Lot 2731

Description

Syria, uncertain, first coin, Marcus Aurelius as Caesar, (AD 139-161), AE 23mm, (8.32 g), obv. bare headed bust draped right, rev. Pius on horseback to left, (unpublished in usual references); second coin, Seleucia [ad Calycadnum], Commodus, (AD 177-192), AE 26mm (10.82 g), obv. laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. busts of Apollo and Artemis facing each other, (SNG Levante 738 [This Coin]) (illustrated); third coin, Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Seleucia Pieria, Tiberius, (AD 14-37), AE 27 mm, (14.07 g), RY 3 CY 47 = AD 16, obv. bare head right, rev. magistrate name years etc in six lines across field (RPC I, 4330) (illustrated); fourth coin similar to previous coin (12.96 g); fifth coin, Antoninus Pius, rev. SC; sixth coin, Elagabalus, (AD 218-222), AE 26mm, (10.94 g), obv. laureate bust right, rev. thunderbolt resting on stool (Butcher 90); seventh coin Antioch, Trebonianus Gallus and Volusian, (AD 151-253), AE 31mm, (19.21 g), obv. confronting busts of both rulers, rev. Tyche seated facing within tetrastyle temple, ram above, river god swimming below, (BMC 556-7, SNG Cop. -) (illustrated). Fine- very fine, some rare, last coin minor roughness. (7)

Ex Dr L.J. Sherwin Collection, first coin from CNG eSale 289 (lot 238), October 25, 2012; second coin, from CNG eSale 132 (lot 122) February 2, 2006; third coin, from CNG eSale 163 (lot 184), April 27, 2007; fourth coin, from M.R.Roberts May 12, 1978; fifth and sixth coins from M.R. Roberts April 14, 2007 and June 12, 1986; seventh coin from CNG eSale 103 (lot 131) December 8, 2004.