LOT 2815
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.).
ProvenanceFrom a UK private collection.
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LOT 2815
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia.
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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Gaius (Caligula) AE 17mm of Philadelphia, Lydia. AD 37-41.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΚΑΙΣΑΡ (Antiochos, son of Apollodotos, philocaesar). [ΓΑΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ], bare head to right / ΦΙΛΟΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΦΙΛΑΔЄΛΦЄധΝ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤΟΥ, capricorn with cornucopia to left, monogram of PK before. RPC I 3029; GPRC Lydia 151. 3.74gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
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Commodus AE 20mm of Philadelphia, Lydia. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Struck AD 177-179. Α Κ • Λ ΑΥΡ ΚOΜOΔO ΑΥ[Γ], laureate young bust to right / ΦΙΛΑΔЄ-ΛΦЄΩΝ, Asclepius standing facing, head to left, holding serpent-staff. RPC IV.2, 1377 (temporary); GRPC Lydia 303. 5.02gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Commodus AE 21mm of Anemurium, Cilicia. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Dated RY 13 (AD 190/1). ΑVΤΟ Κ Μ • ΑVΡ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟΝ ΑΝ, laureate head to right / ΑΝЄΜOVΡΙЄ-ധΝ, turreted and veiled head of Tyche to right; ЄT • ΓI (date) to left. RPC IV.3, 9559 (temporary); SNG Levante Supp. 112; SNG BnF 703. 5.45gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
