Lot 4346

Description

Syria, Seleucis & Pieria, Antiochia ad Orontem (Antioch), Trajan Decius (A.D. 249-251), silver tetradrachm, (12.42 g), obv. bust right of Trajan Decius, draped and cuirassed, around AVTK **G MEK*Y TPAINOC **D*EKIOC CEB, S below bust, rev. eagle facing open wings, head to left with wreath, around, **DHMARC EXOU*CIAC, S C in exergue, (S.4209, McAlee 1135f, Prieur 602); another (14.04 g), with radiate bust, rev. eagle right, head right (McAlee 1136, Prieur 565b); other coins (4) including Histiaia, silver tetrobol (S.2496); Sinope, AE 22, (S.3709); Roman coins, Julia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, (A.D. 193-217), silver denarius, issued 203, Rome mint, (3.10 g), obv. draped bust to right of Julia Domna, around IVLIA AVGVSTA, rev. Pietas standing to left both hands raised in invocation, altar at feet, around PIETAS PVBLICA, (S.6601, RIC 574 [Severus], RSC 156) (illustrated); Sabina, wife of Hadrian, (died A.D.137), AE sestertius, Rome mint, (25.45 g), issued in 136, obv. draped bust to right of Sabina with hair coiled and bound up behind head, around traces of SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P, rev. C[ONCORDI]A AVG around, Concordia seated to left, holding a patera and cornucopiae, S C across, (S.3933, RIC 1027, C.8); Gallienus, AE antoninianus, rev. centaur; Licinius I, AE follis, Arles mint, rev. Mars standing right, (S.15257). Very good - good very fine. (8)

Ex Dr. V.J.A. Flynn Collection and previously from A.H.Baldwin & Sons Ltd., a few with tickets.