LOT 2937
Uranius Antoninus AE 30mm of Emesa, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 253-254.
Dated CY 565 (AD 253/4). ΑΥΤΟ Κ ϹΟΥΛΠ ΑΝΤധΝΙΝΟϹ ϹЄ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / [ЄΜΙϹΩΝ] ΚΟΛΩΝ, temple with six columns enclosing Baetyl of El-Gabal, ornamented with facing eagle, between two umbrellas; crescent on pediment; staircase leading to the stone. ЄΞΦ (date) in exergue. RPC IX 1926; Baldus 36; R. Delbrueck, "Uranius of Emesa," NC (1948), Series I, 2; SNG Hunterian 3174; BMC 24. Near Very Fine.(20.25gr, 30mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
FootnotesOne of the most famous sacred stones was the Baetyl of Emesa, in Syria. This was a large, black conical stone sacred to the god Ilāh ha-Gabal (“God of the Mountain”), known to the Romans as El-Gabal or Elagabalus.
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LOT 2937
Uranius Antoninus AE 30mm of Emesa, Seleucis and Pieria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
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Caracalla AE 33mm of Plotinopolis, Thrace. AD 198-217.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
AYT K M AVP CЄVH ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate head to right / ΠΛΩTЄINO-ΠOΛЄITΩN, youthful hero or emperor on horseback to right, holding transverse spear. Moushmov -; Varbanov 1851 var. (bust and obverse legend). 19.05gr, 33mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare and apparently unpublished. Only one other example on CoinArchives (Helios Numismatik, Auction 5, 25 June 2010, lot 582).
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Trebonianus Gallus AE Octassarion or 8 Assaria of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 251-253.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Γ ΟΥΙΒ ΤΡЄΒ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / ΑΝΤΙΟΧЄΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛΩΝ, Tyche seated facing, with river-god Orontes at feet, within portable tetrastyle shrine; above, ram leaping to right, head to left; Δ Є across upper fields, S C below. RPC IX 1851; McAlee 1181. 17.77gr, 31mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Severus Alexander AE 20mm of Edessa, Mesopotamia. AD 222-235.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £14
AYT K M A C ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / MHT KOΛ ЄΔЄϹCHΝΩN, the Tyche of Edessa seated to left on rock, holding ears of grain; at her feet, lighted altar; below, river god swimming to left. RPC VI 7852 (temporary) var. (obverse legend). 6.36gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
