LOT 3409
Caracalla Æ 26mm of Alexandria, Troas. AD 198-217.
Struck AD 214-215. [M AVRE] ANTONINVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / COL ALEX AVG, she-wolf standing to left, head to right, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus. Bellinger A304 var. (obverse legend & bust); SNG Righetti 778. Very Fine.(7.80gr, 26mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Maximinus I Potin Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 235-238.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Dated RY 1 (AD 234/5). ΑΥΤΟ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹ ϹΕΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / L Α (date), Serapis standing facing, head to right, resting on sceptre. RPC VI, 10664 (temporary); Dattari (Savio) 4594. 13.36gr, 25mm, 11h
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman; From Den of Antiquity Int Ltd, dealer's ticket included. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 30mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Struck AD 243-4. A[VTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIA]NON 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. 19.72gr, 30mm, 5h
Near Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection. -
Gordian III AE 23mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Struck circa AD 239-241. IMP GORDIANVS AVG COS I, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL IVL AVG FEL BER, Dionysus standing facing, head to left, holding nebris over shoulder, rhyton and thyrsus; at feet, panther standing to left, head to right. RPC VII.2, 3551; BMC 245; SNG Copenhagen 125. 8.86gr, 23mm, 1h
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
