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Click here to subscribeANCIENT COINS, GREEK COINS, Calabria, Tarentum (c.302-281 BC), Silver Stater, naked youth on horseback right, crowning the horse, rev Taras seated on dolphin left; Lucania, Metapontum (c.350 BC), Silver Stater, female head facing left, rev META, grain-ear, a kantharos on leaf. First toned, good very fine, the second very fine. (2)
332-302 BC. Obv: naked horseman galloping right, holding shield on left arm, thrusting spear downwards with right hand and holding two horizontal spears in left hand; SA beneath horse. Rev: TARAS legend with Taras, holding kantharos and trident, riding left on dolphin; K in left field, small dolphin swimming left below. 7.70 grams. Vlasto 607-608; BMC 232; Evans V-B,12; SNG Cop 848-849; HN Italy 937. See Wildwinds.com (this coin). Good very fine.
2nd-4th century AD. A lead plaque with figures relating to the Danubian rider cult in three registers within an arched frame, coiled snakes to the upper corners; in the upper register Sol holding orb and wearing sun-burst crown in quadriga; below a standing figure of a goddess flanked by two male deities seated on horses, male figures to either side of these; in the lower register a group of figures including a soldier, three figures seated round a table with fish on top a couch, twins (possibly Castor and Pollux, known as the Dioscuri, meaning 'Divine Twins'), to the bottom a kantharos with snake, lion, cockerel and fish either side. 5.4 grams, 95mm (3 3/4"). Fine condition. Property of a West Yorkshire lady; from the private collection of John Moore, Brigantia Antiquities, York, UK; acquired by John Moore in the 1960s. The Danubian Riders were associated with a mystery religion of the Getae and the Dacians, peoples of Thracian stock who lived in ancient Dacia (roughly equivalent to modern-day Romania). The cult of the Danubian Riders began to spread among Roman soldiers soon after 106 CE, when Dacia was conquered by Trajan and made a province of the Roman Empire. Traces of the cult have been found as far away as the Roman provinces of Gaul and Britain.The plaques are found in both stone and lead and depict two horsemen, a goddess with a fish, as well as prostrated characters, attendants, and various symbols, such as the sun, the moon, stars, and numerous animals (including the ram, dog, lion, eagle, peacock, raven, cock, snake, and sometimes even the bull). Scholarly identifications of the goddess are widely divergent. The two horsemen have been identified with the Dioscuri by some scholars and with the Cabiri brothers by others. The Greek iconography of the Dioscuri has had a particular impact on that of the Dacian Riders, though a local identity is more likely and that they developed from a earlier hero figure who is identified as Sabazios.
A Wedgwood caneware kantharos-form pot-pourri vase, a Cyples 'Egyptian black' coffee pot and two Wedgwood black basalt milk jugs, one circa 1810 Condition Report: Lot 48: Wedgwood pot pourri - Solid inner cover lacking. Both handles restored. Hairline crack around 1/3 of the body. Some palmette leaves lacking. Coffee pot - Repair and chipping to finial. Edge of cover restored. Chip to inner lip. Light chipping to spout. Both milk jugs have a small chip to spout.
A French green glazed 17th Century pottery tankard applied with a frieze of Saints within archways (repaired), 17cm high, a 16th Century tile fragment, two Roman pottery oil lamps, bronze mount of an eagle, hardstone weight, a Kantharos type vase with combed decoration, 10cm high, a pinch neck pottery jug, 16cm high, Persian copper hammered dish, 33cm diameter and a pottery handle (10)
Taranto - Obolo databile al periodo di Pirro, 281-272 a.C. - Diritto: testa di Eracle a destra ricoperta dalle fauci del leone - Rovescio: Taras, in groppa al delfino verso sinistra, tiene un Kantharos con la mano destra e il tridente con la sinistra - gr. 0,87 - Rara - Di buona qualità (Vlasto n. 43) (Fischer-Bossert n. G34) 1.000,00
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great' AV Stater. Amphipolis, circa 325-319 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent / Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis, kantharos in left field; AΛEΞANΔPOY to right. Price 168. 8.59g, 18mm, 2h. Very Fine.
