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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Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 34mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Struck AD 241-244. AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CEB, confronted busts of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed on left, and Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane on right / AVP CEΠ K-OΛ CINΓA[PA], Tyche seated to left on rock, holding branch; the centaur Sagittarius above to left, discharging arrow, river god swimming to left below. BMC 13; SNG Copenhagen 257; Lindgren & Kovacs 2627. 24.99gr, 34mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a UK, private collection. -
Domitian AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 81-96.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Dated RY 10 (AD 90/1). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΔΟΜΙΤ Ϲ[ЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ], laureate head to right / Harpocrates standing to left, holding cornucopia; L I (date) in left field. RPC II, 2580; Dattari (Savio) 6741; Geissen 373. 8.47gr, 24mm, 12h.
Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Titus, as Caesar, AE 18mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 137 (AD 73/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
TITOΣ KAIΣAP, laureate head right / ΓAΔAPЄΩN, crossed cornucopiae; cross between, L ZΛP (date) above. RPC II 2096; Spijkerman 30; Sofaer 29. 4.81gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
