Сегодня закончились живые торги на печатном аукционе Triton XXII от CNG , что является значительным событием в мире античной нумизматики и на рынке в целом. Были проданы прекрасные тетрадрахмы из коллекции Мишеля Приёра (Michel Prieur) , который был составителем одного из основных каталогов по сирийским монетам римского периода. Давайте взглянем на некоторые экземпляры.
ELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Gaius Cassius Longinus. 53-51 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 15.07 g, 12h). In the name and types of Philip I Philadelphus. Diademed head right / [BA]ΣIΛE[ΩΣ]/ΦΙΛΙΠΠOY to right, EΠIΦANOVΣ/ΦIΛAΔΕΛΦOV to left, Zeus Nicephorus enthroned left; thunderbolt above, monogram of Cassius to lower inner left, monogram below throne; all within laurel wreath. Prieur 3; McAlee 3 (this coin illustrated); RPC I 4126/8 (this coin); HGC 9, 1358 (this coin illustrated). EF, toned. Rare.
From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Empire Coins 4 (9 November 1985), lot 123.
SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Mark Antony & Cleopatra. Circa 36-34 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.90 g, 12h). BACIΛICCA K[ΛЄOΠATPA ΘЄA N]ЄωT[Є]PA, diademed bust of Cleopatra right, wearing earring, necklace, and embroidered dress / ANTωNIOC AVTOKPATωP TRITON TPIωN ANΔPωN, bare head of Antony right. Prieur 27; McAlee 174/1 (this coin illustrated); RPC I 4094; HGC 9, 1361. Good VF, toned, light porosity. Excellent portraits. Rare in this condition.
From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Moreira Collection (Part 2, Superior, 10 December 1988), lot 2245; Hess-Leu [7] (16 April 1957), lot 336.
SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Tetradrachm (2627mm, 14.05 g, 12h). Dated year 27 of the Actian Era and Cos. XII (5/4 BC). KAIΣAPOΣ ΣE-BAΣTOV, laureate head right / ETOVΣ ZΚ (Actian era date) NIKHΣ, Tyche seated right on rocky outcropping, holding palm frond in right hand; below, half-length figure of river-god Orontes swimming right; in right field, monogram (VΥΠΑTOV) and IB (consular date) above monogram (=ANTIOXIEΩN?). Prieur 51; McAlee 181 (this coin illustrated); RPC I 4152; DCA 400. Good VF, toned, some minor porosity.
SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Tiberius, with Divus Augustus. AD 14-37. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.05 g, 12h). TIBEPIOΣ ΣEBA-ΣTOΣ KAIΣAP, laureate head of Tiberius right / ΘEOΣ ΣEBA-ΣTOΣ KAIΣAP, radiate head of Divus Augustus right. Prieur 60; McAlee 211; RPC I 4161. VF, toned, light scuff in field on obverse. Very rare.
From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 72 (16 May 2013), lot 1445.
SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.83 g, 12h). Dated “New Holy Year” 2 (AD 69/70). AYTOKPA OYЄCΠACIANOC KAICAP CЄBACTOC, laureate head right / ЄTOYC NЄOY IЄPOY B (date), eagle standing left on club, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; palm frond to left. Prieur 122 (this coin illustrated); McAlee 345/3 (this coin illustrated); RPC II 1954.29 (this coin, illustrated on pl. 87). Good VF, toned, minor granularity. Fine style.
From the Michel Prieur Collection.
SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.94 g, 6h). Struck AD 100. AYTOKP KAIC NЄP TPAIANOC CЄB ΓЄPM, laureate head of Trajan right, set on eagle standing right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ YΠAT Γ, laureate bust of Melkart-Hercules right, with lion’s skin tied around neck. Prieur 1480 (Tyre); McAlee 453; RPC III 3525.1 (this coin, illustrated on pl. 159). Good VF, toned, light roughness on obverse. Fine style. Rare, 1 of only 7 cited in RPC.
From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 2 (21 February 1990), lot 624.
SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Laodicea ad Mare. Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.00 g, 12h). Dated year 170 of the Caesarean Era (AD 123/4). AYTOKP KAICAP TPAIANOC A-ΔPIANOC CЄBACT, laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian right, with gorgoneion on breastplate / IOYΛIЄωN TωN KAI ΛAOΔIKЄωN, turreted and draped bust of Tyche right, with grape bunches in hair; OP (date) below chin. Prieur 1109; RPC III 3805.6 (this coin, illustrated on pl. 168). Good VF, toned, minor scratches, slight doubling on reverse. Fine style. Very rare, 1 of only 6 cited in RPC.
From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Robert O. Ebert Collection (Part I, Stack’s Bowers & Ponterio 174, 11 January 2013), lot 5142; Numismatica Ars Classica 1 (39 March 1989), lot 862; Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 279 (August 1967), no. 40.
SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Commodus. As Caesar, AD 166-177. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.51 g, 6h). Struck circa AD 175. KOMMOΔΩ KAI CЄB VIΩ, bare head left, set upon eagle standing left, head right, with wings spread / ΓЄPMANIK CAPMAT, Tyche seated right on rocky outcropping, holding grain ears and poppy in right hand; above, ram leaping right, head left; below, half-length figure of river-god Orontes swimming right. Prieur 167; McAlee 626 (this coin illustrated); RPC IV Online 7163. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare.
From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear FPL 4 (Summer 1996), no. D71.
From Prieur: “The ram is said to represent Aries, which was the star sign of the month in which the city was founded.”
CYRRHESTICA, Hierapolis. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 10.58 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. [AVT] K M A ANTΩNЄINOC CЄB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / [ΔH]MAPX ЄΞ V-ΠATOC TO Δ, cult figures of Haddad, seated on bulls, and Atargatis, seated on lions, between which is a semeion surmounted by a pigeon; all supported by eagle standing facing, head right, with wings spread; between eagle’s legs, lion advancing right. Prieur 925 (this coin illustrated); Bellinger p. 42, fig. 2. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare and important type, only 4 cited by Prieur, 1 in CoinArchives.
From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex G. Hirsch 154 (13 May 1987), lot 556.