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Session Five - Tuesday, February 14th 10:00am PST
Enlargement
1864 Adraa. Elagabalus. Æ 16 (5.07 g), AD 218-222
. [AV KAIC ANT
NIN, Diademed head of Elagabalus right.
Reverse:
[
-
] (retro-
grade), Herakles seated left on rock, supporting club. Spijkerman 13; Rosenberger 6; SNG ANS 1134.
Extremely Rare.
Coins from this city are
rarely encountered. Brown patina with green highlights, some roughness.
Very Fine
.
Estimate Value .............................................................................................................................................................................$300 - 350
1865
Gadara. Gordian III. Æ 25 (14.16 g), AD 238-244
. Gadara
in the Decapolis, CY 303 (AD 240/1). [AYTOK] K M AP AN-T
OP[
IANOC], Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian
III right.
Reverse:
/
/
in three lines above,
galley right; in exergue, date ([
]). Spijkerman 93; Rosen-
berger 90; SNG ANS 1332. Earthen green patina.
Very Fine /
Extremely Fine
.
Estimate Value ......................................................$300 - 400
1866
Raphia. Gordian III. Æ 21 (9.96 g), AD 238-244
. CY 300
(AD 240/1). Legend mostly indistinct, laureate, draped and cui-
rassed bust of Gordian III right.
Reverse:
[PA]
IA, pphinx
seated left, forepaw on wheel; in right field, date ([T]). Yashin
509-10; Rosenberger 27-8.
Rare.
Dark brown patina with
orange-earthen highlights.
Very Fine
.
Estimate Value ......................................................$300 - 400
1867
Philippopolis. Otacilia Severa. Æ 28 (24.54 g), Augusta,
AD 244-249
. Struck at Antioch for use in Philippopolis, ca. AD
247-249. MAP
TAKI
CEOVHPAN CE[B], Diademed and
draped bust of Otacilia Severa right.
Reverse:
C, Roma or Allat seated left on shield, hold-
ing eagle atop which is standing two figures (perhaps Divus
Marinus and his wife), and spear. Spijkerman 5; K. Butcher,
"Two Related Coinages of the Third Century AD: Philippopolis
and Samosata,"
INJ
9 (1986-7), 9; SNG ANS -.
Rare.
Lightly
mottled green and brown patina.
Fine
.
Estimate Value ......................................................$250 - 300
1868
Ptolemaic Coins of Ancient Judea
. Consists of the following:
Ptolemy II Philadelphos, 285-246 BCE. AR Tetradrachm.
MINT
of GAZA. H-1097;
Ptolemy II Philadelphos, 285-246 BCE AR
Tetradrachm.
MINT OF JOPPA. H-1099
Both are rare and
each grades
About Fine.
Lot of 2 coins.
Estimate Value ..................................................... $500 - 600
Ex Alan Leventen Collection.
1869
10-piece lot of City Coins of Judea
. Consists of the follow-
ing bronzes:
Caesaria,
Marcus Aurelius AE 22;
Caesaria,
Elagabalus AE 18;
Caesaria,
Severus Alexander AE 22;
Cae-
saria,
Severus Alexander AE 22;
Caesaria,
Herennia Etruscilla,
AE 27;
Gaza,
Hadrian AE 15;
Gaza,
Septimius Severus AE 21;
Sepphoris
, Trajan AE 26;
Tiberias,
Trajan AE 19;
Tiberias,
Hadrian AE 22. Coins grade mostly
VG to Fine.
Lot of 10 coins.
Estimate Value ...................................................... $500 - UP