LOT 3098
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 28mm of Anchialus, Thrace. AD 238-244.
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚVΛ-ΛEΙΝΑ, draped busts of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed, and Tranquillina, diademed and draped, facing one another / OVΛΠIANWN AΓXIAΛEWN (second WN ligate), Sarapis standing facing, head to left, raising right arm and holding sceptre. RPC VII.2 1180; AMNG 651. Near Very Fine.(15.47gr, 28mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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LOT 3098
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 28mm of Anchialus, Thrace.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Augustus(?) AE 16mm of Philippi(?), Macedon. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[AVG?], bare head to right / Two founders driving yoke of oxen to right, plowing pomerium. Cf. RPC I 1656; cf. SNG BN 1439-48 (Parium); cf. Varbanov 3770. 3.54gr, 16mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Caracalla and Julia Domna AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 198-217. ΚΥΝΤΙΛΙΑΝΟΣ (Quintilianus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ANTΩNINOC AVOVCTOC IOΥΛIA [...], laureate head of Caracalla to right vis-à-vis draped bust of Julia Domna to left / [...]TIΛIANOV MAPKIANOΠOΛI[...], Nemesis standing to left, raising right hand to her mouth and holding cubit-rule with left; at feet, griffin to left and wheel; Є (mark of value) in left field. Cf. Varbanov 1034. 12.30gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Septimius Severus AR Tetradrachm of Laodicea ad Mare, Seleucis and Pieria. Struck AD 208-209.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
• AVT • KAI CЄOVHPOC CЄ •, laureate and draped bust to right / • ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC • TO • Γ •, eagle standing facing, head and tail to left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; star between legs. McAlee, Severan, Group III, 25; Prieur 1149. 12.99gr, 28mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
