wreath tied above. Agrinion 307; Benner-Argos-9.
Dino
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Achaia, Achaean League, Argos. 195-188 BC.AR Triobol or Hemidrachm (15mm, 2.40 g, 6h).
Obv: Laureate head of Zeus left
Rev: AX monogram; TK monogram above; below, wolf’s head right; all within laurel wreath.
Benner 3; Clerk 141/5; BCD Peloponnesos 1130; HGC 5, 714.
From the BCD Collection (not in previous sales).
CNG e-auction 288, Lot: 156.Dino
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Achaia, Achaean League, Argos. 196-146 BC.AR Hemidrachm. Laureate head of Zeus left / AX monogram, AKT monogram above, wolf head right below.Dino
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Argos. Circa 160-146 BC. AR Hemidrachm (16mm, 2.33 g, 11h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Monogram of the Achaian League; above, club right; to right, TK monogram; all within laurel wreath. Benner 16; BCD Peloponnesos 1137. VF, toned.
Ex BCD Collection (not in previous sales); Coin Galleries FPL (Winter 1981-1982), no. 51; CNG 221, lot 79Dino
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Corinth. c. 167-146 BCAR Hemidrachm, Obv: Laureate head of Zeus l. Rx: Pegasus flying r. over AX monogram with A-K-S across fields; all within laurel wreath, tied left. Ex John Twente Animal Collection; ex HJB Buy or Bid, 2/17/1981. About VF, 2.27g. BCD-73.2, Agrinion-583, Clerk-111; Benner-Korinth-11. HJBerk BBS 159, lot 167.Dino
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Corinth. Circa 195-188 BC.AR Hemidrachm (14mm, 2.31 g, 10h).
obv: Laureate head of Zeus right
rev: Monogram of the Achaian League; to left, koppa; below, monogram; all within laurel wreath.
Benner 6; BCD Peloponnesos 71. VF, toned.
Ex BCD Collection (not in previous sales); CNG 221, lot 82.Dino
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Achaia, Achaean League, Dyme. 88-30 BC.AR Hemidrachm. Obv: Laureate head of Zeus r. Rx: Monograms above and to left of AX monogram F to right, fish r. below; all within laurel wreath. Ex John Twente Animal Collection; ex CNA Mail Bid Sale XXI, June 26, 1992, lot 674 (part). VF, 2.36g. BM-30, Clerk-53; Benner-Dyme-16. HJBerk BBS 159, lot 165.Dino
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Elis. c. 188-180 B.C.Silver hemidrachm, BMC Peloponnesus p. 4, 46; S 3003 var, VF, Elis mint, 2.312g, 12.8mm, 315o, c. 196 - 146 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Zeus right; reverse large AX monogram in laurel wreath, F - A at sides, CW/CIAC below; Agrinion 334a; BCD 665.1; Benner-Elis-5. ex Coin Galleries auction, 23 November 1963, #423; ex Forum.Dino
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Elis. 167-146 BC.AR Hemidrachm. 2.30g. Laureate Head of Zeus right/ AX, F-A across, LY above, Sigma Omega below; all within laurel wreath. Dark toning. EFBCD-664, Agrinion-349a, Clerk-281; BCD 664; Benner-Elis-27. HJBerk BBS 160, lot 105.Dino
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Elis. 175-168 BCAR hemidrachm. Laureate head of Zeus right/Achaian League monogram. A - FA - N monograms across fields. All within wreath tied at bottom. Clerk 290; Agrinion-337c; BCD 665.2; Benner-Elis-11.Dino
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Elis. 88-30BC.AR hemidrachm.
Zeus right KALLIPOS behind.
XA with monograms around. Thunderbolt below.
BCD 689, Benner Elis 42.Dino
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Elis. Circa 175-168 BC.AR hemidrachm. 15mm, 2.3g. Laureate head of Zeus right / AX monogram, F-A across, LY above; all within wreath tied at the bottom. BCD 665.5. Clerk 280.Dino
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Elis. Circa 175-168 BC. Bronze dichalkon?Bronze Dichalkon? (16mm). Laureate head of Zeus right / AX monogram, F-A across, LY above; all within wreath tied at the bottom.
