A Selection of Rare Peloponnesos Provincial Bronzes
462007 462008 461642 462008. SICYONIA, Sicyon. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Diassarion (23mm, 5.19 g, 2h). Struck circa AD 198-205. [...] ANT ωNЄINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / CI KYω [NI]ω[N], Tyche standing left, holding patera in right hand and cornucopia in left; altar to lower right. BCD Peloponnesos 373.2 (same dies); NCP p. 28, 2 var. (ruler). VF, dark brown surfaces, minor cleaning marks. ($295) Ex Helios 4 (14 October 2009), lot 573.
461642. MESSENIA, Asine. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ Assarion (22mm, 4.41 g, 8h). Struck circa AD 198-205. [...] CЄ VHPOC Π, laureate head right / ACI N AIΩN, Poseidon standing left, holding dolphin in right hand, trident in left. BCD Peloponnesos 774.2 (this coin). VF, red and green patina. ($600) Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8 May 2006), lot 774.2 (since professionally conserved), purchased from Frank L. Kovacs, December 1980.
462007. MESSENIA, Cyparissa. Plautilla. Augusta, AD 202-205. Æ Assarion (21mm, 3.91 g, 10h). [... Π]ΛAYTIΛΛA CЄBA, draped bust right / K[YΠAPIC] CIEΩN, Aesculapius standing facing, holding serpent-entwined staff. BCD Peloponnesos 791.10 (this coin). VF, dark green patina, some roughness. ($575) Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8 May 2006), lot 791.10 (since professionally conserved).
462006. MESSENIA, Pylus. Geta. As Caesar, AD 198-209. Æ Assarion (22mm, 5.27 g, 4h). Struck circa AD 198-205. A[...] CЄ ΓETA CЄB, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΠVΛI ωN, draped facing female figure in terminal form. BCD Peloponnesos 822 (this coin); NCP pl. P, XVI = SNG Copenhagen 541 (same dies). VF, dark green patina. Very rare. ($875) Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8 May 2006), lot 822 (since professionally conserved).
461994 461634 461994. ARGOLIS, Argos. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ Diassarion (24mm, 8.28 g, 7h). Struck circa AD 198-208. [AVT KAI Λ] CЄ CЄBHPOC ΠЄP Є, laureate head right / APΓЄ IωN, female deity standing left, holding patera in right hand and logn scepter in left. BCD Peloponnesos 1206 (this coin); cf. NCP pl. GG, IV (for same rev. die on an issue of Julia Domna). VF, brown and green surfaces. Very rare. ($365) Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8 May 2006), lot 1206.
461634. ARGOLIS, Troezen. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ Diassarion (23.5mm, 7.52 g, 9h). Struck circa AD 198208. [ΛOY CЄΠT] CЄB HPOC Π[ЄPT], laureate head right / [TPOIZ] HNωN, Hippolytos standing left, holding folding of drapery in right hand and long scepter in left. BCD Peloponnesos 1345.2 (this coin); NCP p. 162, 7 (this coin cited?). VF, brown surfaces, some porosity. ($375) Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8 May 2006), lot 1345.2; A. Rhousopoulos Collection (not in J. Hirsch sale).
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