LOT 3342
Nerva AE 23mm of Synnada, Phrygia. AD 96-98.
[...] ΝΕΡΟΥΑϹ [...], laureate head to right / [ΔΙΑ ΠΑΝΔΗΜΟΝ ϹΥΝΝΑΔΕΙϹ?], Zeus Pandemos seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, Nike holding wreath. Cf. RPC III 2618. Good Fine.(9.37gr, 23mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Zeus Pandemos was the chief god of Synnada, and his epithet ΠΑΝΔΗΜΟΣ means ''of all the people'' (see the word 'pandemic'), an indication of a form of Zeus associated with the community and popular support.
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Tiberius AE Assarion of Laodicea ad Lycum, Phrygia. AD 14-37. ΚΟΡ(ΝΗΛΙΟΣ) ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΔΗΣ (Cornelius Dioskourides II), in office for the second time.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΣΕΒΑΣ-ΤΟΣ, bare head of Tiberius (?) to right / ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΔΗΣ ΛAOΔ-IKEΩN, Zeus Laodiceus standing facing, head to left, holding eagle in his right hand and long sceptre in his left; to right, monogram of KOP. RPC I, 2906; BMC 141-2; SNG Copenhagen 547-8. 6.19gr, 20mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Sand patina.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
RPC Online footnote: The monogram, which also occurs on Neronian coins of Aineias (2926-7), has been variously interpreted as standing for coronatus (Ramsay), ΚΟΡΝΗΛΙΟΣ (BMC) and ΑΡΧΟ (Wa) Κορ(νήλιος) is correct, as it is spelled out in full on coins of another Dioscurides (under Domitian: KM 266, nos 20-1, von Aulock 3845). -
Tiberius AE Hemiassarion or Half Assarion of Koinon of Galatia. Dated CY 50 (AD 25 or 28-30). Possibly Pessinus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[TIBEPIO]Σ KAIΣAP ΣEBAΣTOΣ, laureate head to right / MHTHP ΘEധN ETEI N, turreted and draped bust of Cybele with long hair to left. RPC I 3554; SNG BnF 2393-4. 6.80gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Gordian III AE 25mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Dated RY 4 (AD 241).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
A K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / M-Η TPOΠ KA[I] CAΡIAC ЄNTIX B N Є ЄT Δ, view of Mount Argaeus; all within wreath. RPC VII.2, 3335; Ganschow 888e; Bland 1996, 148. 9.86gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
