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Lansky Auction 3 5 Jan 2021
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Bruttium. Rhegium. 415-387 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.77g, 3h). Herzfelder 95f = Larizza 248 (this coin). Old cabinet tone. Struck from high relief dies of lovely style. Insignificant double-strike on reverse. Splendid pedigree. Good very fine. From the E.L. collection; Adolph Hess 1983 (254) 63; former Barone Pompeo Bonazzi di Sannicandro (1876-1956) collection, Rodolfo Ratto 1926 (25 January) lot 776; Naville 1923 (5) lot 758; former Wilhelm Fröhner (1834-1925) collection, Rodolfo Ratto 1912 (13 May) lot 353; idem, Rodolfo Ratto 1909 (26 April) lot 1059; former Charles Billoin (1813-1869) collection, Rollin & Feuardent 1886 (22 March) lot 159; former Ferdinand Bompois (1813-1881) collection
The classical ideal of beauty reaches here its most accomplished results. This image of Apollo is generally considered as one of the best in the entire art history thanks to the wonderful expressiveness of the young god as well as the delicate rendering of his profile, in perfect contrast to the powerful image on obverse shown by means of such a relief which amazingly emphasizes the sculptural effect of the huge lion's head. As a matter of fact, sculpture first enters the art of coinage with the series of Rhegium.
The classical ideal of beauty reaches here its most accomplished results. This image of Apollo is generally considered as one of the best in the entire art history thanks to the wonderful expressiveness of the young god as well as the delicate rendering of his profile, in perfect contrast to the powerful image on obverse shown by means of such a relief which amazingly emphasizes the sculptural effect of the huge lion's head. As a matter of fact, sculpture first enters the art of coinage with the series of Rhegium.