LOT 3135
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 3135
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia.
Estimate £70 - 90€81 - 104 (for guidance only)$95 - 122 (for guidance only)
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Augustus AE 24mm of Sidon, Phoenicia. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Dated CY 123 (AD 12/13). Laureate head to right, aphlaston before / Bull running to left, upon which sits Europa, who holds her veil and horn of bull; ΣΙΔΩΝ L ΓΚΡ (date) below. RPC -; Rouvier -; BMC Phoenicia -. 7.91gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Apparently unpublished variety.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 85, 19 November 2023, lot 218. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 34mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Estimate: £90 - 120 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Struck AD 241-244. AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CEB, confronted busts of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed on left, and Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane on right / AVP CEΠ K-OΛ CINΓA[PA], 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. 24.99gr, 34mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a UK, private collection. -
Domitian AE 23mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. 81-96 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Struck circa 83 CE. Judaea Capta issue. [DOMITIAN]VS CAES AVG GER[MANICVS IMP], laureate head to left / Athena-Minerva standing to left, supporting trophy and holding spear and shield. RPC II, 2305; Hendin GBC 6, 6482; Hendin GBC 5, 1455; TJC 392; Sofaer 27-9. 8.50gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
