Уже традиционно аукцион LEU представил великолепную подборку монет, включая ряд неописанных сиро-финикийских тетрадрахм и их производных.
Правда уходы в этот раз совсем не порадовали. Очные торги продемонстрировали весьма острую конкуренцию практически за каждый лот и запредельные итоговые цены.
Что же интересного можно выбрать для данной ветки с последнего LEU:
Неописанная тридрахма Адриана, чеканки Тарса.
У схожих типов, описанных Приером, бюст Адриана без легкой драпировки, а Тихе на реверсе без корнукопии. Ближайший тип - Prieur 760.
CILICIA. Tarsus. Hadrian, 117-138.
Tridrachm (Silver, 25 mm, 10.17 g, 12 h). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΘΕ ΤΡA ΠΑΡ ΥΙ ΘΕ ΝΕΡ ΥΙ ΤΡΑI ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹEB Laureate head of Hadrian to right, with slight drapery on his left shoulder.
Rev.: City-goddess, turreted and veiled, seated left, holding palm in her right hand and cornucopiae in her left; to left at feet, river-god Kydnos, crowned with wreath of sedge, swimming left.
Prieur -. RPC III 3260. Extremely fine.
Очередной неописанный Ураний Антонин:
SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Emesa. Uranius Antoninus, usurper, 253-254.
Tetradrachm (Billon, 27 mm, 12.16 g, 7 h). AYTO K COYΛΠ ANTⲰNINOC CЄ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Uranius Antoninus to right, seen from behind.
Rev.: ΔHMAPX ЄΞOYCIAC YΠA TO B Eagle with spread wings standing front, head to right and holding wreath in beak; under the wings, S C; in exergue, S C.
Prieur -, cf. 1061 (bust radiate). An apparently unpublished variety combining a laureate portrait with the very unusual doubled S C on the reverse. Very fine.
Неописаный вариант легенды на монете Каракаллы из Гадары. Дорезана буква "О":
SYRIA, Decapolis. Gadara. Caracalla, 198-217.
Tetradrachm (Silver, 24 mm, 13.34 g, 6 h), 215-217. AYT KAI ANTⲰNINOC CЄB Laureate head of Caracalla to right, with slight drapery on his left shoulder.
Rev.: ΔHMAPX ЄΞ YΠATO Δ Eagle with spread wings standing facing, head to left and holding wreath in beak; between the eagle's legs, the Charites (the Three Graces) standing within laurel wreath.
Prieur 1587 var. (YΠATΔ). Good extremely fine.
An interesting minor detail about this coin is the small "O" which has been squeezed in into the reverse legend at a later point, a variety unknown to Prieur.
И наконец, неизвестный ранее двухпортретник Каракаллы из Библа:
PHOENICIA. Byblus. Caracalla, 198-217.
Tetradrachm (Silver, 26 mm, 13.40 g, 10 h), 215-217. AYT•KAI•ANTⲰNINOC•CЄ• Laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right.
Rev.: ΔHM•ЄΞ•YΠATOC•TO•Δ• Laureate head of Caracalla set to right on eagle standing right with closed wings; behind to left, lit altar.
Prieur -, cf. 1304 (longer reverse legend). Apparently unpublished and unique, and very unusual with the short ΔHM instead of ΔHMAPX on the reverse. Very fine.
