Roma Numismatics Ltd
E-Live Auction 5 27 Sep 2022
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Iberia, Ebusus Æ Quarter Unit. Circa 2nd century BC. Bes standing facing, holding upraised mace and serpent / Bull butting to left. ACIP 719; SNG BM Spain 318-321; Burgos 708; SNG Copenhagen 86-87; CNH 22. 2.78g, 16mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine.
From the Italo Vecchi Collection;
Ex Jesus Vico S.A., Auction 146, 27 October 2016, lot 89 (hammer: EUR 220).
The obverse of this coin depicts the god Bes, an ancient household god predating dynastic Egypt who was worshipped throughout the region of the Levant and in some parts of Iberia. The stocky and robust Bes was usually depicted frontally as on this coin, and was regarded as the protector of homes, and in particular of mothers and children, the defender of everything good and the enemy of all that is bad.
Good Very Fine.
From the Italo Vecchi Collection;
Ex Jesus Vico S.A., Auction 146, 27 October 2016, lot 89 (hammer: EUR 220).
The obverse of this coin depicts the god Bes, an ancient household god predating dynastic Egypt who was worshipped throughout the region of the Levant and in some parts of Iberia. The stocky and robust Bes was usually depicted frontally as on this coin, and was regarded as the protector of homes, and in particular of mothers and children, the defender of everything good and the enemy of all that is bad.