Calabria, Tarentum AR Nomos. Circa 320-315 BC. Nude youth on horse pacing to right, wreath in outstretched right hand to crown the horse; ΣΑ to left, mask of Pan below / Taras astride dolphin to left, holding kantharos; ΦΙ below, TAPAΣ behind. Vlasto 661 (these dies); HN Italy 945. 7.81g, 23mm, 9h. Near Extremely Fine. Very Rare. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 59, 4 April 2011, lot 488.
Calabria, Tarentum AR Nomos. Circa 315-300 BC. Nude warrior on horse prancing to right, holding reins, shield and two spears in left hand and striking with spear in right; ΣΑ below / Taras astride dolphin to left, holding trident and kantharos, TAPAΣ behind; AP ligate in upper left field, small dolphin in lower right. Vlasto 605 (these dies); SNG Fitzwilliam 278 (these dies); Fischer-Bossert 852; HN Italy 937. 7.91g, 24mm, 9h. Good Extremely Fine. An aesthetically highly pleasing coin, struck on a huge flan. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 84, 20 May 2015, lot 557; Ex private Swiss collection.
Calabria, Tarentum AR Nomos. Circa 272-240 BC. Aristokles, magistrate. Nude warrior on horseback right, holding round shield, two lances and a spear, ΔΙ behind; ΑΡΙΣΤΟΚΛΗΣ in two lines below / Taras astride dolphin to left, holding kantharos and trident; head of nymph to left behind, TAPAΣ below. Vlasto 878; HN Italy 1033. 6.41g, 18mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Unusually well detailed faces.
6th-7th century AD. A rectangular sandstone grave stele with incised and painted decoration; to the top a chi-rho in painted red circle with green background; below ten lines of Greek text picked out in red paint with painted wavy lines to the side border; along the bottom register a kantharos painted in green. Private collection, London, UK; formed 1970s-1980s. 19 kg, 50cm (19 3/4"). Fair condition, repaired.
Magna Graecia, southern Italy, Apulia, Canosa, ca. 325 BCE. Large and lovely pottery kantharos on tall foot, taller "cup" with flaring rim and twin sweeping handles to the sides. One painted in added pink and blue over this chalky white background, sadly now almost all missing. Still, a tall and very elegant cup! Size: 10-1/2" H (26.7 cm). Provenance: Ex- M. Reiniger collection acquired at harlan Berk, Ltd. Condition: Most of the fugitive decoration now gone, but intact and quite excellent. All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #111272
1st-3rd century AD. A gold ring with raised bezel on an eye shaped base with straight sided shank with grooves; bezel set with intaglio depicting a kantharos with ears of corn coming out of the top flanked by cornucopia with birds on the top. 5 grams; 20.79mm overall, 18mm internal (approximate size, British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 57 3/4, Japan 16) (3/4"). UK art market, acquired prior to 1980. Very fine condition.
39 BC. Possibly Ephesus mint. Obv: M ANTONIVS IMP COS DESIG ITER ET TERT legend with jugate heads of Marc Antony, wreathed with ivy and berries, and Octavia, bare-headed, right. Rev: III VIR R P C legend with cista mystica between two coiled serpents, Dionysos (Bacchus) standing left above, holding kantharos and thyrsos. SNG Cop. 408; SNG von Aulock 6555; RSC 3; Sydenham 1198; RPC 2202; Sear 1513. 11.21 grams. Very fine.
Calabria, Tarentum AR Nomos. Circa 280-272 BC. Apollo..., magistrate. Nude youth on horseback right, crowning horse that raises left foreleg; EY above, ΑΠΟΛΛΩ and two amphorae below / Taras astride dolphin left, holding kantharos and cradling long trident; ΘI behind, TAPAΣ below. HN Italy 1010; Vlasto 763; SNG ANS 1119. 6.51g, 22mm, 7h. Extremely Fine.
