LOT 3197
Geta AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Circa AD 208-212.
AYT • KAI • ΓЄTAC : CЄ • B •, laureate head to right / ΔHMAPX • ЄΞ • VΠA • TO • B •, eagle standing to left on thigh of sacrificial animal, head and tail to right, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak. Prieur 210; McAlee 719. Near Extremely Fine.(13.43gr, 27mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3197
Geta AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria.
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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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) -
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Antoninus Pius AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 138-161. Uncertain date.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing ram's horn with solar disk and uraei; date in field. Cf. RPC IV.4 Online 1517 (dated RY 17). 22.85gr, 33mm, 12h.
Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Valerian I AE 34mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 253-260.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
ΑΥ Κ ΠΟ ΛΙΚ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝ-ΟC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ϹЄΛЄΥΚ below, ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΚΑ- around, -ΛΥΚΑΔ-ΝΩ in two lines above, draped busts of Artemis-Tyche wearing kalathos, cornucopia over shoulder on right and laureate Apollo on left, facing each other; branch between. RPC X Online unassigned ID 60507. 14.49gr, 34mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
