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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Macrinus AE 26mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 217-218. ΣΤΑ. ΛΟΝΓΙΝΟΣ (Statius Longinus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AYT K M OΠEΛΛI CEV [MAKP]EINOC, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / YΠ CT[A ΛONΓINOY NIKOΠ]OΛITΩN ΠPOC I, Apollo standing facing, head to left, holding branch and bow. H&J, Nikopolis 8.23.7.6; AMNG 1735; Varbanov 3435. 11.50gr, 26mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Hadrian AE 34mm of Koinon of Bithynia. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙС ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC CΕΒ, bareheaded and draped bust to left / ΚΟΙ-ΝΟΝ ΒΕΙΘΥΝΙΑС, octastyle temple; prow in exergue. RPC III, 1019; BMC 19. 24.09gr, 34mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Geta AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Circa AD 208-212.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
AYT • KAI • ΓЄTAC : CЄ • B •, laureate head to right / ΔHMAPX • ЄΞ • VΠA • TO • B •, eagle standing to left on thigh of sacrificial animal, head and tail to right, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak. Prieur 210; McAlee 719. 13.43gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