If fourree core - Imitating BCD 665.5/Clerk 280?Dino
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Elis. Circa 191-188 BC. AR Hemidrachm (16mm, 2.42 g, 6h).
obv: Laureate head of Zeus right
rev: Monogram of the Achaian League; above, eagle standing right; in fields, N-I/Σ-Ω; below, FA; all within laurel wreath.
Benner 1; BCD Peloponnesos 663; Agrinion Hoard 331a (same obverse die)
VF, toned.
Ex BCD Collection (not in previous sales); CNG 221, lot 89.Dino
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Elis. Circa 88-30 BC.AR hemidrachm. Laureate head of Zeus right/Achaian League monogram. 14 mm 2.2g. FA DWE XE monograms across fields. Thunderbolt below. All within wreath tied at bottom. BCD 680-1; Clerk 259; Benner-Elis-52. Toned. ex. Christopher Morcom collection. ex CNG auction 173 lot 219.Dino
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Lakedaimon, Sparta 88-30 BC.AR hemidrachm. Laureate head Zeus right/Achaian League monogram. Caps of the dioscuri across fields. Monograms above and below All enclosed within laurel wreath tied at bottom. Clerk 318a; Benner-Sparta-6. exHCC, Inc.Dino
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Megalopolis. Circa 160-150 BC. Bronze dichalkon Bronze dichalkon or fourree core. 14.2mm. 2.27 g.
Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus right
Reverse: Large X with ΞB above, K-A across, M and thunderbolt below, all within wreath
Attribution: cf. BCD Peloponnesos 1551.1 Date: 160-150 BC
Ex BCD with tag. Note from BCD stating that this is a bronze coin struck from an identified offical die for a hemidrachm. This would make it possibly a test strike in bronze or a fouree core from a stolen die.Dino
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Megara. 175-168 BC. AR Hemidrachm. Laureate head of Zeus right / DW Monogram on left and PO Monogram on right side of Large AX monogram; above, lyre; all within laurel-wreath, tied below. Clerk 120; BCD 27.1; Benner-Megara-4.Dino
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Messenia-Messena. Circa 175-168 BC.AR Hemidrachm (18mm, 2.46 g).
Laureate head of Zeus right / Monogram; O-OP-N across field, M below; all within wreath tied at bottom.
Agrinion 325d-e; Clerk 304; BCD 722.7, 724; Benner-Messene-23 (same obverse die).
exBeast Coins.Dino
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Pallantium. 88-30 BC.AR Hemidrachm (12mm, 1.89 g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Monogram; P - A - L across field, Trident and AN monogram below; all within wreath tied at the bottom. Toned. Clerk 220; BCD 1593.1; Benner-Pallantion-3.Dino
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Patrai-Patras. 167-146 BC. AR hemidrachm. 16mm 2.55g.
Laureate head Zeus right/ Achaian league monogram. Monogram A-TEI-N across fields. dolphin below. All within laurel wreath tied at bottom.
Agrinion Hoard 553a (same rev. die); Clerk 82a; Benner-Patrai-29 (this coin).
exBeast Coins.
Dino
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Patrai-Patras. 167-146 BC. AR hemidrachm.
obv: Laureate head Zeus right
rev: Achaian league monogram. Monogram X-Theta E-E across fields. dolphin below. All within laurel wreath tied at bottom.
Agrinion 560-563; McClean 6411; SNG Cop. 249; Hunterian 14; Dewing 1845, Clerk 80/18; Benner-Patrai-32.
Dino
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Patrai-Patras. 175-168 BC.AR Hemidrachm (2.31 g.).
Obv: Laureate head Zeus right
Rev: Achaian League monogram; D left, M above, I right, trident below facing right; all within laurel wreath tied below.
Clerk 186/3; McClean 6461; Benner-Patrai-22.
exGorny & Mosch
SNG Cop. 274f. ; BMC 98Dino
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Patrai-Patras. 195-188 BC.AR Hemidrachm (15.3mm, 2.36g). Laureate head of Zeus right / AX Monogram; Monograms to left and right; Trident below; all within wreath tied at the bottom. Clerk 47(Ceryneia); Agrinion Hoard 270; Benner-Patrai-4.
exAmphora Coins.Dino
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Patrai-Patras. 88-30 BC. AR hemidrachm. 15mm 2.16g.
