LOT 2817
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm 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. Very Fine.(18.52gr, 31mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection.
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LOT 2817
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia.
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
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Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Dated RY 1 (AD 284/285). Α Κ Γ ΟΥΑΛ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Tyche reclining to left on lectisternium, holding rudder and propping head on hand; L A (date) above. Köln 3208; Dattari (Savio) 5766 var. (obv. legend); K&G 119.8; Emmett 4083.1. 9.40gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. From the Rocky Mountain Collection of Alexandrian, purchased from Harlan J. Berk, Ltd (dealer's ticket included). Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 484, 27 January 2021, lot 630 (expertly preserved since), dealer's ticket included. Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 84 , 8 October 2023, lot 289 (dealer's ticket included). -
Gordian III AE 27mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Sabinius Modestus, legatus Augusti pro praetore. AVT • K • M • ANT • ΓOPΔIANOC • AVΓ •, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / VΠ CAB MOΔЄCTOV NIKO-ΠOΛЄITΩN ΠP(ligate)-OC ICTPON, Sarapis seated to left, extending right arm over Cerberus, and holding sceptre with left. RPC VII.2, 1301; AMNG 2045. 12.05gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Augustus AE As of Emerita, Spain. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Struck 23-2 BC. PERMISSV CAESARIS AVGVSTI, facing head of Silenos, amphora pouring water below / Priest plowing to left with pair of oxen; AVGVS[TA] above, EMERITA below. RPC I 11; ACIP 3373. 11.62gr, 27mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex UK private collection.
