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Home > Lydia > Saitta Last comments - Saitta Saitta (AD 238-244) AE 24 - Gordian III528 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE24 (7.36g). Vs.: ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑΥΤ Κ Îœ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left with spear and shield / ЄΠ ΑΤΤΑΛΙΑ-ΝΟΥ CΑΙΤΤΗΝ-ΩΝ, Herakles nearing Kerberos with stone in extended arms, behind, bow, quiver and club. Very rare. Green patina, VF.1 comments04/13/14 at 15:51Helvetica: It is illogical and contrary to written mythology and images on ancient pottery for the animal on th... Saitta (AD 218-222) AE 25 - Elagabalus449 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE25 (7.86g). Fabius Gaius magistrate. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠ ΦΑΒ ΓΑΙΟΥ Α-ΡΧ CΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ, Asklepios standing facing, holding staff entwined by serpent. Red and olive green patina, minor smoothing, gVF. Ex. Righetti coll; M&M Deutschland (Stuttgart 2004), 816.1 comments04/13/14 at 15:46Helvetica: Reference corrected: BMC 53; Leypold I, 1165; Waddington 5186; Paris 1078 Saitta (AD 198-209) AE 40 - Geta, as Caesar543 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE40 (31.05g). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / ΕΠΙ CΟC CΑΡ−ΙΚΛΕΟΥC ΑΠXΟΝ Α, CΑΙΤΤΗ/ΩΝ, Herakles slaying Geryon. Fine, dark green patina, numerous pits, fields smoothed, some details strengthened. Apparently unique. Drewry Coll.; Ex Mabbott Coll. (Schulman, 6/1969), lot 1831; Rhousopoulos Coll. (Hirsch Auktion XIII, 5/1905), lot 4063.1 comments04/13/14 at 15:44Helvetica: One sold in the Mabbott Coll. sale, lot 1831; another sold in the Rhousopoulos Coll. sale, lot 4063 Saitta (AD 193-211) AE 19 - Septimius Severus476 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE19 (3.38g). AV KAI Λ CЄΠ CЄOVHPOC ΠЄP, laureate head right / CΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ,Heracles, naked, standing resting with right hand on club. Good very fine.1 comments04/13/14 at 15:40Helvetica: With CEP (not just CE) in the rev. legend, and with Herakles standing right, looking left, this is W... Saitta (AD 175-225) AE 16447 viewsImperial Times, late 2nd - early 3rd cent AD. AE16 (4.06g). Head of Tyche with turreted headdress / CA ITTH NΩN; Apollo, naked, standing slightly towards left, holfding in right branch and in left bow. Nice very fine.1 comments04/13/14 at 15:35Helvetica: Not BMC 21 which is a Kybele seated reverse, but BMC 3; Waddington 5165; Paris 1052 Saitta (AD 150-200) AE 24372 viewsImperial Times, ca 150-200 AD. AE24 (7.19g, 6h). CVC ΠA-TPIOC, diademed bust of Zeus Patrios, slight drapery / Mên standing left, holding pine cone and scepter. Good VF, dark green patina.1 comments04/13/14 at 15:33Helvetica: Obv. legend is ZEYC PATRIOC. Rev. legend is EPI OKTA KINYROY ARX CAITTHNWN, so this is not SNGvA 308... Saitta (AD 100-200) AE 20679 views2nd cent AD. AE20 (6.05g). ?HMOC, youthfull head Demos right / CAITTHN?N- C[.]ITIANO, Demeter standing left with scepter and holding ears of grain; stag to left. Appearently unpublished. Very fine.1 comments04/13/14 at 15:29Helvetica: I believe this to be Dionysos holding kantharos with panther at his feet, not Demeter, as the attrib...   7 coins on 1 page(s)