Lot 2689

Description

Ionia, Ephesus, Gordian III, (AD 238-244), AE 27mm (9.76 g), obv laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind, rev. ethnic in four lines, Artemis holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver, standing right in biga drawn by two stags, (BMC Ionia -, SNG Cop.-, SNG von Aulock -, SNG Tubingen -; SNG Munich -.) (illustrated); another, AE 22mm, (5.07 g), obv. laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, rev. Artemis standing facing, drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow, (SNG Cop. -, SNG von Aulock -, BMC -); another similar, Gallienus, (AD 253-268), AE 27mm (7.30 g), obv. laureate bust right, rev. covered cart drawn by two horses (Lindgren & Kovacs Vol.5, 1137) damaged previously holed at edge; fourth coin, Ionia, Metropolis, Caracalla, (AD 198-217), AE 30mm (11.05 g), obv. laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, rev. Cybele seated left, holding uncertain object (patera?) and resting elbow on drum, panther at feet, (SNG Cop.-; SNG von Aulock -; BMC - ); fifth coin, Caria, Islands off Caria, Rhodos, Rhodes, Commodus, (AD 177-192), AE 15mm (3.70 g), obv. radiate and draped bust of Commodus right, rev. radiate and draped bust of Helios right, (SNG Helsinki 788); sixth coin, Caria, Cos, Augustus (27 BC-AD 14), AE 15mm, (3.00 g), Pythonikos Timoxenou, magistrate, obv. laureate head right, rev. head of Herakles right wearing lion skin, (RPC I 2737). Very good - very fine, all rare. (6)

Ex Dr L.J. Sherwin Collection, first coin from CNG eSale 160 (lot 189), March 15, 2007, coming from the Garth R. Drewry Collection obtained from Baldwins in June 1978; second coin, from CNG eSale 273 (lot 119), February 8, 2012; third coin from W. Fleming 1976; fourth coin from CNG eSale 187 (lot 187), April 2, 2008, from the J.S. Wagner Collection; fifth coin from CNG eSale 138 (lot 146) April 27, 2006, sixth coin from M.R. Roberts 1985.