Lot 2645

Description

Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, Caracalla and Geta, (AD 198-209) AE pentassarion, 27mm, (11.89 g), Flavius Ulpianus, consular legate, obv. laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right of Caracalla vis a vis draped bust left of Geta, rev. Tyche standing facing, head left, holding rudder and cornucopiae, E to left, (AMNG 652, Mionnet Supp. II pg. 86, 190; SNG Cop. 220, SNG Munich 283); another AE Pentassarion, 27mm, (12.24 g), obv.laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Carcalla and Geta vis a vis, both seen from behind, rev. Apollo standing facing, head right, placing hand on head and holding bow, to left, E (denomination), quiver, serpent coiled around stump of tree to right, (cf. Hristova & Jekov 6.20.7.1-2; Varbanov 1076 corr. (rev. legend, not retrograde). Fine or better, both scarce. (2)

Ex Dr L.J. Sherwin Collection, first coin CNG eSale 94 (lot 89), July 26, 2004; second coin CNG eSale 227 (lot 235), February 10, 2010.