LOT 3132
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. Very Fine.(18.52gr, 31mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection.
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LOT 3132
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Emesa, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Possibly contemporary imitation. Blundered legend, laureate head to right / Blundered legend, eagle standing facing, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; between legs, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Shamash to left. For prototype cf. Prieur 954. 11.70gr, 30mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Flan cracks at 2h and 4h.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Phoenicia, Tyre AE 13mm. Time of Trajan, AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Dated CY 230 (AD 104/5). Pseudo-autonomous issue. Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right; palm frond behind / Astarte, holding wreath and stylis, standing to left on galley; ΛΣ (date) to left, monograms of ΜΗ and ΤΥΡ to right; Phoenician letters below. RPC III, 3883; Rouvier 2251; SNG Copenhagen 356. 2.07gr, 13mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea, Caesarea Maritima AE 'Minim'. Mid-late 1st-2nd centuries CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Local issue imitating a First Jewish War prutah or a Procuratorial prutah of Valerius Gratus. Illegible legend, amphora / Illegible legend, palm frond. See Meshorer 371 and p. 183-4; cf. Sofaer 1-5. 1.35gr, 13mm.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
