LOT 3132
Gordian III AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 238-241. ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟΣ (Tullius Menophilus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
AYT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AYΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right, facing draped bust of Serapis, wearing kalathos, to left / YΠ MHNOΦIΛOY MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩ, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; E (mark of value) in right field. RPC VII.2, 1394; AMNG 1142. Very Fine.(13.91gr, 28mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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LOT 3132
Gordian III AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Trebonianus Gallus AE 29mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 251-253.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Γ ΟΥΙΒ ΤΡΕΒ ΓΑΛΛΟC CΕΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ANTIOXЄΩN MHTPO KOΛΩN, cult-statue of Tyche of Antioch seated facing with river-god Orontes at feet within tetrastyle temple façade with arched central bay and conical roof set on ornate base; ram leaping to right above, [Δ]-Є across upper fields, S C in exergue. McAlee 1181; SNG Copenhagen 292. 15.94gr, 29mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Septimius Severus AE 21mm of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AV Λ CЄΠT CЄVHPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN, Cybele seated to left on throne, holding patera and resting elbow upon tympanum; lion to left and right. Varbanov 723. 4.90gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Nero AR Hemidrachm of Caesarea-Eusebeia, Cappadocia. AD 59-60.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Laureate head to right / Nike seated to right on globe, holding wreath. RPC I 3645; Sydenham, Caesarea 82; RIC I 617. 1.28gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, acquired 1985-1995, thence by descent 2025.
