LOT 2953
Caracalla AE 22mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 198-217.
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. Very Fine.(8.04gr, 22mm, 6h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Antoninus Pius AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Dated RY 18 (AD 154/5). Α[...] ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤധΝΙΝΟ-Ϲ ϹЄΒ ЄΥ, laureate and draped bust to left / Sarapis seated to left and holding sceptre; at his feet, Cerberus; on throne, eagle; L I-H (date) across fields. RPC IV.4 1726; Dattari (Savio) 2845. 24.74gr, 34mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Blue-green patina with brown highlights. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Valerian I AE 26mm of Heliopolis, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 253-260.
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. -
Hadrian AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Dated RY 14 (AD 129/30). Laureate head to right, with slight drapery on left shoulder / Three grain ears; L IΔ (date) across fields. RPC III 5766; Dattari (Savio) 7862; Emmett 1176.14; K&G -. 1.29gr, 12mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
