Lot 126: Lot of Nine Peloponessian Provincial Æ's, all Ex BCD Collection

Lot of Nine Peloponessian Provincial Æ's, all Ex BCD Collection. Lot includes the following: Megara. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Time of Hadrian-Antoninus Pius, AD 117-161. Æ Assarion. Laureate head of Apollo right / Cithara with four strings. BCD 42 // Dyme. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Circa 40 BC. Æ Semis . Draped bust of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet / sella curulis; fasces on either side. BCD 492-3 // Patrae. Marcus Aurelius. Æ Diassarion. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Zeus Basileios enthroned left. BCD 555.2 var. (bust type) // Patrae. Marcus Aurelius. Æ Assarion. Laureate head right / Hercules standing right, leaning on lion skin draped club set on rock outcropping. BCD 556.4 (same obv. die) // Patrae. Commodus. Æ As. Laureate head right / Hermes, resting hand on ram at feet and holding kerykeion, seated left within distyle temple façade. BCD 568 (same obv. die) // Patrae. Caracalla. Æ Assarion. Laureate head right / Hermes seated left on pile of rocks, holding kerykeion; at feet to left, ram standing left, head reverted. BCD 576.1 // Olympia. Hadrian. Æ Assarion. Struck circa AD 125 (126th Olympiad). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Phidias’ Zeus Olympios seated left on high-backed throne, holding Nike and scepter. Cf. BCD Olympia 322 (2 Assaria; bust left); BCD Peloponnesos - // Olympia. Hadrian. Æ Hemiassarion. Struck circa AD 125 (126th Olympiad). Laureate head right / Fulminating Zeus striding right, hurling thunderbolt. BCD Olympia 318 // Olympia. Septimius Severus. Æ 2 Assaria. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Legend in two lines within wreath. BCD Olympia -; BCD Peloponnesos -. All coins average Fine with various patinas. 9 coins in lot.

All Coins Ex BCD Collection; Coin 1-5 all Ex CNG 81, lots 2760, 2775, 2792, 2793 and 27989 (respectively); coins 7-9 Ex CNG E-221, lots 189, 190 and 191 (respectively), Coin 6 Ex CNG E-223, lot 334 (total of all estimates in CNG sales, $975). .

• Offered By: VAuctions
• Lot #: 126
• Listing #: 184845
• Closed: Thursday, November 18, 2010 8:10:00 PM CT
• Estimate: $500