LOT 3017
Tiberius AE Obol of Alexnadria, Egypt. AD 14-37.
Dated RY 5 (AD 18/9). Bare head to right / ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΥ, hippopotamus standing to right; L E (date) in exergue. RPC I 5082; Dattari (Savio) 101; Köln 47; K&G 5.5; Emmett 62.5 corr. (hippopotamus standing to left). Near Very Fine.(5.40gr, 19mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3017
Tiberius AE Obol of Alexnadria, Egypt.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
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Hadrian AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Dated RY 16 (AD 131/2). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Nilus seated to left on rock, holding reed in his right hand and cornucopia in his left; below, crocodile to right; L Iς (date) in two lines to left. RPC III 5791; Dattari (Savio) 1794; K&G 32.519; Emmett 1016.16. 26.75gr, 37mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Aurelian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 270-275.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Dated RY 5 (AD 273/4). AYT K Λ Δ AVPHΛIANOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / ЄTOVC Є (date), eagle standing facing, head right, holding wreath in beak; star to left. RPC X Unassigned ID 89108 corr. (obv. legend); Savio 2143-5. 8.52gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare with this obverse legend; no other examples on CoinArchives.
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)
