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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Nero AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Dated RY 10 and year 112 of the Caesarean Era (AD 63/4). NEPΩN KAIΣAP ΣEBAΣTOΣ, laureate head to right, wearing aegis / ΕTOYΣ BIP • I, eagle standing to right on thunderbolt, with wings spread; palm branch to right. McAlee 265b; Prieur 89; RPC I 4189. 15.38gr, 25mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. Dated RY 4 (17 CE).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Jerusalem. Struck under Tiberius. TIB KAICAP in three lines within wreath / Palm; IOY-ΛIA L-Δ (date) in two lines across fields. RPC I 4964; Sofaer 26-7; TJC 327; Hendin GBC 6, 6367; Hendin GBC 5, 1338. 2.19gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
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.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
