LOT 3171
Pisidia, Termessus Major AE 26mm. Time of Philip I, AD 244-249. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
ΤЄΡΜΗCCЄΩΝ, bareheaded and draped bust of Hermes to right, caduceus over shoulder / ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΩΝ, Zeus seated to left, holding eagle and long sceptre. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 73274.4 (this coin); SNG BnF 2179. Very Fine.(6.02gr, 26mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceThis coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).
Ex TimeLine Auctions, 6 December 2016, lot 2933 and 21 February 2017, lot 3024.
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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) -
Elagabalus AE Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
AYT K M ANTWNЄINOC[...], laureate head to right, slight drapery(?) on left shoulder / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ Y[...], eagle with spread wings, head and tail to right, standing facing and holding wreath in beak; Є(retrograde)-Δ across upper fields; between legs, star. Cf. Prieur 278. 11.61gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Vespasian, with Agrippa II AE 10 Units of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. Dated RY 29 of the first era of Agrippa II (AD 77/8 ).
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΟΥΕϹΠΑϹΙ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΩ, laureate head to right / ΕΤΟΥ ΚΘ (date) ΒΑ ΑΓΡΙ-ΠΠΑ, Tyche-Demeter standing to left, holding grain ears and cornucopia. Meshorer 172; Hendin 6322; RPC II 2288; Sofaer 246. 16.31gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
