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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Caracalla AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. Struck AD 210-211. ΦΛ. ΟΥΛΠΙΑΝΟΣ (Flavius Ulpianus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
AV K M AVP ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / V ΦΛ ΟVΛΠΙΑΝ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤ ΠΡΟC I, Tyche standing facing, head to left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia. AMNG I 1579 var. (bust); Varbanov 3137 var. (same). 13.19gr, 28mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
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) -
Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar, AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 12 of Antoninus Pius (AD 148/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Isis seated to right, nursing Harpocrates; oinochoe atop short coulmn to right, all within distyle temple façade with uraeus in pediment; L in exergue, ΔധΔЄ-KATOV (date) around. RPC IV.4, 1123; Dattari (Savio) 9066; Geissen 1914; Emmett 1888. 19.99gr, 34mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
