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Triton XXV 11-12 Jan 2022
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JUDAEA, Gaza. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.64 g, 2h). Struck AD 215-217. AVT KAI AN TωNINOC CЄ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / · ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC TO · Δ ·, heifer (Io) standing left, head facing; i>mim in Aramaic (for Marnas) above; all within diadem being supported by eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak. Prieur 1684 corr. (rev. legend) = Bellinger 377 corr. (same) = Bellinger, Dura-Europos 292 (same dies); Yashin –; Sofaer –; Triton XVIII, lot 903 (same dies). Toned. VF. Extremely rare, Prieur cites only two examples (including the Dura coin), only the Triton coin in CoinArchives (where it hammered for $35,000).
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Leu 75 (25 October 1999), lot 1559; Robert Schonwalter Collection; Spink 60 (7 October 1987), lot 164 (where it hammered for £2600).
The heifer refers to Io, a nymph who was seduced by Zeus and transformed into the beast to escape the detection of his wife Hera. Io appears in anthropomorphic form fairly frequently on the bronze coinage of Gaza, since ancient tradition recorded that the city was also called Ione.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Leu 75 (25 October 1999), lot 1559; Robert Schonwalter Collection; Spink 60 (7 October 1987), lot 164 (where it hammered for £2600).
The heifer refers to Io, a nymph who was seduced by Zeus and transformed into the beast to escape the detection of his wife Hera. Io appears in anthropomorphic form fairly frequently on the bronze coinage of Gaza, since ancient tradition recorded that the city was also called Ione.