Freeman & Sear - Gemini I, Session 2

Lot: 398

TROAS, Ilium: Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AE 34 mm 
(29.98 gm).

ROMAN EMPIRE. Septimius Severus (AD 193-211). Bronze 34 
mm (29.98 gm). Ilium, Troas. AV K AIL CEPTI-CEOVHPOC 
PEKTWR above, ILIEWN in exergue, Hector, helmeted and in 
military dress, standing right in quadriga, holding 
spear and shield with right arm, left hand extended to 
hold Victory who crowns him, reins of chariot also cross 
his left palm and fall behind left forearm, three 
nearest horses look right but the fourth looks back at 
Hector, his head only being shown above the backs of the 
other three. Bellinger T216 (Paris), pl. 10 (same dies). 
Very rare: possibly only the second specimen known after 
the one in Paris. Good very fine 

Hector, in Homer's Iliad, was the son of King Priam and 
Queen Hecuba of Troy and the bravest of the Trojan 
champions in the Trojan War against the Greeks. He was 
eventually killed by Achilles and the Iliad ends with 
his funeral. 
Estimated Value: $ 4,000 


...Lot was unsold.

Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. 

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) 
     and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com).