Lot 4253

Description

Ancient coins, Greek and Roman, Macedon, Philip II, (358-336 B.C.), obv. head of Apollo right, rev. horseman (cf. S.6696); Roman, Antoninus Pius, (136-161 A.D.) AE dupondius, obv. bust facing right, wearing radiate crown, rev. Salus holding spear and feeding snake (RIC 668, S.4283); Roman Provincial, Septimius Severus, (193-211 A.D.), Petra, obv. laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, coutermark to right, rev. Tyche seated on rocks, facing left, holding trophy, within distyle shrine (c.f. Sofaer 33, Rosenberger 21 , possibly an imitative issue?); Elagabalus, (218-222 A.D.), Petra, obv. laureate and draped bust to right, rev. founder ploughing field to right with pair of oxen (SNG ANS 1374); plus an unidentified fourth century AE, and three tourist copies of a Syracuse dekadrachm, Athens tetradrachm, and Ptolemaic drachm. Fine - very fine. (8)