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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Themes & Provenance| ▸ |Gods, Olympians| ▸ |Poseidon or Neptune||View Options:   | | | Poseidon was one of the twelve Olympians, god of the sea, earthquakes, storms, and horses. Poseidon became lord of the sea following the defeat of his father Cronus, when the world was divided by lot among his three sons: Zeus was given the sky, Hades the underworld, and Poseidon the sea, with the Earth and Mount Olympus belonging to all three. Poseidon was protector of seafarers and of many cities, but was also known to be bad-tempered, moody, and vengeful when insulted. He could create springs with a strike of his trident. His Roman equivalent is Neptune. |
In 209, Publius Septimius Geta receives the titles of Imperator and Augustus from his father, emperor Septimius Severus.RS111528. Silver denarius, RIC IV 228, RSC III 529, BMCRE V 3, Hunter III 69, SRCV II 6346, VF, nice portrait, near centered, light toning, flow lines, small edge cracks, weight 3.585 g, maximum diameter 19.8 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 209 A.D.; obverse SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right, bare shoulders, seen from behind; reverse P M TR P XVII COS III P P, Neptune standing left, nude but for chlamys draped over left shoulder and right forearm, right hand resting on upper right leg, right foot on rock, long trident vertical in left hand; ex Numismatik Naumann auction 124 (8 Jan 2023), lot 907 (part of); $150.00 (€138.00)
Trajan Decius, September 249 - June or July 251 A.D., Caesarea Maritima, Samaria, Syria Palestina
Caesarea, about 30 miles north of Joppa and about 70 miles northwest of Jerusalem, was founded by Herod the Great and named for Caesar Augustus. It was the seat of the Roman procurators and the Roman military headquarters in Judaea. The Pilate Stone, discovered here in 1961, is only archaeological find that names Pontius Pilate, by whose order Jesus was crucified. After the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D., Caesarea was the provincial capital of the Judaea Province. Well into Byzantine times, Caesarea remained the capital. In the 630s, Arab Muslim armies took the region, but kept Caesarea as its administrative center until early 8th century. Caesarea's ruins are a national park on the Mediterranean coast of Israel, about halfway between Tel Aviv and Haifa.RP111757. Bronze AE 27, Kadman II 135; RPC Online IX 2064; SNG ANS 832, Sofaer 114; Rosenberger 121; BMC Palestine p. 31, 145; Lindgren I 2424, aF, dark patina, highlighting earthen deposits, weight 18.501 g, maximum diameter 27.2 mm, die axis 180o, Caesarea Maritima (Keisaria, Israel) mint, 249 - 251 A.D.; obverse IMP C C M Q TRA DECIVS AVG (Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus), laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front; reverse COL PR F AVG F C CAES METRO P (or similar), Poseidon standing left, right foot on rock, dolphin in right hand, trident vertical behind in left hand; ex CNG e-auction 510 (23 Feb 2022), lot 598; ex Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection; ex Coin Galleries (14 Apr 1999), lot 355; ex Edward Janis Collection; $110.00 (€101.20)
Macedonian Kingdom, Demetrios I Poliorketes, 306 - 283 B.C.
Demetrius I Poliorketes (The Besieger), son of Antigonus I Monophthalmus, was given the title king by his father in 306 B.C. after he defeated Ptolemy I at the Battle of Salamis. In 294 he seized the throne of Macedonia by murdering Alexander V. The combined forces of Pyrrhus, Ptolemy and Lysimachus, forced him out of Macedonia in 288. Abandoned by his troops on the field of battle he surrendered to Seleucus in 286 and died in captivity in 283 B.C.GB99391. Bronze AE 12, HGC 3 1031 (R2); Newell 62 var. (control); AMNG III p. 181, 7 var. (control); SNG Cop -; SNG Alpha Bank -, VF, obverse off center, weight 2.013 g, maximum diameter 11.5 mm, die axis 180o, uncertain western Anatolian mint, c. 298 - 295 B.C.; obverse prow of war galley left, Athena on deck standing left blowing trumpet and holding stylis; reverse Poseidon Pelagaios standing left, brandishing trident with right hand, nude but for chlamys draped over extended left arm, B-A (ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - king) divided low across field (off flan), monogram (control) right; very rare; $80.00 (€73.60)
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