Leu Numismatik

Web Auction 26  –  8 - 13 July 2023

Leu Numismatik, Web Auction 26

Celtic, Greek, Central Asian, Roman, Byzantine, Medieval, Islamic and Modern ...

Part I: Sa, 08.07.2023, from 12:00 PM CEST
Part II: Su, 09.07.2023, from 12:00 PM CEST
Part III: Mo, 10.07.2023, from 12:00 PM CEST
Part IV: Tu, 11.07.2023, from 12:00 PM CEST
Part V: We, 12.07.2023, from 12:00 PM CEST
Part VI: Th, 13.07.2023, from 12:00 PM CEST
The auction is closed.

Description

★ Apparently unpublished ★

PHRYGIA. Apameia. Gallienus, 253-268. AE (Bronze, 23 mm, 6.22 g, 6 h), Tryphon, magistrate. AYT K Π ΛI ΓAΛΛIHNOC - CЄBA Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus to right, seen from behind. Rev. ЄΠΙ ΤΡΥΦΩΝΟC ΑΠΑΜЄΩΝ Athena standing front, head to left, placing her right hand on shield set on ground and holding spear in her left. BMC -. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG Leypold -. SNG München -. SNG von Aulock -. Apparently unpublished. Minor flan fault on the edge, otherwise, very fine.

From the collection of G. Plankenhorn, formed since the 1960s (with collector's ticket), Leu Web Auction 24, 3-6 December 2022, 1954.

This coin features two interesting details on the obverse: first, Gallienus is shown bare-headed, like a Caesar, however, the legend clearly names him σεβαστός, Augustus. Secondly, the A of CЄBA is upside-down, or rather, the entire word is spelled, oddly enough, retrograde and outwardly, as if the artist first cut the portrait of a Caesar, and then added the appropriate title later on when he realized (or heard) that Gallienus was in fact not Caesar, but Augustus like his father.

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Price realized 220 CHF
Starting price 50 CHF
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