LOT 3133
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. Near Very Fine.(23.00gr, 31mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection.
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LOT 3133
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia.
Estimate £35 - 45€41 - 52 (for guidance only)$47 - 61 (for guidance only)
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Macrianus, Usurper BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 260-261.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £110
Dated RY 1 (AD 260/1). Α Κ Τ Φ ΙΟΥΝ ΜΑΚΡΙΑΝΟϹ Є ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to left, wings spread, holding wreath in beak; L A (date) in left field. Köln 3011; Dattari (Savio) 5380; K&G 94.1; Emmett 3785.1. 10.91gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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. 18.52gr, 31mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection. -
Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch AE 21mm. Time of Augustus, 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Q. Caecilius Metellus Creticus Silanus, legatus Augusti pro praetore. Dated year 44 of the Actian Era (AD 13/14). Pseudo-autonomous issue. Laureate head of Zeus to right / EΠI ΣIΛANOY ANTIOXEΩN, ram running to right, head to left; star above, ΔM (date) below. RPC I 4269; McAlee 99. 7.14gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
