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2 January 2022
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Unusual iconography of a bull wearing the headdress of Isis

Starting Price: 50 CHF
Hammer Price:  140 CHF
Lot 661

MACEDON. Amphipolis. Augustus, 27 BC-AD 14. (Bronze, 23 mm, 8.32 g, 12 h). ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΘΕΟΥ ΥΙΟΣ Bare head of Augustus to right. Rev. AΜΦΙΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ Artemis Tauropolos, holding billowing veil in both hands, on bull with headdress of Isis running right. BMC 73. RPC I 1626. SNG Copenhagen 89. Well centered and with a green patina. Very fine.



For the iconography of the bull wearing the headdress of Isis, see R. Veymiers, "Le basileion, les reines et Actium", in L. Bricault & M.J. Versluys (eds.), Power, Politics and the Cults of Isis, Leiden 2014, p. 195-236.

Online bidding closes: 2 Jan 2022, 19:30:30 CET Current Date & Time: 19 Apr 2024, 22:18:44 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:140 CHF by smpldm (7 bids)
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