LOT 3134
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 ΑΥΓ, confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, to right, and Serapis, draped, to left / ΥΠ ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤ-ΩΝ, Dionysus standing to left, holding kantharos over panther and long thyrsos; E (mark of value) to upper left. RPC VII.2, 1364; AMNG 1147. Very Fine.(13.64gr, 27mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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LOT 3134
Gordian III AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Tribunicia Potestas XV Consul V (AD 110/11).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙC ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head to right / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΙЄ ΥΠΑΤ Є, eagle, with head and tail to left and wings spread, standing facing on club; palm branch to right. RPC III 3538; McAlee 439 (Tyre); Prieur 1504 (Tyre). 13.38gr, 25mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Tiberius AE 19mm of Philippi(?), Macedon. AD 14-37.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[TI] AVG, bare head to right / Two priests ploughing to right with yoke of oxen. RPC I 1657; BMC 89. 3.31gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Elagabalus AE 25mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 218-222. ΝΟΒΙΟΣ ΡΟΥΦΟΣ (Novius Rufus), legatus consularis.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΑV K M AVP ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VΠ NOBIOV POVΦOV NIKOΠΛITΩN(sic) Π ICT, eagle standing facing, spread wings, head to left, with wreath in beak. RPC VI, 1190 (temporary); Varbanov 3894. 12.09gr, 25mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
