LOT 3011
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 3011
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia.
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
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Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Dated RY 1 (AD 284/5). Α Κ Γ ΟΥΑΛ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Elpis advancing to left, holding flower and raising skirt; L A (date) in left field. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75888; Dattari (Savio) 5669; Emmett 4046. 6.92gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Macrinus AE 26mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
[...]CRINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / COL FL [...] C CAESAR, Tyche standing facing within tetrastyle temple, holding bust and sceptre, resting foot on harbour-god; small figures between columns. Cf. RPC V.3 Online Unassigned ID 69876; cf. SNG ANS 799; Sofaer -; BMC -. 12.24gr, 26mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Apparently unpublished variant of a very rare issue of Caesarea Maritima.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Elagabalus AE 32mm of Gadara, Decapolis. AD 218-222.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Dated CY 281 (AD 218). [ΑΥΤ] Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤWΝΙΝ[ΟϹ], radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / ΠΟΜΠ ΓΑΔΑΡΕWΝ A[Π]C (date), galley to left with rowers; at stern, navigator; at prow, figure standing and holding standard. RPC VI Online 9255; Spijkerman 85; Rosenberger 79; Sofaer 91. 16.87gr, 32mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Dark brown patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
