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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Trajan AR Tridrachm of Bostra, Arabia. Struck AD 112-114.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
AYTOKP KAIC NЄP TPAIANOC CЄB ΓЄPM ΔAK, laureate head to right, with slight drapery over far shoulder / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ ΥΠATO Ϛ (''tribune of the people, consul for the sixth time''), aquila between two signa; wreath on left signum and hand on right signum. RPC III 4055; Metcalf 9. 9.76gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Geta, as Caesar, AE 18mm of Pautalia, Thrace. AD 198-209.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Λ CEΠT ΓETAC K, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right / OYΛΠIAC ΠAYTAΛIAC, Tyche standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopia. Moushmov 4352; Ruzicka 793. 4.73gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Augustus AE 25mm of Uncertain Mint, Asia Minor. Struck circa 25 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Bare head right; c/m’s: TI CAE in incuse rectangle, AVG in incuse rectangle / AVGVSTVS in one line within laurel-wreath. RPC I 2235; RIC I 486 (Ephesus); Howgego 602, 577 (for countermarks). 8.55gr, 25mm, 1h.
Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
