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LOT 3457
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Struck AD 241-244. AVTOK K M AT(sic) ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPAN[KVΛΛINA CEB, confronted busts of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed on left, and Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane on right / AVP CEΠ KO-Λ CINΓAPA, Tyche seated to left on rock, holding branch; the centaur Sagittarius above to left, discharging arrow, river god swimming to left below. BMC 13; SNG Copenhagen 257; Lindgren & Kovacs 2627. Near Very Fine.(22.26gr, 31mm, 6h).
Provenance
From a UK private collection.
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LOT 3457
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia.
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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