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Cappadocia, Caesarea, Lucius Verus, (161-69 AD), silver didrachm, (6.41 g), obv. bare head of Lucius Verus to right, around AYTOKP OYHPO CEBACTOC, rev. Mt. Argaeus surmounted by Helios, around **UP*ATOC **D*, (S.1865, BMC 194, Syd. 352, Metcalf 131a). Toned, good very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $170
Syria, Antioch ad Orontem, Philip II, (247-49 AD), billon tetradrachm (11.36g), Emesan issue, issued 249 AD, obv. laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, AYT OK KMIOYA III AINNOCEI rev. eagle standing to front, head right, holdong a wreath in it's beak, [DHNAPX ESOVCAIC YNA TO R] around, ANTIOXIA in exergue, SC below (Prieur 474; c.f. S.4146) . Well struck on a broad flan, underlying lustre, good very fine or better.
Estimate $250
SOLD $220
Syria, Commagene, Zeugma, Philip I, (244-249), AE 29, (15.86 g), obv. laureate draped and cuirassed bust to right, around **AUTOK K M IOUAI FILIPPO*C CEB, rev. tetrastyle temple with peribolos containing grove, beneath a capricorn, ZE**GMATEWN* around, (S.3954, BMC 29 and cf.BMC 36). Countermarked on obverse with eagle with closed wings, some minor hoard patination otherwise very fine and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Syria, Cyrrhestica, Hieropolis, Caracalla, (197-218 AD) silver tetradrachm, (12.85g), obv. laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust, seen from the front, head left, **AUT K M A ANTWNEINOC* rev. eagle standing left, head right, wreath in beak, lion walking left between legs (S.2647; Bellinger 41, 100). Lightly toned, scattered porosity, very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Augustus (27 B.C. - A.D. 14), silver tetradrachm (27mm, 14.83 g), Antioch Mint, dated year 30 of the Actian Era and Cos. XIII (= 2/1 B.C.), obv. **KAISAROS SEBASTOU* around, laureate head right, rev. around ETOY**S L NIKHS*, Fortuna seated right on rocky outcropping, holding palm frond; below, half-length figure of river-god Orontes swimming right; (consular date) above; in right field **IG*, monogram and I (Caesarean Era date) above monogram. (S.106 [same date and type ilustrated], McAlee 185; Prieur 55; RPC I 4156; DCA 400). Extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,600
Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch ad Orentem, Augustus, (27 BC - 14 AD), bronze dupondius (16.42g), dated CY 30 (2/1 BC), obv. laureate head of Augustus right, **KAISARI SEBASTW ARCIEREI*, rev. **RCIE-RATIKON ANTIOCEIS L* in wreath of archiereus (S.109; RPC 4259; McAlee 201). Desert patina, nearly very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $180
Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch ad Orontem, Nero, (54-68 AD), silver tetradrachm, (13.77g), RY off flan, obv. laureate bust right, wearing aegis, **NERWNOS KAI[SAR SEBASTOU]* around, rev. eagle standing left on thunderbolt, palm to left, (cf S.617; RPC 4182; Prieur 82). Nearly fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $130
Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch ad Orontem, Vespasian,^(69-79 AD), silver tetradrachm (11.82g), dated RY 3 (70/1 AD), obv. laureate bust right, **AUTOKRA OUECPACIANOU KAICAR CEBACTOC*, rev. eagle standing on club left, wings spread, wreath in beak, palm to left, **ETOUC NEOU IEPOU G* (cf. S.736; RPC 1955; Prieur 124). Polished, nearly very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $260
Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch ad Orontem, Vespasian,^(69-79 AD), silver tetradrachm (14.78g), dated RY 5 (72/73 AD), obv. laureate head left, **AUTOKRATWR OUECPACIANOC KACIAR CEBA*, rev. eagle standing left on garlanded altar, head right looking upwards, caduceus in beak, palm branch to left, **ETOUC NEOY IEPOU E* around (RPC 1975; McAlee 40; BMC 234). A full strike, bold portrait, very fine and very rare.
