Monumenti nelle monete provinciali

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Bronzo di Adriano che raffigura Zeus all’interno di un tempio tetrastilo; data in esergo.

CNG Electronic Auction 500: Est. $150

JUDAEA, Tiberias. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ (23mm, 9.81 g, 12h). Dated CY 101 (119/20 CE). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Zeus seated left, holding phiale and scepter, within tetrastyle temple façade; ET AP(date) in exergue. Kindler, Tiberias 7; Sofaer 10; RPC III 3932. Dark green patina with earthen highlights/deposits, a few cleaning marks. VF.

From the Father & Son Collection.

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Bronzo di Settimio Severo (Cilicia, Diocaesarea) che raffigura un tempio esastilo Tempio con tre Nike sul tetto, un bucranio sul frontone, un fulmine alato tra le colonne centrali e altare e albero a sinistra (London Coin Galleries, Online Auction 3).

Lot 47. Estimate: 100 GBP

Septimius Severus (193-211), Cilicia, Diocaesarea, Æ, 17.75g, 30mm. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; c/m: eagle standing right / Hexastyle temple; three [Nikaia] on roof, bucranium in pediment, winged thunderbolt between centre columns, altar and tree to left. SNG France 867; SNG Levante Suppl. 178; SNG Cop. -; SNG von Aulock; BMC 6; for c/m: Howgego 337. Very fine, countermark on obverse. Scarce.

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Bronzo di Settimio Severo che raffigura un tempio tetrastilo con Tiche in piedi all’interno, che tiene in mano un timone e una cornucopia (London Coin Galleries, Online Auction 3).

Lot 45. Estimate: 200 GBP

Septimius Severus (193-211), Lydia, Thyateira, Æ, 11.15g, 27mm. Laureate, draped cuirassed bust right / Tetrastyle temple with Tyche standing left within, holding rudder and cornucopiae. SNG Cop. -; SNG von Aulock -; BMC -; Price & Trell -. Good Fine. Apparently unpublished.

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Bronzo di Settimio Severoche raffigura due templi esastili uno di fronte all’altro a un angolo di prospettiva ¾; sopra due ghirlande (London Coin Galleries, Online Auction 3).

Lot 44. Estimate: 300 GBP

Septimius Severus (193-211), Lydia, Sardes, Æ, 26.88g, 38mm. Laureate, draped cuirassed bust right / Two hexastyle temples facing each other at three/quarters perspective angle; above, two wreaths. SNG Cop. -; SNG von Aulock 3155; BMC -. Near Very fine, traces of remaining patina. Rare.

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Bronzo di Settimio Severo che raffigura sul rovescio Ares in piedi di fronte, con lancia e scudo, entro un tempio tetrastilo (London Coin Galleries, Online Auction 3).

Lot 43. Estimate: 200 GBP

Septimius Severus (193-211), Ionia, Metropolis, Æ, 21.22g, 35mm. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Ares standing facing, holding spear and shield, within tetrastyle temple. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 910 (similar rev.); SNG von Aulock -; BMC -. Near Very fine, metal flaw at 7' on rev. Rare.

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Bronzo di Settimio Severo di Neocaesarea, Ponto, che raffigura sul rovescio un tempio tetrastilo (London Coin Galleries, Online Auction 3).

Lot 42. Estimate: 100 GBP

Septimius Severus (193-211), Pontus, Neocaesarea, Æ, dated CY 146 (AD 209/10), Æ, 15.35g, 31mm. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Tetrastyle temple. RG 15; SNG Cop. -; cf. SNG von Aulock 99-100; BMC -. Better than Very fine, well centered on a broad flan.

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Bronzo di Settimio Severo che raffigura un tempio tetrastilo con all’interno una statua (London Coin Galleries, Online Auction 3).

Lot 40. Estimate: 50 GBP

Septimius Severus (193-211), Pontus, Neocaesarea, Æ, dated CY 146 (AD 209/10), 16.26g, 31mm. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Statue within tetrastyle temple. RG 13; SNG Cop. -; SNG von Aulock 100; BMC -. Near Very fine.

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Bronzo della Giudea che raffigura sul diritto un tempio distilo posto su un alto podio, contenente la statua della Diva Poppea seduta a sinistra, e sul rovescio un tempio esastilo posto su un alto podio, contenente la statua della Diva Claudia a sinistra sulla base (CNG 118).