Laureate head Zeus right/ Achaian league monogram. XE SW PA across fields. dolphin below. All within laurel wreath tied at bottom.
VF. Toned. BCD 508.7 (this coin); Clerk 81; Benner-Patrai-51 (this coin). exBeast Coins.
Dino
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Patrai-Patras. 88-30 BC.AR hemidrachm. 16mm 2.4g
obv: Laureate head Zeus right
rev: Achaian league monogram. Monograms and letters across fields. dolphin below. All within laurel wreath tied at bottom.
BMC 42; McClean 6409-10; SNG Cop 252; Leake 3643-5; Clerk 77/15 & 78/16; BCD 508.6.
Dino
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Sikyon. Circa 160-146 BC.AR Hemidrachm (16mm, 2.34 g, 6h).
obv: Laureate head of Zeus right
rev: Monogram of the Achaian League; above, ME monogram; in fields, N-I; below, dove flying right; all within laurel wreath.
Benner 18; BCD Peloponnesos 322.1. Near VF, toned, a little porous.
Ex BCD Collection (not in previous sales); CNG 221, lot 156.Dino
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Sikyon. Circa 195-188 BC. AR Hemidrachm (14mm, 2.42 g, 10h).
obv: Laureate head of Zeus right
rev: Monogram of the Achaian League; in fields, Σ-I; below, EY; all within laurel wreath.
Benner 3; BCD Peloponnesos 321.2. VF, toned.
Ex BCD Collection (not in previous sales); CNG 221, lot 152.Dino
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Tegea. 88-30 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.49 g, 8h). Laureate head of Zeus right / XA monogram; T-E across field; all within wreath. Clerk 223; BCD 1744; SNG Copenhagen 293; Benner-Tegea-4. Toned.
From Collection C.P.A. Ex Tkalec (24 October 2003), lot 94.
exCNG 78, lot 695.
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Achaian League, Elis, 40-30 BC, AR Hemidrachm Laureate head of Zeus right, ΘPACYΛEΩN behind.
Wreath surrounding AX monogram in centre; FA monogram to left, ANTK monogram above and XE monogram to right, thunderbolt below.
BCD Peloponnesos 688; HGC 5, 541 (R1); Clerk 272; BMC 70; Sear GCV 2994.
(16 mm, 2.19 g, 11h).
John Jencek Ancient Coins & Antiquities; ex- Frank Kovacs Collection.n.igma
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Achaian League. Dyme Greece. Achaian League. c. 86 BC. AR Triobol, Hemidrachm (2.32 gm, 15.9mm, 11h) of Dyme in Achaia, Symmachic standard. Laureate head of Zeus Amarios, right. / League AX league monogram; Dyme Ϫ monogram above, T to left, Αᴾ monogram to r., fish below; all within wreath, tied at bottom. gVF. CNG EA 254 #115. The fish is the symbol of Dyme, which joined the league c. 280 BC. Benner 17; BCD Pelop. 488; BMC 31; Clerk 54 (pl.III #3); HGC 5 #41; SNG Cop 3 (Phliasia-Laconia) #240; Weil ZfN 9 (Dyme) #8.Anaximander
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Argolis, Epidauros ca. 250-240 BC, AR HemidrachmLaureate head of Asklepios left; Θ re-cut over an effaced E behind.
EΠ monogram within wreath.
HGC 5, 729; Requier Monnayage Series 4 [2], 202 (this coin) dies D2/R3, weight recorded as 2.34 g on BCD tag = Requier 2, 202); BCD Peloponnesos 1243-44 (same dies); Dewing 1931 (same dies).
(16 mm, 2.35 g, 7h).
Struck from worn dies as are all examples of this the last civic hemidrachm issue of Epidauros.
CNG Classical Numismatic Review XXXIX, 1, Spring 2014, 976803 from the BCD Collection; ex-1979/80 Epidauros Hoard (CH VII, 69).
