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Auction 9 14 December 2015
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Northern Greece. Macedon, Akanthos. Tetradrachm, c. 375 BC. (Silver, 14.33g., 24.3mm). Lion to right, attacking bull, collapsing to left with its head raised; above, ΑΛΕ / ΑΚΑ-ΝΘ-ΙΟ-Ν on a band around a square divided in four parts, each with a raised, granulated center; all within a shallow incuse square. Desneux 138.
A beautifully toned, perfectly stuck and wonderfully attractive coin, with a magnificent representation of the battle between a lion and a bull. A splendid example of ripe, classical style. Extremely fine.
Provenance: Numismatica Ars Classica 33, 6 April 2006, 114. Leu 65, 21 May 1996, 132. Tkalec 23 October 1992, 56.
This series of three lots brings us from the art of the late archaic period, through the early classical and well into the full flowering of naturalistic classical style. The coinage of Akanthos is remarkable in the way the progression of style can be easily seen: the types do not change but the artistic sensibility of the artists who produced the dies is visibly different.
A beautifully toned, perfectly stuck and wonderfully attractive coin, with a magnificent representation of the battle between a lion and a bull. A splendid example of ripe, classical style. Extremely fine.
Provenance: Numismatica Ars Classica 33, 6 April 2006, 114. Leu 65, 21 May 1996, 132. Tkalec 23 October 1992, 56.
This series of three lots brings us from the art of the late archaic period, through the early classical and well into the full flowering of naturalistic classical style. The coinage of Akanthos is remarkable in the way the progression of style can be easily seen: the types do not change but the artistic sensibility of the artists who produced the dies is visibly different.