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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Philip I AE 30mm of Viminacium, Moesia Superior. Dated CY 8 (AD 246/247).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / P M S C-OL VIM, Moesia standing facing, head to left, extending hands to bull and lion standing at feet on either side; AN VIII (date) in exergue. AMNG I 104; SNG Hungary 322ff. 19.18gr, 30mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Elagabalus AE 29mm of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP CAES M AV ANTONINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right; c/m: bust or Herakles-Melkarth to right / SEPTIM TVRO COLO, Astarte standing facing, turreted, holding long sceptre and resting on trophy on her right, crowned by Nike standing on small column to left, on her left; at her feet, to left, small Marsyas standing to right, carrying wineskin on shoulder and raising hand; to right, murex shell. RPC VI, 8674 (temporary); BMC 390; for countermark: GIG 15. 12.96gr, 29mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gordian III AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 238-241. ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟΣ (Tullius Menophilus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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. 13.69gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
