LOT 3172
Valerian I AE 34mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 253-260.
ΑΥ Κ ΠΟ ΛΙΚ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝ-ΟC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ϹЄΛЄΥΚ below, ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΚΑ- around, -ΛΥΚΑΔ-ΝΩ in two lines above, draped busts of Artemis-Tyche wearing kalathos, cornucopia over shoulder on right and laureate Apollo on left, facing each other; branch between. RPC X Online unassigned ID 60507. Very Fine.(14.49gr, 34mm, 6h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Philip I BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated RY 3 (AD 247).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AYTOK K M IOYΛI ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / ΔΗΜΑΡX ЄΞOYCIAC ΥΠΑ ΤO Γ, eagle standing to left, head to right, with wreath in beak and wings spread; ANTIOXIA S C in two lines below. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 29021; McAlee 902; Prieur 371. 10.10gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Commodus AE 31mm of Philippopolis, Thrace. AD 187. ΚΑΙ. ΜΑΤΕΡΝΟΣ (Caecilius Maternus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΗΓΕ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΤΕΡΝΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟ, Homonoia standing facing, head to left, holding patera over altar and cornucopia. RPC IV.1, 7532 (temporary); Moushmov 178. 19.42gr, 31mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
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)
