Lot 4977

Description

Syria, Seleucis & Pieria, Antiochia ad Orontem (Antioch), Nero (A.D. 54-68), silver tetradrachm, (14.594 grams), obv. laureate head to right of Nero, **NERWNOS* KAICAPO**S [SEBASTOU]*, rev. Z/OP (year 109 of Caesarian Era = A.D. 60-1), eagle standing to left, on thunderbolt, wings spread, palm branch in front (cf.S.618, McAlee 257, Prieur 81, RPC 4181); another Gordian III (A.D. 238-244), billon tetradrachm, (10.110 grams), obv. laureate bust of Gordian III to right, around AYTOK K M ANT **GORD*IANOC CEB, rev. eagle standing facing, head to left, wreath in beak, between legs crescent over ram, around **DHMARC EX OU*CIAC, SC in exergue, (cf.S.3779, McAlee 860, BMC 494, Prieur 281-2). Porous surfaces nearly very fine and scarce. (2)

Ex Gordon Parry Collection and first previously from Downies, Auction 245, May 12, 1992 (lot 5439) with packet, second from Colonial Rare Coins Sale 2, September 25, 1991 (lot 790) with packet. Antioch at this time was striking in good silver under Nero with a high standard of portraiture.