LOT 2816
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 34mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
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. Near Very Fine.(24.99gr, 34mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a UK, private collection.
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LOT 2816
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 34mm of Singara, Mesopotamia.
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Salonina, Augusta Billon Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 254-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Dated RY 12 of Gallienus (AD 264/265). KOPNHΛIA CAΛധNЄINA CЄB, draped bust to right, wearing stephane / Eirene standing to left, holding branch and sceptre; palm frond to left, IB L (date) to right. Köln 2969; Dattari (Savio) 5331; K&G 91.33; Emmett 3855.12. 8.27gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla AE 24mm of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Struck circa AD 214-217. IMP M AVR ANTONINVS, laureate head of Caracalla to right / SEP TVRVS METRO COLONI, bull standing right before vexillum inscribed LEG III GAL; before, murex shell. AUB 208; BMC 377. 10.29gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Otacilia Severa, Augusta AE 25mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Struck AD 247-249. ΜΑΡ ΩΤΑΚΙΛ ϹЄΟΥΗΡΑΝ ϹЄΒ, draped bust to right, with crescent behind shoulders / ΙΟΥ ϹЄΠ ΚΟΛΩ ΝЄϹΙΒΙ ΜΗΤ, statue of Tyche seated facing, with ram leaping to right above and river-god swimming to right below, within tetrastyle temple with arched pediment. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 2575; BMC 27-32; SNG Copenhagen 244. 11.41gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a UK, private collection.
