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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Otacilia Severa, Augusta AE 29mm of Heliopolis, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
OTACILIA SEVERA AVG, draped bust to right, wearing stephane, set on crescent / [COL IVL AVG FEL I O M H COL HEL (Colonia Iulia Augusta Felix Iupiter Optimus Maximus Colonia Heliopolitana)], view of the propylaeum (entrance) of the temple of Jupiter Heliopolitanus; a flight of steps with a pedestal at each end leads to a portico of twelve columns with a tower at each end and cypress tree beneath central arch. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 6514; Sawaya series 51, 570-9. 13.22gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Trajan AE As of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ; laureate head to right / S C in laurel wreath; Ϛ below. RPC III, 3605; McAlee 488f. 14.20gr, 27mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Elagabalus AE 15mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
AV K M AVPH [ANTΩNINOC], laureate head right / [NIKOΠ]OΛITΩΝ ΠPOC [IC]TPON, lion standing right. Varbanov 3853. 2.55gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Baldwins (company's ticket included). Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
