LOT 3367
Gordian III AE 31mm of Viminacium, Moesia. Dated Year 3 (AD 241/2).
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M S COL VIM, Moesia standing to left between bull standing to right and lion standing to left; AN III I(date) n exergue. RPC VII.2 20; SNG Copenhagen 142; BMC 9. Near Very Fine.(17.92gr, 31mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 101, 13 October 2022, lot 828.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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Attica, Athens AE 12mm. Circa 120-175. Agora Periods VB and C. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Helmeted head of Athena with traces of drapery to left / ΑΘΗ, prow to right; serpent on ram. RPC IV.1 Online 8247 (temporary); Kroll, Agora 220(2); Svoronos, Athens pl. 97, 42. 1.53gr, 12mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lucius Verus AE 21mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Laureate head to right / Mount Argaeus surmounted by conical top. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 8010 (dated RY 5). 8.27gr, 21mm, 11h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Macrinus AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Selinus-Traianopolis, Cilicia. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[AY] KAI M OΠ[...]EINOC [C?], laureate head to right / [TPAIAN]O CEΛI[NOY THC IEPAC?]; Apollo Sidetes, standing facing, wearing short chiton and mantle, holding phiale and resting on sceptre; at his feet to right, raven. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 86080; SNG BnF 684 = Levante E., The Coinage of Selinus in Cilicia in NC 1990, p. 231, 57; Leu Numismatik, Web 42, 1158. 11.96gr, 29mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently the third known example.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
