LOT 2942
Valerian I AE 26mm of Heliopolis, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 253-260.
IMP CAES P LIC VALERIANVS P AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL IVL AVG FEL HEL, three prize crowns, the central crown containing two palm fronds, those flanking only one; CERT SACR CAP OECV ISE HEL in three lines below. RPC X Online unassigned ID 63822; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen 440; SNG München -. Near Very Fine.(11.35gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
FootnotesAlthough the main Pythian Games were held at Apollo's sanctuary at Delphi, many other cities in the east of the Roman Empire periodically held smaller versions of this event. Often such events were associated with other deities, based on the important civic cults of each city. At Heliopolis, the site of a massive temple complex dedicated to Jupiter-Zeus-Baal-Hadad, Venus-Aphrodite-Astarte, and Bacchus-Dionysus, these games were known as the Certamina Sacra Capitolia Oecumenica Iselastica Heliopolitan, as noted on the reverse of the coin.
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Judea. Procurators, Porcius Festus AE Prutah. 59-62 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Jerusalem mint. In the name of Nero. Dated RY 5 of Nero (58/9 CE). NЄPധNOC in three lines within wreath / L Є KAIC-APOC, palm branch. RPC I, 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. 1.75gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Bristol gentleman. -
Lucius Verus AE 31mm of Abila, Decapolis. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Uncertain CY date. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / ϹЄ ΑΒΙΛΗΝധΝ Ι Α Α Γ [ΚΟΙ ϹΥ ...], Tyche of Abila, holding sceptre and Nike, standing to right with foot on river-god Heiromax; all within central arch of distyle temple façade; Nike standing on low basis on either side of Tyche. Cf. RPC IV.3, 3892 (temporary) (1 example); Spijkerman -. 18.18gr, 31mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one example on RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Diadumenian, as Caesar BI Tetradrachm of Gaza, Judaea. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
M OΠ ANT-ΩN KAI, bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from the front / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC T A, eagle standing facing, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; star in upper right field; between legs, Marnas symbol within circle. Prieur 1697; Sofaer 205. 10.63gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 563, 5 June 2024, lot 547.