Starting price: 180 USD - Estimate: 300 USD

Lot 812. JUDAEA, Roman Administration. Diva Poppaea and Diva Claudia. Died 65 CE and 63 CE. Æ (20mm, 5.77 g, 12h). Caesarea Panias mint. Struck 65-68 CE. Distyle temple set upon high podium, containing statue of Diva Poppaea seated left / Hexastyle temple set upon high podium, containing statue of Diva Claudia left on basis. Meshorer 354; Hendin 1270; Sofaer 87; RPC I 4846. Earthen green patina. VF. Well centered.

From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection, purchased from Herb Kreindler.

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Bronzo della Giudea con i busti di Marco Aurelio e Lucio Vero e sul rovescio Tyche-Astarte in piedi a sinistra, con il piede destro su un oggetto incerto e lo scettro nella mano destra, sotto un arco centrale della facciata in un tempio tetrastilo (CNG 118).

Starting price: 300 USD - Estimate: 500 USD

Lot 828. JUDAEA, Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem). Marcus Aurelius & Lucius Verus. 161-169 CE. Æ (29mm, 21.72 g, 12h). Laureate and draped bust of Marcus Aurelius, and laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Lucius Verus, vis-à-vis / Tyche-Astarte standing left, foot on uncertain object, holding bust and scepter, within tetrastyle temple façade with central arch. Meshorer, Aelia 52; Sofaer 51; RPC IV.3 Online 6413.1 (same obv. die). Dark green patina, earthen deposits. VF. Rare.

From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Patrick H.C. Tan Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 97, 17 September 2014), lot 532.

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Bronzo della Giudea che raffigura Diadumeniano e sul rovescio Tyche-Astarte in piedi, con il piede destro su un oggetto incerto, che ha in mano un piccolo busto e uno scettro, all’interno di un tempio tetrastilo con arco centrale e due Nike tra le colonne esterne (CNG 118).

Starting price: 180 USD - Estimate: 300 USD

Lot 835. JUDAEA, Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem). Diadumenian. As Caesar, 217-218 CE. Æ (24mm, 9.73 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche-Astarte standing left, resting right foot on uncertain object, holding small bust and scepter, within tetrastyle temple with central arch; Nikai standing between outer columns. Meshorer, Aelia 106b (same dies); Sofaer 94 (same dies). Earthen green surfaces. VF.

From the Father & Son Collection. Ex Fontanille 60 (7 April 2014), lot 9.

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Bronzo di Settimio Severo (JUDAEA, Eleutheropolis) che raffigura sul rovescio Tyche, con busto e cornucopia, in piedi a sinistra sulla parte anteriore del dio fluviale che nuota; il tutto all'interno della campata centrale ad arco della facciata del tempio tetrastilo (CNG 118).

Starting price: 180 USD. Estimate: 300 USD. Result: 190 USD

Lot 850. JUDAEA, Eleutheropolis. Septimius Severus. 193-211 CE. Æ (26.5mm, 16.09 g, 12h). Dated CY 4 (202/3 CE). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche, holding bust and cornucopia, standing left on forepart of swimming river-god, Є Δ (date) across field; all within arched central bay of tetrastyle temple façade. Meshorer, City-Coins –; Sofaer 4. Dusty dark green patina. VF.

From the Father & Son Collection. Ex Goldberg 90 (2 February 2016), lot 3186.

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Bronzo di Elagabalo che raffigura sul rovescio Tyche in piedi a sinistra, con il piede destro su una prua, che tiene un busto e una lancia, entro un tempio tetrastilo con frontone a arco centrale (CNG 118).

Starting price: 180 USD - Estimate: 300 USD - Result: 700 USD

Lot 867. JUDAEA, Nicopolis-Emmaus. Elagabalus. 218-222 CE. Æ (23mm, 11.28 g, 6h). Dated CY 2 (219/20 CE). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Tyche standing left, with right foot on prow, holding bust and spear, within tetrastyle temple with pediment and central arch; E B (date) in exergue. Sofaer 3; SNG ANS 1044. Earthen dark green patina, some roughness. Fine.

