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 I AE 29mm of Damascus, Seleucis ad Pieria. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / COL ΔAMAC METRO, nude Ambrosia standing facing, head to right, clasping vine tendrils, floral structure at feet from which vines emerge. RPC VIII unassigned ID 26786 (temporary). 16.74gr, 29mm, 12h
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
For more interpretations of the female figure on reverse, see G. Bijowski, "The myth of Daphne on a coin minted at Damascus," AJN 15 (2003), pp. 53-9 and K. Butcher, "Ambrosia in Damascus?," NC 170 (2010), pp. 85-91. -
Elagabalus AE 27mm of Balanea (as Leucas-Claudia), Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Dated CY 254 (AD 218). AVT K M A AN-TꟽNЄINOC CЄ, laureate head to right / ΛЄ-VK, Sol, holding sceptre and globe, driving facing spread quadriga; ΔNC (date) below. SNG München -; SNG Copenhagen -; Lindgren & Kovacs 2188. 15.67gr, 27mm, 2h
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea, Procurators. Antonius Felix AE Prutah. 52-59 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Jerusalem mint. Struck under Claudius; dated RY 14 (54 CE). NЄPധ KΛAY KAICAP, two oblong shields crossed, two crossed spears behind / Palm tree; BPIT above, L IΔ (date) K-AI in two lines across bottom fields. RPC I, 4971; TJC 340; Hendin GBC 6, 6377; Hendin GBC 5, 1348. 2.49gr, 17mm, 1h
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
