Electronic Auction 369
Date: 2016-02-24 00:00:00
Lots: 690
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Emesa. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.32 g, 12h). Officina O. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head left, with wreath in beak and wings spread; O below beak; between legs, radiate and draped bust of Shamash left. Prieur 1004. Good VF, a few light deposits on the reverse.
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Emesa. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.19 g, 6h). Officina Φ. AVT K M OΠ CЄ MAKPINOC CЄ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC Π Π, eagle standing facing, head left, with wreath in beak and wings spread; Φ below beak; between legs, radiate and draped bust of Shamash left. Prieur –. Good VF, lightly toned. Extremely rare with a Φ, and apparently unpublished.
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Laodicea ad Mare. Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ (25mm, 10.41 g, 5h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Distyle shrine, containing eagle standing facing, head left, with wings spread; Δ-Є across field. SNG Copenhagen –; SNG München –; BMC 111. Near VF, green patina, some cleaning marks.
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SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Damascus. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ (17mm, 4.13 g, 12h). Dated CY 325 (AD 13/4). Bare head of Augustus right / Female head right; cornucopia to left, ЄKT (date) to right. Cf. RPC I 4794 (smaller module). Near Fine. Extremely rare.
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SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Damascus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.32 g, 1h). Struck AD 215-217. Radiate head right / Eagle standing facing, head left, with wreath in beak and wings spread; between legs, head of ram left. Prieur 1208. Good VF, a few light spots.
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SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Damascus. Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ (24mm, 10.19 g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Agonistic urn, containing cypress and inscribed CЄB[ACMIA], set upon tablet inscribed IЄPA. Cf. De Saulcy 4; Rosenberger – (but cf. 64 for same rev. for Salonina); BMC –; CNG E-341, lot 80. Fine, earthen green patina. Rare.
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DECAPOLIS, Gadara. Caracalla, with Geta as Caesar. AD 198-217. Æ (30mm, 16.79 g, 12h). Dated CY 262 (AD 198/9). Caracalla and Geta standing facing one other, clasping hands / Tetrastyle temple, with BΞC (date) in pediment and containing Jupiter seated left on throne, holding thunderbolt and scepter. Spijkerman 72; Rosenberger 71; SNG ANS 1321; Sofaer 73. VF, rough light green-brown patina.
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DECAPOLIS, Gadara. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (25mm, 11.81 g, 12h). Dated CY 282 (AD 218/9). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hercules standing right, reaching for cista mystica set upon column to right; to left, lion crouching left, head right; to inner right, lion rearing up against column; BΠ[C] (date) above. Spijkerman 80; Rosenberger –; cf. SNG ANS 1329; cf. Sofaer 87. Near VF, earthen green patina. Rare.
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PHOENICIA, Byblus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 10.46 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head left, with wreath in beak and wings spread; three-horned altar between legs. Prieur 1309. VF. Very rare.
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PHOENICIA, Tripolis. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (27mm, 18.06 g, 1h). Dated SE 531 (AD 219/20). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tetrastyle temple with lighted altar of Zeus Hagios; statues of Helios and Selene in outer intercolumnations, ornate superstructure with radiate facing bust in pediment; AΛΦ (date) in exergue. Cf. Rouvier 1758; cf. SNG Copenhagen 293 (Julia Soaemias; SE 532); BMC 110-13. VF, dark green patina, a few pits.Ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung 225 (14 October 2014), lot 1899.
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JUDAEA, Herodians. Herod IV Philip, with Tiberius and Livia. 4 BCE-34 CE. Æ (14mm, 2.49 g, 12h). Caesarea Panias mint. Dated RY 37 (33/4 CE). Draped bust of Livia right / Right hand holding three grain ears; L Λ-Z (date) across field. Meshorer 110; Hendin 1234; Sofaer 145; RPC I Supp. S-4952A. Fine, porous brown surfaces. Rare.
