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Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Struck AD 202. [ANT]ONINO AVGVS[TO], laureate head to right / COL HEL, turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche to left; palm frond and cornucopia to right. Sawaya 270-279 (D51/R–; unrecorded rev. die); BMC 12; SNG Copenhagen 431. 8.64gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Green and brown patina; cleaning and smoothing marks.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Very Fine. Green and brown patina; cleaning and smoothing marks.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Games Commemorative Issue of Heliopolis
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP CAES P LIC VALERIANVS P AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL IVL AVG FEL HEL, three prize crowns, the central crown containing two palm fronds, those flanking only one; CERT SACR CAP OECV ISE HEL in three lines below. RPC X Online unassigned ID 63822; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen 440; SNG München -. 11.35gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Although the main Pythian Games were held at Apollo's sanctuary at Delphi, many other cities in the east of the Roman Empire periodically held smaller versions of this event. Often such events were associated with other deities, based on the important civic cults of each city. At Heliopolis, the site of a massive temple complex dedicated to Jupiter-Zeus-Baal-Hadad, Venus-Aphrodite-Astarte, and Bacchus-Dionysus, these games were known as the Certamina Sacra Capitolia Oecumenica Iselastica Heliopolitan, as noted on the reverse of the coin.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Although the main Pythian Games were held at Apollo's sanctuary at Delphi, many other cities in the east of the Roman Empire periodically held smaller versions of this event. Often such events were associated with other deities, based on the important civic cults of each city. At Heliopolis, the site of a massive temple complex dedicated to Jupiter-Zeus-Baal-Hadad, Venus-Aphrodite-Astarte, and Bacchus-Dionysus, these games were known as the Certamina Sacra Capitolia Oecumenica Iselastica Heliopolitan, as noted on the reverse of the coin.
Very Rare Issue of Heliopolis (Baalbek)
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IMP CAES P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / COL HLIOP around and CER SAC • CAP OIC • ISE HEL (Colonia Hliopolis Sacra Capitolina Oicumenica Iselastica Heliopolitana) in three lines beneath Nike standing to right vis-à-vis Hermes, standing to left, holding caduceus; both with foot on globe, ear of grain between them and supporting agonistic crown with two palm fronds. RPC X, Online Unassigned ID 88404; Sawaya -; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG München -. 17.55gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare; only two specimens cited by RPC Online.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Very Fine. Very rare; only two specimens cited by RPC Online.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Dated CY 375 (AD 116/7). Draped bust of Astarte-Europa to right; before, small laureate head of Trajan to right / EOT (date) above, APAΔIΩN beneath bull charging to left; Phoenician letter before. RPC III 3821; Rouvier 407; BMC 374. 8.14gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Struck under Trajan, AD 99-102. DIVOS AVGVSTVS, bare head to right / Two military standards, each surmounted by eagle and two signa; COL V above, BER VIII between. RPC III 3836; Rouvier 497. 7.17gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG GERM IMP, bare head to right / COL IVL, founder plowing to right with yoke of oxen. RPC I 4545. 15.31gr, 23mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Good Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Bold Portrait of Claudius
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
[TI CLAVD C]AESAR AVG • GERM • IMP, bare head to right / COL • IVL, founder plowing to right with yoke of oxen. RPC I 4545; Sawaya 374-82 var. (D79/R– [unlisted rev. die]); Rouvier 507. 14.10gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Struck AD 128-138. IMP CAES TRAI HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL BER in two lines between legionary eagles. RPC III 3856; Rouvier 532; SNG Copenhagen 99-100. 12.61gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Struck AD 128-138. IMP CAES TRAI HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL BER in two lines between legionary eagles. RPC III 3856; Rouvier 532; SNG Copenhagen 99-100. 3.45gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
IMP CAES TRAI HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL BER in two lines between legionary eagles. RPC III 3856; Rouvier 532; SNG Copenhagen 99-100. 10.31gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
IMP M AVRELI ANTON AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Poseidon standing to left, foot on rock, holding dolphin and trident; COL ANT BER in fields across fields. SNG Copenhagen 109; BMC 142. 8.04gr, 22mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL IVL AVG FEL BER, tetrastyle gateway with central arch surmounted by figure with raised right hand, riding lion or panther to right; below arch, figure of Marsyas standing to right on basis, holding wine skin over shoulder. BMC 192; Rouvier 572. 17.27gr, 30mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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