Bronzi provinciali romani e mitologia greca

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Zeus Numismatics, Auction 3, 11 Jan 2020, lot 371

Lot 371. Starting price: 20 GBP. Lot unsold.

MESOPOTAMIA, Singara. Gordian III. (AD 238-244).AE Bronze.ΑΥΤΟΚ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟΣ. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gordian left / ΑΥΡ ΣΕΠ - ΚΟΛ ΣΙΝΓΑΡΑ Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right; above, centaur leaping right. BMC 4.
Condition: Very Fine. Weight: 12 gr. Diameter: 26 mm.

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Zeus Numismatics, Auction 3, 11 Jan 2020, lot 372

Lot 372. Starting price: 20 GBP. Price realized: 50 GBP.

GALATIA. Ankyra. Julia Domna (193-211 AD). AE Bronze. Condition: Very Fine
Weight: 15.8 gr. Diameter: 28 mm.

Obverse inscription        ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ = Julia Augusta

Obverse design draped bust of Julia Domna, facing, head right

Reverse inscription         ΑΝΚΥΡΑϹ = of Ancyra

Reverse design Demeter standing facing, head left, holding patera and long torch

 

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Zeus Numismatics, Auction 3, 11 Jan 2020, lot 373

Lot 373. Starting price: 20 GBP. Price realized: 65 GBP

Titus AE for Vespasian, Vesta reverse (69-79 AD). Condition: Very Fine. Weight: 2.6 gr. Diameter: 16 mm.

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2 ore fa, apollonia dice:

Zeus Numismatics, Auction 3, 11 Jan 2020, lot 373

Lot 373. Starting price: 20 GBP. Price realized: 65 GBP

 

Titus AE for Vespasian, Vesta reverse (69-79 AD). Condition: Very Fine. Weight: 2.6 gr. Diameter: 16 mm.

 

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La scheda di Zeus era sbagliata: al rovescio c'è Giulia, figlia di Tito; Vespasiano - già defunto - non c'entra.

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La scheda di Zeus era sbagliata: al rovescio c'è Giulia, figlia di Tito; Vespasiano - già defunto - non c'entra.

 

Anche gli dèi sbagliano le schede!...

Non è il caso di questo esemplare (Numismad, Auction 3, lot 315)

Roman Provincial
Titus (79-81) AE Quadrans (Bronze, 2,96g, 16mm) uncertain mint on the Balkans (Thrace?), 80-81.
IMP T CAESR DIVI VESPAS F AVG, laureate head to right. Rev: IVLIA AVGVSTA, Julia seated left, holding patera and scepter. Cf. RIC II 505-6. RPC –.

Grazie della segnalazione,

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Zeus Numismatics, Auction 3, 11 Jan 2020, lot 374

Lot 374. Starting price: 20 GBP. Price realized: 60 GBP.

PISIDIA. Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. Æ. Condition: Very Fine. Weight: 5.2 gr. Diameter: 21 mm.

Obverse inscription        IVL(IA) DOMNA (A)(V)(G)

Obverse design draped bust of Julia Domna, right

Reverse inscription         FORTVNA (COL)(O)(NIA)(E) ANTIOCH

Reverse design Pax standing facing, head left, holding branch and cornucopia

 

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Zeus Numismatics, Auction 3, 11 Jan 2020, lot 375

Lot 375. Starting price: 20 GBP. Price realized: 24 GBP.

PISIDIA. Isinda. Valerian I (253-260 AD). AE Bronze. AK · ΠΛ · OVAΛЄPIΛNON CЄB Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust r / ICIN-ΔЄΩN Mother-goddess seated r., holding child on her knee; serpent to l. Von Aulock, Pisidiens 940. SNG France 1622. Condition: Very Fine. Weight: 8.3 gr. Diameter: 2 4 mm.

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Zeus Numismatics, Auction 3, 11 Jan 2020, lot 376

Lot 376. Starting price: 20 GBP. Price realized: 28 GBP.
CARIA. Aphrodisias. Caligula (37-41 AD). AE Bronze. ΓAIOΣ / KAIΣAP. Bare head of Caligula right / AΦPOΔIΣIEΩN. Diademed head of Aphrodite right. RPC I 2845; BMC 97-8.
Condition: Very Fine. Weight: 3.0 gr. Diameter: 15 mm.

