Lot 3506

Description

Phoenicia, Berytus, Caracalla, (198-217 A.D.), issued Year 215-7 A.D. (Cos 4), base silver tetradrachm, 12.19 grams, S.2670, BMC 374 (Antioch), Bellinger 282 (p.28 [Pl.XX,3]), Obv. Laureate head of Caracalla to r. drapery on far shoulder, Rev. Eagle facing, head to l. with wreath in beak, spread wings, prow between legs to l.; another Tyre, Trajan, (98-117 A.D.), issued 112-113 A.D.( Year 15), silver tetradrachm, 14.18 grams, BMC 15 (p.301), Obv. Head of Trajan laureate to r., eagle standing below to r., club behind, Rev. Head of Melqarth to r. laureate with lion's skin knotted around the neck (illustrated); another Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Laodiceia ad Mare, Macrinus, (217-218 A.D.), issued Year 217-8 A.D., base silver tetradrachm, 13.10 grams, S.2953, BMC 392 (Antioch), SNG Cop. 368 (Pl. 10), Bellinger 73 (p.25 [Pl.VI,12]), Obv. Laureate head of Macrinus to r., Rev. Eagle facing, head to l. with wreath in beak, spread wings, 8 pointed star between legs (illustrated); another Antiochia ad Orontem, Trajan Decius, (249-251 A.D.), issued 249-251 A.D., base silver tetradrachm, 13.56 grams, S.4209, BMC 580 (p.220), Obv. Bust of Trajan Decius, draped and cuirassed, laureate to r., two dots below bust, Rev. Eagle standing to r. on palm branch with open wings holding wreath in beak, head to r. below in exergue S C; another similar Herennia Etruscilla, wife of Trajan Decius, (249-251 A.D.), issued 249-251 A.D., base silver tetradrachm, 12.41 grams, S.4251, BMC 604 (p.223), Obv. Bust of Herennia Etruscilla draped on crescent, with diadem to r., two dots below bust, Rev. Eagle standing to r. on palm branch with open wings holding wreath in beak, head to r. below in exergue S C; another similar Trebonianus Gallus, (251-253 A.D.), base silver tetradrachm, 12.64 grams, S.4349, BMC 638 (p.227), Obv. Bust of Trebonianus Gallus, laureate draped and cuirassed to r., Rev. Eagle standing to r. on palm branch with open wings holding wreath in beak, head to l. below in exergue S C. Fine - nearly extremely fine, mostly patinated, (749-750, 754-7). (6)