LOT 3412
Gordian III AE 34mm of Antioch, Pisidia. AD 238-244.
IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANOVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA DOMINI ANTI COLON, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; S R (retrograde) across fields. RPC VII.2, 2739. Very Fine.(26.44gr, 34mm, 8h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an old UK collection;
From the collection of a London antiquarian.
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Philip I AE 26mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹЄΒ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear pointing forward and shield on left arm / ΙΟΥ ϹЄΠ ΚΟΛΩ ΝЄϹΙΒΙ ΜΗΤ, veiled and turreted Tyche seated facing, ram leaping to right above her, within tetrastyle temple with arched pediment; river-god swimming to right below. BMC - (cf. 25 for obv., 23 for rev.); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Righetti 2620. 10.61gr, 26mm, 12h
Good Very Fine.
From a UK, private collection. -
Philip I AE 25mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
AVTOK K M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOV CЄΠ KOΛΩ NЄCIBI MHT, statue of Tyche seated facing, ram leaping to right, head to left, above; below, half-length river-god Mygdonius swimming to right; all within tetrastyle temple. Cf. BMC 17-24/25 (for obv./rev.); SNG Milan 122. 11.57gr, 25mm, 12h
Very Fine.
From a UK, private collection. -
Philip I AE 26mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Struck AD 247-9. ΑΥΤΟΚ • Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / CЄΠ KOΛΩ NЄCIBI MHT, temple with arched pediment and four columns enclosing draped, veiled and turreted Tyche of Antioch seated facing; above, ram (Aries) leaping to right, head to left; below, river-god Euphrates swimming to right. Unpublished in the major references with this reverse legend, including RPC Online, BMC Arabia, SNG Copenhagen. 11.96gr, 26mm, 1h
Good Very Fine. Apparently unpublished variant with a shorter reverse legend.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
