LOT 3438
Gordian III AE As. AD 243-244. Rome mint.
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA AETER, Victory standing facing, head to left, resting right hand on grounded shield set on a mourning captive seated to left, and holding palm in left; S C across field. RIC IV 337b; Cohen 352. Near Very Fine. Very rare Gordian's As of the fifth (final) issue at Rome.(10.24gr, 24mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Titus with Agrippa II AE 8 Units of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. Dated RY 29(?) of the first era of Agrippa II (AD 77/8).
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
AYTOKP [...] CEBACTΩ, laureate head to right / ETO KΘ(?) (date) BA AΓΡΙ-ΠΠA, Nike advancing to right, holding palm frond and wreath. Cf. RPC II, 2291. 12.84gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. Struck AD 241-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AVTOK K M AT(sic) ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPAN[KVΛΛINA CEB, confronted busts of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed on left, and Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane on right / AVP CEΠ KO-Λ CINΓAPA, Tyche seated to left on rock, holding branch; the centaur Sagittarius above to left, discharging arrow, river god swimming to left below. BMC 13; SNG Copenhagen 257; Lindgren & Kovacs 2627. 22.26gr, 31mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From a UK private collection. -
Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar, AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 8 of Antoninus Pius (AD 144/5).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ [ΚΑΙϹΑΡ]. bare-headed and draped bust to right / ΟΜΟ-[ΝΟΙΑ], Homonoia standing to left, holding patera over lighted altar and double cornucopia; L [H] (date) across field. RPC IV.4, 867; Dattari (Savio) 3203. 24.11gr, 34mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
