LOT 3173
Gallienus AE 28mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 253-268.
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. Good Very Fine. Double struck of reverse.(9.54gr, 28mm, 6h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
FootnotesThe 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)
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Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 27mm of Anchialus, Thrace. AD 241-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AYT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AYΓ CAB TPANKYΛΛI-NA, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right, facing diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina to left / OYΛΠIANΩN AΓXIAΛΕΩN, Asklepios standing facing, head to left, leaning to right on serpent-entwined staff. RPC VII.2 Online 1133; AMNG II 665. 14.23gr, 27mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Nero AR Hemidrachm of Caesarea-Eusebeia, Cappadocia. AD 59-60.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Laureate head to right / Nike seated to right on globe, holding wreath. RPC I 3645; Sydenham, Caesarea 82; RIC I 617. 1.28gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, acquired 1985-1995, thence by descent 2025. -
Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis AE 17mm. 2nd-3rd century AD. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
MAPKIA-NOΠOΛIC, veiled and turreted bust of Tyche to right / MAPKIAN-OΠOΛIT-ΩN, Cybele seated to left on throne, holding patera and resting arm on drum. H&J, Marcianopolis 6.0.31.2. 4.40gr, 17mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
