ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ As (25.5mm, 11.00 g, 12h). Struck circa 25 BC. Bare head right / AVGVSTVS within laurel wreath. RPC I 2235; RIC I 486 (Ephesus?). Near VF, dark green and brown patina with reddish earthen highlights/deposits.
ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Divus Augustus. Died AD 14. Æ (22mm, 7.27 g, 6h). Radiate head left / Curule chair. RPC I 5433; FITA 222. Near VF, dark green patina, a few chips. Extremely rare and interesting issue. None in CoinArchives.
CYPRUS, Uncertain. Caracalla & Geta. AD 209-211. Æ Dupondius(?) (30mm, 15.33 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla right; spear pointing forward behind left shoulder / Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Geta right. Parks 28; cf. Hill, "Greek Coins Acquired by the British Museum in 1923," NC (1924), 15. VF, brown patina with touches of green and red, roughness. Rare, especially this variety with the spear.
CYRRHESTICA, Beroea. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.78 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, winged animal flanked by B-Є. Prieur 894. Good VF, toned.
CYRRHESTICA, Beroea. Diadumenian. As Caesar, AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.76 g, 1h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, winged animal flanked by B-Є. Prieur 898. Near VF, toned, porous. Extremely rare, only three noted by Prieur, and two in CoinArchives.
SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Nero. AD 54-68. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.80 g, 12h). Dated RY 10 and year 112 of the Caesarean Era (AD 64). Laureate bust right, wearing aegis; • below bust / ETOVΣ BIP [• I] (dates), eagle standing right on thunderbolt, with wings spread; • and palm frond to right. Prieur 90 (this coin); McAlee 264; RPC I 4190. EF, lightly toned, small green deposits, a few cleaning scratches.Ex WRG Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 109, 12 September 2018), lot 414; Berk BBS 36 (2 April 1985), lot 286.
SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.07 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 214-215. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing on leg and thigh of sacrificial animal, head and tail right, with wings spread and holding wreath in beak. McAlee 677; Prieur 217. VF, toned, some porosity, copper oxide deposits on the obverse.
SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Herennius Etruscus. As Caesar, AD 249-251. BI Tetradrachm (26mm, 11.05 g, 12h). 6th officina. Struck AD 250-251. Bareheaded and draped bust right; ς below / Eagle standing right on palm frond, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; S C in exergue. McAlee 1152f; Prieur 639. Near EF, toned, light porosity.From the TS Collection. Reportedly ex London Ancient Coins 35 (2014), lot 177.
SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Laodicea ad Mare. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 11.77 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; star between legs. Prieur 1179. VF, toned, some porosity, a few copper oxide deposits.
SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Laodicea ad Mare. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (20mm, 3.95 g, 12h). [IMP] C M A-VR AN[TONINVS AVG], radiate head right / [LA]VDI-C-E-O[N] (sic), ∆-Є across field, Dionysus standing left, nude but for drapery over shoulder, holding [cantharus over panther in right hand], thyrsus in left. BMC –; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG Hunterian –; Mionnet V 798. VF, green and red-brown patina. Very rare.
COELESYRIA, Heliopolis. Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ (31mm, 14.82 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche standing facing, holding rudder and cornucopia; to either side, Nike on column, holding end of billowing veil, and small figure (Kabeiros?) between. Sawaya 452 (D89/R181). Near VF, dark brown to black patina with some light earthen highlights/deposits. Rare reverse type.
DECAPOLIS, Capitolias. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ (28mm, 11.89 g, 12h). Dated CY 70 (AD 167/8). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Tyche standing left, holding small bust and scepter, resting foot on river-god who is swimming right, all within hexastyle temple with central arch; O (date) in legend. RPC IV Online 6554; Spijkerman 3; SNG ANS 1270-1; Sofaer 2 . VF, dark green patina with light earthen highlights/deposits.
DECAPOLIS, Gadara(?). Pseudo-autonomous issue. 1st century BC. Æ (21mm, 8.11 g, 12h). Dated year 1 of the Pompeian Era (64/3 BC). Helmeted and draped bust right of Roma / L A (date)/ΡΩΜΗΣ in two lines above aphlaston. Spijkerman 2; HGC 10, 382. Near VF, dark brown to black patina with reddish earthen highlights/deposits, some light smoothing. Rare.
PHOENICIA, Ace-Ptolemais. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 11.86 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, pilei of the Dioscuri. Prieur 1222; Bellinger 257 (Tripolis). VF, toned, a few light marks and scratches.
PHOENICIA, Berytus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.87 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; prow left between legs. Prieur 1293. VF, lightly toned, a few copper oxide deposits.
PHOENICIA, Tyre. Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. Æ (24.5mm, 14.68 g, 6h). Draped bust right / Turreted and draped bust of Tyche right; murex shell to right. Rouvier –; BMC –; AUB –. Near VF, dark green and brown surfaces, light cleaning and smoothing scratches. Extremely rare, none in CoinArchives.
PHOENICIA, Tyre. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.02 g, 11h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing on club right, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; murex shell between legs. Prieur 1546A. VF, lightly toned, a touch of porosity.
PHOENICIA, Tyre. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (15mm, 3.11 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Cadmus standing facing, head left, on galley left, holding scepter; murex shell to upper left. Rouvier –; BMC – (cf. 411 for rev. type); AUB –. VF, dark green and brown patina with some light earthen highlights/deposits. Rare.
PHOENICIA, Tyre. Trebonianus Gallus. AD 251-253. Æ (27mm, 18.90 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / The nymph Europa standing facing, head slightly left, holding uncertain object (baetyl or xoanon of Artemis-Astarte) in her hands; at feet to left, protome of bull right; to right, murex shell above the Ambrosian stones, which are separated by a gnarled olive tree. Rouvier 2471; BMC –; AUB –. VF, dark green and brown surfaces with light earthen highlights/deposits. Rare.
PHOENICIA, Tyre. Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ (30mm, 15.10 g, 6h). Radiate and cuirassed bust right / Distyle shrine, containing facing cult statue, seen in perspective from left; in exergue, murex shell. Rouvier –; BMC 471; AUB –. Near VF, dark green surfaces with light earthen highlights/deposits. Rare.Ex VAuctions 329 (6 April 2018), lot 374 (patina since altered).
PHOENICIA, Tyre. Salonina. Augusta, AD 254-268. Æ (27mm, 12.92 g, 12h). Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Sacrifice to Melqarth-Hercules: Dido standing right, both arms uplifted toward distyle temple to upper right, seen in perspective and containing upright club; to lower right, murex shell and lighted altar. Rouvier 2567; BMC –; AUB –. VF, dark green surfaces with touches of red and light earthen highlights/deposits. Rare.