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Zeus Numismatics, Auction 3, 11 Jan 2020, lot 377

Lot 377. Starting price: 20 GBP. Price realized: 24 GBP.

PHRYGIA. Prymnessus. Nero (54-68 AD). AE Bronze.NEPΩΝΑ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΑ ΠΡΥΜΝΗΣΣΕΙΣ. Laureate head right / ΕΠΙ ΤΙ ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ ΠΡΟΚΛΟΥ. Dikaiosyne standing left, holding scales and grain ears. RPC I 3207. Condition: Very Fine. Weight: 6.8 gr. Diameter: 22 mm.

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Zeus Numismatics, Auction 3, 11 Jan 2020, lot 379

Lot 379. Starting price: 20 GBP. Price realized: 70 GBP.

PHRYGIA. Cadi. Claudius ( 41-54 AD ).AE Bronze. KΛAYΔIOC KAICAP Laureate head of Claudius to right / EΠI MEΛITΩNOC ACKΛHΠIAΔOY - KAΔO/HNΩN. Zeus standing front, head to left, holding eagle in his right hand and scepter in his left. BMC 16. RPC I 3063.
Condition: Very Fine.Weight: 4.8 gr. Diameter: 19 mm.

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Zeus Numismatics, Auction 3, 11 Jan 2020, lot 380

Lot 380. Starting price: 20 GBP. Price realized: 46 GBP.

CAPPADOCIA. Caesarea. Gordian III (AD 238-244).AE Bronze. AV K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC C, laureate head right / MHTΡO KAIC B N, Mount Argaeus on altar, ET S in exergue. very fine Sydenham 615.
Condition: Very Fine. Weight: 9.5 gr. Diameter: 25 mm.

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Zeus Numismatics, Auction 3, 11 Jan 2020, lot 381

Lot 381. Starting price: 20 GBP. Price realized: 35 GBP.

PONTOS. Amaseia. Caracalla (211-217 AD). AE Bronze. Condition: Very Fine. Weight: 8.7 gr. Diameter: 24 mm.

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Altro esemplare da Numismatik Naumann, Auction 133, lot 385, 01.10.2023.

Roman Provincial Coins. PONTOS. Amaseia. Caracalla (193-217). Ae Dated CY 209 (AD 207).
Obv: AY KAI M AYP ANTΩNINOC. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: ΑΔP CЄY ANT AMACIAC MHT. High altar; tree to left; ЄT CΘ (date) above.
RG -.
Condition: Very fine. Weight: 8.56 g. Diameter: 25 mm.

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Savoca Numismatik, 214th Monthly Silver Auction, lot 77, 26.05.2024.

Roman Provincial
Pontos. Amaseia. Caracalla AD 198-217. Dated CY 234=AD 232/3
Bronze Æ 31 mm, 17,06 g. AV KAI MAΡ AVΡ ANTΩNINOC CЄBA, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / AΔΡ CЄV [ANT AM]ACIAC MHT NЄΩK ΠO, Altar of Zeus Stratios; eagle with spread wings and holding wreath in beak, standing above facing, head left; tree to left; ET-CH (date) below.
Good Very Fine. Cf. SNG Cop. 113 var. (eagle to left); BMC 33 var. (same).

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Savoca Numismatik, 193rd Silver Auction, lot 121, 28.01.2024

Roman Provincial. Pontos. Amaseia. Caracalla AD 198-217. Dated CY 209=AD 207/8
Bronze Æ 30 mm, 16,43 g
AV KAI M AVPH ANTωNINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΑΔP CЄV ANT AMACIAC MHT ΝΕ ΠΡ Π , altar surmounted by smaller lighted altar; tree to left, ЄT CΘ (date) in exergue.
Very Fine RG 88 corr.

Even in the time of Mithradtes, ritual fires were held in honor of Zeus Stratios, where animals such as bulls and other foodstuffs such as milk and honey were sacrificed. These were then piled on logs and ignited to form a large fire. Following this tradition, altars were erected to Zeus Stratios to honor him with bonfires and offerings. Coins minted in Amaseia during the Roman Empire often show the altar of Zeus paired with an eagle or one or two bonfires. Next to it is a small life tree, a symbol of royal power and good fortune. These coins are reminiscent of the cult and worship of Zeus Straitos and are intended to reproduce the sacrifice to him. (the Religion and Cults of the Pontic kingdom, by Sergey Ju. Saprykin)

 

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