LYDIA, Magnesia ad Sipylum. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Time of the Antonines, AD 138-192. Æ (15mm, 3.22 g, 3h). Head of Sipylos right / River-god Hermos reclining left on overturned amphora. Cf. RPC IV (Online) 1228 (for type); cf. BMC 18-23 (same). VF, green patina. Fine style obverse.From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.
ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Early 1st century AD. Æ (18mm, 5.67 g, 9h). Radiate head of nymph Rhodess right / Nike advancing left, holding aphlaston and stylis. SNG Kekman 773; RPC I 2771. VF, dark green patina. Finest of specimens in CoinArchives.From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Gorny & Mosch 169 (12 October 2008), lot 819.
PHRYGIA, Hierapolis. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Time of the Antonines, AD 138-192. Æ (16mm, 3.42 g, 12h). Draped bust of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis / Nemesis standing left, drawing hem o garment and holding bridle. BMC 13; SNG Copenhagen 418; SNG von Aulock 3620. VF, earthen black-green patina.From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.
PISIDIA, Antiochia. Claudius II Gothicus. AD 268-270. Æ (25mm, 8.11 g, 12h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Vexillum and two signa. Kryźanowska dies IV/–(unlisted rev. die); SNG BN 1337 (same obv. die). VF, earthen dark green patina, some flan preparation marks, slightly bent flan.From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.
PISIDIA, Panemoteichos. Maximinus I. AD 235-238. Æ (19mm, 3.94 g, 6h). Laureate head right / Tyche Soterios (Fortuna Redux) standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia. Von Aulock, Pisidiens –; SNG BN –; SNG Copenhagen 175. VF, green patina, cut along obverse. Very rare.
CILICIA, Flaviopolis-Flavias. Maximus. Caesar, AD 235/6-238. Æ (32mm, 20.83 g, 6h). Radiate bust left, holding spear forward and shield / Draped bust of Sarapis right. SNG Levante –; SNG BN –; Lindgren III 833a (this coin). Fine, brown surfaces, light porosity. A previously unknown type for Maximus from Flaviopolis.From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Henry Clay Lindgren Collection, 833a.
CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea-Eusebia. Domitian. AD 81-96. AR Didrachm (22mm, 6.45 g, 6h). Dated RY 13 (AD 94). Laureate and draped female half-length bust left, holding distaff and woven plate holding fruits and grain ears; thunderbolt above; ЄTO IГ (date) across field. Metcalf, Caesarea, Conspectus no. 21 (this coin referenced); Sydenham, Caesarea 123; RPC I 1668. VF, toned, minor roughness.From the Collection of a Director. Ex Kastner 12 (30 November 1976), lot 249.
CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea-Eusebia. Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. AR Didrachm (22mm, 6.95 g, 5h). Struck AD 161-166. Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Mt. Argaeus surmounted by eight-rayed star. Metcalf, Caesarea 739; Sydenham, Caesarea 351. VF, toned.From the Collection of a Director.
CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea-Eusebia. Gordian III. AD 238-244. AR Didrachm (20mm, 5.42 g, 6h). Dated RY 5 (AD 241/2). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Mt. Argaeus flanked by pellets; ЄT Є (date) in exergue. R. Bland, The Bronze Coinage of Gordian III from Caesarea in Cappadocia," in Studies in Ancient Coinage from Turkey 4 (same dies); Sydenham 604a. VF, some porosity."
CYRRHESTICA, Beroea. Pseudo-autonomous issue. temp. Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161. Æ (11mm, 1.22 g, 6h). Veiled head of Tyche right, wearing mural crown / BЄ within wreath. Butcher 1. VF, orangish earthen dark green patina.From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.
SELEUKIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Pseudo-autonomous issues. 1st century BC. Æ Tetrachalkon (24.5mm, 13.26 g, 1h). Dated year 19 of the Pompeian Era (46/5 BC). Laureate head of Zeus right; c/m: female head (Cleopatra VII?) right within oval incuse / Zeus Nicephorus seated left; cornucopia to inner left, IΘ (date) in exergue. For coin: McAlee 43; RPC I 4216; HGC 9, 1366; DCA 384. For c/m: McAlee p. 74, note 25. VF, dark green patina.McAlee (p. 74, note 25) notes that tetrachalkoi of this time "... are frequently seen with a countermark on the obverse which was previously described as 'head of Apollo r. in an oval...it now seems likely that the countermark portrays Cleopatra, and was used to mark coins circulating in the Syro-Phoenician territories which were given to her by Mark Antony."
SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. temp. M. Terentius Varro or M. Vipsanius Agrippa. Imperial Legate, 25-23 BC or 23-13 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 15.04 g, 12h). Posthumous Philip I Philadelphos type. Dated year 27 of the Caesarian Era (23/2 BC). Diademed head right / Jupiter seated left on throne, holding crowning Victory; monograms to inner left and below throne; EK (date) in exergue / Jupiter enthroned left, holding crowning Victory; (AVT) above pellet to inner left and uncertain monogram below throne; ZK (date) in exergue. RPC 4143; McAlee 21; Prieur 20; SC 2491.17; HGC 9, 1360r. VF, toned.From the W.H. Guertin Collection.
SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ As (25mm, 11.10 g, 12h). Struck AD 114-116. Laureate and draped bust right / Large S C within wreath. Cf. McAlee 491 (for type). VF, earthen green patina, some cleaning scratches.From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.
SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Philip I. AD 244-249. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 11.47 g, 12h). Struck AD 246. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head left, with wreath in beak and wings spread; S C under wings; MONVRB in exergue. McAlee 899; Prieur 304. VF, toned.From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.
SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Otacilia Severa. Augusta, AD 244-249. BI Tetradrachm (28mm, 12.41 g, 6h). Struck AD 248-249. Draped bust left, wearing stephane, set on crescent / Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA/S C in two lines in exergue. McAlee 1093; Prieur 381. Good VF, toned, porous.From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.
SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Apamea. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ (22mm, 7.34 g, 12h). Dated year 28 (4/3 BC). Laureate head right / Veiled and draped bust of Tyche right, wearing mural crown; HK down left; ΔH below. RPC I 4373. Good VF, orangish earthen black-green patina.From the J.S. Wagner Collection.
COELESYRIA, Damascus. Otacilia Severa. Augusta, AD 244-249. Æ (29mm, 17.24 g, 1h). Draped bust right, set on crescent, wearing stephane / Damascus seated left on rock outcropping, holding rudder and cornucopia; below, river-god Chrysorrhoas swimming right; to upper left, ram with head reverted leaping left. De Saulcy 3; SNG München -; Rosenberger 39. Near VF, brown surfaces.From the J.S. Wagner Collection.
COELESYRIA, Damascus. Otacilia Severa. Augusta, AD 244-249. Æ (29mm, 12.29 g, 12h). Draped bust right, set on crescent, wearing stephane / River-god Chrysorrhoas reclining left in grotto, holding branch and cornucopia; above, Marsyas standing left within tetrastyle temple; star and crescent flanking upper portion of grotto, altar to lower left of grotto, ΠΗΓAI in exergue. De Saulcy 9; SNG München -; Rosenberger 40. Fine, earthen green-brown patina, rough surfaces. Rare type.
COELESYRIA, Damascus. Philip II. AD 247-249. Æ (25mm, 10.32 g, 12h). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left / Turreted and draped bust of Tyche right within tetrastyle temple; below, ram's head right. De Saulcy 2; SNG München –. VF, earthen green patina.From the J.S. Wagner Collection.