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JUDAEA, Herodians. Agrippa II, with Domitian. Circa 50-100 CE. Æ (14mm, 2.79 g, 6h). Caesarea Paneas mint. Dated year 35 of the first era of Agrippa II (83/4 CE). Laureate head of Domitian right / BA AΓP / ET EΛ in two lines within wreath. Meshorer 182; Hendin 1300; RPC II 2299. Fine, earthen green patina.
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JUDAEA, Procurators. Tiberius. 14-37 CE. Æ Prutah (15mm, 1.92 g, 11h). Jerusalem mint; Pontius Pilate, praefectus Iudaeae. Dated RY 18 (31/2 CE). Lituus / L IH (date) within wreath. Meshorer 334; Hendin 1343; RPC I 4969. VF, earthen find patina.
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JUDAEA, Caesarea Maritima. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.79 g, 6h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate head right, with slight drapery / Eagle standing facing on serpent-entwined torch right, head left, with wreath in beak and wings spread. Prieur 1659A. VF. Very rare.
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JUDAEA, Caesarea Maritima. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.08 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing on serpent-entwined torch right, head left, with wreath in beak and wings spread. Prieur 1663B. VF. Very rare.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (35mm, 22.26 g, 11h). Dated RY 15 (AD 130/1). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hadrian standing left, holding scepter, greeted by Alexandria, clad in elephant skin headdress, chiton, and peplos, holding two grain ears and kissing emperor's extended hand; [L]–IE (date) across field. Köln 1035; Dattari (Savio) 7545; K&G 32.508; Emmett 964.15. Near VF, dark brown patina with touches of green, some light scratches.An extensive series of billon and bronze issues commemorates Hadrian's triumphant tour of Egypt in AD 130. The trip was marred by the tragic and mysterious death of Hadrian's young companion, Antinous, on their boat trip up the Nile.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Hemidrachm (30mm, 17.31 g, 12h). Uncertain regnal year, but perhaps RY 17 (AD 153/4). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Two Agathodaimon serpents, wearing sekhemti (pschent) crowns, erect on either side of a column, surmounted by kalathos(?); L in exergue, [but Greek letters for regnal year not visible]. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 3082 & 8940; K&G –; Emmett 1709.17 (R5 = Dattari 3082). Fine, rough brown surfaces with touches of green and red. Rare denomination and type.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Commodus. AD 177-192. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.73 g, 12h). Dated RY 21 of Marcus Aurelius (AD 180/1). Laureate head right / Tyche reclining left on lectisternium, holding rudder and propping head on hand; L KA (date) above. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) –; K&G –; Emmett 2561.21 (R5 = Milne 2620). VF, dark find patina with patches of red. Rare, with only the Ashmolean example documented.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Commodus. AD 177-192. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.14 g, 12h). Dated RY 33 of Marcus Aurelius (AD 192). Laureate head right / ΡωΜΑΙωΝ ΗΡΑΚ[ΛΕΑ], Commodus as Herakles standing facing, head left, holding the Golden Apples of the Hesperides and leaning on club, lion skin draped over his right arm; behind him, Nike standing left, crowning him with her right hand, holding palm frond with her left; L ΛΓ (date) in exergue. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) –; K&G –; Emmett –. VF, toned, some minor deposits. Very rare, the second example we have seen (CNG E-355, lot 398).Apparently unpublished in the standard references with Nike standing behind Commodus. The second known example?
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EGYPT, Oxyrhynchus. 2nd-3rd centuries AD. PB Tessera (17mm, 5.01 g, 10h). Athena-Theoris advancing right, fighting serpent / Nike flying left, holding palm branch and wreath. Milne 5311; Dattari (Savio) 6539; Köln 3548-9 (same dies). VF.
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Anonymous. Circa 214 BC. Æ Sextans (24mm, 9.78 g, 3h). Sicily mint. Head of Mercury right, wearing winged petasus; two pellets above / Prow right; grain-ear above; two pellets below. Crawford 42/3; Sydenham –; RBW 143. VF, dark brown patina with touches of green, some roughness in the flan.Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 78, Part II (27 May 2014), lot 1588 (part of, not illustrated); Swiss Credit Bern 7 (27 April 1987), lot 658.