Naville Numismatics Ltd.
Auction 36 3 Dec 2017
View prices realized
► Sale information
Find similar lots
Egypt, Alexandria. Dattari. Hadrian, 117-138 Drachm circa 134-135(year 19), 32mm., 23.35g. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. L Poseidon in hippocamp biga, r.raising hand and holding trident. RPC 6020 (this coin illustrated). Dattari-Savio Pl. 89, 7759 (this coin).
Very rare. Attractive brown tone, Good Very Fine/Very Fine.
From the Dattari collection. Illustrated in RPC
Poseidon was the Olympian god of the ocean, earthquakes and horses.His father Kronos swallowed him whole when he was born, later Zeus with the help of Metis managed to set him free.During the Titanomachy, the Cyclopes forged a unique trident for Poseidon, and together with his brothers they defeated the Titans and threw them into the Tartaros.The god is well known for his famous attributes such as the Trident, sometimes he also used to carry around a rock with sea creatures on it, and he is pictured on pottery with a wreath of celery leaves.His sacred animals are the dolphin, the bull and the horses. However he is also associated with animals such as the hippocampus, in fact, his chariot was driven by seahorses.
Very rare. Attractive brown tone, Good Very Fine/Very Fine.
From the Dattari collection. Illustrated in RPC
Poseidon was the Olympian god of the ocean, earthquakes and horses.His father Kronos swallowed him whole when he was born, later Zeus with the help of Metis managed to set him free.During the Titanomachy, the Cyclopes forged a unique trident for Poseidon, and together with his brothers they defeated the Titans and threw them into the Tartaros.The god is well known for his famous attributes such as the Trident, sometimes he also used to carry around a rock with sea creatures on it, and he is pictured on pottery with a wreath of celery leaves.His sacred animals are the dolphin, the bull and the horses. However he is also associated with animals such as the hippocampus, in fact, his chariot was driven by seahorses.