LOT 3459
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 30mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Struck AD 243-4. AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CЄB, on left, bust of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed to right, seen from rear, and on right, Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane to left / [AVP CЄΠ KOΛ] CINΓAPA, Tyche, turreted and veiled, seated to left on rock, holding ears of corn; above, the Centaur Sagittarius to left, discharging arrow; below, river god swimming to left. RPC VII.2, 3471; cf. BMC Arabia 8-13; SNG Copenhagen 257. Near Very Fine.(19.09gr, 30mm, 5h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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LOT 3459
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 30mm of Singara, Mesopotamia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Judaea, Herodians. Agrippa II, with Vespasian AE 25mm of Caesarea Panias. Circa 50-100 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Dated RY 18 (78/9 CE). ΑYΤΟΚΡΑ ΟYΕϹΠΑ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ϹΕΒΑϹΤധ, laureate head to right / ΕΤΟV ΗΙ (date) ΒΑ ΑΓΡΙ-ΠΠΑ, Tyche standing to left, holding grain ears in right hand and cornucopia in left. RPC II, 2254; Meshorer 142; Hendin 6337; Sofaer 195. 12.43gr, 25mm, 12h
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Philip II, as Caesar AE 28mm of Bostra, Arabia. AD 244-247.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
MARC IVL PHILIPPOS CESAR, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL METROPOLIS BOSTRA, wreath containing AKTIA ΔOVCAPIA in three lines. Sofaer 54; Kindler 46a; Spijkerman 60; Rosenberger 52. 13.24gr, 28mm, 1h
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman; acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Macrinus AE 22mm of Parium, Mysia. AD 217-218.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
IMP C M OPE SEV MACRINVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / C G I H P (Colonia Gemella Julia Hadriana Pariana), capricorn to right, bearing cornucopia on its back and with globe between its forelegs. BMC Mysia 111; SNG BnF 1502. 6.63gr, 22mm, 11h
Very Fine. Black patina.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
