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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Caracalla AE 30mm of Serdica, Thrace. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ CΕΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC, laureate head to right / ΟΥΛΠΙΑC CΕΡΔΙΚΗC, serpent coiled to right. Varbanov 2443; Ruzicka 355. 17.26gr, 30mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Trajan AE As of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 102-114.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AVTOKP KAIC NEP TPAIANOC CEB ΓEPM ΔAK, laureate head right / S C, within laurel wreath; Z below. McAlee 487g; BMC 278. 10.35gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Baldwins. Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Geta, as Caesar, AE 17mm of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 198-209.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Π CΕΠΤΙ ΓΕΤΑC K, bare head to right / MAPKIANO-ΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Asklepios standing facing, head to left, holding serpent-entwined staff. Varbanov 1096. 3.22gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
