LOT 3254
Trajan AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 15 (AD 111/112).
ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ, laureate bust to right, with drapery on far shoulder / Trajan, holding sceptre and branch, driving quadriga of elephants to right; L IE (date) above. RPC III, 4605.2; Dattari (Savio) 6936. Near Very Fine. Rare.(26.15gr, 33mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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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) -
Tacitus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 1 (AD 275/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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. 8.22gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138. Uncertain date.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Athena standing facing, head to left, holding grain ears(?) in her right hand, left hand on grounded shield, date in field. Cf. RPC III 5825 (dated RY 17). 24.86gr, 35mm, 10h.
Good Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
