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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Attica, Athens AE 10mm. Circa AD 120-175.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Agora Periods VB and C. Bust of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet and aegis(?); all within dotted border / Owl standing to left, head facing, A-ΘΗ in fields. RPC IV.1 Online 8273.25 (temporary); Kroll 229; Svoronos pl. 88, 49. 1.74gr, 10mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Private collection formed since the 1940s. UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Tiberius AE As of Saguntum, Spain. AD 14-37.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
L. Sempronius Geminus and L. Valerius Sura, duoviri. TI • CAESAR • DIVI • AVG • F • AVG, bare head to right / L • SE[MP] • GEMINO • L •VAL(ligate) • SVRA II VIR, galley to right; SAG above; c/m: DD within rectangular incuse. RPC I 202; ACIP 3237; for c/m: ACIP p. 782, 26. 10.82gr, 30mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Ex UK private collection. -
Otacilia Severa, Augusta AE 25mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Struck AD 247-249. ΜΑΡ ΩΤΑΚΙΛ ϹЄΟΥΗΡΑΝ ϹЄΒ, draped bust to right, with crescent behind shoulders / ΙΟΥ ϹЄΠ ΚΟΛΩ ΝЄϹΙΒΙ ΜΗΤ, statue of Tyche seated facing, with ram leaping to right above and river-god swimming to right below, within tetrastyle temple with arched pediment. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 2575; BMC 27-32; SNG Copenhagen 244. 10.89gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a UK, private collection.
