LOT 3154
Gordian III AE 27mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 241-244. ΣΑΒ. ΜΟΔΕΣΤΟΣ [Sab(inius?) Modestus], legatus Augusti pro praetore.
AΥT K M ANTΩ ΓOΡΔIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΥΠ CAB MOΔЄCTOΥ (OY ligate) NIKOΠOΛЄIT[ΩN] ΠΡOC IC[TPON], Tyche standing facing in tetrastyle temple, head to left, holding cornucopia; in pediment, globe. RPC VII.2, 1310; AMNG 2087-90. Near Very Fine.(10.99gr, 27mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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LOT 3154
Gordian III AE 27mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Geta AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Circa AD 208-212.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
AYT • KAI • ΓЄTAC : CЄ • B •, laureate head to right / ΔHMAPX • ЄΞ • VΠA • TO • B •, eagle standing to left on thigh of sacrificial animal, head and tail to right, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak. Prieur 210; McAlee 719. 13.43gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Macedon, Koinon of Macedon AE Triassarion or 3 Assaria. Time of Gordian, AD 238-244. Beroea mint. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
AΛEΞANΔPOY, diademed head of Alexander the Great to right / KOINON MAKEΔONΩN B NEΩKOP, Alexander the Great, on horseback to right, brandishing spear with his right hand. AMNG III 575 var (reverse legend). 13.43gr, 27mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Antoninus Pius AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 138-161. Uncertain date.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing ram's horn with solar disk and uraei; date in field. Cf. RPC IV.4 Online 1517 (dated RY 17). 22.85gr, 33mm, 12h.
Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
