| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 118 | Auction date: 8 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 792 Price realized: 15 GBP (Approx. 19 USD / 17 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Seleukis and Pieria, Seleukeia Pieria Æ 17mm. Adelphoi Demi issue, dated SE 165 = 148/7 BC. Laureate head of Apollo to right / Tripod; monogram and A[ΔEΛΦΩN] to right, ΔHMΩ[N] and [monogram] to left, [EΞP] (date) in exergue; all within laurel wreath. BMC Galatia p. 152, 9 (Antioch); HGC 9, 1397 (Seleukeia Pieria); DCA 694 (Seleukia Pieria). 4.01g, 17mm, 12h. Near Very Fine; corroded. Extremely Rare; only two other examples in CoinArchives. It has previously been suggested that the Adelphoi Demoi ("Brother Peoples") issues were struck for the tetrapolis of Seleukeia, Antioch, Apameia and Laodikeia (see BMC Galatia p. lviii). This was later disproven however by Seyrig and it is now currently thought that the "Brother Peoples" refers to a civic alliance between Antioch and Seleukeia Pieria. Of the four known types of the Adelphoi Demoi issue, two depict the jugate heads of the Demoi (HGC 9, 1394-5) which supports the hypothesis that this is an alliance coinage between two cities. Hoover argues in HGC 9 that aside from the portraits Demoi and the reverse type depicting Tyche (HGC 9, 1393), the 'typology of the series is entirely drawn from the regular numismatic iconography of Seleukeia Pieria and Antioch' (p. 293). Estimate: 25 GBP |  |