Estimate $800
SOLD $650
Syria, Seulucis and Pieria, Antioch ad Orontem, Nerva, (96-8 AD), silver tetradrachm (13.66g), RY 1 (96-7 AD), obv. laureate bust right, wearing aegis, **KAIS SEB AUT NEROUS*, rev. eagle standing on thunderbolt, wings spread, ETOUS NEOU IEROU*, A in right field (cf. S.948 [RY 2], Prieur 149; RPC 3476; SNG Cop 182). A pleasing portrait, boldly struck on an ovoid flan, extremely fine and rare thus, especially for year 1.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,100
Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch ad Orontem, Caracalla, (198-217 AD), issued 213-17, obv. laureate bust right, AVT KAI ANT**W*NEINOC CEB, rev. eagle standing facing, head right, wreath in beak, **D*HMAPX E**X* Y**P*ATO *D* (S.2650, BMC 20, Bellinger 27, 37). Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $180
Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch ad Orontem, Otacilia Severa, wife of Philip I, (244-49 AD), silver tetradrachm, (12.23 g), obv. diademed and draped bust right, MAP **W*TAKI*L* CEOYHPAN CEB, rev. eagle stnading on palm branch, head left, wings spread, wreath in beak, SC in exergue, **D*HMAPC E*X*OYCIAC (S.4057, Prier 325, BMC 20). Toned, very fine/ nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $130
Syria, under Roman governor Aulus Gabinius (57-55 B.C.), in name of and imitation of Philip I Philadelphus, (89-83 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (15.23 g), Antioch on the Orontes Mint, obv. diademed head of Philip I to right, fillet border, rev. Zeus seated left on throne, holds Nike with wreath in outstretched hand, and sceptre all within laurel wreath, on right, **BASILE[WS] FILIPPOU*, and to left **EPIFANOU[S] traces of FILADELFOU*, to left XAB monogram, (S.7214, Newell Num. Chron. 1919, No.1 [p.87], ANSMN 5 [1952] 55f., RPC 4124, HGC 9, 1356 [R1]). Lightly patinated, extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $900
Passed in
Phoenicia, Tyre Mint, Trajan, (A.D. 98-117), silver tetradrachm (14.38 g), issued regal year 15 = 111, obv. Trajan laureate head to right supported by eagle standing right and club, around **AUTOKR KAIC NER TRAIANOC CEB* **GERM DAK*, rev. small laureate bust of Herakles to right, around **DHMARC EX IZ UPAT*E, (cf.S.1088, McAlee 460, Prieur 1515, RPC 3539). Lightly toned, very fine or better and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $360
Phoenicia, Tyre, Caracalla, (198-217 AD), billon tetradrachm, (16.17g),issued 213-217, obv. laureate bust cuirassed of Caracalla to right, around AYT KAI AN TWNINOC CE, rev. eagle standing facing, head to left, wreath in beak, between legs murex shell on a club, around **DHMARC EX UPATO*C **TOD*, (S.2679, Bellinger 306 [ANS Num. Studies No.3, p.87], Prieur 1549 [p.171]). Very fine/ extremely fine.
Estimate $250
Passed in
Egypt, Nero, (54-68 AD), billon tetradrachm (10.01g), Alexandria mint, RY 13 (66-7 AD), obv. radiate bust of Nero left, wearing aegist, LI**G* in front, **NERW KLAU KAIS SEB GEP AU*, rev. laureate head of Tiberius right, **TIBEPIOS KAISAP* (S.637; RPC 5295). Porous, nearly fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Egypt, Alexandria, Vespasian, (A.D. 69-79), billon tetradrachm, (12.60 g), issued year 2 = A.D. 69-70, obv. laureate head to right of Vespasian, around **AVTOK KAIS SEBA OVESPASIANOV*, in front L B, rev. Nike to left with wreath and palm, (S.2376, Milne 393, SNG Cop.167). Toned, good fine/ fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $110
Egypt, Alexandria, Hadrian, (A.D. 117-138), billon tetradrachm, (12.02 g), year 5 = A.D. 120-1, obv. AV KAI TPAI A**D*PIA [CEB], laureate, draped bust of Hadrian to right, rev. LE, Dikaiosyne (= Aequitas) standing facing, her head to left, holding scales with her right hand and cornucopiae with her left hand, (cf.S.3713, Koln 809, RPC 5257, Dattari 1356). Light brown toning, nearly very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Roman provincial bronzes, Judea, Caesarea Maritima, Domitian, AE24, (9.52 g), obv. laureate head left, rev. Minerva standing left, supporting trophy to left and holding spear and shield (S.886); another, Ascalon, AE15, (6.34 g), rev. Phanebal, god of war, standing left, wielding sword above head and holding small round shield, HYP to left, AC to right (S.-, Ros 119); Judaea, Capta series, Titus, AE22, (8.08 g), obv. laureate head right, rev. Nike standing right, foot on helmet, holding shield attached to palm tree (S.785); Samaria, Neapolis, Elagabalus, AE22, (11.36 g), obv. laureate head right, rev. Mt Gerizim with arches colonnade, roadway, shrine, altar, and temple (S.3122); plus a Constantinian follis. The first tooled, good fine, others nearly fine - good fine, last very fine. (5)
