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LOT 2773
Diadumenian, as Caesar AE 18mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 217-218.
K M OΠЄΛ ΔΙΑΔOYMЄNIA-ΝΟC, bare head to right / ΝΙΚOΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠPΟC ICT, bunch of grapes. Varbanov 3608; AMNG I 1887. Near Very Fine. Very rare.(5.42gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2773
Diadumenian, as Caesar AE 18mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch AE 18mm. Time of Hadrian, AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Dated Caesarian Era 177 (AD 128/9). Pseudo-autonomous issue. ANTIOXЄധN THC M[HTPOΠOΛЄധC], laureate head of Zeus to right / Boule of Antioch seated to left, dropping pebble into voting urn; [ЄT ZOP] in exergue. RPC III, 3737; McAlee 126d. 4.75gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Macrinus AE As of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
AVT K M O CЄ MAKPI[NOC C], laureate head to right / S C within laurel wreath, star at apex; Δ above, Є beneath. McAlee 723c var. (obv. legend); BMC 386 var. (same). 3.93gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Struck AD 241-244. AVTOK K M AT(sic) ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPAN[KVΛΛINA CEB, confronted busts of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed on left, and Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane on right / AVP CEΠ KO-Λ CINΓAPA, Tyche seated to left on rock, holding branch; the centaur Sagittarius above to left, discharging arrow, river god swimming to left below. BMC 13; SNG Copenhagen 257; Lindgren & Kovacs 2627. 22.26gr, 31mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From a UK private collection.
