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Gordian III Æ 27mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 238-244. [ANTΩNI]OC ΓOPΔIANOC CЄBATOC(sic), radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right; c/ms: small circle within Δ (mark of value) and KA monogram / CЄΛЄYK[ЄΩN TΩ ΠPOC] KAΛ[Y]KA[ΔΝ], Athena advancing to right, brandishing spear and holding shield, attacking serpent-footed giant hurling a stone. RPC VII.2 2919; SNG von Aulock 5842; SNG Copenhagen 216; for c/m: Howgego 618 and 670. 11.67g, 27mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private European collection.
The reverse type features Athena fighting the giant named Enceladus during the Gigantomachy, the war between the Giants and the gods. This scene appeared in art as early as the sixth century BC on an Attic black-figure pot, and is referenced in Euripides' Ion. Ancient poets located the burial spot of Enceladus under Mount Etna in Sicily, and the volcano's eruptions were said to be the breath of the giant, and the tremors caused by him rolling over under the mountain. (Virgil, Aeneid 3.570-587)
Near Very Fine.
From a private European collection.
The reverse type features Athena fighting the giant named Enceladus during the Gigantomachy, the war between the Giants and the gods. This scene appeared in art as early as the sixth century BC on an Attic black-figure pot, and is referenced in Euripides' Ion. Ancient poets located the burial spot of Enceladus under Mount Etna in Sicily, and the volcano's eruptions were said to be the breath of the giant, and the tremors caused by him rolling over under the mountain. (Virgil, Aeneid 3.570-587)