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Session Five - Tuesday, January 15, 2015 1:00 pm
3186
Caracalla. Æ (9.30 g), AD 198-217
. Struck at Nicopolis ad
Istrum in Moesia Inferior, AD 210/1. Flavius Ulpianus, consular
legate. [
V
]
V
C, laureate, draped and cui-
rassed bust of Caracalla right.
Reverse:
V
V
C I, Asklepios standing facing, head left, leaning on
serpent-entwined staff. Hristova & Jekov 8.18.20.3 (same dies
as illus.); cf. Varbanov 3129. Lovely dark greenish-brown patina.
Extremely Fine
.
Estimated Value ................................................... $400 - 450
3187
Caracalla. Silver Tetradrachm (12.4 g), AD 198-217
.
Struck at Tyre in Phoenicia, Cos. III (AD 209-212). AVT KAI
ANWNINOC CE, laureate head of Caracalla right.
Reverse:
C
, eagle standing on club facing,
head left, holding wreath in beak; between legs, murex shell.
Prieur 1535.
Extremely Fine
.
Estimated Value ................................................... $300 - 350
3188
Philip I. Silver Tetradrachm (10.7 g), AD 244-249
. Struck
at Antioch in Syria, AD 245.
C
, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I right.
Reverse:
C
C, eagle standing facing, head left,
holding wreath in beak; in field to right of eagle's head, E;
below, MON VRB. McAlee 901e; Prieur 309. A splendid example!
Mint State
.
Estimated Value ................................................... $400 - 500
3189
Otacilia Severa. Æ Sestertius (15.24 g), Augusta, AD
244-249
. Saecular Games issue. Rome, under Philip I, AD 248.
MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG, diademed and draped bust of
Otacilia Severa right.
Reverse:
SAECVLARES AVGG, S C in
exergue, hippopotamus standing right. RIC 200a. Nice brown
patina.
Choice Very Fine
.
Estimated Value ................................................... $400 - 500
3190
Philip II. Æ 27(12.92 g), as Caesar, AD 244-247
. Struck
at Tomis in Moesia Inferior. [
]
C
-C
, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II right,
facing draped bust of Serapis left, wearing kalathos.
Reverse:
-
(
)(
C), agathodaemon serpent coiled
left. Varbanov 5803. Uniform dark brown patina.
NGC grade
AU; Strike: 4/5, Surface: 3/5.
Estimated Value ................................................... $250 - 300
3191
(Trajan Decius). Divus Augustus. Silver Antoninianus
(3.6 g), died AD 14
. Rome, commemorative issue under
Tra-
jan Decius, AD 250/1.
DIVO AVGVSTO, radiate head of
Augustus right.
Reverse:
CONSE-CRATIO, eagle standing facing,
head left. RIC 77; RSC -.
Extremely Fine
.
Estimated Value ................................................... $500 - 600
3192
Trebonianus Gallus and Volusian. Æ 8 Assaria (18.8 g),
AD 251-253
. Struck at Antioch in Syria.
C
CC
C C
, laureate, draped and
cuirased bust of Trebonianus Gallus right, facing radiate and
draped bust of Volusian left.
Reverse:
, Tyche seated facing within tetrastyle temple, the river-
god Orontes swimming right before her; above, ram leaping
right, head left; across upper field,
-E; in exergue, S C. McAlee
1183. Earthen brown patina.
Extremely Fine
.
Estimated Value ................................................... $450 - 500
3193
Diocletian. Billon Nummus (10.2g), AD 284-305
. Antio-
chia, AD 1 May, 305 - AD 25 July, 306. D N DIOCLETIANO FELI-
CISSIMO SEN AVG, laureate bust of Diocletian in imperial
mantle right; holding olive-branch in right hand and mappa in
left.
Reverse:
PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES AVGG, ANT with
two vertical dots in exergue, Providentia standing right, extend-
ing right hand to Quies, standing facing with head left, holding
branch in right hand, leaning left on sceptre; between,
. RIC
77a.
NGC grade XF; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5.
Estimated Value ................................................... $100 - 150
