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LOT 3267
Tacitus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 1 (AD 275/6).
A K KΛ TAKITOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to left, head to right, wreath in beak; ЄTOVC A (date) to left and right. Köln 3113; Dattari (Savio) 5520; K&G 110.1; Emmett 3974.1. Good Very Fine.(8.22gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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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) -
Septimius Severus AE 27mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 193-211. ΑΥΡ. ΓΑΛΛΟC (Aurelius Gallus), legatus consularis.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AV • K • Λ • CЄ CЄVHPOC Π, laureate head to right / VΠ • AVP ΓAΛΛOV NIKOΠOΛIT ΠPOC I (ΠΡ ligate), Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding rudder and cornucopia. Varbanov 2607 var. (legends). 13.09gr, 27mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Gordian III AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Odessos, Moesia Inferior. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right, facing draped bust of Serapis to left, wearing kalathos; cornucopia behind / OΔHCCЄITΩN, Zeus seated to left, holding patera and sceptre, eagle at his feet; E (mark of value) in upper left field. RPC VII.2, 1576; AMNG 2326. 11.25gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
