Lot 2690

Description

Lydia, Apollonoshieron, Tiberius, (AD 14-37), AE 18mm (4.10 g), obv. laureate head right, rev. Apollo standing facing, holding patera and resting hand on lyre, (RPC 3043); Lydia, Bagis, Septimius Severus, (AD 193-211), AE 21mm, (5.43 g), obv. laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, rev. Zeus Lydios standing left, holding eagle and sceptre, (cf.SNG Cop.48); third coin another Bagis, Geta, as Caesar, (AD 198-209), AE 22mm (5.23 g), Gaius, archon, obv. bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right rev. Hygeia, on left, standing right, holding serpent, facing Asklepios, on right, standing standing left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff, small figure of Telesphoros standing between, (BMC p. 39, 47-8 var. [magistrate]) (illustrated); fourth coin, Lydia, Blaundus, Nero, as Caesar, (AD 50-54), AE 16mm (5.69 g), Ti. Klau. Kalligenes, magistrate. struck circa AD 55, obv. draped bust right, rev. Apollo standing right, holding plectrum and lyre, (RPC 3059.24 [This Coin]) (illustrated); small worn issues from Cilbiani Superiores for Plautilla, AE 22 mm (S.2756) and Germe, Hadrian, AE 22. Good - good very fine, some rare. (6)

Ex Dr L.J. Sherwin Collection, from CNG eSale 185 (lot 191), April 2, 2008, second coin from CNG eSale 205, (lot 277), Feb. 28, 2009; third coin from CNG eSale 159 (lot 163), March 2, 2007, coming from the Garth R. Drewry Collection, and ex Alex G. Malloy XXIII, 30 October 1987, (lot 232); fourth coin from CNG eSale 185 (lot 193), April 2, 2008 and J.S. Wagner Collection; last two coins from local dealers M.R. Roberts in 1986.