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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Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 286/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Α Κ Μ ΟΥΑ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Elpis advancing to left, holding flower and raising skirt; star in right field, L B (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75959; Dattari (Savio) 5875; Emmett 4114. 7.22gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Antoninus Pius AE 26mm of Koinon, Macedon. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ, bare head to right / ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚЄΔΟΝധΝ. thunderbolt with four wings. RPC IV.1 Online 5017 (temporary); AMNG 259(2). 10.02gr, 26mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare; only 2 specimens on RPC Online.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Caracalla AE 30mm of Serdica, Thrace. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
[...] M AVPH ANTΩNINOC, laureate head to right / OVΛΠIAC CEPΔIKHC, Homonoia standing facing, head to left, holding patera over lighted altar and cornucopia. Cf. Varbanov 2387. 17.90gr, 30mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
