LOT 3458
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 30mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Struck AD 243-4. A[VTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIA]NON 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.(19.72gr, 30mm, 5h).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection.
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LOT 3458
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 30mm of Singara, Mesopotamia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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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. -
Caracalla Æ 26mm of Alexandria, Troas. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Struck AD 214-215. [M AVRE] ANTONINVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / COL ALEX AVG, she-wolf standing to left, head to right, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus. Bellinger A304 var. (obverse legend & bust); SNG Righetti 778. 7.80gr, 26mm, 6h
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea, Procurators. Marcus Ambibulus AE Prutah. 9-12 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Jerusalem mint. In the name of Caesar (Augustus). Dated RY 39 of Augustus (8/9 CE). KAICA-POC, grain ear / Palm tree; L Λθ (date) across fields. RPC II 4955; Meshorer 313; Hendin 6358. 1,99gr, 16mm, 12h
Near Very Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
