LOT 3454
Caracalla AE 31mm of the Koinon of Cyprus. AD 198-217.
Radiate, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Temple of Paphian Aphrodite within which cone, crescent and star on top of temple, roofed wing on each side within which candelabrum stands, dove on roof of each wing, paved semicircular court before temple. Cf. RPC V.3, Unassigned ID 69942; cf. Lindgren & Kovacs 1664. Good Fine.(21.99gr, 31mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
Palea Paphos was one of the most important pilgrimage centres in the Greek world due to its famous Sanctuary of Aphrodite; the goddess herself was born of the sea near Paphos, and floated in on a scallop shell. When she arose, she was hailed as 'Cyprian'.
The Sanctuary of Aphrodite continued to flourish well into the Roman era. Several Roman emperors honoured the shrine, and it was visited by Titus in AD 69 when the future emperor was on his way to Egypt; he consulted the oracle of Aphrodite, and was told that he had a great future. The sanctuary was rebuilt by the Romans after the earthquake of AD 76/77, in a design that preserved the layout of the original. The cult of Aphrodite survived at Palea Paphos until the 4th century AD, when emperor Theodosius I outlawed paganism. Today, virtually nothing remains of the Sanctuary save the holy ground itself.
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Julia Domna, Augusta AE Tetrassarion or Four Assaria of Neocaesarea, Pontus. Dated CY 142 (AD 205/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
[IOYΛIA ΔOMNA AYΓOYCTA], veiled and draped bust to right, wearing stephane / [KOI ΠON NEOKAI MHTPO or similar], flaming altar within tetrastyle temple, pellet in pediment; ЄT PMR (date; MR ligate) below. RPC V.3, Unassigned ID 85708; cf. Çizmeli 105. 13.02gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AE 32mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. AD 115.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OP AVG GER DAC COS [VI P P], laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / Astarte-Tyche standing to left, resting foot on helmet and holding bust and sceptre, within Tetrastyle temple with central arch behind enclosure with altar in front; at feet in right field, harbour-god holding anchor; • C • T(sic) • F AVG • C•A•E•S • in exergue. RPC II 3954; Rosenberger 19; Kadman 22; Sofaer pl. 23 , 21; Samuels 172. 17.90gr, 32mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Dark green patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Lydia, Silandus AE 18mm. Time of Septimius Severus to Caracalla, AD 193-217. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
CIΛANΔЄΩN, helmetted and cuirassed bust of Athena to right, wearing aegis / CIΛANΔЄΩN, Tyche standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopia. RPC V.2 Unassigned ID 76882; GRPC Lydia 18. 3.90gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
