LOT 2774
Gordian III AE Tetrassarion of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 238-244.
Sabinius Modestus, legatus Augusti pro praetore. AVT K • M • ANT • ΓOΡΔIANOC • AVΓ (VΓ ligate), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / VΠ CAB MOΔЄCTOV NIKO-ΠOΛЄITΩN (ΩN ligate) ΠPOC (ΠP ligate) ICTΡON, Zeus seated to left, holding patera with right hand and sceptre with left, eagle at foot to left. RPC VII.2, 1320; Varbanov 4246; Moushmov 1485; AMNG 2040. Very Fine. This coin published at www.wildwinds.com.(12.10gr, 27mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom 10th Duke of Argyll (d.1949) collection;
Property of a private Norwich, UK, collector.
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LOT 2774
Gordian III AE Tetrassarion of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Commodus AE 23mm of Byblus, Phoenicia. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΑΥΤ Μ Α[Υ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟ]Ν ЄΥΤ, laureate head to right / ΙЄΡΑϹ ΒΥΒΛΟΥ, Isis Pharia standing to right, wearing lotus and holding billowing sail. RPC IV.3, 6774 (temporary); Rouvier 686; SNG Copenhagen 139. 8.13gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Fine.
Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s. -
Tiberius AE As of Italica, Spain. AD 14-37.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
TI CAESAR AVGVSTVS PONT MAX IMP, bare head to right / MVNIC ITALIC PERM DIVI AVG, altar inscribed PROVIDENTIAE AVGVSTI in three lines. ACIP 3333; RPC I 65; SNG Copenhagen 417. 14.92gr, 28mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Pisidia, Antioch AE 16mm. Time of Marcus Aurelius, circa AD 161-180.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Pseudo-autonomous issue. AN-TI-OCH, draped bust of Hermes to right, with head assimilated to portrait of youthful Commodus; caduceus over shoulder / COLO-NIAE, garlanded altar. RPC IV.3, 7376 (temporary). 2.06gr, 16mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