ANCIENT COINS, Greek, Macedon, Mende (c.450-425 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, Dionysos in a drunken state, holding a kantharos in his right hand, reclining to left on an ass walking to right on an exergual line, rev MEN-ΔA-IO-N around linear frame enclosing a vine with four bunches of grapes, all within an incuse square, 16.97g, 1h (Noe, Mende (Kaliandra) Hoard, ANS NNM 27, 1926, Group III, pl. IX, 84; SNG ANS 346). Attractive iridescent cabinet tone, nearly extremely fine / very fine, rare. ex Spink Numismatic Circular, April 2005, vol CXIII, no.2, item GK1521 (illustrated on the front cover)
An early 19th Century Wedgwood smear glazed white Greek Revival pot pourri Kantharos, of wide circular form with scrolled loop handles, the body applied with a continuous green grapevine band, the plinth base with flowerhead and palmettes, impressed 'Wedgwood' RK, C. 1820 (lacking inner and outer cover, hairline to bottom of bowl).
330-320 BC. Macedonian mint. Obv: head of Athena right in crested and serpent-adorned Corinthian helmet, wearing pearl necklace, her hair in corkscrew curls. Rev: ALEXANDROY legend to right of winged Nike standing half-left, holding wreath and stylis; kantharos in left field. 8.56 grams. Price 168 (Macedonia); Mueller 193; Newell Tarsos 12 (Tarsos); Petrograd 198. See Wildwinds.com (this coin"). Extremely fine.
Boeotia, Federal Coinage, a group of five coins, 395-340 BC, hemidrachm, Boeotian shield, rev., b-oi, kantharos; above, club right, 2.40g (BMC 32), good very fine; hemidrachm, similar but club left, 2.19g, possible a later imitation, good fine; hemiobol, half shield, rev., grapes, 0.35g (unpublished?), very fine, very rare; tetartemorion, shield, rev., grapes; apparently revealing a club above showing that the die was a re-engraved Theban one (originally with a kantharos below the club), 0.20g, about very fine, apparently unpublished; tetartemorion, shield, rev., grapes, with retrograde inscription o-b below, 0.13g, broken edge, fine (5) Ex BCD collection, Triton IX, 10 January 2006, lots 28, 29, 33, 36 and 39.
Boeotia, Thebes, 450-425 BC, hemidrachm, Boeotian shield, rev., kantharos with Θ-Ε-Β around, 2.85g (BMC 43), very rare; and obol of same type, 0.69g (BMC 44-46; Bérend (Mildenberg Festschrift), pl. 1, 18, this piece), fine to very fine (2) Ex BCD collection, Triton IX, 10 January 2006, lots 378 and 379.
Filippo II (359-336 a.C.) - Statere d’oro databile al periodo 340-328 a.C. - Zecca: Pella - Diritto: testa laureata di Apollo a destra - Rovescio: biga la galoppo verso destra condotta da un auriga che tiene le redini con la mano sinistra e una frusta con la destra; nel campo sotto i cavalli un kantharos - gr. 8,62 - Di buona qualità - Esemplare proveniente dalla Collezione Dieter Braun (Le Rider n. 223) oro €2500
4th century BC. A ceramic kantharos with pedestal base, stepped foot and bell-shaped body with two strap handles raised above the rim; black ring to the underside, ochre rings to the lower body. 972 grams, 23.5cm (9 1/4"). Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection; acquired Gorny & Morsch sale, Munich, Germany. Fine condition.
Sicily, Syracuse AV Dekadrachm. Agathokles, circa 317-310 BC. Laureate head of Apollo left; kantharos behind / Charioteer driving galloping biga right, holding kentron and reins; ?YPAKO?I?N around, triskeles below. Cf. Bérend, l'or pl. 9, 1; cf. SNG ANS 552; SNG Copenhagen 747 var. (no obverse symbol); BMC 339; Triton VIII, 11 January 2005, 91. 4.30g, 15mm, 3h. Very Fine. Extremely rare variety with kantharos. From the Eckenheimer collection.
