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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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. -
Philip I AE 29mm of Viminacium, Moesia Superior. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Dated CY 5 (AD 244). IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M S C-OL VIM, Moesia standing facing, head to left, between bull and lion; AN V in exergue. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 2396; AMNG 100. 18.67gr, 29mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukis and Pieria, Antioch AE Dichalkon. Time of Augustus, 31 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Dated Actian Era year 25 (7/6 BC). Pseudo-autonomous issue. Turreted, draped, and veiled bust of Tyche to right / Tripod-lebes containing three laurel branches; ΑΝΤΙΟΧ[ΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ]ΠΟΛ[ΕΩΣ] to right, ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜ[ΟΥ] to left, E-[K] (date) flanking tripod; all within wreath. RPC I 4243; McAlee 89. 4.75gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
