LOT 2952
Phoenicia, Berytus AE 9mm. AD 218-222.
Pseudo-autonomous issue. CO-L, Marsyas standing to left and holding wineskin / BER above prow to right. RPC III 3858; BMC 27-35. Near Very Fine.(0.50gr, 9mm, 8h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 2952
Phoenicia, Berytus AE 9mm.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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Volusian AE 26mm of Neapolis, Judaea. AD 251-253.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Γ ΟΥΙΒ ΤΡЄΒ ΟΥΟΛΟΥϹΙΑΝ, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / ΦΛ ΝЄΑϹ ΠΟΛЄധϹ, eagle standing facing with wings displayed, supporting Mount Gerizim surmounted by temple and altar; stairway to temple and colonnade beneath mountain; star and crescent flanking. RPC IX 2160; Rosenberger 123; Sofaer 237-8. 13.70gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gallienus AE 28mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 253-268.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £18
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, 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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Domitian AE 18mm of Balanea (as Leucas-Claudia), Seleucis and Pieria. AD 81-96.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £14
[ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑ]ΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕ[ΡΜ], laureate head to right / [ΚΛΑΥΔΙΕധΝ Λ]ΕΥΚ[ΑΔΙധΝ], veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right, wearing mural crown. RPC II 2038; SNG München -. 4.74gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
