LOT 3262
Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar, AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 8 of Antoninus Pius (AD 144/5).
Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ [ΚΑΙϹΑΡ]. bare-headed and draped bust to right / ΟΜΟ-[ΝΟΙΑ], Homonoia standing to left, holding patera over lighted altar and double cornucopia; L [H] (date) across field. RPC IV.4, 867; Dattari (Savio) 3203. Near Very Fine.(24.11gr, 34mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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LOT 3262
Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar, AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Severus Alexander AE 25mm of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 225-229. ΟΥΜ. ΤΕΡΕΒΕΝΤΙΝΟΣ (Um. Tereventinus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AVT K M AVP CEVH ΑΛEΞΑΝΔΡΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / HΓ(ligate) ƔM TEPEBENTINOV ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙ-T-ΩΝ(ligate), Homonoia, standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia. RPC VI, 1686 (temporary); AMNG 1033-1034; H&J, Marcianopolis 6.32.36.10-13. 10.63gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
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) -
Trajan BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 20 (AD 116/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
ΑVΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΑΡΙ CЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ ΠΑΡ, radiate bust to right, with aegis over far shoulder; star in right field / Bust of Nilus to right, wearing taenia, cornucopia at shoulder; L K (date) across fields. RPC III, 4919; Dattari (Savio) 6866-7; Emmett 387.20. 12.82gr, 26mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
