Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XVII 28 Mar 2019
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Bruttium, Rhegion AR Stater. Circa 344-337 BC. Corthinian Type. Pegasos flying to left; monogram of Rhegion below / Head of Athena to left, wearing Corithinan helmet; kithara behind. S. Silberstein Trevisani Ceccherini, La monetazione di Reggio Magnogreca, Roma 2014, p. 394, 6 (this coin); Calciati, Pegasi II, p. 589, 1; HN Italy 2507; BMC p. 97, 1; HN Italy 2507. 8.42g, 22mm, 6h.
Good Extremely Fine; among the finest known. Extremely Rare; only three other examples on CoinArchives.
From a private European collection;
This coin published in S. Silberstein Trevisani Ceccherini, La monetazione di Reggio Magnogreca (Rome, 2014);
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 33, 6 April 2006, lot 54;
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 9, 16 April 1996, lot 122.
Herzfelder called the engraver of these dies "the Master of the Rhegium Apollo", while 20th century Italian numismatists defined such refined dies with leaf symbols as the product of a master engraver known as the 'maestro della foglia'. This high period of classical artistry at Rhegion is contemporary with the celebrated signed issues of Sicily, and stands out as one of the most distinctive and desirable coin types of the Greeks.
Good Extremely Fine; among the finest known. Extremely Rare; only three other examples on CoinArchives.
From a private European collection;
This coin published in S. Silberstein Trevisani Ceccherini, La monetazione di Reggio Magnogreca (Rome, 2014);
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 33, 6 April 2006, lot 54;
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 9, 16 April 1996, lot 122.
Herzfelder called the engraver of these dies "the Master of the Rhegium Apollo", while 20th century Italian numismatists defined such refined dies with leaf symbols as the product of a master engraver known as the 'maestro della foglia'. This high period of classical artistry at Rhegion is contemporary with the celebrated signed issues of Sicily, and stands out as one of the most distinctive and desirable coin types of the Greeks.