PHOENICIA, Berytus. Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ (22mm, 13.66 g, 1h). Bare head left / Founder plowing with ox and cow right. Sawaya 428 (D81/R184); RPC I 4546. VF, black patina, earthen red encrustation.
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PHOENICIA, Berytus. Titus. AD 79-81. Æ (22mm, 13.39 g, 12h). Bare head left / Founder plowing with ox and cow right. Cf. Sawaya 502-4 (D86/R– [unlisted rev. die]); RPC II 2045. Near VF, encrusted green patina.
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PHOENICIA, Berytus. Titus. AD 79-81. Æ (23mm, 12.62 g, 12h). Bare head left / Founder plowing with ox and cow right. Cf. Sawaya 512 (unlisted dies); RPC II 2045. VF, green patina, some roughness.
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PHOENICIA, Botrys. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ Chalkous (23mm, 8.52 g, 6h). Dated CY 252 (AD 221/2). Laureate head right / Hexastyle temple, with arched central bay and containing Astarte standing facing, holding scepter; BN C (date) in exergue. Rouvier 623; cf. AUB 3 (many details off flan); BMC –. VF, earthen green patina. Very rare city.
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PHOENICIA, Byblus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.50 g, 1h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head left, with wreath in beak and wings spread; K to upper right, lighted altar between legs. Prieur 1315 var. (bust type). VF, minor porosity. Very rare variety.
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PHOENICIA, Sidon. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.85 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head left, with wreath in beak and wings spread; between legs, carriage of Astarte right. Prieur 1358. VF, minor porosity.
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 11.52 g, 6h). Struck AD 213-215. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing on club right, head left, with wreath in beak and wings spread; murex shell between legs. Prieur 1545. VF, minor porosity.
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 15.41 g, 6h). Struck AD 213-215. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing on club right, head left, with wreath in beak and wings spread; murex shell between legs. Prieur 1547. Good VF.
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.49 g, 6h). Struck AD 213-215. Laureate head right, with slight drapery / Eagle standing facing on club right, head left, with wreath in beak and wings spread; murex shell between legs. Prieur 1548. Good VF, minor granularity.
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. Geta. AD 209-211. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 14.12 g, 12h). Struck AD 209-211. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing on club right, head left, with wreath in beak and wings spread; murex shell between legs. Prieur 1541. Near EF, lustrous.
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MACEDON, Stobi. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (23mm, 5.35 g, 12h). M AVR ANTONINVS AG, laureate head right / MVNICI STOBEN, The Abduction of Persephone: Pluto in quadriga right, holding scepter and seizing Proserpina (Persephone) who raises arms in protest. Cf. Varbanov 4050-2. VF, rough green surfaces. Rare.
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JUDAEA, Caesarea Maritima. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ (23mm, 9.12 g, 12h). Laureate head right, with slight drapery / Eagle standing facing, head upturned left, with wings spread and supporting wreath containing S P Q R. Rosenberger 90 var. (obv. legend); SNG ANS 809; Sofaer 87 var. (no drapery). VF, earthen green-brown patina.
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ARABIA, Bostra. Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Tridrachm (22mm, 10.19 g, 8h). Dated Cos. 6 (AD 112-114). Laureate and draped bust right / Aquila left, between two signa surmounted by wreath and hand, respectively. RPC III 4059; Sydenham, Caesarea 226. VF, find patina.
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ARABIA, Bostra. Philip II. As Caesar, AD 244-247. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 14.52 g, 12h). Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / AKTI / ΔOVC / APIA in three lines within wreath. Kindler 46c; Spijkerman –. Near VF, earthen green surfaces.
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ARABIA, Rabbathmoba. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (27mm, 14.17 g, 12h). Dated CY 105 (AD 210/1). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Statue of Mars facing, with sword, spear, and shield; lighted altars to left and right, P Є (date) across field. Spijkerman 27; Rosenberger 16; SNG ANS –; Sofaer 14. Fine, earthen green-brown patina.
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MESOPOTAMIA, Carrhae. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (28mm, 15.33 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gordian right / Veiled and turreted bust of Fortuna left; crescent above; to left, Marsyas(?)standing right on pedestal. BMC 55-6. VF, attractive earthen green patina.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Commodus. AD 177-192. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 11.30 g, 12h). Dated RY 29 (AD 188/9). Laureate head right / Pharos of Alexandria and corbita under sail right. Köln 2242-3; Dattari (Savio) 3903; K&G 41.113; Emmett 2542.29; RPC IV online 14216. VF. Struck on an attractive, full flan.
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SYRTICA, Sabratha. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ (24mm, 8.66 g, 9h). Struck circa AD 8-14. Bare head of Augustus right; lituus to right / Head of Serapis right; Neo-Punic R to right; uncertain c/m on face. RPC I 814; MAA 43; SNG Copenhagen 40 var. (Neo-Punic legend). Near VF, green-brown surfaces, flan crack.
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The Pompeians. Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great). Spring 48 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.81 g, 12h). Uncertain Greek mint. Terentius Varro, pro quaestor. Diademed terminal bust of Jupiter Terminus right / Vertical scepter; to left, dolphin swimming right; to right, eagle standing left with wings closed. Crawford 447/1a; CRI 8; Sydenham 1033; RSC 3. VF, some light porosity.
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