Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Lot 2710    SESSION 11 (9.30AM THURSDAY 25TH MARCH)    Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Estimate $150
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $90

CILICIA, Seleuceia ad Calycadnum, Gallienus, (254-268 A.D.), AE 28, (12.08 g), obv. laureate bust draped to right of Gallienus around AV K **P LK GALLIHN/O*C, dotted border, rev. the Gigantomachy, the battle between the Giants and the Olympic Gods), Athena standing right hold shield and preparing to spear anguiform giant (Porphyrion) crouching left, around CE**LEUKEWN KALUKAD*, (S.4618, BMC 57 [p.141], SNG France 2, Cilicie 1064 [same dies]). Attractive brown patination, good very fine/ nearly extremely fine and rare.

Ex Nummorum Auctiones, Italo Vecchi Ltd., London Auction Sale 17, 15 December 1999 (lot 598 and illustrated).
The battle of the Giants and Gods was possibly located north of the battleground in the Forest of Soron in Arkadia, Peloponessos, Greece. Crafted into the cliff face, statues stood and watched over a ruined shrine, the perpetual fire blazing from the deaths and the battleground served as a reminder of a battle between Giants and the Olympians, the former seeking to avenge the Titans who had been ousted by the new gods.