Lot 2691

Description

Lydia, Cilbiani Inferiores, Geta, as Caesar, (AD 198-209), AE 35mm, (20.66 g), obv. bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. Geta on horse rearing right, thrusting spear at crouching Parthian. (SNG von Aulock -, SNG Cop.-, F. Imhoof-Blumer, "Lydische Stadtmunzen," SNR [1897], -; BMC Lydia -, cf. Kraft pl. 73, 74 [for obv. die used for Sardis], Munsterberg p. 135 [magistrate]) (illustrated); second coin, similar, Geta, (AD 209-211), AE 22mm, obv. laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae, (BMC p. 63, 7, SNG von Aulock -, SNG Cop. -) (illustrated); third coin Lydia, Dioshieron, Caracalla, (AD 198-217), AE 20mm (5.22 g), obv. laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, c/m: Artemis Anaitis, rev. Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae, (BMC -, SNG von Aulock -, SNG Cop.-); fourth coin, Lydia, Hermocapelia, Antonia Minor as Augusta, (AD 37 and 41), AE 15mm (3.81 g), obv. draped bust of Antonia right, rev. draped bust of goddess right, (RPC -, SNG von Aulock -); small worn issues from Cilbiani Superiores for Plautilla, AE 22 mm (S.2756) and Germe, Hadrian, AE 22; and a Seleucid AE. Good - good very fine, some rare. (7)

Ex Dr L.J. Sherwin Collection, from CNG eSale 288 (lot 313), Oct. 10 2012, from the R. D. Frederick Collection, previously from Garth R. Drewry Collection from CNG eSale 109), (lot 113) acquired from Antioch & Associates, 24 Sept. 2001, (lot 100); second coin from CNG eSale 159, (lot 165), March 2, 2007, from the Garth R. Drewry Collection and ex Coin Galleries 10 April 1996 (lot 483); third coin CNG eSale 159 (lot 167), March 2, 2007, from the Garth R. Drewry Collection and ex Antioch Associates 25, 3 November 1999, (lot 63); fourth coin from CNG eSale 189 (lot 91) June 11, 2008; last three coins from M.R.Roberts 2013, 2008, uncertain.^