LOT 3149
Elagabalus AE 28mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 218-222. ΝΟΒΙΟΣ ΡΟΥΦΟΣ (Titus Flavius Novius Rufus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC, laureate head to right / ΥΠ NOBIOΥ POΥΦOΥ NI-KOΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC ICT-PO-N, Tyche standing facing, head to left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder on globe and cornucopia. RPC VI, 1290 (temporary); Moushmov 1451; H&J Nicopolis, 8.26.38.14-18. Very Fine.(15.05gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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LOT 3149
Elagabalus AE 28mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Hadrian AR Hemidrachm of Caesarea-Eusebeia, Cappadocia. Dated RY 4 (AD 119/20).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙC TPAI ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС СЄΒΑСΤ, laureate head to right, slight drapery on left shoulder / Club downward; ЄT [Δ] (date) across fields. RPC III 3072; Metcalf, Conspectus 85; Sydenham, Caesarea 257; SNG Copenhagen 223. 1.54gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Gallienus AE 28mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
ΑV Κ Π ΛΚ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝ-ΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ϹЄΛЄVΚЄΩ ΚΑ- around, ΛV[...]-ΔΝ in field to left, Athena standing to right, holding shield and striking with spear at serpent-legged giant Enceladus, who hurls stone. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 60515. 9.54gr, 28mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Double struck of reverse.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
The reverse type features Athena fighting the giant named Enceladus during the Gigantomachy, the war between the Giants and the gods. This scene appeared in art as early as the sixth century BC on an Attic black-figure pot, and is referenced in Euripides' Ion. Ancient poets located the burial spot of Enceladus under Mount Etna in Sicily, and the volcano's eruptions were said to be the breath of the giant, and the tremors caused by him rolling over under the mountain. (Virgil, Aeneid 3.570-587) -
Septimius Severus AE 18mm of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
AV Λ CЄΠT CЄVHPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩ, Cybele seated to left on throne, holding patera and resting elbow upon tympanum; lion to left and right. Cf. Varbanov 723. 3.97gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
