Bronzi provinciali romani e mitologia greca

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Tetradramma di Adriano (Tarso, Cilicia) che raffigura la testa dell’imperatore con corona d’alloro al dritto e al rovescio Tyche, dea della città con ramo di palma seduta su un diphros decorato con creature alate; a sinistra, il dio fluviale Kydnos che striscia ai suoi piedi (Gorny & Mosch Auction 241).

Lot 1953
Estimate: 400 EUR. Price realized: 475 EUR.

RÖMISCHE PROVINZIALPRÄGUNGEN
KILIKIEN
TARSOS
Hadrian, 117 - 138 n. Chr. Tetradrachme (9,18g). Vs.: Kopf mit Lorbeerkranz n. r. Rs.: Stadttyche mit Palmzweig auf einem mit Flügelwesen geschmücktem Diphros n. l. sitzend, zu ihren Füßen der Flussgott Kydnos kraulend. Prieur 761. Schön zentriert, ss-vz

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Bronzo di Adriano (Bostra, Arabia) che raffigura al dritto il busto dell’impertore con corona di alloro e drappeggio sulla spalla sinistra, e al rovescio il busto della Provincia con corona murale e due bambini sul petto (Gorny & Mosch Auction 241).

Lot 1979
Estimate: 600 EUR. Price realized: 1300 EUR.

RÖMISCHE PROVINZIALPRÄGUNGEN
ARABIA
BOSTRA
Hadrian, 117 - 138 n. Chr. AE (9,01g). Vs.: ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΣ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ. Büste mit Lorbeerkranz n. r., an der linken Schulter drapiert. Rs.: ΑΡΑΒΙΑ. Büste der Provinz mit Mauerkrone nach rechts, zwei Kinder an ihrer Brust haltend. A. Kindler, The Coinage of Bostra (1983) 16; Spijkerman 1. Gutes ss

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Dramma in bronzo di Antonino Pio (Alessandria d’Egitto) che raffigura al dritto la testa dell’imperatore con corona d'alloro e al rovescio un leone che salta, con sopra una stella e un busto di Helios; sotto L II (Gorny & Mosch Auction 241).

Lot 1984
Estimate: 1200 EUR. Price realized: 1400 EUR.

RÖMISCHE PROVINZIALPRÄGUNGEN
ÄGYPTEN
ALEXANDRIA
Antoninus Pius, 138 - 161 n. Chr. AE Drachme (23,63g). 144/145 n. Chr. Vs.: ΣΕΒ ΕΥΣ ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟΣ, Kopf mit Lorbeerkranz n. r. Rs.: Löwe n. r. springend, darüber Stern und Heliosbüste, darunter L II (= Jahr 8). Köln, Alexandria II, 1495; BMC 1084. Rotbraune Patina, ss

Die Münze gehört in den Kreis der 'Zodiac-Drachmen' mit dem Zeichen 'die Sonne ist im (Tierkreiszeichen) Löwe'.

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Emidramma di Traiano (Cirene, Cirenaica) che raffigura al dritto la testa dell’imperatore con corona d’alloro e al rovescio la testa di Zeus Ammone (Gorny & Mosch Auction 241).

Lot 1985
Estimate: 400 EUR. Price realized: 450 EUR.

RÖMISCHE PROVINZIALPRÄGUNGEN
KYRENAIKA
KYRENE
Trajan, 98 - 117 n. Chr. Hemidrachme (2,00g). 100 n. Chr. Vs.: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙΣ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ, Kopf mit Lorbeerkranz nach rechts. Rs.: ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤ Ι, Kopf des Zeus Ammon nach rechts. Sydenham, Cappadocia 178; Metcalf 83 Anm. 1. Vz

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CNG Feature Auction 130

Category

Bronze, Roman Provincial

Description

IBERIA, Romula. Divus Augustus, with Julia Augusta (Livia). Died AD 14. Æ Dupondius (31mm, 24.15 g, 6h). Struck under Tiberius, AD 14-37. Radiate head of Divus Augustus right; star above, thunderbolt before / Head of Livia left, set on globe; crescent above. ACIP 3360; RPC I 73; Burgos 2014. Dark brown patina, light roughness, smoothing. VF.

From the Plus 20 Collection. Ex CLA Collection; CNG inventory 730556 (April 2002).

The style of the obverse is identical to an as struck in Rome, and dated to 15-16 AD (RIC I 72 [Tiberius]). The reverse demonstrates the development of the Julio-Claudian dynastic in the early years of Tiberius' reign. The portrait of Livia, known as Julia Augusta by the dictates of Augustus' will, demonstrates an increased divine association of the dowager empress; the crescent consciously parallels the star above the head of the Divus Augustus. The legend formula is apparently unknown elsewhere. The phrase genetrix orbis may allude to Venus Genetrix, the divine ancestress of the gens Iulia as well as mater or parens patriae, titles which the Senate bestowed upon Livia.

 

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CNG Feature Auction 130

Live bidding begins Sep 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM EDT (27d 15h 52m left for internet bidding)

Category

Bronze, Roman Provincial

Description

MOESIA INFERIOR, Odessus. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (37mm, 31.79 g, 1h). Struck AD 242. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, decorated with gorgoneion, raising right hand and holding globe in left / The great god Darzalas, standing facing, head left, sacrificing from patera over altar to left, and holding spear. CNO IV, XXIV.11.↔︎3; RPC VII.2 1496; Varbanov 4440. Dark brown patina, smoothing, minor edge flaws. VF.

Ex John Wright Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins, January 2007.

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CNG Feature Auction 130

Category

Bronze, Roman Provincial

Lot 306. Description

THRACE, Philippopolis. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Medallion (36.5mm, 23.16 g, 6h). Pythian Games issue. Struck AD 215. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Agonistic prize crown containing two palm fronds, inscribed ΠYΘIA, set on table with lion’s feet; below, amphora and five voting balls. Varbanov, Philippopolis XV.9.7 var. (O– [O1 of previous series]/R– [rev. die unrecorded]); Peter, Koinon 33 (V7/R33 – this coin cited); Mouchmov, Philippopolis 381; Varbanov 1487 var. (rev. legend). Yellow-brown surfaces, porosity. VF.

From the DWBG Collection. Ex Marcel Burstein Collection (Peus 366, 29 October 2000), lot 422; Peus 328 (2 May 1990), lot 422.

The reverse of this medallion is one of many similar types struck by Philippopolis to commemorate the Pythian Games (τὰ Πύθια), one of the four Greek Panhellenic Games that occurred in the second year of each four-year Olympic cycle. Held in honor of Apollo, the god of arts and “civilization,” these games featured competitions for athletics, music, and poetry, and were meant to evoke the best of Greco-Roman culture. This particular event in AD 215, coming as it did in during Caracalla’s march east to fight the Persians, must have invested the event with further significance: by situating the occurrence of the games at such a crucial moment, the gods had signaled their approval for Caracalla’s enterprise against the “barbarians.”

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