SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ As (26mm, 13.97 g, 8h). Rome mint, for circulation in Syria. Dated Cos. II (AD 98-99). Laureate head right / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ/ ЄΞ YΠΑΤ Β in two lines within laurel wreath. McAlee 498; RPC III 3655. VF, earthen green-brown patina.
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ As (26mm, 15.11 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 138-139. Laureate head right / Large S C; Γ below; all within wreath. McAlee 555c; RPC IV online 6999. Good VF, glossy dark green patina.
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 11.97 g, 12h). Struck AD 214-215. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing on leg and thigh of animal, head right, with wreath in beak and wings spread. McAlee 677; Prieur 217. VF, minor roughness. Struck on a broad flan.
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.80 g, 4h). Struck AD 214-215. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing on leg and thigh of animal, head right, with wreath in beak and wings spread. McAlee 677; Prieur 217. VF, minor roughness.
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.99 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing on leg and thigh of animal, head right, with wreath in beak and wings spread; ·Δ· ·Є· across upper field. McAlee 681; Prieur 224. Good VF.
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Octassarion (31mm, 17.47 g, 4h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Fortuna right; ∆ Є across upper field, S C across lower field; above, ram leaping right, head left. McAlee 845c; BMC 484. Good VF, green-brown patina.
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Hostilian. As Caesar, AD 250-251. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.86 g, 6h). Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right; two or three dots below / Eagle standing right on palm frond, with wreath in beak and wings spread. Cf. McAlee 1159b-c; cf. Prieur 648 & 649A. VF, toned, some porosity and deposits.
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Emesa. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (23mm, 6.47 g, 12h). Radiate head right / Agonistic urn; branch to left and right. SNG Copenhagen –; cf. BMC 21. VF, earthen green patina.
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Laodicea ad Mare. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ (25mm, 9.90 g, 12h). Dated CY 187 (AD 139/40). Laureate head right / Turreted and draped bust of Fortuna right; SΠΡ (date) upward to left. RPC IV online 8563. Good VF, attractive earthen green patina.
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Laodicea ad Mare. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 8.14 g, 2h). Struck AD 208-209. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head left, with wreath in beak and wings spread; star between legs. Prieur 1148. Good VF, find patina.
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Laodicea ad Mare. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.07 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing on thunderbolt with grip, head right, with wreath in beak and wings spread. Prieur 1190. VF, minor granularity.
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Seleucia Pieria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ (26mm, 10.82 g, 12h). Laureate head right / Filleted thunderbolt set upon stool; Є below. RPC III 3785. Near VF, encrusted green patina.
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Seleucia Pieria. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 15.35 g, 6h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing on thunderbolt, head right, with wreath in beak and wings spread. Prieur 1188. Good VF.
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SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Damascus. Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ (27mm, 20.19 g, 1h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / River-god Chrysoroas reclining left on amphora form which water flows, holding grain ears and cornucopia; [XPVCOPA] below. Cf. De Saulcy 12; Rosenberger – (but cf. 31-2 for rev. type); BMC –; SNG Righetti 2154. Fine, dark green patina.
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SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Damascus. Otacilia Severa. Augusta, AD 244-249. Æ (27mm, 15.03 g, 12h). Draped bust right, wearing stephane / She-wolf standing right, head left, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus; vexillum in background; in exergue, head of ram right. Rosenberger 41 var. (inscription on vexillum); BMC 25 var. (same). Fine, rough green patina.
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DECAPOLIS, Capitolias. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (27mm, 11.85 g, 1h). Dated CY 109 (AD 204/5). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Tetrastyle temple, with arched central bay and containing Fortuna standing left, resting foot on rock, holding scepter and cornucopia; H P (date) on each side of arch. Spijkerman 19; SNG ANS –; Sofaer 11. Near VF, green patina, with earthen encrustation.
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DECAPOLIS, Gadara. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (27mm, 12.90 g, 11h). Dated CY 303 (AD 239/240). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Galley right with eight oarsmen, a helmsman, and a soldier holding signum standing on prow; ΓT (date) below. Spijkerman 93; Rosenberger 90. Near VF, encrusted earthen green-brown surfaces.
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DECAPOLIS, Philadelphia. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Time of Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-180. Æ (17mm, 3.60 g, 12h). Dated CY 227 (165 CE). Veiled and draped bust of Ceres right; grain ears to left / Cista mystica containing serpent between two grain ears; ЄTOYC S·K·C (date) around. RPC IV online 6656; Spijkerman 3; SNG ANS 1379; Rosenberger –. VF, earthen brown surfaces.
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