This emission was the last civic silver issue struck by Epidauros. It was struck on a reduced weight standard that was adopted throughout most of the Peloponnesos from around 250 BC. It utilized an obverse die from the preceding emission on which the Θ mint control (D2) was re-cut over the earlier E mint control (D1). In 243 BC the last of pro-Macedonian tyrants that had ruled Epidauros for the previous fifty years was forced to step aside by Aretos of Sikyon, the strategos of the Achaean League. This event probably bought to an end the civic silver issues of Epidauros, although bronze civic coinage continued down to ca. 200 BC. After this, a few Epidauran issues in silver and bronze, conforming to Achaean League standards, were made in the period leading up to the defeat of the League by Rome in 146 BC
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Bronze - ACHAIA, Achaean League, Phigaleia, 208 BCÆ Tetrachalkon
Attribution: SNG Cop 345, BMC 169
Date: 208 BC
Obverse: Zeus standing left
Reverse: Achaia seated left
Size: 20.15 mm
Weight: 5 grams
Rarity: 8
Description: A very nice example of this rare and crude issueDino
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Bronze - ACHAIA, Achaean League, Phlius. Circa 191-146 BC.Æ Tetrachalkon (18mm, 4.6 g).
obv: Zeus standing left, holding Nike and scepter; monogram in left field
rev: Female figure (Achaia) seated left, holding wreath and scepter.
BMC 146. BCD 147.
Ex BCD Collection (with BCD tag, not in previous sales)Dino
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Bronze - ACHAIA, Achaean League, SikyonBronze tetrachalkon, BCD Peloponnesos 323; BMC Peloponnesus p. 13, 147; Clerk 20; Benner 4; HGC 5 285 (S), F, dark patina, tight flan, marks, scrape on reverse, corrosion, 4.581g, 17.9mm, 45o, Sikyon mint, 191 -146 B.C.; obverse Zeus standing left, nude, Nike in extended right hand, long scepter vertical in left hand, DA monogram lower left; reverse AXAIWN SIKYWNIWN, Achaia seated left, wreath in extended right hand, long scepter vertical in left hand; ex J. Cohen Collection, ex BCD Collection (acquired from old German collection in Oct. 1993); rareDino
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Bronze - ACHAIA, Achaean League, Sikyon. ca. 251 B.C.Æ Tetrachalkon
20x17.5.
Obv. Zeus Amarios standing l. holding Nike and scepter, AT monogram before.
Rv. Demeter Panachaea seated l. holding wreath and scepter; AXAIΩN (ΣI) KYΩN(ΩN). Cf.SNG Cop 330-1. Rare. Upper margin flatly struck. Olive-brown. Very Fine.
ex Stack's St. Ludovico and Firth of Clyde Collection sale, lot 1100.
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Bronze - ACHAIA, Achaean League, Sikyon. Circa 191-146 BC. Æ Tetrachalkon (19mm, 5.49 g, 10h).
obv: Zeus standing left, holding Nike and scepter; monogram in left field
rev: Female figure (Achaia) seated left, holding wreath and scepter.
Warren, Bronze 4a; Benner 4; BCD Peloponnesos 323. Near VF, green patina.
Ex BCD Collection (not in previous sales); CNG 221, lot 154.Dino
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Bronze - ACHAIA, Achaean League, Sikyon. Circa 191-146 BC.Æ Tetrachalkon (19mm, 5.3 g).
obv: Zeus standing left, holding Nike and scepter; monogram in left field
rev: Female figure (Achaia) seated left, holding wreath and scepter.
Warren, Bronze 4a; Benner 4; BCD Peloponnesos 323. Near VF, green patina.
Ex BCD Collection (not in previous sales)Dino
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Bronze - ACHAIA, Achaean League, Sikyon. Circa 191-146 BC.Æ Tetrachalkon (19mm, 5.0 g).
obv: Zeus standing left, holding Nike and scepter; monogram in left field
rev: Female figure (Achaia) seated left, holding wreath and scepter.
Warren, Bronze 4a; Benner 4; BCD Peloponnesos 323.