Lucania, Metapontion AR Stater. Circa 290-280 BC. Diademed head of Herakles right, lion skin tied around neck; club over shoulder / Barley ear of eleven grains, META and leaf to right; kantharos above leaf, B[...] below. Johnston Class D, 4.3; HN Italy 1621; SNG ANS -; SNG Lloyd -; Kraay & Hirmer 248. 7.70g, 19mm, 8h. About Extremely Fine. Very Rare, these dies not recorded by Johnston. Superb late classical style. From the Mark Gibbons Collection; Ex Triton XIII, 5 January 2010, lot 23; Ex Leu 65, 21 May 1996, lot 54.
Calabria, Tarentum AR Nomos. Circa 280-272 BC. Nude youth on horseback right, crowning horse that raises left foreleg; EY above, ?????? and two amphorae below / Taras riding dolphin left, holding kantharos and cradling long trident; B in right field, ????? below. Vlasto 764; SNG ANS 1118. 6.59g, 23mm, 9h. Near Extremely Fine. Rare.
Calabria, Tarentum AR Nomos. Circa 272-240 BC. Aristokles, magistrate. Nude warrior on horseback right, holding round shield, two lances and a spear, ?? behind; ?????????? in two lines below / Taras astride dolphin to left, holding kantharos and trident; head of nymph to left behind, TAPA? below. Vlasto 878; HN Italy 1033. 6.41g, 18mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Unusually well detailed faces.
Islands off Sicily, Lipara Æ Tetras. Circa 412-408 BC. Young Hephaistos, nude, seated right on stool, holding hammer in right hand, kantharos in left / Three pellets (mark of value); ?I?APAION around. CNS 21; SNG Morcom 865; SNG Lloyd -; Basel -; SNG Copenhagen 1090; BMC 44; SNG München 1685. 1.29g, 13mm, 6h. Smoothing in fields, otherwise Extremely Fine and exceptionally well detailed for the type. Rare.
Calabria. Tarentum. c. 320-315 BC. Nomos, 7.95g (8h). Obv: Rider on horse galloping right, using whip; beneath the horse, S?. Rx: ????S Dolphin rider left, holding kantharos in outstretched right hand; caduceus in right field, TH below. Fischer-Bossert 803j (this specimen). HN Italy 947. SNG Lockett 196 (same obverse die) Vlasto Coll. 665 (same obverse die). Beautifully toned. About EF Ex Sotheby`s, 26 March 1987, lot 327. Ex Glendining, 25 November 1953, lot 15 This small but very attractive issue was struck during a break in Tarentum`s chronic wars against the Illyrian and Oscan tribes of the Calabrian and Lucanian hinterland
KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Philip II – Alexander III. Circa 340/36-328 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.60 g, 2h). In the name and types of Philip II. Pella mint. Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / FI?I??OY, charioteer, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left, driving fast biga right; kantharos below. Le Rider 177 (D86/R126); SNG ANS 141 (same dies); SNG München 76; Boston MFA 642 = Warren 628; Gulbenkian 821–2; Hunterian 7. EF, struck in high relief, a couple minor edge marks.
KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 14.43 g, 12h). In the name and types of Philip II. Pella mint. Struck circa 336/5-329/8 BC. Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath / FI?I?-?OY, nude youth, holding palm frond in right hand, rein in left, on horseback right; kantharos below. Le Rider 359 (D188/R286); SNG ANS 405 (same dies); SNG München 104; SNG Stockholm 57. EF, lovely old cabinet tone, a few minor marks under tone on reverse. Fine style. From the Jonathan K. Kern Collection.
KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Alexander III – Philip III. Circa 332/325-319 BC. AV Quarter Stater (10.5mm, 2.26 g, 3h). Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antipater. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent, and pearl necklace / A?E?AN-?P-OY, bow and club; kantharos above. Price 162; cf. Troxell, Studies, p. 100–1; SNG Saroglos –; Triton VIII, lot 162. Near EF. Rare.