Estimate $200
SOLD $300
Republic, Anonymous, (211-208 B.C.), silver sestertius, (1.82 g), Rome Mint, obv. helmeted head of Roma to right, border of dots, rev. Dioscuri to right, ROMA in linear frame on tablet, line border, (S.46, Cr.44/7, Syd. 142). Toned, light flan crack, nearly extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $360
L. Rustius, (76 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome Mint, (3.77 g), obv. head of young Mars to right, S C behind, X before, rev. ram standing to right, L.RVSTI in exergue, (S.320, Cr.389/1, Syd.782, B.Rustia 1). Toned, nearly very fine and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $220
Julius Caesar, (assasinated 44 B.C.), silver denarius (3.74g), military mint moving with Caesar, issued 49-8 B.C., obv. elephant to right trampling on serpent, CAESAR in exergue, rev. simpulum, sprinkler, axe and priest's hat, (S.1399, Cr.443/1, Syd.1006, Julius Caesar 49). Well centred, toned, nearly very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $700
SOLD $1,100
Augustus, (27 BC - 14 AD), silver denarius, (3.55g), Lugdunum Mint, issued 2 BC - 4 AD, obv. laureate bust right, CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE around, rev. Caius and Lucius standing facing, togate and resting a hand on shield, a spear behind each, simpulum and lituus between, CL CAESARES AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT around (S.1597, RIC I 207, RSC 43, BMCRE 533). Lightly toned, struck on an oval flan, nearly very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $500
Tiberius, (14-37 AD), silver denarius (3.40g), Lugdunum Mint, issued after 16 AD, obv. laureate head of Tiberius to right, around TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, rev. PONTIF MAXIM, Livia seated to right, with vertical sceptre and branch, (S.1763, RIC 30, BMC 48, RSC 16, H.916 [304]). Lightly toned, nearly very fine/ very fine, scarce.
Estimate $500
SOLD $400
Tiberius, (14 - 37 AD), silver denarius, (3.36 g), Lugdunum Mint, issued after 16 AD, obv. laureate head of Tiberius to right, around TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, rev. PONTIF MAXIM, Livia seated to right, with vertical sceptre and branch, (S.1763, RIC 30, BMC 48, RSC 16). Scratches, nearly very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $340
Gaius (Caligula), AE quadrans, (3.20g), issued 39-40, obv. C CAESAR DIVI AVG PRON AVG around S C divided by pileus, rev. PON M TR P III P P COS TERT around RCC, (cf.S.1804, RIC 45, BMC 63). Lightly toned, good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Gaius (Caligula), (31-41), issue in honour of Nero and Drusus Caesar, orichalcum dupondius (14.85g), Rome mint, issued 40-1 AD, obv. Nero and Drusus Caesars galloping on horseback right, NERO ET DRVSVS CAESARS, rev. large SC, C. CAESAR DIVI AVG PRON AVG P M TR P IIII P (S.1828; RIC 49; BMCRE 70). Nearly very fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $340
Claudius, (A.D. 41-54), AE sestertius, Rome Mint, issued A.D. 42, (30.08 g), obv. laureate head of Claudius to right, around TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TR P IMP P P, rev. SPES AVGVSTA around, Spes draped advancing to left, right hand holding flower, left raising skirt, (S.1854, RIC 115, C.85, BMC 192, CBN 216). Mottled green and red patina, with a bold portrait, nearly extremely fine/extremely fine and very rare thus.
Estimate $6,000
SOLD $4,600
Nero, (A.D. 54-68), bronze dupondius (12.87g), Lugdunum mint, issued 66 AD, obv. laureate head left, globe at point of neck, IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR P P P, rev. Victory advancing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm from over left, VICTORIA AVGUSTI (S.1970; RIC 523; BMCRE 356). Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $700
Nero, (54 - 68 AD), copper as (11.21 g), Rome mint, issued 65 AD, obv. laureate bust of Nero right, NERO CAESAR AVG GERM IMP around rev. Temple of Janus with closed doors, garland around, latticed window on left, PACE P R VBIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT S-C (S.1974, RIC 306, BMC 227, Cogen 171). Pleasant green patina, very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $320