Roma Numismatics Ltd
E-Live Auction 5 27 Sep 2022
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Thraco-Macedonian Pangeion Region(?), uncertain mint AR Tritartemorion. Circa 450 BC. Monkey squatting to left / Round shield within incuse circle. Tzamalis 67; Demeester 41; NAC 82, 104 (hammer: CHF 475); Roma 2, 131. 0.25g, 5mm.
Near Extremely Fine; beautifully toned. Exceptionally Rare; undoubtedly among the very finest of the few left-facing monkey types to come to auction in the past two decades, and certainly on par with the right-facing specimen sold for USD 3,750 in 2012 (Gemini IX, lot 46).
From the Italo Vecchi Collection.
This enigmatic series, showing a monkey squatting either right or left with a round shield on the reverse, is the only Greek coinage of the classical period to depict such an animal. It is known that monkeys were kept as house pets in antiquity, but its significance in this context is unknown.
Near Extremely Fine; beautifully toned. Exceptionally Rare; undoubtedly among the very finest of the few left-facing monkey types to come to auction in the past two decades, and certainly on par with the right-facing specimen sold for USD 3,750 in 2012 (Gemini IX, lot 46).
From the Italo Vecchi Collection.
This enigmatic series, showing a monkey squatting either right or left with a round shield on the reverse, is the only Greek coinage of the classical period to depict such an animal. It is known that monkeys were kept as house pets in antiquity, but its significance in this context is unknown.