CYCLADES, Naxos. Circa 520/15-490/70 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 12.07 g). Kantharos with ivy leaf finial on lid, grape bunches hanging from handles / Quadripartite incuse square. Sheedy Series II, 15c (O9/R14 – this coin); Nicolet-Pierre, Naxos I 16; HGC 6, 624; BMC 4 (same obv. die); Nanteuil 997 = Weber 4860 (same obv. die). Near EF, toned, cleaning marks on obverse. Rare. From the RAJ Collection. Ex LHS 102 (29 April 2008), lot 244; Leu 81 (16 May 2001), lot 227.
MYSIA, Kyzikos. 5th-4th centuries BC. EL Stater (15.5mm, 15.97 g). Young Dionysos, diademed and wearing himation draped from his waist, holding [kantharos] in extended right hand, reclining left on panther skin draped over rock; thyrsos to left; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 155; Greenwell 38; SNG France 302 (this coin); SNG von Aulock 7307; Boston MFA 1541; Dewing 2184; Gillet 1072; Gulbenkian –; Jameson 1425; Pozzi –; Rosen –. VF, toned. From the Edoardo Levante Collection. Deaccessioned from the Départment des Monnaies, Médailles et Antiques, Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
CENTRAL EUROPE, Helvetii(?). Early-mid 3rd century BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.28 g, 8h). Imitating Philip II of Macedon. Gamshurst type. Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / [F]I?I??[OY], charioteer, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left, driving biga right; kantharos below. Sills 98.2579 (dies 3/3 – this coin); D&T 3021; Flesche 282; Lanz –; KMW –; Zürich 376. Good VF, lightly toned, small scrape on reverse. Very rare, Sills located thirteen Gamhurst staters, and only one in CoinArchives. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Triton I (2 December 1997), lot 9; Leu 61 (17 May 1995), lot 19; Leu 25 (23 April 1980), lot 19.
Greek Apulian Red-Figure Miniature Kantharos4th century BC. A blackware vessel with tiered foot, ribbed stem, bell-shaped body with two scrolled strap handles, gussetted rim; the body enlivened with ochre and white slip showing on both sides, the head of a lady of fashion, her hair dressed in a kekryphalos and radiate stephane, wearing drop earrings, her face flanked on either side by stylised Ionic columns, objects in the field. 65 grams, 92mm (3 3/4"). Ex Monmouthshire, UK, collection; acquired TimeLine Auctions sale, March 2011, lot 461. Fine condition, light abrasion.
A mid-19th Century Elkington & Co electro-type plated replica of a Classical Roman Kantharos excavated from Pompeii in 1835, decorated in high relief with two centaurs and attendant putti on a textured ground, flanked by a pair of scroll handles, marked `Elkington & Co Electro Dep` to plaque on underside of foot, height approx 15cm, on a later ebonized wooden plinth.