From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection, purchased from Brian Kritt.

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Bronzo di Marco Aurelio (Decapolis) che raffigura sul rovescio Tyche in piedi a sinistra, con in mano un piccolo busto e uno scettro, che appoggia un piede sul dio fluviale, entro un tempio tetrastilo con arco centrale (CNG 118).

Starting price: 180 USD - Estimate: 300 USD - Result: 225 USD

Lot 737. DECAPOLIS, Capitolias. Marcus Aurelius. 161-180 CE. Æ (26mm, 10.33 g, 12h). Dated CY 70 (167/8 CE). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Tyche standing left, holding small bust and scepter, resting foot on river-god, within hexastyle temple with central arch; O (date) in legend. RPC IV.3 Online 6553; cf. Meshorer, City-Coins 231 (Verus); Spijkerman 3; SNG ANS 1270-1; Sofaer 2; Rosenberger 4. Earthen dark green surfaces. VF.

From the Father & Son Collection. Ex Patrick H. C. Tan Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 97, 17 September 2014), lot 500.

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Bronzo di Caracalla che raffigura un altare illuminato all'interno della facciata del tempio esastilo con campata centrale ad arco; aquila nel frontone; O-C (data) a fianco del frontone (CNG 118).

Starting price: 180 USD - Estimate: 300 USD - invenduto

Lot 738. DECAPOLIS, Dium. Caracalla. 198-217 CE. Æ (26mm, 14.35 g, 12h). Dated CY 270 (207/8 CE). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Lighted altar within hexastyle temple façade with arched central bay; eagle in pediment; O–C (date) flanking pediment. Spijkerman 2 corr. (obv. legend; same obv. die as illustration); SNG ANS 1278 (same obv. die); Sofaer 2 var. (obv. legend); Rosenberger 2 corr. (obv. legend). Dark green-brown patina, earthen highlights, minor scratch before bust. VF.

From the Father & Son Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 96 (14 May 2014), lot 663.

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Adriano: Egitto, Alessandria.

Egypt, Alexandria. Dattari. Hadrian, 117-138 Drachm circa 134-135 (year 19), Æ 33mm., 25.67g.

Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev Egyptian temple with pylons with a statue of Isis, holding scepter. RPC 6038.18 (this coin). Dattari-Savio Pl. 97, 1972 (this coin). Rare. Lovely brown tone, Good Very Fine. From the Dattari collection. Naville Numismatics Ltd. > Auction 38 11 March 2018, Lot: 388.

Realized: 3,600 GBP (approx. 4,966 USD).

Egypt became a Roman province after the death of Queen Cleopatra in 30 BCE. Under Roman rule, Egypt maintained its own separate coinage, with Greek inscriptions and occasionally traditional Egyptian themes. An Egyptian-style temple, with an image of the goddess Isis between two tall tapered pylons, appears on a bronze drachma of Emperor Hadrian issued at Alexandria in 134-135 CE.

An example of this coin pedigreed to the famous Dattari collection realized nearly $5,000in a 2018 London auction.

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Settimio Severo Coele-Syria, Heliopolis.

SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Heliopolis. Septimius Severus. 193-211 CE. Æ 25mm (10.40 g, 12h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Temple of Jupiter Heliopolitanus right, viewed from aerial perspective. SNG München 1031; cf. SNG Copenhagen 429; cf. Price & Trell p. 158. Classical Numismatic Group > Mail Bid Sale 75, 23 May 2007, Lot: 846. Realized: 1,075 USD.

Heliopolis (“City of the Sun”), now Baalbek in modern Lebanon, was a center for worship of local Semitic deities that Romans identified with Jupiter, Venus, Mercury, and Bacchus. A vast temple complex constructed during the first century CE is depicted on coins from the time of Nerva (ruled 96-98 CE) down to Gallienus (r. 253-268 CE.) The Temple of Jupiter Heliopolitanus was the largest Greco-Roman temple ever built; the massive limestone blocks in its platform are among the heaviest ever quarried–over 800 tons each. The decastyle (“ten-columned”) temple appears on a bronze coin of Septimius Severus (ruled 193-211) in a remarkable “isometric” perspective view, as if seen from above . Damaged by earthquakes in antiquity, the temple was looted for its stones; eight of its great Corinthian columns were transported to Constantinople in 532 CE by Emperor Justinian I for the construction of the church of Hagia Sophia.

