LOT 3133
Gordian III AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 238-241. ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟΣ (Tullius Menophilus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑV(ligate), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian and draped bust of Serapis, wearing kalathos, facing one another / YΠ MHNOΦIΛOY MAPKIANOΠOΛIT-ΩN, Demeter standing to left, holding ears of corn and sceptre; E (mark of value) to left. RPC VII.2, 1361; AMNG 1127. Near Very Fine.(13.69gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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LOT 3133
Gordian III AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 25mm of Anchialus, Thrace. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AYT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ CAB TPANKV[...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust Gordian to right, facing draped and diademed bust of Tranquillina to left / OVΛΠIANΩ[...], Tyche-Fortuna standing facing, head to left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia. Cf. RPC VII.2, 1191. 11.76gr, 25mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Septimius Severus AE 30mm of Neocaesarea, Pontus. Dated CY 142 (AD 205/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AV K Λ CЄΠ CЄOVHPOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / KOIN ΠO NЄOKAI MHTPO, statue of uncertain deity on tall base, facing to left, holding sceptre, within tetrastyle temple; temple walls seen behind, pellet in pediment; ЄT PMR (date) in exergue. RPC V.3 Online 85707. 11.72gr, 30mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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.