Kantaros in oro. Copia del XX secolo di modello antico. Opera della Gioielleria Vourakis, attiva ad Atene dal 1926. cm 15,5x29, diam. cm 14, peso gr 332. Provenienza: S. A. R. Amedeo di Savoia, duca d’Aosta. - Gold kantharos. 20th century copy of ancient model. Provenance: H.R.H. Prince Amadeus of Savoy, Duke of Aosta Start Price: €5000
Kantaros in oro. Copia del XX secolo di modello antico. Opera della Gioielleria Vourakis, attiva ad Atene dal 1926. cn 15x18,5, diam. cm 13,8, peso gr 371. Provenienza: S. A. R. Amedeo di Savoia, duca d’Aosta. - Gold kantharos. 20th century copy of ancient model. Provenance: H.R.H. Prince Amadeus of Savoy, Duke of Aosta Start Price: €6000
Calabria, Tarentum (c.315-302 BC), AR Stater, 7.81g, nude Ephebe on cantering horse right, shield and two spears held in left hand, hurling spear in upheld left hand, behind, api below horse, rev. tapa, Phalanthos astride dolphin left, holding kantharos and rudder, k to left (Vlasto 639; Hist. Num. 939), attractive toning, striking weakness on legs of the two male figures, otherwise extremely fine Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Filippo II (359-336 a.C.) - Statere databile al periodo 340-328 a.C. Zecca: Mende - Fronte: testa laureata di Apollo a destra - Retro: biga al galoppo verso destra condotta da un auriga che tiene le redini con la mano sinistra e la frusta con la destra; nel campo sotto i cavalli un piccolo kantharos - gr. 8,59 - Di qualità Starting Price / Prezzo di partenza: €2500
Macedonia. Mende. 460-423 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.67g (11h). Obv: Besotted Dionysos, holding kantharos, reclining left on back of an ass standing right; to right, bird standing right. Dotted border. Rx: MENΔΑΙOΝ arrayed around vine bearing five bunches of grapes; all within incuse square. Noe 73. SNG ANS 340 (same dies). Nicely toned and well-centered. VF Ex Richard P. Miller Collection
Thrace. Abdera. 439-410 BC. Tetradrachm, 14.18g (8h). Obv: Griffin leaping left. Rx: ΑΘΕΝΑΙΟΣ around edge of incuse square; within linear frame, Dionysus standing left, holding kantharos and pine staff. May 218. Nicely centered. Pleasant toning. Good VF/VF Ex Richard P. Miller Collection. Ex Berk 154, 24 May 2007, lot 87
A pair of Italian gilt metal and composition models of Roman kantharos cups, late 19th century, the gilt metal rims each with twin handles descending bast the loosely conical bodies, cast with centaurs and amorini in relief, on waisted socles and stepped, onyx mounted bases, 21.5cm high Note: These cups are direct copies of Roman silver examples excavated at the Casa dei Vasi d`Argento (House of Silver Vases) in Pompeii, and now held at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale in Naples
Greek Coinage Apulia Tarentum, Nomos, c. 332-300 BC; AR (g 7,82; mm 21; h 3); Horseman advancing r., holding shield and spears; below ΣA, Rv. TAPAΣ, ecist riding dolphin l., holding kantharos and trident; below dolphin, at l. K. Vlasto 608; HNItaly 937; SNG Copenhagen 848; SNG ANS 998. Cabinet tone. High relief. Good extremely fine Starting Price: €520
Greek Coinage Apulia, Tarentum, Nomos, c. 332-302 BC; AR (g 7,79; mm 22; h 11); Horseman gallopping r., holding shield and spears; below ΣA, Rv. TAPAΣ, ecist riding dolphin l., holding kantharos and trident; below dolphin, at l. K. Vlasto 608; HNItaly 937; SNG Copenhagen 848; SNG ANS 998. Cabinet tone. Good very fine/About extremely fine Starting Price: €152
Greek Coinage Apulia, Tarentum, Nomos, c. 280-272 BC; AR (g 6,38; mm 20; h 7); Horseman gallopping r., holding spears and shield; at l. ΣI, below ΛY[KΩN], Rv. TAPAΣ, ecist riding dolphin l., holding kantharos, holding kantharos and trident; at l. Γ[Y]. Vlasto 730 var.; HNItaly - (cfr. 1004); SNG Copenhagen 879; SNG ANS 1006 var. Unpublished variant (Without Nike on obverse). Cabinet tone. About extremely fine Starting Price: €168
Greek Coinage Apulia, Tarentum, Nomos, c. 280-272 BC; AR (g 6,17; mm 20; h 3); Horseman gallopping r., holding spears and shield; at l. ΣI, below ΛYK[ΩN], Rv. TAPAΣ, ecist riding dolphin l., holding kantharos, holding kantharos and trident; at l. ΓY. Vlasto 730 var.; HNItaly - (cfr. 1004); SNG Copenhagen 879; SNG ANS 1006 var. Old cabinet tone. Beautiful style and large flan. Good extremely fine Starting Price: €360
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