LOT 3181
Gordian III AE 18mm of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 238-244.
[M ANT Γ]ΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC AVΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / N I K A [IEΩN], four legionary standards; the centre two topped with capricorns(?), the outer two, topped with crowns. Cf. RPC VII.2, 1968; cf. Rec Gen 715. Very Fine.(3.33gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Elagabalus BI Tetradrachm of Uncertain Mint, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α [...], laureate bust to right, slight drapery on left shoulder / ΔΗΜΑ[...]ΟϹ ΤΟ Β, eagle standing to right, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; Δ Є flanking head, star between legs. Cf. RPC VI Online 7949 (Uncertain mint); cf. Prieur 249 (Emesan Issues). 12.50gr, 24mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Nero AR Hemidrachm of Caesarea-Eusebeia, Cappadocia. AD 59-60.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Laureate head to right / Nike seated to right on globe, holding wreath. RPC I 3645; Sydenham, Caesarea 82; RIC I 617. 1.28gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, acquired 1985-1995, thence by descent 2025. -
Augustus AE 20mm of Amphipolis, Macedon. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
[ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕ]ΒΑΣΤΟΥ, bare head to right / ΑΜΦΙΠΟ[ΛΕΙΤΩΝ], Artemis Tauropolos, holding billowing veil, on bull advancing to right. RPC I, 1629. 5.46gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
