LOT 3407
Attica, Athens AE 21mm. Circa AD 264-267.
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / AΘHNAIΩN, Athena standing facing, head to left, holding spear in her right hand and shield in her left. Cf. Kroll 318; cf. Svoronos pl. 86. Near Very Fine.(6.17gr, 21mm, 3h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 30mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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. 19.09gr, 30mm, 5h
Near Very Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Elagabalus AE 27mm of Balanea (as Leucas-Claudia), Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Dated CY 254 (AD 218). AVT K M A AN-TꟽNЄINOC CЄ, laureate head to right / ΛЄ-VK, Sol, holding sceptre and globe, driving facing spread quadriga; ΔNC (date) below. SNG München -; SNG Copenhagen -; Lindgren & Kovacs 2188. 15.67gr, 27mm, 2h
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Otacilia Severa AE 27mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΜΑΡ ΩΤΑΚΙΛ ϹЄΟΥΗΡΑΝ ϹЄΒ, diademed and draped bust to right, with crescent behind shoulders / ΙΟΥ ϹЄΠ ΚΟΛΩ ΝЄϹΙΒΙ ΜΗΤ, temple with arched pediment and four columns enclosing draped, veiled and turreted Tyche of Antioch seated facing; above, ram (Aries) leaping to right, head to left; below, river-god Euphrates swimming to right. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 2575; BMC Arabia 27-32; SNG Copenhagen 244. 9.88gr, 27mm, 12h
Very Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