Ex BCD Collection (not in previous sales)Dino
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Bronze - ACHAIA, Achaean League, TegeaBronze tetrachalkon, cf. BCD Peloponnesos 1325, BMC Peloponnesus p. 15, 171 ff., Clerk 89 ff., SNG Cop 347 ff., aF/VF, 4.511g, 18.6mm, 90o, Tegea (Alea, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece) mint, 191 -146 B.C.; obverse Zeus Amarios standing left, nude, Nike in right hand, long vertical scepter in left hand, obscure magistrates name downward behind; reverse AXAIWN - TEGEA-TWN, Achaia seated left, wreath in her right hand, long scepter vertical in her left hand; ex Gitbud & Naumann auction 23 (5 Oct 2014), lot 254Dino
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Bronze - ACHAIA, Achaean League, Tegea. Circa 191-146 BC. Æ Tetrachalkon
20mm (4.99 g, 3h).
obv: Zeus Homarios standing left, holding Nike and scepter
rev: Achaia seated left, holding wreath and scepter.
Warren, Bronze 836 (this coin); BCD Peloponnesos 70; SNG Copenhagen 348. CNG Sale 201, Lot: 69. Fine, brown patina, rough.
From the J. S. Wagner Collection.
CNGDino
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Bronze - ACHAIA, Achaean League. Anonymous. Circa 250 BC.Æ Dichalkon (13mm, 2.54 g, 2h).
obv: Laureate head of Zeus right
rev: League monogram within wreath . Benner 5; BCD Peloponnesos 377; SNG Copenhagen 229.
Near VF, rough green patina, encrustation.
CNG Electronic Auction 215, Lot: 172.Dino
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Bruttium, Kroton (Circa 425-350 BC)AR Stater
7.73 g
Obverse: Eagle standing left, head right, on stag’s head
Reverse: Tripod; ivy leaf to left, QPO to right.
HN Italy 2146; SNG ANS 351-2
Obeying a directive of the oracle of Delphi, A group of Achaean settlers founded Kroton around 710 BC. Like its neighbor to the north, Sybaris, it soon became a city of power and wealth. Kroton was especially celebrated for its successes in the Olympic Games from 588 BC onward (Milo of Kroton being the most famous of its athletes).
The philosopher Pythagoras established himself there about 530 BC and formed a society of 300 disciples who were sympathetic toward aristocratic government. In 510 BC Kroton was strong enough to defeat the Sybarites and raze their city to the ground. However, shortly after the sack of Sybaris the disciples of Pythagoras were driven out, and a democracy established.
The obverse was comparable with similar types on probably contemporary coins from Elis (which put on the Olympic games at the nearby sanctuary of Olympia) The coins of both cities were thus likely issued for athletic festivals in honor of Zeus. In Kroton’s case the coins probably commemorated its citizens’ Olympic victories with the eagle representing Zeus who presided over Olympia and the games themselves. The tripod (reverse) represented the divine sanction for the town's founding from the Oracle of Delphi (who sat on a three legged stool when producing her oracles).
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EB0047 Zeus / AX MonogramAchaean League, Aegira Peloponessos, Hemidrachm, 196-146 BC.
Obverse: Head of Zeus right.
Reverse: Large AX monogram, forepart of goat above, AΛ-KI, all in wreath.
References: Agrinion Hoard 323.
Diameter: 17mm, Weight: 2.347g.EB
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EB0048 Zeus / AX monogramAchaean League (Unidentified), Hemidrachm, 196-146 BC.
Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus right.
Reverse: Large AX monogram, (various symbols), dolphin below, all in wreath.
References: -.
Diameter: 17mm, Weight: 2.33g.EB
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EB0050 Zeus / AX monogramAchaean League. Patrai. Hemidrachm (Circa 175-168).
Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus right.
Reverse: AX monogram; A-P across; above, ΛY; below, dolphin; all within laurel wreath.
References: Benner 27.
