LOT 3139
Antoninus Pius AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 138-161.
Dated RY 13 (AD 149/150). ΑVΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤധ[...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Dikaiosyne seated to left, holding scales and cornucopia; [L] TPICKAIΔ (date) around. RPC IV.4 Online 1190 (temporary); Köln 1634; Dattari (Savio) 8388-9; K&G 35.471; Emmett 1489.13. Near Very Fine. Beautiful reddish-brown patina with touches of green.(27.56gr, 33mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Estimate: £35 - 45 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £19
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. 23.00gr, 31mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection. -
Trajan Decius BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 249-251.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £34
1st officina. AVT K Γ MЄ KY TPAIANOC ΔЄKIOC CЄB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind; one pellet beneath bust / ΔHMAPX ЄΞOYCIAC, eagle standing to left on palm, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; S C in exergue. RPC IX 1690; McAlee 1135a; Prieur 590. 13.13gr, 27mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Twickenham collection, UK. -
Domitian AE 24mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. 81-96 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Struck circa 83 CE. Judaea Capta issue. [DOMITIANVS CAES AVG GERMANICVS IMP], laureate head to left / Athena-Minerva standing to left, supporting trophy and holding spear and shield. RPC II 2305; Hendin GBC 6, 6482; Hendin GBC 5, 1455; TJC 392; Sofaer 27-9. 8.91gr, 24mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
