Roman Provincial

Lot 2695    SESSION 13 (11.30AM THURSDAY 1ST AUG)    Roman Provincial

Estimate $250
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $280

PHRYGIA, Aezanis, c.2nd AD, AE 18mm (2.93 g), obv. bust right, rev. Hygieia standing facing, head right, feeding serpent from patera held in her arms, (von Aulock, Aizanoi - , RPC III 2509, BMC 103); second coin, similar, Akmonea, Gordian III, (AD 238-244), AE 25mm (6.61 g), obv. radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. Zeus seated left, holding phiale and sceptre; altar before, (SNG von Aulock -) (illustrated); another third Coin, Apameia, Geta, as Caesar, (AD 198-209), AE 20mm, (3.76 g), obv. bareheaded and cuirassed bust right, rev. Marsyas seated left, holding cornucopia and aulos, (SNG Munich -, SNG Cop.-, SNG von Aulock - [but cf. 3505 for same type for Elagabalus], BMC -); another fourth coin, similar Apamaea, AE 14mm, (4.13 g), obv. bare head of Gaius Caesar to right, rev. facing cult statue of Artemis (with supports), (RPC 3130 [notes 2 examples only] and supplement, SNG von Aulock 8305); another fifth coin, similar, Cotiaeum, Valerian, (AD 253-260), AE 23mm (6.75 g), obv. radiate bust right, rev. Cybele seated to left, holding patera and leaning on tympanum, in a biga of lions to left, (BMC 98); sixth coin, Phrygia, Hadrianopolis Sebaste, Elagabalus (AD 218-222), AE 21mm (5.84 g), obv. radiate bust right, rev. Tyche standing left with cornucopiae and rudder on globe; seventh coin, similar Kadi, Philip I, (AD 244-249), AE 31mm (12.60 g), obv laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. Athena standing right, holding spear and owl, (SNG von Aulock -, BMC 41, Lindgren and Kovacs 915 [This Coin]) (illustrated). Very good - very fine, mostly rare. (7)

Ex Dr L.J. Sherwin Collection, first coin from M.R. Roberts April 2013, second coin CNG eSale 127 (lot 148), Nov. 28, 2005, coming from the Garth R. Drewry Collection obtained from Seaby in August 1973; third coin, from CNG eSale 239 (lot 311), August 25, 2010; fourth, fifth and sixth coins from M.R.Roberts 2008 (2) and 2013; seventh coin from CNG eSale 127 (lot 164), Nov. 28, 2005, from the Garth R. Drewry Collection coming from the Burstein Collection.