THRACE, Hadrianopolis. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (25mm, 7.95 g, 7h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / City gate with open door; battlemented tower to left and right each with conical roof. Varbanov 3754. Near VF, green-brown patina.
KINGS of THRACE. Rhoemetalces III, with Gaius (Caligula). Circa AD 38-46. Æ (30mm, 20.96 g, 6h). Struck AD 38-41. Laureate head of Gaius (Caligula) left / Gaius seated left on curule chair, presenting diadem to Rhoemetalces standing right, holding spear. RPC I 1722; Jurukova 212-3. VF, green patina, minor roughness. Rare.
THRACE, Perinthus. Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ Dupondius (31mm, 17.42 g, 2h). Laureate head right; on neck, c/m: DV within incuse square / Claudius standing left, restoring the Tyche of Perinthus. RPC I 1745; Schönert, Perinthos 222-3. Fine, green patina, old mark on obverse.
THRACE, Topirus. Geta. AD 209-211. Æ (18mm, 3.93 g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / River god reclining left, holding reeds and resting elbow upon overturned urn from which liquid flows. Varbanov 2700; Moushmov 4986. VF, rough green surfaces. Very rare.
THRACE, Traianopolis. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (18mm, 2.96 g, 2h). Laureate head right / Lighted and garlanded altar. Varbanov 2767 var. (bust type). Good VF, green patina, light smoothing.
MACEDON, Stobi. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (26mm, 8.19 g, 1h). M AVR ANTONINVS AG, laureate and cuirassed bust right / MVN-IC STOBE, Victory-Nemesis advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond; wheel to left. Cf. Varbanov 4005 (obv. legend and bust type). VF, dark green patina.
TAURIC CHERSONESOS, Chersonesus. temp. Elagabalus, AD 218-222. Æ (23mm, 6.49 g, 12h). Bbareheaded and draped bust of Chersonas right (with the features of Severus Alexander); lyre to right / Athena Parthenos standing facing, head left, holding spear and bow; to left, forepart of stag left. Anokhin 286. Good Fine, rough green patina.
PONTUS, Amasia. Geta. As Caesar, AD 198-209. Æ (29mm, 13.24 g, 7h). Dated CY 208 (AD 205/6). Π CЄΠTI ΓЄTAC KЄCAP, Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / AΔP CЄV [ANT AMA]CIAC (MHT) NЄ ΠΡΠ / ЄPMHC KTICAC THN ΠOΛIN, Eagle standing facing on branch, head right, with wreath in beak; ЄT / CH (date) in two lines to right. Dalaison 548 (D142/R193); cf. RG 53 (for rev. type); cf. BMC 16 (same). Fine, light brown patina. Extremely rare type, with Dalaison citing just one example.The legend on the inner field of the reverse (ερμης κτισας την πολιν) refers to Mercury as being revered as the oecist of the city.
BITHYNIA, Nicaea. Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ (26mm, 12.64 g, 12h). C. Cadius Rufus, proconsul. Struck circa AD 47-48. Laureate head left / Front view of building with garlanded upper story. RPC I 2032; Price & Trell 100, fig. 180. Good VF, mottled green patina. Attractive and rare architectural type.
BITHYNIA, Nicaea. Commodus. As Caesar, AD 166-177. Æ (12mm, 3.63 g, 7h). Struck circa AD 175. Bareheaded and draped bust right / NIKA-IЄωN, serpent coiled left, with beard. Cf. RPC IV online 6043.1 = RG 300 (legends; serpent right). VF, green patina, some roughness. Extremely rare.
BITHYNIA, Nicaea. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (27mm, 13.61 g, 1h). Severan Games issue with Philadelphia. Struck AD 198. AYT K M AYPH ANTΩNINOC AYΓ, laureate head right; uncertain c/m to left / CEOYHPEIA ΦIΛAΔEΛΦEIA NIKAIEΩN, table surmounted by two agonistic urns and uncertain object; below, amphora containing two palm fronds. Cf. RG 485 and 488 (for rev. legend); cf. SNG von Aulock 7040 (same). Good Fine, dark green patina. Extremely rare, and apparently unpublished.
BITHYNIA, Nicaea. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Diassarion (26mm, 10.26 g, 6h). AVT K M AVP A-NTΩN AVΓ, laureate head right / NIKA-IЄΩN, Mercury standing left, holding fold of drapery and caduceus over ram standing to left. RG –; Weiser –; BMC –. Good Fine, green surfaces, with some roughness. Extremely rare, and apparently unpublished.
BITHYNIA, Nicaea. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Assarion (21mm, 5.27 g, 2h). Laureate head right / Three signa. RG 617; cf. Weiser 30. VF, green patina, some roughness.
BITHYNIA, Nicomedia. Maximus. Caesar, AD 235/6-238. Æ (24mm, 7.92 g, 1h). Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / The serpent Glycon coiled right, with human head. RG 353. Fine. Very rare.
MYSIA, Perperene. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (31mm, 14.33 g, 6h). Aionios Polykarpos, strategos. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Ceres standing left, holding poppies and torch. RPC VII 177. VF, green-brown patina, some minor roughness. Extremely rare.
MYSIA, Pitane. Nero. AD 54-68. Æ (18mm, 3.10 g, 4h). Eisidoros, magistrate. Struck circa AD 54-59. NEPΩNA KAIΣARA, bare head right / EΠI EIΣIΔΩPOY ΠITANAIΩN, pentagram circumscribed within shield. RPC I 2397. Near VF, attractive green patina. Extremely rare, with RPC citing just one example (of which the obverse legend was unknown due to its poor condition).
IONIA, Ephesus. Circa 1st century AD. Æ Tessera (18mm, 4.65 g, 12h). Stag kneeling left, head right / Bee. SNG von Aulock 1875; SNG Copenhagen 355; BMC 186. Good Fine, earthen green patina.A series of tesserae, or tokens, was produced at the cult center of Ephesus during the Hellenistic period and later. The legends generally cannot be translated and are probably, for the most part, meaningless mystical formulae.