| Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXX | Auction date: 21 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 350 Price realized: 750 GBP (Approx. 950 USD / 875 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Septimius Severus Æ 22mm of Gythium, Laconia. AD 193-211. ΛΟV CЄΠ CЄOVHPOC, laureate head to right / ΓVΘЄΑΤѠΝ, to left, Herakles standing to right, lion skin over left shoulder, club over right shoulder, holding apples(?); to right, Apollo, standing to right, head to left, holding bow. BCD Peloponnesos -; BCD Peloponnesos II -; BMC -; Dura -; cf. NCP p. 60 (interesting note on whether the statues of Apollo and Herakles belong to the same group). 5.88g, 22mm, 4h. Very Fine. Apparently unique. According to Pausanias, the geographer, the people of Gythium said that their city had no human founder, but that Herakles and Apollo, when they were reconciled after their strife for the possession of the tripod, united to found the city and that in the market-place there were images of both (Description of Greece, III.21.8). Considering that the roman provincial coinage in the Peloponnese during the Severan period used architectural and artistic themes inspired by local monuments, this coin is possibly the only document for the famous sculpture of the two city's founders at Agora. Estimate: 250 GBP |  |