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Macrino Byblos, Fenicia

Macrinus. 217-218 CE. AE 29-31, 16.49g. (11h). Phoenicia, Byblos. Obv: AVT KAI MA – KPINOC CEB Laureate, cuirassed bust r., seen from the front. Rx: IEPAC above, BVB / LOV* below, Temple with court attached to its rear; five steps lead to the front of the temple, within which an altar is seen; five steps lead to a side-entrance to the court, within which is a large cone surrounded by a fence. BM 38. Sear 2963. Price/Trell fig. 271. Pleasant red and green patination. Gemini, LLC > Auction IX 9 January 2012, Lot: 510.

Realized: 6,500 USD.

Byblos (today Jubayl, Lebanon) is one of the world’s oldest continuously inhabited cities. A very ancient (2800 BCE) temple of the city’s patron goddess Baalat Gebal (identified by the Greeks as Atargatis or Aphrodite) may be the one depicted on a local coin from the brief reign of Macrinus (217- 218 CE). The Greek inscription IEPAC BΥBΛOΥ proclaims “of Holy Byblos”. The image of the goddess is a tall, conical stone or baetyl within a columned courtyard behind the temple building. “It is the most fantastic piece of architecture ever used as a likeness of a deity (Tameanko, 209).”

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Uranio Antonino, Emesa

Uranius Antoninus Æ32 of Emesa, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated SE 565 = 253/4 CE. AVTOK C OVΛΠ ANTѠNЄINOC CЄ, laureate bust right, wearing paludamentum and cuirass / ЄMICѠN KOΛΩN, hexastyle temple of Elagabal at Emesa containing the conical stone of Elagabal shaded by two parasols; crescent in pediment, ЄΞΦ (date) in exergue. BMC 24; Baldus 38-42; R. Delbrueck, ‘Uranius of Emesa,’NC 1948, Series I, 2; SNG Hunterian 3174. 24.03g, 32mm, 1h. Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XVI 26 September 2018, Lot: 489.

Realized: 11,000 GBP (Approx. 14,479 USD).

Elagabal was a Semitic sun-god worshipped at the Syrian city of Emesa (now Homs) in the form of a conical black meteorite. The stone was said to bear the image of an eagle on one side. Emperor Elagabalus (ruled 218-222), who was a hereditary high priest of this cult, brought the stone to Rome and installed it in a temple on the Palatine Hill. After his murder, the Romans sent it back. During the chaotic third century, an obscure usurper, Uranius Antoninus, known mainly from his rare coinage, depicted the stone in its temple on coins struck at Emesa where he briefly held power, c. 253-254 CE.

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Valeriano I, Samo

ISLANDS off IONIA, Samos. Valerian I. 253-260 CE. Æ 27mm (8.69 gm). Laureate and draped bust right / Tetrastyle temple with an arch above cultus statue of Samian Hera standing, facing. SNG von Aulock 2329 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 1796 var. (reverse legend placement). Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 58, 12 February 2003. Lot: 88. Realized: 180 USD.

The Aegean island of Samos boasted a great temple to the goddess Hera destroyed and rebuilt several times. The cult image of the goddess was moved from the never-finished third temple to a small nearby temple in Roman imperial times. It appears on a series of Samian coins, such as an issue from the reign of Emperor Valerian (ruled 253-260 CE) . On the coin, the statue stands in an elegant arched niche flanked by spiral-fluted columns. The great temple was demolished during the middle ages, but one column was left standing as a navigational landmark for sailors.

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Gorny &Mosch E-AUKTION 282: parte anteriore del tempio a quattro colonne; all'interno statua di Sarapis

Starting price: 40 EUR - Estimate: 50 EUR - Result: 60 EUR

Lot 3408. THRAKIEN. HADRIANOPOLIS.  
Gordian III., 238 - 244 n. Chr. AE ø 25mm (9,76g). Vs.: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ - ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟΣ ΑΥΓ, drapierte Panzer­büste mit Lorbeerkranz n. r. Rs.: ΑΔΡ-ΙΑΝ-ΟΠΟ- ΛΕΙ/ΤΩΝ, viersäulige Tempelfront, darin Statue des Sarapis (?). Varbanov, GIC II 3954; Youroukova, Hadrianopolis 574 (V248/R558). Mit altem Unterlags­zettel des Sammlers! Braune Patina, ss

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Gorny &Mosch E-AUKTION 282: tempio a quattro colonne incorporato nelle rocce con statua di culto in piedi frontale all'interno.

