LOT 3246
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. 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 3246
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Septimius Severus AR Tetradrachm of Laodicea ad Mare, Seleucis and Pieria. Struck AD 208-209.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
• AVT • KAI CЄOVHPOC CЄ •, laureate and draped bust to right / • ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC • TO • Γ •, eagle standing facing, head and tail to left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; star between legs. McAlee, Severan, Group III, 25; Prieur 1149. 12.99gr, 28mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Valerian I AE 34mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 253-260.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
ΑΥ Κ ΠΟ ΛΙΚ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝ-ΟC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ϹЄΛЄΥΚ below, ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΚΑ- around, -ΛΥΚΑΔ-ΝΩ in two lines above, draped busts of Artemis-Tyche wearing kalathos, cornucopia over shoulder on right and laureate Apollo on left, facing each other; branch between. RPC X Online unassigned ID 60507. 14.49gr, 34mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Philip I BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated RY 3 (AD 247).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AYTOK K M IOYΛI ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / ΔΗΜΑΡX ЄΞOYCIAC ΥΠΑ ΤO Γ, eagle standing to left, head to right, with wreath in beak and wings spread; ANTIOXIA S C in two lines below. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 29021; McAlee 902; Prieur 371. 10.10gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
