LOT 3120
Gordian III AE 30mm of Viminacium, Moesia Superior. Dated CY 3 (AD 241/2).
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M S C-OL VIM, Moesia standing facing, head to left, extending hands over bull and lion standing on either side; AN III (date) in exergue. RPC VII.2 20; H&J, Viminacium 8; Varbanov 115. Very Fine.(16.85gr, 30mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Commodus AE Diassarion of Gabala, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated CY 233 (AD 186/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙCAP Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟN, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / ΓΑΒΑΛЄⲰΝ, ΔC ΓΛC KT, on the left, owl standing to right on globe, head facing; on the right, sphinx seated to left on base. BMC 8; RPC IV.3 online 5788. 8.34gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 1 (AD 284/5).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Α Κ Γ ΟΥΑΛ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Tyche reclining to left on garlanded couch, holding rudder and raising arm to head; L A (date) in upper left field. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75893; Dattari (Savio) 5766; Emmett 4083.1. 7.91gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Augustus(?) AE 16mm of Philippi(?), Macedon. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[AVG?], bare head to right / Two founders driving yoke of oxen to right, plowing pomerium. Cf. RPC I 1656; cf. SNG BN 1439-48 (Parium); cf. Varbanov 3770. 3.54gr, 16mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
