Lot 4643

Description

Ancient Roman provincial AE issues, Augustus, (27 B.C. - A.D. 14), dupondius or as, Nemausus mint, issued after 16-15 B.C. - A.D. 10, (12.94 g), obv. head of Agrippa to left and head of Augustus to right, rev. COL NEM on either side of palm-shoot, chained crocodile below, wreath above, (S.1729, RPC 523, RIC 155); As, Ephesus mint, issued from 25 B.C., (10.17 g), obv. CAESAR to left, bare head of Augustus to right, rev. AVGVSTVS in one line across field within a laurel wreath, (S.-, RIC 486, Ash. 710-2, RPC 2235 [p.381, Pl.99], Howego Class 2c, BMC 731) (illustrated); Lydia, Magnesia ad Sipylum, Augustus, with Livia, Caius, and Lucius, (27 BC-AD 14), AE 19, (5.07 g), Dionysios son of Kilias, priest of Augustus, obv. laureate head of Augustus and draped bust of Livia conjoined right, rev. bare heads of Caius and Lucius, face to face, (S.173, RPC 2449, SNG Munchen 254, CRE Ashmolean 1358); Spain, Celsa, Tiberius, (A.D. 14-37), As (12.54 g), Bagg, Font and Cnaeus Bucco, duoviri, obv. laureate head right, rev. bull standing right, (S.236, ACIP 3170, RPC I 279); Hispalis, Tiberius, with Germanicus and Drusus, (14-37), AE 29, (20.53 g), obv. laureate head left of Tiberius to left, rev. confronted heads of Germanicus and Drusus, (S.333, C.2, Heiss 3 [p.393]). Toning, nearly fine - nearly very fine. (5)

Third coin ex CNG Sale 35, lot 1163. Fifth coin ex CNA XX, lot 407.