LOT 3151
Gordian III AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Odessos, Moesia Inferior. AD 238-244.
AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right, facing draped bust of Serapis to left, wearing kalathos; cornucopia behind / OΔHCCЄITΩN, Zeus seated to left, holding patera and sceptre, eagle at his feet; E (mark of value) in upper left field. RPC VII.2, 1576; AMNG 2326. Very Fine.(11.25gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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LOT 3151
Gordian III AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Odessos, Moesia Inferior.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Hadrian AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 13 (AD 128/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
[ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹЄΒ], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Nilus reclining to left on crocodile, holding cornucopia and reed; Iς (for 16 cubits) above, L TPICKAI (date) in exergue. RPC III, 5730; Köln 1001; Dattari (Savio) 1801; K&G 32.470; Emmett 1014.13. 23.20gr, 35mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Trajan AE 25mm of Laodicea, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated CY 163 (AD 116/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС ΑΡΙСΤ ΚΑΙС СЄΒ ΓЄΡ ΔΑΚ, laureate head right, drapery over far shoulder / ΙΟΥΛΙЄѠΝ ΤѠΝ ΚΑΙ ΛΑΟΔΙΚЄѠΝ ΓΞΡ (date), turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right; KOM and ΠA in right field. RPC III 3797; BMC 49-50, 52. 8.80gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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.
