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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Hadrian AE 22mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
[IMP TRA HADRIANO CAES AVG], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / [COL I FL AVG CA]ESARENS, draped bust of Serapis to right, wearing calathus. RPC III 3959; Meshorer, Caesarea 28; Rosenberger 29; Sofaer 30; SNG ANS 767. 12.49gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Agrippina II AE 17mm of Laodicea ad Lycum, Phrygia. AD 50-59.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
ΓΑΙΟΣ ΠΟΣΤΟΜΟΣ (Gaius Postumus), magistrate. ΑΓΡΙΠΕΙ-ΝΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤH, draped bust to right / ΓΑΙΟΥ ΠΟΣΤΟΜΟΥ ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ, eagle, with wings spread, standing facing on cippus, head to left. RPC I 2918; SNG Copenhagen 569; BMC 174. 4.65gr, 17mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea, Gaba AE 11mm. Time of Domitian, AD 81-96.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Dated Year 142 (AD 83/4). Tetrastyle temple with pediment; ΓΑΒΗ below / Palm branch; ΡΜ-Β (date) across fields. RPC II 2241; Rosenberger I, 7. 1.36gr, 11mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Of the highest rarity; only three examples cited by RPC and only one example on CoinArchives (Numismatica Ars Classica 64, 1912).
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
