452. MYSIA, Parium. Cornelia Supera. Augusta, AD 253. Æ (22mm, 4.38 g, 6h). Draped bust right, wearing stephane / She-wolf to right, head left, suckling the twins Remus and Romulus. SNG BN –; RPC IX 384. VF, brown surfaces. Rare. ($500) Ex Roma E-Sale 30 (29 October 2016), lot 301 (hammer £1200).
453. IONIA, Smyrna. Commodus. As Caesar, AD 166-177. Æ (32mm, 21.35 g, 6h). P. Aelius Arizelos, strategos. Struck circa AD 175-177. Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Cybele seated left in biga drawn by lions, holding reins and resting arm on tympanum. Klose 5 (V2/R5); BMC 356. VF, green patina. ($1500)
454. LYDIA, Hierocaesarea. Pseudo-autonomous issue. temp. Commodus, AD 180-192. Æ (32mm, 16.04 g, 6h). Diademed head of youthful Demos right / Artemis, drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow, standing right in biga of stags galloping right; two flowers or tufts of grass on groundline. Martin 1; SNG Hunterian 1377. VF, brown and green surfaces, rough patch on cheek. Extremely rare, Martin cites two specimens (in Glasgow and Berlin). ($500) Ex Triskeles 15/VAuctions 318 (15 December 2015), lot 199.
Son of the Orator Cicero
455. LYDIA, Magnesia ad Sipylum. M. Tullius Cicero Minor. Proconsul of Asia, early to mid 20s BC. Æ (24mm, 8.26 g, 12h). Theodoros, magistrate. Bare head of Cicero Minor right / Right hand holding wreath, grain ears, and vine branch with grape bunch. BMC 13-5; FITA 385; Stumpf 142; Klose & Stumpf 106; RPC I 2448. VF, green patina, light roughness and a few scratches. Very rare and among the finest known, far better than the four specimens in CoinArchives. ($1500) 128