CILICIA, Diocaesarea. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ (32mm, 26.99 g, 7h). Laureate head right; c/m: eagle standing facing, head right, and winged thunderbolt within oval incuses / Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia. SNG France 864-6 (with c/ms); for c/ms: Howgego 337 and 469. Near VF, green patina.
CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea-Eusebia. Nero, with Divus Claudius. AD 54-68. AR Drachm (17mm, 3.61 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 64. Laureate head of Nero right / Laureate head of Divus Claudius right. RPC 3648; Sydenham, Caesarea 72. Good VF, toned, light porosity.Ex Classical Numismatic Group 90 (23 May 2012), lot 1089.
CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea-Eusebia. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (26mm, 11.55 g, 11h). Dated RY 4 (AD 220/1). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Agalma of Mt. Argaeus set on altar. SNG Tübingen 4689. Near VF, green patina.From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.
SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Semis (21mm, 7.35 g, 12h). Struck AD 65-66. Laureate head right / Large S C within circular border; all within laurel wreath. McAlee 289a; RPC I 4297. VF, dark brown patina, light earthen highlights.From the J. Herbert Collection.
SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.22 g, 12h). Struck AD 219. Laureate head right, with slight drapery / Eagle standing facing, head right, with wings spread and wreath in beak; Δ Є across upper field, star between legs. McAlee 761; Prieur 254. VF, toned.From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.
SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Philip I. AD 244-249. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 12.83 g, 9h). Struck AD 249. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; four pellets behind back / Eagle standing left, with wreath in beak. McAlee 964d (same dies as illustration); Prieur 484. VF, toned. Rare.From the Michael Joffre Collection.
SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Volusian. AD 251-253. Æ 8 Assaria (29mm, 18.83 g, 12h). Struck AD 251. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tetrastyle temple, with ram leaping right above, and containing Tyche, with river-god Orontes at her feet, seated facing; Δ Є across upper field, S C below. McAlee 1192/3 (this coin illustrated). VF, hard dark green-brown patina.From the LJH Collection (purchased from Herakles, October 2006).
SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Emesa. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (23mm, 6.18 g, 6h). Laureate head right / Prize urn; palm frond to left and right. SNG Copenhagen –; SNG München 825; BMC 21 var. (bust type). Near VF, dark green patina, light orange highlights, minor porosity.From the Dr. George Spradling Collection (purchased from Barry Murphy).
SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Raphanea. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (24mm, 10.81 g, 12h). Laureate head right, with slight drapery / Turreted male figure standing left, holding patera and cornucopia; to left, bull left; to outer left and right, eagles standing outward, heads inward. BMC 3; Mionnet V, p. 268, 831. VF, dark green patina, some roughness.From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.
SYRIA, Decapolis. Petra. Elagabalus. 218-222 CE. Æ (19mm, 7.98 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Foundation scene: man plowing with bull and cow right. Spijkerman 56; Rosenberger 35; SNG ANS 1373-7. VF, dark green patina, light earthen deposits.From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.
PHOENICIA, Ace-Ptolemais. Nero. AD 54-68. Æ (24mm, 12.30 g, 12h). Laureate head left / Foundation scene: togate man plowing with two oxen right; four vexilla behind. RPC I 4749; Kadman 39; Rosenberger 46. VF, green patina, light orange deposits.From the TJH Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 61 (25 September 2002), lot 1061.
PHOENICIA, Aradus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (27mm, 15.52 g, 1h). Struck AD 217. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Cypress tree; to left, zebu standing right; to right, lion standing left; crescent above; two signa in background. Rouvier 418; AUB 226 corr. (attributed to Elagabalus); SNG Copenhagen –. Fine, dark green patina.From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.
JUDAEA, Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem). Marcus Aurelius & Lucius Verus. 161-169 CE. Æ (30mm, 21.59 g, 6h). Confronted busts of Marcus right and Lucius left, both laureate, draped, and cuirassed / Tetrastyle temple, with central arch and containing Tyche-Astarte standing left, with right foot on uncertain object, holding small bust and scepter. Meshorer, Aelia 53; Kadman 56; Rosenberger –; Sofaer 52; SNG ANS –. Good VF, earthen green patina. An attractive example.Ex Triton XVII (6 January 2014), lot 721.
JUDAEA, Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem). Macrinus. 217-218 CE. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.10 g, 12h). Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing on filleted thyrsus, head left, with wings spread; vine leaf between legs. Prieur 1637; Meshorer, Aelia 97; Rosenberger –; Sofaer –; SNG ANS –. VF, toned, die shift on the reverse. Rare.
JUDAEA, Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem). Elagabalus. 218-222 CE. Æ (24mm, 7.04 g, 12h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus right / Draped bust of Serapis right, wearing calathus. Cf. Meshorer, Aelia 135; Kadman 133; Rosenberger 71 var. (orientation of rev. legend); cf. Sofaer 125-6; SNG ANS –. VF, green patina.From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.
JUDAEA, Neapolis. Elagabalus. 218-222 CE. Æ (21mm, 11.52 g, 11h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Mt. Gerizim surmounted by temple complex. Rosenberger 36; SNG ANS 1004 var. (orientation of rev. legend); Sofaer 99 (same rev. die). VF, brown patina, a few minor pits.From the Dr. George Spradling Collection (purchased from Barry Murphy).
EGYPT, Alexandria. Domitian. AD 81-96. Æ Dichalkon (13mm, 1.49 g, 12h). Dated RY 11 (91/92 AD). Laureate head right / Crocodile right, with sun disk; L IA (date) above. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 6815-6; K&G 24.186; Emmett 333.11; RPC II 2750; SNG Hunterian 3923. VF, brick red patina with touches of green.
EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (33mm, 18.83 g, 12h). Dated RY 10 (AD 146/147). Laureate head right / Zeus, holding patera and scepter, reclining left on eagle standing left with wings spread; L ΔЄKA TOV (date) around. Köln 1560; Dattari (Savio) 2933; K&G 35.367; Emmett 1699.10. Fine, dark green and brown patina.From the J. Herbert Collection, purchased from Wayne G. Sayles.
EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (34mm, 23.35 g, 12h). Dated RY 13 (AD 149/150). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Dikaiosyne seated left, holding scales and scepter; L TPIC KAI∆ (date) around. Köln 1634; Dattari (Savio) 8388-9; K&G 35.471; Emmett 1489.13. Fine, reddish-brown patina with touches of green.From the J. Herbert Collection.