Lot 2713

Description

Cilicia, Epiphanea, Domitian, (AD 81-96), AE 17mm (3.83 g), issued 161 = 93-94 AD, obv. laureate, head right, rev. Tyche seated right, holding grain ears date to right, (RPC -, unpublished in all standard references); another Severus Alexander (AD 222-235), AE 33mm, (19.55 g), issued year 298 = 230-231, obv. diademed and draped cuirassed bust right, rev. Zeus seated left on wheeled throne, holding Nike and sceptre drawn by two captives, (cf.SNG Levante 1823 [for Mamaea] unlisted in references); third coin another, Julia Mamaea, Augusta, (AD 222-235), AE 33, (19.96), issued year 298 = AD 230-1, obv. diademed and draped bust right, rev. Goddess seated left holding uncertain object and sceptre, (cf.SNG Levant 1823 [same obverse die], unlisted in references consulted). Nearly very fine - good very fine, all very rare. (3)

Ex Dr L.J. Sherwin Collection, first coin from CNG eSale 223 (lot 349), December 2, 2009; second coin, from CNG eSale 130, (lot 280), January 5, 2006 from Tony Hardy Collection; third coin, from CNG eSale 169 (lot 114), July 25, 2007 from the J.S. Wagner Collection.