Diameter: 17mm, Weight: 2.369g.EB
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GREEK, Achaean League, Aigieon. ca. 88-30 BC. AR Hemidrachm 15mm (2.2 g.).
obv: Laureate head of Zeus right. AIGIEWN.
rev: Achaian League monogram;CTO to left, API above, DA right, MOC below;all within laurel-wreath, tied below.
Sear-2973;BMC 24f.; SNG Cop. 235; BCD 430; Benner-Aigion-20.
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GREEK, Achaean League, Argos, ca. 175-168 BC, AR Hemidrachm - Agrinion 308Laureate head of Zeus right. / Wreath surrounding AX monogram in centre; TK monogram above and Harpa right below.
BCD Peloponnesos 1136 (this coin); Clerk 147; Agrinion 308 (same dies).
(17 mm, 2.47 g, 12h)
ex- BCD Collection; LHS 96, Lot 1136 (8 May 2006); ex- Empire Coins Fixed Price List 76 (September 1995).
One of the more refined images of Zeus on this series of Achaian League emissions, complimented by the slightly oval flan.
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GREEK, Achaean League, Corinth. c. 167-146 BC AR Hemidrachm, Obv: Laureate head of Zeus l. Rx: Pegasus flying r. over AX monogram with A-K-S across fields; all within laurel wreath, tied left. Ex John Twente Animal Collection; ex HJB Buy or Bid, 2/17/1981. About VF, 2.27g. BCD-73.2, Agrinion-583, Clerk-111; Benner-Korinth-11.
HJBerk BBS 159, lot 167.
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GREEK, Achaean League, Elis. Circa 191-188 BC. AR Hemidrachm (16mm, 2.42 g, 6h).
obv: Laureate head of Zeus right
rev: Monogram of the Achaian League; above, eagle standing right; in fields, N-I/Σ-Ω; below, FA; all within laurel wreath.
Benner 1; BCD Peloponnesos 663. VF, toned.
Ex BCD Collection (not in previous sales); CNG 221, lot 89.
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GREEK, Achaean League, Messene, 175-168 BC, AR Hemidrachm Laureate head of Zeus Hamarios left.
Large AX monogram; N - Φ across fields, M below; all within wreath.
HGC 5, 597 (this coin); Benner 23 (this coin); BCD Peloponnesos 723 (this coin); Agrinon 323g (same dies); Clerk 216 (Megalopolis); SNG Copenhagen 315.
(15 mm, 2.44 g, 5h)
ex- BCD Collection: LHS 96 (8-9 May 2006) Lot 723
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GREEK, Achaean League, Messenia-Messena. Circa 175-168 BC. AR Hemidrachm (18mm, 2.46 g).
Laureate head of Zeus right / Monogram; O-OP-N across field, M below; all within wreath tied at bottom.
Agrinion 325d-e; Clerk 304; BCD 722.7, 724; Benner-Messene-23 (same obverse die).
exBeast Coins. Dino
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GREEK, Achaean League, Patrai-Patras. 167-146 BC. AR hemidrachm. 16mm 2.55g.
Laureate head Zeus right/ Achaian league monogram. Monogram A-TEI-N across fields. dolphin below. All within laurel wreath tied at bottom.
Agrinion Hoard 553a (same rev. die); Clerk 82a; Benner-Patrai-29 (this coin).
exBeast Coins.Dino
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GREEK, Achaean League, Patrai-Patras. 175-168 BC.AR Hemidrachm (2.31 g.).
Obv: Laureate head Zeus right
Rev: Achaian League monogram; D left, M above, I right, trident below facing right; all within laurel wreath tied below.
Clerk 186/3; McClean 6461; Benner-Patrai-22.
exGorny & Mosch
SNG Cop. 274f. ; BMC 98Dino
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GREEK, Achaean League, Tegea. 88-30 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.49 g, 8h). Laureate head of Zeus right / XA monogram; T-E across field; all within wreath. Clerk 223; BCD 1744; SNG Copenhagen 293; Benner-Tegea-4.
From Collection C.P.A. Ex Tkalec (24 October 2003), lot 94.
exCNG 78, lot 695.
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Greek, ACHAIA, Achaean League, Patrai-Patras. 88-30 BC.AR hemidrachm. 15mm 2.16g.
