Roman Provincial

Lot 2642    SESSION 13 (11.30AM THURSDAY 1ST AUG)    Roman Provincial

Estimate $150
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $220

MOESIA INFERIOR, Marcianopolis, Septimius Severus, (AD 193-211), AE 25mm (10.48 g), Faustinianus, legatus consularis, obv. laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. Cybele seated left, holding patera and resting arm on drum, at either side, rabbit and lion, (S.-. Mouchmov 380, cf.Varbanov 773); another Caracalla, with Julia Domna, (AD 198-217), AE pentassarion, 29mm, (12.50 g), Quintilianus, magistrate, obv. laureate head of Caracalla right and draped bust of Julia Domna left, vis-a-vis, rev. Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia, E in left field, (cf. AMNG I 678, cf.SNG Budapest 114, Varbanov 1054); another AE pentassarion, 27mm, (14.21 g), Quintillianus, consular legate, obv laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla right, facing draped bust of Julia Domna left, rev, emperor standing right, spurning captive with foot, holding sceptre and parazonium, (Mouchmov 486, cf.Varbanov 1027). Very fine or better, all scarce. (3)

Ex Dr L.J. Sherwin Collection, first coin CNG eSale 163 (lot 133), April 7, 2007; second coin CNG ESale 176 (lot 192), November 16, 2007; third coin from the Garth Drewry Collection, CNG eSale 159 (lot 122), March 2, 2007.