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Triton XXIV 19-20 Jan 2021
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MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 450-330 BC. EL Stater (18mm, 16.06 g). Thetis, holding wreath in extended right hand and wearing shield on left arm, riding dolphin left; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 159; Greenwell 48; Boston MFA 1501 = Warren 1467; SNG BN 307; BMC 69; Gulbenkian 634; Jameson –; Weber 4994. Attractive light toning. Good VF. Very rare.
From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Künker 304 (19 March 2018), lot 435 (hammer €16,000). Includes an old ticket in German noting "Ex Coll Lambros".
This type is traditionally thought to portray a Trojan War-related scene, with Thetis carrying the shield forged by Hephaistos to her son Achilles, for whom her wreath is also intended. However, Greenwell advanced an alternate theory, that it is a naval victory-related scene depicting a nereid, likely in commemoration of the Battle of Kyzikos in 410 BC.
From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Künker 304 (19 March 2018), lot 435 (hammer €16,000). Includes an old ticket in German noting "Ex Coll Lambros".
This type is traditionally thought to portray a Trojan War-related scene, with Thetis carrying the shield forged by Hephaistos to her son Achilles, for whom her wreath is also intended. However, Greenwell advanced an alternate theory, that it is a naval victory-related scene depicting a nereid, likely in commemoration of the Battle of Kyzikos in 410 BC.