Laureate head Zeus right/ Achaian league monogram. XE SW PA across fields. dolphin below. All within laurel wreath tied at bottom.
VF. Toned. BCD 508.7 (this coin); Clerk 81; Benner-Patrai-51 (this coin). exBeast Coins.Dino
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GREEK, Italy, Sybaris Nomos 540-520 BC Gillette CollectionNomos circa 540-520, AR 7.82 g. 31mm Bull standing l. on dotted bar, head reverted; in exergue, VM. The whole within dotted border. Rev. Same type incuse on broken bar, without legend. The whole within radiate border. Historia Numorum Italy 1729. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 1388.
Gorini 1 and enlarged p. 107 (this coin).
An extremely rare variety. Nicely toned and good very fine
Ex Triton sale 1, 1998, 121. Barry Fierstein Collection. From the Gillette collection 1924
NAC 39 Lot 5 May 17th, 2007
Sybaris (Greek: Σύβαρις; Italian: Sibari) was a celebrated city of Magna Graecia on the western shore Gulf of Taranto, a short distance from the sea, between the rivers Crathis (Crati) and Sybaris (Coscile). The last of these, from which it derived its name, at the present day falls into the Crati about 5 km from its mouth, but in ancient times undoubtedly pursued an independent course to the sea. Sybaris was apparently the earliest of all the Greek colonies in this part of Italy, being founded, according to the statement of Scymnus Chius, as early as 720 BCE. The site is located within the limits of the present-day comune of Cassano allo Ionio, in the province of Cosenza (Calabria), Italy.
Sybaris was Italy’s most prosperous Achaean colony. Sybaris was destroyed in 510 BC by Croton which exiled the colonists. The Athenians and Sybarite descendants established themselves in a joint colony, New Sybaris, in 443. Eventually, making themselves unpopular, the Sybarites were expelled and the remaining colonists refounded their city near the spring of Thuria.
The word Sybaritic has become a byword meaning extreme luxury and a seeking for pleasure and comfort
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GREEK, Metapontum, LucaniaAR Didrachm (21mm, 7.8g)
O: Head of Demeter right, wreathed in grain and wearing triple earring and necklace; ΔAI under chin.
R: Ear of barley with seven grains, leaf to right; plow above leaf, MAX below, META to left.
SNG ANS 470 / SNG Cop 1227 / HN Italy 1581 / Johnston C-1 / Sear 416
Founded around 700 BC by Achaean colonists, Metapontum was located at the north of the Gulf of Taras between the rivers Bradanus and Casuentus.Enodia
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Italy, Herculaneum, House of the Relief of TelephusOn the south wall of the atrium is a copy of a neo-Attic relief depicting an episode from the myth of Telephus. The relief, which was found in in the house, depicts Achilles in the presence of his mother Thetis, treating the wound of the Mysian king, Telephus in return for the king showing the Achaeans the way to Troy.
From my visit to Herculaneum in August 2015 maridvnvm
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Italy, Lucania, ThuriumAR Stater, 7.79g. 22mm. c.410-400 B.C.
Engraver, Phrygillos (?). Head of Athena to right wearing crested helmet decorated with Skylla; "phi" in field to right. Rv. Bull pawing ground with head down to right; fish in exergue. SNG Oxford 871. HN 1782; a few small marks and some small metal breaks in front of face. Toned and of fine style
Ex: Numismatica Ars Classica, Zurich, Auction O, 2004, lot 1157.
