LOT 3099
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 25mm of Anchialus, Thrace. AD 238-244.
AYT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ CAB TPANKV[...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust Gordian to right, facing draped and diademed bust of Tranquillina to left / OVΛΠIANΩ[...], Tyche-Fortuna standing facing, head to left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia. Cf. RPC VII.2, 1191. Near Very Fine.(11.76gr, 25mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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LOT 3099
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 25mm of Anchialus, Thrace.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Hadrian AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 19 (AD 134/5).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AYT KAIC TPAIAN ΑΔΡΙΑNOC CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / L ЄNNЄAK Δ (date), eagle on thunderbolt standing facing with outstretched wings, head and tail to left. RPC III 5985; Geissen 1154; Dattari 2019; Emmett 953. 24.02gr, 35mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Hadrian AR Hemidrachm of Caesarea-Eusebeia, Cappadocia. Dated RY 4 (AD 119/20).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙC TPAI ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС СЄΒΑСΤ, laureate head to right, slight drapery on left shoulder / Club downward; ЄT Δ (date) across fields. RPC III 3072; Metcalf, Conspectus 85; Sydenham, Caesarea 257; SNG Copenhagen 223. 1.28gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, acquired 1985-1995, thence by descent 2025. -
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Faustina II AE 20mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 225 (AD 161/2).
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
ΦΑVϹΤΙΝΑ ϹЄΒΑϹΤΗ, draped bust to right / ΓΑΔΑ[ΡЄ]-ΩΝ • ЄΚC, diademed and draped bust of Zeus to right. RPC IV.3, 6675 (temporary); Rosenberger 51; Sofaer 44; Spijkerman 49. 6.34gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 574, 6 November 2024, lot 265.
