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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Aurelian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 273/4).
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £111
A K Λ ΔOM AVPHΛIANOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / L Є (date) within laurel wreath. RPC X Unassigned ID 75716; Köln 3089; Dattari (Savio) 5469; K&G 106.49; Emmett 3961.5. 10.39gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a UK gallery. -
Seleukis and Pieria, Antioch AE 18mm. Dated year 177 (AD 128/9). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΗϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ, head of Zeus to right wearing taenia / ЄT ZOP (date), Boule of Antioch seated to left, dropping voting pebble into urn; B to left. RPC III, 3739; CRS 272; McAlee 126(b). 5.40gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only three specimens recorded by RPC Online.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Tomis, Moesia Inferior. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ CЄ TPANKYΛ-ΛЄINA, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian to right facing diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina to left / MHTPO ΠONTOY TOMEΩC, Zeus seated to left, holding patera and sceptre; Δ (mark of value) in right field. RPC VII.2, 1724; AMNG 3512. 13.46gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
