LOT 3194
Trajan AE As of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 102-114.
AVTOKP KAIC NEP TPAIANOC CEB ΓEPM ΔAK, laureate head right / S C, within laurel wreath; Z below. McAlee 487g; BMC 278. Near Very Fine.(10.35gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Baldwins.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
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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) -
Caracalla AE 30mm of Serdica, Thrace. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ CΕΥΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC, laureate head to right / ΟΥΛΠΙΑC CΕΡΔΙΚΗC, Homonoia standing facing, head to left, holding patera over lighted altar and cornucopia. Varbanov 2393. 18.13gr, 30mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Diadumenian, as Caesar, AE 15mm of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
M OΠEΛΛIOC ANTΩNINOC, bare-headed cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / MAPKIANOΠOΛEITΩN, crescent and three stars. Varbanov 1320. 2.88gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
