LOT 2821
Antinous AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Died AD 130.
Struck RY 19 of Hadrian (AD 134/5). ANTINOOV HPധOC, draped bust right, wearing hem–hem crown / Antinous, cloaked and holding caduceus, on horseback right; L I Θ (date) in field. RPC III 6062; Geissen 1275; Dattari 2080. Good Very Fine. Tooled.(20.68gr, 33mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 91, 11 August 2024, lot 430.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Gordian III AE Tetrassarion of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Sabinius Modestus, legatus Augusti pro praetore. AVT K • M • ANT • ΓOΡΔIANOC • AVΓ (VΓ ligate), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / VΠ CAB MOΔЄCTOV NIKO-ΠOΛЄITΩN (ΩN ligate) ΠPOC (ΠP ligate) ICTΡON, Zeus seated to left, holding patera with right hand and sceptre with left, eagle at foot to left. RPC VII.2, 1320; Varbanov 4246; Moushmov 1485; AMNG 2040. 12.10gr, 27mm, 6h.
Very Fine. This coin published at www.wildwinds.com.
From 10th Duke of Argyll (d.1949) collection; Property of a private Norwich, UK, collector. -
Commodus AE 18mm of Philippopolis, Thrace. AD 180-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
AY KAI M AYPH KOMOΔOC, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / ΦIΛIΠΠO-[ΠOΛE]ITΩN, Apollo standing facing, head to left, holding patera in his right hand and branch in his left. Varbanov 980. 3.32gr, 18mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
Struck AD 243-4. AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CЄB, on left, bust of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed to right, seen from rear, and on right, Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane to left / AVP CЄΠ KOΛ CINΓAPA, Tyche, turreted and veiled, seated to left on rock, holding ears of corn; above, the Centaur Sagittarius to left, discharging arrow; below, river god swimming to left. RPC VII.2, 3471; cf. BMC Arabia 8-13; SNG Copenhagen 257. 18.52gr, 31mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection.
