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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Marcus Aurelius and Luvius Verus AE 29mm of Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem), Judaea. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
IMP CAES ANToNINo [ET VERo AVG], confronted busts of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, each laureate, draped, and cuirassed / CoL AEL CAP, Tyche-Astarte standing to left, foot on uncertain object, holding bust and sceptre, within tetrastyle temple façade with central arch. RPC IV.3, 6413 (temporary); Meshorer, Aelia 52; Rosenberger -; Sofaer 51. 17.09gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Titus AE 24mm of Philadelphia, Decapolis. Dated CY 143 (AD 80/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
[AYTO]KPAT[ΩP] TITOC KAI[CAP], laureate head of Titus to right; c/m: head of Herakles (Melkarth), bearded, wearing lion's skin to right, within circular incuse / [ΦIΛAΔEΛΦEΩN], laureate head of Herakles-Domitian to right; [L ΓMP (date)] behind. RPC II 2106; Spijkerman 9; Rosenberger 7; for c/m: Howgego 17. 9.67gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Domitian, with Agrippa II AE 20mm of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. Dated RY 26 of Agrippa II (AD 85/6).
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
IMP CA D VES F DOM AVG GER COS XII, laureate head to right, wearing aegis / ΕΠΙ ΒΑ ΑΓΡΙ, large S C, ET KϚ (date) in exergue. RPC II 2272; Meshorer 36; Sofaer 223; TJC 164; Hendin GBC 6 6356; Hendin GBC 5 1326. 4.80gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
