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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Themes & Provenance| ▸ |Gods, Non-Olympian| ▸ |Kronos||View Options:   | | | Kronos was the leader and the youngest of the first generation of Titans, divine descendants of Gaia, the earth, and Ouranos, the sky. He overthrew his father and ruled during the mythological Golden Age, until he was overthrown by his own sons, Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon, and imprisoned in Tartarus. |
Mallos was an ancient city near the mouth of the Pyramus River (now the Ceyhan Nehri), on a hill opposite Magarsus, which served as its port. The river has changed course and the site is now inland a few km from the Mediterranean coast on an elevation, a few km from Karatas, Adana Province, Turkey. Imperial coins of Mallos are rare and usually poorly preserved.GS114562. Silver stater, Casabonne Type 4; SNG BnF 380; SNGvA 5708; BMC Lycaonia p. 97, 12; SNG Levante -, gVF, light tone, obv. off center, weakly struck areas, weight 10.728 g, maximum diameter 21.9 mm, die axis 0o, Mallos (near Karatas, Turkey) mint, 440 - 390 B.C.; obverse winged male figure (Kronos?) advancing right in archaic style, upper body facing, head right, wings open, nude to waist, draped around hips and legs, holding solar disk before abdomen in both hands; reverse swan standing left, head left, MAP above (very weak), barley grain (control symbol) lower left, ankh (control symbol) lower right; all in dotted incuse square within shallow incuse square; ex CNG e-auction 539 (31 May 2023), lot 242; SOLD
Himera, Sicily, c. 470 - 450 B.C.
Himera was a Chalcidic colony founded from Zancle on the north coast of Sicily in mid-seventh century B.C. Carthage attacked in 409 B.C. At first Syracuse supported them with 4000 auxiliaries, but their general panicked for the safety of Syracuse itself abandoned Himera. The city was utterly destroyed, its buildings, even its temples, were razed to the ground. General Hannibal Mago executed more than 3000 prisoners as a human sacrifice to the memory of his grandfather General Hamilcar who had been defeated at Himera in 480 B.C. The site has been desolate ever since. The few surviving Greeks were settled by the Carthaginians eleven kilometers west of Himera at Thermae Himeraeae (Termini Imerese today). Thermae was taken by the Romans during the First Punic War.GS84998. Silver obol, SNG Cop 312; SNG Munchen 355; SNG Lloyd 1028; BMC Sicily p. 81, 47; HGC 2 447 (R1); SNG ANS -; Klein -; Winterthur I -, F/VF, well centered and struck, etched surfaces, weight 0.650 g, maximum diameter 10.6 mm, die axis 270o, Himera (Termini, Sicily, Italy) mint, c. 470 - 450 B.C.; obverse bearded male (Kronos?) head right, wearing tainia (hair band); reverse HIMEPA (clockwise starting below, retrograde), Corinthian helmet right, no crest, within shallow incuse; rare; SOLD
Himera, Sicily, c. 472 - 413 B.C.
Himera (Termini), on the north coast of Sicily, was an ancient Chalcidic colony from Zancle, founded in the middle of the seventh century B.C. In 409 B.C., Carthage attacked Himera. The city was unprepared; its fortifications weak. At first they were supported about 4000 auxiliaries from Syracuse, but their general, Diocles, seized with panic for the safety of Syracuse itself, abandoned Himera. The city was utterly destroyed, its buildings, even its temples, were razed to the ground. More than 3000 prisoners were executed by General Hannibal Mago as a human sacrifice to the memory of his grandfather General Hamilcar who had been defeated at the Battle of Himera in 480 B.C. The site has been desolate ever since. The few surviving Greeks were settled by the Carthaginians eleven kilometers west of Himera at Thermae Himeraeae (Termini Imerese today). Thermae was taken by the Romans during the First Punic War.GA76588. Silver obol, cf. SNG Cop 312; SNG Munchen 355; SNG Lloyd 1027; BMC Sicily p. 81, 47; SNG ANS -; Klein -, VF, obverse off-center, reverse legend weak, uneven toning, a little rough, weight 0.586 g, maximum diameter 10.6 mm, Himera (Termini, Sicily, Italy) mint, c. 472 - 413 B.C.; obverse bearded male (Kronos?) head right, wearing fillet (hair band); reverse HIMEPA (or similar), Corinthian helmet right, no crest, within shallow incuse; rare; SOLD
Himera, Sicily, 472 - 413 B.C.
Himera was a Chalcidic colony founded from Zancle on the north coast of Sicily in mid-seventh century B.C. Carthage attacked in 409 B.C. At first Syracuse supported them with 4000 auxiliaries, but their general panicked for the safety of Syracuse itself abandoned Himera. The city was utterly destroyed, its buildings, even its temples, were razed to the ground. General Hannibal Mago executed more than 3000 prisoners as a human sacrifice to the memory of his grandfather General Hamilcar who had been defeated at Himera in 480 B.C. The site has been desolate ever since. The few surviving Greeks were settled by the Carthaginians eleven kilometers west of Himera at Thermae Himeraeae (Termini Imerese today). Thermae was taken by the Romans during the First Punic War.GS74049. Silver obol, SNG Cop 312; SNG Munchen 355; BMC Sicily p. 81, 46; HGC 2 477 (R1) var. (rev legend); SNG ANS -, aVF, pitting, crystallization, edge chips, weight 0.582 g, maximum diameter 10.7 mm, die axis 135o, Himera (Termini, Sicily, Italy) mint, 472 - 413 B.C.; obverse bearded male (Kronos?) head right; reverse HIMERA (counterclockwise from below), plain Corinthian helmet right, no crest, within round incuse; rare; SOLD
Domitian, 13 September 81 - 18 September 96 A.D., Flaviopolis, Cilicia
Kronos was the leader and the youngest of the first generation of Titans, divine descendants of Gaia, the earth, and Ouranos, the sky. He overthrew his father and ruled during the mythological Golden Age, until he was overthrown by his own sons, Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon, and imprisoned in Tartarus.RP81594. Bronze AE 16, SNG Levante 1531, RPC II 1760, BMC Lycaonia -, SNG Cop 136, SNGvA 5558, gVF, weight 2.416 g, maximum diameter 16.1 mm, die axis 0o, Flaviopolis (Kadirli?, Turkey) mint, 89 - 90 A.D.; obverse ΔOMETIANOC KAICAP, laureate head right; reverse ΦΛAYIOΠOΛEITΩN, ETOYC ZI (year 17), veiled head of Kronos right, harpa at his shoulder; small flan for the type; SOLD
Orthosia, Phoenicia, 1st Century B.C.
Orthosia (near Arida, Lebanon) was located south of the Eleutheros River (the modern Kabir) in the far north of Phoenicia. It was a refounded by one of the Diadochi but which one is uncertain because the city changed hands frequently. The name Orthosia was derived from an epithet of Artemis and she was the principal divinity of the town.GB18169. Bronze AE 19, SGCV II 6043; BMC p. 126, 1; RPC 4503-4505; c/m cf. Howgego 486, incuse shield (two circles), Augustus, Macedonia, F, weight 8.849 g, maximum diameter 18.8 mm, die axis 0o, obverse turreted bust of Tyche right, countermark of three concentric circles; reverse Kronos(?) holding harpe, in car drawn by two winged panthers, obscure date above, OΠΘΩΣIΕΩN in exergue; scarce coin and countermark; SOLD
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