Leu Numismatik

Web Auction 28  –  9 - 14 December 2023

Leu Numismatik, Web Auction 28

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

Part 1: Sa, 09.12.2023, from 12:00 PM CET
Part 2: Su, 10.12.2023, from 12:00 PM CET
Part 3: Mo, 11.12.2023, from 12:00 PM CET
Part 4: Tu, 12.12.2023, from 12:00 PM CET
Part 5: We, 13.12.2023, from 12:00 PM CET
Part 6: Th, 14.12.2023, from 12:00 PM CET
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Description

PISIDIA. Palaeopolis. Elagabalus, 218-222. Triassarion (Orichalcum, 25 mm, 9.35 g, 12 h). ΑYΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ Laureate and draped bust of Elagabalus (or Caracalla?) to right. Rev. ΠΑΛΑΙΟΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ Zeus seated left, holding thunderbolt in his right hand and long scepter in his left; to right, eagle with spread wings standing facing, head to left. RPC VI online 5910.5 ( this coin ). Von Aulock, Pisidien I, 1109-1111. Very rare, only five examples known to RPC. Some light pitting and with trace deposits, otherwise, very fine.

From the Jay Smith Collection of coins of Elagabalus, ex Biga E-Auction 7, 4 December 2021, 580.

The style of the obverse bust and the obverse legend both go equally well with Caracalla, making the attribution of this piece to Elagabalus tentative.

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Starting price 50 CHF
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