Located on a fertile plain on the Gulf of Taranto near the site of Sybaris, Thurium was founded by Achaeans late in the 8th Century B.C. At the peak of its success, Sybaris had amassed a population nearly equal to that of Athens, had a six-mile defensive wall, and according to Strabo had as many as 25 cities and four native peoples under its authority. However, the thriving settlement was destroyed by Croton in 510 B.C. After two attempts to establish a new foundation on the ruined site that had been thwarted by Croton, a fresh attempt was made in the period 446 to 444/3 B.C. This remarkable undertaking was originally conceived by descendants of the Sybarites, but when the Crotonites opposed that enterprise as well, help was sought from Athens. Pericles came to their aid by sending colonists whom he had gathered from throughout Greece to participate in what he envisioned as a Panhellenic experiment in colonization. With financial and military support from Athens, the colonists set up their city, drawing on the talents of Protagoras of Abdera for its civil laws, Lampon of Athens for its sacred laws and Hippodamus of Miletus for its city-plan. Even the historian Herodotus is counted among the talented participants. As Thurium began to flourish its colonists from Greece soon ejected their co-founding Sybarites (who established another city on the river Traeis) and eventually distanced themselves even from their benefactor Athens. The city continued to prosper even after it came under Roman control following the defeat of Tarentum in 272. During the Second Punic War, Thurium was still a regional power and it held out as a Roman ally until the spring of 212, when resisting the Carthaginians became impossible. It was the last Greek city to fall to Hannibal, yet it also was the last city outside of Bruttium to remain in his camp. This was not appreciated by the Romans who consequently added its land to their ager publicus and, in 194 or 193, by which time the site was largely abandoned, founded in its place the Latin colony of Copia. Thurian coinage is substantial, and is renowned for the fine artistry of its dies. The head of Athena as an obverse type clearly is inspired by the coinage of Athens. The standing bull on the city’s early coins likely was derived from the old badge of Sybaris, yet the charging version of that animal may refer to the local spring Thuria, from which the new foundation took its name. On this example the bowl of Athena’s helmet is vividly decorated with Scylla, whose ribbed serpent-tail and dog foreparts are particularly well-engraved. Athena’s face retains the severe dignity of even the earliest issues of Thurium, making it a fine example of Attic-inspired art. The bull, as on all Thurian issues of this era, is fully animated with its tail lashing as it charges forth to engage some unseen foe.
Ex: A.D.M. Collection Leo
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Kings of Macedon, Philip V, 221-179 BC, AR Tetradrachm – Corinth 220-217 BCHead of Herakles right wearing lion skin headdress.
AΛEΞANΔPOY Zeus Aëtophoros seated left on a throne with a backrest topped by two Nikai, in left field Athena advancing left, shield over shoulder, holding spear on which is perched an owl, ΘE beneath throne.
Commerce (“Achaeus Hoard”), 2002 (CH 10.277) no.6 (this coin), pl. 17, no.6 (this coin); Troxell Peloponnesian Alexanders pl. XVII, 3 (same obverse die); Price 703 (same obverse die); Noe ANSNS 6, 60.
(27 mm, 16.83 g, 1h).
Jencek Historical Enterprise; ex Commerce (“Achaeus Hoard”), 2002 (CH 10.277).
The “Achaeus Hoard” from which this coin derives is an assemblage of 87 coins identified in commerce in 2002 as having come from the same hoard from an unknown find location inferred to possibly be in southwest Asia Minor that was buried around c. 204-203 BC.
Struck ca. 220-217 BC in Corinth, part of the Achaean League contribution to the maintenance of the army of Philip V of Macedon during the Social War. Obverse struck from a worn die.
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Lakonia (Sparta)Lakonia (Sparta). 196-146 BC. AR Hemidrachm. Laureate head of Zeus Hamarios / AX monogram.
Not found in inventory 2017-12Anaximander
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Lucania, Metapontion (400-340 BC)AR Nomos
19mm, 7.48g
Obverse: Head of Leucippus with Corinthian helmet, behind grape
Reverse: Barley ear with side leaf and META to right.
Johnston A4.3 (av., Stgl.), HN Italy 1553.
Metapontion traced its founding to the 7th century BC, when an Achaean adventurer named Leucippus and his followers put down roots on a fertile plain on the instep of the Italian boot. The city so flourished that its people were said to have dedicated a "golden harvest," probably a golden sheaf of barley, at the great temple of Delphi.
Metapontion was among the first cities of Magna Graecia to issue coinage, and indeed long preceded its later rival Tarentum in this respect. The choice of the barley ear as the civic emblem is unusual in that the other cities of Magna Graecia all struck coinage displaying types relating to their foundation myths or principal cults. Metapontion's choice may well reflect a significant economic reliance on its major export.Nathan P
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