1396. LYDIA, Tripolis. Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ (32mm, 18.07 g, 6h). AV• K • ΠO • ΛIC • ΓAΛΛIHNO/C, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / TPIΠO-ΛЄITΩ/N, agonistic urn set on table; ΛHTΩ/ЄIA in two lines on urn, ΠY/ΘI/A in three lines below table. BMC -; SNG München -; SNG von Aulock 3328 (same dies); Imhoof-Blumer, Lydische -. EF, dark brown patina with earthen highlights. ($1000) From Group CEM. Ex Münzen & Medaillen FPL 333 (April 1972), no. 39.
1397. CARIA, Stratonicaea. Septimius Severus, with Julia Domna. AD 193-211. Æ (35mm, 26.11 g, 12h). Fl. Leontus, son of Alcaeus, magistrate. • AV • KAI ΛOV [CЄΠ] CЄVHPOC IOV • [ΔOMN]A •, confronted busts of Septimius Severus right, laureate, draped, and cuirassed, and Julia Domna left, draped; c/m’s: helmeted head of Athena right within oval incuse and ΘЄOV within rectangular incuse / ЄΠI ΠPO ΛЄONTOC AΛ-KЄOV CTPATONIKЄΩN, Hekate standing facing, head left, sacrificing from patera over altar with right hand and holding torch in left. SNG von Aulock 2671-3 var. (distribution of rev. legend; same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen 505 var. (rev. legend and its distribution; same obv. die); SNG Keckman -; for c/m’s: Howgego 188 and 536. Good VF, tan-brown patina, scratches and adjustment marks. ($2000) From Group CEM. Ex Walter Niggeler Collection (Part II, Bank Leu/Münzen und Medaillen, 21 October 1966), lot 622.
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