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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Geta, as Caesar, AE 18mm of Pautalia, Thrace. AD 198-209.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Λ CEΠT ΓETAC K, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right / OYΛΠIAC ΠAYTAΛIAC, Tyche standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopia. Moushmov 4352; Ruzicka 793. 4.73gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Philip I BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated RY 3 (AD 247).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AYTOK K M IOYΛI ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / ΔΗΜΑΡX ЄΞOYCIAC ΥΠΑ ΤO Γ, eagle standing to left, head to right, with wreath in beak and wings spread; ANTIOXIA S C in two lines below. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 29021; McAlee 902; Prieur 371. 10.10gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Galba AE 'As' of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 68-69.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
IM • SER • SVL • GAL • CAE, laureate head to right / Large S • C within laurel wreath. RPC I, 4314; McAlee 312b. 14.83gr, 28mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
