LOT 2786
Gordian III AE 'Sestertius' of Antioch, Pisidia. AD 238-244.
IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right, seen from behind / CAES ANTIOCH COL, Gordian on horseback galloping to right, about to spear lion running to left below; S R below. RPC VII.2 2716. Very Fine.(19.83gr, 33mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Philip I AE 26mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹЄΒ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear pointing forward and shield on left arm / ΙΟΥ ϹЄΠ ΚΟΛΩ ΝЄϹΙΒΙ ΜΗΤ, veiled and turreted Tyche seated facing, ram leaping to right above her, within tetrastyle temple with arched pediment; river-god swimming to right below. BMC - (cf. 25 for obv., 23 for rev.); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Righetti 2620. 9.78gr, 26mm, 12h
Very Fine.
From a UK, private collection. -
Elagabalus AE 33mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
AVT K MAP AVPH ANTΩNЄINOC CЄB, laureate head to right / ANTIOXEΩN MHTPO KO, Tyche seated to left on rocks, holding grain ears; river-god Orontes swimming left below, ram running left above, Δ-E and S-C across fields. RPC VI, 30603 (temporary). 17.49gr, 33mm, 6h
Very Fine. Very rare; only one example cited by Roman Provincial Coinage Online.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Augustus AE As of Carthago Nova, Spain. 27 BC-AD 14.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
M. Postumus Albinus and L. Porcius Capito, duoviri. AVGVSTVS DIVI • F, laureate head to right / M • POSTVM • ALBIN • L • PORC • CAPIT • II • VIR • Q, priest standing facing, holding simpulum and branch. RPC I 170; ACIP 3140. 13.32gr, 27mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Ex UK private collection.