Starting price: 96 EUR - Estimate: 120 EUR - Result: 120 EUR

Lot 3478. THRAKIEN. PHILIPPOPOLIS.  
Commodus, 180 - 192 n. Chr. AE Kleinbronze ø 18mm (5,65g). Vs.: [ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟΣ], drapierte Büste mit Lorbeerkranz n. r. Rs.: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟ [ΠΟΛΕΙΤ]ΩΝ, viersäuliger Tempel in Felslandschaft eingebettet, darin Kultstatue frontal stehend. RPC Online IV.1, 9922 (temporary). R! Grüne Patina, ss.

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Gorny &Mosch E-AUKTION 282: parte anteriore del tempio a quattro colonne della dea della città Tyche con la statua di culto al suo interno.

Starting price: 40 EUR - Estimate: 50 EUR - Result: 55 EUR

Lot 3299. MOESIA INFERIOR. MARKIANOPOLIS.  
Gordian III., 238 - 244 n. Chr. AE ø 27mm (12,74g). Gouverneur Sabinius Modestus. Vs.: ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΣ - ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟΣ, drapierte Büste mit Strahlenkrone n. r. Rs.: ΥΠ ΣΑΒ ΜΟΔΕΣΤΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟ ΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΙΣΤΡΟ/Ν, viersäulige Front des Tempels der Stadttyche, darin die Kultstatue. AMNG I 4164. Grüne Patina, ss

Aus süddeutschem Privatbesitz, Sammlung E.L.

Notare il segno del compasso in bella evidenza al centro della moneta.

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Gorny &Mosch E-AUKTION 282: tempio tetrastilo con la statua di culto di Zeus con scettro e patera; nel frontone Δ.

Starting price: 40 EUR - Estimate: 50 EUR - Result: 50 EUR

Lot 3316. MOESIA INFERIOR. ODESSOS.  
Geta, 197 - 211 n. Chr. AE ø 26mm (10,29g). Vs.: ΑΥ Κ Π ΣΕ - ΓΕΤΑΣ, Büste mit Lorbeerkranz n. r. Rs.: ΜΗΤΡΟΠ - ΠΟΝΤ ΤΟ/ΜΕΩΣ, tetrastyler Tempel mit der Kultstatue des Zeus mit Zepter und Patera, im Giebel Δ. AMNG I 2 3018 (Vs. varia); Varbanov I 5145. Schwarze Patina, fast ss

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Gorny & Mosch E-AUKTION 282: tempio tetrastilo con l'immagine di culto di Asclepio con bastone e serpente.

Starting price: 40 EUR - Estimate: 50 EUR - Result: 65 EUR

Lot 3251. MOESIA INFERIOR. MARKIANOPOLIS.  
Septimius Severus, 193 - 211 n. Chr. AE ø 27mm (15,29g). Unter dem Statthalter Aurelius Gallus. Vs.: ΑΥ Κ Λ ΣΕΠ ΣΕΥΗΡΟΣ Π, drapierte Panzerbüste n. r. Rs.: ΥΠΑ ΑΥΡ ΓΑΛΛΟΥ ΝΕΙΚΟΠΟ / ΠΡΟΣ Ι, tetrastyler Tempel mit dem Kultbild des Asklepios mit Schlangen­stab. Varbanov, GIC I, 2720. Dunkelgrüne Patina, ss

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Dara antiques museum E-AUCTION III: tempio tetrastilo con globetto nel frontone.

Lot 1347. Roman Provincial Coins. GALATIA. Koinon of Galatia. Nero (54-68). Ae.
Obv: NEPΩNOΣ ΣEBΑΣΤΟΥ. Laureate head, countermark right. Rev: TO KOINON ΓAΛATΩN. Tetrastyle temple, with pellet in pediment. RPC I 3563.
Weight: 6.7gr - Diameter: 20mm