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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Caracalla AE 24mm of Caesarea Panias, Trachonitis. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Dated year 214 (AD 210/1). [M AVP ANT]ΩNЄINOC [CЄB], laureate head to right, seen from rear / KAICAPIA ΠANIAC, Tyche standing facing, head to right, her left foot on rock, holding rudder and cornucopia; [C−ΙΔ] (date) across field. Sofaer 20; Meshorer, Caesarea 22; SNG ANS 873. 12.45gr. 24mm, 12h
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Otacilia Severa, Augusta AE 24mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Struck AD 247-249. ΜΑΡ ΩΤΑΚΙΛ ϹЄΟΥΗΡΑΝ ϹЄΒ, draped bust to right, with crescent behind shoulders / ΙΟΥ ϹЄΠ ΚΟΛΩ ΝЄϹΙΒΙ ΜΗΤ, statue of Tyche seated facing, with ram leaping to right above and river-god swimming to right below, within tetrastyle temple with arched pediment. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 2575; BMC 27-32; SNG Copenhagen 244. 11.50gr, 24mm, 12h
Very Fine.
From a UK, private collection. -
Philip I AE 25mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
AVTOK K M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOV CЄΠ KOΛΩ NЄCIBI MHT, statue of Tyche seated facing, ram leaping to right, head to left, above; below, half-length river-god Mygdonius swimming to right; all within tetrastyle temple. Cf. BMC 17-24/25 (for obv./rev.); SNG Milan 122. 11.57gr, 25mm, 12h
Very Fine.
From a UK, private collection.
